Music Trade Review
Issue: 1882 Vol. 5 N. 18 - Page 14
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THE MUSICAL CfclTiC AND TRADE REVIEW.
VOL. V.
NEW TOKK, APEIL 20TH, 1882.
The man who does not advertise has it
done tor him finally under the head ot
»* failures in business."
OF THE
MUSICAL PROFESSION
AND THE
MUSIC TRADES.
NEW YORK CITY.
VOCALISTS.
M
ISS LETITIA LOUISE FKITCH, Soprano.
Address, MUSICAL C a m e AND TRADE RKVTEW,
8<4 Broadway, New York.
INSTRUMENTALISTS.
OUIB BLUMENBEIIG, Holo Violoncello.
J
Address, MUSICAL, Carrie AND TRADE REVIEW,
864 Broadway, New York.
MANAGERS.
)OND & BACHERT, Concert and Lecture managers.
Everett House.
New York.
IMPORTERS, ETC.
w
1LLIAM TONE & BRO., Manufacturers, Importers and
Jobbers of Musical Merchandise.
47 Maiden Lane.
INSTRUCTION.
M
V
RS. G. J. ALLEN, Pupil oi Madame Rudersdorf. Especially
authorized by her to teach her celebrated method, is pre-
pared to resume lessons at her residence, 121 E. Twenty third St.
OGT
CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC,
No. 19 East U t h Street,
New York City
Wm. G. Vogt, (of the Berlin Conservatory) Director.
MANUFACTURERS.
L
H
R
IGHTE & ERNST,
Manufacturers of Pianos,
10 Union Square, Fourth Avenue Side.
ERMAN KOECHLING,
Pianoforte Legs,
No. 105 Rivington Street.
F
TROY, N. Y.
DEALERS.
y^LUETT & SONS
Represent the leading
Pianos and Organs.
Branches in
Albany, N. Y.,
Pittsfleld, and North Adams, Haas.
BOSTON, MASS.
MANUFACTURERS.
UTOMATIC MUSICAL PAPER CO. Music Paper for Mechan-
ical Musical Instruments.
227 to 233 Cambridge Street.
A
E
V
MERSON PIANO CO., manufacturers of Grand, Square and
Upright Pianos,
596 Washington 8treet.
O9K & SONS, Manufacturer* of Square and Upright Piano-
fortes.
535 Washington Street.
A
McPHAIL & CO., Square and Upright Pianos. Two first
priie Silver and a Gold Medal 18bl.
630 Washington St.
PIANO AND ORGAN LEATHERS.
W
HITE BROS, tt SONS, Manufacturers and Dealers in Piano
and Organ Leathers.
151 Summer St.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
MANUFACTURERS.
H
OGGSON
PETTIS,
Organ Stop Knobs and Stems,
147 to 163 Union Street.
No. 18.
they were not called upon for contributions.
Some churches would consent to the use of an
W. INGALLS & CO., Organ Reed Boards, Parker Tremolos organ only on condition that it should be played
softly. This for a time would be complied with,
G-. and octave Couplers,
35 Hermon Street.
but the subdued strains becoming monotonous
G . KJETTELL,
the organists generally, as "Will Carleton says,
Piano
Punchings,
D.
'bade farewell to every fear, and boldly waded in?'
6 Linooln Square.
"Several years ago a Presbyterian minister in
this city declared that if an organ were placed in
AOBWTS AND DEAULB8.
But he was pen-
B. LKLAND & CO., Ohickering, Knabe, Hallett, Davis & his church he would resign.
S
• Uo., and Fischer Pianos ; Poloubet
members of the United Presbyterian Church—
commonly known as the 'Psalm Singers'—are now
CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS.
in the midst of a controversy regarding the repeal
of their law prohibiting the use of instruments
MANUFACTURERS.
in their worship. This law is based on the
LA BROS., Standard Turning Works. Turned goods for Piano
E Manufacturers and Pipe and Reed Organ 131-135
Makers; also Mus ground that there is no authority in the New
ical Merchandise.
Broadway.
Testament tor their use. Those who favor music
assert that the Psalms exhorted the Children of
P. Kff.T.T.KY
Pianoforte and Organ Actions,
Israel to use instruments. They also say that the
A.
113 Broadway.
modern style of mueic in worship would be more
EG. W. 8EAVERNS.
apt to retain in the church the young people who
Q
Square, Grand and Upright Piano Actions,
are now inclined to join other denominations."
113 Broadway.
' 'Is water used much as a motor?"
OOD BROS.,
"Yes; the use of water for that purpose is pro-
W
Pianoforte and Organ Actions, Ebony Sharps, Piano Leg
Pins, and Hardwood Dowels.
State St.
hibited in this city, but it is extensively employed
TEDMAN & CO., Manufacturers of Wound Strings for all in other large cities."
S
kinds of musical insti um<-nts. Dealers in Piano-wire, on
"Is your business altogether with churches?"
patent clamp ur in coil. Steel btrings, plain and wound.
"Very nearly so; still, we are now building a
$15,000 organ for a private house in Fifth avenue,
PHILADELPHIA.
and another one to cost $7,500 for a gentleman at
MANUFACTURERS.
City Island."
"Do you contract bad debts often?"
LBREGHT & CO., manufacturers of Grand, Square and Up-
"No; although we sometimes have to wait a
A right Pianos.
610 Arch Street.
long time for our pay. The complaints we so
GAUTSCHI & CO., Musieal Boxes. Factories at Ste.-Croix often hear of inconsistencies of individual church-
and Geneva, Switzerland.
members cannot, as a rule, be made against
1030 Chestnut St.
churches as corporations. Previous to the panic
CONCERT COMPANIES.
of 1873 the Methodist denomination alone built,
on an average, 700 churches a year. The ratio of
1HE MoGIBENY CONCERT COMPANY.
Address communications to
pipe organs in their buildings is one to eight,
Post Office Box 2326.
most of them using small reed organs."
"How long does it take to build an ordinary or-
DEALERS.
gan?"
i^lHAS. BLASIUS & SON8,
"About three months to finish one properly,
V«/
Steinway & Sons, Sohmer & Co., Behr Bros. & Co. Pianos,
and Estey and Packard Organs.
1119 Chestnut St.
allowing the woods time to season."
WORCESTER, MASS.
MANUFACTURERS.
c.
A
D
W
G. CLEMMER. Hallet, Davis * Co., Oalenberg & Vaupel,
• and Vose & Sons' Pianos, and George Woods and Star Par-
M. WALTERS. Piano Exchange. Manufacturer. Narvesen lor Organs.
S. W. Cor. 13th and Chestnut Sts.
• Piano. Pianos and Organs sold on Installments. 57 & 69
UTTON & SONS. Chtckering, Decker & Son, Hardman, and
University Place, cor. Twelfth St.
James and Holmstrom Pianos and Standard Organs.
ESER BROS.,
1115 Chestnut St.
Manufacturers of Square and Upright Pianofortes,
ILLIAM Q. FISCHER,
553, 655 and 557 West 3Uth Street, J^ew York.
Sole agent for Decker Bros.' and Haines Bros.' Pianos, and
SCHULER,
Mason & Hamliu and E. P. Carpenter Organs, 1210 Chestnut St.
• Manufacturer and dealer in Pianos and Organs. Instru-
ments to let.
Warerooms, 19 E Fourteenth St.
PUBLISHERS.
w
April 20th,
Mr. P. S. Gilmore has received, through the
hands of ex-Gov. McCormick, United States Com-
missioner General to the Paris Exhibition of 1878,
a medal from the French Government in recogni-
tion of his services in conducting a series of grand
concerts given by his band in the Trocadero dur-
ing the exhibition. The medal came with some
others recently received by Gov. McCormick for
parties whose names and claims were overlooked
J HE & WALKER,
in the earlier distribution. The Gilmore medal is
Musical Publishers and Sheet Music.
