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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
TO PLAY THIRD BASEBALL GAME FOR REVIEW CUP.
ANN ARBOR PIANO CO. TO DISSOLVE.
Manufacturers and Supply Men Will Meet on July 13 at Glenwood-on-the-Sound, When Piano
Club of New York Holds Its Outing—Each Team Having Won a Game Contest Is Sure to
Be Hotly Fought—Entertainment Committee on the Job Making Preparations for a Big Day.
Old Established Concern Winding Up Affairs
—Effects of the War the Chief Cause.
There is sure to be some ball game at the an-
nual outing of the Piano Club of New York this
year, which will be held on July 13 at Karatsonyi's
Hotel, Glenwood-on-the-Sound. Both the Manu-
facturers and Supply Men are lining up the r ma-
terial, each striving to get together an aggregation
which can "trim' the other, because each team
has won a game and the rubber will be played
when the piano men get together that day. L. D.
Perry will captain the Manufacturers' team as
usual, but the Supply Men will have a new man at
their head in the person of Harold L. Haas. The
cup which was presented to the club two years
ago by The Review will become the property of
the team which wins three out of five games. This
means that one team must win two more games as
the score stands at the present time.
The entertainment committee is making great
preparations for a big day and has sent out the
usual notices to all members of the club. The
steamer "Commander" will leave the foot of East
HELLER CO.'S TANGLED AFFAIRS.
Further Hearing in Suit Between Trustee of
Bankrupt Company and Germania National
Bank Over Equity in Pianos and Contracts.
(Special to The Review.)
MILWAUKEE, WIS., May 31.—The tangled af-
fairs of the bankrupt Heller Piano Co. will again
come up before Referee E. Q. Nye on June 3,
when the taking of testimony will be resumed in
the suit between the First Trust Co., the trustee,
and the Germania National Bank of Milwaukee.
The bank claims an equity in 100 or more pianos
held by the trustee, while the trustee in turn is de-
manding a share of about $30,000 worth of so-
called "demonstration contracts" issued by the de-
funct Heller concern and now held by the bank,
it is said. Charles H. Leech, Chicago attorney,
who has been representing the trustee in the case,
will conduct the examination for the First Trust
Co.
It. is charged by the trustee that several of the
largest Heller creditors pooled their holdings on
the eve of the Heller failure and unloaded these
securities on the Milwaukee banks. Interesting
developments on this phase of the question are ex-
pected, as this is interpreted as illegal under the
Wisconsin law. It had been hoped that the trustee
and the Germania National Bank might come to
some sort of agreement outside of court regard-
ing the 100 or more pianos now held by the trustee,
but this has now been found to be impossible.
THE SCHOMACKER BEING FEATURED
In the Musical Festival of Twenty Concerts
Being Given in the Wanamaker Auditorium
—Noted Artists to Participate in Event.
138th street at 9 a. m. (all those who wish to go
are asked to bear in mind that this does not mean
10 a. m.), and directly after the arrival at the
hotel the ball game will take place. A lunch will
be served on the boat, and the Marine Band has
been engaged to liven matters up a bit. The usual
clam bake will be served at 4 o'clock, the return
being made so that the boat will dock at East
138th street at 8.30 p. m.
Tickets, which are $5, may be obtained from
George Holz, secretary of the committee, 618 East
134th street, from any member of the committee,
or from the steward of the club. The other mem-
bers of the committee are Albert Behning, chair-
man, 217 West 125th street; Theodore Anderson,
39 East Forty-second street; J. Oktavec, 134th
street and Cypress avenue; George W. Gittins,
Fiftieth street and Eleventh avenue; Charles E.
Reid, North Side Board of Trade, 137th street
and Third avenue, and H. O. Fox, 157 College ave-
nue, Mount. Vernon, New York.
been made to the effect that the Ann Arbor Piano
Co. will wind up its affairs and retire from the
business. The closing out of the business will
bring to an end one of the oldest industries in
Ann Arbor.
The nucleus of the present corporation was the
business of David F. Allmendinger, who in 1872
began making a few organs at his home.
By 1883 the business had grown to such propor-
tions that the Allmendinger Organ Co. was formed.
This was succeeded by the Ann Arbor Organ Co.,
which was formed in the late '80s.
With the coming of J. C. Henderson as man*
ager of the plant in 1895 the manufacture of pianos
was begun.
In 1910 the Ann Arbor Organ Co. went into the
hands of a receiver and in June, 1912, the plant
was bought by the seven directors, thus ending the
receivership, and W. H. Murray, now probate
judge, ran it until January, 1913.
On April 7 of that year Alfred E. Jennings was
DENVER CONCERN TO MOVE.
chosen president of the corporation, and assumed
the general management, which he has held until
Hext Music Co. to Occupy Handsome Quarters
the present.
at 1626 California Street, That City—Spe-
cial Plans for Display—Large Recital Hall.
"Up to the outbreak of the European war," said
Mr. Jennings, "the finances and business of the
(Special to The Review.)
