Music Trade Review

Music Trade Review -- © mbsi.org, arcade-museum.com -- digitized with support from namm.org
92
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
ORGAN OPENING AT JARDINE'S.
November 5th, 1881.
British West Indies, 1 Piano
A PITTSBURG BRANCH.
$310
British Poss. in Africa, 6 Organs
505
I "*HE new organ just completed by the well-
OR the better convenience of supplying the Havre,
1 Organ
125
X known firm of Geo. Jaadine & Son, of East
rapidly growing demand for the Wilcox & Brazil, 2 Organs
193
Thirth-ninth street, New York city, was opened White organ to dealers throughout Western Penn- Argentine Republic, 1 Organ
80
on Saturday, October 29th, by the following emi- sylvania and Western Virginia, this enterprising Argentine Republic, 2 Pianos
900
nent organists : Messrs. Geo. W. Morgan, K. B. company beg to announce that they will establish
Total,
$10,170
Danforth, C. B. Hawley, E. H. Woodward, and a branch of the Meriden house at Pittsburg, about
J. H. Alexander.
Dec. 1st, where, hereafter, may be found all the
Imports.
This'instrument was built for the '' McKendree" varions styles of the Wilcox & White organ.
$12,189
M. E. Church of Nashville, Tenn. The organ will It is intended by the manager of the Pittsburg Musical Instruments, etc., 121
Week
ending
Oct.
25th,
1881.
be placed in a large alcove in the rear of the pulpit. house to conduct business upon the same liberal
Its front is divided into five bays or projections of plan that has distinguished the celebrated Meriden
Exports.
elegantly decorated pipes. The workmanship is establishment.
Genoa, 11 Pkges Piano Materials
$1,050
of the best, and all the latest improvements in
Africa, 2 Organs
180
organ building are comprised within its case. The
London, 8 Piano Lumber
1,000
PIANO FRAUD.
1 Pkge Piano Felt
78
organ is 22 feet high, 25 feet wide, and has a depth
200
of 13 feet. The large Diapason pipes in front are •jV/TESSRS. SOHMER & CO., pianoforte makers, Hamburg, 21 Cases Piano Lumber
"
3 Pianos
650
57 in number, and the instrument has 35 stops, *•**• sued Eliphalet W. Stratton, auctioneer, of No.
850
conveniently arranged in terraces on each side of 39 East Thirteenth street, for the value of piano- British West Indies, 5 Organs
S. Colombia, 1 Piano
725
the key board and fitted with oblique faces. There forte No. 4,833, made by the plain tiffs. The plain- U.
600
tiffs rented the pianoforte to a Mrs. Alice Scott at Bremen, 4 Organs
are in this organ 1,331 pipes and two sets of keys, f>5
1,263
per month ; Mrs. Scott sold it to Stratton for Liverpool, 31 Organs
the
compass
being
CO
to
A,
58
notes,
and
"
1 Piano
150
890 ; Stratton sold it to a Mr. Romaine for $100,
2 l /i octaves on the pedals, or 27 notes.
52
and he sold it to a gentleman from Toledo, Ohio, Bristol, 1 Organ
The great organ has ten speaking stops, and the for
New
Zealand,
2
Organs
99
§110.
action is of improved construction ; quiet and
Havre, 1 Piano
1,000
pleasant to the touch. The organ is blown by a When, in May last, the plaintiffs went to the res-
Total
$7,897
Jacques motor, requiring a pressure of twenty- idence of Mrs. Scott, as given when she rented it,
five pounds to the square inch, which pressure the neither she nor the pianoforte was there. Through
Imports.
the carmen who moved it the instrument was traced
water mains in Nashville readily furnish. What a to
Mr. Stratton's auction store. The defendant, as 168 Miscellaneous Musical Instruments. . . . $20,186
pity it is that some of the great organs in this city well
as Romaine, to whom he sold the piano, insist-
PORT OF BOSTON.
could not have a similar pressure from our water ed that
it was bought cheap because damaged, and
Week ending Oct. lith, 1881.
mains.
that neither supposed the seller was without title
Exports.
