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MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
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recklessness. With the rare humor of a. genuine continuing the pianoforte and music business, at 68
dead beat, Freund called this use of Bonfort's North Pearl street.
C. E. WENDELL,
money "an overdraft." Bonfort came to me with
JOHN MCCAMMON.
HENRY KELLY.
REMINISCENCES OF HIS TRICKS IN THE HAT a lugubrious countenance once to make inquiries
Referring
to
above
notice
we
would state, that
about
the
London
flight
of
this
Jeremy
Diddler.
TRADE.
greatly increased facilities, we are now pre-
But if you want to know further about his career, with
pared to meet the wants of all customers.
go and interview most of the prominent wholesale We are exclusive agents for the celebrated
MR. GEORGE BARTHOLOMEW, OF THE "DAILY NEWS," silk hat manufacturers of New York and Phila- Knabe pianos, the Marshall and Wendell pianos
and the Loring and Blake "palace" organs, and
CHARACTERIZES H I M AS THE "MOST SUAVE YET IN- delphia."
,
of these instruments we shall at all times keep a
CAUTIOUS LIAR H E EVER HEARD O P , " "A SNEAK
'A-
full stock.
MARSHALL
&
WENDELL,
ALBANY,
N.
7.
NEWS THIEF AND A COMMON LIBELER, WHO
Our music and musical instrument department
" T T 7 E L L , " said a representative of the Mu- will be stocked with evervthing known to the
WAS NEVER LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR TEN
VV siCAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW to Mr. music trade, and any and all orders in this depart-
CENTS IN A SUIT AT LAW"—How FREUND
Harvey Wendell, of the firm of Marshall & Wen- ment will be filled with promptness and the utmost
TRIED TO RUN H I S HAT PAPER WITH
dell, recently, "I understand that there will be care.
THE MONEY OF THE "ARCADIAN"
some change in your firm about this time?"
OLTJETT & SONS.
"The firm is about being merged into a stock
STOCK COMPANY-JUDGMENTS FOR
company, with a paid-up capital of one hundred
AN "OVERDRAFT" OF $3,000
NE of the best-known firms of dealers in
thousand dollars, actually paid in, and will be
pianos, organs, sheet music, and musical
;,
,
AGAINST H I M FOR MONEY
known as a 'limited' company," replied Mr. Wen- merchandise is Cluett & Sons, whose main house
COLLECTED FROM
dell.
is located at No. 2(55 River street, Troy, N. Y.,
"What was your purpose in making this with branches at No. 49 State street, Albany, N.
ADVERTISERS.
change?" we asked.
Y., No. 10 Opera House Block, Pittsfield, Mass.,
"Our object in doing this was to afford addi- and No. 72 Main street, North Adams, Mass.
tional
facilities
to
our
constantly
increasing
trade.
HE following interesting interview with Mr.
The members of the firm are its senior member,
George Bartholomew, the well-known man- The trouble has been that during more than a year Mr. Win. Cluett, Edmund Cluett, Fred. H. Cluett,
we have been obliged to refuse as many orders as
aging editor of the New York Daily News, throws we have filled, and in order to change this state of and N. L. Weatherby, who has been with the house
all ten years now.
a flood of light on John C. Freund's manoeuvres affairs we decided to incorporate, and thus extend in The
Albany branch is in charge of Mr. F. W.
in the hat trade. The statements of fact herein our facilities."
Thomas, who is one of the experts in piano and
"How
will
you
be
related
to
the
stock
com-
contained have been revised by reports of legal
organ selling. Mr. W. P. Wood has charge of the
Pittsfield branch, but this very important depart-
documents now in existence. A representative of pany?"
"Well," said Mr. Wendell, "Mr. Marshall and ment is under the special care of Mr. Weather-
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW called on I will, of course, remain, and give all our time and
by, who devotes about half of his time to it.
Mr. Bartholomew recently, and asked him whether attention to the interests of the company. We Mr. H. W. Harris takes charge of the interests
he had heard of Freund, and under what auspices. will have a controlling voice in the new manage- of the firm at North Adams.
The business was established in 1854, and has
Mr. Bartholomew replied, "Oh, yes; I knew ment."
"What will be the title of the new concern?"
since then increased to its present extensive pro-
about Freund soon after London sent him here by
"The Marshall & Wendell Pianoforte Manufac- portions. It can be judged how much is done by
an emetic, in the shape of bailiffs' writs. He is the turing Co., Limited "
this firm when we enumerate the various manu-
"And its officers?"
most suave yet incautious liar I ever heard of. His
facturers that are represented by it.
"It
is
not
yet
definitely
known
who
the
officers
The following i^ianos are sold by them: Stein-
career in London was, I believe, repeated here in will be," said Mr. Wendell, "but I can say to you
way, Chickering, Weber, Miller, Haines. J. & C.
1880, but I presume you know all about that."
that Mr. Loughran, the efficient bookkeeper of Fischer, Gabler, Grovesteen & Fuller, and now the
"How was your attention first drawn toward the old firm for some years past, will be the secre- New England Piano Co. 's instruments. They rep-
tary of the stock company."
Freund?"
resent the organs of Estey & Co., Wilcex &
"Will there be any change in the factory?"
White, and of the Mason & Hamlin Co.
"My first knowledge of him was as a sneak
"We will probably increase the size of the fac- This is certainly a large array of interests to
news thief. I was then the editor, as I am now, tory."
/
represent.
of a prosperous hatters' trade journal. He was a
"What are your views of spring trade?"
