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V O L . x x x v u . No. 12. pnblisM Eyery Sat. by Edward Lyra Bill at 1 Haiison Arc, New Tort Sept 19,1903.
ANGELUS PROSPERITY
Evident in the Big Demand, Domestic and Foreign
—A Chat With James H. White—Shipping 50
Per Cent, of Output to Foreign Ports.
from many of them, including Eugene
D'Albert, Marcella Sembrich, Pietro Mas-
cagni and many others.
JUELQ CO. NOW HANDLE PIANOS.
[Special to Tht Review.]
Meriden, Conn., Sept. 14, 1903.
James H. White, president of the Wilcox
& White Co., makers of the celebrated An-
gelus piano player in the course of a talk
with a reporter of a local paper, spoke en-
thusiastically about trade conditions.
"Our business during the past year," said
Mr. White, "has been fully equal to that of
years past, in fact it has been very satisfac-
tory, and the outlook for the future is very
bright.
"We are at present employing about 375
hands and are running our plant to its full-
est capacity. Yes, we have a large foreign
trade. Our annual output is from 3,000 to
4,000 instruments and nearly fifty per cent,
of them are shipped to foreign countries.
There is hardly a civilized country in the
world where the Angelus and Symphony
are not known as well as they are in the
United States.
"No, we have made no addition to our
plant this year, but have introduced many
improvements in the factory. About two
years ago we spent $50,000 in improve-
ments and additions to our plant and feel
that it is adequate for present needs and
those of the near future.
"Our orders for the fall and winter war-
rant us in saving that the outlook is very
bright. Among them are a number of for-
eign orders from New Zealand, Australia,
South America, both east and west coasts,
China, Japan, Russia and all the principal
European countries.
"Our new catalogue of selections for the
Angelus and Symphony contains between
8,000 and 10,000 numbers, comprising the
best standard and popular music."
The Angelus is the only piano player
which has the solo reeds, which imitate
very closely the tone of a pipe organ and
may be played alone, or in conjunction with
the piano. This instrument is called the
Angelus Orchestral and is becoming very
popular.
Since the advent of the Angelus the
piano trade has been greatly increased.
People who would never purchase a piano,
because of their inability to play it, are now
purchasing pianos and the Angelus in com-
bination.
The Angelus and Symphony are used by
some of the world's greatest artists, and
the company is in receipt of testimonials
Branch Out from Piano Players with The A. B.
Chase and Lindeman & Sons and Other In-
struments in Stock.
Among recent visitors to The Review
sanctum were Harry H. Juelg and Mr. Jor-
dan, both wide awake and enterprising mem-
bers of the Harry H. Juelg Co., with offices
at 1206 G street, Washington, D. C.
This concern opened up in the Capital for
the purpose of giving their exclusive atten-
tion to exploiting the Angelus piano player.
Through their instrumentality this popular
instrument has been introduced into the
homes of some of the most prominent people
in Washington. Latterly, however, the Juelg
Co. have found an increasing demand for
pianos in connection with their player busi-
ness, and have actually been forced into the
piano business. They are now handling the
A. B. Chase and during their visit to New
York they arranged to handle the Lindeman
& Sons pianos.
The members of the Juelg Co. have
built up a big following among the most se-
lect people and with experience and ability
their new venture should prove a profitable
one.
BRADNACK HAS KIMBALL AGENCY.
[Special to The Review.]
Middletown, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1903.
The Bradnack Music House, which un-
der the management of Geo. E. Bradnack,
has been steadily expanding, has now se-
cured the agency of the W. W. Kimball
Co.'s pianos of Chicago, 111. This is one
of the largest concerns in the music trade
industry. Mr. Bradnack now represents in
all nine of the oldest and best makes of
pianos, and at the present time he has a
collection of instruments on exhibition
which would do credit to any metropolitan
establishment. The first shipment of twen-
ty Kimball pianos instead of coming boxed
the pianos were "harnessed" to the floor
and sides of the car and on the arrival in
this city there was not the slightest scratch
on any of them.
Mr. Bradnack intends to call attention at
once to his new stock in a formal way by
attractive local advertising.
The Hatch Music Co., Philadelphia, with
a capital of $50,000 was incorporated this
week with the Secretary of the State of
Pennsylvania.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
GREAT PIPE ORGAN DEMAND.
Many Northwestern Towns Are Purchasing Big
Kimball Organs—Mr. Shuey's Interesting Talk.
[Special to The Review.]
Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 14, 1903.
"Few people realize the magnitude of
the pipe organ business in the northwest,"
said A. M. Shuey in an interview to-day.
"The big business in beautiful organs is
an indication, too, of the prosperous con-
ditions now prevalent in all parts of the
northwest. Nearly every good, lively
town nowadays can boast of a pipe organ.
The luxury of this splendid music is no
longer confined to exclusive churches in
the big cities. When the country people
get an itching for pipe organ music they
begin to make arrangements to buy an
organ, as a consequence within the past
few months splendid pipe organs have
found their way to churches in a dozen or
more towns in Minnesota. Small cities
are not behind the times in this century,
for they are getting almost as many of the
good things of life as the big ones."
Mr. Shuey, one of the best known pipe
organists in the northwest, has charge of
the pipe organ department of the big
Kimball company branch in this city.
Minneapolis is northwestern headquarters
for the Kimball company interests and the
general superintendent, C. A. Elmendorf,
is one of the best known piano and organ
men in the country. The Kimball com-
pany is an authority on pipe organs as
well as pianos. The new tubular pneumatic
action for pipe organs was first exploited
by this company and it immediately revo-
lutionized the usefulness of the big organs.
Here is a list of some of the notable
Kimball organs installed within the past
five years; Mormon Tabernacle, Salt
Lake City, cost $30,000; Grace Episcopal,
Chicago, $25,000; Hebrew Temple, Wash-
ington, D. C, $25,000; St. Paul's Cathe-
dral, Pittsburg, Pa., $20,000; First Congre-
gational, Oakland, Cal., $15,000; Stude-
baker Theater, Chicago, $15,000; Stude-
baker Hall, Chicago, $12,000. There are
any number of the Kimball organs, not so
costly, in all sections of the country.
In Minneapolis alone, in churches and
residences, there are at least twenty Kim-
ball pipe organs that add much to musical
circles in the city.
Allen Bridewell, a traveling piano sales-
man in the employ of W. H. Page & Co.,
of Terre Haute, Ind., had his right foot
mashed off at Cass Station, Sullivan, Ind.,
while crossing between two freight cars.