Music Trade Review
Issue: 1885 Vol. 9 N. 8 - Page 7
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MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
OFFICIAL.
STEINWAY & SONS' AWARD AT THE
LATE LONDON EXPOSITION.
THE HIGHEST AWARD IN THE POWER
OF THE JUDGES ON MUSICAL INSTRU-
MENTS, TO GRANT, GIVEN THEM.
OTHER AWARDS.
A
T last the exact awards given by the judges in the
department of musical instruments at the IN-
TERNATIONAL INVENTIONS EXHIBITION
has
George Genuinder.—Instruments of the violin class,
imitations of old masters.
W. H. Hammig, Germany.—Violions and bows.
F. Jiihling, Germany.—Violins and violoncellos.
L. Lijwenthal, Germany.—Violins, violoncellos and
bows.
J. & P. Schiedmayer. —General excellence of pianos.
Bela Szepessy.—Violins.
Arthur Tilley.—Banjos.
M. A. Weir—Type-writer for music.
John Brinsmead & Son.—Good construction and
touch of pianos and improved screw tuning pins.
BRONZE MED ADS.
Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Co.—Inprove-
ment in mode of tuning pianos.
Vivier & Oor, Belgium.—Improvement in mode of
tuning pianos.
J. P. Alibert, France.—Ingenious tuning contriv-
ance for pianos.
E. C. Griffin.—Double sound-board to reed organ.
Comte de Nydpruch, Belgium.—Ingenious con-
struction of metallic action for pianos.
A. Ramsden.—Baillie Hamilton's vocalion.
Smith American Organ Co.—American organs.
G. Whight & Co., agents for the Mechanical Or-
guinette Co., New York.—Ingenious mechanism ap-
plied to automatic instruments.
reached us, dated Wednesday, November 4,1885. As
was stated in the last issue of the Music TBADE
REVIEW, on the authority of a cable despatch, the
RECAPITULATION.
' '
Messrs. STEINWAY & SONS, of New York City, re-
The results of the judges' decisions may be sum-
ceived the highest award in the power of the jury to arized as follows :
grant, namely, a gold medal. But it was not alone
While it is true that there were six gold medals
the gold medal which render the Messrs. STEINWAY given to piano manufacturers, the judges' report was
& SONS the subjects of congratulation, there were the most expressive in the case of Messrs. STEINWAY
also the terms in which the judges couched their & SONS, SO that if there had been an award for super-
opinion of the STEINWAY piano, which were stronger iority over all others, Messrs. STEINWAY & SONS
than those used in connection with any other pianos would have been the only ones entitled to it from the
which were awarded gold medals. We give below a very wording of this official report.
list of those recipients of gold, silver and bronze med-
The MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN AND PIANO CO. took
als, in whom our readers will probably be most in- a gold medal, simply, as the report expresses it, for
terested, with the exact words of the judges' report American organs; it does not say whether it is for
in each case. This, of course, is only a partial list, excellence of tone or construction, or whether it is
for a complete catalogue of names would embrace merely for an elaborate display of goods. This com-
many of not the least importance on this side of the pany made but a slight effect with their patent piano
Atlantic.
safety-pin tuning arrangement, as they only took a
bronze medal for it, whereas VIVIER & OOR, of Bel-
JUDGES' AWARDS IN DIVISION I I , (MUSIC).
gium, also took a bronze medalfor a similar device;
GOLD MEDALS.
JOHN BRINSMEAD & SON received a silver medal for
STEINWAY & SONS.—General excellence of pianos and
an invention of a like nature.
several meritorious and useful inventions.
GEORGE GEMUNDER, the violin maker of Astoria,
John Broadwood & Sons.—General excellence of
pianos.
L. I., received the cold comfort of a silver medal for
J. «fc J. Hopkinson.—Good (?) excellence of pianos.
"imitations of old masters," while several other mak-
Kirkman & Son.—General excellence of pianos.
Schiedmayer & Sons.—General excellence of pianos. ers received gold medals for instruments of the violin
C. Schroder, Russia.—General excellence of pianos.
Henry Willis & Sons. —Excellence of tone, ingen- class, and again other makers took silver medals.
uity of design and perfection of construction in
The MECHANICAL ORGUINETTE CO. took a bronze
organs.
Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Co.—American medal for their instruments, and though they had
organ.
several competitors, no higher award was given.
Metzler & Co.—Victor Mustel's harmonium.
Augener, William & Co.—Excellence and cheapness
We are surprised that the SMITH AMERICAN ORGAN
in music printing.
Co.
received only a bronze medal for their excellent
F. Besson & Co.—General goodness and quality of
tone of the brass instruments manufactured by organs.
them.
Boosey & Co.—Patent compensating pistons adapted
MATHUSHEK & SON.
to brass instruments, and general excellence of man-
ufacture.
ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR STEINWAY &
SONS.
