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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
The Favorite Behning.
T
HE good work that Henry and Gustave
Behning are doing for the instruments
which bear their name is finding much ap-
preciation among the dealers who have
shown their belief in the Behning pianos by
giving them special prominence. Joseph
Flanner, the well-known Milwaukee dealer,
has had great success with the Behning
piano. He was lately in receipt of the fol-
lowing from the School Commissioners of
that city:
"We, the Commissioners of the School
Board of the public schools of Milwaukee,
Wis., under date of Nov. 2d, 1894, desire
to state that we selected the Behning piano
for use in the public schools on account of
their fine tone, durable qualities and hand-
some appearance, and that furthermore,
the instruments purchased have given the
best of satisfaction." Signed, Henry J.
Killillea, C. H. Tart, Charles V. Schmidt,
Henry W. Sivyer.
Piano Tuning for Women.
IANO tuning for women is the subject
of an article in a recent issue of The
Delineator, from the pen of a teacher in the
New England Conservatory of Music. We
quote in part:
"To summarize the matter in a few-
words, then, T may say that pianoforte tun-
ing as an exclusive occupation has been
made a success by a good proportion of
those young women who have entered upon
it, and now that the ground is broken, it
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will be easier every day for those who
follow. To a large number it has been the
means of obtaining a higher musical edu-
cation, and to practically all it has proved
a great help in connection with other mu-
sical work, and in itself a paying invest-
ment. It should be understood by all stu-
dents of the pianoforte, and though it may
at first retard their progress as pianists, it
will greatly enhance their value in the pro-
fession later on.
mon, and the Dowager Countess of Dudley
has a magnificent carved specimen. Pianos
of ivory are, I might say, made every year
in numbers, but chiefly for Indian princes
and rich Spanish-Americans. Many pianos
of solid silver have been made; indeed, one
was only recently completed by a London
firm for the Nizam of Hyderabad, and piano
cases have at various times been made of
bronze, a-species of aluminium, glass, porce-
lain, and, in combination, mother-of-pearl.'
JSlereury.
Some Curious Piano Cases.
Comstock, Cheney & Co.
* ' A I-L manner of articles in place of
OMSTOCK, CHENEY & CO., Ivory-
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wood have been used in the manu-
ton, Conn., have enjoyed a well-
facture of pianos," said the manager of one
merited reputation for the reliability and
of the greatest of English piano makers.
" Perhaps the most successful of all these excellence of their wares. Their actions,
is paper, of which many pianos of exquisite hammers, piano and organ keys, brackets
tone and appearance have been made. The and other hardware are used by manufac-
Duke of Devonshire has one of the finest turers in every section of the Union, and
specimens of the paper pi ino, this being of complaints are never heard of. In fact,
French make and decorated most ornately they have continued to augment their busi-
with pictures by well-known French artists. ness year after year. They have done this
The duke gave 500 guineas for this, mainly, by close attention to the demands of the
no doubt, on account of the ornamentation. times, and in order to supply the latest and
" I suppose you know that pianos for very best they have installed new machinery,
hot and very cold climates —all instruments and keep constantly in their employ the
for export, in fact—have to be specially best workmen in order to place on the
made, and in this direction all manner of market a class of goods that will be equal
xperiments have been tried. Among others, to any -goods that will be a recommenda-
a sort of cellulose, one factor in which is tion for their house. The business depart-
actually common molasses, from which ment of the Comstock-Cheney concern is
sugar is made, is employed, and a compo- in the hands of capable and go-ahead busi-
sition made from the chemical treatment of ness men who conduct it on those lines
gutta percha and leather pulp has been tried. which insure confidence both in their house
" Ivory pianos arc by no means uncom- and their products.
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How much has hinged upon that word "it !
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hear so many men say " if I had only done so I should
have made a fortune."
Let us say if
You will look up the
Reimers Piano
you may learn something decidedly to your business
advantage.
Put a pin in here and write ; have no
' ifs" about it.
Reimers Piano Co.
Factories
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.