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VOL. XX.
N o . 7.
Published Every Saturday at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, February 16,1894.
In The West.
that ere many months a handsome ware-
room will be opened, where the Hallet &
Davis piano will be shown off to advantage.
H. D. Cable expects to leave for a short
Business Quiet, Wholesale and Retail.
trip to the South in a day or two. While
Consummation of the Mason & Hamlin
his jaunt will be largely one of pleasure,
and Pease Piano Co. Deal—Chas.
yet he expects to transact a little business.
H. HacDonald to Hove—flessrs.
The new warerooms of the Manufactur-
Cook and Kimball buy Stock in
ers' Piano Co. are almost ready for occu-
the Schaeffer Piano Company.
pancy. I had the pleasure of visiting them
Probably
Chicago
Ware-
a day or two ago, and they are certainly
rooms—Cable in the South.
among the prettiest in the city. A hand-
The flanufacturers' Co.'s
some line of instruments has been selected
New Warerooms—The
for the opening. .
Trade Dinner — New
Conover Factory.
In connection with the trade dinner at
C, C, Russell may
the Auditorium next Saturday evening,
Build—E. A.
there will also be a meeting of the Associa-
Potter Sick.
tion and an election of officers for the ensu-
flembers of the Trade in Town.
ing year. I learn that, owing to engage-
Newman Bros.' Invention.
ments, Senator Cullom will not be present
at the dinner, and the Hon. J. J. Connolly
HE unusually severe and protracted cold is the only orator announced to speak.
and stormy weather which has pre- There is no lack of speakers, however,
vailed here for the past week has put busi- among the trade here, so the affair is
ness of all kinds out of mind. Transit to bound to be an oratorical as well as a gas-
and from, and in the city, has been prac- tronomical success.
tically at a standstill, and the effect on the
A contract for the erection of a new
piano business is obvious. General trade $45,000 Conover factory has been closed by
is quiet, and retail business—well, there the Chicago Cottage Organ Co. It will be
has been none.
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located at Paulina and Twenty-second
The arrangements between the Mason & streets, convenient to the factory of the
Hamlin Co. and the Pease Piano Co. to Chicago Cottage Organ Co. The lease of
which I referred in my last letter, have the present Conover factory will soon ex-
been consummated. This will give the pire, I understand; anyhow, it is inade-
Mason & Hamlin Co. control of the retail quate in facilities for turning out the pres-
trade of the Pease Piano Co. in this city, ent demand for Conover pianos. It is ex-
Kansas City, Boston and New York. I pected that it will be ready for occupancy
understand Chas. H. MacDonald, vice- the first of May.
president and general manager of the
I would not be surprised if Mr. C. C.
Pease Piano Co. in the West, will in the Russell, of the Russell Piano Co., under-
future be located in the new Mason & took to build a new factory some time this
Hamlin building, 250-2 Wabash avenue, year. The Russell Piano C<*. are doing an
and will give his entire time to pushing excellent business. They are moving along
and developing the wholesale business of conservatively, but they are evidently
the company.
"getting there."
E. A. Potter, of Lyon, Potter & Co., was
I also referred last week to a rumor con-
necting the Hallet & Davis Piano Co., of absent from the warerooms the most of the
Boston, with the Schaeffer Piano Co. of week, being confined to his home with an
this city. I am now able to inform you attack of the "grip." He has partially re-
that Messrs. Cook, and Kimball of the covered, however, and was at the ware-
Hallet & Davis concern, have purchased rooms part of this week.
The new Schaeffer factory at Riverview,
considerable stock in the Schaeffer Co.
The rumor about Hallet & Davis opening in the suburbs, is almost completed.
The large force of music trade men in
Chicago warerooms remains a rumor.
Mr Rufus
Nothing definite has been announced in town last week have all left.
this connection, although it is expected W. B'lake and Mr. Nahum btetson left for
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$3.00 PER YEAR-
GLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
the East, Mr. A. J. Brooks went West,
George B. Baird, of the McCammon Piano
Co., accompanied by Mrs. Baird, left for
an extended trip South last Saturday. Mr.
Furbush and others have also taken chances
of getting lost in the snow-drifts further
West.
Mr. Sum my has not at the time of writ-
ing signed the lease for 253 Wabash ave-
nue. Many rumors are afloat in this con-
nection. It is said that he may locate at
No. 167 on the same avenue.
Mr. Holtzman, of Columbus, O., has
been visiting the trade here for the past
few days, and has picked up quite a few
orders for piano covers, stools, etc.
George Schlciffarth, a popular composer,
is now with the W. W. Kimball Co. Mr.
Schleiffarth is as good a salesman as he is
a musician.
I have heard expressions of praise among
musicians for Newman Bros.' new inven-
tion—the "Viol D' Gamba" patent stop,
which operates a new set of reeds. It is
bound to be an immense success.
Rohlfing Takes the Briggs Piano.
T
HE BRIGGS PIANO will be handled
by Wm. Rohlfing & Sons in Milwau-
kee and a certain section hereafter. Wm.
Rohlfing is one of the most experienced
piano men in the business, and his selec-
tion of the Briggs piano is a compliment to
the instrument and a further proof of his
own good judgment. The Biiggs piano is
bound to become very popular in Mil-
waukee.
The Bombshell Number.
T
HE Bombshell Number of Strings is at
hand. It is full of ideas that are ver-
itable bombs—not of danger but of value
to music trade men who are desirous of
pushing the autoharp or any other in-
strument. The covers are illuminated
with illustrations of regular Johann Most
bombs, and a handsomely printed supple-
ment entitled "How the Brownies Captured
the Autoharp," accompanies each number.
HOCKETT BROS. & PUNTENNKY CO.,
Cin-
cinnati, have been compelled to lease the
upper floor of their present warerooms,
owing to growth of business.