Music Trade Review
Issue: 1895 Vol. 20 N. 28 - Page 7
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
Max Nordau and the many feminine ad-
mirers of "the only Wagnerian inter-
preter," else innumerable locks of the doc-
tor's hair would probably be in circulation.
Will A. Watkin on "Dallas as a
flusical Centre."
N a very interesting and neatly printed
souvenir of the Dallas Artillery Co.—
which
took part in the State Drill contest
* *
*
at St. Louis last week—and entitled "The
The irrepressible Daniel F. Beatty is Home and History of the Dallas Artillery
once more in evidence in the daily papers. Company," Will A. Watkin, of the Will A.
Last Sunday he carried an advertisement in Watkin Music Co., gives his views upon
almost all the papers, in which he volun- "Dallas as a Musical Center." He shows
teered to sell his double-decker cast-iron, how marked has been the growth and de-
one - hundred - and - fifty - stop organ for velopment of musical taste in Dallas, and
$15.75. And Daniel will sell them, too; closes by saying that "Persons desiring a
for there is a big crowd of people in this musical education will find in Dallas all the
great country of ours always anxious to be advantages for the highest musical culture,
and opportunities to be equaled by no other
fooled.
city in Texas, and surpassed by no other
citv in the South."
I
T
HIS department is edited by Bishop &
Imirie, Patent Attorneys, 605 and 607
Seventh street, Washington, D. C. All re-
quests for information should be addressed
to them and will be answered through these
columns free of charge.
PATENTS ISSUED JUNE 25, 1895.
541,624. Tuning Pin. Henry Miiller,
San Francisco, Cal. The pins are inserted
There is a mighty big difference between
the popular songs of long ago and the popu-
Preparing for the Fall Trade.
lar songs of to-day; but then in the days
HE Marshall & Wendell Piano Co., Al-
agone the newspapers did not do the peo-
bany, N. Y., are not among the few
ple's thinking as to-day. A week or two
ago the Sunday World published what it found croaking about hard times. Their
termed a "really popular song," and did so business during the past spring has been
"because it seemed to be a particularly in every respect satisfactory. Month after
good one, with melody and words unusual- month has seen an upward growth in orders
ly charming." I need hardly say that the that have kept them busy, and so far they
melody was of the commonplace order, and have not experienced any dullness. In ad-
I give the chorus of this "charming" song dition to filling the present orders, they are
so readers can get an idea of its literary preparing a splendid line of instruments
for fall tra.de, which will help to further es-
worth:
in the wrest plank at such an angle as to be
tablish the Marshall & Wendell piano in the
firmly held by the tension of the strings.
"Casey would waltz with a strawberry blonde,
good opinion of the trade.
And the band played on ;
He'd glide 'cross the floor with the girl he ador'd,
541,803. Leaf Holder for Music Books.
And the band played on;
Carl Barus, Washington, D. C. A rigid
But his brain was so loaded it nearly exploded,
The Music Trade Man.
bar provided at its ends with clips to en-
T
The poor girl would shake with alarm,
He'd ne'er leave the girl with the strawberry curls
While the band played on.
In last Sunday's World it is stated that
this chef-d'ceuvre has caught the town, and
that all the great bandmasters at the sea-
side resorts (Seidl is not included) are play-
ing the melody with great success, while it
has also been sung in many of the "fash-
ionable hotel parlors." From the way the
World is booming this trashy song it looks
as if some member of the staff had an inter-
est in its success. There is little hope for
real musical progress as long as such "pot-
boilers" are palmed off on the public as
"popular" songs. Alas, it is too true, the
newspapers are doing the people's think-
ing.
The Mail and Express says that a
movement is on foot in down-town busi-
ness circles to employ matured and
plain women in place of pretty girls as
typewriters, operators, and assistant book-
keepers. We can hardly believe it, but feel
sure that the music trade and the music
trade editors will not be a party to this
conspiracy, which has been organized,very
likely, by the fair sex who ride the "bike."
THE
Stretched 'neath the tree his time he spends,
And gives himself to thought,
Devising tales to tell his friends
About the fish he caught.
Patents for Sale.
A firm of patent brokers in lower
Broadway advertised a list of patents
for sale in last Sunday's Herald. They
guarantee that each and ever)' one of them
will insure "profitable businesses. " Among
the many advertised we notice "Orme's
Stringed Musical Hand Instrument," and
"Son's Banjo Tail Piece. "
The "Henning" in Demand.
gage the sides of the book and thereby hold
the book open. On these clips are ar-
ranged weaker clips to hold the leaves.
JUDGING from the number of pianos
JAMES PARKINSON, pianos, organs, musi-
^J which have been shipped to the West cal merchandise, Stockton, 111., has opened
recently by the Henning Piano Co., of new store in the Lacock Building.
Brooklyn, these instruments must be very
popular in that section. And they deserve
EDWARD P. MASON, president of the
to be, for Mr. Henning is turning out an Mason & Hamlin Co., is rusticating at
excellent instrument that is carefully made the Isle of Shoals.
in all its parts. Like all practical men, he
takes a special pride in seeing that all
L. M. PIERCE, music trade dealer of
pianos leaving his factory are in first-rate Springfield, Mass., is making extensive im-
condition from every standpoint.
provements in his warerooms.
CELEBRATED
STEGER
PIANOS
PATENTED 1892.
are noted for their finr singing quality of
tone and greal durability.
The most
profitable Piano for dealers to handle-
STEGER & CO., Manufacturers,
Factory, Columbia Heights.
