Music Trade Review
Issue: 1889 Vol. 13 N. 9 - Page 16
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
212
PIANO AND ORGAN
F E I i T I N G S DESCRIPTION.
KRAKAUF.R BROS., N. Y., are having an enormous
fall trade. The full power of their new and admirably
equipped factory is drawn upon in the effort to fill orders,
to keep abreast of which they are compelled to keep
their men at work long after the usual hour of closing.
This firm's weekly output has reached the satisfactory
total of thirty pianos. The reputation of the Krakauer
piano, always excellent, is higher than ever. Its makers
do not need to spend time in commending it to dealers,
for dealers eagerly seek this admirable instrument.
A. B. CROCKER & CO,
Kingston, Essex & Edinboro Streets,
4
THE
Sterling Company,
THE Dunham Piano Company, N. Y., were never
busier than at the present time. The beautiful tone
qualities and elegant exterior appearance of this firm's
pianos continue to elicit the highest praise. Their repu-
tation increases with the lapse of years.
DAY by day, the Hallet & Davis piano acquires new
honors. One of the most recent testimonials to its
merits comes from the Arkansas School for the Blind,
Little Rock, Ark., whose directors have just purchased
two Hallet & Davis parlor grands. After comparing
these fine instruments with other parlor grands by
distinguished makers, the directors and students speak
of them as " the best grands ever brought to our atten-
tion."' This school is one of the most celebrated insti-
tutes of its kind in the United States. Its testimony as
to the Hallet & Davis Company's pianos is a high com-
pliment to the great Boston house.
FAOTOBT:
L
Hallet
BOSTON. MA5S.
MANUFACTURERS OP
NEW CATALOGUES NOW READY.
CORRESPONDENCE
SOLICITED.
THE SMITH AMERICAN
ORGAN & PIANO CO.,
BOSTON",
GASFARD O. GIRARDIN, of Lake Linden, Mich., has
invented and patented a metallic pallet for organs,
which can be cheaply made in large quantities and kept
on hand by organ makers, to be used when building the
•rgan, instead of wooden pallets. On the under side of
the base are lugs between which is pivoted a lever hav-
ing near one end a lug on which is held one end of a
coiled spring, the other end of the spring resting around
a iimilar lug on the base. The end of the lever opposite
the ipring carries the valve proper, adapter! to open and
close the air opening, the valve being pressed against
a seat of leather or other suitable material. In the
middle of the valve is a small hole for fastening a hook
or loop, and generally used to hook on pull downs.
There is also a modified form of the pellet with an oblong
air opening and correspondingly shaped valve, for sound
boards requiring channels on account of of the slides
for the different stops.
THE Schubert Piano Co., N. Y., are as fully occupied
as ever, having all the ttade they can comfortably take
care of. During the first nine months of this year their
business was considerably larger than that done by
them throughout the year 1888. Mr. Emil Wulsin, of
D. H. Baldwin & Co., Indianapolis, Ind., paid the Schu-
bert Co. a very pleasant social call while on his annual
trip a short lime ago.
DERBY, CONN.
A PATENT for an improved violin tail-piece has been
It is admitted by all that no piano ever put upon
issued to Mr. F. P. Snow, of Portland, Oregon. The the market has met with such success as THE
object of the invention is to obviate the difficulty and STERLING, and thousands will testify to their supeii-
awkwardness consequent upon the present method of ority of workmanship and durability. Why? Be-
replacing broken strings. The tail-piece is provided cause they are made just as perfect as a pi mo can be
with a chamber in its larger part, closed by a sliding made.
cover. In this chamber metal plates or bars lie parallel,
THE STERLING ORGAN has always taken the lead,
these plates being all pivoted at one end. The free ends and the improvements made this year puts It far
of the plates are held in suitable recesses, but so that ahead of all others. $&- Send for Catalogue.
such ends can be swung upward when desired. Each
plate has on its side two studs, each plate with its studs S. D. SMITH, President.
forming a kind of bobbin around which the string is
H. W. SMITH, Vice-President.
wound in an elongated coil. The chamber in the tail-
E. W. SMITH, Treasurer.
piece is preferably made with a bottom, and the whole
mechanism inclosed, the strings passing out from
the chamber through small channels or recesses. Usually
BOSTON, MASS.
