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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
To Save Piano Wires.
CHARLES A. ANSHULTZ BRINGS NEW
SERVATIVE FROM THE WEST.
Large Quarters for Wegman.
PRE-
fSpecial to The Review.]
Auburn, N. Y., March 7, 1900.
The Auburn Button Co., which have
quarters in the same factory building as
the Wegman Piano Co., closed a lease for
a new factory to-day owing to the fact that
the latter concern wants the entire estab-
lishment in order to be able to cope with
their rapidly growing trade. The growth
of the Wegman trade for the past twelve
months has been unceasing, and they have
badly felt lately the need of larger manu-
facturing quarters. Through this new
move they will obtain control of the en-
tire establishment on Logan street.
The Symphony and Angelus Or-
chestrelle in Concert.
An important series of symphony con-
certs are being given by the Adelphia
School of Musical Art, of which Dr. Henry
G. Hanchett is director, in Adelphia Col-
lege Hall, Lafayette avenue, corner of St.
James Place, Brooklyn, on every second
Tuesday evening during March, April and
May. The instrumental compositions at
these concerts are rendered by the aid of
the Symphony and Angelus Orchestrelle
piano player, while a short and critical lec-
ture on the important works embraced in
each program is delivered by Dr. Hanchett,
who is recognized as one of our best Amer-
ican musicians and lecturers.
Morgan with Weber.
It is needless to say that these concerts
Geo. W. Morgan, who has been identi- afford a magnificent opportunity for gain-
fied for a long term of years with the ing a knowledge of the higher branches of
Chickering retail interests is about to join music, and the attendance at the two open-
The Everett Uprights.
the Weber staff which is under the com- ing concerts demonstrated that the people
Two of the several new Everett uprights petent generalship of Theodore Pfafnin. of Brooklyn are interested in good music
now receiving their finishing touches Mr. Morgan has a splendid record in the as well as musical history.
at the factory reached the warerooms this trade. He is a thorough musician and a
The principal numbers at the concert
week. They are superb creations and are well equipped piano man. His engaging last Tuesday evening were Weber's over-
bound to excite considerable enthusiasm personality and at all times courteous de- ture " Der Freischutz," played on the An-
among critical musicians and dealers. The meanor has helped toward augmenting an gelus; Schubert's Unfinished Symphony
scale used is eminently satisfying, the tonal army of friends and well wishers.
No. 9 B Minor, and Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite
quality being superb with an evenness in all
opus 46, played on the Symphony and
registers that might be expected from such
piano. Dubois' Cantilene Nuptial and
Big Fire in Lead, 5 . D.
a master draftsman as John Anderson.
Grand Chorus played on the Symphony, and
A dispatch from Lead, S. D., to this Weber's "Invitation to the Dance" and
These instruments are modestly cased, the
design being after the renaissance and city yesterday states that that town with Sousa's " Hands Across the Sea," which
colonial. The Everett uprights are worthy 7,000 inhabitants, was practically wiped were played on the Angelus.
associates of the magnificent Everett out by fire on Thursday. The damage to
The principal numbers on the programs
grands whose tonal attributes continue to the business quarter of the city amounted are played as duets, using the Symphony
$10,000,000. Details are not yet to hand. organ as one performer and Dr. Hanchett
delight all who have used or heard them.
Among the piano dealers in Lead are the playing the second piano part on the Weber
Not Authorized.
Dickinson-May Co., the Lead Music Co., grand.
S. R. Smith and some other concerns
The Wilcox & White Co., the manufac-
We are informed that photographers
handling small goods, such as L. D. Jacobs, turers of the Symphony and Angelus Or-
have been visiting some of the piano fac-
tories and warerooms in this city, stating W. B. Perkins, Quimby & Co. and F. chestrelle extend an invitation to all in-
terested in music to hear these concerts.
that they were sent by The Review for the Wolff.
They inform us that tickets will be sent by
purpose of taking interior views. We
A. H. Fischer Returns.
letter on application at their warerooms,
wish to state that this action on their part
Adolpho H. Fischer, of J. & C. Fischer, 146 Fifth avenue, this city.
is entirely unauthorized and we desire our
who has been out of town for a few days,
friends to be on their guard. They are
returned on Thursday.
Several new
Business Healthful.
impostors.
Fischer styles in uprights are now in pro-
Speaking of business conditions Brad-
cess of completion. It is expected that
Death of Reeves.
street's
in its last review of trade says:
they will be ready in a few days. Trade
"That
underlying business conditions
David Wallis Reeves, a famous band- is reported as excellent, both wholesale
are
in
a
high degree healthful will be
master, died Thursday at his home in and retail.
gathered
from
the fact that business failures
Providence. Before John Philip Sousa
for
February
are
at a minimum as regards
Snow
Blocks
Shipments.
reached his present fame Reeves was
the
number
for
that
month, and liabilities,
known as a leading writer of military
Owing to the heavy and frequent snows
only
slightly
exceeding
those of the same
marches. His " Second Regiment March" throughout the central part of New York
month
a
year
ago,
have
shrunk to a phe-
was popular in Europe as well as in this State for the past ten days, piano manu-
country. He had been leader of the Amer- facturers have suffered serious inconven- nomenally low percentage."
ican Band in Providence since 1856, with ience in receiving supplies as well as ship-
The Randolph Iron Co.
the exception of the year 1892, when he ping pianos, freight having been com-
led Gilmore's Twenty-second Regiment pletely paralyzed by reason of the snow
The H. C. Harney& Co., Inc., at Green-
Band of this city. He was born in Os- blockade. We are glad to say that traffic point, New York city, will hereafter be
wego, Feb. 14, 1838.
has been resumed and difficulties on that known to the trade as The Randolph Iron
Co. Their place of business, which is
The Review took occasion to call at the score are now happily removed.
splendidly
equipped for the manufacture
Mathushek warerooms, Broadway and For-
The
Balance
on
Hand.
of
piano
plates,
was visited by The Review
ty-seventh street, on Thursday, and noted
Thursday.
The
place was a scene of ac-
The
fourth
account
filed
by
Assignee
D.
the attractive display of 1900 uprights in
tivity
and
the
outlook
for an augmentation
D.
Woodmansee
in
the
Crawford-Ebersole
several plain and fancy woods. The case
of
trade
by
the
new
concern
is exceedingly
&
Smith
(Cincinnati,
O.)
piano
assignment
designs, without exception, are chaste, and
promising.
The
officers
of
the Randolph
shows
a
balance
of
$8,503.24
on
hand.
superior workmanship throughout is plain-
Iron
Co.
are
Ralph
R.
Adams,
president;
ly evident. Mr. J. G. Erck, the general
The Smith & Barnes piano is handled Hugh W. Adams, vice-president, and S.
manager, reports wholesale and retail busi- in far-away Shaguay, Alaska, by Mrs.
B. Eggleston, secretary.
Schneider.
ness as active.
For more than ioo years musicians and
manufacturers have longed for some in-
vention which would prevent the metal
strings in pianos from rusting. It is
claimed that a process has been discovered
which will stop piano wires from corrod-
ing and the inventor is positive that he
has at last solved the problem. He is
Charles A. Anshultz of Cleveland, O., a
special agent for the Bethlehem Steel &
Iron Co. of South Bethlehem, Pa., and a
stockholder and traveling representative
of the American Steeloid Co. of Cleve-
land.
Mr. Anshultz is at present visiting the
various manufacturers of piano wire and
demonstrating the value of his invention.