Music Trade Review
Issue: 1898 Vol. 26 N. 18 - Page 6
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
flUSIC TRADE WARRIORS.
Article No. \.
Gen. James A. Quest.
In these times when the whole country is
stirred to its depth over the Hispano-Ameri-
can war there are men from every depart-
ment of life who go forth to serve their
H. B. Tremaine to Sail.
Kimball Will Exhibit.
Harry B. Tremaine, of the .^Eolian Co.,
has decided to visit Europe on business for
several weeks, and has fixed Wednesday next
as the date for leaving the city. He will
sail on the Teutonic, of the White Star Line,
and will probably visit England, France and
Germany.
Piano manufacturers are taking great in-
terest in the Trans-Mississippi exposition,
says the Omaha World-Herald. One of the
most prominent factors who have taken
space is the W. W. Kimball Co., of Chicago,
who own the largest and one of the most
complete piano factories in the world. Mr.
A. Hospe, their Nebraska representative, is
receiving beautiful models of their product,
which are now on exhibition at his ware-
rooms on Douglas street.
Officers of the French Associa=
tion.
At the meeting of the French Chambre
Syndicale des Instruments de Musique, held
in Paris April 5th, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: M. Gus-
tave Lyon, president; Messrs. Bernardel,
Evette and Gouttiere, vice-presidents ;
Messrs. Girard, Silvestre and Schoenaers,
secretaries; M. Thibouville, librarian, and
M. S6ches, treasurer, Arrangements were
also made for the annual banquet of the
Association.
Creditors' fleeting.
There will be a meeting of the creditors
of Alfred Dolge & Son on the 4th day of
May, 1898, at ro.30 A.M. at the Hotel
Metropole, in the City of New York, at
which meeting the Receiver's statement of
the assets and liabilities of the said firm, as
far as same are ascertained, will be sub-
mitted.
Smith & Barnes Busy.
country. In the music trade there are men
who have a war record, some of whom will
augment it during the present war.
We begin our series of "music trade
warriors " with James A. Guest because we
believe that he is the youngest music trade
man who volunteered in the Civil War!' Ft
was in 1862, at the age of seventeen, when
young Guest volunteered as a private in the
160th New York volunteers. He served
until November 1865. He was in the 9th
Army Corps, took part in many battles
among which were the siege of Port Hud-
son, Port Bisland, Sabine, Cross Roads, and
Pleasant Hill, Louisiana. He was with that
dashing cavalryman Phil. Sheridan at Win-
chester, Va, where he was severely wounded.
He was commissioned a lieutenant in 1865.
We may say that Mr. Guest's capital when
he was mustered out of service consisted of
$400. In 1874 he moved to Burlington, la.,
where he has since become a man of wealth
and social standing. He has been pro-
minently identified with the National Guard
of Iowa, and has been Colonel of the Second
Volunteers fora term of years. Some three
years ago he was elected General of the
First Brigade.
We understand that the First Brigade,
I. N. G., will immediately enter into active
service, and that Gen. James A. Guest will
command it. We may rest assured that,
notwithstanding his years, this veteran sol-
dier will add new lustre to the star of Iowa.
Fifteen thousand people are employed in
making violins in Germany,
Smith & Barnes are busy.
They have been—they are—and the gen-
eral appearance is that they will so continue
for the entire Spring.
The Smith & Barnes piano is a very rapid
and easy seller.
This isn't news to the trade, to be sure,
but it is proper to emphasize the point, inas-
much as the factory activity again proves it.
The new designs have been well received,
and the fact is that the entire Smith &
Barnes force is busy.
Good enough.—Chicago Musical Times.
A Handsome Krell Style.
In the window of the Krell warerooms is
now on exhibition an elegant example of the
latest Krell, style E "Empire." The panel-
ing is plain with a very narrow beading.
The instrument is admirably proportioned
and most tastefully designed throughout.
It has every special Krell feature, including
the Krell tone, and, like every other 1898
style of the Krell products, is of great merit
taken from any standpoint.
flay floving.
Our refreshingly clean and effulgent con-
temporary, the Chicago Musical Times will
occupy quarters in the new Studebaker
Building, which will also be the home of the
Chicago Musical College and other musical
organizations. Mr. Harger facetiously says:
"At present we shall not occupy the entire
building, but will content ourselves with
trying to appear as though we owned it and
permitted several hundred others to enjoy
its spacious quarters, and fine facilities,"
Two of the largest Estey Phonoriums
will be on view next week at the Electrical
Exhibition, to open on Tuesday at Madison
Square Garden. One will be connected
with the Sprague electrical exhibit and the
other with the Moore electrical exhibit.
