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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
BETTER WORKSHOP TRAINING.
THE HOBART M. CABLE
George Rose, president of the Musical In-
strument Trades Protective Association, Lon-
don, urges the extension of the apprentice-
ship system to all branches of the industry
are now ready for shipment. Wrte for
in
a letter to a London paper. He says:
prices. Secure the agency.
The best
"It is indeed encouraging to find mechan-
pianos made for you to handle.
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ics crying out for the thorough, practical
workshop
training which alone can enable
The Hobart M. Cable Company.
them to produce the best return possible for
Manufacturers of PIANOS and ORGANS
their wages, both in quality and quantity.
Office and Warerooms
STEDWAY HALL, 17-21 VAN BUREN ST., The note has not been struck too soon, and
ROOMS 414-415-416.
it behooves us to see to it that it shall ring
Factory
in
our ears for many days to come. The
500-510 CLYBOURN AVE.
CHICAGO.
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majority of our mechanics are not properly
trained, and compete at a disadvantage with
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the
best
foreign
workers.
Technical
schools
Wear
Best
manufacturers of ljiglvGrade
are not a proper substitute for good work-
Sell Best
shop training, and apprenticeship is practi-
cally a thing of the past, especially in Lon-
don. The suggestion that a return to the
WEAVER ORGAN &
old apprenticeship system would in time
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PIANO CO.
raise the standard of skill of our mechanics
Manufacturers,
is one that should be treated with very care-
YORK,
PA., U. 8. A.
ANN ARBOR ORGAN C O ,
ful consideration."
Ann Arbor, Mich.
He says further: "It is above all things
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necessary that the employers of labor should
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take up this question of training. If the
Near Stelnway Hall,
apprentice system is re-adopted, we shall
still require something more if we are to hold
Manufacturers of
our own. The influence of the manufac-
All kinds of . .
turer upon painstaking workmen has been
the most active cause of technical improve-
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ment
in German workshops during the last
PIANO CASE VENEERS
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two decades, and we also must look to the
Factory and Warerooms:
BUSTS.
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CABINETS.
manufacturer himself to give that continual
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impulse towards improvements which only
his own knowledge of his craft and of the WRITE FOR LATEST
CATALOGUE JUST ISSUES.
progress of his rivals can supply."
Manufacturers of
PIANOS
the Jinn Arbor Organ Co.,
ORGANS
WILLIAM F.HASSE,
Isaac L Cole & Son,
Ueneeri
Upright Pianos
RIDER AVENUE,
Bet. 140th and 141st Sts.,
West of Third Ave.
Piano Stools, Scarfs, Coders
of all Descriptions.
CUNNINGHAM'S NEW CATALOGUE.
cArt in 'Pia.no Construction
is clearly evidenced in
One of the most artistic creations in the
NEW YORK. printing line that has come to our notice for
The
Story
: Clark
a long time is the new catalogue of the
Cunningham Piano Co., Philadelphia, which
They are in advance in point of
Manufacturer and dealer In all kinds of
Fancy Figured Domeatic and Foreign
tonal effect and case architecture.
sets forth in modern letterpress and fine
Factories, CHICAGO.
half tones, the merits of "The Matchless STORY & CLARK.
Cunningham."
The
catalogue
is
printed
in
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PIANO VENEERS A SPECIALTY.
T H E RENOWNED
2O5 LEWIS STREET,
NEW YORK two colors on heavy, coated book paper, with
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Manufacturer
a cover embossed in gold and black. The
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type matter and illustrations are clear and
CALF AND SHEEP
distinct, showing all important stages of
construction of the instrument, factory views
Also Raw Hide Snares,
and some half dozen or more styles of the
278, 280 & 282 Siegel St., BROOKLYN, N. Y. finished product. The catalogue is the work
MANUFACTURED BY
of Mr. J. C. Preston, advertising manager
You can increase your Organ trade if
of the concern. It will be sent free by mail
you handle the
SCRANTON, PA.
to anybody who writes for it, and we would
fiigh
tirade
advise our friends to send for a copy; it is
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interesting.
CHAS. LOOS,
^^VENEERS
KELLER BROS.
PIANOS * * *
BANJO, DRUM AND TAMBO HEADS,
KELLER & VAN DYKE,
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estab-
lished
Correct
Prices
Beauti-
ful
Cases.
TABER ORGAN CO.,
WORCESTER, MASS.
WILLIAM 4 TONK & BRO.,
Manufacture™, Importers and Jobbers of
MUSICAL. MERCHANDISE,
28 Warren Street,
Bet. Broadway und Cliurcli St.,
MEW YORK.
THE RUSSELL-LANE CO.
The Russell-Lane Piano Co., of Chicago,
which was recently organized, are now so
situated that they can cater to a larger num-
ber of patrons than ever before. The busi-
ness was never in better shape, and C. C.
Russell is to be congratulated on his success.
John L. Stieff, who for a long period was
associated in business with his father, the
late Chas. M. Stieff, manufacturer of pianos,
is quite ill at his home, 722 West Fayette
street, Baltimore, Md. Mr. Stieft at present
is not engaged actively in business.
R*llat>U ReprewnUtivu Wanted In all Open Twrltory.
Writ* for oar Catalog and Lateit Proposition to tht Trad*.
E. P. CARPENTER COMPANY,
BEATTLEBOKO, VT., U. 8. A.
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Philadelphia.