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VOL. XXXI. No. 4 .
Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, July 28,1900.
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The Piano as a Sign of Prosperity.
A Special Sohmer Baby Grand.
Randolph Iron Co. Assigns.
Along the lines of our remarks in last
week's Review on the growth of prosper-
ity in Kansas as evidenced in piano sales,
the Sun says: " It is stated that the official
returns show that there are several thous-
and more pianos in Kansas this year than
ever before. The fact ought to be inter-
esting to political persons, sociological
sharps and all those who go in for
investigating the condition of the com-
munity. The purchase of pianos, to a
large extent, means that the Sunflower
State is prosperous in this year of grace
1900.
Those who manufacture or deal in
this 'beautiful musical instrument,' as it
has been called, will tell you that the num-
ber of pianos sold in any given period of
time furnishes a very conclusive test of ex-
isting industrial conditions. Of course, the
sale of all commodities is affected more or
less by the amount of money in the pockets
of the populace. But the piano is excep-
tional. While it is not only a luxury, but
also a badge of respectability, it can be
done without. And so in hard times the
demand for it falls off. But when things
improve it is one of the best barometers of
' good times.'
"Mr. Bryan will not be glad to hear that
the musical instrument dealers in Kansas
are doing a good business. It will be a
jarring piece of information for him. Peo-
ple who are raising corn and buying pianos
instead Of raising
, are not likely to be
interested in him or his principles to a sat-
isfactory extent."
[Special to The Review].
The Randolph Iron Co., of 53 Dupont
street, Brooklyn, has made a general assign-
ment for the benefit of creditors to Robert
L. Morrell. The company has an iron
foundry and piano-plate making plant on
Dupont street and at Eagle and Provost
streets. The liabilities are unknown. This
concern only recently succeeded H. C.
Harney.
Empress Eugenie's Piano.
An illustration of the vicissitudes of for-
tune was revealed recently during a visit
to an American resident in India. In the
parlor of their residence a piano whose
case was a most magnificent specimen of
buhlwork was encountered. It seems that
when Eugenie of France visited Egypt in
1869 she was entertained at Ghezireh pal-
ace (now a hotel), and this piano was
among the presents made to her by the
khedive, the price paid for the same in
France being $7,500. In after years the
Ghezireh and its contents were sold at pub-
lic auction and the Sirdar Kitchener se-
cured the instrument for less than $40.
On his departure for the Cape his effects
were sold and the piano became the prop-
erty of my informant for $125. Two days
later he was offered $1,000 for the case
alone.
Peoria, 111., July 23, 1900.
Visitors to the store of the Mark Ament
Co. have been afforded an opportunity to
inspect one of the finest pianos ever
brought to Peoria—a baby grand Sohmer,
recently obtained by that firm from New
York for Miss Fannie Martin, of this city.
The instrument, which is of a beautiful-
ly figured mahogany, and of an entirely
new design, was built according to specifi-
cations drawn up by that veteran musician
and finished artist, Professor F. M. Rein-
hart, of this city, and the fact that, when
the works of the piano were removed from
the case, after reaching Peoria, for the in-
spection of Mr. Reinhart, he found not a
single flaw in the construction, is the best
possible endorsement of their perfection.
Both the owner and the firm are to be con-
gratulated on securing such a fine instru-
ment.
Hiss Sadie Hardner
THE LEADING PIANIST OF ALLENTOWN, PA.,
WRITES TO MR. G. C. ASCHBACH, THE
MASON & HAMLIN REPRESENTATIVE
AT ALLENTOWN, REGARDING THE
MASON & HAMLIN PIANOS.
Mr. G. C. Aschbach,
Dear Sir:—I wish to express to you my
sincere admiration for the . magnificent
Mason & Hamlin grand piano you so kind-
ly furnished me for the occasion of the
Allentown Concert. It was indeed a de-
light to play on the same. The sustain-
ing power and singing quality are remark-
able, the action firm, the touch light and
delicate and constantly responsive. I can
without any hesitancy recommend the
Mason & Hamlin piano as the ideal instru-
ment for home or artist.
(Signed) Sadie Hardner.
May
8,
1900.
Miss Hardner recently graduated from
a New York Conservatory of Music and
was awarded the very highest prize by the
jury of examiners, among whom were the
distinguished musicians, Dr. William Ma-
son and Albert Ross Parsons. Miss Hard-
ner has naturally a beautiful and sympa-
thetic touch, while her technic is adequate
for the present day demands; she is a
young woman with a bright future before
her.
After several months "close down", work
has been resumed at the factory of the
Edna Piano & Organ Co., Monroeville, O.
T. J. Atkinson, the well-known Grand
Rapids dealer, is visiting the East for the
purpose of buying stock for the fall.
To Make Organ Pipes.
Builder J. W. Hope, is this week over-
hauling the old building at the corner of
Westfield avenue and Locust street, Ro-
selle, N. J. The large store and overhead
rooms will be completely remodeled and
an addition added to the building, which
will be used by the pipe organ department
of the ^olian Organ Co., of Garwood.
The building will be used to manufacture
pipes for the organs made at Garwood.
Many men will be employed at work there.
Messrs. Gulfleish and Schopp, who recent-
ly removed to Garwood from Detroit,
Mich., are said to be the managers of the
factory branch here.
Of Importance to You.
Lyon & Healy, of Chicago, have just is-
sued the following "pointers" to the trade.
If the suggestions are carried out a speed-
ier handling and filling of all orders placed
will result.
Kindly make note of the fact that the
handling of your orders will be facilitated
if you use a separate sheet of paper for
each of our departments.
For if an order is received for Depart-
ment D, and other goods all on one sheet,
it must go to the clerk who "draws off"
the orders for the different departments,
and the number of such orders is as a rule -
so large that it makes it impossible to give'
them all the immediate attention which
they otherwise would have.
We do not object to work; in fact, the
more we have the better we thrive, and we
are here to serve; but, for the purpose of
saving you delay, we ask your co-operation
in making separate orders for the separate
departments.
Departments: A—Pianos; B—Manufac-,
tory; C—Music and Books; D—Small Mu-
sical Instruments; F—Church and Parlor
Organs; H—Graphophones and Phono-
graphs; General Offices; Advertising De-
partment.
The Earl of Yarmouth, who is at pres-
ent cutting quite a figure in society " down
east," rented last week three handsome
Hallet & Davis pianos to be used by him-
self and the members of his company.