Music Trade Review
Issue: 1881 Vol. 4 N. 4 - Page 15
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March 20th, 1881.
73
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
Messrs. Elias P. Needham and Azro Fowler, of New York, have patented
a mechanical musical instrument under date of Feb. 22, 1881, No. 238,145.
Mr. John P. Richardson, of Worcester, Mass., has patented a mechan-
ical musical instrument under date of Feb. 22d, 1881, No. 238,156.
Mr. Milo J. Chase, of Richmond, Ind., has patented a piano action
We have already received the names of the following publications which under date of March 1, 1881, No. 238,214, and has assigned it to Chase
Brothers & Co. of the same place.
admit in their latest issues the offensive Beatty advertisements.
THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY, T>. Appleton & Co., N. Y.
Mr. Daniel Aubert, of Sainte-Croix, Switzerland, has patented a musi-
THE DOMESTIC MONTHLY, the Domestic Sewing Machine Co., N. Y.
cal box under date of March 1, 1881, No. 238,326, and has assigned the
PETERSON'S MAGAZINE, Philadelphia, Pa.
patent to Aubert & Sons of the same place.
STODDABT'S EEVIEW, J. M. Stoddart & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr. Elias P. Needham, of New York, has patented a mechanical musi-
cal instrument under date of Feb. 22, 1881, No. 238,146, and has assigned
A PIANO IN DURANGO, COL.
URANGO, Col., rejoices in the possession of a real piano. Nominally, the patent to E. P. Needham & Son of same place.
Mrs. C. M. Williams is the owner of the instrument, but, as it is the
Mr. Azro Fowler, of this city, has patented a mechanical musical instru-
-only one in the town, every citizen feels that he has a proprietary interest in ment under date of Feb. 22, 1881, No. 238,102.
it. From Denver to Bear Creek the piano went by rail, but beyond that
Mr. J. Burns Brown, of the Mechanical Organette Company, was in
point the journey was accomplished by means of a wagon and mule team.
Where the road winds over the summit of a boulder-covered mountain the Baltimore and Washington recently, and found trade very good and pros-
wagon gave a lurch, and mules, vehicle, piano and all rolled down into a pects for the Combination Organ excellent.
gulch. The case was broken open, but the instrument was uninjured, and
Mr. William W. Hyde, of New Haven, Conn., has patented a case for
eventually it was dragged into Durango in triumph. The value of this story musical instruments, wherein the space under the key-board of a roed
lies in the prophetic application of it. To-day there is only one piano in organ is made to serve as a music portfolio. The patent is numbered 237,-
Durango, but a year hence there will probably be five hundred, to say nothing 980, and dated Feb. 22, 1881.
of a dozen orchestras and an opera house. In a country where the centre of
Mr. Elias P. Needham, of New York, has patented a mechanical musical
population moves westward daily 4.5 feet between sunrise and sunset it is
instrument under date of Feb. 22, 1881, No. 238,146.
important to chronicle these little incidents promptly.
The music trade in this city is about to be shaken up again, an advertise-
Great jealousy exists among the various string-makers in this city, and
competition for the custom oi' the piano-makers being very lively, some ment having appeared in n recent number of the New York Herald calling
sharp practice occasionally results, and many queer practices are resorted to for a man to canvass the music trade for advertisements. If music trade
by rival string-makers to keep their rival competitors goods out of certain papers continue to increase at their present rate, the firms now engaged in
factories. Everybody from superintendent to bellyman taking a hand in the music business will have to take special partners to attend to the adver-
these practices. It is so easy to make good strings appear poor. A little tising.
twist when they are put on will make them rattle when in use, or an unfav-
All the string-makers are busy in spite of the quiet state of the piano
orable report from a superintendent ia sufficient to condemn them. These trade. This is an indication that the piano-makers have confidence in a
practices cannot be too severely condemned. Let all have a fair trial and good business in the near future, otherwise they would not be stocking up.
the best is sure to triumph.
