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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
James E. Healy.
Who Says Bad Times?
E. GABLER * BKO. OPEN UP SEPTEMBER
WELL
A FINE INSTRUMENT FOR THE ST. LOUIS,
EXPOSITION.
J
OE BAREUTHER had a regular 'wa-
termelon" smile pervading his classic
features when THE REVIEW called at E.
Gabler & Bro.'s imposing- factory and
warerooms, 214-224 East Twenty-second
street, on Wednesday last.
"Here's a nice little order," said Mr.
Bareuther, "for 100 pianos from M. Stein-
ert & Sons Co., Boston. Thirty-two are to
be shipped right away, and the balance de-
livered shortly."
Documentary evidence was forthcoming
as to the reliability of the statement, and
THE REVIEW could onty surmise ihat the
McKinley boom had "set in."
Mr. Bareuther continued: " I ' d like you
to see a white and gold instrument we have
just packed ready for shipment to the St.
Louis Exposition. In fact, knowing THE
REVIEW'S reputation for accuracy, I will
have the case opened for your benefit."
This was immediately done, and a full view
given of the superb instrument.
" I t knocks the spots off the white and
gold piano we shipped the New Planter's
Hotel, St. Louis, some few months back,
and that was 'a bute,' " said Mr. Bareuther,
and sure enough the genial road-man spoke
truthfully. The instrument, a style A,
was elegance itself. The three top panels
and the two bottom were elegantly carved
and superbly finished. Trusses, pilasters,
mouldings, of special design, and leaf gold
embellishments.
The piano stood as a
monument of creative art and reflected
the greatest credit on the house and those
engaged in the manufacture and finish of
the instrument.
The piano was later in the day shipped
to Bollman Bros. Co., St. Louis, the
Gabler agents in that city.
An Alleged Forger Arrested.
C
HARLES W. JACOBS, of Livingston
street, Brooklyn, has been arrested
on a charge of forgery. About a year ago
Jacobs, who is 22 years old, was employed
as bookkeeper by Mr. Looschen, the case-
maker, of Paterson, N. J. While in his
employ Jacobs became short of money, and
it is alleged forged a check for $6.75 in
Jared J. Looschen's name. The check
was dated Oct. 10, 1895, and was on the
Second National Bank. He passed the
paper on Catherine Hartman, of East
Twenty-seventh street, who in turn pre-
sented it at the bank for payment, and as-
certained that it was worthless. The fol-
lowing da)' she went to Mr. Looschen with
the check for an explanation. Jacobs con-
veniently left his place before she entered,
and was not seen again until this week.
Mr. Looschen had a warrant issued for the
alleged forger's arrest, the paper being car-
ried around since that time.
J
AMES E. HEALY, accompanied by
Charles Keidel, Jr., were visitors to
New York the early part of the week.
They returned to Baltimore Wednesday
last. Mr. Healy was traversing Fifth ave-
nue at a typical Western gait when met by
THE REVIEW but courteously found time
to exchange felicitations.
In reply to the query, "When do you as-
sume your new duties?" Mr. Healy naively
intimated that he was already a Baltimor-
ean, but was gradually becoming acclima-
tized to his new environments, rather than
actually "assuming new duties. " THE RE-
VIEW ventures to prophecy that when Mr.
Healy does "start in" the trade at large
will become aware of the fact.
W. J. Dyer & Bro.
THIS WELL KNOWN ESTABLISHMENT THE POPU-
LAR HEADQUARTERS DURING ENCAMP-
MENT WEEK.
T
HE extensive acquaintance and wide
popularity of the long-established
house of W. J. Dyer & Bro., was never
more in evidence than during this week of
T
HE monthly summary of exports and
imports has just been issued by the
Treasury Department, Washington, D. C ,
for July, the latest period for which figures
have been compiled.
The imports of musical instruments for
the month amounted to $110,844, as com-
pared with $129,331 worth imported the
same month last year.
The exports show that 747 organs, valued
at $43,243, were shipped in July, as against
867, valued at $52,158, for the same period
in '95. The pianos exported amounted
to 76, valued at $18,797; the same month
last year 55 were exported, valued at
$13,333-
All other musical instruments and parts
thereof exported during the month of July
were valued at $24,395, a s against $20,821
worth shipped abroad the same period last
year.
Steinway & Sons Admitted.
A
MONG the
foreign
corporations
granted permission to open branch
offices in the State of Pennsylvania by the
Secretary of State last Monday was the
Steinway & Sons Piano Co., of Pittsburg,
Pa.
The Waterloo Organ Co.'s
Products.
the great G. A. R. encampment, says the
St. Paul "Dispatch." Every day their
building has been thronged with visitors
from every part of the country, to whom
the name of "Dyer's Music House" was a
familiar word. The explanation is not diffi-
cult to find from the fact that the house of
W. J. Dyer & Bro., with its twenty-five
years' record of honorable business, has
come to be known both East and West as
one of the most complete and extensive es-
tablisments in its line in the whole coun-
try. There is no other house anywhere in
the Northwest that can supply from its
stock practically anything that a musical
person can want. Moreover, everything
that this house carries is the best of its
class. If in pianos it is the world-famed
Steinway, which heads the list, and the
same high standard is maintained in organs,
band instruments, musical publications
and the whole range of interesting articles
to be found in their extensive stock. Add-
ed to this is the universal reputation for
reliability which the firm holds, and we
venture to say that not one'of the thou-
sands of visitors at W. J. Dyer & Bro.'s
this week has gone away with anything but
the pleasantest impressions of this popular
firm and its fine establishment.
T
HE Waterloo Organ Co. are working on
a new line of organ cases which will
help to further popularize these instruments
this fall. In the meantime their labors are
not spent exclusively on their organs. The
Malcolm Love piano, which is their instru-
ment dc resistance, to coin an expression,
was never better than to-day either in so-
lidity of construction, attractiveness of de-
sign, or beauty of tone.
Here are musical instruments which a
wide-awake dealer could handle with im-
mense profit and personal benefit. They
can be conscientiously sold as of undoubted
worth. They will stimulate trade and in-
crease the reputation of the dealer handling
them. Consequently, to all unacquainted
with the Waterloo organs or the Malcolm
Love pianos we would earnestly advise
communicating with the makers.
Incendiarism.
I
NCENDIARIES burned Samuel Car-
lisle's music store, Madison, Ind., last
week. Loss $2,500 with $1,800 insurance.
Mr. Carlisle handled the products of the
Baldwin Piano Co.