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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
they have become interested in the firm the business
in that direction has doubled.
THE Marshall and Wendell Piano Mfg. Co. are
having a good steady trade, equal to their capacity
for manufacturing. Their trade Is largely confined
to the West, yet they sell quite a number of dealers
throughout the New England States. They have re-
cently gotten up some fancy style cases which are
meeting with rapid sales.
ANOTHER OF THE MUSIC TRADE RE-
VIEWS EXTENDED TOURS.
No. 1.
It is my intention upon starting out on this trip to
go as far West as San Francisco and give, in as con-
olse form as possible, the condition of the music
trade. I expect to visit all the principal towns on
my route where the music trade is represented and
devote considerable space to the many dealers. I
shall do all I can in my own feeble way to aid the
honorable dealer in his efforts to build up a good
business and reputation, and on the other hand I
will not hesitate to expose all those whom I find not
conducting their business in a legitimate and honest
way.
ALBANY.
~R. W. Tanner & Son, the hardware manufacturers,
have just invented a new lamp stand for pianos and
organs which is bound to take well and meet with a
large sale. It is so arranged that when in use it is
about six inches away from the fret work and on a
level with it, so that the lamp throws the light di-
rectly upon the music. The bottom part of the panel
is elegantly carved or of bronze figures, as desired by
the manufacturer, and as it is made to close up in
in the center of the panel when not in use, it thus
lends an ornament to the instrument. This is by far
the handsomest and at the same time most practica-
ble lamp rest yet produced.
Messrs. Tanner & Son have also patented a steam
damper which, if thoroughly introduced, will do away
with all those now in use, as it is much cheaper and
far better than any now in use. The firm are at
present behind their orders in almost everything,
which is pretty good evidence of the excellence of
of work they turn out.
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Board man & Gray are very busy and find hard
work to keep any stock in their ware-rooms. Their
pianos have been thoroughly tested fora great many
years, in Albany and vicinity, and I do not believe
there is a single person who ever purchased one but
'what will speak in the highest praise of it. Their
Western trade for some time past has been controlled
by Whitney & Currier, of Toledo, Ohio, and since
Piano and Organ Repairer
Wants Place in Store,
Address,
w. w. a,
Care of
Hclntyre & Goodell Piano M'fg Co.,
GEAND EAPIDS, MICH.
Mr. Chase retained while postmaster to pay his
money order clerks, on the grounds that the money
belonged to him personally. On the other hand, the
Government lays claim to this money, and brings
the action to recover.
Mr. Chase has always held a splendid reputation in
Syracuse, and his competitors freely state that they
do not believe he would intentionally retain one cent
not belonging to him. We shall give full particulars
of the trial as soon as ended.
Ed. McCammon's latest effort is to get his credit-
Malcolm Love & Co., Waterloo, N. Y., are one of
ors interested in his Stock Company scheme. As I
learn it, his idea is as follows: Suppose he owes one of the busiest firms of organ manufacturers in the trade.
his supply men $3,000, he (the supply man), to put Their factory is altogether too small for the present
in $1,000, making $4,000 in all, and then he isto take demand for their organs, and I do not hesitate to
$4,000 in Stock. This is quite a nice idea but I fear say that they will very shortly be compelled to greatly
it will not work. I believe he tried it on his action enlarge their factory, if they meet the demand for
maker and represented to him that Mr. Rauft, the their organs. Perhaps bur esteemed (?) Mr. Blumen-
felt manufacturer, had agreed to it. I believe Mr. berg will say that the above is a paid for puff and
Rauft has more sense than do anything like this and carries no weight, but then, you know, he is not
shall endeavor to give his views on this Stock Com- responsible for the sudden attacks he has occasion-
pany in our next issue. There was a referee's sale, ally. However, I don't believe he will say so about
a short time ago, of the McCammon concern and the Messrs. Lowe & Co., as he carries their advertise-
ment and he does not hold their note, as he does of
stock was purchased by the Albany County Bank.
