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TN^USIC T R R D E
GEORGE COOK.
George Cook, who about a year ago re-
tired from the presidency of the Hallet &
Davis Piano Co., Boston, died last Sunday
night at his home in West Newton, Mass.
He had reached the ripe old age of eighty-
four and his illness was of short duration.
Chillicothe, O., was Mr. Cook's birthplace,
and he was descended from an old pioneer
family of the West. His uncle fought in the
battle of Tippecanoe, where he distinguished
himself by saving the life of President Wil-
liam Henry Harrison.
Early in life Mr. Cook left the old ances-
tral spot, journeying to Connecticut, where
for fifteen years he was connected with the
Shoninger Organ Co., of New Haven. He
later went to Boston, Mass., becoming con-
nected with the Hallet & Davis Co. about
the same time as E. N. Kimball. For twenty
years he took an active interest in the up-
building of this great institution, being its
president for a long period of time, until he
handed over the mantle a short time ago to
be worn by younger shoulders.
As a business man Mr. Cook was bright,
keen, alert. He ever held to high ideals in
his dealings, and his death marks the pass-
ing of one of the old school of high-minded
men whose memory will be ever treasured.
Mr. Cook had been enjoying the best of
health up to within a week or ten days ago.
In fact, in was in January of this year that
he celebrated his sixty-fourth wedding anni-
versary. He is survived by a wife and eight
children. They are George Cook, of New
York; Mrs. H. I. Kimball, of Boston; Mrs.
F. A. Smith, of Jersey City; Mrs. E. N. and other instruments with keyboards seems
Kimball, of Boston; W. D. Cook, J. B. Cook, to be not entirely unwelcome to large num-
bers, both of Parisians and provincials, in
of Boston; Mrs. Harry Holbrook, of Bos- modern Gaul, which is no longer divided
ton, and Mrs. A. H. Ray, of New York.
into three parts, as it was in the days of
The services occurred on Wednesday last Julius Caesar. It is all one part now, and the
at 1.30 p. M. from his home at West Newton. feeling that too many ill-starred girls who
have no taste or aptitude for sharps and flats
are made slaves to foolish drilling at the
ANN ARBOR NEWS ITEMS.
piano is widespread.
[Special to The Revitw.]
A special tax on pianos may excite clam-
Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 25, 1901. orous protests from the manufacturers and
The officers of the Ann Arbor Organ Co. the dealers, but if it will lessen the host of
are now located in the building recently pur- unhappy pupils who spend hours of misery
chased on South First and West Washing- over the scales almost every day without the
slightest qualification for the concord of
ton streets. The room has been handsomely sweet sounds, the impost may not be an alto-
finished in pine and presents a very hand- gether unmitigated evil. And a special tax
some appearance.
on pianos in the United States, were the re-
J. C. Henderson, manager of the Ann sult to be the decimation of the ranks of the
Arbor Organ Co., has returned from a busi- distracted maidens who are cruelly mana-
cled to piano stools, although they have no
ness trip to Ft. Worth, Tex. His compan- more adaptability for music than fledgling
ion, Cashier Fred H. Belser, stopped off a chickens have for algebra, might be ap-
day in Chicago. Mr. Henderson says busi- plauded by many people whose ears are tor-
ness is booming. The discovery of oil has mented by incessant strumming. After all,
solved the fuel question and many manufac- these questions of taxation are not wholly
one-sided.
tories are projected.
MR.
TAXING PIANOS IN FRANCE.
France has so huge a national debt and
the totals of her annual budgets are so great
that her financiers are compelled to lie awake
nights in the anxious search for new ob-
jects of taxation in order to make both ends
meet, says a writer in the Tribune.
Within a few weeks the statesmen who
have been searching everywhere for new har-
vests of revenue have been discussing the ad-
visability of a special tax upon pianos. The
suggestion that money may be raised to meet
financial deficits by the licensing of pianos
BLACK RETIRES,
Algernon Black, who has been connected
with the house of John Broadwood & Sons,
London, Eng., for almost sixty years, has just
announced his retirement from the service
of that firm, as well as from the chairman-
ship of the musical instrument makers' sec-
tion of the London Chamber of Commerce.
The Black family have long been associated
with the Broadwoods, the father and grand-
father of the present Mr. Black having been
in the employ of the firm. Mr. Black, who
has been an active worker for the best in-
terests of the music trade of Great Britain,
will be greatly missed.
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