Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-06-22
MUSICAL NOTES.

MUSICAL uIkS.|
The Hallet \ Davis Piano Company
:..e jubilant over their success.
Many of their sales have been made
for cash. which. during the usually
dull season at this time Of the year. Is
highly gratifying.
rhe activity and progressivcness of
the company Is so well known that the
large number of sales should cause no
surprise.
Not week goes by--in fact. not a
day-but in some one of our exchanges
we read of dealers swindled by persons
who rent a piano or an organ from
them. and after mortgaging the instru.
ment. appropriate the proceeds and
skip" The trouble does not appear to
exist I'm any one particular section of
the country. but we hear of II from the
North. the East. the South. the West.
From time to time an attempt Is made
to put the blame upon the operations Of
a more or less well organized band Of
swindlers. but the frequency with
which the fraud occurs. and the wide
territory which II covers, do not admit
Of such theory.
Probably the primary cause Of this
loose way Of doing business Is an over
anxiety to put out pianos without
careful consideration Of the terms of
their disposal. or without careful In.
vestigation Of the responsibility Of the
purchasers or renters. The wonder Is
that more frauds Of this kind are not
perpetrated when one considers the lax
methods in vogue In many concerns. 1t
Is interesting to note that those con.
Germs which are most easy in their way
Of letting pianos 60 from their control
are those which are loudest in their
denunciation Of the criminality Of such
practices on the part Of the sharpers. II
they would but spend the amount Of
money that they devote to the prOsecu.
ton Of the swlndlers. after the act has
been committed, to the investigation Of
the responsibility Of the parties they
are dealing with. their trial balance
would show to the better ut the end Of
the year.
The Office Of Mcssrs. Lyon, Potter 4
90. can now be found at Steinway Hall,
ground floor.
In few days more the concern will
have no use for the old store unless
they buy lot more pianos of about the
same grade and condition. Not n sec.
Ond-hand or shopworn instrument went
into the Steinway Hall building, but Il
Ii more than likely they will require
more room and will take the sixth iidor
In addition to the i've lower ones.
The Illinois Music Teachers .AssOcia.
ton will hold its seventh convention in
Bloomington, June %. 20 and -, 1898.
The officers Of the association are: DR..
II. =. Perkins, President, 20 Van Buren,
street. Chicago; Frederic Grant Glen.
son. General Vice President, "a Autlit0-
rum Building. Chicago; c. W. Weeks,
Secretary, Ottawa. and Florence Lee,
Treasurer, Galesburg. Executive Com.
mittec: l.. CASTOR Gottschalk, lsa-
bella Building, Chicago: VIM. +. Bent.
ley, Galesburg. and Mrs Harriet ID.
Packer. Bloomington. Program Com.
mittec: o. II. Skinner. Bloomington;
Victor Everham and r. De Campi,
Weber Hall, 2i1 Wabash avenue.
Mr.. Chas. H. Macdonald Is entitled
To the credit OF making one Of the hand.
soonest and most attractive warerOoms
IN the city out Of 2iS Wabash avenue.
This store has not been heretofore look.
ed upon as very favorable one to dec.
crate, and 1t was frequently said Of It
that one could pass 1t by and never
notice 1t.
But all this has been changed. and to.
day 1t Will not only be seen, but one IL
more than likely to pause and admire It.
The front has been newly done In a
bright gilt bronze, and large mirrors
have been placed at each side. 40 that
the show window has the appearance Of
being about four times the extent II
really Is. The signs are plentiful, and
include q handsome brass one ut the
base OF the show window.
On entering the door you are Mt once
struck with the symmetry of the whole
internal arrangement. The stairs lead.
ing to the main warerOOm ON the sec,
Ossd story has been carpeted with a
pleasing pattern Of velvet.
The show window has also been
handsomely carpeted. On the left are
several oak partitloned offices and In
the rear Ii warerOOm containing u
dozen or more pianos, including sam.
Piles Of their new grades, and In the rear
OF all this il quite an ample packing
room, with an elevator large enough
TO carry the largest sized concert grand.
The walls and ceiling are Ornamented
with great neatness. The whole store
Is light and pleasant, but In case light
is required there are plenty of mean
descent electric lights.
The second story Is similarly deco
rated, but Is all In one room, with the
exception Of handsome small parlOr
In the back part.
The three other stories will he used
for storing and secondhand goods, ana
a portion OF the top floor has been tit
ted up with one Of the best and most
complete workshops in the city.
Take 1t all In all, Mr.. Macdonald, as
we said before Is entitled 10 credit for