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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1895 Vol. 20 N. 19

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VOL.
XX.
No.
19.
PublisHel Every Saturday at 3 East Foirtesntb Strest. New York, May 11, 1895.
$^.00 PER YEAR-
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
In The West.
pianists, will fill her place; Mme. Rrema, all the week, and to some^advantage, for
of the German Opera Co., will sing, and
he always manages to'fill up his order book
Clarence Eddy, the distinguished organist, in his flying visits to the West.
BUSINESS IMPROVING
HALLET & DAVIS CO. IN
will dedicate the great organ in the recital
S. L. Nelson, a brother of I. O. Nelson,
THE WEBER BUILDING
THE WISSNER PIANO
hall.
The Thomas Orchestra will also ap- has engaged with the W. W. Kim ball Co.
IN CHICAGO —OPENING OF STEINWAY HALL.
pear. The affair gives every promise of
as salesman. He will make it a point to
CONOVER
"OPENING"
CHASE
BROS.
being a noteworthy one, both in the excel- look after the Scandinavian trade in this
MAKE A GOOD START
GEO. P. BENT
lence of the program and the attendance.
city.
"AT
HOME"
STEGER RETURNS.
Mr. Stetson,of your city, has been in town
Among those in town during the week
HERE AND THERE.
;
all week. He is a great favorite with Chi- were James. H. Thomas, with Hamilton S.
cagoans, who are always delighted to have Gordon,. New* York; Col. Hollenberg,presi-
HE wareroom and factory "movings" him in their midst.
dent of the Hollenberg Music Co., Little
mentioned in previous letters are about
The new Conover factory is now in run- Rock, Ark,^ who speaks well of trade in
concluded, and the different firms are rap- ning order, and pianos are being manu- his section; H- H. Hehisdn, of Elgin, 111.;
idly settling down to business routine. factured there.
It is a magnificent build- C. A. Elmendotf, the pushing Kimball rep-
Trade for the past week has been very sat- ing, and replete with all the essentials to resentative in Sioux City, la.; S. H. and
isfactory, and continues to improve; a bet- meet the growing demand for the Conover C. E. Dyer, of W. J. Dyer & Bro., St.Paul.
ter and more hopeful feeling prevails pianos.
among manufacturers, while the same may
By the way, invitations have been issued
be said of the wareroom trade.
for the formal opening of the Conover
"The Southern Number."
The new Hallet & Davis Co. have rented Piano Co.'s new retail warerooms, which
the old Weber building at the southwest will take place on the 2 2d and 23d of this
'i . 4 . K.1ND WORDS.
corner of Wabash avenue and Jackson month. They are going to have a big time
street, and have placed a contract for altera- —a good musical program interpreted by
ETTERS like the following, compli-
tions which will be completed in about two distinguished artists, and as a matter of
mentary of the "Southern Number"
weeks.
They will occupy the basement course, a large attendance of the elite of
of THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, continue to
and first floor, and a music room or piano this city, as well as friends and admirers
reach this office from subscribers and ad-
parlors on the second floor. The first meet- from different parts of the country.
vertisers.
While we cannot make use of all
ing for the election of officers is being held
The Chase Bros. Co. have made quite a
of
them,
yet
we appreciate the kindly sen-
as I write, and it is very probable that Mr. good start in their new warerooms.
They
timents
conveyed
therein:
Geo. Cook, of Boston, will be president, report quite a heavy week's sales and
NEWMAN BROS.' CO.—"We consider our
with R. K. Maynard as treasurer. The rentals. The location is an excellent one,
outlook for the new company is very bright. and they are certainly bound to catch a advertisement the most attractive -and im-
posing of any in this issue, for the two
They will give the Hallet & Davis piano a big trade.
prestige in the West which it thoroughly
Geo. P. Bent has been welcoming a host pages make a very good description of our
deserves.
of friends at his new factory building all piano case organs and our new action r68.
