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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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An Artistic Booklet.
A Black Sheep as Well.
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OLICEMAN EARL left this morning
for Niagara Falls to take charge of
Charles H. Bad lam, who was arrested there
on a bench warrant issued by the District
Attorney upon an indictment of the Grand
Jury of St. Lawrence County, for grand
larceny in the second degree, committed
about eight months ago.
A telegram was received by the police
Thursday afternoon, stating that Badlam
had been arrested. Later a second tele-
gram stated he was wanted at Chicago.
Officer Earl will bring Badlam to Canton.
He was indicted at Canton at the fall ses-
sion of the Grand Jury, and was arrested
by Officer Earl some time ago at Lowville
and turned over to a Lewis County official
to bring to this county, Mr. Earl being at
the time on his way to Albany; but Badlam
escaped from the Lewis County officer, and
has evaded further arrest until now.
The charge of grand larceny is based upon
a transaction Badlam had with a New York
piano firm in which instruments were
shipped to Richville and Heuvelton, and
obtained by him from the station agents at
those places.—Journal, Ogdensburg, N. Y.,
April 5th.
Aluminum Violins.
M
USICAL instruments of aluminum
seem to be growing in favor. The
John Church Co. have achieved quite a suc-
cess with violins made of this now popular
metal. One of these instruments, upon
which the great Ysaye played at one of his
concerts recently in Cincinnati, surprised
every one by the sonority, purity and
sweetness of its tones.
" P O S S I B I L I T I E S of Piano Music," is
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the title of a booklet which has
reached this office from the A. B. Chase
Co., Norwalk, O. It is artistically gotten
up. and is a model of the typographers' art.
From a literary standpoint it is especially
worthy of praise. The author explains just
Ai.KKKD DOI.C.K & SON are experiencing
what the possibilities of piano music are in quite a demand for the Ivers & Pond
a masterly style. This little book should patent thimbles.
be carefully perused and preserved.
THK Pease Piano Co. are at work on a
new scale upright, which they will have
Her Piano Never Came.
ready for the market in a short time.
L
UCIANA DICKSON, of 230 West
Twenty-eighth street, a young colored
woman, complained in Jefferson Market
Court- last Saturday against Lewis L.
Vaughn, seventy years old, of 355 West
Thirty-first street. Mrs. Dickson says in
January, Vaughn, representing himself to
be an agent for Chickering & Sons, offered
to sell her a white and gilt piano for $50, if
she would give him a penny to bind the
bargain.
"Brother Bard well, your pastor, has paid
me $5 on one," said he.
Luciana thought it was a good thing, and
gave him $2 on first payment.
But the piano never came.
Vaughn denied the story, and said he
never saw the woman till she stopped him
in the street. Justice Simms adjourned the
case. — World, April 7th.
CHLCKKRING & SONS,
Boston, report
as
good a business as they could expect. They
are at present manufacturing some very
handsome styles which are bound to com-
mand notice and popularity when brought
to the attention of the trade.
GKO. N. GRASS is at present making a
Western trip as far as Omaha in the interest
of Geo. Steck & Co. He is booking a
goodly number of orders. Judging from
the wonderful success of the new scale
Steck in all parts of the country, he should
have no trouble in returning with a full
book.
FRANK A. LKK, president of the John
Church Co., is having an extended stay in
Boston. It is thought he will appoint a
superintendent to succeed the late Col.
Moore before he leaves for home.
THK Lindeman Piano Co., Cincinnati,
are in the hands of the Sheriff, as the result
of an attachment to recover a balance of
$8,418.52 due to Jacob Bros., of this city,
for pianos sold. They have executed a bill
of sale to C. A. Jacobs.
F. L. DKKW, traveling representative for
the Vose & Sons' Piano Co., is journey-
ing through the South and West.
WHKN will aluminum piano cases make
their appearance? Great chance here for
some enterprising concern.
Gain Knowledge
Of the u innards " of a piano by a little reading.
You may have
been a dealer for many years, you may have been a tuner for a
like period, you may have played a little—maybe more 5 but is
it not well to get a little more practical knowledge?
Some-
thing to bank on—an authority on all matters relating to tun-
ing, repairing, toning and regulating, scientific instructions—
everything? Written by that eminent authority, Daniel Spillane.
The cost is only a trifle—a dollar.
The book is illustrated,
cloth bound, over a hundred pages. It is called "The Piano."
EDWARD LYMAN BILL,
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PUBLISHER,
3 Bast 14U1 Street, New Vork.