Music Trade Review
Issue: 1893 Vol. 18 N. 10 - Page 1
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VOL.
XVIII. No. 10.
published Every Saturday.
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f/eu; Yor^ September 30, 1893.
that he was prompted by other than a desire to
see full justice meted out to all. In this em-
broglio THE
c HICAGO.
THE LATEST NEWS
CONCERNING
THE AWARDS,
CHICAGO,
September 27th, 1893.
EDITOR MUSIC TRADE REVIEW :
As many of your readers have doubtless learned
ere this, by telegraph, Judge Grosscup of the
United States Circuit Court dissolved the Chase
Bros. & Co. injunction on Monday, and John
Boyd Thatcher proceeded at once to give out the
list of awards, fearing other restraining orders.
The list I send you ignores quite a half dozen
piano firms and little less than a dozen other
exhibitions in Section I. It is rumored to-day
that some of these firms will appeal.
From the list no one not on the inside can
tell how the lucky ones will be graded, and few
venture a guess as to who will be in the first
class, but my guess of last week will probably
not be far away, save and except that it is confi-
dently asserted that the Kimball Company
pianos, to the surprise of many and disgust of
not a few, have been placed in the first grade.
Chase Bros. & Co. are given a place, but in
what grade no one seems to know.
As I predicted in my last, more than one
newspaper man suffered in the hearing and out-
come of the dissolution of the injunction. Of
course our good friend Marc came in for
a fair share of the "roasts " that were given.
Gen. St. Clair, World's Fair Commissioner,
of Counsel for the Fair, denounced him in
scathing terms, characterizing him as a well-
known blackmailer. If Marc has any spunk
in his make up he will challenge the
doughty West Virginian. Our friend Dr. L. B.
Folks, editor of Presto, has made affidavit that
Jurymen Hlavac and Schiedmayer had promised
him an award for any friend he might designate
in return for his defense of them against
Blumenberg's attacks, and that they with Car-
penter had said to Farwell, of the Dominion
Piano and Organ Company, that he need lose
no sleep over the possibility of an award. To
the surprise of the Doctor's friends the owner
of Presto discharged him, claiming that his
paper had been used by the Doctor to further
projects for his own gain. Few, if any, believe
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
is
the
only music trade paper that has taken any active
part in the discussion that has not made enemies
and come out the worse for the battle. It has
given the news, expressed the opinion of its
correspondents freely, but dispassionately, and
yet has prejudiced no one case nor sought
to influence anything or anybody to the injury of
any firm. Now that the field of carnage can be
surveyed calmly, I can safely aver that I have
not intentunally misrepresented anything, and
certainly have not set down aught in malice. On
the contrary, I have made friends and support-
ers for THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
Trade is awfully dull, and lots of business
men from the houses down town have been
viewing the F"air, having little else to do. This
is likely to be the worst September known in
the trade for years.
It is likely that our friends, the Chase Bros.,
will pick their flints and try again, this time in
the shape of an appeal to the Commission, in
which event, it is said, they will have several
more firms as coadjutors. Yours, etc.,
HARRY MANNING.
AWARDS FOR MUSI-
CAL INSTRUMENTS,
W. W. Kimball Co., pianos and reed organs.
Conover Piano Company, pianos.
James Bvetts, Jr.
Adam Schaaf.
C. A. Gerold.
A. Reed & Sons, Bush & Gerts Company,
pianos.
George P. Bent, pianos and reed organs.
Chicago Cottage Organ Company, reed
organs.
Newman Brothers' Company, reed organs.
Story & Clark Organ Company, reed organs.
John W. Banks, guitars.
Joseph Bohmann, stringed instruments.
S. Brainard's Sons' Company, sheet music,
books, etc.
Lyon & Healy, Peloubet organ.
James Evetts, Jr., tuning attachments.
Lyon & Healy, ten awards on musical instru-
ments and accessories.
Ledden & Hermon Manufacturing Company,
music leaf turner.
Tonk Manufacturing Company, piano acces-
sories.
The following additional American firms re-
ceived medals :
NEW YORK.
Dolge, Alfred & Son, New York, pianoforte
materials.
Friedrich, John & Brother, New York, violins,
violas, etc.
Gemunder, August & Sons, New York, vio-
lins, etc.
54.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
i Hartman Brothers & Reinhard, New York,
musical instruments.
f Boardman & Gray, Albany, N. Y., pianos.
E fcSchubert Piano Company, New York City,
pianos.
•
Kranich & Bach, New York, pianos.
