Music Trade Review
Issue: 1893 Vol. 18 N. 5 - Page 2
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
1
pUB|JS|4ED
Hlfif R. H. R. MOORE, superintendent of the
•Cy^ A. B. Chase factory, at Norwalk, Ohio,
and his bride received a very graceful reception
from the A. C. Chase employees on arriving
home recently.
learned with regret of the loss sustained
by W. Dyer & Brother, St. Paul, through
the partial burning of their warerooms and
stock on the evening of August i6th. It now
seems that damage done cannot be covered by
less than $50,000. The musical goods destroyed
were chiefly the imported stock. Dyer &
Brother will carry on their business temporarily
at 44 East Third street until their new building
is put up and ready for occupation.
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.
. HUGO SOHMER is one of the Advis-
ory Board of World's Fair exhibitors
who are to hold a Prize Winners' Exposition in
New York next winter.
\R. J. N. MERRILL, of the Merrill Piano
Co., Boston, is by this time among his
London friends, and they are legion.
MUEHLFELD & CO. are about to bring
out a new style bijou upright for the
fall trade. They still continue to find business
satisfactory.
Wff R. GEORGE STECK has gone to Chicag O)
•w&% and the Jury of Awards, now fully organ-
ized, has entered upon its duties. Poor Marc,
left out in the cold, utterly sat upon, his super-
ior attributes altogether ignored, has been
haunting the Liberal Arts Division all the
week, striving to have a word in somewhere.
But alas ! as regards John Boyd Thacher and
the distribution of awards, he is a nonentity in
the abstract.
annual picnic of the exployees of Wes-
sell, Nickel & Gross was held at Lion
Park, Columbus avenue and 108th street, on
Saturday last, and in the absence of Mr. Wes-
sell and Mr. Nickel, Mr. Rudolf Gross acted as
master of ceremonies. He was assisted by Mr.
Neundorfer and Mr. Muhlenfels. The festivi-
ties were kept up until 12 o'clock, all the par-
ticipants were satisfied that they had had a
royal time, and the benefit society of the shop,
to which the profits of the festival went, re-
ceived a handsome sum.
SUBSTANTIAL proof that the business
of the Estey Piano Co. is founded upon a
sound financial system is evident in the fact
that their factory, at Southern Boulevard and
Lincoln avenue, notwithstanding the general
depression throughout the trade, has been
running right along all the summer. Estey
pianos are instruments of such established
worth, and the men composing the firm and
managing their production possess such exe-
cutive capacity and good judgement, that they
are enabled to hold their place in the race at all
times, during prosperous as well as depressed
seasons.
iVERY dollar saved in the making of a
Kimball piano is a dollar saved to the
purchaser. The four Kimball factories, cover-
ing eleven acres of floor space, are under one
management, and one operating expense. We
thus secure perfect construction at an absolute
minimum of cost."
The foregoing is an extract from an attract-
ive souvenir just issued by the W. W. Kim-
ball Co., Chicago. And yet "attractive" is
not a sufficiently satisfactory word to describe
it, for in many respects it is strikingly art-
istic. The souvenir is in the form of a little
book illustrated in an exceedingly tasteful
manner, with bijou half-tone portraits of Patti,
Sig. Tamagno, Lilli Lehmann, Max Alvary
Del Puente, Minnie Hawk, Sig. Galassi and
the other lights of the operatic and musi-
cal world. Then on the right hand pages
throughout may be found some interesting facts
regarding the Kimball piano, which are all
set off in a "catching " and profitable manner.
The Courier: "Mr. Steck has been
actively contending for many years that
the whole principle of piano construction in
America is false, and to emphasize this fact he
has always made uprights on fundamentally
different laws. His whole life as a manufact-
urer has been a living protest against the sys-
tem of piano construction embodied in 99 of
every 100 pianos on the Fair grounds. If he
should now decide that pianos made contrary to
his principle are worthy of an award, and if he
should sign such awards, he would destroy the
fabric he has erected and close the career of the
Steck piano." The foregoing will be read with
considerable amusement by a large number of
readers. The Steck piano is, in every structural
feature, American, and Mr. Steck has been
identified, in his time, as a practical manufact-
urer, with every principle of construction which
distinguishes the American from the European
instrument.
