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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
THE
HAGEN, RUEFER & Co., successors to Hagen,
MR. O. A. KIMBALL, of the Emerson Piano
Company, Boston, has returned from a flyer to
San Francisco. He managed to book no less
than 140 orders for the celebrated Kmerson
during his trip.
A FIRE occured May 1st in the cellar of Henry
Roger's piano case factory, 331 and 333 West
36th street, caused by a gas jet setting fire to the
woodwork. The damage was small.
CHARLES BAUMEISTER, superintendent of the
Claflin Piano Co., has resigned from that concern.
GEARY BROTHERS, New Haven, Conn., have
secured Mr. Spicer as salesman for their house.
He was formerly connected with the McPhail
Piano Co., of Boston.
A NUMBER of very important improvements
have been effected in the Needham Piano and
Organ factories in Washington, N. J. Business
is brisk at the Needham factory.
THE resignation of the John Church Company
from the Music Publishers' Association will un-
doubtedly inaugurate a " cut rate " war. It has
given rise to considerable feeling in the music
publishing trade, and the outcome will be watch-
ed with interest.
AMONG the houses feeling the improved con-
dition of trade the noted supply firm of Ham-
macher, Schlemmer & Co. are to be mentioned.
COMMODORE WESSELL, of Wessell, Nickel &
Gross, made a short trip down East last week.
Business with this firm is of the best, the differ-
ent departments of their extensive factory are
rushing.
COMSTOCK, CHENEY & Co., Ivoryton, Conn.,
are busy—very busy. A full staff of men
working full time are in evidence, and yet
they are unable to fill the orders flowing in.
Comstock, Cheney & Co. have recently finished
a small addition to their factory, and during the
past week the knights of the brush are hard at
work giving the entire concern a spring dress-
ing of paint.
FRANK A. STRATTON & Co. are meeting with
a large share of success since the foundation of
their business. In a recent trip of a representa-
tive of this house to the South he secured some
very heavy orders, particularly from the house
of Manier, Lane & Co., Jacksonville, Fla., who
gave him a large import order. An idea of the
business done in one department of this house
may be gleaned from the fact that last week
orders were booked for no less than 476 gross of
the celebrated Meinel harmonicas.
Frank
Stratton will leave early next week for a Spring
trip in the interest of his house.
MICHAEL LENEHAN, twenty-three years old,
who claims to live in Cincinnati, but who is
now residing at No. 7 Bowery, was held in Essex
Market Police Court Tuesday last on a charge of
stealing a case of musical instruments valued at
$26.43, the property of Messrs. P. C. Bruno &
Sons, of No. 356 Broadway. The goods were
stolen from a truck in front of No. 317 Broadway.
BRIEF NEWSLETS.
WOODS PIANO AND ORGAN COMPANY
have been incorporated according to the statute
laws of the State of Connecticut, at Hartford.
The capital stock is $10,000. The incorporators
are Thomas F. Scanlon, Boston, who holds 160
shares ; E. N. Kimball, Boston, 100 shares; J.
H. White, trustee, Meriden, Conn., 79 shares ;
A. F. Woods, Hartford, Conn., 60 shares, and
F. E. Bemis, trustee, 1 share.
Heinrich & Dunham, who formerly manufac-
tured the Cornet piano, have decided to launch
forth an instrument beaiing their own name on
the fall-board. Their factory is at 525-531 West
24th street, this city.
MR. W. E. KAPS, of Dresden, who, as men-
tioned in our last issue, is visiting the principal
piano establishments of this country, paid a
visit to the Sohmer factory last week and was
profuse in his compliments as to its perfect
equipment.
MR. A. D. OGDEN, of the firm of Fisher &
Ogden of Oneonta, New York, spent a few days
in the Metropolis last week. Messrs. Fisher &
Ogden carry a good line of pianos and organs,
besides other musical merchandise. Trade has
been very good in Oneonta despite the general
depression in business circles.
AN excellent plan has been adopted by M.
Steinert & Sons Co. to make the line of goods
handled by them better known in the territory
covered by them. They recently placed on tem-
porary exhibition at the Oriental Store, New
Bedford, Mass., an assortment of Steinway,
Hardman, Weber, Standard, Henning, Webster
and Weser pianos. The New Bedford Journal
of recent date contains an advertisement and
notice referring to the up-to-date system of
pushing business adopted by the Steinert house.
