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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1894 Vol. 18 N. 35

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
opposed by a small section of so-called " Inde-
pendents, " who are at the beck and call of the
New York Reform Club. The fact that Mr.
Dolge was elected by a majority of 208 in a
total vote of 382 gives an idea of Mr. Dolge's
popularity and his opponents' insignificance.
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORK.
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and
Canada, $3.00 per year, in advance; Foreign Countries,
$4 00.
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per
insertion; unless inserted upon rates made by special
contract.
Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
,. jfOR tf>e ti-m that lacks assistance.
JlCKHAM, CHAPMAN & CO., Spring-
field, Ohio, are experiencing the im-
provement in business which is now prevalent
throughout the trade. While their output of
piano plates for the past year has been satisfac-
tory, yet their extensive plant and facilities
enable them to fill with ease the increasing
orders which are coming their ways nowadays.
The growth of piano manufacturing in the West
Is, as might be expected, of direct benefit to
them, and their plates command a large popu-
larity among the Western firms.
STARR PIANO CO., Richmond, Iud.,
made such progress with their factory have
building that they will be able to ship many of
their new instruments by April 1st. They ex-
pect to have the new double-story factory and
all machinery in running order around that time
or a little later, and by the middle of April will
be fully able to nil all orders coming their way.
The number of orders on hand at present will
keep them busy for some time. There is an ex-
cellent demand for the Starr instruments, and
much is expected of their new scale designs,
which will soon be on the market.
which he has sustained in the partial destruc-
tion of twenty-seven pianos. The instruments,
in one or two cases, were totally annihilated.
FAKE ADVERTISING.
OT WITHSTANDING recent investigations
and exposures in the World anent the
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' ways and means '' adopted by unscrupulous
parties to palm off so-called pianos on innocent
purchasers, advertisements appear day after day
showing that there is no cessation to the activity
of the despicable class of "sharps " engaged in
this business. A perusal of the '' furniture '' or
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' musical instruments '' columns of the World
will corroborate this.
A few days since the following advertisement
was added to the many already standing which
will bear investigation. It appeared under the
head of '' Pianos and Organs '' and reads as
follows: " Great sale upright pianos : 100 to be
sold factory prices; easy terms. Address
Factory, box 365, World."
The Injury done to the legitimate trade by this
class of people is so apparent that we think they
deserve some consideration from the Piano
Manufacturers Association. Not only are the
purchasers being deceived and cheated, but the
standing of honest manufacturers and reputable
instruments suffer considerably. Some action
should be taken, which would help to rid the
public of these people and expose their methods
of doing business.
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A JOURNALISTIC TRIUMPH.
HE California Midwinter Special issue of
RUDOLF GIESE, JR., whose father
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, published
controls and owns one of the largest wire
last week, created a genuine surprise in the
For ifc Mm in th
factories in Germany, and who, previous to the
trade. It is hardly necessary for us to enter into
passage of the Wilson Bill, had built and fitted
a detailed description of that number, because
up a factory in Dolgeville for the manufacture
all of our readers have seen, praised and enjoyed
of fine piano wire and wire of all kinds used for
it. It, however, is gratifying from a publisher's
musical instruments, has, it is said, decided to
standpoint to* realize how pleasantly the work
are rumors afloat concerning z return to Dolgeville immediately, and set the has been received, and how heartily it has been
<*r* mighty big deal now under consideration machinery of his factory in motion. This appreciated. The orders for extra copies prove
by two well-known Eastern houses, which, il course has been arrived at through the belief clearly that such a work is really permanent,
true, will result in a combination in Phila- that the Wilson Bill is doomed to defeat and that it will be preserved as a souvenir. We can
the apparent revival of confidence in the com-
delphia.
only extend to our friends, who have tendered
mercial world. This move of Mr. Giese's is a
us their hearty congratulations over the success
PRING is in the air, and the pleasant practical illustration of what would occur in
of our efforts, our thanks for their appreciation
weather is acting as a stimulator of im every section of this broad land if this never-
and for their kind wishes. Newspaper men can
proved business throughout the country. Brad ending uncertainty were removed.
appreciate the vast amount of work that is
streets, while not over optimistic, is of the
necessary to produce a paper containing eighty-
opinion that the trade outlook is brighter than
four
pages. We think, however, that it is
week we chronicled the partial de-
for some time past.
