Music Trade Review
Issue: 1895 Vol. 20 N. 1 - Page 4
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
EI/EI^V §f\]U\\bf\Y.
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORK.
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and
Canada, $3.00 per year, in .^vance; Foreign Countries,
$4 00.
piano manufacturer who wishes to be
termed progressive and who desires to ad-
vance the standing of his wares and enlarge his
trade in the year '95, should not overlook the
special merits of the Dolge blue felt. The piano
trade are realizing more and more each day that
this felt is not alone superior to any other, as
far as wearing quality is concerned, but it
possesses those essentials which aid in the de-
velopment of a superior quality of tone in the
piano. For hammers and dampers it cannot be
surpassed. No better proof can be adduced of
the excellence of the blue felt than the rapidly
increasing and enlarged orders which are coming
to the manufacturers week after week. It is
getting a stronger hold upon the good opinion
of the trade as time progresses, and the manu-
facturer will be indeed slow to his own best in-
terests if he fails to give the Dolge blue felt a
trial.
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per
insertion; unless inserted upon rates made by special
contract.
Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
>I ! flE
If OR lift'Cause that lacks'assistance,
For the wro?g that aesds resi&tajf^y/
For lie future in "•- /! -'-- < ^/'-•*'J 1
E Hazelton piano ! This is an instrument
that the wide-awake dealer should keep in
mind during the year 1895. He can pin his
faith to it. Once a customer always a customer,
is the rule with all who have had any experience
with the Hazelton product. Its popularity is
not transient. It has grown with the times, and
it holds its place solely on its intrinsic musical
value.
«
STEP UP, GENTLEMEN.
HE income tax regulations have been ap-
proved by Secretary Carlisle. Every
citizen of the United States, whether residing
at home or abroad, and every perion residing
doing business in the United States who has
annual income of more than $3,500, is re-
to make return, under oath, before the
[onday of March of each year. The first
to include all income received in the
Persons having less than $3,500
are not required to make return,
and over are taxable 2 per
incomes for the year 1894
fable on or before the first
the music trade, as in every other industry,
a number of manufacturer can always be
found who possess the idea that the spirit of
enterprise is not essential to success—that their
own personal reputation, or the reputation of their
wares, will enable them to hold their own with
their progressive brother manufacturer. And the
most singular thing in this connectihn is the
inability or indifference of these individuals to
see where their misguided policy is leading
them. Take the last year for instance, and the
most superficial observer will admit that the
piano or manufacturer best known to-day are
those kept before the public by broad minded
enterprise and skillful management. While
merit is absolutely essential to the success of
the modern piano, it is a foolish policy to ima-
gine that this alone will insure success com-
mercially. This is not the day when a high
class piano is one among the few, but one among
the many—hence conservatism should be shelved
with the old }eir, and a new, a progressive
policy should be ushered in with the new.
IT DEPENDS.
all lines of special industries there are cer-
tain names which have become the embodi-
ment of all that is highest and best in those
trades. They represent a degree—a standard of
value. The piano industry does not in this
particular differ from other industrial fields.
Those names which are known the continent
over have reached a point of eminence for special
reasons. In those instruments were incorpo-
rated ideas which were recognized from a me-
chanical and an acoustical standpoint as perfect.
Investigation, research, and the practical de-
velopment of advanced and theoretical ideas had
clearly proven the results ot human skill and
human brains—bad emphasized their practical
use by years of successful manufacture.
The highest experts, musical and scientific,
had pronounced them as nearly approaching
perfection as it was possible to hope during the
present development of the pianoforte. These
instruments have grown with the years, their
very names have acted as an impelling force.
The new salesman, frequently referring to them
in the way of comparison, saying, by way of
argument, that his piano was as good as so and
so's—admitting their value as a standard.
