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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1896 Vol. 21 N. 25

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An Hour With the Music Clerk.
ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS OF BUYERS FROM
MRS. NOUVEAU RICHE DOWN TO THE
BOWERY SWELL NO SINECURE.
T H E clerk at a music store is supposed to
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have at his tongue's end an enlighten-
ing" answer for each and every question of
the average buyer, whether it be what year
"Beautiful Snow" was written in or whether
a paraphrase on Mendelssohn's Rhapsodie
•No. 6 would go well on a concertina. He
must know whether "Daisy Bell" has been
scored for the guitar, or whether there is a
waltz in "Gotterdammerung."
The writer and the artist stood for a short
time yesterday in this place. While in
conversation with a clerk the door opened
and the doorway was darkened by a massive
masculine figure, towering full six feet.
His form was enveloped in a big coat, fur
trimmed. A long white beard fell over his
chest. His eyes were hid behind a pair of
very large glasses and he carried a roll of
music under his arm. He advanced slowly
to the clerk, who greeted him familiarly
with "Good-morn ing, Professor!"
The
professor returned the salutation in a high
piccolo voice; then he asked the clerk if he
had a song called "Death Cannot Part."
Then he went on: "It is an odd thing, a
beautiful thing! I have discovered a won-
derful contralto voice and I know of no
song that would give it the opportunity
which that one will."
The clerk rubbed his head for a moment,
then he said: "I believe I remember such
a song." He went to the shelf and pulled
down a portfolio marked "Old Songs" and
started to go through the pile of music,
when the door opened, and with a swish
and a sweep a young woman entered.
She pounced upon the counter with an
emphatic movement and began to turn over
a pile of miscellaneous leaf music. The
clerk left the professor to go through the
music himself and turned to the young
woman, who said: "Oh, say! I want a song
like 'Sir, she said,' only it mustn't be 'Sir,
she said,' but something like it, you know,
for a contralto voice. Have you anything
like it?"
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The clerk said he knew of something like
it, and began going through the music
marked "For Contralto."
Then the struggle began. "Oh, let me
see that!" she would say; "I like that title."
Then it would be: "Oh, no, not a bit like
it!" The clerk kept on pulling out songs
until he was almost hid behind the stack
of discarded music, and he had not yet
reached the end of "For Contraltos."
In the midst of the trouble the old pro-
fessor straightened up from the counter
with a piece of music and triumphantly
shouted: "I've found it." He paid for it
and went out chuckling.
The young woman now began to show
signs of impatience, and after the clerk had
shown her all the music in stock for con-
traltos, she said, with a bored air: "Dear
me! What a small number of songs for
contraltos! I think I'll call again."
She swept majestically out of the store,
brushing against a chap of the East Side
type, who swaggered up to the clerk and
said: "Say, Bill, I want t'ree copies of
'Kitty, Dear,' and two of 'My Girl's Photo-
graph.' Wot's de damage?"
The clerk
told him "Kitty, Dear" was not published,
but that he could give him the other. "All
right," said the purchaser, "gimme dem;
but, say, I tink yere stringin' me about de
'Kitty Dear.' Guess you ain't got 'em, dat's
wot." Then he went out and slammed the
door.
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In a moment an old lady came in full of
importance, and with the general appear-
ance of arrogant wealth. She wanted "all
of the latest things for the piano."
"Shall I send them to your house?" asked
the clerk. The old lady said: "Yes, with
the bill. But don't send any more of them
choppin arrangements; the girls don't like
'em." As she went out the clerk said she
meant Chopin; that she came in once a
week, bought all the new piano arrange-
ments and was a good customer.
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The next customer was a very pretty
young man, who wanted to know if he
could secure a banjo arrangement of Bach's
Serenade. The clerk told him there was
none published. Then said chappie: "Well,
dash me, I'll have one arranged.
I've
promised a lady friend of mine that I
would get her one, and, dash me, I will!"
He secured the address of an arranger and
went away full of determination.
The next person who came in was a typi-
cal man of the world, fresh from his barber
and with an easy air of prosperity.
He
knew the clerk. "Ah, George," said he,
with a drawll; "ah—have that same orches-
tra—ah—ye sent me last week—ah—have
them come to my apartments Tuesday p.m.
at 10.30. Ah, going to—ah—give a little
supper, and, I say, tell that beast of a
leader to bring plenty of hot waltzes with
him. Don't forget." Then he sauntered
out, swinging his cane.
Thus they came and went, no two re-
quests alike, no two people a^ke. It is for
such as these that music clerks exist.
Receives an Award.
