Music Trade Review
Issue: 1894 Vol. 18 N. 28 - Page 4
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
ORGAN of the Methodist Church, Rockville
Centre, N. Y., valued at $2,000, has been
burned.
MAQUESSO BANJO CLUB, has been organized
at Monson Me., with G. H. Wilkins director.
the American patents recently re-
corded in the British Patent Office are the
following :
Music HOLDER.—2,039 ( : 893). P. Benson,
Minneapolis, U. S. A. Relates to a holder
adapted for such musical instruments as guitars
or the like, which are constructed with sound-
ing holes, and consists of an arm having a spring-
controlled hook, which is adapted to engage
with one of the holes and a projection which
abuts against the side of the instrument. The
arm carries some suitable music supporting de-
vice.
PIANOFORTES.—18,060 (1893). P. Duffy, New
York, U. S. A. The pianoforte is constructed
with the object of avoiding the use of bridge-
pins, the construction employed including a
bridge on the sounding-board, an elevated bear-
ing on same, and a press-bar adjustably secured
behind the bearing edges above the strings, the
said strings being secured over the bridge be-
tween two bearing edges, so as to bring the
strain of the strings upon the bar in a vertical
line.
LEHR ORGAN FACTORY, Easton, Pa., which
has been running only five days a week, is run-
ning on full time now.
STATON BROS., music dealers, Germantown,
Pa., will open music store at 5 West Chelten
avenue, to be branch of Philadelphia store, 141
North 8th street.
L. H. BATTALIA & C o , Waterville, Me.,
piano rebuilders, found business rather slow in
Waterville and have moved to Bangor.
A NEW music house is the Nashville, Tenn ,
Music Co. The leading members of the firm are
the Messrs. Niles, formerly with Dorinan & Co.,
of Nashville. They will handle the Chicago
Cottage Organ Co.'s goods exclusively.
PERFORATED MUSIC SHEETS.—18,520 (1893).
QUEEN LIL of the Hawaiian Islands has one
consolation at least; even if she has lost her
crown she has a splendid Fischer piano to fall
back on. Shakespeare once said "that music
hath charms to soothe the savage breast," and
there is no doubt that it will be illustrated in
the case of Queen Lil.
A rather novel repeating attachment for pianos
has just been brought out by Messrs. G. Ajello
& Sons, of London. The new patent can be
applied to any piano of the ordinary make. This
attachment is divided into two sections—the
bass and treble clef—each of which is provided
with a stop for throwing in and out of action,
so that either the bass and treble can be played
separately or together as desired. For instance,
by drawing the treble stop any notes can be kept
repeating by keeping the notes down, while the
accompaniment can be played as on an ordinary
piano in the bass, or vice versa. By drawing both
stops, the repeating action, both in the treble
and bass, is brought into play. The repeating
action is effected by a pedal, as in a harmonium,
which sets a wheel in motion, connecting the
action and attachment. Our English namesake
and contemporary says that it has taken Mr.
Ajello many years of careful study, and he is
now satisfied with ihe result, and is confident it
will turn out a great success.
AMONG the patents which expired with the
famous electric telephone invention of Prof.
Alexander Graham Bell, of Boston, January
30th, was one granted C. B. Kelly and E. L.
Rand, of Boston, for reed organs.
)
To Netherlands :
Six (6) organs
To England :
Two hundred and ninety-two
(292) organs
-
-
$16,049
Two (2) pianos . . .
400
All other and parts of -
3.329
NEWMAN BROTHERS have finished a ten thous-
and dollar addition to their factory. It includes
a handsome wareroom 25 x 86 feet.
THE Piano Manufacturers' Association is
honored in having such a man as William F. To Nova Scotia, :
Five (5) organs
Decker as its treasurer. There are few men so
Five (5) pianos
largely esteemed both privately and in a busi-
All other and parts of
ness way as Mr. Decker.
THE Miller Organ Co., of Lebanon, Pa., are To Newfoundland :
running full time. They find trade generally
Eight (8) organs -
good, and have enough orders on hand to keep
One (1) piano -
things pretty lively all season.
