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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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MR. WILLIAM
for the West.
weeks.
E. WHEELOCK left yesterday
He will be absent about two
SOME time since an application was made to
change the corporate name of the Metcalf Piano
Co., Rochester, N. Y., to Foster & Co. This
has now been consummated, and henceforth
Foster & Co. will make its appearance on the
fill-board of the instruments of the house.
son of William Rohl-
fing, of Milwaukee, Wis., was married Septem-
ber 12th, to Miss Helene Sidler, at the home of
the bride's parents, Milwaukee.
MR. HERMAN ROHLFING,
of the Story & Clark
Organ Co., arrived from Europe last Saturday,
and proceeded immediately to Chicago.
MR. MELVILLE CLARK,
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL KRAMER, winner of the
Bradbury free trip to Europe, has returned from
his excursion, and is back in Washington, D. C. f
learning the " young idea how to shoot."
MR. WOLLEY intends opening a music store
at Woodland, Cal.
THE A. B. CHASE CO., Norwalk, Ohio, re-
cently established agencies at Spokane Falls,
Wash., Portland, Ore., Salt Lake City, Utah,
and Laramie, Wyoming. Another important
agency which we announced last week as secured
by this house was the Hockett Bros. & Punten-
ney Co., Cincinnati.
MR. DIETZ, of Geo. Steck & Co., is receiving
many compliments for the excellence of a new
upright scale which he recently perfected. Cap-
able judges who have examined it claim it
is a strong demonstration of Mr. Dietz *s skill
and ability.
J. F. CHAFPIN, the well-known music
dealer of Fitchburg, Mass., made a pleasant call
at this office on his way home, last week, from
the Grand Army Encampment, which was held
at Pittsburg, Pa. Mr. Chaffin is a distinguished
member of the G. A. R. and went through some
active service.
MR.
THE next dinner of the Music Trades Associa-
tion of Chicago will be given some time next
month.
IT is gratifying to learn that business with
the A. B. Chase Co., Norwalk, O., for August
exceeded that of the same month for the past
four years.
CHARLES BECHT is in the West in the interest
of the Pease Piano Company. He has booked
quite a number of orders in the many cities vis-
ited between New York and Chicago. As a gen-
eral thing he found stocks very much depleted,
and believes that the change for the better
which is now evident will '' increase and multi-
ply."
THE different interests controlled by D. H.
Baldwin & Co., Cincinnati, are in a very pros-
perous condition at present. A brisk business
is being experienced in a retail way at their
store in Cincinnati, and a material improvement
is evident in their wholesale trade.
THE Colby pianos will be used hereafter at
the Champaign College of Music, Champaign,
111.
A NEW two story double front stone building
will be erected by Mr. O. D. Bennett, music
trade dealer, at Mason City, Iowa. Mr. Bennett
will occupy the new store when completed.
THE NEWMAN BROS.' organs are being ex-
hibited at the Wisconsin County Fair, which is
being held at Janesville. Mr. H. F. Nott, the
local agent, is in charge of the exhibit. Mr.
Edward R. Nelson, of the Newman Bros.' Com-
pany, is at present assisting Mr. Nott in show-
ing off these excellent instruments to visitors.
MR. GEO. C. CRANE, Eastern representative
of the Krell piano, is making an extended trip
in the interest of his house. He is very grati-
fied at the number of orders received so far.
MR. W. O. BACON, who was formerly with
the Chickering house in the West, is now in
charge of the retail warerooms of Decker Bros.,
on Union Square.
MR. H. W. METCALF, who has just relin-
quished his connection with the Brockport Piano
Co., of Brockport, N. Y., has taken a position
with Smith & Nixon, at Cincinnati, with head-
quarters at Indianapolis. Mr. Metcalf is a very
competent gentleman, and is a valuable acquisi-
tion to the Smith & Nixon house.
MR. ALBERT KRELL, Jr., of the Krell Piano
Co., is making a tour of the West in the interest
of his house. He is quite pleased with the con-
dition of trade, and is booking quite a number
of orders.
MR. HENRY STEINERT is now connected with
the house of Hardman, Peck & Co., this city.
He will assist Mr. Dutton in his varied duties.
THE estate of Julius Britting, a well-known
figure in the piano and musical field of Cincin-
nati, and who died some five months ago, has
been in litigation for some time, owing to the
absence of a will. Pauline Britting, a sister of
the deceased, having applied for authority to
administer the estate, the other heirs, who are
brothers and sisters, resisted the application.