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HE Secretary of the Atlanta Exposition
has notified Strich & Zeidler, 134th
street and Brook avenue, that they have
been awarded a diploma of honorable
mention and a medal by the Jury of
Awards for the superiority of their instru-
ments exhibited in the New York State
Building.
This is a gratifying compli-
ment to this firm, as they did not enter for
an award. The action taken by the Com-
mittee of Awards is entirely spontaneous,
and therefore of great value.
In this connection the splendid work done
for the Strich & Zeidler piano at the Ex-
position by Robt. A. Widenmann, is
worthy of all possible praise*
He has
proven himself to be a business man of rare
ability, and much of the success of the
Strich & Zeidler concern can be attribut-
ed to his hearty work, which has met
with the warm support and co-operation of
Messrs. Strich & Zeidler.
Large spring orders have already com-
menced to come in for the Strich & Zeidler
pianos. Among others, Mann & Eckles,
of Providence, R. I., who represent these
instruments, have left an unusually large
order to be shipped immediately.
Gorgen & Grubb.
Gorgen & Grubb, of Nassau, N. Y., re-
port an increasing business for the past
year over the previous twelve months.
Their trade has been a quiet, but steadily
increasing one, and they open the new year
with many unfilled orders and bright pros-
pects. It may not be generally known that
throiigh Gorgen & Grubb's succession to
the business of F. Frickinger they can
claim the right to the title, "the oldest
action firm in the United States."
From Mexico.
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HEUER & CO., the progressive music
trade dealers of Mexico City, Mex.,
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have favored us with one of the most at-
tractive New Year calendars which has so
far reached this office. The Heuer house
have taken Yankee methods as well as
Yankee pianos into Mexico, and are build-
ing up a splendid business with such well-
known instruments as the Knabe, "Crown"
and Sterling pianos, and Estey and Sym-
phony organs.
Hoggson & Pettis Co.
Organ stops, knobs and stems are a ne-
cessity in every factory devoted to the man-
ufacture of organs, and those made by the
Hoggson & Pettis Manufacturing Co., at
64-66 Court street, New Haven, Conn.,
have won no small reputation for their ex
cellence. The products of this house are
noted for careful manufacture, hence they
are used exclusively by some of the leading
organ makers of the United States.
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I HE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
MRS.
I.
P. RAINS,
of
Danville, Pa.,
dealer in musical instruments, has made
an assignment, naming P. H. Boisseau as
trustee. Liabilities are estimated atjjiii,-
800.
IT is possible that the Ft. Wayne Organ
Co., who are now manufacturing the Pack-
ard piano in addition to the Packard organ,
will establish two distinct corporations for
the purpose of manufacturing separately
these instruments.
THE Century Piano Co., Minneapolis,
EMIL LKIBLING will play the Kimball
Minn., have brought suit against St.
grand
piano at Meadville, Pa., Jan. n t h .
W. H. TURNER, of the Braumuller Piano Luke's Episcopal Church for money due for
" N E W YORK'S Musical Celebrities" is
Co., has been visiting the trade in Georgia, repairs to the church organ.
the
title of an exceedingly handsome and
and making some good deals for the Bran-
THERE was a small fire in the store of the well printed publication which has just
muller pianos. It will be remembered that Denver Music Co., 1639 Champa street,
Mr. Turner recently established an agency Denver, Col., on Monday of last week. reached us from the business bureau of
Freuiufs Musical Weekly. It contains a
in Atlanta, Ga.
The damage was trifling.
number of portraits and biographies of
R. T. BUTLER, road representative for
A FIRE occurred in the drying room of noted artists who have been connected with
the Everett Piano Co., whose marriage was
the development of musical culture in this
announced in last week's paper, was pre- Goddard & Manning's piano case factory, city and country.
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sented with a set of solid sterling silver Springfield, Mass-., Monday of last week.
THE stock of pianos, organs and musical
tableware on the happy occasion by Presi- There was considerable damage done to
lumber.
merchandise
carried by the B. M. Griswold
dent Frank A. Lee and other members of
Music
Co.,
St.
Joseph, Mo., was sold at
the house.
THE Ludden & Bates Southern Music
auction last Wednesday. By the way, Mr.
HOCKETT BROS.-PUNTENNEY Co., Colum-
House, Macon, Ga., transacted a fine
Griswold has opened up new warerooms
bus, O., made a splendid record during the Christmas trade which cleaned that estab-
at 709-11 Edmond street, that city.
holiday season.
