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JHJSIC TIRADE
V O L . x x x v i i . No. 16. pinMei E?ery Sat liy Edward Lyman Bill at 1 Malison Aye., New Yort, Oct. 17,1903.
A GREAT INSTITUTION
Is the Foster-Armstrong Co. of Rochester, N. Y.—
Will Make 12,000 Pianos This Year—Haines
Bros. Greater Value Than Ever as a Leader.
Present indications are that the Foster-
Armstrong Co., of Rochester, N. Y., will this
year break all records in the output of pianos.
Everything points to about 12,000 of their
instruments being placed on the market. Since
this institution secured the good will and bus-
iness of Haines Bros, early in the year they
have made splendid strides in making known
the merits of this piano so long celebrated in
the musical world. The flattering estimates
of the musical qualities of the Haines Bros,
piano on record from musicians past and
present make formidable testimony. Such
names as Patti, Thursby, Brignoli, Strakosch,
Kellogg, Abbott, Ole Bull, Del Puente and a
host of others count for a great deal, particu-
larly when it is remembered that the scale
used in the Haines Bros, piano to-day is the
same scale which drew forth these commen-
datory opinions.
In the manufacture of the Haines Bros,
piano to-day nothing has been left undone to
maintain the old traditions and the old repu-
tation of this instrument, with the result that
dealers everywhere find the name and the in-
struments an attractive proposition.
The tremendous volume of business which
the Foster-Armstrong Co. transact in the var-
ious factories which they control may be esti-
mated from the fact that from the first of
January to the first of October they used up
2,000,000 feet of lumber, 175,000 feet of
which was mahogany and walnut, used ex-
clusively for trimmings, pilasters and posts.
In these parts no imitation woods are ever
used by this establishment.
The other in-
struments turned out by the factories con-
trolled by this establishment—Foster & Co.,
Marshall & Wendell, Armstrong, and Brew-
ster pianos—maintain their place in the trade
as thoroughly well made, reliable pianos
distinguished for those qualities which insure
satisfied customers for the dealer.
Henry Dreher, president of the National
Piano Dealers' Association, wended his
way this week toward the Maine woods ac-
companied by four other friends from
Cleveland, O. They will make their head-
quarters at Moosehead Lake, and expect to
capture some big game.
The Hext Music Co., Denver, Col., se-
cured the agency for the Apollo piano
player during the recent visit of C. H.
Wagener to that city.
APPROVE OF JANKE FACTORY.
SINGLE COPIES i* CENTS.
$*.»• PE1 YEA*.
ARRESTED ON SERIOUS CHARGE.
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Beaumont, Tex., Oct. 12, 1903.
The report of the secretary of the local
board of trade on the proposition sub-
mitted by the Janke Piano Company, of
Galveston, and Houston, for the establish-
ment of a branch factory here was approved
by the directors of that body last evening,
which also pledged its best efforts to secure
the $10,000 desired by the company as an
inducement to locate here. A committee
was appointed to take up the matter and
see what could be done towards securing
subscriptions for that amount of the capi-
tal stock of the company. This commit-
tee is to report within a week, when defi-
nite action towards the organization of the
company is expected to be taken.
San Jose, Cal., Oct. 10, 1903.
A. W. Lewis, manager of the local
branch of the Wiley B. Allen Co. has been
arrested on a charge of embezzlement and
is now locked up in the citv prison in de-
fault of $1,200 bail. The charge against
Lewis was made by Perry Fuller of the
Wiley B. Allen Co., of San Francisco, who
accuses Lewis of having embezzled about
$900 of the funds of the company. It is
claimed that the local manager has been
leading a rather fast life since he came here
about a year ago and that his salary was
not sufficient to enable him to keep up the
pace he had set for himself.
The Wiley B. Allen Co. have a large
piano store on Santa Clara street where
they are doing an excellent business. Sev-
eral people are employed in the store, and
Lewis, while rather a convivial individual,
seemed to attend closely to business and
appeared to be getting his share of the
piano trade.
Lewis states that while he was short in
his accounts he had not used the money for
himself, but had spent it in advertising the
business of the firm.
He said he had vouchers that would
account for the money and show what it
had been spent for. He stated that he had
been in the employ of the firm for seven
years.
L. M. IDE A VISITOR.
Laverne M. Ide, secretary of the Farrand
Organ Co., Detroit, Mich., who came East
Saturday last on special business, touched at
Baltimore and reached New York Monday,
stopping at the Manhattan Hotel. To The
Review he stated that the demand for Cecilian
players was of the rush description, and or-
ders ahead would keep them busy for some
time.
Business in all departments of the
company's plant is excellent and the pros-
pects are of the best for an indefinite con-
tinuance of the same pleasant conditions.
WILL EXHIBIT AT ST. LOUIS.
Leon Deseau, of Mangot, Deseau & Co.,
Paris, France, left for home this week after
a short stay in New York. He has just
returned from St. Louis where he made ar-
rangements to exhibit a full line of musi-
cal devices and other novelties which his
house manufactures. He will return to the
United States in February.
SIX GABLERS FOR HIGH SCHOOL.
James F. Hedge & Co., of Buffalo, N. Y.,
last week arranged with the educational
authorities of Fredonia, N. Y., for the sale
of six Gabler pianos for the State Normal
School. Four of these instruments are up-
rights, and two are grands, including the
best styles. This selection of the Gabler
is a decided recognition of its musical
merits in view of the strong competition to
secure this order.
D. N. Starr, who was engaged in selling
pianos for C. S. Wolcott, in Hillsdale, Ind.,
is in jail there charged with the embezzle-
ment of monies which he had collected for
the Wolcott institution.
HARCOURT'S GREAT RECORD.
S. H. Harcourt, the traveling repre-
sentative of the Wilcox & White Co.,
Meriden, Conn., is homeward bound from a
six months' trip in the interest of the An-
gelus piano plaver and the Symphony self-
playing organ. He has visited practically
every city in the United States and Canada
and has made a number of important con-
nections for these celebrated instruments.
He reports the player trade as steadily
growing in every section of the country.
Needless to say the Angelus is getting its
share of support.
"OPENING" AT TAYLOR'S MUSIC HOUSE.
Taylor's Music House, Springfield, Mass.,
held a grand fall opening of their establish-
ment on Oct. 15th. This marked the en-
tire renovation of the interior of the store
which has been under way for the past six
weeks. A fine showing of art pianos, in-
cluding some Chickerings, is being made,
as well as some rare examples of Sohmer,
Gabler, Kroeger and Behning pianos.