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have met with strong approval everywhere.
The daily papers of New York and Brooklyn
nearly all have
had some comments to
make upon the proposition, some of the
papers reproducing that part of the editor-
ial in THE REVIEW which referred directly
to the erection of the statue.
The German Press Club and Liederkranz
Society have held meetings relative to tak-
ing some definite action in the matter.
We have had several personal letters from
prominent men regarding the proposition
first made by THE REVIEW.
Robt. Dunlap, who has. been
elected
president of the Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau
. corporation
to succeed
Mr.
Steinway,
writes us from Warm Springs, Va., under
date of Dec. 8th as follows:
" M Y DEAR MR. BILL:
" I am in receipt of your favor of 5th
inst, also copy of your editorial published
in THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW of same date.
I fully endorse every word the article con-
tains.
He was a great man, and his place
can never be filled. A statue should be
erected to his memory.
I will gladly sub-
scribe $500 towards the same.
start the list?
Will you
No statue would receive
more reverence than his in our Central
Park."
With such hearty encouragement to the
proposition, all that remains to carry the
matter to a successful issue is to have a
competent committee take the matter in
charge.
Aside from subscriptions, there
could be arranged entertainments at the
Metropolitan
Opera
House.
Without
doubt the world's greatest artists would
gladly contribute towards erecting a statue
to the man who has done so much to en-
courage musical art in this country.
A
statue to William Steinway seems an assured
success.
Recital.
T
HE following is the program for to-
day's ^Eolian concert, to be held in the
/Eolian Recital Hall, West Twenty-third
street, at three o'clock.
Miss Jeanne
Franko, the well-known violiniste, is the
soloist for the occasion.
1.
2.
"L'Omore,"
iEolian Grand.
Midsummer Night's Dream,
Overture,
.
Nocturne,
FLOTOW
MENDELSSOHN
Vocalion.
3. . Air Varie,
VIEUX-TEMPS
Miss Franko, ^Eolian Grand Accompaniment.
4. Isora di Provenza,
. ,.
Prelude to Third Act, MANCINELLI
^Eolian Pipe Organ.
5.
Polonaise in E, No. 2,
Automatic Piano.
6. Variations and Fugue, Op. 11.,
^Eolian Pipe Organ.
7» a Traumerei,
b Spinnerlied,
LISZT
PADEREWSKI
SCHUMANN
HOLLANDER
Miss Franko, ^Eolian Grand Accompaniment.
8. Concerto, E minor,
Rondo,
CHOPIN
iEolian Pipe Organ and Pianos.
Win. Steinway's Will.
signed by him, payable to me, shall be
deemed cancelled and annulled.
"If any of the beneficiaries contest the
probate of this will then his or her share
HE will of Wm. Steinway was filed for
shall be regarded as not devised or be-
probate with the Surrogate Thurs-
queathed, and he or she shall have no in-
day last. The petition, filed by Chas. H.
terest or inheritance in the property."
Steinway, gives the value of the estate as
Should any of the legacies lapse, accord-
$2,500,000. Of this, $2,poo,000 is in per-
ing
to the terms of the will, they will go to
sonal property and $500,000 in real estate.
Paula
Theoda von Bernuth, Wm. R.,
The will was executed on July 12th, 1895,
Theodore
Edwin and Maud Emily Louisa
and was witnessed by Harry D. Low,
Steinway,
who are named as residuary
Charles Lohman and F. Reidemeister.
legatees.
The following charitable bequests were
The executors and trustees are Charles
made by Mr. Steinway: To the German
H.
and Frederick T, Steinway, Louis von
Ladies' Society for Widows and Orphans,
Bernuth
and Paula Theoda von Bernuth.
the German Hospital, the German Society
of 13 Broadway, to the trustees of the cor-
poration of Steinway & Sons for the benefit
Kranich & Bach.
of the Steinway Free Circulating Library
i
' '
and Free Kindergarten of Steinway, L. I.,
and to the Union Church of Long Island " D U S I N E S S i s good, decidedly good,"
J 3 stated Mr. Louis P. Bach, of Kranich
City $3000 each.
