Music Trade Review
Issue: 1893 Vol. 18 N. 22 - Page 14
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
4 POINTS OF SUPERIORITY
OF THE
Celebrated
"Conover"
Pianos.
He had about finished tuning the piano, when
AND SWEETNESS of TONE.
he looted up and said :
"Your instrument was in an awful condition. ^"SCIENTIFIC CONSTRUCTION.
You ought to have sent for me sooner.''
(THE ONLY STRICTLY
^DURABILITY.
" It was tuned only three months ago."
HIGH GRADE PIANO
MANUFACTURED
"Then the man who did it certainly didn't
IN CHICAGO.)
know his business."
"No?"
" No, ma'am. He had better be doing street
cleaning than tuning pianos. Why, my dear
madam, a delicate instrument like the piano
SOLE FACTORS.
needs fingers equally delicate to handle it, com-
bined with an ear of unerring accuracy. The
individual who attempted to tune this instru
ment last evidently possessed neither of these.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL WAREROOMS,
In fact, I am free to say that he did it more
harm than good."
(SECOND FLOOR.)
215 WABASH AVE.,
" Indeed? "
" Indeed he did. May I ask who it was who
CHICAGO.
so abused your instrument ? ''
" It was you yourself."
"Madam, you are wrong; I never tuned a
piano in this house before."
'' Probably not; but you tuned that instru-
ment, nevertheless, or made a botch of it in
attempting to do so. It belongs to Mrs. Jones,
who sent it here while she is out of town. She
told me you had always tuned it, and to send
for you when
''
But she did not finish.
The unhappy man fell to the floor in a heavy
swoon.
CHICAGO COTTflGE ORGAN COMPANY,
(The Largest Dealers in Pianos and Organs in the World,)
Enterprising dealers alt over the Country are
fast securing the agency for the wonderful
" How do you like your new music-master ? "
" He is a very nice, polite young man. When
I made a mistake yesterday, he said, ' Pray,
mademoiselle, why do you take so much pains
to improve Beethoven ? ' "
There was loud and long excitement,
The score stood one to one,
The home club had a man on third ;
O, would it mean a run ?
Three balls-—two strikes—a hit! Ha, ha!!
Wild cheers arose from all.
And as the fielder chased the sphere
The band played " After the Ball."
Boston Budget.
A.
B.
CHASE
PIANOS.
Wonderful in Tone Quality.
Wonderful in Selling Qualities,
Style, Finish, Strength,
Action, Durability and Popularity,
and
Improvement of Tone by Age and Use.
Mrs. Bunting : " Are our concert seats at the
end?"
Mr. Bunting : " No, they are just in the mid- The Company Scrupulously protect their
agencies,
dle of the row."
and
4
' Then we go late.''
Never change when it can be avoided.
Boscombe. Visitor: '' Do you call this a Hence the agency becomes more valuable
every year.
band of picked musicians ? '' Bandmaster :
"Ach, dot vos so; I bick 'em minesellef." If y*u can, you should secure it at once,
Visitor: " Well, then, you picked them before
by writing to
they were ripe."
'' The mainspring of Italian music in the
eighteenth century,'' says a recent writer, '' was
the exclusive and passionate worship of the
human voice." But Italian music has experi-
enced a change. Its mainspring is now in a
box, and is worked with a handle.
THE A. B. CHASE CO.,
NORWALK, OHIO.
FROGS
TO PUAY MUSIC,
THE PROVERBIAL CROAKERS TO BE MADE TO
RENDER ORCHESTRAL MUSIC UNDER
A SHREWD YANKEE.
MjTHE experiment of educating frogs has been
*& successfully made by Pliny Jewell, a
brother of the late Marshall Jewell, at Hartford.
Mr. Jewell told about it during a recent visit to
this city, and if his account is true, as none of
his friends has the least doubt, a performing
frog orchestra may be seen in the near future in
this city.
Mr. Jewell has at his home a fine lawn, a pond
and a wooded patch. The pond is the home of
his numerous frogs, and they have become so
well acquainted with him that they will do all
sorts of things at his behest.
