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VOL.
XXVI.
No. 20.
Published Every Saturday at 3 East Fourteenth Street, New York, May 14,1898.
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Krakauer News Budget.
Mr. and Mrs. Keidel Sail.
No Postponement
THE NEW STYLE COLONIAL BRUCE, MABON &
CO. BOOMING THE KRAKAUER IN SPRING-
FIELD NEW CASE-MAKING FACTORY
TO BE BUILT.
A FAMILY GATHERING IN WHICH THE FOURTH
GENERATION OF KNABES WAS REPRESENTED.
OF THE CONVENTION OF THE NATIONAL PIANO
MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.
Chas. Keidel, accompanied by his wife,
left on Tuesday last by the North German
Lloyd Steamer "Kaiser Wilhelm der
Grosse " for Europe. They intend to enjoy
a lengthy vacation in the European cap-
itals, and no date is set for their return.
Among those at the dock to see them off
were Mr. William Knabe and Chas.
Keidel, Jr.
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There was quite a family gathering of
the Knabes and Keidels at the family home
of the Knabes at Catonsville, near Balti-
more, last week, the occasion being the
christening of the latest arrival, a little
girl, in the family of Ernest J. Knabe.
This makes the fourth generation bearing
a name which has shed lustre on the piano-
making industry of this country.
Edward Lyman Bill, Esq.
Dear Sir:—Our members of the National
Piano Manufacturers' Association are too
patriotic to be reconciled to a postpone-
ment of the annual meeting in June. And
it has been decided not to postpone the
meeting, although we see much ahead
occasioned by the uncertainties of war to
suggest postponement. I hope our decision
will meet the approbation of The Music
Trade Review. Every State in which
pianos are manufactured should have a
representation at our meeting, as it will be
a patriotic as well as a business national
convention.
Sincerely yours,
Henry F. Miller.
The latest Krakauer upright style, Colo-
nial 17, has just been placed on the mar-
ket and is, without doubt, one of the hand-
somest instruments of the present season.
It is being made in mahogany at present.
From every point of view this piano is an
admirable example of the piano maker's
art, and marks a distinct advance in the
Krakauer onward march toward perfec-
tion.
Maurice Krakauer has just returned
from a brief visit to Springfield, Mass.
He speaks highly of the firm's representa-
tives in that city, the Bruce-Mabon Co.
The enterprise of Mr. Fred. J. Mabon has
done much toward strengthening the Kra-
kauer interests. Local advertising medi-
ums of the first class have been used to
excellent advantage, and no stone has been
left unturned in the firm's efforts to bring
the merits of the Krakauer products con-
spicuously to notice.
At the Springfield Recital Hall, control-
led by the Bruce-Mabon Co., the Krakauer
instruments are used exclusively. This
building has become, by proper manage-
ment, the fashionable resort for musical
people. The annual May Festival was
held there last week and was in every
respect a great success. All the leading
local musical societies use the hall for their
meetings and concerts.
An interesting item of news found this
week at the Krakauer factory is the early
construction of a separate building, prob-
ably north of the Harlem River, for the
firm's case-making. Plans are now being
completed. All machinery is to be moved
to the new building, giving room for more
completed stock at the present quarters.
Mr. Reinhard Kochman, who has been
away nearly four months, is expected home
next week. He has made an excellent
record and is sure of a warm reception.
General business is reported as active.
The National Congress of Musicians will
meet in Omaha, Neb., from June 30th to
July 5th. Homer Moore is actively inter-
ested in the success of this undertaking,
and reports from all parts of the country
indicate a successful reunion.
Geo. P. Bent's Recital.
Geo. P. Bent inaugurated last Saturday
a series of recitals in his attractive ware-
rooms in Chicago for the purpose of bring-
ing to public notice the possibilities of the
Wilcox & White Symphony organ, the
Angelus Attachment, and the "Crown"
piano with orchestral attachment.
At the first recital there were numbers
by Batiste, Suppe, Buck, Andrews, Raff,
Sousa; several vocal numbers by Miss
Lucille Stevenson and some clever num-
bers in which the zither, harp, banjo,
mandolin, bagpipe, and other effects were
accurately simulated on the "Crown"
piano by Mrs. W. R. Clark.
The recitals, which will be continued, are
under the direction of E. M. Wheatley,
who is an expert in "showing off" the
merits of the Symphony organ and
Angelus Attachment. These musicales
should be most effective in making better
known the merits of the Symphony and
" Crown " instruments.
Smith & Barnes.
The Smith & Barnes Piano Co. of Chi-
cago are steadily increasing the represen-
tation of their instruments in the Eastern
territory. The roster of dealers now
handling their instruments is large nu-
merically and imposing from a financial
standpoint.
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Boston, May 10, 1898.
About Trade=Marks.
A trade-mark consists of some peculiar
sign by which one brand of an article of
commerce may be distinguished from
another brand of the same article. It
possesses nothing whatever in common
with a patent. A patent is a grant, a
trade-mark is not, for any one has a per-
fect right to mark his goods with his brand
mark or commercial signature, and is pro-
tected by the common law from others who
may counterfeit his trade-mark.
To
prevent confusion and to protect the
public from fraudulent trade-marks, mer-
chants and manufacturers are permitted
to register their trade-marks in the Patent
Office. The registering, however, gives
the person registering no more right to
prevent others from using the trade-mark
than existed beforehand.
Registering
only gives notice that the peculiar sign is
claimed as a trade-mark. Words may be
used as trade-marks. Taking advantage
of that fact, manufacturers have been in
the habit of registering the titles of new
inventions as trade-marks for the purpose
of controlling the names by which their
products become known to the public.
The advertising machinery is then set at
work for the purpose of creating a demand
for the products under the registered
names, until the public is so educated to
call the goods by the advertised names,
that people would not require them if
offered by other names.