The writer of the extract given, who never
worked at any branch of piano making, writes
himself down a fool, despite his characteristic
foxiness. Mr. Steck cannot be injured in his
judicial capacity by any such attacks. The
influence of The Courier does not go outside the
musical and trade field, and Marc ought to
realize it by this time, after getting such a
snubbing from Director-General Davis and
John Boyd Thacher.
. WILLIAM STEINWAY signalized his
return to health and to his arduous cleri-
cal duties by attending the annual festival of
the employees of Steinway & Sons, at Silver
Spring, North Beach, on Saturday last. Mr.
Steinway appeared on the grounds late in the
day, when the picnickers were just entering in-
to the spirit of their outing, and the reception
he received was remarkable for its enthusiasm
and warmth.
He was accompanied by Mr. W. C. Foster and
his son-in-law, Mr. Louis Von Bermuth. The
head of Steinway & Sons made a characteristic
address of welcome to the workmen, their
families and friends, and the applause which
greeted him on its termination indicated the
feelings of his hearers. Few firms have done as
much for their employees as Steinway & Sons,
and it is pleasant to be able to note Mr. Stein-
way 's personal interest in those who serve the
house faithfully. That the Steinway employees
fully appreciate the way they are dealt with
was manifest in last Saturday's demonstration
alone. It was especially shown in the manner
in which they received Mr. Steinway. At
11 A.M. the workmen, their families and
friends, estimated to aggregate several thousand,
formed in line in the town of Steinway, under
the direction of Mr. George Steinway and Mr.
A. S. Menzel, and then marched to the Beach,
where they proceeded to enter on the day's
program. All present spent an enjoyable time,
and better still, a goodly sum was realized for
the benevolent fund of the Steinway Employees'
Mutual Aid Association.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
1
pUB|JS|4ED
Hlfif R. H. R. MOORE, superintendent of the
•Cy^ A. B. Chase factory, at Norwalk, Ohio,
and his bride received a very graceful reception
from the A. C. Chase employees on arriving
home recently.
learned with regret of the loss sustained
by W. Dyer & Brother, St. Paul, through
the partial burning of their warerooms and
stock on the evening of August i6th. It now
seems that damage done cannot be covered by
less than $50,000. The musical goods destroyed
were chiefly the imported stock. Dyer &
Brother will carry on their business temporarily
at 44 East Third street until their new building
is put up and ready for occupation.
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.
. HUGO SOHMER is one of the Advis-
ory Board of World's Fair exhibitors
who are to hold a Prize Winners' Exposition in
New York next winter.
\R. J. N. MERRILL, of the Merrill Piano
Co., Boston, is by this time among his
London friends, and they are legion.
MUEHLFELD & CO. are about to bring
out a new style bijou upright for the
fall trade. They still continue to find business
satisfactory.
Wff R. GEORGE STECK has gone to Chicag O)
•w&% and the Jury of Awards, now fully organ-
ized, has entered upon its duties. Poor Marc,
left out in the cold, utterly sat upon, his super-
ior attributes altogether ignored, has been
haunting the Liberal Arts Division all the
week, striving to have a word in somewhere.
But alas ! as regards John Boyd Thacher and
the distribution of awards, he is a nonentity in
the abstract.
annual picnic of the exployees of Wes-
sell, Nickel & Gross was held at Lion
Park, Columbus avenue and 108th street, on
Saturday last, and in the absence of Mr. Wes-
sell and Mr. Nickel, Mr. Rudolf Gross acted as
master of ceremonies. He was assisted by Mr.
Neundorfer and Mr. Muhlenfels. The festivi-
ties were kept up until 12 o'clock, all the par-
ticipants were satisfied that they had had a
royal time, and the benefit society of the shop,
to which the profits of the festival went, re-
ceived a handsome sum.
