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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
RACINE STOOL MFG. CO. SCHEDULES "ORDER NOW" AN EFFECTIVE SLOGAN
Filed Last Week Show Liabilities of $207,-
730.13 and Assets of $238,587.55—Officials
Hope to Place the Plant in Operation Later.
( Special to The Review.)
MILWAUKEE, WIS., December 14.—The liabilities
of the Racine Stool Manufacturing Co., of Racine,
Wis., against which an involuntary petition in
bankruptcy was filed recently, amount to $207,-
730.13, according to the schedule filed in the Fed-
eral Court in Milwaukee on December 10 by the
company through Sol Grollman, president. The
assets are placed at $238,587.55. Of the liabilities
only $67,094.12 are secured, while the unsecured
claims total $136,117.45. The assets are made up in
part of the following: Stock, $61,000; real estate,
$128,986.04; machinery, $34,546.19, and debts due
on open accounts, $11,208.51.
The well-known Racine stool concern was ad-
judicated bankrupt on December 2 by Judge F. A.
Geiger in the Federal Court in Milwaukee, and
the case was then referred by Judge Geiger to
Milton Knoblock, referee in bankruptcy, at Racine.
It is expected that the first meeting of creditors
will be held soon, possibly to-day.
Officials of the Racine concern are hopeful that
arrangements may be made later to place the plant
in operation. James Bennett, an official of the
company, was appointed custodian by the court.
The failure of the Commercial & Savings Bank of
Racine, whose collapse pulled down many Racine
concerns, crippled the well-known stool company,
and later Owen W. Owen, backer of the company,
was petitioned into bankruptcy. Mr. Owen was
also a victim of the bank crash.
D. R. Casto, a successful young business man of
Dayton, O., has joined the staff of Hamilton's
piano store, that city.
MUSIC
Made of Highest
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STRINGS
Large Stocks —
Prompt Delivery
Dealers Respond to Buegeleisen & Jacobson
Campaign
of "Preparedness" with Good
Results—Christmas Trade Excellent.
Wurlitzer Co., a Steady Seller—Has Many
Qualities That Appeal to Musicians.
Although the demand for bass viols is limited,
of course, as compared with the other members
of the violin family, there is a steadily increasing
demand for these instruments coincident with
the formation of new. orchestras and a better un-
derstanding of the musical qualities of the bass
viol. Many of the leading musical merchandise
Incorporated
Manufacturers of
The Famoua
Weymann Mandolutes and
"Keystone State" Instruments
SEND FOR
CATALOG
CH. WEISS
Black Diamond
Strings
C.Bruno & Soiune
393 Broadway
New York
351-53 ^P Ave. Newyork
Manufacturers, Importers
Publishers. Largest and
most complete stock of
Musical Merchan-
d i s e in t h e
trade.
THE WORLD'S BEST
A. Cr. SOISTMAN, Vice-Pres. and Gen. Manager,
Tenth and Market Streets,
CAMDEN, K. J.
The oldest aivd
largest musical
merchandise house
ii\ America - - -
are Popular the
World Over
1010 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia. Pa.
others.
Excelsior drums cost more because they are
worth more. Cost more to make.
We could mate them cost less by using 1 cheaper
material, use less care in making- them, and dis-
pense with the new patented improvements.
If we did, however, Excelsior Drums would not
be the Standard as they are to-day. "Write for
catalogue.
EXCELSIOR DRUM WORKS
"What did you get for Christmas, Miss
Browne?"
"That lovely set of Kipling I wanted."
"Great! I'll come over to-night and you teach
me to play it!"
Harmonicas
Metallas
Flutas
WEYMANN&SON
EXCELSIOR
DRUMS £ STANDARD
Some dealers may say that they cost more than
A NEW STUDY.
WEISS
Ashland Manufacturing Co.
New Brunswlok, N. J .
jobbers, manufacturers and importers devote quite
some space in the r catalogs to their bass viol de-
partments, using illustrations accompanied by ade-
quate descriptions.
One of these concerns is the Rudolph Wurlitzer
Co., Cincinnati, (_)., which issues one of the most
complete catalogs in the musical merchandise trade,
and a popular instrument in the bass viol section of
this catalog is the Karl Becker bass viol, several
models of which have been marketed. No. 1595
Karl Becker bass viol is described in the Wur-
litzer catalog as follows:
"T.iree-quarter size; four strings; one of our
best professional models, with swell back; the
wood is old-seasoned, and the instrument is beau-
tifully built by one of the best known German
makers; the graduating is most scientific and the
general construction shows exceptionally fine
workmanship; all trimmings are of best quality;
tail piece and finger board are fine quality ebony;
patent heads are solid brass plates, engraved; best
quality maple neck; accurately proportioned and
very graceful scroll; the varnish is best quality,
rich organe red, shaded."
Uuegeleisen & Jacobson, New York, report an
exceptionally active demand for the many lines of
musical merchandise handled by this concern. The
approach of the holiday season has been a stimulus
to this trade, although Buegeleisen & Jacobson
have closed a good year in every department of
their business, being handicapped, of course, by
the shortage of stock caused by the war abroad
and the general scarcity of the component parts of
musical instruments.
In a recent chat with The Review, Samuel Bue-
geleisen, head of Buegeleisen & Jacobson, stated
that his house was straining every possible effort
to give prompt service to its many dealers through-
out the country. The campaign which the house
has waged on "preparedness," pointing out that
its dealers would materially benefit by ordering
"now," has been productive of excellent results.
Many dealers whose musical merchandise sales
have been satisfactory all the year round can at-
RACINE CO. CREDITORS TO MEET.
tribute a portion of their success to the fact that
(Special to The Review.)
they followed this "order now" advice and stocked
RACINE, WIS., December 13.—The first meeting
their shelves before the most acute shortage hit the
of the creditors of the Racine Stool Manufacturing
trade.
Co. will be held at the court house in this city on
December 22, when creditors may prove their
BASS VIOLS POPULAR.
claims, appoint a trustee, examine the bankrupt,
and transact other business.
Karl Becker Bass Viol, Marketed by Rudolph
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lafional Musical Siring Co.
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MITTENWALD VIOLIN STRINGS.
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