The way to a frog's good will is like the way
to many people's good graces. Mr. Jewell feeds
them on all the dainties of the season, nice
young dead mice being one of the particular
luxuries appreciated by the colony of frogs.
Mr. Jewell has named them all, and the older
ones, he insists, not only know their names and
answer to them, but will perform acrobatic feats
when called upon to do so. The chief frog, the
largest and most intelligent, is named for
Grover Cleveland, and members of the Cabinet
and other prominent persons are represented in
the little colony. The frogs answer to their
names promptly and do many little tricks when
called upon to do so.
While they are tame and tractable with their
owner they are very shy of strangers, and this
has in a measure prevented any exhibition of
the frogs' entertaining powers. This timidity,
which is greater in trained than in uneducated
frogs, is being slowly overcome and by exnt,
summer Mr. Jewell expects to be able to have
concerts on the banks of his pond, to which he
can invite his friends.
The frogs will have little musical instruments
which are being made in this city, and besides
croaking they will be taught to play real music.
The reporter saw some of the dummies which
the frogs have become accustomed to handle and
which are being used as models for real instru-
ments. The little fellows, it is said, make the
most amusing exhibitions of themselves when
acting as a miniature orchestra.
A certain young Troy musician and a few
friends did not witness the great football contest
at New York Thanksgiving Day as they had
intended. The young musician, who is em-
ployed in a Troy music store, and his friends
organized a party to take in the Yale-Princeton
game.
A treasurer and an assistant treasurer were
appointed, and each member of the party con-
tributed his share for his expenses of the expedi-
tion.
Wednesday the day before the game the young
musician, who had engineered the arrangements
for the trip, received the following missive from
the treasurer and his assistant:
'' Friend Frank : We have gone to the foot-
ball game. Will be home Monday and tell you
all about i t . "
The young musician cannot see the joke and
vows he will have the defaulters arrested.
THE Hook & Hastings Co. has just finished
an organ in the North Presbyterian Church of
Allegheny, Pa., having two manuals, 25 regis-
ers, and is blown by a water motor.
2O
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
4 POINTS OF SUPERIORITY
OF THE
Celebrated
"Conover"
Pianos.
He had about finished tuning the piano, when
AND SWEETNESS of TONE.
he looted up and said :
"Your instrument was in an awful condition. ^"SCIENTIFIC CONSTRUCTION.
You ought to have sent for me sooner.''
(THE ONLY STRICTLY
^DURABILITY.
" It was tuned only three months ago."
HIGH GRADE PIANO
MANUFACTURED
"Then the man who did it certainly didn't
IN CHICAGO.)
know his business."
"No?"
" No, ma'am. He had better be doing street
cleaning than tuning pianos. Why, my dear
madam, a delicate instrument like the piano
SOLE FACTORS.
needs fingers equally delicate to handle it, com-
bined with an ear of unerring accuracy. The
individual who attempted to tune this instru
ment last evidently possessed neither of these.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL WAREROOMS,
In fact, I am free to say that he did it more
harm than good."
(SECOND FLOOR.)
215 WABASH AVE.,
" Indeed? "
" Indeed he did. May I ask who it was who
CHICAGO.
so abused your instrument ? ''
" It was you yourself."
"Madam, you are wrong; I never tuned a
piano in this house before."
'' Probably not; but you tuned that instru-
ment, nevertheless, or made a botch of it in
attempting to do so. It belongs to Mrs. Jones,
who sent it here while she is out of town. She
told me you had always tuned it, and to send
for you when
''
But she did not finish.
The unhappy man fell to the floor in a heavy
swoon.
CHICAGO COTTflGE ORGAN COMPANY,
(The Largest Dealers in Pianos and Organs in the World,)
Enterprising dealers alt over the Country are
fast securing the agency for the wonderful
" How do you like your new music-master ? "
" He is a very nice, polite young man. When
I made a mistake yesterday, he said, ' Pray,
mademoiselle, why do you take so much pains
to improve Beethoven ? ' "
There was loud and long excitement,
The score stood one to one,
The home club had a man on third ;
O, would it mean a run ?
