Music Trade Review
Issue: 1893 Vol. 18 N. 11 - Page 4
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
WORDING OF TH£
AWARDS,
Official Reports.
HARDMAN, PECK & CO.
Report on Hard man piano :
ist.—Tone quality is full, sonorous, yet
musical in the highest degree.
2d.—The duration and singing quality of the
tones are of the very highest order.
3d.—The scale is even, with no break in the
transition from one part to the next.
4th.—The action is completely satisfactory,
prompt, and with excellent repeating property.
5th.—The touch is elastic, firm and well
balanced.
All materials used are of the best quality, and
none but the best workmanship is admitted.
The cases are especially remarkable for beauty
and artistic excellence manifested in their design.
New features of great excellence are in the
iron key bed and resonating cases of the upright
pianos.
W. W. KIMBAIX CO.
This exhibit deserves an award ; for
ist.—The tone quality, which is full, round,
sympathetic and musical.
2d.—The duration and singing quality of the
tone is remarkable.
3d.—The scale is even and free from breaks.
4th.—The action is first class in every respect.
5th.—The touch is easy, elastic and prompt
in response, admitting of the most rapid repe-
tition.
6th.—Materials and construction give evi-
dence of extreme care in their selection and
workmanship, and are all of the highest class.
The designs of the cases are of great artistic ex-
cellence and are finished in the most perfect
manner.
ON KIMBALL REED ORGANS.
The organs exhibited were not expressly
made for exhibition purposes, but are part of
the regular wareroom stock.
They are distinguished for the superior con-
struction, high grade quality of material em-
ployed, originality and first class finish. Their
tone, touch and action leave nothing to be de-
sired.
The points of particular excellence are as fol-
lows :
ist.:—A tracker guide rail, enclosing each
tracker pin separately, and by being reamed
from the opposite side of the socket-board, ex-
cluding all dirt and dust from the valves and
preventing sticking.
2d.—A roller bar so constructed as to prevent
the cutting of the treadle straps.
3d.—An easily detachable organ lid.
4th.—An original device, by which six sets of
reeds are placed over one valve without dimin-
ishing the simplicity or desirability of the organ
as compared with ordinary two set organs.
5th.—A graduated sounding board with raised
valve seat, giving a power and quality rarely
obtained in reed organs.
6th.—An automatic swell operated by the
opening or closing of the lid.
7th.—A sub bass, by use of which larger scale
reeds are employed in a regular key board scale,
thus giving the power of a heavy sub bass with-
out using the regular sub bass action.
8th.—Ample bellows capacity and unusual
ease of blowing.
All improvements protected by United States
letters Patent.
ON KIMBALL PORTABLE PIPE ORGANS.
For superior artistic qualities, for extraordi-
nary solidity and reliability of the mechanism,
for perfect workmanship, for progress as shown
in the originality of construction and arrange-
ment, by which it is possible to box and trans-
port the organ to any part of the country, tuned
ready for use, and requiring no expert to set it
up on delivery.
The original devices consist of:
ist.—A detachable key board, permitting the
organ to pass through any ordinary door way.
2d.—A pipe clutch and rack, holding the pipes
firmly against displacement during transporta-
tion.
3d.—A pedal action so constructed that the
pedal keyboard can be removed for shipment,
without disconnecting any part of the action.
4th—A blow lever applicable at either end of
the organ.
5th.—A wind chest with two wind pressures,
a tubular pneumatic action, insuring the
quickest repetition known, and incapable of
ciphering.
6th.—A bellows, the heavy pressure bellows
being inside the lighter, rendering the tone of
the organ unusually firm and steady.
7th.—A pneumatic draw-stop action. The
touch, tone and action are in every respect com-
mendable.
The organ is impervious to atmospheric
changes and practically dust and vermin proof.
It is protected by twelve United States letters
patent. The organs displayed represent ordi-
nary samples of the firm's manufacture. The
article admirably fulfills the requirements of a
first-class portable pipe organ and marks a de-
cided advance in the art. It meets a long felt
want and is entitled to the highest award.