Guild, which accounts for his sudden change of
base in the Guild affair. I have noticed the steady
Badlam, the notorious fraud of Ogdensburg, N. Y., advancement of this concern during the past few
is up to his old tricks again. He has secured some years, and it is very pleasing to me. They have not
party,of no responsibility whatever, who lives a small indulged in a great amount of blowing, but have
distance from Ogdensburg, to aid him in his fraudu- instead kept steadily at work making an organ well
lent transactions. It seems as though the Music worth the money asked for it, and preferring to let it
TRADE REVIEW had exposed him so thoroughly that sing its own praises. The consequences are that
no manufacturer would be foolish enough to ship him to-day they have on their books names of the best
goods, or any one within a respectable distance of agents throughout the country, and are in a position
his place, without first being convinced of their stand- to take their choice of agents in unoccupied.territory.
ing. I will once more show up Badlam's style of do- The new piano-organ cases, which they have just
ing business, and trust we shall not be compelled to completed in walnut and rosewood, are very attrac-
mention his name again in our columns. It is as fol- tive, and bound to take well.
lows : He writes to a manufacturer of pianos and
organs to send goods to him or his accomplice and
he will pay the agent at the freight office before
taking the goods from the freight office. This seems
fair enongh and the goods are shipped, but when
they arrive he writes that he is short but if they
(the manufactures) will allow him to take the goods
he will remit in ten days, or else he sends an accepted
draft at five days. This also seems fair to the manu-
facturer and as it will cost considerabe to get his
goods back again the manufacturer says all right.
Badlam or his accomplice gets his goods and that
is the last the manufacturer hears from him. An-
other trick of Badlam's is to write to the manufac-
turer for instruments and give as reference some of
the leading business houses in Ogdensburg. The
manufacturer looks up these references in the com-
mercial agencies and finding them good says to him-
self : Badlam would not give these parties' names as
references unless he (Badlam) was good. Conse-
quently they do not write these references as to
Badlam's standing and therefore ship the goods at
ten, twenty or thirty days time. There are other
ways which this skunk has of carrying out his tricks,
but this is enough to warn those in the trade who do
not know him either by experience or reputation.
Look out who you receive orders from in Ogdens-
burg, N. Y. There are two firms there who we know
are supplied by honorable manufacturers and have
heard nothing against their credit. They are G. It.
Hanford & Co. and F. W. Merrick. By the way, I
have been promised Badlam's picture in a short time
and if I obtain it shall print his likenesa in our holi-
day number, out Dec. 20th.
A. C. Chase, Syracuse, N. Y., who manufactures
pianos and sells Chickering & Sons and several other
makes, has been sued by the Government. The case
is brought to recover $6,680.90 in commissions which
Messrs. Louis j3. Eurtzinann, Frederick C. Kurtz
mann and Adolph Geiger have purchased the entire
interest of the heirs of the estate of the late C. Kurtz-
mann, and will conduct the business under the old
name and place. All business contracts made by Mr.
Eurtzmann, Sr., before his death are assumed by the
new firm. The new firm have already made many
improvements, such as adding new machinery to save
labor. The"y are hard at work in getting out new
style* which, when ready for the market, they claim
will be equal to any made. The firm has secured the
services of H. Wedekind as superintendent and
draughtsman, who has had much experience in this
capacity. From all appearances the firm intend to
push the business with all possible energy, and we
believe that with the young blood infused in the con-
cern the reputation of the old Kurtzmann name will
rapidly increase instead of diminish. These young
men have the best wishes of the Music TRADE RE-
VIEW, and we will do all me can to help them.
AGAINST THE CHURCH ORGANS.
PITTSBURGH, NOV. 10.—The Convention of the
United Presbyterian Church to-day discussed a paper,
prepared by the Committee on Resolutions, setting
forth the arguments against the use of the organ in
church. The Convention adopted this :
" Believing instrumental music in connection with
the worship of God to be without the authority of
divine appointment under the New Testament dis-
pensation, and, therefore, a corruption of that wor-
ship, it ia our duty to refuse in any way to counten-
ance or support its use. And we hereby counsel all
our brethren to stand firm and not defile or wound
their consciences by any compliance with that which
is contrary to conscience, or In regard to which con-
science Is not clear."