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VIEW
VOL XXIII.
Published Every Saturday at 3 East Foupteantli Streat, New York, Manli 23,1896.
N o . 10.
In The West.
ON THE TRAIL OF RENNPATH — THE FIRMS IN-
VOLVED TAKE ACTION—TWO OF HIS ASSOCI-
ATES
ARRESTED
NEWMAN
BROS.' NEW
STYLES OF ORGANS—THE VIOL D ' G A M B A
STOP
AN IMPORTANT
REPORT
GOOD
INNOVATION.
BUSINESS
W. W.
KIMBALL AND A. G. CONE IN THE
SOUTH—J.
V. STEGER — B I G -
HEARTED MUSIC TRADE MEN.
GEO.
GRASS IN THE WEST.
NEW PIANO FACTORY IN
WAUKESHA, WIS.
GENERAL NEWS.
ing a trip through the South—purely for
pleasure, I understand. E. S. Conway is
in charge and is doing the honors right
nobly.
A talk with John V. Steger is like a tonic.
He is naturally an optimist, and no matter
how the wind blows, he manages to pick up
business—a goodly share, too—for the
Steger and Singer pianos.
Another evidence—if it were needed—of
the big-heartedness of the music trade men
in this city was displayed a few days ago.
Chas. S. Brainard was so touched by the
news that Prof. Crouch, the aged composer
of "Kathleen Mavourneen," was ill and in
want, that he started out among the trade
and succeeded in realizing $185, which he
sent to the old veteran through Otto Sutro
& Co. The following houses contributed:
W. W. Kimball Co., Lyon & Healy, John
Church Co., Chicago Cottage Organ Co.,
Brainard's Sons, $25 each; the Pease Piano
Co., Lyon, Potter & Co., Bradbury Piano
Co., Emerson Piano Co., Estey & Camp,
Root & Son, $10 each.
$voo PKR YEAR-
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS
Among the welcome visitors to town last
Saturday was Rudolf Dolge, of Autoharp
fame, who was accompanied by Theo. 11.
Roth. Mr. Dolge is quite pleased with the
present and future outlook for Autoharp
trade.
Among the members of trade in town
recently were Geo. H. Campbell, of the
Knight-Campbell Music Co., Denver, Col.;
J. L. Rieder, of Peoria, 111.; Ben. Starr, of
the Starr Piano Co., Richmond, Ind.; Lew
H. Clement, of the Ann Arbor Organ Co.,
Ann Arbor, Mich.; J. H. Troup, of Me-
chanicsburg, Va.
C. F. Goepel & Co.'s New Repre-
sentative.
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F. GOEPEL & CO., 137 E. 13th St.,
the well-known importers and deal-
#
ers in piano makers'supplies, have recently
appointed Mr. C. H. Race, of this city*
as general representative of their goods in
the Western territory and Canada.
Mr. Race, who leaves for the West to-
day,
will make his headquarters in Chicago,
Geo. N. Grass, of Geo. Steck & Co.,was a
and
will
doubtless soon make friends in
welcome visitor to town a few days ago.
that
most
enterprising city.
George has a big hold on the trade in the
C.
F.
Goepel
& Co.'s wares are already
West, and some mighty big moves which
extensively
known
in the West, and under
will prove to be of interest to the "Steck"
the
new
arrangements
the demand for their
will materialize before many moons.
goods
will
doubtless
increase.
Mr. Race is
I clip the following from the Waukesha,
eminently
fitted
for
his
ntw
position
; he
Wis., Freeman: A suitable site for the loca-
has
traveled
extensively,
is
well
versed
in
tion of a piano factory has been purchased
all
details
of
the
business,
and
is
favorably
here by Chicago men. Prof. A. B. C. Car)-
stedt is president of the company; D. E. F. known as a hard and conscientious worker.
We take pleasure in introducing this gentle-
Carlstedt, vice president, and G. H. I. Carl-
man to the Western trade, and feel sure he
stedt, secretary. They were the guests of
will meet with success.
their brother, K. L. M. Carlstedt, while
The new styles of organs which Newman here, thus making an alphabetical family
Organ Factory Destroyed by Fire.
Bros, have ready for the market are really reunion of piano makers.
remarkable for their special quality of tone,
H. D. Cable is back in town from his
DISPATCH from Williir antic. Conn.,
as well as beauty of appearance. The new rapid transit Eastern trip. There is noth-
under date of March 21st, says: Fire
viol d'gamba stop, which gives the pipe ing special to say concerning it.
broke out this morning in the organ pipe
organ effect, is one of the most important
A. M. Wright returned to town on Mon- factory of Fenelon McCullom, at Mansfitld
improvements which has been introduced day. He has nothing new to report in re- Depot, seven miles from here. The build-
in reed organs for man) 7 years. I was not gard to the Weber-Wheelock affairs. He is ing was destroyed.
The loss is about
surprised to learn that they are experien- looking well, and we are mighty glad to $18,000, partly covered by insuiance.
cing a great demand for their organs in have him wilh us, even if it is for a short
Europe as well as in this country. It is ab- time.
The Vose Piano.
surd to talk about the decadence of the reed
Retail trade stands no chance this week.
organ as long as such instruments are to be It had to butt up against the Metropolitan
N the trade of I8Q6 the Vose pinno wil
had. A dealer with the Newman Bros, or- Opera season, which opened Monday night
prove a strong factor. Its representa-
gans in his warerooms could not fail to make with a $15,000 house, and Paderewski and tion is constantly growing, and dealers
a sale. At another time I shall speak fur- his magic ringers, who pocketed $70,000 everywhere speak enthusiastically of the at-
ther of these excellent instruments.
after three concerts. It is evident that tractiveness of case and splendid tone of
W. W. Kimball and A. G. Cone are mak- there is money floating around somewhere. Vose & Son new styles.
T
HE music trade firms, as well as the
other merchants who were victimized
by Rennpath and his associates, determined
at a meeting held the early part of the
week to press the cases against the swind-
lers, and make an example of them. Two
alleged members of the gang, Francis P.
Vincent and Patrick Larkin, have been ar-
rested on a charge of "conspiracy to de-
fraud," and have been released on $2,000
bail. The Chief of Police said in course of
a conversation with the representatives of
the firms involved: "If the business men
of this city will unite and take the necessary
preliminary steps toward the prosecution
of this villainous gang, the city and State's
attorney will do the rest." Although only
two piano houses were concerned in Renn-
path's scheme, there is a great deal of in-
terest manifested in the outcome of this
case.
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