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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
CINCINNATI TRADE SUFFERS SOME LOSS FROM STORM.
The Baldwin Co., Starr Piano Co. and Otto Grau Piano Co. Suffer Small Losses from Great
Disaster in That City—Many Pianos Damaged in Homes—Trade News of Week.
(Special to The Review.)
CINCINNATI, O., July 13.—While there was
much loss of life and considerable property dam-
aged in Wednesday night's storm, the trade was
barely touched. The loss was confined to three
firms, the Baldwin Co., which lost three old pianos;
the Starr Piano Co. and the Otto Grau Piano Co.
The latter is intact so far as the wareroom is
Concerned, but it lost several pianos at Lagoon,
a pleasure resort, these being valued at $500. The
Starr Piano Co. is minus a sign, rated at $200.
This, in a nutshell, is the entire summary of the
local situation from a trade standpoint.
But for the fact that two men were at
work in the offices of the Baldwin Co. the loss
there from water would have been great. A
stone coping from an adjoining building fell
through the double roof sheltering the main de-
partments of the Baldwin Co. The debris landed
in the repair shop, taking in three pianos which
had been repaired and were ready for the stock
room. Secretary Wulsin was reached at his
home and after arriving in the city had to search
for tarpaulins, the firemen being unable to make
deliveries. This prevented a further rush of
water into the building.
The greatest loss of property and life was in
the section west of Central avenue. The wind,
in its travel, moved eastward on Fifth street to
a point in line with the Otto Grau Piano Co., on
Fourth street, and then shifted south. This ware-
room was right in the path of the cyclone and
did not even suffer the loss of a pane of glass.
The terror traveled eastward just below Fourth
street, and while many buildings were left with-
out roofs not a wareroom structure was touched.
The Starr Piano Co.'s loss is due to a sign which
was doubled up and made useless. Immense show
case glasses at the ends of each square on Fourth
street fell outward, due to suction. Just opposite
the Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. an incident of this
kind took place.
While the greatest property damage took place
across the river, the immense Harvard factory,
at Dayton, where numerous homes collapsed, was
not scratched.
Except in a few instances all the service utili-
ties were in operation by midnight of Wednes-
day. The destruction of telephone and telegraph
wires hampered the Middle West for a time.
This situation gave rise to Cincinnati having suf-
fered more than it did.
The trade anticipates a lull in business in ad-
dition to the usual mid-summer slowness on ac-
count of the general extent of the storm. Rep-
resentatives of some of the houses have made
visits to homes damaged by the wind and found
pianos in which they have an interest in excellent
shape. It is probable that there will be some
minor losses in this direction.
W. A. Davin, of the Cable Piano Co., who
has an automobile, found it a square and a half
from his home in Newport. It had been left
standing on the street, and Davin found it in a
vacant lot, partly upset. It was not damaged.
H. C. Dickinson and E. G. Hereth, of the Bald-
win Co., were in the city last week. E. K. Ben-
nett, of the same house, is spending his vacation
at Clark's Lake, Mich.
Wholesale Manager Summey, of the Cable
Company, is at Asbury, N. Y., attending a Knights
of Pythias gathering. He will be home in a few
days.
The Burgener-Alford-Fuyar Piano Co., of Can-
ton, was incorporated at Columbus last week with
a capitalization of $15,000, the incorporators being
W. H. Burgener, Claude M. Alford, Carl W.
Fuyar, George F. Fornes and L. Elsie Alford.
OUTING OF FACTORY EMPLOYES OF STEINWAY & SONS.
Annual Outing of Members of Sick and Death Benefit Society Held at Schuetzen Park on
Saturday, Marked a Quarter Century of the Society's Existence—Had Enjoyable Time.
The members of the Sick and Death Benefit So-
ciety of the factories of Steinway & Sons in As-
toria, L. I., N. Y., held their annual outing Satur-
day, July 10, at Scheutzen Park, Astoria, and this
event proved the most enjoyable that this society
has held in the twenty-five years of its existence.
In order to suitably commemorate its twenty-fifth
birthday, the officers of the society arranged for a
number of special events, one of which was a
parade of the employes through Astoria, where
the members were reviewed by several of the ex-
ecutives of Steinway & Sons.