JOHN CHURCH CO.
GEORGE P. BENT.
Deserves award for tone of good quality,
which sustains well. The scale is well balanced
and the action carefully regulated. The touch
easy and elastic. In construction good material
is used and the general workmanship is satis-
factory. The " American " manual deserves
mention.
HUGH A. CLARKE, Judge,
K. BUENZ. President, T
J. H. GORE. Secretar3 ,
Board of Judges, Liberal Arts
" C R O W N " ORGANS.
For good and durable construction with credit-
able finish.
For a tone that is mellow, rich and full, with
good carrying power.
For a touch that is light, free and responsive.
This is a commendable exhibit.
Of special mention the organ put up in
imitation of a piano, having the exact appear-
ance, in the case, of a three pedal piano with
full 7 ^ octave key board. There are no draw
stops, but the entire organ is under full control
of the knees and feet. Music written for the
piano can be executed on this instrument with
the advantage of full organ combinations and
effects.
E. P. CARPENTER, Judge,
K. BUENZ, President,
J. H. GORE, Secretary,
Board of fudges, Liberal Arts.
MALCOLM LOVE.
Malcolm Love pianos deserve an award for
good tone quality, well planned scale and satis-
factory action. The harmony attachment de-
serves mention.
F. ZiEGPELD.
A VETERAN MUSIC
THE EVERETT PIANO.
COMMENTS.—I report that this exhibit is
worthy of an award. It possesses a full, sonor-
ous tone and the sustaining is very good ; the
scale is smooth and well balanced and the
action, of their own manufacture, well regu-
lated ; the touch is easy and elastic and has
good repeating quality. In construction the
finest material is used ; the workmanship shows
great care, and the cases are well made. The
patent action brackets deserve special mention
in saving time in removing and replacing action.
(Signed), GEO. STECK, Judge,
K. BUENZ, President,
J. H. GORE, Secretary,
Board of fudges, Dept. of Liberal Arts.
NEWMAN BROS.' REED ORGANS.
I report that this exhibit is entitled to award
For originality of design.
For use of high grade material.
For excellent workmanship and finish.
For responsive touch, good tone, and easy
action.
For patent device known as "air circulating
reed cells," giving improved quality of tone.
This exhibit consists of fifteen organs, no
pains having been spared to make it represent-
ative, the display being very creditable to the
firm.
EDWARD P. CARPENTER,
K. BUENZ, President,
J. H. GORE, Secretary,
Board of Judges of Liberal Arts.
W^ESTERDAY Mr. J. Mueller, the veteran
"^&> Music dealer, of Council Bluffs, celebrated
his 60th year, and received the numerous and
hearty congratulations of his friends. He was
born in North Bohemia, September 20, 1833. In
June, 1859, he came to Council Bluffs and en-
gaged in the music business, and has been a
continuous resident, constantly engaged in the
same business since, a period of over thirty-four
years. Of bright intelligence, rugged honesty,
indomitable will and pluck, he has naturally
arisen to a commanding position in the music
world, and is to-day more widely and favorably
known than any other music man in the West.
During his more than a third of a century's
business life in Council Bluffs he has sold a
prodigious number of musical instruments. His
experience and native ability and business prin-
ciples, that demanded the best class of goods for
his customers, and a true representation of the
facts, have given him a reputation for square
dealing that has made his word gospel in music
matters. For twenty-five years he has had the
exclusive Western agency of the famous Hard-
man pianos, and he has made the public familiar
with this royal instrument all over his territory.
After sixty years of active life he is strong
and hearty, with fewer corrugations in his face
and fewer gray hairs than most men show at
forty-five. He was feeling in very good humor
with the world yesterday, and it is not improb-
able that he will give his friends and the public
a tangible interest in his birthday by giving
them some great bargains in pianos and organs
in the next few weeks.—Omaha Bee.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
WORDING OF TH£
AWARDS,
Official Reports.
