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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
Hitchcock Creditors Angry.
ASSETS OF THE DEFUNCT
.MUSIC PUBLISHER
ONLY $ 7 5 , 0 0 0 , INSTEAD OF $6oO,O00,
AS ORIGINALLY REPORTED.
A
PPLICATION was made Monday in
the Supreme Court by A. Fred Sil-
verstone, assignee of fhe Benjamin Hitch-
cock Publishing Co., for a final settlement
of the accounts of the assignee. About
fifty creditors of the defunct company were
in court by counsel, and all, it is said, had
a grievance to ventilate. The accounts
will be sent to a referee.
A. J. Appell, attorney for Harry Carpen-
ter, one of the creditors, said yesterday
that his client was not satisfied with the
management of Assignee Silverstone. The
value of the assets of the publishing com-
pany, he said, had been placed at $600,000,
and the actual cash in hand was only $6,-
000.
Mr. Carpenter's claim amounts to
$1,100, and the claims of the other creditors
aggregate several hundred thousand dollars.
Mr. Appell said that after the failure of
Hitchcock Silverstone invested about $44,-
000 to carry on the music stores founded
by the former. This money was vested in
stock, such as pianos, mandolins, guitars,
etc., and for a. year after the failure the as-
signee continued to conduct a general trade
in music and musical instruments. Mr.
Appell said there could be no doubt that
Silverstone had no right to do this, and he
proposed to inquire into it.
Appell said further that Silverstone had
failed to reinsure certain hotel property be-
longing to the company, which was worth
not less than $200,000.
The property
caught fire and burned down, and the
creditors are now losers to that extent.
Michael Fennelly, attorney for the as-
signee, declared that there was nothing dis-
honest in Mr. Silverstone's management of
the property. He might have shown bad
judgment in some of his dealings, but he
had always acted in good faith and for the
best interests of the creditors. The assets
of the Hitchcock Publishing Co., he said,
were probably about $75,000. They had
been placed on paper as valued at $600,000,
but these figures represented parcels of real
estate in New Jersey, mortgaged up to the
ears, and tracts near the Palisades, which
had been purchased by Hitchcock on con-
tract.
New flusic Company.
RTICLES of incorporation of the
Darrow-Pattison Music Co. have
been filed with the County Clerk, and the
company will succeed to the music busi-
ness of L. R. Darrow, at San Diego, Cal.
The incorporators are L. R. Darrow, W.
D. Pattison, Chas. Collier, C. W. Stults
A
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and J. E. Parker. All are well known here
except Mr. Pattison, who came here in
February from Ypsilanti, Mich., with a
full determination of engaging in business
in San Diego. He is a young man, enthu-
siastic in musical work, and as a business
man he comes well recommended. Mr.
Darrow and Mr. Pattison will actively con-
duct the business.—San Diego Sun.
"Singer" Advertising.
T
HE Singer Piano Co., 235 Wabash
avenue, Chicago, are sending out
some advertising literature which is edu-
cating and inspiring from a national stand-
point, and artistic and effective as a means
of acquainting the public with the name
and reputation of the "Singer" piano.
These advertising mementos are a history
of the Civil War in a nut-shell, and contain
beautifully gotten up pictures of the lead-
ing personalities who were engaged in that
great conflict. On one side of the card is
printed, "The wonderful Singer pianos are
liked by everybody," on the other, "The
popularity of the Singer pianos can only be
attributed to their wonderful tone, beauti-
ful action and solid construction. Used
and recommended by all conscientious
musicians and instructors; fully guaranteed
for five years."
One special feature about these advertis-
ing specialties is that they will be pre-
served, owing to their educative value.
They will prove quite an object lesson to
the youthful members of the household, en-
abling them to become better acquainted
with the features of the great figures who
have played a prominent part in our national
history; and in the meantime will keep the
older members of the family fully alive to
the fact that "pianos that are liked by
everybody" must be worth investigating.
Double Sounding Board for Pianos
E
DMUND HUSTEDT, p i a n o f o r t e
maker, 20 Ossington Villas, Sher-
wood street, Nottingham, Eng., was
granted a patent recently for improve-
ments in pianofortes. His invention re-
lates to an improved construction of sound-
boards for pianos, and has for its object to
provide an arrangement by means of which
the volume of sound may be greatly in-
creased and the tone of the piano improved.
Inventor employs a double sound-board,
two boards being arranged at a short dis-
tance from each other, both being secured
to the frame. According to the arrange-
ment preferred, one sound-board is fitted at
the front or top of the frame, and the other
at the back or- underside.
Each sound-
board is provided with a series of ribs
placed at a short distance from each other,
and the boards are connected together by
THE CELEBRATED
STEGER
sound -posts which regulate the distance
between the two boards. These sound-
posts are secured to the strengthening ribs
anO are placed at short intervals, thus caus-
ing the boards to vibrate together. In-
stead of placing the sound-boards at the
back and front of the frame respectively,
he may secure both to the front, in this case
placing them closer together. • When ap-
plied to horizontal pianos the sound-boards
are placed one under the other, and as ar-
ranged for upright pianos one is placed be-
hind the other, the arrangement being
otherwise similar.
C. H. Edwards Conveys His Stock
to Story & Clark.
C
H. EDWARDS, one of the oldest
musical instrument dealers in Dal-
#
las, Tex., doing business at 288 Main
street, has executed a bill of sale convey-
ing to the Story & Clark Organ Co. and
Messrs. Lyon & Healy both firms doing
business in Chicago, his stock of pianos,
organs and all other instruments, store
fixtures, etc., for and in consideration of
$2,828.68.
Mr. Edwards sets forth that he is in-
debted to the Story it Clark Organ Co. in
the sum of $1,605.64, and to Lyon & Healy
in the sum of $1,223.04, and that the bill
of sale is to satisfy these claims.
Kiln Drying.
T
HE distinction is enjoyed by Spring-
field, Mass., of possessing the largest
lumber and wood-working establishment
east of the Mississippi—P. H. Potter's—
and who, it seems, is an ardent and suc-
cessful advocate of what is termed the
"common-sense system" of kiln-drying, a
theory which is considered very simple and
sound from a practical standpoint. The
kilns are connected by a shaft, in the
middle of which is placed a fan, six feet in
diameter, which makes 300 revolutions a
minute. The whirling of the fan produces
a partial vacuum in the kilns, and the air,
laden with moisture from the partially
seasoned lumber, is drawn through the flues
and brought into contact with cold pipes,
which condense the moisture, then through
a steam coil, after which it is sent whirling
back through the kilns again. Subjected
to such treatment, lumber is ordinarily
seasoned to satisfaction in six days, but in
the case of Southern pine, oak, or other
descriptions of close-fibred wood, some-
times four weeks are required. There are
twelve sets of these drying kilns, reaching
up two stories, and having a capacity of
150,000 feet.
E. A. MULLER, dealer
in
musical
mer-
chandise and sheet music, Brenham, Tex.,
has made an assignment.
PIANOS
M
PATENTED 1892.
are noted for their fine singing quali'.y
tone and great durability. Th
profitable Piano for dealers to handle.
STEG-ER & CO., Manufacturers,
Factory, Columbia Heights.
235 WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO