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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1898 Vol. 27 N. 27

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
have been bought for $600 less than was
paid, yet the committee says the transac-
tion was all right.
' ' The Board of Education ignored the law
which prohibits the purchase of any sup-
plies which will cost more than $500 with-
out open competition and a contract. The
committee admits that this law was ignored
and says that the Board of Education ex-
ercised good business judgment by ignor-
ing the law. Ever since Mayor Hoos cre-
ated this Board of Education it has been
making a record for ignoring the law, but
this is the first time that any one has said
it exercised good judgment by so doing.
" T h e Committee on Furniture of the
Board of Education knew how many pianos
they were going to buy before the pianos
were bought, for they were first going to
order ten, and then, with the consent of
Mayor Hoos, decided to buy fifteen. Only
twelve were bought, but under no circum-
stances could the committee believe that
twelve pianos could be bought for $500 or
less ; therefore the committee deliberately
violated the law and laid themselves open
to prosecution, yet the investigating com-
mittee says this action showed good busi-
ness judgment.
' l The carelessness shown in preparing the
report was nowhere more prominently dis-
played than where the committee stated
that one of the oldest firms of piano
dealers in the city had none but second-
hand pianos for sale. The committee had
no cause of complaint against this piano
firm, so far as the evidence showed, yet it
made a statement that was not only un-
true, but calculated to injure the busi-
ness of that firm. The only object that
seems to have been sought, judging from
the report of the committee, was to find
something in extenuation of the Commit-
tee on Furniture for making the purchases,
and even with this object in view, the com-
mittee on investigation stated in its report
that the city paid too much for the pianos,
that the agent who sold them made a good
bargain, and that the law was violated by
the purchase.
" The investigation was a farce."
Hitchcock's Lawyer Assigns.
Fred Silverstone, lawyer, of No. 102
Fulton street, this city, filed a petition in
bankruptcy Dec. 28. The liabilities are
$5,644 and assets $15 bicycle. The peti-
tion was filed to get rid of liabilities in-
curred as assignee of Benjamin W. Hitch-
cock, music publisher. The latter made
an assignment on August 4, 1893, to Mr.
Silverstone, who carried on the business
for three years, incurring obligations for
rent, work, paper and printing, becoming
personally liable for the obligations, and he
had no funds from the estate to pay these
claims.
The unique merits of the Angelus Or-
chestral which is on exhibition at the music
store of F. E. Everett at Pottsdam, N. Y.,
has been commented on in the most favor-
able terms by the local papers.
n
A Steinway Change
Albert Gardner Cone.
OF AGENCY AT SYRACUSE CHASE & SMITH
ARE TO HE STEINWAY FACTORS.
THIRTY YEARS OF SUCCESS.
By January first the agency for the Stein-
way pianos at Syracuse, N. Y., will have
been transferred from Leiter Bros., who
have sold the pianos for a term of years, to
the Chase & Smith Co.
The latter concern have won a splendid
reputation in Syracuse and vicinity. They
have a large and well appointed stock of
instruments to which the Steinway will be
a valuable acquisition.
New Knabe Concert Grand.
AN INSPECTION OF THE INSTRUMENT WHICH
SAUER WILL PLAY.
Through the courtesy of Mr. Ferdinand
Mayer The Review was afforded an oppor-
tunity on Thursday of examining and in-
specting the improved new scale Knabe con-
cert grand piano, to be used by Emil Sauer
during his tournee of this country, opening
at the Metropolitan Opera House, on
Dec. 10th.
This instrument is virtually a new crea-
tion, and the scale marks a tremendous
tonal advance over the Carreno grand.
There is great sonority and richness in the
bass, the middle register is full, well-
rounded and of great volume while the
treble section is clear and bell-like in its
purity. A feature of the tone of this mag-
nificent grand is the carrying power, bril-
liancy and the all-essential reserve force
—which enables it to resist successfully
every demand made upon its resources.
Of course, the supreme test of the im-
proved new scale Knabe grand will occur
when it is heard at the Metropolitan. Mean-
while, after a brief but critical examination,
we feel abundantly justified in bespeaking
a hearty endorsement of this instrument
by artists, critics and the musical public.
The Knabe grand is designed on ad-
vanced lines, the object aimed at, no doubt,
being to develop its tonal resources. An
examination of the instrument will reveal
that Knabe & Co. have been most success-
ful in accomplishing unexpected things in
this direction..
Twelve of the improved new scale Knabe
grands are now complete, all of which will
be used by Sauer in various sections of the
country.
They will be distributed be-
tween here and the Pacific coast—probably
in Boston, New York, Chicago and San
Francisco.
Brown with Behr.
Horace F. Brown has gone back to his
early love, the Behr piano, and shortly after
the first of the year will start out upon a
long trip extending as far as California and
the Pacific Northwest in the interest of the
Behr products. Mr. Brown' was for six
years intimately associated with the Behr
interests and had charge of the exhibit at
the World's Fair.
He is a clean-cut gentleman and the
Behr dealers will be glad to renew their
former acqaintance with him.
To-morrow—the gateway of the new
year—Albert Gardner Cone passes his thir-
tieth milestone in the broad avenue of
Kimball advance.
Thirty years, and in that span what
marvelous developments Mr. Cone has
witnessed and contributed to in the ex-
pansion of the Kimball business.
Thirty years ago the old Chicago, the
Chicago of wooden blocks existed, the
Chicago of stone and iron was still to come
forth from the flame and smoke, and be-
come one of the wonders of the world.
Thirty years ago the Kimball business
covered a restricted area and was confined
wholly to the demands of the retail trade.
To-day, thirty years after, its ramifica-
tions extend throughout the entire civilized
world and its manufacturing department
covers some eighteen or twenty acres of
space—it doesn't matter which, if it isn't
twenty it will be.
To that marvelous development Mr.
Cone has given the strength of his youth
and the maturer judgment of his devel-
oped manhood. Albert G. Cone is a man
in whom the artistic and commercial ele-
ments are happily blended. A man of in-
nate refinement, the reflex of which may
be found upon the Kimball business. The
work of Mr. Cone in the special depart-
ment where in later years he has devoted
much of his energy, is apparent to all who
have given thought to the solution of that
intricate modern problem—advertising.
Secretary Cone, The Review sends a
New Year's greeting to you and includes
as well congratulations upon the accession
of your thirtieth year in business life, upon
which is so plainly stamped the hallmark
of success.
An Art Exhibit.
Among the week's distinguished visitors
to the piano salon recently opened in Stein-
way Hall was Mme. Melba who expressed
her admiration of the art creations exhibited
in terms of the warmest praise.
The Gounod Grand particularly won
Melba's admiration, and well it might, for
in many respects it is the most notable in-
strument ever produced by Steinway &
Sons. It is a veritable poem and a written
description fails to convey an adequate idea
of its beauties.
The paintings represent scenes from
Gounod's opera. There is reproduced a
number of scenes from Faust, the coloring
and shading of which are exquisite. The
paintings are brought into relief by a
background of dark red mahogany, the
surface of which is highly polished. The
whole decorative scheme is enhanced by a
portrait of Gounod upon the music rest.
Since the opening of this special de-
partment the work of Steinway & Sons
has elicited the warmest praise from art
critics.
Holly & Co. are a recent addition to the
music houses of Cleveland, O. They are
handling the Chicago Cottage line of
wares.

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THE IVIUSIC TRADE kEVIEW
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Davenport & Treacy.
Wishes all Claims Settled.
Davenport & Treacy find themselves at
the end of 1898, well ahead of 1897, in the
matter of patronage and progress. The
well-known policy of this successful firm—
to keep abreast of the times in everything
pertaining to the manifold details of the
several departments—has aided largely in
strengthening their position as plate-
makers, wire-makers and supply producers
for the trade.
They will start off on
another year with brilliant prospects ahead.
Col. Daniel F. Treacy said this week,
" T h e outlook for business in this trade
has never been better, at least, not for a
term of years. I feel positive that with
the prospects the output of pianos for 1899
should reach one hundred and fifty thou-
sand. The Davenport & Treacy Co. ex-
pect to make substantial additions to their
plant at Stamford."
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 28, 1898.
William F. Bobbitt asks the Circuit
Court to compel John H. Vette to present
a claim he holds for §33 ,000 secured by a
mortgage. Bobbitt was a piano dealer on
Olive street and recently made an assign-
ment.
He wishes to have all claims
against him settled.
Got His Man.
Groton, Conn., Dec. 29, 1898.
Three burglars tried to rob the Summer
cottage of A. H. Fischer, of J. & C.
Fischer of New York, at Eastern Point,
about two miles from here, last night, and
there was a battle between thieves and
Night Watchman Kaiser during which at
least fifteen shots were fired.
One of the burglars, who gives the name
of Philip Otto, of New York, received a
charge of shot from the watchman's gun
which crippled him so that he was cap-
tured. His two companions escaped.
Stultz & Bauer.
Stultz & Bauer, in reply to a query con-
cerning the success of the several styles in
vogue during 1890, report that each and
all of their instruments have found favor
with dealers and their customers. In the
retail branch of the business, too, custom
has been fairly divided between the several
styles.
The Stultz & Bauer grand, already re-
ferred to in The Review, is meeting with
an excellent reception, as it deserves. Mr.
Bauer has taken infinite pains to produce
a grand worthy of the firm's enviable re-
putation for good work, and has succeeded.
Mr. Golden reports a healthy develop-
ment of Stultz & Bauer trade in all sections.
John Anderson, one of the few really
expert piano makers of the United States,
who has been chosen for the superinten-
dency of the Everett piano factory, will
assume the duties of his new position on
Monday next.
Win. Knabe & Co. have sent us kindly
wishes for the New Year in the form of
a handsomely engraved card upon which
is fastened a sprig of holly.
The latest Shoninger style in uprights,
just received from the factory, is now on
exhibition at the warerooms. It is original
in design, very attractive, and likely to be
a great favorite.
A. M. Wright, of the Everett Piano Co.,
will leave town for Boston to-morrow.