Bradstreet's reports that special and wide-
spread inquiry fails to show anything like
the reported volumes of cancellations in dif-
ferent lines of trade in various states, which
have been reported in the press of this coun-
try.
Work at the Gibson factory continues
active. Wm. F. Boothe, when asked for his
report, said, "Up to this time we have not
felt the prevailing dullness. Our full force
is working, and there are nearly two hun-
dred orders for Style E, and other favorites
yet to be completed and shipped."
Captains J. Harry aud Jacob Gray Estey,
sons of Gen. Julius J. Estey, Brattleboro, Vt.,
go forward with their commands in the Ver-
mont Militia in answer to the President's
call for volunteers.
Melbourne A. Marks, superintendent of
the Everett Piano Co.'s factory, Boston,
Mass., was a visitor to this city this week.
He reports things moving actively at the
Everett factory.
Visitors at the Mason & Hamlin ware-
rooms have been plentiful this week. Among
them was J. W. Wheatley, the Mason &
Hamlin representative at Easton, Ind.
Among the callers this week at the Knabe
warerooms was Louis Kleber, of Kleber
Bros., Pittsburg, Pa.
Edward P. Mason, of Mason & Hamlin,
intends to visit Europe shortly, but the date
of departure is not yet fixed.
I. C. Stockbridge of Portland, Me., has
secured the agency for the Sohmer piano.
32 years old, first-class teacher, with very
best testimonials and references, wishes to
accept immediately, or for the beginning of
the fall season, a position as a TEACHER
OF SINGING in one of the larger Musical
Institutions. Reciprocal references.
Address offers to Mining Director HERM,
HESSE BRUHL, Cologne o/R, Germany.
SINGERS WANTED.
First-class vocalists of recognized ability
can make big money singing to the Edison
Phonograph ; also dialect specialists. Apply
by letter only, with full particulars to
'Music,'Nat. Phonograph Co., Orange, N. J.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
flUSIC TRADE WARRIORS.
Article No. \.
Gen. James A. Quest.
In these times when the whole country is
stirred to its depth over the Hispano-Ameri-
can war there are men from every depart-
ment of life who go forth to serve their
H. B. Tremaine to Sail.
Kimball Will Exhibit.
Harry B. Tremaine, of the .^Eolian Co.,
has decided to visit Europe on business for
several weeks, and has fixed Wednesday next
as the date for leaving the city. He will
sail on the Teutonic, of the White Star Line,
and will probably visit England, France and
Germany.
Piano manufacturers are taking great in-
terest in the Trans-Mississippi exposition,
says the Omaha World-Herald. One of the
most prominent factors who have taken
space is the W. W. Kimball Co., of Chicago,
who own the largest and one of the most
complete piano factories in the world. Mr.
A. Hospe, their Nebraska representative, is
receiving beautiful models of their product,
which are now on exhibition at his ware-
rooms on Douglas street.
Officers of the French Associa=
tion.
At the meeting of the French Chambre
Syndicale des Instruments de Musique, held
in Paris April 5th, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: M. Gus-
tave Lyon, president; Messrs. Bernardel,
Evette and Gouttiere, vice-presidents ;
Messrs. Girard, Silvestre and Schoenaers,
secretaries; M. Thibouville, librarian, and
M. S6ches, treasurer, Arrangements were
also made for the annual banquet of the
Association.
Creditors' fleeting.
There will be a meeting of the creditors
of Alfred Dolge & Son on the 4th day of
May, 1898, at ro.30 A.M. at the Hotel
Metropole, in the City of New York, at
which meeting the Receiver's statement of
the assets and liabilities of the said firm, as
far as same are ascertained, will be sub-
mitted.
Smith & Barnes Busy.
country. In the music trade there are men
who have a war record, some of whom will
augment it during the present war.
