Music Trade Review
Issue: 1896 Vol. 23 N. 1 - Page 17
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
With the Travelers.
story himself. We were speaking of large
mosquitoes, and he said that he once found
himself in a prohibition town, where the
mosquitoes were larger than any he had
ever seen.
'' 'The party he was with had a bottle, but
no corkscrew, and they would have per-
ished with thirst if they had not taken one
of these mosquitoes, extracted his bill and
used it to get the cork out. That mosqui-
to was a martyr, sah, and ever since thai;
time, sah, I have respected him and all his
relations.
" 'Will you join me, sah?'
"It is needless to say I joined."
Haines Bros, on Top.
F
A. GUTTENBERGER of Macon,
Ga., who handles the Haines Bros,
#
piano, has just closed a deal which speaks
eloquently of his abilities as a salesman,
**|'VE been down in Jersey," said Tom-
and is also a tribute to the excellent quali-
|
my Atkins as he brushed a soft hand- ties of the Haines Bros, instruments.
kerchief across his mustache, thereby re-
Notwithstanding considerable opposition
moving all outwaid traces of the froth cov-
from competitors Mr. Guttenberger re-
ered beer, a mug of which he had just
ceived last w r eek an order for eight Haines
drained.
Bros, pianos from the Wesleyan Female
"Did you find the country conducive to College (the oldest chartered female college
mosquitoes, Tommy?" said the REVIEW man in the world), which are to be delivered
as he laid his "empty" alongside the mug forthwith.
which Tommy had just deposited.
"Conducive—Lord they have conduced.
Costly Fiddles.
I never yet found a square inch of Jersey
territory that w r as not inhabited
"
IT IS SAID $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 WAS OFFERED FOR THE
"Oh, yes, Tommy, there is Asbury Park:
LAST ONE PAGANINI USED.
you know Karl Fink says there is no spot
HE beauty and sweetness of Sarasate's
like it."
tone are often commented on by
"That may be, Fink is a mighty good
people who never think of the tone being
judge.
"You should have seen the Kentucky Colo- in any way due to the fitness of his instru-
nel, heard his stories, and have noted his ment. As a matter of fact, Sarasate has
amazing capacity for whiskey. And that two Strads. One is the renowned "Bois-
reminds me; one night we sat on the veran- sier" Strad., which he managed to secure
da of the hotel; I was cussing the mosquitoes in Paris for ,£1,000, an hour or two before
generously. When the Colonel came out Hill of London sent an offer for it. The
he had been indulging freely and without other is one that has been used by Paganini,
reserve in the product for which his native which came to him through his son Achille.
State is famous. He started out after I had Of course the latter instrument has an addi-
paused in my unfriendly remarks about the tional value from the circumstance of its
little insects, when he literally jumped on former ownership.
me with the statement:
Paganini had several valuable violins,
" 'I shall not permit you to abuse the mo- and the instrument which he used in his
squito in my presence. I used to dislike later years—a Guarnerius, dated 1743—
them but now I am one of the staunchest would probably command something like
,£5,000, if it could be put in the market
friends that a mosquito has.'
" 'Still they annoy me,' I gasped, over- now. Indeed the sum of ,£2,400 has already
been offered for it and refused, and a re-
come by the suddenness of his attack.
'' 'Of cohse. But they must live. Why port was lately circulated that ^10,000 had
complain because the mosquito stays up all been tried. But the instrument cannot be
night and has his collations, his songs and sold. Paganini himself bequeathed it to
the city of Genoa, and the municipal
his aftuh dinner speeches?'
" 'You seem to feel very kindly toward the authorities there are keenly alive to the
value of the treasure. They have it be-
brute,' I ventured.
" 'I have reason to. Let me tell you, sah, stowed in a glass case in the recess of a
that a mosquito once saved the life of a wall, which is again encased in heavy
friend of mine. My friend told me the French plate glass, the^whole being^'closed
T
THE
CELEBRATED
STEGER
by a massive door.
Every two months
the seals are broken and the violin is played
upon for about half an hour in the pres-
ence of city officials, and then it is replaced
and put under municipal seal. This, of
course, is done to keep the instrument in
good condition.
Paganini came by the violin in a curi-
ous way. A French merchant lent him
the instrument to play upon at a concert at
Leghorn. After the concert Paganini
brought it back to the owner, when the
latter exclaimed, to the delighted astonish-
ment of the player: "Nevermore will I
profane the strings which your fingers
have touched; that instrument is yours."
The Genoa people have been in luck in the
matter of violins. Sivori, who died last
year, was a pupil of Paganini, and Paga-
nini presented him, when a youth, with a
very fine Guarnerius instrument. It was,
therefore, but natural that Sivori should
wish his violin to rest beside Paganini's,
and so today, for a small fee, you can see
both instruments in the municipal niche at
Genoa.
F.
C. STEIRLIN, of the Thiebes-Steirhn
Music Co., St. Louis, is the owner of some
Lincoln letters which are estimated to be
worth over a thousand dollars.
THE ^ o l i a n Co. and the Wilcox &
White Co.'s works at Meriden, Conn., are
running on full time summer schedule.
A SMALL fire occurred at the piano plate
foundry of Wickham, Chapman & Co.,
Springfield, O., last week, and did damage
to the extent of $150 or thereabouts.
LUTHER WHITING MASON, relative of the
late Dr. Lowell Mason, and a noted teacher
of music, died last week at Buckfield, Me.
Mr. Mason first introduced his famous sys-
tem in the schools of Louisville.
C. WILLIAMS, for a long time engaged in
the piano and organ business in Greenville,
Tex., died recently at his residence in that
city at the age of thirty-five. He was a na-
tive of Tennessee, and a widow and two
children survive him.
THE following clever squib is from the
Burlington, la., "Gazette" of Monday of
last week. It seems that the Shaw agents
are as clever in advertising as even Harry
Raymore himself:
"While the great
crowds were around the 'Gazette' office
during the reception of the minute bulletins
from the Chicago convention there came
frequent reports of music. Mr. Minton, of
the firm of Lange & Minton, had an artist
on the ground, and every time the word
music w r as written this man interpolated
the words 'Shaw Piano,'until at the end
it was almost impossible to tell which was
in the greatest favor—the Democratic con-
vention or the Shaw Piano factory."
PIANOS
PATENTED 1892.
are noted for their fine singing quali'.y 01
tone and great durability.
i'lie mu a <
profitable Piano for dealers to handle.
STEGER & CO., Manufacturers,
Factory, Columbia Heights.
285 WABASH AVENUE. CHICAGO
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
With the Travelers.
story himself. We were speaking of large
mosquitoes, and he said that he once found
himself in a prohibition town, where the
mosquitoes were larger than any he had
ever seen.
'' 'The party he was with had a bottle, but
no corkscrew, and they would have per-
ished with thirst if they had not taken one
of these mosquitoes, extracted his bill and
used it to get the cork out. That mosqui-
to was a martyr, sah, and ever since thai;
time, sah, I have respected him and all his
relations.
" 'Will you join me, sah?'
"It is needless to say I joined."
Haines Bros, on Top.
F
A. GUTTENBERGER of Macon,
Ga., who handles the Haines Bros,
#
piano, has just closed a deal which speaks
eloquently of his abilities as a salesman,
**|'VE been down in Jersey," said Tom-
and is also a tribute to the excellent quali-
|
my Atkins as he brushed a soft hand- ties of the Haines Bros, instruments.
kerchief across his mustache, thereby re-
Notwithstanding considerable opposition
moving all outwaid traces of the froth cov-
from competitors Mr. Guttenberger re-
ered beer, a mug of which he had just
ceived last w r eek an order for eight Haines
drained.
Bros, pianos from the Wesleyan Female
"Did you find the country conducive to College (the oldest chartered female college
mosquitoes, Tommy?" said the REVIEW man in the world), which are to be delivered
as he laid his "empty" alongside the mug forthwith.
which Tommy had just deposited.
"Conducive—Lord they have conduced.
Costly Fiddles.
I never yet found a square inch of Jersey
territory that w r as not inhabited
"
IT IS SAID $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 WAS OFFERED FOR THE
"Oh, yes, Tommy, there is Asbury Park:
LAST ONE PAGANINI USED.
you know Karl Fink says there is no spot
HE beauty and sweetness of Sarasate's
like it."
tone are often commented on by
"That may be, Fink is a mighty good
people who never think of the tone being
judge.
