Music Trade Review
Issue: 1896 Vol. 22 N. 22 - Page 9
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
wareroomed.
It will be an interesting
question to note whether his business will
be largely augmented by the new move.
There are those who believe because a
thousand or two people pass a certain point
within an hour that it does not materially
help the retailer of pianos. They claim
that it may be a good thing for the sale of
articles of wearing apparel, etc., but that
those who are desirous of obtaining pianos
are not the ones to rush into a store to pur-
chase a piano just because it happens to be
on a street where they pass daily. We
shall see. The Scanlan move s'rould be an
excellent test case.
* *
*
W. H. Poole, of the Poole Piano Co., is
away on a short business trip through New
York and Pennsylvania.
* *
The Norris & Hyde piano, containing
that company's transposing keyboard, is
attracting the attention of dealers all over
the country. Frequently in my travels
have I heard well-known dealers in differ-
ent parts of the country commenting favor-
ably upon the Norris & Hyde invention.
The extensive road acquaintance of Mr. C.
A. Hyde has enabled him to place his
pianos in an excellent way. The Norris
& Hyde pianos are now handled by repre-
sentative dealers in many cities of the
Union.
* *
*
Fred. J. Brand, manager of the Boston
Felting Co., with headquarters at 39 Lin-
coln street, Boston, may properly be termed
one of the hustlers of the trade. Young,
aggressive and progressive, he has built
up a satisfactory business in piano and or-
gan felts—a business which, by the way ?
he is constantly augmenting by an enlarge-
ment of trade with piano and organ manu-
facturers in all parts of the Union. Mr.
Brand is eminently fitted by natural ability
to constantly expand his business enter-
prise.
* *
*
Geo. M. Guild, whom I saw a moment
at the warerooms on Tremont street, said:
"We are getting rapidly into shape to cater
extensively to the wholesale trade. The
factory at Lynn is in capital working order,
and we are accumulating a stock of pianos.
Already we have a very fine retail business
at Lynn, where we are giving musicales
every week in the factory warerooms."
Compliment to the Sterlin..
A FOREIGN PIANO MANUFACTURER SENDS HIS
SON HERE TO L1ARN THE TRADE.
F
REDERICK HEINO ROESENER is
the name of an energetic young man
who has just entered the employ of the
Sterling Co., in Derby. He is the son of a
prominent piano manufacturer of Berlin,
Germany, and comes here to study the
manufacture ot what he considers the
most celebrated piano made in America.
He enters the Sterling factory as an ap-
prentice, and will be progressed through
the various branches until he has acquiied
the science of making a perfect and com-
plete instrument.
When his edvication is completed he will
return to Berlin, where he will introduce
the American ideas of piano making, which
are considered superior to all others. The
foreign manufacturers can make an instru-
ment cheaper than those made here, and
when it is completed it is a cheaper piano
in every respect.
It speaks well for the estimate put upon
the Sterling pianos abroad that its manu-
factory should be selected by a prominent
foreign competitor in which to teach one
of its attachees the science of American
piano making, where there are so many
manufactories making greater 1 iciLi.tions
to superiority.
The Autoharp on the Roof Gardens
LDIS J. GERY, the Autoharp vir-
tuoso, made his debut at the
Casino Roof Garden last Monday evening.
His success was immediate, and many com-
plimentary remarks anent the sonority and
sweetness of the tone of the Autoharp were
heard among the audience. Mr. Gery is
under the management of Wm. B. Wilson,
and is booked to appear at a number of
prominent affairs during the summer and
early fall.
A
OFFICE OF
-, OHIO, June 1st, 1896
MESSRS. PEEK AND SON;
II
Musical Instrument Patents.
THE PATENT COMMISSIONER S COMMENTS
HARDLY ADEOUATE.
P
ATENT COMMISSIONER
SEY-
MOUR in his last annual report to
Congress—a copy of which is before us—-
makes a number of observations on general
topics, some of which are interesting. As
far as they relate to musical instrument
patents, they are very indefinite. In our
opinion he fails to do the subject justice.