The number cf instru- lishment out of instruments. A local paper
A. B. SALTZER has severed his connection
ments sold was of surprising magnitude— says, "The people evidently have plenty of
with
the Mason & Risch Vocalion Co., for
times considered. Their general trade is money, for Messrs. Anderson & Price, the
which
house he acted as traveler for many
excellent, and the prospects for the new local managers, sold eight magnificent in-
years.
year bright.
struments last week, besides a large num-
THE Schubert Piano Co. have just brought
THE formal opening of F. G. Smith's new ber prior to that time."
out
a new style upright which is considered
warerooms in Washington will take place
THE Omaha (Neb.) Bee says a petition is
the
handsomest yet turned out by this
the latter part of this month.
in circulation for the pardon of Whittaker,
house.
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THE Weaver organ which was ordered the Baptist minister who was sent to the
by James M. Dobbs, U. S. Consul at Val- Penitentiary in September last for embez-
To Meet in January.
paraiso, Chili, was recently shipped to him zling money from the Estey & Camp Organ
by the Weaver Organ and Piano Co., Co. The complaining witness is the first
York, Pa.
MONG the stock companies to hold
signer to the petition, and it is being quite
meetings this month are the Wilcox
ONE of the latest successes of the Emer- generally signed.
& White Organ Co., the Farrand & Votey
son house is their new style No. " 8 ) 4 "
$6,430.75 WAS realized from the Sheriff's Organ Co., the Estey Organ Co., the Mason'
piano. It is a beautiful instrument, and
sale
of the stock and personal property of & Hamlin Co., the McCammon Piano Co.,
dealers like it, judging from the number of
Kirk
Johnson, at Lancaster, Pa. With the Waterloo Organ Co., the Pease Piano
orders which have reached the home office
the
exception
of about $800 worth of goods, Co., the Chase Bros. Piano Co., the Baldwin
in Boston.
the entire outfit was purchased by the exe- Piano Co., the A. B. Chase Co., and Brov7n
GEO. U. GETCHELL, formerly in the em-
cution creditors.
& Simpson.
ploy of the Hallet & Davis Piano Co., Bos-
A
ton, but later in business for himself as a
CALEB C. POLK, Valparaiso, Ind., secured
piano manufacturer, died recently at his a patent recently for a piano attachment. •
home in Jamaica Plains, Mass.
THE Brattleboro* Vt., Phoenix says E. F.
PETER STRAUCH, of Strauch Bros., is Leitsinger will take S. M. Sherman's place
confined to his home this week with an at- as traveling piano and organ tuner for the
.; tack of rheumatism. This has prevented Estey Organ Co. Mr. Sherman has been
• Albert T. Strauch from leaving, as he in- transferred to the Boston house.
tended, on his Western trip.
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A. E. BENARY, the well-known musical
instrument importer, 62 White street, New
York, has been confined to his ho rue for
over ten days, the result of an operation
which, we are pleased to say, proved suc-
cessful. He is now attending to business
as usual.
THERE was a fire in the musical instru-
ment store of Samuel Goldberg, 534 Broad
way, this city, last Monday morning.
The building was badly damaged. Gold-
berg's loss amounted to $500.
CAPITAL
CITY
MUSIC
CO., dealers
in
pianos, organs and musical merchandise,
Helena, Mont., have moved into new ware-
rooms in the newly completed Lockey
Building on Sixth avenue.
PARTIES are negotiating for the purchase
of property at Montvale, N.' J., for the pur-
pose of erecting suitable buildings thereon
for the manufacture of violins. They will
employ a large number of expert workmen.
The Phonorium in New York.
HE Estey Phonorium and Estey organs
are having an excellent sale at the
New York warerooms, 5 East Fourteenth
street. Estey & Saxe recently sold a style
O 86 Phonorium to the Welsh Presbyterian
Church, Thirteenth street, between Second
and Third avenues. This one of the larg-
est and most powerful Phonoriums made,
and is equal to a pipe organ in every re-
spect.
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The Brambach is a "Seller."
HE Brambach Piano Co., Dolgeville,
N. Y., are experiencing an active de-
mand for their instruments. They have
HUGH W. JESMER, traveler for the Foisy orders ahead.
Dealers apparently seem
Piano Manufacturing Co., Montreal, has to find it an easy matter to dispose of them.
THE case of Abbie McCully, daughter of just returned from an extended and very
Their attractive cases, singing quality of
John V. McCully, a piano maker of this successful business trip through the Mari-
tone, general finish and reasonable price,
city, is exciting considerable interest in time Provinces, having disposed of an un-
commend them to purchasers of good in-
medical circles. Some months ago she fell usually large number of instruments.
struments. Win. Rohlfing, of Milwaukee,
from a hammock, and her neck was broken
as well as other dealers, claim that there
H.
D.
BROWN
has
resigned
his
position
An operation was successfully performed,
are few pianos of that special grade that
and hopes are now entertained of her com- as road representative with Behr Bros. &
can compare with the Brambach.
Co.
plete recovery.
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