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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
67,000,000, is'now 67,000,001. ^Congratu-
lations are in order on the arrival of this
valuable addition to the young lady ele-
ment in New York society. The columns
of The Review will always be available
for the recording of successful enterprises
of this praiseworthy character within the
limits of the music trades.
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This week it was my good fortune to be
piloted by Mr. Nahum Stetson through the
art department of Steinway Hall, where
there is in course of construction a piano
which will rank perhaps as the most elabor-
ate upright ever finished in America.
Steinway & Sons have already won world
wide fame with these special art creations,
and judging- from the instruments which
they have finished and those which are in
course of construction it is fair to state
that their fame as producers of art pianos
will be largely augmented. In a future is-
sue of The Review I shall have consider-
able to say regarding some of these latest
Steinway creations.
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"England's Loss of Trade " is the sub-
ject of a lengthy article in last Sunday's
Sun. It is based upon a series of articles
contributed to the London Mail by Ernest
E. Williams. It is comprehensive and
authoritative in its scope and ascribes the
present decline of England's trade and
commerce to indifference to modern meth-
ods of manufacturing, to lack of up-to-date
ideas in pushing foreign trade—in brief it
is stated that financially London still rules
the world, but in trade and commerce
England's rivals are so close to the front
that it is almost a foregone conclusion that
she will lose the lead in the race.
A point on which stress is laid is, that
English capitalists employ their money in
aiding foreign industries which compete
with British production. The natural re-
sult has been that the capital which might
have supported British houses has gone
abroad, where it will find some profit.
Piano manufacturing is adduced as an
example. "Many of the German factor-
ies," says Mr. Williams, "which have
swooped down so magnificently on the
world market are largely run on British
money." England's manufacturers are
naturally the sufferers.
Notwithstanding this calamity howl, last
year was commercially one of the most
prosperous in England's history.
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Edwin Jarrett, formerly of the Mehlin
warerooms and factory, and now with the
business department of the Kroeger Piano
Co., celebrated Thanksgiving Day in pa-
triotic fashion, ably assisted by the lady
who shares his joys and sorrows.
It is unnecessary to go into details fur-
ther than to say that, thanks to Mr. and
Mrs. Jarrett, the population of the United
States, which, on Wednesday, was only
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The alert war corespondents take the
trouble to report all the way from Simla
the pathetic incident of a bagpipe player
who, at the attack upon the tribesmen at
Dargai Ridge, was shot through both
ankles and yet amid a hail of bullets did
not cease playing. " His wounds," say
the correspondents, " d i d not diminish his
ardor, but he kept on piping as uncon-
cernedly as though he was on parade."
Now, there is nothing strange about that.
Anyone who has studied the bagpiper
knows quite well that there is no power on
earth to stop hispip : ng if he wants to pipe.
Hit him with a brick, shoot him full of
holes, shoot his legs off, shoot his head off,
and still he will gayly pipe on. It was
long ago determined that there is but one
way to still a bagpipe player and that is to
shoot him in a vital spot in his bagpipes.
worth, as times go," wrote Charles Reade,
"$3,000." The same instrument recently
changed hands at $10,000, showing that it
had trebled in price during the intervening
quarter of a century. It is supposed to be
just as it was turned out by its maker,
having been very little played upon and
never opened. Stradivarius made a greater
number than either of the others, but they
are not all equally good, and his violins
have been the most copied.
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The Mehlin products, in both grands
and uprights, are largely in request, whole-
sale and retail. The new styles C and
I), designed for piano buyers who de-
sire "artistic and ornamental exteriors,
in addition to fine tone, are meeting
with wide approval. These "Colonial "
and " Empire " styles, with flat tops,
and built on straight angular lines
to harmonize, have proved immensely
popular with purchasers. They are being
made in ebonized or rosewood finish, fancy
figured walnut and choice selected maho-
gany of either light or antique color.
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Not the least admired furnishings of
the new Hotel Astoria on Fifth avenue are
the magnificent line of instruments fur-
nished this hostelry by the celebrated
houses of Steinway and Chickering. The
first named firm supplied fourteen pianos
specially designed and finished, which
have been referred to in previous issues of
The Review, and the Chickering house
12. The instruments one and all are su-
perb examples of the artistic in piano mak-
ing, and equal, if not surpass, anything to
be found the world over.
Although the occurrence of Thanksgiv-
ing Day has caused a temporary lull of
activity at the factories and warerooms,
The Review is glad to say that during the
week's tour in search of news items the
report of general business has been very
encouraging. At several of the factories
the whole force is working overtime. In a
number of others, the number of em-
ployees has been materially strengthened.
Out-of-town representatives are sending in
satisfactory lists of orders. Retail trade,
J. Autonson has opened a music store at
too, is reported good, almost without an 1643 Clay street, Dubuque, la.
exception. One healthy sign is the ten-
Armbruster & Weber is the name of a
dency of purchasers to secure good re- new firm of dealers who have opened up at
liable products, irrespective of price.
Cedarburg, Wis.
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A union of English-speaking piano mak-
"With regard to labels on violins one ers is to be organized at 458 Ninth avenue,
simple experiment is instructive," says Dr. this city, on December 5.
T. L. Phipson, an accepted authority. "A
M. Levaur, music dealer, 1103 Market
good orchestral violin of modern make had
street,
Wheeling, W. Va., has assigned.
the label of the maker on it when pur-
Liabilities
about $1,000. The business
chased. After twenty-four years' constant
will
probably
be continued.
work this label had become perfectly
invisible; it was covered with black dust
SELF-OPERATING
and rosin, and no amount of rubbing with SELF-CONTROLLING
grease, spirit, soap and water, etc., would
Perfection Has at Last Been Reached.
restore it. During this treatment it was
destroyed. If this be the effect of only
THE "AUTOIMO"
twenty-four years' use, what are we to say
of those easily read labels purporting to
PIANO AITACHMENT
have been over two hundred years in a
violin?" The case for Cremona is sum- is the only practical and reliable self-playing at-
on the market which can be applied to
med up by our author with the statement tachment
a piano without disfiguring it. Musical results are
that the three great makers, with Ruggeri marvelous. Considered by experts to be the
KINO OF ATTACHrlENTS.
and Lorenzo Guadagnini, turned out some
Can be placed in an instrument in twenty-four
violins and cellos of the very finest descrip- hours
by any tuner. Built to last and give satis-
tion imaginable. These violins, like those faction. We invite investigation and correspond-
of vSebastian Kloz and Stainer, are be. ence. This attachment should not be confused
with any devices hitherto sold to the trade as
coming rarer as well as dearer every day- piano attachments. It is unique—unequaled.
In the London Loan Exhibition of 1872
WEBER, dOOLriAN & CO.,
nanufacturers of the " Autono " Self-playing
was shown a " Strad " belonging to Vuil-
Attachment.
laume. "This Vuillaume-Stradivarius is 7 West 14th Street,
New York.