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VOL.
XXVII. No. 26.
Published Every Saturday at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, Dec. 24,1898.
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The Pease Headquarters.
Trade Situation.
IMPROVED TRADE INDICATES THE MOVE WAS A
WISE ONE A FINE DISPLAY
OF PIANOS.
The retail piano trade witiv a.ftiajority of
establishments has been ratfreY disappoint-
ing during the past week. It has been
noticeable, however, for the past two years
that there is usually a bigger trade after the
holidays than before. This promises to be
the case this year. In the wholesale field
all factories are, without exception, as busy
as can be, night work being the rule with
the majority.
The new Pease retail warerooms and
offices, at No. 109 West Forty-second
street, a few doors from Sixth avenue,
have added brightness and light to the
locality. The transfer from the old Pease
quarters in 43rd street has been quickly
and thoroughly made, under the personal
supervision of the firm.
The windows are admirably placed,
the " Popular Pease " grands and uprights
can now be seen to the very best advantage,
and the interior surroundings are calcula-
ted to tempt critics and hesitants to be-
come ready purchasers.
Modern appliances have been utilized.
Electric lighting apparatus has been in-
stalled and every other arrangement for
the comfort and convenience of visitors
has been made effectively and with speed.
The warerooms and offices occupy two
floors, each 30 x 90 feet. The stock is in
charge of Mr. Pottle, who has been a
strong supporter of this latest Pease move.
Already evidence of its wisdom has ap-
peared in the shape of willing customers.
The Review will have more to say about
the new Pease warerooms in a future issue.
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Concerning the Wissner.
A LARGE
INTEREST DEVELOPED—SUSTAINED
SOLELY ON MERIT.
One more link in our chain of favorable
testimony for our local piano interests
comes from " T h e Brooklyn Manufac-
turer." Speaking of a notable addition to
Brooklyn's list of extensive plants, it des-
cribes the new piano factory of Otto Wiss-
ner, and after giving details concerning
size, completeness of planning, finishing
and equipment, which as the article states
place it far in advance of any competi-
tor in Greater New York, it notes the
provision which Mr. Wissner has made
to meet still further demands in possessing
himself of still more surface upon which
he may in the near future build. Then, to
quote from the article, "This factory is a
monument to twenty years of intelligent
industry on Mr. Wissner's part.
He
Classification Affirmed.
started
with
a
thorough
experience,
little
The Board of Appraisers reported on
Thursday that the merchandise imported capital, but any amount of ambition, to
by H. A. Weymann & Son, of Philadel- give to the musical world an instrument
phia, consisted of finished gut strings for which should acknowledge no superior.
musical instruments. Duty was accord- On the merits of the piano he has built a
ingly assessed thereon at 45 per cent, ad large business and in his patronage is in-
valorem, under paragraph 453, Tariff Act cluded some of the world's leading artists. "
of 1897. The importer's claim was for What more can a piano have than that ?
free entry under paragraph 517 of this Act, Siirely the Wissner can and does compete
as catgut unmanufactured, with alternative for popular favor.—Jersey City Journal.
claims under section 6 and paragraph 448.
Worth Studying,
The Board held that "no evidence has
The advertisement of the Needham Piano
been introduced tending to rebut the cor-
rectness of the Collector's classification, & Organ Co., which appears elsewhere is
which is accordingly affirmed, the protest well worth studying. Mr. Parsons has the
happy faculty of being able to express a
being overruled."
great deal in a few words. Dealers will
find it a paying and profitable investment
Lindeman & Sons Co.
to cultivate Mr. Parsons' acquaintance,
"Orders have been arriving steadily
more particularly in relation to those ex-
during the past three weeks," Mr. Norris
cellent instruments the Needham pianos
said to The Review on Thursday, in re-
and organs which the company of which
sponse to the usual inquiry, "and," he
he is the head manufacture.
added, " I note with pleasure that the most
expensive styles take the lead. This is a
Grisner & Carlisle have opened piano
good sign,"
warerooms in Lake City, Ind.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS.
An Orchestral Organ.
A NEW FEATURE IN PIPE ORGANS DESIGNED
PARTICULARLY FOR RESIDENCES.
The advancement of new ideas and the
skill displayed by inventors has brought
to light many wonderful features within
the past few years, some of the most re-
markable of which are the mechanical
appliances for the production of music by
those unskilled in the art of performing
on different instruments, by means of
which any person, even one possessing no
knowledge of music, can perform the
most difficult selections with more ease
and perfection than the most skilled per-
former can render in the usual manner,
thus doing away with the necessity of
many years of study and practice re-
quired to obtain even an average tech-
nique, the modern improvements supply-
ing absolute perfection in the manipula-
tion of the keys. This principle of mechani-
cal technique has been applied to both the
piano and the organ, but with far greater
success to the latter, for the reason that
the touch of the organ is exactly the same
whether made by the fingers or mechani-
cally, expression being made entirely with
the use of the swell and change of stops,
while on the piano the expression is mostly
produced by the different degrees of force
used in striking the keys, which of neces-
sity makes a mechanical touch exceedingly
uninteresting and monotonous.
The latest and most perfect self-player
is that attached to the pipe organ.
The W. W. Kimball Company have on
exhibition at their warerooms on Nicollet
avenue a beautiful pipe organ, with the
automatic attachment. It consists of a
perfect and complete pipe organ that may
be played in the usual manner or by the
automatic player at will. It contains all
of the latest patents of the Kimball Com-
pany which have created such a favorable
impression upon all organists of late. The
action—the improved duplex pneumatic—
is wonderfully responsive, bringing out the
different tone coloring of the pipes with
marked effect. This particular organ was
designed for residences, where they are
frequently used for concerts, dances, etc.,
giving the effect of a complete orchestra.
This new organ is attracting a good deal
of attention and is a delight to hear. -Min-
neapolis Times.
John Summers, the " Capen " representa-
tive, was in town Thursday and left that
evening for Boston.