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man and a competent manager but does not
wish to let the impression get out that he has
[Special to The Review.!
Minneapolis and St.. Paul, March 24, 1903. retired; in fact, the "pile" he is accumulating
Foster & Waldo have been "sprucing up" is hardly large enough as yet to justify such a
and now have as attractive and commodious course.
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salesrooms as can be found in the two towns.
Kocian,
the
youthful
Bohemian
violinist,
They occupy the second and third floors of
the building at Fifth street and Nicollet, the will give a violin recital here to-morrow even-
ing in the Plymouth church.
lower floor being used by the Chicago Great
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Western railroad for city ticket offices.
The traveling men passed the Twin Cities
Though the space is quite large, such a large
by last week; at least, none were reported as
stock of pianos is carried that it was impos-
in town. Business was very dull. The wea-
sible to display the instruments to advantage.
ther continued damp all throughout the week,
The store space on the second floor of the
and opens up to-day with a regular March
next building was rented and last week an
blizzard, several inches of snow having al-
archway was cut through connecting the two
ready fallen.
rooms. The congestion on the main floor
WHY "THE OLD RELIABLE."
has now been relieved and additional room
has been provided for the offices. Moreover, The Reason Why the Steck Pianos Have Earned
This Title Revealed in the Communication
a more attractive entrance is now available
Below.
and will be utilized hereafter. It is next door
to the former entrance on Fifth street. Fos-
The Sisters of St. Joseph, whose Mother
ter & Waldo carry a fine line of high-grade House has heretofore been at the Academy
instruments, which include the A. B. Chase of St. Joseph in Flushing, have erected a
and Steck pianos, which they added recently, larger building for their purpose at Brent-
and the Crown, McPhail, Sterling, Mathu- wood, L.. I., which will be inaugurated on
shek and Huntington..
May 1st next. They have always used the
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Steck piano in their school and have now or-
The workrooms of the Metropolitan Music dered altogether twenty new grand and up-
Co. are an interesting feature of the piano right pianos from George Steck & Co., ac-
trade business to an outsider, but also of in- companying the order - with the following
terest to the trade in that they are the most handsome testimonial:
complete in the Twin Cities.' Not only are
St. Joseph's Academy,
the interior arrangements of a piano tinkered
Flushing, N. Y., March 16, 1903.
with when anything goes wrong, but cases Messrs. George Steck & Co.,
Gentlemen:—For the past thirty-five years
are built for old instruments which come in
battered up but whose musical tone justify the Steck piano has been used in our school.
the labor and expense. In this way it is pos- As you have been requested to furnish the
instruments, including grands and uprights
sible to dispose of an old piano at a handsome for our new academy at Brentwood, the fact
profit to the dealer. The Metropolitan Music substantiates our opinion of their excellence..
Co. employ thirteen men in this department.
Respectfully yours,
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Sisters of St. Joseph.
The New England Furniture Co., one of
the two largest furnishing houses in Minne- STEVENS PIANO CO. IN DESMOINES.
apolis, made an effort last year to dispose
[Special to The Review.]
of pianos as a side issue. Some striking bar-
Des Moines, la., March 23, 1903.
gains were offered for one week, but since
The Strohber Piano Co., of Chicago, have
then no item has appeared in the advertising established a branch office at 609 Walnut
columns of this concern mentioning pianos. street, this city. They have leased a part of
Two different lines are still represented on
the room of Morris, the florist, where they
the floor, but as no regular piano salesman is
have placed on display several Strohber pia-
in charge of the department the competition
nos.
They will also handle the Hoffman
with the regular dealers amounts to absolute-
piano. The business will be conducted under
ly nothing..
the name of the Stevens Piano Co. G. G.
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Stevens is manager of the local store, assist-
Elmer Brooks, of the Brooks-Evans Co.,
ed
by W,. H. Fullenwider. The Des Moines
has been confined home since Wednesday
with an attack of the grippe. He is expected office will be the distributing point for all
their pianos sold in Iowa.
out in a day or two.
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FREE OF TAX.
Alfred P>. Hush, manager of the Minne-
[Special to The Review.]
apolis branch of the Cable Co., did not get
Milwaukee,
Wis., March 24, 1903.
out last w r eek, as had been hoped. He came
The assembly has passed the Timlin bill,
down town Saturday but remained only a
including pianos, organs, melodeons, and
few minutes.
other musical instruments among the list of
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household goods exempt from taxation. Mr.
Mr. Hush was inadvertently referred to in
Cady briefly opposed the bill, and Messrs.
last week's letter as manager of the Kimball
Timlin and Doolittle supported it. It was
Co.'s local branch.. C. A. Elmendorf re-
passed by a vote of 70 to 22.
gards Mr. Hush as a very excellent gentle-
LATE NEWS FROM THE TWIN CITIES.
PIANOS
L. H. ROSS IS BANKRUPT.
Louis H. Ross, music dealer, doing busi-
ness as Louis H . Ross & Co. in Boston,
Mass., is a petitioner in bankruptcy,. His
liabilities are $15,141.87, most of which is un-
secured, the largest unsecured creditors be-
ing Warren W. Rawson, Arlington, $5,000;
White-Smith Publishing Co., $1,500, and
Joshua Lovett, $1454.50, both of that city;
no assets.
CINCINNATI'S INDUSTRIAL GROWTH.
""Cincinnati is acquiring an honorable place
in the industrial world both in this country
and abroad," said Lucien Wulsin, president
of the Baldwin Piano Co., in the course of a
chat with a newspaper man this week. "This
is due to honesty and faithfulness of the city's
merchants and also to the honesty and capa-
ble workmanship that the workmen are turn-
ing out."' His firm are sending many pianos
to Europe, and have also large orders to fill
in Mexico,.
MUST PAY FUNDS TO CREDITORS.
[Special to The Review.]
Sioux City, la., March 23, 1903.
In a petition of intervention of T. J. Stone
in the case of E. H . Stone, assignee of the
C. H. Martin Piano Co., against the First
National Bank, the court is asked to order
the assignee to pay over the funds in his
hands to the creditors..
CANADIAN MANUFACTURERS FAIL;
[Special to The Review.]
Toronto, Can., March 2^, 1903.
The Stanley Piano Co., Ltd., of Peterboro,
have assigned to R. R. Hall, of Stratton &
Hall. No figures of the liabilities are given.
The company had at one time a factory in
Toronto on Niagara street, but several years
ago removed to Peterboro. The company
have warerooms at present in Toronto at 11
Richmond street, west..
JUST THE THING NEEDED
Is Cellu-Lustreine—It Produces Marvelous Results
and Saves Time and Money.
.Very fine and durable arc the alcoholine
stains manufactured by the Oscar Schlegel
Mfg. Co., 182 Grand street, New York; but
one of their most commendable specialties is
"cellu-lustreine," a rubbing varnish partly
made of celluloid, sets in two hours and can
be rubbed in water or oil in thirty-six hours.
The fact that it can be rubbed in water dem-
onstrates that there is no rosin used in the
varnish. When getting samples and sample
boards, which may be had for the asking, it
should be borne in mind that they are finished
by first giving a coat of Schlegel's Acme
filler, one coat of alcoholine stain, one coat
of pure alcoholine white shellac varnish and
two coats of their celebrated "cellu-lustreine."
Piano and organ manufacturers are invited
to lay their finishing troubles before the Os-
car Schlegel Mfg. Co., as they are specialists
whose counsel and assistance are valuable.
Precious, ^Perfect, ^Peerless '
As to Tone, Touch, Design
Durability and Value . . #
%nd 7 APPLETON STREET. BOSTON. MASS.