Music Trade Review
Issue: 1899 Vol. 29 N. 13 - Page 3
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V O L . XXIX. No. 13. Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, September 23,1899.
Emil Sauer's Latest Tribute to The Pianola.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS.
Frank Scribner Wins.
The case of Frank Scribner vs. the Flagg
Mfg. Co. came up before the Supreme
The pianola continues to increase its cannot get at with superficial deciphering
Court in Boston, on Tuesday, Judge
army of friends in all parts of the world. only, the Pianola conveys to us easily and
Parker presiding. The action was for a
The following is a literal translation of an without labor and at the same time with a
five per cent, commission due on a sale of
opinion recently expressed by Emil Sauer, self-evident saving of time and energy.
goods made by Frank Scribner in 1897
the eminent piano virUioso, concerning the We know at once whether the piece in
while manager of the New York office of
peculiar merits of the pianola, made by the question is suited to our study or not and
the Flagg Mfg. Co. to A. Eichler of Berlin,
-^Eolian Co. of this city. It brings out a with some imagination are able to state its
Ger., and amounting in value to $170,000.
number of important points, some of which effects with our treatment and under our
After the evidence was in, and the lawyers
have been largely overlooked or hitherto fingers.
on both sides had summed up, a verdict
unnoted, and for that reason as well as
"After all said above the advantage of was given in favor of Mr. Scribner for the
others it is well worthy of a careful the Pianola will catch our eyes to such an
amount claimed, $8,710 including interest.
perusal. It may not be out of place to extent that it will undoubtedly conquer
Mr. Scribner's lawyers were Warren, Booth-
note that Mr. Sauer emphasizes an in- the hearts of the music-loving classes in
by & Warren, 21 Nassau street, this city,
valuable feature in this remarkable piano an instant, to thousands of men an inex-
who were assisted by Malvin O. Adams,
player. "This new mechanism," he haustible source of inspiration and pleasure.
the noted lawyer who achieved so much
writes, "very easily attachable to any
"Emil Sauer."
fame through his connection with the
*
*
*
upright or grand piano, does not at all
Borden case at Brockton, Mass.
represent an illicit expedient; it will, on
The Review gathered some interesting
The sale of goods made by Mr. Scribner
the contrary, be a new power, the chief items at the ^olian warerooms this week
above
referred to was probably the largest
merit of which will be the checking of the which illustrate the development of the
ever
made
in the small goods trade to any
crass, daily-increasing dilettanteism."
^olian idea. The heads of musical de-
one
firm.
partments at Vassar and Wellesley Colleges,
Here is Mr. Sauer's essay:
" Of all the achievements of the musical and at St. Paul's School, will give regular
Wissner and Paur Home.
domain that have come to my knowledge courses this and the following seasons on
within the last decades the invention of the history and development of music, BOTH ARRIVE ON THE TRAVE AFTER A PLEAS-
ANT VACATION.
the ^olian Co. seems to me the luckiest using the ^Eolian Orchestrelle and Pianola
to
illustrate.
and most ingenious one. It bears in all
Otto Wissner and family arrived on the
Arrangements have been completed for steamship Trave this morning, having
of its traits the stamp of the ' reason to
be ' (raison d'etre—cause to be, right of ex- one hundred ^Eolian recitals to be given spent most of the three months they have
istence. ) Considered from a liberal, unpre- before pupils of the Philadelphia public been away at Bad Neuenahr, a summer re-
judiced point of view the wonders of the schools by Superintendent Pearson.
sort near the Rhine well known for its
Massenet in a recent letter says: "The healthful baths. Mr. Wissner has gone to
Pianola most plainly astonish us. Pieces
demanding in the first place an absolutely ^Eolian is music itself, with all its shadings, his country home at Glen Cove, L. I.
accurate, as it were automatical, mechani- from power to tenderness."
Emil Paur, the distinguished conductor,
cally perfect rendition, as for instance
arrived on the same steamer with his two
Lack of Courage.