Wessell.^Nickel & Gross, New York, pianos.
Bacon Francis, New York, pianos.
Hardman, Peck & Co., New York, pianos.
Behr Brothers & Co., New York, pianos.
Waterloo Organ Co., Waterloo, N. Y., pianos.
Estey Piano Company, New York, pianos.
Automatic Piano Company New York, pianos
and automatic attachment.
Strauch Brothers, New York, piano actions.
Wegman & Co., Auburn, N. Y., pianos.
C. F. Zimmerman Company, Dolgeville,
autoharps.
vSohmer & Co., New York, pianos.
Rogers, Joseph, Jr., Highview, N. Y., banjo
and drum heads.
Mannello, Angelo, New York, mandolins and
mandolas.
MISCELLANEOUS.
. Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Company,
Boston, Mass., pianos and organs.
Mason & Risch Vocalion Company, Worces-
ter, Mass., vocalion organs.
Pepper, J. W., Philadelphia, Pa;, band instru-
ments.
Pilcher, Henry, Sons, Louisville, Ky., pipe
organs.
Conn, C. G., Elkhart, Ind., band and orches-
tral instruments.
Fuller, Levi K., Brattleboro, Vt., tuning
forks.
Menealy Bell Company, chiming reels.
Vandusen & Tift Company, chiming bells
and pipe organ.
Chase Brothers Piano Company, Muskegon,
Mich.
Bush & Gerts Piano Company, Chicago, 111.
Everett Piano Company, Boston, Mass.
Starr, James M. & Co., Richmond, Ind.,
pianos.
Steinert, M., New Haven, Conn., loan exhibit
of pianos, representing the development of the
pianoforte.
Stewart, S. S., Philadelphia, Pa., banjos.
Stieff, Charles M., Baltimore, Md., pianos.
Hallet & Davis, piano manufacturers, Boston,
pianos.
Vose & Sons, Boston, pianos.
Shaw Piano Company, Erie, Pa., pianos.
Kroling, F. W. & Sons, San Francisco, Cal.,
banjos and banjorinas.
Krell, Albert, Cincinnati, Ohio, violins and
'cellos.
Carpenter, E. P. Company, Brattleboro,
reed organs.
Chase, A. B. Company, Norwalk, Ohio,
pianos.
Chickering & Sons, Boston, pianos.
(Continued on page j.)
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VOL.
XVIII. No. 10.
published Every Saturday.
*
f/eu; Yor^ September 30, 1893.
that he was prompted by other than a desire to
see full justice meted out to all. In this em-
broglio THE
c HICAGO.
THE LATEST NEWS
CONCERNING
THE AWARDS,
CHICAGO,
September 27th, 1893.
EDITOR MUSIC TRADE REVIEW :
As many of your readers have doubtless learned
ere this, by telegraph, Judge Grosscup of the
United States Circuit Court dissolved the Chase
Bros. & Co. injunction on Monday, and John
Boyd Thatcher proceeded at once to give out the
list of awards, fearing other restraining orders.
The list I send you ignores quite a half dozen
piano firms and little less than a dozen other
exhibitions in Section I. It is rumored to-day
that some of these firms will appeal.
From the list no one not on the inside can
tell how the lucky ones will be graded, and few
venture a guess as to who will be in the first
class, but my guess of last week will probably
not be far away, save and except that it is confi-
dently asserted that the Kimball Company
pianos, to the surprise of many and disgust of
not a few, have been placed in the first grade.
Chase Bros. & Co. are given a place, but in
what grade no one seems to know.
As I predicted in my last, more than one
newspaper man suffered in the hearing and out-
come of the dissolution of the injunction. Of
course our good friend Marc came in for
a fair share of the "roasts " that were given.
Gen. St. Clair, World's Fair Commissioner,
of Counsel for the Fair, denounced him in
scathing terms, characterizing him as a well-
known blackmailer. If Marc has any spunk
in his make up he will challenge the
doughty West Virginian. Our friend Dr. L. B.
Folks, editor of Presto, has made affidavit that
Jurymen Hlavac and Schiedmayer had promised
him an award for any friend he might designate
in return for his defense of them against
Blumenberg's attacks, and that they with Car-
penter had said to Farwell, of the Dominion
Piano and Organ Company, that he need lose
no sleep over the possibility of an award. To
the surprise of the Doctor's friends the owner
of Presto discharged him, claiming that his
paper had been used by the Doctor to further
projects for his own gain. Few, if any, believe
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
is
the
only music trade paper that has taken any active
part in the discussion that has not made enemies
and come out the worse for the battle. It has
given the news, expressed the opinion of its
correspondents freely, but dispassionately, and
yet has prejudiced no one case nor sought
to influence anything or anybody to the injury of
any firm. Now that the field of carnage can be
surveyed calmly, I can safely aver that I have
not intentunally misrepresented anything, and
certainly have not set down aught in malice. On
the contrary, I have made friends and support-
ers for THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
Trade is awfully dull, and lots of business
men from the houses down town have been
viewing the F"air, having little else to do. This
is likely to be the worst September known in
the trade for years.
