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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Good to Americans.
A LOYAL FRIEND AMONG THEIR
ENEMIES.
Sig. Mancinelli, the composer and con-
ductor, who returns with the Grau com-
pany to Chicago in November, has proved
himself a good friend to American singers.
Last season at Madrid when Miss Marie
Engle, the Chicago prima-donna won suc-
cess in spite of a strong feeling against her
because she was an American, Sig. Manci-
nelli was always her champion. He has
also shown his high artistic appreciation of
an American piano, the Kimball, which he
personally endorses.
Duties on Cuban Imports.
The present scale of duties to be paid by
manufacturers sending goods to ports in
Cuba is as follows:
On grand pianos a duty of about $37 has
to be paid. On upright pianos the duty is
twenty-five per cent. less. The tax on
organs and similar musical instruments is
about $18.
A Strong Personality.
C. A. Smith, president of the Smith &
Barnes Piano Co., Chicago, is a man of
aggressive action. Quiet and reserved in
manner, he is the exact opposite when it
comes to a business move. Mr. Smith is a
developer, as is evidenced by the business
which he has developed from modest be-
ginning into that of the largest and best
equipped manufacturing plants in the
trade.
The Malcolm Love Piano.
With the revival of trade, now so notice-
able in all sections, it is gratifying to re-
cord that the Malcolm Love pianos, made
by the Waterloo Organ Co., of Waterloo,
N. Y., are much in demand by dealers
who are experiencing a call for the better
class of instruments.
It is universally
conceded that the Malcolm Love pianos
are among the best values on the market.
They are conscientiously made, the designs
are attractive, and their musical attributes
are such as to satisfy critical purchasers.
The Waterloo Organ Co. are turning out
several new styles which are well worthy
the attention of the trade. They are made
to meet the requirements of refined
tastes.
There is a general air of activity at the
Waterloo factories. This is not merely
confined to the manufacture of pianos. It
is also observable in the buildings devoted
to the Waterloo organs. These well-known
and popular instruments are having a big
sale, not only in all sections of this coun-
try, but in far-off lands.
The announcement regarding the Mal-
colm Love piano, which appears elsewhere
in The Review, should be perused by
dealers, t If they have not given this in-
strument a trial, they should not fail to
take the matter into consideration and
write the Waterloo Organ Co.
The Orchestrelle Style V.
and pipe-like, and are voiced to closely imi-
tate the various orchestral instruments.
THE /EOLIAN CO.'s GREAT CREATION WHICH
An advantage of this system of construc-
IS SO WIDELY POPULAR
THE PIANOLO,
tion is the small space required for an in-
THEIR LATEST PRODUCTION OF THE
strument of great power and variety. It
SUCCESSES OF THE SEASON.
occupies only about one-third of the room
On this page appears a representation of of a pipe instrument of the same capacity.
the famous /Eolian Orchestrelle, Style V., Its stability of pitch is also another impor-
now a widely recognized necessity for pub- tant feature, as it seldom requires a second
lic and private entertainment. Like the tuning.
later ^Eolian specialty, the Pianola, it has
The construction is such as to make
made a unique place for itself in the mu- each stop of the instrument available for
use either from the
keyboard or in con-
nection wtih the
^olian
music
sheet, and the per-
fect mechanism of
t h e Orchestrelle,
combined with the
exquisite beauty of
its tone qualities,
enables the player
to obtain an almost
endless variety of
combinations a n d
effects.
The P i a n o l a ,
briefly referred to
a b o v e , although
only
introduced
recently, is creat-
ing intense interest
among music lov-
ers, many of whom
find in it a useful-
The Style V, has twenty stops, and the Crescendo, Diminuendo and Grand Organ Swells. Sixteen ness
and charm
of the stops control the tone effects, the balance arelthe auxiliaries. Length,
6 ft. 3 in. ; width, 2 ft. $}i in. ; height 5 ft. 5K in.
which appeals to
sical world—unique particularly in origin- them very strongly. It is one of the
distinct successes of the year.
ality of scheme, design and effects.
The distinguishing feature of the ^Eolian
Avisus' Activity.
Orchestrelle is its tone.
Unlike the stops of the ordinary reed in-
L. Avisus, whose factory is located at
strument, a majority of which bear a close 496-8 Clybourn avenue, Chicago, belongs
resemblance one to the other, each stop of to the progressive school of piano manu-
the Orchestrelle is vested with a distinct facturers. A short time ago he prepared
individuality. The flute tones are smooth, a number of new styles, and on the morn-
rounded, and really flute-like; the differ- ing when they were placed in his ware-
ent string tones closely resemble the vari- rooms one of his regular dealers came in
ous orchestral instruments they are in- and was so infatuated with one of the
tended to represent, and the stops voiced latest Avisus products that he immediately
to correspond with the pipe tones imitate placed an order for fifty—an illustration
the originals with wonderful fidelity.
which shows that new ideas are appreciated
The manner of obtaining purity, reso- and that Mr. Avisus is a man who is not
nance, and distinctive qualities of tone in content with plodding the old paths,
these instruments is by means of free but is seeking to better his products in
reeds, the vibrations of which are qualified every possible way.
through tubes and reed ceils of special
The authorities at Dolgeville, N. Y., are
shapes and sizes. This treatment greatly
increases the volume and at the same time seeking to arrest a man named John Fra-
takes from the reeds their usual coarse, lick for stealing lumber from Julius Breck-
raw quality. The tones are rich, pure, woldt.
Mehlin
Pianos
Factory, 461 to 467 West 40th St.,
New Y
'A Leader
among
Leaders."
Main Office and Warerooms:
27 Union Square.