Music Trade Review
Issue: 1898 Vol. 27 N. 25 - Page 3
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V O L . XXVII. No. 2 5 .
Published Evaiy Saturday at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, Dec, 17,1898.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS.
The Everett Concert Grand.
Harlem Factories Rushing.
New Building for the Cables.
In the entire history of piano making in
America few instruments have compelled
more critical praise from the trade press
and expert musical authorities than the
new scale Everett concert grand piano. It
has been justly said that this instrument
marks an epoch in grand piano develop-
ment. A thoroughly impartial investiga-
tion of its merits reveals a volume and
quality of tone, a most delicious touch and
a thoroughness of manufacture that shows
that no money has been spared to make a
perfect instrument architecturally, as well
as musically. For all purposes of interpre-
tation, the Everett grand possesses the
essential elements demanded by the world's
few great virtuosi.
It is safe to assert that when this instru-
ment is brought more prominently into
public notice, as it will be in due time, it
will create a virtual sensation. In these
days when commercialism dominates the
artistic as well as the everyday world, it is
gratifying to all in sympathy with the ar-
tistic phases of the piano business to note
the consistent policy of the Everett Co. in
constantly improving their instruments,
and completely remodelling their manufac-
tories and placing them in charge of ex-
perts for the purposes of artistic piano pro-
duction of the highest order.
It is no easy task to make progress even
with such creditable and commendable ob-
jects in view, for it is laboring for the fu-
ture, so to speak, instead of to-day. But
for a firm like the Everett Co., who under-
stand that success is simply doing one
thing well, the way is clear, the end sure.
"Blow by blow, through earth and rock,
they will toil till a final stroke shall break
through to the crumbling quartz and lay
bare the yellow ore of realization." Thus
will success be won.
Great activity prevails in the Harlem
piano factories. In many of them, the
whole force is working overtime, with a
long string of orders ahead. One manu-
facturer, commenting to The Review on
Wednesday concerning this satisfactory
condition of affairs, said: "Our patience
is being rewarded at last. All through
those dull summer months we hoped and
hoped, until we almost despaired.
' 'Many times d uring the past three or four
years prosperity has been within sight but
not within reach. Only now has it come
near enough to be felt. We need to work
hard all through the winter in order to
make up for lost time—to recoup ourselves
for past losses."
A TEN-STORY STEEL BUILDING TO BK PUT UP
BY A SYNDICATE FOR THE CHICAGO CC5-
TAGE ORGAN CO. ON THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF WABASH AVENUE AND
JACKSON BOULEVARD.
Will Make the Reed Piano.
The Story & Clark Organ Co. have pur-
chased the patents, scales and material of
Reed & Sons, and will continue the manu-
facture of the Reed & Sons piano after the
wellrknown Reed system. It is very
possible that some members of the Reed
concern will be connected with this depart-
ment of the Story & Clark business.
I. N. Cannon and E. F. McCoy are
about to open a music store in Troy, Mo.
1
*
An important piece of news is the an-
nouncement of the consummation of the
deal to give the Chicago Cottage Organ Co,
beautiful warerooms and offices in a. neW
building, to be erected on the southeast
corner of Wabash avenue and Jackson
boulevard. The building now standing on
the property will be torn down soon after
the opening of the new year and the erec-
tion of the new structure will be begun as :
soon after the work of demolition has been,
finished as the weather will permit. The
proposed building will be put up by a syn-
dicate and will be io stories high. The
A Quebec Firm Fails.
construction will be wholly of steel, and.
[Special to The Review.]
architecturally it will be one of the most'
attractive buildings in Chicago. The
Quebec, Can., Dec. 12, 1898.
The firm of Hudon, Paradis & Co., Chicago Cottage Organ Co. will have a (
music dealers of this city, made an assign- lease for 10 years, with an option for 10,
ment on Saturday. Mr. V. E. Paradis has years more. It will take about one year to
been named provisional guardian of the finish the building, and when it is com-
estate. It is expected the failure will not pleted the Chicago Cottage Organ Co. will'
have quarters second to none in Piano Row.7
be a bad one.
