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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
Fernando Wessell, son of the popular
Commodore Wessell, of Wessell, Nickel &
Gross, secured two prizes at the Seventh
Regiment games last Saturday night. He
outdistanced all competitors in the sprint-
ing matches, and was awarded a handsome
gold watch and a stop watch. The popular
Commodore has reason to be proud of the
athlete of the family.
W. A. DODGE, in behalf of the Chase
Bros. Piano Co., has donated a handsome
upright piano to the Dunham Woman's
Relief Corps of the G. A. R. of Decatur,
111.
THE Everett Piano Co. are making ex-
cellent use of the honors recently bestowed
on them at the Cotton States Exposition in
their advertisements in the daily papers.
THE stock of pianos, organs, musical
merchandise, sheet music, etc., of the B.
L. Griswold Music Co., St. Joseph, Mo.,
will be sold at public sale on Jan. 7th,
1896, by order of J. H. Schneider, trustee.
E. W. FURBUSH, of the Briggs Piano Co.,
returned Thursday of last week from a
Western trip.
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DEVOLNEY EVERETT, road representative
for the Ivers & Pond Piano Co., Boston,
passed through New York last week on a
trip through Pennsylvania.
E. G. SMITH & Co. have purchased the
piano business of A. Blake, Olean, N. Y.,
and will continue at the same stand.
MR. HARRIS, the composer, well known
to the public through his song "After the
Ball," has purchased a Norris & Hyde
transposing keyboard piano.
MRS. ALOIS BRAMBACH,wife of the popular
piano manufacturer of Dolgeville, N. Y.,
met with a severe accident by being thrown
from a carriage last Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Brambach drove into the
village from their suburban residence to do
some shopping, and while Mr. Brambach
was in the store the team of ponies were
frightened, and Mrs. Brambach losing con-
trol of them, was thrown to the ground,
striking on her head and shoulders. She
was conveyed to the residence of Dr. Get-
man, who found that she had sustained
severe bruises.
J. M. MCKENZIE'S music store, Bellefonte,
Pa., was damaged by fire recently.
THE liabilities of the Thomas Organ Co.,
of Woodstock, Ont., which recently failed,
exceed $50,000.
CRESSEY, JONES & ALLEN suffered a loss
of $600 by a fire which occurred in their
store Dec. 5th.
JACOB WELTMER, sheet music, musical
merchandise, etc., Prescott, Ariz., has gone
out of business.
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ROMMEL & ELSHAMMER is the name of a
CHAS. KEIDEL, of Wm. Knabe & Co.,
Baltimore, spent some days at the New new firm composed of Rev. W. E. Rommel
and John Elshammer, which will open new
York warerooms this week.
A. H. FISCHER, of J. & C. Fischer, left store at Coshocton, N. Y., for the sale of
Wednesday for St. Paul, Minn., on busi- sheet music and small musical instruments.
JACOB E. HUNT has purchased the busi-
ness connected with his house.
ness
of E. Squire, one of the pioneer music
AMONG the callers at the Weber ware-
firms
of Cincinnati, now located at 528 Elm
rooms this week were Edmond Cluett, of
street, the consideration being some ten
Cluett & Sons, Albany, N. Y., and J. G.
thousand dollars. Mr. Hunt is the brother-
Ramsdell, of Philadelphia, both of whom
in-law of the late Mr. Squire, and has been
left large orders for pianos to be shipped at
connected with the establishment for over
once.
a quarter of a century. The business will
THE Fischer grand piano will again be be conducted under the old name.
used at the forthcoming concerts of the
A. B. JUDKINS & Co., music dealers, Los
New York School Teachers' Association.
Angeles, Cal., reported attached for $114.
THE thieves who burglarized M. Shuger's
B. C. FARRAND, pianos, organs and mu-
music stcre at Minneapolis, Minn., on
sical
merchandise, will open new warerooms
Thanksgiving night, have been arrested.
at Port Huron, Mich.