struction of the stock of pianos of George certainly a journalistic triumph to publish such
R. Fleming & Co., Philadelphia, by the ex- a paper, have it mailed and delivered without
,oHOUIS GRUNEWALD, SR. ( of the L. Grune- plosion of an ammonia tank under their ware- the delay of a single hour beyond the regular
S*P wald Co., New Orleans, has recently rooms. After an inspection of Mr. Fleming's weekly time. To produce such a paper required
purchased real estate adjoining his hotel in New stock, we would state that the damage done to hard work, close application to details, and a
Orleans, where, at a very early period, he will his business is serious. Mr. Fleming has, how- thorough system throughout; and, in the
commence to build an annex which will contain ever, had the annoyance of his situation ac- successful accomplishment of such a gigantic
something like one hundred and fifty rooms. centuated, from the fact that he has to deal with task, we never found it necessary to omit or de-
Plans and specifications for the new building are a landlord who possesses porcine qualities to a lay a single number of this paper.
being prepared.
remarkable degree. His indifference may be
While writing of kindly comments, we cannot
realized from the fact that he walked calmly overlook the very flattering notice of our work
DOLGE was re-elected president by the building after the plate glass was blown published in that distinguished musical weekly,
of the village of Dolgeville at the charter out by the explosion, and never once entered to the Musical Courier. Such a recognition certain-
election last Tuesday. For the first time since inquire the cause. Mr. Fleming, without doubt, ly shows a spirit of fairness, and a fraternal
the village was incorporated his election was will commence an immediate suit for damages feeling which is most commendable.
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
PIANISTIC PUNS.
jjE are favored with a copy of a " Handy
Music-Lexicon " based upon Professor
Kalauer's very humorous and famous work. It
is an Americanized and thoroughly up to-date
edition, and comes to us from sedate and classic
Boston. It blends information with a high
moral entertainment. We doubt if this "Lexi-
con '' will supplant the authoritative and solid
work of Grove, but it certainly will raise a smile
among some of our sober and settled musicians,
who rarely find time to crack a joke. The author
and editor seem to have solved the problem ot
how to convey the medicine of knowledge in the
sugar coat of amusement.
Speaking of the '' pianoforte '' it says:
" Pianos are of different shapes and "makes."
Some makers, though not themselves upright,
produce upright pianos. Other makers, though
not themselves square, produce square pianos.
There is a grand piano and a baby grand. The
square piano is usually a quadruped. The grand
stands on three legs or limbs. Some people are
so modest that they put pantlets on the 1. 's of
their pianos. Pianists may "paw the ivories,"
but all pianists are not Pauers. There are more
than a hundred piano-makers, and each firm al-
ways advertise itself as having received the
highest prizes at Industrial Expositions. This
is confusing.''
CHANGES IN THE WEST.
HE W. W. Kimball Company, of Chicago,
who have had charge of the wholesale
handling of the Hallet & Davis piano for the
States of Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa,
Minnesota, Kansas and Nebraska have relin-
quished that position, and this territory will in
future come under the direct control of the Hallet
& Davis Company. This move will undoubt-
edly make quite a change in the representation
of these instruments in the States mentioned,
and plans are already under way in that con-
nection. There is no doubt that dealers will
take advantage to the fullest extent of this
change, for the Hallet & Davis piano has a
valuable reputation from a commercial and
musical point of view, and dealers handling it
will find it a decided aid to increase business.
It is announced that the Hallet & Davis Com-
pany will not establish a branch in Chicago, but
will take charge of the wholesale handling of
instruments from their Boston house.
Undoubtedly the evolution of the business of
the W. W. Kimball Company has rendered this
change necessary, and the large recognition
which their instruments have attained has com-
pelled them to confine themselves more or less
to their own line of goods. However, for the
present they will continue to sell the Hallet &
Davis pianos locally.
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NOT TO BE TRIED BY THE PRESS.
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HE course adopted by Hardman, Peck &
Co., in refusing to furnish the press with
copies of the complaint and affidavits in their
action against Hardman & La Grassa for using
a name which they claim is their exclusive
property, is, in our opinion, an eminently proper
one.
It only savors of cheap advertising, and no-
toriety to follow a course frequently pursued by
many going into litigation, namely, that of try-
ing the case in the public press. There is a
proper tribunal for such purposes, and everyone
must agree with Hardman, Peck & Co. in their
opinion that the matter is a private one until it
arrives there. It is to this court that they look
for redress, and not to the papers—some of them
being only too anxious to distort and make cap-
ital out of the matter before the case is officially
decided.
Hardman, Peck & Co. 's determination to leave
this matter entirely in the hands of their counsel
—to enable them to conduct the case in a pro-
fessional manner—is a course that reflects the
astuteness and business acumen of Mr. Leopold
Peck. The publication of these papers could
only serve one end, and that would be to adver-
tise an insignificant firm, and put them on a
plane with a concern which has won an inter-
national reputation.
