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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
The Verti-Grand Piano.
SOMKTHING OF THE NEW CREATION PUT FORTH
HY THE SCHIMMEL-NELSON PIANO CO.,
KARIBAULT, MINN.
T is not many years since the old-fash-
ioned square piano was superseded by
the upright in its present form, the change
being necessitated by the growing demand
for an instrument which should occupy less
space than the square, while filling all due
requirements as to reasonableness of price,
quality of tone, and perfection of finish.
The upright met many of these require-
ments, but not all; and ever since its ad-
vent manufacturers have been endeavoring
to improve upon its somewhat ungraceful
shape, as well as upon its purely tonal qual-
ities, and to this end many minor changes
have been made until now it may safely be
said the upright piano has reached its high-
est stage of development.
However, notwithstanding the improve-
ments and the skill and thought expended
on them, the upright has never proven a
worthy rival to the grand, and during the
past few years the whole attention of the
music trade has been centered upon this
subject. The problem of producing a piano
which should take up no more space than
an upright, and which should equal if not
excel a grand in tone, has been attacked by
many manufacturers, but has hitherto
baffled the most ingenious.
The obstacles have seemed insurmount-
able, but patience, skill and unremitting
labor, combined with a thorough scientific
knowledge of dynamics, scale drawing and
action making, have won the day; the un-
attainable is attained; the problem solved
once and forever. After two years of con-
tinuous experiment, the Schimmel-Nelson
Piano n o. have perfected and ready for the
market their Verti-Grand piano.
In this connection they say: "In this in-
strument we offer to the trade a piano
which in every respect equals a grand.
Our patented action, placed below the key-
board instead of above, as in the upright,
has the powerful upward stroke of the grand
action as well as its repeating qualities.
These two points alone are sufficient to
create a wonderful revolution in piano
building. The position of the action ob-
viates the necessity for shortening the
sounding-board to permit the passing of
the hammers as in a grand, and the increase
of tone resultant is very marked. Either
a straight-strung or an over-strung scale
may be used according to the desires of the
purchaser, and in the Concert Verti-Grand,
which we are now building, the length of
string will equal that of the ordinary con-
cert grand, while the quality and volume
of tone will be, if anything, superior.
"By means of our patent agraffe bar, a
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most perfect tension is secured throughout
the entire scale. Every detail arid feature
of the work is finished with that thorough-
ness of construction which has rendered our
upright pianos so popular."
" The case design of the Schimmel-Nelson
Verti-Grand is unique, and while occupying
exactly the same amount of space as the
upright,it is "a thing of beauty in itself."
It is an ornament to any drawing-room,
and its shape is suoh as to admit of any
form of embellishment.
"In summing up, we repeat that we are
offering to the trade an absolute novelty
in the piano line, an Upright-Grand piano,
which shall electrify the musical world, re-
volutionize piano building, and shake the
time-honored structure of 'the old school'
to its foundations; a piano which combines
the practical desirability of an upright with
the purity, resonance, volume, and deep
sonority of tone of a grand; and we point
with pardonable pride to the fact that the
honor of having successfully combated all
the difficulties, and surmcmnted all the ob-
stacles which have so long impeded the
progress of modern manufacturers, has
been reserved for the Schimmel-Nelson
Piano Co., and that we are the first to put
upon the market this wonderful invention,
of which all who have seen it declare: The
half has not been told!"
J. KIESELHORST, music trade dealer of St.
Louis, is seriously ill.
CHAS. J. WOODWARD has joined the ware-
room forces of Otto Sutro & Co., Baltimore.
He was formerly connected with Sanders &
Stayman, of Washington, D. C.
THE Chicago Dispatch of Oct. 16th, con-
tains a number of photographs of noted ad-
vertising managers, among whom we notice
the well-known faces of Wm. I). Byrne, of
Lyon & Healy, and James K. M. Gill, of the
Mason & Hamlin Co.
SOUSA'S ^band of musicians has refused,
while in St. Louis, to affiliate with the local
musical union of that city, and now Presi-
dent Alexander Bremer, of the Musicians'
National organization, has been requested
to discipline Mr. Sousa and his musicians.
A THOUSAND piano-organs are played in
the London streets daily. This does not
include common hand organs.
THE Whitney-Marvin Music Co., of De-
troit, Mich., have recently published a
march that is full of snap and swing, en-
titled the "Pingree March," and dedicated
to the popular Mayor of Detroit. Ida
Thorpe Barton is the composer of this com-
position, which is destined to become very
popular.
SMITH & Co., dealers in music boxes,
etc., New York, Henry E. Smith is doing
business under this firm name.
O SKILL H P CONSCIENCE I) EVERY PflRT •••
Tone, touch and good-sense; con-
struction as near perfect as brain
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and brawn can combine to produce.
FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES
ADDRESS . . .
J F. HUGHES & SONS, manufacturers
FOXCROFT, HE.
Grands
HIGH GRADE
LEADER £E§ DEALER
Received the
HIGHEST AWARD
World's Columbian
Exposition,
Chicago, 1893.
KROEGER
T h e Kre11 P i a n o C o
- Factory
LARGEST IN THE WEST
THE KRELL PUH0 CO, CINCINNATI, 0. Nlnthi
GEO. C. CRANE CO.
Eastern Representative
97 Fifth Ave., cor. 17th St., - New York
Harrlet , Richnlond
lnd
Carr Streets
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Established 1862
Incorporated 1894.
nanufac-
Upright Pianos of a Reliable Grade at a medium price. Remember to
turers of look up the " Kroeger." It will please you. It is sold at the right price.
Co.
to 532 East 134th St., New York