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MUSIC TRADE: REVIEW
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THE NYSE=WANDER PIANOS.
The Especial Features Embodied in This In-
strument Have Created Considerable Atten-
tion Throughout the Industry.
(Special to The Review.)
Review Office, 195 Wabash Avenue,
Chicago, 111., April 10, 1907.
The principal and distinguishing feature of
the Nyse-Wander and Weiler pianos made by the
Nyse-Wander Piano Co., of this city, is the com-
posite metal frame back, which is made of the
best bell metal and is finished in dark green
enamel. Of this back the company says:
"This back is the support and foundation of
every piano manufactured by the Nyse-Wander
Piano Co. It is positively in no way affected
by atmospheric and climatic changes. The
sounding board is not subject to shrinkage or
swelling, and will neither split,, buckle or warp,
but will always retain its original and correct
shape. By this means the entire sounding board
is allowed a free and uninterrupted vibration,
yet so solidly held in place that the pressure of
the strings can never overcome the 'crown' of
the board, and consequently the piano will al-
ways retain its full, round and sonorous tone
which is imparted to it by the vibration of the
sounding board." Another point that is empha-
sized is the capacity of the piano for staying in
tune and sustaining its pitch.
Your representative can testify to the excellent
musical qualities of this piano, as the result of
a demonstration given for his benefit in the com-
pany's office in the Republic building to-day.
Mr. Hughes has been in business in Iowa City meeting of the league held in the store of Winter
for thirty years, remaining in his present loca- & Son was one of those to propose a strong and
tion for twenty-five years. His line includes permanent organization.
Mehlin, Bush & Lane, Bush & Gerts and Victor
pianos, musical merchandise of all descriptions,
NEW YORK LEADS.
and Edison and Victor talking machines.
In a report on the industries of the Middle
Atlantic States, comprising New York, Pennsyl-
CLUETT & SONS' NEW STORE.
vania, New Jersey and Delaware, prepared for
More Than 3,000 People Inspect Their Hand-
Commercial America of Philadelphia, it is stated
some Quarters in Albany on Opening Night.
that in the manufacture of musical instruments
New York leads with a total production of $18,-
' (Special to The Review.)
000,000, of which $15,000,000 represents the pro-
Albany, N. Y., April 6, 1907.
duction of pianos.
The formal opening of Cluett & Sons' new mu-
sic store in the Academy of Music annex was
INVENTS A WHISTLE ORGAN.
held last week, when it is estimated that fully
A Richmond, Va., genius has invented what
3,000 persons took occasion to inspect the new
he designates as a "whistle organ." The air
quarters of the firm.
The new store is 75 feet long by 22 feet wide, pressure is produced by peddling, and after the
and has one of the finest display windows in air has passed through three chests, the pressing
the city. The front portion of the store is de- of the keys releases it through a series of
signed as a music room and salesroom for small whistles corresponding to the notes of the key-
musical instruments. The rear room is fitted up board, the arrangement of which is similar to
that of an ordinary organ.
as a display room for pianos.
In the basement two more rooms are to be
fitted up, one in front to be used as a display
JOHN WILLIAMS' NEW QUARTERS.
room for Victor talking machines, while the one
John Williams, a music dealer, of Greenville,
in the rear will be for the storage and display of
second-hand instruments. The entire premises S. C, has rented large and handsome quarters in
are handsomely decorated and among the most the new building now being erected on Washing-
ton street, that city, and when the new stores are
commodious music showrooms in the city.
completed will remove his music business from
the present location. He will greatly increase
INSTALL LYON & HEALY ORGAN.
his stock.
(Special to The Review.)
Richmond, ,Va., April 9, 1907.
A magnificent pipe organ will be installed in
HUGHES MUCH IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church before September
In a series of cartoons and sketches of the 1 by Lyon & Healy, of Chicago. The organ will
prominent business men of Iowa City, la., ap- be in two compartments, and will be the finest
pearing in one of the dailies of that city, Win- in the South, as well as the first of its kind ever
fleld Hughes, the well-known music dealer, was put in any church south of New York.
