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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
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Baldwin Co.'s factory, is going into the re- Recitative and Air, from "The Messiah" (Han-
tail business on his own account. Last Friday del), Mr. Robinson with Pianola; Two Etudes,
he closed a five-year lease for the store, north- Nocturne, Prelude and Scherzo (Chopin), Pian-
east corner of Main and Franklin stieets, at a ola; "Who is Sylvia"? (Schubert), Siegmund's
Passing of Smith & Nixon Piano Co.—H. W.
rental of $3,500 for the period. Gross has agreed Love Song and Magic Fire Music, from "The Val-
Crawford Becomes Sales-Manager of Nor-
to make his own repairs, the feature of which kyrie" (Wagner), Mr. Robinson with Pianola;
wood Factory—McCourt to be Retail Sales
will be the installation of a large glass front. He Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven), Hungarian,
Representative—Blackmore 111—G. P. Gross
has not yet arranged for a line of stock.
Rhapsody No. 2 (Liszt), Pianola; Allegro finale,
to Engage in Retail Trade—Mason & Ham-
Manager Summey, of the Cable Co. warerooms, from Trio, op. 49 (Mendelssohn), for violin, vio-
lin Organs in Demand—Trade Conditions
evidently has much reason to remember last lincello and piano, Miss B. Froede, violin; Miss
Reviewed—Why Roberts Isn't Superstitious.
week as having been "Organ Week" for his H. Froede, 'cello, with Mr. White at the Pianola.
house, since three of the Mason & Hamlin make
were sold. Two of the two-manual Liszt pedal
(Special to The Review.*
WHO CHOOSESJTHE PIANO.
bass organs were sold, one to the State school
Cincinnati, March 1, 1910.
there, and the other to Ralph Riggs, who has Pianist in Spokane Wanted One Make—
With liabilities conservatively estimated at
Orchestra Leader Got Another—The Result.
$75,000, the Smith & Nixon Piano Co., on East charge of the music department of the same.
Fourth street, finally closed its doors Saturday The third purchase was made by the Central
The oft-repeated question as to whether the
night. The death of the concern came when the Baptist Church, at Hinton, W. Va. It is of the
president, Henry W. Crawford, thought its pipe top type. Among his visitors were W. R. orchestra leader or the pianist should chose the
make of piano to be used by the latter in con-
chance of surviving was the best. When the Murray, of the Farrand Co., Detroit, and J. G.
Corley, the Richmond (Va.) representative of
cert sprang up again in Spokane, Wash., recently,
much-talked-of "reorganization sale" was brought
and resulted in a change of pianists. Sig.
to a sudden close two weeks ago Crawford an- the Cable Co., who was en route to"Chicago with
Tassetti had been engaged as piano soloist with
nounced that he was going to take up the ques- his family for a recreation and pleasure trip.
tion of settling the claims of the creditors and
That E. E. Roberts, of the Baldwin & Co.'s the local Symphony Orchestra, and when he ap-
endeavor to re-establish the company upon a wareiooms, is not in the least superstitious, was peared for the concert found that another make
firm basis. Just what will be done in reference
shown on Saturday, when the new player de- of piano had been substituted for the one which
he had specified. When he rebelled he was
to these obligations remains to be seen. Craw- partment on the third floor was partially opened.
ford is said to have no definite proposition in
Just before a prospective buyer showed up an informed that he would play on the piano pro-
vided or on none at all, and upon his refusal to
mind. There is an intimation that two or three attendant discovered the presence of thirteen
do so another pianist, Mrs. Dayton Stewart, was
of the creditors recently secured satisfaction, players tastefully grouped about the spacious and
engaged for the concert.
but if such is the case the same cannot be veri- handsomely-furnished room. "Just the thing,"
fied.
said Mr. Roberts, who sold an Ellington in a
CLEVELAND ASSOCIATION OFFICERS.
H. C. Dickinson, the Chicago representa-
The company's last act prior to vacating was jiffy.
to settle for back rents by compromising its tive of the Baldwin Co., accompanied by his
At a meeting of the board of directors of the
damage suit against the Hooper heirs through wife and two daughters, passed through Friday,
Cleveland (O.) Music Trades Association H. E.
en
route
to
Palm
Beach.
E.
H.
Hereth,
of
In-
their agent, C. L. Harrison. Some years ago,
McMillan, Sr., wes elected president, H. H. Hart
while the building was being repaired, water is dianapolis, was another visitor.
James J. McCourt left at noon Saturday for vice-president and Otto Muehlhauser, secretary
alleged to have injured the stock of the piano
New York City, where he will try to secure a and treasurer. The officers will be installed on
company. The suit that was filed was never
cheap piano of standard make for use as a March 8, when the members of the Detroit as-
settled, and was used as a basis of settling the
sociation will join their Cleveland brothers
"drive" at his new wareroom.
rent claims and cancelling the leases which will
around the banquet board.
