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THE
REVIEW
J1UJIC TIRADE
V O L . XLIII. N o . 1 9 . PubKshed Every Saturday by Edward LymanBiU at 1 Madison Ave., New York, November 10,1906.
CARTER MUSIC CO. TAKEN OVER
0 . A. FIELD JMSITS AUSTIN.
the Henderson-Sturges
Piano
Co.—Will
Make Anniston, Ala., Distributing Head-
quarters—Building to be Entirely Renovated.
Expresses Himself Well Pleased With the De-
velopment of the Piano Business in That
City—Making a Tour of the South.
The Henderson-Sturges Piano Co., of Ann
Arbor, Mich., have taken over the business of the
Carter Music Co., Anniston, Ala., and at that
point will be their distributing headquarters for
the eastern portion of the South, their house in
Fort Worth, Tex., being able to take care of the
trade in the Southwest. Mr. Carter, of the ab-
sorbed concern, will continue with the Hender-
son-Sturges house as manager.
The building in Anniston will be entirely reno-
vated and a new and up-to-date stock put in. The
deal was arranged by .1. C. Henderson, president
of the Henderson-Sturges Co., and manager of
the Ann Arbor Organ Co., while on his recent
trip through the South.
(Special to The Review.i
By
THAT WIRELESS PIANO.
Moline Business Men Not Inclined to Promote
the Organization of a Stock Company to
Manufacture the Gilmore Wireless Piano.
(Spcrliil to The Review.)
Moline, Til., Nov. 3, 190G.
The Moline Business Men's Association will
probably drop the matter of promoting the pro-
posed organization of a stock company to manu-
facture the Gilmore wireless piano. The commit-
tee sent to Bloomington to investigate the inven-
tion h«s returned, and from what one of the
members says the matter will not be reported on
very favorably. The members of the committee
are C. H. Pope, A. C. Woodyatt and C. E. White.
Prom a musical standpoint the wireless piano
may be in time a great success, but from a busi-
ness standpoint there seems to be no way to in-
terest local capital, so they say.
Austin, Tex., Nov. ;], 1906.
O. A. Field, of St. Louis, who is president of
the Jesse French Piano Co., and vice-president of
the Starr Piano Co., accompanied by .1. C. Phelps,
of Dallas, manager of the company's interests in
Texas and Mexico, were recent visitors to Austin.
These gentlemen expressed themselves as
much pleased with the development, of Austin,
its beauty of location and its handsome public
buildings. They seemed to think that Austin
with its environments would soon develop, if in-
deed it had not already done so, into the educa-
tional and artistic center of the Stale.
^Tr. Field inspected his company's Austin store
which has been recently opened under the control
of their traveling supervisor, Mr. Frank S. Tay-
lor, and expressed himself as well pleased with
its progress, and says the artistic talent in Austin
would do honor to our largest cities and fully
warrants his company in opening this branch.
SUPPORTING HOME INDUSTRIES.
Some Strong Words in Behalf of the Hender-
son Piano by the Ann Arbor, Mich., Argus—
Says That Patriotic Support of Home In-
dustries Should be a Fixed Policy of the
People of That City.
SINGL
$I.OO 0 P P ER S VEAR ENTS
ferior. But the Henderson piano, which is bet-
ter known in many other cities than in its own
home,hasbeen pronounced by thoroughly qualified
experts to be second in quality to none in Amer-
ica. They say that 'a prophet is not without honor
save in his own country,' and it is frequently too
true. We have an unconscious inclination to-
ward belittling that which is produced under our
very noses. The Henderson piano, however, stand-
ing as it does in the front rank of American
pianos, deserves the pride and enthusiasm of the
people of Ann Arbor."
PIANOS IN MINNESOTA.
