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VOL. XLIf. No. 2 3 .
Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at I Madison Ave., New York, June 9, 1906.
Raudenbush & Co. Close Minneapolis Branch
—Geo. Raudenbush Starts in Business With
the Sohmer and Vose as Leaders—Chicker-
ing Art Grand Sold to W. W. Dunwoody, of
Minneapolis—Many Sales of Steinways—
Trade for the Week Satisfactory.
(Special to The Review.)
Minneapolis and St. Paul, June 4, 1906.
S. W. Raudenbush & Co. vacated their quarters
at 703 Nicollet avenue Friday last, thus closing
up their Minneapolis branch. These premises had
been sublet, and a lease having been given to an-
other party they had to get out. As announced
some time ago, Mr. Raudenbush deemed it best to
discontinue the branch here.
George Raudenbush, who had charge of this
branch, and who is a nephew of S. W. Rauden-
bush, will start up in business on his own ac-
count. He has secured a few nice rooms at 728
Nicollet avenue, on the second floor, and will
handle the Sohmer and Vose as his leaders.
"We had as much business during the past
week as we had in the two weeks previous," said
David McKee, manager of the Cable Company.
"Ten days ago I would have said it was impossi-
ble, but as it is we have been able to close up a
good average for the month of May. A good por-
tion of this business, however, came in from our
outside branches."
"May was better than a year ago; the city trade
remains about the same, but the country trade
shows a big improvement," was the report that
came from the house of W. J. Dyer & Bro.
"The first half of the month was very bad,"
said S. W. Raudenbush, "but last week we had
an excellent business, and on the whole I think
the month was somewhat better than a year ago."
The art Chickering grand, reported among the
sales of the Minneapolis branch of Howard, Far-
well & Co., in last week's letter, your corre-
spondent learns was purchased by W. H. Dun-
woody, one of Minneapolis' most prominent citi-
zens. Mr. Dunwoody is president of the North-
western National Bank, vice-president of Wash-
burn-Crosby Co. (the largest milling firm in the
world), and is connected with a number of other
large concerns. The instrument, which is of a
special design, will be placed in his new home on
Mt. Curve avenue.
"We rounded up a very satisfactory month,'*
said A. P. Wadleigh, manager of this branch.
"May was practically the same as a year ago."
"We have been very well satisfied with the re-
sults for May," said R. O. Foster, of Foster &
Waldo. "Unfavorable weather affected us con-
siderably, and we feel pleased that, on the whole,
we have been able to show an improvement all
along the line over the same month last year."
"Last week was somewhat better, though the
trade is not as brisk as we would like it to be,"
said E. R. Dyer, of the Metropolitan Music Co.
"We sold several Steinway pianos during the
week; but our repair department was especially
busy, and we did some business in the rental line.
The results for May were about the same as a
year ago."
Segerstrom Piano Co. reported: "Our trade
has been quiet in the city, but we have done very
well in the country and had a fairly good month
during May. The demand was mostly for our
medium grades in the Smith & Nixon and 'Big
Four' lines."
N. S. Hoogner has been six or seven weeks in
his present quarters, and states that the results
have been such as to more than justify his re-
moval into a more central location. He handles
the Julius Bauer, Briggs and other pianos.
Grant P. Wagner, treasurer and general man-
ager of Howard, Farwell & Co., is entertaining
his father and mother, who are on a visit to St.
Paul from Pennsylvania. His father is president
of the Pennsylvania State Dental Association, and
though a man of 70 years of age, is enjoying the
best of health.
EDMUND COTE'S NEW FACTORY
Gives Them Splendid Facilities to Meet De-
mands of Their Growing Business—To Make
Some Special Styles.
The Edmund Cote Piano Mfg. Co., Fall River,
Mass., have recently moved into their new fac-
tory building on Pocasset street and things are
again running along smoothly. The main build-
ing is four stories high, to which is added a two-
story building used as case shop and mill room.
The offices and warerooms are located on the
main floor of the main structure.
