Music Trade Review
Issue: 1894 Vol. 18 N. 49 - Page 4
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
MR. WM. E. WHEELOCK 'S speech at the Chi-
cago Trade dinner has been most favorably com-
mented on throughout the trade, and Mr.
Wheelock can feel sure of being in demand
hereafter as a post-prandial orator.
BEHR BROS. & Co. expect to have the new
Behr piano on the market within a week. They
will be able to fill all orders on hand after that
date.
MR. STEPHEN BRAMBACH, of the Estey Piano
Co., left this week for an extended Western trip.
MR. ARTHUR E. THOMAS, of Harry E. Pepper
& Co., expects to leave very soon for Europe in
the interest of that firm.
road representative of the Schu-
bert Piano Co., is doing effective work for the
Schubert piano in the West.
MR. TUELL,
THE music store of William Knoche, ofHar-
risburg, Pa., was closed by the Sheriff on an
execution amounting to $8,000.
MR. J. A. KIESELHORST, of St. Louis, has had
J. W. Chapman, a music dealer, of Alton, 111.,
arrested June 25th on the charge of embezzle-
ment. The warrant charges that Chapman sold
goods for Kieselhorst and misappropriated the
funds.
'
A SWEDISH inventor named Mr. Adolf Edgren,
who hails from Stockholm, is in the West,
where he is introducing several of his ideas to
the trade. Among his inventions are an addi-
tional keyboard for piano or organ which acts as
a transposes Also an original shape guitar
and a peculiar arrangement of the frets which
enables the player to produce correct intonations.
THE FARRAND & VOTEY ORGAN COMPANY
inside shutter of a bay window at the opposite
side of a parlor from the piano. The latch of
one shutter was lightly resting against the edge
of another, and caused the jangle when one par-
ticular note was struck. The lady player had
previously declared that she would send for a
tuner the next day, and laughed at any attempt
to fix it by hunting about the room while she
pounded. However, she did not conceal her
surprise when the trouble was removed, and ad-
mitted that there was something about this
sound business that she did not quite under-
stand. In regard to locating these jangles, how-
ever, I will say that it is not always so easy. It
requires some practice before the ear becomes
capable of locating with any degree of success
the direction, of sounds of this kind. A correct
musical ear is also an important adjunct in the
case.''
MR. R. H. RODDA, not an unfamiliar figure in
the piano trade, is again manufacturing pianos
at 42 West 67th street. Mr. E. D. Cordts, of
234 Broadway, this city, is interested in the
business.
ORTON BROTHERS, dealers at Butte, Mont.,
representatives of the W. W. Kimball Co.,
Chicago, for the past nine years, have sold their
entire stock of musical instruments and mer-
chandise to that company. Mr. W. Orton is
now engaged as traveling representative of the
Kimball Company, and will travel through
Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and adjacent terri-
tories.
ERNEST J. KNABE, JR., and William Knabe
have written to J. M. Hawxhurst, secretary of
the Chicago Music Trade Association, a letter
acknowledging the receipt of the memorial and
resolution offered by C. N. Post at their recent
banquet.
LUDDEN & BATES, of Savannah, Ga., intend
opening a branch house at Jacksonville, Fla.
IT is said that Chas. H. Stone will engage in
the piano business. The factory is to to be
located in Harlem.
have recently closed contracts for pipe organs
WILLIAM CARPENTER CAMP, son of Deacon
with the First U. P. Church, Washington, Pa. ; Camp, of Chicago, and his bride were at the
the First M. E. Church, Newcastle, Pa. ; the Hotel Waldorf last week on their honeymoon
Buena Vista Street Church, Alleghany, Pa. ; trip.
and Christ's P. E. Church, Nashville, Tenn.
W. H. BAKER, formerly with Lyon & Healy,
MR. HORACE STARR, nephew of the popular
is now connected with the Chicago branch oi
Benjamin F. Starr, intends leaving for Europe Mason & Hamlin.
in the near future. And still they go.
