Music Trade Review
Issue: 1889 Vol. 12 N. 21 - Page 6
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
386
PRESCOTT UPRIGHT PIANOS.
PIANO MUSIC BEFORE THE BATTLE.
BRILLIANT AND SUCCESSFUL VENTURE INTO THE PIANO
MAKING FIELD BY THE PRESCOTT PIANO AND ORGAN
COMPANY, OF CONCORD, N. H. AN UNBLEMISHED
COMMERCIAL REPUTATION OF FIFTY-
THREE YEARS.
AFFECTING REMINISCENCE OF THE BATTLE OF FRANK-
LIN, RELATED BY COLONEL McEWEN.
THE GREAT FELT HEN OF BOSTON.
A
A. B. CROCKER 4 CO S SPLENDID SUCCESS IN THEIR NEW
WAREHOUSES.
B. CROCKER & CO., the felt dealers of Bos-
ton, Mass., are prospering gloriously in their
1
new and magnificent location on Edinboro',
Essex, and Kingston streets. Their wisdom in select-
ing these splendid and commodious quarters has been
more than vindicated. In addition to the great trade
done by the firm as selling agents for the City Mills Co.,
City Mills, Mass., they have an independent business
whose increase and standing present unquestionable
evidence of the great tact and general commercial capa-
bilities of the heads of the house.
Fred. J. Brand is the traveling man of A. B. Crocker
& Co., and wherever he alights from the cars he picks
up brand new business, while effectually taking care of
all the old customers.
The value of A. B. Crocker & Co. to the piano and
organ trade, with which they have now become more
closely identified then ever, cannot be over-estimated.
A
HAINES BROTHERS' CIRCULAR.
HAINES BROTHERS, Pianoforte Makers,
•
NEW YORK, May 17, 1889.
DEAR SIR : We are pleased to inform you that we
are now located at the new works, One Hundred and
Thirty third street and Alexander avenue, New York
city. We hope you will excuse any seeming neglect of
your favors during the past three weeks, which has
been absolutely unavoidable on account of the many
difficulties that have sprung up from time to time dur-
ing this move, all of which we regret more than we can
say. However, as stated before, we are now happily
approaching a little more settled state of affairs as re-
gards the production and completion of finished stock,
and we anticipate before this month ends to be in con-
dition to receive your orders, and think we will be en-
abled to fill them much more promptly in the future
than we have in the past.
Trusting that you will accept this apology to cover
all past oversight, and that we may have the pleasure
pf seeing you here personally, very soon, we remain,
Very truly yours,
HAJNES BROS.
FIHE UPRIGHT PIANO CASES
PRODUCED IN ATHOL, MASS., BY THE GROWING HOUSE
OF GODDARD & MANNING.
HE town of Athol, Mass., though flourishing, is not
particularly boastful or pretentious. Neverthe-
less it contains its full quota of useful, honorable,
and ingenious citizens. Among these are H. S. God-
dard and Robert Manning, who, combined, constitute
the excellent firm of Goddard & Manning, manufac-
turers of upright piano cases.
Ever since their start in business, Messrs. Goddard &
Manning have been steadily increasing their help—a
sure sign of a gradually extending business. They have
won a high place in the estimation of the trade, and bid
fair to maintain it.
Alive to the importance of " keeping up with the
times" in every respect, they have added new presses
and other new and modern machinery to their factory.
Their recently turned out fancy cases are the admir-
ation of all beholders, whether experts or ordinary
persons*
T
W
RITING in the Evangelist, Dr. Henry M. Field
thus describes a musical incident of the Ameri-
can cival war. " While recalling personal remin-
WAY up in the ancient city of Concord, New
Hampshire, honored and respected by a vast iscences, it may be of interest to mention one com-
constituency of customers throughout the United municated to me by Col. McEwen as follows:
" Gen. Kimball occupied my house as his headquar-
States, are located The Prescott Piano and Organ Com-
ters.
An incident occurred there which was rather
pany. They are the successors of the Prescott Organ
Company, the grand old concern that withstood the strange to me. About 4 p. m., after the General had
shocks and vicissitudes of five decades triumphantly, left for the field, there lingered a colonel from Indian-
and made a better showing every year of its existence apolis in my parlor; he was a lawyer, and a nice man;
he asked my daughters to sing and play him a piece of
that it did the year before.
music. They hesitated, but I answered for them. 'Yes.'