The injunction papers were served on Messrs.
Hardman & La Grassa last week and it is ex-
pected the case will come up before the Supreme
Court March 26th.
THE Russian section of the California Mid-
winter Exposition has been beautified by the
addition of the pianos which were on exhibition
in the Russian section at Chicago.
It Speaks Well.
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T speaks well for the general prosperity of
the piano, organ and kindred trades to
see an extra number of a trade paper, such as
that of THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, published
on the 17th by Mr. Edward Lyman Bill. It
speaks well for Mr. Bill, too, to be able to pub-
lish such an issue, showing, as we have always
maintained, that hard work, close application
and a strict attention to one's own business are
elements which will win success in the trade
paper business, as they will in any other voca-
tion.— The Musical Courier.
MR. W. N. WATSON, of Cedar Rapids, has
opened a branch music store in the McDaniel
Building, Vinton, la.
A MAN, known asjas. L. Gordon, alias Oliver
Adams, alias N. L. Daily, is said to have rented
a piano from Bollman-Bros., 1100 Olive street,
St. Louis, Mo., and also one from Koerber Bros.,
1108 Olive street, both piano dealers, had the
pianos shipped to his residence and sold them.
The police are looking for him on charges of
selling mortgaged chattels and obtaining money
under false pretenses.
THE case of W. W. Kimball Co. vs. W. T.
Clark, Joplin, Mo., to replevin a piano was tried
by a jury before Squire J. W. Napier at Blende-
ville and decided in favor of the defendant. The
case was appealed to the circuit court.
A REED & SON'S piano factory is a new in-
dustry just added to Dixon, 111.
AT the first meeting of the newly incorporated
Tway Piano Co., of New York, the following
officers were chosen : William F. Tway, presi-
dent and treasurer; and A. H. Wray, secretary.
Wm. F. Tway, A. H. Wray and E. N. Kimball
were chosen directors. It is expected that this
incorporation will aid materially in enabling Mr.
Tway to enlarge the sphere of his business. As
it is there are few branches of the Hallet &
Davis Co. worked on such a safe and eminently
successful basis as this house. The present
indications are that the strong line of instru-
ments carried by Wm. F. Tway will be energetic-
ally pushed this spring.
A. REED & SONS, of Chicago, will soon be
established in handsome warerooms at 13 East
Adams street, that city. The Reed & Sons
piano has lately been growing in favor and this
move is one in the right direction.
MR. CHAS.
BECHT,
the popular traveling
representative of the Popular Pease Piano Co.,
is doing the West and South, and sending in
good news day after day to headquarters. He
finds a lively demand for the Popular Pease
Piano, and the prospects are brightening all
along the line.
GEO. G. ENDICOTT has purchased the stock
of Herinon Day & Co., Baltimore, Md., the
agents of Chickering & Sons in that city.
THE action factory of Roth & Engelhardt,
which recently suffered through fire, is now in
running order.
THE Steinerts will celebrate their 25th anni-
versary of their connection with the house of
Steinway & Sons this year.
A TRIBUTE to the general popularity of the
autoharp is the numerous imitations which have
cropped up in this country and largely in Europe.
It is, however, not an honorable or straight-
forward course to undermine a prestige that has
been honorably and justifiably won. And while
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' imitation is the sincerest flattery,'' the pro-
duction of an inferior instrument cannot fail to
work injuiy to the genuine autoharp.
E. A. LE FEBRE, the world-renowned saxo-
phone soloist, has been appointed agent for the
C. G. Conn celebrated wonder and American
model valve band instruments. Mr. Le Febre
has opened an office at 44 East 12th street, New
York city.
MR. FLORENCE J. HEPPE, the junior member
of the firm of C. J. Heppe & Son, piano
dealers, Philadelphia, will be married to Miss
Frances McDowell, at the Spruce Street Presby-
terian Church, Philadelphia, on March 28th.
Miss McDowell is very wealthy.
ARTHUR LEWIS, who embezzled quite a sum
of
money from the Fisher & Boyd Piano Co., of
IT is said that A. H. Rintelmann, who recently
connected himself with A. H. Revell & Co., Los Angeles, was sentenced to five years' im-
Chicago, will start in business for himself prisonment in that city February 27th.
again. He has recently been in the city talking
THE firm of C. Kurtzmann & Co., Buffalo,
the matter over with several concerns whose will soon be incorporated as a stock company.
pianos he would like to represent, but so far no This has been rendered necessary to enable a
definite understanding has been arrived at.
larger development of the business.

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