THE Steinway prizes at the Normal College—
NOT a very pleasing picture of Independence one, $75.00 in gold for proficiency, the other,
Day is the following : '' The glorious Fourth also $75.00 in gold, for progress—were awarded
was celebrated in Chicago with plenty of excite- at the recent commencement to Annie E. Rubino
ment, but of a kind not usually had at such a and Emma L,. Dana.
time. For the old fashioned oration substitute
MR. E. P. CARPENTER, one of the judges of
the commands of United States deputy marshals
aad for the screams of the eagle, the shouts and awards at the Columbian Exposition, sailed for
curses of strikers, and you get a very good idea Europe June 27th.
of the celebration this year.—Presto.
MR. C. G. CONN, the well-known band in-
OWING to the great railroad strike in the West
the Tonk Manufacturing Co., of Chicago, were
obliged to close down last Monday, being unable
to procure coal. It is said that several other
manufacturers will have to follow suit if the
present condition of things maintain.
MR. ERNEST URCHS, of Steinway & Sons, will
leave next week on a Western trip in the inter-
est of his house.
strument manufacturer, of Elkhart, Ind., sent a
magnificent solid silver cornet as prize for the
best band at the band contest which took place
at the California Midwinter Fair Saturday of last
week. The bandsmen of the Pacific Slope feel
grateful to Mr. Conn, and have forwarded him a
vote of thanks.
MR. R. G. GUERRERO, a well-known piano
teacher of San Antonio, Tex., has recently pub-
lished a useful little book, entitled " The Music
A WRITER in the Popular Science Monthly tells Students' Record," which has been dedicated to
the following story. It illustrates, in a measure, the Texas Music Teachers' Association. This
how defects in pianos might be remedied by a little book has been devised for reporting each
little common sense—defects which are invari- music lesson, so that parents are made aware of
ably charged to the " l a s t " tuner: " A piano the pupils' standing. It is a help to both pupil
with a bad note was fixed by simply opening an and teacher, and promotes the pupils' studious-
ness. It is so arranged that nine lessons can
be entered up on each page, which are divided
into columns showing the pupils' different de-
grees of proficiency. It is a very useful work
and should prove an invaluable aid to teachers
or instructors of music.
THE suit of Ludwig Hupfeld, of Germany,
against the Automaton Piano Co. for infringe-
ment of patent, has been decided in favor of the
latter concern.
THAT is quite a story about Mr. E. H. Sher-
man, of the Sherman Music Co., Butte, MHf0T
He was caught in the washout in Idaho and suc-
cessfully braved swimming rivers, climbing
trees, and other herculean feats, to reach his
home, a distance of eighty-five miles.
Again forthe Bay State.
£#OHN c. HAYNES & CO., of Boston, are
cJJn
r-* just now in a very pleasant frame of mind
from the fact of having added another Gold
Medal to the rather imposing collection won by
their Bay State instruments. On Monday last
the following telegram came from the firm's
representative in San Francisco :
MID-WINTER FAIR,
SAN FRANCSSCO, CAL., July 2d,
JOHN C. HAYNES & Co.,
1894.
453 Washington street, Boston.
Received first award gold medal on Guitars,
Mandolins and Banjos.
Signed,
J. HAROLD BURKE.
Messrs. Haynes & Co. will undoubtedly re-
ceive the trade's unanimous congratulations on
this latest achievement of the Bay State instru-
ments, irrespective of business rivalry or com-
petition ; for the development of these prize
winning goods has, for many years, been a
credit to American musical instrument manu-
facturing that cannot be too highly estimated.
Continued success to the '' Bay State.''
months ago the Franklin Institute of
Philadelphia awarded Decker Brothers,
the American*representatives of the Janko Key-
board, a gold medal for the keyboard, which they
forwarded to the inventor, from whom they re-
cently received the following letter :
April 26, 1894.
Galata Regie.
GENTLEMEN.—I beg to express to you many
thanks for kindly having sent the Philadelphia
medal which I got these days.
At the same time I can but tell that I am
convinced that if you would not manufacture as
good pianos with my keyboard as I am told you
do, I should not have obtained the medal, and
that a part of the honor of having been awarded
is your merit.
Believe me, gentlemen, to be
Yours truly,
CONSTANTINOPLE,
PAUL D E JANKO.
At the Amateur Performance.—Miss Hawkins:
I have enjoyed your play very much, Mr. Scrib-
bler.
The Amateur Author.—Thank you, Miss
Hawkins. Praise from you is worth striving
for.
