Music Trade Review
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THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
Oliver H. Arno, of Wilmington, assignor to the
the American Automatic Organ Co., of Boston,
Mass., lias patented a Mechanical Musical Instru-
ment. No. of Patent, 245,113. Application tiled
May 6th, 1881.
Mr. Chas. Blasius, of Philadelphia, was in this
city on the 10th inst., and while here took the
agency for Messrs. Behr Bros. & Co.'s Cylinder
Top Upright Pianos with which he expressed him-
self as being much pleased. Messrs. Behr Bros.
& Co. shipped their first instalment of pianos to
Frank Stone, of Worcester, Mass., assignor to him on the 16th inst.
the Munro Organ Reed Co., of same place, has
Messrs. Behr Bros. & Co., are fitting up offices
patented a Mechanical Musical Instrument. No.
of Patent, 245,238. Application filed April 22d, and warerooms in their factory building 292
Eleventh avenue, this city, to accommodate their
1881.
piano business.
The will of the late Thomas Broad wood, grand-
son of the founder of the celebrated pianoforte
manufacturing house of John Broadwood & Sons,
FIRE IN AN ORGAN FACTORY.
has just been proved, the personality being sworn
An alarm and several special calls at 8:15 p.m.
under $2,000,000. The deceased had also large on the 6th inst., summoned fire apparatus to Hil-
landed estates in Sussex and elsewhere. Piano borne Z. Roosevelt's organ manufactory, No. 40
making in England seems to be a somewhat re- West Eighteenth street. The building is an irre-
munerative business.
gular one, the front part being three stories high.
Mr. H. W. Alleger, of Washington, N.J., has re- The rear part is four stories high, and consists of a
cently moved into his new organ factory in that number of workshops, which face an open space
town.
The new factory will have when com- roofed over between the front and rear buildings,
pleted a capacity for 150 organs per month. Mr. The fire broke out from causes that are not known
Alleger reports trade good and the outlook for Fall on the fourth floor of the rear building, and as
there was a large quantity of manufactured and
trade favorable.
unmanufactured wood on the premises the fire was
Robert H. Montgomery who pleaded guilty in drowned out by using an extraordinary quantity
the Court of General Sessions on the 8th instant of water. The flames were under control in a few
to forging the endorsement of Messrs. Morse & minutes, and were put out in a quarter of an
Emerson, string makers, of Seventh avenue, this hour. With the first alarm the Central Fire In-
city, to a check on the National Commercial Bank, surance Patrol arrived, but as they had not
was sent to State Prison for two years and six enough covers to protect the valuable organ works
that were in danger of destruction or spoiling
months.
from water, 15 strokes on the fire-key brought
Less known in musical circles than as an enthus- half of the Central Insurance Patrol, and every-
iastic and distinguished yachtsman, the death re- thing was well covered up when the fire was out,
corded in our obituary of Mr. Thomas Broadwood, but it was not possible to protect a n umber of
will yet be deeply regretted by those who may sounding-boards and other parts of organs before
have been acquainted with him as a partner, al- water reached them, and damage to the amount of
though taking an active part in the great and re- $9,000 or $10,000 was done by water, while the
spected firm identified with his name. He was the damage to stock by fire waa not more than $1,000.
eldest son of the late Thomas Broadwood, whose The damage to the building is less than $500.
estates he inherited, and grandson of John Broad- Among the damaged property is a four-thousand-
wood, the founder of the pianoforte business in dollar organ just finished for a church in Virginia.
Great Pulteney street, London. His death, occur- I t is almost entirely ruined. Mr. James Cottier,
ring after a short illness, was quite unexpected, one of Mr. Roosevelt's foremen, loses many of his
and adds another name to that long list of notabil- tools, which are insured for $4)0. Mr. Roosevelt
ities the present year has been fatal to.—Musical is partly insured. He was in town on the night
World.
of the fire but could not be found, although
Advices from Adelaide, via San Francisco, -Aug. messengers went in many directions. Mr. Roose-
9th, by the steamer Zealandia say that nearly 10,000 velt has been in business nine years, and has
persons were present at the inauguration services made 90 organs, which cost from $1,000 to
The largest sum was paid for the
in the Exhibition Building on Sunday, July 10. $50,000.
A very
The Austrian band took part in the ceremonies. organ in the Garden City Cathedral.
