Music Trade Review
Issue: 1894 Vol. 18 N. 27 - Page 8
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
G. LIONEL KENT, of Ohio, was put on trial
at Parkersburg, W. Va., charged with embezzle-
ment by the Krell Piano Company, of Cincin-
nati. The company alleges that Kent, while
their West Virginia agent, sold a piano for $200
to an Ohio party and pocketed the money.
Kent claims that he bought the piano from the
company and had a running account with it.
He has brought suit 'for false arrest against the
company, claiming heavy damages.—Post, Cov-
ington, Ky., Jan. 16.
THE Wiley B. Allen Co., Portland, Oregon,
has purchased the entire music business of
Winter & Harper, 271 Morrison street. The
Wiley B. Allen Co. will continue the Morrison
street business as a branch store, their principal
office being at 211 First street. The sale in-
cluded about fifty second-hand pianos.
THE Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Co. 's
warerooms have been sold to the Presbyterian
Board of Missions, and in consequence they have
leased new warerooms on Fifth avenue, which
WM. F. HASSE, 107 East 14th street, has ar- they expect to have ready for occupancy about
ranged to represent the line of piano stools April 1 st. It is their intention to make these
warerooms the finest in the city. The Mason &
THE Autoharp has attained a wide spread manufactured by Alvord & Spear Manufactur-
Hamlin Company have given active indications
ing
Co.,
Torrington,
Conn.
popularity in Great Britain. In the principal
that they intend to leave no stone unturned to
daily papers of London the Autoharp is adver-
THE new firm of Stratton & Scribner will be make '94 a year of push and enterprise. Both
tised pretty liberally by the leading dealers, and snugly housed in their new quarters at 37
in the East and West this policy is evident.
it seems to "catch on" with surprising rapidity. Howard street about the first week in February.
This speaks well for the evolution of our English They will present a splendid line of musical in-
GALLUP & METZGER, of Hartford, are mak-
cousins from their set and old-fashioned ways.
struments, having made arrangements to repre- ing quite a record with the Knabe pianos.
THE Chicago Cottage Organ Co. have secured sent some of the leading German and American Seven Knabe grands in ten days is the latest
the services of Mr. F. G. Fischer, a capable and manufacturers. Messrs. Stratton & Scribner news to hand.
popular salesman, who has had twelve years' are not unknown to the music houses through-
FRED. BAYLEY, of Struthers, is in Youngs-
experience with Dyer & Bro., A. D. Coe and D. out the country. Mr. Stratton being formerly a town, O., attending to the duties of manager of
H. Baldwin & Co. He will devote himself to member of the firm of J. F. Stratton & Son, Mincher& Bayley's music store during the ill-
and Mr. Scribner, an old and popular traveler ness of his partner, J. R. Mincher.
the interests of the Conover pianos especially.
for the same house.
H. I. SHANK, Harrisburg, Pa., has removed
STOCK of Dyer Bros., piano dealers, Minne-
his music store from 1332 North 6th street to
F. W. HUNT & Co., music dealers, are suc- apolis, Minn, has been damaged to the extent of
1125 North 3d street. Mr. Shank is the agent cessors to C. F. Brewer, Ocolo, Fla.
$3,500 by water which leaked in to basement
of the well known Stieff pianos.
of building.
THE Mason & Hamlin Piano and Organ Co.,
J. W. MEIKELJOHN & SONS' music store, Paw- Boston, have taken a ten years' lease of the Old
THE friendly copyright suit between Novello,
tucket, R. I., has been damaged to the extent of Central club house, 146 Boylston street. It is Ewer & Co. and Oliver Ditson & Co., to which
$500 by fire.
their intention to remodel it for business pur- we have referred before, was to have come to
trial last Saturday, but it has been postponed
ROBT. BELL, of Alexandria, O., has been ar- poses.
until some time in February.
rested at Redfield on the charge of attempting
AT the annual meeting of the directors of the
to blackmail J. C. Webb, agent of the Columbia, Weaver Organ & Piano Co., York, Pa., J. H. MR. EDWARDS. STORY, of the Story & Clark
Shawnee & Hocking Railway.
Baer was elected President, M. B. Gibson, Sec- Organ Co., returned from Europe last Saturday.
THE trial of Geo. Fuchs vs. Geo. A. Morris, retary, W. S. Bond, Treasurer. The usual three He spent but a short time in New York, going
directly to Chicago.
