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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
the Hammerj Maker.
THE HOBART M. CABLE Schmidt,
An Enterprising Member of the Trade who
PIANOS
are nonv ready for shipment. Write for
prices. Secure the agency. The best
pianos made for you to handle.
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The Hobart M. Cable Company,
Manufacturers of PIANOS And
ORGANS
Office and Warerooms
STEINWAY HALL, 17-21 VAN BUREN ST.,
ROOMS 414-415-416.
Factory
500-510 CLYBOURN AVE.
CHICAGO.
Cbe Jinn Arbor Organ Co.
has Built Up a Great Trade—A Lover of
His Craft who Believes in the Best.
The Review visited the factory of David
H. Schmidt, the maker of piano hammers,
at Melrose avenue and 163d street, on Wed-
nesday, and noted with pleasure the pro-
gressive spirit in which the business is being
conducted. There is a breezy, healthful ag-
gressiveness about the Schmidt factory th?
tells the story of success, and the reasons
for it, better than hours of mere talk
volumes of mere description.
Mr. Schmidt has just completed a hand-
some set of enclosed shelves for the pres-
Weaver
ans
Look B est
Sound
manufacturers of
Best
Wear Best
Sell Best
ORGANS
WEAVER ORGAN &
PIANO CO.
Manufacturers,
ANN ARBOR ORGAN CO.,
YORK, PA., U. S. A.
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Write for latest Catalogue of New Styles.
WILLIAM F. HASSE,
115 E. 14th St., New York.
Near Stelnway Hall,
Isaac L Cole & Son,
Manufacturers of
All kinds of . .
Uenccrs,
Piano Stools, Scarfs, Colters
of all Descriptions*
Make a Specialty of
PIANO CASE VENEERS
Factory and Warerooms:
DAVID II. SCHMIDT.
COMPOSERS'
BUSTS.
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MUSIC
CABINETS.
ervation of white and colored felts and other
Selections of Scarfs Sent on Approval.
Foot 8th St., E. R. . . Net* York. supply material. These shelves, handsome
in appearance, have been constructed at con-
WRITE FOR LATEST
siderable cost. They add greatly to the CATALOGUE JUST ISSUED.
HENRY KELLER & SONS,
Manufacturers of
general appearance of the factory, which is now one of the largest and most completely is clearly evidenced in
equipped hammer-making establishments
The
RIDER AVENUE,
Bet. 140th and 14.1st Sts.,
NEW YORK. in the United States.
West of Third Ave.
It is interesting to note the several pro-
cesses connected with modern hammer-con-
CHAS. LOOS,
They are in advance in poini of
Manufacturer and dealer In all kinds of
struction, as carried on at the Schmidt fac-
tonal effect and case architecture.
Fancy Figured Domestic and Foreign
tory. Formerly, piano hammers were of STORY & CLARK.
Factories, CHICAGO.
buckskin. This material was stretched over
PIANO VENEERS A SPECIALTY.
the molding, strip by strip. The stretching
llth St. and Ave. D, NEW YORK.
was done by hand. This plan was super-
seded in time by the use of thin felt. After
CALF AND SHEEP
a time, crude machinery came into use. With
it came the application of thicker felt.
Now, after the molding is shaped by
Also Raw Hide Snares,
278, 280 & 282 Siegel St., BROOKLYN, N. Y. hand, comes the cutting and application of
MANUFACTURED BY
the white and colored felts, powerful hand-
screws being used during the gluing pro-
Inventors and Manufacturers in- cesses. The pressing machines vary in size
terested in patents involving im- and power. At the Schmidt factory there
provements in musical instruments,
desiring the services of a Patent are also machines for cutting, wiring, bor-
Solicitor, will receive special induce- ing, and other details necessary to secure
ments by sending this advertise-
ment, together with a sketch and perfect and finished work.
description of the points of novelty
Mr. Schmidt has reached a stage in his
claimed as new, to
work where, he believes, the piano hammer
JOHN IMIRIE,
is nearly, if not quite, perfect. An exam-
R«ll»bl» RepreienUttlTM Wtntad in t i l Open Territory.
Registered Patent Solicitor.
Writ* for our Catalog and Ltteit Proposition to th« Trad*.
ination of the finished Schmidt products
6O5 7th St., N. W.,
E. P. CARPENTER COMPANY,
on the benches before they are packed for
Washington, D. C.
BRATTLEBORO, TT., U. S. A.
shipment strengthens the belief that no fur-
A 302 to 304 MOTT AVE.,
GARRETT GORDON,
ther improvement is possible at present.
Manufacturer and
N
New York.
Otto M. Heinzmann, Weser traveling rep-
Dealer in
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OFFICE and WAREROOMS:
resentative, starts on Monday for a tour
•c
JJ8 AVENUE D, Bel. 8th & 9th Sts.,
through Pennsylvania in the Weser inter-
j>. 1117 Chestnut Street,
ests.
NEW YORK.
Philadelphia.
Uprig'Ht P i a n o s
Story <& Clark
-^VENEERS
BANJO, DRUM AND TAMBO HEADS,
KELLER BROS.
PIANOS * * *
KELLER & VAN DYKE,
ssssa
Veneers.