Music Trade Review
Issue: 1895 Vol. 20 N. 17 - Page 12
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
ment is brought irfto play. A reporter met
T. H. French,the proprietor of the Ameri-
E notice in our exchanges many kjffd can Theatre, against whom the complaint
words in praise of the autoharp is directed. He said: ' 'I am not in the
which is being played by Mr. Aldis J. Gery dance hall business. I've heard of no corn-
during the southern and western tour of plaintagaint the Academy, There's no law,
Gilmore's famous band under the leader- as I take it, to prevent those who are an-
noyed by the music from stopping their
ship of Victor Herbert. - c;:;r :.-;:.;..
ears. If they try to discriminate against
this particular Academy and allow others to
do the same thing, I will fight the matter to
Exposition Chimes.
the end."
CHIME of thirteen bells is being man-
ufactured by the Buckeye Bell
A Piano With a Past.
Foundry for the Cotton States and Interna-
QUAINT old piano, "with a past" no
tional Exposition, Atlanta, Ga. These
doubt, is on view at the warerooms
bells vary in a well-graded degree of suc-
cession, from the largest D, 3,400 pounds, of Hardman, Peck & Co.., Fifth avenue. It
to the smallest F sharp, 260 pounds, the belongs to Stanford White, a member of
aggregate total weight to be about 14,000 the well-known firm of architects, McKim,
pounds, exclusive of the oak frame and Mead & White. He bought it at an auc-
other hangings. The tones of the bells re- tion sale some time ago, and placed it in
spectively are: D, E, F sharp, G, G sharp, the hands of Hardman, Peck & Co. for the
A, B. C, C sharp, D, D sharp; E, F purpose of having its tone restored, as the
case, a very pretty one in rosewood, was in
sharp.
fair condition. A new sounding board and
action has been placed in thisold piano, which
'And the Band Played. 5
is destitute of iron in any shape. The tone
is sweet but not powerful. The instrument
HE residents of the houses in the im- was made in Vienna by Franz Joseph Neu-
mediate vicinity of the American nech. The date is unknown.
Theatre are up in arms against the inces-
The Knapp & Cowles Co.
sant cornet playing which is indulged in
by the soloist of the orchestra, which helps
HE Knapp & Cowles Co., Bridgeport,
to keep the pupils of a dancing academy in
Conn., have given out a contract for
that building in motion. Complaint was
made to the Board of Health last Monday the erection of an addition to their factory
by the residents, who claim that it is im- building which will be 130 by 30 feet in
possible to sleep nights when this instru- dimensions. The interest of George S.
The Autoharp.
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Gain Knowledge
Knapp has been purchased by Charles G.
Sanford, formerly of Glover, Sanford &
Sons. Another addition to the business
department is Philip Manchester, from
Chicago. The firm are doing a big busi-
ness in piano hardware for the automatic
manufacture of which they have invented
some of the most improved machinery in
use. The concern manufacture sixty dif-
ferent kinds of vises.
Kim ball in East Saginaw, Mich.
T
HE W. W. Kimball Co., of Chicago, are
reported to have decided to open large
wholesale piano warerooms in East Sagi-
naw, Mich., and make East Saginaw their
distributing point from which to supply
their agencies throughout the State of
Michigan. Nos. 511 and 513 Genesee ave-
nue, and 112 and 113 Lapeer street, now
occupied by W. S. Thompson & Co., as
retail warerooms, have been leased for the
purpose in view. The building is three
stories high, and is admirably adapted for
wholesale and retail piano warerooms, hav-
ing a capacity of holding and displaying
conveniently from a hundred to one hun-
dred and fifty pianos, the number that is
calculated to be kept in stock. Every style
of every make of piano, organ and pipe
organ the Kimball Co. manufactures will
be kept in stock. Mr. W. S. Thompson, of
Thompson Co., will be resident manager,
and have entire charge of the new concern
in both the wholesale and retail depart-
ments. He will also put in a portion of his
time on the road wholesaling and establish-
ing additional agencies.
t • *
Of the u innards " of a piano by a little reading. You may have
been a dealer for many years, you may have been a tuner for a
like period, you may have played a little—maybe more; but is
it not well to get a little more practical knowledge?
Some-
thing to bank on—an authority on all matters relating to tun-
ing,
repairing, toning and regulating, scientific instructions—
everything? Written by that eminent authority, Daniel Spillane.
The cost is only a trifle—a dollar.
The book is illustrated,
cloth bound, over a hundred pages. It is called "The Piano."
