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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1894 Vol. 19 N. 12

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
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P. BENT, the only "Crown"
*¥*» maker in America, will be in this city
next week.
CALL yesterday at the Post Graduate
Hospital, where Henry Wegman is lying
seriously ill, elicited the information that his
condition had considerably improved, since his
removal to this city.
daily papers report that the Social Cul-
ture Club of this city, at their meeting
last Tuesday night, after listening to an address
on "Music and Musical Composers," indorsed
Dr. Parkhurst. Talk about the abruptness of
Wagnerian transitions after that!
than ordinary business activity has
prevailed at Steinway Hall during the
present week. We are unable at present to give
the exact figures of the sales, but it is probable
that they will exceed the sales of any previous
week during the history of the house. Truly a
forcible argument in favor of the popularity of
the Steinway instruments.
j|OW Prof. Herrmann the noted prestidigi- Drought the matter to the attention of the mem-
tator stopped the bullets that were fired |bers present, and upon his suggestion, a com-
littee composed of Messrs. Lyon, Gouttlere,
at him by United States soldiers at the benefit
ird, Kriegelstein, Thibout and Faivre, were
performance given in the Metropolitan Opera
House not long ago has since been a subject of ippointed for the purpose of compelling the
mystery, and it has been debated pro and con in f'senior editor "to rectify these errors, and do
the daily press without arriving at a solution. The Justice to our Parisian friends.
It is very possible, however, that the '' senior
mystery, however, has been solved at last, and
litor '' felt disappointed at his reception in
it has come to our ears, privately of course, that
^aris, or his inability to procure the expected
his ability to withstand the bullets of Uncle Sam's
soldiers was due to the fact that he was clad
ads " for his "special, " and this probably in-
in a suit of the celebrated Dolge blue felt. We luenced his pen. Anyhow it will be well for
give the story for what it is worth. It is signifi-
pm to avoid Paris on his homeward journey,
cant inasmuch as Sig. Cavalli has not been
lless he is well versed in the '' code.'' And
heard to deny it.
Hiile '' the pen may be mightier than the
sword," figuratively speaking, yet, unless the
' • senior editor " is an expert with the latter, he
may
suffer serious damage. This is something
men have been so much sought after
by the daily papers as Mr. Steinway, for to be avoided, for we cannot well spare him
the purpose of getting his opinion upon affairs
municipal and political. This is hardly surpris-
ing when it is known that Mr. Steinway is a
THE TRADE PAPER LIMITATION
taxpayer in New York city on about two million
REPEALED.
dollars' worth of real estate. Last Sunday's
T the last meeting of the Piano Manufact-
Herald published a symposium of opinions from
urers' Association of New York, held at
eminent men on "What if you were Mayor ? "
the Union Square Hotel, on October 10, there
From a lengthy interview with Mr. Steinway
was repealed an act of great importance to the
we quote the following, which, we venture to
local trade papers.
say, the entire people, irrespective of politics,
We refer to the agreement made and passed by
will agree with : " What we need in this city is
the
Association, whereby members agreed to
a man who will not be so much swayed by par-
limit
their patronage of the local trade papers to
tisanship as to lose sight of New York's true
interest, who will not be afraid to stamp out two.
That was repealed by an unanimous vote oi
wrong doing for fear that it will injure his party,
the
members present last Tuesday. This agree-
his political organization or his friends.''
ment was entered into by the members of the
Association to take effect in January, 1892.
Although there are many who have openly dis-
were honored during the past week with claimed that it was the intention of the Associa-
a visit from Mr. Geo. B. Armstrong, tion in entering upon this agreement, to cut
associate editor of The Indicator, who has been down the number of trade papers, yet it has
making the acquaintance of the trade in the been generally accepted, that such was the in-
East for the past few weeks. During his stay tention as well as to curtail and regulate the
in New York Mr. Armstrong was made to feel alleged abuses of which some journals were di-
" a t home " by the trade at large, and while his rectly accused.
allegiance to the Capitol of the West has not
If such were the results hoped for by the
wavered, yet New York has won no small place
Association, they have not materialized. There
in his esteem.
are to-day just the same number of papers in
Mr. Armstrong is a charming conversational-
existence that were published in '91—owned by
ist, a brilliant writer, and to use the colloquial
the same men. Immediately after the collapse
phrase, an "all-round good fellow," and the
of the American Musician, John C. Freund
hearty reception accorded him is a well deserved
commenced the publication of the Music Trades.
tribute to Mr. Armstrong personally, and to his
This he abandoned, stating at the time of his
co-editor, Mr. O. L. Fox, who is publishing a
departure for other fields, that it was on acconnt
dignified and representative trade paper that is a
of the limitation placed upon the trade papers
credit to Chicago and to the interests it so ably
that caused him to abandon the field where he
represents.