Liszt's Campanella, are on the Pianola of a
sons. Mr. Paur will immediately begin
directly startling effect.
The number of men who fail on account with his rehearsals for the different con-
"This fiew mechanism, very easily at- of lack of courage is enormous. The num- certs which he intends to give throughout
tachable to any Upright or Grand Piano, ber who would refuse to let go of a dollar the country, a number of which will be in
does not at all represent an illicit ex- if they know positively that it would bring Brooklyn.—Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sept.
pedient; h will, on the contrary, be a new back two is astonishing. Such men merely H> 1899.
power, the chief merit of which will be the exist. They don't live. They never really
Enroll Immediately.
checking of the crass, daily increasing di- amount to anything.
lettanteism. Friend and comforter of that
The men who win are the men who
Scan page 13 and see if you do not de-
army of bunglers who pitiably stutter in think out the right course to pursue, and sire to have your name immediately en-
tones (sounds), or of lovers of music to then back up their convictions with their rolled among the elect. Don't delay, for
whom the study of the Piano in their early last penny and their last ounce of energy. delays are dangerous. In other words,
youth was denied from lack of time or in- The first goods John Wanamaker ever sold the offer is not open for all time.
clination, this sensational innovation opens brought him $35. He delivered his goods
in my opinion a new perspective to the in a wheelbarrow. He collected the $35
The Carpenter Organ Co., Brattleboro,
musician and virtuoso as well.
and went directly to a newspaper office and V t , are now filling an order from one of
"What we will succeed in after consid- planked it down for advertising space.
their foreign customers for four carloads
erable work and loss of time only to ob-
Some men woul'd have spent $1.50 for of organs for immediate delivery. Busi-
tain a true conception of the effect of some some cheap dodgers and "saved" the rest. ness with this concern is at the present
forgotten or to us unknown (bravura) They would have been wheel-barrow mer- time better than it has been fox the past
piece, the technical difficulties of which we chants to-day.
seven years.
V O L . XXIX. No. 13. Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, September 23,1899.
Emil Sauer's Latest Tribute to The Pianola.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS.
Frank Scribner Wins.
The case of Frank Scribner vs. the Flagg
Mfg. Co. came up before the Supreme
The pianola continues to increase its cannot get at with superficial deciphering
Court in Boston, on Tuesday, Judge
army of friends in all parts of the world. only, the Pianola conveys to us easily and
Parker presiding. The action was for a
The following is a literal translation of an without labor and at the same time with a
five per cent, commission due on a sale of
opinion recently expressed by Emil Sauer, self-evident saving of time and energy.
goods made by Frank Scribner in 1897
the eminent piano virUioso, concerning the We know at once whether the piece in
while manager of the New York office of
peculiar merits of the pianola, made by the question is suited to our study or not and
the Flagg Mfg. Co. to A. Eichler of Berlin,
-^Eolian Co. of this city. It brings out a with some imagination are able to state its
Ger., and amounting in value to $170,000.
number of important points, some of which effects with our treatment and under our
After the evidence was in, and the lawyers
have been largely overlooked or hitherto fingers.
on both sides had summed up, a verdict
unnoted, and for that reason as well as
"After all said above the advantage of was given in favor of Mr. Scribner for the
others it is well worthy of a careful the Pianola will catch our eyes to such an
amount claimed, $8,710 including interest.
perusal. It may not be out of place to extent that it will undoubtedly conquer
Mr. Scribner's lawyers were Warren, Booth-
note that Mr. Sauer emphasizes an in- the hearts of the music-loving classes in
by & Warren, 21 Nassau street, this city,
valuable feature in this remarkable piano an instant, to thousands of men an inex-
who were assisted by Malvin O. Adams,
player. "This new mechanism," he haustible source of inspiration and pleasure.
the noted lawyer who achieved so much
writes, "very easily attachable to any
"Emil Sauer."
fame through his connection with the
*
*
*
upright or grand piano, does not at all
Borden case at Brockton, Mass.
represent an illicit expedient; it will, on
The Review gathered some interesting
The sale of goods made by Mr. Scribner
the contrary, be a new power, the chief items at the ^olian warerooms this week
above
referred to was probably the largest
merit of which will be the checking of the which illustrate the development of the
ever
made
in the small goods trade to any
crass, daily-increasing dilettanteism."
