Music Trade Review
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THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
DOMESTIC
VOL. III.
-AJNTD E X P O R T
November 5th, 1880.
TK.-A.3DE.
No. 7.
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 5TH, 1880.
TJIE Fl^EE
A WEEK or so ago, I have heard,
/\
the Dobson Brothers, the cel-
ebrated banjo performers, gave a
concert at Chickering Hall, in this
city. I have not asked for informa-
tion on this subject, but suppose,
of course, that the Dobson's have
been engaged by the house of
Chickering & Sons, because this
establishment does not wish to be
outdone by Weber with Sternberg;
Haines with Pease ; Steinway with
Joseffy ; or Henry F. Miller with
his particular star.
There is one thing, however,
which I cannot reconcile with this
view of the case. The Dobson
Brothers are banjo thumpers, not
pianists.
Do Messrs. Chickering & Sons
intend to perpetuate a huge joke,
and strive to make the public infer
that the Dobson Brothers, with
their banjos, are dangerous rivals
to their competitors' star piano attractions?
***
I should like this question answered.
Why do eastern manufacturers, not having general agents in some large
western city,—say, Chicago, which is the most important point;—why, I re-
peat, do such manufacturers give absuredly low prices to the small dealers,
scattered throughout the western country ?
Are not these manufacturers "discounting the future" by interfering
with prospective jobbing trade, in the event of their establishing regular
agents ?
*
* *
Hearing a statement a few days ago that Albert Weber had said that he
would make $5,000 or $6,000 out of the Sternberg concerts this season, I
abandoned the idea of personally solving the problem suggested by this
statement, and left it to the assistant financial and the assistant mathematical
editors of my paper, who, in the absence of the chiefs of my financial and
mathematical departments—now engaged, with the assistance of Mr. H. K.
Oliver, in estimating the present value of the Centennial and American In-
stitute awards—grapple with such problems.
After prolonged study they have handed in the result of their labors,
but they are too'voluminous to printj/i extenso. I will merely say, that the
conclusion reached, was, that Weber must have had in his mind, when he
made this statement, the story of the young married man who determined
to practice economy. He went home one night, and announced to his wife
that he had saved $5. When his wife asked him how he had saved it he
replied he had bought a meerschaum pipe for $10 ; but as he originally
intended to give $15 for one, he had saved $5. Weber originally thought
that Sternberg's performances would cost him $20,000, but, now he thinks,
they will only make him out of pocket about $15,000, so he saves $5,000.
See!
_
TRADE
NOTES.
THE WORLD'S FAIR OF 1883.—The Committee on Sites of the United
States International Commission recently visited the Port Morris, and the
Fleetwood Park sites. The general opinion seemed to favor the Port Morris
site ; it has many advantages, the principal ones being accessibility aad
sufficiency of space.
OUR READERS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.—"What is disturbing the equa-
nimity of the piano-stool men ? " We should reply, nothing, but the too
frequent—in other words,—the weakly appearance of the Art Jabberer.
LUMBER.—The Milwaukee lumber report is that the better grades of
lumber are in fair demand, and firm.
G. SCHIRMEB'S NEW MUSIC STORE.—Undoubtedly the handsomest music
store in this city is the new store occupied by Mr. G. Schirmer, at 35
Union Square. The building has a basement and four stories, and entirely
devoted to Mr. Schirmer's music business. The retail trade is conducted on
the first floor ; the second is used for Schirmer's Cumulating Music Library;
the third floor is the stock room ; the fourth floor is devoted to the publish-
ing and printing department, while the wholesale business and packing is
done in the basement.
BURNED OUT.—J. W. Truxell, musical instruments, Sedalia, Mo., has
been burned o u t ; loss, $5,000 ; insured for $3,500.
VENEERS.—Geo. W. Read & Co., veneers, New York city ; dissolved, by
retirement of Samuel C. Hickey. New firm formed under same style.
BELL AGENCY—Messrs. Ascherberg, of 71 Queen street, Cheapside, have
accepted the sole agency of the Bell American Organ Company for England
and the colonies.—London and Provincial Music Trades Review.
We presume that our esteemed foreign .contemporary means the Bell
Canadian Organ Company.
NOVELLO.—Messrs. Novello, London, have just issued a compressed
version, for a shilling, of Messrs. Stainer & Barrett's " Dictionary of Musical
Terms." The next quarterly part of Mr. Grove's " Dictionary of Music and
Musicians " is postponed till December. The work will make three volumes
instead of two. The Grove's "Dictionary" is not a valuable addition to
musical literature.
