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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
surprising to learn that business with this
house is brisk—the visual demand has been
quickened by the introduction of the new
scale instruments.
EDWARD LYMAN BILL
Edltor and Proprietor.
PUBLISHED
EVERY
SATURDAY
3 East 14th St., New York
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and
Canada, $3.00 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 MAN'S
PAPER."
apply to the manufactures of the United
States arriving from the United States ports
a special line of customs duty; in return the
United States will apply their lowest duties
to the products of the soil and industry of
AZELTON—a name that is synony- Cuba and Porto Rico. The modus vivendi
mous with business integrity and is to remain in force until a definite treaty
pianos of artistic excellence. That is the is concluded between the two countries in-
universal opinion of the trade. Hazelton terested, or until one of them announces in
Bros, keep in advance of the times, and advance the day on which it wishes to put
modern ideas prevail in all that goes^to an end to it. The action of Spain in agree-
make a piano of a high class—hence they ing to this arrangement, is regarded with
have no trouble in meeting with a demand much favor by the State Department and
for their instruments. Dealers find no the exporters of this country.
trouble in selling the "Hazelton." Each
piano is in itself a standing testimonial
ANENT PATENTS
to the products of this house.
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For the wroog tital
For tlie future in the f i s t a n c e ^ v ^
fliid tin good tijat we cau io."
HANGING times! Well, rather! It
was only a short time ago that
"what shall we do with the surplus in the
treasury" was a live topic, and now the Gov-
ernment has to resort to an income tax to
raise money to meet its current obligations.
C
W
E call special attention to the new
department which we have added
which will be of interest to the entire mu-
sic trade. We refer to the illustrations and
descriptions which we ptiblish of recent
patents. The department is edited by
Bishop & Imirie, the patent attorneys
at Washington, therefore all matters re-
lating to this department may be consid-
ered as thoroughly reliable.
EO. STECK & CO. have every reason
to feel pleased at the many compli-
ments which they are receiving anent their
new scale pianos. Dealers and musicians—
discriminating and experienced—are a unit
in praise of the superior tone, quality and
sonority of these instruments. It is not
G
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HERE are few laws that afford such an
ECKER & SON have now ready for
opportunity for legal quibbling as the
the market a new scale upright pi- patent laws. The Commissioner of Patents
ano, which is another illustration of Mr. has it in his power to be unnecessarily nar-
Myron A. Decker's skill as a scale drawer. row and despotic in his conclusions, or
It is certainly one of the finest instruments liberally progressive by a recognition of
in the way of tone, quality and evenness in points favorable to an applicant for a pat-
all registers that this house has turned out ent. He has practically the power of "kill-
as yet. It is a good opening for the new ing" what might be of direct benefit to
year. It not only gives evidence of the humanity through a non-liberal comprehen-
progressiveness of this old house, but it sion of the facts before him, for without a
proves that they are starting in the new protection in the shape of a patent, im-
year with the intention of not only getting provements are largely impossible—at least
trade, but commanding it. Dealers should not profitable. The office is an important
certainly investigate this instrument. It and responsible one. One of the best con-
will surprise and delight them.
structions of the duty of a Commissioner of
Patents was uttered by the late Judge
Joseph Holt, who acted in that capacity for
ELLER BROS & BLIGHT CO.,
many years, and who was noted for his
Bridgeport,Conn., are firm believers
wise decisions on all questions bearing on
in the potency of printers' ink. Their
the patent laws. He said in one of his de
artistic advertisements are becoming known
cisions:
all over the country. It invariably follows
It is due to the dignity of the subject
that a firm which pay such close attention
to the appearance and wording of their ad- and the generous spirit of the Constitu-
vertisements devote the same close appli- tion, that the patent laws should be liberally
cation to the musical and architectural construed, having ever in view the great
completeness of their pianos. And it is end they were designed to subserve. They
true in this case. Keller Bros. & Blight were enacted for the government of an
Co.'s enterprise is meeting with its reward, office whose range of action is altogether
for we learn that during January their above the barren fields of mere technicali-
business was even better than in Decem- ties. That office, in my judgment, would
ber, and the prospects ahead at the present be forgetful of its mission and disloyal to
time are quite encouraging. It is not im- one of the highest interests of humanity
probable that they will add an addition to were it to permit itself to be entangled in a
their factory in the spring. The growing mesh of mere words, or palsied by doubts
demand for the Keller Bros.' piano will born of intricate metaphysical disquisitions.
It has to do with the substance of things,
necessitate this move.
and to deal with the earnest, ingenuous,
practical intellect of the age, and it should
deal with it frankly, not perplexing and
INTERESTING TO EXPORTERS.
RECIPROCAL agreement between discouraging inventors by subtle distinc-
Cuba, Porto Rico and the United tions, but kindly taking them by the hand
States has just been ratified by the Spanish as the benefactors of their race, and strew-
Senate. By the instrument embodying this ing, if possible, their pathway with sun-
agreement these countries arc authorized to shine and with flowers.
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