^olian idea. The heads of musical de-
one
firm.
partments at Vassar and Wellesley Colleges,
Here is Mr. Sauer's essay:
" Of all the achievements of the musical and at St. Paul's School, will give regular
Wissner and Paur Home.
domain that have come to my knowledge courses this and the following seasons on
within the last decades the invention of the history and development of music, BOTH ARRIVE ON THE TRAVE AFTER A PLEAS-
ANT VACATION.
the ^olian Co. seems to me the luckiest using the ^Eolian Orchestrelle and Pianola
to
illustrate.
and most ingenious one. It bears in all
Otto Wissner and family arrived on the
Arrangements have been completed for steamship Trave this morning, having
of its traits the stamp of the ' reason to
be ' (raison d'etre—cause to be, right of ex- one hundred ^Eolian recitals to be given spent most of the three months they have
istence. ) Considered from a liberal, unpre- before pupils of the Philadelphia public been away at Bad Neuenahr, a summer re-
judiced point of view the wonders of the schools by Superintendent Pearson.
sort near the Rhine well known for its
Massenet in a recent letter says: "The healthful baths. Mr. Wissner has gone to
Pianola most plainly astonish us. Pieces
demanding in the first place an absolutely ^Eolian is music itself, with all its shadings, his country home at Glen Cove, L. I.
accurate, as it were automatical, mechani- from power to tenderness."
Emil Paur, the distinguished conductor,
cally perfect rendition, as for instance
arrived on the same steamer with his two
Lack of Courage.
Liszt's Campanella, are on the Pianola of a
sons. Mr. Paur will immediately begin
directly startling effect.
The number of men who fail on account with his rehearsals for the different con-
"This fiew mechanism, very easily at- of lack of courage is enormous. The num- certs which he intends to give throughout
tachable to any Upright or Grand Piano, ber who would refuse to let go of a dollar the country, a number of which will be in
does not at all represent an illicit ex- if they know positively that it would bring Brooklyn.—Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sept.
pedient; h will, on the contrary, be a new back two is astonishing. Such men merely H> 1899.
power, the chief merit of which will be the exist. They don't live. They never really
Enroll Immediately.
checking of the crass, daily increasing di- amount to anything.
lettanteism. Friend and comforter of that
The men who win are the men who
Scan page 13 and see if you do not de-
army of bunglers who pitiably stutter in think out the right course to pursue, and sire to have your name immediately en-
tones (sounds), or of lovers of music to then back up their convictions with their rolled among the elect. Don't delay, for
whom the study of the Piano in their early last penny and their last ounce of energy. delays are dangerous. In other words,
youth was denied from lack of time or in- The first goods John Wanamaker ever sold the offer is not open for all time.
clination, this sensational innovation opens brought him $35. He delivered his goods
in my opinion a new perspective to the in a wheelbarrow. He collected the $35
The Carpenter Organ Co., Brattleboro,
musician and virtuoso as well.
and went directly to a newspaper office and V t , are now filling an order from one of
"What we will succeed in after consid- planked it down for advertising space.
their foreign customers for four carloads
erable work and loss of time only to ob-
Some men woul'd have spent $1.50 for of organs for immediate delivery. Busi-
tain a true conception of the effect of some some cheap dodgers and "saved" the rest. ness with this concern is at the present
forgotten or to us unknown (bravura) They would have been wheel-barrow mer- time better than it has been fox the past
piece, the technical difficulties of which we chants to-day.
seven years.
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