The contract has been signed and calls for the
well to the front. He was depicted as driving a
installation
of the organ before September 1.
delivery wagon at breakneck speed. In the
wagon were a cased piano and a talking machine. The work of putting in the organ will very
probably he done during the month of August;
the present organ to be used up to that time.
The main organ will contain thirty-four stops,
and will be located in the place the old instru-
ment occupies at present, while the echo organ,
containing eight stops, including chimes, will be
placed in the old organ gallery. The entire in-
strument will have a total of forty-two stops.
When the chime stops are used the music is ex-
quisite, the air being carried by the bells which
have a far away but distinct sound that blends
in perfect harmony with the other notes of the
organ.
LAUTER
ANOTHER ASTOR PIANO TURNS UP.
The Lauter Playerpiano is an in-
strument to charm and delight the
most critical prospect. We have
not tried merely to equal competi-
tors—but to make as/me a Player-
piano as we possibly could.
Those who are familiar with this
instrument will tell you that it is
the finest playerpiano, all things
considered, that is manufactured.
We are always glad to receive
inquiries.
, New eferseg
Last Sunday's World had a picture of one of
the many pianos which was made in London,
stenciled with the name of John Jacob Astor, and
imported by him to this country. The story says
that he "imported in 1789 from England his first
piano, which stands to-day in the approach to
the Indian Room of the Hotel Astor. Just how
old the instrument really is cannot be definitely
stated, but an affidavit hanging above it states
that the experts who overhauled and restored it
some dozen years ago found affixed to the key-
board the card of one Samuel Nelson, a piano
tuner, bearing the date of February, 1808.
Furthermore, the card shows that Mr. Nelson a
century ago plied his vocation from No. 19
Broadway, informing his now-vanished friends
that 'all orders will be thankfully received.' The
curious-looking instrument, as it now stands In
the hotel named after its importer, shows the
sort of piano on which one's great-great-grand-
mother may once have played."
F. A. WINTER AN ACTIVE FORCE.
F. A. Winter, of F. A. Winter & Son, piano
dealers of Altoona, Pa., is an active worker in
the interests of the Municipal League recently
organized in that city. Mr. Winter is a strong
advocate of the "city beautiful," and at the first
SCHROEDER BROS. REORGANIZED.
Henry H. Schroeder has sold his interest in
Schroeder Bros., music dealers, of Peotone, 111.,
to his brothers, F. J. and A. M. Schroeder, who
will continue same. The business was started by
their father in 1867. Henry H. Schroeder will
in future give his entire attention to the rapidly
growing business of his piano store in Kankakee.
NEWBY & EVANS POPULARITY.
H. A. Spicer, the wholesale representative of
Newby & Evans, of East 136th street and South-
ern Boulevard, is "Down East" in their behalf,
and sending in some excellent orders. The New-
by & Evans product has achieved great popu-
larity in this part of the country and the dealers
who have their agencies prize them as they
would a good interest paying bond; In fact, wher-
ever their pianos have been introduced, they
have won for themselves friends, as they are
possessed of a tone and quality that wins the ad-
miration of the lover of a good instrument. Mr.
Newby said, regarding their construction: "We
have never aimed at making a cheap piano, but
to the contrary. In the selection of workmen,
material and designs, our motto is "the best,"
and the result is an instrument that has a life
as well as a soul. We have striven for a reputa-
tion for something above the ordinary, and I be-
lieve that we have achieved the desired result."
The Ludwig Piano Co.'s branch in Springfield,
Mass., suffered considerable damage recently
through the smashing of a fire hydrant in front
of the store, enough water escaping to partly
flood the premises.
The bill introduced into the Missouri Legisla-
ture to license piano tuners and referred to in
last week's Review, was killed before it was fair-
ly before the house.
Evan Hammon has been appointed manager of
the Smith & Nixon Co., Louisville, Ky. He has
been with the house for ten years.
The G. A. dancer Co., of 1132 O street, Lin-
coln, Neb., will move to new quarters at 1124
O street on May 1.
The Metropolitan Music Co., Minneapolis,
Minn., have opened a branch store in Little
Falls, Neb., with P. M. Hammersly in charge.