Music Trade Review
Issue: 1894 Vol. 18 N. 25 - Page 2
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
WELCOME visitor to our sanctum during
the week was Mr. Geo. P. Bent of the
celebrated Crown Pianos and Organs. He was
OA his way home from a short vacation which
he enjoyed in company with his daughter in the
land of the "orange blossoms."
Mr. Bent
looked as if he was primed with a new vitality
and we can expect further evidences of his en-
terprise on his return home.
no
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORK.
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and
Canada, $4.00 per year, in advance; Foreign Countries,
$5 00.
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per
insertion; unless inserted upon rates made by special
contract.
piano more in evidence o r
higher in public estimation to-day than
the celebrated instrument manufactured by
George Steck & Co. Their record for the past
year has been one of success from every stand-
point, and the prospects for the future could not
be brighter. This is in every way due to the
honorable reputation which they have honestly
earned as manufacturers of an instrument of the
highest class.
Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
NOTWITHSTANDING the times, the cele-
brated Emerson piano floats along tri-
umphantly on the top wave of popularity. In
their Western and local houses trade is good,
and while much of this is due to the splendid
management by the gentlemen in charge, yet it
would be foolish to deny that this success could
not be achieved if the Emerson piano did not
fulfill expectations as an art product of a high
class. The Emerson Piano Campany find an
encouraging demand for their pianos through-
out the trade, and they consider the prospects
for 1894 of the brightest.
F. MACDONALD, Vice-President of
the Pease Piano Company, and manager
of the Chicago branch of that concern, is pass-
ing a few days in the metropolis, accompanied
by his son, Charles Wilbur MacDonald, whose
wonderful musical talent has elicited the warm-
est admiration from critical audiences.
jT a meeting of the Henning Piano Com-
pany, held last Tuesday at the Bradbury
factory, Brooklyn, the removal of their factory to
Raymond street, that city, was under considera-
tion. This is a move Mr. Smith has had in con-
templation a long time, as he believes strongly
in concentrating his piano plants.
S
HE Derby Transcript says that '' the Ster-
ling Piano Company started up full time
of eight hours last Monday, and will continue
manufacturing as long as there is room in the
factory to store the finished goods.'' Hats off
to Mr. Blake ! This resolution does credit to his
pluck and enterprise, and he will reap the re-
ward when the harvest of better days comes
along.
25th anniversary of Mr. Albert G. Cone's
connection with the house of W. W. Kim-
ball Company, Chicago, occurred January 4th,
and while the popular treasurer was at luncheon
a handsome pair of sevres vases, valued at some
$1,000, were smuggled into his office. This
beautiful addition to his sanctum surprised Mr.
Cone, and an explanation was demanded, and
given by Mr. E. S. Con way, who very felicitously
referred to Mr. Cone's valued services tothefirm,
and said that this was a slight tribute from the
employees—who united from the ' ' boss'' to the
office boy—to thus demonstrate the esteem in
which he was held.
excel ent
l
likeness of Mr. L. L. Doud, the
well known secretary of the A. B. Chase
Co., Norwalk, Ohio, adorns our front cover this
week. Since 1875 Mr. Doud has been identified
with the A. B. Chase concern, and has held the
position of secretary since that date. Naturally
he takes great pride in the history and develop-
ment of the business which he has helped to
create. Modest and retiring in his demeanor,
yet he possesses a strong individuality which
has permeated the business department of the
A. B. Chase concern. Mr. Doud is thoroughly
a home man, an Ohioan by birth, and almost
his entire life has been passed in his native
county of Huron, where he never has lost a
residence.
is now known definitely that Hardman &
La Grassa will be the title of the piano
firm in which members of the Hardman family
are interested with Mr. La Grassa. Mr. Dow-
ling's supposed connection amounts, for the pre-
sent at least, to that of an employee. Mr. La
Grassa is at work on the scales of the three sizes
of pianos which they intend to turn out, and
from his long experience good results can be ex-
pected. They expect to occupy three floors of
the building corner of 10th avenue and 44th
street, and will enlarge quarters later on. Mr.
