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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
ANENT "CONTEST" SCHEMES.
board than with an ordinary typewriter of the
universal system.
THE WAY NOT TO_HAVE HARD TIMES
A Recent Decision Handed Down by the Su-
preme Court of Colorado Will Prove of
Interest to the Trade at Large.
LICHTY DOUBLES CAPACITY.
Is Not to Think or Act Hard Times Says Geo.
P. Bent Who Issues Some Timely Literature.
Piano dealers who have adopted various "con-
test" schemes for securing prospects will be in-
terested in the case that has just been brought
before the Supreme Court of Colorado, wherein
I. Kruschke, a merchant of Durango, Col., and
W. M. Jones are defendants in a suit brought by
J. E. Quatsoe, doing business under the title of
the Piano Advertising Co.
According to the papers in the suit, Jones act-
ing as agent for Quatsoe arranged a contest for
Kruschke in Durango under the familiar voting
plan. Jones was to leave an upright piano with
Quatsoe and after four months from the open-
ing of the contest on September 15, 1906, the
instrument was to be donated to some local or-
ganization. Jones also agreed to supply the 5,000
voting slips and insert advertisements in the lo-
cal papers.
Kruschke, for his part, agreed to keep the
piano prominently displayed, use only the regula-
tion voting blanks and pay Jones' principal, $204,
upon presentation of receipted advertising bills,
though when the contract was signed Jones
changed the amount to be paid to $102. Later
Jones assumed joint liability with Kruschke for
-the payment of the $102.
Kruschke however only paid $6 and Quatsoe
brought suit against him for $96 making Jones
a party defendant.
Various questions were
raised and finally Kruschke elected to stand on
his demurrer when judgment of $104 was entered
against him in the lower court. He then ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court for a writ of super-
sedeas which was denied him. The contest was
held and the piano awarded despite the suit
however.
MACHINE TOJVRITE MUSIC.
Silas G. Wray's Clever invention Described.
Silas G. Wray, of Grand Junction, Col., has re-
cently patented a device similar to the type-
writer for the purpose of writing music me-
chanically. It is the claim of the inventor that
the machine will enable musicians to compose
and write their music, at the same time the ma-
chine being capable of writing anything from
the simplest to the most difficult music.
Wray has been working on the machine for a
number of years, and it is claimed that with suc-
cess in perfecting it offers of large sums for his
patent have come from a number of typewriter
companies. The invention is simple in con-
struction and does not require any additional
mechanism to supplement it in the work of
writing music.
Wray has nis invention on a revolving type
machine. Taking a blank type wheel, which
contains eighty-four spaces, Wray has engraved
the various characters with which he builds his
entire score. He has no use for the entire num-
ber of spaces on the wheel, but will probably en-
grave on these the necessary characters for the
most complicated compositions which are not
used in ordinary music.
With forty-five characters Wray i s . able to
write a complete score, tenor and bass clef, staff
and all, for vocal, violin, piano, organ, clarionet,
piccolo, fife or flute. The keyboard is an inven-
tion in itself. Instead of placing his characters
on the wheel in a hit-or-miss manner, Wray has
arranged them scientifically, so that a shorter
length of time is necessary to memorize the key-
Can Now Boast of an Establishment Thoroughly
Metropolitan in Every Respect.
(Special to The Review.)
Reading, Pa., Dec. 23, 1907.
By the erection of a four-story addition and a
systematic inside arrangement, Charles H.
Lichty, the music dealer of 641 Penn street, has
nearly doubled the capacity of his quarters and
can now boast of one of the most commodious
music houses in this section.
The annex faces on Court street anu in merg-
ing it with the old portion of the building excel-
lent judgment was shown in joining the various
departments of the business.
Conspicuous among the improvements is the
talking machine sales-room, which is approached
from the main floor by an easy and handsome
staircase. It is a beautifully finished department
in which are advantageously displayed the vari-
ous makes. The several styles of horns and ac-
cessories, including attractive cabinets, are ex-
hibited.
The other departments for the sale of pianos,
sheet music, etc., are also arranged in a most
convenient and attractive manner.
The Staples Piano and Music Co., Port-
land, Me., are now comfortably settled in their
new quarters on Brown street, that city, which
is under the management of E. L. Staples. This
concern have four other stores throughout the
state: namely, at Waterville, Belfast, Ellsworth
and Augusta.
