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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
A "Regina" Novelty.
Jm WOLFF, general agent for the Regina
^=a* music boxes, 194 Broadway, is showing
what is destined to prove a popular novelty in
music boxes. The new box, of which an illus-
tration is shown herewith, is a musical automa-
ton, with interchangeable metallic tune-sheets
and penny-drop attachment, and one tune is
played for every penny dropped in the slot the
box is provided with. It has 78 steel tongues,
and plays a thousand tunes. The dimensions
of the box, without table, are 21 x 18^ x 7%.
inches. The cases are in walnut, mahogany,
and oak.
seltzer water, for, thanks to the inability of our
two great political parties to hold out longer,
the " tariff is settled" (with few exceptions),
and we now feel like forcing our customers to
buy goods, for everything is propitious.
Our Mr. Geissler made his usual trip to
Europe this Spring, and with the nerve for
which he is already noted, bought goods right
and left; selected new styles, just as though
there was no such thing as depression in busi-
ness circles, and he happened to hit it right, for
now our travelers are starting out with an
entire new line of samples in all lines ; prices
are already figured and reduced, in exact accord-
ance and proportion to our reduced costs under
the "Wilson bill," and our customers are here-
by freely and instantly offered all these advan-
tages.
Let us say just here, that our buyer was the
only buyer in Europe this Spring in the music
line. Not a New York or Chicago house had a
representative there, and all our styles are just
one year in advance of theirs.
Our new catalogue is in process, new and ex-
pensive wood cuts being made throughout, and
many novelties and new ideas incorporated.
Don't send orders elsewhere, and receive out-
of-date goods, and old prices. Remember only,
SHERMAN, CLAY & Co.,
Corner Kearney and Sutter Sts.
Redwood for English Manufac=
turers.
The tone of the instrument is surprisingly
good, and this music box should prove an attrac-
tion in hotels, railway waiting rooms and public
places. The boxes are also made without slot
attachment for home use.
The Weaver the Official Organ of
the Grangers.
•R. M. B. GIBSON, Secretary of the Weaver
Organ & Piano Co., of York, Pa., went
to William's Grove on the 22d inst. to rusticate
a few days with his family, preparatory to the
Great Grangers' Picnic, which is held at that
point annually the last week in August, at
which place the Weaver Organ & Piano Co. are
the principal exhibitors in the musical instru-
ment line. The Weaver organ is recommended
by the State Executive Committee of Patrons of
Husbandry for purchase by private members of
the Grange, as well as for use in Grange halls
throughout the State of Pennsylvania. When
it is remembered that this recommendation was
made five or six years ago, and renewed each
year by the State Executive Committee, it is
more than an ordinary compliment to the merits
of the Weaver organ, as well as to the liberal
business methods of the manufacturers.
Sherman, Clay & Co. Exultant.
are in receipt of the following from
Sherman, Clay & Co., San Francisco,
Cal., who are evidently exultant over the new
tariff law:
S-H-A-K-E, B-O-Y-S, S-H-A-K-E !
We are not much given to hilarious fun, but
if you'll call in you shall join us in a bottle of
THE
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CONSIGNMENT of redwood from Hum-
boldt County, Cal., was received the other
day by the estate of John F. Carr, lumber deal-
ers, 543 West 23d street. The lumber will be
reshipped to London, where it will be used to fill
special orders from cabinet makers and piano
manufacturers. Redwood was exhibited at the
Paris and Chicago expositions. The order re-
ceived by the firm is due to the notice attracted
by the wood on exhibition. The sflabs received
are unfinished and number thirteen in all. Each
section is nine feet in width, representing the
diameter of the tree, four feet long and five
inches thick. The circumference of the tree
when standing was almost thirty feet, as the
bark of the tree is over five inches thick. The
height of the tree was about 280 feet.
The redwood tree flourishes best in Humboldt
and Mendocino counties. The belt in Humboldt
County is twelve to fifteen miles deep and not
one-tenth of it has been cut. In one county
alone the total output is 220,000,000 feet a year.
