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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
THE LATEST LAUTER CO. CATALOG.
Fourteen of the Latest and Most Popular
Styles of Lauter Pianos and Humanas De-
scribed in Its Two Dozen Pages—A Hand-
some and Convenient Volume.
the taxes could not be paid by the corporations
under protest and recovered it! the act were
found to be void.
The Solicitor-General admitted that such a
course could be pursued, but it would involve a
great deal of administrative work.
The Chief Justice said the court would take
the motions under advisement.
The Lauter Co., Newark, N. J., have just issued
a very handsome pocket catalog illustrating and
describing fourteen of the company's most recent
THE WEAVER GRAND IN CONCERT.
and popular styles of pianos and player-pianos.
A short introduction and a view of the Lauter Product of the York, Pa., House Makes Its
factory opens the booklet, while the closing
Debut on Concert Stage in That City—Re-
pages are given over to reproductions of five of
ceives High Praise from All Sides—What the
the hundreds of testimonials that have been re-
Local Critic Said.
ceived by the company.
The pianos treated of in the newest Lauter
The Weaver grand piano, made by the Weaver
catalog are: The small grand, style 9; the Organ & Piano Co., York, Pa., made its debut on
grand, style 10; styles 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, the public concert stage last week at the first
117, 125 and 127 uprights, the last two being in concert of the season given by the Schubert
mission finish, and the following styles in the Choir at the York Opera House, and won an im-
Lauter Humana: Style M, Flemish; style N, mediate success, its musical qualities being
Colonial; style O, Empire, and style P, Mission. highly complimented by both the choir and mem-
The illustrations are well calculated to bring out bers of the audience.
all the details of the case designs and tend to
"The York Dispatch," in its review of the con-
make the booklet of particular value to the cert, said of the Weaver grand used: "The first
dealer in closing sales or interesting prospects.
appearance of the Weaver grand piano in public
The twenty-four pages of the booklet are bound concert work stirred the audience and aided in
in a neat gray cover handsomely embossed, and making the piano solos, as well as the choral
taking in account the high quality of the stock work, a pronounced success. There was no un-
and printing, and the general effective appear- certain sound about the instrument. It lent itself
ance of the volume, it reflects great credit on the admirably to the projected solo effects which
Lauter Co.
were associated with the most delicate accom-
paniment. In the heavier chords and harmonies
NEW TURN TO BANKRUPTCY LAW. the piano was a marvel of strength and volume,
when it is taken into consideration the size of
The First Time a Creditor Has Ever Carried
the opera house and that it is a small parlor
a State Law Lien to Higher Courts—This
grand instrument. It filled the theater with as
Step May Interest Piano Men.
much volume as many a large concert grand
piano and demonstrated that as good a piano
Piano men will doubtless be interested in an can be made in York as anywhere else in the
appeal on a unique point of bankruptcy law, as world."
it is affected by State law liens, which has been
taken to the United States Circuit Court of Ap-
THE PIANO AS A CIV1LIZER
peals by Sharon Graham, as counsel for R. N.
Asterley, a chattel mortgage creditor of the And Beneficent Influence—Why We Should
bankrupt Watts-Mumford Press, which was sold
Rejoice That We Are Engaged in Such an
at public auction this week.
Up-Lifting Industry.
Asterley had a chattel mortgage for $5,000 on
the $40,000 press equipment of the bankrupt
Discussing the increased consumption of pianos
company, but was forced to take the position of in Canada, Prof. Goldwin Smith, the well known
an ordinary creditor by a decision of Judge Hand writer, says: "It is pleasant to be told that the
because of a failure to register the chattel mort- sale of pianos has largely increased. A piano
gage promptly at the end of the year.
no doubt is sometimes bought as an ornamental
This is the first time the relation of State law article of furniture, but allowing for this, we
liens to bankruptcy cases has ever been taken may fairly infer that with the increase of the
above the Circuit Court in any jurisdiction.
sale there has been an increase of the taste for
music. Not only is music a source of the purest
pleasure, and in that character an antidote to
CORPORATION TAX TEST.
pleasures which are less pure, but it is a most
U. S. Supreme Court Urged to Take It Up Soon.
beneficial agent in the formation of national
character. It refines, softens, civilizes. It car-
(Special to The Review.)
ries the aesthetic element, without whjch the
Washington, Jan. 24, 1910.
character is not complete, into homes which
The Supreme Court was to-day urged to ad- poetry and art cannot reach. It exorcises angry
vance and hear out of turn the case brought to passions, as the harp of David exorcised the evil
test the validity of the Federal corporation tax spirit from Saul.
