Music Trade Review
Issue: 1897 Vol. 24 N. 15 - Page 10
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The Everett line of goods will be handled
Among the members of the trade in town
by the newly incorporated F. H. Putnam this week were Howard White, superin-
& Co., of Cleveland.
tendent of Wilcox & White, M. Andrews,
Henry L. Mason, of the Mason & Ham- Bangor, Me., Mr. Dunckley, Newark, N. J.
lin Co., passed through New York last
Albert Krell and Herman Krell, of the
Saturday on his way to Boston.
Krell Piano Co., Cincinnati, O., are in
The large lithograph of the handsome town.
and spacious Everett factories in Boston is
J. R. Brown, proprietor of the Golden
attracting much attention this week in the Rod piano factory, died at his home in
window of the Everett warerooms, 141 Portsmouth, O., last Monday, April 5th.
Fifth avenue.
The Mason & Hamlin grand is being
George A. Kranz, who has been assisting played in all the principal cities in Texas
Mr. Mayer in the Knabe warerooms, this by Nealy Stevens, the talented pianist.
city, for the past month, left for Baltimore
"Charlie" Sisson, road representative
last Thursday. During his short stay in for Decker & Son, arrived in town Thurs-
the Metropolis Mr. Kranz made many day from a very successful trip in the in-
friends.
terest of his house. He rQports that busi-
A. M. Wright, manager of the John ness is decidedly on the mend in the
Church Co.'s local warerooms, returned various localities visited. Mr. Sisson left
from a visit to Boston on Wednesday last. on Monday last on a two months' trip
He reports a busy condition of things at West.
the Everett and Harvard factories.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Oscar Lenzner, aged 70, manufacturer Gertrude M. Dolge, daughter of Henry
of stringed musical instruments at Cass Dolge and niece of Alfred Dolge, to Al-
City, Mich., died suddenly of apoplexy phonse G. Vogel, of Mexico City, Mex.
April 2d while at work in his shop. He
The suit of J. C. Meineger, of Nashville,
was the inventor of the banjo-guitarrino.
against the Louisville branch of D. H.
W. C. Wodsworth will shortly open a Baldwin & Co. for libel, which has been
before the courts for a length of time and
music store tn Danbury, Conn.
decided twice in Meineger's favor for
$10,000 damages, was heard before the
Supreme Court of Tennessee last week as
the result of a new trial ordered. The
verdict was in favor of the D. H. Baldwin
Co. This disposes of a long and hotly
contested suit.
The Wissner branch store in Chicago
will be closed May 1st, and the agency for
the Wissner piano will be placed with one
of the local houses.
F. H. Owen, of the McPhail Piano Co.,
Boston, returned this week from his
trip to the Pacific Coast. He made some
important connections en route, and is
well pleased with the result of his journey-
ings.
The Estey Organ Co., Brattleboro, Vt.,
have issued an elaborately compiled cata-
logue of their organs, embracing all styles
from parlor to church.
George Bothner, whose death is recorded
elsewhere, is survived by a widow, four
sons and five daughters.
The announcement made that the new
firm of Wigand & Wedgefuth, this city,
have become Vose agents is premature.
While it is probable that the Vose agency
will be placed with them, yet the report
lacks, at the present time, official comfirma-
tion.
How the McPhail Pianos are Hade,
ly, and in the selection and matching of ve-
neers, general beauty of design, varnishing
and finishing, conscientious efforts are put
forth to build them so that they can with-
stand criticism. Nothing is left undone
to produce the most satisfactory results.
In the "filling," polishing, and the other
essentials before the final varnishing pro-
cess, the work is done under the superin-
tendence of competent men. An examina-
tion of the general finish of the McPhail
pianos affords proof of the thorough care
taken in the manufacture of these pianos
and this applies to both interior and ex-
terior.
CHAPTER IV.—"FILLING."
In our analysis of the manufacture of the improvements in this connection, which
McPhail pianos we have shown pretty con- were referred to recently, ample proof
clusively that in these instruments are em- has been afforded that the McPhail pianos
bodied a "scale" of unusual worth, notable are so constructed as to stand successfully
for its perfectness and evenness; a "sound- the immense strain on the skeleton and
ing-board" which is made of the best seas- plate of the piano. Their "staying power"
oned wood, carefully placed in the instru- is great.
ment, thus insuring a special quality and
In the McPhail pianos the same pains are
volume of tone in the instrument.
taken to make the piano architecturally as
In the matter of "stringing," and other satisfying and as perfect as it is acoustical-
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The Everett line of goods will be handled
Among the members of the trade in town
by the newly incorporated F. H. Putnam this week were Howard White, superin-
& Co., of Cleveland.
tendent of Wilcox & White, M. Andrews,
Henry L. Mason, of the Mason & Ham- Bangor, Me., Mr. Dunckley, Newark, N. J.
lin Co., passed through New York last
Albert Krell and Herman Krell, of the
Saturday on his way to Boston.