"In the class of music," says Mr. Sey-
mour, "a new instrument, the autoharp,
has been developed within the past few
years, having bars arranged transversely
across the strings, and provided with
dampers which, when depressed, silence
all the strings except those producing the
desired chords. An ingenious musical in-
strument of the class having keyboards like
the piano or organ has been recently in-
vented. All keyboard instruments in ordi-
nary use produce tones that are only ap-
proximately correct in pitch, because these
must be limited in number to twelve to
the octave, while the tones of the violin
are absolute or untempered.
The im-
proved instrument produces untempered
tones without requiring extraordinary
variations from the usual arrangement of
the keys. Self-playing musical instru-
ments have been known for more than forty
years, but it is within the past twenty that
devices have been invented for controlling
tones by pneumatic or electrical appliances
to produce expression. Examples of the
three kinds of musical instruments named
may be found in the following patents, re-
spectively: No. 257,808, May 9,-1882, to
Zimmerman; No. 443,305, Dec. 23, 1890,
to Tanaka; No. 222,030, Nov. 25, 1879, to
Gaily.
Story & Clark Bulletins.
TORY & CLARK issue weekly bulle-
tins which acquaint the reader with
the excellent qualities of the Story & Clark
piano. The bulletins are cleverly compiled,
and must unquestionably augment the in-
terest in the pianos of which they treat.
S
Be careful in selection, as they are to be used in the first
families of this State. We are in great need of these Instruments
and request that there be no delay in shipment. Draw on us ;
B/L attached.
Very respectfully,
& CO.
NEW YORK CITY, N.
Y.
GENTLEMEN:
Please ship us during this month by fast freight one
hundred " OPERA " upright PIANOS, as follows:
25 Blistered Walnuts, Style A, with drawers.
25 Antique Mahogany, Style A, mandolin.
25 Antique Oak, Style 2, mandolin.
15 Circassian Walnuts, Style 1, with drawers.
10 Ebonized, Style A, with mandolin.
THE ABOVE LETTER SPEAKS FOR ITSELF : COMMENT WOULD
BE SUPERFLOUS! LETTERS [LIKE THE ABOVE ARE A DAILY
OCCURRENCE! IF YOU CANNOT DUPLICATE IT, SEND FOR
PRICES, TERMS, E T C : CHEERFULLY FURNISHED
PEEK & SON,
BROADWAY & W 47th ST., NEW YORK
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
wareroomed.
It will be an interesting
question to note whether his business will
be largely augmented by the new move.
There are those who believe because a
thousand or two people pass a certain point
within an hour that it does not materially
help the retailer of pianos. They claim
that it may be a good thing for the sale of
articles of wearing apparel, etc., but that
those who are desirous of obtaining pianos
are not the ones to rush into a store to pur-
chase a piano just because it happens to be
on a street where they pass daily. We
shall see. The Scanlan move s'rould be an
excellent test case.
* *
*
W. H. Poole, of the Poole Piano Co., is
away on a short business trip through New
York and Pennsylvania.
* *
The Norris & Hyde piano, containing
that company's transposing keyboard, is
attracting the attention of dealers all over
the country. Frequently in my travels
have I heard well-known dealers in differ-
ent parts of the country commenting favor-
ably upon the Norris & Hyde invention.
The extensive road acquaintance of Mr. C.
A. Hyde has enabled him to place his
pianos in an excellent way. The Norris
& Hyde pianos are now handled by repre-
sentative dealers in many cities of the
Union.
* *
*
Fred. J. Brand, manager of the Boston
Felting Co., with headquarters at 39 Lin-
coln street, Boston, may properly be termed
one of the hustlers of the trade. Young,
aggressive and progressive, he has built
up a satisfactory business in piano and or-
gan felts—a business which, by the way ?
he is constantly augmenting by an enlarge-
ment of trade with piano and organ manu-
facturers in all parts of the Union. Mr.
Brand is eminently fitted by natural ability
to constantly expand his business enter-
prise.
* *
*
Geo. M. Guild, whom I saw a moment
at the warerooms on Tremont street, said:
"We are getting rapidly into shape to cater
extensively to the wholesale trade. The
factory at Lynn is in capital working order,
and we are accumulating a stock of pianos.
Already we have a very fine retail business
at Lynn, where we are giving musicales
every week in the factory warerooms."
Compliment to the Sterlin..
A FOREIGN PIANO MANUFACTURER SENDS HIS
SON HERE TO L1ARN THE TRADE.
