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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
&> Y et you. can almost see the letters Bent
all over the building, as such energy and
vim is seen in the rush toward completion,
which is being made throughout the great
structure which will be the future home of
the "Crown" goods.
Genial Charlie Russell told me that work
on the new factory for the Russell Piano
Co. was going rapidly forward. It will be
ready for occupancy sometime in May.
When completed the Russell Piano Co. will
have a large eight-story building" at 249-251
South Jefferson street. Business with this
concern shows steady improvement.
The half-page advertisements which are
appearing in the daily papers here through
the agency of Lyon, Potter & Co., impress
one with the idea that the people of Chi-
cago have become thoroughly acquainted
with Steinway Hall.
It is sad news that I learn from Chester-
ton, Indiana. C. O. Hillstrom, the organ
manufacturer, has been adjudged insane,
and a guardian has been appointed by
the court for his property. Mr. Hillstrom
has built up a prosperous trade and owns a
fine property. Without doubt his business
will be managed by his cousin, who has long
been associated with him. Mr. Hillstrom's
illness dates back to the death of his son,
to whom he was devotedly attached.
Newman Bros, have made a decided hit
with their new piano cased organs. They
not only report a fair trade, but the orders
are coming in with greater rapidity than
they had anticipated. They are in receipt
of many letters from prominent dealers
commenting favorably upon their new in-
struments.
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R. M. Walters to Move.
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M. WALTERS, manufacturer of the
"Narvesen" piano, will remove from
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his old quarters, corner of Twelfth street
and University place, on May ist to 27
Union square, next door to the Bank of the
Metropolis. Alterations are now being
made in the building, and when completed
an artistic and handsome home can be ex-
pected.
Mahogany Dealers Assign.
EORGE HAGEMEYER & SONS,
dealers in mahogany, at No. 810 East
Eleventh street, with yards at the foot of
East Tenth and Eleventh streets, and at
Crawfordsville, Ind., made an assignment
last Tuesday to Horace F. Hutchinson,
giving a preference to Flint & Co. for $50,-
000 on two notes made by Chew & Eadie,
and indorsed by Hagemeyer & Sons. The
late George Hagemeyer, who founded the
business many years ago, left an estate
valued at over $600,000. The sons were
brought up in the business.
The legitimate business debts, it is said,
will not exceed $20,000, and they are re-
ported to have at least $100,000 worth of
lumber in their yards here.
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Steinway...
PIANOS
GRAND
AND
UPRIGHT
New York Warerooms
Steinway & Sons are the only manu-
facturers who make all component parts
of their Pianofortes, exterior and interior
(including the easting o f the full metal
frames), in their own factories.
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Steinway Hall
Nos. 107, 109 & i n
E. 14th St.
Central Depot for Great Britain, Steinway Hall
No. 15 Lower Seymour St., Portman Square, London, W.
European Brancb factory
5tcinwa\>'s (Manofabrih
Finishing Factory, Fourth Avenue, 52(1
and 53d Sis., New York City.
Piano Case and Aft ion Factories, Metal
Fonndriis ami Lumber Yards, at Astoria,
Long Island City, opposite 120th Street, New
York City.
St. Pauli, Neue Rosen Strasse No. 20-24
HAMBURG, GERMANY
Foundry Gleanings.
An Overheard Conversation.
N attempt made in Sweden to produce
an extra strong- cast-iron, in order to
reducethe thickness of shrapnel shells, so that
the capacity of the chamber within them can
be increased, produced a series of castings
giving an average tensile strength of 19.5
long tons per square inch, with 38 per cent,
extension in 4-inch. The firm which makes
the casting's guarantees a strength of 17.8
long tons per square inch.
"A beautiful tone, a beautiful piano;
what is it? "
"It is a Singer."
"No, I mean the name of the piano."
"Yes, I know what you mean; it is the
'Singer' made by the Singer Piano Co., of
Chicago."
GELATIN charged with dichromate is now
used to protect plated surfaces. A sheet of
plated metal, after exposure to an atmos-
phere of sulfuretted hydrogen for twenty-
four hours, remains perfectly bright.
HENRI MOISSAN, the well-known French
chemist, states that aluminum can be satu-
rated with nitrogen by passing a current of
the latter through a bath of the molten alum-
inum, and that such saturation has consider-
able effect upon the physical properties of
the commercial metal, reducing the elastic
limit and the breaking stress. The pres-
ence of more carbon than is ordinarily found
in the commercial metal also reduces the
tensile strength and elongation.
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flinnesota Hardwoods.
ARDWOOD manufacturers are turning
their attention toward Aitkin, Grand
Rapids, Brainerd and other points in Nor-
thern Minnesota, and all of these towns are
stirring themselves to secure valuable wood-
working industries for their respective
places. The boards of trade have taken
the matter up and no little rivalry is being
caused. The northern section of the State
abounds in rich hardwood timber, and there
is no doubt but that in the near future
many industries consuming hardwoods will
be found there.—Minneapolis Lumberman.
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CELEBRATED
u STEGER
Increasing in Popularity.
HE popular "Symphony" instruments,
made by the Wilcox & White Organ
Co., Meriden, Conn., are at present in active
demand in all sections of the country. The
leading concerns are rapidly taking hold
of them, thus indicating the growing inter-
est of the public and the trade in the "Sym-
phony. "
Piano and Organ Leather.
W
HITE, SON CO., of 149-51 Summer
street, Boston, are a reputable and
well-known firm making a specialty of
organ, piano and fancy leathers. They im-
port and manufacture, and always keep a
large and varied supply of piano and organ
leather in stock. Members of the trade not
acquainted with the concern should bear
them 111 mind when placing orders.
Exhibition of Patents.
T
HE exhibition of patented inventions
which is in progress at the Grand
Central Palace is attracting big crowds,
who are exceedingly interested in the re-
markable and unique display. More than
100 original patents are shown. These in-
clude all kinds and descriptions of devices,
some greatly useful, others interesting
from their oddity.
PIANOS
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PATENTED 1692.
are noted for their fine singing quality oi
tone and great durability.
The most
profitable Piano for dealers to handle
STEGER & CO., Manufacturers,
Factory, Columbia Heights.
235 WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO.