Music Trade Review
Issue: 1895 Vol. 20 N. 17 - Page 1
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VOL. XX.
N o . 17.
PaWishel Every Saturday at 3 East Fouptesatti Strait
In The West.
New York, April 27, 1895.
tions are completed, will be a very attrac-
tive wareroom.
They expect to be "at
home" there early next week
BUSINESS IMPROVING IN ALL LINKS
MANY
G. W. Tewksbury and F. W. Teeples,
COMPLIMENTS FOR THE "SOUTHERN NUMBER "
both of the Chicago Cottage Organ Co., are
OK " T H E MUSIC TRADE REVIEW" THE
now with us. Mr. Tewksbury, as might be
STEINWAY OPENING
A GREAT EVENT.
expected from a man of such cultured
CHASE HROS. PIANO CO. TWO EURO-
tastes, enjoyed himself hugely both in the
PEAN TRAVELERS—PRICE AT HIS
way of travel and study in Europe. Mr.
DESK
CLAYTON V. SUMMY " A T
Teeples made many important connections
HOME." GEO. P. BENT MOVING.
for the C. C. O. C. right through the Euro-
W. W. KIM HALL CO. BUSY.
pean continent, and he is quite enthusiastic
l.YON & HEA1.Y
REPORT
about the reception given him abroad.
SALES EQUAL TO 1 8 9 2 .
W. B. Price is now at his desk, and is
P.
H. POWERS IN
outlining plans for the retail business of
TOWN — MR. WIL-
the C. C. O. C.
LIAMS PLANNING.
Clayton F. Summy & Co are feeling at
IN TOWN.
home in their new store, which is very at-
tractively furnished. They are doing some
USINESS is brightening up in this attractive advertising in the daily papers,
city, and a better feeling prevails and booming the Chickering piano. They
both in the factories and warerooms. There intend carrying a full line of these instru-
is a steady improvement, and all the stores ments. As a matter of course, there will be
seem to be doing fairly well. I heard many a grand opening and great time.
complimentary
remarks
apropos the
Geo. P. Bent is busy moving this week.
"Southern Number" of THE MUSIC TRADE
Mr. Primer, who represented him recently
REVIEW.
Speaking t:> one of the best in Mexico, will leave next week for a trip
known advertising men in the music trade to Europe in the interest of the "Crown"
line in this city, he said: "This is enter- goods. He is a thoroughly competent rep-
prise. Mr. Bill has given the trade a paper resentative, and will no doubt make the
to feel proud of, and he has helped im- "Crown" goods well known abroad.
measurably to further our interests in Mex-
Business with the W. W. Kimball Co. is
ico and the Southern Republics by issuing excellent. By the way, Mr. Kimball left
a department in Spanish.'
The general for the East this week.
He is probably in
opinion is that the "Southern Number" your city ere this.
was one of the most artistic trade papers
It is always cheering to talk to P. J.
ever issued by an American publisher.
Healy. He says that Lyon & Healy are
I learn that the new Steinway ware- selling as many pianos and small musical
rooms, or to give it its correct name, Stein- instruments as they did in the banner year,
way Hall, will be formally opened on May '92. "But," added Mr. Healy, coyly, "we
10th and n t h . There will be a select musi- are. anxious for more. "
cal program, and Mme. Fannie Bloomfield
P. H. Powers, of the Emerson Piano Co.,
Zeisler will be the piano soloist. I under- has been visiting John W. Northrup, of
stand that Theodore Thomas' orchestra will the Emerson Piano Co., on his way home
also play.
It will be one of the greatest from the South. He is well pleased, as are
events in the musical history of this city, the home office, with the excellent work
and will, as a matter of course, compel the which is being done in the West for the
attendance of all the aristocratic and musi- Emerson piano.
cal people.
