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Musical Courier 1896-03-04: Vol 32 Iss 835, 1896
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1Wunderlich & Co.
2WUNDERLICH & CO., of Eubabrunn, near Markneukirchen, in Saxony, make a specialty of the manufacture of imitations of the violins of the old masters. These instruments are copied so closely after the models that they might be mistaken for a Stradivarius, Guarnerius, &c., and artists even are full of praise over their superb tone. Considering these facts the prices of the firm can be called very moderate ones.
4G. & A. Klemm, Markneukirchen.
5ON January 1, 1896, the well-known old exporting firm of Michael Schuster, Jr., in Markneukirchen, was bought up, with all its liabilities and assets, by the renowned firm of G. & A. Klemm, of Markneukirchen, a house which has been in existence for over a century. The proprietor of the latter firm, Mr. William Schuster, is most favorably known to the circle of American importers and jobbers, and through his elevated business methods he will surely succeed in conquering even larger fields for the sale of his goods.
7Kunkel to Kimball.
8ST. LOUIS, Mo., February 20, 1896.
9W. W. Kimball Company, Chicago:
10GENTLEMEN—I take pleasure in saying that I gave the first concert of the series last Sunday afternoon at Germania Theatre, and can add that it was a tremendous success. The place was thronged and hundreds turned away. The Kimball piano came in for the most favorable comments. The concerts will certainly be a great power. With kindest wishes I remain, yours truly,
11CHARLES KUNKEL.
13A Leader.
14IF we are to understand the word advancement to comprehend extension of business and increase of reputation, it is evident that recent events in the trade pointing to a reduction in the number of the old-time leaders affords opportunity for some one of the newer pianos to secure a more advanced position in the field controlled by the highest grade instruments.
16That there are very few fitted to take a leading artistic position the trade generally will admit, the selection of a suitable leader to replace those disappearing from the field being one of the most important questions many dealers are confronted with. That the necessity will produce the piano no one doubts, and among those best informed as to the relative merits of the pianos before the public, their artistic qualities and their desirability, to attract and hold the best class of trade, the verdict is that the Gildemeester & Kroeger is a leader in every respect and qualification. With this we agree. Reference to the columns of this paper will show our position on this question. The Gildemeester & Kroeger is one of the few highest grade artistic pianos now before the public, a piano with an ever increasing reputation as an instrument of the highest type, an exposition of the advance and development of American piano making.
18We believe, also, that the present affords a great opportunity for an increase of its prestige and business. A piano of its importance cannot be overlooked by those seeking a leader. Musically, it is in every way desirable; commercially, it is equally desirable, for it sells. It is a leader in fact as well as in name.
20During the past few months its position has been greatly strengthened by its substitution as the sole leader by a number of the most important independent dealers in the country, they finding it in every way advantageous to give up other high grade pianos they had been carrying and push the Gildemeester & Kroeger alone as their highest grade piano. Mr. A. D. Coe, of Cleveland, did this recently. Chase & Smith, of Syracuse, who in a comparatively short time sold a great many Gildemeester & Kroeger grands and uprights in that city and vicinity, now handle it as their only leader. Blanchard, Fitzgerald & Co., of Los Angeles, one of the most prominent houses in Southern California, relinquished the agency of their other high grade pianos and find the Gildemeester & Kroeger the most satisfactory and profitable high grade piano to represent. Charles W. Smith is securing a large share of Boston's best class of trade with the Gildemeester & Kroeger, and Brown, Page & Hillman, in Peoria, Ill., F. Beyer, in St. Louis, and many others, have by their selection of this piano demonstrated their faith in its superiority.
22That the Gildemeester & Kroeger is on the eve of a more pronounced success we cannot doubt. Its claims cannot be overlooked or denied. It is distinctly a piano by which first-class dealers can secure the highest class trade, and is therefore a profitable piano.
24Praise for Farrand & Votey.
25LOS ANGELES, Cal., February 11, 1896.
