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MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
TO SUPPRESS CERTIFICATE EVILS.
Important Resolutions Passed by the Legisla-
tive Committee of the Milwaukee Piano
Dealers' Association Bearing Upon Certifi-
cate or Puzzle Schemes—Puts the Matter Up
to the National Association for Action—Em-
phasizes How the Public Is Beginning to
Mistrust, Misjudge and Condemn All Piano
Dealers as a Direct Result of This Certifi-
cate Campaign—Conditions Duly Set Forth.
(Special to The Review.)
Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 17, 1910.
Resolutions, to be forwarded to the National
Piano Dealers' Association of America, aimed
against unscrupulous and unbusinesslike methods
in the piano business, were prepared at a meeting
held this week by the legislative committee with
President Edmund Gram and Secretary Charles
J. Orth, of the Milwaukee Piano Dealers' Asso-
ciation. The resolutions have already been placed
before the national association with the request
that immediate action be taken for the suppres-
sion of evils in the piano trade and that a suit-
able measure be drafted and presented to the
proper authorities at Washington as soon after
Congress convenes as possible.
The Hon. William J. Cary, member of Con-
gress from the Fifth Wisconsin District, has taken
an active interest in the fight which has been
waged by the local association to bring about re-
form in the piano trade and some time ago prom-
ised his entire support to the association. It is
expected that he will do all within his power to
bring about the passage of a measure which shall
be formulated by the National Piano Dealers'
Association, of America,
The legislative committee of the local associa-
tion, C. C. Warner, chairman; E. S. Bridge and
Walter Gaulke, assisted by President Gram and
Secretary Orth, prepared the following resolutions:
Whereas, certain evils exist in the retail piano
trade throughout the United States and have be-
come so pronounced that the public generally is
beginning to mistrust, misjudge and condemn all
piano dealers, and that as a direct result of such
loss of confidence the personal character and busi-
ness standing of reputable dealers are not only
seriously impaired, but are in imminent danger of
irreparable injury. And,
Whereas, in many cities where dealers are con-
trolled or financed by certain manufacturers, said
dealers in their anxiety to dispose of pianos resort
to methods that are not only misleading, but de-
liberately dishonest. And,
Whereas, such methods include the voluminous
advertising of certain certificates or credit bonds
of assumed considerable monetary value, such
bonds and certificates being given for the solution
of some simple puzzle; also, the advertising of
fictitiously high prices (supposedly the legitimate,
regular figure for instruments to be sold at a
ridiculously low price, but without any reason
being given for such unwarranted reductions),
therefore, be it
Resolved, that .it is the desire and purpose of
this association to put an end to all such nefarious
practices, and that its members, severally and
unitedly, will use all legitimate means for the per"
manent suppression of the evil.
Resolved, that the sincere and heartfelt thanks
of this association be tendered to Congressman
William J. Cary, for work already accomplished
by him in behalf of this cause and for further as-
sistance so considerately volunteered in behalf of
this association.
Resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be
sent to the National Piano Dealers' Association of
America and that the national organization be re-
quested to have a thorough investigation of exist-
ing postal laws made, with a view to acquiring the
necessary authority for the prevention of the use
of the mails for such illegitimate and unwhole-
some purposes as are herein set forth, that the na-
tional association be urged to have drafted a bill
suited to the needs of the trade as set forth in
these resolutions, and arrange for the introduc-
tion of the same before Congress at the earliest
possible moment.
COPYRIGHT LAW FOR CANADA.
British
Government
Decides to
Power to Dominion.
Surrender
(Special to The Review.)
Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 17, 1910.
Tlie British Government has finally agreed to
give Canada full control over foreign copyright
regulations in the Dominion. Heretofore a British
copyright was effective in Canada and an Ameri-
can publisher obtaining a British copyright was
also protected in the Dominion.
A Canadian copyright will be necessary under
new laws to be enacted at once. Bills will be in-
troduced in the British and Canadian Parliaments
when they reconvene, enacting the new regulations,
which are in accordance with the Berlin conven-
tion of two years ago. Canada will be enabled to
make reciprocal arrangements with other countries.
CARL BRAMBACH & SON
Incorporate at. Albany This Week, with Capi-
tal of $15,000, to Manufacture Pianos.
Carl Brambach & Son filed a certificate of in-
corporation at Albany this week for the purpose
of manufacturing and dealing in pianos, player-
pianos, etc., with a capital stock of $15,000. It is
the intention of the company to do business in the
Bronx. The incorporators are: Chas. F. Bram-
bach, Carl Brambach, both of No. 16 North Ter-
race, Mt. Vernon, and John Ramy, 401 West 50th
street, New York.
HARP FACTORY FOR SAGINAW.
The Schimmeyer Harp Co., of Chicago, Ar-
ranged to Locate in Saginaw—Will Employ,
it Is Said, About Forty Men.
(Special to The Review.)
Saginaw, Mich., Oct. 17, 1910.
Announcement was made Wednesday that the
Schimmeyer Harp Co. of Chicago was to locate
in Saginaw, the former Erd Motor Engine Co.
factory to be used by the new plant. About 40
men will be employed and the equipment will be
up-to-date in every way. The cost of the machin-
ery is estimated at $25,000.
Some fifteen years ago Max Schimmeyer was
a resident in Saginaw and was engaged in manu-"
facturing business, moving from here to Chicago,
where he opened up a factory to manufacture
harps. There the business flourished and now the
products have gained widespread fame in the
musical world.
Negotiations have been under way for some
time. It is expected that the machinery will be in-
stalled within a short time and manufacturing
commenced.
E. 0. BROWN TAKES LARGER STORE.
Bayonne, N. J., Dealer Now Has Commodious
Warerooms with Recital Hall.
E. G. Brown, the well-known piano dealer of
Bayonne, N. J., has removed from 082 Broadway
to 749 Broadway, that city, where he has more
commodious quarters in which to handle his rapid-
ly expanding business. In the new location Mr.
Brown has a spacious and appropriately decorated
piano wareroom, with salon attached, where from
time to time he will be able to give a musical
entertainment illustrative of the various instru-
ments for which he holds the agency.
PIANOS FOR MILWAUKEE THEATERS.
Four
Theaters in That City Supplied
Instruments by Chas J. Orth.
with
(Special to The Review.)
Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 17, 1910.
Charles J. Orth, representative of the Strich &
Zeidler, Winter & Co., Janssen, Rudolf, Homer
and other pianos, has made the rather unusual
record of selling pianos to four different theaters
of the city within the past two weeks—the Alham-
bra, the Star, the Ideal and the Juneau. Sales
were also made by Mr. Orth to the House of the
Good Shepherd and the Badger State Business
College.
Talking Points
on
Piano Actions
Dealers who handle
pianos containing Strauch
actions have a very de-
cided advantage over their
competitors, whose lines
do not contain these ac-
tions, for the Strauch ac-
tion is one of the strongest
talking points that the
dealer can use. Strauch
actions occupy a very
unique place in the piano
world, and their quality is
known and appreciated
everywhere.
These actions contain
individual improvements
of exceptional and dis-
tinctive merit, not found
in any other piano action.
Most people know that
the action is a vital part
of a piano, and when the
prospective purchaser is
assured that the piano he
contemplates buying con-
tains a Strauch action, his
c o n f i d e n c e has been
gained—and confidence is
the basis of success in
business. The dealer who
by this one statement of
fact—that the piano he is
trying to sell contains the
Strauch action—can in-
spire his customer with
confidence in the mechani-
cal superiority of the ac-
tion in the piano, has taken
a long step toward con-
summation of the sale.