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VOL. XXXVIII.
No. 7.
Published Every Sat. by Edward Lywan Bill at 1 Madison Aye., New Tort Feb. 13,1904.
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SHOW WINDOWS AND FROST.
THE BALDWIN HEADQUARTERS
BUTTELL CO. AGAIN REVIVED.
Much Trouble Caused by the Very Cold Weather of
the Past Two Months—The Solution of the Dif-
ficulty Arrived at by a Foreign Druggist.
Undergoing a Complete Renovation—Will be One
of the Handsomest Establishments in the
Country.
Establish Factory in Des Moines to Make the
Buttell Piano—Messrs. Buttell and Jones In-
terested.
During the unusually severe spell of cold
weather which has prevailed in all parts
of the country for the past two months,
piano dealers, and merchants generally,
have experienced much difficulty in keep-
ing their show-windows free from the ice
that in low temperature tends to defeat the
object of the display. It goes without say-
ing that all devices for keeping glass clear
of ice have been resorted to, and have re-
ceived a fair test with varying satisfaction.
A writer in one of the foreign drug
journals, apparently a druggist who has
experienced the rigors of high latitudes,
insists that none of the ordinary schemes
are of much use, and that the only certain
remedy for the opaque deposit of solid
water is a double layer of glass with a suf-
ficient air space between.
He states that applications of glycerine,
alcohol and other solutions are of no avail
in extreme weather and that, in any case,
they must be so frequently renewed that
they become extremely troublesome.
in
the northern portions of Russia, where zero
weather is sufficiently common, experience
has taught the owners of show windows
that the only effective protection is a three-
inch air space between two panes of glass.
The outer sash is rendered as nearly tight
as possible by calking and chinks and past-
ing strips of paper over the crevices. The
glass is then carefully cleaned and dried on
a clear, mild day, and a second sash, fitted
with the same care to prevent all circula-
tion of air, is inserted about three inches
within the first. The double panes are
said to obstruct the view very little.
The physical cause of the deposit of
moisture and ice upon windows is the dif-
ference in temperature between the surface
of the glass and the air bearing a relative-
ly high proportion of moisture, which comes
in contact with it. As long as the glass is
as warm as the circulating air, there will
be no deposit, nor when its temperature is
higher than the dtw-point of the moist air.
Warm air is able to carry a much larger
proportion of wafer than cold air, and the
problem therefore resolves itself into a
question of keeping the glass warm or the
air dr)'.
A small electric fan in the window two
or three feet away seems to answer this
purpose well. Probably the moisture is all
dried off, hence leaving nothing to freeze;
anyway, the glass is perfectly dry and
clear.
[Special to The Review.]
Cincinnati, O., Feb. 8, 1904.
The warerooms of the Baldwin Piano Co.,
in this city, are undergoing a complete reno-
vation. Judging from the plans, it is safe to
say that when they are out of the hands of
the contractors they will be among the hand-
somest and most artistic piano rooms to be
found in any part of the country. The deco-
rations are along Colonial lines. A part of
the scheme of renovation is a recital hall,
which will have a large seating accommoda-
tion.
To enable them to get the needed room
they have secured the second floor of the
building adjoining their present quarters on
West Fourth street. Passenger elevators of
the most improved type are being placed in
the center of the building, with an entrance
fronting on Fourth street. When completed,
which will probably be about the end of April,
this building will be a suitable environment
for the magnificent creations in pianos and
piano players which the Baldwin institution
are now placing on the market.
J. Q. ERCK IN NEWARK.
Assumed Charge of the Mathushek & Son Piano
Warerooms in That City February 1.
J. G. Erck, the well known piano man who
was recently in business for himself in Buf-
falo, N. Y., took charge on February the 1st
of the Mathushek & Son warerooms in New-
ark, N. J. Mr. Erck has had a wide experi-
ence in the piano business, having been many
years manager of the Knabe house in Wash-
ington, and more recently associated with the
Mathushek & Son headquarters in New York.
[Special to The Review.]
Des Moines, la., Feb. 6, 1904.
Arrangements have been closed to open a
piano factory in this city. Ed H. Jones and
Adam Buttell & Son have organized a com-
pany to manufacture pianos and will begin
just as soon as suitable quarters are secured.
Secretary Milo Ward, of the Des Moines
Commercial Exchange, is now arranging to
secure factory room for the concern.
The company will seek to revive the old
piano factory that was originally started in
Des Moines about twelve years ago, but which
was moved to Schoolcraft, Mich., where it
was destroyed by fire. The same men will be
interested in the project. The company will
manufacture what is known as the "Buttell
Piano." Mr. Buttell returned to Des Moines
a short time ago from Chicago, where he had
been engaged in the business.
Mr. Jones has been engaged in the whole-
sale and retail piano business in the Mar-
quardt block for several years, starting a
business here immediately after the destruc-
tion of their factory at Schoolcraft, Mich.
The new factory in Des Moines will be
started on a small scale and gradually de-
veloped. When it first removed from Des
Moines they were turning out from six to ten
instruments per week.
Messrs. Buttell and Jones will have the en-
tire oversight of the plant and will furnish
the capital for it. It was first thought to
organize a stock company, but this idea was
given up.
LOUIS MOLLENHAUER BANKRUPT.
The recently organized B. C. Peck Music
Co., of Birmingham, Ala., have commenced
tiade operations in that territory for the line
of pianos they represent—the Sohmer, Decker
& Son and Jacob Doll. In organs they will
represent the Carpenter, and in piano players
the Harmonist and Peerless Nickel-in-the-
Slot.
Louis Mollenhauer, a music teacher in
Brooklyn, was this week * adjudged a
bankrupt by Judge Thomas. The peti-
tioner schedules liabilities of $35,517, as-
sets, $1,331. Counsel for the bankrupt
states that Ronald S. Brennan, the con-
victed mortgage forger, now serving a
sentence of ten years in Sing Sing, is re-
sponsible for his client's troubles, in that
he was unexpectedly obliged to meet a
mortgage for $4,000, on which Brennan in
the course of his unlawful operations filed
a bogus satisfaction.
The Barckhoff Church Organ Co., of
Pomeroy, O., have just secured a contract
for the erection of a magnificent pipe organ
for the Church of the New Tripoli Union
congregation.
The Lloyd-Baxter Music Co. expect to
open their new music store in Masonic
Temple Building, Parkersburg, W. Va. ?
about Feb. 15th.
PECK CO. COMMENCE OPERATIONS.