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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
TIDINGS FROM THE TRADE.
PHILADELPHIA, February 3, 188G.
WELLES & B I L L :
GENTLEMEN :—I would say to the Music TRADE
EEVIEW, by attending strictly to my business, I find
trade growing upon me to such an extent that my
present quarters are too small-for me, and I have pur-
chased an elegant store on the north-west corner of
Third and Susquehanna Avenue, for the sum of eight
thousand ($8,000) dollars, and I expect to do a boom-
ing business next fall. My address hereafter will be
north west corner Third and Susquehanna Avenue.
Yours respectfully,
JOHN P I K E .
FOXCROFT, M E . , Feb. 9, 1886.
WELLES & B I L L :
GENTLEMEN : Our Mr. Dyer has just returned from
a Southern trip, and is very enthusiastic over the fu-
ture trade.
We contemplate of adding the manufacturing of
reeds to our organ business. We are now negotiating
for the machinery, and, if successful, shall soon be
manufacturing reeds for ourselves, as well as for a
few manufacturers who now stand ready to contract
if we go ahead.
Yours,
DYER & HUGHES.
sical instruments. If any one hitherto has been de-
ceived by his shallow artifice in attempting to play a
role so entirely at variance with his true inwardness,
Musical Instruments, etc., February 6, 1886.
and so totally inconsistent with his previous record,
EXPORTS.
a perusal of the following affidavits will serve to un-
7 cases, $625 mask his false pretences, whiie a further investiga-
Hamburg,
Piano Mt'ls.,
Liverpool,
Organs,
28 "
1,040 tion into his methods of malignant accusation, un-
"
200 supported by a shadow of truth, will exhibit his true
Piano,
1 "
42 colors and show the kind of stuff that is in him :
Glasgow,
Musical Instrum'ts 2 "
300 State of Georgia, Chatham County, City oj Savan-
Organs,
4 "
75
nah, 88.:
Gibralter,
Organ,
1 "
527
New Zeland,
Organs,
7 "
Personally came before me, this ninth day of
340 February, 1886, Robert A. Hornlein, who, being duly
Brit. Australia, Musical Instrum'ts 3 "
sworn, deposeth and saith that while residing in the
city of New York he was employed to cut stencils,
IMPORTS.
181 pkges.,
$12,835 which were used to stencil names upon pianos, and
among others he cut one with the name Blumenberg,
EXPORTS.
Baltimore, of which an impression or proof has been
in his possession to this date, and the same is here-
Musical Instruments, etc., February 13,1886.
with attached to this affidavit.
Bremen,
Organs,
36 cases, $2,120.
Deponent further saith that while he was working
Liverpool,
Orguinettes,
8 "
520
in the factory of C. D. Pease & Co, he saw there,
Organs,
18 "
1,350
among some three hundred stencils used by the
"
Organ metals,
2 "
129
aforesaid C. D. Pease & Co. to stencil pianos of their
British Austr'a, Organs,
40 "
740
own manufacture, for dealers who sold them under
Marsailles,
Organs,
1 "
75
their own names, one with the name Blumenberg,
U. S. Colombia, Musical Instrum'ts, 5 "
263
Baltimore, similar to the one cut by him, as above
San Domingo, Organ,
1 "
140
stated.
IMPORTS.
Deponent further saith that he knows M. A. Blu-
Musical Instruments,
223 cases, $14,600 menberg and has seen him many different times in
the aforesaid C. D. Pease & Co.'s factory, looking at
and selecting pianos.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
BUSINESS FAILURES.
CHRISTIE & SONS NEW FACTORY.
There were 288 in the United States reported to
NE of the largest and most complete factories in
BRADSTREET'S during the week ending Feb. 5th,
the trade is the one now occupied by Christie
against 337 in the preceding week, and 330, 257, 256
& Son, in this city. The factory was erected
and 194 in the corresponding weeks of 1885, 1884, less than one year ago, to be used for manufacturing
1883 and 1882, respectively. Additional comparisons artistic furniture. A short time ago the company
are given in the following table :
who occupied this factory became convinced that
THE WEKK'S FAILCRE8, I'NITED STATES AND CANADA.
their business did not warrant them to continue, and
Week Pre-
gave up the business, offering the building for sale
ending vious
Weeks corresponding to
Feb. 5, week, .
February 5
,
or rent. Messrs. Christie & Son at once secured the
States and Territories.
3886. 18M6. 1885. Ih84. 1883. 1882.
the building, and gave up their former intentions of
Middle States
G4
63
72
53
45
43
New England
27
44
49
83
2 27
erecting a factory of their own. The building is situ-
Southern
86
78
64
58
75
47
Western
94 122 109
!)0
!>2
62
ated at Forty-eighth street and Tenth avenue, having
Pacific States & Territories 18
30
M6
23
1H
15
seventy-five feet front, is 100 feet deep, and contains
Total, United States... 288 337 330 257 2">(i 1!)4
seven stories. It has every possible facility for
Canada
34
30
3X
33
34
11
manufacturing pianos, and will give them ample
FIVE YEARS' FAII.UHI S, UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
room to turn out seventy-five pianos a week.
O
States and Territories.
Middle States ...
New Kngland
Southern
Western
Pacific States and Territories.
Total, United States
Canada
Failures for the year to date,
•
with comparisons -
..
1886. 1885. 1884. 1883. 1882.
348 3113 313 303 200
180 235 224 177 139
4;"0 485 382 405 284
528 68? 623 473 289
146 156 156 122 152
1,652 1,958 1,598 1,480
134 168 179 150
964
34
About 75 per cent, were those of small traders
whose capital was less than $5,000.
GAZETTE.
J. M. JOHNSON, Jr., New Lisborn, Ohio, assigned.
CHARLES O. MILLION, Biddeford, Me., at-
tached for $400.
BALCOM & PECK, Geo. B. l'alcom, Kalamazoo,
Mich.
J. W. FITCH & CO., Kalamazoo, Mich., chattel
mortgage for $500 and $239.
SCHLECHTER & HENRY, Reading, Pa., purchase
money mortgage for $5,000.
THE DRIGGS, COE & SMITH CO., Waterbury,
Conn., application made to change name to the
Driggs ifc Smith Co.
JOHN DIERDORF, Indianapolis, Ind., realty mort-
gage for $989 satisfied, and realty mortgage for $540.
GEO. E. CARELESS & CO., Salt Lake City, Utah,
closing out,
C. C. SLASON, Bradford, Vt., advertised to close
out.
GEO. S. BAKER, Weymouth, Mass., deceased.
ALFRED G. SLADE, Brooklyn, N. Y., chattel
mortgage for $800.
C. MEISEL, New York City, chattel mortgage for
$807.
HAMIA & WILLIAMS, Lima, Ohio, dissolved.
S. W. PARKER, Newport, Vt., sold out.
HENRY HUGHES, Rockford, 111., sold out.
N. A. FLOYD, Carthage, Mo., will sell jewelry
stock, and devote time to music.
KNEPPER MUSIC CO., Carthage, Mo, sell stock
except pianos.
A BARBER'S RAIL CAR INVENTION.
[From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.]
R A. F. GODFREY, a hairdresser and dealer
of St. Louis, has invented a method of taking
up and|discharging passengers and goods from
railway trains which is decidedly novel. The work-
ing model and drawings show a main track on the
level, and an elevated track in front of an elevated
station with inclined tracks leading to it. The idea
is to start a train from one terminus and not have to
stop or slacken speed until it reaches the other. At
the same time passengers may be taken up or dis.
charged at any station. As a train reaches a station
on the main track, the rear car switches off and runs
up the inclined plane to the elevated station, and at
the same time another car runs down the other in-
clined plane, is caught by the passing train, whirled
onto the main track, and becomes a part of the train.
The passengers who desire to stop at the next station
pass to the rear car, which is side-tracked as was the
previous one, and another carload of passengers is
taken on. By a very simple contrivance, which acts
automatically, when a train gets within a certain dis-
tance of a station, it releases the car in waiting,
which starts down the inclined plane just as the last
car of the train is switched off, and starts up on the
other side. This transfer is made without jerking or
danger of derailing, and the passengers would not be
aware of the operation of coupling and uncoupling.
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[SEAL]
Signature of affiant,
ROB. A. HORNLEIN.
Sworn or affirmed before me this ninth day of
February, A. D. 1886.
[NOTARIAL SEAL.]
E . F . BRYAN,
Notary Public,
Chatham County.
State of Georgia, Chatham County, City of Savan-
nah, as.:
Personally came before me this ninth day of Feb-
rury, 188G, John D. Murphy, who, being duly sworn,
deposeth and saith that he has at various times seen,
standing in the factory of C. D. Pease & Co., of New
York, finished pianos ready for shipment bearing the
stencil:
BLUMENBERG,
Baltimore.
Deponent saith that he recognized the said pianos
as being the regular manufacture of the aforesaid 0.
D. Pease & Co., although their names were not upon
them as the makers.
Signed by affiant,
[SEAL.]
JOHN D. MURPHY.
Sworn (or affirmed) before me this ninth day of
February, A. D*., 1886.
E. F. BRYAN, Notary Public,
[NOTARIAL SEAL.]
Chatham Co., Ga.
State of Georgia, Chatham County City of Savan-
nah, 88.:
Personally came before me this ninth day of Feb-
ruary, 1886, Isaac Leon, who, being duly sworn, de-
poseth and saith : That he is personally acquainted
with Marc A. Blumenberg, at present one of the
editors of the Musical Courier, published in New
York, and that he knew the aforesaid M. A. Blumen-
berg when he was with his brother, engaged in the
piano business in the city of Baltimore, Md.
Deponent saith further that the aforesaid M. A.
Blumenberg was at that time exposing for sale in his
store, and regularly selling pianos bearing upon
them the stencil name of " Blumonberg," Baltimore,
as the makers, but that said M. A. Blumenberg had
no factory, was not a piano maker, and did not make
the aforesaid pianos.
Signature of affiant,
[SEAL.]
ISAAC LEON.
Sworn (or affirmed) before me this ninth day of
Fubrary, A. D. 1886.
[NOTARIAL SEAL.]
E. F. BRYAN.
Notary Public,
Chatham County, Georgia.
MIKADO.
Here, then, we behold this apostle of honest deal-
ing; this sworn foe of stencil pianos; himself a
WE HAVE HIM ON THE LIST.
dealer in stencil pianos made at a factory
CASUAL reader of the Musical Courier, pub- most notorious of all, and having probably
lished in this city, would gather the idea, several hundred stenciled names on its list ready for
from the last half dozen issues of that pecu- application to pianos as fast as ordered. Comment
liar sheet, that the senior editor, M. A. Blumenberg, is unnecessary; the picture tells its own story, and
was posing before the public as a champion for hon- we should rest the matter right here were it not that
est dealing among manufacturers and agents of mu- justice demands an investigation of some of the pe-
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