Music Trade Review
Issue: 1893 Vol. 18 N. 23 - Page 2
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
the Hazelton Brothers' piano is an old
favorite with New Yorkers was decidedly
evident from the splendid trade which they en-
joyed during the holidays. Their wareroom
•' floor looked pretty bare last Tuesday morning,
and they will be compelled to work nights to
catch up.
E. A. THOMPSON, Binghamton, N.
Y., who has won a distinction of being
the only lady piano manufacturer in the trade,
will retire from business January ist, having
sold her plant to Mr. F. C. Mahoney, lately con-
nected with the McCammon Piano Co., at
Oneonta, N. Y. Mr. Mahoney will continue to
manufacture the Thompson piano.
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORK.
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and
Canada, $4.00 per year, in advance; Foreign Countries,
$500.
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per
insertion; unless inserted upon rates made by special
contract.
Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
MZHROUGH the energetic efforts of Mr.
Committee to change the provisions of the Wil-
son tariff bill relating to ivory. Mr. Cheney
presented unanswerable arguments which went
to demonstrate that the ivory interests of the
State of Connecticut would be ruined, and that
the ivory manufactories of the State would have
to be closed if the proposed provision became
law, and hundreds would be disemployed. Mr.
Cheney is to be congratulated for his successful
work in this direction.
of it or the quicker we part with paper money
the better. Paper currency of all kinds acts as
carrier of communicable diseases. There may
be something offensive about old and soiled
greenbacks, but most of us are willing to run
the risk of contagion in losing no oportunity to
handle the despised paper currency when it
comes our way.
STEIN WAY, says yesterday's
Press, is always busy about something
in addition to the management of his vast busi-
ness. His piano interests and Rapid Transit
Commission duties are not enough to occupy
him, so he is organizing a great German musi-
cal festival, to take place in this city next sum-
mer, when at least 10,000 voices will be heard
in chorus. Mr. Steinway is a singer himself,
and is always interested in vocal music. He
listens, too, to the most classical of symphonies
and other instrumental pieces, but in his heart
of hearts, one may venture to assume, he really
loves better to hear the human voice.
RUFUS W. BLAKE is being widely
spoken of as the coming Mayor of
Derby, Conn. If Derby wants a progressive
and level-headed business Mayor, why there is
no better man than the head of the Sterling
Company.
JfjaURING the past week certain daily papers
<5*3fe» of this city have been unduly concerned
about some changes which Messrs. Novello,
Ewer & Co. thought fit to make in the personnel
of their business, and they have gone out of
their way to magnify a most ordinary occurrence
in a business house into something sensational
—to
make a mountain out of a molehill. One
®ju*RIDAY of last week was an all important
<5*!8- day in the household of Mr. Alfred Dolge. would think that Mr. Bachur had a perfect right
It saw gathered many friends and members of to retire without consulting the press ! Yet it
the family to celebrate the Silver Wedding of seems not. This apparent interest may be
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Dolge, and the 45th Annivers- allowable in a corporate business, but in this
ary of Mr. Dolge's birth. There are now four gene- case it looks like an impertinent intrusion into
rations of this notable family : August, father of the private affairs of a business house—a trans-
Alfred, Alfred himself, Rudolph, his son, and gression of journalistic ethics.
the representative of the fourth generation, who
recently arrived, and who has been favored with
'Varsity man, don't cher know, of trade
the honored name of Alfred. In common with
journalism, has apparently had a monoply
their many friends we tender Mr. and Mrs. Dolge
of news—that is, of his own manufacture—for
congratulations, and best wishes for a future of
the past few weeks. He startled us with the in-
uninterrupted happiness.
formation that Mr. Geo. W. Tewksbury, treasurer
of the Chicago Cottage Organ Company, had
have received an attractive and hand- disconnected himself with that house, and fol-
somely printed catalogue from the organ lowed it with a conversation which he had
house of C. O. Hillstrom & Co., Chesterton, Ind. recently with Mr. H. D. Cable, in this city,
It contains some very fine illustrations of their while, strange to say, Mr. H. D. Cable has not
latest designs, and gives the reader an insight been in this city for the past twelve months.
