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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
moved to the home of the bellyman on First
avenue. The loss was not discovered until a
Better Reports from Both Manufacturers and
friend of the thief called at the Battalia factory
Dealers—Great Activity With Knabe & Co.—
and inquired the price of an action. Investiga-
Stieff Closing Details for Display at James-
tion disclosed the fact that the back was miss-
town—Death of J. G. Robinson Regretted— ing, and the* entire scheme was soon unearthed
Carroll Harpsichord Loaned by Knabe & Co. and the guilty ones arrested.
for the Maryland Building at Jamestown.
Perhaps it was the ambition of the thief to
steal a few piano parts and start a competing
(Special to The U»vlew.)
Baltimore, Md., April 22, 1907. factory. Just why he tried to buy an action
Sales by the local dealers have been up to the instead of stealing that, too, is not disclosed.
standard during the week just ended, while the
wholesale trade and factory work have been ex-
MOLLER ORQAN^ DEDICATED.
ceedingly heavy. The delightful weather the
Clarence Eddy "Christens" Organ in the New
past several days seems to have had a good ef-
Methodist Episcopal Church in Greensburg,
fect upon the trade, as shoppers have been nu-
Pa.—A Handsome Instrument in Every Re-
merous and many of them have made it a point to
spect—Moller Organ Also for Church in
take in the piano stores as well as other places
Meyersdale, Pa.
along their routes. This is particularly the case
in regard to sheet music. Several of the dealers
The organ in the new Methodist Episcopal
state that the demand in this line of the business Church in Greensburg, Pa which was dedicated
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has been very great. Talking machines have recently by Clarence Eddy, the prominent organ-
come in for their share of popularity, many of
ist, was built by M. P. Moller, the well-known
tnem having been disposed of to buyers.
organ builder of Hagerstown, Md. The organ
Members of the firm of William Knabe & Co. is a work of art, the casing being of solid ma-
say that the retail business has been excellent. hogany and the front pipes richly ornamented
Among other things, they have sold several of the with gold. The tone is notable for its purity
finest pianos manufactured by the firm. The and power, and the various registers afford al-
greatest activity, however, has been in the whole- most unlimited facilities for producing remark-
sale department and the factory. The factory able and varied defects in light and shade. The
people have been compelled to put in much extra action is the Moller patent tubular pneumatic, in-
time to get out the numerous orders received cluding stop action and coupler.
from the agents throughout the country.
At the opening recital Mr. Eddy rendered ten
The Charles M. Stieff house has also been on numbers, and both his efforts and the work of the
the go, the business in the retail warerooms be- organ were accorded unstinted praise by all
ing exceedingly lively. The firm is still busy with hearers. Mr. Moller has also received a contract
preparations for the opening day at the James- for an organ to be placed in the Lutheran
town Exposition, the details of which are pro- Cnurch, Meyersdale, Pa. This organ is to be up
gressing in fine style. Just what artist will to date in every particular, and is to be ready
render the first concert on the opening day of for dedication by September.
the fair is a matter of uncertainty, but the se-
lection is expected to be made within the next
W. W. KIMBALL CO. IN DETROIT.
day or two. Like the Knabe people, the firm has
its factory hands working overtime to supply the
The W. W. Kimball Co. have leased an entire
demands of the out-of-town agents.
building at Farmer and Bates streets, Detroit,
G. Wright Nicols, manager of the firm of Sand- Mich., and have opened a branch store therein.
ers & Stayman Co., says that there has been noth- G. L. Hadley, for a number of years superin-
ing to complain of during the week, as business tendent of the Kimball agencies, is in charge of
has been very brisk. The members of the firm the new branch.
feel keenly the death of John Griffin Robinson,
A complete stock of KimbaU pianos, organs,
one of their veteran employes, who died of heart player-pianos, piano players, small instruments
failure last week.
and talking machines will be carried, and both a
While the piano trade at E. T. Lumpkin & wholesale and retail business will be done.
Co. has been thoroughly encouraging the firm is
The Kimball Co. recently purchased the stock
having trouble in disposing of the organs they of C. W. Marvin, who will retire from the piano
have had in stock since they announced their trade, and are selling it out at their new quar-
intention of giving up the agencies for these in- ters, advertising their entrance in the Detroit
struments. The fall-off in the organ trade has field very extensively in the local papers.
been remarkably rapid, there being very few re-
quests for them.
CONNOR PIANO INVADES THE WEST.
Unlike the other firms, Messrs. R. H. Eisen-
brandt & Sons announce that the piano trade
Francis Connor, piano manufacturer of 134th
has been rather slow. The firm have done a land- street and Cypress avenue, is making a bid for
slide business, however, in the sale of sheet mu- western business, and on Monday last made his
sic, while they are greatly pleased at the way in first shipment, a most satisfactory sample order,
which the sales of talking machines have been to Denver, Colo. Heretofore Mr. Connor has con-
going on.
fined his efforts to the East, but expects to
The Kranz-Smith Piano Co. report that while greatly increase his clientele in the western mart
business has been fair i t has not been great before 1908.
enough to brag about. Several Chickerings have
been sold.
TO EXHIBIT AT JAMESTOWN.
William Knabe & Co. have loaned the old Car-
The Washington, D. C, store of the F. G. Smith
roll harpsichord for exhibition in the Maryland
Building at the Jamestown Exposition. The Piano Co. will have an exhibit in the Washington
harpsichord was brought from England during section of the Jamestown Exposition. The ex-
hibit will consist of a Bradbury grand and two
Colonial times.
uprights of that make, two Webster uprights and
a Webster player-piano. Their booth will be elab-
A NOVEL JHEFT.
orately decorated.
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WITH THE BALTIMORE TRADE.
Steals Piano Back, , All Strung, from Battalia
Co.—Desired, Perhaps, to Start Piano Fac-
tory in His First Avenue Home.
What may be considered the record theft, in its
way, in the piano trade, was recently perpetrated
by a bellyman employed by the Leo H. Battalia
Piano Co., of Park avenue and 131st street, New
York. One of the bellymen and the elevator boy
formed a conspiracy for robbing the piano com-
pany after the factory was closed in the evening.
The first, and fortunately only, theft consisted of
an entire bellied back, strung, which was re-
Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.
You sell the best
pianos-—maybe.
You can sell the
greatest musical in-
st r u m e n t in t h e
world—you can,
surely.
There's money in
it—sure profit—and
plenty of it.
There's honor in
it—there's dignity in
it.
Caruso sings for
the Victor. So- does
Eames, Sembrich,
Plancon, and all the
great opera stars.
Would they sing
with the average
piano?
T h i s will bear
thinking over. Write
us to-day or t o -
morrow.
GUEST PIANO CO.'S STRONG LINE.
The Guest Piano Co., who are now located in
their new quarters at 430 Main street, Quincy,
111., handle an extensive line of high grade in-
struments, including Chickering & Sons, Gabler,
Packard, Starr and Richmond pianos, the Aeolian
line of players and player pianos, including or-
chestrelles.
Victor Talking Machine
Company,
Camden, N. J.
Virgin & Crum, Virginia, 111., have put in a
line of pianos.