Music Trade Review
Issue: 1898 Vol. 26 N. 12 - Page 9
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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A Great Supply House.
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COMSTOCK, CHENEY & CO.—THE STEADY ADVANCE IN TRADE POPULARITY OF THE C., C. & CO.
ACTION CONTINUAL EXPANSION OF TRADE A PRODUCT ESTEEMED BY MANU-
FACTURERS EVERYWHERE.
CATTERED throughout the
New England States are
many celebrated music
trade e s t a b l i s h m e n t s ,
** whose history and develop-
ment are indissolubly link-
ed with the industrial pro-
gress of that section, and
whose names are well and
widely known in this connection.
Among these institutions the firm of Corn-
stock, Cheney & Co., of Ivoryton, Conn., oc-
cupy a prominent place. For half a century
or more they have held a dignified and impos-
ing position in that branch of the industry en-
titled "supply trades," and in the past as
to-day, have taken a front rank as producers
of piano actions, keys and hammers.
Their immense manufacturing plant, which
is located in that appropriately named town,
Ivoryton, and which contains many acres of
floor space, used in the manufacture of their
specialties, is the best and most convincing
testimony of the tremendous extent of their
business to-day.
• The progress of this firm from a modest and
unpretentious beginning has ever been upward
and unfaltering. The foundation of their
success has been the strict adherence to a
business policy that put honor and reliability
before aught else.
In the manufacture of their specialties,
whether actions, ivory keys, hammers, or
other supplies, they have always made it a
point to turn out wares that would be advo-
cates for the house. This commendable
policy which has ever distinguished this house
obtains to-day, and on these lines they are
winning a greater and a more enduring suc-
cess.
To particularize somewhat regarding the
products of this house, a few words are apro-
pos anent the piano actions manufactured by
Comstock, Cheney & Co.
In no branch of their business have they
been so successful as in the manufacture of
piano actions. This department of their
business has shown a steady and rapid in-
crease, due in a large measure to the excel-
lence of the Comstock-Cheney action. It is
carefully manufactured under the supervision
of competent men, and constant experiment
and improvement is the order of the day.
That this enterprise is appreciated is evi-
dent from the fact that they have on their
books as customers some of the largest manu-
facturing concerns in the country. The same
methods which have made their keys
so celebrated and so popular are adopted in
the action department of their business.
They are fully alive to the tremendous
changes and advances which are rife in
the manufacturing world, and are ever alert
to the necessity of keeping in the front of the
battle of competition, aiming as they always
have toward the greater perfection of their
wares, and the employment of modern meth-
ods to that end.
A visit to Comstock, Cheney & Co.'s splen-
did establishment at Ivoryton would pay any-
one interested in the manufacture of piano
supplies. Here can be found a modern plant
made up of the latest and best in the line of
labor-saving machinery. A visit to the dif-
ferent departments will reveal a thoroughness
of detail and care exercised by the superin-
tendents in charge.
It is this attention
which in no small measure accounts for the
high standard of the products of this house.
The materials which enter into the manu-
facture of the Comstock, Cheney & Co.
specialties are carefully selected. In their
two large drying kilns they are enabled to
keep over a million feet of lumber, thus as-
suring most reliable and amply seasoned
woods.
As we previously said, " honor" and " reli-
ability " are displayed in every department of
their business, and these words are the key-
note of their business success.
at $450 on the terms offered. In the
meantime he manufactured a receipt for a
large payment on the instrument, and sought
for some confiding member of the human
family on which to play a trick. He found
his man in Dr. S. O. Griffith, to whom he
told a smooth tale about being in hard luck,
and desirous of raising some money on a
piano which he had recently bought from a
friend, and which was in the rooms of the
Hockett-Puntenney Co.
The doctor bit, and handed over some
money. When he sent for the instrument at
the warerooms, he found there was a cog
loose somewhere, and the police were called
in to straighten out matters, which they did
by arresting West. The police found out
that West had been playing a similar game in
other quarters. He victimized the salesman
of the National Cash Register Co. in much
the same way as he caught the Hockett-
Puntenney Co.
Connecticut Invents.
MOST PATENTS ISSUED IN THAT STATE ONE
TO EVERY 786 PERSONS STATISTICS FOR A
YEAR.
[Special to The Review.]
Washington, March 15, 1898.
The annual report of the Commissioner of
Patents for the calendar year 1897 was laid
MAKE THE WEEK LIVELY AT THE NATIONAL
MUSICAL STRING CO.'s FACTORY.
before Congress to-day. It is dated Jan. 31,
Small boys with bags fiilled with cats have and was prepared by Assistant Commissioner
been making frequent visits to the National for several months preceding the death of the
Musical String Co.'s factory, at New Bruns- late Commissioner Butterworth.
In 1897 there were received 46,661 appli-
wick, N. J., during the past week. A report
cations
for patents. Patents granted amount-
was circulated that the company used catguts
ed
in
number
to 23,729, including designs;
for making musical strings and would pay
sixty-five
patents
were re-issued, 1,671 trade-
fifteen cents for each and every cat delivered
marks
registered
and
fourteen labels and six-
at the office.
teen
prints.
