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THE: MUSIC TRADE
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REVIEW
H. SCHMIDT & SON GET STEINWAY.
FALSE MERCANTILE STATEMENTS
Secure Agency for Large Section of Iowa—An
Old Established House Controlled by the
Founder.
Whether Specifically Asked For or Not Should
Be Made an Available Objection to the
Qebtors' Discharge in Bankruptcies—Pro-
posed Amendment to Bankruptcy Law.
H. Schmidt & Son, with stores in Davenport and
Muscatine, la., have secured the agency for the
Steinway piano in that territory, and are planning
to give it an excellent representation. The com-
pany, which was founded in 1862, also handle the
Weber, Steck, and Lyon & Healy makes of pianos.
The business is unique in that it is carried on
entirely by the founder, Herman Schmidt, Sr.,
and his five sons, as follows: Herman Schmidt,
Sr., president; Ernest Schmidt, Chicago, vice-presi-
dent; Julius A. Schmidt, secretary-treasurer; Carl
C. Schmidt, manager of the Muscatine store; Ed-
ward A. and Herman, Jr., in charge of the Daven-
port store.
W. H. KELLER & SON MANUFACTURING
Easton, Pa., House Start Work in Factory and
Show Two Completed Pianos in Show Win-
dows—Also Occupying Wareroom Addition.
(Special to The Review.)
Easton, Pa., Oct. 10, 1910.
Following the completion of the four-story brick
addition to the Temple of Music, Wm. H. Keller
& Sons, the well-known piano dealers of this city,
have launched their piano manufacturing enter-
prise. Last week the company exhibited in their
show windows at 219-221 North Hampton street
two pianos made entirely in their factory, and
other instruments will be turned out at a rapid
rate. One of the features of the new industry will
be the making of pianos to order to harmonize with
any particular style of furniture. Keller & Sons
have also occupied the new four-story addition to
their warerooms. This new addition contains the
display of pianos, organs and music boxes, and
each floor is prettily arranged so as to show the
instruments to the best advantage. Various makes
of pianos are on exhibition, but the firm within a
short time will make a specialty of the "William
H. Keller & Son" and the "Browning" pianos as
fast as they are manufactured. The present capac-
ity for making pianos is ten instruments a week,
and the number will increase as the manufactory
gets into running order.
CHANGE IN 0WENSB0R0, KY.
W. S. Samuels, who has been connected with
the piano and organ business in Owensboro, Ky.,
for a number of years, has bought out the piano
business of W. P. Daniels, that city. Mr. Daniels
will in future devote his time to tuning pianos and
looking after affairs connected with his orchestra.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, Oct. 10, 1910.
When the National Bankruptcy Law was amend-
ed in the last session of Congress by the passage
of the Sherley bill, it was thought that every de-
mand and criticism previously made regarding it
had been satisfied. It will be remembered that the
Sherley amendment sought to meet two principal
objections that had been made to the law, viz., the
provisions covering the "compensation of receivers"
and the "discharge of_receivers."
Compensation of receivers in bankruptcy cases
is now limited to 2 per cent, on the first $1,000
realized from the assets and one-half of 1 per
cent, on all realized above that amount.
That section of the National Bankruptcy law
relative to opposition to discharge of a receiver is
now amended to provide that trustees shall be
competent "parties in interest" to object to a dis-
charge; second, that they can so object only when
authorized at a meeting of creditors; and, third,
that a materially false mercantile statement made
in writing, where that statement was specifically
asked for by the creditor, or by the creditor's rep-
resentative, is a sufficient ground for opposition
to discharge.
It is learned that efforts are to be made to ob-
tain a further amendment of the law at the com-
ing session of Congress.
The amended section last quoted above is known
to be objectionable to a large number of interests.
These people believe that a materially false mer-
cantile statement, if made to the trade and relied
upon by the creditor, whether specifically asked for
or not, should be made an available objection to
the debtor's discharge.
An attempt will be made, it is understood, to
obtain another amendment to the National Bank-
ruptcy law pertaining to this "discharge" section.
ADDITION TO KURTZMANN PLANT
Nearly
Completed—Extra
Facilities
Badly
Needed to Enable the Company to Fill Or-
ders on Schedule^
The new addition to the plant of C. Kurtzmann &
Co., Buffalo, N. Y., is rapidly nearing completion
and the company will soon be occupying the extra
space. The additional quarters have been badly
needed for some time, as the present facilities have
hardly been adequate to meet the steady increase
in the demand of the trade. The company state
that their highest-priced piano and their player-
pianos seem to be in most demand with the trade,
and the grand and player departments of the fac-
tories are being pushed to fill orders on schedule.
A PROMISING "PIANO WOMAN."
Miss Pansy Marx Starts Out Selling Pianos
and Has Ev.ry Prospect of Making a Suc-
cess in Her Chosen Field—Daughter of Ellas
Marx.
A young "piano woman" who will very likely
make her mark in the Western field in the near
future is Miss Pansy Marx, daughter of Ellas
Marx, president of the Marx Music Co., Sacra-
mento, Cal. Miss Marx is a graduate of a business
school, understands the details of the piano busi-
ness thoroughly, and has already been very suc-
cessful in making sales. There are strong possi-
bilities that Miss Marx will be in control of one
of the largest piano houses in the West at some
future date.
THE BUSY LAUTER CO. AUTOMOBILE.
The accompanying picture is, as can be seen at a
glance, the famous piano automobile of the Lauter
Co. This car is a familiar sight not only through-
out the State of New Jersey, but on the streets of
New York City, where many Lauter pianos have
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been delivered by it. This car has greatly inter-
ested dealers in all parts of the country, for it has
been in use for eighteen months without being
more than a day out of commission at any time.
This car has been in all sorts of mountain roads
in heavy November storms. Last winter it was
caught in a blizzard in the mountains above Sparta,
and the snow was up over the wheels, but it
came through without a mishap.
The picture is taken from the maker's catalog.
A. K. Taylor, of the wholesale department of
Aeolian Co., and G. Burd, of the advertising de-
partment of that company, have both resigned.
It. is announced that the gentlemen will engage in
c'ie general field of advertis'ng.
Constant and Rapid Progress
have placed
Winter & Co. Pianos
on a higher level than has previously been achieved in generations.
WINTER & CO.
220 Southern Boulevard
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New York City