\
The structure has taken years to build. It
has been built not upsn sensationalism, not upon
false foundation. It has been built upon prin-
ciples as solid and enduring as the trade itself,
because the causes which evolved these names
1
from the mist of obscurity and caused them tjo
shine in the light of public esteem, are princji-
plee upon which rests the very essentials which
support the citadel of our business and our com-
merce. Can the structure that has taken a life-
time to build be toppled over in a minute?
No, assuredly not; you may believe, con-
fidently, that any article which represents a
standard of value is not easily depreciated.
Attacks which are inspired by mercenary mo-
tives oftentimes fall short of gaining their object.
Oftentimes, particularly in the music trade, they
do not. But the injury resulting from these
attacks is often overestimated. One thing is
certain, a piano that has stood the ever changing
conditions of trade currents for a half century
and haB held its place, cannot be removed from
its position and stripped of its rank just because
some particular individual desires it relegated to
the rear for reasons which are apparent to the
onlookers.
If these things were possible what a funny
condition of things there would be. We say
what a funny condition of things there would be
roundabout.
Take the Knabe piano for instance. Suppose
any well-meaning, kindly disposed journalist,
should attack it, or suppose just for the sake of
argument that he was not so gentle and lamb-
like. Suppose he should exhaust himself in
labyranthine rhetoric and pyrotechnical attacks
until the very skies reflected the effulgence of
his mouthings ?
Suppose he should twist himself into all kinds
of tortuous paths in trying to belittle the Knabe
piano.
Of course we will presume this for the sake
of argument; would it effect the status of that
instrument ?
j
Would not the individual who was insincere
enough to make the attack rebound from the
encounter of the stonewall of public opinion (
with a force which would shake the barnacles off'
an iron-clad ?
Would he be shaken ?
Well, that depends.
Just a little on the man, doesn't it ?
f
HE year 1894 was a good one for the Brad-
bury piano, notwithstanding the general
depression. Mr. F. G. Smith is well pleased
with the excellent business transacted by the
different concerns in which he has an active in-
terest. Apart from the increase in business, the
Bradbury piano has gained in prestige and
popularity, and the year just opened bids fair to
add still further to its sale and growth in appre-
ciation.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
EI/EI^V §f\]U\\bf\Y.
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORK.
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and
Canada, $3.00 per year, in .^vance; Foreign Countries,
$4 00.
piano manufacturer who wishes to be
termed progressive and who desires to ad-
vance the standing of his wares and enlarge his
trade in the year '95, should not overlook the
special merits of the Dolge blue felt. The piano
trade are realizing more and more each day that
this felt is not alone superior to any other, as
far as wearing quality is concerned, but it
possesses those essentials which aid in the de-
velopment of a superior quality of tone in the
piano. For hammers and dampers it cannot be
surpassed. No better proof can be adduced of
the excellence of the blue felt than the rapidly
increasing and enlarged orders which are coming
to the manufacturers week after week. It is
getting a stronger hold upon the good opinion
of the trade as time progresses, and the manu-
facturer will be indeed slow to his own best in-
terests if he fails to give the Dolge blue felt a
trial.
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per
insertion; unless inserted upon rates made by special
contract.
Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
>I ! flE
If OR lift'Cause that lacks'assistance,
For the wro?g that aesds resi&tajf^y/
For lie future in "•- /! -'-- < ^/'-•*'J 1
E Hazelton piano ! This is an instrument
that the wide-awake dealer should keep in
mind during the year 1895. He can pin his
faith to it. Once a customer always a customer,
is the rule with all who have had any experience
with the Hazelton product. Its popularity is
not transient. It has grown with the times, and
it holds its place solely on its intrinsic musical
value.
«
STEP UP, GENTLEMEN.
