Music Trade Review
Issue: 1896 Vol. 22 N. 15 - Page 14
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
i6
THK exports of musical instruments from
the port of New York for the week ending
April 226. amounted in value to $9,894.
The largest piirchaser for the week was
Great Britain, the value of shipments being
$4>95 2 -
H. F. WILSON, of Alpena, Mich., has
commenced business in the Opera House
Block. He will handle pianos, organs and
musical merchandise.
the "bike" is the great popular craze of the
F. H. GRIFFITH, manufacturer of mando-
lins and guitars, 131 South street, Philadel-
day.
THE Emerson Piano Co., of Boston, have phia, has been making alterations in his
experienced quite a demand for their instru- factory. He reports wholesale business as
very good.
ments during the past two weeks, and while
the trade has not been steady, yet some
NELSON H. FREEMAN, of Saratoga Springs,
days orders have been quite heavy for the has purchased the piano, organ and musical
various styles of "Emersons." One day instrument establishment conducted and
last week, President Powers received orders owned by Chas. H. Freeman, at Ballston
for over a hundred pianos. This certainly Spa, N. Y.
looks like business.
A NEW music store has been opened at
J. H. THOMAS, who has been connected Long Beach, Cal., by Williams Bros.
with Hamilton S. Gordon's establishment
A NEW octave coupler for organs has re-
for several years, has resigned his position. cently been patented by Edward C. Lom-
THE rumor that David McKee, manager bard, Meriden, Conn.
of the Mason & Hamlin warerooms in Bos-
F. T. DAY & CO. is the title of a new firm
ton, would sever his connection with that who have engaged in the piano, organ and
musical merchandise business at Worthing-
R. M. BENT, piano manufacturer, 767 company, has been denied.
ton, Minn. The establishment is under
Tenth avenue, is contemplating closing
MARTINUS VAN GELDER is the inventor of
the management of F. P. Day.
down or disposing of his piano factoiy. As
a violin vibrator which improves the tone
soon as arrangements are effected he will
and carrying power of a violin and concen-
THE N. Stetson Co. and Estey & Bruce,
devote a great deal of his time to traveling.
trates, multiplies and evenly distributes the of Philadelphia, who moved into their
Mr. Bent has accumulated quite a comfort-
vibration. .Mr. Van Gelder is an expert present warerooms after the burning down
able fortune.
violin player, and his invention, which is of the Hazeltine Building, must seek other
IT is said that the creditors of A. D. Coe, sold by E. J. Albert, a violin maker, Phila- quarters around the first of the year, as
of Cleveland, O., who recently failed, wili delphia, Pa., is creating quite a stir through- their say is limited. In the meantime,
not receive more than 25 cents on the dollar. out the country.
there is no immediate prospect of the Hazel-
JAMES C. MILLER, treasurer of the Henry
THE formal opening of Sanders & Stay- tine Building being rebuilt.
F. Miller & Sons Piano Co., of Boston, has man's handsome new warerooms in Wash-
R. H. DAY, salesman with the Chase
been quite ill for the past few weeks, but is ington, D. C , will take place on May 12th Bros. Piano Co., Chicago, is now connected
now convalescent.
and 13th.
with the Chicago Music Co., in a similar
. C. F. HANSON & SONS, of Boston, Mass.,
R. M. WALTERS has removed from 27 capacity.
are the first dealers in that city who have
decided to sell bicycles as a side line. The
wisdom of this step can be debated pro and
con, but, nevertheless, the fact remains that
Union Square to larger and more central
quarters at 103-7 West Thirty-third street,
near the junction of Sixth avenue and Broad-
way, a very desirable location.
S. M. BARNES, of Win. Knabe & Co.'s
New York warerooms, is making a trip
..hrough New York State in the interest of
his house.
Gain Knowledge
Of the " 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 si hundred pv gut*. Xt Is called " Xhe Piano."
EDWARD LYMAN BILL,
PUBLISHER,
% E a s t 14U1 Street, N e w Y o r k .