TRADE MARKS, PATENTS/ETC.—An international Congress was announced
to meet in Paris on the 4th inst., for the purpose of devising means for the
protection of trade-marks, industrial designs, patents of inventions, and
business names and titles. All States have promised to be represented.
LISZT'S PIANOS.—Speaking of Liszt, the London Theatre says that
Messrs. Chickering and Steinway both presented Liszt with magnificent in-
struments of their own manufacture, each worth $1,200. The Chickering,
piano is now at Liszt's house in Buda-Pest, while the Steinway instrument
remains in Weimar. Two firms in Germany each sent him one of their best
pianos, Bosendorf of Vienna, and Bechstein of Berlin. Old Spina, in
Vienna, into whose hands Mozart's forte piano had passed, made a present of
it to Liszt, who has placed it in the Ducal Palace in Weimar.
MCTAMMANY VERSUS NEEDHAM.—A
decision on an appeal before the
Commissioner of Patents, in the case of McTammany against Needham, was
given on October 15th, and the claim of Mr. McTammany to priority of in-
vention was fully sustained. The matter at issue in this interference has been
defined by the Primary Examiner as follows : The combination, with an
automatic wind-instrument operated by a perforated endless sheet, of a feed-
roller hinged to an adjacent part of the instrument, and adapted to facilitate
the application or removal of the music-sheet.
NEW GERMAN TRADE PAPER.—We have received the first number, issued
PUBLICATIONS.—Mr. W. Reeves of London, announces for the forthcoming
Oct. 1st, 1880, of a new German music trade paper, published in Leipsig, by book season, "Robert Schumann's Music and Musicians," edited by F. R^Rit-
Paul de Wit, and entitled " Zeitschrift fur Instrumentenbau."
ter,?second series ; " Life and Works of Henry Smart," by Dr. Spark ; Reeve's
OUR HEADERS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.—Whether the Art Jabberer Avas Musical Directory, 1881; "Musical Acoustics to the Student's Helmholtz,"
among the flock of little snipe which, according to a daily paper, inspected by J. Broadhonse ; "Templeton and Malibran, Reminiscences of these re-
nowned singers, with original Letters and Ancedotes," by W. H. H ; " E x -
or passed over Gabler's factory during the fire.
ercises in General Elementary Music," by Miss Paige ; " Life and works of
SARA. — Sara Bernhardt, the French tragedienne, called at Weber's Handel," by A. Whittingham ; The Musical Standard, vol. xix.; The Artis
warerooms soon after her arrival in this city. While at Weber's she was pre- for 1880.
sented with a bouquet and holder, the latter bearing her motto Quand meme.
MELBOURNE EXHIBITION.—The exhibition at Melbourne, Australia,
It is to be hoped that Sara will not be quand meme here as she was in Paris.
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks recently presented Mr. Weber opened on October 5th, with great eclat.
with a handsomely engrossed set of testimonials expressive of their esteem
TAYLOR & FARLEY AGENCY.—We long ago announced, on the authority
and regard for the distinguished young piano maker.
of Messrs. Neumeyer & Co., that they had accepted the agency of the Taylor
POWELL.—Mr. John A. Powell, of Montgomery, N. Y., informs us that & Farley organs, given up by Messrs. F. & G.. Dennis, and that they had
taken a part of the stock of Messrs. Dennis. Since then nothing has been
he has already begun the manufacture of reed organs.
heard from America about this agency.—London and Provincial Music Trades
BOSTON MAKER.—What Boston maker sent the forty-five dollar piano to Review.
the British West Indies ?
SCARCITY OF PIANO-MAKEKS.—Mr. E. McCammon, of Albany, called at
our office one day last week, and in the courss of conversation stated that he
had been looking for workmen in New York for his factory, but failed to
find them ; he also stated that a number of good piano-makers could find
employment in Albany.
MILWAUKEE MUSICAL SOCIETY.—The Milwaukee Musical Society gave its 276th
concert, on Friday evening, Oct. 22d, 1880, on which occasion Dudley Buck's Scenes
from Longfellow's " Golden Legend " were given with the following performers: Miss
Annie Burt Norton, Miss Bella Turk, Mr. Max L. Lane, and Mr. Edward Niedecken.
