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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The latest issue of C. G. Conn's Truth,
just published, is as bright and interesting
as its predecessors. An excellent portrait
of Liberati, the famous band-master and
cornet virtuoso, appears on the front page
The pianola and ^Eolian concerts at the of the cover.
parlors of the Mark Ament Co., Peoria,
A fire at the handsome residence of Ira
111., hav
music lovers that the firm have been com- Mich., on Friday of last week, did con-
pelled to continue them for an indefinite siderable damage. The members of the
period. Quite a number of these instru- family had a narrow escape.
ments have been sold to the leading" people
At the village election this week Francis
of that section by this progressive firm.
Bacon, the well-known piano manufacturer,
Leiter Bros., Syracuse, N. Y., have made was succeeded as President of Bronxville
some changes in the interior of their ware- by F. R. Chambers, manager of Rogers,
rooms whereby pianos are displayed in Peet & Co.
special rooms artistically decorated, so that
Several Ludwig uprights, in special
visitors may have an opportunity of hear- cases, are now in active preparation for
ing the piano as it will sound in their home. shipment to the Paris Exposition. They
This move has met with a great deal of will probably be despatched to their desti-
favor from customers.
nation on Monday or Tuesday.
A few weeks ago we gave a description
Work on the Barckhoff church organ
of Dana Marshall's invention of an auto- factory, at Pomeroy, O., is now under
matic machine which is now completed at way, and it is expected that in two months
his home in Leominster, Mass. We learn they will be able to manufacture in that
that it has been christened since that time, place.
and bears the imposing title, the "Vocalion
Schmoller & Mueller, suffered a loss of
Automatic Votomoton."
about $15,000 in the fire which, as reported
F. A. Davis, a car conductor who was in last week's Review, occurred on their
recently arrested in New Haven, Conn., premises recently.
has confessed to twenty-five crimes, includ-
Albert Nordheimer, of A. & S. Nord-
ing a good fat roster of burglaries among
heimer, the great Canadian fir:n, was in
which we note that of the Treat & Shep-
town yesterday.
hard premises, committed only a short
Goldsmith's music store at 44 North High
time ago.
street, Columbus, O., will remove to new
The Circuit Court of Appeals has just
and larger quarters at 74 North High street
handed down a decision in the suit brought
about April 1st.
by the Regina Music Box Co. against the
Malcolm Love, secretary of the Waterloo
Symphonion Mfg. Co. affirming the decree
Organ
Co. was among the visitors to New
of the lower courts holding that the lat-
York
this
week.
ter firm have not infringed the Cuendet
damper.
A Jeu d'Esprit.
George Bothner is kept very busy in
One of the strangest books of the period
both branches of his business. The Both-
has
been published in London under the
ner actions are constantly growing in favor.
The Bothner moldings are in great de- title of " A 439: The Autobiography of a
mand. Piano-makers are finding it well Piano." It is, of course, a jeu d'esprit,
worth while to send for estimates. After following out in literature an idea which
the estimate comes an order, as a rule, has frequently been adopted in composi-
tion by many musicians, from Schumann
and this is soon followed by a contract.
to Sullivan, and, among others, by Verdi,
Clarinet playing aids apparently in per-
who associated himself with a dozen other
petual vitality. Mr. Carter who died at
Italian composers, on the death of Rossini,
Webster, Mass., a few days ago at the age
to write a requiem, each man composing
of ninety-five, played the clarinet for sixty
one movement. The novel " A 439," how-
years, and he attributed the extension of
ever, had to be constructed under some-
his life beyond the customary period to
what different conditions. The central
its use.
idea is that a grand piano should be the
It is understood that Seymour H. Rosen- witness of all sorts of adventures. Ac-
berg is no longer connected with the James cordingly, Dr. Charles Vincent, Mr. Rose,
& Holmstrom interests, certain expecta- and Mr. Walter Macfarren started the
tions on the part of the firm, it is said, not story, which was taken up chapter by
having been fulfilled.
chapter by other musicians, who, of course,
Henry F. Miller, of the Henry F. Miller had the labors of their predecessors before
& Sons Piano Co., Boston, has been under them; each one writing a chapter on his
the weather lately with a touch of the own account, carrying on the story in the
grip.
manner he thought best. " T h e result,"
Messrs. Howe and Taylor, of Taylor's says the London Daily News, "is curious,
Music House, Springfield, Mass., were in
although less of patchwork than might be
town this week.
POOLE
PIANOS
imagined, while, considering that the au-
thors are men of music rather than of let-
ters, and can have had little or no experi-
ence in such work, it is surprisingly good."
Among the contributors are Dr. Prout, the
Countess of Bremont, Visetti, Cunning-
ham Woods, Macbeth, Roeckel, Corder,
Lohr, and John Thomas, harpist to the
Cjueen, who gives an amusing account of
how the villain shut an obnoxious parrot
under the piano-lid.
With the Travelers.
Henry B. Fischer, of J. & C. Fischer,
left town on Monday for a three weeks'
business trip in the South.
H. J. Groeneveld, traveling representa-
tive of the Ricca Piano Co , returned on
Saturday from a four-weeks western trip.
Several good business connections were
made, including large cities where the
"Ricca" and "Arlington" will be appre-
ciated. Two new "Arlington" styles, in
plain mouldings, high finish, are in prepa-
ration. It is expected that they will score
a big success.
Reinhard Kochmann left town on Mon-
day for a visit to New England in the Kra-
kauer interests. As usual at the Krakauer
factories, men and machinery are working
up to the limit to meet urgent calls for in-
struments.
James W. and Julian Vose and family,
who have been enjoying a delightful vaca-
tion in Florida, returned last week much
benefited by their outing.
Chas. A. Wessell, who is making steady
headway as a piano manufacturer, started
on a short western trip on Monday.
Augustus Baus returned on Sunday from
an extended business trip. He was well
received at every stopping place and se-
cured good results.
Geo. F. Blake, president of the A. M.
McPhail Piano Co., is on an extended busi-
ness trip through the South. He is not
due in Boston until the first of the coming
month.
Jefferson's Favorite Violin.
The ways in which violins of famous
make and great value emerge from ob-
scurity are varied indeed, and no greater
proof of this fact has been advanced for
many years than the finding of Thomas
Jefferson's favorite violin in the hands of
an nonogenarian negro near Charlottes-
ville, Va.
The violin bears date of 1671 and its
maker was Nicolaus Amati. This relic
of Jefferson and of the skill of its Italian
maker was found by Albert Hildebrandt,
of Baltimore. To him an old violin is an
object of love and it was this fad of his
that led to the finding of the Jefferson
violin.
Precious, Perfect, Peerless
As to Tone, Touch, Design,
Durability and Value/ , • ,
5 and 7 APPLKTON STREET. BOSTON, MASS.