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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
MR. JAMES GRAY, of Boardman & Gray, Al-
bany, and his wife are spending a few weeks at
Block Island.
who has been connected
with the Kimball Company, has joined the forces
of the Chicago Cottage Organ Co.
DECORATORS have just about got through with
the Mason & Hamlin warerooms, 136 5th ave-
nue, and they now present a very handsome ap-
pearance. The line of pianos and organs carried
by the house are shown off to the greatest ad-
vantage. Mr. Holyer^tJjj^awPlWteous manager,
has reason to feelnjMdluof his new quarters.
MR. THOMAS SMITH,
P I A N O J # ^ E S which can be folded up and re-
JltrTWffto the shipper at small cost are to be
jpanufactured by a company which is being
tfformed in Washington, D. C.
are anxiously awaiting news of the enor-
mous muskalonge which Mr. Emil Wulschner
has caught, or will catch, for the purpose of pre-
senting to the man who sells the greatest num-
ber of pianos in his stores at Indianapolis, Terre
Haute, Richmond and Muncie during his absence
on vacation. The scheme is a great one, and
demonstrates Mr. Wulschner's ability to combine
business with pleasure in a very ingenious way.
It may be profitable for Mr. Wulschner to con-
tinue seeking for the largest fish, and allow his
men to continue to add to the sale of instru-
ments. Mr. Wulschner, however, will hardly
avail of this loophole in his friendly contract, so
a compromise may be expected. Anyway we
are anxious to hear about that muskalonge !
IT is said that Mr. E. S. Conway, of the W.
W. Kimball Company, during his visit to
Washington last week made arrangements
whereby the Metzerott house will resume busi-
ness. The firm name will be The Metzerott
Music Co., and they will handle the Kimball
piano as leader. As far as can be learned it is
expected that Mr. Frank V. Metzerott will be
the president of the new company, and Mr.
Joseph E. Luckett, secretary. The Kimball has
won a prominent place for itself in the Capitol
city, and this new arrangement will further add
to its popularity.
WE are sorry to read the following item con-
cerning Mr. Chas. E. Hollenbeck, the popular
m A LARGE quantity of lumber belonging to road representative for Geo. Steck & Co.:
ELKHORN, WIS., August gth.—By the burn-
§ Alfred Dolge & Son was destroyed by fire Sun-
day morning. It was stored in the yard con- ing of the summer cottage of Mr. C. E. Hollen-
venient to the sawmill owned by T. Ouderkirk, beck, of Rockford, at Huderdale Lakes, six
at Gray, about twenty-five miles from Dolge- miles north of here, last night a servant girl
named Sadie Fallon, of Rockford, was burned to
ville, where the fire had its origin.
death. Mrs. Hollenbeck was severely burned
SPEAKING of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the
New Hampshire Music Teachers' Association, and her spine injured. Her mother, Mrs.
which met July 30th, the Daily Monitor, Con- Brown, had her hip and ankle broken, and may
cord, N. H., among other things says : " Right die from her injuries. The fire was caused by
here we may mention with pardonable pride the the falling of a hanging lamp, the flames spread-
splendid manner in which the Prescott piano ing so quickly the inmates only escaped by
stood the test of comparison with the Chicker- jumping from the windows.
ing grand at this recital. In quality of tone
MR. W. O. BACON, who has been connected
there was so little difference that one had to lis- with the house of Chickering & Sons for a
ten with especial care to distinguish the two, lengthy period, and who has recently been con-
while in power it was marvelous how the little nected with their Chicago house, has severed
upright held its own with the giant grand ; and his connection with that establishment.
competitors in the sale of other makes in our
MR. J. V. STEGER, president of the Steger
State were profuse in their congratulations to
Mr. Prescott, who was present, and evidently Piano Co., Chicago, is enjoying his vacation—
fishing. Look out for whale stories.
happy over the results."
THERE are few more attractive warerooms in
THE MASON & HAMLIN pianos and organs
are being used exclusively by the Chautauqua Boston than those of Vose & Sons. They are
Literary and Scientific Circle, Chautauqua, N. furnished with extreme taste, and present a very
handsome appearance exteriorly and interiorly,
Y. A signal honor, indeed.
MR. HAMILTON S. GORDON has returned from but they are none too handsome for the popular
his outing in the Adirondacks. He has recover- Vose piano, which has won a high place in the
ed almost entirely from the accident which befell esteem of musicians throughout this country.
him recently, whereby his leg was injured. He
IT is always a pleasure to look through the
is in splendid trim, and prepared for a Fall trade, pages of our bright little contemporary, Strings.
which he says is certain to come. New styles The latest number to hand is fully up to the
and a new catalogue of the Gordon pianos will usual standard in a literary way.
soon make their appearance.