C. A. Hanson, Jr., of Worcester, Mass.,
was in town during the week,
C. F. Goepel & Co.
STEADY
GROWTH
OF
THK
BUSINESS
OF
THIS
HOUSE—MUCH CREDIT DUE TO THE
TIRELESS EFFORTS OF THE HEAD
OF THE CONCERN.
Latest reports from the warerooms of
C. F. Goepel & Co., in response to inquir-
ies concerning present trade and future
prospects, are indicative of rapidly devel-
oping business in all supply branches at
Harry H. Pottle's Good Fortune. the Goepel establishment. In felts and
Harry Hathaway Pottle, one of the most hammers this is particularly noticeable, as
energetic and effective of those who are in all the Goepel specialties.
now fighting under the " Popular Pease "
The Goepel firm have been fortunate in
standard, has decided to accept other res- their choice of manufacturers. Each of
ponsibilities, as they occur, in addition to the articles represented on their special list
those carried by him at the new Pease enjoys an excellent reputation for quality
warerooms.
and substantial merit. Alien's piano cast-
He is to be married.
The fortunate ers are favorably known to all piano mak-
young lady is Miss Marie Louise Linn, of
ers because of their reliability and
Brooklyn, N. Y., and the ceremony is to strength.
The Klinke Diamond Brand
take place at the New Utrecht Reformed Tuning Pins; the Russell & Erwin Mfg.
Church in that city, on January 3, 1899, at Co.'s piano screws; the Scovill Mfg. Co.'s
S P. M. There will be a reception after continuous hinges, and R. H. Wolff & Co.'s
the ceremony. Many prominent persons
" Eagle Brand " music wire are, in their
have been invited.
respective departments, of indisputably
high standing.
No Cause for Complaint.
August Palle, sale agent in the United
States and Canada for Schwander actions,
made an excellent report of progress when
The Review called at the factory on Wed-
nesday.
" W e have absolutely no cause
for complaint," said he. "From the be-
ginning of the season we have been steadily
busy, and have now a good supply of orders
on hand."
P. J. Cunningham Held.
Peter J. Cunningham, the well-known
piano manufacturer, whose place of busi-
ness is at 1105 Chestnut street, was a pris-
oner in the dock at the Central Station yes-
terday afternoon, charged with throwing
Miss Leah Blitz, of 6220 Woodland avenue,
from his store. As the result of her eject-
ment, she was compelled to go to the Jeffer-
son Hospital, and was too ill to be present
at the hearing. A number of men who
had witnessed the woman being thrown out
of the store entered the place, and for a
while it looked as if he would be mobbed.
During the remarks of the witnesses
Cunningham stood in the dock and inter-
rupted them frequently with questions,
because he had not had time to get a law-
yer, and told his version of the affair. He
said: "This lady leased a piano from my.
store two years ago. She missed several
payments, so we took the instrument back,
intending to repair it. It was sent West.
She came into the store and demanded to
know why it had not been delivered on the
24th, as had been promised. I explained
that there had been some delay in its ship -
ment. When I turned to get some papers
to prove to her the truthfulness of my as-
sertion, she assailed me with the vilest
language.
I argued with her and she
fought me as I pushed her to the door. That
is the case, despite what witnesses say."
Cunningham was held in $800 bail for
court, charged with assault and battery.
He secured a bondsman and was released.
=—Philadelphia North American.
The quality of the supplies furnished by
C. F. Goepel & Co. has doubtless been a
leading factor in the firm's success, yet
their trade has been much strengthened
by supplemental causes, such as prompt
service, reasonable prices, and a practically
demonstrated desire to meet the views of
their customers in every possible way.
The strong personality of the head of
the firm, Mr. C. F. Goepel, has also
aided in securing and retaining desir-
able patronage. Mr. Goepel, as The Re-
view has previously noted, is one of the
trade's most conscientious workers. He is
about his business early and late, often
sacrificing his personal comfort for the
sake of furthering the best interests of cus-
tomers. vSuch devotion to duty is sure to
find appreciation. It is only natural that
the Goepel outlook for 1899 should be, as
it is, very cheerful.
A Piano Wagon Wrecked.
A wagon of the C. C. Mellor music
house, containing an $800 upright piano
and four men, was wrecked last evening
in West Park by being run into by car No.
409 on the Western avenue branch of the
United Traction Co. Scott Gordon, the
driver, was slightly injured. George Li-
bert, of 41 Pike street, Allegheny, had his
shoulder dislocated, received an ugly scalp
wound and is thought to be injured inter-
nally. J. Gardiner, of the West End, and
August Moulton received slight injuries.
—Pittsburg, Pa., News, Dec. 24.
One of the most enthusiastic workers
toward the consummation of the Krell-
Wanamaker deal announced last week was
Jacob Y. Doll, who is connected with the
"small gooJs" department of the Wana-
maker house. He considers the new move
will be a mutual advantage.
Ernest J. Knabe, of William Knabe &
Co., was in town yesterday.
William
Knabe, who has been unwell for several
weeks has fullv recovered.

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