included in the tariff act of last summer. Record
"In a man who was fond of music you would
time has been made in this case, which was hardly find a very venomous politician or parti-
brought in the Federal Court in Vermont on san of any kind. The taste is social also, and
January 15 by Stella P. Flint to restrain the likely wherever it spreads to promote sociability
' Stone, Tracy Co. from making the returns on which is said in some of our rural neighborhoods
its business required under the tax law. The to be wanting, and the lack of which, where it
lower court dismissed the bill on January 20, is felt, must be a drawback from the happiness
an appeal was taken immediately, and the record of farm life. Let us hope that the sale of pianos
filed in the Supreme Court on January 21. To- will continue to increase."
day Maxwell Evarts, of New York, of counsel
for Mrs. Flint, asked the court to expedite its
BOY PIANO DEALERS FAIL.
determination. Solicitor-General Bowers, on be-
half of the Government, also presented a peti- Boys 15 and 16 Years Old, Respectively, Con-
tion that the Department of Justice be per- duct Piano Business in London for Eighteen
mitted to file briefs and take part in the argu-
Months but Show Deficiency of $460—Men
ments. He was asked by Chief Justice Fuller
Sometimes Do Worse.
if there was any suggestion by the Government
as to the time to be fixed for the hearing.
A recent dispatch from London, Eng., is to
Mr. Bowers replied that it was very desirable the effect that Archibald and David Nelson, aged
that the case be heard at the present term, for 15 and 1G, respectively, who were the sole part-
the reason that the last day for the payment of ners constituting the firm of Nelson Bros, piano
taxes for the current year was June 30, after and organ dealers, Paisley, appeared the other
which the heavy penalties provided by the act day in the sheriff's court to clear up the financial
would take effect. Chief Justice Fuller asked if affairs of the concern.
Eighteen months ago, when the younger lad
had just left school and his brother was a clerk
in their father's house, the two boys took a shop,
rented at $110 a year, and started in business for
themselves, without any capital, under their
father's management. He died in October and
since then the boys' business had been under the
supervision of an accountant.
The result of the venture was a statement of
affairs showing a deficiency of $460.
FIFTH AVENUE ASSOCIATION.
Commended for Its Good Work
About Reform.
in Bringing
Among the latest accessions to the member-
ship of the Fifth Avenue Association, of which
many piano houses are members, are the Night
and Day Bank, Florence E. Miller, C. Oliver
Iselin, Louis Hamburger & Co., G. Sidenberg &
Co., Joseph T. Tower, Frederick Southback, and
Alwyn Ball, Jr.
Vice-President Robert M. Gillespie, of Fred-
erick Southack & Alwyn Ball, Jr., in joining
the association wrote: "I feel that this is a
good opportunity for us to show you how we
feel, both for ourselves and those we represent
in the neighborhood, and how our clients have
spoken in connection with two phases of your
work, viz., that of trying to abate the great
nuisance which people have suffered along the
line of the avenue from smoke from automobiles,
and in your desire to see the avenue better
lighted a t night.
"Complaints come to us many times a week
from residents, and especially from those who
have business along the avenue, who say that
the volume of smoke that is expelled from the
cars is greatly in excess of what is at all re-
quired in their proper operation, and that this
smoke blows into the windows of houses, making
the rooms disagreeable for living, and almost
impossible for showing articles which are easily
soiled.
"Your steps toward having municipal regula-
tions passed preventing this nuisance will be
greatly appreciated by the people who live or
work along the avenue. Your idea of having
the avenue well lighted also appeals to us for
three reasons: It will help those who care to
advertise their business in a legitimate way; it
will give a great, brightly lighted avenue where
visitors from all over the country will see close
at hand the center of New York's most attrac-
tive business; it will also tend to make this
great boulevard safe for people to walk on at
night."
The association determined recently to have
monthly general meetings, the first of which
will be held on Tuesday, February 1, at the
Holland House at 12:30 noon.
A MUSICAL BED.
Soothing Lullabys to Induce Sleep and Dis-
cordant Jangling to Rouse the Slumberer—
Other Features.
A furniture dealer in Paris is showing a nov-
elty in the form of a bed, which is an improve-
ment on a similar one which attracted attention
at the last Paris world's fair. It is to all ap-
pearances an ordinary bed, but the weight of
the body upon it sets a clockwork in motion,
and this operates a music box, which gives forth
soothing melodies. The lullabys which it plays
are supposed to induce sleep. By means of a
dial at the head of the bed, the person who oc-
cupies it fixes an alarm for next morning. This
produces, when the hour arrives, discordant
sounds, to which the person in the bed must pay
heed, because failure to rise within five minutes
after the noise has begun will cause the bottom
of the bed to fall out.
The Moller pipe organ built for the First
Baptist Church of Chelsea, Mass., which was
formally dedicated recently by J. Frank Donahoe,
organist, has been highly praised for the beauty
of its various stops and its musical excellence.