Music Trade Review -- © mbsi.org, arcade-museum.com -- digitized with support from namm.org 20 THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW ACROSS THE BORDER. [Special to The Review.] Toronto, Can., Aug. 10, 1901. Piano Manufacturers and Corporations in the United States The excursionists of the Bell Organ & NEW YORK CITY. BOSTON, MASS. Buttell Piano Co., Piano Co., Guelph, Ont., numbering several American Piano Mfg. Co. Bourne, Wm., & Son Co. Schoolcraft, Mich. Bacon, Francis. Briggs Piano Co. Calix, E. F., Hoboken, N. J. hundred, came in on a special train this Baus, Augustus, & Co. Chickering & Sons. Chase, A. B., Co., Norwalk, O. week. They enjoyed the attractions of To- Baumeister, H. Coops, C. W., Piano Co. Chase-Hackley Piano Co., ronto. The general manager of the con- Behning Piano Co. Emerson Piano Co. Muskegon, Mich. cern, E. P. Hawkins, accompanied them. Behr Bros. & Co. Everett Piano Co. Clough & Warren Co., Bunce, C. Hallet & Davis Co. Detroit, Mich. The various wood working unions in this Bent, R. M., & Co. Ivers & Pond Piano Co. Colby Piano Co., Erie, Pa. city are considering the advisability of ap- Biddle Piano Co. Kershner Piano Co. Cornish Co., Washington, N. J. Bloch & Co. McPhail, A. M., Piano Co. Earhuff, J. G., Co. pointing a business agent for the territory North St. Paul, Minn. known as Toronto District. The unions Boedicker's, J. D., Sons. Miller, Henry F., & Sons Piano Co. Foster & Co., Rochester, N. Y. Needham & Bailey. interested are Piano Makers' Union No. 34, Bogart, E. B., & Co. Germain Piano Co.. Bollerman & Som. New England Piano Co. Saginaw, Mich. Vamishers' and Polishers' Union, No. 65, Braumuller Piano Co. Poole Piano Co. Gibbons & Stone, Rochester, N. Y. Cabinet Makers' Union No. 157, Wood Byrne, C. E., Piano Co. Vose & Sons Piano Co. Girardy.L.E., & Co.,Paducah,Ky. Working Machinists' Union No. 118 and Cable & Son. Wentworth, V., & Co. Hagen, Ruefer & Co., Cameron, A. B., Co. CHICAOO, ILL. Peterboro, N. H. Piano Makers' Union No. 121 of Toronto Christman & Son. Bauer, Julius, & Co. Haines & Co., Rochester, N. Y. Junction. Several applications for the posi- Cole & Co. Bent, Geo. P. Halbisch, J. F., Louisville, Ky. tion have already been sent in. Connor, Francis. Bush & Gerts Piano Co. Harvard Piano Co., Dayton, Ky. At a recent meeting in Richmond Hall Davenport & Treacy. Cable Co., The Hobart M. Held & Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. Decker & Son, Cable Co., The. Henning Piano Co., a notice of motion was presented that the Denninger, Frank. Chickering Bros. Brooklyn, N. Y. union become affiliated with the Interna- Doll, Jacob. Clark, Melville, Piano Co. Hinners & Albertson, Pekin, 111. tional Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers' Union Dusinberre & Co. Clemons Co., C. B. Hughes & Son, Foxcroft, Me. Huntington Piano Co., of America. The Lathers decided to appear Estey Piano Co. Detmer, Henry. Fischer, J. & C. Gerold, C. A. Shelton, Conn. Jewett Piano Mfg. Co., in uniforms in the Labor Day parade, and Franklin Piano Co. Hamilton Organ Co. Leominster, Mass. they will also have a float in the procession. Gabler Piano Mfg. Co. Kaiser, Adolph. Kimball. W. W., Co. Keller & Van Dyke, Scranton, Pa. Gordon, Hamilton S. Kellmer Piano Co., Hazelton, Pa. Lakeside Piano Co. ENDORSES THE MASON & HAMLIN. Haines Brothers. Knabe,Wm.,&Co.,Baltimore, Md. Hardman, Peck & Co. Leies, John & Son. Kurtzmann,C.,&Co.,Buffalo,N.Y. Edgar Stillman Kelley, who has recently Harrington, E. G., & Co. Newman Bros. Co. Leckering & Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. been appointed Professor of Music for the Hazelton Bros. Russell Lane Piano Co. Lehr, H., & Co., Easton, Pa. Schaaf, Adam. Heppe, C. J., & Son. Looschen, Geo., & Co., coming year at Yale College during the ab- Schaeffer Piano Mfg. Co. sence of Horatio W. Parker, is, as is well Jacob Bros. Paterson, N. J. James & Holmstrom. Schulz, M., Co. Marshall & Wendell, known, one of America's foremost com- Keller, Henry, & Sons. Schumann Piano Co. Albany, N. Y. posers and musicians. Mr. Kelley is a na- Kelso & Co. Singer Piano Co. Martin Piano Co., Rochester,N.Y. Kittel, Alexander C. Smith & Barnes Piano Co. Mason & Hamlin Co., tive of Sparta, Wis., having been born at Story & Clark Piano Co. that place in 1857. After some years of Kohler & Campbell. Cambridgeport, Mass. Krakauer Bros. Straube Piano Co. Mathushek Piano Mfg. Co., study in this country, he went to