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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
the various trade dinners and meetings in the
last dozen years. His verse will again be in evi-
dence at Atlantic City and Put-in-Bay, it is said,
as President Miller got hold of him while in
Betterment of Trade Conditions—The Victor Co. Removal—Business With Heppe—Pease Sur-
Philadelphia and took him among some of our
mises—Small Delegation of Dealers for Put-in-Bay—John Ludwig a Visitor—Lester Co. to
poetic American shrines—not to say rathskellers,
Build Addition—Janssen, Poet-Laureate—Estey Organs Installed.
etc., in order that he could get his muse working.
The Estey Co. have just installed a fine pipe
not a few of the manufacturers from other cities
(Special to The Review.)
stopped here to make a little visit to or from the organ in the Second Baptist Church, at Seventh
Philadelphia, Pa., May 16, 1905.
The piano business in Philadelphia has stiff- convention. There will not be as large a dele- and Girard avenues, and have erectors at pres-
ened up somewhat the past week, and things are gation to represent the trade at the convention ent at work placing an organ in the First Bap-
looking quite more encouraging. A fairly high at Putin-Bay as the interested members in the tist Church of New Castle, Pa., and another one
trade here would desire. There will certainly be in the Zion Reformed Church at Waynesboro,
grade of piano is being purchased by the medium
less than a half dozen go, which speaks very Pa., and this week took a contract for the erec-
class of our citizens, while the poorer people are
gobbling up the $1 down and $1 a week proposi- badly for a trade as large as this. The reason tion of an organ in the Commerce Street M. E.
tion, and the bargain piano sales have been quite many of them assign is that conventions are of Church of Bridgeton, N. J. Harry Estey was
well attended and profitable. Fully two-thirds little or no profit to them, other than the ad- here this week on his way to Atlantic City.
George R. Fleming, formerly a piano dealer in
vantage of meeting dealers with whom they could
of the Philadelphia piano dealers seen this week
Philadelphia, is about to open a piano store in
do business. This is taking a very narrow view
report their May business as running ahead of
Pittsburg.
last year. The retail small goods trade is slow- of the matter, as the object of a meeting of this
ing up somewhat, but the Philadelphia factories kind is not to be looked at from the commercial
are very busy in their efforts to work up a big side, but rather from the mental side, as a place
KEABLES & BAYER'S NEW STYLE.
where the views of representative men from all
stock for next fall and holiday trade.
The Victor Talking Machine Co. are just about over the country are aired, and at which much
Keables & Bayer, of 1901 Park avenue, New
seeing daylight following their moving. It is useful information is to be gleaned, the applica- York, have just placed on the market a new
quite a proposition to move such extensive offices tion of which will repay the visitor far more style, which will be known as their Milton, style
as this company are compelled to conduct, but than the expense he is compelled to incur.
D. This is a creation in a semi-Colonial design,
their moving was done in such a way that their
John Ludwig was in Philadelphia recently, and having exceptionally graceful lines and attrac-
business was not hampered in the least. In fact, in speaking of his business, he said that with all tive carving. They will finish it in mahogany,
they report that business in general is very good, labor troubles amicably settled at his factory, he walnut and oak, and anticipate a ready sale for
and from present indications they are going to was expecting this year to have the biggest busi- it among their dealers. They say that those
have a very much better summer than last year, ness in the history of his firm. He has been handling their pianos have found them exception-
as the public begin to appreciate the great pleas- having an exceptional trade on grands, and found ally ready sellers, and from the letters they are
ure afforded by a talking machine during the when he reached here that the local house had continually receiving, that their fall and winter
warm weather.
sold the last grand they had to the Silome M. E. business will be very large.
C. J. Heppe & Son is a firm that very rarely Church. He is very much pleased with the suc-
find any reason to complain, and particularly this cess that has attended the new siyle I upright, as CHANCE TO VISIT THE RAYMOND PLANT.
month are they elated over the amount of busi- he feels that it is one of the most artistic
ness they have had. Their fifteen outside men pianos he has ever turned out, and that it is
Dealers visiting the Convention of the Piano
are working hard for the usual bonus, and the quite as fine an instrument in every way as is Dealers' National Association at Put-in-Bay, 0.,
man in charge of this force says that they are offered by any other manufacturer.
will find it very convenient to make the trip by
sure of all of them reaching the goal. Florence
George Miller and H. C. Pressey, heads of the way of Cleveland, and thus will be enabled to
Heppe has been ill at home for several weeks Lester Piano Co., have just gotten back from a make a call at the factory of the F. L. Raymond
with a heavy cold, but fortunately the health of trip through the Northwest, where they find a Co., and thus become fully posted concerning the
C. J. Heppe is such this spring that he is well able large business for the Lester product, every- Raymond and Langdon pianos made by this in-
to look after things. Since the first of May thing is booming at the Lester factory, and par- stitution. The Raymond pianos are well and fa-
things are moving along in a most satisfactory ticularly is there great activity in the making of
vorably known to the trade, not only for their
way a t the Heppe factory, and there are a num- Lester grands, for which the firm is having a very attractive architecture but sterling musical
ber of instruments at present ready for ship- big wholesale business. Mr. Pressey is about to merits.
ment. The Auto-Manual Co. are still retarded in
start on a Southern trip. The Lester Co. expect
their work on account of pending complaints as during the summer to lay all plans to begin the
FORD & SEGRIST DISSOLVE.
to infringement of patent rights.
building of an addition to their Lester factory,
The Pease pianos in quite a number are still to be used mostly for their grand department,
(Special to The Kevlcvv.)
on the floor of the Heppe store, and there is some and a department which they expect to install
Galesburg, 111., May 15, 1905.
talk that they will go as part of the stock of the for the manufacture of self-players in the Lester.
The firm of Ford & Segrist, dealers in musical
A. L. Ebbels, representing the American Felt
Strawbridge & Clothier store. That firm will
need just such a fine piano as the Pease to help Co., was a Philadelphia visitor this week. He instruments, have announced a dissolution of
add to their stock, as it is evident from the num- secured quite a number of orders and says he partnership, the interest of Scott Ford having
ber of additions to their selling force that they finds business throughout the country very good, been purchased by J. W. Segrist, who will here-
are looking to a very heavy piano business this particularly through the West, a section he re- after conduct the business under his own name.
Mr. Ford has been in business in this city for
summer and fall. With the Pease they will not cently covered.
the
past eighteen years, and was joined some
be so bad off in losing the Steck, but there is
Benjamin Harrison Janssen, the piano-poet, the
some talk that the Steck piano will not be taken Longfellow of the trade, yea, even more, the three years ago by Mr. Segrist, who came from
away from the Strawbridge & Clothier hou^e after Thomas Hood of the trade, was in Philadelphia Guthrie Center.
all, but that the Heppes will only control the several days this week. Mr. Janssen is a rhymer
Steck pianolas in Philadelphia.
as Longfellow was, and is a writer of humorous
C. W. Taylor is opening his large new store in
Quite a number of Philadelphia dealers attend- verse as Hood was, as. every one in the trade is the Babcock Block, this week, where he will con-
ed the convention in Atlantic City this week, and aware who has ever heard his poetic effusions at solidate his Nashua business.
FROM PENNSYLVANIA'SJWUSICAL CENTER.
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