Wm. Williams, who is to have charge of
The Chase Bros. Piano Co.'s removal sale the wholesale Western trade for Behr
is proving quite successful. Their present Bros. & Co., New York, is laying out plans
stock is being rapidly depleted, and they for working up a splendid trade for that in-
will open their new warerooms at 315 Wa- strument right through the West.
bash avenue with a full stock of their new-
Among the dealers and others, some of
est styles, which are very handsome instru- whom I have met during the week, were J.
ments. Their new location is directly op- F. Bowers, the well-known Steck agent of
posite the Auditorium, and, when altera- Saginaw, Mich.; Robert Love, of the Wat-
B
$3.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
erloo Organ Co., who is journeying West;
F. L. Drew, of Vose & Sons, Boston, who
is picking up .some good orders; E. S. Pay-
son, of the Emerson Piano Co., Boston, who
will make a short trip West before he re-
turns to the " H u b " ; J. C. Minton, of
Lange & Minton, Burlington, la. ; F. N.
Matthews, of Cameron, Mo., and O. H.
Houck, of Memphis, Tenn.
Vacated by the Supreme Court.
GEO.
S. FOSTER, of
Rochester, N. Y.,
writes us that the judgment obtained by the
Flour City National Bank of that city for
$4,140, was an error, and has been vacated
by the Supreme Court.
Gery as Trilby.
Strings for April is, as usual, full of
bright, interesting reading matter. A two-
page cut of Gilmore's Band, with which
Aldis J. Gery is appearing as autoharp solo-
ist, and a counterfeit presentment of "Tril-
by" appear. "Trilby" in this case, is Mr.
Gery. His pose is immense, likewise his
feet.
At Last.
S
TEAM and electricity have got to go!
Michael Patrona, an Italian, living in
Newark, has solved the problem of per-
petual motion.
A company with a capital
stock of $500,000 has been formed in this
city for the purpose of perfecting the con-
trivance.
Patrono has built a motor, parts
of which have been constructed in different
cities in order to preserve the secret. This
motor, the inventor asserts, will run for one
year, the operation being based on gravita-
tion, and the chief factor and material of
force is mercury.
Beyond this Patrono
will tell nothing of his secret.
Amateur Farmers.
WORK was commenced this week on the
several hundred acres of vacant land in
Long Island City, which Wm. Steinway so
generously donated to the Association for
Improving the Condition of the Poor. It is
being partitioned out in small lots to the
unemployed of this city, and is being eager-
ly sought after.
VOL. XX.
N o . 17.
PaWishel Every Saturday at 3 East Fouptesatti Strait
In The West.
New York, April 27, 1895.
tions are completed, will be a very attrac-
tive wareroom.
They expect to be "at
home" there early next week
BUSINESS IMPROVING IN ALL LINKS
MANY
G. W. Tewksbury and F. W. Teeples,
COMPLIMENTS FOR THE "SOUTHERN NUMBER "
both of the Chicago Cottage Organ Co., are
OK " T H E MUSIC TRADE REVIEW" THE
now with us. Mr. Tewksbury, as might be
STEINWAY OPENING
A GREAT EVENT.
expected from a man of such cultured
CHASE HROS. PIANO CO. TWO EURO-
tastes, enjoyed himself hugely both in the
PEAN TRAVELERS—PRICE AT HIS
way of travel and study in Europe. Mr.
DESK
CLAYTON V. SUMMY " A T
Teeples made many important connections
HOME." GEO. P. BENT MOVING.
for the C. C. O. C. right through the Euro-
W. W. KIM HALL CO. BUSY.
pean continent, and he is quite enthusiastic
l.YON & HEA1.Y
REPORT
about the reception given him abroad.
SALES EQUAL TO 1 8 9 2 .
W. B. Price is now at his desk, and is
P.
H. POWERS IN
outlining plans for the retail business of
TOWN — MR. WIL-
the C. C. O. C.
LIAMS PLANNING.
Clayton F. Summy & Co are feeling at
IN TOWN.
home in their new store, which is very at-
tractively furnished. They are doing some
USINESS is brightening up in this attractive advertising in the daily papers,
city, and a better feeling prevails and booming the Chickering piano. They
both in the factories and warerooms. There intend carrying a full line of these instru-
is a steady improvement, and all the stores ments. As a matter of course, there will be
seem to be doing fairly well. I heard many a grand opening and great time.
complimentary
remarks
apropos the
Geo. P. Bent is busy moving this week.