Stuttgart, Kranich & Bach. Sweetland, E. West Haven, Conn. Germany, and became a pupil of Kruger; Kroeger Piano Co. Thompson & Co. Merrill Piano Mfg. Co., afterwards studying the pianoforte with Spei- Laffargue & Oktavec. Tryber Piano Co. Lawrence, Mass. Leins, E. White Piano & Organ Co. Meuser Bros., Massillon, Ohio. dell, and the organ with Finck; and com- Newell, Geo. E., Findlay, Ohio. Lindeman, Henry & S. G., Wick Co. position and orchestration with Seiffritz. Zscherpe, B., & Co. Newman, E. P., Denver, Col. Lindeman & Sons Piano Co. Packard Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind. Returning from abroad in 1880, Mr. Kel- Lockhart & Co. CINCINNATI, OHIO. Baldwin Piano Co. Pittsburg Piano Co., Ludwig & Co. Aspinwall, Pa. ley went to San Francisco, where he soon Ellington Piano Co. gained distinction as a teacher and critic, Mathushek & Sons Piano Co. Portsmouth Piano Co.. Mehlin, Paul G., & Sons. Krell Piano Co. Portsmouth, O. his first ambitious composition being the Milton Piano Co. Smith & Nixon Piano Mfg. Co. Prescott Piano Co., Concord,N.H. melodramatic music for "Macbeth." Not Needham Piano & Organ Co Valley Gem Piano Co. Pullman Piano Co., Newby & Evans Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Richmond, Ind. long after this, he composed the music Albrecht Piano Mfg. Co. for the opera, "Puritania," a work, Pease Piano Co. Raymond, F.L.,Co., Cleveland,O. Radle, F. Blasius & Sons. Richmond Piano Co., which, though an unequivocal artistic suc- Ricca & Son. Cunningham Piano Co. Richmond, Ind. Girard Piano Co. cess, was, perhaps, above the heads of the Schubert Piano Co. Schaff Bros. Co., Huntington, Ind. Lester Piano Co. Sohmer & Co. Schiller Piano Co., Oregon, 111. general public. In a way, "Puritania" was Oeser & Co. Spielmann, G., & Co. Schimmell & Co.,Faribault, Minn. ahead of its time, and among the cognos- Painter & Ewing. Schleicher & Sons Piano Co., Spies Piano Mfg. Co. centi there is a feeling that this opera, if Schomacker Pianoforte Mfg. Co. Stamford, Conn. Stadie, Max. Todd, Harold B. Shaw Piano Co., Erie, Pa. produced to-day, would receive its just suc- Steck, Geo. & Co. MISCELLANEOUS Shoninger, B., Co., cess. Steinway & Sons Ahlstrom, C. A., Jamestown, N.Y. New Haven, Conn. Mr. Kelley has recently scored a great Steinertone Co. Anderson Piano Co., Van Wert, O. Smith, F. G., Brooklyn, N. Y. Strich & Zeidler. triumph by his music composed to accom- Ann Arbor Organ Co., Sommer, C, & Co., Omaha, Neb. Stultz & Bauer. Ann Arbor, Mich. Sporer, Carlson & Berry, pany the production of "Ben Hur," the dra- Sturz Bros. Atisell Piano Co., T. M., Owego, N. Y. matization of which has been highly suc- Stuyvesant Piano Co. Matewan, N, J. Starr Piano Co., Richmond, Ind. Tonk, Wm., & Bro. Steger & Co., Steger, 111. cessful. Verdi Piano Co. Aurora Piano Mfg. Co. .Aurora, 111. Bahnsen, T., Piano Mfg. Co., Stehle, Wm., Baltimore, Md. Professor Kelley has served as a critic Waters, Horace, & Co. Sterling Co., Derby, Conn. Weber-Wheelock Co. St. L«uis, Mo. Stratton, A. H., New Orleans, La. on a number of musical and dramatic papers; Webster Piano Co Bammerlin Bros , M&ssillon, O, Stieff, Chas M., Baltimore, Md. he is also widely known as a lecturer. Weser Bros. Toledo Piano Co., Toledo, Ohio. Wessell, Chas. A. Becker, John P., Detroit, Mich. Beethoven Piano & Organ Co., Trowbridge Piano Co., Words from an all-round musician, thor- Wilbur Piano Co. Franklin, Mass. Wing & Son. Washington, N. J. oughly equipped in the various branches of Bennett Co., W. C, Warren, Pa. Waterloo Organ Co., Winter & Co. Waterloo, N. Y. musical art, carry a weight and force of con- Winterroth & Co. Brett Piano Co., Geneva, Ohio. Brown,'M. W., Hampton, N. H. Weaver Organ & Piano Co., viction which cannot be gainsaid. There- SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Boardman & Gray, Albany, N. Y. York, Pa. fore, strong praise it is when Edgar Still- Bruenn, Adolph. Boston Piano Co,, Wooster, Ohio. WegmanPiano Co., Auburn, N.Y. Deitemeier, Wm. F. Brambach Piano Co., Western Cottage P. & O. Co., man Kelley writes as follows regarding the Hornung, C. C. Dolgeville, N. Y. Ottawa, 111. Mason & Hamlin pianofortes: Mauzy, Byron. Brewer-Pryor Co., Saginaw, Mich. White, D. M., Piano Co., Pierce, Walter S., Co. Brockport Piano Mfg. Co., Brockton, Mass In a series of lectures recently delivered Statham & Co. Brockport, N. Y. Wissner, Otto, Brooklyn, N. Y" by me in Albany, N. Y., I had the pleasure.