The
number
of patents that ex-
The first the company heard of the pro-
pired
was
12,926.
position was when a small boy marched into
The total expenditures was $1,122,843, t n e
the office and tumbled half a dozen cats out
receipts over expenditures $252,798. The
on the floor.
"There's six there," he said, "but you can total balance of the credit of the Patent
have them for eighty cents. I'll bring some Office in the Treasury of the United States
on Jan. 1, 1898, was $4,971,438.
more to-morrow."
In proportion to population more patents
The superintendent gasped.
Six cats,
were
issued to citizens of Connecticut than
prospect for more and a bill of eighty cents.
to
those
of any other State—one to every
He^asked what it all meant and the boy,
786
inhabitants.
Next in order are the fol-
somewhat surprised, told him. Then seeing
lowing:
Massachusetts,
District of Colum-
that his chances weren't very bright the boy
offered the cats for fifty cents, then for a bia, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New York.
quarter. When finally turned away he let
the animals loose in a neighboring cemetery. Why the Wire Combine Failed.
He was but the first of a number of juve- TOO HIGH A VALUATION OF ONE PLANT
nile cat dealers, and cats of all descriptions
CAUSED BACKERS TO WITHDRAW SUPPORT.
are now holding nightly convocations near
[Special to The Review.]
the factory. The company has no use for
Cleveland, O., March 14, 1898.
the animals as they buy catguts already
It is learned here that the reason for the
cured.
collapse of the big wire pool is that J. Pierpont
Morgan & Co., who are large backers of the
Tried to Work a Confidence
enterprise,
refused to advance funds to per-
Game.
fect it because the owners of the Washburn &
[Special to The Review.l
Moen mill at Worcester, Mass., placed what
Columbus, O., March 14, 1898.
they believe is too high a valuation on their
Wm. West, an ex-convict, was arrested a plant. The owners wanted $8,000,000 for their
few days ago on suspicion. He purchased a plant, and J. P. Morgan & Co. would give
piano from the Hockett-Puntenney Co., only $6,000,000.
Several Cleveland con-
made a smaH preliminary payment and said cerns admit that the deal is off.
that in a few days he would pay a substantial
sum and desired to get a mortgage made out
Judge says the easiest way to pronounce
for the instrument.
certain Indian names is to play them on the
West succeeded in getting a piano valued piccolo.
New Jersey Cats
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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A Great Supply House.
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ii
*
COMSTOCK, CHENEY & CO.—THE STEADY ADVANCE IN TRADE POPULARITY OF THE C., C. & CO.
ACTION CONTINUAL EXPANSION OF TRADE A PRODUCT ESTEEMED BY MANU-
FACTURERS EVERYWHERE.
CATTERED throughout the
New England States are
many celebrated music
trade e s t a b l i s h m e n t s ,
** whose history and develop-
ment are indissolubly link-
ed with the industrial pro-
gress of that section, and
whose names are well and
widely known in this connection.
Among these institutions the firm of Corn-
stock, Cheney & Co., of Ivoryton, Conn., oc-
cupy a prominent place. For half a century
or more they have held a dignified and impos-
ing position in that branch of the industry en-
titled "supply trades," and in the past as
to-day, have taken a front rank as producers
of piano actions, keys and hammers.
Their immense manufacturing plant, which
is located in that appropriately named town,
Ivoryton, and which contains many acres of
floor space, used in the manufacture of their
specialties, is the best and most convincing
testimony of the tremendous extent of their
business to-day.
• The progress of this firm from a modest and
unpretentious beginning has ever been upward
and unfaltering. The foundation of their
success has been the strict adherence to a
business policy that put honor and reliability
before aught else.
In the manufacture of their specialties,
whether actions, ivory keys, hammers, or
other supplies, they have always made it a
point to turn out wares that would be advo-
cates for the house. This commendable
policy which has ever distinguished this house
obtains to-day, and on these lines they are
winning a greater and a more enduring suc-
cess.
To particularize somewhat regarding the
products of this house, a few words are apro-
pos anent the piano actions manufactured by
Comstock, Cheney & Co.
In no branch of their business have they
been so successful as in the manufacture of
piano actions. This department of their
business has shown a steady and rapid in-
crease, due in a large measure to the excel-
lence of the Comstock-Cheney action. It is
carefully manufactured under the supervision
of competent men, and constant experiment
and improvement is the order of the day.
That this enterprise is appreciated is evi-
dent from the fact that they have on their
books as customers some of the largest manu-
facturing concerns in the country. The same
methods which have made their keys
so celebrated and so popular are adopted in
the action department of their business.
They are fully alive to the tremendous
changes and advances which are rife in
the manufacturing world, and are ever alert
to the necessity of keeping in the front of the
battle of competition, aiming as they always
have toward the greater perfection of their
wares, and the employment of modern meth-
ods to that end.
