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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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The Alpha and Omega
OF
NEEDHAM PRODUCTS THEIR
LARGER
STYLES VERITABLE PIPE ORGANS IN
TONAL QUALITY.
On another page of The Review will be
seen an admirable illustrated comparison of
Needham organ products. In the top left
hand corner is the ingenious little Needham
organ No. ioo, thirty-three inches high when
open and only twelve inches in height when
closed. It is made in oak, bound with brass,
and folds compactly for convenience to
travelers. The whole weight of this dimin-
utive yet highly effective traveling companion
is only fifty-five pounds when unpacked. On
the same page is the famous Needham organ
No. 200. It is made in polished quartered
oak, with ornamental pipe top. What a com-
parison between the two instruments! Where-
as the first is only one foot high when closed,
this reaches an elevation of 114 inches and
weighs 815 pounds.
It is in C scale, sixty-one notes, with two
five octave banks of keys and full pedal
scales of thirty notes. There are eight stops
in swell organ; eight stops in great organ;
two stops in pedal organ, and six mechanical
stops.
Style No. 200 is a magnificent instrument
in every particular and reflects the highest
possible credit on the Needham firm. The
tone is of a pipe organ quality and is a delight
to the lover of the king of instruments.
Chas. H. Parsons, who is a musician of fine
attainments, is in a measure the god-father of
this fine instrument, and like him, it is honest
throughout. "The Alpha and Omega" are
representative American products with a
great future.
To Prevent Discrimination.
The Merchants' Association of this city
has joined hands with the Produce Ex-
change for the purpose of waging a contin-
uous and aggressive warfare against discrim-
inations of all kinds both in freight and
passenger rates which are now operating.
In the first case, to divert East-bound
freight business for export from New York
City to other ports on the Atlantic sea-
board, and in the second case to attract to
other trade centers business, which, without
the discriminations now being practiced,
would come to this city.
The Merchants' Association has done
some splendid work in developing the trade
of this city during the past year, and the
efforts which they are now making to pre-
vent the unjust discriminations practiced
by the railroads should meet with the sup-
port of every business organization in this
city.
Sohmer & Co.
The new Sohmer warerooms are being
rapidly gotten into shape for occupation.
The decorators are hard at work. The work
of moving the warerooms on East Fourteenth
street to Fifth avenue at Twenty-second
street will probably begin about the 15th inst.
The date set is from the 15th to 20th, unless
unforeseen delays occurs.
The 90,000th Steinway.
The Popular Pease Pianos.
A CHAT
WITH JOHN D. PEASE, WHO
RETURNED FROM THE WEST.
JUST
The ever-popular Pease products are en-
joying, as was predicted in The Review
some time ago, a steady run of prosperity.
Mr. John D. Pease, who has just returned
from Chicago, was seen by The Review on
Wednesday and said, in response to an in-
quiry concerning the trip and its results,
that he is more than pleased with results
already achieved for 1898 and also with the
outlook.
"I found," said he, "that business is grow-
ing at a healthy rate. I say this not only
with reference to the firm's pianos, but in
connection with all branches of commerce,
so far as my observation went. Merchants,
both wholesale and retail, are sanguine and
utter no word of complaint."
Speaking of the new Pease styles O and X,
in reply to a query, Mr. Pease said that never
in his experience had he known such an in-
stantaneous and unqualified success.
In
confirmation, he went to the bookkeeper's
desk and read a letter dated Feb. 8, from an
out-of-town representative, in which the
writer ordered an immediate shipment of a
Pease new style O, in a special wood, and
commented on a style X recently received,
"which," said he, "is a beauty."
Asked if such testimony is frequent, Mr.
Pease answered in the affirmative, saying that
commendations of styles O and X received up
to date confirmed his belief that these two
were among the best ever produced at the
Pease factory.
Edward Behr left town on Monday for a
brief Eastern trip. Business at the Behr
factory is reported as active, orders plentiful.
We have recently had an opportunity of
testing some of Messrs. Steinway & Sons'
new scale upright pianos. In these instru-
ments the capo d'astro bar is introduced in the
same manner as in the horizontal grand pianos.
They may, therefore, be termed strictly "up-
right grands." The tone is free, round, and
resonant. This improvement is the subject
of Mr. Henry Ziegler's latest patent. We
also had an opportunity of examining some
new grands in decorated cases and a new
short grand, which is making many friends in
the trade. It has that lovely singing quality,
with brilliant and full treble, for which the
Steinway is so much admired. Business, Mr.
Eshelby tells us, is brisker than it has ever
been at the London house. The 90,000th in-
strument will shortly be reached, and it is
hoped that Her Majesty the Queen, who
already has several Steinway instruments, will
be the purchaser of this, as the Prince of
Wales was of the 75,000th piano.—Music,
London, Eng.
The Baumer Warerooms.
The F. W. Baumer Co. of Wheeling, W.
Va., have made some radical changes in their
piano warerooms in that city. The large
rooms have been changed into a series of
small parlors 18x20 feet square. They are
beautifully furnished with a fine stock of in-
struments. The change is a novel and prac-
tical one, and it is commanding much favor-
able comment from their patrons.
A fire in the engine and boiler room of the
Western Cottage Organ & Piano Co., Ottawa,
111., last week did some slight damage which
necessitated the closing down of the factory
for a day or so for repairs.
-The New
SYMPH0NI0N
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American-made
is the first and only fluslc Box manufactured
with patented indestructible steel discs. It has
patented fly-wheel, speed regulator, side dampers,
double comb arrangement, and its parts are inter-
changeable. It requires but one winding to play
30 minutes, and is recognized among the leading
dealers to be the standard "up to date" Music Box.
The Symphonion received the highest awards at Chi-
cago, 1893, and Antwerp, 1S94. Prices ranging from
$4,00 to $3100.00. Catalogue containing thousands of
tunes to select from. For sale by all prominent dealers.
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THE SYMPHONION MFG. CO.
OFFICE AND FACTORY:
110-114 West 32d Street, New York.
No. 5 SWING SAW
WITH ADJUSTABLE HANGERS, FIVE OTHER STYLES,
ALSO
IRON FRAME, 5TEEL BRACED VENEER
PRESSES, GLUE SPREADERS, GLUE HEATERS,
FACTORY AND LUMBER YARD TRUCKS, ETC.
Write for Catalogue.
JOHN T. T0W5LEY HFG. CO.,
BUILDERS PIANO AND ORGAN MAKING MACHINERY.
SIXTH AND MAIN STREETS,
CINCINNATI, OHIO,