Music Trade Review
Issue: 1887 Vol. 10 N. 16 - Page 1
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Music Trade Review.
The Only Music Trade Paper in America, and the Organ of the Music Trade of this Country.
1879.
NEW YORK, MARCH 20 TO APRIL 5, 1887.
VOL. X. No. 16.
18.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES. 18 CENTS.
capable of greater forcing without that feeling that
the action is giving out. Especially is this piano
desirable for concert music, as the pianist cannot
help but feel that his instrument will sustain him in
every way he wishes to make use of it.
I have expected to find some weak point in it, but
the longer I use it the better am I pleased with it,
and am constantly finding excellent points about it
to increase my admiration. Wishing you thebestof
success, I remain cordially yours,
PUBLISHED * TWICE • EACH * MONTH.
BILL & CARR,
EDITOBS AND PBOPRIETOHS.
All Check*, Drafts, Money Orders, Postal
Notes and Mail matter should be
made to
GEO. B. CARTER.
BILL & CARR,
THE WAR COMMENCED.
EDITOBS & PROPRIETORS.
(From the. American Musician, March 12, 1887.)
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW 70EE.
OME of these said esteemed contemporaries
seem to think that the proper way to crush a
competitor is by lies and backbiting. Let me
assure them that the process is neither proper,
profitable nor effective. Good work will alwaysstand
on its own merits and win, and a lawyer's case is
never so desperate as when he starts in to abuse an
opposing witness. There is room for us all in this
world, though when I read some of the musical jour-
nals I sincerely think their editors would be more
honestly employieap^ddling peanuts than printing
papers. Journalism requires experience and, at least,
some education] and a nran is not a journalist be-
cause he happens to havp a brother who is.
S
8OB8CBIPTIOS (including postage) United States and Canada,
$3.00 per year, in advance; Foreign Countries, $4.00.
ADTKRTIREMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per insertion;
unless inserted upon rates made by special contract.
Entered at the New York Pott Office at Second Clatt Matter.
MORE ABOUT THE RICHEY PIANO COYER.
CHICAGO, March 1st, 1887.
MRS. SARAH E. RICHEY :
DEAB MADAM : I find your Piano Cover very useful,
ornamental and protecting to the piano, giving per-
fect satisfaction.
Respectfully yours,
370 Johnson street,
KATIH M. KUMLE.
AS A MANAGER.
THE OPINION OF A PROMINENT MUSICIAN
UPON THE DECKER & SON GRAND.
TT CORRESPONDENT writes : The sharp con-
^ \ Irast between the quiet, orderly management
* -i. 0f the symphony concert and the noise and
CHICAGO, Sept. 15,1886.
HE following unsolicited letter from the most confusion attending the seating of the audience at the
DEAB MRS. RICHEY :
1
prominent musician in Olean, N. Y., is only " Gilmorto Festival,' both afternoon and evening,
I have one of your Piano Covers and find it both
seems
to
rbe
worthy
of remark. At the symphony,
one among the many letters of recommend
useful and ornamental.
received by Decker & Son from people who have under W. \C. Taylor'^ excellent management, the
Very truly yours,
thoroughly tested the instruments, and who are well ushers weite prompt anHsefficlent, and no one was
7;$ North State street.
L. M. AIKEN.
qualified to pass judgment upon the Decker & Son seated during the renderingbi-tiny piece, hence not a
note was lojst during all the evening. At the Gil-
pianos.
FACTORY SUGGESTIONS.
more concerts all was confusion, and it seems doubt-
OLEAN, N. Y. March 1, 1887.
ful if half si dozen people had the seats for which they
DECKER & SON :
(Scientific American.)
DEAR SIRS: Although unsolicited, and not know- held cheefcs. In some cases even the tickets were not
O. S. asks: How can I polish or varnish pi- ing whether my testimonial will be of any assistance taken. /The ushers " lost their heads " entirely, and
ano legs that have become dingy '( A. To to you, I feel it my duty to write you of the pleasure wildly'waved one to "any seat you can find," while
•
do such work well is laborious. Clean and the possession of one of your grand pianofortes, the first three pieces were greatly marred by the in-
smooth the surface well with rotten stone on a wet which I purchased June, 1886, gives me, believing cessant l < noise T>ffootsteps. The exquisite rendering
woolen rag, and follow with vigorous work with a that praise for excelling is groat encouragement to of the L\stHope," perhaps suffered the most. Will
not gome good fairy whisper to all future concert
chamois skin. Then to 2 ounces of melted white or still greater efforts.
yellow wax add 4 ounces turpentine, and give a good
Having been acquainted with your uprights for troupes that *e have a manager in the city who can
covering coat.
about ten years, and appreciating their excellent do these things quietly.—Springfield, Mass., Republi-
qualities, among which is that of staying in tune a can.