HARDMAN, PECK & CO.
Report on Hard man piano :
ist.—Tone quality is full, sonorous, yet
musical in the highest degree.
2d.—The duration and singing quality of the
tones are of the very highest order.
3d.—The scale is even, with no break in the
transition from one part to the next.
4th.—The action is completely satisfactory,
prompt, and with excellent repeating property.
5th.—The touch is elastic, firm and well
balanced.
All materials used are of the best quality, and
none but the best workmanship is admitted.
The cases are especially remarkable for beauty
and artistic excellence manifested in their design.
New features of great excellence are in the
iron key bed and resonating cases of the upright
pianos.
W. W. KIMBAIX CO.
This exhibit deserves an award ; for
ist.—The tone quality, which is full, round,
sympathetic and musical.
2d.—The duration and singing quality of the
tone is remarkable.
3d.—The scale is even and free from breaks.
4th.—The action is first class in every respect.
5th.—The touch is easy, elastic and prompt
in response, admitting of the most rapid repe-
tition.
6th.—Materials and construction give evi-
dence of extreme care in their selection and
workmanship, and are all of the highest class.
The designs of the cases are of great artistic ex-
cellence and are finished in the most perfect
manner.
ON KIMBALL REED ORGANS.
The organs exhibited were not expressly
made for exhibition purposes, but are part of
the regular wareroom stock.
They are distinguished for the superior con-
struction, high grade quality of material em-
ployed, originality and first class finish. Their
tone, touch and action leave nothing to be de-
sired.
The points of particular excellence are as fol-
lows :
ist.:—A tracker guide rail, enclosing each
tracker pin separately, and by being reamed
from the opposite side of the socket-board, ex-
cluding all dirt and dust from the valves and
preventing sticking.
2d.—A roller bar so constructed as to prevent
the cutting of the treadle straps.
3d.—An easily detachable organ lid.
4th.—An original device, by which six sets of
reeds are placed over one valve without dimin-
ishing the simplicity or desirability of the organ
as compared with ordinary two set organs.
5th.—A graduated sounding board with raised
valve seat, giving a power and quality rarely
obtained in reed organs.
6th.—An automatic swell operated by the
opening or closing of the lid.
7th.—A sub bass, by use of which larger scale
reeds are employed in a regular key board scale,
thus giving the power of a heavy sub bass with-
out using the regular sub bass action.
8th.—Ample bellows capacity and unusual
ease of blowing.
All improvements protected by United States
letters Patent.
ON KIMBALL PORTABLE PIPE ORGANS.
For superior artistic qualities, for extraordi-
nary solidity and reliability of the mechanism,
for perfect workmanship, for progress as shown
in the originality of construction and arrange-
ment, by which it is possible to box and trans-
port the organ to any part of the country, tuned
ready for use, and requiring no expert to set it
up on delivery.
The original devices consist of:
ist.—A detachable key board, permitting the
organ to pass through any ordinary door way.
2d.—A pipe clutch and rack, holding the pipes
firmly against displacement during transporta-
tion.
3d.—A pedal action so constructed that the
pedal keyboard can be removed for shipment,
without disconnecting any part of the action.
4th—A blow lever applicable at either end of
the organ.
5th.—A wind chest with two wind pressures,
a tubular pneumatic action, insuring the
quickest repetition known, and incapable of
ciphering.
6th.—A bellows, the heavy pressure bellows
being inside the lighter, rendering the tone of
the organ unusually firm and steady.
7th.—A pneumatic draw-stop action. The
touch, tone and action are in every respect com-
mendable.
The organ is impervious to atmospheric
changes and practically dust and vermin proof.
It is protected by twelve United States letters
patent. The organs displayed represent ordi-
nary samples of the firm's manufacture. The
article admirably fulfills the requirements of a
first-class portable pipe organ and marks a de-
cided advance in the art. It meets a long felt
want and is entitled to the highest award.
