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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
to take up your time now. I am going to
take a whole year in preparing to say
something at Chicago. (Laughter and ap-
plause. )
But although I had expected to say some-
thing to you to-night, 1 did not expect to
talk about hoofs and horns and tails—mat-
ters which I am perfectly willing to leave
to representatives of "the woolly West."
Nor could I hope to say the brilliant and
witty things that have been said by our
friend from Philadelphia. It used to be
said that Philadelphians took the funeral
marches of other localities, and made them
into quicksteps for the Philadelphia mar-
ket. (Laughter.)
Last year we had a surprise in the re-
marks of Mr. Ramsdell. We found that
there really was a man down in Philadel-
phia who could talk. He talked well; and
we have not gotten over it yet. They
wanted him to talk again; and that is the
reason they sent him here to represent the
Philadelphia association.
Now, instead of talking about hoofs and
horns and such things, we are going to talk
about feathers. We find that they are
growing on the shoulders of gentlemen of
the West; and next year I hope that, in-
stead of any thought about hoofs or horns
or tails, these feathers will blossom into
wings, and that next year we shall receive
at the hands of the "woolly West" such a
reception as will make us wish to go no
higher with our wings than Chicago.
(Laughter and applause.)
I want to th^nk you, gentlemen, for the
honor you have conferred upon me. I feel
that I shall not be able to fill the position
as successfully as Mr. Miller has done; but
I will do the very best I can. And while
I fully believe in sentiment—that there
should be sentiment in the piano trade as
well as in every other branch of trade or
industry or art, yet we must not forget that
it must not be all sentiment. We must
have some little work to make the sentiment
practical. And in our association, which
has been formed for mutual benefit and
JOHN EVANS—Newby & Evans.
protection, we must use this sentiment to
give this manifestation of what I know is promote that end—to elevate and ennoble
our trade. Mr. President and gentlemen
your sentiment.
The question being put the vote of of the Association, and invited guests, I
thank you heartily for the cordial reception
thanks was unanimously given.
you have given me. (Applause.)
PRESIDENT MILLER: Gentlemen, I had
PRESIDENT MILLER: Gentlemen, I believe
expected to hand over to-night to my suc-
that
we should,put upon our records one
cessor the reins which I have undertaken
more
vote of thanks. Our dinner com-
to hold as President of this Association.
Matters have, however, decided the ques- mittee has certainly provided for us in a
tion otherwise; and, therefore, a part of most elegant manner in every particular;
the speech which I had planned for this and I submit to this meeting the proposi-
occasion must be omitted. Yet, I think tion for a vote of thanks to that committee.
The vote of thanks was unanimously
you should not leave this banquet table
without having presented to you our in- given.
PRESIDENT MILLER: And, now, gentle-
coming President, Mr. A. H. Fischer, of
men, we will say good night.
New- York.
(Amid the singing of "America" by the
ADOLPHO H. FISCHER'S SPEECH.
company, the meeting, with many mani-
MR. FISCHER:—Mr. Chairman and Gentle- festations of cordiality and good feeling,
men : This is not my picnic; that I expect
to come one year from to-day. We have came to a close).
had something of a picnic this afternoon;
we may have a little more to-morrow; but
the real picnic will take place one year from
to-day.
I had expected to make to-night, so far
as I might be able, a speech; but I find
that what I had intended to say has been
already said by several gentlemen who
preceded me. Our friend, Mr. Conway,
has taken out of my mouth some of the
words which I intended to utter. So, too,
our guest, Mr. Ramsdell, has said some
things of which I had intended to speak.
Whatever I might say, I could speak only
in " trade dialect," as Governor Long has
happily expressed it. But I am not going
the artisan, who is gradually becoming in
all his work the artist—there is no such
thing as defeat, and no such word as
failure. (Loud and prolonged applause).
Three cheers were proposed for " Hon.
Carroll D. Wright, the champion of indus-
try," and were given with enthusiasm.
PRESIDENT MILLER: Gentlemen, we have
all been more than pleased with the very
cordial hospitality which has been extended
to us by the local piano dealers in this city.
I think that before we separate to night
you will be glad to place upon our records
a vote of thanks to these gentlemen. I,
therefore, propose that by your vote you
At the Convention and Banqutt.
Among the members of the association and
guests present were: Handel Pond and Geo.
A. Gibson, of Ivers & Pond Piano Co.,
Boston; Robert Proddow, Jas. N. Muller,
G. Wright Nichols and Percy S. Foster, the
Estey Piano Co, New York; Harry L.
Mason, of Mason & Hamlin Co., Boston;
Henry Behr, of Behr Bros. & Co., New
York; Chas. H. Parsons, of Needham Co.,
New York; Fred. P. Stieff and Chas. J.
Gross, of Chas. M. Steiff, Baltimore, Md. ;
E. S. Conway, of W. W. Kimball Co., Chi-
cago; N. L. Gebhardt, of A. B. Chase Co.,
Norwalk, (). ; W. Heinekemp, Jr., of
R. Lertz & Son, Baltimore; G. A. Ander-
son, of Anderson & Newton Piano Co.,
Van Wert, O. ; R. A. Widenmann, of
Strich & Zeidler, New York; Wm. J.
ROBT. A. WIDENnANN-Strich & Zeidler.
Gray, of Boardman & Gray, Albany, N.
Y. ; F. H. Owen, G. F. Kranz and Col. L.
V. Moore, of A. M. McPhail Piano Co.,
Boston; A. M. Haines, of Haines Bros.,
New York; F. Bauer, C. Bauer and A. V.
Grimes, of Stultz & Bauer, New York; J.
R. Mason, of Sterling Piano Co., Derby,
Conn. ; W. H. Poole, of Poole Piano Co.,
Boston; Carl A. Droop and Edward H.
Droop, of E. F. Droop & Sons, Washing-
ton, D. C. ; W. C. Burgess, of Wegman
Piano Co., Auburn, N. Y.; A. V. Grimes,
Washington, D. C. ; Henry F. Miller
and Jas. C. Miller, of H. F. Miller &
Sons Piano Co., Boston; Robert C. Kam-
merer, of Geo. Steck & Co., New York;
A. H. Fischer, L. A. Bertolette and
Chas. H. Fischer, of J. & C. Fischer, New
York; T. Tasso Fischer, of Franklin Piano
Co., New York; Fred. Kranich, of Kra-
nich & Bach, New York; Alexander Stein -
ert, of M. Steinert & Sons Co., Boston;
Chas. H. Steinway, N. Stetson and Albert
Sturcke, Steinway & Sons, New York;
Frank Fechteler, of Palm, Fechteler & Co.,
New York; Leopold Peck, W. Dalliba
Dutton and F. P. Anderson, Hardman,
Peck & Co., New York; Malcolm Love, of
Waterloo Organ Co., Waterloo, N. Y. ;
Myron A. Decker and D. S. Marsh,
Decker & Son, New York; F. G. Smith,
Sr., of F. G. Smith, Brooklyn; F. G.
Smith, Jr., of Webster Piano Co., Brook-