MR. ALBERT T. STRAUCH, of Strauch Bros.,
HASTINGS & SON, of 125th street, were
visited last week by sneak thieves. Result : has been most successful in securing orders dur-
disappearance of a Regina box and handsome ing his Western trip both for actions and keys.
Strauch Bros, expect a good business this Fall.
banjo.
STILL they come ! Wasle & Co. have an-
MR. GEO. P. BENT has returned from his ex-
nounced that they will hereafter manufacture tended fishing trip well primed with a stock ot
piano keys.
vitality which will enable him to generate new
THE Clark Whitson-Leitch Music Co.'s build- ideas for the purpose of keeping things running
ing at Albuquerque, N. M., was partly destroyed at a " lively gait." Of course we mean in the
by fire July 28th.
way of securing orders. Mr. Bent reports that
MR. C. J. HEPPE, the well-known piano his new scale instruments are meeting with a
dealer, Chestnut street, Philadelphia, is seri- very hearty welcome from the trade, and that
ously ill at Atlantic City, N. J., where Mr. Heppe business generally, both in pianos and organs,
is improving. This is satisfactory news.
and his family are stopping for the summer.
THE genial '' Charlie '' Sisson dropped in on
us during the week. He reports an improved
condition of trade in reed organs with the Far-
rand & Votey Organ Company. He has travel-
ed through several States recently, and reports
an optimistic temperament prevailing among the
majority of dealers as to the prospects for Fall
trade. Business in pipe organs with Farrand &
Votey is above the average. They have from
$75,000 to $100,000 in contracts on hand, which
will keep them " rushed " up to next January.
The merits of these organs are becoming further
established every day.
V. J. HLAVAC, the Russian musician, has de-
clined to serve as musical judge at the Antwerp
Exposition. It will be remembered that he was
one of the judges in Section I at the Columbian
Exposition.
THE LION BANJO MANUFACTURING CO., of
Rock Rapids, la., have closed down temporarily.
They report being overstocked.
MASTER ARTHUR WESSELL, son of Commo-
dore Wessell, is evidently a "chip of the old
block." He was fishing last week at Budds
Lake, where his father and family are spending
the summer, and came in contact with a suscep-
tible five and a half pound black bass. It was
a mighty big undertaking to land the fish, but
he did it, at the expense of breaking one of the
Commodore's best lancewood poles. He didn't
g£t whipped, but if the black bass escaped, Oh !
my !
MR. A. J. MASON, of the Mason & Risch
Vocal ion Company, arrived from Europe last
Saturday.
MR. JAMES VAUGHN, manager of the Detroit
Music Company, made a large purchase of Starr
pianos recently.
W E had the pleasure of meeting Mr. W. T.
Bobbitt, of St. Louis, at this office on Wednes-
day. Mr, Bobbitt is calling on members of the
trade in this city, and will make some purchases
for his house before he returns.
CHAS. ELMENDORF, formerly of Sioux Falls,
is now connected with the house of W. W. Kim-
ball Co. as traveling salesman.
THE Doll baby grand which was recently
placed on the market is meeting with a great
deal of success. Several advance orders are in
hand for this instrument. General trade with
Mr. Jacob Doll is fair. He is looking forward
to a lively Fall trade.
THERE is nothing slow about Albert G. Cone,
the wide-awake treasurer of the W. W. Kimball
Company. As recently announced, the Sultan
of Johore decorated Mme. Minnie Hauk, the dis-
tinguished opera singer, and it afforded Mr.
bne an unusual opportunity of impressing the
fait on the public, as well as the more import-
ant one which can be seen in the advertisement
t h y appeared last week in the Chicago Tribune:
SULTAN OF JOHORE CONFERS MARKED
HONORS ON THE DISTINGUISHED ARTISTE.
Minnie Hauk, the distinguished soprano,
whose '' Carmen '' is the acknowledged stand-
ard, was lately decorated by the Sultan with the
order of the Crown of Johore, this making the
eleventh order that the charming artiste has re-
ceived from royal hands.
But these many royal favors have not made
the fair singer any the less American in her
ideas and preferences. In her beautiful chateau
at Lucerne, where she passes her seasons of rest
and preparation, is an American piano (a Kim-
ball) which is put to constant use in accompani-
ment to the voice that has swayed the world in
the great operas.