Music Trade Review
Issue: 1894 Vol. 19 N. 3 - Page 2
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
very pleasant weather which we were favored
with. Without analyzing the cause, it is to be
hoped that this agreeable condition of things
will continue.
McCAMMON PIANO COMPANY,
Oneonta, N. Y., are devoting every effort
to build up a reliable reputation for their excel-
lent piano. They are succeeding. Some of the
largest houses handle this instrument and they
speak in the highest terms of its selling quali-
ties. This is hardly surprising, for it is a care-
fully made instrument and is sold at a reasonable
price.
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORK.
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and
Canada, $3.00 per year, in advance; Foreign Countries,
$4 00.
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per
ihsertion; unless inserted upon rates made by special
contract.
Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
?T the annual reunion of the workmen of the
Knabe piano factory, which was held last
Monday, Mr. Ernest Knabe, Jr., made use of the
following significant words, in an address to
the employees : " I desire to state here that un-
der no conditions, as far as we are concerned,
can there ever arise any difficulty whatever be-
tween capital and labor in this firm of William
Knabe & Co.'' These words reflect the splendid
feeling of friendship and sympathy which exist
between that firm and its employees.
self assiduously to the elevation and betterment
of his fellow man in a quiet and unostenta-
tious way.
j^
is evidently the city of surprises.
& The railroad strike has been followed by
a great fire in the lumber district, which made
its appearance, it may be said, before the embers
of the recent fire at the Exposition buildings
had been extinguished. Chicago may well be
said to be suffering from an epidemic of fires.
The conflagration which took place Wednesday
and Thursday of last week extended over an
area equal to nearly fifty acres. The plant of
the Chicago Cottage Organ Company is located
in this district, and at one time it was thought
it would I be destroyed, but fortunately the wind
changed, and the buildings escaped injury. Mr.
F. S. Cable spent two nights at the factory tak-
ing every precaution to protect the buildings.
The local papers state that for a time it was
thought the city was about to suffer from a
repetition of the memorable fire of 1871.
(f !>
recent decision of Judge Colt in the
friendly suit of Novello, Ewer & Co.,
through Alfred H. Littleton against Oliver Dit-
I M E C K E R BROTHERS are displaying a new son & Co., of Boston, for an interpretation of
6 ^ style upright piano in their warerooms the Copyright Act of 1891 is a very important
which is attracting no small share of attention. and far reaching one. As can be seen from the
The case is of mahogany, and the design is extract of Judge Colt's decision, which appears
artistic and in line with the growth of taste in in another part of this paper, he bases his ruling
case elaboration. The handsome carvings are chiefly on the intent of the framers of the Bill,
especially worthy of commendation. It is the and is fully of the opinion that Oliver Ditson &
splendid tone, however, which will make it of Co. 's position is not a tenable one.
special value to the musician, and in this respect
It is a matter of satisfaction to have this im-
it is above criticism. Dealers or others inter- portant question definitely decided. It will
ested should not fail to look up this new afford protection to the representatives of the
style instrument.
English houses in this country, and enable
American music publishers to thoroughly under-
stand
what they can and cannot do in the prem-
Ms} RESIDENT PALMER'S attempt to secure
ises.
As a general thing the different Copy-
Laws
passed by Congress have been so
of supervising—or revising—the World's Fair
now, in numerous parts of the country,
awards has not met with success, hence John B. faulty in construction and ambiguous in state-
members of the piano trade and other good
Thacher is, as usual, on top, and medals and ment that they have only proved a gold mine to
Americans, whose word in other matters is as
diplomas will be issued under his directions. the legal fraternity; as witness the case in
good as their bond, are telling fish stories which
Several members of the Senate Committee on point, which has just closed after a litigation of
must make the recording angel blush as he
appropriations were of the opinion that the two years.
writes them down.