The Prescotts are, and almost from time immemorial My daughters asked what they should play. He replied
have been, shrewd observers of the music market and that he had not been in a parlor since the battle of Oak
of the changes in the musical taste of the public. Some Hill was fought, and that he did not know one piece of
three years ago they decided to abandon the manufac- music from another, except field music. I then spoke
ture of organs, assigning as their reason for that step up and asked the young ladies to sing and play a piece
that the demand for those instruments had decreased which had recently come out,'Just Before the Battle,
and was decreasing. During these three years they Mother,' telling the Colonel that it was a new piece.
have been steadily developing a piano-making business, At my request they sat down and played and sang the
and at the present moment, thanks to their New Eng- piece about half through, when I stepped to the door
land pluck, patience and clear-headedness, the Prescott and a shell exploded within fifty yards. I immediately
Upright Pianos have acquired considerable renown.
returned and said, ' Colonel, if I am any judge, it is just
Cheered by this gratifying result of their studious about that time now !' He immediaieiy sprang to his
application in the new field, they have put their shoul- feet, and ran in the direction of his regiment but before
ders to the wheel with renewed zest and earnestness^ he reached it, or by that time, he was shot through the
and stand prepared to meet every demand for their lungs, the bullet passing quite through him. He was
strictly first-class pianos with promptitude, and upon a taken back to the rear, and on to Nashville. Eighteen
scale of prices that cannot fail to satisfy every reason- days after I received a message from him through an
able customer.
officer, stating the fact of his being shot, and that the
In introducing their upright piano, the Prescott piece of music the young ladies were executing was still
Piano and Organ Company have shown their full ringing in his ears, and had been every moment that his
recognition of the fact that a large popular demand eyes were open since he left my parlor the evening of
exists for an upright of medium size, musical and re- the battle. In April, four months later, after the war
fined tone, honest make, and excellent finish. Their was over, he had sufficiently recovered to travel, when
styles are well represented by styles 4 and 5, in rose- he came to Franklin, as be stated, expressly to get the
wood and rich dark mahogany finish respectively, scale young ladies to finish the piece of music and relieve his
A to C, 7 ^ octaves, ivory keys, full iron plate, over- ears. His wife and more than a dozen officers accom-
strung bass, three unisons down to wound strings, re- panied him. He found the ladies, and they sang and
peating action, treble reflector, polished hammer rail, played the piece through for him in presence of all the
nickel-plated brackets and pedal guards, fine fret-work officers, and they wept like children.,"
panels, swing desk, and ornamental trusses. In meas-
urement these styles are 5 feet long, 4 feet 5 in. high,
and 2 feet 2 in. wide.
.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
In the construction of these Prescott uprights no la-
bor or expense is spared. The materials of which they
CUSTOM HOUSE, BOSTON, MASS.,
|
Collector's Office, May 20, 1889. \
are made are the best to be obtained in the market. The
firm's new scale is drawn with exceeding care, while the
designs and finish of the case work are graceful, rich, Exportation of Musical Instruments from this port
and attractive. They have in progress a new scale of
during the month ending April 30th, 1889:
larger size.
After all, the spotless repute of the Prescott Com- To England:
One hundred and seventy-four (174) organs, $11,031
panies during no less a period than fifty three years is
All other and parts of
1.797
the best assurance that can be given that only first-class
work will be allowed to leave their factory. The proud
$12,828
Total,
and honorable position which has been maintained for
more than half a century will not be allowed to become To Scotland:
One (1) organ, -
$100
a thing of the past so long as a drop of the old Pres-
cott blood remains in the firm, and as yet there is no
$100
Total,
sign of any diminution in the supply of that fine New
Hampshire fluid.
To Nova Scotia.
Two (2) pianos,
For all of which reasons dealers and others are
All other and parts of -
61
strongly recommended to investigate the Prescott up-
right pianos, and correspondents will find it to their
Total, -
$536
signal advantage to arrange for new local agencies.
The factory and office address is No. 71 South Main To Newfoundland, Labrador:
street, that of the warerooms No. 92 North Main street,
$200
Two (2) Organs,
Concord, N. H.
$200
Total, -
SUITABLE FOR ALL PURPOSES.
SSISTANT (in ready-made clothing shop to cus-
tomer)—This overcoat is the best I can do for
you. It may be a trifle loose, but it will be all
right for next winter and save buying a new one. These
boys grow so.
Customer—Grow! I hope he won't. He is an infant
pianist and keeps the whole family.
Assistant (whispering in the ear of customer)—Well,
I don't mind telling you, this is what we call our " all-
wool accommodation garment." Send your little boy
out in the rain for only one hour and it will fit him so
that you will have to use a shoehorn to get him out.—
London Exchange.
To Br. Poss. in Australasia:
Seven (7) organs,
Total, -
A
Combined total,
810
$14,474
Importations of Musical Instruments month of April,
1889.
