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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1882 Vol. 5 N. 18

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April 20th, 1882.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
THE SAME OLD F R — D .
WHAT HE SAIL IN 1876 AND WHAT HE SAID
IN 18B2.
~TOHN C. FR
D appears to be greatly exer-
ZJ cised because it is asserted that young Mr.
Weber supplies the financial backbone of his
paper. He most positively denies all such asser-
tions and printa these denials. He claims that
Mr. Weber has no direct interest whatever in his
business affairs, and that his paper is not a Weber
AN ENTERPRISING FIRM.
sheet.
Mr. George W. Peek, of Messrs. Peek & Son,
IN 1876.
told a representative of THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND
Now
let
us
go
back
a few years and see if we
Messrs.
E.
H.
McEwen
&
Co.
are
constantly
re-
TRADE REVIEW recently that the firm would go
d's word.
into their new factory on May 1 under the best ceiving and shipping Sterling organs. The es- can discover the value of John C. Fr
auspices. They would employ the best work- tablishment of the Sterling Organ Agency in this In The Music Trade Review of April 18, 1876,
the management of Mr. McEwen was Fr
men, he said, and make pianos of a high grade of city under
d published the following:
an excell Q nt stroke of business policy.
excellence and sell them at a low figure.
WE NAIL THE LIE TO THE COUNTER.
"What about your piano cases?" asked our rep- Messrs. Behr Bros. & Co. are the manufactur-
With the purpose of making us out to be a one-sided
resentative.
ers of the patent cylinder-top upright pianos,
paper, Albert Weber, in his interview
"Well, we can call on three firms to make them which have attracted much attention in the trade. and partisan
the reporter of The World, stated that The Music
for us at a reasonable figure, and will experience This cylinder-top underlies the ordinary top of with
Trade Review was a "Steinway Sheet." To this dec-
no difficulty in that respect. Our facilities for the upright, and while it is opened it is not nec- laration
of Albert Web making first-class instruments will also enable us essary to remove any ornaments or articles of vertu speare says, "not the retort courteous, not the quip
to sell them at lower prices than a number of our which may be placed on the top of the upright. mo competitors. The firm is well backed by capital In order to produce an increased volume of sound, iant, not the counter check quarrelsome, not the
and experience, and everything looks bright for the top of an upright should be raised. With this lie with circumstance, BUT THE LIE DIREOI."
success. We have received very many orders for patented cylinder-top, the opening or closing of
The italics, capitals, bad grammar and mis-
the Peek piano already."
the top does not interfere with the ornaments, as quotations in the above are all John C. Fr d's.
it
underlies
the
ordinary
top.
In
addition
to
this
SEPARABLE UPRIGHTS IN DEMAND.
top, the uprights of Behr Bros. «te Co. are fur-
IN 1882.
"Our trade is very fair," said Mr. Vaupel, of the nished with a Bessemer steel action frame, invented
Now we will come down to January 7, 1882.
firm of Calenberg & Vaupel, to a representative oi by Mr. Paul Gmehlin, one of the firm. Mr.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE EEVIEW recently. Gmehlin has had over twenty-eight years of active In his new paper of that date, a paper which has
"There is a particularly large demand for our sep- experience as a piano-maker, and has invented
arable uprights. We own the patents, and we many valuable improvements, this latest one hav- attempted to gain circulation and advertising
make the only ones now in the market I think ing been described not long ago in THE MUSICAL patronage by a large expenditure of wind, but
that the trade in May will continue as it has done CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW. It adds strength and which has attained little more than an extensive
during April, and in all probability remain ac- firmness to the action, and protects its displace- free list in either respect: a paper which displays
tive until the summer."
ments by atmospheric changes or sudden jars all the swushbucklering propensities of the old
Another valuable feature with the uprights made paper, without any of its novelty,—in this paper
ORDERS FOUR WEEKS AHEAD.