A visit to Comstock, Cheney & Co.'s splen-
did establishment at Ivoryton would pay any-
one interested in the manufacture of piano
supplies. Here can be found a modern plant
made up of the latest and best in the line of
labor-saving machinery. A visit to the dif-
ferent departments will reveal a thoroughness
of detail and care exercised by the superin-
tendents in charge.
It is this attention
which in no small measure accounts for the
high standard of the products of this house.
The materials which enter into the manu-
facture of the Comstock, Cheney & Co.
specialties are carefully selected. In their
two large drying kilns they are enabled to
keep over a million feet of lumber, thus as-
suring most reliable and amply seasoned
woods.
As we previously said, " honor" and " reli-
ability " are displayed in every department of
their business, and these words are the key-
note of their business success.
at $450 on the terms offered. In the
meantime he manufactured a receipt for a
large payment on the instrument, and sought
for some confiding member of the human
family on which to play a trick. He found
his man in Dr. S. O. Griffith, to whom he
told a smooth tale about being in hard luck,
and desirous of raising some money on a
piano which he had recently bought from a
friend, and which was in the rooms of the
Hockett-Puntenney Co.
The doctor bit, and handed over some
money. When he sent for the instrument at
the warerooms, he found there was a cog
loose somewhere, and the police were called
in to straighten out matters, which they did
by arresting West. The police found out
that West had been playing a similar game in
other quarters. He victimized the salesman
of the National Cash Register Co. in much
the same way as he caught the Hockett-
Puntenney Co.
Connecticut Invents.
MOST PATENTS ISSUED IN THAT STATE ONE
TO EVERY 786 PERSONS STATISTICS FOR A
YEAR.
[Special to The Review.]
Washington, March 15, 1898.
The annual report of the Commissioner of
Patents for the calendar year 1897 was laid
MAKE THE WEEK LIVELY AT THE NATIONAL
MUSICAL STRING CO.'s FACTORY.
before Congress to-day. It is dated Jan. 31,
Small boys with bags fiilled with cats have and was prepared by Assistant Commissioner
been making frequent visits to the National for several months preceding the death of the
Musical String Co.'s factory, at New Bruns- late Commissioner Butterworth.
In 1897 there were received 46,661 appli-
wick, N. J., during the past week. A report
cations
for patents. Patents granted amount-
was circulated that the company used catguts
ed
in
number
to 23,729, including designs;
for making musical strings and would pay
sixty-five
patents
were re-issued, 1,671 trade-
fifteen cents for each and every cat delivered
marks
registered
and
fourteen labels and six-
at the office.
teen
prints.
The
number
of patents that ex-
The first the company heard of the pro-
pired
was
12,926.
position was when a small boy marched into
The total expenditures was $1,122,843, t n e
the office and tumbled half a dozen cats out
receipts over expenditures $252,798. The
on the floor.
"There's six there," he said, "but you can total balance of the credit of the Patent
have them for eighty cents. I'll bring some Office in the Treasury of the United States
on Jan. 1, 1898, was $4,971,438.
more to-morrow."
In proportion to population more patents
The superintendent gasped.
Six cats,
were
issued to citizens of Connecticut than
prospect for more and a bill of eighty cents.
to
those
of any other State—one to every
He^asked what it all meant and the boy,
786
inhabitants.
Next in order are the fol-
somewhat surprised, told him. Then seeing
lowing:
Massachusetts,
District of Colum-
that his chances weren't very bright the boy
offered the cats for fifty cents, then for a bia, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New York.
quarter. When finally turned away he let
the animals loose in a neighboring cemetery. Why the Wire Combine Failed.
He was but the first of a number of juve- TOO HIGH A VALUATION OF ONE PLANT
nile cat dealers, and cats of all descriptions
CAUSED BACKERS TO WITHDRAW SUPPORT.
are now holding nightly convocations near
[Special to The Review.]
the factory. The company has no use for
Cleveland, O., March 14, 1898.
the animals as they buy catguts already
It is learned here that the reason for the
cured.
collapse of the big wire pool is that J. Pierpont
Morgan & Co., who are large backers of the
Tried to Work a Confidence
enterprise,
refused to advance funds to per-
Game.
fect it because the owners of the Washburn &
[Special to The Review.l
Moen mill at Worcester, Mass., placed what
Columbus, O., March 14, 1898.
they believe is too high a valuation on their
Wm. West, an ex-convict, was arrested a plant. The owners wanted $8,000,000 for their
few days ago on suspicion. He purchased a plant, and J. P. Morgan & Co. would give
piano from the Hockett-Puntenney Co., only $6,000,000.
Several Cleveland con-
made a smaH preliminary payment and said cerns admit that the deal is off.
that in a few days he would pay a substantial
sum and desired to get a mortgage made out
Judge says the easiest way to pronounce
for the instrument.
certain Indian names is to play them on the
West succeeded in getting a piano valued piccolo.
New Jersey Cats
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