Music Trade Review
Issue: 1896 Vol. 23 N. 20 - Page 16
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Zoellner, played the funeral march from
Beethoven's " Eroica Symphony," and then
Carl Schurz stepped forward to make the
funeral oration.
Mr. Schurz told of Mr. Steinway's early
life and of his success as a citizen, and then
began to speak of him as a man and as a
friend. The task was apparently too great.
He paused, and his eyes showed traces of
tears. He in vain attempted to proceed.
The recollections of the past quite overcame
him. The tears which had come unbidden
overflowed. Moments passed, but he spoke
no word. The great audience appreciated
the pathos of it all. In a moment the main
floor and gallery \vere white with handker-
chiefs and sobs were heard.
Mr. Schurz with a profound effort finally
recovered himself and proceeded, with a
choked voice, and then was obliged to re-
tire without having completed his oration.
When Miss Blauvelt sang the solo of Zoell-
ner's " Requiem, " which also entitled the
chorus of the Liederkranz Society, many in
the audience were still weeping.
Then Julius Hoffman, first vice president
of the Liederkranz Society, paid his fare-
well to his president and his friend. He,
too, wept as he stepped forward and looked
at the face of the dead.
Then Mme. Emma Eames- Story sang
Gounod's " Ave Maria," Richard Arnold
playing the violin obligato, and M.Edouard
de Reszke paid his tribute of regret with a
selection from Berlioz. Mile. Olitzka, also
of the Metropolitan Opera House Company
sang, " Into Thy Hands I Commend My
Spirit," and then the Rev. Dr. Charles H.
Eaton offered a prayer in which he drew a
lesson from the life of Mr. Steinway. The
benediction pronounced, the band played
Chopin's " Funeral March" and the solemn
procession about the casket began.
This required a full hour. When at last
the great hall was emptied the casket was
carried into Fifty-eighth street, the band
playing Beethoven's " Funeral March." Fol-
lowing the casket were these pallbearers:
Mayor Strong, Oswald Ottendorfer, S. S.
Sanford, of Yale University; Dr.W. Mason,
Consul General A. Fiegel, of Germany;
George W. Cotterill, Dr. Barnim Scharlau,
Julius Hoffman, Carl Schurz, George Ehret,
Philip Bissinger, Alexander E. Orr and
Theodore Rogers.
When the funeral procession proceeded to
the cemetery it passed down Lexington
avenue to Twenty-third street, and thence
to the Brooklyn ferry. It was followed by
the employees of Steinway & Sons.
The remains were placed at rest in the
Steinway mausoleum at Laurel Hill in
Greenwood.
Organize on the Cooperative
Plan.
UNBAR & CO. is the title of a con-
cern just organized on the co-opera-
tive plan by D. F. Dunbar. The factory is
located at 482 College avenue, near 146th
street, and we understand there are six
individuals interested in the firm. .
D
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
OUR EUROPEAN BUDGET.
{Continued
from page 17.)
line of organs displayed are of especial
merit; the models are unusually ornate and
pleasing. Their pedal practice organ seems
to maintain the support and esteem of or-
ganists and students.
WORTHY OF THE HIGHEST COMMENDATION.
I had the pleasure of examining last week
a number of new style organs manufactured
by the W. W. Kimball Co., of Chicago, at
ihe showrooms of Robt. M. Marples, 57
Holborn Viaduct, the agents for this coun-
try. They are certainly beautiful instru-
ments, and in the quality of tone and
general design and finish are worthy of the
highest commendation. Their style 300
reed organ is winning no small share of
popularity.
THE ZOBO "TAKES THE CAKE."
Among the special lines handled by
Joseph Wallis & Son, Euston Road, per-
haps the most successful is that effective
and inexpensive American instrument
entitled the "zobo." They are placing it
with great success among bicycle clubs and
schools, and its sale is steadily increasing,
not only with the foregoing, but with
the public at large. It seems to have
caught the popular fancy and dealers in
the Provinces are selling them like the pro-
verbial "hot cakes." [The zobo is manu-
factured by W. H. Frost, of this city.
and good will of Kirkman & Son as well as
the scales and patterns, and will continue
the manufacture of the Kirkman piano.
