Music Trade Review
Issue: 1898 Vol. 27 N. 21 - Page 3
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V O L . XXVII. No. 2 1 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, Nov. 19,1898.
Chickering & Sons' Progressive Policy.
SOMF. REASONS WHY THIS INSTITUTION WILL BE A MORE INFLUENTIAL FORCE THAN EVER IN
THE ARTISTIC AND TRADE WORLDS
THE PRESENT SEASON PROMISES TO
BE A NOTABLE ONE WITH THE CHICKERING HOUSE.
It is already evident that the season of
1898-99 will be one of the most notable in
the history of Chickering- & Sons. Plans,
long since considered, have been partly
disclosed, while later developments will
tend to demonstrate that this distinguished
firm intend to be a more influential force
and even more distinctly identified in the
future than in the past with the highest and
noblest phases of artistic musical effort in
this country.
As already announced, Mme. Teresa
Carrcno, the "Valkyrie of the piano," has
been booked for almost every important
concert in the United States; Herr Zeld-
enrust, who is considered one of the great-
est Bach interpreters, will appear a little
later in the season, while in the meantime
other continentally-famous artists will dis-
play the beauties of the Chickering grand
in recitals and concerts.
The members of Chickering & Sons have
not been content with merely adding to the
national fame of the Chickering piano by
bringing it more prominently to the atten-
tion of the musical public in notable musi-
cal affairs, but they have labored, very
successfully, we think, to augment the
prestige and reputation of their celebrated
instruments by the production of a number
of new musical creations which will com-
mand especial praise from those critical
dealers and musicians competent to pass
judgment.
The progress of the times will tend to
bring more fully into prominence the fact
that as the Chickering piano has been in
the past identified with great artistic, tri-
umphs in the musical world and with ex-
traordinary achievements in piano struc-
ture, it is destined to win a new and a
more glorious fame in the near future.
Wideawake and progressive dealers who
can differentiate in the matter of ar-
tistic pianos vs. pianos must appreciate
and hail with the keenest pleasure the policy
which Chickering & Sons have mapped out
for themselves and which they are devel-
oping to-day so admirably.
It is the consistent adherence to a high
plane of endeavor by the leading firms of
this country that has preserved this art
industry from decadence—and it is this
same endeavor which wall tend to lead the
craft out of darkness into light.
Chickering & Sons' progress can be at-
tributed to a commonsense comprehension
of commercial and artistic requirements.
There has been no blind faith in tradition
as a basis of success; there has been a tire-
less activity on the part of leading experts
in the construction departments; there has
been a judicious and up-to-date organiz-
ation and administration of business affairs;
there has been a careful revision and a
thorough overhauling, so that this celebrat-
ed firm with its magnificent record of over
seventy-five years of business activity to
its credit, stands to-day a lusty giant, whose
aspirations and efforts are youthful and
buoyant, yet controlled and tempered by
experience.
It needs no seer to prognosticate the
great future in store for the Chickering
house and the Chickering product when
such commendable purposes actuate the
present forces controlling the destinies of
this concern. There must result inevitably
an augmentation of prestige, of reputation
—an additional lustre to the fame of the
American piano and the name of Chickering
& Sons.
Autoharp Factory to be Sold.
[Special to The Review.]
Little Falls, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1898.
J. A. Evans, receiver of the Zimmer-
man Autoharp Company, of Dolgeville, has
advertised the plant for sale on Monday,
November 28th. Mr. Evans has secured
from Judge McLennan, of Syracuse, an
order for the creditors to show cause on
the 26th why the sale should not be held.
The autoharp company is not likely to be
revived. It was never a paying invest-
ment and cost its stockholders considerable.
Decker has the Schaeffer.
It is announced that the new Decker re-
tail warerooms at 127 West 125th street,
will be formally opened to-day.
The
Schaeffer piano, now represented
by
Decker & Son, will be on exhibition, in ad-
dition to the latest Decker styles.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, io CENTS.
