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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The Harporine is the name of a new in-
strument, built along Autoharp lines, which
was patented recently by L. J. Meldrum,
of Pikespeak, Mich. An endeavor is being
made to have it manufactured by a stock
Harry B. Tremaine, of the ^Eolian Co., company in Detroit to be known as the
who has been visiting Europe in connec- Harporine Mfg. Co.
tion with the advancement of dorian in-
In the case of the Manier & Lane Music
terests arrived home last Saturday.
Co. which, came up before Judge Locke in
We notice from our exchanges that the the U. S. Court in Jacksonville, Fla., on
Starr pianos of Richmond, Ind., continue Friday last an order of reference and ad-
to find their way into noted educational in- judication was entered therein. The case
stitutions in the West and Southwest.
was referred to Philip Walter, in bankruptcy.
Next season the Weber piano will be
Thomas & Barton, piano dealers of
played by Dr. Henry G. Hanchett in over Augusta, Ga., whose building and stock
fifty concerts, chiefly in the Southern were completely destroyed by fire, last
States.
week have rented new quarters in that city
Myron A. Decker, of Decker & Son, and will be ready for business immediately.
who left town a few days ago for California Orders have been placed for stock by tele-
and other points, has completed his task graph.
and started homeward.
The Piano & Organ Supply Co. of Chi-
G. N. Forsyth, music dealer of Benton cago are among the busiest plants in
Harbor, has sold his stock to Arthur Peters, that city. The piano actions which they
who will continue the business at the old manufacture are constantly growing in
stand.
favor and are now being used by promi-
J. V. Steger, the well-known piano man- nent manufacturers not only in the West
ufacturer, was serenaded by the Crete Band but in the East as well.
at his home in Steger last week. Ad-
The Milton Piano Co. are getting good
dresses were made by both Mr. Steger and reports from their representatives concern-
a number of other parties.
ing the sale of the Milton products. Mr.
F. W. Primer, who has been touring Craighead, of the firm, who made a brief
Mexico in the interest of the Smith & Eastern trip last week, reports success in
Barnes Piano Co., has returned, having establishing a number of desirable new
made several important agencies for his agencies. Work is active at the factory.
Several new styles are under way.
house.
Otto Wissner who leaves for Europe on
George W. Titcomb, of Farmington,
Me., has sold his musical instrument busi- the "Kaiser Frederic " on June 20th will
ness to Staples, Smith & Moody, of Au- be accompanied by Mrs. Wissner and three
of their children. His luggage includes a
gusta.
handsome
Wissner upright as a gift to his
H. A. Tonolla has opened a music store
nephew
who
resides near Mannheim.
in the Olive Opera House Building, Sing
The tornado proof Kimball piano which
Sing, N. Y. He is handling a full line of
was illustrated in last week's Review has
pianos, organs, small goods and music.
been attracting considerable attention in
Geo. F. Blake, president of the McPhail the Wabash Avenue window of the Kimball
Piano Co., who has been spending his hon- establishment in Chicago. This piano
eymoon in Europe, is expected back with deserves a prominent place among the com-
his bride some time the early part of next pany's treasures.
month.
Gardner & Osgood who are handling the
A music store has been opened in the Lindeman and Stieff pianos in Boston, are
Byers block, Greenwich, N. Y., by M. C. doing some good work for these instru-
McClure of Rutland, Vt. E. W. Allen of ments. Their trade is steadily on the in-
Plattsburg will have charge of the store. crease. They find purchasers of these
There is some labor trouble at the Bush pianos to be as enthusiastic about their
merits as they are themselves.
& Gerts factory in Chicago.
Berlin contains one hundred and eighteen
music schools, which is said to be the great-
est number of schools of this class within
the confines of any one city, and what is
more remarkable is that none of them lack
scholars.
" T h e Foreign Mail Service at New
York" involves the handling of many mil-
lions of separate pieces in an incredibly
short time. How it is done is described
by an expert in the July Scribner's.
The death is announced of Chas. B.
Thurston, a prominent resident of Jersey
City, whose father, Peter K. Thurston,
was a piano manufacturer in this city in
the "thirties."
A magnificent Steinway grand was re-
cently sold by E. F. Droop & Sons, Wash-
ington, to Ex-Governor Sprague of Rhode
Island, for which he paid $1,600.
W. G. Woodmansee & Co. of Cincinnati
have taken the agency for the Angelus
Orchestral and Symphony instruments
made by Wilcox & White.
J. S. Rogers, for many years with Estey
& Camp, Chicago, is now traveling for the
Emerson house through Illinois, Iowa, and
Wisconsin.
The Matthews Piano Co., of Lincoln,
Neb., will remove next month to new
warerooms on one of the leading streets in
that city.
Ernest Knabe of Wm. Knabe & Co., is
slated to leave on a European vacation
probably around the end of the month.
McKannon Bros, have opened a music
room at Port Henry, N. Y., for the sale of
their products.
James & Holmstrom report business
active. Several baby grands have been
shipped recently.
The Mason & Hamlin Co. are about to
make a shipment of cabinet organs to Bile-
field, Westphalia, Ger.
The Berge Music Co., 525 Sixth Avenue,
this city are having one of the biggest suc-
cesses in their career with their latest Ethi-
opian publication entitled " T h e Ash Cake
Shuffle," which is written for piano or
voice, and now in its third edition. All
who desire compositions of this character,
and they seem to be legion nowadays, will
find this publication original and meritor-
ious enough to deserve its growing popu-
larity.
Gain Knowledge
Of the "innards" of a piano by a little reading. Yon may hat©
been a dealer fd# many years, yon may have been a tnner for a
like period, yon may have played a little—maybe more; bnt is
it not -well to get a little more practical knowledge?
Some-
thing to bank on—an authority on all matters relating to tun-
ing, repairing, toning and regulating, scientific instructions—
everything? Written by that eminent authority, Daniel Spillane.
The cost is only a trifle—a dollar.
The book is illustrated,
cloth bound, over a hundred pages- It is called "The Piano."
EDWARD LYMAN BILL,' Publisher, 3 East I4U1 Street, New York