Another member of the Eastern trade in week. Visitors and all who have seen this We are also pleased with the article in
the person of Otto Wissner, has opened a factory cannot fail to admire it, both for its same, and we congratulate you upon your
success in getting up such an interesting
branch store here, at 22 Van Buren street, convenience and equipment.
issue."
which is now occupied by R. W. Cross &
J. V. Steger, of Steger & Co., returned
Co.
The deal was effected by Frank H. from a successful Western trip late last
STEGER & Co.—"Your 'Southern Num-
King. The local manager has not yet been week.
He established agencies for the ber' received.
It is simply
beautiful;
decided upon. The new wareroom is in an Steger and Singer in the majority of cities artistic all the way through, like all your
excellent location, and convenient to the visited. There is a growing demand for specials. You deserve great credit."
new Steinway Hall.
the Steger and Singer pianos wherever they
T
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Lyon, Potter & Co. are having great suc- are known. Hence Mr. Steger is happy.
cess with their removal sale of superfluous
James R. Mason, of the Sterling Co.,
stock. They are advertising liberally, and
Derby, Conn., left here Monday for the
in one of these ads. announced that they Northwest. He speaks confidently of the
had "sold twenty-five pianos on Monday, business outlook, and says that business is
eighteen on Tuesday, and nineteen on quite brisk with the Sterling Co.
Wednesday." This is quite a showing.
I understand that R. W. Cross has en-
Preparations have been going on all week gaged with the B. Shoninger Co., of this
for the formal opening of Steinway Hall, city, as retail salesman. He is very popu-
next Friday evening and Saturday. Ow- lar, and is a valuable acquisition.
ing to the illness of Mme. Bloomfield-Zeis-
E. W. Furbush, of the Briggs Piano Co.,
ler, Arthur Friedheim and Mile. Szumowska,
Boston, has been rusticating in this region
GEO. N. GRASS, of Geo. Steck & Co., has
returned from his Western trip, which has
been a highly successful one.
AT a meeting of the New York Press Club,
held in its new club house at No. 34 West
Twenty-sixth street, last Saturday, dele-
gates were elected to attend the convention
of the International League of Press clubs
held in Philadelphia in June. Among the
twelve delegates elected was Edward
Lyman Bill.
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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EDWARD LYMAN BILL
Editor and Proprietor.
PUBLISHED
EVERY
SATURDAY
3 East 14th St., New York
SUBSCRIPTION (including: postage) United States and
Canada, $300 per year; Foreign Countries, $4.00.
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per
insertion. On quarterly or yearly contracts a special dis-
count is allowed.
REMITTANCES, in other than currency form, should
be made payable to Edward Lyman Bill.
Entered at the New York Post Office as Second-Class Matter.
"THE BUSINESS MANS PAPER "
So far, this promise has not been fulfilled.
It is true we are no longer receivers of
stolen goods; but, judging from the recent
decision, there will be just as many foreign
publications in our midst as ever before,
and the foreign printer and publisher is
deriving all the benefit. Instead of having
an influence on American composers, the
copyright law has opened a market for the
compositions of English writers, to the
marked injury of composers here. In fact
it has not only given them a market for
their writings, but the publishers are reap-
ing a rich harvest of royalties for American
sales.
Now, we do not find fault with English
publishers or composers for taking advan-
tage of the conditions which exist, and
which this country has been kind enough
to make for them, but we do find fault with
S a journal is dedicated to the inter- the law makers or the constructors of this
ests of the trade of which it is an copyright law who place on the statutes an
exponent, and has therefore a mission to act which does not fulfill the purpose for
fill, so its chief should be devoted to the which it was designed.
paper. It was a saying of the late W. H.
