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MU3IC TRADE
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REVIEW
A PROFITABLE INVESTMENT.
LOOKING FOR MRS. HARTER.
NEW LAW FOR BAD DEBTORS.
Some Facts Which Show How the A. B. Chase Pays
as an Investment—Some Pointers From a
Clever Folder Issued by the Manufacturers.
U. S. Authorities Want to Find a Woman Arrested
for a Piano Deal.
Merchants' Protective Association to Present Im-
provement on Garnishee Act.
In taking account of stock, you can always
count in your A. B. Chase piano as one of
your best investments. In the home it pays
dividends of solid satisfaction, and, if prop-
erly cared for, is better in tone quality than
when new. If used by others its rental value
brings most profitable returns, as the fol-
lowing actual example shows:
In September, 1890, the A. B. Chase Co.
sold through Lyon, Potter & Co. to the Lake
Forest Seminary an oak piano, style 12. In
October, 1895, five years later, they sold this
same school several of their larger sized
pianos, taking in part payment therefor this,
with other second hand pianos. A month
later they rented this second hand A. B. Chase
piano to C. M. Jacobus, musical director of
the Ohio Wesleyan University, at five dollars
a month. He kept it, paying rent regularly,
until this spring, over five years. It was then
brought to the factory, and given thorough
renovation, putting in new hammers, read-
justing the action, and cleaning up the case.
When completed last month, Otis Bigelow,
a prominent dealer of Dowagiac, Mich., in
selecting a carload of A. B. Chase pianos for
the opening of his new store, came across it,
was captivated by its tone quality, told its
history, and insisted on having this piano,
paying therefor about twice as much as he
would have paid for many a new piano of
other manufacture.
As an investment, this piano figures as fol-
lows:
The original retail price was
$400
Its rental value at $5 a month, count-
ing value to the Lake Forest Semin-
ary five years, the same as paid by the
Ohio Wesleyan University for five
years, total 120 months
600
Cost of repairs to put in apparently as
good condition as when new.... $50
Cost of insurance and taxes ten years,
estimated
$50 100
[Special to The Review.]
Detroit, Mich., Feb. 16, 1904.
Mrs. Louise Harter, who was arrested
Tuesday by Lieuts. Baker and Fenton on a
warrant charging her with disposing of a
piano purchased on contract from Smith &
Nixon, is also wanted by the United States
authorities. Postoffice Inspector James J.
Larmour has been trying to locate her for
the last week, but could get no trace of her
until she was taken into custody.
Last March, it is alleged, Mrs. Harter or-
dered two sets of books, worth about $40,
from a New York publishing house, to pay
for them in instalments. She ordered them
under the name of L. E. Johnston, and when
they arrived at the express office receipted for
them in the name of Mrs. Johnston. They
haven't been paid for.
At a meeting of the Merchants' Protective
Association of Jersey City, held last Monday
night at Muller's National Assembly Rooms,
642 Newark avenue, President E. R. Wessels
reported the proposed new garnishee law
that that committee will have presented to
the Legislature during the present session.
The legislative committee will meet in Tren-
ton to-day for that purpose.
In addition to this feature of the meeting,
the association decided to establish a perma-
nent headquarters and collection agency in
this city on April 1. It will be in charge of
Secretary Findlay, and will be tried for one
year as an experiment.
The proposed new debtors' law is an
amendment to the act approved March 27,
1874, and provides that where an execution
against any debtor is returned unsatisfied, on
judgments obtained in any court, even those
for the trial of small causes, it shall be law-
ful for the judge of such court on the return
of an unsatisfied execution, to cause the judg-
ment debtor to make discovery on oath as to
his income, salary, wages or moneys in pros-
pect, even though the sum be less than $25.
Andrew J. Brunton, the piano merchant
of Montgomery street, was initiated into the
association.
Leaves a net profit over all expenses. . $500
Or over 12 per cent, per annum on the
original investment.
The piano is still as good, musically, as
ever.
Have you an investment that will show as
trood results for this time ?
LUDWIG STYLES MUCH ADMIRED.
R. P. MAYER LEAVES FOR BALTIMORE.
[Special to The Review.]
Dayton, O., Feb. 15, 1904.
R. P. Mayer, who for the past two years
has been secretary of the John A. Fetterly
Piano Co., and who has been associated with
Mr. Fetterly in business for four years, left
yesterday for Baltimore, where he will engage
in the piano business.
HELD FOR NOT PAYING FOR PIANO.
[Special to The Review.]
San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 12, 1904.
Sidney Corn, a salesman, 20 years old, was
taken off the Seattle boat by Detectives Ryan
and Taylor this morning and booked at the
City Prison on a charge of felony embezzle-
ment. F. J. Curtis, of the Heine Piano Co.,
Geary street, swore to a complaint before
Police Judge Cabaniss charging that Corn
purchased a piano from the firm for $325 on
the instalment plan and paid $12.50 down.
He then planned to leave the city and his ar-
rest followed.
IOWA PIANO MEN TO MEET IN MAY.
[Special to The Review.]
Des Moines, la., Feb. 15, 1904.
The annual convention of the Iowa Music
Dealers' Association will be held in this city
on May 4 and 5. The assembly was to have
been held this winter, but a misunderstanding
concerning the date caused its postpone-
ment. A. U. Coates, of Perry, president of the
association, was in the city this week. A
meeting of the executive committee will soon
be held.
John Ludwig, of Ludwig & Co., Southern
Boulevard, 135th to 136th streets, is well
pleased, as indeed are Ludwig representa-
tives, with the success of his latest case de-
signs in uprights. There are a number of
examples now on exhibition at the Ludwig
WILL CONTINUE THE BUSINESS.
factory, any one of which shows plainly Mr.
Ludwig's triumphs in his resolve to develop
Fred Rice will continue the business of the
the possibilities of the Ludwig piano to the Mather & Rice Music Co., Wellsville, N. Y.,
utmost. These examples present to the having purchased the interests of O. D.
reader excellent reasons why honorable men- Mather and ]u\\a R. Mather.
tion, diplomas and medals were won by the
Ludwig piano at the great expositions of the
past few years. Mr. Ludwig is determined
that the Ludwig of 1904 and of the future
shall be indeed a winner for all concerned in
its sale and distribution.
PIANO WILL TRAVEL 10,000 MILES.
[Special to The Review.]
Gouverneur, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1904.
The Union Hall Music Co. of this place
sold a piano yesterday to John A. Tait of
Johannesburg, South Africa, and the instru-
ment has been shipped. Mr. Tait, the pur-
chaser of the instrument, was formerly a
resident of this place and at present is 1 the
superintendent of construction and mainten-
ance of the Jupiter Gold Mining Co.'s opera-
tions near Johannesburg. The piano will
travel nearly 10,000 miles before reaching its
destination.
SMITH & BARNES IN MILWAUKEE.
[Special to The Review.]
Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 14, T904.
Several carloads of machinery have been
received at the new plant of the Smith &
Barnes Piano Co. at North Milwaukee, and
it is expected that the entire equipment of
the company's Chicago factory will be in-
stalled by March 15. On Monday a force of
sixty employes was set to work in the case
department. More men will be added as
machinery arrives.
The Farrand Organ Co., of Detroit, some
years ago adopted the plan of giving their
employes a half holiday on Saturday after-
noons all the year round. This has been
much appreciated by their 425 employes.
BEHR BROS. & CO
Grohs & Hoffmann, piano dealers of Buf-
falo and Niagara Falls, are advertising a dis-
solution piano sale.
PIANOS,
29th Street and I Ith Ave.,
NEW YORK.
HIGHEST STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE.