Music Trade Review
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THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
142
YOL. Y.
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 20TH, 1881, TO JANUARY 5TH, 1882.
December 20th, 1881.
No. 10.
this paper, but will make some comments upon
the condition of affairs.
The piano and organ manufacturing interests of
P. KELLEY,
Pianoforte and Organ Actions,
America are between two fires—the dealers on tke
113 Broadway.
one side, the workmen on the other. In a measure,
there is nothing to complain of about this. In
/~1 EO. W. 8EAVERNS.
Square, Grand and Upright Piano Actions,
America, pianos and organs cannot be made or
OF THE
113 Broadway.
sold without workmen or agents. But the diffi-
OOD BROS..
culty is here: On one side, the dealers or agents
W
Pianoforte and Organ Actions, Ebony Sharps, Piano Leg
determine the prices at which the manufacturers
Pins, and Hardwood Dowels.
State St.
AND THE
shall sell their goods; on the other, the workmen
dictate what those goods shall cost the manufac-
MUSIC TRADES.
PHILADELPHIA.
turers. My readers may say, that as far as the
MANUFACTURERS.
BOSTON, MASS.
LBRECHT & CO., manufacturers of Grand, Square and Up- dealers are concerned, it is only a question of po-
MANUFACTURERS.
litical economy. Dealers buy where they can get
A right Pianos.
610 Arch Street.
the best goods at the lowest prices; and manufac-
A UTOMATIC MUSICAL PAPER CO. Music Paper for Mechan-
ical Musical Instruments.
GAUTSCHI & CO., Musical Boxes. Factories at Ste.-Croix turers, if they wish to sell, must meet the lowest
227 to 233 Cambridge Street.
and Geneva, Switzerland.
prices of other manufacturers.
1020 Chestnut St.
T7«MER8ON PIANO CO., manufacturers of Grand, Square and
Very true, but that is not half the story. Hero
Upright Pianos,
DEALERS.
is the other side. Few of our piano and organ
505 Washington Street.
G. CLEMMER. Hallet, Davis & Co., Calenberg k Vaupel, manufacturers are manufacturers for themselves.
& SONS, Manufacturers of Square and Upright Piano-
. and Vose & Sons' Pianos, and George Woods and Star Par- They are simply agents or employes of wealthy
A
V OSB fortes.
lor Orgaus.
S. W. Cor. 13th and CheBtnut Sts.
535 Washington Street.
dealers, or of coteries of dealers, and this is a fact
UTTON & 80X8. Chlckering, Decker & Son, Hardman, and that the workmen do not appreciate. The profits
McPHAIL & CO., Square and Upright Pianos. Two first
James and Holmstrom Pianos and Standard Organs.
A . prize Silvt r and a Gold Medal 1881. 630 Washington St.
on the majority of pianos and organs do not go
1115 Chestnut St.
into the manufacturers' pockets. The dealers—that
PUBLISHERS.
PUNJ AND ORGAN LEATHERS.
is, the powerful ones in the trade—are the men who
get the money, if there is any to be made at the
EE & WALKER,
HITE BROS. & SOX 1 *, Manufacturers aud Dealers in Piano
L
Musical Publishers and Sheet Music.
present cut-throat prices of pianos. There is
and Organ Leathers.
1113 Chestnut St.
151 Summer St.
many a large piano or organ concern that I could
mention that has from fifty to one hundred thou-
BALTIMORE, MD.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
sand dollars invested in it by some prominent
DEALERS.
MANUFACTURERS.
dealer. It is but fair that such a dealer should get
ANDERS k 8TAYMAN, Weber, Decker Bros., and J. & C. his profit out of the business, for he is keeping up
OGGSON k PETTIS.
Fis " -"
S
Fischer
Pianos, and Estey Organs.
a manufacturer who could not stand without him,
Organ Stop Knobs and Stems,
15 North Charles St.
14T to 15 < Union Street.
and he is selling^ that manufacturer's goods as well
as supplying him with money.
WORCESTER, MASS.
It is said in Boston that the New York Trades
MANUFACTURERS.
Union is inciting this strike. Of that there is little
doubt. There are men who make a living by
/^1 W. INGALLS & CO.. Organ Reed Boards, Parker Tremolos
and Octave Couplers,
organizing strikes and trades unions, and they
25 Hermon Street.
never let the matter drop. They have been tamp-
J. KETTELL,
ering with the Boston workmen for several years,
Piano Punchings,
and have at last got them in their toils.