A volunteer choir of 400 voices was also a feature fine organ was shipped to Rome for the Amer-
Thirty of Mr. Roosevelt's
of the occasion. Everything tended to show that ican Church there.
the exhibition was likely to prove a success. organs are in Philadelphia. Extraordinary pre-
cautions against fire are observed in the manu-
The public opening was to take place on the 21st
factory. Generally there is no fire above the cel-
of July.
lar where the boilers are. At times, when holes in
Mr. J. Christie, of "Christie & Co.," this city,
has been sojourning among the Catskills for three
weeks, and Mr. Geo. W. Peek, of the same firm, will
spend the latter half of August with his wife at
Rehoboth Beach, on the coast of Delaware. This
firm have recently enlarged their factory and offi-
ces, and anticipate with everybody else a very good
fall trade.
sounding-boards are charred with red-hot irons
preparatory to the holes being smooth-finished,
the operation is closely watched, and on those
days the foremen visit the building long after
work hours to see that all is safe.
A NATIONAL BANKRUPT LAW.
We have now on the market the " Child Organ,"
R. D. C. ROBBINS, of the firm of McKesson,
the " Juvenile Organ" and the "Baby Organ."
Bobbins & Co., of this city, chairman of the
Why not the "Infant Organ." We make this
suggestion to Mr. E. P. Carpenter, of Worcester, Special Committee on Bankruptcy Laws of the
Chamber of Commerce of New York, in his reply
without charge.
to the circular of Senator Ingalls, chairman of the
The demand for square pianos seems to be in- sub-committee of the United States Committee on
creasing, particularly in those of second and third the Judiciary, says :
class makes.
All our past bankrupt acts did encourage insol-
E. G. Harrington & Co., of 701 First avenue, vency, and their repeal became a necessity. In any
this city, have lately extended their manufactur- measure that may be adopted hereafter, as compared
ing facilities and report a fair trade for the season. with the law of 1867, we are of opinion that the
ollicers should be compensated by fixed salaries as
The manufacture of pianos is increasing consid- far as possible; that the powers of the Registers
erably in the West, but so far has had no percepti- should be increased; that the amount of indebted-
ness authorizing the filing of a petition in voluntary
ble effect on the Eastern trade.
bankruptcy should exceed $300—should be at least
Trade in almost all classes of manufactured $1,000; that composition settlements should be con-
goods is in a condition of unprecedented activity tinued only under court control over the discharge
of the bankrupt; that the discretionary power of the
throughout the country, financial matters con- Court related to the granting of discharges should
tinue in a healthy condition and there seems to be be greatly enlarged.
no doubt that the Fall " Boom " in the Piano and
Composition settlements should be continued, but
Organ trade, which nearly every one has been pre- they should be carefully guarded; and a discharge
dicting, will soon be an accomplished fact.
in settlement through composition should never be
allowed without the approval of the Court, as well as
Mr. Wm. A. Lorenz, of Brooklyn, N.Y., assignor a majority of the creditors in number and three
to Henry Behr & Bro., of New York, has patented fourths in value. We want a simple law to be ex-
an Upright Piano Case. No. of Patent, 244,635. ecuted by a responsible Court, with salaried officials
Application filed Dec. 10th, 1880. This is the as far as possible; and a discharge of the bank-
patent under which Messrs. Behr Bros. & Co. are rupt should never proceed from the creditors. To
manufacturing their patent cylinder top upright allow a portion of the creditors of a bankrupt to dis-
charge the party from obligation to all his creditors
piauos.
is both unwise and unjust it is as absurd as to allow
A considerable quantity of strings for musical the settlement of crime or threat by compromise
instruments is being exported from the United without judicial examination. Every attempt to
construct a bankruptcy law in this country and
States to the West India Islands.
M
August 20th, 1881.
Great Britain, by dispensing with Court supervision
over the discharge of the bankrupt, has proved a
failure.
Mr. Bobbins criticises the laws of Great Britain,
and also some of the provisions of the Lowell bill,
which he does not think wise to adopt. In con-
clusion he says:
We beg to express an earnest desire that your
committee will not recommend any bankrupt act
that does not provide for court supervision over all
discharges in bankruptcy.
It is more necessary in bankruptcy settlements
that a proper distinction be recognized between in-
tegrity and dishonesty than that the utmost dividend
be obtained for the creditor, and all experience has
proven that this discrimination cannot be safely
intrusted to the creditor as the creditor is principally
intent upon his dividend.