HE income tax regulations have been ap-
proved by Secretary Carlisle. Every
citizen of the United States, whether residing
at home or abroad, and every perion residing
doing business in the United States who has
annual income of more than $3,500, is re-
to make return, under oath, before the
[onday of March of each year. The first
to include all income received in the
Persons having less than $3,500
are not required to make return,
and over are taxable 2 per
incomes for the year 1894
fable on or before the first
the music trade, as in every other industry,
a number of manufacturer can always be
found who possess the idea that the spirit of
enterprise is not essential to success—that their
own personal reputation, or the reputation of their
wares, will enable them to hold their own with
their progressive brother manufacturer. And the
most singular thing in this connectihn is the
inability or indifference of these individuals to
see where their misguided policy is leading
them. Take the last year for instance, and the
most superficial observer will admit that the
piano or manufacturer best known to-day are
those kept before the public by broad minded
enterprise and skillful management. While
merit is absolutely essential to the success of
the modern piano, it is a foolish policy to ima-
gine that this alone will insure success com-
mercially. This is not the day when a high
class piano is one among the few, but one among
the many—hence conservatism should be shelved
with the old }eir, and a new, a progressive
policy should be ushered in with the new.
IT DEPENDS.
all lines of special industries there are cer-
tain names which have become the embodi-
ment of all that is highest and best in those
trades. They represent a degree—a standard of
value. The piano industry does not in this
particular differ from other industrial fields.
Those names which are known the continent
over have reached a point of eminence for special
reasons. In those instruments were incorpo-
rated ideas which were recognized from a me-
chanical and an acoustical standpoint as perfect.
Investigation, research, and the practical de-
velopment of advanced and theoretical ideas had
clearly proven the results ot human skill and
human brains—bad emphasized their practical
use by years of successful manufacture.
The highest experts, musical and scientific,
had pronounced them as nearly approaching
perfection as it was possible to hope during the
present development of the pianoforte. These
instruments have grown with the years, their
very names have acted as an impelling force.
The new salesman, frequently referring to them
in the way of comparison, saying, by way of
argument, that his piano was as good as so and
so's—admitting their value as a standard.
\
The structure has taken years to build. It
has been built not upsn sensationalism, not upon
false foundation. It has been built upon prin-
ciples as solid and enduring as the trade itself,
because the causes which evolved these names
1
from the mist of obscurity and caused them tjo
shine in the light of public esteem, are princji-
plee upon which rests the very essentials which
support the citadel of our business and our com-
merce. Can the structure that has taken a life-
time to build be toppled over in a minute?
No, assuredly not; you may believe, con-
fidently, that any article which represents a
standard of value is not easily depreciated.
Attacks which are inspired by mercenary mo-
tives oftentimes fall short of gaining their object.
Oftentimes, particularly in the music trade, they
do not. But the injury resulting from these
attacks is often overestimated. One thing is
certain, a piano that has stood the ever changing
conditions of trade currents for a half century
and haB held its place, cannot be removed from
its position and stripped of its rank just because
some particular individual desires it relegated to
the rear for reasons which are apparent to the
onlookers.
If these things were possible what a funny
condition of things there would be. We say
what a funny condition of things there would be
roundabout.
Take the Knabe piano for instance. Suppose
any well-meaning, kindly disposed journalist,
should attack it, or suppose just for the sake of
argument that he was not so gentle and lamb-
like. Suppose he should exhaust himself in
labyranthine rhetoric and pyrotechnical attacks
until the very skies reflected the effulgence of
his mouthings ?
Suppose he should twist himself into all kinds
of tortuous paths in trying to belittle the Knabe
piano.
Of course we will presume this for the sake
of argument; would it effect the status of that
instrument ?
j
Would not the individual who was insincere
enough to make the attack rebound from the
encounter of the stonewall of public opinion (
with a force which would shake the barnacles off'
an iron-clad ?
Would he be shaken ?
Well, that depends.
Just a little on the man, doesn't it ?
f
HE year 1894 was a good one for the Brad-
bury piano, notwithstanding the general
depression. Mr. F. G. Smith is well pleased
with the excellent business transacted by the
different concerns in which he has an active in-
terest. Apart from the increase in business, the
Bradbury piano has gained in prestige and
popularity, and the year just opened bids fair to
add still further to its sale and growth in appre-
ciation.
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