LONDON, ENG.
but three bobbins are employed, the G string being at-
KANSAS CIT7, ISO.
tached to the tail piece by passing it through a conceal-
ed hole and tying a knot in its end.
MR. W. R. JOHNSTON, of Waltham, Mass., is the paten-
tee of several important improvements in the side drum.
One of these is the brace, which is an oval-shaped shell
provided internally with an elastic lining which serves
to prevent the brace from slipping on the cord. It stays
where it is placed, and keeps an even pressure on the
head. It is light and ornamental and will not slip, stretch,
or break. When the head is to be stretched, a bifurcated
hook is employed, which is inserted over the brace on
each side of the cord. It is also provided with a handle
which enables the brace to be drawn down without in-
jury to the fingers. The triple snares which are used
on this drum are clamped to the shell of the drum on
one side and at the other side are retained by the tri-
angular snare strainer, which is of peculiar construction.
Holes are cut in the hoop so that, when tension is ap-
plied to the snares after they are passed Uirough these
openings, they will be drawn close to the snare head,
greatly increasing the vibration and tone of the instru-
ment. The snare strainer is triangular in shape and is
provided with an opening at its upper end, through
which passes the screw tightener. This screw also
passes through an apertured lip that is screwed to the
side of the drum, so that by simply turning the thumb
screw the snare will be tightened and held firmly
stretched. This drum has been adopted by the Mass-
achusetts Volunteer Militia.
BOSTON, MASS.
NEWBY & EVANS, N. Y., are working nights in the
endeavor to fill their orders promptly. They turn out
forty pianos per week. Throughout the summer and
fall they have been exceedingly busy, and there is no
prospect of their being able to slacken their efforts
in the least for a long time to come.
MATHUSHEK & SON, N. Y., have on hand sufficient
orders to keep their resources taxed to the utmost until
January ist, 1890. This old established firm have
recently added several large houses to their list of agen-
cies, among them being that of Charles F. Franklin, the
successful music dealer of Newark, N. ]., in whose ele-
gant warerooms the Mathushek piano occupies fhe
position of leader. Mr. Franklin visited the establish-
ment of Mathushek & Son a few days ago, and left a
cash order for ten pianos. Mr. Franklin is also the pro-
prietor of a very prosperous musical conservatory, in
which the Mathushek piano is used exclusively.
MR. ALVIN KRANICH, of the firm of Kranich & Bach
N. Y., gave his first of a series of musicales for the sea-
son of 1889-90 on the evening of the 26th ult., at No. 16
West 125th street, this city. The performing artists of
the occasion were; Miss Inez Carusi, harp and piano;
Madame L. Herie, soprano; Mr. Alvin Kranich, piano ;
Mr. R. Hildebrandt, cello ; Mr. C. Hildebrandt, violin ;
Mr. Emil Senger, basso. A highly classical programme
was rendered in a manner that left nothing to be desired.
The ensemble playing was faultless. Among the audi-
ence, which filled the studio, were a number of eminent
musicians, The Kranich & Bach pianos were used.
their magnificent tone calling forth enthusiastic expres-
sions of admiration.
MESSRS. BEHNING & SON have made sales of several
pianos to our leading families. Last week this firm sent
a splendid $1,200 mahogany cabinet grand upright piano
to Mr. Thos. W. Robinson, for his new mansion on
Lenox avenue between 121st and I22d streets. They
also sold to Mr. Edward B. Bensil, a member of the
Harlem Club, a fine ebony grand upright piano; to Oscar
D. Thees, of J. D. Thees & Son, the well known tailors
of West 125th street, a handsome walnut upright; and
to Mr. Charles C. Schildwachter, the carriage manufac-
turer, a fine antique oak upright piano. Mr. Henry
Behning, Sr., left for the West last week. His first stop
was at Pittsburg, from which city he sent in large
orders.—N. Y. Progress.
GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT,
Indorsed by Liszt, Gottsohalk, Wehli, Bendel Straus, Soro Abt
Paulus, Tltena, Heilbron and Germany's Greatest Masters.
