Music Trade Review
Issue: 1889 Vol. 12 N. 19 - Page 10
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
HUGO SOHMER.
H
UGO SOHMER'S boyhood was full of promise
of his successful manhood, and no item of
that early promise has been belied. The fear-
lessness, frankness, kindliness and pluck which charact-
erized his budding youth are all plainly discernible in
the popular and handsome man of forty, and will in all
probability be just as conspicuous when the snows of
eighty winters shall have left their mark upon his head.
The firm of which Mr. Sohmer is the presiding spirit
has been in existence some sixteen or seventeen years.
During the entire period their reputation has been high
and pure. Their original output of three pianos per week
has been increased at least twenty fold. They are an es-
sentially progressive house, and in addition to the many
important improvements in piano construction for which
the world is indebted to them, have ever been on the
alert to take advantage of the results of other inventors'
skill. Consequently, the Sohmer instruments figure prom-
. inently in the very foremost ranks of piano-manufacture.
Their power and beauty of tone are as
undeniable as the honor and enterprise of ™—
their makers, and it would be indeed diffi-
cult to bestow higher praise. The Sohmer
pianos have an enormous market in the
United States, Canada and Europe, many of
their strongest endorsers being found
among the leading artists of the last-men-
tioned continent. Their merits have been '
recognized in many public exhibitions, not-
ably at Philadelphia in 1876 at Montreal
in i8Sr, at Minneapolis. Minn., and at Sacra-
mento, Cal., where the highest distinc-
tions were awarded to them. More reliable
testimony than this, however, is the com-
bined evidence of a vast number of cultured
. musicians, both professional and amateur.
In conducting this immense and constant-
ly extending business, Mr. Sohmer is
aided by some of the most brilliant men
in the piano trade. For instance, there is
Mr. Kuder, a member of the firm, whose
sagacity and energy have greatly tended to
the advance of the Sohmer piano in pub-
lic estimation. Two other able and level-
headed assistants are Messrs. Charles Fahr
and George Reichmann, either of whom
would be a treasure as well as an ornament,
to any great commercial establishment in
the country. Further, the harmony be-
tween Sohmer & Co. and their employes
is as perfect as that produced by the most
artistic and emotional of pianists upon the
Sohmer piano.
Under all these circumstances, it is not
surprising that Mr. Hugo Sohmer retains,
in a greatly intensified degree, the qualities
of mind and heart which caused him to be
admired and beloved in early youth.
THE HOLLER ORGAN.
have, in every case, been commended in the highest
terms after a thorough test by the most experienced
organists. For beauty of design, simplicity of construc-
tion, purity, sweetness and compass of tone they are
unequaled. The Moller organ presents jn its entire con-
struction a combination of perfect material and skilled
workmanship. This factory have originated and own
Letters Patent on some of the most valuable features of
their instruments, and the use of these justly places the
Moller organ In the lead.
Orders are now entered for six large pipe organs to
be erected in prominent churches of the country. One
of these is for the First Baptist Church, Lewisburgh,
Pa. It is to contain 1198 pipes, 26 stops. Its size will
be 24 feet high, 18 feet wide and 10 feet deep. This
will be one of the largest organs in Pennsylvania.
Another of the same capacity and dimensions as the
last is for the First Presbyterian Church of Chester
ists and others, evidencing that time and use only serve
to enhance the Moller organ in value.
This factory has also erected within the last year or
so large full compass organs for the First Baptist
Church, Leavenworth, Kansas; the Granite M. E.
Church, Salisbury, Md.; the First Baptist Church, As-
bury Park. N. J. ; the new M. P. Church, Chestertown,
Md.; the First Baptist Church, Shelbyviile, Indiana ;
the P. E. Church, Collington, Md. ; the First M. E.
Church, Staunton, Va. ; the First Presbyterian Church,
Marlborough, New York ; the grand Jewish Tabernacle,
Birmingham, Alabama ; the Universalist Church, Mace-
don. New York ; and other places.
The Moller Organ Co. also manufacture a parlor and
chapel organ of the highest grade. In fact, we have
never seen its equal. Its tones are round, full and
sweet. They are built in the most substantial manner
and the cases are of the most artistic designs. We have
» never seen an instrument combining in so high a degree
N. Y. Chester is within twenty miles of New York a 7 l the truly valuable qualities—material, construction,
City, and in the effort to effect this sale the Moller or- durability, tone, and elegance of design. Since January
ist of this year, thirty-five parlor organs
gan was brought into sharp competition with all the
.,.. „ ... have been sold in Washington county, evi-
dencing the fact that their superior qualities
are appreciated at home.