6 Lincoln Square.
But there are two rumors that I can scarcely
AGENTS AND DEALERS.
credit. One is that certain New York piano manu-
facturers are supplying the striking Boston work-
R. LELAND & CO., Chickering. Knabe, Hallett, Davis &
S
men with funds; the other is that certain Boston
* Co., and Fischer Pianos ; Peloubet & Co. and Smith
American Or^aus, Sheet MUBIO and Band Instruments.
piano manufacturers are backing up the strikers
and urging them on against their rivals.
NEW YORK CITY.
Oh, brethren, brethren, these are hard stories!
VOCALISTS.
*
ISS LETITIA LOUISE F1UTCH, Soprano.
*
*
Addre-B, MUSICAL CBITIC AND THADE REVIEW,
George Carter, of the Emerson Piano Company
8* 4 Broadway, New York.
of Boston, has lost all the hair oil" the top of his
head on account of the strikes at the Emerson fac-
INSTRUMENTALISTS.
tory. He looks at least a month older than when
OUIS BLUMENBERG, Solo Vi .loncello.
I saw him last. As James W. Vose says, Carter
J
Address, MUSICAL OBITIO AND TRADE REVIEW,
864 Broadway, New York.
hasn't any more hair on the top of his head than
a watermelon has.
MANAGERS.
They tell a story in Boston, which is more
pointed than polite; but it is not too impolite to
>OND & BACHERT, Concert and Lecture managers.
Everett House.
be retailed here.
New York.
Says the champion joker to the uninitiated,
T least a dozen people connected with the "Do you know who are the three greatest fabrica-
IMPORTERS, ETC.
music trades have attacked me on the pub- tors of impossible assertions in Boston?"
TONK & BRO., Manufacturers, Importers and lic highways lately, to ask me whether the " Free
"No," replies the uninitiated.
W ILLIAM
Jobbers of Musical Merchandise.
Lance" has been permanently suppressed.
"Well," says the champion joker, "Oliver Green
47 Maiden Lane.
It has not been suppressed, by any means, and is one, and Tower is ihe other two /"
•*
will not while THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE
PIANO TEACHERS.
* *
REVIEW continues in existence. I am glad that
J. I. ALLEN, Pupil of Madame Rudersdorf. Especially
Beatty dropped into Boston a few days ago.
by her to teach her celebrated method, is pre- the readers of this paper are interested in the
M RS. authorized
pared to resume lessons at her residence, 121E. Twenty third St.
"Free Lance," and shall endeavor to keep up its This is the way that as much as could be retained
of his somewhat incoherent conversation was re-
reputation.
ported to me:
MANUFACTURERS.
* * *
"Yesyes—bigthing. Havecoveronnextweek. Can't
ERMAN KOECHLLNG,
In
Boston
lately
the
talk
was
mainly
of
the
getanyorgans. Noonesell'emtome. Gotthemoney-
Pianoforte Legs,
strikes
and
the
trades
unions
formed
there
among
No. 106 Rivington Street.
though. People willsendmemoney whenladvertise-
the piano workmen. I found that several reporters sobig. Bigthing—bigadfire. Nevergiveanymoney-
M. WALTERS, Piano Exchange. Manufacturer Narveson of THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW were upyouknow. Keepmoneyandmake'emwaitfororgan.
. Piano. Pianos and Organs sold on Installments. 57 & 59 in Boston writing up the labor troubles from every
Bigadbigthing. Calledonallyouorganfellera. Ma-
University Place, cor. Twelfth St.,
side—interviewing the workmen, talking with tho sonHamlintoo. Askedeverybodytomakemesomeor-
manufacturers, and getting all possible informa- gans—'causecan'tholdpeople'smoneyforever. Was-
CHICAGO.
tion about a matter which promises to quickly goingtoaskMason-Hamlintomakesomeorgansforme.
VOCAL TEACHERS.
precipitate the change that has been slowly but
Didn'twanttocrowd'emdown-
Tk/TR. 0. H. BRITTAN, Teacher of the Natural Method of Voeal- surely coming over the Boston music trades. I Changedmymind.
withbusiness. By by ebigthingdaygoodadbig$250, -
i Y i . ieation. A method based upon the laws of nature in regard
will not interfere with the work of the reporters of 000,000inbank."
to the proper uaa of the voice.
136 State St.
The man who does not advertise has it
done for him finally under the head of
'•failures in business.'*
CAMBRIDGEFORT, MASS.
MANUFACTURERS.
A.
DIRECTORY
MUSICAL PROFESSION
D
H
TflE F^EE
M
A
H
R
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
142
YOL. Y.
