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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
appeals to Boston for more stock. They have
been having some very fine business, and expect
it to continue. The Miller Lyric grand is as
popular as ever, and the sales on these instru-
Business for October Continues to be Satisfactory—Better Quality of Instruments Being ments are almost equal to the sales of all the
Placed on the Market—The Value of Window Display Recognized—Fischer Co.'s Change other small grands in Philadelphia combined.
in Norristown, Pa.—A Wissner Style That Is Liked—The Straube Piano a Great Favorite
The late C. J. Heppe has left a will, in which
in the Quaker City—-Magnificent Kranich & Bach Art Pianos—Miller House Short of Mrs. C. J. Heppe will be the benefactor, aside
Stock—C. J. Heppe's Estate—Philip Wuest's Latest Patent—Lester Co.'s Concealed Piano. from small amounts left to charity. Mr. Heppe's
estate was quite large. Prior to his death—
(Special to The Review.)
rapidly. They are anticipating a most important which he had evidently anticipated as suddenly
Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 17, 1906.
move in the near future, but Mr. Fischer says he as it came—he had given to Mrs. Heppe most
The piano business in Philadelphia during the is-i not in a position as yet to divulge it. The of his belongings in personal property and real
flist half of October has been most satisfactory- Fischers have an exceptionally fine stock of Wiss- estate. There are many stories told of the affec-
This is best shown in the fact that the dealers ner instruments at present, and are pushing tion shown for Mr. Heppe and the grief at his
are having considerable difficulty to get their in- these instruments to the perfect satisfaction of death among his acquaintances. While the fun-
struments moved, owing to the teamsters being the manufacturers. They have just received a eral procession was wending its way to the
so busy. There is still another thing that is an- new style 1015 Wissner, which Mr. Fischer con- cemetery by carriage, while they were crossing
noying the dealers, and that is the difficulty ex- siders a very handsome piano, and from the sales the Schuylkill bridge, some one in Mrs. Heppe's
perienced in getting stock. Although the deal- already made he says he expects to sell more of carriage happened to recognize an old, decrepid
ers have been trying to fill up there are hardly this style than all the other styles put together. woman plodding her way to the cemetery, who
any more pianos on hand in most of the stores
James F. Broderick, president of the Straube was a former acquaintance of Mr. Heppe's. The
than there was in midsummer. If this condition Piano Co., was in Philadelphia this week. Gus- carriage was stopped and the old lady, who many
continues close to the holidays, the dealers are tave Herzberg & Son, who handle these fine in- years ago was in Mr. Heppe's Sunday-school
wondering what is to be done in order to care struments in Philadelphia, say that they have class, was taken into the carriage and allowed
for the business, which they are reasonably ex- been giving perfect satisfaction, and have never to proceed with the family to the last resting
pecting they will have.
received a complaint about them. Mr. Broderick place.
It is surprising in looking over the fall stock expressed himself as being well satisfied with
Patents have been granted to Philip Wuest,
of pianos that is arriving in this city, comparing the business Mr. Herzberg is doing in Philadel- Jr., for the Auto-Manual Piano Action Co., cov-
it with former years. The class of instruments phia on the Straube, and says that orders in the ering a membrane pneumatic action (closed
are of a high order. The stencil is hard to find factory this fall are double what they have ever diaphragm system) for self-players—both in-
at any of the stores, and even the cheaper makes teen before for this season.
terior and exterior. It is a very broad, basic
of some of the big manufacturers are relegated
The Herzbergs are in receipt of the new art patent, that gives the Auto-Manual Co. exclu-
to a place in the store where they are hard to Kranich & Bach piano, style Louis XV upright. sive right to the use of diaphragms in connec-
find. In the window displays none of these It is a show piano, and one that never fails to tion with self-players. A United States patent
cheap or bargain pianos is to be seen, the deal- strike a responsive chord in the heart of the has also been granted Mr. Wuest for the Auto-
ers instead displaying their very best stock.
lover of art in piano building. As the Kranich Manual Co. for a duplex tracker board for piano
There is a general tendency to fix up windows & Bach goes into the most artistic homes of players. This bar is made in metal, and its ex-
tc show them to their best advantage to attract Philadelphia it is expected, and with good rea- clusive feature is that it has two holes to a
buyers, and this was a most imperative thing in son, that the Louis XV is going to be placed in note—so arranged as to be self-compensating for
view of the great neglect that has been shown many homes in Philadelphia this season. Mr. shrinkage of paper music rolls.
for some time. Several new display windows Herzberg has also been receiving Mehlin pianos
The Lester Co.'s concealed piano player is
are now a-building, including one at the store right along, and has a very fine stock of these meeting with deserved popularity. One day the
of Joseph F. Allen, and another at the Estey handsome instruments.
past week a party of officers of the battleship
piano warerooms. The Esteys expect to have
Herzberg & Son are continuing to improve Washington, now lying at League Island Navy
one of the finest windows in this city when fin- their building, and as soon as the general work Yard, visited the Lester house to purchase a
ished, with the probable exception of the Cun- is done, they will decorate the walls with busts player-piano and select the music. The piano
ningham and Blasius houses.
of the great composers, in an exact facsimile of was tried and found perfectly satisfactory.
The Charles H. Fischer Co. have changed their the Kranich & Bach Harlem warerooms.
When it came to the purchasing of the music
branch store in Norristown to Breddlinger's big
Joseph Druckenmiller, connected with the the salesman wondered what they would select.
store in that city. They will also open up branch piano house of Joseph Allen, for several weeks Would it be "Nancy Lee," "A Life on the Ocean
stores in Philadelphia in the near future. At has been on a hunting trip to Maine. He ex- Wave," and similar compositions? Not for the
the present time the firm have six branch stores, pects to be gone about four weeks, and will re- Jackies. With the single exception of a "Pina-
and they expect to establish from twelve to fif- turn at the end of this week, and he writes that fore" selection, the other numbers were "La
teen. Mr. Fischer says "the branch store busi- he expects to be loaded down with "trophies of Sorella " "II Trovatore," "Soldier's March," from
ness is not a big thing, but each one seems to the hunt."
"Faust," and "Echoes from the Metropolitan
contribute a little. The whole business as to Park V. Hogan, the Pittsburg representative Opera House," containing excerpts from the
branch stores rests with the person conducting or the Estey house, is visiting Philadelphia. He grand operas.
them. The finest place on earth, without the reports that the Estey is growing in popularity
right arm, is a failure."
in the Smoky City.
Behymer & Goodrich have purchased the music
The Fischer Co. continue to sell stock very
James C. Miller says that he is sending daily business of Carson Taylor, Liberty, Ohio.
DO NOT CONFUSE
Che Straube Piano
WITH OTHERS OF SIMILAR NAME.
T H E STRAUBE piano has been made for over a
generation, and has been sold by some of the best
dealers in the country for years with profit and
satisfaction.
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