In view of the rapid growth of this busi-
nes?, the Moller Organ Co. have contracted
for putting in a large Corliss automatic en-
gine and will build during the coming sum-
mer extensive additions to the factory. It
is the purpose of Mr. Moller to spare no
effort or expense to place before the music-
loving public, in every respect, the best musi-
cal instrument that can be made. Every
detail will be made his constant study, and
every new and desirable improvement will
be added as introduced. A large number of
the most skilled workmen are employed,
each one because of his special fitness for his
particular line of work. In short, from the
forest tree tirr.ber to the church, chapel or
parlor organ, the material and make-up of
the Moller organ is in skilled hands. The
best of timber is selected, cut and sawed at
the proper season, thoroughly dried under
the requisite conditions—thus, in the first
stages of its construction, not less than in
the elements that combine to make beauty
and finish, these instruments are absolutely
without equal.
Sales are made for cash or on easy pay-
ments, as may be desired. An illustrated
and descriptive catalogue is issued by the
Co. and will be promptly mailed to any one
interested in organs and seeking the best.
A special catalogue of large church organs
is also issued. This contains emphatic tes-
timonials to the high quality of the Moller
organs from manv musicians of wide repu-
tation. Among these are Prof. I. V. Flager.
organist at Chatauqua, N. Y.; Prof. Louis
Falk, Chicago College of Music: Prof. Chas ;
P. Turner, organist Tabernacle Presbyterian
Church, Phila.; Prof. F. T. Halm, organist
St. Mary's Catholic Church and professor of
music Hagerstown (Md.) Female Seminary;
Prof. D. D. Wood, organist St. Stephen's
Church, Philadelphia, and many other high
authorities. Correspondence is earnestly
solicited and will have prompt and careful
attention. Visitors are cordially invited to
leading organs of the United States. The trustees of the call at the factory and personally inspect the construc-
church after a thorough examination of all makes tion of the Moller organ.— The Home Visitor, Hagers.
almost unanimously decided to purchase a Moller town, Md.
organ.
LYON & HEALY, Chicago, 111., are having a splendid
Another is for the M. E. Church, Urichville, Ohio,
and is to contain 786 pipes, 20 stops. Its size will be spring trade in all kinds of musical instruments.
HE factory of the M. P. Moller Organ
Co. is located on North Potomac street
of this city, and is in close proximity
to the East Hagerstown Station of the West-
ern Maryland Railroad. The grounds are
ample for the erection of all additions to the
plant which the promised future growth of
the business may demand. The present fac-
tory is a capacious brick building, having all of its de-
partments most conveniently arranged and thoroughly
equipped with the very latest and most approved ma-
chinery. The enterprise was established in 1881 by Mr.
M. P. Moller, who selected Hagerstown as a location
because of its unrivaled railroad facilities. Mr. Moller
is a native of Denmark, but has been in this country for 16 feet high, 12 feet wide and 8 feet deep.
Three of the two manual compass pedal pipe organ,
the last sixteen years. He is a skilled musician and has
had many years of practical experience in the manufac- represented in the M. P. Moller Organ Co's catalogue
ture of musical instruments. From the most conscien- as No. 10, are being built respectively for the Lutheran
tious pride in his business he keeps a zealous eye upon Church, Cumberland, Md., for the English Lutheran
all its many details, and is thus enabled to ensure the Church, Williamsport, Pa., and for the English Lutheran
use of the best materials and the most perfect workman- Church, Columbus, Ohio. These are much larger than
ship. And herein lies the secret of Mr. Moller's great the average size pipe organs. The six large organs
success and the wide and rapidly growing popularity of now under construction contain 4,575 pipes, 116 stops,
and cost a total of $14,300. Thus is afforded the most
the. Moller organs.
The M. P. Mofter Organ Co. make a specialty of the positive proof of the success that is being achieved by
building of large stationary pipe organs varying in the Moller Organ Co. Their large church organs are
price from $1,000 to $5,000. These have been placed rapidly growing in demand and the most flattering tes .
in some of the finest churches in the United States and timonials are being daily received from pastors, organ -
T
THE A. B. Chase Company of Norwalk, O., have on
hand very large orders for fancy piano cases in mahog-
any, figured walnut, English oak and Hungarian ash.
MESSRS BIDDLE, of No. 7 East Fourteenth street, N.
Y., have decided to manufacture pianos. They will use
the Strauch actions.
THE Weaver Organ Company of York, Pa., are in ar-
rear with their orders. They will shortly build an
addition to their factory, in which fifty hands are at
present employed.
JOHN A. SCHENCK of Dayton, O., dealer in organs
and pianos, contemplates opening a branch in Omaha,
Neb.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
HUGO SOHMER.