firm is the pin block, which consists of
"How is trade, Mr. Weser ?" asked a represen- by the thicknesses
d says:
of maple, vertically crossing and Fr
tative of THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW eight
each other, and preventing the tuning "It is but common honesty for me to state that
the other day. "Well, sir," was the reply, "we re-crossing
from becoming loose in this fastening. All the Steinways were backing me through thick and
are very busy, and have orders, at least, four weeks pins
those valuable improvements make Behr Bros. & thin, with money, with encouragement, and with
in advance of production. Uprights are called for Co. 's uprights a very desirable instrument. Mr. business."
at present from all our agents. We are opening Gmehlin has just returned from an extensive
Of course, this last statement on the part of
up new trade constantly, and expect to be busy western trip, and reports trade as very active.
for months to come."
Fr
d can no more be believed than the first.
Mr. John G. Erck has returned to his former It is not probable that Messrs. Steinway & Sons
KIND WORDS.
position as salesman in the New York warerooms ever backed the old Mimic Trade Review, though
of Wm. Knabe & Co., Baltimore, Md.
we have never heard them either affirm or deny it;
Says Mr. P. W. Thomas, who represents Wm.
Cluett & Sons, at Albany N. Y.: "THE MUSICAL The Leipsic Zeitschri/tfurTnstrumcntenbau warns but it shows the treatment to which Mr. Weber
CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW is a splendid paper the music trades in general against participation may expect to be subjected. While it suits
It is a power in the trade. I don't see how I in the what that journal calls so-called Interna- Fr
d's purpose to deny that Weber is backing
could get along without it." Good for you, Mr. tional Exposition of Musical Instruments which is his present journalistic speculation, he will deny
to take place in Berlin in 1883. In a long and ex-
Thomas!
article the Zeilschrift expresses the ques- it; and whenever he wishes to do Mr. Weber an
"I must take the liberty of congratulating you haustive
tionable
nature
of the enterprise and the "unknown ill turn by stating that Mr. Weber did back the
upon the really splendid journal which THE MU- greatness" of the
managers, who seem to be self-
SICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW has become. The constituted. We have not heard of any American newspaper, lie will not hesitate to make such a
time will come when America will take one of the manufactures who have taken steps to be repre- statement.
first positions among musical nations, and then it sented, and we will keep the trade informed on
It seems to be generally understood that young
will be said that your paper has exercised a great this subject as the enterprise is developed.
Mr. Weber has been backing the Chicago World
and lasting influence on every branch of the mu-
d
sical art by its fearless and just criticism, and its Mr. R. M. Bent, of Bent & Co., East Nineteenth financially, and if he is also trying to back Fr
support of young and promising talent."
street, says he has his hands full filling orders and his newspaper, he will have his hands full,
LONDON, ENG., March 25.
B. B. T. and is way behind. He has many orders for up- without considering his piano business.
rights, and he proposes to supply the demand by
CHICAGO, January 23, 1882.
extending his facilities for manufacture.
MR. CHAS. AVERT WELLES:
The recent sale of musical copyrights by the ex-
Dear Sir—Enclosed please find a draft for eight
ecutors of the well-known music publisher, the late
In
a
few
weeks
alterations
will
be
begun
in
the
dollars, for which you may send a copy of your
M. Leon Escudier, in Paris, produced upward of
paper to each of the parties named below 1'or a retail piano warerooms of Mr. F. G. Smith, corner 200,000 francs,by far the greater part being paid for
of
Fifth
avenue
and
Seventeenth
street.
When
scores by Verdi. "Rigoletto" put up at 54,500
year. Hoping we may be able to send you more
the improvements are finished it will be one of francs, was knocked down at 02,000, and a "La
subscribers soon, I am, very respectfully,
the handsomest piano warerooms in the city.
Traviata" went for 72,000, while "Aida," put up
H. ZIEGFELD.
at 90,500, found no bidders. A number ot Verdi's
Out
on
Long
Island
a
fellow
has
been
represent-
works, including "Attila," "Joan of Arc,"
Subscribers to the West-end Agency for the
himself to hotel keepers as the agent of a earlier
"Harold."