into the many points which have made the Hill- This is entirely in line with his invention about
strom organs so popular throughout the States Mr. Tewksbury, which was a clean cut lie from
for the past twenty years. C. O. Hillstrom & first to last. I^ater we had other nuggets of
Co. have enjoyed an unusually successful sea- wisdom and prophecy in connection with Kim-
son, and in consequence have lately enlarged ball's house in New York, and Mr. Peek's sup-
their manufacturing facilities. The catalogue posed retirement! ad infinitum. That massive
cover contains a cut of factory, and an excellent brain must be surcharged with Oxfordian ideas
picture of Mr. C. O. Hillstrom adds to the at- of journalism.
tractiveness of this little book.
'HEN placing orders for piano actions,
manufacturers should not overlook the
old and reputable house of Geo. W. Seaverns
Action Co., Cambridgeport, Mass. Their piano
actions have been before the public for a long
time, and they are extremely popular with the
trade.
medical experts have explained the
reason why we should be willing to part
with greenbacks. In these times when there is
a general stringency in the money market, and
when greenbacks are hard to get, it is very
consoling indeed to learn that science has de-
monstrated conclusively that the less we have
BROS.' handboine warerooms at-
&$& tracted a great deal of attention during
the holidays, and their Christmas trade gave
them a great deal of gratification.
were pleased to see Mr. E. R. Wanckel,
the popular cashier of Alfred Dolge &
Son, back at his old post this week after his
protracted illness. Mr. Wanckel is one of those
kindly considerate men whose absence is always
missed.
\R.
1JJ|T would be well, says Comfort, if we could
St^ remember—all the year round, as well as
at this, the Christmas season—that there is
never a time when a soul should sink into
the utter depths of dispair. No matter how
dark the prospect, if we can just " hold on " to
the fringes of golden hope for a season, luck
will turn and prospects brighten. Our dis-
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
the Hazelton Brothers' piano is an old
favorite with New Yorkers was decidedly
evident from the splendid trade which they en-
joyed during the holidays. Their wareroom
•' floor looked pretty bare last Tuesday morning,
and they will be compelled to work nights to
catch up.
E. A. THOMPSON, Binghamton, N.
Y., who has won a distinction of being
the only lady piano manufacturer in the trade,
will retire from business January ist, having
sold her plant to Mr. F. C. Mahoney, lately con-
nected with the McCammon Piano Co., at
Oneonta, N. Y. Mr. Mahoney will continue to
manufacture the Thompson piano.
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORK.
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and
Canada, $4.00 per year, in advance; Foreign Countries,
$500.
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per
insertion; unless inserted upon rates made by special
contract.
Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
MZHROUGH the energetic efforts of Mr.
Committee to change the provisions of the Wil-
son tariff bill relating to ivory. Mr. Cheney
presented unanswerable arguments which went
to demonstrate that the ivory interests of the
State of Connecticut would be ruined, and that
the ivory manufactories of the State would have
to be closed if the proposed provision became
law, and hundreds would be disemployed. Mr.
Cheney is to be congratulated for his successful
work in this direction.
of it or the quicker we part with paper money
the better. Paper currency of all kinds acts as
carrier of communicable diseases. There may
be something offensive about old and soiled
greenbacks, but most of us are willing to run
the risk of contagion in losing no oportunity to
handle the despised paper currency when it
comes our way.
STEIN WAY, says yesterday's
Press, is always busy about something
in addition to the management of his vast busi-
ness. His piano interests and Rapid Transit
Commission duties are not enough to occupy
him, so he is organizing a great German musi-
cal festival, to take place in this city next sum-
mer, when at least 10,000 voices will be heard
in chorus. Mr. Steinway is a singer himself,
and is always interested in vocal music. He
listens, too, to the most classical of symphonies
and other instrumental pieces, but in his heart
of hearts, one may venture to assume, he really
loves better to hear the human voice.