[Mr. Taylor is proprietor of one of the largest
remarkable length of time, I felt reasonably secure
KIND WORDS.
in ordering one of your grands, and it more than music houses in Springfield.
meets every demand I can make upon it. Its tone is
The Music TRADE REVIEW of New York, pub-
rich and full, and when forced to its utmost the tone TAXATION OF DRUMN ERS UNC0NSTITU-
lished by Bill & Carr, (the latter Major Will. G. Carr, still retains its fullness, not growing thin as is the
TIONi
formerly of this city,) has become the recognized or- case in most pianos.
HE Supreme Court, March 7th, decided, in a case
gan of the music trade of the United States under its
I have used my grand seven months for teaching
vigorous managers. Troy Northern BvAget, March and concert purposes, averaging about ten hours
brought from Tennessee, that a State or muni-
13th.
cipality has no right vp impose a license tax
daily. It has never been tuned since leaving your
factory, and yet takes at the present time a person on traveling salesmen from another State seeking to
BRANDON, WIS., March 12, 1887.
with very acute ear to detect any need of being tuned. sell goods by sample or otherwise. Such taxation
MESSRS. BILL & CARR :
I therefore consider it a very remarkable instru- is held to be an interference Iwlth interstate com-
merce and Is therefore unconstitutional.
GENTLEMEN : Enclosed I hand you $3.00, subscrip- ment.
tion to the Music TRADE REVIEW, which I think is in-
It is indeed a Grand pianoforte, a pianist being
PATENTS AND INVENTIONS.
valuable to the trade and should be supported by all able to produce with it not only the softest passages,
legitimate manufacturers and dealers, in its efforts but all required volume of tone without the use 6f
Music leaf turner, No. 358,679, E. Landgraf.
to stamp out and publish the "frauds "and "dead pedal.
Organ reed, No. 358,571, E. N. Rand.
beats " who have so "sapped" the trade in years past.
The touch could not help but please the most fas-
Mechanical
musical instruments No. 358,157, F. E.
Yours truly,
tidious, being unusually even throughout, and when
H. D. WHITE.
forced it still leaves one the impression that it is Kenyon.
T
J
T
Music Trade Review.
The Only Music Trade Paper in America, and the Organ of the Music Trade of this Country.
1879.
NEW YORK, MARCH 20 TO APRIL 5, 1887.
VOL. X. No. 16.
18.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES. 18 CENTS.
capable of greater forcing without that feeling that
the action is giving out. Especially is this piano
desirable for concert music, as the pianist cannot
help but feel that his instrument will sustain him in
every way he wishes to make use of it.
I have expected to find some weak point in it, but
the longer I use it the better am I pleased with it,
and am constantly finding excellent points about it
to increase my admiration. Wishing you thebestof
success, I remain cordially yours,
PUBLISHED * TWICE • EACH * MONTH.
BILL & CARR,
EDITOBS AND PBOPRIETOHS.
All Check*, Drafts, Money Orders, Postal
Notes and Mail matter should be
made to
GEO. B. CARTER.
BILL & CARR,
THE WAR COMMENCED.
EDITOBS & PROPRIETORS.
(From the. American Musician, March 12, 1887.)
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW 70EE.
OME of these said esteemed contemporaries
seem to think that the proper way to crush a
competitor is by lies and backbiting. Let me
assure them that the process is neither proper,
profitable nor effective. Good work will alwaysstand
on its own merits and win, and a lawyer's case is
never so desperate as when he starts in to abuse an
opposing witness. There is room for us all in this
world, though when I read some of the musical jour-
nals I sincerely think their editors would be more
honestly employieap^ddling peanuts than printing
papers. Journalism requires experience and, at least,
some education] and a nran is not a journalist be-
cause he happens to havp a brother who is.
S
8OB8CBIPTIOS (including postage) United States and Canada,
$3.00 per year, in advance; Foreign Countries, $4.00.
ADTKRTIREMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per insertion;
unless inserted upon rates made by special contract.
Entered at the New York Pott Office at Second Clatt Matter.
MORE ABOUT THE RICHEY PIANO COYER.
CHICAGO, March 1st, 1887.
MRS. SARAH E. RICHEY :
DEAB MADAM : I find your Piano Cover very useful,
ornamental and protecting to the piano, giving per-
fect satisfaction.
Respectfully yours,
370 Johnson street,
KATIH M. KUMLE.
AS A MANAGER.
