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THE
REVIEW
fflJSIC TIRADE
V O L . X X X V l . N o . 7 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at l Madison Avenue, New York, Feb. 14,19Q3.
CHANDLER AND HELD UNITE
Forces and Incorporate With a Capital of $45,-
000—Will Concentrate at 437-445 Fulton
St.—What Mr. Held Says.
For two months negotiations have been
under way for the consolidation of F. H.
Chandler and Chas. W. Held & Co., of
Brooklyn. Saturday last the deal went
through, the two concerns being merged into
a new corporation, the Chandler & Held
Piano Co., and the certificate of incorpora-
tion was filed, which fixes the capital stock
at $45,000, to be divided into 450 shares of
$100 each. The directors are: Frank H.
Chandler, Chas. W. Held and Gustave B.
Greve. These gentlemen will also occupy the
executive offices.
The new company will commence its cor-
porate existence March 1, when Held & Co.
will remove part of their stock to 437-445
Fulton street, Mr. Chandler's place of busi-
ness, though the premises at 313 Fulton
street will continue to be occupied until the
expiration of the lease, May 1. Under the new
arrangement Mr. Chandler will continue to
exercise a general supervision over the busi-
ness, with Mr. Held looking after the sell-
ing and repairing departments, and Mr.
Greve in charge of the office and the finances.
Otto Ebel will continue as the efficient man-
ager of the sheet music branch, in which he
will be ably assisted by Thos. V. Dale. The
advance sale of seats for concerts and enter-
tainments, so long a "Chandler" feature, will
be continued, in charge of Oscar J. Murray,
who has been with the house for twenty
years.
Both Mr. Chandler and Mr. Held are
among the oldest of Brooklyn's dealers. The
former began business in the early sixties,
while Mr. Held started in 1866. Five years
later Mr. Greve, for many years connected
with Kranich & Bach, became associated as
a partner with Mr. Held.
In referring to the consolidation the latter
gentleman said: "The Chandler & Held
Piano Co. will most likely continue to han-
dle in the line of pianos the world famous
Kranich & Bach, the sweet-toned Ivers &
Pond, the elegant Wegman, the Held, the
Blasius, and some others not yet decided
upon. We shall carry on our business strict-
ly on the one-price basis, as, in my opinion,
that is the only legitimate, fair-dealing and
safe and satisfactory system to follow.
"The sliding scale style of selling is an
abomination, and we will have none of it.
We will have enough variety of pianos to
SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS.
$2.oo PER YEAR.
meet any proper price, and the purchaser
LATE INCORPORATIONS.
will get full value for his money. The one-
Among the incorporations filed with the
price system gives backbone and courage to
Secretary
of State at Albany this week was
the salesman, and no other will be given any
that
of
the
New Century Music Box Co.,
consideration whatever."
New
York;
capital, $100,000. Directors:
A new maple floor has been put down in
George
Varrelman
and John Holden, New
F. H. Chandler's commodious wareroom, and
York;
Alfred
Littauer,
Asbury Park, N. J.
the walls and ceilings will be decorated in
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The H. Hospe Co., of Omaha (music and
varying shades of olive, to obtain the best
light effects. Suitable alterations will be art goods) was incorporated this week with
made in the store to accommodate Held & the authorities of Nebraska. Capital, $100,-
Co.'s large stock of sheet music, with new 000, all paid up. Incorporators, Anton
and handsome decorations to follow in the Hospe, William Zitzman, Oscar O. Over.
near future.
MR. BROWN'S FIRST SUIT.
NOVEL A. B. CHASE ADVERTISING
Will be Carried on Extensively in the Leading Pe-
riodicals.
[Special to The Review.]
Norwalk, O., Feb. 7, 1902.
In point of output 1902 exceeded that of
any other year in the history of the distin-
guished house of A. B. Chase, and the new
year is beginning splendidly. Already the
concern has made some new connections
which will undoubtedly result in an increased
demand for its product.
An extensive campaign of magazine ad-
vertising has been decided upon and con-
tracts placed which will mean great A. B.
Chase publicity. I am not at liberty to state
details, but the scheme is original and will
excite great attention.
It will be of vast benefit to every A. B.
Chase representative. The members of the
company have planned some interesting fea-
tures, as will be apparent later on.
Calvin Whitney took a short run West the
early part of the week.
WILLIG HAD NARROW ESCAPE.
[Special to The Review.]
Baltimore, Md., Fer3. 9, 1903.
A serious fire was narrowly averted in the
heart of the business section of the city short-
ly before four o'clock yesterday morning by
the prompt and excellent work of the fire
department. The flames originated, it is sup-
posed, by two electric light wires in the office
of Sadler's Bryant & Stratton's Business
College, on the third floor of 12 North
Charles street, becoming crossed by being
blown by the wind. Before the blaze could
be extinguished the office was completely
gutted.
When the blaze was at its height a call was
sounded for the second Salvage Corps wag-
on, and they succeeded in saving much of the
stock of George Willig & Co., music dealers,
10 North Charles street, which would have
been ruined by water.
Theodore P. Brown has brought suit
against Chickering & Sons, of Boston, for al-
leged infringement of his "kicker" patent.
It was expected that the first suit would be
against one of the gentlemen who have pooled
issues under the Association banner for the
purpose of resisting his demands. Needless
to say Chickering & Sons will have the hearty
support of those who are similarly threat-
ened.
IN WESTERN MICHIGAN.
[Special to The Review.]
Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 7, 1903.
Julius A. J. Friedrich remarked: "The
last year was a good one and if the present
only holds up as well we will be satisfied.
The farmers are in excellent condition about
here. There is nothing in sight to cause the
least uneasiness."
The business of the Grand Rapids Veneei
Works was enormous. This concern is large-
ly patronized by leading piano manufactur-
ers East as well as West who desire some-
thing particularly fine in veneers.
Rare woods is their specialty, or better,
one of their many specialties.
Particular piano men are invariably suited
after an inspection of the great line carried
by this great concern.
REYNOLDS NEW QUARTERS.
E. E. Reynolds & Co., of 232 Genesee
street, who have been in the music business
in Utica, N. Y., over seventeen years, have,
on account of the large increase in business,
leased the large and handsome store, 168
Genesee and 51 Seneca streets, which they
will occupy about April 1 with a complete
line of pianos, organs, music boxes, talking
machines and everything musical.
L. W. P. Norris, president of the Linde-
man & Sons Piano Co., is making a brief
trip this week in the firm interests.