H
UGO SOHMER'S boyhood was full of promise
of his successful manhood, and no item of
that early promise has been belied. The fear-
lessness, frankness, kindliness and pluck which charact-
erized his budding youth are all plainly discernible in
the popular and handsome man of forty, and will in all
probability be just as conspicuous when the snows of
eighty winters shall have left their mark upon his head.
The firm of which Mr. Sohmer is the presiding spirit
has been in existence some sixteen or seventeen years.
During the entire period their reputation has been high
and pure. Their original output of three pianos per week
has been increased at least twenty fold. They are an es-
sentially progressive house, and in addition to the many
important improvements in piano construction for which
the world is indebted to them, have ever been on the
alert to take advantage of the results of other inventors'
skill. Consequently, the Sohmer instruments figure prom-
. inently in the very foremost ranks of piano-manufacture.
Their power and beauty of tone are as
undeniable as the honor and enterprise of ™—
their makers, and it would be indeed diffi-
cult to bestow higher praise. The Sohmer
pianos have an enormous market in the
United States, Canada and Europe, many of
their strongest endorsers being found
among the leading artists of the last-men-
tioned continent. Their merits have been '
recognized in many public exhibitions, not-
ably at Philadelphia in 1876 at Montreal
in i8Sr, at Minneapolis. Minn., and at Sacra-
mento, Cal., where the highest distinc-
tions were awarded to them. More reliable
testimony than this, however, is the com-
bined evidence of a vast number of cultured
. musicians, both professional and amateur.
In conducting this immense and constant-
ly extending business, Mr. Sohmer is
aided by some of the most brilliant men
in the piano trade. For instance, there is
Mr. Kuder, a member of the firm, whose
sagacity and energy have greatly tended to
the advance of the Sohmer piano in pub-
lic estimation. Two other able and level-
headed assistants are Messrs. Charles Fahr
and George Reichmann, either of whom
would be a treasure as well as an ornament,
to any great commercial establishment in
the country. Further, the harmony be-
tween Sohmer & Co. and their employes
is as perfect as that produced by the most
artistic and emotional of pianists upon the
Sohmer piano.
Under all these circumstances, it is not
surprising that Mr. Hugo Sohmer retains,
in a greatly intensified degree, the qualities
of mind and heart which caused him to be
admired and beloved in early youth.
THE HOLLER ORGAN.
have, in every case, been commended in the highest
terms after a thorough test by the most experienced
organists. For beauty of design, simplicity of construc-
tion, purity, sweetness and compass of tone they are
unequaled. The Moller organ presents jn its entire con-
struction a combination of perfect material and skilled
workmanship. This factory have originated and own
Letters Patent on some of the most valuable features of
their instruments, and the use of these justly places the
Moller organ In the lead.
Orders are now entered for six large pipe organs to
be erected in prominent churches of the country. One
of these is for the First Baptist Church, Lewisburgh,
Pa. It is to contain 1198 pipes, 26 stops. Its size will
be 24 feet high, 18 feet wide and 10 feet deep. This
will be one of the largest organs in Pennsylvania.
Another of the same capacity and dimensions as the
last is for the First Presbyterian Church of Chester
ists and others, evidencing that time and use only serve
to enhance the Moller organ in value.
This factory has also erected within the last year or
so large full compass organs for the First Baptist
Church, Leavenworth, Kansas; the Granite M. E.
Church, Salisbury, Md.; the First Baptist Church, As-
bury Park. N. J. ; the new M. P. Church, Chestertown,
Md.; the First Baptist Church, Shelbyviile, Indiana ;
the P. E. Church, Collington, Md. ; the First M. E.
Church, Staunton, Va. ; the First Presbyterian Church,
Marlborough, New York ; the grand Jewish Tabernacle,
Birmingham, Alabama ; the Universalist Church, Mace-
don. New York ; and other places.
The Moller Organ Co. also manufacture a parlor and
chapel organ of the highest grade. In fact, we have
never seen its equal. Its tones are round, full and
sweet. They are built in the most substantial manner
and the cases are of the most artistic designs. We have
» never seen an instrument combining in so high a degree
N. Y. Chester is within twenty miles of New York a 7 l the truly valuable qualities—material, construction,
City, and in the effort to effect this sale the Moller or- durability, tone, and elegance of design. Since January
ist of this year, thirty-five parlor organs
gan was brought into sharp competition with all the
.,.. „ ... have been sold in Washington county, evi-
dencing the fact that their superior qualities
are appreciated at home.