The warerooms of the firm are all very exten-
"Our
prospects
are
exceedingly
bright.
A
lead-
lazy man, and would wait until my paper came
sive. The main warerooms and offices are at Troy.
ing
dealer
in
New
York
city
has
taken
our
pianos,
The building is feur stories high and has a front
out and steal the news I had published and place
and he will push them. We have also a large con-
it in his own publication,which was devoted to the tract from a prominent Western house, which will of 25 feet by a depth of 225 feet, the lower floor
being 20 feet high. It is doubtful if any larger
same trade. Finally he stole whole articles, word take all the pianos we are willing for them to take. floor for the sale of pianos and organs exists in
for word, and published them as original. I recol- We have orders for 250 pianos that are unfilled to the country. The front is very handsome and
shipped to this one house alone. Our Pacific attractive.
lect one, consisting of a couple of columns, which be
Coast trade is heavier than ever before. This is
had been written fer me by Mr. Charles Aikman, a class of trade that is very choice, and we will The firm informed a representative of THE
MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW that business
of this city. He stole every word of it. I then pay special attention to it."
is very a«tive, the only difficulty which they
"Of course, you have trade in other sections?" find is their inability to get stock.
was forced to copyright every issue of my paper
was asked.
Trade is especially active at the Pittsfield
in order to stop this literary thief.
' 'In Canada our trade is brisk. Our Montreal
"But it did not take long for him to be run out agents are very active; and then we have a large branch.
Mr. F. W. Thomas, of the Albany branch,
of the trade he represented. He attempted to run trade South and East."
stated that he was short of stock, had been very
"What is your opinion about the upright, and busy, and would continue to be busy through
his trade organ with the money of the Arcadian
Stock Company. With his insinuating plausibility, is the manufacture of this class of instruments the spring.
increasing more rapidly than the other styles?"
A lively spring trade is expected, and Messrs.
so well known to the piano trade, he succeeded in
"I am inclined to think that the superior man-
& Sons are preparing to supply their eus-
getting a couple of wealthy hat manufacturers to ner in which the upright is now made, compared Cluett
tom, which extends over a large area of country.
with
the
way
these
instruments
were
made
in
act as trustees of the company. I called these
hatters' attention to the fact that he, Freund, former years, may make them permanent favorites."
MORE ORDERS THAN HE CAN FILL.
you not think that the financial condition
was a common libeler; that he would soon libel of "Do
R. EDWARD McCAMMON, the piano man-
the dealers has improved greatly in the last few
somebody, and that, as he was never legally re- years?"
ufacturer at Albany, N. Y., tells us that
sponsible for ten cents in a suit at law, the afore-
"Most decidedly. During the last three years trade is excellent. "We are driven to our utmost
said hatters, who were wealthy, would be mulcted we are not aware of having made a single bad ac- day and night," he said. "Spring trade will be
count. One hundred dollars would cover all the good all over the country. It is all we can do to
in damages for the libel he was certain to publish. losses
we sustained in the last three years, and Bupply our regular customers, and we are contin-
This frightened them, and soon a suit for $50,- leave us spending money besides. The trade is in ually refusing orders. We are three months be-
000 damages for libel followed by some one who better condition than ever before. The weak ones hind in filling orders. The Pacific Coast trade is
Our trade on the coast, with the excep-
had been libeled in th« Arcadian. Freund's wife have been weeded out and the strong, solid houses splendid.
tion of Oregon, is controlled by Kohler & Chase,
remain."
was the possessor of ninety-five out of the one
"One other question, Mr. Wendell: How will San Francisco, Cal. Messrs. Robbins & Son, Port-
hundred shares of Arcadian stock. He quietly prices range?"
land, Oregon, represent me in that section.
"The McCammon piano is sold by Whitney in
went to work, even before this stock was issued, "They will rule higher than the past year. We
and borrowed $3,500, agreeing with the lender, have already advanced our prices, and I am sure Detroit, Mich., who gets about four to five every
week. He and Bellak, of Philadelphia, are among
another wealthy hatter, that the Arcadian Com- that the prices of pianos will advance. All the cir- the
best houses I have. Hall, in Cleveland, is an-
cumstances connected with manufacturing tend
pany's trustees should not know about it. Freund that way."
other. Whitney & Holmes, in Quincy, 111., and
the Ithaca Organ Co., at Ithaca, N. Y., take large
finally sold the stock to George H. Butler. The
quantities of McCammon pianos, the latter receiv-
whole affair was an exceedingly crooked one.
COPARTNERSHIP FORMED.
three to four instruments a week.
The hatters finally got out of it, and Freund's r I ^HE following has been received by us from ing "We
are contemplating an extensive addition to
connection with the Arcadian Company ceased. ± Messrs. C. E. Wendell & Co., No. 68 North Pearl our factory, the plans being in the hands of the
Philip Bonfort, who had hired Freund as an editor street, Albany, N. Y.
architect. It will more than double the size of the
present factory, and will be 425 feet front and
for the hatters' trade journal, obtained judgments
ALBANY, N. Y., March 20, 1882.
against him for $3,-000, which Freuad had col- Notice is hereby given that the undersigned have five stories high."
Mr. McCammon, with his usual enterprise, has
this day formed a copartnership, under the firm
lected from advertisers and spent with riotous name
of C. E. Wendell & Co., for the purpose of furnished parlors in the rear of the Piano Ware-
A RARE PICTURE OF FREUND.
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