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VOL XXII.
No. J8.
Published Every Saturday at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, May 23,1896.
$ 3 .oo PER YEAR
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS
the demand for the "Steger" and "Singer"
$25,000 Patent for Repairing
pianos is remarkably active, The "Steger"
Pianos.
is a universal favorite, while the "Singer"
NEWS SCARCE EVERY ONE HOPEFUL DAN
has made a big popular hit.
AN ORIGINAL SORT OF FRAUD IMPERSONATES
TREACY'S SMILE ILLUMINES i H E WESTERN
There is some talk about reviving the
MR. E. H. STORY AND SPRINGS SOME-
METROPOLIS—P. P. GIBBS AND THK SUM-
Mutual Protective Association which died
THING NEW.
MER HOLIDAYS THE MUSICAL PROTEC-
a natural death some time ago. Why such
TIVE ASSOCIATION MAY BE RESUSCI-
an association should not be fostered and
HE Story & Clark Piano Co., Chicago,
TATED— STARTLING NEWS ABOUT
supported is to me surprising. Its aims
received the following letter a few
THE "ANT JOURNAL" AND MR.
are excellent and thoroughly commendable.
days
ago.
It is somewhat of a curiosity,
HARGER MAHAN RENTS A
I met Marc Blumenberg the other day.
and
demonstrates
that all the men with
STORE THE KNABE.
He told me confidentially that he was think-
"wheels
in
their
heads"
have not joined
GENERAL NEWS.
ing of buying out the Art Journal and con-
the ranks of the populists, nor are they
verting it into a comic paper, with Mr.
seeking the blood of the gold bugs of the
EWS out this way is about as scarce as Harger, of the Times, as editor. He is East:
hens' teeth. There have been few quite smitten with the latter's witticisms,
METROPOLIS CITY, Massac Co., 111., \
changes or catastrophes to enliven the and thinks that a comic paper would prove
May (8, 1896.
f
a
welcome
tonic
these
times,
when
big
monotony. About the only individual who
Messrs.
Story
&
Clark
Piano
Co.,
Chicago,
is having a high old time is "Old Sol," deals materializeth not. Mr. Harger might
111.:
who has been making things hot for us prove a greater success at this kind of
GENTLEMEN:—Last Tuesday, M a y 12,
somewhat in advance of the usual season. work than at n',u>ic trade journalism.
1896,
a man came to my house; he claimed
The weather, however, has been most
J. L. Mahan, who has had warerooms in
favorable to early crops, and the prospects an obscure part of the Auditorium for some to be the "Story" of the firm of Story &
in this connection are very bright, conse- years, has rented the store on the southeast Clark, piano manufacturers, of Chicago;
quently we may expect a greater share of corner of Wabash avenue and Van Buren he said his firm was one of the strongest,
prosperity and more money in circula- street, and as soon as alterations are com- and thoroughly responsible; he said: "We
have bought the exclusive right to use a
tion in the farming sections in the early pleted will occupy the same.
fall.
I understand C. H. Wagener, the Story German patent (for repairing pianos) in
Daniel F. Treacy is one of our welcome & Clark representative in London, will the United States, and that it cost $25,000,
visitors this week. He has found business soon again visit the city. He may remain and that we guarantee the piano that we
repair to be better than it was when new,
very fair, and is not at all complaining. for an indefinite period.
and
to last five years; could guarantee for
In addition to orders for plates he has I was much impressed with the magnifi-
seventeen
years, but we belong to the
booked quite a number for wound strings, cent line of Knabe pianos which I saw on
Manufacturers'
Union, and they won't let
which the Davenport & Treacy Co. are display in the Lyon & Healy warerooms a
us
guarantee
for
longer time than five
now manufacturing. He will leave the few days ago. They are really handsome
years."
Those
are
his
exact words. Please
latter part of the week for Canada.
instruments in design and finish, and the
let
me
know
right
soon
if he is the genuine
The Manufacturers' Piano Co. have made tone is pure, brilliant and of a delightful
Story
or
an
imposter.
He referred me to
very satisfactory progress under the man- quality. I was not surprised to learn that
R.
G.
Dun
&
Co.'s
book.
I consulted it
agement of Receiver Dederick. It would Lyon & Healy are doing a better business
and
find
Story
&
Clark
a
very
strong firm,
not be surprising if the company should than ever with the Knabe products.
ranking $300,000 to $500,000.
Now, I
pay its indebtedness in full, and even have
F. W. Teeple, the C. C. O. C. represen-
want
to
know
if
this
man
is
the
Story
he
something over for the stockholders.
tative, has left on a four weeks' trip through
claims to be.
Thanks to Platt P. Gibbs, the piano the South.
I am, very respectfully, etc.,
houses will inaugurate the Saturday half-
Congratulations to H. H. Northrop, of
MRS. LEE A. EISON.
holiday on May 30th, to be continued until the Steger Co.'s wareroom forces, who is to
A
$25,000
German
patent for repairing
August 30th inclusive. Mr. Gibbs de- join the ranks of Benedicts next month.
pianos
is
good;
and
joking aside, many
serves thanks for his active efforts to make
purchasers
of
rattle-boxes,
so-called pianos,
this movement successful.
will
ere
long
need
some
such
invention as
It is said that the Newman Bros. Co. are
fir. Grunewald on the Road.
this
which
guarantees
to
make
a piano
contemplating the manufacture of pianos,
"better
than
it
was
when
new.
"
We
should
but no authoritative information on the
ENE GRUNEWALD, the well-known
be
glad
to
learn
where
this
original
fraud
subject can be had.
manufacturer of mandolins and im-
hails
from.
The Rintelman warerooms have been porter of fancy woods, New Orleans, La.,
closed, and Mr. Hulett has returned to left on an extended business trip last Tues-
day, May 19th. He will visit Milwaukee,
your city.
WM. F. THOMAS, of the firm of Thomas
J. V. Steger is optimistic about the Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, New York & Barton, music trade dealers, Augusta,
future, and he has reason to be, because and other important trade centers.
Ga., died recently.
In The West.
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