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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
flay Sue the Town.
L. W. P. NORRIS, president of the Linde-
man Bros. Piano Co., visited the trade
down East last week, and did some effect-
ive work for his house.
M
P. MOLLER, Hagerstown, Md.,
, who lost $30,000 by the destruction
of his organ works, may sue the Mayor and
Council of Hagerstown for damages. He
has consulted a number of prominent law-
yers, and they say he has a good case against
the town.
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Haines Affairs.
R
COMMODORE OTTO WESSELL is
E. E. GUILFORD & Co., Pittsfield, Mass.,
are reported to have made an assignment.
W. C. MUNN, music dealer, Delhi, N.Y.,
judgment for $78 reported to have been
placed on record.
OBERT M. MADDEN, as assignee of
claims amounting to about •$10,000
against Napoleon J. Haines, who conducted
J. C. LUEGERING, pianos and organs, Fort
the piano business of Haines Brothers, has Madison, la., reported bought out music
brought an action in the Supreme Court to business of H. Schlemer & Sons, at 729
have the piano business and its property Front street.
impressed with a trust, from which the
WILLIAM BARRYHILL, music trade dealer,
creditors of Haines can be paid. ,
Clarinda, la., reported sold out to C. R.
Vance, who has moved the stock to larger
quarters in the Baker Building.
Charm and Delight.
P
IANOS that charm the eye and delight
the cultivated ear of the musician are
;hose made by the Keller Bros. & Blight
Co., at Bridgeport, Conn. Their grow 7 th
in popularity has been most pronounced in
all sections of the United States, and their
output has steadily increased until to-day
they are transacting a splendid business—a
business which seems to have been un-
affected by the depressed times which we
have just passed through.
While many manufacturers have been
complaining, Keller Bros. & Blight Co.
have gone right on making pianos, and
selling them, too. And this is the case to-
day. Their factory is running full time,
and they are experiencing a vigorous de-
mand for the products of their house.
If we seek to account for this satisfactory
condition of things, it is only necessary to
study the artistic case designs, the tonal
quality, the general finish, of the Keller
Bros.' pianos, and the enterprising business
methods of the house, to understand why
these instruments have attained such a
vogue. Progressive dealers everywhere are
anxious to get hold of the Keller Bros.'
pianos, because they not only satisfy cus-
tomers, but make trade.
CLUETT & SONS, pianos, musical instru-
ments, etc., Gloversville, N. Y., have been
succeeded by Morrison & Sisson.
EDWARD J. KRRR, music, etc., Pough-
keepsie, N. Y., reported to have gone out
of business.
CHARLES L. BARKER CO., pianos, Waco,
Tex., reported to have been siicceeded by
Charles L. Barker.
THE handsome Liszt pedal organ, which
the Mason & Hamlin Co. exhibited at the
World's Fair, Chicago, will be shipped to
the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta,Ga.
J. BURNS BROWN,
with
Chickering &
Sons, of this city, left last Monday for a
vacation, which he will spend at Orient
Point, L. I.
•
CHANDLER
W. SMITH, has
secured
the
agency for the Fischer piano in Boston,
which was formerly held by the Mason &
Hamlin Co.
.
.
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J. R. HARTPENCE, of the Emerson Piano
Co.'s warerooms in this city, has returned
from a vacation spent in Easton, Pa. '.
F. H. CHANDLER, music trade dealer of
300 Fulton street, Brooklyn, is having
quite a demand for the Reed & Sons' piano,
Chicago, which he is pushing to the front.
spending
all his spare time this summer at Sea-
bright, N. J., but he manages to be on
hand every morning at his factory. The
Commodore does not believe in neglecting
business for pleasure.
GEO. P. BENT, of "Crown" organ fame,
sent a very substantial contribution to
help defray the expenses of the Railway
Postal Clerks' Convention, which will
shortly meet in Chicago.
ABE SMITH, secretary and tieasurer of the
Geo. C. Crane Co., Eastern agents for the
Krell Piano Co., is spending his vacation
in Cincinnati, his former home.
ALFRED SHINDLER, who looks after the
wholesale trade for Hardman, Peck & Co.
west of Chicago, is "doing" the city. Mr.
Shindler is very popular in the West, and
has done some good work for the Hardman
house.
He will leave for Chicago the end
of next week.
THE August issue of John J. Mclntyre's
bright publication, the Song Writer, con-
tains many interesting articles covering the
field which it especially appeals to. A very
pretty poem, by the editor, on " J . P.
Skelly," is a feature of this issue. Excel-
lent half tone cuts of Chas. B. Ward, Miss
Carrie Roma, Miss Madge Ellis, Miss
Barry and others appear.
THE fire king has been endeavoring to
stimulate trade this summer by consuming
a number of organs and pianos. One
hardly looks for such fires in the summer
time as occurred recently in Ottawa, 111.,
Hagerstown, Md., and Boston.
THE warerooms of John Feuerstein &
Co., of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., were damaged
by fire recently. The greater part of the
piano stock was saved.
The damage
amounted to close on $1,000, which was
covered by insurance.
JUDGING from the enlargement of the
business of the Muehlfeld & Haynes Piano
Co., it is evident that Jack Haynes is doing
S. N. BARNES, of Wm. Knabe & Co., some effective work for this concern. The
The Brambach Piano.
looks bronzed and improved by his recent "Muehlfeld" and "Haynes" pianos are
destined to become pretty well known in
vacation.
the fall; no question about that.
HE business of the Brambach Piano
THE
Thiebes-Stierlin Music Co., St.
Co., Dolgeville, N. Y., has been aug-
Louis, have secured the services of E. J.
A NEW German veneering material is
mented lately by the establishment of sev-
Piper, formerly head salesman with the composed principally of infusorial earth and
eral new agencies.
Chas. H. Becht, their
Bollman Bros. Co., of that city.
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various binding and coloring ingredients,
road representative, has proved himself to
spread in layers over a wooden core. When
WM.
J.
STREET,
J
R
.
,
son
of
Mr.
Street,
of
be a valuable acquisition, and has built up
dry the mass is cut into sheets or blocks,
C.
J.
Heppe
&
Sons,
Philadelphia,
will
a splendid trade for his house. The Bram-
which resemble figured wood.
bach Piano Co. are preparing to enter ac- enter the Steck factory in September for
the
purpose
of
learning
the
piano
business.
tively into the fight for fall trade, and are
D. PRINCE, JR., of Prince & Sons, this
making instruments which will win support
city, is making an extended trip in the in-
MYRON A. DECKER, of Decker & Son, is
and stimulate business.
terest of his house.
rusticating in the Catskill mountains.
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THE CELEBRATED
STEGER
PIANOS
PATENTED 1692.
are noted for their fine singing quality of
tone and great durability.
The most
profitable Piano for dealers to handle-
STEGER & CO., Manufacturers,
Factory, Columbia Heights.
235 WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO.