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I HE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
MRS.
I.
P. RAINS,
of
Danville, Pa.,
dealer in musical instruments, has made
an assignment, naming P. H. Boisseau as
trustee. Liabilities are estimated atjjiii,-
800.
IT is possible that the Ft. Wayne Organ
Co., who are now manufacturing the Pack-
ard piano in addition to the Packard organ,
will establish two distinct corporations for
the purpose of manufacturing separately
these instruments.
THE Century Piano Co., Minneapolis,
EMIL LKIBLING will play the Kimball
Minn., have brought suit against St.
grand
piano at Meadville, Pa., Jan. n t h .
W. H. TURNER, of the Braumuller Piano Luke's Episcopal Church for money due for
" N E W YORK'S Musical Celebrities" is
Co., has been visiting the trade in Georgia, repairs to the church organ.
the
title of an exceedingly handsome and
and making some good deals for the Bran-
THERE was a small fire in the store of the well printed publication which has just
muller pianos. It will be remembered that Denver Music Co., 1639 Champa street,
Mr. Turner recently established an agency Denver, Col., on Monday of last week. reached us from the business bureau of
Freuiufs Musical Weekly. It contains a
in Atlanta, Ga.
The damage was trifling.
number of portraits and biographies of
R. T. BUTLER, road representative for
A FIRE occurred in the drying room of noted artists who have been connected with
the Everett Piano Co., whose marriage was
the development of musical culture in this
announced in last week's paper, was pre- Goddard & Manning's piano case factory, city and country.
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sented with a set of solid sterling silver Springfield, Mass-., Monday of last week.
THE stock of pianos, organs and musical
tableware on the happy occasion by Presi- There was considerable damage done to
lumber.
merchandise
carried by the B. M. Griswold
dent Frank A. Lee and other members of
Music
Co.,
St.
Joseph, Mo., was sold at
the house.
THE Ludden & Bates Southern Music
auction last Wednesday. By the way, Mr.
HOCKETT BROS.-PUNTENNEY Co., Colum-
House, Macon, Ga., transacted a fine
Griswold has opened up new warerooms
bus, O., made a splendid record during the Christmas trade which cleaned that estab-
at 709-11 Edmond street, that city.
holiday season.
The number cf instru- lishment out of instruments. A local paper
A. B. SALTZER has severed his connection
ments sold was of surprising magnitude— says, "The people evidently have plenty of
with
the Mason & Risch Vocalion Co., for
times considered. Their general trade is money, for Messrs. Anderson & Price, the
which
house he acted as traveler for many
excellent, and the prospects for the new local managers, sold eight magnificent in-
years.
year bright.
struments last week, besides a large num-
THE Schubert Piano Co. have just brought
THE formal opening of F. G. Smith's new ber prior to that time."
out
a new style upright which is considered
warerooms in Washington will take place
THE Omaha (Neb.) Bee says a petition is
the
handsomest yet turned out by this
the latter part of this month.
in circulation for the pardon of Whittaker,
house.
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THE Weaver organ which was ordered the Baptist minister who was sent to the
by James M. Dobbs, U. S. Consul at Val- Penitentiary in September last for embez-
To Meet in January.
paraiso, Chili, was recently shipped to him zling money from the Estey & Camp Organ
by the Weaver Organ and Piano Co., Co. The complaining witness is the first
York, Pa.
MONG the stock companies to hold
signer to the petition, and it is being quite
meetings this month are the Wilcox
ONE of the latest successes of the Emer- generally signed.
& White Organ Co., the Farrand & Votey
son house is their new style No. " 8 ) 4 "
$6,430.75 WAS realized from the Sheriff's Organ Co., the Estey Organ Co., the Mason'
piano. It is a beautiful instrument, and
sale
of the stock and personal property of & Hamlin Co., the McCammon Piano Co.,
dealers like it, judging from the number of
Kirk
Johnson, at Lancaster, Pa. With the Waterloo Organ Co., the Pease Piano
orders which have reached the home office
the
exception
of about $800 worth of goods, Co., the Chase Bros. Piano Co., the Baldwin
in Boston.
the entire outfit was purchased by the exe- Piano Co., the A. B. Chase Co., and Brov7n
GEO. U. GETCHELL, formerly in the em-
cution creditors.
& Simpson.
ploy of the Hallet & Davis Piano Co., Bos-
A
ton, but later in business for himself as a
CALEB C. POLK, Valparaiso, Ind., secured
piano manufacturer, died recently at his a patent recently for a piano attachment. •
home in Jamaica Plains, Mass.
THE Brattleboro* Vt., Phoenix says E. F.
PETER STRAUCH, of Strauch Bros., is Leitsinger will take S. M. Sherman's place
confined to his home this week with an at- as traveling piano and organ tuner for the
.; tack of rheumatism. This has prevented Estey Organ Co. Mr. Sherman has been
• Albert T. Strauch from leaving, as he in- transferred to the Boston house.
tended, on his Western trip.
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A. E. BENARY, the well-known musical
instrument importer, 62 White street, New
York, has been confined to his ho rue for
over ten days, the result of an operation
which, we are pleased to say, proved suc-
cessful. He is now attending to business
as usual.
THERE was a fire in the musical instru-
ment store of Samuel Goldberg, 534 Broad
way, this city, last Monday morning.
The building was badly damaged. Gold-
berg's loss amounted to $500.
CAPITAL
CITY
MUSIC
CO., dealers
in
pianos, organs and musical merchandise,
Helena, Mont., have moved into new ware-
rooms in the newly completed Lockey
Building on Sixth avenue.
PARTIES are negotiating for the purchase
of property at Montvale, N.' J., for the pur-
pose of erecting suitable buildings thereon
for the manufacture of violins. They will
employ a large number of expert workmen.
The Phonorium in New York.
HE Estey Phonorium and Estey organs
are having an excellent sale at the
New York warerooms, 5 East Fourteenth
street. Estey & Saxe recently sold a style
O 86 Phonorium to the Welsh Presbyterian
Church, Thirteenth street, between Second
and Third avenues. This one of the larg-
est and most powerful Phonoriums made,
and is equal to a pipe organ in every re-
spect.
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The Brambach is a "Seller."
HE Brambach Piano Co., Dolgeville,
N. Y., are experiencing an active de-
mand for their instruments. They have
HUGH W. JESMER, traveler for the Foisy orders ahead.
Dealers apparently seem
Piano Manufacturing Co., Montreal, has to find it an easy matter to dispose of them.
THE case of Abbie McCully, daughter of just returned from an extended and very
Their attractive cases, singing quality of
John V. McCully, a piano maker of this successful business trip through the Mari-
tone, general finish and reasonable price,
city, is exciting considerable interest in time Provinces, having disposed of an un-
commend them to purchasers of good in-
medical circles. Some months ago she fell usually large number of instruments.
struments. Win. Rohlfing, of Milwaukee,
from a hammock, and her neck was broken
as well as other dealers, claim that there
H.
D.
BROWN
has
resigned
his
position
An operation was successfully performed,
are few pianos of that special grade that
and hopes are now entertained of her com- as road representative with Behr Bros. &
can compare with the Brambach.
Co.
plete recovery.
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