It is gratifying to find that such a high author-
ity as the Chairman of a Chamber of Commerce
committee of the city of New York, agrees substan-
tially with the views on this important subject,
heretofore printed in this paper ; we heartily en-
dorse Mr. Robbins' concluding remarks in regard
to the necessity of court supervision over all dis-
charges in bankruptcy.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
TOUT OF NEW YOEK.
Week ending August 2, 1881.
Exports.
Hamburg, 2 Pianos
Antwerp, 36 Organs
Liverpool, 29 Organs
1 Piano
Glasgow, 1 Organ
Bristol, 2 Organ Fixtures
3 Organs
Bremen, 1 Organ
1 Piano
Rotterdam, 1 Organ
London, 7 Organs
"
1 Piano
British Australia, 41 Organs
"
"
5 Musical Instruments...
Total
$450
2,300
1,687
500
90
200
300
200
1,200
300
481
500
3,140
284
$11,632
Imports.
"236 Miscellaneous Musical Instruments
Week ending August 9th, 1881.
Exports.
Chili, 2 Organs
Brazil, 2 Pianos
China, 2 Organs
Central America, 2 Organs
Hamburg, 4 Pianos
"
1 Organ
Liverpool, 3 Organs
London, 3 Pianos
Bremen, 1 Or^an
Hull, 9 Organs
British N. American Colonies, 1 Organ
"
Honduras, 1 Piano
Porto Rico, I Organ
1 Piano
Mexico, 1 Organ
British Poss. in Africa, 22 Organs
"
"
2 Pianos. ,
Canary Islands, 1 Piano
Total
$24,573
$175
440
200
164
1,300
120
400
1,960
250
523
85
300
65
302
10
1,620
400
167
$8,481
Imports.
150 Musical
$21,023
PORT OF BOSTON.
Week ending August 5th, 1881.
Exports.
England, Organs
Brit. Poss. in Australasia, Organs
Nova Scotia, etc., Piano
Total
$7,980
425
250
$8,655
Imports.
England, Miscellaneous Musical Instruments
$1,769
Week ending July 29, 1881.
Exports.
England, Organs
Nova Scotia, etc., Organettes
$1,583
53
Total
Imports.
England, Miscellaneous Musical Instruments
$1,636
$3,344
AMERICAN CONCERT PITCH.
I
T^VER since our gamut has been in use the
l i question of pitch has been a bone of conten-
tion, and promises to remain so with us until our
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THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
Oliver H. Arno, of Wilmington, assignor to the
the American Automatic Organ Co., of Boston,
Mass., lias patented a Mechanical Musical Instru-
ment. No. of Patent, 245,113. Application tiled
May 6th, 1881.
Mr. Chas. Blasius, of Philadelphia, was in this
city on the 10th inst., and while here took the
agency for Messrs. Behr Bros. & Co.'s Cylinder
Top Upright Pianos with which he expressed him-
self as being much pleased. Messrs. Behr Bros.
& Co. shipped their first instalment of pianos to
Frank Stone, of Worcester, Mass., assignor to him on the 16th inst.
the Munro Organ Reed Co., of same place, has
Messrs. Behr Bros. & Co., are fitting up offices
patented a Mechanical Musical Instrument. No.
of Patent, 245,238. Application filed April 22d, and warerooms in their factory building 292
Eleventh avenue, this city, to accommodate their
1881.
piano business.
The will of the late Thomas Broad wood, grand-
son of the founder of the celebrated pianoforte
manufacturing house of John Broadwood & Sons,
FIRE IN AN ORGAN FACTORY.
has just been proved, the personality being sworn
An alarm and several special calls at 8:15 p.m.
under $2,000,000. The deceased had also large on the 6th inst., summoned fire apparatus to Hil-
landed estates in Sussex and elsewhere. Piano borne Z. Roosevelt's organ manufactory, No. 40
making in England seems to be a somewhat re- West Eighteenth street. The building is an irre-
munerative business.
gular one, the front part being three stories high.
Mr. H. W. Alleger, of Washington, N.J., has re- The rear part is four stories high, and consists of a
cently moved into his new organ factory in that number of workshops, which face an open space
town.
