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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
doing for them, as it is extremely difficult
for manufacturers to secure representation
with this very successful house; they buy
for cash, are thorough piano men, know a
good piano when they see it, and are very
545,888. Octave-Coupler. PL W. Hakes, reluctant to make a change. Both the
Millbury, Mass., assignor to A. H. Ham- Schimmel-Nelson Co. and Foster & Waldo
mond, Worcester, Mass. A metallic clip are to be congratulated. —Faribault Demo-
for holding the coupler bars to the coupler crat.
HIS department is edited by Bishop & table, which presents a complete bearing for
Imirie, Patent Attorneys, 605 and 607 the bar and also pinches the felt bushing
The Baldwin Factory.
Seventh street, Washington, D. C. All re- so as to prevent movement thereof.
quests for information should be addressed
A MONUMENT TO COURAGE AND ENTERPRISE.
to them and will be answered through these
columns free of charge.
HE new Baldwin piano factory, now
PATENTS ISSUED SEPT. IOTH, 1 8 9 5 .
approaching completion, is such a
545,100. Reed Organ. William Sey-
beautiful structure that it is commanding
bold, Fort Wayne, Ind. Means for chang-
the notice and praise of the Cincinnati pa-
pers, which are justly proud of their local
industry and its palatial home. In this
connection we quote the following from the
Cincinnati Gazette of Sept. 20th:
"The imposing new factory of the Bald-
win Piano Co., on Gilbert avenue, is mak-
ing rapid progress, and as its beauty of out-
line develops day by day, the fitness of its
location becomes more and more apparent,
545,926. Piano Fall Board. Max Wal-
as, standing beneath the shadows of the
decker, Albany, N. Y. The fall board is
Art Museum and Art School, and directly
in two parts. When the front part is raised
opposite the entrance to Eden Park, a sense
the whole board falls backward, and the
of harmony is conveyed to the passers-by.
rear part actuates a swinging arm within
"To call this handsome building a fac-
the'piano to throw the music rack into po-
tory
seems a misnomer, yet that is what it
ing the tone of a reed to vary its force and sition to hold the music.
is, and the projectors deserve praise for
character. Provides auxiliary cells, each
the encouragement thus given to high art-
of which is permanently in communication
istic standards, having caught the true idea
Schimmel=Nelson
Piano
Co.
with two contiguous reed cells and inde-
of decoration, combining use with beauty.
pendent valves for controlling the openings
"The gift of foresight might very rea-
PHENOMENAL SUCCESS OF THE FARIBAULT
of the cells.
sonably be attributed to the men who some
PIANO IN MINNEAPOLIS.
years ago chose this location and laid the
OSTER & WALDO, the Minneapolis foundation of an establishment which is
agents, are having a splendid trade achieving renown.
"That this splendid building is to be de-
with the Schimmel-Nelson piano. They
have just placed another order for two car- voted to the manufacture of the piano
loads, making four carloads in three weeks. seems fitting when it is considered that
This is a record any manufacturer might this company is producing a superior in-
be proud of, and is assuredly an eloquent strument by an entirely new and complete
argument for this new aspirant for honor system of acoiistic construction, protected
in the piano world. After all, there is no by patents and supplemented and rein-
praise so eloquent as that of bare facts. forced by the highest skill and workman-
The Schimmel-Nelson pianos are selling; ship. The result is a piano which is as in-
545,156. Pneumatic Musical Instru- this means something. It is certainly dividual in its character as their building
ment. R. A. Gaily, Brooklyn, N. Y. An praise of a high order, for it is the praise is different from the ordinary factory build-
organ which may be operated either by a of facts. The piano has captured the mu- ing.
"This structure is a monument to cour-
music roll or by keys. Makes numerous sic-loving public in Minneapolis, and is
age and enterprise, and represents an
improvements in the arrangement and con- making hosts of friends.
The Schimmel-Nelson Co. may well be abounding faith in the future of the city of
struction of the several parts of the opera-
proud of the business Foster & Waldo are Cincinnati."
ting mechanism.
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6ABLER
Essentially the piano of the people.
The great number now in use in the American
homes testify to this
ESTABLISHED 1854
.
Ernest Qabler & Bro., ITf'rs
214 to 224 EAST 22nd ST.
NEW YORK
6ABLER