EDWARD LYMAN BILL,
PUBLISHER,
3 Hast 14th Street, N e w York.
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
ment is brought irfto play. A reporter met
T. H. French,the proprietor of the Ameri-
E notice in our exchanges many kjffd can Theatre, against whom the complaint
words in praise of the autoharp is directed. He said: ' 'I am not in the
which is being played by Mr. Aldis J. Gery dance hall business. I've heard of no corn-
during the southern and western tour of plaintagaint the Academy, There's no law,
Gilmore's famous band under the leader- as I take it, to prevent those who are an-
noyed by the music from stopping their
ship of Victor Herbert. - c;:;r :.-;:.;..
ears. If they try to discriminate against
this particular Academy and allow others to
do the same thing, I will fight the matter to
Exposition Chimes.
the end."
CHIME of thirteen bells is being man-
ufactured by the Buckeye Bell
A Piano With a Past.
Foundry for the Cotton States and Interna-
QUAINT old piano, "with a past" no
tional Exposition, Atlanta, Ga. These
doubt, is on view at the warerooms
bells vary in a well-graded degree of suc-
cession, from the largest D, 3,400 pounds, of Hardman, Peck & Co.., Fifth avenue. It
to the smallest F sharp, 260 pounds, the belongs to Stanford White, a member of
aggregate total weight to be about 14,000 the well-known firm of architects, McKim,
pounds, exclusive of the oak frame and Mead & White. He bought it at an auc-
other hangings. The tones of the bells re- tion sale some time ago, and placed it in
spectively are: D, E, F sharp, G, G sharp, the hands of Hardman, Peck & Co. for the
A, B. C, C sharp, D, D sharp; E, F purpose of having its tone restored, as the
case, a very pretty one in rosewood, was in
sharp.
fair condition. A new sounding board and
action has been placed in thisold piano, which
'And the Band Played. 5
is destitute of iron in any shape. The tone
is sweet but not powerful. The instrument
HE residents of the houses in the im- was made in Vienna by Franz Joseph Neu-
mediate vicinity of the American nech. The date is unknown.
Theatre are up in arms against the inces-
The Knapp & Cowles Co.
sant cornet playing which is indulged in
by the soloist of the orchestra, which helps
HE Knapp & Cowles Co., Bridgeport,
to keep the pupils of a dancing academy in
Conn., have given out a contract for
that building in motion. Complaint was
made to the Board of Health last Monday the erection of an addition to their factory
by the residents, who claim that it is im- building which will be 130 by 30 feet in
possible to sleep nights when this instru- dimensions. The interest of George S.
The Autoharp.
W
A
A
T
T
Gain Knowledge
Knapp has been purchased by Charles G.
Sanford, formerly of Glover, Sanford &
Sons. Another addition to the business
department is Philip Manchester, from
Chicago. The firm are doing a big busi-
ness in piano hardware for the automatic
manufacture of which they have invented
some of the most improved machinery in
use. The concern manufacture sixty dif-
ferent kinds of vises.
Kim ball in East Saginaw, Mich.
T
HE W. W. Kimball Co., of Chicago, are
reported to have decided to open large
wholesale piano warerooms in East Sagi-
naw, Mich., and make East Saginaw their
distributing point from which to supply
their agencies throughout the State of
Michigan. Nos. 511 and 513 Genesee ave-
nue, and 112 and 113 Lapeer street, now
occupied by W. S. Thompson & Co., as
retail warerooms, have been leased for the
purpose in view. The building is three
stories high, and is admirably adapted for
wholesale and retail piano warerooms, hav-
ing a capacity of holding and displaying
conveniently from a hundred to one hun-
dred and fifty pianos, the number that is
calculated to be kept in stock. Every style
of every make of piano, organ and pipe
organ the Kimball Co. manufactures will
be kept in stock. Mr. W. S. Thompson, of
Thompson Co., will be resident manager,
and have entire charge of the new concern
in both the wholesale and retail depart-
ments. He will also put in a portion of his
time on the road wholesaling and establish-
ing additional agencies.
t • *
Of the u innards " of a piano by a little reading. You may have
been a dealer for many years, you may have been a tuner for a
like period, you may have played a little—maybe more; but is
it not well to get a little more practical knowledge?
Some-
thing to bank on—an authority on all matters relating to tun-
ing,
repairing, toning and regulating, scientific instructions—
everything? Written by that eminent authority, Daniel Spillane.
The cost is only a trifle—a dollar.
The book is illustrated,
cloth bound, over a hundred pages. It is called "The Piano."
EDWARD LYMAN BILL,
PUBLISHER,
3 Hast 14th Street, N e w York.
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