There was an addition to the firm of Wessell, to it.
England,
Organs
$1,400
On the other hand, Mr. George F. Langbein,
Nickel & Gross, some time during the month of
Piano
100
October, by the appearance of a girl-baby in the who appeared as counsel for the plaintiff, said that Nova Scotia, etc., Organ
60
family of Mr. Nickel. So far as heard from, she there is a ring for the purpose of buying rented
"
"
Piano
500
is the junior member of this firm. If she inherits pianofortes much below their value and then put- British West Indies, Organs
405
her father's reputation for good actions, she will ting them beyond the reach of owners. The suit
is
before
Justice
William
H.
Kelly.
Total
$2,465
no doubt grow up a very estimable young lady.
Imports.
We met Mr. Doll, the well-known piano string There will be a splendid chance for the Eastern
maker of East Twenty-second street, New York, piano and organ manufacturers to advertise their England, Miscellaneous Musical Instruments, $2,698
the other day, and were pleased to hear that bus- goods on board the Gospel Cars, which, it is re-
Week ending Oct. 2Ut, 1881.
iness is flourishing with him, and that domes- ported, are to be run on the Old Colony Railroad,
Exports.
to take the place of the old smoking cars, and to England, Organs
tic steel wire ia working well for piano strings.
$7,958
be furnished with a piano or an organ instead of
"
Organettes
1,617
Messrs. Wessell, Nickel & Gross have recently the usual card table. We recommend this scheme
Organ Materials
230
put up six new action making machines, to keep to the attention of brother Horace Waters, as fur- Nova " Scotia,
etc., Piano
250
up with their increased business.
nishing a fine opportunity for a display of his
Total
$10,055
We understand that the country residence re- peculiar talent.
Imports.
ferred to in another column of this paper as hav- A goed imitation of black walnut on wood, in-
ing been purchased by Mr. C. D. Pease, the well tended to be afterwards varnished, may be pro- England, Pianos
$853
known piano maker of this city, is not a recent duced with burnt umber and turpentine; the
"
Miscellaneous Musical I n a t ' m ' s . . . .
711
purchase on his part, but is some property
be- shade being regulated by the quantity of burnt
een
Total
$1,564
longing to Mrs. Pease, which has lately 4> of- umber used.
fered for sale. The indications of prosperity in
Week ending Oct. 2$ih, 1881.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
the firm of C. D. Pease & Co. do not however de-
Exports.
pend upon the purchase of property either in this
POKT OF N E W YORK.
England, Organs
$4,993
city or out of it, the fact being too well known to
Week ending Oct. 18th, 1881.
"
Organinas
821
admit of a doubt.
Exports.
"
Organ Materials
411
30 Organs
$1,150
Orguinettcs
2,750
Mr. Geo. Jardine & Son are building a new organ Liverpool, 2 Pianos
780
Cabinettas
1,260
for the Church of the Epiphany, corner of Chestnut Mexico,
3 Pianos
650
and Fifteenth streets, Philadelphia, which will Hamburg,
Bremen, 20 Organs
900
Total
$10,235
comprise all the latest improvements in organ London, 91 Organs
4,247
Imports.
building, and will be, when completed, one of the British N. American Colonies, 1 Piano
125
greatest organs in the country.
Australia, 2 Organs
95 England, Miscellaneous Musical Instruments $1,043
r
F
A T •
OF THE OFFICES OF
The Musical Critic and Trade Review.
The rapid growth of this paper and the recent additions to its Editorial and Re-
portorial Staff necessitate more extensive Office room ; I have therefore taken Offices at
864 BROADWAY, East Side, •
A few doors above 17th. St.,
to which number all communications should be addressed.
CHARLES AVERY WELLES,
Editor and Proprietor.