The name has fallen into good hands, for
this house—which dates back^to 1767,
when it was founded by Clementi & Collard
— will help to stimulate and revive it.
During the past thirteen years the Kirkman
business has been under the management
of Mr. Henry Reece, who has not found it
a congenial one. There has been much
comment on his "giving up the ship,"
and the wisdom of the course has been
questioned. Collard & Collard have ac-
quired a splendid property, and the sym-
pathy of the trade here will be extended in
their efforts to keep the distinguished
name of Kirkman before the trade. I may
mention that the Kirkman house was
founded by Tabel, the harpsichord maker,
about 1710; the first Kirkman married the
widow of Tabel in 1739. The next house
in the way of antiquity is Broadwood's,
then comes Collard & Collard, and perhaps
the next oldest would be the celebrated
house of Erard, of Paris, established some
time around 1772 I believe.
THE MUSIC TRADE EXHIBITION.
I learn from Messrs. Benjamin, the di-
rectors of the Music Trade Exhibition, that
the exhibition for '97 will be held at the
Agricultural Hall, from July 9th to 20th.
Many plans are under way which will tend
to make it the most successful of any here-
EDITOR. ]
tofore
held. According to Messrs. Benja-
DAN GODFREY'S SUCCESSOR.
min's
present
plans, there will be no music
The successor to the popular Dan God-
trade
exhibition
held in 1898. It is ex-
frey as bandmaster of the Grenadier
pected
that
several
firms who have hereto-
Guards, is Mr. P. Sommer, a musician of
fore
held
aloof
from
participating in the
culture and ability, formerly of the Royal
exhibition,
will
be
en
evidence
at the forth-
Engineers. Godfrey has about organized
coming
exhibition.
an independent band of which he is the
THE PACKARD ORGANS.
leader. His reputation is so splendidly es-
The Packard organs are exceedingly
tablished, that his band will at once take a
leading place among our musical organiza- well spoken of both from the standpoints
of tone, manufacture and salabilit)', by E.
tions.
INCREASE IN FREIGHTAGE RATES.
Hirsch & Co., the wholesale agents in this
Within the past few weeks there has been country. The models to be seen in the
adecided increasein thefreightage on pianos warerooms, 59-61 Hatton Garden, are un-
from this port to foreign countries, particu- usually artistic and indeed it is not over
larly to Australia and India. At present, difficult to comprehend why these instru-
freight rates from here are much higher ments are so popular. E. Hirsch & Co.
than on the Continent, and, considering also represent the pianos made by Schied-
the fact that labor is cheaper there, it mayer & Sons, of Stuttgart. They are ad-
shows the unusually severe competition our mirable instruments in design and tone
manufacturers have to meet.
and seem to be highly appreciated by the
MR. ESHELBY ELATED.
public.
Business at the local house of Steinway
SPLENDID BUSINESS IN AUTOHARPS.
& Sons has apparently never been better.
A
splendid business in American small
The shipments to the Provinces, to Scot-
musical
instruments is being done by
land and to Ireland are exceptionally heavy.
Thomas
Dawkins
& Co., 17 Charterhouse
There is a great demand for their new
street.
They
handle
the famous banjos
boudoir grand which has been manufac-
and
other
instruments
made by Lyon &
tured especially for this market. An ex-
Healy,
of
Chicago,
and
autoharps
made by
cellent business is also being done in
the
C.
F.
Zimmermann
Co.,
of
Dolg-eville,
Steinway "special styles." Mr. Eshelby
is elated at the gratifying condition of N. Y. They speak in the highest terms of
these instruments and state they are grow-
business.
ing in popularity throughout the Provinces
KIRKMAN AND COLLARD & COLLARD.
The sensation of the past month has and Ireland. Piggott & Co., Graf ton
been the disappearance of Kirkman & Son, street, Dublin, are among the representa-
the oldest house in this country, and with tive dealers who are doing a big busi-
the exception of J. B. Striecher & Son, of ness in autoharps. Thos. Dawkins & Co.
