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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
the aluminum mandolin, is now ready for
the market.
THE HUTCHINS MANUFACTURING CO. PRO-
It is with some pleasure that we present
DUCE A " T R A D E WINNER"
A
herewith the first illustration which has
FINE INSTRUMENT IN APPEAR-
ever appeared of an aluminum mandolin.
ANCE, FINISH AND TONE.
We wish to call the attention of dealers and
musicians
to the advantages of this instru-
Aluminum has been popularly termed
ment.
In
the first place it is practically
"the metal of the future; " it might more
untarnishable,
scarcely any oxidation tak-
fittingly be termed "the metal of to-day"
ing
place;
it
possesses
a strength and sweet-
it has come into use with such rapidity in
ness of tone not found in the wooden man-
all spheres of manufacturing.
A number of our "thinking men" in the dolins, while the volume is claimed to be
music trade industry have been consider- three times that of a wooden instrument
ing the acoustic possibilities of this metal and the quality equal, if not superior. The
for years. Among the earliest explorers aluminum mandolin presents a most artis-
in this special field may be mentioned Mr. tic appearance, is almost indestructible and
C. W. Hutchins, of Springfield, Mass., who not influenced by climatic changes. It is
eight or ten years ago had an idea of uti- not alone a novelty, but a meritorious mu-
lizing the metal in the manufacture of
band instruments, a business in which he
was at one time engaged. In the course
of his study of the acoustic properties of
aluminum, he found that they were
closely allied to those of wood, more so
than any other metal. He also found that
aluminum holds the higher tones much sical instrument, the tone of which will
more readily than wood. In the latter the compare favorably with any instrument on
mass is small, while in aluminum the con- the market.
trary is the case. This gave him the idea
The Hutchins Manufacturing Co. intend
at once that here is a metal which if to manufacture not alone the mandolin,
successfully utilized might replace wood but almost every kind of string and wind
in instruments of the string family, such instrument of aluminum. The members
as mandolins, etc., also making possible a of the firm are wide awake enterprising
quality and a volume of tone, which would men with experience at their back as well as
"throw in the shade" the very best efforts capital. Mr. Hutchins, the general man-
of the most celebrated manufacturers. Mr. ager, is well known in Springfield, having
Hutchins labored long, but he labored ef- run a band instrument factory for ten
fectively, for his efforts have been crowned years, and he has had a life experience in
with success.
the musical instrument business. It is
generally
admitted by all who have ex-
Last fall a stock company was organized
amined
the
aluminum mandolin that if the
in Springfield, Mass., under the name of
manufacturers
continue to be as successful
the Hutchins Manufacturing Co., for the
manufacture of these instruments, particu- with their other products as they are with
larly the mandolin, guitar and banjo, from the mandolin a new advance in musical
aluminum. They secured an ample plant, instrument manufacturing can be recorded.
and, backed by the necessary capital, they
We would invite dealers or musicians
at once set to work manufacturing sample desirous of investigating this instrument
stock, and the first results of their labors, to correspond at once with the manufac-
The Aluminum nandolin.
turers. There is money in the aluminum
mandolin for the dealer who "knows a
good thing" and who is able to push it.
Hence " a word to the wise is sufficient."
The prices will be found right.
The aluminum mandolins and other
products which the Hutchins Manufac-
turing Co. intend to manufacture are fully
covered by patents in this and all European
countries.
The Kroeger Piano Co.
One of the most cheerful and at the same
time most lively living pictures—fit sub-
jects for a kinetoscope—within the limits
of New York city to-day is the main work-
room of the Kroeger piano factory, on
134th street. There may be seen a score
or more of busy workmen, each doing his
share in the building of the Kroeger
pianos.
When The Review called at the office
on Wednesday for news, Mr. Garritson
responded to the usual question by show-
ing several elegant specimens of pianos in
process of completion.
" We are not being surfeited with orders
at present," he remarked, after favorable
comment had been made on some new
panels of unusually rich design ; " but we
certainly are holding our own and getting
a fair share of business. The varnishing
department is now being transferred to
our new quarters.
" It will take some time to complete the
contemplated move, but once settled in the
bigger building, several plans for devel-
oping the general scope of work and
cultivating a wider circle of friends and
patrons will be carried out. We believe
the future for the Kroeger products is very
bright."
The Regina Music Box Co., Rahway,
N. J., have been fitting up more rooms in
their factory and extending their facilities
to accommodate their rapidly increasing
business.
The flason & Hamlin Grand Piano and its Critics.
The following extracts from criticisms of
Sieveking, bearing on the quality of the
Mason & Hamlin concert grand piano, used
by him, are convincing testimony to the
excellence of that celebrated instrument.
Comment is unnecessary:
What strikes one first is the sensuous
beauty of tone, so essential for real charm.
—N. Y. Evening Post, Nov. 16, 1896.
Especially beautiful is the large noble
tone with which he sings out cantabile pas-
sages.—N. Y. Sun, Nov. 16, 1896.
Sieveking enthusiastically describes the
piano he uses as wunderschon.—Boston
Leader, Oct., 1896.
His cantilena touch is beautiful.—Wash-
ington Post, Dec. 16, 1896.
Sieveking played with overwhelming
brilliancy.—Richmond Despatch, Dec. 12,
1896.
There was a genuine sympathetic and
charming vocalism in the instrument that
the pianist used and Herr Sieveking made
the most of it.—Boston Times, r Jan. 10,
1897.
MARTINUS SIEVEKING.
So finished a tone, such a singing tone,
so changeful a tone is rarely heard.—Buf-
falo Evening News, Dec. 4, 1896.
He possesses remarkable delicacy and
sweetness of touch.—Buffalo Courier, Dec.
4, 1896.
A remarkable artist manipulating a mag-
nificent instrument.—N. Y. Sun, Dec. 9,
1896.
His tone is deliciously liquid, soft and
sensuous.—Richmond Times, Dec. 12,
1896.
Mr. Sieveking succeeds in making the
piano "sing."—Clips, Nov., 1896.
Sieveking plays with great delicacy and
a tone of unusually musical and lingering
vibration.—N. Y. Musical Courier, Dec.
16, 1896.