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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
If you desire anything in the
line of
SMALL GOODS
Something entirely up-to-date, it
will pay you to write
The Thiebes-Stierlin Musical
Instrument Co.,
ST.
LOUIS,
BLACK
IVf O .
DIAMOND
STRINGS
NEW
F»ROCESS
Are the finest manu-
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prominent artists
National Musical String Co.
NEW
BRUNSWICK,
N. «J.
—THE-
WM. R. GRATZ IMPORT CO.,
11 East 22nd St., New York City,
Sole Agents for
ANTOINE COURTOIS AND BOHLAND & FUCHS'
Band Instruments and Saxophones;
LEFEVRE, LECOMTE AND MERCADIER
. Clarionets;
Fried rich August Helmerdlng, Chadwlck, J. Straus*,
Koschat, E. Bausch, Hatnmig and Bauer & Durr-
schmidt's Violins and Bows; Qustav Bernadel and
Koschat Rosin; Imperial, Empress, U. S., and Grand
Solo Accordeons, and Concertinas; Empress Mouth
Harmonicas.
Catalogs forwarded on request free of charge.
Music Lesson Certificates
—FREE—
Lyon & Healy now include FREE with Violins,
Guitars, and Mandolins shipped from their estab-
lishment, a Certificate which entitles the purchaser
to a complete course of musical instruction by mail
by a teacher of national reputation (50 to 100
Lessons, splendidly illustrated).
A NEW OPPORTUNITY
is thus offered every dealer to promote his busi-
ness and greatly increase his sales. Don't neglect
it.
Start to-day.
WHITE FOK- PULL PARTICULARS.
LYON
& HEALY,
CHICACO
Band Instruments
SBIfD FOR MEW
ILLUSTRATED CJtTJtLOGUB
J. W.YORK Ql SONS
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Bedrid Instruments
MICH
STERN & CO.'S BUILDING PLANS.
Travelers "doing" the Coast—Pollmann's Bank-
ruptcy Affairs—Hohner Goes Abroad—Im-
port Houses Looking to Large Fall Trade-
They Secure a Valuable Plot of Ground More
Than
Three
Times
the Original
Size
Planned.
Travelers who believe in being forehanded are
quietly making the Coast trip and scooping or-
ders right and left. This jaunt is usually re-
served for the early fall.
After several unsuccessful attempts to secure
additional ground on which to erect their new
business building, Jos. W. Stern & Co., New
York, finally closed contracts June 2 for 102 and
104 West 38th street, and also for 645 Sixth ave-
nue.
This additional space, included with the
property they already owned on 38th street, will
give them the largest plot of ground occupied by
any music publisher in New York, with the addi-
tional advantage of being right in the heart of
the theatrical and musical district. Extensive
alterations are to be made at once, and every-
thing indicates that the house will be in its new
home early in the fall. The purchase of the
new property was a task of no small magnitude,
as Stern & Co. were compelled to send their rep-
resentative to Paris, France, after the owner of
the other pieces of property. After just missing
him there, their representative had to follow
him as far as Sicily, Italy, where the deal was
consummated. The transaction involves close to
a quarter of a million dollars.
August Pollmann Co.'s bankruptcy affairs still
drag along in the courts. It is over six months
since the first petition was filed, and on Monday
Counsellor Schnitzler's motion to oust Mr. Poll-
mann from his home and rent the premises for
the benefit of the creditors was peremptorily de-
nied by Judge Holt, of the United States District
Court, New York. The papers in the case are over
a foot high and the entries on the court docket
cover several pages. The suit is being contested
tooth and nail pro and con.
Generally buyers go abroad and visit the Conti-
nental small goods markets about now. But
there is a growing disposition to postpone the
trip until months later, when the German pro-
ducers and exporters are more "hungry," and
therefore buying can be conducted to better ad-
vantage.
BAUER CO.'S BIG SHIPMENTS.
(Special to The Review.)
Monday Manager Butler received a cable from
Philadelphia, Pa., June 7, 1905.
