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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
almost every exhibition of importance his
The PIANOTIST Piano Player.
work has been paid tribute to by highest
Plays any Piano.
The Only Player Awarded Medal
honors.
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Any one can Play tt«
Easily Fitted to any Piano.
at Paris Exposition of 1900. . . .
It was at the Paris Exposition, 1878, that
Endorsed by Leading Musicians.
he was allowed the honor of handling and
J O H N P H I L I P SOUSA The great bandmaster, says: "The Pianotist >-
_ _ ^ _ M a ^ H ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B ^ ^ ^ really a wonderful invention of great musical merit."
examining the largest collection of rare and
A piano fitted with the PIAVOTIST can be used in
the ordinary manner or as a Self-Player, as desired
valuable specimens of fine old violins and
no Pneumatics
no laborious Pumping
Price
'cellos ever brought together in one collec-
no Clumsy Cabinet
no electricity
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tion at one time in the Trocadero, exhibited
Liberal Diacount to the Trade.
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from all countries. He ranked as one of
the foremost violin experts in the world in
A D E K M F G . C O . , Warerooms: 503 Fifth Ave., Cor. 42d St.,
NEW YORK.
Factory and Offices: 449-455 West 41st St.
the judgment of such instruments. He had
N. B.—We also manufacture the best Electric Piano Player on the Market for use wilV
handled and repaired the valuable violins
any current. Also a perfect "Nickel-in-the-Slot" Self-Playing Piano.
of such artists as Vieuxtemps, Wienawski,
CONTAINS SPECIAL FEATURES OF
Emil Sauret, Ed Remenyi, Ole Bull, Wil-
GREAT VALUE, INCLUDING THE
helmj, Ysaye, Sarasate, Lady Halle (Norma
TRANSPOSING KEY.-BOARD.
Neruda) and many others too numerous to
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mention. In fact, he was the man who re-
MERRILL PIANO MFG. CO.
FACTORY, LAWRENCE, MASS.
stored the poet Tom Moore's Irish harp,
Established
Towers above
which Came by inheritance into the posses-
SYLVESTER TOWER,
1853
all others
sion of the late George W. Childs, who had
MANUFACTURER OF
presented it to the Drexel Institute.
Few violin makers invented and patented
Also PIANO-FORTE AND ORGAN KEYS
as many practical improvements as Chas. F.
Keys, Action. Hammers, Brackets and
Nickel
Rail,
Furnished
Complete
131 to 147 Broadway, Cambridgeport Mass.
Albert. In 1868 he manufactured a machine
for the manufacture of covered strings for
violin, viola and 'cello. In this branch he
laid out the standard proportions of gut and
Our
wire which are used to-day. He was the
instruments
can be
pioneer string maker of America. In 1886
olu.Tned at
retail
he invented a string gauge which has be-
through
our
come the standard gauge throughout Eu-
established
agents
rope and America, and it was through this
only.
that the string makers of Italy, Germany,
France and others guided themselves and
PIANOS and ORGANS
Fifth Ave. & 15th St., New York City
made the proper size of strings which they
make to-day, and enable the artists to get
the articles which they had long wished for.
His improved chin rest has been infringed
Inventors and Manufacturers in-
Is the Finest and Best
terested in patents involving im-
upon all over Europe. In 1890 he invented
Organ made.
Sold all
provements in musical instruments,
over the World on Its
an improvement on wrapped strings called
desiring the services of a Patent
ilerlts alone.
Solicitor, will receive special induce-
the triple-covered flexible G and C string,
Np traveling sa'esmen re-
ments by sending this advertise-
quired to sell our entire
which was to so treat a violin string as to
product.
ment, together with a sketch and
This extraordinary fact
description of the points of novelty
absolutely prevent it from becoming wire-
speaks volumes for the
claimed as new, to
qunlityof our instruments.
loose, a problem which has been the source
It's the "Old Reliable Hiller
JOHN
IMIRIE,
Organ
"
all
the
time.
of much study by the string makers of Eu-
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Registered
Patent
Solicitor.
rope and America. Besides all this, he has
MILLER
ORGAN
CO..
6O5
7th
St., N. W.,
invented and patented at least twenty-rive
LEBANON. P A
Washington,
D. C.
other specialties in improvements in attach-
ments on violins which have become standard
goods in every jobbing house of musical
...Piano Manufacturers...
Hanufactured by
goods in America.
and Jobbers of all kinds of
$175
Merrill Piano
Grand and Upright Piano=forte Actions
Piano and Organ
Company
Henry Detmer Music Co.
Chas. F. Albert, Jr., who survives and suc-
ceeds his father, is thirty-two years of age.
He has studied and worked with his father
since the age of twelve, and has inherited
all his artistic desires and tastes.
MR. EMERSON SAILS FOR EUROPE.
V. H. Emerson, superintendent of the
Record Department of the Columbia Pho-
nograph Co., New York, sailed for Europe
on the 4th inst, on the "Fuerst Bismarck."
He will make a tour of the company's Euro-
pean offices with a view to giving the art
abroad the benefit of his ripe experience in
this country.
TO HANDLE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
In the "Metropolitan," the new depart-
ment store to be opened in Binghamton, N.
Y., on Sept. 1st, a special feature will be
the handling of pianos, organs and small
musical instruments. The enterprise will be
an ambitious one, the building having front-
ages on three streets of almost 150 feet each.
MUSICAL MERCHANDISE, SHEET MUSIC BOOKS, ETC.
261 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO.
WESSELL PIANOS,
CHAS. A. WESSELL,
222-224 East 37th Street,
NEW YORK.
THE
JEWETT
PIANO*
PURE WINES
of 1901 surpasses any of its predecessors. Progressive
dealers like them, and expert buyers pronounce them to
contain the best value in the piano world to-day J* «£*
JEWETT PIANO CO.
% J. Woodbury
LEOMINSTER, MASS.
R E L S O <& CO.,
251-253 East 33d Street,
PORT, SHERRY, ANGELICA,
ORANGE, ZINFANDEL
Our Specialties. Guaranteed Pure and Well
Matured. Superior to any imported.
SOLD TO CONSUMERS ONLY
For circular and price list address
NEW YORK.
Piano
Manufacturers.
HOJGsopT&TE^rTisnw^^
Organ Stop Knobs and Stems,
64 and 66 Court Street, New Haven, Conn.
MANAGER
FAIB OAKS EANOH CO.
P. O. Box 7
Lamanda, California.