The Archive · 1888

Xmas and New Year Show

We continue our report of the above, Mr. Sydenham Moutrie's Music Ware-

and among them may be mentioned some house contains a goodly number of pianos, Thal 479; they are semi-grand in ebonised by Pleyel, handsome instruments valued at

eases; Collard and Collard's walnut semi-Rachels' drawing-room grand, The latter rand, Broadwood's grand in rosewood,

is pronounced a splendid instrument and was used by Herr Kohler when he was here, Cottage pianos by various makers, Pleyel's being a speciality, these latter being equal in tone to grand pianos; Collard and Collard's ebonised and gold cottage pianos providing a good instrument at a moderate price, and the pianos under note have gun-metal tuningplate, complete trichord and all recent improvements. There are also there pianos by Schiedmayer & Soehne, and Oehler and Neufeld. There are mechanical piano players, one being the pianiste worked on the pneumatic principle and very suitable for dance music. Then there are other niechanical music producers, as the Symphonion which is wound up, the Melyphon and the Aurephone which are worked by turning a handle. The prices of some of these are as low as $6, and the supply of discs or lengths of music is unlimited. Organs with tone of Church organ by Clough and Warren; combination organs in handsome case, patent qualifying tubes and fine tone. Cabinet organs with from 5 to 8 stops; harmoniums and Oxford organs, flutes, clarionets, drums, cornets, guitars, violins, banjos, and a large quantity of musical works and the latest compositions can also he obtained at this store, Messrs. Mackenzie & Ca. have a good assortment of English and American sweets, Cadbury's Cocoa, confectionery, figs and fruits, hams, bacon, stores for shooting trips, mincemeat, crackers, bonbons, cosaques, E.P. ware, consisting of a choice assortment of cruets, tea and coffee sets, bread baskets, salts, butter dishes, sugar bowls, nut crackers, bells, knives and forks Jin boxes; blankets, guns, stoves, photo frames in new designs, colours and shapes tobacco. cigars, pipes and many sundries, Messrs. Rosenzweig and Ca., have a Jarge selection of silks, plushes, and dolmans, mantles; a speciality in gloves, toys and dolls; fancy goods, drapery, TY 5 German sweets, Christmas and New Year

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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