, 1875-09-15
PjANO-FORTES,
The Three Great Manufacturers Of New
York.
Their Personal Characteristics -. Herr
Won I}nl0W,

AAeIF lPIhUlllk SiillIHctCElSllEs sss AAtI l
Won lsnlou,
!sntriat Corrtspo'ul<ntr ef 7hr Chicago Tribune.
NEw ToaK. Hnpt. 1l.--Tl,o piano-fosto 'hakotB
who for at 1east six months havo preserved a
strict aud nnprnf|tAble neutrality are at It agatns
baea and treble, hammer and tongs. Tho atr IL
full of war as we'll aA mllsic Won J'nlow ID the
fell genius who has evoked these new d'acords,
and tue clash OF baltic threatens to bo londet
.han all bis Symphonies aud souatas.
Harry Palmer, Of "Blnck Crooli " prestige.
who imports tho learned Doctor, made D bold
"Atrlke" Aou,o months ngo for Hubsily. Won
l3u!ow WA put up at public suction. and was
knocked down 10 Chlckering for e20. 900, tho
pnrohasar intending To open his now hall with
| tho subject Of
| THIS UNIQUE TRAFFIC.
| Weber, who lad turned many an honest poIlny
in the same way, per Iubinetoin, went 40 high as
$4,000 for tho great uorr Professor. but having
no hall to dedicate, could 10 induced to mount no
| higher. Pamor's speculation bong wolf assured
! by tho subvontion, Vnn Bu'ow Will hereafter
| play exclusively on a Cbickoring grand IA tho
consideration Of his sale and bondage. And II
Ia this auction with its attendant scslidala which
reminds mo thss tho buainsas OF ptano-maklng
Ia this country roaliy l1cB in tho hands OF throe
mon. Weber, 6soinway, and Ch1ckoring. No
moro various types eau DO found In any other
| tFndo or calling. Eael iH Sill geuoris and
| marked specimen Of lis own peculiar kind. Tho
two first Layo recently had thugs all their own
Way. and most intonBe and
1HDKFATIuAnLE COMPETITION
has ragged betwoon them. The younger and tho
more ardent Ut this pair entorod the race latest
of tho three but can now look over his shoulder
at the second, a4d Atop to taho broatt ~ lle
oron the third. Nature did good deRi for
Weber by stripping him OF everything physical
but neryo md sitiew. Accident did aiu,ost as
uuci, when Il endowed him with that cr,sn flvo
iottorod nntne Of Ills. ~ ''
Tho men afe Zach worth pe1l-ana-nk pict-
ufe.
First lounges Chiokorng into sicw,-a porily,
1istless Bnsonese With all the indiiferentsin and
Eent1omanly lunulence Of htB brood. uo con-
fes"es. believe. 10 the maternity of 81 pleas
ant and comfortable sears. Tall aud state
THE 1Asou1n ALL
tho BslhrItd ornamental Al Vionua or st. Tot.rs-
burg. Hsis bald, in gentcmenty manner, and he
cultayates q very sritn n,ustactlo aud imperial OF
iron-gray, 10 that II ile tro B.i1ar in tla
port and tri.lo less timber about his joints i,o
might pass for French Mars!nl Of tho Seooud
Empiro. This incomplete resemblance Chick-
button-hoc that very identical ribbon Of tho
Legion Of Honor which hia piano-fottes knocked
out Of Paris Exposition Jury. This little nfYeo-
sation would bo ridiculous il indu,ged III BY any
ever, tic decoration is enhanced ratnor than
tnsupplied. Ho Is exactly oue OF tho sort Of
men for whom sucl,
PRETTY AND BECOMING 1oYB
wore iuvontcd,
Tbs furious rivalry Of Wobor md Ekotnrav hng
compelled this elegant man of fashion and qon-
tlaman Of leisure 10 do aonot4ipR for living.
kl,d 10 he bAs built him musio-IaIl and bouuSt
Professor to open It and show on his nIhnns.
Whcther this Ia Il vnrY practlcal waY Of etrnu-
tertn,ne, ~''~ '"'AS ~ w
The great trouble with Ch;ckorinu. thsv tall
nc, is that everything IL a oon3oscens,on
with --oyen t3 tba aonontanno ~ auanr;a.,
doila, r for t,a isostnn nisnos - 1'n'"1'oSn
william sto,nway is Tic second zub,cot NJ .h,x
faithful procosa. liz ls 20 years old. and looks
len years moro on tho debit sido. Ch.ckeriuR
has direct md absolute royorsn in lin, Yofns
would nerer mistake Steiuway for T = Fr.noi. "h
Marshal. but ,n0ht c..i1v h. t-,naI -, =. hia