1113 Chestnut St.
exquisitely wrought, and is much larger than the
first class medal given to exhibitors. It is inclosed
in a rich case, bearing the following inscription,
BALTIMORE, MD.
viz.: "Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris,
DEALERS.
1878. Medaille Commemorative Offerte Pour Ser-
ANDERS k BTAYMAN, Weber, Decker Bros., and J. & C.
vices Rendus, Monsieur Gilmore, Directeur de la
Fischer Pianos, and Estey Organs.
Musique D'Harmonie Americane, Concerts du
15 North Oharles St.
Trocade*ro."
ASTORIA, L. I., N. Y.
Mr. Nordheimer, of Toronto, is not manufactur-
ing pianos at present, if his own statement is to be
O. GEMUNDER,
Violins, Violas and Violoncellos made and repaired.
believed.
Highest premiums received at World Expositions.
Mr. Charles Decker is serving on the Grand
Jury of this city.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN CHURCHES.
^ T T AS the prejudice which formerly existed Mr. J. Burns Brown writes from San Francisco
_LJ- against the use of musical instruments in that he has met with flattering success in the sale
churches entirely disappeared?" asked a Tribune of automatic organs and pianos. He proposes to
reporter of a leading builder of pipe organs re- "cover the United States with agents." Mr.
Brown is arranging with one of the largest houses
cently .
"It has, I think, with the exception of one de- in San Francisco for the introduction of the in-
nomination," was the reply. "The Roman Cath- struments in which he is interested.
olic churches have always used them, more or less; C. W. Hetzel, of Baptisttown, N. J., paid us a
then the Protestant Episcopal,the Presbyterian and visit the other day.
other denominations followed in this order. It has
occasionally happened that three or four wealthy J. W. Thompson, of Morristown, N. J., was in
members would buy an organ and place it in their town last week, and bought two standard organs
church. The conscientious scruples of some in ash of the well-known firm of Peloubet & Co.,
members were reconciled in this way to its use, as which were made expressly for him.
s
a
THE MUSICAL CfclTiC AND TRADE REVIEW.
VOL. V.
NEW TOKK, APEIL 20TH, 1882.
The man who does not advertise has it
done tor him finally under the head ot
»* failures in business."
OF THE
MUSICAL PROFESSION
AND THE
MUSIC TRADES.
NEW YORK CITY.
VOCALISTS.
M
ISS LETITIA LOUISE FKITCH, Soprano.
Address, MUSICAL C a m e AND TRADE RKVTEW,
8<4 Broadway, New York.
INSTRUMENTALISTS.
OUIB BLUMENBEIIG, Holo Violoncello.
J
Address, MUSICAL, Carrie AND TRADE REVIEW,
864 Broadway, New York.
MANAGERS.
)OND & BACHERT, Concert and Lecture managers.
Everett House.
New York.
IMPORTERS, ETC.
w
1LLIAM TONE & BRO., Manufacturers, Importers and
Jobbers of Musical Merchandise.
47 Maiden Lane.
INSTRUCTION.
M
V
RS. G. J. ALLEN, Pupil oi Madame Rudersdorf. Especially
authorized by her to teach her celebrated method, is pre-
pared to resume lessons at her residence, 121 E. Twenty third St.
OGT
CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC,
No. 19 East U t h Street,
New York City
Wm. G. Vogt, (of the Berlin Conservatory) Director.
MANUFACTURERS.
L
H
R
IGHTE & ERNST,
Manufacturers of Pianos,
10 Union Square, Fourth Avenue Side.
ERMAN KOECHLING,
Pianoforte Legs,
No. 105 Rivington Street.
F
TROY, N. Y.
DEALERS.
y^LUETT & SONS
Represent the leading
Pianos and Organs.
Branches in
Albany, N. Y.,
Pittsfleld, and North Adams, Haas.
BOSTON, MASS.
MANUFACTURERS.
UTOMATIC MUSICAL PAPER CO. Music Paper for Mechan-
ical Musical Instruments.
