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ton, gave a highly artistic recital at Steinert
11 all very recently. Klahre for some years
has been identified with the faculty of the
New England Conservatory and he has a
large circle of admirers and patrons among
the music-lovers of Boston. He used a
Henry F. Miller piano, which amply filled
the requirements he put upon it.
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Expansion is the watchword of Albert F.
Norris, inventor and manufacturer of the
Norris Noiseless Pedal, and this expansion
is due to no ordinary desire of his, but the
truth is that the orders for his pedal actions
come in so thick and fast that he is compelled
to do so in order to fill them.
The last order came from San Francisco,
Cal., and now they come from all over the
country, even from dealers, who feel that
the old pianos have additional value when
they contain this pedal action. Too much
cannot be said in its favor, for one glimpse
at the mechanism proves that it is what is
claimed for it—an absolutely noiseless pedal,
and, better yet, there is no possibility for it
ever to develop a squeak.
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E. W. Furbush, the Vose ambassador, left
Monday on his regular spring trip, which
will carry him as far as the Pacific Coast.
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C. H. Kimball, formerly with Oliver Dit-
. son (piano department), has gone to Phila-
delphia, where he will take charge of the
Angelus interests in the Wanamaker store.
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John A. Norris and H. P. Nelson, both of
the Smith & Barnes Company, dropped into
Boston for a few days this week.
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Other recent visitors were George P. Bent,
of Chicago, and H. O. Fox.
W. S. Hill, a member of the Curtice, Davis
& Hill Piano Co.. Red Bank, N. J., died last
week of tumor in a sanitarium in this city.
A widow survives him.
7VYUSIC TRHDE
McPHAlL TO OCCUPY VOSE FACTORY.
INCORPORATIONS AND CHANGE
[Special to The Review.]
Among the incorporations filed with the
Secretary of the State of Illinois, on Mon-
day last, was that of the Garden City Music
Company, Chicago; capital stock, $10,000;
incorporators, W. Garton Plummer, Ernst
Langtry and George H. Kettell.
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Among the incorporations filed with the
Secretary of the State of Missouri this week,
was that of the McLaughlin Music Litho-
graphing Co., of Kansas City. The capital
is $3,000. AH of the incorporators are Rob-
ert F. Alderson, 150 shares; George S.
Jones, 150, Harry McLaughlin, 144; Philip
McLaughlin, 134; George Southwell, 20, and
T. A. Frank Jones, 2. They will make a
speciality of publishing music and will do a
general lithographing business.
Boston, Mass., Feb. 12, 1902.
The McPhail Piano Co. will move into the
factory at present occupied by the Vose &
Sons Piano Co. on the completion of the lat-
ler's new factory. This is simply the logical
result of the continued progress and expan-
sion of the business of the McPhail Co. This
important move will result in the McPhail
Co. monopolizing all the present up-to-date
machinery equipment of the Vose Co. It
will give them a factory capable of producing
3,500 instruments a year, and as their pianos
take rank among the high grade, this will
imply one of the largest outputs of first-
class instruments iu the States.
It is the most convenient factory of access
in Boston, and with the acquisition of new
machinery and such changes as the McPhail
Co. may adopt to their own special needs,
will result in their having one of the most
model factories of the world.
The business of the McPhail Co. has in-
creased more than tenfold ihe past eight years
—a fact attributable to the quality of the in-
struments they are manufacturing and the
good judgment displayed in the methods of
the management in presenting these claims
to the attention of the dealers of the country.
VISIT MEHLIN'S.
Out-of-town dealers when in this city
ought certainly to include on their list of
places to be visited the Mehlin warerooms.
Union Square. Several notable examples of
the Mehlin parlor grand in fancy woods
are on view, also some very attractive styles
in Mehlin uprights
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The Secretary of State of Illinois this
week licensed the following corporation:
Western Instrument Company, Chicago;
capital stock, $10,000; incorporators, Char-
les X. Goodnow, Guy L. Eames and Joseph
Midland.
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The H. P. Ecker Company, which was in-
corporated with the Secretary of State of
Xew Jersey on January 26, 1901, has
changed its name to the Charles H. Muller
Music Company.
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The S. A. Mondschein Piano Co., of Mil-
waukee, have certified to an increase of their
capital stock from $20,000 to $50,00(3 with
the Secretary of State of Wisconsin.
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The Brewer-Pryor Piano Co., Saginaw,
have increased their capital from $15,000 to
$30,000, and so officially registered with the
State officials of Michigan.
Julius Breckwoldt, the prominent sound
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ing-board manufacturer, of Dolgeville, X.
Leach & Chase, who handle the Merrill
Y., has been visiting manufacturers in the piano in Rockland, Me., are two "live" piano
West. He received a large number of or- men, who are destined to be heard from at
ders as the result of his journey ings.
no very distant date. They are making an
excellent record.
That the STRAUBE is a recognized factor among
the high-grade pianos is demonstrated by our record-
breaking business during 1901 with discriminating buyers*
We are prepared for 1902 with new styles and progressive
ideas, and solicit correspondence from reliable dealers
in unoccupied territory*
Straube Piano Co-,
24-26 ADAMS ST,,
CHICAGO