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
i6
THK exports of musical instruments from
the port of New York for the week ending
April 226. amounted in value to $9,894.
The largest piirchaser for the week was
Great Britain, the value of shipments being
$4>95 2 -
H. F. WILSON, of Alpena, Mich., has
commenced business in the Opera House
Block. He will handle pianos, organs and
musical merchandise.
the "bike" is the great popular craze of the
F. H. GRIFFITH, manufacturer of mando-
lins and guitars, 131 South street, Philadel-
day.
THE Emerson Piano Co., of Boston, have phia, has been making alterations in his
experienced quite a demand for their instru- factory. He reports wholesale business as
very good.
ments during the past two weeks, and while
the trade has not been steady, yet some
NELSON H. FREEMAN, of Saratoga Springs,
days orders have been quite heavy for the has purchased the piano, organ and musical
various styles of "Emersons." One day instrument establishment conducted and
last week, President Powers received orders owned by Chas. H. Freeman, at Ballston
for over a hundred pianos. This certainly Spa, N. Y.
looks like business.
A NEW music store has been opened at
J. H. THOMAS, who has been connected Long Beach, Cal., by Williams Bros.
with Hamilton S. Gordon's establishment
A NEW octave coupler for organs has re-
for several years, has resigned his position. cently been patented by Edward C. Lom-
THE rumor that David McKee, manager bard, Meriden, Conn.
of the Mason & Hamlin warerooms in Bos-
F. T. DAY & CO. is the title of a new firm
ton, would sever his connection with that who have engaged in the piano, organ and
musical merchandise business at Worthing-
R. M. BENT, piano manufacturer, 767 company, has been denied.
ton, Minn. The establishment is under
Tenth avenue, is contemplating closing
MARTINUS VAN GELDER is the inventor of
the management of F. P. Day.
down or disposing of his piano factoiy. As
a violin vibrator which improves the tone
soon as arrangements are effected he will
and carrying power of a violin and concen-
THE N. Stetson Co. and Estey & Bruce,
devote a great deal of his time to traveling.
trates, multiplies and evenly distributes the of Philadelphia, who moved into their
Mr. Bent has accumulated quite a comfort-
vibration. .Mr. Van Gelder is an expert present warerooms after the burning down
able fortune.
violin player, and his invention, which is of the Hazeltine Building, must seek other
IT is said that the creditors of A. D. Coe, sold by E. J. Albert, a violin maker, Phila- quarters around the first of the year, as
of Cleveland, O., who recently failed, wili delphia, Pa., is creating quite a stir through- their say is limited. In the meantime,
not receive more than 25 cents on the dollar. out the country.
there is no immediate prospect of the Hazel-
JAMES C. MILLER, treasurer of the Henry
THE formal opening of Sanders & Stay- tine Building being rebuilt.
F. Miller & Sons Piano Co., of Boston, has man's handsome new warerooms in Wash-
R. H. DAY, salesman with the Chase
been quite ill for the past few weeks, but is ington, D. C , will take place on May 12th Bros. Piano Co., Chicago, is now connected
now convalescent.
and 13th.
with the Chicago Music Co., in a similar
. C. F. HANSON & SONS, of Boston, Mass.,
R. M. WALTERS has removed from 27 capacity.
are the first dealers in that city who have
decided to sell bicycles as a side line. The
wisdom of this step can be debated pro and
con, but, nevertheless, the fact remains that
Union Square to larger and more central
quarters at 103-7 West Thirty-third street,
near the junction of Sixth avenue and Broad-
way, a very desirable location.
S. M. BARNES, of Win. Knabe & Co.'s
New York warerooms, is making a trip
..hrough New York State in the interest of
his house.
Gain Knowledge
Of the " 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 si hundred pv gut*. Xt Is called " Xhe Piano."
EDWARD LYMAN BILL,
PUBLISHER,
% E a s t 14U1 Street, N e w Y o r k .
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