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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
berg occasionally amuses himself by including this or-
gan among what he describes as " stencil sheets." Here-
in he is guilty of deliberate misrepresentation. THE
GUILD PIANOS.
THE NEW BOSTON INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR ADVAN-
TAGES.—A VENTURE THAT PROMISES TO SUCCEED.
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW is no more entitled to such a
designation than is The Musical Courier, and no man
knows this better than Mr. Blumenberg. On this point,
however, we are content to abide by the judgment of
the trade. Our immediate object is to point out that
The Musical Courier is, to say the least, just as liable
to error as any other paper, whether on the subject of
trade-mark legislation or anything else, and that its
claims to be the "only" and the infallible guide of the
trade are of the very quintessence of absurdity.
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THE Waterloo (N. Y.) Organ Company have, as an-
nounced in our last issue, decided to enter upon the
manufacture of first-class pianos. Their piano cases
will be made at their well-known organ factory, while
the pianos will be finished and put together at the old
Yeast Cake factory on Church street, Waterloo, which
they have leased. The preparations made by the com-
pany for their new enterprise, their selection of Mr.
Mennig as superintendent, and the high, unsullied, and
wide-spread reputation •gained by them during their
prosperous career as makers of organs, augur well for
their acquisition in the near future of a very prominent
position in the new
field.
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THE Standard Gas Light Company, of Long Island
City, have received their quietus in the matter of the
$250,000 suit brought by them against Mr. William
Steinway. The chief witness for the company, J. W.
Kulenkamp, swore that Mr. Steinway had promised to
pay all the debts of the bankrupt company, and would
furnish all the necessary money and organize a new
company, he (Mr. Steinway) receiving one-fourth of the
stock, and three others, of whom two were entirely
unknown to Mr. Steinway, receiving three-fourths stock
in the proposed company. The presiding judge, Hon.
Joseph F. Daly, decided that plaintiffs had not succeed-
ed in establishing the slightest evidence for their claim.
The jury were unanimously for the defendant. A very
shaky feature of the suit was that DeKraft, Vice-
President of the company, who had Bworn to the com-
plaint, absolutely refused to testify.
THE CONEMAUGH FUND.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT UY ADJUTANT-GENERAL HASTINGS
—FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS.
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, HARRISBURG,
JOHNSTOWN, PENNA., June, 18th 1889.
MESSRS. BILL & BILL,
3 East 14th St., New York.
GENTLEMEN:—I have the pleasure of acknowledging
receipt of your kind favor of the 12th inst., enclosing
check for $35.00 for the benefit of the Johnstown, Pa.,
sufferers.
I have placed the same in the hands of Gov. James
A. Beaver, who will hold it in trust until the Charity
Commission is organized, when it will be turned over
to that body.
Very respectfully,
D. H. HASTINGS, Adj't General.
ATLANTA, GA., June 17th, 1889.
MESSRS. BILL & BILL,
New York.
GENTLEMEN: On my return found your appeal for
Penn. sufferers, and am only sorry that our company
cannot as a company contribute to the fund. As you
are probably aware, we have not as yet had any returns
from our outlay and it requires strict economy to carry
our enterprise to a successful issue. Still, as a souther-
ner, who can but sympathize with the sufferers and re.
membering the generous assistance rendered our sister
cities, Charleston and Jacksonville, by our Northern
brethren, feel a desire to contribute, and enclose here-
with a check for ten dollars. Pay subscription for
TRADE REVIEW and remainder pass to fund for suffer-
ers as my private contribution. Regretting that it is
not more. I remain,
Yours truly,
R. A. HOLLIDAY, Manager.
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HE new Guild pianos number many styles in rose-
wood, mahogany and walnut. Their three most
attractive forms are the " Cabinet Grand," "The
Parlor Favorite " and " The Student's Upright." These
handsome styles must necessarily vary from time to
time, in accordance with the changing demands of good
taste in artistic furnishing and decorating. The genius
of the Guild firm is not narrow or circumscribed, for
they possess the ability to build piano cases to order
from every kind of beautiful design, so as to match all
sorts of interior decoration. Bronzing, carving, fretting,
and a thousand and one other modes of piano embel-
lishment are carried out, in the hands of the Guild con-
cern, with marvelous exactitude, neatness, richness and
completeness.
As with the exterior of the piano, so with the more
important matters of its innermost recesses, for here,
too, Guild's ingenious devices and contrivances have
been brought to bear with great effect, and with singu-
lar advantage to pianists. We would, in particular, call
attention to " Guild's Patent Stringing and Tuning De-
vice," and "Guild's Patent Sounding Board Bridge."
These are simple in construction, and perfect in their
working, having all the advantages of the old method
with none of its defects. By means of the former, the
piano can be tuned, with ease, to micrometrical accuracy,
and when tuned will, Mr. Guild claims, stand in abso-
lutely perfect tune for a very much longer period than
those pianos in which the o^d wood pin block and tuning
pins are relied upon. By the aid of the other invention
above mentioned are obtained a perfect wood bearing,
and a straight line draft from hitch pin to string holder,
and a much improved quality of tone, the liability of the
piano to get out of tune being greatly reduced since
there are no bridge pins to yield, get loose, or jar.
These two inventions, taken in conjunction with the
scientific and extremely skilful construction of the Guild
piano as a whole, render the falling out of tune of that
instrument a very rare event.
