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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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The Pease Piano in Philadelphia.
record tablet or cylinder can be slipped on A $2,000 Stradivarius Missing.
or off with the greatest facility, without
In the Quaker City there are few pianos swinging open an end gate or in any way
A two-thousand-dollar Stradivarius vio-
more popular than the Pease. It was sold disarranging the machine.
lin—or what is believed to be one—has
and well advertised for many years by
gone astray in this city, its last known
Blasius & Sons, and is now being handled
Praise for the Bush & Gerts possessor being a junkman who bought it
by the well-known firm of C. J. Heppe &
at an auction for $50.00, and Miss Kate N.
Baby Grand.
Son, who are bringing its many merits and
Moriarty, 8 West Sixty-fifth street, has been
special claims for support to the attention
Ray Bros, of Dallas, Tex., agents for arrested on a charge of having stolen it.
of the public through up-to-date and clever the Bush & Gerts piano, received a letter
The violin was the property of Mrs.
advertisements which are designed by F. recently from Mrs. Annie Ellis Smythe, di- Nicholson of^ 102 West Sixty-first street,
J. Heppe, the junior member of the firm.
rector of the Dallas School of Music, to and it is claimed, was left in Miss Mori-
In this connection we might mention a the effect that she has been for years a arty's safe keeping. On the other hand,
holder for a telephone book cast with the connoisseur in pianos and that the new Miss Moriarty claims that the instrument
Pease name in it, and to which is fastened Bush & Gerts baby grand shipped her from was left with her as security for a board bill,
a small tag, on which is inscribed "The Chicago is the best piano she has heard in and that she sold it with her other household
Pease Piano." Several thousand are in Texas. She says that the singing quality effects when she left the city. She thinks
use,
and they have 'made a great hit. makes it especially valuable for accompany- it went for $50.00. As the violin has not,
Another advertising scheme is an adver- ing the voice and stringed instruments,and so far, been found, there will be some nice
tisement printed on iron sheets and placed that the tone from the lowest to the high- work in estimating its value.
at railroad stations. It is a beauty.
est is even, pure and rich.
The Pease piano is proving an immense
Civilian vs. Army Musicians.
favorite with the Heppe house, and it is
Busy at the Bothner Factory.
giving great satisfaction to customers. The
Representative Fipkoff has introduced a
At the Bothner action factory The Re- resolution in the Michigan Legislature at
Pease is sold by some of the best firms in
the United States, and the reputation view was glad to learn on Wednesday that the solicitation of union musicians of De-
which the Pease Piano Co. enjoy every- a full force is now constantly at work on troit protesting against the musicians of the
orders in process of completion. This army and navy entering into competition
where is indeed well-deserved.
establishment, so long and favorably known with civilians, and calling upon the House
in connection with the manufacture of pi- to prevent any member of the army or
Graphophone Improvement.
ano actions, is one of the best equipped for navy leaving his post to engage in any pur-
An improvement in graphophones con- its particular branch. Outwardly, except suit where it will interfere with that of a
sists in dispensing with the end gate which in the size of the building, there are no in- civilian. The resolution asks that a copy
carries the bearing from one end of the dications whatever of active life within. It be sent to Secretary Alger. It was referred
mandrel shaft, the mandrel being support- is only necessary, however, to get a view to a committee.
ed entirely from one end, leaving the of the factory proper to understand that
other extremity unobstructed, so that a " things are not always what they seem."
FOR
BftUMEISTER Pianos
CHALLENGE COMPETITION IN TONE,
ACTION AND DURABILITY.
: : :
1.BHDPSTEH manufacturer,
534 to 538 W. 58th Street,
York.
SALE.
On account of the death of the pro-
prietor, the entire plant (including all the
stock on hand) of the C. O. Hillstrom & Co.
Organ Factory, located at Chesterton,
Porter County, Indiana.
Will be sold at private sale by the ad-
ministrator; all inquiries should be sent to
A. L. HARPER,
Administrator. ;
Panels are Practically Indestructible.
BESIDES THEY ARE THE MOST ARTISTIC ADORNMENT THAT CAN BE
PLACED IN PIANOS. . •. MANUFACTURERS CAN BE SUPPLIED WITH
SPECIAL DESIGNS.
Manufactured only by THE HOMER D. BRONSON CO.. Beacon Falls, Conn.