Three balls-—two strikes—a hit! Ha, ha!!
Wild cheers arose from all.
And as the fielder chased the sphere
The band played " After the Ball."
Boston Budget.
A.
B.
CHASE
PIANOS.
Wonderful in Tone Quality.
Wonderful in Selling Qualities,
Style, Finish, Strength,
Action, Durability and Popularity,
and
Improvement of Tone by Age and Use.
Mrs. Bunting : " Are our concert seats at the
end?"
Mr. Bunting : " No, they are just in the mid- The Company Scrupulously protect their
agencies,
dle of the row."
and
4
' Then we go late.''
Never change when it can be avoided.
Boscombe. Visitor: '' Do you call this a Hence the agency becomes more valuable
every year.
band of picked musicians ? '' Bandmaster :
"Ach, dot vos so; I bick 'em minesellef." If y*u can, you should secure it at once,
Visitor: " Well, then, you picked them before
by writing to
they were ripe."
'' The mainspring of Italian music in the
eighteenth century,'' says a recent writer, '' was
the exclusive and passionate worship of the
human voice." But Italian music has experi-
enced a change. Its mainspring is now in a
box, and is worked with a handle.
THE A. B. CHASE CO.,
NORWALK, OHIO.
FROGS
TO PUAY MUSIC,
THE PROVERBIAL CROAKERS TO BE MADE TO
RENDER ORCHESTRAL MUSIC UNDER
A SHREWD YANKEE.
MjTHE experiment of educating frogs has been
*& successfully made by Pliny Jewell, a
brother of the late Marshall Jewell, at Hartford.
Mr. Jewell told about it during a recent visit to
this city, and if his account is true, as none of
his friends has the least doubt, a performing
frog orchestra may be seen in the near future in
this city.
Mr. Jewell has at his home a fine lawn, a pond
and a wooded patch. The pond is the home of
his numerous frogs, and they have become so
well acquainted with him that they will do all
sorts of things at his behest.
The way to a frog's good will is like the way
to many people's good graces. Mr. Jewell feeds
them on all the dainties of the season, nice
young dead mice being one of the particular
luxuries appreciated by the colony of frogs.
Mr. Jewell has named them all, and the older
ones, he insists, not only know their names and
answer to them, but will perform acrobatic feats
when called upon to do so. The chief frog, the
largest and most intelligent, is named for
Grover Cleveland, and members of the Cabinet
and other prominent persons are represented in
the little colony. The frogs answer to their
names promptly and do many little tricks when
called upon to do so.
While they are tame and tractable with their
owner they are very shy of strangers, and this
has in a measure prevented any exhibition of
the frogs' entertaining powers. This timidity,
which is greater in trained than in uneducated
frogs, is being slowly overcome and by exnt,
summer Mr. Jewell expects to be able to have
concerts on the banks of his pond, to which he
can invite his friends.
The frogs will have little musical instruments
which are being made in this city, and besides
croaking they will be taught to play real music.
The reporter saw some of the dummies which
the frogs have become accustomed to handle and
which are being used as models for real instru-
ments. The little fellows, it is said, make the
most amusing exhibitions of themselves when
acting as a miniature orchestra.
A certain young Troy musician and a few
friends did not witness the great football contest
at New York Thanksgiving Day as they had
intended. The young musician, who is em-
ployed in a Troy music store, and his friends
organized a party to take in the Yale-Princeton
game.
A treasurer and an assistant treasurer were
appointed, and each member of the party con-
tributed his share for his expenses of the expedi-
tion.
Wednesday the day before the game the young
musician, who had engineered the arrangements
for the trip, received the following missive from
the treasurer and his assistant:
'' Friend Frank : We have gone to the foot-
ball game. Will be home Monday and tell you
all about i t . "
The young musician cannot see the joke and
vows he will have the defaulters arrested.
THE Hook & Hastings Co. has just finished
an organ in the North Presbyterian Church of
Allegheny, Pa., having two manuals, 25 regis-
ers, and is blown by a water motor.
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