There were over 700 Steinway employes in this
parade, the leader being John Rennemann, who
was designated as the marshal for the occasion.
The arrangement committee, comprising F. E.
Burger, chairman; Louis Bieler, George Kassner,
Edward Au, Walter Morris and John Walz, were
next in line, followed by Lunemann's Band, which
rendered inspiring airs to enthuse the marchers.
The officers of the Sick and Death Benefit Society
then followed, namely: President, H. Durford;
J. Lohmann and H. Ostermann, vice-presidents;
M. Dugan, Edward Compton, K. Ziegler and F.
Geiger, secretaries; H. Breidenbach and O. Lorenz,
treasurers, and R. Eiselen, sergeant-at-arms. A
new banner, specially designed for the occasion,
heralded the approach of the Steinway employes,
the workmen being divided into three divisions,
division No. 3 leading with the following depart-
ments : Movers, hammer makers, grand and upright
finishers, polishers and Steinway Hall polishers, yard
hands, regulators and damper makers, Baumer de-
partment. Division No. 1 followed, numbering the
employes in the foundry, key makers, machinists
and machine hands, metal workers, action makers,
case makers, office hands, yard hands. Division
No. 2 concluded the parade, consisting of machine
hands, bellymen, fly finishers and varnishers.
The parade started at the Riker avenue factory of
Steinway & Sojis and marched through the Casse-
beer and Steinway estates, where it was reviewed
by several of the executives and directors of Stein-
way & Sons. The next reviewing stand was at
the home of A. Menzl, superintendent of the
Riker avenue factory, and the line of march was
then extended to the home of F. Rathgeber, super-
intendent of the Ditmars avenue Steinway factory,
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where the marchers were saluted by a corps of
Boy Scouts.
Arriving at the park, the members of the society
soon learned that the arrangements committee had
taken care of every detail to make the outing a
decided success, two halls and two bands being
included in the facilities at hand. More than 3,000
were present at the park and refreshments and
plenty of fun were at the disposal of everyone.
A feature of the day's sport was a series of
athletic contests, which included the following
events, prizes of excellent value being given to the
first three finishing: Ladies' quarter-mile race,
first, Miss Knoll, second, Miss Weiss, third, Miss
Grunwald; boys' quarter-mile race, first, Elting,
second, Unger, third, Mulligan; three-legged race,
first, G. Rickus and C. Neu, second, H. Lerz and
A. Beck, third, H. Wyant and F. Harigan; half-
mile race, first, G. Rickus, second, C. Neu, third,
F. Gremecek; fat men's race, first, P. Cloungan,
second, G. Wills, third, H. Redker; quarter-mile
race, first, F. Edwards, second, Joseph Bagnasco,
third, M. Stutz; ladies' egg race, first, J. Liller,
second, M. Pfund, third, Mrs. Schubers; girls'
quarter-mile race, first, F. McCulley, second, J.
Blacanctch, third, E. Lyn.
After the races had been completed the younger
members of the party adjourned to the halls, where
the bands rendered the latest dance music for the
edification of all present. The outing was voted
by every member of the society a huge success,
although it was promised to make next year's even
more enjoyable, if such a thing is possible.
OUTING OF LINDEMAN EMPLOYES.
The fifth annual outing of the Lindeman & Sons
Piano Co.'s employes will be held to-day (Satur-
day) at Ridgefield, N. J. Special mention might be
made that E. E. Vidaud is scheduled to play right
field on one of the nines, and with this information
goes a tip for increasing the bank roll. It is also
reported (without confirmation) that the Gianc
scouts will be at the field looking for new mate-
rial, which may leave an opening in the Lindeman
traveling organization. (Brooklyn papers please
copy.)
Much interest in music trade circles was mani-
fested recently in the marriage of Miss Katherine
Raudenbush, youngest daughter of S. W. Rauden-
bush, president of the Raudenbush Piano Co., St.
Paul, Minn., to Arthur French, also of St. Paul.
Mr. and Mrs. "French will make their home at
Winter, Wis.
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SERVICE
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by considering the interests of the customer
foremost.
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