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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Couldn't Bulldoze Lederer.
In the haunts of actors and in places
where topical songs receive the first laugh,
the story of how manager Lederer of the
Casino Roof Garden had fooled the Musi-
cal Union has been going the rounds this
week. On account of the cold weather the
Casino Roof Garden was closed on Thursday
a few weeks ago for the season. The mu-
sicians came around as usual and were told
to go to the box office and get their pay for
the three days they had worked.
The musicians refused to accept three
days' pay. They said they all were mem-
bers of the Musicians' Union, were hired
by the week and must be paid for the
whole week. Lederer would not pay, and
the musicians went out and returned with
walking delegates, master workmen, com-
mittees on grievances and formidable offi-
cials, who explained to Lederer all the dire
things which would happen to him and his
interests in such vivid terms that he con-
cluded he would have to pay.
"I will pay you," he said, "but you will
have to work. Go up to the roof and play
until I I o'clock. Do this to-night, to-mor-
row night and on Saturday night, and then
you can get your money for the week."
The musicians went up. The great gar-
den was empty, dark, and dreary; not
even a waiter could be seen. They struck
up a lively air from "Cavalleria Rustica-
na," but in the big, empty hall the notes
had a sound like echoes from some gloomy
cave inhabited by owls and bats.
They tried to warm up on a popular song
and struck: "If you ain't got no money
you needn't come around," but that
wouldn't do. Then they drifted into "Oh,
Ye Tears," and were continuing the medley
of misery with the "Dead March from
Saul," when the music died out from sheer
exhaustion. The notes seemed to freeze
in the air.
They could not stand it. They were
artists, and their souls were full of music
and of life, and they loved to play when
the big, sympathizing crowd listened and
applauded. It was hard to play well when
the house was poor, but to play to abso-
lutely nothing but darkness and the cold
was impossible. They were not laborers
nor machines, to blow wind and pull fiddle
strings for money and naught besides. If
there had been even a yellow dog there
they might have held out.
They talked it over while the drear winds
howled around the top of the big building.
Then they filed slowly and sadly down-
stairs and said that they would take the
Mehlin
Pianos
Factory, 461 to 467 West 40th St.,
New York.
three days' pay. One of them declared:
"I would not play in that horrible place
if they gave the theater to me."
If piano manufacturers could deal with
strikes as effectively as Lederer, there
would be little trepidation.
Rettberg & Lange Progress.
Rettberg & Lange continue to prosper.
They have gained a strong hold in the
trade by dint of push and perseverance
properly applied in the construction of
drums, banjos and mandolins, and are
likely to maintain it.
The Review notes when visiting the fac-
tory of this firm that both partners take a
really active interest in the work, and do
their full share in preparing material for
the several processes. They are enthu-
siastic, systematic and painstaking. These
three qualities have much to do with their
present enviable position in their own
branch as manufacturers.
Connor Success.
Francis Connor returned on Friday from
a brief trip taken in the interests of the
Connor products. He met with encourag-
ing success and secured several good or-
ders. The outlook for the Connor pianos
this season is very bright.
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