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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
In this instance the inventor's ingenuity-
has utilized the commonest things taken
Private A. W. Lashway, of Company E, from the junk pile of a camp.
Twenty-second Regiment, N. G. N. Y., Across a frame of old soap boxes, he has
now with his comrades at Camp Black, stretched ten double rows of common
Hempstead, is both a soldier and a musi- wire, using screws as fasteners. These
cian. As a man-at-arms he has an honor- wires he tuned by tightning or loosening
able record. • He is an American citizen the screws. A narrow slat with bent
by choice and before coming; here was a round-headed nails for frets, sliding across
soldier of England, his native country. the wires produce the necessary changes.
As a musician, he is something of an in- The instrument is played with two small
ventive genius; as his tent fellows first, felt-covered hammers.
The " ossified
then his company street, and now the wide piano " may be likened to a huge cymbal,
stretch of the Hempstead plains have dis- such as are found in all the Hungarian
covered.
bands.
He has invented a new instrument
Lashway has become an expert on his
which he calls the " ossified piano." It is "piano." He practices assiduously when-
the latest transformation of the most ever he has the leisure between drills,
ancient of sound-producing devices— guard duty and mess calls. He is acquir-
strips of resonant matter stretched and ing a large repertoire, which ranges from
tightened, and then made to vibrate.
"On the Banks of the Wabash " t o " Yan-
kee Doodle."
The "Ossified" Piano.
An Important Pleasure.
An important act pertaining to prefer-
ences and assignments was passed at the
recent session of the Ohio legislature.
This measure establishes an interesting
point in the matter of liquidations. The
law provides that preferences given ninety
days prior to an assignment shall not be
valid. This applies to chattel mortgages,
bills of sale, judgment, etc., and under the
law all creditors will share equally in the
assets. The main object of the bill, which
was passed through the agitation of the
Cincinnati Credit Men's Association, is to
prevent fradulent practices in assignment.
The measure is certainly an excellent one,
of importance to business men, and is
likely to be enacted in other States.
5ELF-OPERATINQ
SELF-CONTROLLING
Perfection Has at Last Been Reached,
Piano Pounding Prohibited.
" Berlin, of all big cities, has most suc-
cessfully dealt with the problem of keeping
noises down to the minimum," said Dr. J.
von Beckler, of the German metropolis.
"Railway engines cannot blow their
is the only practical and reliable self-playing attach-
ment on the market which can be applied to a piano
whistles
inside the city limits. Hucksters,
without disfiguring it. Musical results are marvelous.
Considered by experts to be the
newsboys and street peddlers are not al-
lowed to bawl their wares. A wagon that
KING OF ATTACHMENTS.
makes an unnecessary rattling is stopped
Built to last and give satisfaction. We invite inves-
tigation and correspondence. This attachment should
and its driver is lucky to escape a fine.
not be confused with any devices hith< rt > sold to the
The courts never hesitate to impose a
trade as piano attachments. It is unique —unequalled.
pecuniary penalty on people that make
WEBER, QOOLMAN & CO.,
useless noise, and they have a wide dis-
Manufacturers of the " Autono " Self-Playing
Attachment.
cretion. Even piano playing is regulated
84-88 Pearl Street,
Brooklyn, N. Y. in a town noted for its music-loving
inhabitants. Before a certain hour in the
morning and after a certain hour at night,
no one is at liberty to indulge in practice,
and mere pounding on a piano is unlawful
at all hours."
THE "AUTONO"
PIANO ATTACHHENT
NEW
NEW
NEW
NEW
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SCALES
CASINGS
DESIGNS
UPRIGHTS
GRANDS
The employees of the Oliver Ditson Co.,
and John C. Haynes & Co., Boston, were
scheduled to have a grand flag raising on
Thursday.
PIANOS
WALDORF PIANO CO.
552-554- W. 29 ™ ST.
NEW YORK.
Pianos bearing the name
flalcolm Love
are admitted to be of the
highest grade. Experts say
this, and delighted customers
affirm to its truth
Waterloo Organs
Where could you look for
more salable organs? Don't
know. Well, we can't tell you.
They are good enough for the
best
Factories:
Waterloo Organ Co.
Waterloo, New York
BRAUMULLER CO.,
402-410 W . 14th Street,
NEW YORK.
MEXICAN, AMERICAN and FOREIGN
PATENTS,
Reports on Mining and Other Properties.
Proprietors of Weekly A nglo-A merican, a first-class Advertising
Medium. Established 8 Years.
C. H. M. y Agramonte,
CALLE GANTE No. I I .
P. 0. Box 388. Cable Address, "Agra."
City of Mexico, Mexico.
SCHAEFFER PIANOS
Established in New York 1876.
In Chicago, 1886
HIGH GRADE AT MODERATE PRICE
Factory at Riverview, 111.
Capacity, Two Hundred Pianos per month.
Scbacffcr Piano mtg, Co.
Office, 239-241 Wabash Avenue, Chicago.
Reorganized and Incorporated January, 1898.
~ £09 Bowery, N. Y
PHELPS & LYDDON,
"•"r™ PIANO CASES,
FACTORY: ALLEN & PLATT STREETS, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
P A S S STRINGS
AND SCROLL SAWING, ENGRAVING.
A SPECIALTY MADE OF PIANO PANELS.
FRANCIS RAMACCIOTTI, Established 1867.
Factory, 162-164 W. 27th St., N. Y.