Miss Hawkins—Oh, not at all, Mr. Scrib-
bler. My judgment is invariably bad.—Har-
per's Bazat.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
MR. WM. E. WHEELOCK 'S speech at the Chi-
cago Trade dinner has been most favorably com-
mented on throughout the trade, and Mr.
Wheelock can feel sure of being in demand
hereafter as a post-prandial orator.
BEHR BROS. & Co. expect to have the new
Behr piano on the market within a week. They
will be able to fill all orders on hand after that
date.
MR. STEPHEN BRAMBACH, of the Estey Piano
Co., left this week for an extended Western trip.
MR. ARTHUR E. THOMAS, of Harry E. Pepper
& Co., expects to leave very soon for Europe in
the interest of that firm.
road representative of the Schu-
bert Piano Co., is doing effective work for the
Schubert piano in the West.
MR. TUELL,
THE music store of William Knoche, ofHar-
risburg, Pa., was closed by the Sheriff on an
execution amounting to $8,000.
MR. J. A. KIESELHORST, of St. Louis, has had
J. W. Chapman, a music dealer, of Alton, 111.,
arrested June 25th on the charge of embezzle-
ment. The warrant charges that Chapman sold
goods for Kieselhorst and misappropriated the
funds.
'
A SWEDISH inventor named Mr. Adolf Edgren,
who hails from Stockholm, is in the West,
where he is introducing several of his ideas to
the trade. Among his inventions are an addi-
tional keyboard for piano or organ which acts as
a transposes Also an original shape guitar
and a peculiar arrangement of the frets which
enables the player to produce correct intonations.
THE FARRAND & VOTEY ORGAN COMPANY
inside shutter of a bay window at the opposite
side of a parlor from the piano. The latch of
one shutter was lightly resting against the edge
of another, and caused the jangle when one par-
ticular note was struck. The lady player had
previously declared that she would send for a
tuner the next day, and laughed at any attempt
to fix it by hunting about the room while she
pounded. However, she did not conceal her
surprise when the trouble was removed, and ad-
mitted that there was something about this
sound business that she did not quite under-
stand. In regard to locating these jangles, how-
ever, I will say that it is not always so easy. It
requires some practice before the ear becomes
capable of locating with any degree of success
the direction, of sounds of this kind. A correct
musical ear is also an important adjunct in the
case.''
MR. R. H. RODDA, not an unfamiliar figure in
the piano trade, is again manufacturing pianos
at 42 West 67th street. Mr. E. D. Cordts, of
234 Broadway, this city, is interested in the
business.
ORTON BROTHERS, dealers at Butte, Mont.,
representatives of the W. W. Kimball Co.,
Chicago, for the past nine years, have sold their
entire stock of musical instruments and mer-
chandise to that company. Mr. W. Orton is
now engaged as traveling representative of the
Kimball Company, and will travel through
Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and adjacent terri-
tories.
ERNEST J. KNABE, JR., and William Knabe
have written to J. M. Hawxhurst, secretary of
the Chicago Music Trade Association, a letter
acknowledging the receipt of the memorial and
resolution offered by C. N. Post at their recent
banquet.
LUDDEN & BATES, of Savannah, Ga., intend
opening a branch house at Jacksonville, Fla.
IT is said that Chas. H. Stone will engage in
the piano business. The factory is to to be
located in Harlem.
have recently closed contracts for pipe organs
WILLIAM CARPENTER CAMP, son of Deacon
with the First U. P. Church, Washington, Pa. ; Camp, of Chicago, and his bride were at the
the First M. E. Church, Newcastle, Pa. ; the Hotel Waldorf last week on their honeymoon
Buena Vista Street Church, Alleghany, Pa. ; trip.
and Christ's P. E. Church, Nashville, Tenn.
W. H. BAKER, formerly with Lyon & Healy,
MR. HORACE STARR, nephew of the popular
is now connected with the Chicago branch oi
Benjamin F. Starr, intends leaving for Europe Mason & Hamlin.
in the near future. And still they go.
THE Steinway prizes at the Normal College—
NOT a very pleasing picture of Independence one, $75.00 in gold for proficiency, the other,
Day is the following : '' The glorious Fourth also $75.00 in gold, for progress—were awarded
was celebrated in Chicago with plenty of excite- at the recent commencement to Annie E. Rubino
ment, but of a kind not usually had at such a and Emma L,. Dana.
time. For the old fashioned oration substitute
MR. E. P. CARPENTER, one of the judges of
the commands of United States deputy marshals
aad for the screams of the eagle, the shouts and awards at the Columbian Exposition, sailed for
curses of strikers, and you get a very good idea Europe June 27th.
of the celebration this year.—Presto.
