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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Eddy Not Official Organist.
Composers' Busts.
Clarence Eddy, the celebrated organist,
is at odds with Commissioner-General Fer-
dinand W. Peck over the question of the
appointment of an official organist at the
Paris exposition.
Mr. Eddy maintains that Mr. Peck ver-
bally appointed him last spring, and Mr.
Peck now says he did not make the ap-
pointment and can not make such an ap-
pointment, as he has no such position to fill.
Mr. Eddy is connected with the Ameri-
can display of musical instruments, and
since last spring it has been announced he
would be the official organist. He now
complains that he is placed in a bad light.
A HASSE SPECIALTY THAT APPEALS TO HEADS
OF WAREROOMS, MUSIC SCHOOLS, ETC.
The reopening of music schools and
seminaries causes renewed interest in the
successful Hasse specialty of composers'
busts. These beautifully-finished products
have met with great favor since their intro-
duction, and are recognized as standard
likenesses.
These busts are of various sizes. The
Ask for Receiver for Guild Co.
[Special to The Review.]
Worcester, Mass., Sept. "25, 1899.
The Pinkham & Willis company of
this city, by their counsel, Charles M.
Thayer, have filed a bill in equity against
the Guild Piano Manufacturing company,
and ask for the appointment of a receiver.
The allegation is that the officers of the
company have exhausted their resources,
and that it is for the best interests of all
concerned to have a receiver appointed.
The petitioners also allege to hold promis-
sory notes against the piano company to
the amount of $400. There will be a hear-
ing at an early date.
Baldwin Co.'s Display.
Burmeister and the Everett.
The first exhibit to attract the visitor
as one enters the east end door of Fine
Art Hall is the display of D. H. Baldwin
& Co. They do not miss a year in mak-
ing an exhibit of their various styles of
fine pianos and organs. The display con-
sists of the popular Baldwin, Ellington
and Valley Gem pianos, the Monarch and
Hamilton organs and the novel pianola, an
instrument by which another instrument,
the piano, can be readily played. No mu-
sical knowledge being necessary, one who
has never taken a lesson can learn to use
the pianola and can play difficult music at
first effort.
D. H. Baldwin & Co. manufacture all
the goods which they handle, and the Fair
display is especially attractive for both the
exquisite finish of the pianos and organs
as well as the sweetness of the tones, and the
crowds about the exhibit are constantly en-
tertained by musical selections by the ex-
pert performers in charge. The sales of
the D. H. Baldwin instruments are greater
than for years, and purchasers who are
particular as to finish and perfect tone in a
piano or organ are selecting from the stock
made and sold by this firm.
Free pianola concerts are given each
evening at the Baldwin salesrooms.—In-
dianapolis, Ind., News.
The Everett concert grand is to be a
prominent feature of the Maine Musical
Festival which begins on Oct. 2nd. The
exponent of its remarkable musical quali-
ties will be that brilliant artist, Richard
Burmeister who will play Liszt's Concerto
"Pathetique" arranged by Mr. Burmeister
for orchestra and piano. His other num-
bers include compositions by Wagner,
Chopin, closing with Liszt's "Hungarian
Rhapsodic" It is an especial tribute to
Burmeister and to the Everett piano that
both have been selected as the sole fea-
tures of the pianistic branch of the pro-
gramme.
We bespeak a brilliant success for pianist
and piano at the Maine Festival. Bur-
meister is a virtuoso of international fame,
while the piano which he has chosen as
his medium for expression on this occasion
is concededly one of the great art creations
of the century.
fir. Elbert Appointed flanager.
Chickering Agencies.
No better proof of the high standing of
the Chickering pianos with the trade and
the leading people in this country is needed
than the innumerable applications which
are being made to Chickering & Sons
whenever vacant territory occurs in any
part of the country. A number of repre-
sentatives have recently been appointed in
the south-western section of the country
by Chickering & Sons. They include
among others: the Thiebes-Stierlin Co.,
St. Louis, Mo.; K. Frank Walter, Joplin,
Mo.; L. E. Lyons, Springfield, Mo., and
John N. Taylor, Huntsville, Mo. Other
appointments are under consideration.
Behr Report.
Henry Behr, of Behr Bros., in his report
of trade conditions on Monday said that a
number of orders were then awaiting ship-
ment, but the firm hoped to get off all of
these at an early date. Horace F. Brown
returned on Monday from a lengthy tour.
He met with gratifying success.
list of nine-inch busts, alabaster finish, in-
cludes Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Haendel,
Haydn, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Ru-
binstein and Wagner. Six of them can be
had 17 inches high, and one (Wagner) is 20
inches from top to base.
Then there are life-size busts of Wag-
ner, Beethoven, Liszt, Mozart, Bach and
Mendelssohn. Pedestals and brackets are
supplied. The bust of Wagner, on pedes-
tal, is shown on this page. Managers of
piano warerooms, school directors and
others who are interested ought to send
for the Hasse catalogue of sizes and prices.
Wm. F. Hasse reports general business
good, including an active export trade.
The Hasse line of stools and scarfs is
meeting with widespread approval. The
designs, material and construction are
rightly deemed first-rate.
Chas. H. Steinway, president of Stein-
way & Sons, who has been sojourning in
Europe for some months, is slated to leave
London for New York, September 28th.
An important addition to the business
forces of the A. B. Cameron Co. was made
this week in the person of William N. El-
bert, formerly general manager of the
Roosevelt Organ Works, who assumes the
general management of the A. B. Cameron
business from Oct. 1st. Bruce Cameron,
brother of A. B. Cameron, will make a
series of short trips, beginning next week.
Business is excellent and steadily expand-
ing. Shipments are being made to all
parts of the country.
Commodores of the flusic Trade.
In the naval parade which occurs to-
morrow in honor of Admiral Dewey, the
music trade will be represented by Com-
modore Conn who will entertain a party of
friends on his magnificent yacht, the
"Wonder;" by Commodore Blake, who
will also have a party on his yacht, " T h e
Dream," and by Commodore Garritson
who will also be in evidence with his pretty
yacht. The music trade meanwhile will be
represented on a much larger scale as the
guests of prominent yachtsmen on the dif-
ferent boats in the parade.
Big values. That is what everyone tries
for in these close-of-the-century days.
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