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VOL. XIX. No. 17.
published Every Saturday.
The Clifford Piano Company.
3|j HE formation of the Clifford Piano Cotn-
-€>> pany in Chicago and Ann Arbor, Mich., is
the latest item of news from the West. This
company is composed of Mr. Clifford C. Chicker-
ing, who has for some time been manufacturing
the Chickering Brothers piano in Chicago, Mr.
Lew H. Clement, secretary and manager of the
Ann Arbor Organ Company, and some of the
stockholders of the same company.
The new piano, of which the first lot has just
been completed, will be known as the " Clifford
piano.'' The sample instruments are said to be of
beautiful design, and possess a tone of unusually
fine quality. They are pianos of great pro-
mise, and demonstrate that the long training
which Mr. Clifford C. Chickering received in the
factory of Chickering & Sons, under the direct
supervision of Mr. C. Frank Chickering, has
been well applied.
The Ann Arbor Organ Company propose to
act as sole factors for the sale of the Clifford
piano, and they have excellent facilities for giv-
ing this instrument a prominence and a wide
market. For the present the piano will be made
in Chicago, although a dual corporation will be
formed in Illinois and Michigan, and the piano
marked "Chicago and Ann Arbor." It is not
unlikely, however, that it will be manufactured
later on in Ann ATbor.
The officers of the company will, in all proba-
bility, be as follows : Mr. Clifford C. Chickering,
superintendent and treasurer; Mr. Lew H.
Clement, secretary and general manager. The
other officers will undoubtedly be chosen from
the executive forces of the Ann Arbor Organ
Company. The office of the new company will
be in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Under the supervision of Mr. Chickering the
Clifford piano cannot fail to be a meritorious in-
strument. It should prove both salable and
satisfactory. Mr. Lew H. Clement will look
after the business end of the company, and the
Clifford piano will give him a wider chance to
display his exceptional ability.
\
• flew VorK, [fovember 17, 1894.
fir. White's Residence Destroyed
by Fire.
f
HE handsome residence of James H. White,
oftheWilcox & White Organ Co., Meri-
den, Conn., was destroyed by fire Tuesday morn-
ing, November 6th. The fire was caused by the
telephone wire, that had sagged down with the
weight of ice, becoming crossed with a live wire,
thus conveying a current through Mr. White's
telephone wire. The house was destroyed before
Mr. White could communicate with the Fire De-
partment, the system having failed to work
owing to the storm. The house was insured
for $6,000, a very small proportion of its value,
being handsomely furnished and containing
many handsome paintings, valuable bric-a-brac,
etc. The Meriden papers compliment Mr. White
for his heroism in saving the life of the servant,
who would undoubtedly have lost her life only
for Mr. White's timely rescue.
Plectra=phone Infringement.
formal opening of A. D. Coe's new ware-
rooms, on Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, O.,
took place last Thursday afternoon and evening.
His very attractive and commodious ware-
rooms were crowded with visitors, who paid Mr.
Coe many compliments on the general appear-
ance of his establishment.
Nothing Green About Him.
W. GREEN, who was in charge of the
branch house of Manier, Lane & Co., at
Ocala, Fla., has absconded, and many creditors
mourn his absence. For the last few months
Green did considerable advertising, and sold his
goods at one-third their actual values. He
seemed determined to make as much money as
he possibly could, and he evidently succeeded.
What is left of his stock of goods is at present
in the sheriff's hands.
LL persons are hereby notified that the Governor=Elect florton and the
so-called "Orchestral Attachment" con-
Bradbury Piano.
tained in the "Crown Pianos," manufactured
by Geo. P. Bent, of Chicago, 111., is an infringe-
•R. W. P. VAN WICKLE, the enterprising
ment of Letters Patent of the United States, No.
representative of Freeborn G. Smith in
515,426, granted to La Martine M. French and
Washington,
saw a strong point for the Brad-
Charles Nalence, February 27, 1894, and known
as the " Plectra-phone, " now controlled by The bury piano in the election of Levl P. Morton as
Governor of this State, and the Washington
Everett Piano Co., of Boston, Mass.
papers after the election contained a very neat
You are further notified that under the law "ad " setting forth the testimonial that Mr.
any person who "makes, sells or uses " such Morton gave the Bradbury instruments during
a piano is an infringer and liable to prosecution his term as Vice-President of the United States.
as such.
Mr. Van Wickle is also sending out very attrac-
In order to protect our rights in this matter tive circulars containing Mr. Morton's auto-
we are about to begin suit against the manu- graph letter and a very handsome portrait of the
facturers of said " Orchestral Attachment " and Governor elect of this State. It is clear that Mr.
shall prosecute all infringers wherever found as Van Wickle can "see a point," and much of the
we may be advised.
success of the Bradbury pianos in Washington
Yours truly,
is due to his alertness in this direction.
THE EVERETT PIANO CO.
Sole lessees of the " Plectra-phone."
CHICAGO, November 14th, 1894.
All persons are notified that the Orchestral
Attachment
does not infringe any patent, but is
EVERAL months ago Mr. C. A. Ahlstrom,
fully
covered
by my patents, and that other
the piano manufacture!: of Jamestown, N.
Y., was arrested in Bradford, Pa., for selling patents are now pending.
It is entirely different from any other patent,
pianos without paying a license. The complaint
both
in construction and in variety of charming-
was made by de alers of pianos in that city. A fine
was imposed and paid, after which Mr. Ahlstrom ly beautiful effects.
I will guarantee protection to any one pur-
took the case to the higher courts. The de-
chasing
the '' Crown '' piano with any of its
cision has just been handed down and the
exceptions were sustained and judgment of the patented attachments.
GEO. P. BENT,
Aldermen reversed and fine remitted. The rul-
Manufacturer.
ing of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania that
agents from foreign States must pay a license,
W. P. WOOD, traveling salesman with the
has been squarely overruled by the Supreme Mark
Ament Music House, died suddenly last
Court of the U. S. as unconstitutional.
week at Chillicothe, O.
S
A. D. Coe, Cleveland, B O.
t
A Card from Geo. P. Bent.
An Important Ruling.
$3.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES. 10 CENTS.
The <\Knabe" in Norway.
important business connection has just
been made by William Knabe & Co. with
the well-known Christiana house of J. W. Cappe-
len, which is the leading music house of Norway.
Mr. Cappelen has been given the sole agency for
the sale of the Knabe pianos for Norway, and
will handle them henceforth regularly as its
principal instrument. This arrangement is
specially gratifying to the Knabe Company, as
it was brought about solely through the reputa-
tion for excellence which their pianos have
attained in Europe as well as in this country,
and which induced the great Christiana house to
apply for and secure the agency. An assort-
ment of upright and grand pianos ordered by
the Cappelen firm was shipped from the factory
yesterday.—Baltimore American, Nov. 9th.