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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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torily low. Whenever a customer is dissatisfied
the piano or organ is cheerfully received again
into the warerooms.
Mr. Greene has a beautiful summer residence
near the seashore at Tiverton Heights. Here,
while inhaling the health-giving ocean air, he
reflects with satisfaction upon the agreeable out-
come of his honest life-work.
Mr. Greene is vice-president of the St. Vincent
Orphans' Home, director of the Daily Globe News-
paper Company and Commissioner of the Poor
of Fall River.
in Hartford, and embraces the largest variety of
foreign and domestic sheet music, as well as a
complete assortment of musical instruments of
all kinds. Especial prominence is given to the
Checkering, Hazelton, Sohmer, Ivers & Pond and
Hardman pianos. Barker & Co. also represent
the Newby & Evans and Claflin pianos, which
meet with a ready sale. In the organ line Bar-
ker & Co. are agents for the " Story & Clark."
Mr. W. L. B. Barker, whose likeness appears in
this issue, has been his father's able assistant
for nearly twenty years ; is noted as a careful
buyer and expert salesman, besides being thor-
oughly posted on all the details of the business.
The Messrs Barker keep three tuners busy, also
several gentlemanly clerks and co-workers.
number of pupils who turned to him for instruc-
tion. He is choir master of the fine chorus of
Grace M. E. Church and plays the largest organ
in the City of Haverill, Mass. His business
establishment is one of the most attractive and
be t patronized. It is elegantly appointed and
is stocked to repletion with new, choice and
valuable goods. Mr. Dow is deservedly popular
as one of the enterprising, progressive and suc-
cessful merchants of his residential city. His
leading instruments for many years have been
W. J. LEFAVOUR.
Salem.
In the old historic town of Sdlein, Mass.,
probably the largest dealer in pianos and organs
is William J. Lefavour, who commenced study-
ing music when but seven years old. Being
naturally musical he not only succeeded as a
performer upon the piano and violin but learned
to tune and repair pianos and organs. When
about twenty years of age he began giving
music lessons. Success crowned his efforts in
this direction, and three years later he opened a
music store in Beverly, Mass. This venture
s. A. DOW.
the Henry F. Miller pianos and Packard organs.
He carries also the finest stock of art goods,
having the best picture gallery in the city.
LUDLOW BARKER.
LUDLOW BARKER & CO.,
Hartford.
Ludlow Barker, whose portrait accompanies
this sketch, is a native of New Brunswick, but
has been a resident of Hartford for forty-four
years, and has always been identified with his
present business. He is a practical as well as
theoretical musician, having been professor of
music and piano tuner before entering business
in Hartford. Was also for thirty-six years one
of Hartford's leading organists. Mr. L. Barker
is now about sixty-five years old, but still at-
tends to business. April ioth, 1894, Mr. Barker
celebrated the forty-fourth anniversary of his
starting in business in Hartford. April ioth,
THOS. P. I. MAGOUN,
Bath.
Up in Bath, Me., Thos. P. I. Magoun is widely
known. In i860 he started the first regular music
store ever kept in Bath. He has been organist
and director of music in churches for more than
thirty years, also has been a composer of some
note, having written many vocal pieces, some of
which may still be found in the catalogues of
the Oliver Ditson Co. He at present confines
his business more exclusively to music books,
etc. He says : " I have traded with the Oliver
Ditson Co. for thirty-four years without a break.
W. J. LEFAVOUR.
was followed by opening a store in Salem, his
native city. This was in 1851. Mr. Lefavour
was the first in his county to employ canvassers.
He has conducted a good business and enjoys a
splendid reputation in his native city, and we
may add, in the entire county of Essex. He
employs three salesmen and a bookkeeper. The
Bourne and Briggs pianos are his leaders, and
the Estey his leading organ. Besides these in-
struments he carries a good line of musical
goods and is always on the alert for anything
W. I,. B. BARKER.
1850, he opened a pianoforte wareroom, present-
ing to the public an assortment of ten pianos.
Such an exhibition had never before been seen in
the State. The premises, Nos. 153 and 155 Asy-
lum street, now occupied by Messrs. Barker, are
large and most eligibly located. The business
done is probably the most extensive in its line
S. AZRO DOW,
Haverill.
S. Azro Dow was born in Hanover, New
Hampshire ; educated at Newbury Seminary,
Vt., and his musical education was completed
under B. J. Lang of Boston, and Dr. William
Mason of New York. He began teaching the
piano at Newbury Seminary, then was promoted
to Lasell Seminary, afterwards located in Haver-
ill, Mass., where for years he has been the lead-
ing teacher, and though his business has com-
pelled an entire relinquishment of his profession,
he still has been compelled to refuse a goodly
T. 1\ I. MAGOUN.
I trade with most of the music houses, but still
keep up my pleasant relations with the Ditson
house." Mr. Magoun is past sixty years, but
is as active and as sprightly as a boy of sixteen.
He still devotes the [entire day to active busi-
ness duties.