The dimensions of the edifice will be 46, •
"Majestic" Progress.
feet on Wabash avenue by 90.feet on Jack- •
Henry Spies, of the Spies Piano Co., re- son boulevard..—Chicago Indicator.
ports that the "Majestic" is moving steadi-
21 Carloads Since Sept. 1st.
ly along in the right direction, with wind.
The following announcement from D. S. '
and tide in its favor. All sails are spread,
:
the skipper is at his post scanning the hori- Johnston, of Tacoma, Wash., in the local
zon with an eagle eye, on the alert for papers shows how active the piano busi-
swift competing craft, and the man on the ness is in that section.
"When the piano trade is good, pros-
look-out has just exclaimed: "Land—of
perity is in full dress, and everybody has
great success—ahead! "
some money.
"Since Sept. 1, we have received twen-
Embezzlement Charged.
ty-one car-loads of pianos and organs, and
James Van Dyck who was employed in have four more in transit to round up for
trade.
Evansville, Ind., by the American Guitar holiday
"This immense business is largely ac-
& Zither Co., as salesman until a few counted for by the popularity of the Chick-
weeks ago, has been arrested in that city, ering, Kimball pianos and Kimball organs.
" There are over three thousand of them
on a charge of embezzlement made against
him by the collector of that concern. He in this state. Wherever one goes, it cre-
demand for others. There are over
declares that his arrest is unjustifiable, and ates
eight hundred of them in Tacoma alone.
that he will be able to prove his innocence. Some of them have been in use for more
than ten years. The universal satisfac-
The Apollo Harp.
tion they have given brings the friends,
neighboring brothers and sisters of those
Frank Scribner is enjoying all the ad- who have them, to buy the same."
vantages of prosperity. He is constantly
on the move, looking after the interests of
Cornelius Crans, at one time engaged in
the firms he represents, and doing good the music business with the late Wood T.
business for them. The Apollo Harps Ogden, in Middletown, N. Y., died at his
are prominent among holiday attractions. home in that city last week.
V O L . XXVII. No. 2 5 .
Published Evaiy Saturday at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, Dec, 17,1898.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS.
The Everett Concert Grand.
Harlem Factories Rushing.
New Building for the Cables.
In the entire history of piano making in
America few instruments have compelled
more critical praise from the trade press
and expert musical authorities than the
new scale Everett concert grand piano. It
has been justly said that this instrument
marks an epoch in grand piano develop-
ment. A thoroughly impartial investiga-
tion of its merits reveals a volume and
quality of tone, a most delicious touch and
a thoroughness of manufacture that shows
that no money has been spared to make a
perfect instrument architecturally, as well
as musically. For all purposes of interpre-
tation, the Everett grand possesses the
essential elements demanded by the world's
few great virtuosi.
It is safe to assert that when this instru-
ment is brought more prominently into
public notice, as it will be in due time, it
will create a virtual sensation. In these
days when commercialism dominates the
artistic as well as the everyday world, it is
gratifying to all in sympathy with the ar-
tistic phases of the piano business to note
the consistent policy of the Everett Co. in
constantly improving their instruments,
and completely remodelling their manufac-
tories and placing them in charge of ex-
perts for the purposes of artistic piano pro-
duction of the highest order.
It is no easy task to make progress even
with such creditable and commendable ob-
jects in view, for it is laboring for the fu-
ture, so to speak, instead of to-day. But
for a firm like the Everett Co., who under-
stand that success is simply doing one
thing well, the way is clear, the end sure.
"Blow by blow, through earth and rock,
they will toil till a final stroke shall break
through to the crumbling quartz and lay
bare the yellow ore of realization." Thus
will success be won.
Great activity prevails in the Harlem
piano factories. In many of them, the
whole force is working overtime, with a
long string of orders ahead. One manu-
facturer, commenting to The Review on
Wednesday concerning this satisfactory
condition of affairs, said: "Our patience
is being rewarded at last. All through
those dull summer months we hoped and
hoped, until we almost despaired.