awards were improperly granted, but they felt
that it would be impossible to correct the evil at
HE editor of the Review of Reviews in his
of the highest priced '' Symphonys '' this late day, and they preferred to let the mat-
survey of the '' progress of the world '' in
recently sent by the Wilcox & White ter remain as at present.
he current issue, devotes considerable space to
Organ Co. to their agent in China was imme-
he railroad strike, its cause and cure. Among
diately sold upon its arrival, with nearly one
characteristic of Mr. Stein way is the other things he says: '' Model factories and
thousand rolls of music, to go to the '' Imperial
disposition which he has made of the sum model villages might in some modified fashion
Palace '' at Peking.
of $6,250 awarded for his services on the former be adopted by many manufacturers to the great
|[]f)ROFESSOR WIGGINS says the planet
Gw* Mars is signalling us. This, we assume,
is mere guesswork on his part. There is no
guesswork, however, about the fact that a mil-
lion people are signalling a trust-ridden Con-
gress for relief, and does it pay any attention ?
«
HE retail piano trade in this city during the
past week has shown a slight improve-
ment. This may be attributed perhaps to the
Rapid Transit Commission, of which he was?
president. Mr. Steinway 's letter, which appears
in another part of this paper, is hardly a sur-
prise, for his philanthropy is unbounded. His
gifts to various charities seem to be governed by
the biblical injunction, " Let not thy left ham
know what thy right hand doeth," and they an
more numerous than the general public have any
idea of. Mr. Steinway is one of those broad-
minded men who repudiate the theory that
simply because a man is rich he has no duties
above or beyond that, and he is devoting him-
advantage of all interests concerned. Mr. N. O.
Nelson, of St. Louis, the eloquent advocate of
profit-sharing, has taken his hundreds of metal
workers into the country and established a
model town, to the immense advantage of a host
of people. Near New York we have the pleas-
ant instance of Dolgeville, where the workers in
Mr. Alfred Dolge's great felt manufacturing es-
tablishments are in enjoyment of comparatively
ideal conditions, and where a portion of the
profits of bountiful years is divided among the
aithful producers. It would be wretchedly un-
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
very pleasant weather which we were favored
with. Without analyzing the cause, it is to be
hoped that this agreeable condition of things
will continue.
McCAMMON PIANO COMPANY,
Oneonta, N. Y., are devoting every effort
to build up a reliable reputation for their excel-
lent piano. They are succeeding. Some of the
largest houses handle this instrument and they
speak in the highest terms of its selling quali-
ties. This is hardly surprising, for it is a care-
fully made instrument and is sold at a reasonable
price.
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORK.
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and
Canada, $3.00 per year, in advance; Foreign Countries,
$4 00.
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per
ihsertion; unless inserted upon rates made by special
contract.
Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
?T the annual reunion of the workmen of the
Knabe piano factory, which was held last
Monday, Mr. Ernest Knabe, Jr., made use of the
following significant words, in an address to
the employees : " I desire to state here that un-
der no conditions, as far as we are concerned,
can there ever arise any difficulty whatever be-
tween capital and labor in this firm of William
Knabe & Co.'' These words reflect the splendid
feeling of friendship and sympathy which exist
between that firm and its employees.
self assiduously to the elevation and betterment
of his fellow man in a quiet and unostenta-
tious way.
j^
is evidently the city of surprises.
& The railroad strike has been followed by
a great fire in the lumber district, which made
its appearance, it may be said, before the embers
of the recent fire at the Exposition buildings
had been extinguished. Chicago may well be
said to be suffering from an epidemic of fires.
The conflagration which took place Wednesday
and Thursday of last week extended over an
area equal to nearly fifty acres. The plant of
the Chicago Cottage Organ Company is located
in this district, and at one time it was thought
it would I be destroyed, but fortunately the wind
changed, and the buildings escaped injury. Mr.
F. S. Cable spent two nights at the factory tak-
ing every precaution to protect the buildings.
The local papers state that for a time it was
thought the city was about to suffer from a
repetition of the memorable fire of 1871.
