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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
W. C. HOOD ELECTED TRUSTEE
Of the Bankrupt Racine Stool Manufacturing
Co. at First Meeting of Creditors.
MILWAUKEE,
(Special to The Review.)
W I S . , December 28.—News has
been received from Racine, Wis., that W. C. Hood
was elected trustee of the bankrupt Racine Stool
Manufacturing Co. at the first meeting of the
creditors, held before Referee Milton Knoblock
at the court house in Racine on December 22. J.
G. Bennett, who has been acting as custodian of
the stool plant, was favored as trustee by some of
the creditors, but a contest resulted in the election
of Mr. Hood. Mr. Hood will have complete
charge of the property of the Racine concern, and
it is hoped that arrangements can be made later to
reopen the plant.
Sol Grollman, president of the company, was
examined "by Referee Knoblock regarding the af-
fairs of the company. The collapse of the Com-
mercial & Savings Bank of Racine, whose failure
wrecked many prosperous Racine concerns, was
responsible for the financial difficulties of the well-
known stool concern.
The schedules of the Racine concern, recently-
filed in the Milwaukee Federal Court, showed
liabilities of $207,730.13 and assets of $238,587.55.
always lends an air of aristocracy where used with
appropriate taste.
Modern methods of manufacture, however, have
been devised and perfected to such an extent that
the most intricate patterns can be produced at what
seems to be a ridiculously small cost. The bands
usually come in three-foot lengths and there is an
almost endless variety of patterns carried in stock,
so that the manufacturer is almost always able to
find just what he wants in a regular pattern with-
out having to order a special design made.
SCHWANDER PLANT IN LONDON.
PIANO FACTORY SUPERINTENDENTS.
Robert Lohr.
ARTICLE VI.
Robert Lohr's (superintendent of the piano fac-
tory of the Lauter Co., Newark, N. J.) experience
stretches over a period of thirty years. Mr. Lohr
started at the bottom of the ladder as assistant
stockroom boy and worked his way steadily up in
every branch of the trade. He has been asso-
ciated with the Lauter Co. for over eight years,
Factory Secured on Pratt Street, Camden Town,
London, to Meet Demand for English Trade.
INLAID VENEER BANDS IN DEMAND.
During the recent visit to London, Eng., of J.
Herrburger, the well-known piano action manufac-
turer of Paris, France, he completed arrangements
for the establishment of a factory on Pratt street.
•Camden Town, where the Schwander and other ac-
tions will .be manufactured to meet the demands of
the English trade. Machinery and skilled work-
men from Paris are being installed, and when the
1 roductive capacity of the plant has been fully de-
veloped it will probably reach a thousand actions a
week. While this move has been contemplated for
some time by Mr. Herrburger, the recent import
duty established by the English Government on pi-
ano supplies of 33% per cent, hastened action.
Apparent Difficulty in Manufacture Gives Add-
ed Attractiveness to Their Desirability.
LONDON'S WOOL SALES.
Robert Lohr.
serving in various capacities, where he has shown
his ability and worth, until he was promoted to the
Veneer band inlays to be used in the piano and
position of general superintendent of the Lauter
cabinet trade add a finishing touch of elegance to
A dispatch from London, England, early this factory in both the piano and player departments.
an instrument or a piece of period furniture that is
This occurred some three years ago, and he has
at once beautiful and unique. These band inlays, week stated that the wool auction sales closed
worked out in veneers, are only made by a few Monday with offerings of 9,800 bales. The de- made good in his new position.
Mr. Lohr has been a careful and painstaking
concerns, owing to the special equipment and ex- mand was strong and prices were firm.
perience necessary for their manufacture, but those
The series opened with values higher, and prices man, and he has been in thorough and complete
who are operating factories in this line are kept steadily advanced, principally on home and Rus- sympathy with the aims and accomplishments of
busy the year round.
sian and. occasionally, American support. War the Lauter enterprise.
o-ders and small supplies of raw material were
An examination of even a simply designed band
inlay suggests at first thought to the layman a the main factors, and prices closed 10 to 15 per VARNISH COMPANY INCORPORATES.
vast amount of painstaking toil, which is bound to cent, dearer for merinos and crossbreds. Excep-
The Grand Rapids Varnish Co., of Grand Rapids,
tional lots were often 20 per cent, higher.
enhance its value in his eyes. One of the chief
Mich., has been incorporated with the Secretary of
During the sales the home trade bought 80,000
attractions of this kind of ornamentation lies in the
thought of the amount of labor it would seem to bales, France and Russia 11.000, and America 4,000. the State of Michigan with a capital stock of $50,-
000. General Fred W. Green, who is connected
require and its consequent expensiveness, for it Ten thousand bales were held over.
with the Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Co., of Ionia, is
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the head of the new company, which plans to make
all kinds of finishes to be used in the piano and
furniture industries.
The Auction Ends with Strong Demand and
Prices Firm for AH Grades.
TELL US YOUR SANDPAPER TROUBLES
AND WE WILL SEND SAMPLE SHEETS OF
CHARLES H. POST LEAVES DEVOE.
TROY BRAND
I FLINT AND GARNET PAPER
Charles H. Post recently resigned as advertising
manager of the F. W. Devoe & C. T. Raynolds
Co., manufacturer of paints, after a service of
eighteen years. Mr. Post broke down in health
following a strong campaign in Cuba last spring.
For a time W. H. Philips, the manager, will take
over charge of the advertising. Mr. Post has trav-
eled many thousands of miles, having visited
almost every newspaper office from St. John's, N.
F., on the north to Panama on the south.
Lots of folks pray for good times, but forget to
ask for strength to stand prosperity.
WE OFFER THE TROY BRAND PRODUCTS WITH
OUR FULL GUARANTEE OF THEIR QUALITY
AND ENDURANCE. SEND FOR OUR 16-PAGE
CATALOG No. 4 3
Richardson Piano Case Co.
Manufacturer* off
HAMMACHER,SCHLEMMER&CO.
PIANO M A T E R I A L S , TOO S, FELTS, CLOTHS, CASTERS, HINGES
LOCKS, BOLTS, SCREW5, PUNCHINGS, SWINGS, CATCHES, ETC., ETC.
V.,
NEW YORK SINCE 1848
4th Ave. & 13th St.
Upright—
Piano Cases
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