RUFUS W. BLAKE is being widely
spoken of as the coming Mayor of
Derby, Conn. If Derby wants a progressive
and level-headed business Mayor, why there is
no better man than the head of the Sterling
Company.
JfjaURING the past week certain daily papers
<5*3fe» of this city have been unduly concerned
about some changes which Messrs. Novello,
Ewer & Co. thought fit to make in the personnel
of their business, and they have gone out of
their way to magnify a most ordinary occurrence
in a business house into something sensational
—to
make a mountain out of a molehill. One
®ju*RIDAY of last week was an all important
<5*!8- day in the household of Mr. Alfred Dolge. would think that Mr. Bachur had a perfect right
It saw gathered many friends and members of to retire without consulting the press ! Yet it
the family to celebrate the Silver Wedding of seems not. This apparent interest may be
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Dolge, and the 45th Annivers- allowable in a corporate business, but in this
ary of Mr. Dolge's birth. There are now four gene- case it looks like an impertinent intrusion into
rations of this notable family : August, father of the private affairs of a business house—a trans-
Alfred, Alfred himself, Rudolph, his son, and gression of journalistic ethics.
the representative of the fourth generation, who
recently arrived, and who has been favored with
'Varsity man, don't cher know, of trade
the honored name of Alfred. In common with
journalism, has apparently had a monoply
their many friends we tender Mr. and Mrs. Dolge
of news—that is, of his own manufacture—for
congratulations, and best wishes for a future of
the past few weeks. He startled us with the in-
uninterrupted happiness.
formation that Mr. Geo. W. Tewksbury, treasurer
of the Chicago Cottage Organ Company, had
have received an attractive and hand- disconnected himself with that house, and fol-
somely printed catalogue from the organ lowed it with a conversation which he had
house of C. O. Hillstrom & Co., Chesterton, Ind. recently with Mr. H. D. Cable, in this city,
It contains some very fine illustrations of their while, strange to say, Mr. H. D. Cable has not
latest designs, and gives the reader an insight been in this city for the past twelve months.
into the many points which have made the Hill- This is entirely in line with his invention about
strom organs so popular throughout the States Mr. Tewksbury, which was a clean cut lie from
for the past twenty years. C. O. Hillstrom & first to last. I^ater we had other nuggets of
Co. have enjoyed an unusually successful sea- wisdom and prophecy in connection with Kim-
son, and in consequence have lately enlarged ball's house in New York, and Mr. Peek's sup-
their manufacturing facilities. The catalogue posed retirement! ad infinitum. That massive
cover contains a cut of factory, and an excellent brain must be surcharged with Oxfordian ideas
picture of Mr. C. O. Hillstrom adds to the at- of journalism.
tractiveness of this little book.
'HEN placing orders for piano actions,
manufacturers should not overlook the
old and reputable house of Geo. W. Seaverns
Action Co., Cambridgeport, Mass. Their piano
actions have been before the public for a long
time, and they are extremely popular with the
trade.
medical experts have explained the
reason why we should be willing to part
with greenbacks. In these times when there is
a general stringency in the money market, and
when greenbacks are hard to get, it is very
consoling indeed to learn that science has de-
monstrated conclusively that the less we have
BROS.' handboine warerooms at-
&$& tracted a great deal of attention during
the holidays, and their Christmas trade gave
them a great deal of gratification.
were pleased to see Mr. E. R. Wanckel,
the popular cashier of Alfred Dolge &
Son, back at his old post this week after his
protracted illness. Mr. Wanckel is one of those
kindly considerate men whose absence is always
missed.
\R.
1JJ|T would be well, says Comfort, if we could
St^ remember—all the year round, as well as
at this, the Christmas season—that there is
never a time when a soul should sink into
the utter depths of dispair. No matter how
dark the prospect, if we can just " hold on " to
the fringes of golden hope for a season, luck
will turn and prospects brighten. Our dis-
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