Two Foscari," "Louisa Miller,"
Protection of Trades and Professional Men, 32 ing
weekly journal published in Washington, which, "Macbeth," "The
and "I Masnadieri" (founded on
Argyle street, cor. Regent street, West London, he
promised its subscribers a chance to Schiller's "Robbers," and com nosed expressly for
can obtain all the advantages offered by protec- win said,
a $600 piano. He had posters advertising the London and for Jenny Lind), went for 40,000
tion societies without the usual vexations, routine scheme,
for the privilege of displaying which in francs. "La Forza del Destino," "Don Carlos,"
and delay. The agency has correspondents in all
hotels the proprietor, he said, could have the "Ernani," and the "Vepres Siciliennes" were not
the principal towns in Great Britain and Ireland. the
and be entitled to draw for the prize the sold. Nor was any satisfactory offer made for the
The latest information in regard to the position paper as free
the paying subscribers. In due time each "Requiem," which, put up at 5,000 francs, was
and means of upwards of 3,000 retail pianoforte same
keeper was informed by mail that he had withdrawn. Much curiosity was felt at the price
dealers and sellers in London and the Provinces hotel
drawn
the prize, and that if he would forward $'1 that "11 Trovatore" would fetch. But this work,
may be found in the registers, which are always for boxing
and $3 for a piano stool the prize would out of which the house of Escudier derived large
open to the inspection of subscribers.
be shipped forthwith.
profits, had been privately sold for 100,000 francs.
Mr. T. A. Pagett is the proprietor of the West- A reception, under the auspices of Ditson & Co. 's —N. Y. Sun.
end Music store, No. 145 West Water street, El- clerks, took place at Irving Hall on Friday even-
mira, New York. He handles the Knabe, Sohmer, ing, April 14.
The young violinist Dengremont is at present
and New England pianos and the New England
"starring" in Russia. On the 18th of March he
J. Hecker, Montreal, dealer in musical instru- was summoned to the palace at Gatschina to play
and Ithaca organs. Mr. Pagett makes a specialty
ments, is advertising his business for sale.
of the New England organs.
to the Emperor.
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THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
POBT OF NEW YORK.
Week ending March 31, 1882.
Exports.
Hamburg, 4 Piano Materials
10 Organs..
Bremen, 11 Organs
Amsterdam, 13 Organs
Liverpool, 19 Organs
London, 1 Organ
Glasgow, 1 Organ
British Australia, 23 Organs
China, 1 Organ
British West Indies, 2 Organettes
3 Organs
Chili, 1 Organ
"
8 Pianos
U. S. of Colombia, 5 Organs
1 Piano
Hayti, 3 Musical Instruments
Total
$1,210
484
600
787
976
100
40
1,160
175
70
247
100
3,130
161
170
142
$9,452
Imports.
441 Miscellaneous Musical Instruments
$40,081
Week ending April 12.
Exports.
Danish, West Indies, 1 Piano
Bremen, 4 Organs
3 Reed Boards
1 Piano
:
Hamburg, 4 Organs
3 Pianos
"
2 Piano Material
Rotterdam, 7 Sounding Boards
Bristol, 1 Organ
British North American Colonies, 3 Pianos..
British Australasia, 1 Organette
17 Organs
"
"
4 Musical Instruments.
Havre, 1 Piano
U. S. of Colombia, 2 Pianos
Liverpool, 4 Organs
London, 3 Piano Material
1 Organ
Mexico, 2 Pianos
Glasgow, 3 Organs
Central America, 1 Piano
>*
1 Musical Instrument. . . .
Total
$100
620
208
200
384
700
225
850
250
875
26
1,911
125
100
1,000
300
375
65
1,400
217
250
21
$10,305
Imports.
161 Packages Musical Instruments
Week Ending April 8.
Exports.
Rotterdam, 480 Sounding Hoards
Hamburg, 400 Sounding Boards
"
1 Case Hammerfelt
Total
$15,215
$1,200
225
1,150
$2,575
Week Ending April 15.
