New-York tribune., 1900-08-20
MUSIC.
AWARDS AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION

AWARDS AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION
The Tribune having facilities for obtaining n
formation on the subject which were not ouIV ~
perior those OF its contemporaries but al.,
somewhat out Of the ordinary. Is able now IN d,,
cuss the awards in the department Of musical IN
struments at the Paris Exposition which were a.
hciaIIy announced last Saturday The depar47,s7.
made up Glass XVII OF Group III and the inv
which made the awards was an international o.
though France had far and away the most nrroa-
GUS representation upon IL. Yesterdays disDatchs,
far they referred to the musical class bro,zht
only the piece Of information that a era,5
prix had been awarded TO the Baldwin Plano Com
pany, Of Cincinnati The complete list Of America,
awards Is follows:
Adek Manufacturing Company. New-Yorx ante
American Steel and Wire Company pianoforts
Baldwin Piano Company. Cincinnati pianofortss.
sOhmsn. Joseph. Chicago stringsd instruments.
Consalyi Icilio: Boston. banjo. bronze medal
Flagg Manufacturing Company. Boston zithers. sn-
Hamilton organ Company Chicago. pianoforts. a-1
~ reed organs. silver medal
medal " D. DO9'0"' 'i' 0anlo' bronze
Ludwig Co.. New-York plsnofortes and auto
Manello Angelo. New-York mandoiins silver
ReindahI. Knute. Chicago. violius. honorable men
ton.
The official catalogue OF the Exposition showed
thirty-eisht American exhibitors in Class XVII bur
more than half OF them were ruled out BY the furv
the ground that their exhibits were parts OF IN
struments exhibited by others There were fifteen
OF twenty additional awards however to coIlabora-
tors. of which the highest 4 gold medal went n
John ". Macy. the superintendent OF the Baldwin
factory The D. H. Baldwin Company Of CIncin-
natl. also exhibited model Of its factory made u,
scale, and series OF photographs showing modern
American methods of manufacture; but this rbs
musical jury refused TO consider. It was after
ward installed in Glass VI. Special Industrial and
Commercial Education" and there obtained a zold
medal
The showing made In the list OF awards BY tho
United States is in the highest degree credita5Is
considering the snaluess OF Americas exhibition
Frances showing surpasses 1t. Of course but IL ia
Frances Exposition, and every large French mann,
facturer OF pianofortes. for instance had as much
space allotted TO the entire musical de-
partment OF any foreign nation. Favoritisun Of ths
same kind marked the distribution OF prizes
Frenchmen formed two-thirds Of the Jury and
looked after French interests so successfully thar
though the aggregate Of foreign exhibitors vas
larger than that of the French. France nevsrthe-
less carried on the bulk Of the valuable prizes To
all the foreign countries combined went 1s2 awards
(outside OF the recompense 70 collabOratOrs}- %
France, 13l, the distribution in respect OF vaIus
being as follows Grand prizes, 10 foreign French;
gold medals, is foreign. 26 French; silver medals
62 foreign. IS French; bronze medals. s. foreign.
% French: honorable mention, = foreign IS French
II HOllQ De UNFAIR however, 10 withhold
ment that except in the pianofOrte department, the
French exhibit was much superior 10 the foreign
Four principal pianoforte manufacturers OF Pa-is
were the Jury (that honor outweghing couusr-
cially and socially the highest possible reconpenss
"a grand prix). and the head of another house
was director Of the Department OF Liberal Arts in
which the musical exhibit comprised Since
membership Of jury by any member OF a firm
rendered the products OF such firm ''hors con
coUrs' II will be obvious TO all acquainted with the
~ in rharr
jury's awards by no means furnish criterion Of
the relative value OF the instruments brought into
competition Houses such Erard. PIeyeI, Herr,
Focke. Gayeau and Bord were lifted OUT Of the
fight and their representatives, following french
precedent. gave high hOnors 20 GOUrJiere and
Kriegelstein which, for French reasons Esrs
treated II they worthy OF comparison with
Bluthner. OF Germany. and BroadWood. OF Ers1a1d
England's indifference to the Exposition
greater than that OF the United States The house
OF Broadwood placed a single grand pianoforts IN
the British Pavilion and demanded judgment On
II. which grudgingly given by the French
members of the jury, who did not wish TO show
much honor TO a house that had treated the TX
position with little consideration The difficulty
illustrated In this case embarrassed all the roresa
exhibitors except the Baldwin Piano COMPANY
Whenever foreign juror asked high award for
exhibitor from his country he met with
the objection that the exhibit in question was 50
small to be unworthy of great Partisan Expo
stion Universelle. and the Frenchmen. siugulsry
lacking in logic. could not would not see tho
force of the answer that their Government was
responsible for the shortcoming complained Of In
the Of the United States the old manufacrur-
ers who had won fame at previous expOsitions re-
fused to compete. and left the road open 10 en-
terprising competitor from the West make
record that will be forgotten in the history
of worlds expositions-in Europe at least II was
significant that the French members OF the jury
looked upon their American colleagues tbs
guardians OF the English and Canadian interests.
and manifested Unselnsh interest they
dared in the products sent from neighhortns
British province. Canada's prizes follows:
Barthelmes. pianoforte actions bronze medal;
Bowmansvile Dominion Organ and Piano Com
panys pianofortes and reed organs. silver
medal; Knasgs, w, Toronto. vioins bronze
medal: orris-Field-ROgers Company, Ontario,
actions and pianofortes. bronze medals, New
combe & Co.. Toronto. ptanofortes "a fine exhibit.
gold medal; Pratte Co. Montreal pianotortes
and accessories. silver medal; Williams. R s &
Co. Ontario. violins. honorable mention
The grand PRICES carried on by France were dis
trtbuted follows:
Abbey; e & J., Versailles. church organs; Alex
andre. Pere et Fills Paris reed organs: Bessou. F.
Paris. brass instruments: Collin. Mezin Paris vio-
Gouttere. Edmond pianofortes: Hei joseph Lnis.
TTiollns; kriedgelSein E! Gle Paris Pianofor-es;
ct Fills. Paris. reed organs Mutin. Charles Paris.
cnurch organS; Ptnet Leon, Paris. accessories Sl
des Acieres ct Forges de Firminy. FTrminy. piano
forte strings
Outside of those already mentioned the winners
OF grand prizes in the musical department. we're
Becker. pianOfortes, St Petersburg. Diderichs
pianofortes ST. Petersburg. Bluthner Leipsic.
pianofortes; Schiedmayer. Stuttgart. pianOtostes;
kiendl. Vienna, stringed instruments; Cola A.
Rome. violin strings. and the Brothers Halls OF
ChriSttania Norway. pianOfortes. Wagnsr < La-