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N o . 9 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 1 Madison Ave., New York, August 29,1908.
CANDIDATE HISGEN A MUSICIAN.
Thomas L. Hisgen the Candidate for President
on the Independence League Ticket a Great
Admirer of the Piano and Pianola Which
He Uses to Accompany Himself on the Violin
— A Strong and Popular Personality.
One of the interesting features of the Sunday
World is the series of papers written by C. R.
Macauley, giving his impressions of his visits to
the Presidential candidates.
After visiting
Messrs. Bryan and Taft, he paid a visit to
Thomas L. Hisgen, the candidate for President on
the Independence League ticket, and it appears
that he is the only musician of the three leading
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peddling of axle-grease. After that we had Schu- four States, visiting Philadelphia, Atlantic City,
bert's 'Serenade,' for which I played Mr. His- Asbury Park, Ocean City, New York, and Boston.
gen's accompaniment myself, and the 'Lustspiei Mr. Troup is a White Steamer enthusiast and
Overture,' by Keler-Bela."
reports the trip made with a clean record.
G. P. BENT CO.'S EFFECTIVE PUBLICITY
DEATH OF T. LEEDS WATERS.
The New Catalog a Splendid Production—Care-
fully Edited and Contains Illustrations of
Many New Styles That Are Most Artistic.
President of Horace Waters & Co. Passed Away
at His Summer Home in Connecticut.
In preparing for a heavy fall campaign, the
Geo. P. Bent Co., Chicago, have issued a new and
elaborate catalog of the "Crown" pianos. This
volume is complete in every detail, and besides
illustrating and describing seven of the latest
styles in "Crown" uprights and the "Crown"
Combinola, style 318, the structural features of
the "Crown" piano are dwelt upon at length.
The instrument is to all practical purposes taken
entirely apart and every detail of back-frame,
sounding board, pin-block and action is de-
scribed and illustrated in a thoroughly convinc-
ing manner. Several pages are given to illus-
trating the various diplomas and awards re-
ceived by the Crown piano, as well as testi-
monials from a number of high sources as to the
superior qualities of those instruments. An in-
teresting feature is the illustration of a piano
made in 1797 by William Bent, the third manu-
facturer of pianos in this country.
Typographically, the new catalog shows ex-
cellent work, while the illustrations are clear,
and the liberal amount of reading matter is
written in an interesting vein.
In the opening page of the catalog the Geo. P.
Bent. Co. say: "We present herewith our regu-
lar catalog. It is not our purpose herein to
dwell upon all our claims of superiority for the
Crown piano, nor to go into details on all points
of construction. We simply endeavor to make
known some facts worthy of the consideration
of anyone contemplating the purchase of a
"PEDAMNU THE PIANOLA WHILE 1IE SAT UPON THE STOOL
piano; to'touch upon a few of the most impor-
BEFORE I T AND PLAYED UPON THE VIOLIN."
candidates. Although a very wealthy man, Mr. tant features, showing drawings of several, and
Hisgen lives in a modest home in West Spring- to present illustrations of our latest styles of
field, Mass., where he is surrounded by his books, Crown pianos. We have manufactured a great
music, violin, piano and pianola. After conclud- number of pianos—never deviating from our
ing the extremely interesting narrative of his original purpose to produce instruments of the
rise to commercial and political prominence, Mr. highest possible standard, and to take advan-
Macauley expressed a desire to hear Mr. Hisgen tage of all valuable improvements and to put
into practice all up-to-date methods. It is, there-
play the violin, and adds:
fore, but a natural consequence that our present
"He thereupon took down the instrument from
line is better than ever. We bespeak for this
the top of the piano, twanged its strings till he
catalog careful perusal, feeling that those inter-
had them in tune and then swept his bow lovingly
ested will be well repaid for studying it thor-
across the taut catgut. I instantly knew that
oughly."
here was a man who did not fiddle—he was an
The cover is a light tan upon which is em-
artist with a genuine appreciation and love for
bossed the name "Crown Piano" in light-green
music.
"He played Henri Wieniawski's most difficult gold, a beautiful color combination. That the
mazurkas, accompanying himself in the unusual dealer will find the new catalog a great help
manner of pedaling the pianola, while he sat in effecting sales there is no doubt, for it is
upon the stool before it and played upon the vio- cleverly written and copiously illustrated, and
lin. His tones were clear, correct and sympa- must at once appeal to those interested in the
purchase of a piano.
thetically rendered.
"Following the beautiful and brilliant Mazurka,
Mr. Hisgen played 'Dixie,' 'Yankee Doodle' and
a potpourri of the old tunes he was wont to ren-
der for the country folk Kitting around the red-
hot drum stoves during the days of his itinerant
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J. H. TROUP ON AUTO TRIP.
J. H. Troup, the well-known piano merchant
of Harrisburg,- and family, started Sunday, Au-
gust 17, on a two weeks' tour extending through
T. Leeds Waters, president of Horace Waters
& Co., the well-known New York piano manu-
facturers, died at his summer home in East
Greenwich, Conn., on August 14, in his sixty
fourth year. Mr. Waters was born in Augusta,
Me., Feb. 8, 1845, and was a graduate of Brown
University. He was married in February, 1871,
to Miss Fanny L. Vaughan. She survives him
with three children, Leeds V., Reade L. and
John Louis. He was a veteran member of the
Twenty-third Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y., and be-
longed to the Chi Psi Fraternity of Brown Uni-
versity, the Lincoln Club, and St. James Epis-
copal Church.
He was the son of Horace Waters, founder of
the piano company which was incorporated in.
1886, with his father as president. Upon the
death of Horace Waters in 1893, T. L. Waters
succeeded to the presidency, also acting as treas-
urer, with Samuel T. White as vice-president
and secretary. John L. Waters, a son of the de-
ceased, is connected with Horace Waters & Co.
in the credit department, being the only son of
the deceased to enter the piano business.
IS IT ANOTHER COMBINATION?
A Review subscriber who is visiting Atlantic
City, N. J., sent us the following despatch on
Wednesday which shows that it is difficult for
piano men to get together these days without
some motive being attached to their presence.
It reads: "Percy S. Foster, of Washington; J.
H. Troup, of Harrisburg, Pa., and A. E. Winter,
of Altoona, Pa., were seen in earnest consulta-
tion on the beach this afternoon. It probably
means another great combination!!!"
A CLEVER POETESS AND SALESWOMAN.
Esther Nelson Karn, secretary of the S. A.
Kara Music Co., is not only a clever business
woman, but a writer of verse which has come
in for no small share of approval. She recently
wrote a charming effort entitled, "A Day in the
Country," which The Review had the pleasure of
perusing, and which reflects in poetic form her
observations in the course of a trip in the coun-
try, taken for the purpose of delivering a Daven-
port & Treacy piano, sold to Miss Bessie Seaman,
of Zanesville, Ind. Miss Seamen is a pretty
school teacher who recently graduated from an
Ohio college.
PEASE ABBASSADORS ON THE ROAD.
W. E. Hall, the able representative of the
Pease Piano Co., left Monday last for a two
weeks' trip through New England. F. M. Boult,
with the .sanio hou.se, also started on a three
months' tour of the Middle and Far West.