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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
12
of t h e sixteen square B e h n i n g & Sons
pianos
which
were ordered some
time
since b y t h e Board of Education of New York
city were delivered last week to
1
schools.
down-town
B e h n i n g ' s squares are not alone popu-
lar in New York halls of learning, b u t also in
t h e school rooms of other States.
J H A T ' S in a n a m e ?
refers
to
the
E v e r y t h i n g — w h e n it
Popular Pease
Pianos.
From Maine to California they are establishing
a h i g h place in t h e estimation of all who appre-
ciate a good i n s t r u m e n t .
T h a t is w h y h a r d
times and worried looks are strangers to t h e
genial staff composing t h e Pease Piano Com-
J. & C. Fischer pianos are seemingly
floating on the top wave of the business
revival. Wholesale and retail trade during the
past month has been such as to make the spring
outlook of the brightest. This satisfying con-
dition of affairs is due largely to the progressive
policy of this house in keeping the notable re-
cognition which they received at the World's
Fair so prominently before the public. The
'' Fischer '' is essentially the piano of the people,
and the present policy of the house will make it
more so, while their Grands are gaining every
day in the popular esteem of artists, who fully
bear out the exceptional mention accorded them
at the World's Fair.
pany. They are optimists, and they h a v e reason
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORK.
to be.
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and
Canada, $4,00 per year, in advance; Foreign Countries,
(500.
recent relinquishment of the agencies of
the Decker Bros, and t h e A. B. Chase
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per
insertion; unless inserted upon rates made by special
contract.
pianos by the Oliver Ditson Co., Boston, h a s
Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
of these i n s t r u m e n t s in New E n g l a n d .
given rise t o m a n y r u m o r s concerning t h e future
At the
present w r i t i n g we are in possession of no well
authenticated facts concerning
completed
ar-
r a n g e m e n t s now alleged t o be under consider-
ation.
5MONG t h e y o u n g e r school of manufactur-
ers it m u s t be conceded t h a t Mr. Otto
Wissner, of Brooklyn, t a k e s first place.
He has
built u p a retail trade t h a t is simply surprising,
and w h a t is better still, builds pianos t h a t h a v e
won the encomiums of m a n y of t h e m o s t emin-
e n t artists.
respect.
H i s m e t h o d s are u p t o d a t e in every
H e d o e s n ' t believe in h i d i n g t h e merits
ERNEST KNABE, the senior member
of the great piano manufacturing house
of William Knabe & Co., says the New York
Herald, is enthusiastic in supporting the Herald's
proposition for a popular government loan. " I
approved of it, " said he, " the first time it was
advocated, and the oftener I consider the matter
the more feasible and the more practicable it
appears to be. A popular loan will be conducive
to good citizenship, and as an employer who
seeks the welfare of his workmen I could not do
otherwise than advocate a measure that must
redound to their benefit. I am satisfied that
many of them would gladly avail themselves of
any opportunity offered by the Government to
invest in its securities, and when they become
its creditors they will become more interested in
affairs of state and be enabled to vote intelli-
gently on matters of national moment. I hope
Congress will speedily indorse a popular loan."
of the Wissner pianos under a bushel, b u t is a
firm believer in t h e judicious use of p r i n t e r s '
ink, and, as a Western paper graphically p u t s
it, " s h o u t i n g when h e h a s a good t h i n g . "
\R. C H A R L E S C. R U S S E L L has been so
jj
the wareroom of H a r d m a n , Peck
largely identified w i t h t h e progress of
&W*
& Co. a few days ago we overheard some
the Starck & S t r a c k Piano Co., t h a t it is no sur-
passers-by comment on t h e
g r a n d s on view there.
splendid row of
T h e y certainly present
prise to learn t h a t at a meeting held T h u r s d a y it
was u n a n i m o u s l y resolved to c h a n g e t h e n a m e
wareroom
t o t h e Russell Piano Co., and hereafter t h e fall-
is limited in size, b u t nevertheless t h e pianos
board will bear t h e n a m e of " Russell, C h i c a g o . "
a most i m p o s i n g appearance.
are
so
tastefully
The
displayed t h a t
they
show
Under Mr. Russell's m a n a g e m e n t these instru-
m e n t s h a v e greatly improved, and h a v e main-
off to t h e greatest a d v a n t a g e .
tained a distinct s t a n d i n g a m o n g t h e
BECHT,
fresh
from
victories
achieved in Baltimore and in several New
E n g l a n d cities en route, is m a k i n g a great record
for the Popular Pease Pianos.
H e is now in
Boston, a n d look out for a large sized deal before
Charlie passes o u t of s i g h t of t h e spire of t h e
" O l d South " church.
W . F . M A S T E R S is t h e latest acces-
sion to t h e piano
metropolis.
supply trade of the
A t 95 Fifth a v e n u e h e h a s a com-
plete and well
selected
line of piano stools,
scarfs and l a m p s which o u g h t to find favor w i t h
manufacturers.
man, and
H e is a m o s t capable gentle-
manufacturers
not fail to give h i m a call.
and
dealers should
Western
products. ' ' Charlie ' ' Russell is a hustler, and he
is bound to create a new popularity for
these
instruments.
H]M R. F. G. SMITH reports a general awakening
•s£o of business with dealers and agents hand-
ling the Bradbury piano. The Washington branch
is showing up well for '94, and the Kansas City
business is away ahead of '93 up to the same
date. His manufacturing facilities both in his
Brooklyn factory and case factory at Leominster
have been taxed to their utmost for the past few
weeks. Mr. Smith is impressed with the belief
that a '' boom '' has arrived. The Bradbury
and Webster pianos are '' sellers,'' and dealers
in unoccupied territory should not fail to look
them up.
establishment of Hamilton S. Gordon,
which has been one of the land-marks of
14th street for the past twenty-one years, will
move on May 1st to the new and spacious build-
ing, 139 5th avenue, between 20th and 21st
streets. For the past few years Mr. Gordon has
found the present location entirely inadequate
for his increasing business. He will occupy the
five stories of the new building, and the first
floor will be exclusively devoted to pianos and
organs. This will give him one of the finest
show windows in the city. The basement, sec-
ond and fourth floors will be devoted to music
and books, and the third floor to banjos and
small musical instruments. This change will
mark a new era in the business of Hamilton S.
Gordon, and it is bound to give the Gordon
piano a decided prestige both in a retail and
wholesale way. In addition it gives Mr. Gordon
one of the^best centres in the city for his rapidly
iijorea'sing publishing business.
?LFRED DOLGE'S recent address has been
a veritable '' red rag '' to the free trade
Toro. It has awakened an unprecedented
amount of public interest and comment.
Mostly all the leading papers published the
speech, and it was handled by the United
and Associated Press, and circulated all over
the country. The free trade papers have tried
to offset Mr. Dolge's logic and facts by invective