227 to 233 Cambridge Street.
A
E
V
MERSON PIANO CO., manufacturers of Grand, Square and
Upright Pianos,
596 Washington 8treet.
O9K & SONS, Manufacturer* of Square and Upright Piano-
fortes.
535 Washington Street.
A
McPHAIL & CO., Square and Upright Pianos. Two first
priie Silver and a Gold Medal 18bl.
630 Washington St.
PIANO AND ORGAN LEATHERS.
W
HITE BROS, tt SONS, Manufacturers and Dealers in Piano
and Organ Leathers.
151 Summer St.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
MANUFACTURERS.
H
OGGSON
PETTIS,
Organ Stop Knobs and Stems,
147 to 163 Union Street.
No. 18.
they were not called upon for contributions.
Some churches would consent to the use of an
W. INGALLS & CO., Organ Reed Boards, Parker Tremolos organ only on condition that it should be played
softly. This for a time would be complied with,
G-. and octave Couplers,
35 Hermon Street.
but the subdued strains becoming monotonous
G . KJETTELL,
the organists generally, as "Will Carleton says,
Piano
Punchings,
D.
'bade farewell to every fear, and boldly waded in?'
6 Linooln Square.
"Several years ago a Presbyterian minister in
this city declared that if an organ were placed in
AOBWTS AND DEAULB8.
But he was pen-
B. LKLAND & CO., Ohickering, Knabe, Hallett, Davis & his church he would resign.
S
• Uo., and Fischer Pianos ; Poloubet
members of the United Presbyterian Church—
commonly known as the 'Psalm Singers'—are now
CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS.
in the midst of a controversy regarding the repeal
of their law prohibiting the use of instruments
MANUFACTURERS.
in their worship. This law is based on the
LA BROS., Standard Turning Works. Turned goods for Piano
E Manufacturers and Pipe and Reed Organ 131-135
Makers; also Mus ground that there is no authority in the New
ical Merchandise.
Broadway.
Testament tor their use. Those who favor music
assert that the Psalms exhorted the Children of
P. Kff.T.T.KY
Pianoforte and Organ Actions,
Israel to use instruments. They also say that the
A.
113 Broadway.
modern style of mueic in worship would be more
EG. W. 8EAVERNS.
apt to retain in the church the young people who
Q
Square, Grand and Upright Piano Actions,
are now inclined to join other denominations."
113 Broadway.
' 'Is water used much as a motor?"
OOD BROS.,
"Yes; the use of water for that purpose is pro-
W
Pianoforte and Organ Actions, Ebony Sharps, Piano Leg
Pins, and Hardwood Dowels.
State St.
hibited in this city, but it is extensively employed
TEDMAN & CO., Manufacturers of Wound Strings for all in other large cities."
S
kinds of musical insti um<-nts. Dealers in Piano-wire, on
"Is your business altogether with churches?"
patent clamp ur in coil. Steel btrings, plain and wound.
"Very nearly so; still, we are now building a
$15,000 organ for a private house in Fifth avenue,
PHILADELPHIA.
and another one to cost $7,500 for a gentleman at
MANUFACTURERS.
City Island."
"Do you contract bad debts often?"
LBREGHT & CO., manufacturers of Grand, Square and Up-
"No; although we sometimes have to wait a
A right Pianos.
610 Arch Street.
long time for our pay. The complaints we so
GAUTSCHI & CO., Musieal Boxes. Factories at Ste.-Croix often hear of inconsistencies of individual church-
and Geneva, Switzerland.
members cannot, as a rule, be made against
1030 Chestnut St.
churches as corporations. Previous to the panic
CONCERT COMPANIES.
of 1873 the Methodist denomination alone built,
on an average, 700 churches a year. The ratio of
1HE MoGIBENY CONCERT COMPANY.
Address communications to
pipe organs in their buildings is one to eight,
Post Office Box 2326.
most of them using small reed organs."