Krell Piano Co., Cincinnati, O., are in
The large lithograph of the handsome town.
and spacious Everett factories in Boston is
J. R. Brown, proprietor of the Golden
attracting much attention this week in the Rod piano factory, died at his home in
window of the Everett warerooms, 141 Portsmouth, O., last Monday, April 5th.
Fifth avenue.
The Mason & Hamlin grand is being
George A. Kranz, who has been assisting played in all the principal cities in Texas
Mr. Mayer in the Knabe warerooms, this by Nealy Stevens, the talented pianist.
city, for the past month, left for Baltimore
"Charlie" Sisson, road representative
last Thursday. During his short stay in for Decker & Son, arrived in town Thurs-
the Metropolis Mr. Kranz made many day from a very successful trip in the in-
friends.
terest of his house. He rQports that busi-
A. M. Wright, manager of the John ness is decidedly on the mend in the
Church Co.'s local warerooms, returned various localities visited. Mr. Sisson left
from a visit to Boston on Wednesday last. on Monday last on a two months' trip
He reports a busy condition of things at West.
the Everett and Harvard factories.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Oscar Lenzner, aged 70, manufacturer Gertrude M. Dolge, daughter of Henry
of stringed musical instruments at Cass Dolge and niece of Alfred Dolge, to Al-
City, Mich., died suddenly of apoplexy phonse G. Vogel, of Mexico City, Mex.
April 2d while at work in his shop. He
The suit of J. C. Meineger, of Nashville,
was the inventor of the banjo-guitarrino.
against the Louisville branch of D. H.
W. C. Wodsworth will shortly open a Baldwin & Co. for libel, which has been
before the courts for a length of time and
music store tn Danbury, Conn.
decided twice in Meineger's favor for
$10,000 damages, was heard before the
Supreme Court of Tennessee last week as
the result of a new trial ordered. The
verdict was in favor of the D. H. Baldwin
Co. This disposes of a long and hotly
contested suit.
The Wissner branch store in Chicago
will be closed May 1st, and the agency for
the Wissner piano will be placed with one
of the local houses.
F. H. Owen, of the McPhail Piano Co.,
Boston, returned this week from his
trip to the Pacific Coast. He made some
important connections en route, and is
well pleased with the result of his journey-
ings.
The Estey Organ Co., Brattleboro, Vt.,
have issued an elaborately compiled cata-
logue of their organs, embracing all styles
from parlor to church.
George Bothner, whose death is recorded
elsewhere, is survived by a widow, four
sons and five daughters.
The announcement made that the new
firm of Wigand & Wedgefuth, this city,
have become Vose agents is premature.
While it is probable that the Vose agency
will be placed with them, yet the report
lacks, at the present time, official comfirma-
tion.
How the McPhail Pianos are Hade,
ly, and in the selection and matching of ve-
neers, general beauty of design, varnishing
and finishing, conscientious efforts are put
forth to build them so that they can with-
stand criticism. Nothing is left undone
to produce the most satisfactory results.
In the "filling," polishing, and the other
essentials before the final varnishing pro-
cess, the work is done under the superin-
tendence of competent men. An examina-
tion of the general finish of the McPhail
pianos affords proof of the thorough care
taken in the manufacture of these pianos
and this applies to both interior and ex-
terior.
CHAPTER IV.—"FILLING."
In our analysis of the manufacture of the improvements in this connection, which
McPhail pianos we have shown pretty con- were referred to recently, ample proof
clusively that in these instruments are em- has been afforded that the McPhail pianos
bodied a "scale" of unusual worth, notable are so constructed as to stand successfully
for its perfectness and evenness; a "sound- the immense strain on the skeleton and
ing-board" which is made of the best seas- plate of the piano. Their "staying power"
oned wood, carefully placed in the instru- is great.
ment, thus insuring a special quality and
In the McPhail pianos the same pains are
volume of tone in the instrument.
taken to make the piano architecturally as
In the matter of "stringing," and other satisfying and as perfect as it is acoustical-
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