Exports.
Bremen, 1 Case Hammerfelt
5 Cases Piano Material
Total
$ 570
800
$1,370
PORT OF BOSTON.
Week ending March 31, 1882.
Imports.
England, Miscellaneous Musical Instruments
Exports.
England, Organs
'
Organettes
Pianos
Newfoundland and Labrador, Organs
$ 882
$2,223
2,450
1,075
120
SECTION 1. No person, firm, or corporation, who
sell or deal in or in any manner dispose of furni-
ture, bedding, sewing machines, organs, pianos, and
other musical instruments, or any household uten-
sils of any kind whatsoever, upon a plan requiring
monthly payments, or payments in installments,
shall make any contract of any kind covering the
payment of any money for the purchase of the same,
and which provided, in case of failure to perform the
terms and conditions thereof, for a forfeiture of any
money paid thereunder, unless such contract or
document, of whatever nature, shall state that 25
per cent, of all sums paid shall be returned to such
purchaser, if he or she fails in the full performance
of such contract, and such vendor shall elect to re-
claim such articles sold; and it shall not oe lawful
to remove or recover any furniture, bedding, sewing
machine, organs, pianos, or other musical instru-
ments, or household utensils from the premises of
any purchaser who has failed in his or her contract
until the said 25 per cent, of all sums paid has been
returned or tendered to such purchaser, except in
those cases where the purchaser shall abscond or
abandon said property, in which cases the pur-
chaser shall not be entitled to receive from the ven-
dor any part of the amount paid.
SEC. 2. Any contract or document for the purchase
or sale of any furniture, bedding, sewing machines,
organs, pianos, or other musical instruments or
household utensils upon the installment plan, or a
plan requiring monthly or stated payments here-
after, made contrary to this act shall be null and
void.
SEC. 3. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with
this act are hereby repealed.
SEC. 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
April doth, i 8 8 i »
Investigation, of course, shows that the few
seeds are those of the commonest plants of the
garden, and that the reputed donor is entirely ig-
norant of his own generosity.
MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN AND FTANO CO.
April trade circular announces the new
of the Mason & Hamlin Company.
A The N title company
will soon begin the manufacture
of upright pianos upon a system based upon the
experiments and inventions of Mr. A. K. Hebard.
The advantages of these uprights will be fully
tested, and in course of time will be referred to in
the columns of this paper.
At the end of the circular the Mason & Hamlin
Company deny certain rumors and "inferences"
published in a certain musical paper, which ac-
cuses the firm of paying one thousand dollars to
the Commissioners or the Jury of the U. S. Cen-
tennial Exhibition.
It is hardly necessary for the company to pub-
lish this denial, as the author of the rumor is un-
worthy of any contradiction, and any accusations
he may make are of no value either to the trade or
the public.
We are rather sorry that the Mason & Hamlin
Company paid so much attention to the subject.
QUESTIONS FOE J. 0. F E - D TO ANSWER.
S it true, as you have stated, that Messrs. Wm.
Humphries and W. E. Nickerson, your em-
This bill, after becoming a law, will be of the ployes, were guilty of throwing your old musical
greatest importance to retail dealers in pianos and paper into bankruptcy in order to get control of
organs.
it themselves when you left town "/or your health"
A radical change in the mode of doing an in- two years ago?
stallment business must ensue. Sales on the If it was not true, was it not outrageous for you
installment plan ^have been made in many in- to make such a charge ?
stances with recklessness, as. dealers could under If you should write an article for a Chicago
the most unfavorable circumstances always recover house, for which you were to be paid $75, how
as much as was expended in the wear and tear of would you manage to get $375 out of the job?
instruments, even if not more than a month or Would you draw on the Chicago firm for $375,
two of payments had been made.
get the draft cashed by a New York house, leave
The only danger that existed was the risk of town the next day, and " d o " the New York
absconding debtors. This will continue, as a mat- house out of $300?
ter of course, but the former reckless manner of
Oh, no, of course, you would not I
selling pianos and organs will now cease, as a Did you ever collect money belonging to an-
return of twenty-five per cent, of payments after other man, and appropriate it to your own uses,
six months or a year's wear and tear will in many as Mr. George Bartholomew, editor of the Daily
instances not pay.
