Music Trade Review
Issue: 1885 Vol. 9 N. 3 - Page 6
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
a doubling up of our wheatjproduction in a single
year."
From Philadelphia, on August 29, came the follow-
ing words :—"The outlook for a prosperous fall trade
in nearly every branch of industry was never better
than at present. The textile workers are sanguine of
doing a heavy business and already additional hands
are being employed to fill early orders. The mer-
chants along Market street anticipate plenty of work.
The most turbulent of the strikers at present are the
stone masons and iron moulders. The shipping in-
terests are also looking up and vessels find no difficulty
in securing a cargo. The shipment of petroleum has
reached immense proportions during the present
month, and the largest vessels in the river are at pres-
ent loading with this staple for foreign ports."
The Union Iron and Steel Co., of Chicago, which
failed three years ago, has been reorganized, will be
started up early in November. When the mills closed
1,500 men were thrown out of employment, when they
start again they will give work to 2,500 men. The
real estate is at Bridgeport and is valued at $500,000.
New buildings will be put up at a cost of another
$500,000. Sixty thousand tons of ore have already
been delivered. The officers of the re-organized
company believe the times are ripe for a great success.
James P. Joy, of Detroit, president of the Wabash
railroad, said to a reporter in New York on the even-
ing of August 26. He said : "There is some little
appearance of a revival of business over the country.
It is indicated in the railroad business as well as
other lines. But as yet it is vague and slight. * * *
To make any arrangement which shall affect the gener-
al railroad interests over the country has been found
so impossible that I can hardly imagine any plan by
which it can be accomplished. All such plans have
failed in the past and are likely to fail in the future.
Still the crops will move soon—are beginning to move
now—especially the greatly abundant corn crop, and
they will furnish business to the railroads and per-
haps enable them to get better prices for transpor-
tation. This will depend largely on whether there is
enough business to go around among them all."
Wages of iron workers are increasing in Pennsyl- AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE CHICKERING
vannia. All over the State the men asked for an in-
ACTION.
crease of ten per cent, which was granted, except in
Reading and at four foundries in Philadalphia. On
ESSRS. CHICKERING & SONS have made a
the 1st inst. Reading fell into line and granted the in-
wonderful improvement in their already ex-
crease. In Pittsburg, on Aug. 29, the sheet iron mill
cellent upright action. It would be impos-
operators all signed the scale and a great strike was sible to give an adequate verbal description of the
thereby averted. We hear that all the mills in Pitts- improvement, although it is not at all complicated,
burg are running, many of them on double time.
without an accompanying picture. The results at-
tained by it, which even an amateur player can ap-
Advices from the South are of the happiest nature, preciate, speak more plainly than words. By this im-
and a new era of prosperity seems at last about to provement the repeating qualities of the action are
dawn upon that unfortunate section of the country. enhanced to a remarkable degree.
New Orleans is looking forward to an excellent trade,
A representative of the Music TKADE REVIEW
Charleston Is enthusiastic over trade prospects, while calling at the warerooms of Messrs. Chicker-
Montgomery, Ala. reports a greatly increased volume ing & Sons in New York, a few days ago, was shown
of trade, and the same may be said of nearly every an upright piano containing this improvemeet. He
part of the South.
was surprised and delighted at the effect produced.
Under the performer's fingers the keys move with
J. D. HOBBIE, NEW QUARTERS.
astonishing celerity; no matter how rapid the repe-
tition may be, the hammer strikes the strings with
D. HOBBIE, Lynchburg, Va., who has recently true and even force. The mechanism is so delicately
removed from 8th street to the corner of adjusted that a failure to respond to the quickest
• Main and 9th streets, has fitted up one of touch is hardly within the bounds of possibility and
the most handsome and attractive warerooms in the repeating facility is nearly equal to that of a
that city. People who saw the place when occupied grand. Clearness and brilliancy of tone are also dis-
by Jones, Watts & Co., would hardly recognize it tinguishing characteristics of the upright pianos con-
HOW the change has taken place. New floors have taining these actions.
been laid, the walls newly painted, and handsome
More than this it is unnecessary to say, except,
and costly portraits adorn the walls.
that the effects produced by this improved action
Mr. Hobbie is sole agent for the Steinway, Cbick- should be heard by every person interested in pianos
ering, Fischer, Kranich & Bach, Mason & Hamlin, or piano making.
and Grovestein & Fuller pianos, Wilcox & White,
Burdett, Sterling, and Mason & Hamlin organs. He
MR. C. W. CHADWICK, the stool manufacturer, of
employs eight men regularly in his business, includ- South Action, Mass., told us a few days ago that he
ing two tuners, one of whom remains in the city, and was very hopeful concerning the revival of business
this fall, basing his hope upon the rattling way in
the other travels through his large territory.
