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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
by three other countries besides France,
namely, Belgium, Portugal and the Nether-
lands, which have respectively $25.98,
$25.36 and $25.53. England has to work
along as well as she can on a general aver-
age of $19.98. The lowest register in the
scale is that of Bulgaria, where $1.76 per
head of the population is the best they can
do. China has $2.08, but even this mod-
erate sum converted into cash, with holes
in the middle and strung on long strings,
imparts an air of opulence to its possessor,
and its purchasing power in that cheap
country is really considerable. India has
$3-33 5 J a pa n > $4-o°; Mexico, $4.71; Cen-
tral American States, $3.78; Turkey,
$2.29; Germany, $18.78;
Switzerland,
$16.06; Greece, $20.68; Spain, $17.89 and
Australia, $23.83.
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M. McPhail Piano Co., same place. A lock-
ing bar is provided to hold the soft pedal
in its raised position so as to maintain the
piano effect any desired length of time.
540,362.
Music Stand.
W. A. Nau-
mann, Brooklyn, N. Y. A lazy tongs rack
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PATENTS GRANTED JUNE 4,
1895.
540,298. Pianoforte. J. H. Clark, Deer-
ing, Maine. A double metallic frame in-
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The seasons have their music' The Sun
remarks that "Don Giovanni," with its
purity, sin, rarity and grace of style, came
to us in some sort a refreshment. Mo-
zart fits in better with the warm weather
than Wagner, because his music has a
soothing rather than exciting effect on the
nerves.
The simpler music harmonizes
better with the gracious suavity of summer
days. It is as spontaneous as is nature
herself at this beautiful season.
THE annual meeting of the Music Pub-
lishers' Association, was held last Wednes-
day at the Gilsey House. There was a fair
attendance, and some important matters
came up for discussion, particularly the in-
jury done the legitimate trade by selling
large lots ot music to department stores at
reduced prices, thus enabling them to un-
dersell and demoralize the music business.
It is expected that steps will be taken to
form a national organization for mutual
protection. Among those present at the
meeting was J. F. Bowers, of Lyon &
Healy, Chicago.
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Summer and its open windows bring the
great realization of the miseries of life in
flats. Over my head is a small girl pianist
who plays all the popular and unpopular
airs with the same bass; in the next house
a man and wife take turns in singing the
scales; below is a young woman who be-
lieves she can sing; just across the street
a man whistles horribly and accompanies
himself on the piano; a few doors away live
a couple who really can sing and play, but
it is only at rare intervals they are heard,
owing to the discordant din around them.
Of course, it's a free country, and people
have a right to do as they please in their
own houses, but an able-bodied assassin can
find plenty of work at good wages in my
particular section of Harlem.
THE
dependent of the case. Supplied with stays
and stay bolts.
540,288. Key for Musical Instruments.
A. L. Witherel, Port Huron, Mich.
A piano or organ key without pivots held
by an elastic attachment.
Produces the
same effect if depressed at either end, can
which may be supported on a standard or
on a table.
540,449. Mechanical Zither. Lippmann
& Keller, Zeitz, Germany.
A music
sheet is passed over the key levers so as to
actuate the same and thereby pick the
strings.
Busy Sterling.
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be shifted at will and applied to different
parts of the keyboard, and the pressure re-
quired to depress it is the same at what-
ever point it is touched.
540,542.
Pianissimo Device. B, F.
Dunbar, Boston, Mass., assignor to the A.
THE employees of Steinway & Sons are
already making preparations for the annual
picnic of the Mutual Relief Association,
which will be held at Silver Spring, North
Beach, L. I,, on August 3d. That it will
be a great success is evident from the ac-
tivity of the officers of this worthy organi-
zation.
THE Sohmer piano is exceedingly popular
on the Pacific Slope. R. W. Fischer, of
Los Angeles, reports an excellent trade with
this instrument.
MR- PERLEY, father-in-law of Willard A.
Vose, died at his home in Boston last Sat-
urday. Mr. Vose returned from the West
on Monday.
CELEBRATED
STEGER
HE Sterling Co., Derby, Conn., report
every department of their vast estab-
lishment running to its fullest capacity.
The demand for Sterling pianos and organs
continues to be brisk, and there is no ap-
pearance of summer dullness. Their latest
styles are giving great satisfaction to the
trade.
M
PIANOS
PATENTED 1892.
arc noted for their fine singing quality oi
tone and great durability.
The most
profitable Piano for dealers to handle°
STEG-ER & CO., Manufacturers,
Factory, Columbia Heights.
235 WABASH ATENUE, CHICAGO.