H. H. Lake, London (communicated by W. S.
Reed, Leominster, Mass., U. S. A.) The music
sheets described are adapted for use on mechan-
ically-operated banjos, mandolins, violins, etc.
The improved sheets are provided with a series
of columns of perforations, each column embrac-
ing as many lines of perforations as there are
strings in the instrument, to be depressed at the
frets, the number of columns corresponding to
the number of frets employed, and a column
having as many lines of perforations as there
may be strings to be picked.
Music RACK.—21,885 ( l8 9 2 )- J- w - Zavadil,
Humphrey, Nebraska, U. S. A. Describes a
device for holding music open, consisting of a
frame having upper and lower flanges which clip
the music and which can be opened to release it.
The flanges are carried by tubular rods in which
slide rods controlled by springs.
CUSTOM HOUSE, BOSTON,
Collector's Office, January 26, 1894. )
Exportations of Musical Instruments from the
Port of Boston, Month ending Dec. 3T, 1893.
To Germany:
Thirteen (13) organs
. . .
$600
253
19.778
242
700
186
I.T28
832
250
1,082
Total
522,!
TIMOTHY J. SULLIVAN, the Senator for " Para-
dise P a r k , " has introduced a bill in the State
Legislature which will, if passed, have a bear-
ing on sales on the installment plan. Speak-
LYON & HEALY are preparing a splendid ex-
hibit for the Exposition at Antwerp this year. ing of the bill Mr. Sullivan remarks : " It seeks
It will include the five beautiful harps which to prevent poor people who buy furniture on the
were seen at the Columbian Exposition, as well installment plan from losing both their furni-
as other costly instruments. They will have a ture and whatever money they have paid upon
special booth, which will be in charge of Prosper it when they fail to pay an installment on time.
La Maille, who w r as one of the judges in Section Some dealers that sell on the installment plan
I. It is expected that Mr. James E. Healy will give their customers what they call a bill of
spend part of the summer at Antwerp in the in- sale, but which is really nothing but a chattel
mortgage. N,ow, suppose a man pays up a
terests of his house.
number of installments on his furniture, but is
AT the two Patti concerts given in Chicago for a time prevented from paying the balance,
the splendid grand piano occupying the position is it fair that the furniture dealer should be al-
of honor on the stage contributed as much as lowed to take the furniture away in default of
anything else to the unprecedented success of the prompt payment ? I think not, and this bill
the Diva. It is needless to say that the piano proposes to regulate this business."
was a Haines Bros.', and its magnificent tone
and superior quality were displayed to the great-
est advantage by Sig. Mascheroni, who played
the accompaniment for the encore numbers.
IN CLOVER.
G. R. LAMPARD, a prominent music dealer in
Burlington, Iowa, has suffered a loss of more ^pLpE was rather blue, and his wife, noticing it,
than twenty-five hundred dollars by the dis- ^*^ asked what the matter was.
honesty of an employee named J. C. Taylor.
"Matter enough," he sighed. "I've been
The peculations extended over twelve months.
looking over my books and I find I have lost
JAMKS A. GUEST, well known to the trade as money every month for the last year."
" How did you lose it ? " she inquired.
an extensive dealer in Burlington, Iowa, has
"Oh. Idon'c know," he said wearily, shak-
been elected Colonel of the 2d Regiment, I. N.
ing his head.
G. Congratulations are due Colonel Guest.
•' Nor where ? ''
THE house of Morris Poehlmann, for which
"No."
Alfred Dolge & Sons are agents, have been sup-
Then she thought a minute and remembered
plying all the continental papers with reports of what she did when she lost her pocket-book, and
the victory achieved by them in connection with her face brightened.
their wire exhibit at the World "s Fair.
'• Why don't you advertise for it ? " she asked
C. F. GoEPEL & Co., 137 E. 13th street, has innocently.
"By George! " he exclaimed. " I never
a complete line of piano supplies which the trade
should not overlook. For the time they have thought of that, " and the next day he had a big
been in business they have won an enviable display ad. in the paper, and the next and the
reputation as progressive and reliable business next, and in three months' time he was in clover
up to his chin.— The House'furnishing Review.
men.
