Music Trade Review
Issue: 1881 Vol. 4 N. 1 - Page 19
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February 5th 1881.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
19
CELLULOID PIANO KEY COMPANY
(LIMITED),
XTo. 216 Centre Street,
P. O. BOX 420.
NEW YORK.
CELLULOID FOR PIANO, ORGAN AND MELODEON KEYS.
NEVER TURNS YELLOW, DISCOLORS, SHRINKS OR WARPS.
Fourth Y e a , ^ ^ ^
No Complaints,
^ J ^ H u l '
0
- 230,000
Celluloid Keys
NOW IN USK.
T. LEEDS WATERS,
East
14t-b-
Established In 1853.
SYLVESTER TOWER,
S-breet, JSTe-w
PIANOS AND ORGANS,
MANUFACTURER OF
Pianoforte & Organ Keys
Pianoforte Actions,
All First Class Instruments.
No. 139 BROADWAY, CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS.
SHARPS PLAIN AND POLISHED.
General Agent for SCHONINGEB'S CELEBRATED ORGANS, for the States of New York, Pennsylvania and
THE MANUFACTURE OP CELLULOID KEYS A SPECIALTY.
Michigan.
Send for Catalogue of New Styles, September 1st.
PRICES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION.
ALFRED DOLGE,
i
PIANOFORTE AND ORGAN MATERIALS,
122 East 13th Street, New York.
For Male Voices.
Just Published. Price, 6O c , (for which it is mailed, post-free,) or $ 6 perdoz.
The Publishers commend this new, convenient, portable and most musical
collection to the notice of clubs, societies, and male quartets generally. The
of L. O. Emerson, the compiler, are too well known to need descrip-
1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 188O works
tion or praise. The book has 128 pages, is of a form to be carried easily in the
pocket, contains more than 40 good pieces, and has the recommendation of
LBS.
LBS.
LBS.
LBS.
LBS.
LBS.
easy music of moderate compass. No screaming notes.
Piano Hammer
Felt
9,089 9,910 13,262 16,258 20,138 23,432
OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston.
Sounding Boards
260 5,249 9,006 37,690 41,585 Chas. H. Ditsou&Co.,
J. E. Ditson & Co..
843 Broadway, New York.
1228 Chestnut St., Philadelphia
Sales, 1875-1880.
NllTH
AMERICAN
B. SHONINGER ORGAN CO., New Haven Conn., I). S. A.
Established 1850.
of First-eluss Cymljella Organs.
ORGANS
ARE! THE BEST.
manufactory and Principal Offices,
BOSTON, MASS
Branch Houses at Kansas City, Mo., and Atlanta, G-a.
Catalogues sent Free on
application.
$5.
The Wonderful Mechanical Piano-ette. $ 5 .
The most innrvell >ut» mechaniciil Invention of
t h e ! g e . It will piny any tune in a lncludious and pleasing manner
Difficult and simple music produced in a masterly style, and it can be
played by a child us well as by a grown person and will furnish music
for social gathcringsof any description,playing hour after hour, without
any knowledge of music being required in the operaiion. The most
w.mderfulofa 11 musical Invemlona; a machine which in a purely me-
chanical manner produces nnv kind of mu>ic, Waltzes, Polkas, Marches
* c . , * c , without any practice or knowledge of muhic whatever; In this
respect far superior to any mu'ic-box, for there is no limit whatever t<>
the number of tunes it w ill play. Tho perforations In a flexible strip
produce the effect. It has just been perfected (the accompanying cut
showing it in its improved form), and is having tho largest sale ever ob-
tained by a musical instrument in the country. Ithns Hue bin ck walnut
cases, hiuhly decorated, the nofes or bars (the music producers) are met-
al, on snme principle as a tuning fork, wliicii produce clear and most nieln. dious not
bnrs are utruck
by strikers, the same as the wires are in a piano, only they work au
,
irepared paper in
which the tune is stamped or perforated,is about Winches wide, and as it ally insten
of bv the
eys, the Btrikers
th d
sp.ing through the perlorationsin the paper and strike the right, note; thi passes
ough "the ro ally, without
i
ll
d
- operator (except turning the rollers), and the tuneis plnyed perfectly. I t
i
uld be one of the lost appropris te pres nts to make any
ipnbilil
daily
sical in
ited. It Is selling fnfcrthnn nnv musienl Instrument ever invented. The music i» fi"e'. ami evnr> l,...'v dello-Meil. Th<( price of th
riauo-ott,l,o,.iy Jjjt5. including a s-lcetion of popular tunes. Address, T h e M A S ^ V C l l U S E T T S O R f i A K C O . ,
.17 Washington .St., Illusion, mans., XJ. S. A., Sole SlaniiliU'tureis.
