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THE
MUSIC TRADE
9
REVIEW
FROM PENNSYLVANIA'S MUSICAL CENTER.
Trade Record for June Better Than Expected—Haskell Organ Factory Will be Continued—J. C.
Miller on Vacation—Estey Co.'s Immense Pipe Organ Trade—W. R. Farrand a Visitor—
McPhail a Big Seller—Kimball Pianos in Demand—Other Items of Interest.
stock. The small grands of that house are very
(Special to The Review.)
much admired by the people of Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Pa., July 4, 1905.
June was a very satisfactory month to the W. R. Ward and A. E. Chambers, employes of the
Philadelphia trade, in most every instance hav- Farrand Co., are both in the West on vacation.
The Charles H. Fischer Co. report that they
ing surpassed the business done in June of last
are
receiving regular shipments of Kimballs
year. The trade is in a very healthy state, and
there is a general feeling of confidence that July every week, and that they have been doing a very
and August will hold their own, and that the fall good business. They have recently taken orders
for Kimball pipe organs to be placed in the fol-
business will open early.
The organ factory of the late William E. Has- lowing churches: The Church of the Gesu, at
kell in this city will be conducted by the family 18th and Styles streets, to cost $10,000; the Han-
for the present. It will be managed by Eugene cock Street M. E. Church, this city; the Lutheran
Haskell, who at present is connected with the Church at Trappe, Pa., and the Downingtown
Estey factory at Brattleboro, Vt. Mr. Haskell M. E. Church, all of which will be erected during
has made a very great success as an organ manu- the summer. Mr. Fischer had expected Earle
facturer, but of late years the more aggressive Conway this week, but he went through without
firms have supplanted him in favor, but with stopping, "for which," Mr. Fischer says, "he has
young blood at the helm the Haskell factory will not been forgiven." The branch stores of the
Fischer Co. at Trenton and Chester are doing
no doubt forge ahead.
very well, and this fall some others will be
R. E. Watrous, head of the tuning department
opened in cities near Philadelphia. Stock of the
of the Estey Co., has gone to Hope Valley, R. I.,
company is going rapidly.
on a two-weeks' vacation.
Some very handsome styles of R. S. Howard
J h e family of D. E. Woolley have been in
Co.
pianos, of which the Henry F. Miller & Sons
Pleasant Beach, South Thomaston, Me., for a
week. They will remain during the summer, and Co. are agents in this city, are now on the ware-
Mr. Woolley expects to spend several weeks with room floor. The art panels are a great feature
of attraction in these instruments.
them, going the latter part of July.
James C. Miller did not get away on his vaca-
THE CRITIC TURNED CHAUFFEUR.
tion until last Saturday. Having devoted con-
siderable time of late to the affairs of the r.a Describes a Piano Recital in a Style to Delight
tional convention, he had some business to at-
the Automobile Fiends in the Trade.
tend to at home before he got away. The busi-
ness of the Miller house was very good in June,
Roy L. McCardell, the inimitable, in his latest
the sales having run considerably ahead of last symposium of humor, gives us the following
year. They have a very fine stock of Miller contribution under the caption, "The Chauffeur
pianos, and have been selling quite a number of
at the Piano Recital." It will doubtless inter-
them, and closed half a dozen sales for the Lyric est many of our piano manufacturers and dealers
grand in June.
who have the "fever" for "hitting 'em up" when
The Estey Co. are continuing a big business no county sheriff or policeman is keeping time.
on pipe organs. They have recently taken orders This is how the learned critic puts it:
"I don't know whether the guy was out
for furnishing instruments to the Broad Avenue
Presbyterian Church, Altoona, Pa.; the Commerce for a record or not," said the freckled chauffeur,
Street M. E. Church of Bridgeton, N. J.; the "but when I butted into the musical garage thero
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church of Brad- he stood by the machine ready for the word.
dock, N. J.; the Presbyterian Church of Cape
"Everything was ready, the machine all tuned
May, N. J.; the First Presbyterian Church of up, as I heard them say myself, and the driver,
Lansdowne; the Second M. E. Church of Mil- one of them foxy foreigners, stood by the machine
ville, N. J.; the Trinity M. E. Church of Ridg- looking nervous. He had it all open at the top,
way, Pa.; the St. John's M. E. Church of Sun- showing the mechanism, and everything was
bury, Pa., and they are sending a man to War- spick and span. It was a finely finished fifty
ranton, N. C, to erect a pipe organ this week; horse-power, and looked like a foreign build, but
and they will set up an organ in the Presbyterian she wasn't.
Church of Olney, Pa.
"The driver took his seat and put his foot on
James F. Dalton, representing the firm of the low-speed pedal, and the first thing he knew
Denton, Cottier & Daniels, of Buffalo, N. Y., was he was off like a streak.
in Philadelphia this week. He was a former
"He took the first turn gracefully and threw in
resident of this city.
his third speed, and she went like a bird.
F. Conley, Jr., formerly with F. A. North &
"On his second time around he certainly was
Co., has been added to the selling forces of the burning the wind, and she was opened up for all
Charles H. Fischer Co.
she was worth, muffler off, and the noise some-
J. L. Markley, formerly manager of the Lit thing to deafen you. I thought it might have
Bros, piano department, is doing very well with been better if he had had his mechanic with him
Joseph Allen. Mr. Markley has always been a to lean out oh the turns, but he negotiated them
great admirer of the A. B. Chase piano, and can all without a skid, and Barney Oldfield couldn't
talk continuously of its merits without becoming have done it better.
tired. Mr. Allen has been doing a very good
"As he passed me again I could see he had his
business all summer with the Chase, as well as throttle wide open and his Splitdorf coil was buz-
with the Poole piano, and has made plans for a zing like a bee. It was an oiled track and he
more aggressive campaign in the fall.
was making no dust, but as he led off for the
W. R. Farrand, of Detroit, was in Philadelphia final heat I was so interested that I leaned over
this week, and expressed himself as being very the rail and forgot to ask the scorer how he
much pleased with the conduct of the Philadal- stood against the track record.
phia business. The local manager says that the
"A lot of people around me were swaying to
Farrand Philadelphia house has been busy right and fro as he dashed on, keeping his hands on
along, not only with the Cecilian, but have had the levers, the throttle wide open and his spark
particularly satisfactory results with the Soh- advanced to the last notch.
mer Cecilian, and in regard to that instrument
"There were no tire makers butting in. and,
he states: '''We think we have the greatest thing barring accidents, I knew the foreigner had the
in the world. We think that we have them all record at his mercy.
beat on that. D. McDonald, the Eastern repre-
"As he came dashing by on his last lap I
sentative of the Farrand Co., was also in Phila- could see the strain was telling on him, but he
delphia this week.
smiled and sat steady, and his machine was
The Farrand Co. have been having a very good warmed up till I could hear her purring like a
success with the McPhail. This week they sold cat.
one of the finest McPhail grands they have in
"There wasn't no knock in his engines in spite
of the strain and he never skipped an explosion.
"As he gave her a little more lubrication I could
see that he had everything all his own way, and
with a roar and a rumble, he came down the
stretch, getting the best out of her, and slowed
up with everything all his own way, I just
jumped up with the rest of the bunch and hol-
lered, 'Take the trophy! And if any of them
freak racing machines think they can beat your
stock car let 'em come on and try.' "
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TRADE
NEWS
FROM NORTHWEST.
A. B. Chase and Stultz & Bauer Pianos With
Kalscheuer & Sons—Dyer Reports Grand
Sales—Dealers Well Pleased With Outlook.
(Special to The Review.)
Minneapolis and St. Paul, July 3, 1905.
Some improvement in the trade was shown
during the month of June, though the weather
was extremely disagreeable. Taken as a whole,
it doubtless hits the mark to say that there was
an increase in the trade all along the line.
"We are having a very fair trade," said W. J.
Dyer, of St. Paul. "Our sales are mostly of me-
dium grade instruments, though this week we
had two grand sales, a Steinway and a Starr. I
think the outlook is very favorable for this fall.
If there is no damage to the crops by the exces-
sive moisture, the fall will be a prosperous one in
all lines."
"Our June business has been much better than
we expected," was the comment of E. R. Dyer, of
the Metropolitan Music Co. "We have been get-
ting a very satisfactory trade all through the
month, and there is a big improvement over
May."
Howard, Farwell & Co. reported quite satisfac-
tory results for June at their stores in both
towns. The demand had been for a good grade
of instruments, and the collection department
was in exceptionally good shape. The gross re-
sults for the first six months of the year also in-
dicated a slight increase.
J. Kalscheuer & Son have added the A. B.
Chase and Stultz & Bauer pianos to their already
strong line of high grade instruments. H. M.
Kalscheuer said Saturday, in speaking of their
trade: "We have been doing a very satisfactory
trade the past month, the business being of the
best quality. I also look for good activity
throughout July."
David McKee, manager of the Cable Company,
said: "I have no kick coming as to our results
last month. Considering the condition of the
weather we had a very satisfactory trade at both
stores.
The St. Paul branch, in particular,
showed up better than it has any time at this
season."
"A fair month," said S. W. Raudenlnish, of St.
Paul, "the first half of the month being particu-
larly good. We have had a goodly percentage,
too, of cash business."
"June was a better month than we anticipated,
and even with unfavorable conditions we had a
satisfactory amount of trade," was the report of
Foster & Waldo.
A. P. Wadleigh, manager of the Minneapolis
branch of Howard, Farwell & Co., left Saturday
for a month's trip to the Pacific Coast.
GEO. HALL LEFT $195,000.
(Special to The Review.)
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Cleveland, O., July]l, 1905.
Mrs. Mary L. Nellis, 864 Euclid avenue, and
Mrs. Hattie E. Marshall, Toledo, have been apt
pointed by Probate Judge Hadden joint adminis*
tratrices of the estate of their father, George Hall,
for many years a retail piano dealer in this city;
The estate is valued at $195,000. Hall left no
will, and his daughters are his only heirs.
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NEW MEMBERS OF ASSOCIATIONS.
The following institutions have been electee^
members of the National Piano Manufacturers'
Association of America: The Van Dyke Pian<>
Manufacturing Co., Scranton, Pa., and the Merrill
Piano Manufacturing Co., Boston, Mass.