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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
This will give all exhibitors, including pia-
no manufacturers, an opportunity to complete
their exhibit. It was exceedingly fortunate
that the instruments were not in place be-
fore the flood occurred.
From correspondence we have received
from a number of points, we are inclined to
the opinion that the attendance at the Pan-
American will be large during the latter part
of May. The cry "Put me off at Buffalo"
will be the popular one during the summer.
| T seems as impossible to escape the per-
sonal rows and disagreements of some
of the trade editors as it is to permanently
escape the professional ministrations of the
undertaker.
j F thispianotrustscaredoesnotbecomequick-
ly dissipated, some men will surely lose
their heads. Steady up, boys, it will be some
time yet before this old industry becomes re-
morganized in the form of a trust.
Prescott on Trust flatters.
[Special to The Review.]
Pittsburg, Pa., April 23, 1901.
"There can be no trust among piano man-
ufacturers," said Henry H. Prescott of the
Prescott Piano Co., Concord, N. H., last
night at the Duquesne. "There is nothing
manufactured in which the imagination and
sentiment plays a more prominent part than
in a musical instrument. In selecting a piano
art dictates. By accident a piano has been
constructed which has a certain tone, and
that tone is recognized by musical people as
superior to all others. The result has not
been worked out according to any rules and
mathematics fail to account for the tone.
A curve here or there has wrought the good
results, and the lucky manufacturer knows
he has a discovery which may never be dis-
closed to any other. I know the manufac-
turers of a certain piano which is recognized
as the best do not wish them to become com-
mon by a sale to all classes. So they limit
their production. The manufacturers are
too far apart in essential things to ever find
harmony in a consolidation."
Clough & Warren Activity.
[Special to The Review.]
Adrian, Mich., April 23, 1901.
This city is enjoying a quiet industrial
boom that is encouraging, and the outlook
for 1901 is most favorable. Every factory
in the city of any consequence has been
obliged to run night shifts to keep up with
its orders. Among others, the Clough &
Warren organ and piano works are work-
ing overtime. They are filling orders not
only for dealers in every section of the
country, but their export trade is also ex-
cellent.
Rohlfing Affairs.
There is nothing special to report regard-
ing the affairs of Rohlfing & Sons, of Mil-
waukee. The expert accountants have not,
as yet, completed their report.
The Riverside Music Co., Riverside, Cal,
intend to increase their capital stock from
$6,000 to $20,000.
M
ticular work be made a profession by some
of
the bright young men now coming for-
A Suggestion which has much to commend it—
Would be an aid in protecting creditors' ward ?
interests.
"These thoughts are submitted as cover-
It seems to be a growing conviction in the ing a matter worthy of careful consideration,
minds of credit men generally that it would and as everything must have a beginning,
be advisable to establish in each city as an and as it appears that almost everything that
adjunct to the work of the Credit Men's As- is good is of slow growth, we must be pre-
sociations, a bureau through which all fail- pared to give this idea a reasonable latitude
ures in which the members are interested in which to blossom and produce fruit."
could be investigated and receive attention
Brambach's Course Upheld.
for the full and equal benefit of all such mem-
[Special to The Review.]
lers. Speaking on this subject, John D.
Little
Falls, N. Y., April 25, 1901.
Morton says: "When property that is cov-
In the Court House at Herkimer yesterday
ered by insurance is destroyed by fire, the
a remarkable scene was witnessed when the
insurers send one or more men, called ad-
Grand Jury finished investigating the case
justers, according to the importance of the
of Aloys Brambach, the piano manufacturer
loss, to investigate and make a settlement
of Dolgeville. Brambach was held to the
in behalf of all the interested parties. These
Grand Jury for publicly horsewhipping Dr.
men are usually men of experience and very
W. G. Mangold, of Dolgeville. The jury re-
expert in that kind of work, having in many fused to find an indictment and summoned
instances carefully fitted themselves for it, Brambach before it, and each juror shook
and the question arises, why cannot some hands with the accused man and told him he
similar system be devised whereby creditor's should have thrashed Mangold harder.
interests can be looked after and equitably
Where Precaution Paid.
protected ?
"It is safe to assume that the feeling has
[Special to The Review.]
been common to firms and their credit men
Cincinnati, O., April 23, 1901.
when a failure comes, that it would be a
About a week ago a man giving his name
great comfort if it were possible to secure as James Fisher and claiming to reside near
the services of some bright, intelligent, ex- Middletown, called on theWoodmansee Piano
perienced man, into whose hands a claim Co. in this city and purchased a piano val-
could be placed with the assurance that ued at $400. It was to be shipped to the
everything possible would be done to obtain above address. Fisher paid $25 on account,
an honest settlement. As it is, in most cases, the balance to be paid if the instrument
unless the claim is of such importance as to suited the purchaser's two daughters. After
require the personal care and attendance of the piano was shipped, the clerk who sold
the creditor, it will in all probability be sent it told his employer he did not like the looks
to some lawyer or collection agency. The of the stranger, as he claimed he was a farm-
majority of creditors will proceed on the er and when spoken to about crops showed
same lines, so that each claim is perhaps rep- that he was anything but a tiller of the soil.
resented by a different lawyer, with the re- The firm sent one of its agents to Middle-
sult that each lawyer uses every effort to try town to make an investigation, and he found
and get the better of the other, the final effect that James Fisher has been dead for more
being that in the delays and dangers conse- than a year, and the purchaser of the in-
quent upon legal tangles, the assets deterior- strument could not be located. The matter
ate in value or are otherwise absorbed, leav- was reported to the Big Four Railroad,
ing very little, if anything, from which a and the piano will be returned to the com-
pany, who are not out anything, as they re-
dividend can be derived.
"How much better it would be for business ceived $25, sufficient to meet all expenses
generally, to say nothing of the success of the incurred.
credit department, if the claims of houses
Wm. L. Bush Honored.
residing in a city could be placed in the
Wm. L. Bush, the well-known piano man
hands of one or more experts according to
of
Chicago, who succeeded his father as
the importance of the failure, with the under-
president
of the Bush & Gerts Piano Co.,
standing that these experts when so em-
was
honored
last Friday night by his fellow-
ployed would act in behalf of all interested.
members
of
the
Marquette Club, who elected
Work of this character would have the atten-
him
president
of
that organization. The
tion of men specially adapted and educated
Marquette
Club
is
one of the strongest so-
for it. Lawyers into whose hands most of
cial
organizations
of
Chicago and for a num-
it falls are generally (not always) the poor-
ber
of
years
Mr.
Bush
has been largely
est men for such a purpose. A man to pro-
identified
with
its
growth.
perly act in such a capacity should have a
Mr. Bush is one of the prominent mem-
knowledge of all kinds of merchandise, be
able to examine an inventory and the goods bers of the younger generation of piano
covered by it, and be a judge of their value men, and is a man who possesses versatile
and know where and how to dispose of them, talent. He is a member of the Board of
also be an expert bookkeeper, so that when Trade, and connected with a number of pri-
the investigation has been made, he personal- ate enterprises in Chicago. He is now re-
ly will be in a position to tell the creditors ceiving congratulations from his many friends
how much of the dividend the debtor ought upon the winning of this new honor.
to be able to pay and to advise them in regard
C. C. Seabold has opened a piano store
to what, in his opinion, is the best course in Shamokin, Pa., which is under the man-
to pursue. Is it not full time that this par- agement of George Hoke.
Why Not Adjusting Bureaus?