"Southern Number" of THE MUSIC TRADE
Mr. Primer, who represented him recently
REVIEW.
Speaking t:> one of the best in Mexico, will leave next week for a trip
known advertising men in the music trade to Europe in the interest of the "Crown"
line in this city, he said: "This is enter- goods. He is a thoroughly competent rep-
prise. Mr. Bill has given the trade a paper resentative, and will no doubt make the
to feel proud of, and he has helped im- "Crown" goods well known abroad.
measurably to further our interests in Mex-
Business with the W. W. Kimball Co. is
ico and the Southern Republics by issuing excellent. By the way, Mr. Kimball left
a department in Spanish.'
The general for the East this week.
He is probably in
opinion is that the "Southern Number" your city ere this.
was one of the most artistic trade papers
It is always cheering to talk to P. J.
ever issued by an American publisher.
Healy. He says that Lyon & Healy are
I learn that the new Steinway ware- selling as many pianos and small musical
rooms, or to give it its correct name, Stein- instruments as they did in the banner year,
way Hall, will be formally opened on May '92. "But," added Mr. Healy, coyly, "we
10th and n t h . There will be a select musi- are. anxious for more. "
cal program, and Mme. Fannie Bloomfield
P. H. Powers, of the Emerson Piano Co.,
Zeisler will be the piano soloist. I under- has been visiting John W. Northrup, of
stand that Theodore Thomas' orchestra will the Emerson Piano Co., on his way home
also play.
It will be one of the greatest from the South. He is well pleased, as are
events in the musical history of this city, the home office, with the excellent work
and will, as a matter of course, compel the which is being done in the West for the
attendance of all the aristocratic and musi- Emerson piano.
cal people.
Wm. Williams, who is to have charge of
The Chase Bros. Piano Co.'s removal sale the wholesale Western trade for Behr
is proving quite successful. Their present Bros. & Co., New York, is laying out plans
stock is being rapidly depleted, and they for working up a splendid trade for that in-
will open their new warerooms at 315 Wa- strument right through the West.
bash avenue with a full stock of their new-
Among the dealers and others, some of
est styles, which are very handsome instru- whom I have met during the week, were J.
ments. Their new location is directly op- F. Bowers, the well-known Steck agent of
posite the Auditorium, and, when altera- Saginaw, Mich.; Robert Love, of the Wat-
B
$3.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
erloo Organ Co., who is journeying West;
F. L. Drew, of Vose & Sons, Boston, who
is picking up .some good orders; E. S. Pay-
son, of the Emerson Piano Co., Boston, who
will make a short trip West before he re-
turns to the " H u b " ; J. C. Minton, of
Lange & Minton, Burlington, la. ; F. N.
Matthews, of Cameron, Mo., and O. H.
Houck, of Memphis, Tenn.
Vacated by the Supreme Court.
GEO.
S. FOSTER, of
Rochester, N. Y.,
writes us that the judgment obtained by the
Flour City National Bank of that city for
$4,140, was an error, and has been vacated
by the Supreme Court.
Gery as Trilby.
Strings for April is, as usual, full of
bright, interesting reading matter. A two-
page cut of Gilmore's Band, with which
Aldis J. Gery is appearing as autoharp solo-
ist, and a counterfeit presentment of "Tril-
by" appear. "Trilby" in this case, is Mr.
Gery. His pose is immense, likewise his
feet.
At Last.
S
TEAM and electricity have got to go!
Michael Patrona, an Italian, living in
Newark, has solved the problem of per-
petual motion.
A company with a capital
stock of $500,000 has been formed in this
city for the purpose of perfecting the con-
trivance.
Patrono has built a motor, parts
of which have been constructed in different
cities in order to preserve the secret. This
motor, the inventor asserts, will run for one
year, the operation being based on gravita-
tion, and the chief factor and material of
force is mercury.
Beyond this Patrono
will tell nothing of his secret.
Amateur Farmers.
WORK was commenced this week on the
several hundred acres of vacant land in
Long Island City, which Wm. Steinway so
generously donated to the Association for
Improving the Condition of the Poor. It is
being partitioned out in small lots to the
unemployed of this city, and is being eager-
ly sought after.
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