MR. C. G. CONN, the well-known band in-
OWING to the great railroad strike in the West
the Tonk Manufacturing Co., of Chicago, were
obliged to close down last Monday, being unable
to procure coal. It is said that several other
manufacturers will have to follow suit if the
present condition of things maintain.
MR. ERNEST URCHS, of Steinway & Sons, will
leave next week on a Western trip in the inter-
est of his house.
strument manufacturer, of Elkhart, Ind., sent a
magnificent solid silver cornet as prize for the
best band at the band contest which took place
at the California Midwinter Fair Saturday of last
week. The bandsmen of the Pacific Slope feel
grateful to Mr. Conn, and have forwarded him a
vote of thanks.
MR. R. G. GUERRERO, a well-known piano
teacher of San Antonio, Tex., has recently pub-
lished a useful little book, entitled " The Music
A WRITER in the Popular Science Monthly tells Students' Record," which has been dedicated to
the following story. It illustrates, in a measure, the Texas Music Teachers' Association. This
how defects in pianos might be remedied by a little book has been devised for reporting each
little common sense—defects which are invari- music lesson, so that parents are made aware of
ably charged to the " l a s t " tuner: " A piano the pupils' standing. It is a help to both pupil
with a bad note was fixed by simply opening an and teacher, and promotes the pupils' studious-
ness. It is so arranged that nine lessons can
be entered up on each page, which are divided
into columns showing the pupils' different de-
grees of proficiency. It is a very useful work
and should prove an invaluable aid to teachers
or instructors of music.
THE suit of Ludwig Hupfeld, of Germany,
against the Automaton Piano Co. for infringe-
ment of patent, has been decided in favor of the
latter concern.
THAT is quite a story about Mr. E. H. Sher-
man, of the Sherman Music Co., Butte, MHf0T
He was caught in the washout in Idaho and suc-
cessfully braved swimming rivers, climbing
trees, and other herculean feats, to reach his
home, a distance of eighty-five miles.
Again forthe Bay State.
£#OHN c. HAYNES & CO., of Boston, are
cJJn
r-* just now in a very pleasant frame of mind
from the fact of having added another Gold
Medal to the rather imposing collection won by
their Bay State instruments. On Monday last
the following telegram came from the firm's
representative in San Francisco :
MID-WINTER FAIR,
SAN FRANCSSCO, CAL., July 2d,
JOHN C. HAYNES & Co.,
1894.
453 Washington street, Boston.
Received first award gold medal on Guitars,
Mandolins and Banjos.
Signed,
J. HAROLD BURKE.
Messrs. Haynes & Co. will undoubtedly re-
ceive the trade's unanimous congratulations on
this latest achievement of the Bay State instru-
ments, irrespective of business rivalry or com-
petition ; for the development of these prize
winning goods has, for many years, been a
credit to American musical instrument manu-
facturing that cannot be too highly estimated.
Continued success to the '' Bay State.''
months ago the Franklin Institute of
Philadelphia awarded Decker Brothers,
the American*representatives of the Janko Key-
board, a gold medal for the keyboard, which they
forwarded to the inventor, from whom they re-
cently received the following letter :
April 26, 1894.
Galata Regie.
GENTLEMEN.—I beg to express to you many
thanks for kindly having sent the Philadelphia
medal which I got these days.
At the same time I can but tell that I am
convinced that if you would not manufacture as
good pianos with my keyboard as I am told you
do, I should not have obtained the medal, and
that a part of the honor of having been awarded
is your merit.
Believe me, gentlemen, to be
Yours truly,
CONSTANTINOPLE,
PAUL D E JANKO.
At the Amateur Performance.—Miss Hawkins:
I have enjoyed your play very much, Mr. Scrib-
bler.
The Amateur Author.—Thank you, Miss
Hawkins. Praise from you is worth striving
for.
Miss Hawkins—Oh, not at all, Mr. Scrib-
bler. My judgment is invariably bad.—Har-
per's Bazat.
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