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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
Swick Sale
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EPUTY SHERIFF MULVANEY
sold out the contents of Swick's piano
factory, at Third avenue and 123d street,
last Monday, by virtue of an execution for
$6,800 in favor of Louis Haas, against John
J. Swick and George W. Weser, growing
out of a long litigation over that firm's
affairs when it was in business in Paterson,
N. J., six years ago. Mr Haas bought up
the claims of eighteen creditors, and has
been pushing the matter in the courts since.
The property sold yesterday was claimed as
belonging to the Swick Piano Co., of which
Mr. Swick's wife is president, but Mr. Haas
claimed that it really belonged to Mr.
Swick, and gave the Sheriff an indemnity
bond of $25,000 to sell the stuff, consisting
of pianos, materials, etc. The sale brought
$6,700.
flANUFACTURERS OF
High Grade . . .
PIANOS
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Curious Things About Sound.
T is sometimes difficult for us to judge
by the power of hearing when a sound
has ceased to stimulate the ear. When^or
example, a bell has been ringing for some
time, and then stops, the sound gradually
dies away, and it is almost impossible for
us to tell the exact moment when it has
ceased. It may seem to have died away
entirely, and we cease to strain the ear to
catch its faint tone.
Yet if we listen again we seem to hear it
faintly. This may be due to different
causes. It may be that the ear has become
fatigued for the special sound, and that the
momentary withdrawal of the attention has
rested the ear, so that it can respond to
tones previously inaudible.
On the other hand, it may be due to a
vivid form of auditory memory. There is
no doubt that there is some physical change
in the auditory center when the sensation
of sound is excited; and that when the cen-
ter has once acted in a particular way, it
does so more easily when similar circum-
stances again arise, or even as the result of
a mental effort.
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Of Course...
A high-grade piano costs more
than an instrument which is in
that class known as ''medium,"
but what a satisfaction to sell a
high-grade piano, and how pleasant
to meet the customer and friends af-
ter the sale is made, particularly if it is a
BOURNE
Just make a minute right here to write
to 215 Tremont Street, Boston, and find
out about it.
171 and 173 South Canal Street
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THE
Sterling Company,
STERLING.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Pianos and Organs,
Sometimes it may require repeated at-
tempts before we are able to recollect a
sound, as when, after hearing a new song,
we fail for a day or so to remember the
music of it; but gradually, note by note,
and lir^e by line, it returns, often without
conscious effort, until we are able to place
it all together again, more or less correctly,
according to acuteness of ear and recep-
tivity for musical impression.
The power of receiving sounds varies
much with the state of the mind and the
nature of our environment. As a rule, we
pay no attention to, and do not consciously
hear, such customary sounds as the ticking
of a clock, the noise of street traffic, and
the like, although they must be constantly
beating upon the ear. They constitute our
basis of silence, so to speak; for if the clock
should stop, or if we pass to the solitude of
the country, we seem to hear the silence
which ensues.
Again, just as some people are color
blind, so others may be deaf to the pitch
of sound. Some ears are adapted only for
sounds ot comparatively low pitch, others
for those of high pitch; they are deaf to
all the rest. If we take the lowest limit
for pitch at sixteen vibrations a second,
and trie highest at about forty thousand, we
have in all a range of about eleven octaves.
The ear has thus a much wider range for
pitch than the eye for color; for it will be
remembered that the lowest red rays of the
spectrum have a vibrational frequency of
four hundred and thirty five millions of
millions a second, while those of the ultra
violet vibrate at the rate of seven hundred
and sixty-four millions of millions; that is
to say, less than twice the number at the
lower end of the spectrum, or less than one
complete octave.
Nevertheless, the power of distinguishing
tones of varying pitch is with some per-
sons so slight that they are unable to dis-
criminate* one tone from another; and
others who can recognize the difference are
unable to sing more than one or two notes
of different pitch.
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market has met with such success as THE STERLING,
and thousands will testify to their superiority of work-
manship and durability. Why ? Because they are made
just as perfect as a piano can be made.
THE STERLING ORGAN has always taken the lead, and
the improvements made this year puts it far ahead of
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