Hardman is desirous and probably will place the
name of " Hardman" on the fall-board of the
new pianos, but its use is questioned by other
parties, and the matter may find its way before
the courts to be judicially decided upon.
<<§& public estimation is that manufactured by
the Needham Piano Organ Company. The mag-
nificent display made at the World's Fair has
helped to emphasize the standing of this instru-
ment to a considerable extent, and this is demon-
strated by the increasing popularity of the Need-
ham piano with the dealers. The past year has
been comparatively a prosperous one with the
Needham Piano-Organ Company both in the
piano and organ branches of their business, and
this week the cheering news is at hand that afte r
a short recess for stock-taking, they have started
up their factories with a largely increased force
of employees. This speaks volumes for the
popularity of their products and the prosperity
of the house.
new styles of pianos and organs to be
found in the catalogue of the Sterling
Company, Derby, Conn., are bound to become
exceedingly popular with the trade. It is hard-
ly necessary to speak of their pianos which have
been long recognized as popular instruments.
The Sterling organs, however, have shared, al-
though in a lesser degree, in the many tributes
paid the products of this house, yet the Ster-
ling Company feel that its many merits have
been thrown somewhat in the shade by its sister
product, and one of the New Year resolutions of
the firm is the determination to place the Sterling
organ in the front rank during the present year.
And they will undoubtedly succeed, for their new
and Jin de-siecle case designs, in conjunction with
a splendid quality of tone, cannot fail to popular-
ize them with the progressive and wide-awake
dealers who want an instrument that will prove
a seller and add to their reputation.
prize Columbian medals which will de-
light the heart of the piano exhibitors are
being pushed as rapidly as possible at the Phila-
delphia mint. Sculptor St. Gaudens has been
furnished with plaster casts of the medal, a
description of which is as follows : Upon the
obverse, Columbus is represented stepping from
a boat to the land, and just behind him are three
figures, warriors of his day. One of them bears
aloft the standard of Spain, the folds of which
are so gracefully arranged as to prevent any per-
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
WELCOME visitor to our sanctum during
the week was Mr. Geo. P. Bent of the
celebrated Crown Pianos and Organs. He was
OA his way home from a short vacation which
he enjoyed in company with his daughter in the
land of the "orange blossoms."
Mr. Bent
looked as if he was primed with a new vitality
and we can expect further evidences of his en-
terprise on his return home.
no
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORK.
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and
Canada, $4.00 per year, in advance; Foreign Countries,
$5 00.
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per
insertion; unless inserted upon rates made by special
contract.
piano more in evidence o r
higher in public estimation to-day than
the celebrated instrument manufactured by
George Steck & Co. Their record for the past
year has been one of success from every stand-
point, and the prospects for the future could not
be brighter. This is in every way due to the
honorable reputation which they have honestly
earned as manufacturers of an instrument of the
highest class.
Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
NOTWITHSTANDING the times, the cele-
brated Emerson piano floats along tri-
umphantly on the top wave of popularity. In
their Western and local houses trade is good,
and while much of this is due to the splendid
management by the gentlemen in charge, yet it
would be foolish to deny that this success could
not be achieved if the Emerson piano did not
fulfill expectations as an art product of a high
class. The Emerson Piano Campany find an
encouraging demand for their pianos through-
out the trade, and they consider the prospects
for 1894 of the brightest.
F. MACDONALD, Vice-President of
the Pease Piano Company, and manager
of the Chicago branch of that concern, is pass-
ing a few days in the metropolis, accompanied
by his son, Charles Wilbur MacDonald, whose
wonderful musical talent has elicited the warm-
est admiration from critical audiences.
jT a meeting of the Henning Piano Com-
pany, held last Tuesday at the Bradbury
factory, Brooklyn, the removal of their factory to
Raymond street, that city, was under considera-
tion. This is a move Mr. Smith has had in con-
templation a long time, as he believes strongly
in concentrating his piano plants.
