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were obliged to open four of the adjoining
class-rooms in order to accommodate the
audience. This to a greater or less extent
modified the good acoustical conditions of
the forum, but the Steck ^as equal to the
emergency, the pianissimo being absolute-
ly perfect in the most remote corner, thus
giving the best satisfaction."
Fire at Needham's.
RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT DAMAGED.
T an early hour last Monday morning
a fire broke out in the Maillard
Building, corner of University place and
Fourteenth street. In this building is lo-
cated the retail establishment of the Need- riANUFACTURERS OF
ham Piano-Organ Co. Some thirty-five
pianos were on the floor, most of which
were seriously damaged by water. The
stock was fully insured, and the firm will
suffer no pecuniary loss. Mr. Parsons lost
no time in immediately securing temporary
quarters at No. 86 Fifth avenue, where
they will be located for the next two
months, during which time their old ware-
rooms will be made ready for occupancy.
They at once ordered from the factory
plenty of new instruments, which will en-
able them to carry on a retail business un- For terms and territory
interruptedly. Mr. Parsons takes the mat-
ter very philosophically, and said he could
not allow anything like a fire to interfere
with his departure for Europe. He
planned to leave Wednesday, and last Wed-
nesday he sailed on the steamer "Paris,"
to be absent a couple of months. Thus a
little thing like a fire does not disconcert
the Needham people; no, not in the least.
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HE latest products of the Steck factory
have excited the admiration of dealers
and musicians everywhere. One of the
latest tributes to the musical qualities of
the Steck instruments is the following,
written by Thomas E. Perkins, director of
the musical department of Temple College,
Philadelphia, to C. J. Heppe & Son, of that
city:
"The Steck concert grand that you so
kindly furnished us for our commencement
recital, more than filled the bill. The car-
rying tone and its singing quality were
never before^soj thoroughly tested. We
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S. S. STF.WART, banjo manufacturer, has
sent a representative to Europe to purchase
strings as well as to look after other busi-
ness for the Stewart house.
COLLINS & ARMSTRONG, of Fort Worth,
will open music store, with R. S. Hope as
resident manager, at Clarksville, Tex.
THE Lawrence Organ Works, Easton,
Pa., is approaching completion, the build-
ing now being under roof.
M. E. AKIN, pianos and organs, musical
instruments, at 522 Main street, Little Rock,
Ark., has sold out to J. W. Edie.
THE piano action factory of Roth & En-
gelhardt, at St. Johnsville, N. Y., has shut
down for a few da5 ? s to make the necessary
changes on account of the new extension
being built, and the placing in position of
new boilers.
GEORGE R. BROWN, pianos, organs and
musical instruments, Kittanning, Pa., new
salesroom opened.
CHARLES O. BROKAW, musical merchan-
dise, and T. J. Washburn, pianos and or-
gans, moved into handsome new stores in
the Center Biiilding, St. Joseph. Mo.
FOHRMAN Music CO. is the style of the
new firm dealing in pianos, organs and
musical supplies, which has opened for busi-
ness at Marinette, Wis. The persons in-
terested are E. J. Hertz, of Marinette, and
Prof. Fohrman, of Menominee.
THE Strascino Piano Co., Fond du Lac,
Wis., have purchased a factory building,
and Supt. Pesch is engaged in the arrange-
ment of the details.
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