From:
Austria, -
France,
Germany,
England,
-• $2,496
757
6,112
-
Total,
199
$9,564
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
386
PRESCOTT UPRIGHT PIANOS.
PIANO MUSIC BEFORE THE BATTLE.
BRILLIANT AND SUCCESSFUL VENTURE INTO THE PIANO
MAKING FIELD BY THE PRESCOTT PIANO AND ORGAN
COMPANY, OF CONCORD, N. H. AN UNBLEMISHED
COMMERCIAL REPUTATION OF FIFTY-
THREE YEARS.
AFFECTING REMINISCENCE OF THE BATTLE OF FRANK-
LIN, RELATED BY COLONEL McEWEN.
THE GREAT FELT HEN OF BOSTON.
A
A. B. CROCKER 4 CO S SPLENDID SUCCESS IN THEIR NEW
WAREHOUSES.
B. CROCKER & CO., the felt dealers of Bos-
ton, Mass., are prospering gloriously in their
1
new and magnificent location on Edinboro',
Essex, and Kingston streets. Their wisdom in select-
ing these splendid and commodious quarters has been
more than vindicated. In addition to the great trade
done by the firm as selling agents for the City Mills Co.,
City Mills, Mass., they have an independent business
whose increase and standing present unquestionable
evidence of the great tact and general commercial capa-
bilities of the heads of the house.
Fred. J. Brand is the traveling man of A. B. Crocker
& Co., and wherever he alights from the cars he picks
up brand new business, while effectually taking care of
all the old customers.
The value of A. B. Crocker & Co. to the piano and
organ trade, with which they have now become more
closely identified then ever, cannot be over-estimated.
A
HAINES BROTHERS' CIRCULAR.
HAINES BROTHERS, Pianoforte Makers,
•
NEW YORK, May 17, 1889.
DEAR SIR : We are pleased to inform you that we
are now located at the new works, One Hundred and
Thirty third street and Alexander avenue, New York
city. We hope you will excuse any seeming neglect of
your favors during the past three weeks, which has
been absolutely unavoidable on account of the many
difficulties that have sprung up from time to time dur-
ing this move, all of which we regret more than we can
say. However, as stated before, we are now happily
approaching a little more settled state of affairs as re-
gards the production and completion of finished stock,
and we anticipate before this month ends to be in con-
dition to receive your orders, and think we will be en-
abled to fill them much more promptly in the future
than we have in the past.
Trusting that you will accept this apology to cover
all past oversight, and that we may have the pleasure
pf seeing you here personally, very soon, we remain,
Very truly yours,
HAJNES BROS.
FIHE UPRIGHT PIANO CASES
PRODUCED IN ATHOL, MASS., BY THE GROWING HOUSE
OF GODDARD & MANNING.
HE town of Athol, Mass., though flourishing, is not
particularly boastful or pretentious. Neverthe-
less it contains its full quota of useful, honorable,
and ingenious citizens. Among these are H. S. God-
dard and Robert Manning, who, combined, constitute
the excellent firm of Goddard & Manning, manufac-
turers of upright piano cases.
Ever since their start in business, Messrs. Goddard &
Manning have been steadily increasing their help—a
sure sign of a gradually extending business. They have
won a high place in the estimation of the trade, and bid
fair to maintain it.
Alive to the importance of " keeping up with the
times" in every respect, they have added new presses
and other new and modern machinery to their factory.
Their recently turned out fancy cases are the admir-
ation of all beholders, whether experts or ordinary
persons*
T
W
RITING in the Evangelist, Dr. Henry M. Field
thus describes a musical incident of the Ameri-
can cival war. " While recalling personal remin-
WAY up in the ancient city of Concord, New
Hampshire, honored and respected by a vast iscences, it may be of interest to mention one com-
constituency of customers throughout the United municated to me by Col. McEwen as follows:
" Gen. Kimball occupied my house as his headquar-
States, are located The Prescott Piano and Organ Com-
ters.
An incident occurred there which was rather
pany. They are the successors of the Prescott Organ
Company, the grand old concern that withstood the strange to me. About 4 p. m., after the General had
shocks and vicissitudes of five decades triumphantly, left for the field, there lingered a colonel from Indian-
and made a better showing every year of its existence apolis in my parlor; he was a lawyer, and a nice man;
he asked my daughters to sing and play him a piece of
that it did the year before.
music. They hesitated, but I answered for them. 'Yes.'