SUBSTANTIAL proof that the business
of the Estey Piano Co. is founded upon a
sound financial system is evident in the fact
that their factory, at Southern Boulevard and
Lincoln avenue, notwithstanding the general
depression throughout the trade, has been
running right along all the summer. Estey
pianos are instruments of such established
worth, and the men composing the firm and
managing their production possess such exe-
cutive capacity and good judgement, that they
are enabled to hold their place in the race at all
times, during prosperous as well as depressed
seasons.
iVERY dollar saved in the making of a
Kimball piano is a dollar saved to the
purchaser. The four Kimball factories, cover-
ing eleven acres of floor space, are under one
management, and one operating expense. We
thus secure perfect construction at an absolute
minimum of cost."
The foregoing is an extract from an attract-
ive souvenir just issued by the W. W. Kim-
ball Co., Chicago. And yet "attractive" is
not a sufficiently satisfactory word to describe
it, for in many respects it is strikingly art-
istic. The souvenir is in the form of a little
book illustrated in an exceedingly tasteful
manner, with bijou half-tone portraits of Patti,
Sig. Tamagno, Lilli Lehmann, Max Alvary
Del Puente, Minnie Hawk, Sig. Galassi and
the other lights of the operatic and musi-
cal world. Then on the right hand pages
throughout may be found some interesting facts
regarding the Kimball piano, which are all
set off in a "catching " and profitable manner.
The Courier: "Mr. Steck has been
actively contending for many years that
the whole principle of piano construction in
America is false, and to emphasize this fact he
has always made uprights on fundamentally
different laws. His whole life as a manufact-
urer has been a living protest against the sys-
tem of piano construction embodied in 99 of
every 100 pianos on the Fair grounds. If he
should now decide that pianos made contrary to
his principle are worthy of an award, and if he
should sign such awards, he would destroy the
fabric he has erected and close the career of the
Steck piano." The foregoing will be read with
considerable amusement by a large number of
readers. The Steck piano is, in every structural
feature, American, and Mr. Steck has been
identified, in his time, as a practical manufact-
urer, with every principle of construction which
distinguishes the American from the European
instrument.
The writer of the extract given, who never
worked at any branch of piano making, writes
himself down a fool, despite his characteristic
foxiness. Mr. Steck cannot be injured in his
judicial capacity by any such attacks. The
influence of The Courier does not go outside the
musical and trade field, and Marc ought to
realize it by this time, after getting such a
snubbing from Director-General Davis and
John Boyd Thacher.
. WILLIAM STEINWAY signalized his
return to health and to his arduous cleri-
cal duties by attending the annual festival of
the employees of Steinway & Sons, at Silver
Spring, North Beach, on Saturday last. Mr.
Steinway appeared on the grounds late in the
day, when the picnickers were just entering in-
to the spirit of their outing, and the reception
he received was remarkable for its enthusiasm
and warmth.
He was accompanied by Mr. W. C. Foster and
his son-in-law, Mr. Louis Von Bermuth. The
head of Steinway & Sons made a characteristic
address of welcome to the workmen, their
families and friends, and the applause which
greeted him on its termination indicated the
feelings of his hearers. Few firms have done as
much for their employees as Steinway & Sons,
and it is pleasant to be able to note Mr. Stein-
way 's personal interest in those who serve the
house faithfully. That the Steinway employees
fully appreciate the way they are dealt with
was manifest in last Saturday's demonstration
alone. It was especially shown in the manner
in which they received Mr. Steinway. At
11 A.M. the workmen, their families and
friends, estimated to aggregate several thousand,
formed in line in the town of Steinway, under
the direction of Mr. George Steinway and Mr.
A. S. Menzel, and then marched to the Beach,
where they proceeded to enter on the day's
program. All present spent an enjoyable time,
and better still, a goodly sum was realized for
the benevolent fund of the Steinway Employees'
Mutual Aid Association.
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