Frank Scribner that he had arrived at Cher-
In the small goods factories here busy condi-
bourg, Prance, "right side up," the ship making
a quick and pleasant voyage. Thursday H. Hoh- tions prevail. The Bauer Co., one of the largest
ner sailed via the White Star line, intending to manufacturers of banjos, mandolins and guitars
stop in London en route to Trossingen, Germany. in the country, have been so sold up all spring
that they have hardly even samples on hand
Direct import houses state business is not as showing their complete line. Their export busi-
favorable as a year ago at this time. In fact, ness has been particularly good, and their ship-
should be much better than it actually is. The ments to the Pacific Coast and the Middle West
fall, however, is counted upon to more than re- have been almost double what they were last
trieve the weakness of current trade; or, to ex- year.
press it differently, a boom trade is anticipated.
A WOMAN VIOLIN MAKER.
Collections are mentioned as unprecedentedly ex-
cellent—money being easy and bills being paid
(Special to The Review.)
promptly.
San Jose, Cal., June 3, 1905.
The only woman violin maker in America lives
AUTOPHONES IN DEMAND.
and works in this city. Her name is Miss Grace
Barstow, and she is the granddaughter of Judge
A Novel Little Organ Which Is Sold the World
A. L. Rhodes, a pioneer jurist of Santa Clara
Over.
County. The house in which she lives and makes
her violins was brought around the Horn in
(Special to The Review.)
1850 by Commodore Stockton.
Ithaca, N. Y., June 5, 1905.
The Rhodes residence has always been a ren-
The Ithaca Autophone Co., which was founded
in this city in 1878, continues to enjoy a large dezvous for musicians. Miss Barstow, besides
measure of prosperity. This instrument is in being a violin maker, is a thorough musician,
the nature of a small organ, the music from having studied in this country and in Berlin at
which is obtained from a roller furnished with the Hoch Schule. She has not only accomplished
wonders in her workshop, but has found time to
pins which operate upon valve keys, made of
steel. All the working parts of the instruments perfect a repertoire in which Paganini, Sarasate,
are easily accessible and are made of solid metal, Mendelssohn, Bruck and Beethoven are conspicu-
the rollers and keys being mounted on castings. ous.
These instruments are handsome little organs,
Stradburg's Music House, Jamestown, N. Y.,
which are very popular not only with children, have purchased the entire stock of pianos and
but with older people.
musical merchandise handled by F. G. Nordstrom
The original instrument made by the com- in that city.
pany contained a perforated paper and this was
used for a number of years until the wooden
roller with steel pins was invented. The name
autophone was obtained from the first mentioned
machine, and the name roller organ from the
second.
Between 20 and 25 men and women are em-
HEN T H E TALKING MACHINE WORLD
ployed at the shops at the corner of Auburn and
will be of the greatest possible service
Lewis streets, and the product is distributed all
to you. It la the only journal published
over the world. One of the officers stated to-day
In America, devoted exclusively to
the Interests of the trade which Its name
that over 15,000 organs were sold annually. The
Indicates.
It Is filled with news and
large jobbing houses in the country are distribu-
chatty Items, contains a list of all month-
tors.
ly records Issued by the various firms,
The officers of the company at the present time
patents and technical articles of an In-
structive nature.
are H. A. St. John, president; H. M. Hibbard,
treasurer, and W. P. Finch, secretary.
5 cents per copy
HAVE YOU A .
TALKING MACHINE DEPARTMENT?
T
YORK
GRAND RAPIDS
MUSICAL MERCHANDISE NOTES.
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Sarcasm is one of the surest ways of hurting
a customer's feelings and driving away his pat-
ronage. Every customer, whether he buys or not,
is entitled to courteous treatment, and clerks who
make non-buying patrons the targets of sarcastic
references should be discharged.
Fifty cents a year
EDWARD
LYMAN
BILL
PUBLISHER
1 MADISON AVENUE,
NEW YORK