F
REDERICK HEINO ROESENER is
the name of an energetic young man
who has just entered the employ of the
Sterling Co., in Derby. He is the son of a
prominent piano manufacturer of Berlin,
Germany, and comes here to study the
manufacture ot what he considers the
most celebrated piano made in America.
He enters the Sterling factory as an ap-
prentice, and will be progressed through
the various branches until he has acquiied
the science of making a perfect and com-
plete instrument.
When his edvication is completed he will
return to Berlin, where he will introduce
the American ideas of piano making, which
are considered superior to all others. The
foreign manufacturers can make an instru-
ment cheaper than those made here, and
when it is completed it is a cheaper piano
in every respect.
It speaks well for the estimate put upon
the Sterling pianos abroad that its manu-
factory should be selected by a prominent
foreign competitor in which to teach one
of its attachees the science of American
piano making, where there are so many
manufactories making greater 1 iciLi.tions
to superiority.
The Autoharp on the Roof Gardens
LDIS J. GERY, the Autoharp vir-
tuoso, made his debut at the
Casino Roof Garden last Monday evening.
His success was immediate, and many com-
plimentary remarks anent the sonority and
sweetness of the tone of the Autoharp were
heard among the audience. Mr. Gery is
under the management of Wm. B. Wilson,
and is booked to appear at a number of
prominent affairs during the summer and
early fall.
A
OFFICE OF
-, OHIO, June 1st, 1896
MESSRS. PEEK AND SON;
II
Musical Instrument Patents.
THE PATENT COMMISSIONER S COMMENTS
HARDLY ADEOUATE.
P
ATENT COMMISSIONER
SEY-
MOUR in his last annual report to
Congress—a copy of which is before us—-
makes a number of observations on general
topics, some of which are interesting. As
far as they relate to musical instrument
patents, they are very indefinite. In our
opinion he fails to do the subject justice.
"In the class of music," says Mr. Sey-
mour, "a new instrument, the autoharp,
has been developed within the past few
years, having bars arranged transversely
across the strings, and provided with
dampers which, when depressed, silence
all the strings except those producing the
desired chords. An ingenious musical in-
strument of the class having keyboards like
the piano or organ has been recently in-
vented. All keyboard instruments in ordi-
nary use produce tones that are only ap-
proximately correct in pitch, because these
must be limited in number to twelve to
the octave, while the tones of the violin
are absolute or untempered.
The im-
proved instrument produces untempered
tones without requiring extraordinary
variations from the usual arrangement of
the keys. Self-playing musical instru-
ments have been known for more than forty
years, but it is within the past twenty that
devices have been invented for controlling
tones by pneumatic or electrical appliances
to produce expression. Examples of the
three kinds of musical instruments named
may be found in the following patents, re-
spectively: No. 257,808, May 9,-1882, to
Zimmerman; No. 443,305, Dec. 23, 1890,
to Tanaka; No. 222,030, Nov. 25, 1879, to
Gaily.
Story & Clark Bulletins.
TORY & CLARK issue weekly bulle-
tins which acquaint the reader with
the excellent qualities of the Story & Clark
piano. The bulletins are cleverly compiled,
and must unquestionably augment the in-
terest in the pianos of which they treat.
S
Be careful in selection, as they are to be used in the first
families of this State. We are in great need of these Instruments
and request that there be no delay in shipment. Draw on us ;
B/L attached.
Very respectfully,
& CO.
NEW YORK CITY, N.
Y.
GENTLEMEN:
Please ship us during this month by fast freight one
hundred " OPERA " upright PIANOS, as follows:
25 Blistered Walnuts, Style A, with drawers.
25 Antique Mahogany, Style A, mandolin.
25 Antique Oak, Style 2, mandolin.
15 Circassian Walnuts, Style 1, with drawers.
10 Ebonized, Style A, with mandolin.
THE ABOVE LETTER SPEAKS FOR ITSELF : COMMENT WOULD
BE SUPERFLOUS! LETTERS [LIKE THE ABOVE ARE A DAILY
OCCURRENCE! IF YOU CANNOT DUPLICATE IT, SEND FOR
PRICES, TERMS, E T C : CHEERFULLY FURNISHED
PEEK & SON,
BROADWAY & W 47th ST., NEW YORK
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