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THE
BIQ SALES OF McOREAL BROS.
Business Totals 2,000 Phonographs and 60,000
Records Since September.
(Special to The Review.)
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
had gone into the business was wholly different
from a material man's lien, in that the lien was
not made to depend on the property or money
furnished being any part of that on which the
lien was given.
Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 31, 1904.
BUEGELEISEN & JACOBSON'S
Almost two carloads of phonographs and rec-
Violin Trade Has Assumed Large Proportions,
ords have been sold by McGreal Bros, since
Based Upon Furnishing a High Standard of
September, the number approximating 2,000
Goods.
phonographs and 60,000 records. Of these about
one-half were sold to the retail trade. The busi-
While the violin has been the specialty with
ness of the firm has increased to about four times
what it was last year at this time. For^the con- Buegeleisen & Jacobson, New York, that does not
venience of purchasers five booths have been ar-
ranged in the store in which records and instru-
ments may be tested by prospective customers
before completing their purchases. The innova-
tion has proven a great drawing card and has
been well patronized, as buyers appreciate the
opportunity thus afforded of becoming more in-
timately acquainted with the machines and rec-
ords. The firm expects to sell a phonograph to
every Milwaukee household in the course of a
short time.
INTERESTING RULING ON BANKRUPTCY
LAW.
(Siieclal to The Review.)
• Washington, D. C, Jan. 2, 1905.
Not many weeks back an order was issued by
the United States District Court, southern dis-
trict of New York, restraining a wholesale musical
merchandise firm involved in involuntary bank-
rupt proceedings, from disposing of their stock
in bulk. For all that is known to the contrary,
this court mandate is still in force. It will there-
fore be interesting to know that the Supreme
Court of Indiana, has held, in the recent case
of McKinster against Sager that the Indiana
law forbidding sales of merchandise in bulk was
invalid and in conflict with the fourteenth
amendment to the Federal Constitution, because
it denied the equal protection of the laws, and
that the lien thereby given to wholesale mer-
chants and persons who had loaned money that
mean that, any other line in their business has
received secondary consideration. Each one of
their various specialties has received direct at-
tention, and so far as prices are concerned, that
has been given the right of way, so to speak.
Mr. Buegeleisen, referring to the special con-
cerns of the firm said: "What I mean to say
about our violin business is that while we are
making a specialty of violins, we make the same
efforts with every other line we handle. Of
course, that means on our leading specialty. But
we must, add also that whatever line of violins
we handle they must be right. In other words,
we buy right and sell right. For instance, the
Durro violin which, in a general sense may be
known to everybody, yet as a matter of truth the
trade is cognizant of the fact of the advantages
we offer the trade. In this class of violins a
similar article has been offered at a lower price,
but it is misleading. As a matter of truth, deal-
ers who have never handled these goods and for
the first time have inquired about prices have
been astonished at the differences in quotations.
"Then we have the Alberi line, a very fine
make of violin, and as a matter of fact is being
sold at three times the prices we are selling them
at. The Bachmann violin is of an entirely dif-
ferent make, being constructed on the lines of
exact models of the old masters. Their tone is
elegant, and as a matter of fact the manufac-
turer takes all the measurements of the classical
models, reproducing them in facsimile in every
particular. These violins are widely known, and
are especially prized by high-class teachers and
professional admirers of the violin."
W I , R. GRATZ IMPORT CO.
Among the incorporations filed with the Secre-
tary of the State at Albany, this week, was that
of the Wm. R. Gratz Import Co., of New York,
with a capital of $100,000. Directors: Wm. R.
Gratz, Joseph Mock and Bmile J. Villanyi.
T i l l : DI'llKO VIOLIN.
An electric piano caused a fire that destroyed
a portion of a western mining town. Thus does
civilization blaze its way.
COLUMBIA WINS OVER ALL OTHERS
TKe GraphopKone a.rvd Col\imbiaL Records Receive Honors ©tt
the St. Louis Exposition equal to those given
Type AY,
Price, $50.
ALL OTHER TALKING MACHINE
COMPANIES COMBINED.
Music dealers will find the Graphophone
a ready seller. If you have not already put in
a line of these delightful " music machines"
do not lose another moment before doing so.
They are made in several types, both in cylinder
and disc machines.
C o l u m b i a records are unequaled
for quality, loudness and clearness
of tone, and resonance. They are
made in endless variety from Grand Opera selections to the
latest popular song hits, and by the best artists of this country
and Europe. Write for prices and discounts to dealers.
LARGEST TALKING MACHINE FACTORY IN THE WORLD.
COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH COMPANY
PIONEERS AND LEADERS IN THE TALKING MACHINE ART.
NEW YORK: 353 and 872 Broadway.
BOSTON: 164 Tremont Street.
SAN FRANCISCO: 125 Geary Street.
CHICAGO: 88 Wabash Avenue.
GRAND PRIZE. PARIS, 1900.
LONDON: 89 Great Eastern Street, E. C.
BERLIN: 71 Ritterstrasse.