It is likely that our friends, the Chase Bros.,
will pick their flints and try again, this time in
the shape of an appeal to the Commission, in
which event, it is said, they will have several
more firms as coadjutors. Yours, etc.,
HARRY MANNING.
AWARDS FOR MUSI-
CAL INSTRUMENTS,
W. W. Kimball Co., pianos and reed organs.
Conover Piano Company, pianos.
James Bvetts, Jr.
Adam Schaaf.
C. A. Gerold.
A. Reed & Sons, Bush & Gerts Company,
pianos.
George P. Bent, pianos and reed organs.
Chicago Cottage Organ Company, reed
organs.
Newman Brothers' Company, reed organs.
Story & Clark Organ Company, reed organs.
John W. Banks, guitars.
Joseph Bohmann, stringed instruments.
S. Brainard's Sons' Company, sheet music,
books, etc.
Lyon & Healy, Peloubet organ.
James Evetts, Jr., tuning attachments.
Lyon & Healy, ten awards on musical instru-
ments and accessories.
Ledden & Hermon Manufacturing Company,
music leaf turner.
Tonk Manufacturing Company, piano acces-
sories.
The following additional American firms re-
ceived medals :
NEW YORK.
Dolge, Alfred & Son, New York, pianoforte
materials.
Friedrich, John & Brother, New York, violins,
violas, etc.
Gemunder, August & Sons, New York, vio-
lins, etc.
54.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
i Hartman Brothers & Reinhard, New York,
musical instruments.
f Boardman & Gray, Albany, N. Y., pianos.
E fcSchubert Piano Company, New York City,
pianos.
•
Kranich & Bach, New York, pianos.
Wessell.^Nickel & Gross, New York, pianos.
Bacon Francis, New York, pianos.
Hardman, Peck & Co., New York, pianos.
Behr Brothers & Co., New York, pianos.
Waterloo Organ Co., Waterloo, N. Y., pianos.
Estey Piano Company, New York, pianos.
Automatic Piano Company New York, pianos
and automatic attachment.
Strauch Brothers, New York, piano actions.
Wegman & Co., Auburn, N. Y., pianos.
C. F. Zimmerman Company, Dolgeville,
autoharps.
vSohmer & Co., New York, pianos.
Rogers, Joseph, Jr., Highview, N. Y., banjo
and drum heads.
Mannello, Angelo, New York, mandolins and
mandolas.
MISCELLANEOUS.
. Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Company,
Boston, Mass., pianos and organs.
Mason & Risch Vocalion Company, Worces-
ter, Mass., vocalion organs.
Pepper, J. W., Philadelphia, Pa;, band instru-
ments.
Pilcher, Henry, Sons, Louisville, Ky., pipe
organs.
Conn, C. G., Elkhart, Ind., band and orches-
tral instruments.
Fuller, Levi K., Brattleboro, Vt., tuning
forks.
Menealy Bell Company, chiming reels.
Vandusen & Tift Company, chiming bells
and pipe organ.
Chase Brothers Piano Company, Muskegon,
Mich.
Bush & Gerts Piano Company, Chicago, 111.
Everett Piano Company, Boston, Mass.
Starr, James M. & Co., Richmond, Ind.,
pianos.
Steinert, M., New Haven, Conn., loan exhibit
of pianos, representing the development of the
pianoforte.
Stewart, S. S., Philadelphia, Pa., banjos.
Stieff, Charles M., Baltimore, Md., pianos.
Hallet & Davis, piano manufacturers, Boston,
pianos.
Vose & Sons, Boston, pianos.
Shaw Piano Company, Erie, Pa., pianos.
Kroling, F. W. & Sons, San Francisco, Cal.,
banjos and banjorinas.
Krell, Albert, Cincinnati, Ohio, violins and
'cellos.
Carpenter, E. P. Company, Brattleboro,
reed organs.
Chase, A. B. Company, Norwalk, Ohio,
pianos.
Chickering & Sons, Boston, pianos.
(Continued on page j.)
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