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VOL. XVIII. No. 33.
published Every Saturday.
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YorK, (Tlarol? 10, 1894.
L. O, SHIBLEY, for six years connected with
music house of Century Piano Co , Minneapolis,
Minn., has severed his connection with that
house, and will leave for Chicago, where he has
two very fine offers, but has not yet decided
which to take.
THE Equitable Trust Company, receivers of
the Columbian Organ and Piano Co., 95 Dear-
born street, Chicago, intend selling out the
general stock of that concern on March 15th.
GEO. M. GUILD is out with another new piano
action which he has patented, and, as might be
expected, assigned to L. A. Guild.
WM. F. CONKLIXG, formerl}-manager of mu-
sic store of J. H. Hickok, 21 Colden street, New-
burgh, N. Y., has opened up a music store for
himself. Mr. Conkling will handle a large
stock of musical instruments.
PROF. OWEN I. TURTLE, New York, has in-
vented' a wrist and arm rest for acquiring proper
position for hands, arms and wrist in playing
on piano, and has formed a stock company
under name of Piano Wrist and Arm Mfg. Co.
MR. FRED J. SEKER is now connected with
-Spickers, dealer in musical instruments at corner
of Broadway and Church streets, Paterson, N. J.
THE Starck and Strack Piano Co., Chicago,
111., certified to change of name to Russell
Piano Co.
TWAY PIANO CO., New York, has been in-
corporated ; capital $25,000. Directors : Edwin
N. Kimball, Boston, Mass.; Wm. FV Tway,
Brooklyn,>and Alex. H. Wray, New York City.
MR. ROBERT A. STORY, brother of Mr. Ed.
H. Story, of the Story & Clark Organ Co., died
at El Paso, Tex., on March 2d. He had been
sojourning in the South for some time, hoping
that a milder climate would relieve a pulmonary
trouble from which he had for some time suf-
fered.
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MR. S. K. MYERS, of Cedar Rapids, la., has
concluded to handle the line of goods manu-
factured by the Chicago Cottage Organ Co. ex-
clusively in the future. Mr. Myers has recently
opened one of the finest stores in that city.
THE territory which has been mapped out for
Mr. John Summers, who has recently connected
-himself with Lyon, Potter & Co , embrace the
States of Illinois, Iowa and the eastern part of
Michigan.
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SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
LECHNER & SCHOENBERGER, of Pittsburg,
intend to remove to a new and capacious ware-
room on April 1st. It is in an attractive centre
at 94" Fifth avenue, next door to^ the ^Opera
House.
THE W. W. Kimball Co., Chicago, have be-
come interested in the C. H. Martin Piano Co.,
Sioux City, la. They have closed out the entire
stock of their branch house in that city to the
C. H. Martin Piano Co., and appointed them
exclusive agents of that territory. C. A. El-
mensdorf, who has been manager of the Kimball
branch in Sioux City, has become a member of
the C. H. Martin Co.
JOSEPH H. HUBER, ofj. Huber&Son, music
dealers at Greenburg, Pa. died suddenly of
h f art failure on February 21st, at his home on
Arch street.
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LUDWIG & Co. are about to erect a three
story building for the manufacture of pianos on
Southern Boulevard, between 135th and 136th
streets. The lot is ninety feet front, with a
depth of one hundred feet. The ground will be
broken immediately, so the factory can be oc-
cupied by the first day of May.
MR. CHAS. H. DITSON, of C. H. Ditson &
Co., this city, has left for an extended sojourn
in California. The latest report to hand locates
him at Los Angeles, where he will spend a few
weeks.
IN 1892 Chas. Edwards, agent for M. P. Mol-
ler, manufacturer of church and concert organs,
Hagerstown, Md., sold John Beekley, of West
Nantmeal, Pa., an organ for $90, $30 cash and
the balance to be paid in two notes. Edwards
H. J. W. CHAPMAN, music dealer, 1S2 East
took the notes to Honeybrook and induced Love
Fulton street, Grand Rapids, Mich., has made
Leramon to cash them, and when the notes be-
an assignment for the benefit of the creditors.
came due Mr. Beekley paid them. Edwards
Geo. Holtgeerts, assignee. Assets, $16^85.50;
went West, taking with him proceeds of organ
.liabilities, $12,086.78.
sales. The organ company has never been able
to capture the fugitive, and is trying to make
FRANK SCHIVEBUS, employee of the guitar
MR. WILL MCARTHUR, son of F. E. McArthur,
factory, Westside, Mt. Vernon, N. Y., fell down manager of the Schubert piano warerooms at Beekley, through their attorneys, pay the notes
over again. His position is that Edwards'
stairs and broke his arm the other day.
14th street, will be interested with W. T. Crane
transactions were binding on the company as
PIANOMAKERS of New York report that the in pushing the Kimball instruments in Syra-
their agent.
cuse, N. Y.
conditions of their trade is improving.
JAS. B. ADRIANCE, at one time a very compe-
FRANK JONES, the well-known dealer in mu-
tent
tuner, now out of work, was fined $5, Tues-
SCHLEICHER & SONS, piano manufacturers,
sical instruments and" sheet music at Orange,
have discontinued their branch store in Yonkers, N. J., has entered the field of piano manufactur- day, in the Yorkville Police Court, by Justice
N. Y., but will continue their other branches.
ing. He has taken Mr. Adam Ruckstuhl as his Voorhees, for striking Capt. Reilly of the 51st
THE Levassor Piano Co., Cincinnati, O., will, mechanical man. Mr. Ruckstuhl is a well- street Police Station.
GEMMEL & TASMAN, dealers in musical in-
on April 7th, give a Shaw piano to the person known piano maker and has been connected
who guesses the nearest to time it will take a with many important firms. The Ruckstuhl struments, etc., Summit, N. J., will move, April
messenger boy to climb from company's office piano will probably be placed on the market 1st, from their present quarters on Union avenue
to Maple street.
to roof of their four story building, 26 West 4th within the next two months.
street, and drop a quarter to the ground below.
S. K. MYERS, formerly of the music firm of
THE Piano Manufacturers' Association of
A NEW string instrument was used for the New York and vicinity have postponed their Myers & Early, Fort Dodge, la., has opened up
first time a few weeks ago at a concert given by March meeting until April 10th. There was a new music house in Cedar Rapids, under the
firm name of S. K. Myers Co.
Fritz Schlachter. It is called the violetta and nothing of importance to be transacted.
was invented by Dr. Alfred Stelzner, of Dres-
C. W. LEASURE, has purchased the music
MR. H. W. BATES & Co , of Boston, suffered
den, Germany.
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a loss of about$5,ooo by fire in their warerooms, business of Leasure Bros., Faribault, Minn., J.
" S. K. MYERS, Cedar Rapids, Mich., has at 72 and 74 Pearl street, on the 28th ult. The E. Leasure who went to California last fall hav-
ing decided to locate th/src permanently.
loss is covered by insurance.
-opened a musie store at 1-8 1st street.
W. B. PRICE has issued a call to the
different piano houses in Washington for the
purpose of forming a Music Trade Association
in that. city. This has been rendered necessary
by the fact that numerous private individuals
have entered the ranks of " commission fiends "
to the' injury of the legitimate dealers. Mr.
Price, the temporary president, is the represen-
tative of the W. W. Kimball house in Wash-
ington.
MR.