EptabUstiea Over Half a Century,
pOSTON
•
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
212
PIANO AND ORGAN
F E I i T I N G S DESCRIPTION.
KRAKAUF.R BROS., N. Y., are having an enormous
fall trade. The full power of their new and admirably
equipped factory is drawn upon in the effort to fill orders,
to keep abreast of which they are compelled to keep
their men at work long after the usual hour of closing.
This firm's weekly output has reached the satisfactory
total of thirty pianos. The reputation of the Krakauer
piano, always excellent, is higher than ever. Its makers
do not need to spend time in commending it to dealers,
for dealers eagerly seek this admirable instrument.
A. B. CROCKER & CO,
Kingston, Essex & Edinboro Streets,
4
THE
Sterling Company,
THE Dunham Piano Company, N. Y., were never
busier than at the present time. The beautiful tone
qualities and elegant exterior appearance of this firm's
pianos continue to elicit the highest praise. Their repu-
tation increases with the lapse of years.
DAY by day, the Hallet & Davis piano acquires new
honors. One of the most recent testimonials to its
merits comes from the Arkansas School for the Blind,
Little Rock, Ark., whose directors have just purchased
two Hallet & Davis parlor grands. After comparing
these fine instruments with other parlor grands by
distinguished makers, the directors and students speak
of them as " the best grands ever brought to our atten-
tion."' This school is one of the most celebrated insti-
tutes of its kind in the United States. Its testimony as
to the Hallet & Davis Company's pianos is a high com-
pliment to the great Boston house.
FAOTOBT:
L
Hallet
BOSTON. MA5S.
MANUFACTURERS OP
NEW CATALOGUES NOW READY.
CORRESPONDENCE
SOLICITED.
THE SMITH AMERICAN
ORGAN & PIANO CO.,
BOSTON",
GASFARD O. GIRARDIN, of Lake Linden, Mich., has
invented and patented a metallic pallet for organs,
which can be cheaply made in large quantities and kept
on hand by organ makers, to be used when building the
•rgan, instead of wooden pallets. On the under side of
the base are lugs between which is pivoted a lever hav-
ing near one end a lug on which is held one end of a
coiled spring, the other end of the spring resting around
a iimilar lug on the base. The end of the lever opposite
the ipring carries the valve proper, adapter! to open and
close the air opening, the valve being pressed against
a seat of leather or other suitable material. In the
middle of the valve is a small hole for fastening a hook
or loop, and generally used to hook on pull downs.
There is also a modified form of the pellet with an oblong
air opening and correspondingly shaped valve, for sound
boards requiring channels on account of of the slides
for the different stops.
THE Schubert Piano Co., N. Y., are as fully occupied
as ever, having all the ttade they can comfortably take
care of. During the first nine months of this year their
business was considerably larger than that done by
them throughout the year 1888. Mr. Emil Wulsin, of
D. H. Baldwin & Co., Indianapolis, Ind., paid the Schu-
bert Co. a very pleasant social call while on his annual
trip a short lime ago.
DERBY, CONN.
A PATENT for an improved violin tail-piece has been
It is admitted by all that no piano ever put upon
issued to Mr. F. P. Snow, of Portland, Oregon. The the market has met with such success as THE
object of the invention is to obviate the difficulty and STERLING, and thousands will testify to their supeii-
awkwardness consequent upon the present method of ority of workmanship and durability. Why? Be-
replacing broken strings. The tail-piece is provided cause they are made just as perfect as a pi mo can be
with a chamber in its larger part, closed by a sliding made.
cover. In this chamber metal plates or bars lie parallel,
THE STERLING ORGAN has always taken the lead,
these plates being all pivoted at one end. The free ends and the improvements made this year puts It far
of the plates are held in suitable recesses, but so that ahead of all others. $&- Send for Catalogue.
such ends can be swung upward when desired. Each
plate has on its side two studs, each plate with its studs S. D. SMITH, President.
forming a kind of bobbin around which the string is
H. W. SMITH, Vice-President.
wound in an elongated coil. The chamber in the tail-
E. W. SMITH, Treasurer.
piece is preferably made with a bottom, and the whole
mechanism inclosed, the strings passing out from
the chamber through small channels or recesses. Usually
BOSTON, MASS.