Vanderbilt that no railroad man had any
THE COURIER'S RETRACTION.
business with a newspaper. It is equally
HE suit brought by the Steinert Co.
true that no person devoted to any other
against the Musical Courier, has at-
vocation, whether manufacturing or other tracted considerable attention, and there
business, should attempt to run a paper. A have been many conjectures as to its possi-
prime essential of successful journalism is ble result. There has existed a strong be-
independence, and that is not to be ex- lief that the case would never come to trial,
pected in a journal which is largely run in that it would be settled out of court, that
the interests of one firm. What kind of a there would be that mysterio\isy£>/ show have the independent advertisers who characterizes the outside settlement of many
are supposed to get what they pay for?— suits. There were few, if any, who believed
but in some cases do not. There is s that the Courier would make an open re-
reason why independent papers succeed in traction; however, the unexpected often-
all trades.
times occurs, and there were many who
"*HE rehearing of the arguments upon
the income tax before the Supreme
Court was closed last Wednesday, and the
constitutionality of the law, will, it is ex-
pected, be decided about the 20th of the
month. The fate of the law is in Justice
Jackson's hands, and much discussion as to
his action in the matter prevails. The gen-
eral opinion is that the law will be declared
unconstitutional, and this will compel the
Administration to meet the deficit which
will consequently ensue. How it will be
met, and whether a special session of Con-
gress will be called, is purely problematical.
It seems likely, however, that the Presi-
dent and Cabinet will rise to the situation
and provide the necessary revenue to meet
the necessities of the Government without
a special session.
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DESCRIPTION of one of the World's
Fair medals so long promised ex-
hibitors, and now on exhibition in this city
for the first time, appears elsewhere in this
paper. The question is, when will manu-
facturers receive them? Well—"there's
the rub."
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CCORDING to the Treasury bulletin
the exports for the month show a
decided gain in leading articles of manufac-
tured goods. The increase over the same
period for last year is quite considerable.
Such a condition of things is cheering, and
indicates that American manufacturers are
rapidly extending their foreign trade.
PON entering the Hazelton ware-
rooms on University place, one is
at once impressed with the air of dignity
which prevails—rooms well shaded, pianos
admirably displayed, yet not obtrusively
so, and everywhere an atmosphere of good
taste is evidenced. Indeed, the wholesale
trade of this house is conducted upon the
same lines—always characterized by the
dignified and not the boastful methods.
That is why the Hazelton piano occupies an
elevated plane in the piano trade of this
country.
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THE COPYRIGHT LAW.
HAT an opera-bouffe piece of legis-
lation is the copyright law! For
years it has been simply a gold mine for
lawyers. The recent decision in the suit
between the O. Ditson Co. and Novello,
Ewer & Co., is only one of the numerous
illustrations which go to show how clever
counsel can interpret this pliant law to suit
themselves. We know of nothing more
ridiculous than that a "book" published
abroad must be printed here in order to ob-
tain copyright, while an opera, or a smaller
piece of music published by a foreign house
can be printed abroad and receive recogni-
tion from the copyright office here, just as
if it were a domestic publication.
There is something out of gear with the
copyright law. The passage of that statute
was urged on the plea that it would protect
American musicians against "ruinous com-
petition with stolen goods." It was further
contended that it would insure a great
awakening of musical activity in this country.
W
scanned twice the subjoined which appeared
on the editorial page of the Courier last
Wednesday:
We hereby retract and admit to be untrue all the
statements and insinuations heretofore published
in the Musical Courier which reflect or may be
taken to reflect upon the character or conduct of
Mr. Morris Steinert or upon the M. Steinert & Sons'
Co.
MUSICAL COURIER COMPANY
MARC. A. BLUMENBERG.
During the entire time which this matter
has been under discussion, we have re-
frained from criticism and have only noted
it as trade news, believing that it is not
quite the thing to try a case outside of the
courts toward which it is apparently hasten-
ing. Now that this particular case is of
the past, let us review it briefly. In the
Musical Courier were published certain de-
famatory statements relating directly to the
Steinerts individually and collectively.
The statements apparently were not pub-
lished as news matter, neither were they all
included in a single publication; they were
continued,and with intensified fervor. Sub-
tle insinuations were implied. The "state-
ments and insinuations" ceased at a time

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