Mr. Hobbie is a man of much energy and push, which orders had dropped in upon him during the
and the steady increase in his business shows that week ending August 29. At that date he had more
orders on hand than at any one time for a year. He
the goods he sells are as represented.
deals largely with upholstery houses, and says that
they tell him that business is excellent and that they
A. GOECKIJEK, has succeeded N. Joergensen, New are getting good orders. One upholstery house stated
York, in the action business. Mr. Joergensen quietly to him, that a single traveler of theirs had just re-
left for parts unknown, and his stock, machinery, turned, bringing with him $3,000 worth of orders.
etc., was seized by the sheriff to satisfy the creditors. He found, too, that the clothing dealers were as
Mr. Goeckler who succeeds him was the superinten- busy as they could be, and expected a livelier fall
trade than they had had in several years.
dent of the factory.
M
J
PACKARD ORGAN.
New York Office, with Krakauer Bros., 40 Union Square,
SEM) FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES TO
Fort Wayne Organ Co.,
Philadelphia Office, with Chas. Blasius & Son,
Fort Wayne, Ind.
WE INVITE DEALERS VISITING THIS CITY TO CALL AND SEE A FULL,
LINE OF STYLES AT OUR
The man who does not advertise has it
done for him finally under the head of
"failures in business."
G e n . E a s t . A g t s . , P e n n . , IV. .J., I>e1. a n d E a s t e r n S h o r e of Bid.
IMPORTERS, ETC
DEALERS.
TTTILLIAM TONK b BRO., Manufacturers, Importers and
Jobbers of Musical Merchandise.
47 Maiden Lane.
ILLIAM G. FISCHER,
Sole agent for Decker Bros,' and Haines Bros.' Pianos
and Mason b Hamlin and E. P. Carpenter Organs, 1210 Chestnut.
MANUFACTURERS.
A UTOMATIC MUSIC PAPER CO. Music Paper for Mechani-
1\.
cal Musical Instruments.
227 to 233 Cambridge Street.
1119 Chestnut Street.
INSTRUCTION.
"TTOGT
V
CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC,
No. 19 East 14th Street,
New York City.
Wm. G. Vogt of the Berlin Conservatory,) Director.
W
J
B. HEPPE & CO. Aug. Baus & Co., Geo. Woods Co. and
. Billings & Richmond Pianos, and B. Shoninger, Taylor b
Farley, and other Organs.
828 Arch St.
& SON. The Hardman Piano, The Onslow Piano,
The Standard and Eolian Organs.
D UTTON
1115 Chestnut St.
G. RAMSDELL,
The Woodward & Brown Piano,
1113 Chestnut Street.
PIANO AND ORGAN LEATHERS.
BRO8. k SONS. Manufacturers and Dealers in
Piano and Organ Leathers.
W HITE
151 Summer St.
DEALERS.
/BLUETT b SONS
V_J
Represent the leading Pianos and Organs.
Branches in Albany, N. Y., and Pittsfleld, Mass.
"TOHN PIKE,
t)
Dealer in Pianos, Organs, and Sewing Machines.
2216 North 3d Street.
MANUFACTURERS.
MANUFACTURERS.
MANUFACTURERS.
b CO., Organ Reed Boards, Parker Tremolos
Octave
~
Couplers,
~ '
G . a W. n and ' INGALLS
MANUFACTURING CO.,
A P. KELLEY,Square aud Upright Pianoforte Actions,
Organ Stop Knobs and Stems,
113 Broadway.
26 Herm on Street.
H OGGSON b PETTIS
147 to 153 Union Street.
W
OOD BRO8.,
Pianoforte and Organ Actions, Ebony Sharps, Piano Leg
Pins, and Hardwood Dowels,
State St.
TED MAN b CO., Manufacturers of Wound Strings for all kinds
S
of musical instruments. Dealers in Piano-wire, on patent
clamp or in coil. Steel Strings, plain and wound.
MANUFACTURERS.
MANUFACTURERS.
"VTT C. KANTNER. The Kantner adjustable
j
organ
g stop
p action; ;
the best in the market; write for circular and particu-
Reading, Pa.
lars.
D
ENI80N BROTHERS,
Manufacturers of Stop Knobs for all kinds of Organs.