We begin our series of "music trade
warriors " with James A. Guest because we
believe that he is the youngest music trade
man who volunteered in the Civil War!' Ft
was in 1862, at the age of seventeen, when
young Guest volunteered as a private in the
160th New York volunteers. He served
until November 1865. He was in the 9th
Army Corps, took part in many battles
among which were the siege of Port Hud-
son, Port Bisland, Sabine, Cross Roads, and
Pleasant Hill, Louisiana. He was with that
dashing cavalryman Phil. Sheridan at Win-
chester, Va, where he was severely wounded.
He was commissioned a lieutenant in 1865.
We may say that Mr. Guest's capital when
he was mustered out of service consisted of
$400. In 1874 he moved to Burlington, la.,
where he has since become a man of wealth
and social standing. He has been pro-
minently identified with the National Guard
of Iowa, and has been Colonel of the Second
Volunteers fora term of years. Some three
years ago he was elected General of the
First Brigade.
We understand that the First Brigade,
I. N. G., will immediately enter into active
service, and that Gen. James A. Guest will
command it. We may rest assured that,
notwithstanding his years, this veteran sol-
dier will add new lustre to the star of Iowa.
Fifteen thousand people are employed in
making violins in Germany,
Smith & Barnes are busy.
They have been—they are—and the gen-
eral appearance is that they will so continue
for the entire Spring.
The Smith & Barnes piano is a very rapid
and easy seller.
This isn't news to the trade, to be sure,
but it is proper to emphasize the point, inas-
much as the factory activity again proves it.
The new designs have been well received,
and the fact is that the entire Smith &
Barnes force is busy.
Good enough.—Chicago Musical Times.
A Handsome Krell Style.
In the window of the Krell warerooms is
now on exhibition an elegant example of the
latest Krell, style E "Empire." The panel-
ing is plain with a very narrow beading.
The instrument is admirably proportioned
and most tastefully designed throughout.
It has every special Krell feature, including
the Krell tone, and, like every other 1898
style of the Krell products, is of great merit
taken from any standpoint.
flay floving.
Our refreshingly clean and effulgent con-
temporary, the Chicago Musical Times will
occupy quarters in the new Studebaker
Building, which will also be the home of the
Chicago Musical College and other musical
organizations. Mr. Harger facetiously says:
"At present we shall not occupy the entire
building, but will content ourselves with
trying to appear as though we owned it and
permitted several hundred others to enjoy
its spacious quarters, and fine facilities,"
Two of the largest Estey Phonoriums
will be on view next week at the Electrical
Exhibition, to open on Tuesday at Madison
Square Garden. One will be connected
with the Sprague electrical exhibit and the
other with the Moore electrical exhibit.
Bradstreet's reports that special and wide-
spread inquiry fails to show anything like
the reported volumes of cancellations in dif-
ferent lines of trade in various states, which
have been reported in the press of this coun-
try.
Work at the Gibson factory continues
active. Wm. F. Boothe, when asked for his
report, said, "Up to this time we have not
felt the prevailing dullness. Our full force
is working, and there are nearly two hun-
dred orders for Style E, and other favorites
yet to be completed and shipped."
Captains J. Harry aud Jacob Gray Estey,
sons of Gen. Julius J. Estey, Brattleboro, Vt.,
go forward with their commands in the Ver-
mont Militia in answer to the President's
call for volunteers.
Melbourne A. Marks, superintendent of
the Everett Piano Co.'s factory, Boston,
Mass., was a visitor to this city this week.
He reports things moving actively at the
Everett factory.
Visitors at the Mason & Hamlin ware-
rooms have been plentiful this week. Among
them was J. W. Wheatley, the Mason &
Hamlin representative at Easton, Ind.
Among the callers this week at the Knabe
warerooms was Louis Kleber, of Kleber
Bros., Pittsburg, Pa.
Edward P. Mason, of Mason & Hamlin,
intends to visit Europe shortly, but the date
of departure is not yet fixed.
I. C. Stockbridge of Portland, Me., has
secured the agency for the Sohmer piano.
32 years old, first-class teacher, with very
best testimonials and references, wishes to
accept immediately, or for the beginning of
the fall season, a position as a TEACHER
OF SINGING in one of the larger Musical
Institutions. Reciprocal references.
Address offers to Mining Director HERM,
HESSE BRUHL, Cologne o/R, Germany.
SINGERS WANTED.
First-class vocalists of recognized ability
can make big money singing to the Edison
Phonograph ; also dialect specialists. Apply
by letter only, with full particulars to
'Music,'Nat. Phonograph Co., Orange, N. J.
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