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factory. He is a firm believer in the
merits of the Wissner products, and what
is quite as much to the point, he is enthu-
siastic and judicious in his methods of
securing desirable patronage.
As a trade maker for the^coming fall, deal-
ers will find theJMcPhail piano, made by the
McPhail Piano Co. of Boston, a positive
Geo. Grass of Geo. Steck & Co., who is winner. It combines every essential to
touring the West, is sending in cheering that end and it should be looked up with-
reports, and what is better still substantial out delay.
orders. He is probably in Cleveland, O.,
to-day.
Mehlin Agents Prospering.
Wm. F. Hasse, the piano stool and scarf
H. Paul Mehlin, responding to a call for
man, returned from Europe on Thursday,
news
items yesterday, said that Bruce Ma-
by the steamer ' 'Havel."
bon & Co., the Mehlin representatives in
John Feld, the Sohmer representative Springfield, Mass., have been so successful
at St. Louis, was in town this week and in their business that they have taken
left a good order for Sohmer new styles in larger quarters. Indications, he says, point
grands and uprights.
to a very promising future for this firm.
Retail business this week at the Fischer They have just reported the sale of another
warerooms is reported as active. Callers Mehlin grand, this last sale being evident-
have been numerous and purchases satis- ly brought about through the indorsement
factory.
of a previous purchaser.
Charlie Sisson, fresh from a long jaunt
S. R. Leland & Son, the Mehlin repre-
West, reached town yesterday. He re- sentatives at Worcester, Mass., report
ports the outlook for trade most encourag- good progress with the Mehlin products.
ing. Charlie 'is a veteran and knows the Their customers are highly pleased with
trade barometer well.
the instruments.
Mr. Bassett the Duluth, Minn., agent
H. A. Petrie's Affairs.
for Decker & Son, is in town.
Jack Haynes is visiting London on a
The rumor published in a local daily
private enterprise.
this week to the effect that H. A. Petrie,
Frank King, wholesale manager for the of the Petrie Music Co., who has been com-
Wissner products, left tcwn on Tuesday pelled to relinquish business as a music
for a short business trip.
publisher owing'to financial inability to con-
L. S. Sherman, of Sherman, Clay & Co., tinue, is indebted to the Wenzlik Music
San Francisco, during his stay in New Publishing Co. for a large amount, has
York last week, placed an order with Lud- been denied ;by Mr. Wenzlik. He says
the amount due is trifling and expresses
wig & Co. for twenty pianos.
Will N. Grunewald, manager of the L. the belief that the debts will be cancelled
Grunewald Co., New Orleans, La., is ex- in due course. Mr. Wenzlik, and Mr.
Paull, of E. T. Paull & Co., who was also
pected in town.
seen, said that Mr. Petrie had always
Mrs. Lila Marshall, widow of Mr. Mar-
treated them right.
shall, formerly of Marshall & Wendell, Al-
bany, was married last Sunday in Wash-
America's Successful Men.
ington to W. B. Dickey, consul to Callao,
Peru.
The New York Tribune Co. has just
issued
a magnificent work in two volumes
New establishments have been opened in
Des Moines, la., by Wm. Lehman, who entitled^ , "America's Successful Men."
will handle the Baldwin line of goods; in The subscription price of the work is $25.
Bellevue, O., by Asa R. Williams; in We note the music trade industry is
Gallipolis, O., by Ernest Cating;in Tampa, represented by handsome page portraits
Fla., by Turner & Hollowell; and in Bucy- and extended biographical sketches of
Wm. Steinway, Jacob Estey, W. W. Kim-
rus, O., by E. H. Guckert.
McArthur & Sons, of Knoxville, Tenn., ball and Oliver Ditson.
have added another new feature to their
The String Jar Cabinet.
already extensive business. They have
arranged a storage department, and will
One of the most desirable articles ever
hereafter make a specialty of storing pianos gotten up is the String Jar Cabinet, sold
and organs. Household goods and furniture by Lyon & Healy, Chicago. It is simpli-
will also be stored by them.
city itself, yet it will keep a good supply
Edward Patcikee met with an accident of strings for musical instruments in fine
last week while operating the elevator in condition for an indefinite length of time.
the organ factory at Chicago avenue and In fact when you purchase a Lyon & Healy
Dix street, Chicago. He was caught be- String Jar Cabinet for the $4.00 it costs,
tween the elevator car and the first floor, you secure a means of attractively display-
and crushed the entire length of his body. ing your strings/of keeping them fresh
Dawson City, the embryonic metropolis The doctors hold out little hope of recovery. until sold, and of keeping the stock in good
Mr. Thompson, now in charge of the order. Write to Lyon & Healy to-day for
of the Klondike regions, already boasts of
having several pianos " in its midst," and Wissner warerooms, New York city, re- their humorous little brochure, "How to
ports callers frequent and business satis- Lose Money on Strings."
an overplus of performers.
Bradbury fame, as he greeted The Review
in his customary cheery style on Wednes-
day, "and I propose to have facilities that
will enable me to cope with all the demands
that may be made consequent upon the ar-
rival of better times.
"The piano business is quiet at present,
but that is to be expected. In the bicycle
line I am doing an exceedingly large busi-
ness at my various branch stores, and I
have no reason to complain."
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Recently while looking up some histori-
cal data, I rummaged through some Ger-
man works bearing upon the noted famil-
ies of Wurtemburg, and I came across the
name Von Steger.
Now that hustler of the Western piano
trade, J. V. Steger, came from Wurtem-
burg, and I wonder if that "V" in his name
does not mean Von and if so, if he is not a
member of the German nobility.
"J. V." is a modest man, and can it be
that all these years he has been concealing
that Von from us?
Is it true, "J. W ?
If so, here's a health to John Von Ste-
ger.
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The subject of drapery in its relation to
piano decoration is apparently much misun-
derstood. One enters a house arranged with
exquisite care, and both artistic and home-
like in its atmosphere. The one false note
in the whole arrangement is in the draping
of the piano—an upright—which is swathed
in embroideries and covered with porce-
lains until it has positively lost all semb-
lance to its original form and is ridiculous-
ly unfit for use. Many of the so called
music rooms are ruined by a total disre-
gard of acousties, heavy curtains, carpets
and portieres breaking and muffling the
sounds, and there are almost always far too
great a number of ornaments scattered
about. Considering that many who are in
the possession of wealth pique themselves
on their prominence as patrons of music,
or on being considered average performers
from the amateur standpoint, it is extraor-
dinary how very seldom an appropriate
music room is to be found.
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It is understood that the Votey Organ
Co. will continue manufacturing pipe or-
gans at the Farrand & Votey plant in De-
troit, Mich., until late next fall, when the
manufacturing headquarters will be located
in the East. Meanwhile it is well to em-
phasize that the Votey Organ Co. and the
Farrand & Votey Co. are two distinct
firms.
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Now then, let the chimneys smoke and
the wheels turn. The tariff bill is a law.
Confidence replaces uncertainty. Congress
no longer sits as a commercial disturber.
Let's put our shoulder to the wheel of
prosperity and "push it along." "Busi-
ness" should be the war cry.
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