Another improvement in these Guild pianos is the
self adjusting music desk, which can be adjusted at will
at any desired distance from the performer; is so con-
structed that there is a rest for the music throughout
the entire length of the piano; and allows the full tone
of the instrument to be heard.
George M. Guild began to make pianos close upon
thirty years ago. Only a week or two back he was
called upon to make some repairs on a piano construct-
ed by him in 1861, and which, though it had not been
touched by the repairer since, was found to be in gen-
erally first-class condition, and has now a long renewed
lease of useful life before it. This is a significant fact,
and thousands of such facts can be adduced, for these
pianos have reached the astonishing number of over
25,000, and are doing good service in all quarters of
the world. Mr. George M. Guild's methods of to-day
are the counterpart of those employed by him more
than a quarter of a century ago. He has never
used any but the very best materials. Neither has he
ever employed any workmen other than those of the
highest grade of skill. Many of his present employees
have worked with him from ten to twenty-five years,
and no better can be found.
The new and beautiful Guild pianos of Boston will
certainly prove strongly attractive to the trade.
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vision of Andrew Boyd and Andrew Beebe Boyd of
Syracuse, N. Y.
The Boyd family have acquired much celebrity as
compilers of directories, arfd the work before us—their
American Musical Directory for 1889-1890—appears
upon a cursory glance to be a very serviceable one. It
is a handy octavo volume of 471 pages, and is divided
into three subdivisions, viz: T. A directory of the firms
of the United States and Territories, including music
houses and dealers, manufacturers, supply men, and
trade and professional journals, arranged in alphabetical
order of states, cities and villages, persons and firms.
2. A similar directory relating to the Canadas, New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, and Prince Edward
Island. 3. A list of names of music teachers in the
United States residing in places of 5,000 population and
upwards. There is also an index to States and another
to advertisements, of which latter the book contains a
goodly and highly attractive display.
GEORGE BOTHNER.
HIS ACTIONS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, AND ARE EN-
DORSED BY LEADING PIANO-MAKERS.
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O use a modern and not inexpressive colloquialism,
there are no flies on George Bothner. If there
were, the music trade would know it and have
found them out long ago.
George Bothner b,egan life as an action maker almost
a quarter of a century ago, his chief capital consisting
of h,onesty, industry, and a thorough knowledge of his
craft. The excellence of his work soon attracted atten-
tion, and he has gone on, steadily progressing in public
favor, until he is to-day the proprietor of a large factory
at Nos. 135 and 137 Chrystie street, New York city,
which is well furnished with implements and machines
necessary to the making of piano actions.
Very many pianos that appeal most to the taste of the*
dealer and of the musician are supplied with the Both-
ner actions.
The merits of «uch a man as Mr. Bothner inevitably
appeal successfully to the good sense, as well as to the
interest, of piano-makers. Consequently, his books teem
with entries of orders, many of which are unfilled, for
the demand upon his resources seems at times to be
considerably out of proportion to his powers of supply.
Still, with the effective aid of his son, Mr. George Both-
ner, Jr., who has been thoroughly educated in his
father's factory in the art of piano-action making, the
interests of customers are well and conscientiously
attended to.
Mr. Bothner, Jr., has for some time past acted as the
practical head of the house, and in that responsible
position has proved himself in every respect a worthy
representative of his sire.
The quality and durability of the Bothner actions
are, as we have said, sufficiently evidenced by the stand-
ing of the manufacturers in whose instruments they are
employed. Further, as with the quality and durability
of the actions, so with the character and reputation of
the makers. None of these things require to be experi-
mented upon. They are facts.
SOUTHERN PIANO-MAKERS.
GROWING CELEBRITY OF THE COOPER IMPROVED PIANO.
HE Atlanta Pianoforte Manufacturing Company,
manufacturers of the Cooper improved piano,
Atlanta, Ga., are making exceedingly satis-
BOYD'S MUSICAL DIRECTORY.
factory headway. Certainly their piano has won the
enthusiastic admiration of their fellow-citizens, who
f I MIE compiling and proper arrangement of a com-
consider that it compares favorably with the best
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plete directory of the music trade of this country pianos made by the celebrated manufacturers ol the
•*- involves an amount of labor and the possession North. At a recent concert given in Atlanta by the
of a stock of patience of which no man, save he who eminent Joseph Hart Denck, a Cooper piano was
has been engaged upon such a work, can form anything used. The audience were delighted with the instru-
like an approximate idea. Those who toil upon a direc- ment, some distinguished local musicians who were
tory or a vast index day after day, conscientiously ex- present declaring that they had never heard its equal.
amining and re-examining the fruits of their efforts to
ascertain that nothing of importance has been omitted,
are among the chief benefactors of the human race.
THE Lansing Music Company, Limited, is the title
Their labors are too often unappreciated by the public of a new music concern carrying on business at No. 233
whom they serve, though very brief reflection suffices Washington Avenue, Lansing, Mich. They have a
to show how profoundly grateful toward them the com- capital stock of $9,000. The store consists of two
mercial and literary communities ought to be.
floors, connected by an elevator, and is elegantly fitted
A very creditable music trade directory is " Boyd's and furnished. D. C. Klock is Manager and Secretary
Musical Directory of the United States and Provinces," of the Company, who carry full lines of sheet music
compiled by Boyid's Directory Corps, under the super- and musical merchandise.
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