There is a healthy and growing demand for
the Cote products, and preparations are now un-
der way for turning out some art pianos that
will be of unusual interest both from a musical
and artistic standpoint. Mr. Ainsworth is the
traveling representative of the firm.
THE APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVERS
To be Regulated by a Bill Now Before Congress
and Introduced by Senator Overman—Of In-
terest to Business Men.
A bill has been introduced in Congress by
Senator Overman to regulate the appointment of
receivers by the courts. The bill provides that
no receiver may be appointed by any circuit or
district judge or justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States for any corporation in any
suit or proceeding until ten days after service
on the adverse party or parties of a copy of the
complaint, declaration, petition, etc., on which
the application for receiver is based, and of a
notice to show cause why a receiver should not
be appointed for the property and assets of said
corporation, which notice shall name a day for
the hearing of the application, which day shall
not be later than twenty days from the date of
notice.
NEW DESIGN OF HARRINGTON PIANO.
Hardman, Peck & Co. have just placed on their
wareroom floor at 140 Fifth Avenue a new design
of the Harrington piano, which is to be known
as their Style 50. The case is a radical depart-
ure from the various styles of piano architec-
ture now on the market, the principal feature be-
ing the front, which, where the center panel is
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placed, is advanced a considerable distance to the
front of the side panels. The effect is very pleas-
ing to the eye, giving the instrument an extremely
artistic appearance. The trusses are also of a
new design, being very light and having a grace-
ful outward curve. This instrument will be fin-
ished in the prevailing hardwoods, and in either,
art or polished finish.
FILING OF AGREEMENT IS NOTICE.
An Important Decision Handed Down by Judge
Hoffman in the Suit of the Apollo Co. Against
W. J. Quinn, Who Decides That Hotel Man's
Lien Cannot Hold.
A decision of considerable interest to piano
dealers has just been rendered by Justice Hoff-
man, of the Municipal Court. The Apollo Co. of
this city, on November 8, 1905, delivered to one
Edward Ritt, at Carnegie Hall, an Apollo. Ritt
at the time signed the usual conditional sale
agreement, whereby he agreed to pay $250, $25
cash and the balance in monthly payments. The
agreement was filed in the Register's office on
November 22, 1905. When the first payment be-
came due Ritt and the Apollo disappeared. The
instrument was traced to the Hotel Empire, but
the proprietor, William Johnson Quinn, refused
to give it up, claiming a lien thereon for board.
The Apollo Co. thereupon, through Wentworth,
Lowenstein & Stern, their attorneys, brought suit
against Quinn to recover the value of the player.
The action was vigorously contested by the coun-
sel for the Hotelmen's Association, who contended
that the hotel man's lien was superior to that
of the Apollo Co., and in support of his conten-
tion cited the decision of the Appellate Division
in the case of Horace Waters Co. vs. Gerard. Mr.
Lowenstein, of counsel for the Apollo Co., how-
ever, contended that even if the Waters case
was good law, it did not apply because the agree-
ment was filed in the Register's office and was
therefore notice to the hotel keeper. Judge Hoff-
man, who grants judgment for the full amount,
declares that the filing of the agreement was
notice to the world that the plaintiff (Apollo Co.)
was the owner of the player.
CONVERTED INTO STOCK COMPANY.
The Sturgeon Music Co., Norfolk, Neb., is being
converted into a stock company, with an author-
ized capital stock of $100,000, of which it is ex-
pected at least $50,000 will be paid up, though the
stock company will begin business as such when
$40,000 is paid in. Over half this latter amount
is already subscribed.
NEW PIANO STORE IN LEADVILLE.
A new piano store has been opened in Lead-
ville, Colo., by Leo Klein, who will carry the
Cable, Conover and Kingsbury pianos. Mr. Klein
reports the prospects for building up a good busi-
ness in that locality as excellent.
The Hallet & Davis Piano Co. will shortly open
a branch store in Toledo, O., in charge of F. N.
Goosman, formerly of the Smith & Nixon Co.'s
Cleveland store. An energetic campaign will be
carried on from the new store.