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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The Everett Piano.
T
HE energy and taste displayed by the
John Church Co. in all of their ad-
vertising during the past year has been an
important factor in attracting the attention
of the great public to the merits of the
"Everett piano"; carrying conviction into
the ranks of the skeptical, who have been
led to investigate this piano "as a piano,''
apart from that ingenious attachment, the
Plectraphone, which has given the Everett
a new charm, and the dealer a "selling
point" which can be recommended for its
effectiveness and novelty.
The Plectraphone is one of the most suc-
cessful devices of its kind on the market,
and it endows the piano with such a num-
ber of possibilities in the way of imitating
a large roster of stringed instruments,
that it appeals to the purchaser with
especial force.
Thanks to the intelligent management
of the manufacturers, the Everett piano
has steadily grown in popularity notwith-
standing the depressed times, and it is safe
to predict for it still greater success when
better times are with us. The Everett
piano with the Plectraphone attachment is
a big winner and worthy of investigation
by progressive dealers.
Harp Playing by Machinery.
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Trade with South America.
INCREASED STEAMSHIP COMMUNICATION WILL
PROMOTE COMMERCIAL INTERESTS.
HE election of McKinley is certain to
ensure an enlargement of our South
American trade. The Republican party
included in its platform the further-
ance of reciprocity treaties on the Blaine
lines. The increased advantage which
will accrue under these treaties must be of
interest to members of the music trade in-
dustry, for there is a wide market for mu-
sical instruments in the great continent of
the South. In view of this fact the recent
announcement made by a journal published
at Lima, Peru, is quite interesting. This
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paper states that a few days since the
first vessel of the West Coast line, inaugu-
rating steam traffic between New York and
the principal ports of Chili and Peru, left
Callao on her return voyage to New York.
Until the present time this company has
carried on trade with sailing vessels, but it
proposes henceforth to send out a cargo
steamer regularly every two months from
New York to Callao. It has been two years
since the New York and Pacific Steamship
Company, better known as the Merchants'
Line, opened a regular steamship trade be-
tween New York and the principal ports on
the Pacific coast of South America and now
comes a competing company to divide the
proceeds of this trade and to afford to these
countries a new line of communication with
the United States. This company in start-
music eons.
manufactured
steel discs.
was the first and is
the only music box
with indestructible
has a patented fly
wheel, speed regula
tor, side dampers and double comb
arrangement.
e x c e l s not only in
purity a n d volume
of tone, but it is acknowledged by all f ; ;
prominent dealers that it is superior t.
to any other similar music box.
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Symphonion Zither.
It is the very latest marvel in music trade circles. Any one can
play complete airs on it without instruction or knowledge of music,
by means of perforated interchangeable music sheets.
Sole Agents for the
ARP playing by machinery is one of W m . R . G r a t Z & CO. Sylnph^nFoVMfg^Co. 18 East 14th Street, New York City
the latest novelties. The harp is ar-
ranged so that the plane of its strings is
horizontal, the instrument lying on the
table, after the fashion of a zither. Then,
as regards the written music, the notation
of the traditional stave has been abandoned,
and sheets upon which are imprinted mys-
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terous groups of numbers are used in its
stead. When one of these sheets is slid
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into a frame made for the purpose the
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meaning of the figures is interpreted.
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Each of them falls under a string of the
instrument, and by picking at them in
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numerical order with a beveled pencil of
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ivory the operator produces a tune. Time
and phrasing are indicated by the spacing
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and alignment of the numbers, nor are the
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requirements of harmony forgotten. When
the melody of the air is adjudged insuffici-
Manufacturers^ American Harp
ent one of the figures is accompanied by a
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letter, indicating that a button attached to
COLUMBIA ZITHER, MADE IN FIVE STYLES.
the instrument and hearing the same sym-
bol should be at this juncture pressed.
This action, by bringing a small saw of
ivory points into play, produces a chord
suitable to the occasion.
A
CELEBRATED J. T. L. INSTRUMENTS
Foreman or Contractor.
A foreman of many years' experience
desires change. Is scale drawer and is thor-
oughly posted in all parts of piano making.
Can take charge of buying material and
building up-to-date pianos. Will work on
contract, if desired, for one part or all parts
of instruments. Can prove character of
work.
Address,
PRACTICAL PIANO BUILDER,
Care Music TRADE REVIEW,
3 East 14th Street, New York.
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enable any artist to render what have been, up to this time, the most
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