LONDON, ENG.
but three bobbins are employed, the G string being at-
KANSAS CIT7, ISO.
tached to the tail piece by passing it through a conceal-
ed hole and tying a knot in its end.
MR. W. R. JOHNSTON, of Waltham, Mass., is the paten-
tee of several important improvements in the side drum.
One of these is the brace, which is an oval-shaped shell
provided internally with an elastic lining which serves
to prevent the brace from slipping on the cord. It stays
where it is placed, and keeps an even pressure on the
head. It is light and ornamental and will not slip, stretch,
or break. When the head is to be stretched, a bifurcated
hook is employed, which is inserted over the brace on
each side of the cord. It is also provided with a handle
which enables the brace to be drawn down without in-
jury to the fingers. The triple snares which are used
on this drum are clamped to the shell of the drum on
one side and at the other side are retained by the tri-
angular snare strainer, which is of peculiar construction.
Holes are cut in the hoop so that, when tension is ap-
plied to the snares after they are passed Uirough these
openings, they will be drawn close to the snare head,
greatly increasing the vibration and tone of the instru-
ment. The snare strainer is triangular in shape and is
provided with an opening at its upper end, through
which passes the screw tightener. This screw also
passes through an apertured lip that is screwed to the
side of the drum, so that by simply turning the thumb
screw the snare will be tightened and held firmly
stretched. This drum has been adopted by the Mass-
achusetts Volunteer Militia.
BOSTON, MASS.
NEWBY & EVANS, N. Y., are working nights in the
endeavor to fill their orders promptly. They turn out
forty pianos per week. Throughout the summer and
fall they have been exceedingly busy, and there is no
prospect of their being able to slacken their efforts
in the least for a long time to come.
MATHUSHEK & SON, N. Y., have on hand sufficient
orders to keep their resources taxed to the utmost until
January ist, 1890. This old established firm have
recently added several large houses to their list of agen-
cies, among them being that of Charles F. Franklin, the
successful music dealer of Newark, N. ]., in whose ele-
gant warerooms the Mathushek piano occupies fhe
position of leader. Mr. Franklin visited the establish-
ment of Mathushek & Son a few days ago, and left a
cash order for ten pianos. Mr. Franklin is also the pro-
prietor of a very prosperous musical conservatory, in
which the Mathushek piano is used exclusively.
MR. ALVIN KRANICH, of the firm of Kranich & Bach
N. Y., gave his first of a series of musicales for the sea-
son of 1889-90 on the evening of the 26th ult., at No. 16
West 125th street, this city. The performing artists of
the occasion were; Miss Inez Carusi, harp and piano;
Madame L. Herie, soprano; Mr. Alvin Kranich, piano ;
Mr. R. Hildebrandt, cello ; Mr. C. Hildebrandt, violin ;
Mr. Emil Senger, basso. A highly classical programme
was rendered in a manner that left nothing to be desired.
The ensemble playing was faultless. Among the audi-
ence, which filled the studio, were a number of eminent
musicians, The Kranich & Bach pianos were used.
their magnificent tone calling forth enthusiastic expres-
sions of admiration.
MESSRS. BEHNING & SON have made sales of several
pianos to our leading families. Last week this firm sent
a splendid $1,200 mahogany cabinet grand upright piano
to Mr. Thos. W. Robinson, for his new mansion on
Lenox avenue between 121st and I22d streets. They
also sold to Mr. Edward B. Bensil, a member of the
Harlem Club, a fine ebony grand upright piano; to Oscar
D. Thees, of J. D. Thees & Son, the well known tailors
of West 125th street, a handsome walnut upright; and
to Mr. Charles C. Schildwachter, the carriage manufac-
turer, a fine antique oak upright piano. Mr. Henry
Behning, Sr., left for the West last week. His first stop
was at Pittsburg, from which city he sent in large
orders.—N. Y. Progress.
GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT,
Indorsed by Liszt, Gottsohalk, Wehli, Bendel Straus, Soro Abt
Paulus, Tltena, Heilbron and Germany's Greatest Masters.
EptabUstiea Over Half a Century,
pOSTON
•
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