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THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
January 20th, 1882.
so well known that many persons avail themselves
of it who are not entitled to the reduction. If a
customer comes in and claims the discount, we
may say that we do not know him and want some A PEW OP THE NUMEROUS TESTIMONIALS RE-
proof of his identity. Then he will probably go
CEIVED PROM WELL KNOWN PEOPLE.
to another house who will give him the discount
without question, and reap the profit. So we
sell music at a third off to anybody who claims to "IV/TY DEAR FRAUD :—Glad to see you back at
be entitled to it."
your old tricks, trying to squeeze the music
Down stairs, back of the instrument department, trades.
is the immense collection of sheet and bound mu- It'll pay you well if you can play them for flats,
sic, which can only be partially accommodated
up stairs. Mr. Pond could place no accurate as you did last time. I admire you, for I'm some-
estimate on the quantity of music stored there.
thing of a fraud myself. Shake!
Yours,
Up stairs is the large supply of new publica-
TRUTHFUL JAMES.
tions, from which most of the general trade is sup-
MOVING INTO NEW QUARTERS.
plied. It is catalogued in a manner largely
' I ^HE Celluloid Piano Key Company, Limited, peculiar to the firm, and to an outsider it appears DEAR OLD FRAUD:—SO the old watch-dog is
hungry for a bone, and has returned to take a bite
_L has moved from No. 216 Centre street to the to be a complex system.
corner of Fourteenth street and Fifth avenue. The It is really, however, the simplest and moat con- out of the music trades!
rooms are commodious and afford the company venient form of classifying the almost innumerable Well, old man, you always were a sly dog, sly
publications that are constantly coming from the
excellent facilities for their extensive business.
as Joey Bagstock; but I'm afraid the boys know
A representative of THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND press. It is a system based on the experience of
TRADE REVIEW conversed recently with Mr. Henry many years, and through its agency a salesman your tricks too well, and will send you yelping
Behning, vice-president of the company. He said can readily place his hands on any piece of music out of town.
that the demand for celluloid was increasing, and that mav be called for.
I shall be sorry for you, old man; but then you
that during the past fourteen months 95,000 sets of
know every dog lias his day.
Yours,
TRADE IN KNOXVILLE, TENN.
celluloid keys had been made by the company.
ANANIAS JONES.
The officers of the company were all re-elected r I iHERE has been a good trade in musical instru-
recently: Isaac Anderson, president; Henry Behn- JL ments in this section during the past year.
ing, vice-president; Henry MacEnthan, treasurer; W. H. Cummins is the oldest dealer in this section DEAR MR. FRAUD:—Happy to welcome you baok
and Henry Behning, jr., secretary.
and is now succeeding well with the Miller piano on your cozening mission.
"What are some of the advantages claimed for and Hurdett organ as leaders. He also repre- You are bound to succeed again in skinning the
celluloid over ivory?" asked our representative.
sents Chickering, Hard man, and other pianos;
"Well, celluloid ivory is superior in every way Mason And that will be easy.
to elephant ivory. It is clearer and more beauti- organs.
ful, never cracks, and never gets discolored or yel- Steen & Marshall have been representing D. H. I admire a man of your stamp who is not both-
low by age. It can be exposed to 200 degrees of Baldwin & Co., of Cincinnati, over a year, and sell ered by the morality of the thing, when he can
heat without harm, and any amount of dampness their line of instruments. Trade is dull now.
make a few hundred dollars. Go ahead, my boy.
will not hurt it. Celluloid ivory is tough and
M.
Some men in the piano trade evidently love to
elastic, and does not wear or indent by constant
PATENTS.
be skinned, and you ought to gratify their weak-
use, and, what is of the utmost importance to pro-
fessional and other players, it is smoother and Isaac Bullard, Readrille, Mass., has patented an nest.
more delicate and accurate to the touch than the upright piano action. Application filed April 19, I know of no one who would do it more wil-
best elephant ivory."
1881. Number of patent, 251,348.
lingly or effectively than yourself.
"Was the celluloid exhibited at Atlanta?"
William H. Brady, of Hackensack, N. J., has
Faithfully yours,
"Yes, and it received an award for superiority, patented a violin. Application filed June 6,1881.
evenness in color, susceptibility of the highest Number of patent, 251,405.
ANEURIN SMITH.
polish, and special adaptation as a substitute for
Wardle
E.
Evans,
of
Highgate,
and
Richard
W.
ivory."
Jarrett, of Hackney, County of Middlesex, Eng- DEAR FRAUD:—They tell me you have returned
land, have patented an expression-bellows for or- to your native haunts. The news is too good to
AN ENTERPRISING MUSIC FIRM,
gans. Application filed July 7, 1881. Number be true.
ESSRS. WILLIAM A. POND & CO-, of of patent, 251,562.
