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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
place it in the superlative, the most note-
worthy dinner ever given by the piano
trade of this country. There will be pres-
ent n-early two hundred. The speakers
will be William Steinway, Alfred Dolge,
Chauncey M. Uepew, J. Seaver Page,
St. Clair McKelway, sometimes called the
"Depew of Brooklyn,"and H. E. Krehbiel.
The Dinner Committee have completed
arrangements which will stamp the affair
as one of the most elaborately gotten up
dinners which it is possible to give. They
have given minute attention to details, and
have made for the press very commendable
arrangements. We may look forward to a
most enjoyable evening, as the after-dinner
speeches from such eminent men will not
be of the sort which one usually desires to
avoid after an extended dinner. The in-
teresting reminiscences we may expect
from a man who possesses the wonderful
memory of William Steinway. How eager-
ly the ideas advanced by Alfred Dolge will
be absorbed by his listeners; and Depew,
well, there is only one Depew, and he is
our Chauncey; and Krehbiel, Page and
McKelway have fairly won their spurs as
post-prandial orators.
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HA1NES' AND HAYNES DEVELOP-
MENTS.
HE latest anent Haines affairs is that
John Haines, Jr., has rented part of
the old Roosevelt organ factory, and is
about manufacturing pianos under the firm
name of Haines & Co. His future plans
are in embryo, and we may have more to
say concerning this firm next week.
It is almost decided that a piano with the
old name of Haines Bros, on the fall board
will also be manufactured at the old Haines
Bros.' factory, provided satisfactory ar-
rangements can be made with N. J. Haines'
creditors. William P. Haines, his brother
Albert M. Haines, and their cousins, Alfred
and George Haines, together with Thomas
Floyd-Jones, will, it is said, be interested in
this venture.
There has been much comment about
Jack Haynes making a piano and placing
his own name thereon. Mr. Haynes has
been criticized in some quarters for this
projected move. In our opinion Jack
Haynes has a right, legally and morally,
to place his name—Haynes, Jack Haynes,
or Haynes Piano Co.—if he forms a com-
pany, upon the fall board of the instru-
ments made by him. He is a piano man,
has been long associated with the piano
business. Haynes is his patronymic, and
he is clearly entitled to use it in any busi-
ness which he may elect, without being sub-
jected to the accusation of trying to obtain
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a certain value which is alleged to have ac-
crued to the piano made by Haines—one of
the Haines' or all of the Haines'.
One thing is certain in the Haines mat-
ter, whatever value was attached to the
name, that value has mightily depreciated
during the last two years. Time was when
the Haines was one of the best selling
pianos in this country, but that time is not
now, and the fall of the house goes to prove
how disastrous are these internecine wars.
Firms may meet all sorts of outside com-
petition, but when the fight is in the inner
lines the citadel of strength is reached, and
they usually are forced to lower their colors.
The Haines colors are lowered and are trail-
ing; will they ever float again?
The Late Col. fioore.
•' T N his departure we lose a citizen whose
1 life exemplified public zeal, patriotic
ardor, business grasp and private w T orth."
Thus runs the resolution passed by the
manufacturers and dealers of Boston, at a
special meeting convened March 15th to
take action on the death of Colonel William
Moore.
This is a tribute from his associates cer-
tainly worth living for. And it is well de-
served, for all who had occasion to come
in contact with Colonel Moore in social or
business life found him to be a gentleman
in the truest sense of the word. The domi-
nant phases of his character went to prove
this. Kind-hearted and courteous to work-
man and millionaire alike, he won a large
share of popularity, and yet back of this
was a dignity and firmness that betokened
self-command — individuality—which was
demonstrated in the method and system
with which he organized, engineered and
developed every enterprise with which he
was connected.
Colonel Moore came to the United States
when a very young man, from England,
and his career has been a notable one. He
grew to love this country and its institu-
tions, and when the war broke out he of-
fered his services for the preservation of
the Union. He joined the Sixty-second
New York Regiment the day Fort Sumter
was fired upon, and served during the en-
tire Peninsular campaign under McClellan.
He was in every battle of importance, and
in all of those in which the Army of the
Potomac was engaged, from Williamsburg
to the Wilderness, including Seven Pines,
Fair Oaks, Second Bull Run, Antietam,
Mine Run, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg,
Cold Harbor and Petersburg. From a pri-
vate he was promoted to the rank of officer,
and after a three years' service he had to
retire owing to a severe wound. He later
joined the Navy, in which he served until
the close of the war.
He became interested in the Emerson
Piano Co. in 1868, and in 1880 sold his
interest in that concern and removed to
Colorado, where he tried his hand in the
mining business, and became not only suc-
cessful, but became municipal executive of
Idaho City, Col. Some ten years ago he
returned to Walpole, Mass, (where he died)
and started what later, in conjunction with
the late John Church, became the Everett
Piano Co., and which, under his able
direction as general manager and treasurer,
became one of the successful enterprises of
the day.
In politics Col. Moore was a Democrat,
and was elected in 1893 as a representative
from the Seventh Norfolk District to the
Massachusetts House, and was tendered a
re-election. He was also a member of the
staff of Governor Russell, a member of the
Grand Army of the Republic, and a mem-
ber of the Loyal Legion. A widow, two
daughters and a son survive him.
The funeral took place last Saturday from
the Unitarian Church at Walpole, and was
attended by all the prominent members of
the trade in Boston. The following special
committee was appointed to attend the
funeral at a meeting of the manufacturers
and dealers: O. A. Kimball, J. Gramer,
Geo. H. Champlin, C. S. Norris, E. B.
Wood, Charles E. Bourne, E. W. Davis, S.
A. Gould, H. Bassford, Alex. Steinert, Geo.
H. Chickering, C. C. Briggs, Sr., Henry
F. Miller.
The eulogy was delivered by Dr. Barnes,
and was a critical and thorough estimate of
the career and achievements of the deceased.
In addition to the resolutions passed by the
manufacturers and dealers, the employees
of the Everett Piano Co. also passed appro-
priate resolutions of regret.
Will Manufacture.
N
ORRIS & HYDE is the name of the
new piano manufacturing concern
incorporated during the week in Chicago,
with a capital stock of $100,000. The in-
corporators are C. A. Hyde, J. C. Hanauer,
and H. C. Niles, Jr. They have acquired
the plant of Norris & Fletcher, of Boston,
and will, we understand, manufacture in
that city for the present. Mr. Hyde, who
is president of the new company, was
formerly manager of the Mason & Hamlin
house in Chicago, and Mr. A. F. Norris,
who is vice-president, is a thoroughly
practical man, and will act as superintend-
ent of the factory. It is understood that
they will make a specialty of a transposing
keyboard in their instruments. Backed
by ample capital and with the tried experi-
ence of two such men as Mr. Hyde and Mr.
Norris, there should be no question as to
the success of the riew concern.
AMONG those from New York who attend-
ed Col. Moore's funeral last Saturday were
Daniel F. Treacy, of the Davenport &
Treacy Co., and L. Cavalli, of Alfred Dolge
& Son.
SHERMAN CLAY & Co., San Francisco,
have taken the agency for the popular
"Symphony." In their hands it is sure of
a wide representation.