Krakauer News.
AN UP-TO-DATE BUDGET SHOWING KRAKAUER
ADVANCEMENT ALL ALONG THE LINE.
Philip Hichborn, Chief Constructor of
the United States Navy, is among the lat-
est of Krakauer customers. One of the
choicest of the firm's products was shipped
early in the week to Mr. Hichborn's home
in Washington, D. C, through the local
representative Hugo Worch & Co., who
received the order.
Advance sheets of a new and elaborate
Krakauer catalogue are now ready. The
catalogue itself, which will be ready about
March 1st, promises to be a chefd'eeuvre
among works of this character. The cover
designs are now being made by one of
the foremost artists of the day. The ad-
vance sheets will include several new
styles, and can be obtained on application.
Krakauer representatives in every sec-
tion are working earnestly and securing
highly satisfactory results. Many of them
show considerable enterprise.
Notable
among the most enthusiastic and at the
same time most successful is A. B. Clinton,
the Krakauer state agent for Connecticut.
In a recent issue of the New Haven
Evening
Leader, ( N o v . 11,) Mr. Clinton
inserted a full page of Krakauer indorse-
ments from local people of note in New
Haven and vicinity. No less than eighty
letters of hearty commendation are in-
cluded on the page.
This is the most
effective kind of advertising possible, par-
ticularly as every name and address is
given in full. It is bound to strengthen
the Krakauer cause immeasurably in Con-
necticut.
Still Traveling.
John Ludwig, who returned recently
from an extended tour made another trip
to near-by places this week.
He will
probably return to-day.
At Calve's Chateau.
LAKE MICHIGAN'S NAMESAKE IN KRANCE.
Mme. Calve, who calls the little lake in
front of her ancient chateau in France
"Lake Michigan," is a great admirer of
the original.
She spends hours at her
hotel windows when she is in Chicago
studying it. Equally enthusiastic in mat-
ters of high art, the celebrated stage sing-
er wrote;
' ' T h e Kimba.ll is a superb
piano,"
V O L . XXVII. No. 2 1 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, Nov. 19,1898.
Chickering & Sons' Progressive Policy.
SOMF. REASONS WHY THIS INSTITUTION WILL BE A MORE INFLUENTIAL FORCE THAN EVER IN
THE ARTISTIC AND TRADE WORLDS
THE PRESENT SEASON PROMISES TO
BE A NOTABLE ONE WITH THE CHICKERING HOUSE.
It is already evident that the season of
1898-99 will be one of the most notable in
the history of Chickering- & Sons. Plans,
long since considered, have been partly
disclosed, while later developments will
tend to demonstrate that this distinguished
firm intend to be a more influential force
and even more distinctly identified in the
future than in the past with the highest and
noblest phases of artistic musical effort in
this country.
As already announced, Mme. Teresa
Carrcno, the "Valkyrie of the piano," has
been booked for almost every important
concert in the United States; Herr Zeld-
enrust, who is considered one of the great-
est Bach interpreters, will appear a little
later in the season, while in the meantime
other continentally-famous artists will dis-
play the beauties of the Chickering grand
in recitals and concerts.
The members of Chickering & Sons have
not been content with merely adding to the
national fame of the Chickering piano by
bringing it more prominently to the atten-
tion of the musical public in notable musi-
cal affairs, but they have labored, very
successfully, we think, to augment the
prestige and reputation of their celebrated
instruments by the production of a number
of new musical creations which will com-
mand especial praise from those critical
dealers and musicians competent to pass
judgment.
The progress of the times will tend to
bring more fully into prominence the fact
that as the Chickering piano has been in
the past identified with great artistic, tri-
umphs in the musical world and with ex-
traordinary achievements in piano struc-
ture, it is destined to win a new and a
more glorious fame in the near future.
Wideawake and progressive dealers who
can differentiate in the matter of ar-
tistic pianos vs. pianos must appreciate
and hail with the keenest pleasure the policy
which Chickering & Sons have mapped out
for themselves and which they are devel-
oping to-day so admirably.
