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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
NEW JERSEY INSTALMENT BILL.
L. C. PARKER NAMED AS MANAGER
CLOSING UP FARRAND PLANT.
New Measure Introduced in Assembly of That
State Being Strongly Opposed by Piano and
House Furnishing Merchants Doing Business
in New Jersey—Details of Measure.
Of Piano Department of Gimbel Bros., Milwau-
kee, Succeeding E. S. Bridge, Who Resigned
Recently—Formerly Head of Talking Ma-
chine Department of Same Store.
Making Up Final Lot of Pianos for the Market
—To Repossess and Resell Pianos on Which
Payments Are Due—Affairs of Company to
Be Settled Soon—Establish Temporary Office.
(Special to The Review.)
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TRENTON, N. }., March 9.—New Jersey is the
latest State whose legislators have received inspira-
tion to the effect that the present instalment laws
require remodeling and as a result Assemblyman
Moore recently introduced the following bill:
"An act regulating the method of instalment pay-
ments on conditional sales or on bailments with
right to purchase, regulating the issuing of writs of
replevin therefore and prohibiting a waiver of the
provisions of this act:
"Be it enacted by the Senate and General As-
sembly of the State of New Jersey. Whenever
hereafter any goods or chattels shall be sold con-
ditionally or shall be leased with an option in the
vende, lessee or bailee of securing title to such
goods or chattels by payments thereon in instal-
ments, all such payments made on such sale or
lease or bailment shall be applied to the payment
of such goods or chattels in the chronological order
of their purchase or lease, and no writ of replevin
shall issue for any goods sold or leased other than
those not covered by such payments. Any contract
or agreement hereafter made containing a waiver
of the provisions of the first section of this act
shall be unlawful and void."
The bill, which has been referred to the Juliciary
Committee, is being strongly opposed by the Na-
tional Home Furnishers' Association and other
bodies representing the merchants of the State
who are engaged in selling pianos, furniture and
other goods on instalments and should also be of
particular interest to piano and talking machine
dealers located near the borders of New York and
Pennsylvania, especially in New York City and
Philadelphia, who frequently do a large business
within the borders of New Jersey. In the bill, as
it stands, piano men are prevented from replevining
an instrument even if only the first payment has
been made.
THE NEW BUFFALO ASSOCIATION.
Recently Organized Piano Dealers and Manu-
facturers' Association Meet for the Purpose
of Perfecting By-laws and Other Details—
Vice-President Weisberg Optimistic.
(Special to The Review.)
BUFFALO, N. Y., March 9.—At a meeting of the
Piano Dealers' and Manufacturers' Association of
the State of New York, held Thursday night, the
•by-laws of the new organization were discussed.
It is expected that in a week or two. the work of
making a constitution will be completed. The ap-
plications of several candidates for membership
were also received.
Maxwell J. Weisberg, vice-president of the asso-
ciation, expressed himself pleased with the success
of the new organization and stated that befo.re
long nearly every dealer and manufacturer in this
section of the State will have become a member.
As soon as the membership is large enough, he
said, a real surprise is going to be sprung which
will make piano men throughout the State sit up
and take notice.
TWO INTERESTING ANNIVERSARIES.
The R. S. Williams & Sons Co., Toronto, Ont,
recently celebrated the sixty-fifth anniversary of
the establishment of the business and about 2,500
were attracted to the store of the company to
attend the exercises marking the event. One of
those who received especial congratulations was
William Middleton, who recently celebrated his
eighty-second birthday anniversary, and who has
been in the service of the company continuously
for over thirty-eight years.
MILWAUKEE, WIS., March 10.—E. S. Bridge,
DETROIT, M I C H . , March 9.—The closing out sale
manager of the piano department of Gimbel Bros.' of the F a r r a n d factory is almost concluded. Only
store and one of the most popular piano men in a few men now are working around the plant, put-
Milwaukee, has resigned and has gone to San An- ting together such odds and ends of pianos as they
tonio, Tex., where he will be manager of the
can find and getting them into marketable form.
San Antonio Music Co. Mr. Bridge, who is a It is understood that within a week the receiver
piano man of wide experience, has been in charge
will pull in a number .of pianos upon which back
at Gimbel Bros, off and on for several years. He payments are due and put them into the final sale.
This action is compulsory, because there is no way
of carrying the delinquent accounts. These dis-
posed of, the factory will be closed up entirely,
probably before the first of April.
