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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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they are meeting with quite a demand for
their special sale instruments, which, by
the way, will continue for another week.
Pending 1 the building of their palatial new
home, E. F. Droop & Sons have taken tem-
porary quarters at 801 Market Space.
Building operations will commence March
1st, and they expect to occupy their new
home by Sept. 1st. Mr. Carl Droop says
business is fair, their special sale being
quite an attraction.
The Metzerott Music Co. are quite en-
couraged with their business for the past
two weeks, and expect, with the disappear-
ance of the shiftless Fifty-third Congress,
better days are in store for the trade at
large.
The Knabe house are also pleased with
trade. Their instruments received quite a
notice last week through Stavenhagen's
playing, and also through the many favor-
able notices which appeared in the local
papers.
Among those in town last week were
Malcolm Love, of the Malcolm Love Piano
Co., and Mr. Houghton, of veneer fame.
Mr. Thompson reports having a fair de-
mand for the Vose piano, and is well
pleased with his small goods trade during
January and February.
Obituary.
JOHN I. FULLER, who was a member of
THAT was an interesting
THE Chickering Invitation Musical After-
noon at Chickering Hall, last Tuesday, was
as usual a great success. The hall was
crowded, and Mme. Roode displayed the
tonal beauty of the Chickering grand to ad-
vantage.
THE Sterling piano is evidently popular
in Minneapolis and vicinity, as witness
the circular recently issued by the Century
Piano Co., of that city, which contains a list
of nearly a thousand purchasers of Sterling
pianos within a comparatively short time.
This in itself speaks volumes for the popu-
larity of the Sterling piano and the energy
of the Century Piano Co.
W. B. PRICE will resign his position with
the W. W. Kimball Co., Chicago, about
April 1st, and shortly after will connect
himself with the retail department of the
Chicago Cottage Organ Co., in that city.
ALBERT G. CONE, treasurer of the W. W.
Kimball Co., has left for the Pacific slope
accompanied by his wife. His trip is one
of pleasure.
L. GRUNEWALD & Co., New Orleans, have
taken the agency for the "Crown" piano,
made by Geo. P. Bent, of Chicago.
ADOLPH BRUENN, music trade dealer, of
San Francisco, has taken the agency for the
Russell piano, of Chicago.
THE last issue of Presto contains an illus-
trated and lengthy account of the thirteenth
meeting and dinner of the Chicago Music
Trade Association.
THE Merrill Piano Co., Boston, sold re-
cently one of their most expensive uprights
to the Bride Academy, Dresden, Me.
THERE is evidently
a demand
for
the
Dolge patent hammer covering machines
in Germany, for several were shipped there
WE hasten to promulgate a recipe for "la during the past week.
grippe," advised by the Indicator, namely,
THE Freyer & Bradley Co., of Atlanta,
to "eat Bermuda onion salad."
In the Ga., held their annual meeting in that city
opinion of our esteemed contemporary, this on the 21st tilt. Thos. F. Scanlan was re-
discounts whisky and quinine and all the elected president.
standard '' doses.'' Onions and '' la grippe''
D. F. DUNBAR, formerly with Jack
germs don't thrive together—at least in Haynes, is now connected with the Chicago
Chicago.
Cottage Organ Co., Chicago.
the piano firm of Grovesteen & Fuller from
V. HUGO MATHUSHEK, president of the
1868 to 1887, died at his home, 136 W.
Mathushek & Sons' Piano Co., has patented
Forty-second street, Thursday of last week.
what he considers will be a valuable im-
He was 79 years of age.
provement in piano construction. It is in
JOSEPH E. WILLIG, of the firm of Geo.
the nature of a metallic sounding board,
Willig & Co., Baltimore, died at his home and an illustration as well as description
last Sunday. Mr. Willig was a well-known will appear in the next issue of THE MUSIC
member of the music trade fraternity of TRADE REVIEW.
Baltimore, and his death will be received
WE regret to learn that W. M. Blight, of
with regret. His brother Harry survives
Keller
Bros. & Blight, has been quite unwell
him. ^
for the past few weeks. We trust his in-
THE death is announced of Mrs. Annie F.
disposition will be brief.
Chickering, wife of Samuel G. Chickering,
WM. BOURNE & SON have added to their
a member of the trade up to a recent date,
factory
forces during the past week. This
who died at her residence, Roxbury, Mass.,
is
due
to an increased demand for the
last Saturday evening.
Bourne piano. They have recently estab-
ED. CHRISTOPHER, local manager of the
lished quite a few new agencies, and in the
R. Dorman & Co. piano store, on East spring they intend to boom trade.
Eighth street, Chattanooga, Pa., arrested
on warrant for breach of trust. Action be-
ing taken by C. P. Street, manager of R.
Dorman & Co., at Nashville.
THE engagement of William F. Decker to
Miss Debevoise, of this city, is announced.
discussion in
regard to cheap pianos at the recent dinner
of the Chicago Music Trade Association.
Such topics are of more interest to the trade
than politics or even good dinners.
TUB
WM. KNABE, of Wm. Knabe & Co., Balti-
FARIBAULT, MINN
more, Md., is at present on a Southern trip.
GOTTLOH STRAUB, a piano mover, was in-
stantly killed Thursday of last week by a
piano falling on him at 979 Nineteenth
street.
W. F. GATES, music trade dealer, Zanes-
ville, O., will open new store in the Rich-
ards Block.
CHAS. DAVIS,
a piano polisher,
Second avenue, committed
Tuesday night.
of 2145
suicide
last
Poughkeepsie's New Company.
The Board of Trade of Poughkeepsie, N.
Y., have reported in favor of M. J. Reim-
er's proposition to establish a piano fac-
tory in that town—hence the formation of
a general stock company with a capital of
$100,000 will be immediately undertaken.
Manufacturers of
High
Grade
Pianos
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Established
1840 . . .
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J. & C. FISCHER,
THE ARTISTIC PIANO
OF AHERICA
HIGHEST STANDARD OF
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110 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK