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VOL XXII.
No. 2j
Published Every Saturday at 3 East Fourteenth Street.
In The West.
NEWMAN BROS. TO MAKE PIANOS,-GOOD PIANOS,
LIKE THEIR ORGANS — STORY & CLARK BUSY.
RETAIL TRADE FAIR BICYCLE FAILURES
MAY HELP PIANO TRADE — BENT PAT-
ENTS ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT A. J.
BROOKS AND RUFUS BLAKE IN THE
WEST MESSRS. NORTHRUP AND
CHURCH ADD TO THEIR LIST
OF
PISCATORIAL FABLES.
EXPECTED IN TOWN—NEW
•SINGER CATALOGUE.
HAINES PIANOS.
OTHER NEWS.
OME time since I stated that Newman
Bros, were contemplating the manu-
facture of pianos. At that time authentic
particulars were lacking, but it can now be
safely stated that they have decided to em-
bark in this venture, and are at work on
scales and cases. The piano will not be a
cheap one by any means. It will maintain
the splendid reputation w r hich Newman
Bros, have always commanded in the trade
for high grade organs. The Newman Bros,
piano will be ready for the trade in the fall,
and I bespeak for it a big success.
Story & Clark are among the elect who
are not complaining about trade having
gone to the dogs. They are shipping from
eighteen to twenty pianos a week, and their
domestic and foreign organ trade is very
satisfactory.
Retail trade for the past week has shown
somewhat of a spurt, at least in warerooms
such as Lyon, Potter & Co., the W. W.
Kimball Co., Lyon & Healy, the Hallet &
Davis Co., Steger & Co., the Emerson
Piano Co., and the Pease Piano Co. trade
has been very fair.
Judging from the number of recent
failures in the bicycle trade, that industry
is about to undergo a surfeit of depression.
This will result in a cut-rate war which
may in some measure help the piano trade.
Geo. P. Bent, the indefatigable, has
patented another improvement in connec-
tion with his orchestral attachment. The
letters patentrefer to the attachment effects
and the piano tone being used simultane-
ously, by the performer at will.
A. J. Brooks, of the Huntington Piano
Co., has been visiting the Western trade
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New York, June 13,1896.
during the past few days, having arrived in
town by way of the South. I understand
that Mr. Blake, president of the Sterling
Co., is also in town, but I have not had the
pleasure of meeting him. He is a delegate
to the St. Louis Convention, but will stay
a few days in town looking up his friends
in the trade previous to engaging in the in-
teresting process of President-making.
J. W. Northrup and E. V. Church re-
turned recently from a fishing trip, and
they are well primed with a choice selec-
tion of piscatorial legends with which they
will beguile their friends during the
summer months.
Among the members of the trade ex-
pected in town during the next few days
are E. W. Furbush, of Boston, and Calvin
Whitney, of the A. B. Chase Co. It is
probable that Mr. Moore, of the latter com-
pany, will also visit the city, bringing with
him one of the new style A. B. Chase
pianos.
J. V. Steger is preparing handsome new
catalogues of the Steger and Singer pianos.
The first to be published will be the Singer.
I had the pleasure of examining some
very handsome specimens of Haines Bros,
pianos at J. O. Twitchell's warerooms a
few days ago. They are certainly beauti-
ful, both in appearance and tone. The
scale is remarkably even, and the tonal
quality is pure and brilliant. The popular-
ity of these instruments does not surprise
me.
J. W. Tewksbury, of the Chicago Cottage
Organ Co., arrived this week from Europe.
His stay in this city will be somewhat ex-
tended.
The arrangements being made for the
Geo. F. Root memorial concert on July
4th, at the Coliseum, are on a large scale,
and everything points to its success. A
big sum will no doubt be secured for this
worthy object.
W. B. TREMAINE, of the ^Eolian Co., paid
a visit to the factory, Meriden, Conn., on
Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
Mr. H. B. Tremaine is about to leave for a
summer trip to White Lake, Sullivan
County.
E. W. FURBUSH, Vose & Sons' road rep-
resentative, left Boston this week on a
Western trip.
ERNEST URCHS, of Steinway & Sons, re-
turned from Cincinnati on Thursday.
$3.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS
George Stein way in New Zealand
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ROM the New Zealand Times that
far-off Antipodean paper, date May
9th, we clip the following:
"Among the passengers to Wellington by
the Mararoa was Mr. G. A. Steinway,
eldest son of Mr. W. Steinway, of the well-
known firm of Steinway & Sons, pianoforte
manufacturers, of New York. Mr. Stein-
way, who is traveling with Mr. Howard R.
Burk for the benefit of his health, left New
York last July, proceeding by way of Nova
Scotia and the St. Lawrence River to
Quebec, Montreal and the Niagara Falls.
They also went to Tacoma, Seattle and
Portland, and after taking a trip into the
Alaska territory, went on to San Francisco.
Thence they went to Japan, in which
country they put in a very pleasant month
of sightseeing and traveling. Among
other interesting visits was one to the
Japanese military camp at Sendar, and Mr.
Steinway says he was much impressed with
the discipline and soldierly appearance of
the troops, who, however, are far less in
stature than those one sees in Europe and
America, being in very few cases more
than 5 feet 2 inches in height. After leav-
ing Japan Mr. Steinway proceeded to visit
India, Java, Singapore, Burmah and Aus-
tralia, coming thence to Wellington. He
leaves here by this morning's train for
Napier, en route to Rotorua and Auckland,
and after a short stay there he will visit
Melbourne and Adelaide, whence he will
take the P. and O. boat to London. On
leaving there a month will be dtvottd to
Switzerland, and Mr. Steinway will then
return to New York, which he expects to
reach in September."
Zobo Bicycle Band.
N the extended notices of last Saturday's
bicyle parade in this city, the local
newspapers had many complimentary
words for the Zobo Band, whicii appeared
in the manufacturers' division. They
made an imposing picture in their natty
uniforms, and their playing was not bad,
considering the limited time they rehearsed
for the parade. In the near future we can
look forward for several bicycle Zobo bands,
not only in this city, but Ihroughout the
country.
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