Mr. Chas. Reinwarth, the string maker, of No. 114 East Fourteenth
Mason J. Matthews, of this city, lately deceased, applied for several
this city, will soon remove to the front of the building, the rear of
patents bearing on mechanical musical instruments which are numbered street,
which he has heretofore occupied. He will have much greater manufactur-
and dated as follows: No. 238,138, Feb. 22d, 1881, % ['Mechanical Musical ing
facilities in his newquarters.
Instruments," Mason J. Matthews, of Boston, Mass.; Jane Matthews, New
York, and James Morgan, Brooklyn, N. Y., executors of said Mason J. Mat-
thews, deceased. No. 238,139, dated Feb. 22, 1881, "Mechanical Musical
Instruments," Mason J. Matthews and Geo. B. Kelly, of Boston, Mass.,
James Matthews, of New York, and James Morgan, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
•executors of said Mason J. Matthews, deceased. No. 238,413, dated March
2STEW S C A L E
1, 1881, " Mechanical Musical Instrument," Jane Matthews and James Moi"-
gan, executors of Mason J. Matthews, deceased, of New York, assignor of
two-thirds to John Nichol, of same place, and James Morgan of Brooklyn,
N. Y., one-third to each.
BEATTY'S DISREPUTABLE METHODS.
W E DRSIRE THAT OUB FIUENDS SEND US THE TITHES OF ALL PUBLICATIONS
THAT ADMIT TO THEIR COLUMNS THE ADVERTISEMENTS OF D . F . B E A T T Y CONTAIN
ING OFFENSIVE AND FALSE ALLUSIONS TO THE MUSIC TRADES, SO THAT THE
BEPUTABLE MEMBERS OF THE MUSIC TRADES MAY KNOW FROM WHAT PUBLICA-
TIONS TO WITHOLD THEIR ADVERTISEMENTS.
r
D
& CO.,
Imperial Upright Pianos,
630 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON.
THE MUSICAL MARVEL.
THE WONDER OF WONDERS.
Organ and Musician Combined ! ! !
Sweet Melody,
Full Harmony,
Marvelous Execution,
Simplicity and Durability.
THE SMALLEST OF OUR LINE OF AUTOMATIC MDSIOAL INSTRUMENTS
THE
"OB.GAXTI1T.A.,"
possessing every component part, or its equivalent, of a cabinet organ, re^ds, bellows, keys, valves and expansion swell and AUTOMATIC FINGERS, that (by
means of a paper music sheet or stencil) plays the instrument with "almost HUMAN EXPRESSION and in absolutely faultless lime.
J&-NO KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC R E Q U I R E D , A CHILD CAIV O P E R A T E IT.-©§1
P R I C E ONLY $10 and u p w a r d .
The fastest soiling n velty the Music aud Agents Trads of this country has evor sesn. Order samples, you will be surprised at the b.iauty of
the instrument, at the wonderful execution and at tlie w a y t h e y bell.
QTTIR A G B H T T 8 A B E :
THE ROOT & SONS MUSIC CO., Chicago, 111., General Northwestern Agents.
Messrs. JOHN CHUltCtl & CO., Cincinnati, Ohio, Agents for Ohio, Central Indiana and Northeastern Kentucky.
•OSCAR STRASBURGER & CO., 443 and 445 Broadway, N. Y., Agents for Southern Atlantic and Gulf Slates and Pacific Coast.
T. J. HARBACH, Esq., 1223 Chestnut St. and 809 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa., Agent for Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey (except Hudson Co.), Delaware,
Maryland, District of Columbia and Virginia.
MELLOR, HOENE & HENRICK^, 79 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., Agent for Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
MASSACHUSETTS ORGAN CO., 57 Washington Street, Boston Mass., Agents for New England.
JESSE FRENCH, Nashville, General Agent for Tennesee.
The Trade OUTSIDE of the above territory supplied by the Manufacturers and Patentees,
The AMERICAN AUTOMATIC ORGAN CO.,
1OO
:MZ±13S:
Stireet;, B o s t o n ,
D/LSLSS.,
TJ. S .
