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VOL XXL
No. 18.
Published Every Saturday at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, November 23,1895.
In The West.
BUSINESS IMPROVING—THE CAMP PIANO CO.
RUMORS THE MUTUAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCI-
ATION THE HALLET & DAVIS CO. THE
CONOVER MUSIC HALL MR. R INTEL-
MAN SERIOUSLY ILL—SMITH A NIXON
IN SYRACUSE—LYON & HEALY—THE
WEBER PIANO
GUITARS AND
BANJOS BURNED MR. HYDE
IN TOWN.
USINESS in this city is undoubtedly
picking up, and the factories report
a marked increase of orders, due in a meas-
ure to the demands of dealers for Christ-
mas ?tock. Nevertheless, the volume of
trade is not quite up to expectations, but
before the winter season closes, this com-
plaint will be a thing of the past.
Trade news is scarce this week, if I ex-
cept the rumors about the formation of the
Camp Piano Co., the incorporation of which
is under consideration. The plans include
a stock company, in which Isaac N. Camp
and W. C. Camp will be interested, and the
erection of a large factory capable of man-
ufacturing over two thousand instruments
a year. The Camp piano will be of a me-
dium grade, and it is said that it will be
pushed throughout the Western States.
A meeting in connection with the forma-
tion of the Mutual Protective Association
was held Saturday of last week, when the
by-laws were considered and adopted.
Officers will be elected at a meeting to be
held either Friday or Saturday afternoon
of this week.
The Hallet & Davis Co. have done a good
stroke of work for their house through
the word contest which has just been
closed. The first prize was a Hallet &
Davis piano, and was awarded to Ellen F.
Austin, Kalamazoo, Mich. The entire
affair has been a great advertisement for
the Hallet & Davis Co.
The grand concert which will inaugurate
the opening of the Conover Music Hall in
St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday evening of
this week, will prove one of the most im-
portant musical events which has taken
place in that city for some time. Quite a
number of leading artists will participate,
and the program is of unusual excellence.
A. H. Rintelman, of the Rintelman Piano
B
Co., is very seriously ill. He is suffering
from pneumonia, and at the time of writ-
ing the doctors are not over sanguine of
his recovery.
I learn out here that Smith & Nixon, of
Cincinnati, have acquired a controlling in-
terest in the St. John Ballou Co., of Syra-
cuse, N. Y.
Lyon & Healy's palace of music is always
a delightful place to visit, but since the
new style Knabe uprights have been re-
ceived, it is more attractive than ever
to the musician. These instruments are
really beautiful specimens of piano manu-
facture; the veneers are exquisite and the
tone is superb. Lyon & Healy report bus-
iness as excellent in all departments.
I understand that A. M. Wright, presi-
dent of the Manufacturers' Piano Co., is
working on a scheme which will tend to
bring the Weber piano more prominently
than ever before the musical public of this
country. Celebrated artists and recitals
will be pressed into service, and the Weber
grand will do the rest.
A wagon load of banjos, guitars and
mandolins belonging to the Chicago Music
Co. were burned while in transit to the
warehouse, Wednesday of last week. The
fire was due to a lighted match which was
thrown into the wagon from a passing cable
car.
The much talked about " L " loop is now
in process of construction, the injunctions
secured by Lyon & Healy and others hav-
ing been dissolved by the courts.
C. A. Hyde, of Norris & Hyde, Boston-
has been in town all week, and much in-
terest has been manifested in the transpos-
ing keyboard which is a feature of the
Norris & Hyde piano. It is probable that
I understand that Sauter Bros., at Boome-
ville, Mo., have taken the agency for the
Mason & Hamlin piano in that territory.
Pres Osborne, who severed his connec-
tion with the Clayton. F. Summy Co., has
gone in business for himself at 211 Wabash
avenue.
J. V. Steger has evidently great faith in
the North Side, for he has invested quite a
snug little sum in real estate in that part
of the city.
Herman Leonard, of Alfred Dolge &
Son, and W. C. Newby, of Newby & Evans,
are in town.
A. M. Wright is in your city.
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Big Fire in Chicago.
DISPATCH from Chicago, under
date of November 21st, says that a
fire which started on the third floor of C.
Emmerick & Co. "s factory, did damage to
the extent of $100,000. Among the prin-
cipal losers we note the names of the Rus-
sell Piano Co. and the Epworth Piano and
Organ Co.
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A
Davis Secures Another flachine.
EO. HOWLETT DAVIS, of the Elec-
tric Self-Playing Piano Co., accom-
panied by a Deputy Sheriff and a force of
men, has removed another of his music per-
forating machines from 96 Church street.
A similar action taken before by Mr. Davis
was the basis of the suit brought by Mr.
Klaber and decided in Mr. Davis 1 favor by
Judge Cornell.
G
General Harrison Was There.
THE WHICKERING MUSICALE.
T
HE second invitation musicale given by
Chickering & Sons last Tuesday, No-
vember 19th, at Chickering Hall, was, as
usual, largely attended by the dlitc of the
city. The pianists were the Misses Jessie
Shay and Jane Pottinger, who displayed
the splendid qualities of the Chickering
piano to advantage. They well deserved
the applause bestowed by the critical audi-
ence. Miss Kate Rolla sang several sopra-
no solos, and Carl Fieninger displayed
ability as a performer on the violin.
Among the distinguished personages
present was ex-President Harrison, who
enjoyed the entertainment most heartily,
judging from the way in which he enthusi-
astically applauded the different artists.
There is no mistaking the fact that the
Chickering musicales are one of the musical
features of the Metropolis. The one last
Tuesday, however, was perhaps the greatest
success of the entire line. Every seat in
the house was taken, and the aisles were
thronged with people who were standing.
The next one will occur on December 17th,
at which time Arthur Foote, the eminent
musician of Boston, will make his first ap-
pearance to the music lovers of the Me-
tropolis.