Prof. C. A. Garratt presided at the organ.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
DOMESTIC
VOL. III.
-AJNTD E X P O R T
November 5th, 1880.
TK.-A.3DE.
No. 7.
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 5TH, 1880.
TJIE Fl^EE
A WEEK or so ago, I have heard,
/\
the Dobson Brothers, the cel-
ebrated banjo performers, gave a
concert at Chickering Hall, in this
city. I have not asked for informa-
tion on this subject, but suppose,
of course, that the Dobson's have
been engaged by the house of
Chickering & Sons, because this
establishment does not wish to be
outdone by Weber with Sternberg;
Haines with Pease ; Steinway with
Joseffy ; or Henry F. Miller with
his particular star.
There is one thing, however,
which I cannot reconcile with this
view of the case. The Dobson
Brothers are banjo thumpers, not
pianists.
Do Messrs. Chickering & Sons
intend to perpetuate a huge joke,
and strive to make the public infer
that the Dobson Brothers, with
their banjos, are dangerous rivals
to their competitors' star piano attractions?
***
I should like this question answered.
Why do eastern manufacturers, not having general agents in some large
western city,—say, Chicago, which is the most important point;—why, I re-
peat, do such manufacturers give absuredly low prices to the small dealers,
scattered throughout the western country ?
Are not these manufacturers "discounting the future" by interfering
with prospective jobbing trade, in the event of their establishing regular
agents ?
*
* *
Hearing a statement a few days ago that Albert Weber had said that he
would make $5,000 or $6,000 out of the Sternberg concerts this season, I
abandoned the idea of personally solving the problem suggested by this
statement, and left it to the assistant financial and the assistant mathematical
editors of my paper, who, in the absence of the chiefs of my financial and
mathematical departments—now engaged, with the assistance of Mr. H. K.
Oliver, in estimating the present value of the Centennial and American In-
stitute awards—grapple with such problems.
After prolonged study they have handed in the result of their labors,
but they are too'voluminous to printj/i extenso. I will merely say, that the
conclusion reached, was, that Weber must have had in his mind, when he
made this statement, the story of the young married man who determined
to practice economy. He went home one night, and announced to his wife
that he had saved $5. When his wife asked him how he had saved it he
replied he had bought a meerschaum pipe for $10 ; but as he originally
intended to give $15 for one, he had saved $5. Weber originally thought
that Sternberg's performances would cost him $20,000, but, now he thinks,
they will only make him out of pocket about $15,000, so he saves $5,000.
See!
_
TRADE
NOTES.
THE WORLD'S FAIR OF 1883.—The Committee on Sites of the United
States International Commission recently visited the Port Morris, and the
Fleetwood Park sites. The general opinion seemed to favor the Port Morris
site ; it has many advantages, the principal ones being accessibility aad
sufficiency of space.
OUR READERS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.—"What is disturbing the equa-
nimity of the piano-stool men ? " We should reply, nothing, but the too
frequent—in other words,—the weakly appearance of the Art Jabberer.
LUMBER.—The Milwaukee lumber report is that the better grades of
lumber are in fair demand, and firm.
G. SCHIRMEB'S NEW MUSIC STORE.—Undoubtedly the handsomest music
store in this city is the new store occupied by Mr. G. Schirmer, at 35
Union Square. The building has a basement and four stories, and entirely
devoted to Mr. Schirmer's music business. The retail trade is conducted on
the first floor ; the second is used for Schirmer's Cumulating Music Library;
the third floor is the stock room ; the fourth floor is devoted to the publish-
ing and printing department, while the wholesale business and packing is
done in the basement.
BURNED OUT.—J. W. Truxell, musical instruments, Sedalia, Mo., has
been burned o u t ; loss, $5,000 ; insured for $3,500.
VENEERS.—Geo. W. Read & Co., veneers, New York city ; dissolved, by
retirement of Samuel C. Hickey. New firm formed under same style.
BELL AGENCY—Messrs. Ascherberg, of 71 Queen street, Cheapside, have
accepted the sole agency of the Bell American Organ Company for England
and the colonies.—London and Provincial Music Trades Review.
We presume that our esteemed foreign .contemporary means the Bell
Canadian Organ Company.
NOVELLO.—Messrs. Novello, London, have just issued a compressed
version, for a shilling, of Messrs. Stainer & Barrett's " Dictionary of Musical
Terms." The next quarterly part of Mr. Grove's " Dictionary of Music and
Musicians " is postponed till December. The work will make three volumes
instead of two. The Grove's "Dictionary" is not a valuable addition to
musical literature.
