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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Emerson Branch
Gleanings at the Golden Gate.
SHERMAN, CLAY & CO. WELL PLEASED WITH BUSINESS—LIGHT ON CURTAZ AFFAIRS
AMBUHL, MR. CURTAZ AND A YELLOW DOG KIMBALL OPENING
A NEW FIRM GENERAL NEWS.
"ROLLY"
let never descended. "Roily" turned
Sept. 25, 1896.
Sherman, Clay & Co. are pleased to pale, shivered a little and said, " Boys, I
note a much mere cheerful tone in their can't do it." The dog was allowed to go
Eastern correspondence. The manufac- with his caudal appendage intact and is
turers and dealers there, it would seem, now a faithful follower of one of. the
are beginning to feel the advance indica- Curtaz wagons. •
Bellman & Moore, now at the Orpheum,
tion of returning prosperity. Sherman,
Clay & Co.'s business during August and have added "Parson Johnson's Chicken
September has been satisfactory, all things Brigade" to their repertoire. The last
considered. The house has been running publication by the Mauvais Co. is a song
short-handed for a while, trrrWTfr four of by D. S. Hakes, entitled "Forgotten."
their most valued assistants having retired
The Model Music Co. reports quite a
to their homes to recover from various run in banjos, guitars and mandolins,
complaints, including rheumatism and bi- which they account for mainly by the re-
cycle collisions. Mr. Ed. Geisler, their turn of students to their studies. They
traveler, is in the north and will be absent say the demand for "Reginas"continues.
for a few weeks. The brass band and or- Mr. Wangeman, of the Wiley B. Allen
chestral arrangements of " Ma Angeline" Co., of Portland, Ore., was in San Fran-
and "Parson Johnson's Chicken Brigade," cisco for a few days recently.
the Mauvais publications, continue to
Mr. T. P. Winters, of Kohler & Chase,
meet with a favorable reception, and is expected to return to his duties next
Sherman, Clay & Co. are filling large or- week. He has been spending his vacation
ders for them.
in Southern California.
M. Adler, a local violinist, has gone to
The San Francisco correspondent of two
or more of THE REVIEW'S valued contem- Sacramento to teach.
M. McCoy, of Santa Barbara, who came
poraries continues, whether from personal
malice or lack of correct information, to here en route East, met with an accident
cast reflections upon the piano house of and has postponed his trip.
The formal opening of the W. W. Kimball
Benj. Curtaz & Sons. Of course, San
Franciscans know the truth of the matter, Co. under the management of L. V. Moore,
but Easterners might be misled. When at Portland, Ore., was held on Sept. 18th.
Benj. Curtaz died, he left several trusts
A new firm called the Redlands Music
which, had he lived, would have been mod- Co., composed of Groce & Lienau and
ified or abrogated. The trust in relation George A. Isbell, has purchased the stock
to Benj. Curtaz, Jr., was declared void and of J. G. Kennedy at Redlands, Cal. Mr.
he got his full share of the estate. Sub- Kennedy has gone to Santa Barbara to en-
sequently a litigation was begun by Oscar gage in the seed business.
Curtaz and his sister Mrs. Harry Scott, for
a division of the surplus of profits which
Organs for Africa.
had accumulated duing the administration
of the estate, but upon which a dividend
HE Weaver Organ & Piano Co., York,
had never been declared. Through a neg-
Pa., received an order the closing
lect of the attorneys of B. Curtaz & Sons
days
of
last week for twelve of their finest
the case was not compromised, but was
styles
of
organs to be shipped to Port
subsequently settled. This occurred last
Natal,
South
Africa.
May, but is still referred to with various
innuendos in Eastern musical publications.
Who would have supposed that "Roily"
Ambuhl, the Chickering man, had such
a soft heart? The other day H. Curtaz,
returning from lunch, discovered a yellow
dog of the veriest cur variety at the door
of his piano house. He is partial to stray
dogs and invited the beast within, where
Mr. Ambuhl at once honored it by bestow-
ing upon it the name of "Chickering." It
was decided that the appearance of the an-
imal could be improved by removing the
major portion of its exceedingly long tail,
and the whole force descended to the cellar
to assist in the operation. One drayman
held the pup by the head, another held the
offending member over a block and a
third held the chisel at a point indicated
by Harry Curtaz's finger. Mr. Ambuhl
was given the mallet and when all was in
readiness he raised it aloft. But the mal-
COLUMBIA ZITHER, MADE IN FIVE STYLES.
SAN FRANCISCO,
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IN NEW YORK WILL NOT CLOSE, AS HAS BEEN
REPORTED.
T has been reported that^the New York
branch of the Emerson Piano Co.
would soon close. The subjoined letter
from Mr. P. H. Powers settles the rumor
beyond all cavil.
BOSTON, September 25th, 1896.
Mr. Edward Lyman Bill, New York.
\ DEAR SIR:—There has appeared in some
recent issues of trade papers, a statement
that it has been determined to close up the
Emerson branch store in New York. This
\f> not so. Our New York store is in good
hands; we have built up there a large and
lucrative renting business, and have pros-
pects of doing a profitable business as
soon as the times improve. The lease of
our store has two years or more to run and
it is not probable, unless under very favor-
able conditions, that we would dispose of
our business before the expiration of our
lease.
Yours truly,
I
EMERSON PIANO CO.,
P. H. Powers, Treas.
New Venture in Jersey City.
RTICLES of incorporation were filed
Saturday last in the County Clerk's
office, Trenton, N. J., by the New York
Piano Hammer Co., which is formed, as
its name implies, for the manufacture
of a new kind of piano hammer. The cap-
ital stock is fixed at $50,000, divided into
500 shares of a par value of $100 each, and
these are the incorporate s:—Gustav
Krued, of Orange; Albert C. Reuter, New
York City; and Oscar Lang, of Jersey
City.
The new company will do business in
Jersey City.
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Reduces its Capital Stock.
T
HE Smith & Nixon Piano Co., Cincin-
nati, O., filed last Saturday a certifi-
cate of reduction of capital stock from
$300,000 to $100,000.
97 and 99 Border Street,
E. Boston, Mass., U. S. A.
New York Office
317 Broadway.
LL ORDERS FILLED
THROUGH DEALERS
SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
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Manufacturers j American Harp
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and Toy Zithers.