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went abroad in company with his friend Professor Tetedoux, sailing 

 from Boston on June the 13th on the Cunard steamship "Arabia." 

 He visited the cathedral cities of England with a special view to the 

 study of cathedral organs and of English church music. He made 

 the acquaintance of a number of the leading organists and organ 

 builders of London and of other cities. Repairing -to France, he 

 devoted himself to a careful study of the manufacture of small in- 

 struments, strings, etc., and having been requested by the Chicker- 

 ings to secure information regarding the manufacture of upright 

 pianos, fortified with a letter of introduction from Mons. Marmontel, 

 the professor of piano at the Conservatory of Music, he visited all 

 the great manufactories of musical instruments, made a collection 

 of all the literature which he could obtain relating to the subject, 

 and a series of notes which he subsequently upon his return sub- 

 mitted to the Chickerings, who not long afterwards engaged in the 

 manufacture of upright pianos. His visit to Paris was full of 

 pleasure and of profit to him and he formed a number of delightful 

 acquaintances among cultivated French people. Returning by 

 way of England he continued his visits to the leading manufacturers 

 and to the cathedral towns, and finally, on October the 8th, em- 

 barked for Boston, reaching his home on October the 25th. 



Upon his return he found the country and his own city in a 

 ferment. Those were the days which immediately preceded the 

 outbreak of the Civil War. Business was affected most detrimen- 

 tally, and from that time on until the year 1862 father and son 

 found their ingenuity sorely taxed to meet their obligations and to 

 maintain the well-earned credit of their firm. But in 1862 a 

 remarkable change took place, due to the activities which prevailed, 

 and the enhancement in prices which had taken place. The 

 business became so profitable that all fear passed away. In 1863 

 Mr. John H. Mellor died, and his son arranged to take over the 

 concern. His training had prepared him for the burdens which he 

 assumed, and from the very outset he was prosperous and suc- 

 ceeded beyond his most sanguine expectations. In this year he 

 was chosen to be the organist of the First Presbyterian Church, 

 which had installed what was at that time the largest organ in 

 Pittsburgh, and here he remained for twenty-one years. 



In 1865 Miss Laura Reinhart and her brother, Charles Stanley 