According to the recent report of the Minne-
sota State Board there are 52,543 pianos in the
State that are the personal property of taxpayers,
those in the hands of dealers not being counted,
and their assessed valuation is $3,652,284. The
report allows one piano to every five taxpayers in
the State. During the year the number of pianos
increased by 3 3,339, the figures for 1905 giving
39,204. In 18X6 there were 7,084 pianos in Minne-
sota homes, values at $709,000. There are 20,100
organs in the State, said to be worth $465,956. In
1886 there were 11,000, valued at $318,000.
WARD'S UNIQUE PIANO VAN.
C. C. Ward, the piano dealer of Columbus
avenue, Boston, is right up with the times even
in his moving vans. Some time ago he had a
van made to represent an upright piano and large
enough to hold a full-sized piano inside. He is
now having the van made over to represent a
The Argus, of Ann Arbor, Mich., in a recent Regal piano-player, and the Regal Co. are making
issue published the following editorial, which, by a tracker board and pedals for it. The pedals
the way, was entirely unsolicited by the Ann are 9 x 22 inches in size.
Arbor Organ Co., and which it has some very
pertinent words to say regarding the support of
KRAMER MUSIC STORE BEAUTIFIED.
home manufacturers. It was as follows:
"The fact that Ann Arbor is not overburdened
The entire first lloor of the Kramer Music
with manufacturing industries makes it all the
House, 544 Hamilton street, Allentown, Pa., has
more
imperative
that
those
we
have
should
re-
HERE'S AN ODD PIANO.
ceive our consistent and enthusiastic support. recently been renovated and neatly refrescoed in
The following paragraph is going the rounds The building up of home industry has as good green and natural tints, and has been consid-
of the out-of-town papers and proves that one reason to be a municipal as a national policy. erably beautified by the process. Engravings of
must go from home to get the news;
The advantages to a civic community of a well- noted composers have been hung and add to the
"An odd curiosity in a musical way is a piano established, well-conducted manufacturing plant, appearance of the room. The fresco work was
with a reverse keyboard, just moved into the in furnishing employment, in bringing in out- done by James H. Relchard.
Baton Club, of New York, an organization com- side money, in extending Ann Arbor's reputation,
PHYSIOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS.
posed of orchestra leaders and composers. The are hardly measurable. Take, for instance, such
piano is the property of the club's librarian, an a concern as the Ann Arbor Organ Co., now com-
A correspondent of the New York Sun says:
aged ex-leader, now retired, who, deprived of pleting its fine new building. The product of
three fingers of his right hand some years ago, this factory is of the kind which serves to make "The following answers to questions in phys-
conceived the idea of a reversed scale, to give Ann Arbor known among the best class of people iology were taken from the papers written by a
him a full-handed play over the treble. Know- all over the United States, for the Henderson class of toys in a Philadelphia public school who
ing nothing of the eccentric piano, and asked to piano is sold from coast to coast. The foreign are nearly all Russian Jews. 'An organ is a
play some bits from his newest score, 'The Red money it brings to Ann Arbor finds its way to piano of the body that has some special work
Mill," Victor Herbert sat down at the instrument the counters of all our merchants, to the savings to do.' "
just after the piano's owner had himself played departments of our banks, to the property-owners
an aria. The composer's confusion at the sounds in rentals and investments—in innumerable ways
20 CENTS A TON FOR UNLOADING.
that came from the instrument when he started it adds to the aggregate wealth of the commu-
to play may be imagined."
nity.
Notice has been given by the Santa Fe, South-
"The Ann Arbor Organ Co. distributes in this ern Pacific and Salt Lake Route that, complying
The Niagara Falls papers state that it is al- way ever $52,000 annually—practically every dol- with the Hepburn law, after November 3, it will
most a certainty that that city is to have a piano lar of it being foreign money. This fact in itself be unlawful for them to load or unload freight-
factory at a very early date. The location has would not be sufficient to command the patronage taking carload rates except at a charge of not less
not yet been determined on.
(if our citizens were the company's product in- than 20 cents a ton.