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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Nothing short of some national calamity,
in his opinion, will interfere with the ac-
[Special to The Review.]
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 8, 1900. tive sale of stools, scarfs and cabinets.
Lowell Putnam, of this city, who "I have made every preparation for a big
achieved notoriety a few weeks ago by year's business," he added, "and I have no
calling at the Court House, requesting hesitation in saying that dealers and others
License Clerk Filley not to issue him a who require our line of supplies, will find
marriage licence for five years, because, it advantageous to write for samples on
he said, a certain young woman who was approval."
in love with him was trying to hypnotize
To be a Record Breaker.
him, has now advertised for sale his en-
The Piano & Organ Supply Co., of
tire stock of musical instruments, about
200 in number, for what reason he refuses Chicago, who made such a steady advance
to explain. He denied that he intended during '99, have entered the new year
to give up his profession, that of music animated by the desire to make it a
recqrd breaker. Thomas Whitworth, man-
teaching.
Will Not Tell Why.
ager of the company, talking with a trade
The above is one of Frank B. Burns' representative said:
" In spite of the labor troubles, last year
specialties. He says that, for thirty days,
was
the biggest our house has ever had.
he will supply these scarfs at $12.00 per
Besides
our big key trade, I am very much
dozen. Mr. Burns, in a talk with The
pleased
with the success of our actions.
Review, on Monday, reports that general
Our
actions
have been on the market but a
results in the matter of business done,
short
time—a
little over a year—but some
during 1899, were quite satisfactory to
of
the
best
Western
manufacturers are now
him. He said also that, so far as he can
using
them
exclusively
in their pianos."
judge, 1900 will be even better.
Burns' New Year Specialty.
VISIT NEW YORK.
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The trip will fee to your
advantage if you call on
A Satisfied Customer
Sends you another.
All \ \ \ \ \
E. N. MARTIN,
gleam
Customers
13 EAST J4™ STREET,
Bet. Fifth Ave. & Broadway.
A large assortment of
up-to-date
piANO AND
ORGAN STOOLS
BENCHES, SCARFS,
RUBBER COVERS, ETC.
New Catalogue lust Issued.
Wiib you would send lor one.
are satisfied customers*
Write right no c cv for
(Ate Catalogue. . . .
WEAVER ORGAN & PIANO CO.
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Telephone, 639—loth
Manofacturers: YORK, PA., U. S. A.
Old-Time Fiddlers' Contest.
Paris, Tex., Jan. 8, 1900.
The old fiddlers' contest just held here,
the first of the kind ever held in the State,
was a most unique entertainment, with
thirty old fellows contesting as to which
could best play old tunes. The oldest and
most picturesque in appearance of the old
fiddlers was Uncle Craft Erwin, a brother-
in-law of the late General Maxey, and who
was on his staff during the war. Among
the other notables well-known to all old-
timers was Rube Sykes, of Tigertown, the
left-handed fiddler.
Among the fiddles that figured in the
entertainment was one owned by J. F.
Huddle, of this city. It was formerly the
property of General Sam Houston. He
carried it with him from Tennessee when
he went to live among the Cherokees, and
carried it with him through the war with
Santa Ana. It was made a present to
Mr. Huddle in 1875 by his brother, William
H. Huddle, the artist. The fiddle bore the
stamps of the German manufacturer and
the date 1692, the year that it was made.
It was sent by an Austin music house to
Munich, Germany, where it was taken apart
and worked over. Another fiddle that
figured.in the contest was one owned by
Colonel Jake Paul, who has been a resi-
dent of Lamar County nearly sixty years.
He made it himself. Colonel Paul is as
great a theorist as was the father of
Tristam Shandy. When he constructed
the fiddle he borrowed the skull of a negro
from a doctor to use as a pattern, on thg
theory that, the negro being a natural,
musician, a fiddle constructed on the plan
of its cranial structure would give forth
more musical sounds than the ordinary
violin. The dimensions of the fiddle are,
according to the relative width, one length
of the skull. Instead of sounding holes on
top, shotgun tubes were placed on the
sides for sounding holes, at an angle of
20 degrees, it being the angle that the
nerves of the ears entered the brain. The
fiddle made splendid music.
CHAS. A. WESSELL,
flanufacturer of
QRAND AND | JPRIGHT piANQS
546-548 SOUTHERN BOULEVARD,
NEW YORK.
HYMN)LIA
PIPE ORGAN
NO LARGER THAN A REED ORGAN
Two Manual and Pedal-Bass
Effects from one Keyboard
Church Organ Pipes Only
Established in New York 1876.
HIGH GRADE AT MODERATE PRICE.
Organized and Incorporated January 1898
ZPIA.3STQS
FACTORY AT RIVERVIEW. ILL.
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In Chicago, 1886.
CAPACITY, TWO HUNDRED PIANOS PER MONTH.
SOHAEFFER PIANO MFG.CO., Office, 239-241Wabash Avenue, Chicago
CHICKER1NG HALL,
NEW YORK
FRANK TAFT, Proprietor
IAN05
HI^HSRADE PIANO TOOLS,
HAMMACHER. SCHLEMMER t C
209 Bowery, N. Y.
B Arc of Sterfirtg
Qua/it} apel /ow Priced. <*$ o?
Itpays Deafcrs to fjarydfe tf)em.
KOHLER & CAMPBELL,
FACTORY AND OFFICE.
402 tp 4iO.WestJ4th Street, New York.
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