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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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Wm. H. Grubs Assigns.
ASSETS, $50,000; LIABILITIES, $30,000.
ILLIAM H. GRUBS, piano dealer,
44 North High street, Columbus,
O., made an assigment August 28th to L.
R. Pugh.
The property conveyed consists of pianos,
organs, musical instruments and stock of
goods in general, together with chattels,
promissory notes, accounts, debts, choses
in action, evidences of debt, claims and de-
mands arising in the assignor's business.
The assets are estimated at $50,000, and
the liabilities between $25,000 and $30,000.
Mr. Pugh's bond is placed at $60,000.
There are no preferences.
According to the assignee, the main cause
of the failure was the inability to secure a
speedy adjustment of the insurance accru-
ing to Mr. Grubs from the fire which ruined
his stock in January. It seems that the loss
from this fire has never been met by the
insurance companies, and it has embarrass-
ed Mr. Grubs in carrying on his business.
Assignee Pugh says the creditors need
not be apprehensive, for the assets will
easily liquidate the liabilities.
W
Would Like to Know.
PROF. J. C. SMITH AFTER MUSIC DEALERS
WHO USE HIS PATENT WITHOUT HIS
CONSENT.
MESSRS. A. Lavigne and W. Hutchison
have entered into partnership, and will
carry on the business of piano, organ and
music dealers, under the style of A. La-
vigne & Co., at the present establishment
of the former on Fabrique street, Quebec,
Can.
CHAS. E. STEVENS, who was engaged for
many years with his brother George in the
manufacture of organs on Fifth street, Cam-
bridge, Mass., and later for himself in the
West End, from which business he retired
about ten years ago, died at his late resi-
dence in that city last Saturday, August
29th. He was born in Norway, Me., in
1807, and lived all his life in Cambridge.
He was a great benefactor to many of the
churches.
O. L. BRAUMULLER, president of the
Braumuller Co., will visit Chicago before
he returns from his sojourn at Mt. Clem-
ens, Mich.
WM. TONK, of Wm. Tonk & Bro., has
been greatly benefited by his recent Euro-
pean trip.
organs in that city which represent a value
of $687,675. They will net quite a goodly
sum in the way of taxes.
CARLES E. SECORD, of Grand Rapids,
Mich.,has invented a piano key balance, and
has had it patented. A stock company will
be organized later for its manufacture.
BEETHOVEN'S piano is one of the treasured
relics in the museum of the Beethoven So-
ciety of Bonn. It is the instrument used
by him during the last years of his life—its
saddest period. A device to overcome the
player's deafness is attached to it.
THE branch of the Elmira Music Store in
Watkins, N. Y., has been purchased by
F. C. Bond, who is well versed in musica
matters, and will hereafter give his per-
sonal attention to the business.
D. D. WOODMANSEE, the Smith & Nixon
assignee, was elected president of the Na-
tional League of Republican Clubs, at the
convention which was held last week in
Milwaukee.
The O. J. Faxon & Co. Failure.
HERE is little new to report regarding
the affairs of O. J. Faxon & Co., man-
ufacturers of piano plates and hardware,
Boston, Mass., whose assignment without
preferences was announced last week. The
figures given out'—liabilities $80,000, assets
$165,000—are considered fairly accurate,
but no schedule has been filed.
The assignees, Chas. B. Southard and E.
A. Church, state that the great contraction
in the demand for piano hardware, the dis-
turbance in the bicycle trade, and the gen-
eral business depression led to the failure.
O. J. Faxon & Co. were manufacturers of
the "Puritan" bicycle, and their experience
in this field was not a profitable one. This
is hardly surprising in view of the cutting
and slashing of prices in bicycles during the
past six months.
The assignees are now at work taking an
account of stock, and a settlement will be
made as soon as possible.
T
E. K. DROOP'S new march, "Pride of the
Nation," which is published by the house
UITE a surprise awaits some of the of E. F. Droop & Sons, Washington, D.
music publishing houses and en- C, is a great popular success. The Marine
gravers of music, as to where and by what Band in Washington is playing it, and Mr.
authority they are so presumptuous as to as- Sousa has intimated that he will include it
sume the right and privilege of using a in the repertoire of his famous band.
private method, invented by a certain Mr.
ADOLPH BRUENN, piano dealer, is an ex-
Smith, guitarist, of Youngstown, O.
hibitor at the magnificent display of Cali-
The specialty referred to are the small fornia products which is being made in
bars placed across the stem of a note to be the Mechanics' Pavilion in San Francisco.
trilled in mandolin music. This consists
THE N. Easton, Mass., "Bulletin" in-
of two and sometimes three, small short
forms
us that the Howard Organ Factory
bars, placed across the notes indicating the
at
Eastondale
"is up and boarded in. It
accent of the music. Eight years ago
will
be
an
imposing
structure."
there was not a bar affixed to any note indi-
THE law suit pending for some time be-
cating a trill in mandolin music, nor in any
previous publication. In 1882 Mr. J. C. tween the W. H. Johnson Co., Ltd., Hali-
Smith introduced the trill bars in his fa- fax, N. S., and the Bell Organ and Piano
mous guitar instructor, giving a full de- Co., Guelph., Ont., has been settled. Al-
scription of the application and use of this
CHAS. H. FREYER, of the Freyer-Bradley
special accent or trill bars.
In 1888 the Music Co., of Atlanta, Ga., is visiting Pen-
Is afforded the dealer and mu-
sician who sells or plays that
author introduced the accent trill bars in sacola for the purpose of superintending
modern and artistic creation, the
his mandolin music scores, to the amount the work of placing a new Vocalion organ
of one hundred pieces of music. Hence in position in the'Palafox street Methodist
two pieces of mandolin music were copy church.
righted and published, giving a full appli
THE display of Hazelton pianos in the
cation of the trill bars for the mandolin
warerooms of D. G. Pfeiffer, Washington,
and guitar.
Therefore, Mr. Smith claims to be the D. C, attract considerable attention from
It is one of the best examples of
author of the said method, and is desirous musicians and visitors to that emporium.
all that is latest and best in the
of ascertaining what authority the music en- • In all cases, an examination and trial of the
r e a l m of piano construction.
gravers have for using the said method of instruments have resulted in the warmest
That's the reason wide-awake
tributes
regarding
their
beauty
of
design
prefixing the bars across the stem of a
dealers should handle it.
note indicating the accent trill of mando- and finish, and remarkably beautiful quality
of tone.
lin music.
THE tax assessor who has just completed
PETER GOLDSMITH of Troy, N. Y., has his labors in Milwaukee, Wis., has dis-
been granted a patent for a piano pedal.
covered that there are 6,437 pianos and 88 BOYLSTON STREET
BOSTON, MASS,
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Henry F. fliller
Piano
Henry F J i r & SODS Piano So.