Music Trade Review
Issue: 1911 Vol. 53 N. 9 - Page 14
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of the 'wolf left in one third or in one sixth, any
more than in one fourth or fifth."
The precise trouble between Messrs. Hale and
Very on the one hand and myself on the other,
is that there is no trouble at all. We are all
agreed as to what an equal temperament is. And
indeed we could not be otherwise, since there is
absolutely nothing to compromise. But, I am in-
clined to think that both my correspondents have
made an error in imagining—as apparently they
both do—that I have recommended a system of
tuning by fourths and fifths alone. I am very
far from such an absurdity. I do recommend the
use of the fourth and fifth intervals, but with the
important qualification that every step is to be—
nay, must be—checked by comparison of the thirds
and sixths generated by those steps. Although I
use the fourths and fifths for the direct means of
temperament, I use thirds and sixths for the
equally important function of checking the cor-
rectness of every step. And, knowing the precise
•beat-rate of all the intervals, it is the simplest
thing in the world to check up my thirds and know
precisely whether they are, or are not, each one
of them correct. I tune from the F below middle
C to the F above it, and have always thought this
octave to be the best adapted for tuning tempera-
ment, so far as concerns audibility and general
delicacy of audition.
Stopping just so long to justify myself on this
important question of fact, I shall take up, next
week, in due form, a reply at length to Messrs.
Hale and Very. In this reply I expect to defend
my position pretty completely.
I acknowledge receipt of letters from Henry
Bock of Chicago and D. D. Young, of Elgin, 111.,
which shall have attention in due course.
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.
Pianos and Other Musical Instruments Shipped
Abroad from the Port of New York for the
Week Just Ended—An Interesting Array of
Musical Specialties for Foreign Countries.
DETROIT NEWS BRIEFLETS.
Bringing the Pianos to the Prospects—Recent
Visitors of Record—Leonard Davis a Lucky
Man—Other Gleanings of Interest.
(Special to The Kcview.;
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 30, 1911.
The
Manufacturers'
Piano Co. are hold-
Washington, D. C, Aug. 29, 1911.
ing a special sale at Lennox, Mich., this week.
The following were the exports of musical in-
The object is to carry the goods directly to the
struments and kindred lines from the port of New
rural population instead of trying to induce the
York for the week just ended :
rural residents to come to the dealer. J. A. Honea
Algoa Bay—4 cases organs and material, $206;
is in charge. It is likely that other similar sales
1 case pianos and material, $400.
will be held this fall.
Baden—4 pkgs. talking machines and material,
J. A. Kieselhorst, president of the J. A. Kiesel-
$129.
horst Piano Co., of Alton, 111., was in Detroit
Berlin—1) pkgs. talking machines and material,
early this week looking after some business in-
$202.
terests he has here. He was entertained by Leon-
Bremen—13 cases piano-players and material,
ard Davis, an old friend.
$3,900; 22 cases organs and material, $794.
Among those who called on the trade was Daniel
Buenos Ayres—2 cases pianos and material, $234;
G. Williams, of the Udell Works, of Indianapolis,
2 pkgs. phonographic goods and material, $231.
Ind. He was showing patterns of a fine line of
Burick—7 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
music cabinets which are destined to command a
terial, $225.
big trade this fall.
Callao—1 case piano-players and material, $111.
E. Hugh Smith, of the Melville Clark Piano
Christiania—4ti cases organs and material, $1,626.
Co.'s branch here, returned from his vacation
Colon—3 pkgs. phonographic goods and material,
Monday. He stopped at Pontiac en route back to
$162.
the city long enough to sell an Apollo. Roy T.
Copenhagen—29 pkgs. phonographic goods and
Davis, sales manager of the Detroit branch of
material, $819.
the same company, has left for his vacation. He
Corinto—5 pkgs. talking machines and material, went to Cleveland and Eastern points.
$113.
Leonard Davis, manager of the Detroit branch
Guayaquil—8 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
of the Melville Clark Piano Co., had some evi-
terial, $377.
dence of his popularity a few days ago. A de-
Hamburg—2 cases pianos and material, $450.
troit paper makes a practice of inserting among
Havana—2 cases pianos and material, $170; 10 its liner advertisements, invitations to come get
pkgs. talking machines and material, $358.
a free ticket to the ball park. The names are
Kingston—5 cases pianos and material, $364.
taken at random from the city directory. Mr.
London—42 pkgs. talking machines and material,
Communications for this department should be
Davis happened to be one of the lucky ones. About
addressed to the Editor, Technical Department, $1,880; 57 pkgs. talking machines and material, a dozen friends who saw the name called him up
$2,380; 1 case pianos and material, $120.
The Music Trade Review.
W. B. W.
to tell him about it, to be sure he would not miss
Matanzas—1 pkg. phonographic goods and ma-
it.
terial, $200.
