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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
ing, of Chickering Bros., V. S. McCord, and
W. W. Burns. Mr. Todd has received the
heartiest encouragement from several of the
principal Chicago, houses, offering visiting
tuners every courtesy and attention. For in-
stance, Mr. Kimball said to Mr. Todd : " Tell
the tuners that we shall not only be delighted
to receive them, but will do all in our power to
make them feel ot home. Our reception rooms
and our spacious hall are open to them, and
anything we can do to make their visit to Chi-
cago pleasant and profitable will be a pleasure
to u s . " We are also pleased to know that the
John Church Co. made a similar tender. Mr.
John Fea, of the New York State Association,
24 East Main street, Amsterdam, or Mr. E. E.
Todd, Chicago, will be pleased to reply to all
inquiries concerning the Congress, or the Asso-
UNOSTENTATIOUS, yet marked evidences ciation at large.
of a steady output of Shoninger pianos
are apparent in the factory and warerooms of
A LESSON FOR PIANO MAKERS.
the B. Shoninger Co. Their style 50 is the
always look out for the technical essays
atest development in uprights. This instru-
printed in a certain source of opinion.
ment has been enthusiastically received upon Teaching piano makers how to make pianos is
its merits, and the manufacturers are about to outside of our province and we, accordingly,
anticipate a large fall demand by producing a watch the efforts of our brother with some
stock equal to any emergency. The B. Shonin- pardonable curiosity, and frequently with not
ger Co. are noted for one thing among the a little amusement.
dealers who handle Shoninger pianos. It is
The last essay is an awfully scientific thing.
this : that a new style Shoninger is never put The learned writer in it rails at the present
on the market unless it is worthy of the estab- method of drilling pin blocks as crude and a
lished reputation of the firm. Produced with waste of labor. Deploring the contention ot
such careful supervision and foresight, there are the piano maker and practical manufacturer
very few faulty instruments ever returned to that '' these holes have to be carefully laid |out
the Shoninger factory.
by an expert and drilled one by one to insure
exactness," the expert of 19 Union Square
cries, '' Nonsense ! '' That settles it. Bring
7 of the Malcolm Love pianos is a
on the Lumtidograph now and do away with
winning card. It is an instrument of
antiquated processes. Why will our piano
very fine proportions exteriorly, handsome and
men refuse to recognize the superior teachings
striking, but better still, it possesses musical
of the Edison of 19 Union Square ? It is
resources which are winning enlogiums and
true that without him we couldn't have any
tributes of praise from all critics who happen to
improvement in our pianos. Yet the manu-
test that particular style. One of these pianos
facturers ought to go further.
may be seen at the booth of the Waterloo Organ
Here is another point from the essay in
Co. by all members of the trade who visit the
question. ' l Take the sewing machine for in-
Fair. It contains that invaluable aid to the
stance, '' the sage exclaims, '' once a high
pianist and amateur, the '' Phelps Harmony
Attachment," which adds somewhat to its priced luxury it is now a common article in
value as an object of inspection. In the mean- every home throughout the land. This was
time, all the other regular catalogue styles of brought about by improved manufacture."
Malcolm Love pianos are also possessed of in- That point is well taken, and is a forcible
dividual qualities of merit which dealers and illustration of what manufacturers could accom-
their customers appreciate. Malcolm Love plish if they were only up to the level of the
pianos are forging ahead with unmistakable sewing machine experts.
Then he adds : " S o w e might cite the mow-
certainty in the trade.
ing and reaper works. All these inventions
have educated the farmer and increased his
E. E. TODD, the capable Secretary revenues. The piano is out of the reach of
of the N. A. of P. T., has been many estimable people, and it can be so pro-
securing the endorsement of some of the prin- duced as to bring it within the possibility of
cipal firms for the association, and in the ful- acquirement by these people. For this enor-
fillment of the effort which he has been very mous trade some smart manufacturer will
successful. Members of the association are strive eventually and make his everlasting for-
looking forward with deep interest to the out- tune. But he will have to begin by introduc-
come of the Congress which is to meet in Chi- ing machinery into piano production."
cago on August 7th. Last week our city asso-
Yes, we must have machinery in piano
ciation elected John Fea, A. H. Mangold and shops instead of doing everything by foot and
C. A. Hallquist as delegates to the event, while by hand. There is the Lumtidograph, for in-
Chicago will be represented by C. C. Chicker- stance ! What a saving that could effect.
name of Estey has been before the
public of America so long, and has as-
sumed such a place in that section of American
musical history devoted to improvement in
organ construction, and more recently in piano
manufacture, that it is but meet that it should
be represented in a fitting manner at the
Columbian Exposition. Estey pianos and
organs at this period are, in their numerous
characteristics of excellence, indicative in an
eloquent and expressive degree of the effort of
those controlling their production to make
them second to none. The Estey World's Fair
exhibit is satisfactory in the highest degree to
the friends of this honored name, and it is
only proper that it should be so.
OUR FIFTEENTH YEAR.
| | | H E MUSIC TRADE REVIEW has now
GT» entered upon the fifteenth year of its ex-
istence as a paper. For fourteen years this
journal has been closely identified with the
growth and expansion of our musico-industrial
affairs, and it may not be egotistical in us to
say that we have assisted in the expansion of
music trade business in every section of this
country. We are not given to frequent revels in
self-glorification, but this we can say, that we
have faced facts and described truths and
realities, and have exposed misrepresentations
and frauds where, they have existed in the music
trade and music trade journalism, with a per-
sistence and fearlessness which has now given
this paper an independent position among the
great class journals of this country.
We never prostituted the dignified calling of
journalism to selfish and unworthy ends. We
have never hesitated, even at a pecuniary loss,
to antagonize unworthy men and motives. We
have never attacked firms or individuals simply
because they were non-advertisers, and we
never have hesitated to make our fight in the
open,
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' For the cause that lacks assistance,
For the wrong that needs resistance."
We never have desired to occupy the time
and attention of readers by the publication of
untruths and personal abuse. The policy which
has characterized this publication for ten and
four years has been one of fearless independ-
ence, and of manfully protecting and advancing
the best interests of the legitimate trade. By
an honest and conscientious pursuance of these
principles, we have won for this paper a posi-
tion of respect throughout all America and
Europe. Its utterances carry a legitimate
value for the business man, while its advertis-
ing columns have the value of an ever increas-
ing circulation and influence.
The business man of to-day knows that a
permanent newspaper institution controls an
influence and a prestige which years of success-
ful management bring to it. They know that
a paper which, for fourteen years has never
missed an issue, has always paid it's bills, has
never gone into temporary retirement, has al-
ways moved steadily ahead, controls a vast and
far reaching power which only can be acquired
by years of toil concentrated in the direction of
a newspaper property.
After all, the permanency of a business
recommends it. Some of our competitors have
watched the growth of this paper with jealous
eyes. When we saw the time opportune and
announced the change from a semi-monthly to
a weekly publication they were offering bets
that a purely trade publication could not suc-
ceed, and that in a month or two we would be
in the graveyard of the past. Well, we knew
what our possibilities were and made no mis-
takes. T H E MUSIC TRADE REVIEW continued to
grow and recently the management of this
paper saw the time ripe for the further exten-
sion of this business, hence the purchase of
The Keynote, a high class journal which is well
known on two continents and which may now