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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The Bfockport Piano Co.
The Brockport Piano Mfg. Co., Brockport,
N. Y., are sending out some clever literature
regarding the Capen piano which they
manufacture. The introductory to one of
their neat folders in colors is as follows :
It is announced that the Bell Organ &
Piano Co., that well known Canadian Insti-
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes has said, in his inimi-
tution, will remove their manufacturing
table manner, that the best time to take medicine is
fifty years before you're born.
plant from Guelph to Toronto. E. P. Haw-
So the best time to prevent piano disappointments
kins, whose name is not unknown to the
is before they occur.
And there is certainly no better way to accomplish
trade of this country, has engineered the
that than to choose the Capen piano.
deal with the Torontonian representatives.
Capen pianos have met with unqualified success-
There is a cause for it. Behind every effect is the
The store of Chas. W. Held, the well
cause that produced it. The fact is, the Capen
known music dealer at Fulton and Johnston
pianos are designed and built with the utmost care,
under the most favorable and most economical cen-
Streets, Brooklyn Borough, was the center
ditions.
of attraction last week. In conjunction with
We are confident that the Capen pianos are in a
class by themselves, in the sense that they are ex-
an unusually fine exhibition of pianos, there
ceptionally fine, durable and reliable, and sold at an
was a floral display of plants and flowers
exceptional price.
John Summers the road representative of that attracted the attention of the elite of
the Brockport Piano Co., is making a West- that section of our big city.
The Schaeffer Piano Co., of Chicago, under
ern trip as far as Denver and is sending in
the
management of Mr. Dougherty, is
substantial orders.
making steady headway. Dealers are fall-
ing into line, and orders are plentiful.
UPON
During the recent visit of E. R. Matthews,
HONOR
of the Matthews Piano Co., Lincoln, Neb.,
The
to Chicago, he ordered a car load of " Schaef-
fers " to be shipped at once.
The M. Steinert & Sons Co. have decided
Piano
to occupy the handsome and spacious build-
UNEQUALED FOR TONE QUALITIES.
ing at 130-32 Merimac St., Lowell, Mass.
This will give Alden T. Mann, the manager,
THE ONLY PIANO
HAVING ALL
a good opportunity of displaying his fine
POINTS OF MERIT. line of instruments which the Steinert firm
is noted for handling.
Germain Piano Co.
Rene Grunewald, whose representative,
Factory, Saginaw, Mich.
Isadore Pollatsek, has been making a tour
of Mexico, is building up a splendid trade
in that country as well as through the South
Established in New York 1876.
In Chicago, 1886
American republics, for the Grunewald
HIGH GRADE AT MODERATE PRICE
harp-guitar and mandolins.
Factory at Riverview, 111.
Freeborn G. Smith has selected C. H.
Capacity, Two Hundred Pianos per month.
Colell as manager of his Newark, N. J.,
branch. Mr. Colell, it will be remembered,
Scbaeffer Piano img. Co.
was for many years associated with Otto
Office, 239-241 Wabash Avenue, Chicago.
Wissner.
Reorganized and Incorporated January, 1898.
Germain
5CHAEFFER PIANOS
C. C. Colby, it is announced, will next
week open a retail store in Erie, Pa. He
does not intend to manufacture.
Col. H. W. Hall, of Bailey's music rooms,
Burlington, Vt, has opened a branch store
in Barre—which is proof, among other
things, of Col. Hall's untiring enterprise
and push.
Lyon & Healy have just made shipments
of harps to St. Petersburg, Russia and
Budapest, Hungary. These instruments
are steadily gaining in popularity in Europe.
The Eastman Company, (Incorporated), of
Newburg, have opened a branch store in
Port Jervis, N. Y. A full line of instruments
and small goods will be handled, with G. C.
Eastman, a member of the firm, in charge.
Miss Daisy Goggan, daughter of Thomas
Goggan the well known Texas dealer, was
married last Tuesday at Galveston, to Mr.
D. P. McAlpine.
J. B. Tiffany, the celebrated artist, is dec-
orating a number of Steinway pianos for
Sherry's new establishment at Fifth Avenue
and 44th St.
William Adams, for several years with
F. W. Peabody, Haverhill, Mass., has ac-
cepted a position with the Mason & Hamlin
Co.
P. P. Rowland, music dealer of Steelton,
Pa., opened a branch store on April ist on
North Third street, Columbia, Pa.
The Dixon Music Co., of Dixon, 111., will
move to new and larger quarters on the
Opera House Block next week.
Tonk specialties in piano stools and scarfs,
also in musical instruments, are reported
active. This season's Tonk scarfs are
among the choicest in the market.
SELF-CONTROLLING
SELF-OPERATING
Perfection Has at Last Been Reached*
THE "AUTONO"
PIANO ATTACHH ENT
is the only practical and reliable self-playing attach-
ment on the market which can be applied to a piano
without disfiguring it. Musical results are marvelous.
Considered by experts to be the
Catalogue
OF PIANO MATERIALS
KING OF ATTACHMENTS.
Now Ready
Built to last and give satisfaction. We invite inves-
tigation and correspondence. This attachment should
not be confused with any devices hitherto sold to the
trade as piano attachments. It is unique—unequalled.
WEBER, GOOLMAN & CO.,
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co.
299 Bowery, New York
Manufacturers of the " Autono " Self-Playing
Attachment.
84-88 Pearl Street,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
STENCILING MACHINE.
FOR STENCILING,
NEW
NEW
NEW
NEW
NEW
THE GROUND
WORK OF CARVED
PANELS.
WILL TAKE
IN STOCK 24 INCH
WIDE AND UP TO I
IN. THICK.
Sixth and Main Sts.
SCALES
CASINGS
DESIGNS
UPRIGHTS
GRANDS
BRAUMULLER CO.,
JOHN T. TOWSLEY MFG, CO.,
CINCINNATI, O.
402-410 W. 14th Street,
NEW YORK.