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THE
7VU/SIC TRHDE
REVIEW
Evidence of Davenport & Treacy Piano Popularity.
ANDERSON
& CO_NEW QUARTERS.
Lease Warerooms at 370 Fulton Which They Will
Occupy in May—Will be Renovated and
Made Most Attractive - Recital Hall Part of
the Plan.
Before May 1 Anderson & Co., Brooklyn,
N. Y., will have removed from 470 to 370
Fulton street, where the property was pur-
chased and the occupying building will be
changed to suit the business. The entire
front, 26.7 feet, will be remodelled, and a new
facade of pressed brick, with stone trimmings
will be erected.
The general design of the four-story front
is architecturally attractive, the windows on
the first and second floors being given espe-
cial attention. Each will have a plate glass
19 x 13 feet in the clear, and which are to
be made specially, owing to their great size.
The store will have an addition, giving it
125 feet depth, and as a wareroom it will
be light as day. Every floor will be laid in pol-
ished white maple, the work being done after
all the wall decorations are finished, so as to
us to the Briggs Piano & Music Co. of What-
have them without mar or blemish. A re-
com in that State. That illustration only rep-
cital hall 25 x 80 feet is incorporated in the
resents one carload. I could tell you of many
plans, and which is said to be designed on
others sold and delivered in various places
entirely original and novel lines.
since our piano department was established.
Yes, the Davenport & Treacy pianos are in
BUSY DAYS AT MUSKEGON.
demand and seem likely to remain s'o."
Braton S. Chase Has Marvelously Developed the
The latest D. & T. styles are most attractive.
Chase-Hackley Enterprise.
BR1GGS Pt&KO
"Are the Davenport & Treacy pianos in
demand?" reiterated Daniel F . Treacy, of
Davenport & Treacy, on Wednesday last,
when the above inquiry was made at the fac-
tory in the course of a talk on the firm's
progress. "Look at this picture, sent to us
from the State of Washington, showing the
arrival of a carload of our pianos, sold by
TO REBUILD BIG ORGAN
At Carnegie Hall in Pittsburg—Alterations Under
the Supervision of Organist Lemare.
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When the rebuilding of the big organ at
the Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburg, Pa., is
completed it will be possible to use the organ
in the concerts of the Pittsburg orchestra.
This is one of the chief purposes in the pro-
posed work, but other ends will be served
at the same time.
Organist Edwin H. Lemare said on the
subject: "The organ will be brought thor-
oughly up to date and fitted for the big pro-
grams given at the hall. Its tone generally
is to be improved. Some of the old stops
will be revoked and new stops will be intro-
duced in place of several of the old ones.
There will be no additional stops, however.
"The scale of the new pedal board will
be introduced. This is a new feature in the
United States. I have introduced it here
from England, where it has been in use for
several years. While I have made several
improvements in it, I cannot claim the honor
of its invention, but my name has been given
to it here. It makes the organ easier to play
and also gives it scope for more elaborate
music. The rebuilt organ will be more suit-
able for orchestra performances, and it will
then be possible to use it in connection with
the Pittsburg Orchestra, which is now im-
possible."
Mr. Lemare said that during the course of
the rebuilding only the concerts of Feb. 14
and 15 will be missed, the organ being used
on other concert days while the improve-
ments are under way. On the two dates
named he will substitute for the organ recit-
als a lecture or possibly a piano recital, the
first he has given in Pittsburg. He was ori-
ginally a pianist and his ability is widely
recognized on the piano as on the organ.
The firm which is to reconstruct the or-
gan at a cost of $2,000 is the Hutching-
Votey Organ Co., of Boston, the successors
of the firm of Votey & Co., which built the
instrument originally. It is expected that
the whole will be completed by the last of
March. Organist Lemare will have entire
supervision of the work.
COLBY CONDITIONS EXCELLENT.
[Special to The Review.]
Erie, Pa., Feb. 9, 1903.
Business with the Colby Piano Co. for the
past year was excellent, a condition which
reflects much credit upon the ability of Geo.
F. Diehl, the president. Orders for the new
year have been coming in at a rate which in-
dicates prosperous conditions for 1903.
Dealers who have sold the Colby express
themselves as being much pleased with the
constant betterment which is apparent in this
product.
HOWS THIS FOR EXCHANGE?
A prominent piano dealer in Port Huron,
Mich., making a deal for a piano this week
took $135 in cash, a bulldog, a set of Swiss
bells and an organ.
A NOVEL MENU.
At the dinner tendered the dealers of Phil-
adelphia by the Salesmen's Association of
that city last week, an account of which ap-
peared in last week's Review, the menu was
a very unique affair, being printed on a two-
foot length of perforated music, the score
being "The Flying Dutchman" overture. It
was certainly odd but appropriate.
[Special to The Review.]
Muskegon, Mich., Feb 6, 1903.
The general manager of the Chase-Hack-
ley interests, Braton S. Chase, can survey the
business field in a complacent frame of mind.
Last year was the banner year for his
house and that satisfying record will be brok-
en during the present year—at least, indica-
tions point unmistakably in that direction.
Mr. Chase is a very methodical man. He
plans for a certain output and then if there
is any slowing down in any particular local-
ity he ascertains the cause and effects the
cure. Controlling as he does three distinct
grades of pianos, he is at once in a position
to cater to a variety of tastes in the most
satisfactory manner.
Braton S. Chase has a keen grasp of the
piano situation of to-day. That is conclu-
sively shown by the able manner in which he
conducted the big enterprise which has gone
resistlessly ahead under his inspiring touch.
A WELCOME TO BUFFALO.
The piano dealers of Buffalo are still con-
tinuing their preparation for a hearty wel-
come for the dealers and manufacturers who
will visit their city during convention week
next May. That the welcome will be a gen-
erous one and not confined merely to the deal-
ers is evident from the editorial remarks of
a number of local papers, who are taking
much interest in the steps which the Buffalo
dealers are taking toward the entertainment
of visitors.
THE PARAGON WITH ELLIS & CO.
The agency for the Paragon piano player,
made by the Needham Piano & Organ Co.,
of this city, has been secured by John F.
Ellis & Co., the well-known Washington,
D. C , dealers.