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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
that the air will sound in a clear treble,
bass, or plainly in octaves, with great
volume, by simply engaging the treble of
the parallel strings with the thumb and its
larger companion with the first finger.
This latter effect can not be produced suc-
cessfully upon the guitar. One may at all
times retain the left hand in one position,
that for playing the common guitar-
chords, and for this reason the playing is
very simple.
When executing a selection upon the
guitar, in order to reach the higher or
treble tone required, one must move the
left hand up and down the finger-board,
and while so doing it is an impossibility to
retain the fingers in the position for play-
ing the simple chords or such chords as one
would play, ordinarily, if singing the air.
When above the fourth fret numerous
other and difficult chords will be encount-
ered ; hence the reason that there are so
few guitar soloists and that the music for
the instrument must be adapted to, ar-
ranged or written especially for it.
All difficulty is overcome upon the harp-
guitar by simply having a larger number
of treble strings, and having them ar-
ranged convenient for execution, and by
this means, amateurs are enabled to play
popular airs with but little practice or ex-
ertion.
The Harp-guitar is patented in the-United
States and foreign countries. Rene Grune-
wald reports an active demand for this in-
strument as well as for his general line of
PIANOS
WALDORF PIANO CO.
55E-554W.29!" ST.
NEW YORK.
Now is the
Time to Buy
W E ARE HEADQUARTERS
" small goods." Dealers should not hesi-
tate to write for catalogue and prices.
Alterations of an important and artistic
character have recently been effected
in the hall known as Chickering Hall, at
153 Tremont street, Boston. The acous-
tic properties are now pronounced abso-
lutely perfect. The hall will be much in
use during the musical season.
The death of F. F. Capen, recorded re-
cently, will in no wise affect the business
of the Brockport Piano Co. with which he
was connected.
We are pleased to learn that the son of
J. H. Wickham, of Wickhan, Chapman &
Co., piano plate makers, of Springfield, O.,
who was recently operated on for appen-
dicitis, is convalescent.
Irving Snell, the well-known music
dealer of Little Falls, N. Y., has been
nominated for Mayor of that progressive
city, on the Republican ticket.
Geo. S. Tillinghast's music business in
Oneonta, N. Y., has been purchased by
Geo. B. Shearer.
Owing to a typographical error, The
Review was made to say, in the last issue,
that the Krakauer product had, in twenty
years, reached 170,000 in number. It should
read 70,000. At the present rate of Krak-
auer progress, however, it will not take
anything like twenty years more to reach
Leiter Bros., of Syracuse, N. Y., have
purchased the entire stock of pianos and
organs handled by the Kimball Piano Co.
in that city.
170,000.
W. Shafenberg has opened a music store
at 323 Fifth Avenue, McKeesport, Pa. He
is handling a fine stock of instruments.
Among the members of the trade in
town this week were A. Babcock, of L. &
A. Babcock, Norwich, N. Y. ; W. J. Cur-
tis, of Albany, and W. C. Taylor, of Tay-
lor's Music House, Springfield, Mass.
At the Chickering warerooms, J. Burns
Brown reports great activity in retail trade.
The Chickering salon is proving quite a
J. D. Walker, of Eagle Grove, la., has feature of interest to visitors and is prolific
rented the Pillsbury building, on Broad- of substantial results, for many sales have
way, and will place therein a stock of mu- been recently effected through its medium-
sical instruments and music.
ship.
Jerome Hirschberg has engaged in busi-
ness in Montreal as a dealer in musical in-
struments under the firm name of the In-
ternational Zither Co.
The Wilcox & White Co.'s factory is
running full force, full time. The demand
for Symphony organs and their latest spe-
cialty, the Angelus orchestral, has com-
pelled this agreeable condition of things.
The residence of Fred Metcalf, music
dealer, of Hartford, Conn., and one of the
old land marks of the town was totally de-
stroyed by fire Friday of last week. Mr.
and Mrs. Metcalf, who slept on the second
story, barely escaped with their lives, the
fire was under such headway when dis-
covered. Loss is estimated, at $2,500; cov-
ered by insurance.
C. H. Krippendorf, of Cincinnati, O.,
has bought for $10,000 the famous Stradi-
Nichola Bendetto, a member of the
varius violin used by Wilhelmj, and has
Banda Rossa, has been arrested on a charge
presented it to his son-in-law, Hugo L.
of stabbing Robt. Wemple, of 1 2 W. 121st
Kupferschmid, who has returned from
street. The latter entered Stein's Casino
Europe.
where the band is performing and was not
complimentary in his remarks about the
playing of the band, and Bendetto's per-
formances in particular. His frank criti-
cisms led up to a row which ended in the
and fill orders promptly for all styles and tune discs, stabbing.
usic
. . . AT FACTORY PRICES. . . .
Manufacturers, Importers and Jobbers of Musical Merchandise.
Believes in Publicity.
L. E. Lines, the progressive music trade
man of Springfield, Mo., is a believer in
publicity. On Sept. 27th he gave the citi-
zens of Springfield and surrounding vicin-
ity evidence of his enterprise by organiz-
ing a business parade which was led by
Mr. Lines and his daughter followed by
sixteen wagons gaily decorated with bunt-
ing and flags. Four wagons in the parade
were carrying organs on which the per-
formers were constantly playing.
They
also had a band in line, a colored quartet
and other attractive features. At the ex-
hibition hall in the Fair grounds he had
on exhibition a remarkably fine display of
high grade pianos and organs. The Lines.
Music House handle the Steinway, Chick-
ering, "Crown," Kranich & Bach, Mc-
Phail, Bradbury, Krell, Emerson, Hen-
ning, Royal, Smith & Barnes, C. A. Smith
pianos, and the "Crown" and Ann Arbor
organs.