Music Trade Review
Issue: 1889 Vol. 12 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,
Fo-anded
VOL. XII.
No. 16.
1879.
NEW YORK, MARCH 20 TO APRIL 5, 1889.
dealers are clamoring for his wares, and he is utterly
unable to reciprocate their persistent attentions as he
desires.
The New England Organ Company manufactures
three styles of grand pianos, viz.: the baby grand, the
parlor grand, and the concert grand ; also a large and
pleasing variety of styles in uprights. All of these
are destined to achieve glory and renown.
PUBLISHED • TWICE * EACH • MONTH.
J E F F . DAVIS B I L L .
EDWARD LTMAN BILL.
BILL & BILL,
EDITOEB AND PBOPBIITOKB.
THE NEW C0N0YER GRAND.
All Checks, Drafts, Honey orders. Postal
Notes and mail matter should be
v
made to
A PIANO THAT IS LIKELY TO CREATE CONSIDERABLE
EXCITEMENT.
BILL & BILL,
r T I H E new grand piano just brought out by Cono-
I
vcr Bros, of this city, has materially added to
-^- the brilliant reputation long since acquired by
Mr, Frank Conover in the piano-manufacturing field.
It seemes to us that to describe Mr, Conover as a gen-
ius in his especial line is to fall far short of exaggeration,
for his inventive faculties are of an exceptionally high
order.
We believe that Mr. Conover has never yet supervised
the construction of a piano that did not merit high
praise. His genius, great as it is, has always been sec-
onded by the utmost painstaking and care.
The tone of the new Conover grand seems to us to
meet every requirement of the cultured player. It is
a tone of splendid volume, of perfect evenness through-
out the scale, of exquisite singing quality—a tone mus-
ical, in fact, in every sense of the word.
EDITORS k PBOPHIETOM.
3 EAST 14th STREET, 4TEW YORK.
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and Oftnada,
13.00 per year, in advance; Foreign Conntriei. $4.00
ADTKKTISKITKNTS, $3.00 per inch, single column, per insertion;
anleas inserted upon rate* made by special contract.
Entered at the New York Pott Office a* Second GUut Matter.
HELPFUL HINTS
speed of the noble ship. Mr. Tremaine describes the
"City of New York" as a perfect palace of delight,
wonderful beyond expression for her steam machinery
and luxurious accommodations, and entirely beyond
praise in regard to the behavior of her officers, her
cuisine, and her general comfort.
Mr. Tremaine reports a very successful business
trip. He is well pleased with the European aspect of
his company's affairs. The objectionable circum-
stances of his expedition were confined to the London
11
pea-soup " fogs, and the perpetual rains by which the
British metropolis was blessed during his sojourn there.
ENTERPRISE OF THE NEW ENGLAND
ORGAN CO.
Have you seen our last publication ? If not, let us
know and we will mail you one.
FABRAND & V0TE7 OEGAN 00.,
DETROIT, Mich.
WILLIAM B. TREMAINE HOME FROM
EUROPE.
13.00 PER TEAS.
SINGLE COPIES. 15 CENTS.
GEO. T. MCLAUGHLIN,
PROPRIETOR.
PUSHING THE WOODWARD & BROWN AND THE LAW-
RENCE PIANOS TO THE FRONT.
T is universally conceded among the trade that
the manager of the New England Organ Company,
George T, McLaughlin, evidenced the possession of
a good deal of wisdom by purchasing the plants of
A SUCCESSFUL TRIP AND A PLEASANT VOYAGE.
the Woodward & Brown and the Lawrence piano con-
P p H E good steamship "City of New York" has cerns. In these transactions Mr. McLaughlin did not ex-
I
brought William B. Tremaine, general manager hibit his wisdom for the first time. In former years he
**• of the ^Eolian Organ and Music Co., N. Y., safely showed a great amount of ability as a financier and
back to the land of the free and the home of the brave. general man of business while conducting the affairs of
The distinguished voyager arrived on the 14th inst., The New England Organ Co.; and we do not hesitate
looking none the worse for his recent experiences. to express the opinion that his success with his two
Readers will note the coincidence of the extraordinarily new piano ventures will be at least on a par with that
rapid passage of the famous In man liner with the, attained in connection with the now famous organ. The
presence among her passengers of Wm. B. Tremaine. more fearless are we in making this prediction by reason
On the same vessel voyaged Mr. W. H. Currier, of the of the fact that in the Woodward & Brown and Lawrence
firm of Whitney & Currier. Toledo, O., and his es- pianos of the future will be found every improvement
timable wife. Mr. and Mrs. Currier, by their delightful producible by the combined forces of money, experience,
singing, and their amiable and sociable ways, greatly the best skilled labor, and the best obtainable material.
contributed to the enjoyment, of the saloon passengers, We fully expect, in fact, that ere long Mr. McLaughlin
effectually annihilating time, and positively causing an will find it necessary greatly to increase his manufac-
agreeable sort of dissatisfaction with the unprecedented turing facilities and conveniences. Already a host of
I
GUS MATHER'S WONDERFUL VIOLIN.
