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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
CHICKKRING & SONS report an excellent
business both in the manufacturing head-
quarters in Boston, and at their various
retail establishments. Business was inter-
fered with materially during- the recent
stormy spell, but the prospects have bright-
ened during the past week.
R. M. BURGESS, of the Wegman Piano
Co., is visiting the sunny—or snowy—
South, in the interest of his house.
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opinion that the assignment of that concern
THE Mason & Hamlin Co. contradict the
was not an honest one. Mr. Carter is at statement that they are to adopt Mr. White's
present traveling for the John Church Co.
tuning invention in their instruments. In
a
letter to an esteemed contemporary in
A WAR is on the tapis between the various
this
connection, they say: "We have never
makers of music boxes with changeable
seen
any tuning device, however, which on
disks. The Lockmann Co., Leipsic, manu-
the
whole
we consider equal to our own,
facturers of the Symphonium, have already
which
is
meeting
with more success from
taken an action against the house of Pail-
day
to
day.''
lard & Co. and Julius C. Schmidt.
a
WESSELL,
NICKEL
& GROSS received
a
large order recently for their celebrated
actions from the Broadwood house in Lon-
don. Thus we see the Wessell, Nickel &
Gross actions getting a deserved recogni-
tion from the leading house in the United
Kingdom.
JULIUS SHIPKOSKY, musical
merchandise
and organ manufacturer, South Milwaukee,
Wis., is disposing of stock of musical in-
struments, and is fitting up his organ fac-
tory for the manufacture of a new line of
goods.
IT IS said that the Mason & Hamlin Co.
Impressed with the South.
have concluded arrangements with the
THK. John Church Co. are shipping quite
Brambach Piano Co., of Dolgeville, N. Y.,
a large number of their aluminum violins
CCORDING to the Atlanta Constitu-
for the retail management of the Brambach
to South and Central America.
tion, E. S. Conway, of the W. W.
pianos in their warerooms in Boston, Chi-
Kimball
Co., Chicago, who has visited the
THE Tariff Reform Committee of this cago and Kansas City.
Southern
States at least once a year in the
city have sent out to the newspaper press,
GEO. B. BAIRD, of the McCammon Piano past ten years, is more and more impressed
through syndicate channels, the letter from
Co., Oneonta, N. Y., is giving a good ac- with the advantages and natural resources
W. W. Warner, of Madison, Wis., which
count of himself while on his present trip. of this section of the country,and hisjpredic-
appeared in our columns last week.
He sent in several substantial orders last tion is that the increase in material wealth
THE STANDARD MUSIC CO., Winston, N.
week, and reports a gratifying condition of in the Southern States will be more marked
C, send us a waltz song entitled "Dia- business.
during the closing years of the century than
monds or Roses." C. H. Addison is the
the North, East or West. His predictions
THE PACTEIC MUSIC CO., who handle the
composer. The song is based on the story
"Crown" and Kranich & Bach pianos in are based on the fact of the excellent soil
of a beautiful girl who had to choose be-
vSan Francisco, have moved from 208 Polk of the South, coupled with a climate second
tween the offerings of two lovers, one with
to none in the world.
street to 816 Market street.
diamonds and wealth, the other with love
and roses. As a matter of course love and
roses are accepted. The melody is pretty
THE
and should become popular. It is simply
arranged and appeals to the performer of
average ability. This song is also arranged
for orchestra.
Mr. Addison's song will
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find favor with many on account of its
chaste sentiment and catchy nmsic.
A
"TV Highest Type."
Sterling Company,
RUSSELL
CREDITORS of the erstwhile firm of Gilbert
Carter & Co., Birmingham, Ala., are of the
Estey
Phonorium
(Successors to STARK & STRACK.)
PIANOS
MANUFACTURERS OF
HIGHEST CLASS
REED
INSTRUMENT
Pianos and Organs,
MANUFACTURED BY
FACTORY:
Correspondence
Invited
DERBY, CONN.
ESTEY
ORGAN CO.
, vt.
It is admitted by all that no piano ever put upon the
market has met with such success as THE STERLING,
and thousands will testify to their superiority of work-
manship and durability. Why ? Because they are made
just as perfect as a piano can be made.
;
THE STERLING ORGAN has always taken the lead, and
the improvements made this year puts it far ahead of
all others. |dF"Send for Catalogue.
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