CABLE message received a few days ago an-
nounces that on Wednesday, November 11,
the Society of Arts, of London (the most dis-
tinguished corporation of its kind in existence),
awarded to Messrs. Steinway & Sons its grand gold
medal for the best pianofortes exhibited at the Lon-
don International Inventions Exhibition, and for the
important achievements and improvements in the
art of pianoforte building, for which Messrs. Stein-
way & Sons are renowned.
A
PATENTS AND INVENTIONS.
Mechanical musical instrument, No. 329,304, M.
Gaily.
Stringing piano, No. 329,277, J. T. Conover.
NOT long ago Heinekamp & Sons, Baltimore, Md.,
saw the advertisement in the Music TRADE KEVIEW
of a certain piano and organ hardware manufacturer.
They wrote this firm and obtained prices which were
satisfactory. They sent an order for goods with the
request to go ahead and get them out certain pat-
terns. This concern, considering Heinekamp & Sons
an honorable house, went ahead with their work as
desired and shipped the goods. When the first ship-
ment was made Heinekamp & Sons were notified to
that effect, and have since been sent several letters
on the subject. Up to the time of writing this, this
hardware concern has been unable to obtain any sat-
isfaction whatever, Heinekamp & Sons not even hav-
ing the courtesy to answer the letters addressed to
them. It caused considerable trouble and expense
to get out these patterns and they are a dead loss to
the hardware house, as they cannot be used by other
manufacturers. We are very sorry that this concern
has met with any loss through an advertisement in
the Music TRADE REVIEW, and feel disposed to help
them all we can. We hereby call upon Messrs. Heine-
kamp & Sons for a statement of this affair, as they
know very well the transaction to which we allude.
THE wife of John M. Schuler, Buffalo, N. Y., died
on the 12th inst.
THE City Council, of Cohoes, N. Y., have decided
to impose a tax of ten dollars per year upon all
drummers doing business in that city. We are
ashamed to know that any Northern city has adopted
the disgraceful means carried out to such an extent
by some of the Southern towns in order to supply
their treasury department. Well, Cohoes is a small
place and will no doubt, when it grows in knowledge,
see the folly of its methods.
MR. WILLIAM SCHAEFFER, formerly a piano manu-
facturer in New York City, is now doing repairing
work at Mr. James Bellak's piano warerooms in
Philadelphia.
THE Smith American Organ Company, of Boston,
have issued a circular dated November 8, stating
that they have completed repairs on that portion of
their factory damaged by fire on September 19, and
that, with an increased force of workmen, they are
to fill orders promptly.
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MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
OFFICIAL.
STEINWAY & SONS' AWARD AT THE
LATE LONDON EXPOSITION.
THE HIGHEST AWARD IN THE POWER
OF THE JUDGES ON MUSICAL INSTRU-
MENTS, TO GRANT, GIVEN THEM.
OTHER AWARDS.
A
T last the exact awards given by the judges in the
department of musical instruments at the IN-
TERNATIONAL INVENTIONS EXHIBITION
has
George Genuinder.—Instruments of the violin class,
imitations of old masters.
W. H. Hammig, Germany.—Violions and bows.
F. Jiihling, Germany.—Violins and violoncellos.
L. Lijwenthal, Germany.—Violins, violoncellos and
bows.
J. & P. Schiedmayer. —General excellence of pianos.
Bela Szepessy.—Violins.
Arthur Tilley.—Banjos.
M. A. Weir—Type-writer for music.
John Brinsmead & Son.—Good construction and
touch of pianos and improved screw tuning pins.
BRONZE MED ADS.
Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Co.—Inprove-
ment in mode of tuning pianos.
Vivier & Oor, Belgium.—Improvement in mode of
tuning pianos.
J. P. Alibert, France.—Ingenious tuning contriv-
ance for pianos.
E. C. Griffin.—Double sound-board to reed organ.
Comte de Nydpruch, Belgium.—Ingenious con-
struction of metallic action for pianos.
A. Ramsden.—Baillie Hamilton's vocalion.
Smith American Organ Co.—American organs.
G. Whight & Co., agents for the Mechanical Or-
guinette Co., New York.—Ingenious mechanism ap-
plied to automatic instruments.
reached us, dated Wednesday, November 4,1885. As
was stated in the last issue of the Music TBADE
REVIEW, on the authority of a cable despatch, the
RECAPITULATION.
