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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1903 Vol. 36 N. 19 - Page 32

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ALFRED DOLGE'S PLANS.
[Special to The Review.]
7VSVSIC TRKDE
REVIEW
\. B. GHASE PIANOS
Los Angeles, Cal., May 4, 1903.
"It will take us a long time before we
In tone, touch, action, durability, and every requisite that
have our factories in running order/' said
to make up an artistic instrument, there are none superior
Alfred Dolge in speaking about his new en-
factory and Principal Office
New York Warerooms
terprise this week. "We start with ample
NORWALK, OHIO
10 EAST 17th STREET
capital and the most favorable conditions
all around. Of course the factories will be
equipped with the latest and best modern
ORIGINAL
machinery we can purchase. Many of the
LUTE effects, Violin effects, etc., are brought
machines are of original design.
into play combined with the PIANO f
"We have the best felting wool in the
making a veritable Orchestra. No other
Piano Player like it or will do what the
world right here at home, but more than all
cANGELUS can.
of that is the wonderful climate which will
enable us to dry and bleach our wool as
flny one can Play It.
Tt Play* any Plan*.
well as the felts in the sun, which shines
nowhere as clearly and as permanent as here
Endorsed by highest musical authority.
in Southern California.. It is this wonderful
Josef Hofmann, Marcella Setnbrich, Jean de
climate that will help me more than anything
Reszke, Edouard de Re«ke and many other
of note.
else in the success of the sound-board busi-
ness as well. The atmosphere is so won-
derfully free of humidity that everything
dries much quicker and better than anywhere
main Office ana factory 1
else; in fact, the seasoning process goes on
merkkn, Com., U. $.
all the year around, while in the East the
lumber freezes up in the winter and smoth-
of
ers in the excessive heat of the summer, and
fall months, while the lumber seasoned in
this climate will stand in any climate, no
Grand and Upright
matter where it may be.
Pianos
"I have already received very large or-
for all
ders for sound-boards, although we made no
Occasions
attempt to solicit any. I know the boards
Factories: Southern Boulevard aud Cypress Ave.
which we will make here will be superior
East 133d and 134th Streets
First Avenue and 30th Street
to any that are made elsewhere, but even
Warerooms; 92 Fifth Ave., bet. 14th and 15th Sts.
in this business I am going very slow and
Send for Catalogue, Prices and Terms.
prefer a natural development to a mush-
room growth."
A N H P I U S Piano Player
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JACOB DOLL
Pianos
NEW YORK
S T E G E R S T Y L E S F O R 1903.
CHASE-HACKLEY PIANO CO.,
Manufacturers of the
On a neighboring page of The Review will ! CHASE BROS., HACKLEY
be found an advertisement showing an illus-
and CARLISLE
tration of one of the latest Steger pianos made
by Steger & Sons, of Chicago. The illustra-
MUSKEGON, MICH.
tion hardly does the instrument justice; it
Manufacturer of J* J*
must be seen to be appreciated. The design
SOUNDING BOARDS, BARS,* GUI-
is most symmetrical and appeals at once to
$fe T A R AND MANDOLIN TOPS AND
the critical eye, while in finish and tone—
MILLS AND OFFICE: DOLQEVILLE, N. Y.
SOUNDING BOARD LUMBER.
which is refined and sympathetic—it adds
still further laurels to the Steger house, who
have been working so strenuously toward the
C R . STEVENS,*General Manager.
constant improvement of their instruments.
This piano, as well as the other styles which
MANUFACTURERS OF
are being placed on the market by Steger &
Sons, afford ample evidence of the efforts
which are being made to win for the Steger
7H OCTAVE. PIANO CASE.
a higher place in the esteem of the trade. As
the manufacturers state in their advertise- Writ* for caUloguc and prices.
ment, the Steger piano as it comes from the
MARIETTA, OHIO.
factory to-day commands attention because of
its high musical qualities, and its fine work-
Embodies the best value for the dealer.
manship. Dealers who have not yet become
acquainted with the Steger values for 1903
jH
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Attractively gotten up.
would do well to write the manufacturers.
PIANOS
JULIUS, BREGKWOLDT
Cbe Stevens Organ and Piano €0.
Sevens Conciliation Reed-Pipe Organ
cbubcrt
Piano
PETER DUFFY, President.
Smythe & Benzinger, of Binghamton,
N. Y., are booming the Knabe, for which
SOlUBERT^IANO^a^Jth^^
NEW YORk
they recently secured the agency, having
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assigned to them the territory of Broome
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Vormerly Poronia«
and Tioga counties and Susquehanna, Pa. In
P I A N O A C T I O N 3 «™i»fWAT*«oM«Aeti^»^
addition this firm handle the Hazelton, Behr
Bros., Kurtzmanii, Behning, and Janssen
PAOTORI
pianos.
. N. Y., • N.V. O. m. m.
Wla4«*r Area4«, 1 B. 47th S t . , N. Y.
ROTH
ENGELHARDT

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