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VOL. XVIII. No. 39.
published Every Saturday.
The
Late fir. Ernest Knabe.
Special Meeting of the Piano Manufact-
urers' Association.
yti& SPECIAL meeting of the Piano Manufact-
u r e urers' Association was held on Friday
afternoon of last week at the Union Square
Hotel, for the purpose of taking action on the
death of Mr. Ernest Knabe. Among those
present were Mr. Wm. Steinway, Mr. Wm. E.
Wheelock, Mr. A. H. Fischer, Mr. Albert
Weber, Mr. C. H. Janssen, Mr. Tilney, Mr.
Newby, Mr. Taylor, Mr. H. Kranich, Mr. Hub-
bard, Mr. L. P. Bach, Mr. Lawson, Mr. Robt.
Proddow, Mr. Samuel Hazelton, Mr. George
Nembach, Mr. John J. Decker, Mr. F. G.
Smith, Jr.
Mr. William Steinway presided and spoke in
the most feeling terms of his long and personal
acquaintance with the deceased and his father,
Mr. Wm. Knabe, the founder of the house.
Messrs. Fischer, Wheelock and others also
spoke, and the general feeling of regret at the
demise of so highly an esteemed member of the
trade was reflected by the following resolutions
and minute, which were unanimously adopted
by a rising vote of those present:
Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God to re-
move from life upon the earth our honored friend
and fellow-craftsman Ernest Knabe, late head of
the old and renowned house of William Knabe
and Company, of Baltimore and ;
Whereas, It is deemed meet and proper by
the members of this Association assembled at a
special meeting convened for the purpose that
we give public expression as an Association of
our individual sorrow in the sudden loss of our
friend, and of our deep sympathy for the mem-
bers of his family and firm in their affliction,
be it
Resolved, That the following minute be
adopted and entered upon the records of this
Association, and that copies thereof be trans-
mitted by our secretary to the sons of the late
Ernest Knabe, and to the firm of William
Knabe & Co.
MINUTE.
The members of the Piano Manufacturers'
Association of New York City and Vicinity,
justly appreciating the benefits that have accrued
to our industry and to mankind fiom the honor-
able and successful life of one who has devoted
himself to our calling since early youth, from
his earnest and conscientious efforts to raise and
maintain the artistic standard and qualities of the
American piano, and from the kindly and affec-
tionate intercourse of a just and generous man
in all the relations of life—in the family, with
business partners and associates, with the em-
ployees of a great and thriving institution i and
f/eu; Yor%
28, 1894.
in the multifarious duties and responsibilities of
a loyal and warm-hearted American citizen—do
recognize that in the death of Ernest Knabe the
whole trade has sustained a grievous loss, and
that by his untimely departure from the scene of
his earthly activities a gap has been created
that will never be completely filled.
(Signed)
WILLIAM STEINWAY, President.
L. P. BACH, Secretary.
The resolutions will be handsomely engrossed
and copies will be forwarded to Messrs. Ernest
and William Knabe, sons of the deceased, and
Mr. Keidel.
The Weaver Organs.
^
R. M. B. GIBSON, Secretary of the Weaver
Organ end Piano Co., has been making
a trip through the anthracite coal region in
Western Pennsylvania, and managed to pocket
a fair number of orders for his house. The
Weaver organ is, however, an old favorite in
that section of the country, and it seems to have
a claim, so to speak, on their spare money.
Business with the Weaver factory just now is
of the best ; they are running full time and with
a full force of workmen. It is a matter of con-
gratulation that they were fortunate enough to
keep their employees busy throughout the un-
paralleled depression of the past six months.
During that period they worked six days per
week and never less than eight hours per day.
The Weaver organ has always enjoyed an ex-
cellent reputation wherever known, and if the •
energy and enterprise displayed by the concern
for the past few years amount to anything, the
Weaver organ is bound to attain a very large
popularity in the future—such a popularity as
will enable it to out-distance older competitors.
PITTSBUKG, PA.—Phil. T. Weis, one of the
best known young musicians in the State, died
April 22d at the Mercy Hospital. He was 35
years old and had been married three years. He
had been ailing for some time.
$3 00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES. 10 CENTS.
BRIEF NEWS LETS.
RICHMOND, IND.—Pullman Piano Co. incor-
porated with $10,000 capital. Directors : Jno.
Lumsden, Jesse French, Oscar A. Field, Jas.
M. Starr and Benj. Starr.
SHAMOKIN, PA.—St. John's Reformed Church
of Shamokin have contracted with King & Son,
of Elmira, N. Y., for a handsome pipe organ.
It will be a two manual instrument, with 28
stops, and will cost $2,700.
CHARLESTON, I I I . — J . W. Scormaker will
open up a music store in the Richter building.
ROCKFORD, I I I . — H . N. Starr, assignee of
the Anderson Piano Co. has filed his report in
the County Court. Claims are $33,970 69, with
cash on hand $8,492.69. Judge Bailey ordered
the payment of a 25 per cent, dividend on
claims that have not been paid. This is not
Mr. Starr's final report, and the creditors will
probably get more.
BALTIMORE, MD.—Ernest Knabe, late piano
manufacturer, left a will to following effect:
His two sons, Ernest J. and Wm. Knabe, are
named as executors. Emma Riernan, cousin of
deceased, was left an annuity of $600 a year to
be paid in monthly instalments of $50 each and
$10,000 for this purpose to be held under in-
vestment and at her death to go to the residue
of the estate, $1,000 each to German Orphan
Asylum, Poor Association, Little Sisters of the
Poor, General German Aged People's Home,
$500 each to Hebrew Orphan Asylum, Hebrew
Hospital and Asylum Association, $ 1,000 to
Maryland Institute, an annuity of $300 to his
father-in-law, Thos. Beck, $1,000 to Caroline
Hummel for services, $1,000 to Board of Direc-
tors of German Zion School and rest of his estate
to his two sons.
CHICAGO, I I I —The entire building of Lyon
& Healy, music dealers, at Wabash avenue and
Adams street, has been remodeled and resembles
a temple of music. They occupy four floors.
THREE RIVERS, MICH.—Geo. H. Thomas has
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.—The case of Geo.
purchased a full line of musical instruments,
Henry,
twenty years old, charged with burglary
which he has added to his jewelery store.
of
Otto
Gletner's
music store, on February 24th,
DENVER, COL.—The Knight-Campbell Music
was
tried
in
Court
of Common Pleas, April 24th.
Co. sues A. L. Roeder, owner of many paying
mining properties, for $350 due on a piano and The jury brought in a verdict of guilty.
$50 damages.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Horace Waters & Co.,
NEW YORK, N. Y.—International Piano piano dealers, have brought suit to recover piano
Makers' Union of the United States and Canada valued at $275 from Washington Irving Van
held its quarterly meeting April 2 2d at the West Allen, formerly District Attorney of Schuyler
County. The piano was paid for in instalments,
Side Labor Lyceum, 342 W. 42d street.
and
$25 is still due, therefore the Company
SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES.—The largest
claims
possession of the instrument. Mr. Van
organ in the world is in the Sydney town hall.
It took three years to build and cost 15,000 Allen disputes this, and claims he paid the full
pounds. It is 80 x 26 x 55 fett. It contains sum required for the instrument.
7,686 pipes, and weighs 100 tons. Two expert
men with one laborer were nine months in put-
ting it together in the town hall. The organ is
blowo by a gas engine of 15 horse power.
BRIDGEPORT, CONN.—Keller Bros. & Blight
Piano Co., of Bridgeport, Conn., have brought
suit against Alvah L. Swett & Co. for $487.43,
alleged to be due for three pianoe*