"You should have seen the Kentucky Colo- in any way due to the fitness of his instru-
nel, heard his stories, and have noted his ment. As a matter of fact, Sarasate has
amazing capacity for whiskey. And that two Strads. One is the renowned "Bois-
reminds me; one night we sat on the veran- sier" Strad., which he managed to secure
da of the hotel; I was cussing the mosquitoes in Paris for ,£1,000, an hour or two before
generously. When the Colonel came out Hill of London sent an offer for it. The
he had been indulging freely and without other is one that has been used by Paganini,
reserve in the product for which his native which came to him through his son Achille.
State is famous. He started out after I had Of course the latter instrument has an addi-
paused in my unfriendly remarks about the tional value from the circumstance of its
little insects, when he literally jumped on former ownership.
me with the statement:
Paganini had several valuable violins,
" 'I shall not permit you to abuse the mo- and the instrument which he used in his
squito in my presence. I used to dislike later years—a Guarnerius, dated 1743—
them but now I am one of the staunchest would probably command something like
,£5,000, if it could be put in the market
friends that a mosquito has.'
" 'Still they annoy me,' I gasped, over- now. Indeed the sum of ,£2,400 has already
been offered for it and refused, and a re-
come by the suddenness of his attack.
'' 'Of cohse. But they must live. Why port was lately circulated that ^10,000 had
complain because the mosquito stays up all been tried. But the instrument cannot be
night and has his collations, his songs and sold. Paganini himself bequeathed it to
the city of Genoa, and the municipal
his aftuh dinner speeches?'
" 'You seem to feel very kindly toward the authorities there are keenly alive to the
value of the treasure. They have it be-
brute,' I ventured.
" 'I have reason to. Let me tell you, sah, stowed in a glass case in the recess of a
that a mosquito once saved the life of a wall, which is again encased in heavy
friend of mine. My friend told me the French plate glass, the^whole being^'closed
T
THE
CELEBRATED
STEGER
by a massive door.
Every two months
the seals are broken and the violin is played
upon for about half an hour in the pres-
ence of city officials, and then it is replaced
and put under municipal seal. This, of
course, is done to keep the instrument in
good condition.
Paganini came by the violin in a curi-
ous way. A French merchant lent him
the instrument to play upon at a concert at
Leghorn. After the concert Paganini
brought it back to the owner, when the
latter exclaimed, to the delighted astonish-
ment of the player: "Nevermore will I
profane the strings which your fingers
have touched; that instrument is yours."
The Genoa people have been in luck in the
matter of violins. Sivori, who died last
year, was a pupil of Paganini, and Paga-
nini presented him, when a youth, with a
very fine Guarnerius instrument. It was,
therefore, but natural that Sivori should
wish his violin to rest beside Paganini's,
and so today, for a small fee, you can see
both instruments in the municipal niche at
Genoa.
F.
C. STEIRLIN, of the Thiebes-Steirhn
Music Co., St. Louis, is the owner of some
Lincoln letters which are estimated to be
worth over a thousand dollars.
THE ^ o l i a n Co. and the Wilcox &
White Co.'s works at Meriden, Conn., are
running on full time summer schedule.
A SMALL fire occurred at the piano plate
foundry of Wickham, Chapman & Co.,
Springfield, O., last week, and did damage
to the extent of $150 or thereabouts.
LUTHER WHITING MASON, relative of the
late Dr. Lowell Mason, and a noted teacher
of music, died last week at Buckfield, Me.
Mr. Mason first introduced his famous sys-
tem in the schools of Louisville.
C. WILLIAMS, for a long time engaged in
the piano and organ business in Greenville,
Tex., died recently at his residence in that
city at the age of thirty-five. He was a na-
tive of Tennessee, and a widow and two
children survive him.
THE following clever squib is from the
Burlington, la., "Gazette" of Monday of
last week. It seems that the Shaw agents
are as clever in advertising as even Harry
Raymore himself:
"While the great
crowds were around the 'Gazette' office
during the reception of the minute bulletins
from the Chicago convention there came
frequent reports of music. Mr. Minton, of
the firm of Lange & Minton, had an artist
on the ground, and every time the word
music w r as written this man interpolated
the words 'Shaw Piano,'until at the end
it was almost impossible to tell which was
in the greatest favor—the Democratic con-
vention or the Shaw Piano factory."
PIANOS
PATENTED 1892.
are noted for their fine singing quali'.y 01
tone and great durability.
i'lie mu a <
profitable Piano for dealers to handle.
STEGER & CO., Manufacturers,
Factory, Columbia Heights.
285 WABASH AVENUE. CHICAGO
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