S
HE Derby Transcript says that '' the Ster-
ling Piano Company started up full time
of eight hours last Monday, and will continue
manufacturing as long as there is room in the
factory to store the finished goods.'' Hats off
to Mr. Blake ! This resolution does credit to his
pluck and enterprise, and he will reap the re-
ward when the harvest of better days comes
along.
25th anniversary of Mr. Albert G. Cone's
connection with the house of W. W. Kim-
ball Company, Chicago, occurred January 4th,
and while the popular treasurer was at luncheon
a handsome pair of sevres vases, valued at some
$1,000, were smuggled into his office. This
beautiful addition to his sanctum surprised Mr.
Cone, and an explanation was demanded, and
given by Mr. E. S. Con way, who very felicitously
referred to Mr. Cone's valued services tothefirm,
and said that this was a slight tribute from the
employees—who united from the ' ' boss'' to the
office boy—to thus demonstrate the esteem in
which he was held.
excel ent
l
likeness of Mr. L. L. Doud, the
well known secretary of the A. B. Chase
Co., Norwalk, Ohio, adorns our front cover this
week. Since 1875 Mr. Doud has been identified
with the A. B. Chase concern, and has held the
position of secretary since that date. Naturally
he takes great pride in the history and develop-
ment of the business which he has helped to
create. Modest and retiring in his demeanor,
yet he possesses a strong individuality which
has permeated the business department of the
A. B. Chase concern. Mr. Doud is thoroughly
a home man, an Ohioan by birth, and almost
his entire life has been passed in his native
county of Huron, where he never has lost a
residence.
is now known definitely that Hardman &
La Grassa will be the title of the piano
firm in which members of the Hardman family
are interested with Mr. La Grassa. Mr. Dow-
ling's supposed connection amounts, for the pre-
sent at least, to that of an employee. Mr. La
Grassa is at work on the scales of the three sizes
of pianos which they intend to turn out, and
from his long experience good results can be ex-
pected. They expect to occupy three floors of
the building corner of 10th avenue and 44th
street, and will enlarge quarters later on. Mr.
Hardman is desirous and probably will place the
name of " Hardman" on the fall-board of the
new pianos, but its use is questioned by other
parties, and the matter may find its way before
the courts to be judicially decided upon.
<<§& public estimation is that manufactured by
the Needham Piano Organ Company. The mag-
nificent display made at the World's Fair has
helped to emphasize the standing of this instru-
ment to a considerable extent, and this is demon-
strated by the increasing popularity of the Need-
ham piano with the dealers. The past year has
been comparatively a prosperous one with the
Needham Piano-Organ Company both in the
piano and organ branches of their business, and
this week the cheering news is at hand that afte r
a short recess for stock-taking, they have started
up their factories with a largely increased force
of employees. This speaks volumes for the
popularity of their products and the prosperity
of the house.
new styles of pianos and organs to be
found in the catalogue of the Sterling
Company, Derby, Conn., are bound to become
exceedingly popular with the trade. It is hard-
ly necessary to speak of their pianos which have
been long recognized as popular instruments.
The Sterling organs, however, have shared, al-
though in a lesser degree, in the many tributes
paid the products of this house, yet the Ster-
ling Company feel that its many merits have
been thrown somewhat in the shade by its sister
product, and one of the New Year resolutions of
the firm is the determination to place the Sterling
organ in the front rank during the present year.
And they will undoubtedly succeed, for their new
and Jin de-siecle case designs, in conjunction with
a splendid quality of tone, cannot fail to popular-
ize them with the progressive and wide-awake
dealers who want an instrument that will prove
a seller and add to their reputation.
prize Columbian medals which will de-
light the heart of the piano exhibitors are
being pushed as rapidly as possible at the Phila-
delphia mint. Sculptor St. Gaudens has been
furnished with plaster casts of the medal, a
description of which is as follows : Upon the
obverse, Columbus is represented stepping from
a boat to the land, and just behind him are three
figures, warriors of his day. One of them bears
aloft the standard of Spain, the folds of which
are so gracefully arranged as to prevent any per-
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