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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
Look Up the Malcolm Love Piano.
The Briggs Pianos.
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MAKING.
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AY by clay the excellence of the in-
struments manufactured
by the
Briggs Piano Co., Boston, is becoming
more apparent to the trade at large. The
Messrs. Briggs, senior and junior, have
always held a distinguished place in trade
annals as thinkers and students of all that
ten .Is to the perfection of scale, the de
velopme-U of tone and the completeness of
the piano, and the dealer or musician would
hot be doing justice to his conscience it he
did not admit that in tone, case architect-
ure, finish, general character and construc-
tion throughout, the Briggs piano is of a
high order of musical excellence, and a
cieditable example of modern piano mak-
ing - i n fact, no dealer questions this. The
number of agencies which have been estab-
lished in the West and all parts of the
country clearly demonstrates that the trade
are wide awake to the fact that the Briggs
can be sold as a superior instrument, and
will always maintain its reputation as a
superior instrument.
That is why the
Briggs is growing in popularity day by day.
The Briggs baby grand and uprights are
conceded to be magnificent instruments in
every respect. The illustration of Style
" I I " upright, which appeared on our front
page last week, gives an idea of the artistic
case designs which the Briggs are now turn-
ing out in uprights. But cases, important
as they are, do not amount to much if the
sympathetic tone, responsive action, the
perfect scale and careful workmanship are
not present. They are to be found in each
and all of the different styles of the Briggs
pianos—hence their growing popularity can
be easilv understood.
HONEST PIANOS
MONEY MAKERS.
T
HE Malcolm Love piano, which is made
by the Waterloo Organ Co., is an in-
strument which dealers should investigate.
It is an honest piano, viewed from every
standpoint. It is carefully constructed, the
material is of the best, and skilled labor is
employed in its manufacture. Add to this
a perfect scale, responsive action, and a
tone quality that delights, and you have a
Malcolm Love piano an instrument that
satisfies all who have either sold or bought
it.
To the dealers who are not acquainted
with this instrument, and are desirous of
making a change, and looking for an in-
strument that will leave them a fair margin
of profit and satisfy their customers, we
would again say look up the Malcolm Love.
It is a step you will never regret.
Advantages of the New Tar iff Law
D
URING the first nine months of this
year our imports of dutiable goods
were $110,468,966 greater than during the
corresponding months of 1894, says the
Economist. The bulk of these goods was
such as can be made in our own factories.
Instead, they were made in foreign factor-
ies. Work that should have been done by
American labor was done by foreign labor.
Wages that should have been paid to Amer-
icans were paid to foreigners. Assuming
that only half the value of these goods rep-
resents their labor cost, then American
labor has lost upward of $55,000,000 in nine
months of this year.
Perry Plays the Henry F. Miller
Grand.
For Foreign Trade.
T
HE business men of Cincinnati held a
meeting recently, with the Mayor in
the chair, on an invitation issued by the
Cincinnati Southern Road for the purpose
of extending the city's trade with the Latin-
American countries. A line of steamships
between Savannah and South American
ports was proposed, and trade with South
Africa was discussed.
The Meloharp.
T
HE Meloharp Co., Oneonta, N. Y., have
just issued their catalogue, containing
five styles of meloharps, ranging in price
from $12 to $30. The catalogue is neatly
printed, and it contains much of interest
to dealers not acquainted with this charm-
ing instrument, (ieo. B. Shearer is sole
owner and patentee of the meloharp.
THE
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DWARD BAXTER PERRY, the dis-
tinguished pianist and lecturer, filled
an engagement at Marion, Mass., Wednes-
day of last week, and the Star of that town
says in this connection:
As a pianist Mr. Perry stands among the
first rank of his profession, playing with
accuracy and finish, with a brilliancy at
times astonishing and with unusual warmth
of poetic feeling.
His tone, too, is of un-
usually fine quality, and in its production
he was admirably seconded by the Henry
F. Miller piano, which, we understand, he
takes with him in his travels.
Our readers may be interested to know
that Mr. Perry is the only American pianist
who ever sustained himself for ten succes-
sive years by playing alone, and that he
has given during that period a greater
number of concerts than any other pianist,
living or dead, has ever given in the same
CELEBRATED
STEGER
length of time. And that he is the only
American pianistjwho ever appeared at the
Imperial Court of Germany.
The Haines & Co.'s Pianos.
T
H E Haines & Co. pianos, which are
made by that capable craftsman, John
Haines, Jr., are now to be found in the
warerooms of many of the leading dealers
in all parts of the country. They have
selected this instrument simply on the
grounds of merit. It has a pronounced in,
dividuality, which is discernible in the tone
finish and general appearance of the instru-
ment. It is a piano a common-sense pur-
chaser would not pass by without examin-
ing.
Dealers like the Haines & Co. pianos
because customers like them.
Each in-
strument sold makes friends, thus adding
to the trade of the dealer.
The Edna Organs.
T
HE Edna Organ and Piano Co., Mon-
roeville, O., report an excellent busi-
ness right through the summer months and
up to to-day. They have been working
ten hours a day, and the only complaint
they have to make is that collections are
not as good as 1894. In a recent letter
they say: "You pursue a careful, conserva-
tive course, and we admire your paper, and
look forward eagerly for it each week.
Your New York Number was gnat. Our
trade is chiefly now on six and seven octave
piano case, and on grand concert chapel
organs."
Mr. Snelgrove Files an Answer.
A
N answer has been filed by Mr. vSnel-
grove in the suit brought by Fergus
Coalter against the Coalter & Snelgrove
Co., music* trade dealers, Salt Lake City,
for the appointment of receiver to wind up
the affairs of the company. Mr. Snelgrove
claims that he and his friends own 107
sharesof stock, while Coalter owns only 76
shares; that Coalter wishes to ruin the bus-
iness of the company for his own aggran-
dizement; that he, the plaintiff Coalter, has
opened a business next door to the Coalter
& Snelgrove Co. and in direct competition
with them; that since then Coalter and his
wife have been removed as directors of the
concern; that the business is constantly in-
creasing and that the value of the stock has
increased under Mr. Snelgrove's manage-
ment; and that the sole object of the plain-
tiff Coalter in bringing his action is to force
the defendant Snelgrove to buy his stock
and pay him cash for it so that he ma}- use
the money so procured to build up the bus-
iness of Daynes & Coalter, the rival of the
Coalter & Snelgrove Co.
PIANOS
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PATENTED 1692.
•are noted for their fine singing quality oi
tone and great durability.
ilie most
profitable Piano fot dealers to handle,
STEGER & CO., Manufacturers,
Factory, Columbia Heights.
235 WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO.