Music Trade Review

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DEATH OF JOHN A. HUSSEY
Well-known Piano Maker Pas'ses Away at His
Home in East Braintree, Mass.
130sTON. :--f ASS., Oct ohe r 22.- A itrr a lin ge ring
' illness Jo'hn A. Hus se y, pi a no-maker for fifty
y ears, pas sed awa y at hi s late home in Ea s t
Braintree, lVIass ., on \V .. dnesda y.
As a y oung- man , Mr. Hussey learned the
trad e of piano-mak e r with C hick e ring & Son s
at Bo s ton, Mass., later bein g emplo y ed by
Ma s on & Hamlin a nd th e Hall e t & D av is Co . In
l R90 Mr . Hus s ey accompani e d the B oston Piano
Co. to vVooster, 0., remaining in their employ
for se "eral y ears when h e became affiliated with
the Melville Cl a rk Pi a no Co. , of C hica go and
D e Kalb, HI., b y wh o m he was employed for a
period of over tw e nt y y ea r s un t il thr ee ye a r ~
~go, wh e n he me t with an accid e nt which
La used him to r e tir e a nd loc a te in the Boston
s uburb of Eas t Braintree in an effort to regain.
his h ea lth.
Mr. Hu ss ey w as an a uthority on piano con­
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s lruction and for m a ny years he specialized
upon !! rand ., .
Mr. Husse y is s urv ived b y a s is ter, "1iss Mar y
A. Husse y , of East O rang e, ::-J. ]., and t,vo
niece s, Mrs. John '0/. N evill e, of E a st O ran g e,
N . J. , and Miss K a therin e E. H eal e y, of Ea s t
Braintree, w ith whom h e mad e his home.
NEW STERLING STYLES ANNOUNCED
Throu g h the medium of the lo ca l pre ss in
Brooklyn and New Y ork, th e arriv a l of th e ne w
Stnlin !.! pian o mod e ls ha s been a nnoun ced re­
centl y by the Ste rling l'iano Corp ., B rookl y n.
The new model s includ e six st yles in all, three
b e in!! upright s and three upright player s, and
all are slightl y smaller in s ize th a n the previ o us
equi va lent S t~r1ing models. The n ew models
ar e equipped with the Vve sse ll, N ic kel & Gross
action a nd ha ve a n ew s e t of sca les. Anoth e r
featu re of the in s trum e nt s is found on the
ca se, whi c h has a simplifie d remo va ble floor­
board. A number of thc n e w mod e ls ha ve been
place d on th e floor in th e Brookl y n w a re room s.
A Wonderful Player
in a Splendid Piano
The description is not exaggerated, neither is
it inadequate, when applied to the wonderful
O CTonEIl 27, 1923
NEW VOCALSTVLE CATALOG ISSUED
Latest Edition Is Complete Up to Releases of
October 1, 1923, Including All Types of Rolls
Issued by That Company
CIN CI N N AT!, 0., O ctoiJcr 22.· The \ ' Ll cal st yle
Mu s ic Co, o f thi s c ity, has ju:;t iss ued a catal os
of V o ca lst y lc w ord roll s co mplete lip t o the
iss u('s of O ctob e r 1, 1923. The cat a lo g is most
con ve nientl y a rran ge d, th e numbers recorde d
bein g cla :;:; ilied under tiE' fo llowin g h ea d s :
S o n g l~ o Il s (al p habeti ca lly ar ran ge d ) ; H y mn s
and Sa cred So ngs (cla s s ified li s t); Forei g n
S OIl f!' and In s trum e nt R o ll s, includin g se lec ­
tion s from the Bohemi a n, Fren c h, G e rman, Hoi­
land P sa lms, Hun garian, . It a lian, Polish and
Spani s h;
\'o calst y le Innov ati o ns, in c ludin g
childr e n's se ries, ji g s and reel s, minstr e l se ri e s,
Ril ey 's r e citation s and s qu a re d a nce, with
ca lls, a nd finall y a c ompl e t e li s t oi the Vocal­
s t y le ca tal o g num e ricall y a rran ge d.
