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VOL.
XX.
Published Every Saturday at 3 East Fourtegnth Street. New York, June 8, 1895.
No. 23.
In The West.
SOARING MERCURY NOT CONDUCIVE TO TRADE
IN PIANOS
START
EASTERN TRAVELLERS
AT
THE
A GOOD
CONOVER WAREROOM.
NEWMAN HROS. ' SUCCESS
MASON &
HAMLIN AND THE CHICAGO UNIVER-
SITY THE SHONINGER BUILDING.
HENRY
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DETMER
TAKES
THE
BEHNING
CHASE BROS.
P.USY—STRAY SHOTS IN
THE TRADE.
S the thermometer continued to soar
up in the nineties it naturally had a
depressing effect upon business—that is
the piano business. The demand for palm-
leaf fans and light summer underwear was
prodigious. I think the only kind of pianos
that were in demand during the intense
hot spell were the Gibbs& Son pianos, with
their refrigerator attachment. According
to the honorable Platt, there was a huge
demand for them, but the regular line of
pianos with no spaces wherein to store cool
bottled beer, etc., thsre was a light de-
mand for, indeed. Things are looking bet-
ter now, and the cold wave, like business,
is very welcome.
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There has been quite an influx of travel-
ing men from the East lately. They all
seem to recognize the fact that this town
is the great central camping ground for
the music trade of this country.
Newman Bros.' Co. have made a great
big hit with their piano-cased organs.
They are receiving many letters of com-
mendation from parties who have sent for
sample orders.
Business at the new Conover warerooms
seems to have made a good beginning.
Manager Price is busy outlining his future
campaign.
It is stated that there is nothing in the
rumor that the Mason & Hamlin pianos
will not be used in the Chicago University.
They will continue to keep the position
that they have maintained for years at that
institution.
In the Musical Times of to-day appears
an illustration of the new Shoninger quar-
ters in Chicago. The building is hand-
some and imposing, but the illustration
conveys a very inadequate idea of it. It
looks as if it was standing alone on the
prairie and needed propping at that.
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Mr. Scanlan, proprietor of the New Eng-
land Piano Co., is billed to arrive in Chi-
cago at an early date.
Geo. C. Crane was met in this city by
Albert Krell, of Cincinnati. Probably a
little consultation regarding the Krell busi-
ness.
Henry Detmer, who has warerooms in
the Schiller Building, has again taken on
his old love -the Behning piano. Mr.
Detmer is a member of many singing so-
cieties, and is one of the most popular Ger-
man-Americans in this city.
George Bothner, Jr., secured some very
nice business when he was out this way;
besides, he made many friends. He ought
to come out here oftener.
It is said that Wilbur McDonald, the
promising young pianist, will continue his
musical studies in Europe at an early day.
Business with Chase Bros, is excellent,
and I understand the big factory at Muske-
gon is kept very busy filling orders with
anything like promptitude. There is one
thing that must be admitted, and that is
that the Chase Bros.' pianos are mighty
popular throughout the West.
It is said that Story & Clark will place
pianos on the market in the early fall.
One thing is certain, that if their pianos are
in line with their organs—which it is fair
to presume they will be—they will be in-
sured a success from the start.
I saw a Schimmel-Nelson piano the other
day, and was very much surprised at the
tone quality of the instrument. Here is
a piano that the trade will hear from, I will
predict.
The National Piano Co., which operates
the old Schaeffer plant at Oregon, 111., has
purchased the scales and patterns of that
firm of the unpronounceable name—Begieb-
ing & Buttell, of Des Moines, la. There
is no doubt but that the failure of the old
firm can be traced easily to the fact of the
name of the piano. Any salesman would
be driven to drink to pronounce that name
fifty-two weeks in the year. Sanskrit and
Volapuk wouldn't be in it for a single min-
ute.
C. J. Couchois, who, by the way, to pre-
vent people mispronouncing his name,
has his cards printed C. J. Cushaway, is
now with the Rintelman Piano Co. Mr.
Couchois is a salesman of much ability, and
what he doesn't know about pipe organs
wouldn't fill a very large book.
$^.oo PER YEAR-
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
Wanted to Sell a Hardman Piano
for $80.
OUIS H. DE LESPE, a clerk in the
Equitable Life Insurance Co., and said
to be well connected, was charged with the
theft of a piano at the Yorkville Police
Court last Thursday morning. The instru-
ment was purchased from Hardman, Peck
& Co., DeLespe paying $25 on account and
signing the usual installment lease. On
last Wednesday he offered to sell it to A.
Winterroth, 105 East Fourteenth street,
for $80. Mr. Winterroth informed Hard-
man, Peck & Co. of the affair, and De-
tective Quinn was present when the piano
was delivered and a check for $80 handed
over. When arrested, DeLespe tore the
check into pieces. They were recovered by
the detective. DeLespe had papers and
cablegrams showing he made arrangements
to sail for Europe to-day.
DeLespe was discharged, no one appear-
ing against him.
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The /Eolian Appreciated in Eng=
land.
HE artistic value of the yEolian organ
is keenly appreciated in England.
The demand for this instrument over the
water is rapidly increasing. Last week
the ^Eolian Organ Co. received one of the
largest cable orders for yEolians ever sent
from London. The importance of this
cable will be understood when it is re-
membered that it was only a few weeks ago
they shipped a large line of instruments to
their London agent. Any one who has ex-
amined or heard the ^Eolian cannot be sur-
prised at its popularity.
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The Ever=Popular Autoharp.
HE Autoharp is evidently as popular
in the summer as in the winter, judging
from the orders which are flowing in nowa-
days on the factors, Alfred Dolge & Son.
It is a great favorite with picnic and out-
ing parties, being convenient to carry, and
affords much enjoyment on these festive
occasions. Were the Autoharp not such
a meritorious instrument its popularity
would be marveled at. It is winning, how-
ever, on i.ts merits.
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