The piano trade has needed you, for it has not
Union Square, are doing a large business
in the sale of musical publications and instru- John Hardman, of New York, assignor to Hard- been fleeced for many months. A bit of swindling
man,
Darling
&
Peck,
New
York,
has
patented
an
ments and the renting of pianos. When a rep-
resentative of THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE RE- upright pianoforte. Application filed October at your hands would be a delightful sensation
just now. It would vividly recall your French
VIEW called at their extensive warerooms recently, 12, 1881. Number of patent, 251,581.
he had to elbow his way through a crowd of cus-
leave one historic wintry day.
tomers who were anxious to spend their money in
I suppose you expect to repeat those old dodges
first-class investments.
that brought so many rocks into your pocket.
William A. Pond, Jr., said that in the instru-
Try something new, is my advice.
ment department they had more orders to rent R. VON MINDEN, MORRISANIA STATION, NEW YORK.
pianos than they could fill, and they continued to "Bach'n Musical Album" for violin, and violin and Any jailbird will tell you that variety is the
come pouring in. Their sales of miscellaneous piano. By (iustave Bach. Violin solo, $1.25; violin condition of success in confidence operations.
musical instruments were very large and in- and piano, $2.00.
ONE WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH THE MILL.
creasing. Their imported goods were of a very
C. D. RUSSELL, 126 TREMONT ST., BOSTON.
fine quality, and were appreciated by all compe-
Salon-compositions for pianoforte. "Bargial,"
tent judges of good instruments.
[The Opelousas Bee, December 20.]
"How do your sales of musical publications get op. 32, No. 1. Price 20 cts.
EXTRACT FROM A LETTER.
Tschaikowsky's Album. A collection of easy
along?" asked our representative.
pianoforte
pieces
in
the
style
of
Robert
Schumann.
I
am
glad
to notice that Mr. Fraud is at it
"Well, we are selling a very large number of Fingered by Otto Lessmann. Price 25 cts. " Valse."
musical publications, but you must remember that Price
25 cts. "March of the Wooden Soldiers." again.
there is a great deal of competition in this busi- Price 25 cts. "Little Trooper." Price 25 cts. He will succeed if he doesn't get found out.
ness. Just think of one hundred new publications " Morning Prayer." Price 25 cts.
PENNY A LINER.
a day in different parts of the country! Every- "Impromptu.'' Pour piano par Vincent Cyril.
body, of course, is trying to hold his own, as in Price 50 cts. net.
every other kind of business. In order to gain
MY DEAR MR. FRAUD:—Please put me on your
a legitimate advantage over our competitors,
free
subscription list for one year, if your paper
HABD
WORK
TO
FILL
ORDERS.
we use many methods to push meritorious pieces
of music into public notice. Singers and musi- TTENRY BEHNING said recently t© a reporter lasts so long.
cians receive large quantities of music from us as _L J_ of THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW I always like to encourage fraud at all times and
soon as printed. They play these pieces in mu- that he was doing a good business at his ware- in all places.
sical centres, and when these compositions have rooms, No. 129 East 125th street, and had all he
Your friend,
taking qualities they soon have a 'go,' and that is could do to fill bis orders.
RUTH-RF-RD B. H-Y-8.
"What success did your pianos meet with in
where the money is made."
"What kind of pieces have the greatest popu- Atlanta?" asked the reporter.
Theodore Bohm, well known as the inventor of
"They received a silver medal for purity and
larity?"
system of fingering wood-wind instruments
"Well, in the first place, ballad music takes sweetness and quality of tone, richness of design the
called
by his name, died in Munich lately at the
and
perfect
mechanism.
We
had
a
fine
exhibit
better than instrumental. Wnat class of ballads
advanced
age of eighty-eight.
there,
and
it
has
undoubtedly
paid
us
well."
takes best, however, is not easy for me to state
off-hand. When a song like 'Marching Through
CHEAP AS A SONG.
KIND WORDS.
Georgia' becomes popular, there seems to be no
end t© its prosperous career. Operettas like 'Pin-
N Broadway, below Canal street, a street ped- HP HE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW comes
afore,' or 'Olivette,' do not pay us particularly
lar has a large selection of classical music X to us full of interesting reading matter. Mr.
well. They only cost a dollar, you know, and for sale, Littolf and Peter's editions. These books Welles, the editor, is evidently a wideawake man,
then there are so many different editions of them are lying on the cellar doors and pavements, and and has able assistants. For general musical news
that the profits are pretty Avell distributed."
among them are Weber's compositions, Chopin's we heartily recommend THE MUSICAL CRITIC. An
"Is there as much profit made on sheet music Nocturnes, etc., etc. This is the result of cheap excelleut feature in this paper is, that it gives a
to-day as formerly ?"
editions. "Weber," for ten cents; "Joepin," for critical review of new compositions This feature
"Not at all. We give one-third off to music seven cents; "Harrigan & Hart," "Mozart," and is alone well worth the subscription price to musio
teachers, and this little arrangement has become the rest of them very cheap!
teachers.—Daily Bloomington Bulletin. .
HE HAS SOME FRIENDS.
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