NEW MANAGER FOR C. C. MELLOR CO.
Montevideo—8 cases pianos and material, $1,000.
OPENS OFFICE IN CLEVELAND.
Palermo—1 case pianos and material, $150.
W. C. Dierks, formerly proprietor of the Mon-
A. F. Bramley, a piano man with international
Para—37 pkgs. talking machines and material,
tana Music Co., Butte, Mont., has become mana-
experience, who recently became connected with
ger of the C. C. Mellor Co., Ltd., Pittsburgh, Pa., $1,852; 4 cases pianos and material, $1,138.
the Baldwin Co., Cincinnati, O., has opened offices
Pt. Alegre—31 pkgs. phonographic goods and
and taken full charge of the affairs of that house.
for that company in the Arcade, Cleveland, O.,
Mr. Dierks sold out his business in Butte to material, $1,821.
and
will act as resident manager as well as in an
Orton Bros., last January. He has been in the
Rio de Janeiro—9 cases pianos and material,
advisory capacity in the export department of the
trade for about twenty years.
$1,090.
company.
Rotterdam—1 case pianos and material, $150.
Santiago—1
pkgs.
phonographic
goods
and
ma-
LINDSAY'S STEINWAY ANNOUNCEMENT.
LONG PIANO CO. INCORPORATED.
terial, $183; 9 cases pianos and material, $1,963.
The C. W. Lindsay Co., Montreal, Quebec, an-
Tampico—5 cases pianos and material, $3,073.
The Long Piano Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa., has just
nounce that they have secured the agency for the
been incorporated at Pittsburgh for the purpose of
Steinway piano and are advertising that instru-
J. C. Beeken has opened a music store at Beau- conducting a general piano, musical instrument and
ment in forceful and dignified fashion. They ex-
mont, Cal., in the Adams building, on Egan ave- sheet music business in that city. The incorpora-
pect to make the Steinway agency the feature of
nue, and will shortly have a full line of pianos and
tors are W. H. Long, P. M. Long and E. G.
their business.
players on hand.
Wolfram.
(Special to The Review.)
I
REPUTATION OF T H E STRAUBE has
been the means of building our business on the
sure and enduring foundation of integrity and right
dealing. It will do exactly the same thing for you.
XLhc Straube HMano Company
General Offices anfc
t>ammont>, Ilnfc.
332 IRepublic
Chicago ©ffice:
State anfc
St6.
THE
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of the 'wolf left in one third or in one sixth, any
more than in one fourth or fifth."
The precise trouble between Messrs. Hale and
Very on the one hand and myself on the other,
is that there is no trouble at all. We are all
agreed as to what an equal temperament is. And
indeed we could not be otherwise, since there is
absolutely nothing to compromise. But, I am in-
clined to think that both my correspondents have
made an error in imagining—as apparently they
both do—that I have recommended a system of
tuning by fourths and fifths alone. I am very
far from such an absurdity. I do recommend the
use of the fourth and fifth intervals, but with the
important qualification that every step is to be—
nay, must be—checked by comparison of the thirds
and sixths generated by those steps. Although I
use the fourths and fifths for the direct means of
temperament, I use thirds and sixths for the
equally important function of checking the cor-
rectness of every step. And, knowing the precise
•beat-rate of all the intervals, it is the simplest
thing in the world to check up my thirds and know
precisely whether they are, or are not, each one
of them correct. I tune from the F below middle
C to the F above it, and have always thought this
octave to be the best adapted for tuning tempera-
ment, so far as concerns audibility and general
delicacy of audition.
Stopping just so long to justify myself on this
important question of fact, I shall take up, next
week, in due form, a reply at length to Messrs.
Hale and Very. In this reply I expect to defend
my position pretty completely.
I acknowledge receipt of letters from Henry
Bock of Chicago and D. D. Young, of Elgin, 111.,
which shall have attention in due course.
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.
Pianos and Other Musical Instruments Shipped
Abroad from the Port of New York for the
Week Just Ended—An Interesting Array of
Musical Specialties for Foreign Countries.
DETROIT NEWS BRIEFLETS.
Bringing the Pianos to the Prospects—Recent
Visitors of Record—Leonard Davis a Lucky
Man—Other Gleanings of Interest.
(Special to The Kcview.;
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 30, 1911.
The
Manufacturers'
Piano Co. are hold-
Washington, D. C, Aug. 29, 1911.
ing a special sale at Lennox, Mich., this week.
The following were the exports of musical in-
The object is to carry the goods directly to the
struments and kindred lines from the port of New
rural population instead of trying to induce the
York for the week just ended :
rural residents to come to the dealer. J. A. Honea
Algoa Bay—4 cases organs and material, $206;
is in charge. It is likely that other similar sales
1 case pianos and material, $400.
will be held this fall.