had always been an eccentric figure. He has
again entered the race, and if we may be per-
AFTER HIS SCALP. ,
mitted to judge from appearance, has succeeded
a letter recently to the Musical Courier, fairly well during the past year. Harry E.
its '' senior editor '' gave his impressions Freund also entered another field of journalism,
of piano manufacturers and piano manufacturing but only temporarily. He came back again and
in Paris. According to our Parisian contempo- started Freund's Weekly. Mr. Nickerson's Free
rary, Le Monde Musical, just to hand, these Press was transplanted to Chicago, and has
'' impressions '' contain numerous mis-state- blossomed out anew under the name of the
ments, and our Gallic friends are on the '' war Chicago Times. With the other papers there
has been no change, either in name or pro-
path " after the "senior editor's " scalp.
At the meeting of the "Chambre Syndicale des prietorship.
Instruments de Musique," held in Paris, Sep-
tember 18th, the president M. Thibouville-Lamy
It must be conceded that notwithstanding the
restriction placed upon them, that the trade
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
papers as a whole have advanced in appear-
ance, In tone, in news service, in everything.
Referring to the action and ability of the Associa-
tion to suppress and regulate the alleged
abuses existing in trade journalism, we have
only to refer to the Hardman-Peek affair and its
ending.
We never had the slightest hesitancy in pro-
nouncing the passing of such an agreement by
a dignified body of members unjust in its re-
strictions and un-American in its application.
The Music Trade Review lost patronage by its
operation, but we never weakened in our policy;
nothing of the cringing or sycophantic tactics
can be laid at our door. We worked manfully to
build in other sections a patronage which
should at least equal, if not surpass, that which
has been denied us at home.
We succeeded, and we believe that it is gener-
ally admitted, that this journal never com-
manded the influence or patronage which it does
to-day. We never have passed around the hat.
It should be understood that for many months
past a large number of the members of the
Association have desired the repeal of this to
them obnoxious rule. It was believed that it
would have been rescinded last Spring, but in
some way it was overlooked; then at the
August meeting the attendance was slight. It
was generally believed that the October session
would settle the trade paper question. It did,
and it was such a foregone conclusion that its
repeal scarcely created a ripple of comment,
where two years ago there was much agitation.
the Century for October is a four page
article, '' When Steinway Comes.'' It is
illustrated with artistic reproductions from some
of the special designs which appear on some of
the Steinway grands. Taken in its entirety it
is historical and entertaining, and is one of the
best advertisements ever issued by Steinway &
Sons.
flusic Dealer Assigns.
R. HANFORD, music dealer, of
Watertown, confessed judgment in favor
of his wife in the amount of $3,627 this morning
and his store was placed in the hands of the
sheriff. Liabilities cannot be stated.—Argus,
Albany, N. Y., October 10th.
A New Firm in St. Johnsville.
& CO. is the firm name of a new
piano manufacturing concern which has
just started in business at St. Johnsville, N. Y.
Mr. Witney, who was formerly with Otto Wiss-
ner, of Brooklyn, and Mr. Frank Belding, a
business man of St. Johnsville, compose the
firm. They intend to manufacture a medium
grade piano.
Decorative Work for Pianos.
HOMER D. BRONSON CO., manufac-
turers of electro bronze panels and other
decorative work for pianos and organs, at Beacon
Falls, Conn., are experiencing the improved
business which is now in evidence throughout
the trade. Their wares are growing in popular-
ity, and are now used by many well-known
firms.
Eimo " or " Omie.'
business. He will, himself, visit that city every
Thursday.
" HOUGHTON, the veneer man, has Trade flaterially Improved with
<£? a pretty level head on other than veneer
Bush & Qerts.
affairs. In the regular weekly letters which he
has been writing for the Chicago Times, over the
CHICAGO, October 2d, 1894.
signature of " Eimo," which is his name spelled E. LYMAN Bii.iv, ESO..,
backward, he has not overlooked the fact of in-
EDITOR MUSIC TRADE REVIEW,
corporating his name in each letter in a promi-
New York City.
nent way. '' Omie " is a mighty popular veneer
DEAR SIR : It has been some little time since
man, and he wasn't born yesterday either.
you have heard from us, and trust you have not
formed the impression that any of the newsy
Wears a Derby.
articles in THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW have
escaped our notice. We receive your paper
OSlTlVELY we did not recognize him.
regularly and thoroughly appreciate and enjoy
We met him on the street and came near its contents. We are glad to notice there seems
passing him by, when a hearty '' Hello '' caused to be a decided improvement in business in
us to look again.
various parts of the country, and that the gener-
Then we knew him.
al feeling is very much improved. The Bush &
But how changed!