TRADE MARKS, PATENTS/ETC.—An international Congress was announced
to meet in Paris on the 4th inst., for the purpose of devising means for the
protection of trade-marks, industrial designs, patents of inventions, and
business names and titles. All States have promised to be represented.
LISZT'S PIANOS.—Speaking of Liszt, the London Theatre says that
Messrs. Chickering and Steinway both presented Liszt with magnificent in-
struments of their own manufacture, each worth $1,200. The Chickering,
piano is now at Liszt's house in Buda-Pest, while the Steinway instrument
remains in Weimar. Two firms in Germany each sent him one of their best
pianos, Bosendorf of Vienna, and Bechstein of Berlin. Old Spina, in
Vienna, into whose hands Mozart's forte piano had passed, made a present of
it to Liszt, who has placed it in the Ducal Palace in Weimar.
MCTAMMANY VERSUS NEEDHAM.—A
decision on an appeal before the
Commissioner of Patents, in the case of McTammany against Needham, was
given on October 15th, and the claim of Mr. McTammany to priority of in-
vention was fully sustained. The matter at issue in this interference has been
defined by the Primary Examiner as follows : The combination, with an
automatic wind-instrument operated by a perforated endless sheet, of a feed-
roller hinged to an adjacent part of the instrument, and adapted to facilitate
the application or removal of the music-sheet.
NEW GERMAN TRADE PAPER.—We have received the first number, issued
PUBLICATIONS.—Mr. W. Reeves of London, announces for the forthcoming
Oct. 1st, 1880, of a new German music trade paper, published in Leipsig, by book season, "Robert Schumann's Music and Musicians," edited by F. R^Rit-
Paul de Wit, and entitled " Zeitschrift fur Instrumentenbau."
ter,?second series ; " Life and Works of Henry Smart," by Dr. Spark ; Reeve's
OUR HEADERS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.—Whether the Art Jabberer Avas Musical Directory, 1881; "Musical Acoustics to the Student's Helmholtz,"
among the flock of little snipe which, according to a daily paper, inspected by J. Broadhonse ; "Templeton and Malibran, Reminiscences of these re-
nowned singers, with original Letters and Ancedotes," by W. H. H ; " E x -
or passed over Gabler's factory during the fire.
ercises in General Elementary Music," by Miss Paige ; " Life and works of
SARA. — Sara Bernhardt, the French tragedienne, called at Weber's Handel," by A. Whittingham ; The Musical Standard, vol. xix.; The Artis
warerooms soon after her arrival in this city. While at Weber's she was pre- for 1880.
sented with a bouquet and holder, the latter bearing her motto Quand meme.
MELBOURNE EXHIBITION.—The exhibition at Melbourne, Australia,
It is to be hoped that Sara will not be quand meme here as she was in Paris.
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks recently presented Mr. Weber opened on October 5th, with great eclat.
with a handsomely engrossed set of testimonials expressive of their esteem
TAYLOR & FARLEY AGENCY.—We long ago announced, on the authority
and regard for the distinguished young piano maker.
of Messrs. Neumeyer & Co., that they had accepted the agency of the Taylor
POWELL.—Mr. John A. Powell, of Montgomery, N. Y., informs us that & Farley organs, given up by Messrs. F. & G.. Dennis, and that they had
taken a part of the stock of Messrs. Dennis. Since then nothing has been
he has already begun the manufacture of reed organs.
heard from America about this agency.—London and Provincial Music Trades
BOSTON MAKER.—What Boston maker sent the forty-five dollar piano to Review.
the British West Indies ?
SCARCITY OF PIANO-MAKEKS.—Mr. E. McCammon, of Albany, called at
our office one day last week, and in the courss of conversation stated that he
had been looking for workmen in New York for his factory, but failed to
find them ; he also stated that a number of good piano-makers could find
employment in Albany.
MILWAUKEE MUSICAL SOCIETY.—The Milwaukee Musical Society gave its 276th
concert, on Friday evening, Oct. 22d, 1880, on which occasion Dudley Buck's Scenes
from Longfellow's " Golden Legend " were given with the following performers: Miss
Annie Burt Norton, Miss Bella Turk, Mr. Max L. Lane, and Mr. Edward Niedecken.
Prof. C. A. Garratt presided at the organ.
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