News, charges that you did? And is there not a
judgment against you now for such a misappro-
priation of funds?
JEREMY DIDDLEE FREUND.
Of your two most frequently boasted qualities,
B. ALBERT WEBER, J R . , appears to be the
principal backer and friend of Jeremy Did- "animal magnetism" and "journalistic ability,"
dler Freund, who has come into the field again to which played the most important part in the
obtain from the piano and organ men what he
failed in his hurry of departure to seize before. above?
Have you any material for a second installment
Mr. Weber's house certainly obtained a position
under his father which makes such an alliance as of "The Story of Charles Avery Welles," and if
this unnecessary. During the whole of that Cen- you have, why don't you use it?
tennial fight, in which Mr. Albert Weber, Sr., won
Is the "salivating business," as described by
a complete victory over powerful and rich rivals
only by his indomitable pluck and tireless energy, Mr. A. C. Wheeler {Nym Crinkle), booming at
this man Freund was his most mercenary enemy, present?
and never let an opportunity pass without giving
Would you object to describing the "salivating
him a stab or a kick. Does Mr. Weber, Jr., business" in detail, as you apply it to the persons
desire to have the whole of that Centennial busi-
ness reopened and scrutinized? I t looks very from whom you wish to extract shekels of gold
much as if his association with this man Freund and silver?
would bring it about in some quarter.—Byrne's
These are a few of many similar questions, Mr.
Dramatic Times.
J. O. Fr
d, which an anxious community
would be delighted to have you answer.
I
M
BEWAEE OF THE SEEDMAN 1
y
is a picturesque individual circulating
X among the piano men who is making money in
Total
$5,868 an original way. He looks something like the Ar-
kansas Traveler, or Buffalo Bill, and he impresses
his victims as a man who would be an uncomfort-
Week ending April 7.
able customer to meet in the dark.
Exports.
His modus opernndi is as follows: He calls on
England, Organs
$ 964 some member of the piano trade and tells him that
Organettes
3,025 he has been told to deliver a package of five or six
Scotland, Organs
390
Nova Scotia, etc., Organs
75 seeds of a rare plant as a present, mentioning the
Pianos
300 name of some well-known piano manufacturer as
British Poss. in Australasia, Organs
1,050 the donor. Buffalo Bill explains at length just
how the seeds should be planted, and what large
Total
$ 5,804 and beautiful flowers will grow therefrom in a few
months.
The victim is pleased with the thoughtfulness
of Mr. So-and-So, and casually asks Buffalo Bill
THE INSTALLMENT EILL.
p E following is the full text of the bill known if there are any charges on it. Bill says a little
car-fare, fifteen or twenty cents, would not be
I as "The Installment Bill," passed by the As- amiss, and the sum is usually forthcoming. Bill
sembly of the State of New York, on Friday, the then tries the same dodge on another manufac-
turer, using the name of his last victim.
17th of March:
THE GAZETTE.
J. R. Benjamin,Winchester, Conn., music dealer,
has sold out to R. S. Frary.
Snow & Andrews, Mankato, Minn., music deal-
ers, have dissolved partnership. W. P. Snow con-
tinues.
William J. Davis, Buffalo, organ builder, has
given a chattel mortgage on his stock for $102.
J. H. Siegel, New York city, piano manufac-
turer, has given a chattel mortgage on his stock
for $300.
Munn Bros, are wholesale and retail dealers in
pianos, organs and miscellaneous musical instru-
ments, at Walton, N. Y. They handle Estey,
Mason & Hamlin, and Burdette organs, and Chick -
ering, Weber and Bradbury pianos.
W. B. Archibald is doing a good business in pi-
anos and organs at Fredonia, N. Y.

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