THE OPINION OF A PROMINENT MUSICIAN
UPON THE DECKER & SON GRAND.
TT CORRESPONDENT writes : The sharp con-
^ \ Irast between the quiet, orderly management
* -i. 0f the symphony concert and the noise and
CHICAGO, Sept. 15,1886.
HE following unsolicited letter from the most confusion attending the seating of the audience at the
DEAB MRS. RICHEY :
1
prominent musician in Olean, N. Y., is only " Gilmorto Festival,' both afternoon and evening,
I have one of your Piano Covers and find it both
seems
to
rbe
worthy
of remark. At the symphony,
one among the many letters of recommend
useful and ornamental.
received by Decker & Son from people who have under W. \C. Taylor'^ excellent management, the
Very truly yours,
thoroughly tested the instruments, and who are well ushers weite prompt anHsefficlent, and no one was
7;$ North State street.
L. M. AIKEN.
qualified to pass judgment upon the Decker & Son seated during the renderingbi-tiny piece, hence not a
note was lojst during all the evening. At the Gil-
pianos.
FACTORY SUGGESTIONS.
more concerts all was confusion, and it seems doubt-
OLEAN, N. Y. March 1, 1887.
ful if half si dozen people had the seats for which they
DECKER & SON :
(Scientific American.)
DEAR SIRS: Although unsolicited, and not know- held cheefcs. In some cases even the tickets were not
O. S. asks: How can I polish or varnish pi- ing whether my testimonial will be of any assistance taken. /The ushers " lost their heads " entirely, and
ano legs that have become dingy '( A. To to you, I feel it my duty to write you of the pleasure wildly'waved one to "any seat you can find," while
•
do such work well is laborious. Clean and the possession of one of your grand pianofortes, the first three pieces were greatly marred by the in-
smooth the surface well with rotten stone on a wet which I purchased June, 1886, gives me, believing cessant l < noise T>ffootsteps. The exquisite rendering
woolen rag, and follow with vigorous work with a that praise for excelling is groat encouragement to of the L\stHope," perhaps suffered the most. Will
not gome good fairy whisper to all future concert
chamois skin. Then to 2 ounces of melted white or still greater efforts.
yellow wax add 4 ounces turpentine, and give a good
Having been acquainted with your uprights for troupes that *e have a manager in the city who can
covering coat.
about ten years, and appreciating their excellent do these things quietly.—Springfield, Mass., Republi-
qualities, among which is that of staying in tune a can.
[Mr. Taylor is proprietor of one of the largest
remarkable length of time, I felt reasonably secure
KIND WORDS.
in ordering one of your grands, and it more than music houses in Springfield.
meets every demand I can make upon it. Its tone is
The Music TRADE REVIEW of New York, pub-
rich and full, and when forced to its utmost the tone TAXATION OF DRUMN ERS UNC0NSTITU-
lished by Bill & Carr, (the latter Major Will. G. Carr, still retains its fullness, not growing thin as is the
TIONi
formerly of this city,) has become the recognized or- case in most pianos.
HE Supreme Court, March 7th, decided, in a case
gan of the music trade of the United States under its
I have used my grand seven months for teaching
vigorous managers. Troy Northern BvAget, March and concert purposes, averaging about ten hours
brought from Tennessee, that a State or muni-
13th.
cipality has no right vp impose a license tax
daily. It has never been tuned since leaving your
factory, and yet takes at the present time a person on traveling salesmen from another State seeking to
BRANDON, WIS., March 12, 1887.
with very acute ear to detect any need of being tuned. sell goods by sample or otherwise. Such taxation
MESSRS. BILL & CARR :
I therefore consider it a very remarkable instru- is held to be an interference Iwlth interstate com-
merce and Is therefore unconstitutional.
GENTLEMEN : Enclosed I hand you $3.00, subscrip- ment.
tion to the Music TRADE REVIEW, which I think is in-
It is indeed a Grand pianoforte, a pianist being
PATENTS AND INVENTIONS.
valuable to the trade and should be supported by all able to produce with it not only the softest passages,
legitimate manufacturers and dealers, in its efforts but all required volume of tone without the use 6f
Music leaf turner, No. 358,679, E. Landgraf.
to stamp out and publish the "frauds "and "dead pedal.
Organ reed, No. 358,571, E. N. Rand.
beats " who have so "sapped" the trade in years past.
The touch could not help but please the most fas-
Mechanical
musical instruments No. 358,157, F. E.
Yours truly,
tidious, being unusually even throughout, and when
H. D. WHITE.
forced it still leaves one the impression that it is Kenyon.
T
J
T
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