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
ORGAN of the Methodist Church, Rockville
Centre, N. Y., valued at $2,000, has been
burned.
MAQUESSO BANJO CLUB, has been organized
at Monson Me., with G. H. Wilkins director.
the American patents recently re-
corded in the British Patent Office are the
following :
Music HOLDER.—2,039 ( : 893). P. Benson,
Minneapolis, U. S. A. Relates to a holder
adapted for such musical instruments as guitars
or the like, which are constructed with sound-
ing holes, and consists of an arm having a spring-
controlled hook, which is adapted to engage
with one of the holes and a projection which
abuts against the side of the instrument. The
arm carries some suitable music supporting de-
vice.
PIANOFORTES.—18,060 (1893). P. Duffy, New
York, U. S. A. The pianoforte is constructed
with the object of avoiding the use of bridge-
pins, the construction employed including a
bridge on the sounding-board, an elevated bear-
ing on same, and a press-bar adjustably secured
behind the bearing edges above the strings, the
said strings being secured over the bridge be-
tween two bearing edges, so as to bring the
strain of the strings upon the bar in a vertical
line.
LEHR ORGAN FACTORY, Easton, Pa., which
has been running only five days a week, is run-
ning on full time now.
STATON BROS., music dealers, Germantown,
Pa., will open music store at 5 West Chelten
avenue, to be branch of Philadelphia store, 141
North 8th street.
L. H. BATTALIA & C o , Waterville, Me.,
piano rebuilders, found business rather slow in
Waterville and have moved to Bangor.
A NEW music house is the Nashville, Tenn ,
Music Co. The leading members of the firm are
the Messrs. Niles, formerly with Dorinan & Co.,
of Nashville. They will handle the Chicago
Cottage Organ Co.'s goods exclusively.
PERFORATED MUSIC SHEETS.—18,520 (1893).
QUEEN LIL of the Hawaiian Islands has one
consolation at least; even if she has lost her
crown she has a splendid Fischer piano to fall
back on. Shakespeare once said "that music
hath charms to soothe the savage breast," and
there is no doubt that it will be illustrated in
the case of Queen Lil.
A rather novel repeating attachment for pianos
has just been brought out by Messrs. G. Ajello
& Sons, of London. The new patent can be
applied to any piano of the ordinary make. This
attachment is divided into two sections—the
bass and treble clef—each of which is provided
with a stop for throwing in and out of action,
so that either the bass and treble can be played
separately or together as desired. For instance,
by drawing the treble stop any notes can be kept
repeating by keeping the notes down, while the
accompaniment can be played as on an ordinary
piano in the bass, or vice versa. By drawing both
stops, the repeating action, both in the treble
and bass, is brought into play. The repeating
action is effected by a pedal, as in a harmonium,
which sets a wheel in motion, connecting the
action and attachment. Our English namesake
and contemporary says that it has taken Mr.
Ajello many years of careful study, and he is
now satisfied with ihe result, and is confident it
will turn out a great success.
AMONG the patents which expired with the
famous electric telephone invention of Prof.
Alexander Graham Bell, of Boston, January
30th, was one granted C. B. Kelly and E. L.
Rand, of Boston, for reed organs.
)
To Netherlands :
Six (6) organs
To England :
Two hundred and ninety-two
(292) organs
-
-
$16,049
Two (2) pianos . . .
400
All other and parts of -
3.329
NEWMAN BROTHERS have finished a ten thous-
and dollar addition to their factory. It includes
a handsome wareroom 25 x 86 feet.
THE Piano Manufacturers' Association is
honored in having such a man as William F. To Nova Scotia, :
Five (5) organs
Decker as its treasurer. There are few men so
Five (5) pianos
largely esteemed both privately and in a busi-
All other and parts of
ness way as Mr. Decker.
THE Miller Organ Co., of Lebanon, Pa., are To Newfoundland :
running full time. They find trade generally
Eight (8) organs -
good, and have enough orders on hand to keep
One (1) piano -
things pretty lively all season.