ZULU KING PLAYS ORGAN
And Is Also an Admirer of the Talking Machine
—Not a Cannibal, but an Educated Man.
A dispatch from London says that Dinizulu,
head chief of the ferocious Zulus, renowned as
the best fighters among the natives of Africa, has
allowed a lone sheriff to go into Zululand and
attack him. His British neighbors in Natal say
he has been making mischief, inciting the blacks
to "remove" the white colonials. They got to-
gether a lot of troops and seemed about to send
them against him when he sent a message to the
Governor asking what the military preparations
meant, and why, if he had done wrong, he was
not arraigned before a civil court and given a
fair trial. So a sheriff was sent after him with
a warrant and Dinizulu son of the warlike Cete-
wayo, quietly went along to be tried.
Dinizulu lives, when he is at home, in a well
constructed building, furnished in the English
fashion, with large mirrored wardrobes in his
bedroom and all the appliances of civilized life.
He has a brick house for any English guests,
and has an English-speaking native valet to at-
tend them. . At night he entertains his guests
with a gramophone, with English records, and, if
well enough, plays the organ himself and sings
to his own accompaniment, his favorite song,
which he sings in English, being "Home Sweet
Home." He is a fluent Zulu scholar, and writes
with ease in a bold hand, and also speaks Eng-
lish.
TO HANDLE MUSICAL GOODS ONLY.
After the first of this year the Hattiesburg
Music and Novelty Co., Hattiesburg, Miss., will
close their entire line of toys and novelties and
devote themselves to the sale of musical goods
exclusively.
TONK
F. J. HENZEL LIVELY CAMPAIGN.
Fred J. Henzel, who handles the Hardman,
Peck & Co. line, including the Hardman, Harring-
ton and Henzel pianos and the Hardman and Har-;
rington Autotones in Albany, N. Y., with ware-;
rooms at 126 Second avenue, is out for businessi
in a lively manner and is advertising in a way>
that is bringing satisfactory results. His hust-i
ling campaign built up a large holiday demand'
for all the instruments in the line and,'business;
still continues good.
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DEATH OF OLD-TIME MANUFACTURER.
Roibert William Dollens, for many years prom-"
inent in the music trade of Indiana, died in 1
Indianapolis recently at the age of seventy-one.,,
Mr. Collins conducted a drum factory in New
Albany, Ind., during the Civil War days, andj
handling musical instruments in large quantities
secured the contract for supplying the regimental
bands of the Indiana troops with instruments.
Mr. Collins has a fine musical education and was
a violinist of recognized ability.
HARPER
PIANO
CO. TO OCCUPY LARGER
aUARTERS.
The A. R. Harper Piano Co., Jacksonville, Fla.,i
who are agents for the Everett, Harvard and
other makes of pianos, have announced that they
will remove to larger quarters in that city after
January 1, when they will be better able to'
handle their growing trade.
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XTRAORDINARY
DURABILITY
THE
ERNEST A.
Geo. P. Bent, of "Crown"' fame, is the apostle
of optimism. Long before we heard so much
about the necessity of being optimistic Mr. Bent
always believed in this doctrine—in the "never
say die" slogan. And this is more necessary to-
day than ever before when so many people are
having the zero feeling in their pedal extremities
in connection with the financial situation. Mr.
Bent's text is worth quoting and following. He
has had it printed in a blotter so that it cannot
escape the desk of any dealer. I t reads thus:
"The way not to have hard times is not to think
or act hard times. Business is what we col-'
lectively make it. Now, altogether."
In order that we may all get the spirit of this
splendid feeling Mr. Bent has enclosed a prettily
arranged leaflet with a picture of the President,
and on which appears the following extract from
his recent message: "Go Ahead with Normal
Business and Difficulty Disappears. On Nov. 30,
1893, there was in the treasury but $161,000,000
in gold. On Nov. 14, 1907, there was in the treas-
ury $904,000,000 of gold. All that our people have
to do now is to go ahead with their normal busi-
ness and the whole difficulty disappears; and the
end will be achieved at once if each man will act
as he normally does act and as the real condi-
tions of the country's business fully warrant his
now acting." Now on the eve of the New Year.
let every one make the resolution to shelve the
talk of hard times, to denounce those rumor
mongers who make it their business to discuss
the financial weakness of every concern, and to!
cultivate the brighter and more helpful side of 1
things, for, mark you, the country is all right,;
and as our good preacher Bent says: "The wayj
not to have hard times is not to think or act hardf
times."
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