At that rate the present supply will not be ex-
hausted for two centuries. The grain of the
wood is either straight or curly. There is no
way of telling the grain until the tree is cut
down and sawed. The straight grained is the
more valuable, as it is used by piano manufac-
turers for sounding-boards.
Technically, the straight-grained wood is
known as "quarter sawed." The curly grain-
ed redwood is used for moldings, car trimmings
and fine cabinet woodwork. The wood is used
for veneer, and is susceptible of a high polish.
From the rougher parts of the wood shingles are
made.
The burl of the tree is an excrescence, which
varies from three to twenty feet in thickness,
and is due to some cause which has not been
satisfactorily explained. The wood of the burl
has a bird's-eye grain. It is used for table tops.
—Sun.
CELEBRATED
STEGER
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BRIEF NEWS LETS.
RIVER VIEW, III.—The SchaefFer Piano Co.
will move from Oregon, 111., to River View, 111.,
about two miles from the Chicago city limits.
The-contract, as signed by the River View Land
Co. and Mr. Straube, of the SchaefFer Piano Co.,
calls for a building twice as large as their pre-
sent one, a deed to the building and a bonus of
$5,500 on a guarantee on the part of Mr. Straube
to work 100 men 900 days.
PORTLAND, ME.—A piano action company has
been formed in Portland. Hon. J. C. Bennett,
president; Capt. Jas. F. Meech, treasurer, and
these officials, together with Benj. Pitman, Fred-
erick Smith, all of Lynn, Mass., and Wm. Bad^
ger, of Boston, will constitute the Board of
Directors. The company has secured a factory
in West Lynn.
KANSAS CITY, MO.—Henry S. Pearson, for-
merly manager of the Piano Mfg. Co. of this
city, and part proprietor of the Terrell Hardware
Co., of Ryan, I. T., committed suicide August
23d by shooting. He left several letters stating
that there was nothing in life for him. He was
short in his accounts with the piano company.
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, L. I.—Chas. Brown, of
Ridgewood, claiming to be a salesman for a well
known piano manufacturer of New York, was
arrested in Rockville Centre, he being seen to
enter a house of S. W. Clifton, whose family is
out of town. He states that he entered the
house of Mr. Clifton to examine the piano there,
but his story was not believed.
MANSON CITY, IA.—The store floor of the new
Egloff building, on State street, will be occupied
September 1st by McMillan & Elshani as a first
class musical establishment.
IOWA CITY, IA.—Prof. Wm. Berryhill is about
to place a manager in his music store in Clarin-
da, Ia., and will go to Iowa City to instruct
pupils on stringed instruments of the Conserva-
tory of Music.
LOUISVILLE, KY.—Since the burning of J. P.
Simmons & Co. 's repair shop, at 630 4th avenue,
referred to in this paper August 25th, Mr.
Fonda, owner of the building, has decided to
erect a large .and commodious piano and organ
repair shop in the rear of the Fonda building.
PORT JERVIS, N. Y.—Mr. Frederick Conzel-
man, who has been engaged in the piano busi-
ness in this city since 1870, died at his home, 1
Pike street, on August 25th. Death due to
hemorrhage of the lungs. He leaves a wife and
son. He was 55 years old.
FORT WORTH, TEX.—E. Furstner, dealer in
musical instruments and supplies, 103 West
16th street, executed a deed of assignment to-
day to secure creditors in sum of $842.25. Jos.
Baer was named as trustee.
NEWARK, N. J.—The Scammon, Richards &
Canfield Co., incorporated, capital $25,000, for
the purpose of managing theatrical enterprises,
&c. Albert Q. Scammon, Geo. S. Richards,
Eugene Canfield, New York, and Jos. P. Shiller,
East Orange.
LOUISVILLE, KY.—The wareroom and repair
shop of J. P. Simmons & Co., dealers in pianos
and organs, 630 Fourth street, was almost totally
destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $3,000, on
which there is onlya'partial insurance.
PIANOS
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PATENTED 1692.
are noted for their fine singing quality of
tone and great durability. The most
profitable Piano for dealers to handle.
STEO-ER & CO., Manufacturers,
Factory, Columbia Heights.
235 WABASH ATE., CHICAGO.