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DEATH OF EDWARD NENNSTIEL.
LUMBER TRUST IS DEAD.
PAN-AMERICAN CITY ITEMS.
Edward Nennstiel, one of the oldest citi-
zens of St. Louis, Mo., as well as one of the
pioneer music dealers, dropped dead in that
city on the morning of Sept. nth, directly
in front of the Freeborn G. Smith music
store.
Mr. Nennstiel went to that city when it
was only a village and invested extensively
in property. He afterwards embarked in the
music business, in which he was actively en-
gaged for more than fifteen years, and was
located at 1015 Olive street until about eight
years ago, when A. E. Whittaker, his partner,
and now manager of the F. G. Smith music
store, purchased his interest. Mr. Nennstiel
and Mr. Whittaker were close friends, and
at the latter's place Mr. Nennstiel made his
headquarters, and it was there the old gen-
tleman was going when his death occurred.
The funeral took place from the St. John's
M. E. Church, and the friends of Mr. Nenn-
stiel" engaged in the music business acted as
pallbearers. The remains were interred in
Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Chatting with Freeborn G. Smith this week
about Mr. Nennstiel's death, he said: ^'Mr.
Nennstiel was one of my best and most sub-
stantial agents in the West, and we were
always very close friends. He was a gentle-
man of admirable character and deservedly
esteemed."
Lumber Men Give up $2,000,000 Combine Recently
Organized.
R. L Loud Member of Grand Jury Which find In-
dictment against the Assassin of President Mc-
Kinley.
PIANOS MULTIPLY IN MINNESOTA.
[Special to The Review.]
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 17, 1901.
The State Board of Equalization went
through the schedules on musical instruments
yesterday. The rolls show a large increase
in pianos and organs in the State. In the
more thickly settled portion of the State the
number of pianos has increased over the num-
ber of organs, while in the more thinly set-
tled sections the increase is confined to or-
gans. The board established an approxi-
mate rate of $15 on organs and melodeons.
Grant County, which placed the value at $9,
was raised 60 per cent. The Ramsey Coun-
ty instruments, which the assessor valued at
an average of $20, were left at that valuation.
WHO IS THIS?
From the La Porte, Ind., Weekly Herald
we clip the following: "R. Robinson, a Chi-
cago piano manufacturer, has written here
for the purpose of learning what the pros-
pects would be for the location of a factory
in this city."
[Special to The Review.l
Riverhead, L. I., Sept. 17, 1901.
The Suffolk County Trust, which was re-
cently incorporated with a capital of $2,000,-
000, has been dissolved.
The subscriptions to the stock did not
come in fast enough and this is the prin-
cipal reason why the directors have decided
to abandon the enterprise. All money sub-
scribed will be returned at once.
A BUSY FALL AND WINTER.
Says Peter D. Strauch when speaking
Conditions.
of
Trade
Peter D. Strauch, head of the firm of
Strauch Bros., who has just returned frorn
a well-earned rest and is now about to enter
on an active fall campaign in the Strauch in-
terests, when asked on Tuesday as to trade
conditions, said: "Although I have only just
returned from the country, I have seen and
heard enough already at the office and in the
factory to convince me that we are going
to have a very busy fall and winter."
PIANO DEALER'S CERTIFICATES.
From D. G. Pfeiffer, Washington, D. C,
secretary of the National Association of
Piano Dealers, we are in receipt of a copy
of the handsomely engraved certificate of
membership which is now being sent out to
members of the Association all over the
country. It is something that a dealer should
be proud of possessing, and worthy of being
framed and given a prominent place in his
warerooms. It is a certificate of merit, in-
asmuch as it denotes that the owner is a pro-
gressive piano man who believes in co-oper-
ative effort toward a higher order of mer-
chandising in this industry.
WILL BE A GREAT FACTORY.
The machinery to equip the new factory
of the Krell-French Piano Co., of Spring-
field, O., will cost $45,000. Electric power
will be very largely used. It would seem now
as if the Krell-French Co. will be ready to
commence manufacturing about the first of
November. An immense lumber kiln is in
process of construction, and the number of
men to be employed will amount to several
hundred. Arrangements are already being
made by the company to give a grand recep-
tion at the factory on the eve of its opening.
Peerless
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Piano Player
[Special to The Review.]
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1901.
Since Friday this city has been in the deep-
est gloom* over the death of our revered Pres-
ident. Being the scene of the great tragedy,
the President's death has come home more
to us than perhaps any section of the coun-
try. He was our guest and was stricken
down in the very flower of his manhood.
The symbols of mourning which drape the
principal buildings would not be needed to
tell of our sorrow, for the faces of the peo-
ple mirror the deep sense of loss which each
and all feel.
The music stores on Main street have been
very tastefully and appropriately draped in
mourning emblems, and business has been
practically suspended all week.
Yesterday a special grand jury was called,
among whose members is Robert L. Loud,
the well-known piano man, and all the wit-
nesses to the tragedy, as well as the doctors,
gave evidence connecting Czolgosz with the
crime. The indictment will be immediately
returned and the arraignment and trial of the
prisoner will occur on Monday next before
Supreme Court Justice White.
Oscar Jones, who is now in the employ
of Ludwig & Co., and in charge of their
Pan-American exhibit here, has an interest-
ing souvenir of his connection with the Bald-
win display at the Paris Exposition. It is
a letter from Lucien Wulsin, president of
D. H. Baldwin & Co., and speaks for itself:
Mr. Oscar Jones, Paris, France.
Dear Mr. Jones:—Please accept from me
the enclosed special gold medal, issued by
the American Commission to the Paris Ex-
position of 1900, as an expression of my
personal appreciation of the assistance which
you gave to me and to our firm in the matter
of the Paris Exposition.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) Lucien Wulsin. S
Up to the time of writing, no announce-
ment has been made in regard to the awards.
Of course, the death of the President has
demoralized things pretty generally. There
have been few trade callers at the Pan-
American grounds. Among those, however,
who called on Ludwig & Co. were H. S»
Pattison, of C. C. Mellor & Co.; John A.
Pearson, of the Pearson Music Co.; C. M,
Sigler, of Harrisburg, Pa., and Bebee Bros.,
of Truro, Nova Scotia.
As it
appears
within Piano
Music Re rolled Automatically.
Music controls Retards and Accellerandos
Automatically.
Music Operates Loud and Soft Pedal
Automatically.
Music Stops Electric Motor Automatically
After Playing.
Zte only Pneumatic Player Operated by
electric motor.
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