Standard in Quality. Unvarying in Excellence. Bevel and
Oblique Faced Knobs our Patent.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
a doubling up of our wheatjproduction in a single
year."
From Philadelphia, on August 29, came the follow-
ing words :—"The outlook for a prosperous fall trade
in nearly every branch of industry was never better
than at present. The textile workers are sanguine of
doing a heavy business and already additional hands
are being employed to fill early orders. The mer-
chants along Market street anticipate plenty of work.
The most turbulent of the strikers at present are the
stone masons and iron moulders. The shipping in-
terests are also looking up and vessels find no difficulty
in securing a cargo. The shipment of petroleum has
reached immense proportions during the present
month, and the largest vessels in the river are at pres-
ent loading with this staple for foreign ports."
The Union Iron and Steel Co., of Chicago, which
failed three years ago, has been reorganized, will be
started up early in November. When the mills closed
1,500 men were thrown out of employment, when they
start again they will give work to 2,500 men. The
real estate is at Bridgeport and is valued at $500,000.
New buildings will be put up at a cost of another
$500,000. Sixty thousand tons of ore have already
been delivered. The officers of the re-organized
company believe the times are ripe for a great success.
James P. Joy, of Detroit, president of the Wabash
railroad, said to a reporter in New York on the even-
ing of August 26. He said : "There is some little
appearance of a revival of business over the country.
It is indicated in the railroad business as well as
other lines. But as yet it is vague and slight. * * *
To make any arrangement which shall affect the gener-
al railroad interests over the country has been found
so impossible that I can hardly imagine any plan by
which it can be accomplished. All such plans have
failed in the past and are likely to fail in the future.
Still the crops will move soon—are beginning to move
now—especially the greatly abundant corn crop, and
they will furnish business to the railroads and per-
haps enable them to get better prices for transpor-
tation. This will depend largely on whether there is
enough business to go around among them all."
Wages of iron workers are increasing in Pennsyl- AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE CHICKERING
vannia. All over the State the men asked for an in-
ACTION.
crease of ten per cent, which was granted, except in
Reading and at four foundries in Philadalphia. On
ESSRS. CHICKERING & SONS have made a
the 1st inst. Reading fell into line and granted the in-
wonderful improvement in their already ex-
crease. In Pittsburg, on Aug. 29, the sheet iron mill
cellent upright action. It would be impos-
operators all signed the scale and a great strike was sible to give an adequate verbal description of the
thereby averted. We hear that all the mills in Pitts- improvement, although it is not at all complicated,
burg are running, many of them on double time.
without an accompanying picture. The results at-
tained by it, which even an amateur player can ap-
Advices from the South are of the happiest nature, preciate, speak more plainly than words. By this im-
and a new era of prosperity seems at last about to provement the repeating qualities of the action are
dawn upon that unfortunate section of the country. enhanced to a remarkable degree.
New Orleans is looking forward to an excellent trade,
A representative of the Music TKADE REVIEW
Charleston Is enthusiastic over trade prospects, while calling at the warerooms of Messrs. Chicker-
Montgomery, Ala. reports a greatly increased volume ing & Sons in New York, a few days ago, was shown
of trade, and the same may be said of nearly every an upright piano containing this improvemeet. He
part of the South.
was surprised and delighted at the effect produced.
Under the performer's fingers the keys move with
J. D. HOBBIE, NEW QUARTERS.
astonishing celerity; no matter how rapid the repe-
tition may be, the hammer strikes the strings with
D. HOBBIE, Lynchburg, Va., who has recently true and even force. The mechanism is so delicately
removed from 8th street to the corner of adjusted that a failure to respond to the quickest
• Main and 9th streets, has fitted up one of touch is hardly within the bounds of possibility and
the most handsome and attractive warerooms in the repeating facility is nearly equal to that of a
that city. People who saw the place when occupied grand. Clearness and brilliancy of tone are also dis-
by Jones, Watts & Co., would hardly recognize it tinguishing characteristics of the upright pianos con-
HOW the change has taken place. New floors have taining these actions.
been laid, the walls newly painted, and handsome
More than this it is unnecessary to say, except,
and costly portraits adorn the walls.
that the effects produced by this improved action
Mr. Hobbie is sole agent for the Steinway, Cbick- should be heard by every person interested in pianos
ering, Fischer, Kranich & Bach, Mason & Hamlin, or piano making.
and Grovestein & Fuller pianos, Wilcox & White,
Burdett, Sterling, and Mason & Hamlin organs. He
MR. C. W. CHADWICK, the stool manufacturer, of
employs eight men regularly in his business, includ- South Action, Mass., told us a few days ago that he
ing two tuners, one of whom remains in the city, and was very hopeful concerning the revival of business
this fall, basing his hope upon the rattling way in
the other travels through his large territory.