26Messrs. Farrand & Votey, Detroit:
27HAVING played three public recitals and several private impromptus upon your splendid organ in the First Congregational Church at Los Angeles, I desire to express to you my appreciation of this noble instrument. Your electric action has been a source of constant satisfaction to me, because of its absolute reliability and response, either in delicate staccato passages, or in power without labor and effort. The voicing throughout the organ is superb, and leaves nothing further to be desired. I mention especially the beautiful salicional, the flute, the gamba and diapasons; the tune even in fullest power, including all couplers, is brilliant, full and sonorous, without the slightest intimation of harshness or scream. During all my concerts and practice on the instrument there was not the slightest failure on the part of the organ to respond exactly to my touch.
29Congratulating you on your great success, and assuring you of my great pleasure in having been selected to perform during the opening exercises, I am, very truly yours,
30WILHELM MIDDLESCULTE, one of two readings
31WILHELM MIDDELSCHULTE, one of two readings
32Organist Theodore Thomas Orchestra and People's Church, Chicago, Ill.
34PHILADELPHIA, Pa., February 22, 1896.
35Messrs. F. Miles Day & Brother, Architects University of Pennsylvania Buildings, Philadelphia, Pa.:
36We, the undersigned, having examined the organ built by the Farrand & Votey Organ Company in the Howard Houston Hall, report as follow:
37I. The organ is built entirely in accord with the specifications by the builders.
38II. The tone quality is of the highest order, the pipes being voiced in such a manner as to speak promptly and truly; the gamba is of special excellence, as, owing to improved construction, it speaks with the promptness of a diapason.
39III. The electric action is perfect in its operation as applied to keys, stops, couplers and compositions, pedals, &c.
40IV. The general effect produced leaves nothing to be desired, either in volume or variety. The novel plan and peculiar construction of the organ are such that effects may be produced on it that are only attainable in very much larger organs constructed in the ordinary way.
41H. A. CLARKE, Mus. Doc., Prof. of Music, U. of Pa.
42PRESTON WAKE OREM, Mus. Bac., U. of Pa.
43W. W. GILCHRISTS, Mus. Doc., U. of Pa.
45Luxton & Black Company's Plans.
46BUFFALO'S musical resources are to be greatly increased this spring by the coming here of the Luxton & Black Company. This firm has taken the Hibbard Building, next to Peter Paul's, and is to remodel it. On the ground floor there will be opened a large music store for the sale of music and small musical instruments. The second and third floors will be devoted to piano ware-rooms, and the company will carry a large number of the Colby, Mason & Hamlin and other pianos. The fourth story is to be fitted up as a luxurious concert hall with stage, upon which a pipe organ of large dimensions is to stand. This hall is to be very handsomely appointed in every particular, with a seating capacity of 200 or 300. An elevator for the use of audiences is to be built. The members of the new firm are all young men, and they are welcomed very cordially to Buffalo. The sheet music and publishing department is to be in the hands of a New York expert. The opening of such a house is an evidence of the growth of musical affairs in Buffalo, which now may be ranked as one of the most progressive cities, musically, in the State.—Buffalo Courier.
48THE Krell Piano Company, of Cincinnati, manufactures a piano other than that bearing its own name, which the company calls the "Royal."
49—William Geyers has begun business in Yonkers, N. Y.
50—Leverson & Hagen have begun business in Brookings, S. Dak.
51—Charles T. White has opened new warerooms in Mishawaka, Ind.
52—D. H. Baldwin & Co. have established a branch in Anderson, Ind.
53—J. K. Wood is the manager.
54—The store of E. H. Roberts, in Troy, N. Y., was burned a few days ago. Loss fully covered by insurance.
55—The W. W. Kimball Company has opened a branch in Springfield, Ohio, under the management of S. H. Daniels.
57A Braumuller Point.
58What shall a dealer make a point on in selling a piano? Why, something that no other dealer in his town has—a patent Tone Deflector.
59The Tone Deflector is a swell by which the quantity of tone may be increased or diminished at will.
60Found only in the BRAUMULLER PIANOS.
61Send for Catalogue.
62402-410 West 14th Street, New York City.
64PIANOS.
65The Orchestral Attachment and Practice Clavier are found only in the "Crown" Pianos.
67ORGANS.
68The Most Modern and Salable Reed Organs now on the market.
70"CROWN."
72MADE AND SOLD TO THE TRADE ONLY BY
73GEO. P. BENT,
74COR. WASHINGTON BOULEVARD AND SANGAMON STREET,
75CHICAGO.
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