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VOL.
XXVII. No. 7.
Published Every Saturday at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, August 13,1898.
OUR CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY.
THE NEW YORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY
ASTOR, LENOX ANO
TILOEN FOUNDATIONS.
HUGO SOHMER
THE NEW YORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY
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A captain of industry is Hugo
Sohmer; well up, too, in the arts
which constitute real leadership. A
captain, too, easy of approach, for
there is no more approachable or
affable man in this trade than Hugo
Sohmer. Always smiling, always
courteous, a newspaper man well
knows that he is assured of a hearty
greeting when he steps into the
Sohmer warerooms.
Hugo Sohmer is one of those
industrial officers who have had
staunch faith in the discriminating
qualities of the American people to
appreciate a high-grade article,
hence the Sohmer institution has
carefully eschewed everything which
has savored of the cheap in the
makeup of the Sohmer piano. Be-
lieving that the wave of cheapness
which overswept this trade was but
temporary, he has bent his ener-
gies, together with his confreres,
towards the betterment of the Soh-
mer piano to make it in every re-
spect a more ideal instrument than
the one which has achieved notable
HUGO SOHMER.
victories at our great fairs and ex-
positions. Mr. Sohmer takes pride in the business which he has built up from
modest beginnings. He takes pride, too, in the fact that every instrument which
is sent from the Sohmer factory is worthy to bear his name.
A. B. Cameron Pianos.
THEIR
POPULARITY CROWING IN ALL SEC-
TIONS OF THE COUNTRY.
The Review, during a recent visit to the
A. B. Cameron warerooms, made a little
journey through the factory on invitation
of Mr. Cameron. The equipment is excel-
lent, the force of men at work consists en-
tirely of men having long experience, and
the stock of material is select and in every
other way highly creditable.
Several examples of the latest Cameron
styles were seen, ready for immediate
shipment, and a number of others were in
course of construction. An observer is
impressed with the evident care taken, in
every department, to do work that will re-
flect credit on all concerned. The results
of this are plainly noticeable in the finish-
ing department and shipping room.
A new Cameron scale is now being
drawn for some new styles. Mr. Cameron
is well satisfied with the progress so far
made in securing desirable representa-
tion, and declares that it shall not be the
fault of the firm if even a greater measure
of success is lacking in the future.
As The Review has mentioned in pre-
vious issues, the Cameron products have
made a distinct "hit" in the trade.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
Harper Purchases Hillstrom Fac=
tory.
Valparaiso, Ind., Aug. 8, 1898.
Receiver Pan A. Johnson, on Wednes-
day, sold the Hillstrom Organ factory at
Chesterton, this county, to A. L. Harper,
for $6,300. The works will be started up
again, and employment given to one hun-
dred men.
Dorsey Sues for $600.
[Special to The Review.]
Hudson, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1898.
A. T. Dorsey, who recently conducted
a music store in this city, has brought
suit in Poughkeepsie to collect $600, which
he claims is due him as commission from
the Ludden & Bates Southern Music Co.
The manager of the company claims that
Dorsey collected money on a piano which
he reported as still having in stock,
ludge Barnard, before whom the case was
tried, reserved decision.
Business Comes with
SPAIN'S PROPOSITION HAS ALREADY CAUSED
ORDERS FOR STERLING CO.
Business is now booming with the Ster-
ling Co. and large shipments are being
made daily. The indications for a very
brisk fall trade for the company's instru-
ments are excellent, with Spain suing for
peace and the war clouds dispersing.
In the past few days a number of big
orders have been received by this repre-
sentative concern, which, as straws show
the way the wind blows, go to prove that
with the declaring of peace there will be
an almost instantaneous revival ot busi-
ness.
The 1898 Behr Pianos.
Among the winners in the forthcoming
friendly competition for fall patronage 'in
the piano manufacturing branch it is safe
to count Behr Bros., judging from the
firm's program so far announced.
Their 1898 products will, it is stated,
surpass all of the firm's previous efforts.
There is no need for improvements, yet,
here and there, steps in advance will be
taken, and the Behr reputation for thor-
oughly reliable instruments will be well
sustained.