The new factory will have when com- roofed over between the front and rear buildings,
pleted a capacity for 150 organs per month. Mr. The fire broke out from causes that are not known
Alleger reports trade good and the outlook for Fall on the fourth floor of the rear building, and as
there was a large quantity of manufactured and
trade favorable.
unmanufactured wood on the premises the fire was
Robert H. Montgomery who pleaded guilty in drowned out by using an extraordinary quantity
the Court of General Sessions on the 8th instant of water. The flames were under control in a few
to forging the endorsement of Messrs. Morse & minutes, and were put out in a quarter of an
Emerson, string makers, of Seventh avenue, this hour. With the first alarm the Central Fire In-
city, to a check on the National Commercial Bank, surance Patrol arrived, but as they had not
was sent to State Prison for two years and six enough covers to protect the valuable organ works
that were in danger of destruction or spoiling
months.
from water, 15 strokes on the fire-key brought
Less known in musical circles than as an enthus- half of the Central Insurance Patrol, and every-
iastic and distinguished yachtsman, the death re- thing was well covered up when the fire was out,
corded in our obituary of Mr. Thomas Broadwood, but it was not possible to protect a n umber of
will yet be deeply regretted by those who may sounding-boards and other parts of organs before
have been acquainted with him as a partner, al- water reached them, and damage to the amount of
though taking an active part in the great and re- $9,000 or $10,000 was done by water, while the
spected firm identified with his name. He was the damage to stock by fire waa not more than $1,000.
eldest son of the late Thomas Broadwood, whose The damage to the building is less than $500.
estates he inherited, and grandson of John Broad- Among the damaged property is a four-thousand-
wood, the founder of the pianoforte business in dollar organ just finished for a church in Virginia.
Great Pulteney street, London. His death, occur- I t is almost entirely ruined. Mr. James Cottier,
ring after a short illness, was quite unexpected, one of Mr. Roosevelt's foremen, loses many of his
and adds another name to that long list of notabil- tools, which are insured for $4)0. Mr. Roosevelt
ities the present year has been fatal to.—Musical is partly insured. He was in town on the night
World.
of the fire but could not be found, although
Advices from Adelaide, via San Francisco, -Aug. messengers went in many directions. Mr. Roose-
9th, by the steamer Zealandia say that nearly 10,000 velt has been in business nine years, and has
persons were present at the inauguration services made 90 organs, which cost from $1,000 to
The largest sum was paid for the
in the Exhibition Building on Sunday, July 10. $50,000.
A very
The Austrian band took part in the ceremonies. organ in the Garden City Cathedral.
A volunteer choir of 400 voices was also a feature fine organ was shipped to Rome for the Amer-
Thirty of Mr. Roosevelt's
of the occasion. Everything tended to show that ican Church there.
the exhibition was likely to prove a success. organs are in Philadelphia. Extraordinary pre-
cautions against fire are observed in the manu-
The public opening was to take place on the 21st
factory. Generally there is no fire above the cel-
of July.
lar where the boilers are. At times, when holes in
Mr. J. Christie, of "Christie & Co.," this city,
has been sojourning among the Catskills for three
weeks, and Mr. Geo. W. Peek, of the same firm, will
spend the latter half of August with his wife at
Rehoboth Beach, on the coast of Delaware. This
firm have recently enlarged their factory and offi-
ces, and anticipate with everybody else a very good
fall trade.
sounding-boards are charred with red-hot irons
preparatory to the holes being smooth-finished,
the operation is closely watched, and on those
days the foremen visit the building long after
work hours to see that all is safe.
A NATIONAL BANKRUPT LAW.
We have now on the market the " Child Organ,"
R. D. C. ROBBINS, of the firm of McKesson,
the " Juvenile Organ" and the "Baby Organ."
Bobbins & Co., of this city, chairman of the
Why not the "Infant Organ." We make this
suggestion to Mr. E. P. Carpenter, of Worcester, Special Committee on Bankruptcy Laws of the
Chamber of Commerce of New York, in his reply
without charge.
to the circular of Senator Ingalls, chairman of the
The demand for square pianos seems to be in- sub-committee of the United States Committee on
creasing, particularly in those of second and third the Judiciary, says :
class makes.
All our past bankrupt acts did encourage insol-
E. G. Harrington & Co., of 701 First avenue, vency, and their repeal became a necessity. In any
this city, have lately extended their manufactur- measure that may be adopted hereafter, as compared
ing facilities and report a fair trade for the season. with the law of 1867, we are of opinion that the
ollicers should be compensated by fixed salaries as
The manufacture of pianos is increasing consid- far as possible; that the powers of the Registers
erably in the West, but so far has had no percepti- should be increased; that the amount of indebted-
ness authorizing the filing of a petition in voluntary
ble effect on the Eastern trade.
bankruptcy should exceed $300—should be at least
Trade in almost all classes of manufactured $1,000; that composition settlements should be con-
goods is in a condition of unprecedented activity tinued only under court control over the discharge
of the bankrupt; that the discretionary power of the
throughout the country, financial matters con- Court related to the granting of discharges should
tinue in a healthy condition and there seems to be be greatly enlarged.
