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VOL. XXXIX. No. 27. Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 1 Madison Ave., New York, Dec* 31, 1904*
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ARTISTIC STERLING PIANO.
AMERICAN TRADE CENTER IN PARIS.
BALDWIN CO. IN BLOOMINGTON.
The Sterling Co. Complete Magnificent Instru-
ment in Marble Wood, a Costly Philippine
"V/ood—A Player and Stool to Match—Now
On Exhibition in Brooklyn Warerooms.
The Historical Palace Royal to Be Utilized—
Why Not Display American Pianos as Well
as Other Specialties?
Cincinnati Manufacturers Buy the Assets and
Interest of the Bloomington Music Co.,
Which They Will Hereafter Conduct as a
Branch Store.
The Sterling Co., of Derby, Conn., have recently
completed a piano case which is made of the
very rare wood known as "marble wood." This
wood comes from the Philippines, and the grain-
ing is so peculiar that it resembles marble, there
being black, brown and yellow markings in it.
It is finished in the natural and makes a hand-
some case. It is very expensive, a piece one foot
square and one inch thick costing $3. The com-
pany had a piano, a piano player and a piano
stool all made of this material and sent it to the
Brooklyn warerooms, where it attracted a great
deal of attention. It is believed that this is the
first piano to be made in this country from this
kind of wood. The company has also had a
piano made of teak wood from the East Indies,
and that case is a very handsome one and at-
tracts a great deal of attention.
BUILD ORGAN FOR ONE CONCERT.
Possibly the only instance in Michigan of a
pipe organ being built especially for one concert
is in Battle Creek. The Compensating Pipe Or-
gan Co., of that city, erected an immense pipe
organ for special use at the Christmas concert
given by the Amateur Musical Club. "The Mes-
siah" was sung, not to make money, but to reach
the people. Thomas Evans Greene, a New York
grand opera tenor, was the star. The chorus
numbered 200, and the Battle Creek Symphony
Orchestra of 40 pieces furnished the instrumen-
tation.
OLIVER'S PIANOLA CONTEST.
The F. W. Oliver Co., of Niagara Falls, N. Y.,
are conducting a Pianola contest in that city, and
in other words they offer this instrument in a
voting contest for the most popular young man's
club in that place. At the present time the
Young.Men's Catholic Club was ahead with 22,-
996 votes, while the Y. M. C. A. comes second
with 21,816 votes.
HOW THEY DO IT IN SEATTLE.
In order to allow music dealers of Seattle to
attend the concert of the Seattle Symphony Or-
chestra to-morrow afternoon all the music stores
of the city will close from 3 to 5 o'clock. The
concert will be given in Christensen's Hall.—
Seattle (Wash.) Times.
T. P. RAMSEY WOUNDED.
T. P. Ramsey, who represents the Ramsey
Piano Mfg. Co., of New Orleans, in Brookhaven,
Miss., accidentally dropped a loaded pistol while
alighting from a buggy one night last week. The
weapon discharged by impact with the ground,
the ball entering Mr. Ramsey's leg, making a
wound below the knee, It is not serious.
Yves Guyot, ex-Minister of Public Works, of
France, and Theodore Stanton, of the American
Chamber of Commerce of Paris, Washington, D.
C, have succeeded in doing something definite
toward establishing in Paris an American com-
mercial center.
They called on President Roosevelt and the
Secretaries of State and of Commerce and Labor,
and explained that they proposed to convert into
a great American exposition or trade center the
historical Palais Royal. The plan has been
cordially approved by this government.
A large number of business men in New York
have been interested in the project.
"The proposal we have submitted to the com-
mercial world of the United States," said M.
Guyot, "was suggested by the manner in which
the great business houses organize their sales by
means of a central agency, which establishes
sub-agencies in the various States. The mer-
chants of the United States could co-operate,
each preserving his individuality, for foundation
of a central agency in Paris, which would have
branches throughout Europe.
"To concentrate the European trade of the
United States in an edifice which would serve at
the same time as an exhibition, a showroom, a
retail store, a warehouse, and an inquiry office,
where each merchant would preserve the indi-
vidual direction of his business, and at the same
time profit by certain general services and cer-
tain general expenses shared in common—such
is the programme which we propose.
"The Palais Royal, under these conditions,
would be the great European department store of
the United States."
GOULD'S PIANO PRESENT.
Imports Perfect Little Piano in Which Every
Detail Is Worked Out.
Edith Gould, the youngest child of Mr. and
Mrs. George J. Gould, Monday, received from her
father as a Christmas gift a diminutive piano
that is perfect in every detail and has a marvel-
ously clear, full tone. The piano is one of four
costly toys that the master of Georgian Court
imported for his children.
A VERY CLEVER ADVERTISEMENT.
During the past few weeks J. C. Phelps, man-
ager of the Jesse French Piano & Organ Co., Dal-
las. Tex., carried a very cleverly conceived and
artistic advertisement in the local papers in the
form of a half-tone containing the picture of a
grand piano surrounded by a branch of holly,
underneath which appeared the words "a holiday
suggestion" and the address of the firm. It was
as good as a page advertisement in its signifi-
cance to those who contemplated the purchase of
a piano as a holiday present. But, then, Mr.
Phelps usually does things in a very original md
effective way.
(Special to The Review.)
Bloomington, 111., Dec. 27, 1904.
A deal was perfected on Saturday by which
the firm of D. H. Baldwin & Co. purchased all
the assets and interests of the Bloomington Mu-
sic Co., which has been conducted for some time
by a partnership consisting of Otto J. Eyles and
Ebert J. Tucker. This deal was an outcome of
the financial difficulties in which the proprietors
of the Bloomington Music Co. became involved,
and on account of which Mr. Eyles has left the
city.
The purchase of the stock of sheet music and
small instruments by the Baldwin Co. will clear
up all the entanglement and place the entire
business of that department on a perfectly sub-
stantial basis. Mr. Eyles' financial troubles in
no way concerned the business of the Baldwin
Piano Co., as he was merely acting as their agent.
A new manager for the local house will ar-
rive here about the first of the year, and the
consolidated business will be conducted in a way
that will tend to attract public favor.
ZELLMAN=SOCOL SALE.
Trustee to Sell Stock in Storage in Harlem
Warehouses on Thursday Next.
By order of Hayne Davis, trustee in bank-
ruptcy, Chas. P. Shongood, U. S. auctioneer, will
sell at public auction on Thursday, January 5th,
at 2.30 p. m the property of the Zellman-Socol
Piano Mfg. Co., bankrupts, consisting of pianos,
slightly used, which are at Cook's storage ware-
house, 211 East 125th street; and other proper-
ties of the said bankrupt on the same day at the
Harlem Storage Warehouse, 211 East 100th
street, at 3.30 p. m. The pianos at Cook's stor-
age warehouse are subject to storage charges of
$27, and those at the Harlem storage to charges
approximating $40. The trustee states that he
reserves the rights to withdraw from sale any
of said property which shall fail to bring 75 per
centum of the appraised value.
GERMANY'S PIANO FACTORY.
In Germany 435 piano factories make 80,000
instruments annually. Half of them, or about
$6,000,000 worth, are sold abroad, principally in
England.
SHIPPED THREE HUNDRED PIANOS.
Jacob Doll & Sons last week had a record-
breaker in shipments, having sent out from their
factory over three hundred pianos.
The Jos. M. Mann Piano Co., Providence, R. I.,
announce that they have decided to discontinue
their Woonsocket store and in this connection
have been conducting a special sale during the
past week.