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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Patent on Piano Stool.
Convertible Piano Stool and Chair. S.
H. Roby and G. S. Roby, Fostoria, O.
This invention relates to improvements in
convertible piano stools and chairs; and the
object the inventor has in view is to provide a
structure in which the elements may be ad-
justed to form a chair to be used by a per-
son performing at a piano, or as a stool to
accommodate two persons playing a duet at
a piano.
A further object of the invention is to pro-
vide an adjustable seat which may be raised
to accommodate persons of different heights,
said vertically-adjustable seat being held or
locked securely in either its raised or low-
ered position.
The Bradbury Pianos
Some Curious Calculations.
To those interested in unique estimates
some curious calculations can be made in
connection with the output of the factories
Latest advices from the factories and of C. G. Conn. During the last twenty
warerooms of Freeborn G. Smith are to the years he has manufactured over 65,000 brass
effect that the Bradbury piano retains a valve instruments, to say nothing of the
firm hold on public favor in every city immense number of clarinets, flutes, saxo-
where its merits have been made known, phones, drums and other band instruments
and that the falling off in aggregate retail he has also constructed. The brass used in
output consequent on unsettled public af- this 65,000 instruments, if brought together
fairs has been insignificant.
would weigh 260 tons. If placed on top of
When The Review visited the Brooklyn each other they would make a monument
warerooms recently, note was made of sev- over thirty miles high, and if they could be
eral 1898 styles in uprights. These have, played at one and the same time their music
each and all, been good sellers. Among would doubtless cause the angels of heavert
the most attractive is the Bradbury Cottage to stuff cotton in their ears. It is believed
Upright, Style Five. It is a piano of small that this tremendous product is greater than
D. H. Baldwin & Co., of Cincinnati, O., size, compactly but strongly built, in all that of all the other manufacturers of the
have opened a branch store in Harlan, la., essential features the same as the larger in- world combined Besson and Courtois have
struments but of comparatively miniature been engaged in manufacturing band instru-
which will be in charge of J. W. Jones.
dimensions, and admirably adapted, as its ments for over forty-five years, and although
name indicates, to use in cottages at the he has only been in the business less than
SELF-CONTROLLINQ
SELF-OPERATINO
seaside, in the mountains, or in the city half that time, Mr. Conn has manufactured
Perfection Has at Last Been Reached*
flats. It is possessed of a tone remarkable and sold more instruments than both these
for power and carrying capacity.
manufacturers in the long period of their
The Bradbury "Boudoir Upright Model," existence. Surely if the number of instru-
Style Six, the " Parlor Upright Model," Style ments manufactured and sold is a criterion
Seven, the " New Parlor Upright Model," of popularity, Mr. Conn is a world-beater in
is the only practical and reliable self-playing attach- Style Eight, the " Upright Grand Model," every sense of the term.
ment on the market which can be applied to a piano Style Ten, and the "Salon Upright Grand,"
without disfiguring it. Musical results are marvelous.
Within the last twenty years Mr. Conn
Considered by experts to be the
Style Eleven, are all on exhibition at the
has published over 30,000 bona fide, genuine
warerooms in several woods, each style with
KING OF ATTACHMENTS.
testimonials, many of which are from the
a
distinctive individuality, not at all common pens of the best known musicians, band mas-
Built to last and give satisfaction. We invite inves-
tigation and correspondence. This attachment should in piano making.
ters and teachers of the country. The paper
not be confused with any devices hitherto sold to the
It is worth a day's "journey at any time to used in writing those testimonials weighs
trade as piano attachments. It is unique—unequalled.
inspect the Bradbury styles. In his designs more than John L. Sullivan; spread out in
WEBER, GOOLMAN & CO.,
and
selection of paneling and other con- sheets the size of ordinary letter paper it
Manufacturers of the " Autono " Self-Playing
Attachment.
spicuous architectural features, Mr. Freeborn would cover a space of nearly ten acres, and
84-88 Pearl Street,
Brooklyn, N. Y. G. Smith has shown this season as always,
printed in book form it would take about
exceptionally good taste and sound judg- two weeks to read them. But when the
ment.
weight of this testimony in favor of the Conn
instrument is considered in comparison with
the evidence published by other band instru-
PIAMOS
Calling for the "Kingsbury. 1
ment makers, no unprejudiced person can
War is having no effect on the demands decide differently than that the Conn instru-
NEW SCALES
for the popular Kingsbury pianos. At the ments are the best ever manufactured.
NEW CASINGS
factory, full force, full time is the order of
the day, and it has been almost impossible
NEW DESIGNS
to catch up with the orders on hand. The
Chicago Cottage Organ Co. are not only
NEW^UPRIGHTS
busy in the Kingsbury factory, but all de-
NEW GRANDS
partments of their business continue active.
Whether the war with Spain will eventually
have an injurious effect on business it is
hard to tell, and it is unnecessary to prog-
WALDORF PIANO CO.
402-410 W . 14th Street,
nosticate. The future will take care of it-
5 5a-554 w. 29 ™ ST.
NEW YORK.
self.
NEW YORK.
CONTINUE TO BE IN DEMAND—THE LATEST
STYLES ARE MUCH ADMIRED.
THE "AUTONO"
PIANO ATTACHHENT
gRAUMULLER
PIANOS
BRAUMULLER CO.,
MEXICAN, AMERICAN and FOREIGN
PATENTS,
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Reports on Mining and Other Properties.
Proprietors of Weekly Anglo-American,a. first-class Advertising
; Medium. Established 8 Years.
C. H. M. y Agramonte,
CALLE GANTE No. 11.
P. 0. Box 388. Cable Address, "Agra."
City of Mexico, Mexico.
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SEYER'S GERMAN BUCKSKINS
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209 Bowery, H Y.
5CHAEFFER PIAN05
Established in New York 1876.
In Chicago, 1886
HIGH GRADE AT MODERATE PRICE
Factory at Riverview, 111.
Capacity, Two Hundred Pianos per month.
Scbaeffcr Piano mf g, C$-
Office, 239-241 Wabash Avenue, Chicago.
Reorganized and Incorporated January, 1898.
PHELPS & LYDDON,
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T PIANO C A S E S ,
PACTORY: ALLEN & PLATT STREETS, ROCHESTER, N. Y.