In view of the rapid growth of this busi-
nes?, the Moller Organ Co. have contracted
for putting in a large Corliss automatic en-
gine and will build during the coming sum-
mer extensive additions to the factory. It
is the purpose of Mr. Moller to spare no
effort or expense to place before the music-
loving public, in every respect, the best musi-
cal instrument that can be made. Every
detail will be made his constant study, and
every new and desirable improvement will
be added as introduced. A large number of
the most skilled workmen are employed,
each one because of his special fitness for his
particular line of work. In short, from the
forest tree tirr.ber to the church, chapel or
parlor organ, the material and make-up of
the Moller organ is in skilled hands. The
best of timber is selected, cut and sawed at
the proper season, thoroughly dried under
the requisite conditions—thus, in the first
stages of its construction, not less than in
the elements that combine to make beauty
and finish, these instruments are absolutely
without equal.
Sales are made for cash or on easy pay-
ments, as may be desired. An illustrated
and descriptive catalogue is issued by the
Co. and will be promptly mailed to any one
interested in organs and seeking the best.
A special catalogue of large church organs
is also issued. This contains emphatic tes-
timonials to the high quality of the Moller
organs from manv musicians of wide repu-
tation. Among these are Prof. I. V. Flager.
organist at Chatauqua, N. Y.; Prof. Louis
Falk, Chicago College of Music: Prof. Chas ;
P. Turner, organist Tabernacle Presbyterian
Church, Phila.; Prof. F. T. Halm, organist
St. Mary's Catholic Church and professor of
music Hagerstown (Md.) Female Seminary;
Prof. D. D. Wood, organist St. Stephen's
Church, Philadelphia, and many other high
authorities. Correspondence is earnestly
solicited and will have prompt and careful
attention. Visitors are cordially invited to
leading organs of the United States. The trustees of the call at the factory and personally inspect the construc-
church after a thorough examination of all makes tion of the Moller organ.— The Home Visitor, Hagers.
almost unanimously decided to purchase a Moller town, Md.
organ.
LYON & HEALY, Chicago, 111., are having a splendid
Another is for the M. E. Church, Urichville, Ohio,
and is to contain 786 pipes, 20 stops. Its size will be spring trade in all kinds of musical instruments.
HE factory of the M. P. Moller Organ
Co. is located on North Potomac street
of this city, and is in close proximity
to the East Hagerstown Station of the West-
ern Maryland Railroad. The grounds are
ample for the erection of all additions to the
plant which the promised future growth of
the business may demand. The present fac-
tory is a capacious brick building, having all of its de-
partments most conveniently arranged and thoroughly
equipped with the very latest and most approved ma-
chinery. The enterprise was established in 1881 by Mr.
M. P. Moller, who selected Hagerstown as a location
because of its unrivaled railroad facilities. Mr. Moller
is a native of Denmark, but has been in this country for 16 feet high, 12 feet wide and 8 feet deep.
Three of the two manual compass pedal pipe organ,
the last sixteen years. He is a skilled musician and has
had many years of practical experience in the manufac- represented in the M. P. Moller Organ Co's catalogue
ture of musical instruments. From the most conscien- as No. 10, are being built respectively for the Lutheran
tious pride in his business he keeps a zealous eye upon Church, Cumberland, Md., for the English Lutheran
all its many details, and is thus enabled to ensure the Church, Williamsport, Pa., and for the English Lutheran
use of the best materials and the most perfect workman- Church, Columbus, Ohio. These are much larger than
ship. And herein lies the secret of Mr. Moller's great the average size pipe organs. The six large organs
success and the wide and rapidly growing popularity of now under construction contain 4,575 pipes, 116 stops,
and cost a total of $14,300. Thus is afforded the most
the. Moller organs.
The M. P. Mofter Organ Co. make a specialty of the positive proof of the success that is being achieved by
building of large stationary pipe organs varying in the Moller Organ Co. Their large church organs are
price from $1,000 to $5,000. These have been placed rapidly growing in demand and the most flattering tes .
in some of the finest churches in the United States and timonials are being daily received from pastors, organ -
T
THE A. B. Chase Company of Norwalk, O., have on
hand very large orders for fancy piano cases in mahog-
any, figured walnut, English oak and Hungarian ash.
MESSRS BIDDLE, of No. 7 East Fourteenth street, N.
Y., have decided to manufacture pianos. They will use
the Strauch actions.
THE Weaver Organ Company of York, Pa., are in ar-
rear with their orders. They will shortly build an
addition to their factory, in which fifty hands are at
present employed.
JOHN A. SCHENCK of Dayton, O., dealer in organs
and pianos, contemplates opening a branch in Omaha,
Neb.
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