Music Trade Review

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
FROM the Denver News we learn that Denver
is yearning for some Eastern manufacturer to go
West and establish a factory for the manufacture
of guitars, banjos and mandolins.
MR. ARTHUR
A. ALLEN,
one of the bright
young men connected with the house of Messrs.
Goepel & Co., got caught recently in Hymen's
net. His bride is Miss A. Marie Schermerhorn,
of Albany. The ceremony took place at the
Collegiate Reformed Church, this city.
MR. F. T. HART, of the Southern California
Music Co., placed a large order with Decker
Bros, on his recent visit to New York.
F. G. SMITH, JR., is on a Western tour look-
ing out for the reliable Bradbury. He was in
Chicago last week, and is not dissatisfied with
the condition of business out there.
IT is expected that the Metzerotts, of Wash-
ington, will resume business in a short time.
THE growth of the Stein way business has
necessitated the removal of the salesmens' de-
partment to the first room on the West side of
Steinway Hall, and the wareroom so occupied
has been transformed into a boudoir of exceed-
ing beauty for the display of their magnificent
grands in fancy cases.
THE Automaton Piano Company is to be re-
MR. M. FRACKEL, of Dayton, O., handles the
Bush & Gerts and Everett pianos, and his suc- organized by Mr. Emile Klaber.
cess is such that he recently removed to the
MR. MARK THOMPSON, of Canton, O., has
large and handsome new store on Phillips Hotel assigned, with liabilities about $8,000. Assets
block, where he carries a fine line of instruments. nominally the same.
THE Schubert pianos are finding quite a
AT the United States Circuit Court, Boston,
demand in the West. The Chicago Cottage November 28th, Judge Cole assigned December
Organ Co. report a total sale of seventy-five in- 29th as the date for the hearing of the long
struments during the past month.
standing friendly copyright suit between Oliver
Ditson Co. and Novello, Ewer & Co.
T. C. JAMES, music dealer, Hannibal, Mo.,
G. H. GILBERT, piano dealer, of Amsterdam,
was burned out November 24th. Loss is un-
N. Y., has retired from business.
known.
for, but will be consummated within the next
few days and most likely with an experienced
Chicago hotel manager.
MR. ERNEST KNABE, one of the rising young
men of the piano industry, honored Gotham with
his presence last week.
IT is said that the Story & Clark Organ Co.
are about to start a factory at Hamburg, Ger-
many. They recently incorporated the Story &
Clark Piano Co. in that country and will sell
pianos as well as organs all through Europe.
J. F. DUNBAR, with Jack Haynes, is on the
road and is sending in a good supply of orders.
WILCOX &
WHITE
ORGAN CO., Meriden,
Conn., have commenced running ten hours a
day, six days a week, in their " Symphony " de-
partment.
ONE of the prettiest openings of the season
was that of Bollinger's music house, Oskaloosa,
la. The entire store was elegantly decorated
with flowers, and attracted much attention.
THE International Piano Makers' Union of
this city have adopted new by-laws for its sick
and death benefit.
THE: wissrcR GRAND,
first Seidl Matinee of the Seidl Society
took place yesterday afternoon at the Aca-
JOHN F. SMITH, of Essex, Mass., has opened demy of Music before a large and fashionable
R. W. STEWART, of Springfield, Mo., agent
audience. The concert was given for the benefit
for the Kimball pianos and organs, is as full of a factory for the manufacture of mandolin rims. of the Brooklyn Orphan Asylum. We can hardly
business enterprise as the head house, and re-
MR. FRANK STRATTON, of the new firm of
find enough words of praise for the Seidl Society
cently he put out a neat little book showing the Stratton & Scribner, is expected home from for giving us every season the very best of
sales made by him since he first entered business Europe December 28th. While in Europe, he music, orchestral, vocal, as well as instrumental.
some five years ago. He is evidently a hustler, made many business connections of great value. The Solvejg song by Grieg, and " Bluette " by
for he now carries no less than 100 pianos and
Gillet were the most delightful numbers on the
THE Portland, Me., branch of the M. Steinert
100 organs in stock.
programme, which Mr. Seidl conducted with his
& Sons' Co. has removed from 540 Congress
RTJFUS W. BLAKE, the president of the Ster-
usual artistic skill and temperament. All of
street to larger quarters at 517 Congress street.
ling Company, is being widely spoken of as the
the orchestral numbers were immensely enjoyed
ESSEX, CONN., is to have a new music empor-
coming Mayor of the city of Ansonia, Conn.
by the audience, which is always the case when
The Ansonia Sentinel has a lengthy and com- ium. It will be managed by Gilmore Post.