' 'Many times d uring the past three or four
years prosperity has been within sight but
not within reach. Only now has it come
near enough to be felt. We need to work
hard all through the winter in order to
make up for lost time—to recoup ourselves
for past losses."
A TEN-STORY STEEL BUILDING TO BK PUT UP
BY A SYNDICATE FOR THE CHICAGO CC5-
TAGE ORGAN CO. ON THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF WABASH AVENUE AND
JACKSON BOULEVARD.
Will Make the Reed Piano.
The Story & Clark Organ Co. have pur-
chased the patents, scales and material of
Reed & Sons, and will continue the manu-
facture of the Reed & Sons piano after the
wellrknown Reed system. It is very
possible that some members of the Reed
concern will be connected with this depart-
ment of the Story & Clark business.
I. N. Cannon and E. F. McCoy are
about to open a music store in Troy, Mo.
1
*
An important piece of news is the an-
nouncement of the consummation of the
deal to give the Chicago Cottage Organ Co,
beautiful warerooms and offices in a. neW
building, to be erected on the southeast
corner of Wabash avenue and Jackson
boulevard. The building now standing on
the property will be torn down soon after
the opening of the new year and the erec-
tion of the new structure will be begun as :
soon after the work of demolition has been,
finished as the weather will permit. The
proposed building will be put up by a syn-
dicate and will be io stories high. The
A Quebec Firm Fails.
construction will be wholly of steel, and.
[Special to The Review.]
architecturally it will be one of the most'
attractive buildings in Chicago. The
Quebec, Can., Dec. 12, 1898.
The firm of Hudon, Paradis & Co., Chicago Cottage Organ Co. will have a (
music dealers of this city, made an assign- lease for 10 years, with an option for 10,
ment on Saturday. Mr. V. E. Paradis has years more. It will take about one year to
been named provisional guardian of the finish the building, and when it is com-
estate. It is expected the failure will not pleted the Chicago Cottage Organ Co. will'
have quarters second to none in Piano Row.7
be a bad one.
The dimensions of the edifice will be 46, •
"Majestic" Progress.
feet on Wabash avenue by 90.feet on Jack- •
Henry Spies, of the Spies Piano Co., re- son boulevard..—Chicago Indicator.
ports that the "Majestic" is moving steadi-
21 Carloads Since Sept. 1st.
ly along in the right direction, with wind.
The following announcement from D. S. '
and tide in its favor. All sails are spread,
:
the skipper is at his post scanning the hori- Johnston, of Tacoma, Wash., in the local
zon with an eagle eye, on the alert for papers shows how active the piano busi-
swift competing craft, and the man on the ness is in that section.
"When the piano trade is good, pros-
look-out has just exclaimed: "Land—of
perity is in full dress, and everybody has
great success—ahead! "
some money.
"Since Sept. 1, we have received twen-
Embezzlement Charged.
ty-one car-loads of pianos and organs, and
James Van Dyck who was employed in have four more in transit to round up for
trade.
Evansville, Ind., by the American Guitar holiday
"This immense business is largely ac-
& Zither Co., as salesman until a few counted for by the popularity of the Chick-
weeks ago, has been arrested in that city, ering, Kimball pianos and Kimball organs.
" There are over three thousand of them
on a charge of embezzlement made against
him by the collector of that concern. He in this state. Wherever one goes, it cre-
demand for others. There are over
declares that his arrest is unjustifiable, and ates
eight hundred of them in Tacoma alone.
that he will be able to prove his innocence. Some of them have been in use for more
than ten years. The universal satisfac-
The Apollo Harp.
tion they have given brings the friends,
neighboring brothers and sisters of those
Frank Scribner is enjoying all the ad- who have them, to buy the same."
vantages of prosperity. He is constantly
on the move, looking after the interests of
Cornelius Crans, at one time engaged in
the firms he represents, and doing good the music business with the late Wood T.
business for them. The Apollo Harps Ogden, in Middletown, N. Y., died at his
are prominent among holiday attractions. home in that city last week.
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