M. B. WILSON, of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
THE Mason & Hamlin Piano and Organ
will open a store for the sale of musical in-
Co.
is about to be incorporated in Missouri
struments in the Opera House Block.
to absorb and continue the business of the
GEO. J. DOWLING, traveling representa-
local agency at St. Louis, Mo. Edward T.
tive for the Briggs Piano Co., who is Mason will be president; H. L. Mason,
rounding up an excellent j^ear's work, was vice-president, and Oscar A. Field, secre-
in town the early part of this week, and tary and treasurer. The event will be
honored our sanctum with a visit.
celebrated by a grand opening to-day.
A DISPATCH from Chicago, under date of
M. G. RANDLE, piano and organ dealer,
Dec. 9th, announces that the stores of Orangeburg, S. C., is preparing to remove
Meyer & Weber and Joseph Bohmann, at 178 his business to Sumter, S. C.
Wabash avenue, were damaged by fire.
HUGHES & LEWIS is the name of a new
Both concerns are fully insured.
firm
composed of Chas. B. Hughes and Guy
THE new house of Smith & Woods, Cleve-
B. Lewis, who will open a store at Decatur,
land, O., will have the direct representation
111., for the sale of musical instruments and
of the W. W. Kimball Co.'s goods in that
merchandise.
city. Both members of the firm were
H. F. HOLLENBECK has opened new music
formerly with the Hallet & Davis branch
store
in the Chrisman Building, Eugene,
house in Cleveland.
Ore., and is agent for Winter & Harper, of
IF plans mature, another automatic at-
Seattle, Wash. He is handling pianos and
tachment for pianos may be manufactured
organs, and will shortly put in a stock of
in this city in the near future. John A.
sheet music. •
Smith, of York, Pa., patentee of the attach-
ment, is the principal part}' interested.
A NUMBER of wealthy Indians of the
A. L. BANCROFT & Co., San Francisco, Osage Nation, Pawhuska, I. T., recently
are having a good demand for the pianos purchased Fischer pianos through the local
manufactured by Prince & Son, 158 East agent in Kansas City, Mo. This is un-
doubted evidence of the rapid growth of
105th street.
civilization among the "children of the
THE program for the next invitation plains."
musical afternoon at Chickering Hall, on
D. KANNER, formerly of D. Kanner &
Dec. 17th, will contain numbers by Bee-
thoven, Meyerbeer, Foote, Bern berg, Mac- Co., but recently with the John Church Co.,
Dowel 1 , Schuett and Mrs. Beach. Arthur has resigned his position with that house
Foote will be the pianist, Miss Mathilda for the purpose of assuming the manage-
Hallam, contralto, and the Dannreuther ment of a prominent establishment in the
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quartet will also assist. Miss Grace M. D. East.
Hallam will be the accompanist.
THE sneak thieves who have been operat-
ing
on the music stores in Knoxville,
F. KNOLL, the well-known dealer of
Tenn.,
for some time, have at last been run
Buffalo, was in town last Saturday, and
down,
and
are now in jail awaiting trial.
left orders for pianos with Hazelton Bros.,
Francis Connor, Stultz & Bauer.
THE Chickering piano will in future be
represented
in Connecticut, outside of the
C. FOSTER, pianos, organs and musical
New
Haven
District, by Gallup & Metzger,
merchandise, Flatonia, Tex., reported
of
Hartford,
Conn., who have taken the
burned out.
agency.
W. W. PUTNAM is having quite some suc-
H. E. SNOOK, music dealer at 1018 Second
cess as a manufacturer of reed organs in
street,
Seattle, Wash., has sold his stock
Staunton, Pa. He has now leased the Valz
for $1,000.
Building for a term of five years in order
to cope with his growing business. Mr.
A. B. SCHMIDT, sheet music and small
Putnam is a graduate o.f, the Egtey estab- musical instruments, New Orleans, La..,
lishment.
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stock reported attached, valued at $13,000.