(f !>
recent decision of Judge Colt in the
friendly suit of Novello, Ewer & Co.,
through Alfred H. Littleton against Oliver Dit-
I M E C K E R BROTHERS are displaying a new son & Co., of Boston, for an interpretation of
6 ^ style upright piano in their warerooms the Copyright Act of 1891 is a very important
which is attracting no small share of attention. and far reaching one. As can be seen from the
The case is of mahogany, and the design is extract of Judge Colt's decision, which appears
artistic and in line with the growth of taste in in another part of this paper, he bases his ruling
case elaboration. The handsome carvings are chiefly on the intent of the framers of the Bill,
especially worthy of commendation. It is the and is fully of the opinion that Oliver Ditson &
splendid tone, however, which will make it of Co. 's position is not a tenable one.
special value to the musician, and in this respect
It is a matter of satisfaction to have this im-
it is above criticism. Dealers or others inter- portant question definitely decided. It will
ested should not fail to look up this new afford protection to the representatives of the
style instrument.
English houses in this country, and enable
American music publishers to thoroughly under-
stand
what they can and cannot do in the prem-
Ms} RESIDENT PALMER'S attempt to secure
ises.
As a general thing the different Copy-
Laws
passed by Congress have been so
of supervising—or revising—the World's Fair
now, in numerous parts of the country,
awards has not met with success, hence John B. faulty in construction and ambiguous in state-
members of the piano trade and other good
Thacher is, as usual, on top, and medals and ment that they have only proved a gold mine to
Americans, whose word in other matters is as
diplomas will be issued under his directions. the legal fraternity; as witness the case in
good as their bond, are telling fish stories which
Several members of the Senate Committee on point, which has just closed after a litigation of
must make the recording angel blush as he
appropriations were of the opinion that the two years.
writes them down.
awards were improperly granted, but they felt
that it would be impossible to correct the evil at
HE editor of the Review of Reviews in his
of the highest priced '' Symphonys '' this late day, and they preferred to let the mat-
survey of the '' progress of the world '' in
recently sent by the Wilcox & White ter remain as at present.
he current issue, devotes considerable space to
Organ Co. to their agent in China was imme-
he railroad strike, its cause and cure. Among
diately sold upon its arrival, with nearly one
characteristic of Mr. Stein way is the other things he says: '' Model factories and
thousand rolls of music, to go to the '' Imperial
disposition which he has made of the sum model villages might in some modified fashion
Palace '' at Peking.
of $6,250 awarded for his services on the former be adopted by many manufacturers to the great
|[]f)ROFESSOR WIGGINS says the planet
Gw* Mars is signalling us. This, we assume,
is mere guesswork on his part. There is no
guesswork, however, about the fact that a mil-
lion people are signalling a trust-ridden Con-
gress for relief, and does it pay any attention ?
«
HE retail piano trade in this city during the
past week has shown a slight improve-
ment. This may be attributed perhaps to the
Rapid Transit Commission, of which he was?
president. Mr. Steinway 's letter, which appears
in another part of this paper, is hardly a sur-
prise, for his philanthropy is unbounded. His
gifts to various charities seem to be governed by
the biblical injunction, " Let not thy left ham
know what thy right hand doeth," and they an
more numerous than the general public have any
idea of. Mr. Steinway is one of those broad-
minded men who repudiate the theory that
simply because a man is rich he has no duties
above or beyond that, and he is devoting him-
advantage of all interests concerned. Mr. N. O.
Nelson, of St. Louis, the eloquent advocate of
profit-sharing, has taken his hundreds of metal
workers into the country and established a
model town, to the immense advantage of a host
of people. Near New York we have the pleas-
ant instance of Dolgeville, where the workers in
Mr. Alfred Dolge's great felt manufacturing es-
tablishments are in enjoyment of comparatively
ideal conditions, and where a portion of the
profits of bountiful years is divided among the
aithful producers. It would be wretchedly un-
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