Ann Arbor Piano Co. were in good shape. We
DENVER, Col., May 29.—The handsome new quar- were getting along nicely. But with the outbreak
ters of the Hext Music Co., at 1626 California of the war business not only dropped off, but it
street, are now practically completed and ready was, moreover, impossible to discount paper. It
for occupancy and the company is now busy pre- was therefore deemed most prudent to wind up the
paring for the work of removal, after twelve
affairs of the company, which we are now doing."
years in its present location. The company han-
Part of the stock of the company in process of
dles the Checkering, Vose, Emerson, R. S. How- manufacture has been disposed of to a Toledo
ard and other makes of pianos as well as Victor
firm, while the company's finished goods have been
and Edison talking machines, small goods, etc., sold to Grinnell Bros.
and special demonstrating and display rooms will
be arranged for the different lines of instruments.
OUTLOOK IN WESTERN CANADA
The finish throughout the building will be in ma-
hogany with the exception of the private display Of a Most Encouraging Nature, According to
rooms, in which the decorative scheme will vary.
N. J. Porter, of Mooss Jaw, Sask.
The Chickering room, for instance, will be finished
in white and gold and the other rooms are equally
(Special to Tbe Review.)
attractive. One of the features of the new quar-
MOOSE JAW, SASK., May 27.—N. J. Porter, of
ters will be a large recital hall.
this city, who has taken over the complete control
The Hext Music Co. was established in 1899 by of the Porter Art and Music Co., which firm was
Thomas Hext and was incorporated last year, the operated during 1912 and 1913 as a limited liability
stockholders being Thomas Hext, Miss Effie Hext company, says of conditions in his locality: "The
and D. Z. Phillips, the manager. In addition to seed in our district is practically all in the ground
the main store in this city the company main- and many of the fields are beginning to show green
tains branches in Fort Collins, Trinidad, Pueblo and prospects have never looked better at this sea-
and Greeley, Col.
son of the year. The ground was in excellent con-
dition and the acreage is far in excess of any pre-
vious
year and with a favorable season we cannot
KNABE HEARD JNJICTORIA, B. C.
but look forward to a bountiful harvest. We
Used by Clever Pianist in Recital Given Under
Westerners are naturally optimistic and as soon
the Patronage of Titled Members of Leading
as the seed is sown we immediately begin to count
Canadian Families for Red Cross Benefit.
the bushels."
(Special to The Review.)
The Schomacker piano is now being featured
in the auditorium of the John Wanamaker store,
New York, at a music festival of twenty concerts.
This series started last Thursday, and according
to present plans will continue until June 19.
Groups of well-known organists, vocalists, violin-
ists and danseuses have appeared at the various
recitals, and the capacity audiences which fill the
auditorium are a tribute to the prestige of the
House of Wanamaker and the musical merit of
the programs presented. The Schomacker piano,
which plays a prominent part in the concerts and
which is winning the praise of all who hear it,
h played by Alexander Russell, a pianist and or-
ganist of note, who is the concert director at the
John Wanamaker store.
SELLS OUT INTEREST IN FIRM.
(Special to The Review.)
ANN ARBOR, MICH., June 1.—Announcement has
VICTORIA B. C, May 26.—The Knabe piano was
used at an exclusive and well-attended recital given
here last week by Miss Margaret Tilly, who is pop-
ular in musical circles throughout the Dominion.
This recital was given under the patronage of
titled members of leading Canadian families and
the prominent members of the admiralty and mili-
tary divisions. The proceeds of the recital were
given partly to the Red Cross Society and the
program prepared for the occasion was sufficiently
attractive to draw a capacity audience.
The Knabe piano used at the recital was fur-
nished by the Harmony Hall Piano Co., of this
city, who handle this well-known instrument as
representatives for Willis & Co., Canadian distrib-
uters of the Knabe piano. The piano was enthusi-
astically praised and shared in the splendid success
of the recital.
Fred C. Harms has sold his interest in the retail
JOINS THE ASSOCIATION.
piano business of Harms Bros., Aberdeen, S. D.,
to his brother, George F. Harms, and will devote
The Holland Piano Manufacturing Co., Minne-
himself in future to the wholesale end of the busi-
apolis, Minn., has been elected a member of the
ness.
National Piano Manufacturers' Association.
WEGMAN CREDITORS TO MEET.
A meeting of the creditors of the Wegman Piano
Co., bankrupt, of Auburn, N. Y., will be held on
June 10, at 10 o'clock a. m., in the United States
District Court in Syracuse, N. Y., for the
purpose of showing cause why certain allowances
should not be made to the receiver, his attorney,
the appraisers and others for services rendered in
connection with the Wegman case. The receiver's
claim is $993.94, and two per cent, of the prop-
erty turned over in kind when reduced to money.
The attorney wants $5,000 and the appraisers'
amounts ranging from $372 to $420.
F. 0 . MILLER MUSIC CO. FORMED.
Following the dissolution of the Turner-Miller
Piano Co., of Jacksonville, Fla., F. O. Miller has
taken over and will continue the business, having
organized the F. O. Miller Music Co. for that pur-
pose. Mr. Miller is president and treasurer of the
new company; E. Miller, vice-president, and J. M.
Jennings, secretary.