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THE
REVIEW
flUJIC TIRADE
V O L . XXXIII. N o . 8 . Published Every Saturday bv Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street, New York, Aug. 24,1901.
LOOSCHEN ACCUSED OF FORGERY.
Trustee of Bankrupt Firm Must Face Charges of
Forgery and Fraud—One Brother in Morris
Plains.
is a fact that in this city are made two-
thirds of the output of piano plates in the
United States. The O. S. Kelly Co. makes
50,000 per year, and it is safe to say
Wickham, Chapman & Co. manufacture
The financial difficulties in which mem- 60,000."
bers of the Looschen family have been in-
Mr. Kelly went on to say that his com-
volved were brought to a head on Saturday pany, employing about 470 men and work-
when Trustee Harwood B. Parke preferred ing the year around, made in addition about
charges of forgery and fraud against Jared 60 immense road rollers, and all the way
J. Looschen. The latter is the only member from 25 to 35 traction engines, to say noth-
of the firm who can be affected now, for ing of the cars which go with the latter for
Theodore Looschen, of East Thirtieth street, use in overland transportation of freight in
principal stockholder, is in Morris Plains Cuba. Mr. Kelly said, while the steel strike
Asylum, having recently been adjudged had not hurt his company as yet, still the
mentally unbalanced.
time was coming when it would do so if
The present situation has been led up to it progressed to the extent of cutting down
by a succession of difficulties. Some time the supply. "We have to have steel," he
ago the firm was divided because of finan- said, "before we can make road rollers and
cial difficulties, and Theodore Looschen en- engines, and if we cannot get it, there is
gaged alone in the manufacture of piano nothing to do but shut down."
cases until he was committed to the State
Still, he said, as his company has its
asylum. Within the last few months it de-
material engaged for some time ahead, he
veloped that the concern was not sound
was not apprehensive that the strike would
financially, and creditors representing claims
affect operations. At the foundry of the
aggregating $25,000 succeeded in agreeing
O. S. Kelly Co., over 25 tons of iron are
upon H. B. Parke as trustee. The trustee
melted daily in the manufacture of piano
now charges Jared J. Looschen with forgery
plates.—The Springfield Sun, Aug. 15th.
and fraud, the allegation being that the
" A PIANO BOOK."
accused man forged an endorsement to a
note for $408, dated July 26, and made pay-
An artistically bound and compiled bro-
able Nov. 30th next. This was made to chure lies before us entitled "A Piano Book,"
the firm by Winter & Co., and in negotiat- sent out by Lyon & Healy. It is one of the
ing it, it is claimed, Looschen, in addition most notable contributions to piano litera-
to making himself guilty of forgery, com- ture that has ever been issued. Handsomely
mitted fraud upon the creditors of the firm. printed in colors, it at once makes an im-
Jared J. Looschen was out of town yes- posing volume.
terday, so that nothing could be learned of
The special features of this work are of
his side of the story.—Paterson Morning- particular interest to prospective piano buy-
Call, Aug. 19th.
ers. It treats in concise, entertaining and
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descriptive language, matters in relation to
The sale of the Looschen plant occurred some of the many makes of instruments
in Paterson last Tuesday under mortgage handled by Lyon & Healy, beginning at the
foreclosure. Some members of the trade lowest grade carried by that distinguished
were present and were large purchasers of house up to the peerless Steinway. It is a
the stock, as were also members of the novelty in piano advertising and forms an
Looschen family. It is believed that the unique and interesting brochure in refer-
Looschens will again start up the old plant ence to one great department of the great-
within the very near future.
est institution in the world of its kind.
In reference to the charge made against J. J.
A recent issue of the Buffalo Express
Looschen, which appears above, taken from
contains
an extended notice of the Chase
a Paterson paper, we may state that when
&
Baker
piano-player. The factory of this
he learned of the charge he immediately
gave himself up and was at once released concern is located at Jewett avenue, Buffalo.
The officers of the company are: J. B.
under bond.
Arnold, president, Chicago; Jacob Heyl,
SPRINGFIELD PIANO PLATES.
vice-president, Milwaukee; Charles C.
Bulkley,
secretary and treasurer, Chicago;
"There are not many people who know J. H. Chase,
mechanical superintendent,
or appreciate what I am going to say to Buffalo; George A. Baker, Jr., general man-
you," said O. S. Kelly last evening, "but it ager, Buffalo.
$2 oo PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS.
MALCOLM LOVE.
Malcolm Love, who, for many years, had
been a prominent figure in the music trade
industry, died at his home in Waterloo, N.
Y., early last Saturday morning. His many
friends throughout the land will learn with
great sorrow of his sudden ending.
At the time of his death he was forty-
three years old, and since he attained his
majority, up to within a very recent period,
he had been actively engaged in the manu-
facture of organs and pianos. He was the
founder of Malcolm Love & Co., which con-
cern, in 1875, began the manufacture of
organs at Waterloo, N. Y. The name
of this concern was subsequently changed
to the Waterloo Organ Co., by which title
it is known to-day.
Malcolm Love took great pride in the in-
dustry which he inaugurated, and gave the
energy of his young manhood to its devel-
opment. When he began the manufacture
of pianos some years ago, he became enthu-
siastic in this product, which has become
widely known under the name of Malcolm
Love pianos.
It was some months ago that he resigned
from the secretaryship and general man-
agement of the business, still retaining his
interests in the enterprise with which he
had been intimately associated since its in-
ception. Recently his health began to fail,
and it was believed by those who were ac-
quainted with his physical condition that he
would never again re-enter active business
life. A serious decline, however, was not
noticeable until very recently.
Malcolm Love was a man of strong per-
sonal traits of character, and when he formed
a friendship it was lasting. He was noted
for being a hard worker, and his ceaseless
devotion to his business undoubtedly was
one of the causes of the breaking up of
his system. The business which he estab-
lished and worked for years to place upon
an enduring basis, will be a monument to
his business integrity and ability. He was
a man of generous impulses, and was al-
ways remarkable for his extreme loyalty
to his friends.
The funeral services occurred last Tues-
day. The members of his immediate family
who survive him are a widow and daugh-
ter.
In Waterloo, where he was best known,
he was most popular, and the articles which
have appeared in the local papers in refer-
ence to his death show the esteem in which
he was held in his home town.