"How long does it take to build an ordinary or-
DEALERS.
gan?"
i^lHAS. BLASIUS & SON8,
"About three months to finish one properly,
V«/
Steinway & Sons, Sohmer & Co., Behr Bros. & Co. Pianos,
and Estey and Packard Organs.
1119 Chestnut St.
allowing the woods time to season."
WORCESTER, MASS.
MANUFACTURERS.
c.
A
D
W
G. CLEMMER. Hallet, Davis * Co., Oalenberg & Vaupel,
• and Vose & Sons' Pianos, and George Woods and Star Par-
M. WALTERS. Piano Exchange. Manufacturer. Narvesen lor Organs.
S. W. Cor. 13th and Chestnut Sts.
• Piano. Pianos and Organs sold on Installments. 57 & 69
UTTON & SONS. Chtckering, Decker & Son, Hardman, and
University Place, cor. Twelfth St.
James and Holmstrom Pianos and Standard Organs.
ESER BROS.,
1115 Chestnut St.
Manufacturers of Square and Upright Pianofortes,
ILLIAM Q. FISCHER,
553, 655 and 557 West 3Uth Street, J^ew York.
Sole agent for Decker Bros.' and Haines Bros.' Pianos, and
SCHULER,
Mason & Hamliu and E. P. Carpenter Organs, 1210 Chestnut St.
• Manufacturer and dealer in Pianos and Organs. Instru-
ments to let.
Warerooms, 19 E Fourteenth St.
PUBLISHERS.
w
April 20th,
Mr. P. S. Gilmore has received, through the
hands of ex-Gov. McCormick, United States Com-
missioner General to the Paris Exhibition of 1878,
a medal from the French Government in recogni-
tion of his services in conducting a series of grand
concerts given by his band in the Trocadero dur-
ing the exhibition. The medal came with some
others recently received by Gov. McCormick for
parties whose names and claims were overlooked
J HE & WALKER,
in the earlier distribution. The Gilmore medal is
Musical Publishers and Sheet Music.
1113 Chestnut St.
exquisitely wrought, and is much larger than the
first class medal given to exhibitors. It is inclosed
in a rich case, bearing the following inscription,
BALTIMORE, MD.
viz.: "Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris,
DEALERS.
1878. Medaille Commemorative Offerte Pour Ser-
ANDERS k BTAYMAN, Weber, Decker Bros., and J. & C.
vices Rendus, Monsieur Gilmore, Directeur de la
Fischer Pianos, and Estey Organs.
Musique D'Harmonie Americane, Concerts du
15 North Oharles St.
Trocade*ro."
ASTORIA, L. I., N. Y.
Mr. Nordheimer, of Toronto, is not manufactur-
ing pianos at present, if his own statement is to be
O. GEMUNDER,
Violins, Violas and Violoncellos made and repaired.
believed.
Highest premiums received at World Expositions.
Mr. Charles Decker is serving on the Grand
Jury of this city.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN CHURCHES.
^ T T AS the prejudice which formerly existed Mr. J. Burns Brown writes from San Francisco
_LJ- against the use of musical instruments in that he has met with flattering success in the sale
churches entirely disappeared?" asked a Tribune of automatic organs and pianos. He proposes to
reporter of a leading builder of pipe organs re- "cover the United States with agents." Mr.
Brown is arranging with one of the largest houses
cently .
"It has, I think, with the exception of one de- in San Francisco for the introduction of the in-
nomination," was the reply. "The Roman Cath- struments in which he is interested.
olic churches have always used them, more or less; C. W. Hetzel, of Baptisttown, N. J., paid us a
then the Protestant Episcopal,the Presbyterian and visit the other day.
other denominations followed in this order. It has
occasionally happened that three or four wealthy J. W. Thompson, of Morristown, N. J., was in
members would buy an organ and place it in their town last week, and bought two standard organs
church. The conscientious scruples of some in ash of the well-known firm of Peloubet & Co.,
members were reconciled in this way to its use, as which were made expressly for him.
s
a
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