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Musical Courier 1896-12-23: Vol 33 Iss 877, 1896
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1THE MUSICAL COURIER.
3NEW GRAND ACTION.
5Herrburger-Schwander, Paris.
7FOR some little time it has been known that Herrburger-Schwander & Son, of Paris, the renowned piano action makers, have been giving their attention to a new grand action which would have distinctive features, and which would beyond question prove an improvement over any grand action in the market. Mr. Joseph Herrburger is the patentee and Wm. Tonk & Brother, of 26 Warren street, this city, are the representatives of the Herrburger-Schwander actions in this country. The patents were granted in the latter part of November, and this improved action is now ready for piano makers. Mr. Herrburger's claims are these:
91. The combination of a rider with an outwardly bulged repeating lever pivotally connected to said rider.
102. The combination of a rider with an outwardly bulged and slotted repeating lever, and with a regulating screw that extends through said lever.
113. The combination of a rider with a post projecting upwardly therefrom, a screw engaging said post, and an outwardly bulged repeating lever engaged by the screw.
124. The combination of a jack and rider with an outwardly bulged repeating lever pivoted to the rider, and with a bent spring engaging the repeating lever and the jack.
135. The combination of a jack and rider with an outwardly bulged repeating lever, a regulating screw engaging said lever, and a spring engaging both said lever and the jack.
15The above technical explanation will be appreciated by all mechanical experts interested in piano construction, as showing various novel features, which have for their object the eliminating of friction between the repeating lever and the hammer butt regulating screw, also to provide a guide for the repeating lever, and to obtain a superior spring action for such lever and the jack.
17The touch of a grand action is its most essential requisite; a pianist obtains the most satisfying results from a sympathetic action, and obtains nothing from an action which is stiff and not susceptible of delicate regulating.
19In the action of the Herrburger-Schwander make, both grand and upright, the grade of material used and workmanship employed have produced a mechanical whole which has no superior. They have always occupied a position at the top, and have been able to maintain that position from the constant attention of a scholarly mechanic, Mr. Herrburger. This present improvement in grand actions is important to all musicians as affording them something from which they can better demonstrate their ability as piano players, and with a diminution of the usual exertion for those portions which in the general run of grand actions are necessarily closely united and work with more or less friction. In this improved action they are operated upon anti-friction principles, and in consequence the resistance has been reduced to a minimum and a light, sympathetic touch is the result.
21Messrs. Wm. Tonk & Brother have for many years represented Herrburger-Schwander & Son in this country, and with great satisfaction. Their goods are becoming better known each year among the manufacturers who appreciate a high grade article.
23The model of the new grand action is now ready for inspection at the salesroom of Messrs. Tonk & Brother.
25In Town.
27AMONG the trade visitors who have been in New York the past two weeks and among those who called at the office of THE MUSICAL COURIER were:
28J. R. Mason, Sterling Company, Derby, Conn.
29L. A. Bertolette, Robelen & Co., Wilmington, Del.
30N. L. Gebhart, A. B. Chase Company, Norwalk, Ohio.
31L. E. Thayer, Fort Wayne Organ Company, Fort Wayne, Ind.
32Wm. P. Wood, Wood Brothers, Pittsfield, Mass.
33M. J. Vossler, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
34P. M. Chamberlin, Chester, N. J.
35W. H. Keller, Easton, Pa.
36H. Lowell Mason, Mason & Hamlin Company, Boston, Mass.
37C. J. Schneider, Americus, Ga.
38R. W. Blake, Sterling Company, Derby, Conn.
39Jos. B. Mann, Mann & Eccles, Providence, R. I.
40J. J. Pole, Geneva, N. Y.
41Geo. C. Royce, Whaley, Royce & Co., Toronto, Canada.
42C. C. Durgin, B. F. Wood Music Company, Boston, Mass.
43M. Daniels, Denton, Cottier & Daniels, Buffalo, N. Y.
44A. J. Mason, Jr., Mason & Risch Vocalion Company, Limited, Worcester, Mass.
45F. F. Kramer, Allentown, Pa.
46D. L. De Pass, Quebec, Canada.
47J. L. Flanery, Springfield, Ohio.
48E. C. Burkham, E. C. Burkham & Co., Pittsburg, Pa.