Baden—4 pkgs. talking machines and material,
J. A. Kieselhorst, president of the J. A. Kiesel-
$129.
horst Piano Co., of Alton, 111., was in Detroit
Berlin—1) pkgs. talking machines and material,
early this week looking after some business in-
$202.
terests he has here. He was entertained by Leon-
Bremen—13 cases piano-players and material,
ard Davis, an old friend.
$3,900; 22 cases organs and material, $794.
Among those who called on the trade was Daniel
Buenos Ayres—2 cases pianos and material, $234;
G. Williams, of the Udell Works, of Indianapolis,
2 pkgs. phonographic goods and material, $231.
Ind. He was showing patterns of a fine line of
Burick—7 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
music cabinets which are destined to command a
terial, $225.
big trade this fall.
Callao—1 case piano-players and material, $111.
E. Hugh Smith, of the Melville Clark Piano
Christiania—4ti cases organs and material, $1,626.
Co.'s branch here, returned from his vacation
Colon—3 pkgs. phonographic goods and material,
Monday. He stopped at Pontiac en route back to
$162.
the city long enough to sell an Apollo. Roy T.
Copenhagen—29 pkgs. phonographic goods and
Davis, sales manager of the Detroit branch of
material, $819.
the same company, has left for his vacation. He
Corinto—5 pkgs. talking machines and material, went to Cleveland and Eastern points.
$113.
Leonard Davis, manager of the Detroit branch
Guayaquil—8 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
of the Melville Clark Piano Co., had some evi-
terial, $377.
dence of his popularity a few days ago. A de-
Hamburg—2 cases pianos and material, $450.
troit paper makes a practice of inserting among
Havana—2 cases pianos and material, $170; 10 its liner advertisements, invitations to come get
pkgs. talking machines and material, $358.
a free ticket to the ball park. The names are
Kingston—5 cases pianos and material, $364.
taken at random from the city directory. Mr.
London—42 pkgs. talking machines and material,
Communications for this department should be
Davis happened to be one of the lucky ones. About
addressed to the Editor, Technical Department, $1,880; 57 pkgs. talking machines and material, a dozen friends who saw the name called him up
$2,380; 1 case pianos and material, $120.
The Music Trade Review.
W. B. W.
to tell him about it, to be sure he would not miss
Matanzas—1 pkg. phonographic goods and ma-
it.
terial, $200.
NEW MANAGER FOR C. C. MELLOR CO.
Montevideo—8 cases pianos and material, $1,000.
OPENS OFFICE IN CLEVELAND.
Palermo—1 case pianos and material, $150.
W. C. Dierks, formerly proprietor of the Mon-
A. F. Bramley, a piano man with international
Para—37 pkgs. talking machines and material,
tana Music Co., Butte, Mont., has become mana-
experience, who recently became connected with
ger of the C. C. Mellor Co., Ltd., Pittsburgh, Pa., $1,852; 4 cases pianos and material, $1,138.
the Baldwin Co., Cincinnati, O., has opened offices
Pt. Alegre—31 pkgs. phonographic goods and
and taken full charge of the affairs of that house.
for that company in the Arcade, Cleveland, O.,
Mr. Dierks sold out his business in Butte to material, $1,821.
and
will act as resident manager as well as in an
Orton Bros., last January. He has been in the
Rio de Janeiro—9 cases pianos and material,
advisory capacity in the export department of the
trade for about twenty years.
$1,090.
company.
Rotterdam—1 case pianos and material, $150.
Santiago—1
pkgs.
phonographic
goods
and
ma-
LINDSAY'S STEINWAY ANNOUNCEMENT.
LONG PIANO CO. INCORPORATED.
terial, $183; 9 cases pianos and material, $1,963.
The C. W. Lindsay Co., Montreal, Quebec, an-
Tampico—5 cases pianos and material, $3,073.
The Long Piano Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa., has just
nounce that they have secured the agency for the
been incorporated at Pittsburgh for the purpose of
Steinway piano and are advertising that instru-
J. C. Beeken has opened a music store at Beau- conducting a general piano, musical instrument and
ment in forceful and dignified fashion. They ex-
mont, Cal., in the Adams building, on Egan ave- sheet music business in that city. The incorpora-
pect to make the Steinway agency the feature of
nue, and will shortly have a full line of pianos and
tors are W. H. Long, P. M. Long and E. G.
their business.
players on hand.
Wolfram.
(Special to The Review.)
I
REPUTATION OF T H E STRAUBE has
been the means of building our business on the
sure and enduring foundation of integrity and right
dealing. It will do exactly the same thing for you.
XLhc Straube HMano Company
General Offices anfc
t>ammont>, Ilnfc.
332 IRepublic
Chicago ©ffice:
State anfc
St6.
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