H. H. Lake, London (communicated by W. S.
Reed, Leominster, Mass., U. S. A.) The music
sheets described are adapted for use on mechan-
ically-operated banjos, mandolins, violins, etc.
The improved sheets are provided with a series
of columns of perforations, each column embrac-
ing as many lines of perforations as there are
strings in the instrument, to be depressed at the
frets, the number of columns corresponding to
the number of frets employed, and a column
having as many lines of perforations as there
may be strings to be picked.
Music RACK.—21,885 ( l8 9 2 )- J- w - Zavadil,
Humphrey, Nebraska, U. S. A. Describes a
device for holding music open, consisting of a
frame having upper and lower flanges which clip
the music and which can be opened to release it.
The flanges are carried by tubular rods in which
slide rods controlled by springs.
CUSTOM HOUSE, BOSTON,
Collector's Office, January 26, 1894. )
Exportations of Musical Instruments from the
Port of Boston, Month ending Dec. 3T, 1893.
To Germany:
Thirteen (13) organs
. . .
$600
253
19.778
242
700
186
I.T28
832
250
1,082
Total
522,!
TIMOTHY J. SULLIVAN, the Senator for " Para-
dise P a r k , " has introduced a bill in the State
Legislature which will, if passed, have a bear-
ing on sales on the installment plan. Speak-
LYON & HEALY are preparing a splendid ex-
hibit for the Exposition at Antwerp this year. ing of the bill Mr. Sullivan remarks : " It seeks
It will include the five beautiful harps which to prevent poor people who buy furniture on the
were seen at the Columbian Exposition, as well installment plan from losing both their furni-
as other costly instruments. They will have a ture and whatever money they have paid upon
special booth, which will be in charge of Prosper it when they fail to pay an installment on time.
La Maille, who w r as one of the judges in Section Some dealers that sell on the installment plan
I. It is expected that Mr. James E. Healy will give their customers what they call a bill of
spend part of the summer at Antwerp in the in- sale, but which is really nothing but a chattel
mortgage. N,ow, suppose a man pays up a
terests of his house.
number of installments on his furniture, but is
AT the two Patti concerts given in Chicago for a time prevented from paying the balance,
the splendid grand piano occupying the position is it fair that the furniture dealer should be al-
of honor on the stage contributed as much as lowed to take the furniture away in default of
anything else to the unprecedented success of the prompt payment ? I think not, and this bill
the Diva. It is needless to say that the piano proposes to regulate this business."
was a Haines Bros.', and its magnificent tone
and superior quality were displayed to the great-
est advantage by Sig. Mascheroni, who played
the accompaniment for the encore numbers.
IN CLOVER.
G. R. LAMPARD, a prominent music dealer in
Burlington, Iowa, has suffered a loss of more ^pLpE was rather blue, and his wife, noticing it,
than twenty-five hundred dollars by the dis- ^*^ asked what the matter was.
honesty of an employee named J. C. Taylor.
"Matter enough," he sighed. "I've been
The peculations extended over twelve months.
looking over my books and I find I have lost
JAMKS A. GUEST, well known to the trade as money every month for the last year."
" How did you lose it ? " she inquired.
an extensive dealer in Burlington, Iowa, has
"Oh. Idon'c know," he said wearily, shak-
been elected Colonel of the 2d Regiment, I. N.
ing his head.
G. Congratulations are due Colonel Guest.
•' Nor where ? ''
THE house of Morris Poehlmann, for which
"No."
Alfred Dolge & Sons are agents, have been sup-
Then she thought a minute and remembered
plying all the continental papers with reports of what she did when she lost her pocket-book, and
the victory achieved by them in connection with her face brightened.
their wire exhibit at the World "s Fair.
'• Why don't you advertise for it ? " she asked
C. F. GoEPEL & Co., 137 E. 13th street, has innocently.
"By George! " he exclaimed. " I never
a complete line of piano supplies which the trade
should not overlook. For the time they have thought of that, " and the next day he had a big
been in business they have won an enviable display ad. in the paper, and the next and the
reputation as progressive and reliable business next, and in three months' time he was in clover
up to his chin.— The House'furnishing Review.
men.
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