The Prescotts are, and almost from time immemorial My daughters asked what they should play. He replied
have been, shrewd observers of the music market and that he had not been in a parlor since the battle of Oak
of the changes in the musical taste of the public. Some Hill was fought, and that he did not know one piece of
three years ago they decided to abandon the manufac- music from another, except field music. I then spoke
ture of organs, assigning as their reason for that step up and asked the young ladies to sing and play a piece
that the demand for those instruments had decreased which had recently come out,'Just Before the Battle,
and was decreasing. During these three years they Mother,' telling the Colonel that it was a new piece.
have been steadily developing a piano-making business, At my request they sat down and played and sang the
and at the present moment, thanks to their New Eng- piece about half through, when I stepped to the door
land pluck, patience and clear-headedness, the Prescott and a shell exploded within fifty yards. I immediately
Upright Pianos have acquired considerable renown.
returned and said, ' Colonel, if I am any judge, it is just
Cheered by this gratifying result of their studious about that time now !' He immediaieiy sprang to his
application in the new field, they have put their shoul- feet, and ran in the direction of his regiment but before
ders to the wheel with renewed zest and earnestness^ he reached it, or by that time, he was shot through the
and stand prepared to meet every demand for their lungs, the bullet passing quite through him. He was
strictly first-class pianos with promptitude, and upon a taken back to the rear, and on to Nashville. Eighteen
scale of prices that cannot fail to satisfy every reason- days after I received a message from him through an
able customer.
officer, stating the fact of his being shot, and that the
In introducing their upright piano, the Prescott piece of music the young ladies were executing was still
Piano and Organ Company have shown their full ringing in his ears, and had been every moment that his
recognition of the fact that a large popular demand eyes were open since he left my parlor the evening of
exists for an upright of medium size, musical and re- the battle. In April, four months later, after the war
fined tone, honest make, and excellent finish. Their was over, he had sufficiently recovered to travel, when
styles are well represented by styles 4 and 5, in rose- he came to Franklin, as be stated, expressly to get the
wood and rich dark mahogany finish respectively, scale young ladies to finish the piece of music and relieve his
A to C, 7 ^ octaves, ivory keys, full iron plate, over- ears. His wife and more than a dozen officers accom-
strung bass, three unisons down to wound strings, re- panied him. He found the ladies, and they sang and
peating action, treble reflector, polished hammer rail, played the piece through for him in presence of all the
nickel-plated brackets and pedal guards, fine fret-work officers, and they wept like children.,"
panels, swing desk, and ornamental trusses. In meas-
urement these styles are 5 feet long, 4 feet 5 in. high,
and 2 feet 2 in. wide.
.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
In the construction of these Prescott uprights no la-
bor or expense is spared. The materials of which they
CUSTOM HOUSE, BOSTON, MASS.,
|
Collector's Office, May 20, 1889. \
are made are the best to be obtained in the market. The
firm's new scale is drawn with exceeding care, while the
designs and finish of the case work are graceful, rich, Exportation of Musical Instruments from this port
and attractive. They have in progress a new scale of
during the month ending April 30th, 1889:
larger size.
After all, the spotless repute of the Prescott Com- To England:
One hundred and seventy-four (174) organs, $11,031
panies during no less a period than fifty three years is
All other and parts of
1.797
the best assurance that can be given that only first-class
work will be allowed to leave their factory. The proud
$12,828
Total,
and honorable position which has been maintained for
more than half a century will not be allowed to become To Scotland:
One (1) organ, -
$100
a thing of the past so long as a drop of the old Pres-
cott blood remains in the firm, and as yet there is no
$100
Total,
sign of any diminution in the supply of that fine New
Hampshire fluid.
To Nova Scotia.
Two (2) pianos,
For all of which reasons dealers and others are
All other and parts of -
61
strongly recommended to investigate the Prescott up-
right pianos, and correspondents will find it to their
Total, -
$536
signal advantage to arrange for new local agencies.
The factory and office address is No. 71 South Main To Newfoundland, Labrador:
street, that of the warerooms No. 92 North Main street,
$200
Two (2) Organs,
Concord, N. H.
$200
Total, -
SUITABLE FOR ALL PURPOSES.
SSISTANT (in ready-made clothing shop to cus-
tomer)—This overcoat is the best I can do for
you. It may be a trifle loose, but it will be all
right for next winter and save buying a new one. These
boys grow so.
Customer—Grow! I hope he won't. He is an infant
pianist and keeps the whole family.
Assistant (whispering in the ear of customer)—Well,
I don't mind telling you, this is what we call our " all-
wool accommodation garment." Send your little boy
out in the rain for only one hour and it will fit him so
that you will have to use a shoehorn to get him out.—
London Exchange.
To Br. Poss. in Australasia:
Seven (7) organs,
Total, -
A
Combined total,
810
$14,474
Importations of Musical Instruments month of April,
1889.
From:
Austria, -
France,
Germany,
England,
-• $2,496
757
6,112
-
Total,
199
$9,564
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