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 20TH, 1881, TO JANUARY 5TH, 1882.
December 20th, 1881.
No. 10.
this paper, but will make some comments upon
the condition of affairs.
The piano and organ manufacturing interests of
P. KELLEY,
Pianoforte and Organ Actions,
America are between two fires—the dealers on tke
113 Broadway.
one side, the workmen on the other. In a measure,
there is nothing to complain of about this. In
/~1 EO. W. 8EAVERNS.
Square, Grand and Upright Piano Actions,
America, pianos and organs cannot be made or
OF THE
113 Broadway.
sold without workmen or agents. But the diffi-
OOD BROS..
culty is here: On one side, the dealers or agents
W
Pianoforte and Organ Actions, Ebony Sharps, Piano Leg
determine the prices at which the manufacturers
Pins, and Hardwood Dowels.
State St.
AND THE
shall sell their goods; on the other, the workmen
dictate what those goods shall cost the manufac-
MUSIC TRADES.
PHILADELPHIA.
turers. My readers may say, that as far as the
MANUFACTURERS.
BOSTON, MASS.
LBRECHT & CO., manufacturers of Grand, Square and Up- dealers are concerned, it is only a question of po-
MANUFACTURERS.
litical economy. Dealers buy where they can get
A right Pianos.
610 Arch Street.
the best goods at the lowest prices; and manufac-
A UTOMATIC MUSICAL PAPER CO. Music Paper for Mechan-
ical Musical Instruments.
GAUTSCHI & CO., Musical Boxes. Factories at Ste.-Croix turers, if they wish to sell, must meet the lowest
227 to 233 Cambridge Street.
and Geneva, Switzerland.
prices of other manufacturers.
1020 Chestnut St.
T7«MER8ON PIANO CO., manufacturers of Grand, Square and
Very true, but that is not half the story. Hero
Upright Pianos,
DEALERS.
is the other side. Few of our piano and organ
505 Washington Street.
G. CLEMMER. Hallet, Davis & Co., Calenberg k Vaupel, manufacturers are manufacturers for themselves.
& SONS, Manufacturers of Square and Upright Piano-
. and Vose & Sons' Pianos, and George Woods and Star Par- They are simply agents or employes of wealthy
A
V OSB fortes.
lor Orgaus.
S. W. Cor. 13th and CheBtnut Sts.
535 Washington Street.
dealers, or of coteries of dealers, and this is a fact
UTTON & 80X8. Chlckering, Decker & Son, Hardman, and that the workmen do not appreciate. The profits
McPHAIL & CO., Square and Upright Pianos. Two first
James and Holmstrom Pianos and Standard Organs.
A . prize Silvt r and a Gold Medal 1881. 630 Washington St.
on the majority of pianos and organs do not go
1115 Chestnut St.
into the manufacturers' pockets. The dealers—that
PUBLISHERS.
PUNJ AND ORGAN LEATHERS.
is, the powerful ones in the trade—are the men who
get the money, if there is any to be made at the
EE & WALKER,
HITE BROS. & SOX 1 *, Manufacturers aud Dealers in Piano
L
Musical Publishers and Sheet Music.
present cut-throat prices of pianos. There is
and Organ Leathers.
1113 Chestnut St.
151 Summer St.
many a large piano or organ concern that I could
mention that has from fifty to one hundred thou-
BALTIMORE, MD.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
sand dollars invested in it by some prominent
DEALERS.
MANUFACTURERS.
dealer. It is but fair that such a dealer should get
ANDERS k 8TAYMAN, Weber, Decker Bros., and J. & C. his profit out of the business, for he is keeping up
OGGSON k PETTIS.
Fis " -"
S
Fischer
Pianos, and Estey Organs.
a manufacturer who could not stand without him,
Organ Stop Knobs and Stems,
15 North Charles St.
14T to 15 < Union Street.
and he is selling^ that manufacturer's goods as well
as supplying him with money.
WORCESTER, MASS.
It is said in Boston that the New York Trades
MANUFACTURERS.
Union is inciting this strike. Of that there is little
doubt. There are men who make a living by
/^1 W. INGALLS & CO.. Organ Reed Boards, Parker Tremolos
and Octave Couplers,
organizing strikes and trades unions, and they
25 Hermon Street.
never let the matter drop. They have been tamp-
J. KETTELL,
ering with the Boston workmen for several years,
Piano Punchings,
and have at last got them in their toils.