no doubt that the Fall " Boom " in the Piano and
Composition settlements should be continued, but
Organ trade, which nearly every one has been pre- they should be carefully guarded; and a discharge
dicting, will soon be an accomplished fact.
in settlement through composition should never be
allowed without the approval of the Court, as well as
Mr. Wm. A. Lorenz, of Brooklyn, N.Y., assignor a majority of the creditors in number and three
to Henry Behr & Bro., of New York, has patented fourths in value. We want a simple law to be ex-
an Upright Piano Case. No. of Patent, 244,635. ecuted by a responsible Court, with salaried officials
Application filed Dec. 10th, 1880. This is the as far as possible; and a discharge of the bank-
patent under which Messrs. Behr Bros. & Co. are rupt should never proceed from the creditors. To
manufacturing their patent cylinder top upright allow a portion of the creditors of a bankrupt to dis-
charge the party from obligation to all his creditors
piauos.
is both unwise and unjust it is as absurd as to allow
A considerable quantity of strings for musical the settlement of crime or threat by compromise
instruments is being exported from the United without judicial examination. Every attempt to
construct a bankruptcy law in this country and
States to the West India Islands.
M
August 20th, 1881.
Great Britain, by dispensing with Court supervision
over the discharge of the bankrupt, has proved a
failure.
Mr. Bobbins criticises the laws of Great Britain,
and also some of the provisions of the Lowell bill,
which he does not think wise to adopt. In con-
clusion he says:
We beg to express an earnest desire that your
committee will not recommend any bankrupt act
that does not provide for court supervision over all
discharges in bankruptcy.
It is more necessary in bankruptcy settlements
that a proper distinction be recognized between in-
tegrity and dishonesty than that the utmost dividend
be obtained for the creditor, and all experience has
proven that this discrimination cannot be safely
intrusted to the creditor as the creditor is principally
intent upon his dividend.
It is gratifying to find that such a high author-
ity as the Chairman of a Chamber of Commerce
committee of the city of New York, agrees substan-
tially with the views on this important subject,
heretofore printed in this paper ; we heartily en-
dorse Mr. Robbins' concluding remarks in regard
to the necessity of court supervision over all dis-
charges in bankruptcy.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
TOUT OF NEW YOEK.
Week ending August 2, 1881.
Exports.
Hamburg, 2 Pianos
Antwerp, 36 Organs
Liverpool, 29 Organs
1 Piano
Glasgow, 1 Organ
Bristol, 2 Organ Fixtures
3 Organs
Bremen, 1 Organ
1 Piano
Rotterdam, 1 Organ
London, 7 Organs
"
1 Piano
British Australia, 41 Organs
"
"
5 Musical Instruments...
Total
$450
2,300
1,687
500
90
200
300
200
1,200
300
481
500
3,140
284
$11,632
Imports.
"236 Miscellaneous Musical Instruments
Week ending August 9th, 1881.
Exports.
Chili, 2 Organs
Brazil, 2 Pianos
China, 2 Organs
Central America, 2 Organs
Hamburg, 4 Pianos
"
1 Organ
Liverpool, 3 Organs
London, 3 Pianos
Bremen, 1 Or^an
Hull, 9 Organs
British N. American Colonies, 1 Organ
"
Honduras, 1 Piano
Porto Rico, I Organ
1 Piano
Mexico, 1 Organ
British Poss. in Africa, 22 Organs
"
"
2 Pianos. ,
Canary Islands, 1 Piano
Total
$24,573
$175
440
200
164
1,300
120
400
1,960
250
523
85
300
65
302
10
1,620
400
167
$8,481
Imports.
150 Musical
$21,023
PORT OF BOSTON.
Week ending August 5th, 1881.
Exports.
England, Organs
Brit. Poss. in Australasia, Organs
Nova Scotia, etc., Piano
Total
$7,980
425
250
$8,655
Imports.
England, Miscellaneous Musical Instruments
$1,769
Week ending July 29, 1881.
Exports.
England, Organs
Nova Scotia, etc., Organettes
$1,583
53
Total
Imports.
England, Miscellaneous Musical Instruments
$1,636
$3,344
AMERICAN CONCERT PITCH.
I
T^VER since our gamut has been in use the
l i question of pitch has been a bone of conten-
tion, and promises to remain so with us until our
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