Mr. Hobbie is a man of much energy and push, which orders had dropped in upon him during the
and the steady increase in his business shows that week ending August 29. At that date he had more
orders on hand than at any one time for a year. He
the goods he sells are as represented.
deals largely with upholstery houses, and says that
they tell him that business is excellent and that they
A. GOECKIJEK, has succeeded N. Joergensen, New are getting good orders. One upholstery house stated
York, in the action business. Mr. Joergensen quietly to him, that a single traveler of theirs had just re-
left for parts unknown, and his stock, machinery, turned, bringing with him $3,000 worth of orders.
etc., was seized by the sheriff to satisfy the creditors. He found, too, that the clothing dealers were as
Mr. Goeckler who succeeds him was the superinten- busy as they could be, and expected a livelier fall
trade than they had had in several years.
dent of the factory.
M
J
PACKARD ORGAN.
New York Office, with Krakauer Bros., 40 Union Square,
SEM) FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES TO
Fort Wayne Organ Co.,
Philadelphia Office, with Chas. Blasius & Son,
Fort Wayne, Ind.
WE INVITE DEALERS VISITING THIS CITY TO CALL AND SEE A FULL,
LINE OF STYLES AT OUR
The man who does not advertise has it
done for him finally under the head of
"failures in business."
G e n . E a s t . A g t s . , P e n n . , IV. .J., I>e1. a n d E a s t e r n S h o r e of Bid.
IMPORTERS, ETC
DEALERS.
TTTILLIAM TONK b BRO., Manufacturers, Importers and
Jobbers of Musical Merchandise.
47 Maiden Lane.
ILLIAM G. FISCHER,
Sole agent for Decker Bros,' and Haines Bros.' Pianos
and Mason b Hamlin and E. P. Carpenter Organs, 1210 Chestnut.
MANUFACTURERS.
A UTOMATIC MUSIC PAPER CO. Music Paper for Mechani-
1\.
cal Musical Instruments.
227 to 233 Cambridge Street.
1119 Chestnut Street.
INSTRUCTION.
"TTOGT
V
CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC,
No. 19 East 14th Street,
New York City.
Wm. G. Vogt of the Berlin Conservatory,) Director.
W
J
B. HEPPE & CO. Aug. Baus & Co., Geo. Woods Co. and
. Billings & Richmond Pianos, and B. Shoninger, Taylor b
Farley, and other Organs.
828 Arch St.
& SON. The Hardman Piano, The Onslow Piano,
The Standard and Eolian Organs.
D UTTON
1115 Chestnut St.
G. RAMSDELL,
The Woodward & Brown Piano,
1113 Chestnut Street.
PIANO AND ORGAN LEATHERS.
BRO8. k SONS. Manufacturers and Dealers in
Piano and Organ Leathers.
W HITE
151 Summer St.
DEALERS.
/BLUETT b SONS
V_J
Represent the leading Pianos and Organs.
Branches in Albany, N. Y., and Pittsfleld, Mass.
"TOHN PIKE,
t)
Dealer in Pianos, Organs, and Sewing Machines.
2216 North 3d Street.
MANUFACTURERS.
MANUFACTURERS.
MANUFACTURERS.
b CO., Organ Reed Boards, Parker Tremolos
Octave
~
Couplers,
~ '
G . a W. n and ' INGALLS
MANUFACTURING CO.,
A P. KELLEY,Square aud Upright Pianoforte Actions,
Organ Stop Knobs and Stems,
113 Broadway.
26 Herm on Street.
H OGGSON b PETTIS
147 to 153 Union Street.
W
OOD BRO8.,
Pianoforte and Organ Actions, Ebony Sharps, Piano Leg
Pins, and Hardwood Dowels,
State St.
TED MAN b CO., Manufacturers of Wound Strings for all kinds
S
of musical instruments. Dealers in Piano-wire, on patent
clamp or in coil. Steel Strings, plain and wound.
MANUFACTURERS.
MANUFACTURERS.
"VTT C. KANTNER. The Kantner adjustable
j
organ
g stop
p action; ;
the best in the market; write for circular and particu-
Reading, Pa.
lars.
D
ENI80N BROTHERS,
Manufacturers of Stop Knobs for all kinds of Organs.
Standard in Quality. Unvarying in Excellence. Bevel and
Oblique Faced Knobs our Patent.
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