Gerts Piano Company have not been making
The tall, shiny hat was missing.
very much noise of late, but we have had the
saw well greased and have been quietly pushing
Likewise the polka dot tie.
The former was replaced by a derby—fall block. it into the wood and accomplishing results that
have been, considering existing conditions, more
The latter by a black string tie.
than satisfactory. Trade is very materially im-
Who was it ?
proved in the last sixty days, showing a large
Jack Haynes.
percentage of increase over the similar period
Francis J. Bird in Charge of the last year, which is very gratifying. We have
added some decided improvements to our piano
Emerson Warerooms.
the last few months, making it more attractive
and saleable than ever. We find the dealers
*IM8 R " F R A N C I S J- BIRD has been appointed
'' catch on " to these things very quickly and
-**»- manager of the New York branch house take advantage of them, and orders have been
of the Emerson Piano Company. Mr. Bird was coming in quite briskly during the last thirty
formerly with the W. D. Dutton & Co. concern days. We hope and believe this will continue
of Philadelphia, and ranks as one of the bright right on to the first of the year, and are glad we
and energetic young men of the trade. He dis- are in a position to take care of all that comes,
played marked ability in the various positions as we have been keeping the factory humming
which he heretofore occupied, and is bound to all during the summer months and are now run-
advance the interests of the Emerson Piano Com-
ning full time.
pany in this city and vicinity. Although but a
With best wishes, and hoping to see your
few days in charge he has already '' set the ball
rolling '' by transacting an unusually good busi- smiling face out this way again before a great
ness—in fact the first day he disposed of a piano while, and congratulating you upon the excel-
for cash. This, however, is only a slight indi- lence of your Canadian number, which we read
cation of the business that is bound to grow with considerable satisfaction and pleasure, we
are,
Yours respectfully,
under his management from now forward.
f
The Symphony in New York.
;R. W. F. TWAY, President of the Tway
Piano Company, 88 Fifth Avenue, has
secured the New York agency for the Wilcox &
White organs, including their renowned " Sym-
phony. '' Mr. Tway received the first stock of
these excellent instruments yesterday, and in a
conversation with him he informed us that he is
going to push these instruments in this section.
In fact, he is going to make a record, and there
are few men better able to do it than Mr. Tway.
He has experience and tact, and will undoubt-
edly add to the popularity of the " Symphony "
instruments in New York and vicinity. The
house of Wilcox & White are to be congratu-
lated on securing such an able and energetic
representative, and in the '' Symphony '' organs
Mr. Tway has a line of instruments that are
bound to make trade.
J. W. Stearns.
R. J. W. STEARNS, who has a wide
acquaintance in the music trade of Phila-
delphia, succeeds Francis J. Bird as manager
of the Philadelphia warerooms of William D.
Dutton & Co. Mr. Stearns has been associated
with the Dutton concern most of the time since
1875. He is a salesman of more than ordinary
ability, and a thoroughly experienced piano man.
Mr. Dutton will in future devote more time to
the direct superintendence of the Philadelphia
BUSH & GERTS PIANO COMPANY,
W. L. BUSH.
In Town.
CALLERS at the New York trade rendezvous,
that is Jack Haynes' warerooms, during the past
week, have been J. Forest Greer, with Henry
Siegling, Charleston, S. C. ; W. J. Curtis,
Schenectady, N. Y.; W. H. Price, AsburyPark,
N. J.; P. A. Weber, Tarrytown, N. Y. ; M.
Raab, Long Island City ; L. W. Rood, Laforg-
ville, N. Y. ; F. N. Hulett, Plainfield, N. J.;
Mr. Hedenberg, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Ferdinand
D'Auguera, Boston, Mass.; F. S. Taylor, Eliza-
beth, N. J.; B. A. Whitney, Malone, N. Y.
THE Farrand & Votey Organ Co., Detroit,
Mich., have opened a branch of their pipe-organ
business at Pittsburg, Pa. It is under the man-
agement of Phillip Wirching, formerly president
of the Wirching Church Organ Co. of Ohio.
The Farrand & Votey Company are about to
place an organ in the new Carnegie Hall in that
city.
Popular Daniel.
JR. DANIEL F. TREACY was voted the
most popular man in Stamford, Conn.,
at a fair held in that town last week. In addi-
tion to this compliment he received a very hand-
some goldheaded cane. It seems that friend
Daniel is just as popular with the Stamforditea
as with the trade at large.

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