The matter came up for hearing during the past
week, when George Martin Britting produced
what he claims to be the will of the deceased,
which he states he found in a pocket of an old
coat. This will bequeaths the brother a life in-
terest in the entire estate, and consequently he
made formal application to be appointed admin-
istrator. The matter is still under considera-
tion. The fee of the property being left indis-
posed, it will descend to the heirs-at-law after
the determination of the life estate.
AN enterprising Kimball firm in New Carlisle,
Pa., is the house of J. A. Breckenridge & Co.
They made some very important sales to promi-
nent people in that locality recently.
THE Mason & Hamlln grand piano will be
used the coming season by Edward B. Perry,
the blind pianist, who will make an extended
tour of the country. The Mason & Hamlin
grand will also be played by Henry Holden
Huss with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
FORTY years connection with the music trade
is something to be proud of, particularly when
these years have shown a constant growth in the
business with which he is connected, and also
in popular esteem. This is the event which Mr.
P. J. Healy, of Lyon & Healy, will celebrate on
the 24th of this month, and we, in common with
the trade at large, hope he will add numberless
years to the many so profitably spent in the
music trade industry.
JAMES CRABTREE has leased a large store on
Richmond Terrace, New Brighton, S. L, and
will carry a general line of pianos and musical
merchandise.
THE Piano and Music Dealers Association of
Washington, D. C , met Tuesday evening of last
week. Owing to the absence of a quorum some
important business had to be postponed.
THE musical merchandise business of William
Tonk & Bro. shows a gratifying increase for the
past month over that of the same period last
year. The line of goods turned out by this
house is finding a very large and increasing
market, and their new scale of prices is such as
to make trade. The quality of their goods is
well known, and the trade can always feel safe
in trading with such a concern.
THE BURDETT ORGAN CO., of Freeport, 111.,
expect to have their new factory ready for busi-
ness in about two weeks.
THE BRAMBACH PIANO, of Dolgeville, N. Y.,
is winning a great deal of praise from all who
have made it a subject of investigation. It is
an instrument that dealers should be glad to
handle because it is bound to attract trade.
ALFRED SHINDLER, Western representative of
Hardman, Peck & Co., returned recently from a
trip through Wisconsin. He reports the estab-
lishment of several new agencies, and an im-
proved business outlook.
ORDERS from South Africa, Australia, New
Zealand, in addition to a number from Great Brit-
ain, have been received by the Wilcox & White
Organ Co., Meriden, Conn., within the past few
weeks. This is proof positive that foreign trade
with this progressive house is gradually expand-
ing. General business with the Wilcox & White
Company is above the average.
THE Fall opening of the Freyer & Bradley
Music Co., Atlanta, Ga., took place Tuesday of
last week. It was a thoroughly enjoyable and
exceedingly brilliant affair from every stand-
point. The tasteful decorations, a large attend-
ance of the best people of Atlanta, and the play-
ing of many noted artists contributed to this
end. Mr. Frank Teeples represented the Chi-
cago Cottage Organ Company on the occasion.
THE formal opening of the warerooms estab-
lished by McMillin & Elsham, at Mason City,
la., took place on September first. They are
handling the Anderson piano as leader.
THE JOHN CHURCH COMPANY have inaugu-
rated a scheme which is bound to bring about a
better understanding between employers and em-
ployees, and is destined to be of marked benefit
to the better government of their business. It
is their intention to have general conferences,
two or three times a year, in which all the heads
of the departments will participate. The gen-
eral business affairs will be discussed, and pros-
pective moves debated, thereby keeping the
heads of the departments fully in touch with the
movements of the house. This plan is bound
to be of decided benefit to the John Church Com-
pany, and is an idea which might be put in
practice by a number of business concerns with a
great deal of advantage.
OWEN MARTIN, superintendent of the Nord-
heimer factories at Toronto, Ont., returned re-
cently from a vacation of two weeks, which he
spent at Lake Ontario cruising on his yacht.
THE W.W. KIMBALL Co., Chicago, have placed
a two manual pipe organ, equipped with water
motor, in the chapel of the Women's College at
the Northwestern University, Evanston, 111.
THE Wissner piano will be handled in Cleve-
land, Ohio, by the well-known house of B
Dreher's Sons, who inte'nd pushing it to a
front place among the musical people of that
city and locality.
MR. RENE GRUNEWALD, son of Mr. Lewis
Grunewald, will open a factory at Conti street,
New Orleans, for the manufacture of mandolins,
in a week or so.