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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
This certainly looks like "good times," they are talking about making a suitable
and the prosperity of the Keller Bros. & present to the new cruiser "Brooklyn."
Blight Co. is a distinct assurance of the ex- Would it not be a good idea to follow suit
cellence of their pianos. Dealers every- and select a Brooklyn-made piano—a
"Bradbury" or "Wissner," for instance?
where speak of them most favorably.
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The best way to become an author is to
What ingenious Yankee will be the first
be born with brain subjecc to flashes of in-
to invent a bicycle piano? Great scheme. spiration that will supply you with first-
It may take the attention of the papers off class plots. But if you want to be an in-
the supposed injury done the piano busi- ventor you should work from the opposite
ness by the bicycle craze, which, in my standpoint. Find a crying need and seek
opinion, is largely over-estimated.
to think out a means by which it may be
met. Here is the fashion in which one
Our esteemed contemporary, Freund's man did this: Walking through a green-
Musical Weekly, published in its issue of house one day, he noticed that the gardener
Sept. 4th an accurate account of the real was obliged to go to a good deal of trouble
estate transaction in Boston affecting to raise each ventilating window separately.
Messrs. Steinert, Scanlan and Cumston,
"Why could not some arrangement be
which was taken from the Boston Globe of devised," this observant individual said to
Aug. 29th. The same information in sub- himself, "by which all these windows
stance appeared in THE MUSIC TRADE RE- could be opened by one movement?"
VIEW of Aug. 24th. So you see it was en-
He thought over the problem and con-
tirely unnecessary to wait until the 29th to trived a model, and the result was the ap-
paratus now in ase in all conservatories.
secure reliable information.
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has been recently a number of
Steinway dealers in town who have left
large orders for immediate shipments of
pianos. Wm. Rohlfing, head of the great
Milwaukee concern, selected a large line of
instruments for his Western establishment.
While in Steinway Hall I met Mr. J. B.
Woodford, manager of N. Stetson & Co.,
who is on his return to Philadelphia, after
a lengthy tarry at the seashore.
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In some way or other a paragraph orept
into all the bicycle papers that Karl Fink
was about to establish a bicycle factory at
Dolgeville. It went the entire rounds of
the trade press, and letters have been pour-
ing in to Dolgeville by the carload, appli-
cations from superintendents, advertising
men, bicyclists, machinists and so forth.
It is not definitely settled yet whether Mr.
Fink will accept the situation which has
been forced upon him and enter the bicycle
trade; at least if he does, he can get no
better location than Dolgeville, and think
what a tremendous demand there will be
in the music trade for the Karl Fink
bicycles. Certainly all Boston will fall into
line, and if Karl would only introduce a
blue felt wheel, why the whole trade
would respond from Maine to California.
August Gemunder.
THERE
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The Press is becoming shockingly irrev-
erent. It has the following to say about
that well-known gentleman who was a
party to the bungling mismanagement in-
cident to the distribution of awards and
medals at the World's Fair:
"If John Boyd Thacher, rainbow artist,
runs for Mayor on the Democratic ticket in
Albany this year, the election returns will
be more shocking to his nerves than was
the St. Gaudens medal."
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The citizens of Minneapolis are to be
commended for their sensible gift of a
handsome Anderson piano to the new
cruiser "Minneapolis." Over in Brooklyn
T the good old age of 81 years, August
Gemunder passed away at his.late
residence, 306 East Sixty-seventh street, on
Saturday, Sept. 7th. Mr. Gemunder was
born in Germany, and after having ac-
quired a knowledge of violin manufacture
from his father, came to this country and
founded the house which to-day bears his
name. He was known as a man of sterling
qualities, and his loss is felt by all who
came in contact with him, but more es-
pecially by his own countrymen.
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Harrison flillard.
LEGION of friends the world over
will regret the death of Harrison Mil-
lard, the composer and writer, which oc-
curre at the home of his son-in-law, Dr.
Page, this city, last Tuesday. Mr. Millard
was born in Boston in 1829, and studied
music in Italy, making his dt-but in Flor-
ence in 1852, when his wonderful tenor
voice became the talk of Europe. He re-
turned to Boston in 1858, and a year later
composed "Viva L'America," which caused
President Lincoln to exclaim, "A man
who can write a song like that will make
his mark in the world."
He served
through the war, enlisting in the Seventy-
first Regiment, and became aide-de-camp
on the staffs of Gens. Rosecrans, Palmer
and Rousseau. After the war President
Lincoln appointed him to a position in the
Custom House in this city, which he held
until 1885. Mr. Millard was the composer
of numerous masses and vespers for Roman
Catholic churches, and his son^s "Wait-
ing," "When the Flowing Tide Comes In,"
"Under the Daisies," are but a few of a
volume of songs known throughout the
country. The interment took place in Bos-
ton last Thursdav.
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CHAS. STEINWAY, of Steinway & Sons,
who was rusticating at the White Moun-
tains with his family, has returned to town.
WM. KNABE and ~Chas. Keidel, Jr., of
Baltimore, were in town this week to view
the boat races.
CHICKERING & SONS have just completed
a $250 piano stool for John G. A. Leisch-
man, of Pittsburg, who bought the $3,000
grand a short time ago. The piano stool is
especially designed, and taken in its en-
tirety, is a work of art.
A VERY clever business card has been is-
sued by Geo. Steck & Co. It contains a re-
duced reproduction of a newspaper called
"Public Choice," on which appear such
captions as the following: "Public choice
favors the Steck piano above all others."
"The ideal piano of to-day is the Steck
piano." "Superior in tone." "Superior
in workmanship." "Beautiful in finish."
"Touch unsurpassed." "The independent
iron frame makes the Steck piano the only
piano that improves with use." This
unique card will help to make better known
the estimation in which the Steck pianos
are held by the public.
A NEW music store has been opened up
in Gillman, 111., by Dick & Bernard.
IT is rumored that the department store
controlled by John Wanamaker, Philadel-
phia, will carry a line of pianos to be sold
for cash or on the installment plan.
WE understand there is no truth in the
rumor that Mr. Marvin, of the Whitney-
Marvin Music Co., Detroit, Mich., will
retire from that firm.
NAHUM STETSON and family have re-
turned from a vacation spent at the Thou-
sand Islands. Mr. Stetson has been much
benefited by his trip, and looks remarkably
well.
WESER BROS, received a large order for
their instruments from Messrs. F. and E.
Cluett, of Cluett & Sons, Troy, N. Y., who
were in town last Tuesday.
WE clip the following from our esteemed
Parisian contemporary, Le Monde Musical;
M. E. Knabe, le grand Facteur de pianos
de Baltimore et Mme. E. Knabe sont de
passage a Paris.
ALDIS J. GERY has left for Pittsburg to
join Gilmore's Band, and will journey with
them to Atlanta to delight thousands with
his solos on the autoharp.
AMONG those who are noting a steady im-
provement in business since the first of the
month is Charles Reinwarth, piano string
coverer, 388 Second avenue. This gentle-
man has established an excellent reputa-
tion for the reliability and excellence of his
wares, and he well deserves the apprecia-
tion which is bestowed on him by the trade
B. A. WHITNEY, the well-known dealer
of Malone, N. Y., is erecting a handsome
new music store on West Main street which
he will soon occupy.