Music Trade Review

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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CHIGAGO, I I I . , November 16, 1889.
Trade in this city continues remarkably brisk. Every
piano and organ manufacturer and music dealer whom
you meet in his factory or store, on the street, or else-
where in Chicago, bears himself with an airy lightness
that betokens high mental gratification. This ethereal
condition of things is due, firstly, to the prosperity that
marks the music trade, and secondly to the fact that
New York is believed by most of our citizens to be
"downed" in the matter of the World's Fair of 1892.
While not risking an actual prediction as to the home
of the Fair, I must say that if energy, enthusiasm and
money are—as it seems reasonable to suppose they are
—the deciding factors in the case, then your chances
are not by any means so favorable as ours. The snail's
pace at which your little guarantee fund elongates itself,
and the agonizing throes through which it is passing in
the effort to reach the $5,000,000 point, are here watched
with great amusement. However, I will not continue to
inflict this subject upon your New York readers. As in
the fable of the boys and the frogs, what is fun to us
may be pain to them.
Among other evidences of the prosperity of trade in
Chicago, I may mention the fact that the Bradbury
pianos are having something very like a boom. J. M.
Hawxhurst, whom I met on State street the other day,
told me that business in these instruments is better than
ever before, and Hawxhurst's reputation for veracity is
as well attested as that of the great Freeborn G. Smith
himself.
Lyon & Healy's trade for the present month ap-
proaches the phenomenal. According to appearances
they are not greatly cast down by the prospect of the
Steinway agency passing from their hands. Rumors to
the effect that they may negotiate for the representation
of Messrs Kroeger & Son in this city are afloat. The
agency of the Pease piano will doubtless remain in their
hands.
The Shoninger piano still wings its way to fame. Its
sale in Chicago alone is very much greater than at any
other time since the B. Shoninger Co. established their
branch business here. In western and north-western
sections its popularity is rapidly increasing. Therefore
the genial smile of " Joe" Shoninger gaineth in sweet-
ness, and the moustache of Antonio d'Anguera twitch-
eth with boyish glee.
And so it is all through the metropoRs of the west.
OCCASIONAL.
SOME MOTH-EATEN CITY ITEMS.
The new reporter from the Maine Journalistic Train-
ing School, recently engaged by the New York Rusher
has gone home.
His firsf copy handed in was as beiow, and was found
too spicy for the metropolis :
Janitor Hanscomb of the Equitable Life Building
drowned four kittens yesterday. Let the good work go
on, John.
The A. T. Stewart heirs have had a new board put in
the fence surronnding their 129th sjreet psoperty. The
improvement has long been needed.
The Manhattan Company contemplate extensive im-
provements in their Centre street property in 1902.
A new hitching-post was placed at the corner of Wall
and Broad streets yesterday.
LATER.
We were wrong. It was a lamp-post.
Mr. Z. B. L. of Nassau street will please accept the
thanks of the editor for lending our reporter $6.50 on
Saturday last.
Many of our townspeople may be seen in Trinity
churchyard usually.
The New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Company, whose station is on Forty-second street, near
Depew place, bought a new hand car yesterday. The
equipment of this road is steadily improving.
Put on your flannels.
One of the many TESTIMONIALS being: constantly received by the
Wilcox & 'White Organ Company regarding their Wonderful
Tark & Pilford have a barrel of pickels at their store
which will make your mouth water. Also a large stock
of sperm candles, which they are selling cheap.
Wacy has received a new invoice of those delicious
bolivars.
Pay your subscriptions now.
Bishop Potter's hired girl—her name escapes us—lost
a fine batch of dough Tuesday by reason of one of the
pug pups taking it for a lair.
Our town never was more prosperous than at present,
and it is understood that Solomon Abendroth will start
a stocking factory, employing two or more hands, on
Lispenard street, early in the spring.
Bargains at Biffany's.
The Union League Ckib is composed of some very
pleasant gentlemen.
The ticket agent of the elevated railroad at Fifth ave-
nue and Twenty-third street is named Dennis, and is a
polite and courteous official. We lost our ticket one
day last week and he allowed us to skin through the
gate.
P. Whelan, Esq., of Second avenue, has been unani-
mously appointed meat carver at the dog pound. Faith-
ful service will always tell in the end.
It rained yesterday.
We noticed George Hapgood of Sebago Lake on the
streets a day or two ago. Look out George, and don't
get buncoed !
A book of verses by our editor is going to be pub-
lished soon.
Price, 25 cents.
Send money order or registered letter.
—Puck.
THE Chicago Inter-Ocean of Sunday the 10th inst-
contains interesting information as to some of the best
pipe organs in that city, including the immense organ
now being put into the Chicago Auditorium. This lat-
ter takes rank with the greatest of the world in size and
number of stops—those of the Riga Cathedral, Russia;
Royal Albert Hall, London; Garden City, Long Island,
(built by Mr. Roosevelt); St. George's Hall, Liverpool,
and others—but in purity and volume of tone and wealth
of modern improvements it surpasses them all. It was
made by Mr. Frank Roosevelt, of New York city.
Self-Playing Double Organ.
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Selections from all the prominent oomposers can "be artistically and
aocnrately rendered by any one, whether they have any
knowledge of music or not.
WILCOX & WHITE ORGAN CO, Meriden, Conn.