V'enna, I understand the oldest in the are extensive importers of band and
world. As you are no doubt aware, Collard stringed instruments anei pianos from
& Collard have purchased the trade name many, -Italy- and France. • - -1 <-v'.?r
i6
Zoellner, played the funeral march from
Beethoven's " Eroica Symphony," and then
Carl Schurz stepped forward to make the
funeral oration.
Mr. Schurz told of Mr. Steinway's early
life and of his success as a citizen, and then
began to speak of him as a man and as a
friend. The task was apparently too great.
He paused, and his eyes showed traces of
tears. He in vain attempted to proceed.
The recollections of the past quite overcame
him. The tears which had come unbidden
overflowed. Moments passed, but he spoke
no word. The great audience appreciated
the pathos of it all. In a moment the main
floor and gallery \vere white with handker-
chiefs and sobs were heard.
Mr. Schurz with a profound effort finally
recovered himself and proceeded, with a
choked voice, and then was obliged to re-
tire without having completed his oration.
When Miss Blauvelt sang the solo of Zoell-
ner's " Requiem, " which also entitled the
chorus of the Liederkranz Society, many in
the audience were still weeping.
Then Julius Hoffman, first vice president
of the Liederkranz Society, paid his fare-
well to his president and his friend. He,
too, wept as he stepped forward and looked
at the face of the dead.
Then Mme. Emma Eames- Story sang
Gounod's " Ave Maria," Richard Arnold
playing the violin obligato, and M.Edouard
de Reszke paid his tribute of regret with a
selection from Berlioz. Mile. Olitzka, also
of the Metropolitan Opera House Company
sang, " Into Thy Hands I Commend My
Spirit," and then the Rev. Dr. Charles H.
Eaton offered a prayer in which he drew a
lesson from the life of Mr. Steinway. The
benediction pronounced, the band played
Chopin's " Funeral March" and the solemn
procession about the casket began.
This required a full hour. When at last
the great hall was emptied the casket was
carried into Fifty-eighth street, the band
playing Beethoven's " Funeral March." Fol-
lowing the casket were these pallbearers:
Mayor Strong, Oswald Ottendorfer, S. S.
Sanford, of Yale University; Dr.W. Mason,
Consul General A. Fiegel, of Germany;
George W. Cotterill, Dr. Barnim Scharlau,
Julius Hoffman, Carl Schurz, George Ehret,
Philip Bissinger, Alexander E. Orr and
Theodore Rogers.
When the funeral procession proceeded to
the cemetery it passed down Lexington
avenue to Twenty-third street, and thence
to the Brooklyn ferry. It was followed by
the employees of Steinway & Sons.
The remains were placed at rest in the
Steinway mausoleum at Laurel Hill in
Greenwood.
Organize on the Cooperative
Plan.
UNBAR & CO. is the title of a con-
cern just organized on the co-opera-
tive plan by D. F. Dunbar. The factory is
located at 482 College avenue, near 146th
street, and we understand there are six
individuals interested in the firm. .
D
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
OUR EUROPEAN BUDGET.
{Continued
from page 17.)
line of organs displayed are of especial
merit; the models are unusually ornate and
pleasing. Their pedal practice organ seems
to maintain the support and esteem of or-
ganists and students.
WORTHY OF THE HIGHEST COMMENDATION.
I had the pleasure of examining last week
a number of new style organs manufactured
by the W. W. Kimball Co., of Chicago, at
ihe showrooms of Robt. M. Marples, 57
Holborn Viaduct, the agents for this coun-
try. They are certainly beautiful instru-
ments, and in the quality of tone and
general design and finish are worthy of the
highest commendation. Their style 300
reed organ is winning no small share of
popularity.
THE ZOBO "TAKES THE CAKE."
Among the special lines handled by
Joseph Wallis & Son, Euston Road, per-
haps the most successful is that effective
and inexpensive American instrument
entitled the "zobo." They are placing it
with great success among bicycle clubs and
schools, and its sale is steadily increasing,
not only with the foregoing, but with
the public at large. It seems to have
caught the popular fancy and dealers in
the Provinces are selling them like the pro-
verbial "hot cakes." [The zobo is manu-
factured by W. H. Frost, of this city.
and good will of Kirkman & Son as well as
the scales and patterns, and will continue
the manufacture of the Kirkman piano.