March 20th, 1881.
73
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
Messrs. Elias P. Needham and Azro Fowler, of New York, have patented
a mechanical musical instrument under date of Feb. 22, 1881, No. 238,145.
Mr. John P. Richardson, of Worcester, Mass., has patented a mechan-
ical musical instrument under date of Feb. 22d, 1881, No. 238,156.
Mr. Milo J. Chase, of Richmond, Ind., has patented a piano action
We have already received the names of the following publications which under date of March 1, 1881, No. 238,214, and has assigned it to Chase
Brothers & Co. of the same place.
admit in their latest issues the offensive Beatty advertisements.
THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY, T>. Appleton & Co., N. Y.
Mr. Daniel Aubert, of Sainte-Croix, Switzerland, has patented a musi-
THE DOMESTIC MONTHLY, the Domestic Sewing Machine Co., N. Y.
cal box under date of March 1, 1881, No. 238,326, and has assigned the
PETERSON'S MAGAZINE, Philadelphia, Pa.
patent to Aubert & Sons of the same place.
STODDABT'S EEVIEW, J. M. Stoddart & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr. Elias P. Needham, of New York, has patented a mechanical musi-
cal instrument under date of Feb. 22, 1881, No. 238,146, and has assigned
A PIANO IN DURANGO, COL.
URANGO, Col., rejoices in the possession of a real piano. Nominally, the patent to E. P. Needham & Son of same place.
Mrs. C. M. Williams is the owner of the instrument, but, as it is the
Mr. Azro Fowler, of this city, has patented a mechanical musical instru-
-only one in the town, every citizen feels that he has a proprietary interest in ment under date of Feb. 22, 1881, No. 238,102.
it. From Denver to Bear Creek the piano went by rail, but beyond that
Mr. J. Burns Brown, of the Mechanical Organette Company, was in
point the journey was accomplished by means of a wagon and mule team.
Where the road winds over the summit of a boulder-covered mountain the Baltimore and Washington recently, and found trade very good and pros-
wagon gave a lurch, and mules, vehicle, piano and all rolled down into a pects for the Combination Organ excellent.
gulch. The case was broken open, but the instrument was uninjured, and
Mr. William W. Hyde, of New Haven, Conn., has patented a case for
eventually it was dragged into Durango in triumph. The value of this story musical instruments, wherein the space under the key-board of a roed
lies in the prophetic application of it. To-day there is only one piano in organ is made to serve as a music portfolio. The patent is numbered 237,-
Durango, but a year hence there will probably be five hundred, to say nothing 980, and dated Feb. 22, 1881.
of a dozen orchestras and an opera house. In a country where the centre of
Mr. Elias P. Needham, of New York, has patented a mechanical musical
population moves westward daily 4.5 feet between sunrise and sunset it is
instrument under date of Feb. 22, 1881, No. 238,146.
important to chronicle these little incidents promptly.
The music trade in this city is about to be shaken up again, an advertise-
Great jealousy exists among the various string-makers in this city, and
competition for the custom oi' the piano-makers being very lively, some ment having appeared in n recent number of the New York Herald calling
sharp practice occasionally results, and many queer practices are resorted to for a man to canvass the music trade for advertisements. If music trade
by rival string-makers to keep their rival competitors goods out of certain papers continue to increase at their present rate, the firms now engaged in
factories. Everybody from superintendent to bellyman taking a hand in the music business will have to take special partners to attend to the adver-
these practices. It is so easy to make good strings appear poor. A little tising.
twist when they are put on will make them rattle when in use, or an unfav-
All the string-makers are busy in spite of the quiet state of the piano
orable report from a superintendent ia sufficient to condemn them. These trade. This is an indication that the piano-makers have confidence in a
practices cannot be too severely condemned. Let all have a fair trial and good business in the near future, otherwise they would not be stocking up.
the best is sure to triumph.
