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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
gone over the matter of your infringement on Patent
No. 515, 426, granted to La Martine M. French and
Charles Nalence, February 27, 1894, of which we are the
sole lessees, and it is the opinion of experts that you are
infringing on said patent, and we hereby notify you that
it is our intention to bring suit unless we receive assur-
ances from you that you will at once discontinue manu-
facturing your ' Orchestral Attachment.'
Although we should be glad to talk the matter over
personally, we feel that under the circumstances it is
perhaps better to refer you to our attorneys, Messrs.
Bond, Adams, Pickard & Jackson, 1147 Monadnock
Building.
Yours, very truly,
Signed.
EVERETT PIANO CO.,
per C."
This was the first intimation that I had that
the Everett Co. or the John Church Co. were to
appear in this fight as active participants. I
still do not know and they will not tell me in
what way or ways I infringe, as they assert.
At the same time that the above letter, dated
Nov. 13th, was mailed to me, the notice, which
has appeared in the papers warning the trade
and public not to buy, sell, or use my attach-
ments, was mailed to certain paper or papers,
and I have reason to believe that even prior to
the date of the above letter, notices were being
sent to the trade, such as have appeared in the
trade papers. It. therefore, seems clear to me
that peace was not desired in the slightest degree,
for, on Nov. 14th, I called on Mr. Church and
reiterated the sentiments already expressed
twice before, first in my letter of Nov. 5th, a n ( j
again in person to the three gentlemen referred
to above, when they called at my office, at my
invitation, all going to show my position and
my feeling in this whole matter. It seems clear
to me that there was no w ish to, surely they did
not want to, receive the "assurances" called
for in the letter of Nov. 13th, that a fight was
only what was desired, and this is simply to
say that their wish, so clearly expressed by all
the correspondence and conduct up to date, shall
be fully gratified by your humble servant.
I inclose herewith to you a copy of the notice
I am sending to all concerned, which please
kindly publish, and thereby very much oblige,
Yours, very truly,
GEO. P. BENT.
CHICAGO, NOV. 20th, 1894.
The Colby Factory Busy.
U-DUSINESS with the Colby Piano Company,
&^ Erie, Pa., is unusually brisk just now.
They find considerable difficulty in filling the
orders on hand. The trade for the past month
has been away above the average.
The Washburn Trade Hark.
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W. JENKINS' SONS, of Kansas City, are,
it seems, using a trade mark which is a
close fac-simile of the Washburn trade mark
used by Lyon & Healy, of Chicago. It is Lyon
& Healy's intention to immediately restrain J.
W. Jenkins' Sons from trespassing upon their
rights in this connection.
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THE handsome grand piano made for the
World's Fair by Wm. Knabe & Co., and which
has been described at length at different times,
is again on view at their warerooms in this city.
It has been on exhibition at Washington, D. C,
for several months.
IT ia said that over twenty thousand people
attended the formal opening of Mr. A. D. Coe's
new warerooms, Cleveland, O.
"The Hi$KesI Type."
Driftwood
Floating From all Parts of the
Country.
Leominister, Mass.
MASS.—J. H. Lockey Piano
Case Co. filed certificates of incorporation.
Fixed capital, $30,000. Assets—land and water
power, $10,000 ; buildings, $18,124 ; machinery,
$9,241 ; cash and debts receivable, $10,531 ;
manufacturers and merchandise, $34,913; mis-
cellaneous, $1,749 ; total, $84,558. Liabilities
—capital stock, $30,000 ; debts, $46,001 ; pro-
fit and loss, $8,566 ; total, $84,558.
Washington, D. C.
(Successors to STARK & STRACK.)
WASHINGTON, D. C.—E. F. Droop & Sons,
pianos and organs, will remove from their pre-
sent quarters at 925 Pennsylvania avenue, tem-
porarily, until the completion of a new four-
story building to be erected on that site. The
new building will be heated by steam, lighted
by electricity and gas and supplied with freight
elevators and electric passenger elevators. The
first
floor will be devoted to the sale of sheet
MANUFACTURED BY
music and small instruments, and the second
floor will be a piano wareroom. This story will
be divided into a series of compartments, and by
the removal of partitions, can be converted into
one large hall with stage atone end. The third
floor will be divided into rooms for the use of
fios. 171 and 173 South Canal Street,
teachers who may wish to instruct pupils. The
upper story will be used for storage and repair
shops.
CHICAGO.
Seward, Neb.
SEWARD, NEB—J. F. Gereke, musical instru-
ments, reported small fire loss.
Plattsmouth, Neb.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.—Waldemar Beck, musi-
cal instruments, reported as having given chattel
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mortgage for $100.
Sackville, N. B.
SACKVILLE, N. B.—George C. Fawcett, pianos,
organs, etc., died recently.
New York City.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Jas. Campion, manufac-
turer of piano cases at 135th street and Southern
Boulevard, made an assignment to Thos. F.
Byrne without preferences.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—The Committee by which
the differences among the two piano makers'
unions in this city are to be settled, will meet
next Thursday night at 1551 Second avenue.
Oswego, N. Y.
OSWEGO, N. Y.—Policeman McCarthy went
to Troy a few days ago to bring back to this city
Mark W. Lester, who is charged with stealing
musical instruments belonging to Jno. C. Ives
MANUFACTURERS OF
of the Kingsford Band valued at $200.
Bloomington, HI.
BLOOMINGTON, III.—Messrs. J. H. Ament &
Co. are about to open an elegant music store at
FACTORY:
415 North Main street. He will manage the
institution, assisted by Messrs. D. C. Ament,
DERBY, CONN.
Sherman B. Knox and Clark E. Stewart.
It is admitted by all thai no piano ever put upon the
Peoria, III.
market has met with such success as T H E STEKLING
PEORIA, III.—Miss Mary Olive Fuller was
and thousands will testify to their superiority of work- married November 16 to Mr. Geo. Clyde Powers,
manship and durability. Why ? Because they are made bookkeeper in the employ of the Mark Ament
just as perfect as a piano can be made.
Music Co.
T H E STERLING ORGAK has always taken the lead, and
Philadelphia, Pa.
LEOMINISTER,
RUSSELL
PIANOS
Sterling Company,
Pianos and Organs,
the improvements made this \ear pins it far ahead ol
All others. %WSend for Catalogue.
Hallet&Davis Pianos
PHILADELPHIA, PA.—A Gustave Goethert, 35
years old, of 1332 Girard avenue, lies at his
home in imminent danger of death from the effects
GRAND, SQUARE AND UPrclCn . .
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Paulus, Titiens, Heilbron and Germany's Greatest Masters.
Established over Half a Century.
BOSTON. MASS-