&
bach, this city, to THE REVIEW on Wed-
These bequests are then made: To Mrs.
nesday
last; "the only question is, will the
Louisa Krusi, of 276 Madison street, and
rush
continue
after the Christmas season?"
her four daughters, Wilhelmina, Annie,
On
entering
Kranich & Bach's spacious
Louise and Adolphine, $2,000 each; to
warerooms
on
East
Twenty-third street, the
Louis von Bernuth ,Mr. Steinway's son-in-
law, and to Julia Dorothea Cassebeer, a unobservant can hardly fail to be struck with
grandniece, $5,000 each. To Lillie Henri- the special beauty of the Kranich & Bach
etta Toussaint, daughter of J. Otto Tous- case-work. We noticed a style D cabinet grand
saint, "the dear friend of my wife," is be- in white and gold, a duplicate of which was
queathed the interest on $5,000, to be paid recently forwarded to Mexico; also a style
CXin rose-wood; this instrument is embel-
semi-annually for five years, at the end of
lished with gilt panels, "an experiment" as
which time she is to receive the principal.
Mr. Bach stated. The combination is a
He further directed that the income of
$10,000 be paid to his two grandchildren, happy one and the general effect chaste
Meta Elizabeth and Wm. Steinway von and elegant in the extreme. A style F
Bernuth. When they attain their majority rosewood especially invites comment;
more artistic "veneer matching," careful
they are to receive the principal.
finish, unique and artistic case-work it
Dr. Alfred T. Roos, a nephew, who lives
would be hard to conceive. These attri-
at Munich, Bavaria, receives $25,000. To
butes, coupled with the famous Kranich &
his native town of Seesen, on the Hartz
Bach tone—so musical, refined, and yet
Mountains, Germany, Mr. Steinway be-
sonorous, create a general ensemble which
queaths 5,000 German reichsmarks, one-half
is highly desirable.
to go to the poor of the town and the rest to
Kranich & Bach are experiencing a heavy
be expended on the improvement of Stein-
demand
for their parlor and concert grands
way Park of the town.
just
now;
nearly one hundred of these in-
The residue of the estate is so to be
struments
are " under way" at the factory, a
divided that one-fifth shall be given to his
fact
which
is certainly strong testimony of
daughter, Paula Theoda von Bernuth, one-
their
excellence.
fifth to Ottilie Marie Clara Beatrice Stein-
The fame achieved by the Kranich &
way and Gertrude Margarita Steinway, in-
Bach
house, with their grands, is a matter
fant daughters of George Augustus Stein-
of
history;
as is well known by all compe-
way, the only son of the dead man, by his
tent
followers
of the piano craft, the high-
first wife, to share equally. This one-fifth
est
test
of
a
manufacturer's
skill is em-
is made subject to an annuity of $6,000 to
bodied
in
the
production
of
the grand.
be paid during his life to George Augustus
Steinway. The three other fifths are to be That Kranich & Bach have succeeded so
divided equally between Mr. Steinway's excellently and so admirably in this special
three infant children by his second wife, department is the best tribute we can pay
namely, Wm. Richard, Theodore Edwin to their merits as piano manufacturers.
and Maud Emily Louisa Steinway.
Mr. V. W. O'Brien, general road represen-
Paula Theoda von Bernuth is appointed tative for this firm, who returned on Mon-
guardian of these three children until they day last from a New England trip, leaves
to-day for a brief flyer through Pennsyl-
attain their majority.
In the case of the death of any of these vania; he expects to spend Christmas at
children his or her share is to go to the sur- his home, Bay City, Mich., and will then
vivors or survivor. The following provis- proceed on journey to Omaha.
Mr. Felix Kraemer wired his arrival in
ion is also made in the will:
" I will and direct that all pecuniary ob- 'Frisco, on Wednesday last.
ligations of my son, George Augustus, to
me existing at the time of my death for
HOMER D. BRONSON, of Beacon Falls,
moneys loaned by me to him or advanced
to or p^id for him or any promissory notes Conn., visited the city during the week.
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