Mr. Seidl, the king of conductors, holds the
plimentary article on Mr, Blake, which places
baton. Mme. Materna and Mr. Emil Fischer,
AMONG the jury selected for the trial of Dr.
him before the people as we all know him—a Meyer we notice the name ©f the genial Edward artists of the very highest, sang several num-
progressive and honest business man.
Bornhoeft, an ex-member of the trade. He bers with exquisite taste and finish. An inter-
esting feature of the programme was Mr. Seidl's
THE piano factory of C. A. Gerold, 65 North started business under the firm name of Born-
piano
accompaniment to the singing of Mme.
Clark street, Chicago, is in the custody of the hoeft & Gollnik, and later founded the firm of
Materna (Richard Wagner's favorite singer) and
Edward
Bornhoeft.
He
retired
from
business
sheriff on a confession of judgment for $700. It
Mr. Emil Fischer on a Wissner Grand Piano.
is said that the matter will be shortly adjusted some time ago.
Mr. Wissner is to be congratulated on the mag-
so that Mr. Gerold will continue in business.
THE Carnegie Music Hall got a shaking up nificent grand piano that made its first appear-
Miss ELLA CLEVELAND, 23 Montcalm street, by dynamite last Tuesday. It was not the work ance on this occasion. It was a revelation. It
Detroit, is the composer of a pretty waltz, en- of our anarchistic reformers, but the result of a possesses great power, a large, round tone of
titled " Damascus," and dedicated to the Damas- blasting of rock preparatory to laying the great sonority, purity and sweetness ; its remark-
cus Commandery, No. 42, K. T., of Detroit. foundation for an annex to Carnegie Hall. able carrying of singing quality was the subject
From a cursory examination we can safely pre- Windows were smashed in all directions. The of universal praise. Under the artistic fingers
dict a large popularity. It is in the key of G, men in charge of the blasting were arrested, and of Mr. Seidl (who in addition to his other great
released on the contractors promising to make musical attainments, is also a pianist of the first
and is not over difficult.
good the damage done and exercise more care rank), so sympathetic and beautiful were its
DARNELL & THOMAS, at Durham, N. C , will in future.
tones that they seemed almost human. No finer
remove their business to Raleigh.
MR. LOUIS GRUNEWALD, president and senior grand has ever been heard either in Brooklyn or
WE regret to announce the death of Mrs. member of the great Southern Music House, The New York. After the matinee the Grand Piano
Turner, wife of G. W. Turner, of the firm of L Grunewald Co., Ltd., New Orleans, has almost was taken to Wissner Hall, where it was used
Steere & Turner, organ builders, of Springfield, completed a most elaborately finished edifice on in the evening at the Inaugural Concert of Wiss-
Baronne street, near Canal, in the heart of the ner Hall. A delightful programme was arranged
Mass.
city,
and is finishing it up as a hotel. It by the Fifth Avenue Musical Club, which was
GEO. M. KEMP, of Sebewaing, Mich., has built
will
be
strictly first class in every particular, enjoyed by a large and fashionable audience.
a new store, which he intends to stock with a
managed both on the European and American When the concert was over a number of artists
complete line of pianos and organs.
plan. The most modern improvements and best and musicians remained to hear Mme. Rive King
S. S. STEWART'S Banjo and Guitar Journal is comforts for the travelling public have been ap- who kindly consented to play a few selections
out for December and January, and is an inter- plied. The structure is after the Italian Renais- in order to show the beautiful quality of tone of
esting number. It contains an exhaustive sance Architecture. A first class hotel was very the Wissner Grand Piano. Mme. King's play-
account of the great banjo club contest to be much needed in New Orleans, and Mr. Grune- ing was immensely enjoyed by those present.
held at the Acadtmy of Music, Philadelphia, wald with his usual enterprise and business cap- We have not heard more masterly and finished
Saturday evening, January 13, 1894, and is full abilities has every assurance of great success. piano playing since Rubinstein.—Brooklyn
The management has as yet not been arranged Daily Eagle, Dec. 2d.
of literary matter interesting to banjoists.