JOHN CHURCH CO.
GEORGE P. BENT.
Deserves award for tone of good quality,
which sustains well. The scale is well balanced
and the action carefully regulated. The touch
easy and elastic. In construction good material
is used and the general workmanship is satis-
factory. The " American " manual deserves
mention.
HUGH A. CLARKE, Judge,
K. BUENZ. President, T
J. H. GORE. Secretar3 ,
Board of Judges, Liberal Arts
" C R O W N " ORGANS.
For good and durable construction with credit-
able finish.
For a tone that is mellow, rich and full, with
good carrying power.
For a touch that is light, free and responsive.
This is a commendable exhibit.
Of special mention the organ put up in
imitation of a piano, having the exact appear-
ance, in the case, of a three pedal piano with
full 7 ^ octave key board. There are no draw
stops, but the entire organ is under full control
of the knees and feet. Music written for the
piano can be executed on this instrument with
the advantage of full organ combinations and
effects.
E. P. CARPENTER, Judge,
K. BUENZ, President,
J. H. GORE, Secretary,
Board of fudges, Liberal Arts.
MALCOLM LOVE.
Malcolm Love pianos deserve an award for
good tone quality, well planned scale and satis-
factory action. The harmony attachment de-
serves mention.
F. ZiEGPELD.
A VETERAN MUSIC
THE EVERETT PIANO.
COMMENTS.—I report that this exhibit is
worthy of an award. It possesses a full, sonor-
ous tone and the sustaining is very good ; the
scale is smooth and well balanced and the
action, of their own manufacture, well regu-
lated ; the touch is easy and elastic and has
good repeating quality. In construction the
finest material is used ; the workmanship shows
great care, and the cases are well made. The
patent action brackets deserve special mention
in saving time in removing and replacing action.
(Signed), GEO. STECK, Judge,
K. BUENZ, President,
J. H. GORE, Secretary,
Board of fudges, Dept. of Liberal Arts.
NEWMAN BROS.' REED ORGANS.
I report that this exhibit is entitled to award
For originality of design.
For use of high grade material.
For excellent workmanship and finish.
For responsive touch, good tone, and easy
action.
For patent device known as "air circulating
reed cells," giving improved quality of tone.
This exhibit consists of fifteen organs, no
pains having been spared to make it represent-
ative, the display being very creditable to the
firm.
EDWARD P. CARPENTER,
K. BUENZ, President,
J. H. GORE, Secretary,
Board of Judges of Liberal Arts.
W^ESTERDAY Mr. J. Mueller, the veteran
"^&> Music dealer, of Council Bluffs, celebrated
his 60th year, and received the numerous and
hearty congratulations of his friends. He was
born in North Bohemia, September 20, 1833. In
June, 1859, he came to Council Bluffs and en-
gaged in the music business, and has been a
continuous resident, constantly engaged in the
same business since, a period of over thirty-four
years. Of bright intelligence, rugged honesty,
indomitable will and pluck, he has naturally
arisen to a commanding position in the music
world, and is to-day more widely and favorably
known than any other music man in the West.
During his more than a third of a century's
business life in Council Bluffs he has sold a
prodigious number of musical instruments. His
experience and native ability and business prin-
ciples, that demanded the best class of goods for
his customers, and a true representation of the
facts, have given him a reputation for square
dealing that has made his word gospel in music
matters. For twenty-five years he has had the
exclusive Western agency of the famous Hard-
man pianos, and he has made the public familiar
with this royal instrument all over his territory.
After sixty years of active life he is strong
and hearty, with fewer corrugations in his face
and fewer gray hairs than most men show at
forty-five. He was feeling in very good humor
with the world yesterday, and it is not improb-
able that he will give his friends and the public
a tangible interest in his birthday by giving
them some great bargains in pianos and organs
in the next few weeks.—Omaha Bee.
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