Music Trade Review
Issue: 1904 Vol. 39 N. 4 - Page 35
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
35
because the one fundamental rule of art has been work of one and the same person. This must
violated in its production, the rule by which the come again to be the universal rule if any real
progress is to be made in the art of wood-carving
Some Fundamental Principles of the Art and craftsman and the designer should not be, must
How the Commercial Tendency of Our not be, separated. The simplest leaf form may be or any other art, for the matter of that. The
so carved as to express something finer and commercial tendency of the times has had much
Times Have Separated Design From Crafts-
greater than itself—the real thing—the soul, if to do with keeping our arts and crafts upon that
manship.
you like. The purest design may become in the level where sordidness and a willingness to imi-
Action is followed by reaction, and it is well. translating, and how much of our modern work tate have been their curse, and one proof of this
The old days of the showy, elaborate and over- is, lifeless and void. The simple truth is, the is the separation of the design from the crafts-
crnamented piano designs a decade or two ago one who is incapable of making a design is in- manship itself.
That is why we tire of so much work that on
has swung to the other extreme. To-day we de- capable of rightly carving one made by another.
The ancients knew this, and the crafts, one by the surface seems, and is even, well-executed,
iriand the simple, the massive, the plain.
The reaction has come not so much against one, have decayed as this ancient ideal has been well-designed. We never tire of a true and per-
fect Indian basket, a rare old bit of Italian carv-
carving, in itself, as because of the kind of carv- lost.
It was a fundamental principle in the old days ing or one of those marvelous missals or manu-
ing that has been inflicted upon us. The mass
of it has been lifeless and worthless, generally that both design and execution should be the script traceries that have come down to us from
the old days. The secret is very simple. They
have something to say to us, something to reveal.
Through them the soul itself has poured some-
thing of its life. It has been left to us moderns
to change all that and we have changed with a
vengeance. A design that is worthy of the name
That TOWSLEY'S Glue Spreaders
is something living, vital. Let it be "transferred"
are giving to many Piano Manufacturers
to wood by some one who is ignorant of the prin-
ciples of design or who is incapable of producing
a design equally excellent, and that which was
alive becometh dead forthwith. Our artists know
Write the Company for their new Catalog "C
this principle. Is it not time that our craftsmen
showing their complete tine of Gluing
Appliances.
should learn it too? Let a song by Schumann
be sung by the cracked voice of a Bowery im-
Glue Spreaders, Hand and Power Feed; 12 to
presario, with an accompaniment played on a
JOHN T. TOWSLEY MFG. CO. piano that is hopelessly out of tune, and what
54 inches wide. Single, Double and Combi-
nation Machines.
CINCINNATI, OHIO
have you? The cases are parallel. Then, consid-
ering that a large proportion of our carved fur-
niture has been cursed with bad design to start
with, and unfeeling, mechanical workmanship to
conclude with, need we wonder that the reaction
has come and left us praying for the simplest
possible lines in our pianos and fine furniture?
IMPORTANCE OF WOOD CARVING.
DO YOU KNOW
ABUNDANT SATISFACTION?
UNIVERSAL
ARM . . . .
BORING MACHINE
FOR PIANO MANUFACTURERS.
R. C. KOCH'S STEADY ADVANCE.
Rudolph C. Koch, maker of the Reinwarth
strings, 386-388 Second avenue, has recently re-
ceived several important accessions to his list of
patrons. Up to date, the Koch output of this year
has called for the use of full facilities and a full
force.
Mr. Koch has virtually been associated with the
development of the Reinwarth string business
and is not only maintaining the high reputation
which the founder of this business enjoyed, but
he is augmenting it by the production of strings
which give the utmost satisfaction to makers of
artistic pianos.
C. S C H I L D R O T H ,
H. B. SMITH MACHINE CO.,
PIANO and ORGAN KEYS
148 WEST 4th ST., Near 6th Ave., NEW YORK
Repairing Promptly Attended to
EVERT DESCRIPTION
WOOD WORKING MACHINERY.
FACTORY.
Salthrlll*, N. J.
NBW YORK,
123 Liberty St.
Particulars and Prices on Application.
B-UrTLE-POIHTEB
Manufacturer of
CHICAOO,
M 5. Caul St.
PIANO STRING CO.
IT WON'T HURT THE DEALER
Any to See that
THE-MAPES-
STRING
is on his Pianos.
VENEERS
MANUFACTURERS OP
Ba$$ mm
312, 316 East 95th Street,
NEW YORK.
C. H. O. HOUGHTON
ESTABLISHED 1824 BY E. ® C. W. HOVGHTON
96 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY
Phone, 6935 Griynrvercy
Grand Rapids
Piano
Case
Co.,
Ltd.
BRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
The most modern and
complete exclusive
case factory in the
world.
QUALITY AND PROMPT SHIPMENTS GUARANTEED
A. C. CHENEY PIANO ACTION CO.
Manufacturer* el HIGH GRADE PIANOFORTE ACTIONS.
