Music Trade Review -- © mbsi.org, arcade-museum.com -- digitized with support from namm.org
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The Waterloo Organ Co.
11
and all that human skill can suggest in the
way of perfectness in detail is carried out
THEIR NEW FACTORY—SPLENDIDLY EQUIPPED
PURSE WITH TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS AND A
in each and every instrument. The re-
FOR A BIG OUTPUT THE NEW STYLE
BIG CHECK.
moval of Sohmer & Co. from the business
MALCOLM LOVE PIANOS MAKE A BIG
HIT.
center which has known them so long will
[Special to The Review.]
seem somewhat like the disappearance of a
Cleveland, O., Dec. 14, 1897.
No better testimony of the growth and
August Bruno, said to be a traveler re- landmark, but it has become necessary,
extent of the present business of the
Waterloo Organ Co. is needed than the presenting a New York house, was robbed through the development of trade and the
illustration of their new factory, which of $200 in cash and a check for $2,500 changes that have been wrought in busi-
appears on the front page of this issue. while looking at the bicycle riders in Hull ness localities during the past twenty-five
It is well built, spacious, amply appointed, & Dutton's window on Ontario street, Sat- years. Sohmer & Co. will carry with them
in their new quarters the best wishes of
and a modern concern in every way. It urday afternoon.
all
those who have known them.
He did not know that he had been re-
is furnished with the very latest improved
machinery for the production of high grade lieved of his valuables until he reached for
Wound Round a Shaft.
instruments. There is a large electric his purse later to pay for a newspaper. He
light plant, improved sprinkler system, at once raised a cry that he had been
August Heldt met with a serious,
hot air and blower (Sturtevant system), robbed and a dozen people surrounded him
though
not a fatal, accident, while working
and every facility and advanced require- and commenced to sympathize with him.
on
a
wood-turning
machine in Menzen-
A policeman saw the commotion and
ment in an up-to-date equipment.
hauer & Schmidt's zither factory, Jersey
took
Mr.
Bruno's
statement.
Mr.
Bruno
It is one thing to have a big factory, it
City, last Saturday morning.
is another thing to keep it going to its full- said he felt a tug at his pockets, but did
His clothing caught on a moving shaft,
not
pay
any
attention
to
it
until
he
had
est capacity. That is, however, what the
and he was drawn towards it and wound
left
the
window.
Waterloo Organ Co. are doing, for it is as
The check for $2,500 was drawn by around it. His piercing shrieks told the
busy as can be in every department.
Knauth,
Nachod & Kuehne of New York other employees in the room of his awful
Malcolm Love pianos and Waterloo organs
position, and the machinery was stopped
are being shipped to every State in the and payable at the German-American Bank
almost
instantly, not, however, before he
Union as well as abroad, and it is only of Cleveland.
was severely injured about the head and
necessary to visit the factory to find ample
body. His escape from instant death was
President Keyes Retires.
evidences of an unparalleled activity which
simply short of miraculous.
will compel further enlargement ere long.
[Special to The Review.]
When the unconscious form of the youth
The new styles of Malcolm Love pianos
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 14, 1897.
was detached from the shafting, restora-
have made quite a hit, and others are now . J. W. Keyes, president of the Keyes- tives were administered and an ambulance
under way, cuts of which shall be pre- Gallrein Music Co., sold his interests in summoned, in which he was taken to his
sented in these columns in due time. the company yesterday to Mr. Gallrein, his home.
These instruments are just such products partner.
as wide awake dealers should have in stock
It is understood that Mr. Keyes will go The fliller Organ in Great Britain.
who want to keep in the forefront during to Indianapolis January 1 to assume active
'98. They are making money for all hand- management of the wholesale and manufac-
The recent catalogue issued by the Miller
ling them; what better precedent?
turing business of the Wulschner Co., one Organ Co., of Lebanon, Pa., containing
The success of the Waterloo Organ Co. of the largest music houses in the West, illustrations of their latest styles made
is built strictly upon the basis of giving which at one time had a branch in Louis- especially for the British market, has been
good value for every dollar received. Of ville.
highly praised by the English trade papers.
course their present eminent position
Of the various styles, it is said, " They
would be impossible were it not for the in-
Sohmer & Co.
have proved very popular on account of
telligent activity of the members of the
their tone, the variety and effectiveness of
firm. They are turning out first-class THE LAST HOLIDAY SEASON AT THEIR OLD the stops and their excellent finish." Evi-
QUARTERS.
wares and they understand how to push
dently the Miller organ has a firm hold on
them.
A firm actuated by such com-
In all probability this will be the the English purchasing public.
mendable enterprise are worthy of the last holiday season that Sohmer & Co.,
hearty support of the trade.
manufacturers of the well-known Sohmer
pianos, will occupy their present stand,
Bernard, Walker 6: Co. Fail.
corner of Fourteenth street and Third
TO
[Special to The Review.]
avenue, New York, where they have been
Dubuque, la., Dec. 13, 1897.
located for a quarter of a century and Charleston, S. C , and
Bernard, Walker & Co., well-known more, says the Brooklyn Eagle. The
Jacksonville, Florida,
piano and organ dealers of this city, have handsome Sohmer building now in course
gone to the wall. The crash came when of erection at Fifth avenue and Twenty-
WITHOUT CH4XGE.
four mortgages were placed on record 'a second street will, it is hoped, be com-
Sailings tri-weekl-y at 3 p. m.
from Pier 29, East River.
few days ago. Three are to C. F. Wales pleted and ready for occupancy about
New York.
FLORIDA
for $14,810 in favor of local creditors, and February 1. Sohmer & Co. will have the
/lid-Winter bun Baths.
Steamers arrive Jacksonville
the fourth is for $3,790 made to Alfons ground floor and basement and one of the
in daylight, connecting with
out-going morning trains.
Mathews, trustee, for the benefit of the finest piano show rooms in New York.
Clyde Liners Comanche, Iro-
quois, Algonquin and Semi-
music trade creditors, but subject to the The Sohmer piano needs no introduc-
nole :ire the smoothest sail-
ing passenger ships to the
previous mortgages. The liabilities of tion, for its makers have always aimed at
South.
Low Rates to Charleston,
the corporation are about $19,000, the as- producing a high grade instrument and
Savannah, Atlanta. Jackson-
sets including the stock will amount to the success that has attended their efforts
ville and all points South.
Tickets include meals and
about $19,000 or $20,000. As there are a is the best guarantee that they have ac-
state-room berth, thus mak-
ing the cost about 40 per
number of creditors who are not secured complished their purpose. Whenever good
cent, less than via all rail.
CUISINE UNEXCELLED.
it is expected that attachments will im- pianos are mentioned the Sohmer will be
Superb Pas engerAccommodations
Sailing schedule, rates and
mediately be issued. It is said that the found to have a host of advocates familiar
illustrated booklet free upon
application to Passenger De-
depression in business for the past few with its excellence. There is nothing new
partment.
years precipitated the failure. It is ex- to record just now in connection with the
Wfl. P. CLYDE & CO., General Agents,
pected, however, that the company will manufacturing of these pianos, for every 5 Bowline Gre*n. N. Y. 12 So. Delaware Ave, Phlla., Pa.
W. H. HENDERSON, W. H. WARBURTON,
G
be able to resume.
improvement has already been introduced T G EnRR,
T. M.
O. K.P. A-
- T. P. A.
Traveling Man Robbed.
CLYDE LINE
5 Bowling Qreen, New York.