' '
Messrs. STEINWAY & SONS, of New York City, re-
The results of the judges' decisions may be sum-
ceived the highest award in the power of the jury to arized as follows :
grant, namely, a gold medal. But it was not alone
While it is true that there were six gold medals
the gold medal which render the Messrs. STEINWAY given to piano manufacturers, the judges' report was
& SONS the subjects of congratulation, there were the most expressive in the case of Messrs. STEINWAY
also the terms in which the judges couched their & SONS, SO that if there had been an award for super-
opinion of the STEINWAY piano, which were stronger iority over all others, Messrs. STEINWAY & SONS
than those used in connection with any other pianos would have been the only ones entitled to it from the
which were awarded gold medals. We give below a very wording of this official report.
list of those recipients of gold, silver and bronze med-
The MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN AND PIANO CO. took
als, in whom our readers will probably be most in- a gold medal, simply, as the report expresses it, for
terested, with the exact words of the judges' report American organs; it does not say whether it is for
in each case. This, of course, is only a partial list, excellence of tone or construction, or whether it is
for a complete catalogue of names would embrace merely for an elaborate display of goods. This com-
many of not the least importance on this side of the pany made but a slight effect with their patent piano
Atlantic.
safety-pin tuning arrangement, as they only took a
bronze medal for it, whereas VIVIER & OOR, of Bel-
JUDGES' AWARDS IN DIVISION I I , (MUSIC).
gium, also took a bronze medalfor a similar device;
GOLD MEDALS.
JOHN BRINSMEAD & SON received a silver medal for
STEINWAY & SONS.—General excellence of pianos and
an invention of a like nature.
several meritorious and useful inventions.
GEORGE GEMUNDER, the violin maker of Astoria,
John Broadwood & Sons.—General excellence of
pianos.
L. I., received the cold comfort of a silver medal for
J. «fc J. Hopkinson.—Good (?) excellence of pianos.
"imitations of old masters," while several other mak-
Kirkman & Son.—General excellence of pianos.
Schiedmayer & Sons.—General excellence of pianos. ers received gold medals for instruments of the violin
C. Schroder, Russia.—General excellence of pianos.
Henry Willis & Sons. —Excellence of tone, ingen- class, and again other makers took silver medals.
uity of design and perfection of construction in
The MECHANICAL ORGUINETTE CO. took a bronze
organs.
Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Co.—American medal for their instruments, and though they had
organ.
several competitors, no higher award was given.
Metzler & Co.—Victor Mustel's harmonium.
Augener, William & Co.—Excellence and cheapness
We are surprised that the SMITH AMERICAN ORGAN
in music printing.
Co.
received only a bronze medal for their excellent
F. Besson & Co.—General goodness and quality of
tone of the brass instruments manufactured by organs.
them.
Boosey & Co.—Patent compensating pistons adapted
MATHUSHEK & SON.
to brass instruments, and general excellence of man-
ufacture.
ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR STEINWAY &
SONS.
CABLE message received a few days ago an-
nounces that on Wednesday, November 11,
the Society of Arts, of London (the most dis-
tinguished corporation of its kind in existence),
awarded to Messrs. Steinway & Sons its grand gold
medal for the best pianofortes exhibited at the Lon-
don International Inventions Exhibition, and for the
important achievements and improvements in the
art of pianoforte building, for which Messrs. Stein-
way & Sons are renowned.
A
PATENTS AND INVENTIONS.
Mechanical musical instrument, No. 329,304, M.
Gaily.
Stringing piano, No. 329,277, J. T. Conover.
NOT long ago Heinekamp & Sons, Baltimore, Md.,
saw the advertisement in the Music TRADE KEVIEW
of a certain piano and organ hardware manufacturer.
They wrote this firm and obtained prices which were
satisfactory. They sent an order for goods with the
request to go ahead and get them out certain pat-
terns. This concern, considering Heinekamp & Sons
an honorable house, went ahead with their work as
desired and shipped the goods. When the first ship-
ment was made Heinekamp & Sons were notified to
that effect, and have since been sent several letters
on the subject. Up to the time of writing this, this
hardware concern has been unable to obtain any sat-
isfaction whatever, Heinekamp & Sons not even hav-
ing the courtesy to answer the letters addressed to
them. It caused considerable trouble and expense
to get out these patterns and they are a dead loss to
the hardware house, as they cannot be used by other
manufacturers. We are very sorry that this concern
has met with any loss through an advertisement in
the Music TRADE REVIEW, and feel disposed to help
them all we can. We hereby call upon Messrs. Heine-
kamp & Sons for a statement of this affair, as they
know very well the transaction to which we allude.
THE wife of John M. Schuler, Buffalo, N. Y., died
on the 12th inst.
THE City Council, of Cohoes, N. Y., have decided
to impose a tax of ten dollars per year upon all
drummers doing business in that city. We are
ashamed to know that any Northern city has adopted
the disgraceful means carried out to such an extent
by some of the Southern towns in order to supply
their treasury department. Well, Cohoes is a small
place and will no doubt, when it grows in knowledge,
see the folly of its methods.
MR. WILLIAM SCHAEFFER, formerly a piano manu-
facturer in New York City, is now doing repairing
work at Mr. James Bellak's piano warerooms in
Philadelphia.
THE Smith American Organ Company, of Boston,
have issued a circular dated November 8, stating
that they have completed repairs on that portion of
their factory damaged by fire on September 19, and
that, with an increased force of workmen, they are
to fill orders promptly.
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