, 1875-07-03

An Important mnvcMcnt-Cons01l
tsxn 0s Three IgHstxes-'rhe NUot T.
kons m usic Company.
Que Of tho mont important nlove0enta mua{-
eal!y which have ever take1, place in Ch,eogo 10
tho recent consolidation Of ths hou4es Of loot
g. Sons, Root d Lewis, and Chaniler j. Custiss
as The Root & Sous Music Company. Twonty
yoars ago George +. Root Z. T. l1oot. and c. u
Cady placed orer tic door OF 95 Clark street
tlas uasgto tegeud, "Root 4 Cady." Their
publications. penetrated to tt5e remotest hhmtets
Of tho Western land, aud during tl,s War their
fame lecamc uatioual T4o Great Fire found
them III the ilncat 31uatc Rooms iu the country
III the CroAby Opera-llonBe. Frum taat calsml-
ty resulted tho division Of tho business into
several Hmai}sr housee, which on tho lst OF jan
aary laat wero consolidated aA ANNOUNCED. The
neH hsnI embraced III It'll organization George f.
1loot, Frodoric ". lsont T. Towner loot, WiIl-
tam LnWsa, ". h. loot, aud ChaxEaa q, Cuttiaa,
with Mr.. Curtias AZ manager.
Although nearly six months have elapsed since
this conaonaatlou, tho firm hks not been idle.
The work Of consolidating and removing the
at No. 15li Stato ssrocr, has moved steadiy on
ward. Here We lind them IN conmodt0us quar-
ters, occupying tho 0utire building, which. has
undergone complete renovation and adaptation
+, to shoaf Er'atly Increased bass..ess. From this
basousent-deYossa to music books first iloor--
shoot-Enuslc, o!llccs ctc.; second lpor--ptapos
and osyans !; third i,oor-importod goods. oto,
otc.+--tle<a Ia scarcely An inch Of Apaco not &C.
cuplod BY their comprehensive stock. In Sheet
1nusc, they lAyo tho most carefully selected
stock woat of Now York. Will, tho best assort-
mont Of foreign muAfo In the market, shlct,
g1Ves tAam = monopoly Of this demand. In iun-
1prteu Yoods, we t!nd yiollns and glttara, aecor-
doons' tutcs, banjos, violin and guitar strings,
haFmonicas' BRASS and German asvor baud
lnstIEtnenta, otc,. ate., III sndless Variety
in fact. overy article known 10 tie trade,
which thoy import direct, having Inherit
cd from tho mother houso sllc!l extensive con-
.Ioctioua with tile gse&t make1s Of Europe AZ to
give them al important advantage III these
gooda. bealdes, this iirtn ars tic only PUBLISH
all music and books At publishers prices. Thoy
issue monthly the Song Messenger, shici, IL IN
aonbtedty tho best muslcal paper In the country
III pianos shoy cling TO the ''Hteok," which
thoy have now sold for ton years, aud which,
eshco lts great triumph At tho Vienna Exposition
is generally ooncsdoQ to bo unsurpassed. Their
assortment Includes grand, aquare, and upright
OF Sarlous gratlos. 1n orylua they aunou,lco tAe
improved standard made by peloubet, Ve!tou J.
aud which they show In all stytea OF cases, and
~ all ptlcea. However. ols pAussK In descrtb-
lug 10 complete Al c8tabtisi4me cut, and We caunok
aHosd space far tho details Of this imu1ouee a.
greEasion Of u,nscal merchandise. Our special
rutroso was to call attention to this counolida-
ton Of 1nuAicsl anterasts and to this association
OF gentlemen who have bean Unidentified With
muhtc III tue West almost ever since It has had
o1latcnce. Ihey need no Introduction to tia
public. Individually they have doae q great
WORK 10 the foatering and development Of music.
nlolutly they will do mach more, and cur
readers VIII joiu In u wiA!ling than tho fuljsst
measure OF success.