US MATHER, of Hadlyme, Conn., is the possessor
of an old violin which he believes to be of price-
less worth. He claims that it was played by Ole
Bull in the palmiest days of that wondrous musician,
and has declined an offer for it of $2,000.
The care bestowed upon this old fiddle by Mr. Mather
bespeaks his belief in its value. During a recent visit
in Hadlyme we were privileged to view the instrument.
We were conducted up several nights of stairs and ush-
ered into a darkened room, the windows of which were
strongly barricaded. Taking us by the hand, Gus grop-
ed his murky way to an immense chest, the ponderous
lock of which he turned with a key like that of the old
Bastile. Inside this chest was another box, also secur-
ed by lock and key, and after this had been unfastened a
still smaller receptacle of similar shape, but this time of
iron, appeared in the dim light. It, also, had to be un-
locked, when an ordinary violin case, secured after the
manner of the other cases, was disclosed. Herein was
contained the precious fiddle, which Mr. Mather does
not seem to run much risk of losing. We have known
violins worth at least a dollar and a-half to be almost
as well guarded.
G
NEWMAN BROS., Chicago, 111., have issued their new
organ catalogue, which contains illustrations and des.
criptions of several new styles of their handsome, tune-
ful and popular instruments, and is in some other
respects an improvement upon the old catalogue.
F. CONNOR, N. Y., has had during the last three
months a better trade than has ever previously fallen to
his lot in any similar period, and everybody knows that
Francis's business has always been in at least a lively
condition. His new warerooms at No. 4 East Forty-
second street (two doors east of Fifth avenue) which
Mr. Connor will occupy on or about May 1st, will be
fitted up in chaste and elegant style. We are >of the
opinion that this move on the part of Mr. Connor will
prove to have been a very brilliant one.
Music Trade
REVIEW.
The Only Music Trade Paper in America, and the Organ of the Music Trade of this Country,
Fo-anded
VOL. XII.
No. 16.
1879.
NEW YORK, MARCH 20 TO APRIL 5, 1889.
dealers are clamoring for his wares, and he is utterly
unable to reciprocate their persistent attentions as he
desires.
The New England Organ Company manufactures
three styles of grand pianos, viz.: the baby grand, the
parlor grand, and the concert grand ; also a large and
pleasing variety of styles in uprights. All of these
are destined to achieve glory and renown.
PUBLISHED • TWICE * EACH • MONTH.
J E F F . DAVIS B I L L .
EDWARD LTMAN BILL.
BILL & BILL,
EDITOEB AND PBOPBIITOKB.
THE NEW C0N0YER GRAND.
All Checks, Drafts, Honey orders. Postal
Notes and mail matter should be
v
made to
A PIANO THAT IS LIKELY TO CREATE CONSIDERABLE
EXCITEMENT.
BILL & BILL,
r T I H E new grand piano just brought out by Cono-
I
vcr Bros, of this city, has materially added to
-^- the brilliant reputation long since acquired by
Mr, Frank Conover in the piano-manufacturing field.
It seemes to us that to describe Mr, Conover as a gen-
ius in his especial line is to fall far short of exaggeration,
for his inventive faculties are of an exceptionally high
order.
We believe that Mr. Conover has never yet supervised
the construction of a piano that did not merit high
praise. His genius, great as it is, has always been sec-
onded by the utmost painstaking and care.
The tone of the new Conover grand seems to us to
meet every requirement of the cultured player. It is
a tone of splendid volume, of perfect evenness through-
out the scale, of exquisite singing quality—a tone mus-
ical, in fact, in every sense of the word.
EDITORS k PBOPHIETOM.
3 EAST 14th STREET, 4TEW YORK.
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and Oftnada,
13.00 per year, in advance; Foreign Conntriei. $4.00
ADTKKTISKITKNTS, $3.00 per inch, single column, per insertion;
anleas inserted upon rate* made by special contract.
Entered at the New York Pott Office a* Second GUut Matter.