Mr. M. S. B. Truax, formerly with Eoe Stephens, Detroit, has accepted
a position with 8. Brainard's Sons, Cleveland, as traveling agent for the
Brainard organ and the pianos handled by the firm.
S. Brainard's Son have just issued a new complete general catalogue of
all their music and book publications to date, embracing nearly 20,000 sub-
jects. It is mailed free to any address.
Our New Factory, having a capacity of about 38 organs for every working day, will be
ready soon. We are now ready to appoint a few more Agents. Correspondence with the trade
solicited. Send for illustrated Catalogue.
The mercantile agency of Dun, Wyman & Co., state that the decrease in
failures in the United States last year, as compared with 1879, is in number
1,923, and in liabilities $27,000,000 ; an improvement of 40 per cent, and a
saving in losses by bad debts in the same proportion. The failures for the
year 1880 have been distributed as follows : Eastern States, failures 723 with
liabilities of $6,460,117 ; Middle States, failures 1,472 with liabilities of $33,-
953,292 ; Southern States, failures 835 with liabilities of $8,813,442 ; West-
ern States, failures 1,171 with liabilities of $11,519,419 ; Pacific States and
Territories, failures 534 with liabilities $5,005,730. Total failures for whole
United States 4,735, with liabilities of $65,752,000.
Christie & Co., of West 36th street, report an active business for the first
four weeks of 1881.
Strauch Bros., action makers, of 116 Gansevoort street, are so busy on
their orders that they could employ ten extra men if the size of their factory
would admit.
M. Milliken, of Messrs. Haines Bros, recently left the city to make a com-
plete tour of New York State.
T. Leeds Waters, of East 14th street, has lately put on the marketa very
handsome new style organ at an astonishingly low price.
February 5th 1881.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
19
CELLULOID PIANO KEY COMPANY
(LIMITED),
XTo. 216 Centre Street,
P. O. BOX 420.
NEW YORK.
CELLULOID FOR PIANO, ORGAN AND MELODEON KEYS.
NEVER TURNS YELLOW, DISCOLORS, SHRINKS OR WARPS.
Fourth Y e a , ^ ^ ^
No Complaints,
^ J ^ H u l '
0
- 230,000
Celluloid Keys
NOW IN USK.
T. LEEDS WATERS,
East
14t-b-
Established In 1853.
SYLVESTER TOWER,
S-breet, JSTe-w
PIANOS AND ORGANS,
MANUFACTURER OF
Pianoforte & Organ Keys
Pianoforte Actions,
All First Class Instruments.
No. 139 BROADWAY, CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS.
SHARPS PLAIN AND POLISHED.
General Agent for SCHONINGEB'S CELEBRATED ORGANS, for the States of New York, Pennsylvania and
THE MANUFACTURE OP CELLULOID KEYS A SPECIALTY.
Michigan.
Send for Catalogue of New Styles, September 1st.
PRICES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION.
ALFRED DOLGE,
i
PIANOFORTE AND ORGAN MATERIALS,
122 East 13th Street, New York.
For Male Voices.
Just Published. Price, 6O c , (for which it is mailed, post-free,) or $ 6 perdoz.
The Publishers commend this new, convenient, portable and most musical
collection to the notice of clubs, societies, and male quartets generally. The
of L. O. Emerson, the compiler, are too well known to need descrip-
1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 188O works
tion or praise. The book has 128 pages, is of a form to be carried easily in the
pocket, contains more than 40 good pieces, and has the recommendation of
LBS.
LBS.
LBS.
LBS.
LBS.
LBS.
easy music of moderate compass. No screaming notes.
Piano Hammer
Felt
9,089 9,910 13,262 16,258 20,138 23,432
OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston.
Sounding Boards
260 5,249 9,006 37,690 41,585 Chas. H. Ditsou&Co.,
J. E. Ditson & Co..
843 Broadway, New York.
1228 Chestnut St., Philadelphia
Sales, 1875-1880.