It is the consistent adherence to a high
plane of endeavor by the leading firms of
this country that has preserved this art
industry from decadence—and it is this
same endeavor which wall tend to lead the
craft out of darkness into light.
Chickering & Sons' progress can be at-
tributed to a commonsense comprehension
of commercial and artistic requirements.
There has been no blind faith in tradition
as a basis of success; there has been a tire-
less activity on the part of leading experts
in the construction departments; there has
been a judicious and up-to-date organiz-
ation and administration of business affairs;
there has been a careful revision and a
thorough overhauling, so that this celebrat-
ed firm with its magnificent record of over
seventy-five years of business activity to
its credit, stands to-day a lusty giant, whose
aspirations and efforts are youthful and
buoyant, yet controlled and tempered by
experience.
It needs no seer to prognosticate the
great future in store for the Chickering
house and the Chickering product when
such commendable purposes actuate the
present forces controlling the destinies of
this concern. There must result inevitably
an augmentation of prestige, of reputation
—an additional lustre to the fame of the
American piano and the name of Chickering
& Sons.
Autoharp Factory to be Sold.
[Special to The Review.]
Little Falls, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1898.
J. A. Evans, receiver of the Zimmer-
man Autoharp Company, of Dolgeville, has
advertised the plant for sale on Monday,
November 28th. Mr. Evans has secured
from Judge McLennan, of Syracuse, an
order for the creditors to show cause on
the 26th why the sale should not be held.
The autoharp company is not likely to be
revived. It was never a paying invest-
ment and cost its stockholders considerable.
Decker has the Schaeffer.
It is announced that the new Decker re-
tail warerooms at 127 West 125th street,
will be formally opened to-day.
The
Schaeffer piano, now represented
by
Decker & Son, will be on exhibition, in ad-
dition to the latest Decker styles.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, io CENTS.
Krakauer News.
AN UP-TO-DATE BUDGET SHOWING KRAKAUER
ADVANCEMENT ALL ALONG THE LINE.
Philip Hichborn, Chief Constructor of
the United States Navy, is among the lat-
est of Krakauer customers. One of the
choicest of the firm's products was shipped
early in the week to Mr. Hichborn's home
in Washington, D. C, through the local
representative Hugo Worch & Co., who
received the order.
Advance sheets of a new and elaborate
Krakauer catalogue are now ready. The
catalogue itself, which will be ready about
March 1st, promises to be a chefd'eeuvre
among works of this character. The cover
designs are now being made by one of
the foremost artists of the day. The ad-
vance sheets will include several new
styles, and can be obtained on application.
Krakauer representatives in every sec-
tion are working earnestly and securing
highly satisfactory results. Many of them
show considerable enterprise.
Notable
among the most enthusiastic and at the
same time most successful is A. B. Clinton,
the Krakauer state agent for Connecticut.
In a recent issue of the New Haven
Evening
Leader, ( N o v . 11,) Mr. Clinton
inserted a full page of Krakauer indorse-
ments from local people of note in New
Haven and vicinity. No less than eighty
letters of hearty commendation are in-
cluded on the page.
This is the most
effective kind of advertising possible, par-
ticularly as every name and address is
given in full. It is bound to strengthen
the Krakauer cause immeasurably in Con-
necticut.
Still Traveling.
John Ludwig, who returned recently
from an extended tour made another trip
to near-by places this week.
He will
probably return to-day.
At Calve's Chateau.
LAKE MICHIGAN'S NAMESAKE IN KRANCE.
Mme. Calve, who calls the little lake in
front of her ancient chateau in France
"Lake Michigan," is a great admirer of
the original.
She spends hours at her
hotel windows when she is in Chicago
studying it. Equally enthusiastic in mat-
ters of high art, the celebrated stage sing-
er wrote;
' ' T h e Kimba.ll is a superb
piano,"
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