49H. W. Hangen, Reading, Pa.
50John C. Haynes, Boston, Mass.
51Geo. Blumner, Geo. P. Bent, Chicago, Ill.
52J. G. Ramsdell, Philadelphia, Pa.
53F. J. Woodbury, Jewett Piano Company, Leominster, Mass.
54M. Marks, Everett Piano Company, Boston, Mass.
55Geo. A. Dowling, Everett Piano Company, New York.
56C. A. Hyde, Norris & Hyde, Boston, Mass.
57F. E. Wilson, Tonawanda, Pa.
58Levi M. Pierce, Springfield, Mass.
59R. O. Burgers, Wegman Piano Company, Auburn, N. Y.
60De Volney Everett, Ivers & Pond Piano Company, Boston, Mass.
61Mr. Baird, McCammon Piano Company, Oneonta, N. Y.
62F. A. Couzelman, Port Jervis, N. Y.
63Clarence Wulsin, Indianapolis, Ind.
64F. E. Howe, Taylor's Music House, Springfield, Mass.
65Otto Trefz, Lester Piano Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
66C. F. Bauzenberger, Lester Piano Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
67F. Edwards, Springfield, Mass.
68Geo. L. Dodd, Monmouth, Me.
70Current Chat and Changes.
71W. A. Leyne, Green City, Mo., is a new dealer.
72Cady Brothers, Quincy, Ill., have been succeeded by C. H. Cady & Son.
73Chase & Beebe, Syracuse, N. Y., have dissolved.
74W. T. Maxfield, Providence, R. I., has been attached for a bill of $100.
75The Metzerott Music Company, Washington, D. C., has abandoned sheet music, confining itself to pianos and organs.
76The F. M. Luptons Publishing Company has a judgment dated December 8, of $296 against the Saalfeld Publishing Company.
77George V. Leicester, the president of the Leicester Piano Company, upon a bill filed by him, was on December 9 appointed receiver of the Leicester Piano Company, of Michigan, which has its principal office and factory in Baltimore, at 210 South Patterson Park avenue. The bond was fixed at $2,500. Mr. Leicester is the principal creditor, the entire indebtedness amounting to $600 only.
79The new warerooms, and the new music hall to be used in conjunction therewith, which the M. Steinert & Sons Company have been building for a long time in Boston were formally opened to the public last week. An admission price was charged for entrance to the hall.
81Russell G. Smith, Buffalo, N. Y., a tuner and salesman working for Thos. W. Davis, has been held for the grand jury on a charge of grand larceny in the second degree. He is alleged to have appropriated $75 which he had collected.
83C. E. Delno is the new dealer at 816 Congress street, Austin, Tex.
85Mr. Widdup, of Providence, R. I., who was arrested on complaint of McCoy, who said that Widdup pointed a gun at McCoy, has been discharged.
87Two real estate mortgages of $2,000 and $500, respectively, have been filed against R. D. Gardner, Adams, Mass.
89H. H. Kent & Brother is the new concern in the Opera House Block in Binghamton, N. Y.
91G. Spielman & Co., 550 East 157th street, New York, is the latest piano manufacturing concern.
93J. T. Elliott, Sullivan, Ill., is in trouble, his store having been seized by the sheriff.
95A. G. Beattie, Columbia, Pa., is about to move into larger quarters.
97[FOUNDED IN 1872.]
99CARL FISCHER,
100Nos. 6 & 8 Fourth Avenue, New York City N. Y.
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116MANUFACTURER of Guitars, Banjos, Mandolins, Violins and other instruments of the highest standard.
118DEALER in Violins, Violas, Violoncellos and Double Basses of all renowned makes. Gold and silver trimmed bows and all accessories for stringed instruments of the highest grade.
120DIRECT IMPORTER of the finest Roman, Padua and Naples Strings.
122HEADQUARTERS for Orchestra and Band Music, both foreign and domestic. Everything published under the sun.
124PUBLISHER of THE METRONOME, a monthly magazine devoted to the interests of professional and amateur musicians, bands and orchestras. It is one of the greatest advertising mediums and foremost musical journals in America. Subscription price, $1.00 per year.
126Catalogues and Price Lists Free upon application.
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