F. A. Leatherman, of Nashville, was a caller
expire next February.
Henry W. Crawford will become the sales man- on Manager W. H. Stever, of the Lyric ware-
Edward F. Tietz, who for many years con-
ager for the Smith & Nixon Piano Manufacturing rooms, Friday, and had a friendly chat. Stever's
ducted a piano and music store in Gloversville,
club
proposition,
it
is
said,
will
not
be
an-
Co., at Norwood. The local sales representative of
nounced until about March 15, as was indicated N. Y., will shortly open a branch store in Mid-
this plant will be James J. McCourt, who will
dleburg, N. Y.
in the Review recently.
open up the doors of his new wareroom, 126
C. A. Pauling, of Vincennes, Ind., last week
West Fourth street, in about a week. The fac-
tory will make for him a piano which will be was a caller upon President Frank A. Lee, of the
John Church Co.
named after McCourt. The new wareroom will
be in charge of M. M. Potee, formerly of Dayton,
From all that can be learned every company
Ohio. The present one, a few doors west, will subject to the corporation tax report have filed
be continued until the expiration of the lease, their data on schedule time. The weather of
Do you know that American steel is being
which will be in about twenty months. Mc- the past month enabled the local firms to give
sent abroad to Europe?
Court, as the successor of the Smith & Nixon the necessary time to tabulating the desired in-
Just a straw—but it shows in what direc-
retail house, has on hand some of the stock of
formation. February, considering the severe
tion the trade wind is blowing.
the Cincinnati Discount Co., which fact was re- storms which tied up business practically half
It shows that the product of American
ported in the Music Trade Review. There are of the month, was better than could be expected
skill and American enterprise is being ap-
112 pianos of the Fifth-Third National Bank
under the circumstances. Manager Pauling, of
preciated in other circles than our own.
still in storage, and it is intimated that several the Starr Piano Co.'s wareroom, summed up the
It means that the tide is turning.
Dou you know that the American Steel &
of the large houses here are willing to have a trade's feelings when he said "We made a good
Wire Co. manufacture all wires of what-
finger in the pie providing they, can get the showing under the conditions."
ever nature which are used in piano-player
instruments at the right price.
mechanism?
President Albert Kiell and Secretary Edwin
CLASSES IN PIANO DESIGN
Do you know that this same corporation
Pfau, of the Krell Auto-Grand Piano Co., Con-
is supplying piano wire to some of the most
nersville, were in town Friday and had a con- Close Their Sessions for the Season with Inter-
critical and most distinguished of American
esting Concert Which Was Greatly En-
ference with their local distributers, the Grau
piano manufacturers?
joyed.
Piano Co. Otto Grau, of the latter corporation,
Do you know that the special products of
this great corporation, known as the
left at noon Saturday, accompanied by his wife,
on a social visit to New York, returning in about
The classes in piano design and piano
a week.
player construction at the Union Branch, Y.
Dawson J. Blackmore, of the Krell Piano Co., M. C. A., in the Borough of The Bronx,
AND
is confined to his home, suffering from the grip. (ompleted their season's work on Thurs-
For three weeks he has not been in good health, day evening, March 3. The instructor, William
and last Thursday was compelled to take to B. White, Technical Editor of The Review, had
brands of piano wire are steadily gaining
his bed, A week's rest, it is thought, will bring arranged an interesting piano player recital
ground with the American piano t r a d e -
him around all right. The Krell Co. will not program for the closing evening, in which he
gaining without flamboyancy and without
, take part in the Richmond Exposition, and the was assisted by Walter H. Robinson, tenor, and
pyrotechnics of any nature—gaining simply
Baldwin Co. have not taken the matter into the Misses Froede, violinist and 'cellist. A large
because there is quality behind them?
consideration.
audience was present, consisting of students,
That is all.
George Q. Chase, of Kohler & Chase, of San their friends and many invited guests. The
But think it over.
Francisco, passed through Cincinnati last week, recital was intended by Mr. White principally
It is worth your while.
en route to New York City. While here he as an elaborate demonstration of the artistic
called upon the Wurlitzer Co. and Mr. Beinkamp, capacity of the piano player in the departments
of the Church-Beinkamp Co. Another visitor of
of solo performance, concerted music and vocal
the latter was E. T. Huller, of E. Gabler & Bro. accompaniment.
The numbers were rendered
Chicago
New York
Worcester
Mr. Beinkamp is well pleased with the house's on a Steck grand and cabinet Pianola loaned
Denver
San Francisco
showing for the month, stating this morning by the Aeolian Co., which was presided over by
Export Representatives, United States Steel
that it was much better than he anticipated.
Mr. White. The program was as follows: Over-
Products Export Co., New York
George P. Gross, formerly a designer at the ture, "Fingal's Cave" (Mendelssohn), Pianola;
Think It Over
"PERFECTED"
"CROWN"
American Steel and Wire Co.