P a rticul a r att e nti o n is dire cte d in th e ca ta log
Lo the n ew V o ca ls ty le tab, w hich is lII a de of
h ea v ie r pap, -r , tock than that use d in t he roll
itself and whi c h, of c ourse , mak es it mu c h m o re
dura ble th a n is u s uall y the case. By th e USf
of this th e compa ny s t a tl·s th a t it h as compl e tely
elimin a ted th e trouble of roll e nd s te a ring off
with the la bel.
The cat a lo g is a fin e ex ample of t y po c; ra phy
a nd is a rran ge d thrOU f!'hout in s u r h a fas hion
t hat a ny roll in the Vocal s ty\c li s t can be found
at ' o nce and with a minimum of effo rt. Thi s ,
of c ourse , lS wh a t makes an y roll catal og ~u c ­
ce" ful.
PRODUCTION RECORD FOR STANDARD
A. W. Johnston on Return From West Predicts
October Will Be Record Month
M. Schulz Co.
Player- Piano
The player is Schulz-made throughout from original
Schulz designs
The piano has been accumulating reputation for
thirty years
The combined instrument is celebrated as
_\ n ew production mark for t h e Sta ndard
Pneumatic .\ c tion Co., Ne w Y o rk, will be estab­
lish ed durin g Octo ber, acc ordin g to the re co rds
of .\. ,\/,;' . John s ton, p re sident of th a t c ompan y,
who h as ju s t re turn ed to t he cit y after a mid ·
\Ve s t e rn trip . S pea kin g o f hi s trip, Mr. John­
s ton said: " T h ave n ev ~ r se e n busin ess s o g ood .
F irm s, which ha "e n o t been pu s he d to ca pa cit y
, ince th e w a r, a r e no w produ c in g on a n o ve r­
tim e s ch edule. Th e onl y exi s ting hindran ce is
th a t s killed labor is ha rd to find, es pe,-iall) in
the Chi ca g o diqrict. All th e evid e nc e s, how­
ever, of an e ra of in c re ase d pros perit y for th e
piano indu s tr y have beg un to manifest th em­
srlves. As for our own fac tory, we have not
bee n affe cted particularl y by th e la bor s horta ge".
The <:t a ge is s et for a bi g ger b oo m than the
war bool11, th .. diff e ren ce bein g that Ollr fi g hting
ene r {', ics call a ll be dir ec ted toward produ c tion."
SEEKING THE OLDEST STERLING
Easiest to Play
Most Durable
Simplest
Least Mechanical Sounding
Correspondence with efficient dealers only is solicited
M. SCHULZ
co.
Founded 1869
Office. :
Schulz Buildinc
711 Milwaukee Aye.
Chicago
Factories:
Chi c ago.
Southern Wholesale Branch
Candler Building
Atlanta, Ga.
An e ff ec tiv e SChf'llle for s ecurin g' pro s pects
for n e w pi a no s was inn ova ted b )' th e Brookl y n
ret a il war e room s of th e Ste rlin g ['i a no Co rp.
this month with th e offer to ex c h a ng e one of
the n e w Ste rling p lay er model s , jusl received
from thp fac tor y, for th e old es t St e rling-made
pi a no to be found in Great e r N ew Y ork. This
includes the Ste rlin g, Huntington a nd M e ndel s ­
s ohn pianos, a nd m a ny cl a ims h ave alre a dy been
re ceived from old Brooklyn r es ident s pos s e s s­
in g earl y model s of th es e ma ke s of piano s. The
new Ste rlin .'2' pla ye r s electe d for the ex chan ge
has b e en g iv e n a prominent pla ce in th e wind o w
of th e COllrt str ee t sho w room s, s cr v inq' to draw
JIluch att e ntion to the newl y com p le ted St e rlin c;
mod e ls, as w e ll as furnishing th e compa ny wi t h
num e rou s li v e pr os pec ts.
GREGORY WITH THE PEASE CO.
H . A. Gr e gory, well known to the r e tail piano
tr a de in Brookl y n and Gr eil t e r Ne w Y ork, has
just join ed the s al es st a ff of th e Pea se Piano
Co .' s Brookl y n bra nc h. :M r . G r e gor y has b een
id e ntified with r e tail pi a no w a re rooms in Brook­
ly n for the past t we nty y ea rs.