The name has fallen into good hands, for
this house—which dates back^to 1767,
when it was founded by Clementi & Collard
— will help to stimulate and revive it.
During the past thirteen years the Kirkman
business has been under the management
of Mr. Henry Reece, who has not found it
a congenial one. There has been much
comment on his "giving up the ship,"
and the wisdom of the course has been
questioned. Collard & Collard have ac-
quired a splendid property, and the sym-
pathy of the trade here will be extended in
their efforts to keep the distinguished
name of Kirkman before the trade. I may
mention that the Kirkman house was
founded by Tabel, the harpsichord maker,
about 1710; the first Kirkman married the
widow of Tabel in 1739. The next house
in the way of antiquity is Broadwood's,
then comes Collard & Collard, and perhaps
the next oldest would be the celebrated
house of Erard, of Paris, established some
time around 1772 I believe.
THE MUSIC TRADE EXHIBITION.
I learn from Messrs. Benjamin, the di-
rectors of the Music Trade Exhibition, that
the exhibition for '97 will be held at the
Agricultural Hall, from July 9th to 20th.
Many plans are under way which will tend
to make it the most successful of any here-
EDITOR. ]
tofore
held. According to Messrs. Benja-
DAN GODFREY'S SUCCESSOR.
min's
present
plans, there will be no music
The successor to the popular Dan God-
trade
exhibition
held in 1898. It is ex-
frey as bandmaster of the Grenadier
pected
that
several
firms who have hereto-
Guards, is Mr. P. Sommer, a musician of
fore
held
aloof
from
participating in the
culture and ability, formerly of the Royal
exhibition,
will
be
en
evidence
at the forth-
Engineers. Godfrey has about organized
coming
exhibition.
an independent band of which he is the
THE PACKARD ORGANS.
leader. His reputation is so splendidly es-
The Packard organs are exceedingly
tablished, that his band will at once take a
leading place among our musical organiza- well spoken of both from the standpoints
of tone, manufacture and salabilit)', by E.
tions.
INCREASE IN FREIGHTAGE RATES.
Hirsch & Co., the wholesale agents in this
Within the past few weeks there has been country. The models to be seen in the
adecided increasein thefreightage on pianos warerooms, 59-61 Hatton Garden, are un-
from this port to foreign countries, particu- usually artistic and indeed it is not over
larly to Australia and India. At present, difficult to comprehend why these instru-
freight rates from here are much higher ments are so popular. E. Hirsch & Co.
than on the Continent, and, considering also represent the pianos made by Schied-
the fact that labor is cheaper there, it mayer & Sons, of Stuttgart. They are ad-
shows the unusually severe competition our mirable instruments in design and tone
manufacturers have to meet.
and seem to be highly appreciated by the
MR. ESHELBY ELATED.
public.
Business at the local house of Steinway
SPLENDID BUSINESS IN AUTOHARPS.
& Sons has apparently never been better.
A
splendid business in American small
The shipments to the Provinces, to Scot-
musical
instruments is being done by
land and to Ireland are exceptionally heavy.
Thomas
Dawkins
& Co., 17 Charterhouse
There is a great demand for their new
street.
They
handle
the famous banjos
boudoir grand which has been manufac-
and
other
instruments
made by Lyon &
tured especially for this market. An ex-
Healy,
of
Chicago,
and
autoharps
made by
cellent business is also being done in
the
C.
F.
Zimmermann
Co.,
of
Dolg-eville,
Steinway "special styles." Mr. Eshelby
is elated at the gratifying condition of N. Y. They speak in the highest terms of
these instruments and state they are grow-
business.
ing in popularity throughout the Provinces
KIRKMAN AND COLLARD & COLLARD.
The sensation of the past month has and Ireland. Piggott & Co., Graf ton
been the disappearance of Kirkman & Son, street, Dublin, are among the representa-
the oldest house in this country, and with tive dealers who are doing a big busi-
the exception of J. B. Striecher & Son, of ness in autoharps. Thos. Dawkins & Co.
V'enna, I understand the oldest in the are extensive importers of band and
world. As you are no doubt aware, Collard stringed instruments anei pianos from
& Collard have purchased the trade name many, -Italy- and France. • - -1 <-v'.?r
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