NllTH
AMERICAN
B. SHONINGER ORGAN CO., New Haven Conn., I). S. A.
Established 1850.
of First-eluss Cymljella Organs.
ORGANS
ARE! THE BEST.
manufactory and Principal Offices,
BOSTON, MASS
Branch Houses at Kansas City, Mo., and Atlanta, G-a.
Catalogues sent Free on
application.
$5.
The Wonderful Mechanical Piano-ette. $ 5 .
The most innrvell >ut» mechaniciil Invention of
t h e ! g e . It will piny any tune in a lncludious and pleasing manner
Difficult and simple music produced in a masterly style, and it can be
played by a child us well as by a grown person and will furnish music
for social gathcringsof any description,playing hour after hour, without
any knowledge of music being required in the operaiion. The most
w.mderfulofa 11 musical Invemlona; a machine which in a purely me-
chanical manner produces nnv kind of mu>ic, Waltzes, Polkas, Marches
* c . , * c , without any practice or knowledge of muhic whatever; In this
respect far superior to any mu'ic-box, for there is no limit whatever t<>
the number of tunes it w ill play. Tho perforations In a flexible strip
produce the effect. It has just been perfected (the accompanying cut
showing it in its improved form), and is having tho largest sale ever ob-
tained by a musical instrument in the country. Ithns Hue bin ck walnut
cases, hiuhly decorated, the nofes or bars (the music producers) are met-
al, on snme principle as a tuning fork, wliicii produce clear and most nieln. dious not
bnrs are utruck
by strikers, the same as the wires are in a piano, only they work au
,
irepared paper in
which the tune is stamped or perforated,is about Winches wide, and as it ally insten
of bv the
eys, the Btrikers
th d
sp.ing through the perlorationsin the paper and strike the right, note; thi passes
ough "the ro ally, without
i
ll
d
- operator (except turning the rollers), and the tuneis plnyed perfectly. I t
i
uld be one of the lost appropris te pres nts to make any
ipnbilil
daily
sical in
ited. It Is selling fnfcrthnn nnv musienl Instrument ever invented. The music i» fi"e'. ami evnr> l,...'v dello-Meil. Th<( price of th
riauo-ott,l,o,.iy Jjjt5. including a s-lcetion of popular tunes. Address, T h e M A S ^ V C l l U S E T T S O R f i A K C O . ,
.17 Washington .St., Illusion, mans., XJ. S. A., Sole SlaniiliU'tureis.
Mr. M. S. B. Truax, formerly with Eoe Stephens, Detroit, has accepted
a position with 8. Brainard's Sons, Cleveland, as traveling agent for the
Brainard organ and the pianos handled by the firm.
S. Brainard's Son have just issued a new complete general catalogue of
all their music and book publications to date, embracing nearly 20,000 sub-
jects. It is mailed free to any address.
Our New Factory, having a capacity of about 38 organs for every working day, will be
ready soon. We are now ready to appoint a few more Agents. Correspondence with the trade
solicited. Send for illustrated Catalogue.
The mercantile agency of Dun, Wyman & Co., state that the decrease in
failures in the United States last year, as compared with 1879, is in number
1,923, and in liabilities $27,000,000 ; an improvement of 40 per cent, and a
saving in losses by bad debts in the same proportion. The failures for the
year 1880 have been distributed as follows : Eastern States, failures 723 with
liabilities of $6,460,117 ; Middle States, failures 1,472 with liabilities of $33,-
953,292 ; Southern States, failures 835 with liabilities of $8,813,442 ; West-
ern States, failures 1,171 with liabilities of $11,519,419 ; Pacific States and
Territories, failures 534 with liabilities $5,005,730. Total failures for whole
United States 4,735, with liabilities of $65,752,000.
Christie & Co., of West 36th street, report an active business for the first
four weeks of 1881.
Strauch Bros., action makers, of 116 Gansevoort street, are so busy on
their orders that they could employ ten extra men if the size of their factory
would admit.
M. Milliken, of Messrs. Haines Bros, recently left the city to make a com-
plete tour of New York State.
T. Leeds Waters, of East 14th street, has lately put on the marketa very
handsome new style organ at an astonishingly low price.
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