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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Anderson's Window Display.
To Discuss Trusts.
C. C. O. C. Organ Catalogue.
ONE OF THE MOST ARTISTIC IN THE CITY
OF CHURCHES THE ASSORTMENT OF
PIANOS ON EXHIBITION WIN THE
HIGHEST PRAISE FROM
PRESS AND PUBLIC.
CIVIC CONFEDERATION OF CHICAGO TO ISSUE
A CALL FOR A NATIONAL
CONFERENCE.
The new organ catalogue of the Chicago
Cottage Organ Co., just to hand, contains
illustrations of a magnificent line of instru-
ments, suitable for the parlor, the hall or
the church which should find much favor
with dealers by reason of their diversified
and attractive architecture. Eleven styles
of parlor organs are shown with stops rang-
ing from seven to seventeen and two styles
of church organs with stops ranging from
ten to seventeen.
The Chicago Cottage organs are made
in oak or black walnut and are entirely
new and modern in design. The finish is
of the best while the stop effects afford a
variety of tonal color that is highly pleas-
ing.
In the introductory, under the caption
"Some Information" the manufacturers
say:
This book shows the line of Organs we
manufacture. The cuts are as accurate as
the engraver can make them from the pho-
tograph of each style.
Each organ of each style is an exact du-
plicate of every organ of that style, the
technical system of manufacturing of the
Chicago Cottage Organ Company making
it impossible to deviate to the extent of a
hair line. The engraving is a truthful re-
production of the style, and as seen in this
catalogue, so does each organ appear.
Every dealer and individual purchaser is
invited to inspect the factory and system
of the company, and see exactly how Chi-
cago Cottage Organs are built. There are
no secret methods applied to produce the
tone that has made these instruments
famous, and the making of the cases is
also subject to public investigation.
This catalogue, like all the C. C. O. C.
literature, is well printed and handsomely
produced. The cover is in rough-edged
paper, of a very aesthetic shade of green,
with a suitable title page and cut of the
factory on the back.
A call for a national conference on
trusts, to be held in Chicago during the
Speaking of Brooklyn's window displays present summer, is about to be issued by
the Eagle gives the palm to Anderson & the Civic Federation of that city.
Co., of 470 Fulton street, for the most ar-
The plan is to assemble a body of men
tistic and unique window decoration in the who will reflect the views of labor, com-
piano field. Art and music are both repre- merce, political economy, law, trade—all
sented in its arrangement and the aim, the industrial, educational and professional
which has been very successfully carried elements—on the latest and greatest of
out, is to present a high grade piano amid national questions.
the surroundings and environment in which
The Civic Federation has been consider-
it would naturally be expected that it would ing this great project ever since the trust
be placed in the homes of those interested question began to assume its present vast
in beautiful pianos. Upon a raised plat- importance. The organization sent its
form rests a handsome Hardman cabinet secretary, Ralph M. Easley, East within
grand piano of dark French walnut wood. the last month with the idea of obtaining
The platform corresponds in shape to the the views of leading men as to holding
form of the piano and enclosing it on either such a conference.
side is a high grill surmounted by plaster
"I saw and interviewed leading men in
busts of the world's most famous musicians New York City, Washington and other
—Bach, Beethoven, Wagner, Mendelssohn eastern points," Mr. Easley said Monday,
and Chopin being among those thus repre- "and every one was immediately taken
sented. The coloring of the woodwork is with the appropriateness of the idea. They
a perfectly blended combination of ivory told that the time is ripe for such a meet-
and gold and incandescent lamps are so ar- ing, and averred that all classes of people
ranged as to provide for the brilliant light- in this country are anxious to get light on
ing of the window at night. An antique this subject."
rug and some other artistic accessories com-
The intention is to hold a four days' con-
plete the decorative effect. The window ference, one day being devoted to railroads,
opens into a foyer hall where the distin- one to labor organizations, one to indus-
guishing features of the decoration are trial trusts, and one to remedies and to
two beautifully executed tapestries by methods of procedure.
Mrs. Clara L. Parsons, whose skill
in this form of work and in portrait paint-
Imported Street Organs.
ing has received substantial recognition in
A new style of street organ has come to
art circles in this borough and other sec- town, and as it is somewhat of a novelty,
tions of the country. The panels are 8 feet the owner is reaping a very respectable
in length by 5 feet in width, and both sub- harvest, probably from $5 to $8 a day, and
jects portrayed are musical.
certainly far more than is picked up by
In the Anderson warerooms and parlors manipulators of the ordinary barrel organs
there is at present on exhibition a magnifi- with which we are so familiar. The instru-
cent assortment of Hardman pianos, repre- ment is of Paris make, and its owner, a
senting a wide range in designs. The German, says that it cost him $400, but
Anderson parlors comprise a suite of fifteen that since his arrival in this country, about
opening one into another, and yet all sepa- three months ago, he has more than half
rate rooms each decorated in a complete paid for it. The sounds that emanate
color scheme of its own, the effect being from the instrument are, in point of fact, a
exceedingly harmonious. A recent addi- very respectable imitation of the melody of
tion deserves special mention. This is the a small pipe organ, and this is really what
Turkish room, intended as a resting room this is, being simply an enlarged edition of
for fair visitors to the warerooms, and it is the usual blind beggar's hurdy-gurdy, with
supplied with comfortable chairs, writing the addition of a set of pipes. The music
desk and other desirable requisites.
is produced by the movement of strips of
cardboard over a cylinder, the difference
Secret of the Successful Piano. between this and the smaller instruments
The beautiful bridge of shapely levers, lying in the fact that the cardboard is
the action, the result of generations of folded, instead of being in rolls. The au-
study now perfected, embodies in its quick- diences that gather seem to find more pleas-
ness of response, the speaking qualities of ure in the harmony than in that of the old-
the instrument and its range of expression. fashioned street piano or music box, and
All the materials constituting the Kim- are correspondingly liberal. The owner re-
ball piano are of the best and are manufac- ceived forty cents from one group of per-
tured in the Kimball factories by the sons in ten minutes or less. The variety of
highest grade of labor and under strictest airs that this instrument furnishes is large,
supervision from the first to the final deli- and when it comes to church music, the ef-
cate detail. They are so constructed, fect, if one is not too critical, is really
finished and regulated as to produce a excellent.
pliant, easy and responsive touch, combined
At several concerts recently in this city,
with unerring precision and great powers the Krakauer piano was used and much
of repetition.
admired.
The "Behning" Advance.
Latest reports concerning the Behning
factory output show that the Behning
watchword "merit" is widely known and
recognized as something more than a mere
grouping of five letters. Augustus Beh-
ning and Charles Spanier, in relating their
experiences while traveling in the firm in-
terests, tell of cordial receptions met with
and of words of praise uttered by Behning
representatives and their customers in
every section of the country. The Beh-
ning record for the present season up to
date has been phenomena], and it seems
likely to continue for an indefinite period.
Russell-Lane Piano Co.
The petition of C. C. Russell under the
new bankruptcy law, to be relieved from
old indebtedness has nothing whatever to
do with the Russell-Lane Piano Co. of
Chicago with which he is connected. The
latter concern is thriving, and removed re-
cently, by the way, to new and larger quar-
ters at 37-43 Coventry street, near North
avenue. In this establishment they have
about three times the capacity of the old
plant. Their latest styles are very attrac-
tive.