235 WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
Max Nordau and the many feminine ad-
mirers of "the only Wagnerian inter-
preter," else innumerable locks of the doc-
tor's hair would probably be in circulation.
Will A. Watkin on "Dallas as a
flusical Centre."
N a very interesting and neatly printed
souvenir of the Dallas Artillery Co.—
which
took part in the State Drill contest
* *
*
at St. Louis last week—and entitled "The
The irrepressible Daniel F. Beatty is Home and History of the Dallas Artillery
once more in evidence in the daily papers. Company," Will A. Watkin, of the Will A.
Last Sunday he carried an advertisement in Watkin Music Co., gives his views upon
almost all the papers, in which he volun- "Dallas as a Musical Center." He shows
teered to sell his double-decker cast-iron, how marked has been the growth and de-
one - hundred - and - fifty - stop organ for velopment of musical taste in Dallas, and
$15.75. And Daniel will sell them, too; closes by saying that "Persons desiring a
for there is a big crowd of people in this musical education will find in Dallas all the
great country of ours always anxious to be advantages for the highest musical culture,
and opportunities to be equaled by no other
fooled.
city in Texas, and surpassed by no other
citv in the South."
I
T
HIS department is edited by Bishop &
Imirie, Patent Attorneys, 605 and 607
Seventh street, Washington, D. C. All re-
quests for information should be addressed
to them and will be answered through these
columns free of charge.
PATENTS ISSUED JUNE 25, 1895.
541,624. Tuning Pin. Henry Miiller,
San Francisco, Cal. The pins are inserted
There is a mighty big difference between
the popular songs of long ago and the popu-
Preparing for the Fall Trade.
lar songs of to-day; but then in the days
HE Marshall & Wendell Piano Co., Al-
agone the newspapers did not do the peo-
bany, N. Y., are not among the few
ple's thinking as to-day. A week or two
ago the Sunday World published what it found croaking about hard times. Their
termed a "really popular song," and did so business during the past spring has been
"because it seemed to be a particularly in every respect satisfactory. Month after
good one, with melody and words unusual- month has seen an upward growth in orders
ly charming." I need hardly say that the that have kept them busy, and so far they
melody was of the commonplace order, and have not experienced any dullness. In ad-
I give the chorus of this "charming" song dition to filling the present orders, they are
so readers can get an idea of its literary preparing a splendid line of instruments
for fall tra.de, which will help to further es-
worth:
in the wrest plank at such an angle as to be
tablish the Marshall & Wendell piano in the
firmly held by the tension of the strings.
"Casey would waltz with a strawberry blonde,
good opinion of the trade.
And the band played on ;
He'd glide 'cross the floor with the girl he ador'd,
541,803. Leaf Holder for Music Books.
And the band played on;
Carl Barus, Washington, D. C. A rigid
But his brain was so loaded it nearly exploded,
The Music Trade Man.
bar provided at its ends with clips to en-
T
The poor girl would shake with alarm,
He'd ne'er leave the girl with the strawberry curls
While the band played on.
In last Sunday's World it is stated that
this chef-d'ceuvre has caught the town, and
that all the great bandmasters at the sea-
side resorts (Seidl is not included) are play-
ing the melody with great success, while it
has also been sung in many of the "fash-
ionable hotel parlors." From the way the
World is booming this trashy song it looks
as if some member of the staff had an inter-
est in its success. There is little hope for
real musical progress as long as such "pot-
boilers" are palmed off on the public as
"popular" songs. Alas, it is too true, the
newspapers are doing the people's think-
ing.
The Mail and Express says that a
movement is on foot in down-town busi-
ness circles to employ matured and
plain women in place of pretty girls as
typewriters, operators, and assistant book-
keepers. We can hardly believe it, but feel
sure that the music trade and the music
trade editors will not be a party to this
conspiracy, which has been organized,very
likely, by the fair sex who ride the "bike."
THE
Stretched 'neath the tree his time he spends,
And gives himself to thought,
Devising tales to tell his friends
About the fish he caught.
Patents for Sale.
A firm of patent brokers in lower
Broadway advertised a list of patents
for sale in last Sunday's Herald. They
guarantee that each and ever)' one of them
will insure "profitable businesses. " Among
the many advertised we notice "Orme's
Stringed Musical Hand Instrument," and
"Son's Banjo Tail Piece. "
The "Henning" in Demand.
gage the sides of the book and thereby hold
the book open. On these clips are ar-
ranged weaker clips to hold the leaves.
JUDGING from the number of pianos
JAMES PARKINSON, pianos, organs, musi-
^J which have been shipped to the West cal merchandise, Stockton, 111., has opened
recently by the Henning Piano Co., of new store in the Lacock Building.
Brooklyn, these instruments must be very
popular in that section. And they deserve
EDWARD P. MASON, president of the
to be, for Mr. Henning is turning out an Mason & Hamlin Co., is rusticating at
excellent instrument that is carefully made the Isle of Shoals.
in all its parts. Like all practical men, he
takes a special pride in seeing that all
L. M. PIERCE, music trade dealer of
pianos leaving his factory are in first-rate Springfield, Mass., is making extensive im-
condition from every standpoint.
provements in his warerooms.
CELEBRATED
STEGER
PIANOS
PATENTED 1892.
are noted for their finr singing quality of
tone and greal durability.
The most
profitable Piano for dealers to handle-
STEGER & CO., Manufacturers,
Factory, Columbia Heights.
235 WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO.
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