A temporary office will be opened downtown for
the collection of the good accounts. When all
other details have been worked out, the contracts
then remaining will be sold and the office dosed.
It is hoped that the final accounting can be made
within a year of the filing of the receivership.
Thus far the receivers, the Detroit T r u s t Co., have
moved the affairs of the company along very rap-
idly, only seven months having elapsed since they
took hold. This has been made possible because
J. A. Bower, the vice-president in charge, is
familiar with the piano business.
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TEACHING PIANO VIA "MOVIES?'
Mme. Unschuld, While Appearing in St. Paul,
Displays New Method of Teaching Piano
Technic—A Novel Demonstration.
(Special to The Review.)
ST. PAUL, MINN., March 9.—Every week finds a
L. C. Parker.
filled several road positions at different times, but
came back to Gimbel Bros, about a year ago.
Mr. Bridge has been succeeded as manager of
the Gimbel piano department by L. C. Parker, en-
terprising manager of the Victor department at
Gimbel's. Mr. Parker is an unusually capable
man of broad ideas, and it is anticipated that he
will meet with much success in handling the
Packard, the Bond, the Brambach, the Autopiano
and other lines carried by Gimbel's.
LABOR CLAIMS AGAINST HELLER CO.
Employes of Bankrupt Milwaukee Concern
Present Claims to Court—Aggregate $2,800.
(Special to The Review.)
MILWAUKEE, WIS., March 10.—Labor claims ag-
gregating $2,800 were presented to the court for
payment by former employes of the bankrupt Hel-
ler Piano Co. at a hearing held before Referee
E. Q. Nye, on March 5. Only about $700 of these
claims were allowed by the court, while some were
thrown out and some were held over for further
consideration. There are still $750 of these claims
to be acted upon. H. J. Julian, vice-president of
the defunct concern; Fred Wienan, superintendent
of the player factory, formerly operated by the
Heller interests, and others were examined.
BALLMAN CO. IN_NEW QUARTERS.
(Special to The Review.)
MILLWAUKEE, Wis., March 10.—The Ballman
Piano Co., successor to the bankrupt Heller Piano
Co., has left the former Heller quarters at Seventh
street and Grand avenue, and has moved into tem-
porary quarters at 486 National avenue. It is
reported that a Chicago house is considering the
proposition of leasing tke former Heller store.
WINTER & CO.
220 SOUTHERN BOULEVARD, N E W YORK
Manufacturers of
new use for motion pictures. Recently it was
learned that they may be used to teach piano play-
ing. Sounds rather peculiar, but it is true.
Mme. Marie von Unschuld, court pianist for the
Queen of Roumania, pupil of Leschetizky, Staven-
hagen and other famous teachers of Europe, who
will appear in concert in St. Paul, uses them in
giving lessons in technical training.
The film, 1,600 feet in length, was made in Wash-
ington, D. C, recently. The lecture which it
illustrates is based, in its technical parts, on prin-
ciples of Beethoven, Czerny, Liszt, Tausig, Rubin-
stein, Leschetizky and Unschuld. While Mme. von
Unschuld lectures she plays the various exercises
displayed on the screen.
One of the interesting sections of the films ihows
the rapid advancement of the 4-year-old daughter
of Mme. von Unschuld in six months' time.
AUSTIN GIBBONS jm
NEW MANAGER.
Placed in Charge of Milwaukee Store of Cable-
Nelson Piano Co. and Maps Out Lively
Campaign for Local Spring and Summer
Trade—Measures Up as Fire-fighter. -
(Special to The Review.)
MILWAUKEE, WIS., March 10.—Austin Gibbons,
an experienced piano man from the East, recent-
ly of Chicago, has been appointed manager of
the Milwaukee branch store of the Cable-Nelson
Piano Co., succeeding V. R. McCreery, who re-
signed recently. Mr. Gibbons, who is enthusiastic
regarding the Milwaukee field, will make several
changes in the methods followed and expecis to
secure a big Cable-Nelson business. Miss Rose
Schnell, capable young manager of the office,; will
remain in her present position.
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Mr. Gibbons was hardly in charge of htsjnew
position when he was tried out as a fire-fijihter
A blaze was discovered back of a radiator - itt the
Cable-Nelson store at 304 West Water street and
Mr. Gibbons headed a bucket brigade ailjjs put
out the fire before the arrival of the fiK"^
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