IT is said that Mr. Alfred Shindler, who is in
charge of the wholesale business of Hardman,
Peck & Co. in and around Chicago, will make
his headquarters at the warerooms of J. L.
Mahan, the retail agent for the Hardman.
DAYNES & COLTER will be the name of a new
firm which will shortly start in business at Salt
Lake City, Utah. Mr. Colter has a lengthy ex-
perience with the music business, and Mr.
Daynes is the organist of the Tabernacle.
MR. GUSTAVE BEHNING is working his way
West in the interest of the Behning piano.
From latest reports he has booked some good
orders for his house, and expects considerable
more before he returns to New York.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—In the case of the Horace
Waters Co. against Washington I. Van Allen
(referred to April 28th), the jury rendered
a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the return
of a piano bought by the defendant on the in-
stalment plan, and fixed the value of the piano
at
$100.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.—The music store of
Thos. Kay has been robbed of various instru-
ments amounting to about $30. The thieves
obtained the goods by removing a glass in the
store window.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Negotiations have been
opened for an amalgamation of the several piano
makers' unions and lodges. The International
Furniture Workers have proposed that the piano-
makers join their union.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.—Steere & Turner, organ
manufacturers, are offering their creditors 50 per
cent, in compromise settlement.
CHICAGO, III.—Mr. C. Hinze, formerly of
Des Moines, Iowa, but who now owns a factory
in Chicago for the manufacture of pianos, has
fallen heir to an estate in Hanover, Germany,
and sailed April 25th with his wife and three
daughters for Hanover, where he will perman-
ently reside.
FREEPORT, III.—Work has been commenced
on the organ factory to be built here. Tom
Rockey, contractor.
DONALDSONVILLE,
LA.—Prof. A. J.
Mon-
tamat, well known musical instrument dealer,
tuner and repairer, has moved from New Orleans
and will now locate in Donaldsonville.
TAMA, IA.—J. C. Clouse, music dealer, while
driving between Van Home and Vinton last
week was overtaken by two men who relieved
him of $127. This is Mr. Clouse's second ex-
perience within the last two years. Owing to
the darkness he cannot give a description of the
men.
BALTIMORE, MD.—The Ninth Annual Con-
vention of the National League of American
Musicians was opened at the Eutaw House May
1 st. Delegates from all over the country are at
Baltimore guests of Local No. 17.
WEBSTER CITY, IA.—W. H. Cook, general
agent of the Kimball Piano Co., will locate per-
manently in Webster City.
NEW BEDFORD, MASS.—A new musical estab-
lishment is to be erected at Southend by Miss
Mary Otheman, the violinist. It will be a small
music hall, to accommodate 150 persons.
A NEW Bradbury Baby Grand will soon make
its appearance in the musical world. Mr. F. G.
UPTON, IA.—C. A. Diltz has re-opened his
Smith is taking a paternal pride in the new-
comer, and he promises that it will be a worthy music room on the south side of the square.
representative of the Bradbury family.
THOMAS FLOYD JONES, the pushing represen-
THE agency for the Vose & Sons piano for
Hartford, Conn., has been given to Gallup &
Metzger, well-known music dealers. They have
handled the Vose for a short time, and have been
so pleased with its general popularity that the
foregoing is the result.
THE firm of Whitehall & Trauten, of Pitts-
burg, Pa., has been dissolved. The business
will be carried on in future by Wm. C. White-
hill.
E. W. FURBUSH is on an extended Western
trip in the interests of the Briggs Piano Co. Mr.
Furbush reports an improved condition of trade.
He has done some excellent business so far and
made many new openings for the celebrated
Briggs piano. Mr. Furbush will probably not
return to headquarters before Independence Day.
tative of the Haines Brothers pianos, Chicago,
was in town during the week.
THE B. Shoninger Company intends making
extensive alterations in their warerooms at 96
Fifth avenue.
MR. FRED. L DREW, of Vose & Sons, has just
returned from the West, where he made the ac-
quaintance of the representatives of his house.
This was Mr. Drew's initial trip as traveling
representative. From reports to hand he was
received in the heartiest manner and managed
to bring back quite a few orders for his house.
THE Chicago Cottage Organ Co. gave quite a
'' swell '' reception at their warerooms on the
evening of April 27th in honor of Irene and Olga
Pevny, the distinguished vocalists. It was a
great success musically and socially.