New York, N. Y., to recover a balance of $3,575 per cent, semi-annual dividend was declared.
alleged to be due on the purchase price of an
WE are sorry to record the death of Mr. A. K.
THE Geo. C. Crane Co., Paterson, N. J., has
orchestrion bought for the Morris Park Club been incorporated for the purpose of manufact- Smith, piano hammer coverer, of Cambridge-
House, was continued before Judge Patterson of uring and selling pianos. Capital $50,000, of port, Mass. He died of heartfailure last Satur-
the Circuit Court. The defendant has put in a which $10,000 is paid in. Stockholders are day. It was entirely unexpected, Mr. Smith
counterclaim of $6,000 on account of unsatisfac- Albert Krell, Jr., Abram Schmidt, of Cincinnati, being at business the day before his death.
toriness of the instrument, and another for $5,000 and George C. Crane, of Clifton.
expenses alleged to have been incurred in get-
HANS VON BULOW, the great composer of
ting the instrument through the Custom House.
L,ater report states Mr. Fuchs secured a verdict music, is said to be dying. He is 64 years old.
r
of $3,836.
or THE
W. B. MILLER, San Francisco,jCal., who rep-
F. E). SWIFT has brought suit against Peter- resents here a Chicago music company, took a
son, Thulin & Co., of Moline, 111., organ manu- poor beggar to his room recently to give him
facturers. Mr. Swift, who is a brick manufact- some clothes, and while his back was turned the
urer and building contractor, claims that Mr. ungrateful wretch struck him and attempted to
Peterson gave him the contract to erect an ad- rob him. A struggle ensued and Mr. Miller,
dition to their organ factory, and after he, Mr. who soon received assistance, had the robber,
Swift, had made all preparations, the contract who gave his name as Frank Wilson, 22 years
was repudiated.
old, arrested.
A POINTS OF SUPERIORITY
Celebrated
" Conover"
Pianos.
AND SWEETNESS of TONE.
^ S C I E N T I F I C CONSTRUCTION.
(THE ONLY STRICTLY
^DURABILITY.
HIGH GRADE PIANO
MANUFACTURED
IN CHICAGO.)
JOHN F. STRATTON,
Importer, Manufacturer, Wholesale Dealer in
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE,
CHICAGO GOHflGE ORGAN COMPANY,
REMOVED TO
SOLE FACTORS.
8ix, 813, 8x5, 817 East Ninth Street,
NEW YORK.
*~
(The Largest Dealers in Pianos and Organs in the World.)
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL WAREROOMS,
(SECOND FLOOR.)
215 W A B A S H A V E . f
CHICAGO.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
G. LIONEL KENT, of Ohio, was put on trial
at Parkersburg, W. Va., charged with embezzle-
ment by the Krell Piano Company, of Cincin-
nati. The company alleges that Kent, while
their West Virginia agent, sold a piano for $200
to an Ohio party and pocketed the money.
Kent claims that he bought the piano from the
company and had a running account with it.
He has brought suit 'for false arrest against the
company, claiming heavy damages.—Post, Cov-
ington, Ky., Jan. 16.
THE Wiley B. Allen Co., Portland, Oregon,
has purchased the entire music business of
Winter & Harper, 271 Morrison street. The
Wiley B. Allen Co. will continue the Morrison
street business as a branch store, their principal
office being at 211 First street. The sale in-
cluded about fifty second-hand pianos.
THE Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Co. 's
warerooms have been sold to the Presbyterian
Board of Missions, and in consequence they have
leased new warerooms on Fifth avenue, which
WM. F. HASSE, 107 East 14th street, has ar- they expect to have ready for occupancy about
ranged to represent the line of piano stools April 1 st. It is their intention to make these
warerooms the finest in the city. The Mason &
THE Autoharp has attained a wide spread manufactured by Alvord & Spear Manufactur-
Hamlin Company have given active indications
ing
Co.,
Torrington,
Conn.
popularity in Great Britain. In the principal
that they intend to leave no stone unturned to
daily papers of London the Autoharp is adver-
THE new firm of Stratton & Scribner will be make '94 a year of push and enterprise. Both
tised pretty liberally by the leading dealers, and snugly housed in their new quarters at 37
in the East and West this policy is evident.
it seems to "catch on" with surprising rapidity. Howard street about the first week in February.
This speaks well for the evolution of our English They will present a splendid line of musical in-
GALLUP & METZGER, of Hartford, are mak-
cousins from their set and old-fashioned ways.
struments, having made arrangements to repre- ing quite a record with the Knabe pianos.