6 Lincoln Square.
But there are two rumors that I can scarcely
AGENTS AND DEALERS.
credit. One is that certain New York piano manu-
facturers are supplying the striking Boston work-
R. LELAND & CO., Chickering. Knabe, Hallett, Davis &
S
men with funds; the other is that certain Boston
* Co., and Fischer Pianos ; Peloubet & Co. and Smith
American Or^aus, Sheet MUBIO and Band Instruments.
piano manufacturers are backing up the strikers
and urging them on against their rivals.
NEW YORK CITY.
Oh, brethren, brethren, these are hard stories!
VOCALISTS.
*
ISS LETITIA LOUISE F1UTCH, Soprano.
*
*
Addre-B, MUSICAL CBITIC AND THADE REVIEW,
George Carter, of the Emerson Piano Company
8* 4 Broadway, New York.
of Boston, has lost all the hair oil" the top of his
head on account of the strikes at the Emerson fac-
INSTRUMENTALISTS.
tory. He looks at least a month older than when
OUIS BLUMENBERG, Solo Vi .loncello.
I saw him last. As James W. Vose says, Carter
J
Address, MUSICAL OBITIO AND TRADE REVIEW,
864 Broadway, New York.
hasn't any more hair on the top of his head than
a watermelon has.
MANAGERS.
They tell a story in Boston, which is more
pointed than polite; but it is not too impolite to
>OND & BACHERT, Concert and Lecture managers.
Everett House.
be retailed here.
New York.
Says the champion joker to the uninitiated,
T least a dozen people connected with the "Do you know who are the three greatest fabrica-
IMPORTERS, ETC.
music trades have attacked me on the pub- tors of impossible assertions in Boston?"
TONK & BRO., Manufacturers, Importers and lic highways lately, to ask me whether the " Free
"No," replies the uninitiated.
W ILLIAM
Jobbers of Musical Merchandise.
Lance" has been permanently suppressed.
"Well," says the champion joker, "Oliver Green
47 Maiden Lane.
It has not been suppressed, by any means, and is one, and Tower is ihe other two /"
•*
will not while THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE
PIANO TEACHERS.
* *
REVIEW continues in existence. I am glad that
J. I. ALLEN, Pupil of Madame Rudersdorf. Especially
Beatty dropped into Boston a few days ago.
by her to teach her celebrated method, is pre- the readers of this paper are interested in the
M RS. authorized
pared to resume lessons at her residence, 121E. Twenty third St.
"Free Lance," and shall endeavor to keep up its This is the way that as much as could be retained
of his somewhat incoherent conversation was re-
reputation.
ported to me:
MANUFACTURERS.
* * *
"Yesyes—bigthing. Havecoveronnextweek. Can't
ERMAN KOECHLLNG,
In
Boston
lately
the
talk
was
mainly
of
the
getanyorgans. Noonesell'emtome. Gotthemoney-
Pianoforte Legs,
strikes
and
the
trades
unions
formed
there
among
No. 106 Rivington Street.
though. People willsendmemoney whenladvertise-
the piano workmen. I found that several reporters sobig. Bigthing—bigadfire. Nevergiveanymoney-
M. WALTERS, Piano Exchange. Manufacturer Narveson of THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW were upyouknow. Keepmoneyandmake'emwaitfororgan.
. Piano. Pianos and Organs sold on Installments. 57 & 59 in Boston writing up the labor troubles from every
Bigadbigthing. Calledonallyouorganfellera. Ma-
University Place, cor. Twelfth St.,
side—interviewing the workmen, talking with tho sonHamlintoo. Askedeverybodytomakemesomeor-
manufacturers, and getting all possible informa- gans—'causecan'tholdpeople'smoneyforever. Was-
CHICAGO.
tion about a matter which promises to quickly goingtoaskMason-Hamlintomakesomeorgansforme.
VOCAL TEACHERS.
precipitate the change that has been slowly but
Didn'twanttocrowd'emdown-
Tk/TR. 0. H. BRITTAN, Teacher of the Natural Method of Voeal- surely coming over the Boston music trades. I Changedmymind.
withbusiness. By by ebigthingdaygoodadbig$250, -
i Y i . ieation. A method based upon the laws of nature in regard
will not interfere with the work of the reporters of 000,000inbank."
to the proper uaa of the voice.
136 State St.
The man who does not advertise has it
done for him finally under the head of
'•failures in business.'*
CAMBRIDGEFORT, MASS.
MANUFACTURERS.
A.
DIRECTORY
MUSICAL PROFESSION
D
H
TflE F^EE
M
A
H
R
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