HELPFUL HINTS
speed of the noble ship. Mr. Tremaine describes the
"City of New York" as a perfect palace of delight,
wonderful beyond expression for her steam machinery
and luxurious accommodations, and entirely beyond
praise in regard to the behavior of her officers, her
cuisine, and her general comfort.
Mr. Tremaine reports a very successful business
trip. He is well pleased with the European aspect of
his company's affairs. The objectionable circum-
stances of his expedition were confined to the London
11
pea-soup " fogs, and the perpetual rains by which the
British metropolis was blessed during his sojourn there.
ENTERPRISE OF THE NEW ENGLAND
ORGAN CO.
Have you seen our last publication ? If not, let us
know and we will mail you one.
FABRAND & V0TE7 OEGAN 00.,
DETROIT, Mich.
WILLIAM B. TREMAINE HOME FROM
EUROPE.
13.00 PER TEAS.
SINGLE COPIES. 15 CENTS.
GEO. T. MCLAUGHLIN,
PROPRIETOR.
PUSHING THE WOODWARD & BROWN AND THE LAW-
RENCE PIANOS TO THE FRONT.
T is universally conceded among the trade that
the manager of the New England Organ Company,
George T, McLaughlin, evidenced the possession of
a good deal of wisdom by purchasing the plants of
A SUCCESSFUL TRIP AND A PLEASANT VOYAGE.
the Woodward & Brown and the Lawrence piano con-
P p H E good steamship "City of New York" has cerns. In these transactions Mr. McLaughlin did not ex-
I
brought William B. Tremaine, general manager hibit his wisdom for the first time. In former years he
**• of the ^Eolian Organ and Music Co., N. Y., safely showed a great amount of ability as a financier and
back to the land of the free and the home of the brave. general man of business while conducting the affairs of
The distinguished voyager arrived on the 14th inst., The New England Organ Co.; and we do not hesitate
looking none the worse for his recent experiences. to express the opinion that his success with his two
Readers will note the coincidence of the extraordinarily new piano ventures will be at least on a par with that
rapid passage of the famous In man liner with the, attained in connection with the now famous organ. The
presence among her passengers of Wm. B. Tremaine. more fearless are we in making this prediction by reason
On the same vessel voyaged Mr. W. H. Currier, of the of the fact that in the Woodward & Brown and Lawrence
firm of Whitney & Currier. Toledo, O., and his es- pianos of the future will be found every improvement
timable wife. Mr. and Mrs. Currier, by their delightful producible by the combined forces of money, experience,
singing, and their amiable and sociable ways, greatly the best skilled labor, and the best obtainable material.
contributed to the enjoyment, of the saloon passengers, We fully expect, in fact, that ere long Mr. McLaughlin
effectually annihilating time, and positively causing an will find it necessary greatly to increase his manufac-
agreeable sort of dissatisfaction with the unprecedented turing facilities and conveniences. Already a host of
I
GUS MATHER'S WONDERFUL VIOLIN.
US MATHER, of Hadlyme, Conn., is the possessor
of an old violin which he believes to be of price-
less worth. He claims that it was played by Ole
Bull in the palmiest days of that wondrous musician,
and has declined an offer for it of $2,000.
The care bestowed upon this old fiddle by Mr. Mather
bespeaks his belief in its value. During a recent visit
in Hadlyme we were privileged to view the instrument.
We were conducted up several nights of stairs and ush-
ered into a darkened room, the windows of which were
strongly barricaded. Taking us by the hand, Gus grop-
ed his murky way to an immense chest, the ponderous
lock of which he turned with a key like that of the old
Bastile. Inside this chest was another box, also secur-
ed by lock and key, and after this had been unfastened a
still smaller receptacle of similar shape, but this time of
iron, appeared in the dim light. It, also, had to be un-
locked, when an ordinary violin case, secured after the
manner of the other cases, was disclosed. Herein was
contained the precious fiddle, which Mr. Mather does
not seem to run much risk of losing. We have known
violins worth at least a dollar and a-half to be almost
as well guarded.
G
NEWMAN BROS., Chicago, 111., have issued their new
organ catalogue, which contains illustrations and des.
criptions of several new styles of their handsome, tune-
ful and popular instruments, and is in some other
respects an improvement upon the old catalogue.
F. CONNOR, N. Y., has had during the last three
months a better trade than has ever previously fallen to
his lot in any similar period, and everybody knows that
Francis's business has always been in at least a lively
condition. His new warerooms at No. 4 East Forty-
second street (two doors east of Fifth avenue) which
Mr. Connor will occupy on or about May 1st, will be
fitted up in chaste and elegant style. We are >of the
opinion that this move on the part of Mr. Connor will
prove to have been a very brilliant one.
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