Mr. Chas. Reinwarth, the string maker, of No. 114 East Fourteenth
Mason J. Matthews, of this city, lately deceased, applied for several
this city, will soon remove to the front of the building, the rear of
patents bearing on mechanical musical instruments which are numbered street,
which he has heretofore occupied. He will have much greater manufactur-
and dated as follows: No. 238,138, Feb. 22d, 1881, % ['Mechanical Musical ing
facilities in his newquarters.
Instruments," Mason J. Matthews, of Boston, Mass.; Jane Matthews, New
York, and James Morgan, Brooklyn, N. Y., executors of said Mason J. Mat-
thews, deceased. No. 238,139, dated Feb. 22, 1881, "Mechanical Musical
Instruments," Mason J. Matthews and Geo. B. Kelly, of Boston, Mass.,
James Matthews, of New York, and James Morgan, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
•executors of said Mason J. Matthews, deceased. No. 238,413, dated March
2STEW S C A L E
1, 1881, " Mechanical Musical Instrument," Jane Matthews and James Moi"-
gan, executors of Mason J. Matthews, deceased, of New York, assignor of
two-thirds to John Nichol, of same place, and James Morgan of Brooklyn,
N. Y., one-third to each.
BEATTY'S DISREPUTABLE METHODS.
W E DRSIRE THAT OUB FIUENDS SEND US THE TITHES OF ALL PUBLICATIONS
THAT ADMIT TO THEIR COLUMNS THE ADVERTISEMENTS OF D . F . B E A T T Y CONTAIN
ING OFFENSIVE AND FALSE ALLUSIONS TO THE MUSIC TRADES, SO THAT THE
BEPUTABLE MEMBERS OF THE MUSIC TRADES MAY KNOW FROM WHAT PUBLICA-
TIONS TO WITHOLD THEIR ADVERTISEMENTS.
r
D
& CO.,
Imperial Upright Pianos,
630 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON.
THE MUSICAL MARVEL.
THE WONDER OF WONDERS.
Organ and Musician Combined ! ! !
Sweet Melody,
Full Harmony,
Marvelous Execution,
Simplicity and Durability.
THE SMALLEST OF OUR LINE OF AUTOMATIC MDSIOAL INSTRUMENTS
THE
"OB.GAXTI1T.A.,"
possessing every component part, or its equivalent, of a cabinet organ, re^ds, bellows, keys, valves and expansion swell and AUTOMATIC FINGERS, that (by
means of a paper music sheet or stencil) plays the instrument with "almost HUMAN EXPRESSION and in absolutely faultless lime.
J&-NO KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC R E Q U I R E D , A CHILD CAIV O P E R A T E IT.-©§1
P R I C E ONLY $10 and u p w a r d .
The fastest soiling n velty the Music aud Agents Trads of this country has evor sesn. Order samples, you will be surprised at the b.iauty of
the instrument, at the wonderful execution and at tlie w a y t h e y bell.
QTTIR A G B H T T 8 A B E :
THE ROOT & SONS MUSIC CO., Chicago, 111., General Northwestern Agents.
Messrs. JOHN CHUltCtl & CO., Cincinnati, Ohio, Agents for Ohio, Central Indiana and Northeastern Kentucky.
•OSCAR STRASBURGER & CO., 443 and 445 Broadway, N. Y., Agents for Southern Atlantic and Gulf Slates and Pacific Coast.
T. J. HARBACH, Esq., 1223 Chestnut St. and 809 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa., Agent for Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey (except Hudson Co.), Delaware,
Maryland, District of Columbia and Virginia.
MELLOR, HOENE & HENRICK^, 79 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., Agent for Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
MASSACHUSETTS ORGAN CO., 57 Washington Street, Boston Mass., Agents for New England.
JESSE FRENCH, Nashville, General Agent for Tennesee.
The Trade OUTSIDE of the above territory supplied by the Manufacturers and Patentees,
The AMERICAN AUTOMATIC ORGAN CO.,
1OO
:MZ±13S:
Stireet;, B o s t o n ,
D/LSLSS.,
TJ. S .
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