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THE MUSIC TRKDE
WAGON LOADS OF HARMONY.
COLE'S BANNER LOG.
IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL
Manager Kcidel Scores Big Faults From His Re-
moval Advertising—Will be in New Quarters
Shortly—Manager Van Wickle Report an Ex-
cellent Demand For Chickering Pianos.
Isaac I. Cole & Son imported last week the
finest log of mahogany that they ever put
into veneers. It is a very hard grade of wood
and of the finest texture, the figure in the
[Special to The Review.]
veneers resembling a fine marine painting.
Washington, 1). C , April 7, 1903.
Charles Keitlel, Jr., the manager of the This log contains 50,000 feet of veneering
Knabe interests in this city, has been hold- and is now on exhibition at their mills and
VIEWS OK THE IMMENSE MAHOGANY LOG OX MEW
The Cable Co. have just received a large
shipment of new pianos. All day yesterday
wagons and men were busy getting the in-
struments to the Cable Co.'s warerooms,
corner of McTntosh and Broad streets, and
getting them unpacked, where they are now
on exhibition. Augusta has never seen a
THE WAREROOMS OF 1. I. COLE .V SON, NEW YORK.
ing a removal sale from which he has reaped warerooms- foot of Eighth street, East River, more beautiful and imposing display of hand-
excellent benefits. While discussing business where the members of the piano trade are some instruments. It is well worth any one's
time to give Mr. Gates, the local manager
matters with The Review, Mr. Keidel re- invited to examine it.
for the Cable Co., a call and give themselves
marked: "It will probably be some two
FITE'S LIBERAL OFFER.
the pleasure of viewing this unusually pretty
weeks before we will be located in our new
The new piano store of Frank G. Fite at sight.—Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
warerooms at Xo. 1220 F street, X. W. 1
feel confident that we will Have an establish- 380 Main street, Memphis, Term., which is
"CRYSTALLIZED" SOUNDING BOARDS.
ment well worthy of the Knabe house, and ruder the management of W. O. Warford,
one which will indeed be difficult to surpass rire offering a magnificent $450 Crown piano
Alfred Dolge, who is about to embark in
in the entire South. 1 liave been doing some i'ree of charge on the following conditions : the manufacture of sounding boards at Los
special advertising on account of our removal
If you know of any one, friend or rela- Angeles, Cal., claims to have made an im-
sale, and 1 am convinced that people are tive, who is thinking of buying a piano, call portant discovery which will interest prac-
naturallv attracted by special announcements. and leave their names. A record will be tical men who are interested in this most im-
"I feel that it pays piano dealers better to kept of the name or names that you give. portant media for sound production in the
()ne of our salesmen will be detailed at once
advertise one piano, and word the adver- to canvass the prospect, and as soon as the piano.
tisement in such a way that it will influence sale is effected you will be given a ticket.
Mr. Dolge claims that in sounding boards
Immediately upon the sale of twenty-five generally there is an unevenness of movement
them more than to devote a great deal of
space to generalizing. It is the specific an- pianos, resulting from these prospects, one in the sound waves produced by the drying
nouncements which win, whether in the piano of the prominent bankers of Memphis will up of the sap which results in an imperfect
draw one of the twenty-five numbers, and the
line or not."
fortunate holder of the duplicate will get the tone. The sounding boards which he will
W. P. Van Wickle, manager of the Brad- piano. All the piano will cost you is the manufacture, however, are made of a spe-
bury interests, reports an excellent sale of trouble of calling and leaving the name. We cial spruce, the sap of which crystallizes and
Chickering pianos, particularly the quarter do this as our store is new to Memphis, and forms a sort of filler which closes the pores,
we seek by this means to more quickly intro-
grands, which he stated they were unable duce our place of business and our line of the board thus presenting an uniform surface
to secure in sufficient numbers to supply the pianos to Memphis buyers.
and an unbroken sound wave. This dis-
demand. Mr. Van Wickle has fitted up a
Frank G. Fite handles the Chickering, covery has been aptly termed a "crystallized"
special Chickering room, and has placed par- Behr, Crown, Estey, Barnes & Son, Krell, sounding board.
ticular emphasis upon the Chickering prod- Royal pianos; the Estey, Burdett, Newman
ARE MAILING CLERKS TO BLAME?
uct. He is a strong believer in the future Bros, organs, and the Angelus piano player.
- —An American firm has just received a
of the small grand piano, and believes that
AN 0 . S. KELLY SOUVENIR.
communication from a British house, the
in time it will supersede the high-priced up-
right.
The O. S. Kelly Co. have sent out a very last paragraph of which reads as follows:
"Your letter reached us without any post-
"You see, a small grand," remarked Mr. useful souvenir in the form of celludoid
Van Wickle, "does not dominate in an or- tags which can be attached to grips or trav- age stamp on same, and we have had five
dinary room, and its graceful lines are al- eling cases so that one's baggage may be pence to pay, so consequently we are send-
ways pleasing. There is unquestionably a quickly identified. On the inside there is a ing our letter without postage, either. We
big demand for small grands, and manufac- space for the name of the owner, while on do this, as we find so many American firms
turers who cater to this trade will find it a the front appears the well-known trade mark post their letters to this country with-
paying department of their business."
of the O. S. Kelly Co. These little tags will out stamps on, and we have come to the con-
clusion that this is done purposely."
C. A. Grinnell, of Grinnell Bros., Detroit, be found useful and at the same time a re-
Frank Hermans has charge of Cluett &
has reached home from California, where he minder of the distinguished plate-making
< ^ , " r.irt^ FnlU CX. Y.) hr-mrh.
firm of Snrinp'field. ().
recently went for a short vacation.
LESTER PIANOS
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LESTER,
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