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THE
MUJIC TMDE
V O L . x x x i v . No. 9.
PnblisM Erery Sat. by Edward Lyman BUI at 3 East Fortentt Street, New Tort March 1,1902.
NEW STEINWAY FACTORY PROGRESS.
Which is now Being Erected at Steinway, L I.—
Will be one of the Largest Piano Plants
in the World.
Work is proceeding rapidly on the new
factory building of Steinway & Sons, lo-
cated on Luyster and Titus avenues, in Stein-
way, L. I., designed by Palmer & Hornbostel,
and which is one of the largest piano manu-
facturing buildings in the world. The walls
are all up, the roof is on and the windows
are in, and the building will soon be ready for
occupancy. The main building and its two
wings are arranged about a quadrangular
court. The main part of the structure has a
frontage of two hundred feet on Ditmars av-
enue. The last wing has a frontage of three
hundred and forty-five feet on Titus avenue
and sixty-three feet deep. The west wing
has a frontage of three hundred and fifteen
feet on Luyster avenue and is sixty-six feet
deep. A large open court forty-two feet by
eighty-nine feet in the front of the main
building extends up through all of the floors
to the roof. The central connecting building
separated from the wings by fireproof doors
contains two staircases, two elevators and
two toilets, each floor thus controlling the
entire factory at that point.
The structure is of slow burning mill con-
struction with a Warren-Ehren slag roof.
Over 2,500,000 bricks have been used in this
structure. The boiler, engine, coal room and
staining department will occupy the base-
ment. A considerable portion of the under-
ground section will not be excavated.
On the east wing first floor will be located
the fly finishing department in a big room,
three hundred and forty feet long. In the
west wing are the carvers, flowers, art room,
upright rubbers, upright cases, legs, lyres and
consoles.
On the second floor will be located the
bellymen's room, an apartment three hundred
and forty-five feet by sixty-two feet; the
grand varnishing rubbing department and
grand case varnishing department, grand
small work room and grand ton varnish de-
partment.
The third floor over a large portion of the
building will be occupied as a drying room
and pattern room.
A large drying kiln sixty-three feet by
twenty-three feet, three stories, is under con-
struction and will be connected with the main
building by a bridge.
The big chimney alongside the inner court
will be one hundred feet high. The weather
proof coal bunkers have a capacity of one
thousand tons, and the boiler room will con-
tain three boilers of one hundred and twenty-
five horse power each. These supply the
steam for the power, heating, drying kiln and
mechanical ventilation. Provision is being
made for electric lighting.
This structure shows an attempt to malce
buildings of this character architectural.
This has been solved by giving it an inter-
esting silhouette and using face brick in the
front court. The building will be surrounded
by sod, planted with trees and bushes, so as
to give the entire premises a pleasing as well
as a utilitarian aspect. This is in line with
the European idea of making factories at-
tractive. The building complete, power and
plumbing, will cost about $200,000.
The satisfactory result in the quality of
work is principally due to the personal su-
pervision and great care of Frederick Stein-
way, a member of the firm.
This new factory, in connection with the
firm's three large factory buildings in Stein-
way, cover an area probably larger than any
other factory of similar character in the
world..
This new factory will enable the firm to
double its capacity and relieve the crowded
condition of the other buildings The new
factory will accommodate two hundred men.
The grand piano varnishing room also ac-
commodates five hundred and thirtv-two fin-
ished piano cases. There will be fifty belly-
men in this factory. The drying kiln has
four compartments, with special ventilating
and heating apparatus.
The designing and building up of art piano
cases has been specially considered in this
new structure.
The building will be occupied in April and
will afford an important addition to the in-
dustries of Long Island City. A number of
handsome cottages will be constructed in the
immediate vicinity of the factories for the
workmen's occupancy. This gives the whole
enterprise a model industrial aspect.
A $3,000 KNABE~GRAND.
Swart Bros., proprietors of the Hotel Cad-
illac, Detroit, have just purchased a mag-
nificent Knabe grand, after the Louis XIV
period, finished in gold and carton pierre.
The instrument, which cost three thousand
dollars, is considered one of the finest in
the city, and will do credit to its makers
in one of the leading hostelries in Detroit.
The Hendricks Piano Co., of Pittsburg,
Pa., are advertising a sale prior to their re-
moval on April 1st.
$2.oo PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES io CENTS
NOW MAYOR LEHR OF EASTON.
At the municipal election held in Easton,
Pa., last week, Horace Lehrwas elected Mayor
of that city on a Democratic and Good Gov-
ernment ticket. He promised to give the
people of Easton a business administration,
and do his duty to the best of his ability. The
people believed Mr. Lehr and elected him.
The Review tenders congratulations to the
next Mayor of Easton, and believes with the
people who elected him that he will give a
good account of himself, thus bringing honor
to the office and to the music trade of which
he is a respected member.
KIMBALL ORGAN IS PRAISED.
The new pipe organ recently purchased
from the D. O. Calder Sons Co., by the Six-
teenth Ward Ecclesiastical .Corporation of
Salt Lake City, Utah, has been set in po-
sition and voiced by Mr. Hedgeland, during,
his sojourn in that city. The instrument both
architecturally and musically, has given the
greatest satisfaction to all who have seen and
examined it, and flattering compliments have
been bestowed on the Kimball Company in
this connection. On Friday, Feb. 21st, a
grand concert and organ recital was given by
Prof. McClellan, when the new instrument
was formally introduced to the public.
HENRY F. MILLER PROSPERITY.
The annual meeting of the Henry F. Miller
& Sons Piano Co., was held in Boston last
week, and the review of the year's business
showed a volume of trade far in excess of
any previous year. Retail business, both in
Boston and Philadelphia, has been steadily
expanding, and the special case designs which
have been a feature of the Miller house are
winning their way into a decided vogue.
Two of these Henry F. Miller art pianos
which have been so highly spoken of in Bos-
ton will soon be exhibited at their warerooms
in Philadelphia.
BOOSEY BAND INSTRUMENTS.
This week's report at the military band in-
strument headquarters of Boosey & Co.,
9 East Seventeenth street, shows a decidedly
big Boosey record since this department was
established in the United States several
months ago. Numerous important orders
from military and civil organizations in the
various States have been received and there
are already on file a very satisfactory bundle
of letters received stating that goods shipped
have been received in good order and are giv-
ing perfect satisfaction,