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VOL XXIII.
N o . 9.
Published Every Saturday, at 3 East Fourteenth Street, New York, September 19,1896.
Gleanings at the Golden Gate.
BUSINESS BETTER IN CALIFORNIA
SHERMAN, CLAY & CO.'s SUCCESS WITH THE EMERSON-
DASHES HERE AND THERE.
SAN FRANCISCO, September n , 1896.
There is no doubt but that business is
improving. This week was better than
last, and the September trade promises to
run ahead of that of August. The country
people are beginning to come to town and
some of them are spending money. There
is quite a demand for song and band mu-
sic, and the business in smal' goods is be-
coming quite active. Inquiries for pianos
on the prospects of future purchases indi-
cate that numerous sales may be expected.
Here is a story which, improbable as it
may seem, is told and vouched for by a
prominent Eastern manufacturer. A man
bought a square piano on the installment
plan, and after making a few payments,
moved away and the manufacturer lost track
of him. All efforts to trace the instrument
were in vain, and the manufacturer finally
offered a reward to the tuner who would lo-
cate it. One young fellow was particularly
zealous in his search and one day saw a
man leave a house, who he was positive
was the purchaser of the square piano. He
listened for a couple of weeks and was cer-
tain that he heard some one playing the pi-
ano within. He told the manufacturer, who
authorized him to make an investigation.
The zealous tuner approached the man
of the house and was told that he had no
piano. However, he still continued to hear
the playing in the house and his conviction
grew almost to be a mania. Finally he
went to the manufacturer and agreed to
take all responsibility if he could enter the
house with a sheriff and a search warrant.
The manufacturer was willing and a search
was made. The sheriff and the tuner went
through the house from room to room and
no piano was to be found. Finally in an
upstairs bedroom they noticed a door to a
cabinet and as a last resort the door was
opened. There within stood a square piano
on edge with the legs removed. The owner
was beaten and explained that he put the
legs on every morning, and carried the pi-
ano down stairs for an hour's practice, and
then carried it back to its hiding place in
the dark closet.
Sherman, Clay & Co., as the exclusive
Coast agents for Emerson, of Boston, are
glad to know that their recent embarrass-
ment will prove only temporary, and that
orders are being solicited and filled with the
usual promptness. Sherman, Clay & Co.
have given the Emersons an energetic re-
presentation here for a dozen years past to
their entire satisfaction, and expect to sell
many thousands of their product in the fu-
ture. Ed. Geisler has left for his fall trip
throughout the Coast in the interest of
Sherman, Clay & Co.'s imported goods de-
partment, and Charles Dall, their able " Re-
gina" boomer, has been called home from
Portland, where he met with great success in
introducing the nickel-drop " Regina. " He
will return in a few weeks to continue his
labors. A large white flag has been floated
to the breeze from the corner of S., C. &
Co's. buildings bearing the words "Stein-
way Pianos" in deep red letters. This firm
reports a good demand for campaign music
and song books, but say the demand for
campaign drums has not yet materialized.
C. C. Hornung was the successful com-
petitor for an order from the "Native Son
of the Golden West" for six or eight pianos,
the preference being for the California pro-
duct—"Production to Home Industries."
Mr. Hornung undoubtedly manufactures a
very nice instrument. He comes from one
of the oldest piano-making families in
Europe, and has been in the business here
for twenty years. He has an attractive ex-
hibition at the Mechanics' Fair, which
opened in this city last week.
Mr. Chase, of Kohler & Chase, has re-
turned from the East, much improved in
health. Mr. Chase is a staunch Republi-
can, and from his observations of the polit-
ical outlook in the East, he is confident of
McKinley's election.
George Griswold, of Lyon & Healy, has
gone down to Los Angeles, and will return
to this city in a week. Mr. Alfred Peck,
of Hardman, Peck & Co., is expected on the
Coast on the 15th.
Byron Mauzy has made an improvement
in his establishment by fitting up an airy
$3.00 PER YEAR-
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS
room adjoining his show window for the
display of his small goods. The rear room
once occupied for that purpose is now be-
ing utilized as an additional piano room.
Mr. Mauzy's second concert will be given
on the 17th inst., under the direction of
PR)f. James Hamilton Howe, assisted by
Miss Mabel Hussey and others.
Otto Bendix will give a couple of recitals
in October.
Mr. Ziegenfuss, of Los Angeles, repre-
senting the lines carried by Kohler &
Chase, is in the city on business.
A movement is on foot for a series of
symphony concerts to be given by Gustav
Heinricks and Sigmund Beel.
The model music store at 735 Market
street reports a good business in "Regina"
boxes and music. They will publish a new
song this week entitled "The One Thing
Gold Can't Buy," a waltz ballad by Louis
Weslyn Jones.
The latest songs issued by the Zeno
Mauvais Co. are "Edith O'Hara, " by Wolff
and Marshall, and "When the Cows Come
Home," by D. H. Hakes. They are receiv-
ing many orders from the East for "Par-
son Johnson's Chicken Brigade" and the
band parts of "Ma Angeline."
J. M. Roberts, the piano dealer of Ta-
coma, Washington, the father of two miss-
ing girls, and who has been conspicuously
before the public in an unenviable light,
has disappeared. It is believed that he has
jumped his cash bail bond of $500 which
was required in a perjury case pending
against him.
A. C. Turner, of Hunt's Hill, will open
a music store in Nevada City, Cal.
The Girard Piano Co., of Oakland, Cal.,
are advertising to close out their stock of
Wheelock and Stuyvesant pianos, besides
a lot of second-hand instruments.
D. S. Johnston, of Tacoma, Washington,
has conveyed realty of a total value of
Order for Twenty /Eolians.
HE /Eolian Co., of this city, in
addition to experiencing a notable
improvement in business in their retail de-
partment, are also receiving good orders
from their agents. One prominent agent,
during the last few days, sent in a nice
order for twenty instruments.
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