CASTLETON, NEW YORK
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
35
because the one fundamental rule of art has been work of one and the same person. This must
violated in its production, the rule by which the come again to be the universal rule if any real
progress is to be made in the art of wood-carving
Some Fundamental Principles of the Art and craftsman and the designer should not be, must
How the Commercial Tendency of Our not be, separated. The simplest leaf form may be or any other art, for the matter of that. The
so carved as to express something finer and commercial tendency of the times has had much
Times Have Separated Design From Crafts-
greater than itself—the real thing—the soul, if to do with keeping our arts and crafts upon that
manship.
you like. The purest design may become in the level where sordidness and a willingness to imi-
Action is followed by reaction, and it is well. translating, and how much of our modern work tate have been their curse, and one proof of this
The old days of the showy, elaborate and over- is, lifeless and void. The simple truth is, the is the separation of the design from the crafts-
crnamented piano designs a decade or two ago one who is incapable of making a design is in- manship itself.
That is why we tire of so much work that on
has swung to the other extreme. To-day we de- capable of rightly carving one made by another.
The ancients knew this, and the crafts, one by the surface seems, and is even, well-executed,
iriand the simple, the massive, the plain.
The reaction has come not so much against one, have decayed as this ancient ideal has been well-designed. We never tire of a true and per-
fect Indian basket, a rare old bit of Italian carv-
carving, in itself, as because of the kind of carv- lost.
It was a fundamental principle in the old days ing or one of those marvelous missals or manu-
ing that has been inflicted upon us. The mass
of it has been lifeless and worthless, generally that both design and execution should be the script traceries that have come down to us from
the old days. The secret is very simple. They
have something to say to us, something to reveal.
Through them the soul itself has poured some-
thing of its life. It has been left to us moderns
to change all that and we have changed with a
vengeance. A design that is worthy of the name
That TOWSLEY'S Glue Spreaders
is something living, vital. Let it be "transferred"
are giving to many Piano Manufacturers
to wood by some one who is ignorant of the prin-
ciples of design or who is incapable of producing
a design equally excellent, and that which was
alive becometh dead forthwith. Our artists know
Write the Company for their new Catalog "C
this principle. Is it not time that our craftsmen
showing their complete tine of Gluing
Appliances.
should learn it too? Let a song by Schumann
be sung by the cracked voice of a Bowery im-
Glue Spreaders, Hand and Power Feed; 12 to
presario, with an accompaniment played on a
JOHN T. TOWSLEY MFG. CO. piano that is hopelessly out of tune, and what
54 inches wide. Single, Double and Combi-
nation Machines.
CINCINNATI, OHIO
have you? The cases are parallel. Then, consid-
ering that a large proportion of our carved fur-
niture has been cursed with bad design to start
with, and unfeeling, mechanical workmanship to
conclude with, need we wonder that the reaction
has come and left us praying for the simplest
possible lines in our pianos and fine furniture?
IMPORTANCE OF WOOD CARVING.
DO YOU KNOW
ABUNDANT SATISFACTION?
UNIVERSAL
ARM . . . .
BORING MACHINE
FOR PIANO MANUFACTURERS.
R. C. KOCH'S STEADY ADVANCE.
Rudolph C. Koch, maker of the Reinwarth
strings, 386-388 Second avenue, has recently re-
ceived several important accessions to his list of
patrons. Up to date, the Koch output of this year
has called for the use of full facilities and a full
force.
Mr. Koch has virtually been associated with the
development of the Reinwarth string business
and is not only maintaining the high reputation
which the founder of this business enjoyed, but
he is augmenting it by the production of strings
which give the utmost satisfaction to makers of
artistic pianos.
C. S C H I L D R O T H ,
H. B. SMITH MACHINE CO.,
PIANO and ORGAN KEYS
148 WEST 4th ST., Near 6th Ave., NEW YORK
Repairing Promptly Attended to
EVERT DESCRIPTION
WOOD WORKING MACHINERY.
FACTORY.
Salthrlll*, N. J.
NBW YORK,
123 Liberty St.
Particulars and Prices on Application.
B-UrTLE-POIHTEB
Manufacturer of
CHICAOO,
M 5. Caul St.
PIANO STRING CO.
IT WON'T HURT THE DEALER
Any to See that
THE-MAPES-
STRING
is on his Pianos.
VENEERS
MANUFACTURERS OP
Ba$$ mm
312, 316 East 95th Street,
NEW YORK.
C. H. O. HOUGHTON
ESTABLISHED 1824 BY E. ® C. W. HOVGHTON
96 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY
Phone, 6935 Griynrvercy
Grand Rapids
Piano
Case
Co.,
Ltd.
BRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
The most modern and
complete exclusive
case factory in the
world.
QUALITY AND PROMPT SHIPMENTS GUARANTEED
A. C. CHENEY PIANO ACTION CO.
Manufacturer* el HIGH GRADE PIANOFORTE ACTIONS.
CASTLETON, NEW YORK
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