THE Chicago Cottage Organ Co. have secured sent some of the leading German and American Seven Knabe grands in ten days is the latest
the services of Mr. F. G. Fischer, a capable and manufacturers. Messrs. Stratton & Scribner news to hand.
popular salesman, who has had twelve years' are not unknown to the music houses through-
FRED. BAYLEY, of Struthers, is in Youngs-
experience with Dyer & Bro., A. D. Coe and D. out the country. Mr. Stratton being formerly a town, O., attending to the duties of manager of
H. Baldwin & Co. He will devote himself to member of the firm of J. F. Stratton & Son, Mincher& Bayley's music store during the ill-
and Mr. Scribner, an old and popular traveler ness of his partner, J. R. Mincher.
the interests of the Conover pianos especially.
for the same house.
H. I. SHANK, Harrisburg, Pa., has removed
STOCK of Dyer Bros., piano dealers, Minne-
his music store from 1332 North 6th street to
F. W. HUNT & Co., music dealers, are suc- apolis, Minn, has been damaged to the extent of
1125 North 3d street. Mr. Shank is the agent cessors to C. F. Brewer, Ocolo, Fla.
$3,500 by water which leaked in to basement
of the well known Stieff pianos.
of building.
THE Mason & Hamlin Piano and Organ Co.,
J. W. MEIKELJOHN & SONS' music store, Paw- Boston, have taken a ten years' lease of the Old
THE friendly copyright suit between Novello,
tucket, R. I., has been damaged to the extent of Central club house, 146 Boylston street. It is Ewer & Co. and Oliver Ditson & Co., to which
$500 by fire.
their intention to remodel it for business pur- we have referred before, was to have come to
trial last Saturday, but it has been postponed
ROBT. BELL, of Alexandria, O., has been ar- poses.
until some time in February.
rested at Redfield on the charge of attempting
AT the annual meeting of the directors of the
to blackmail J. C. Webb, agent of the Columbia, Weaver Organ & Piano Co., York, Pa., J. H. MR. EDWARDS. STORY, of the Story & Clark
Shawnee & Hocking Railway.
Baer was elected President, M. B. Gibson, Sec- Organ Co., returned from Europe last Saturday.
THE trial of Geo. Fuchs vs. Geo. A. Morris, retary, W. S. Bond, Treasurer. The usual three He spent but a short time in New York, going
directly to Chicago.
New York, N. Y., to recover a balance of $3,575 per cent, semi-annual dividend was declared.
alleged to be due on the purchase price of an
WE are sorry to record the death of Mr. A. K.
THE Geo. C. Crane Co., Paterson, N. J., has
orchestrion bought for the Morris Park Club been incorporated for the purpose of manufact- Smith, piano hammer coverer, of Cambridge-
House, was continued before Judge Patterson of uring and selling pianos. Capital $50,000, of port, Mass. He died of heartfailure last Satur-
the Circuit Court. The defendant has put in a which $10,000 is paid in. Stockholders are day. It was entirely unexpected, Mr. Smith
counterclaim of $6,000 on account of unsatisfac- Albert Krell, Jr., Abram Schmidt, of Cincinnati, being at business the day before his death.
toriness of the instrument, and another for $5,000 and George C. Crane, of Clifton.
expenses alleged to have been incurred in get-
HANS VON BULOW, the great composer of
ting the instrument through the Custom House.
L,ater report states Mr. Fuchs secured a verdict music, is said to be dying. He is 64 years old.
r
of $3,836.
or THE
W. B. MILLER, San Francisco,jCal., who rep-
F. E). SWIFT has brought suit against Peter- resents here a Chicago music company, took a
son, Thulin & Co., of Moline, 111., organ manu- poor beggar to his room recently to give him
facturers. Mr. Swift, who is a brick manufact- some clothes, and while his back was turned the
urer and building contractor, claims that Mr. ungrateful wretch struck him and attempted to
Peterson gave him the contract to erect an ad- rob him. A struggle ensued and Mr. Miller,
dition to their organ factory, and after he, Mr. who soon received assistance, had the robber,
Swift, had made all preparations, the contract who gave his name as Frank Wilson, 22 years
was repudiated.
old, arrested.
A POINTS OF SUPERIORITY
Celebrated
" Conover"
Pianos.
AND SWEETNESS of TONE.
^ S C I E N T I F I C CONSTRUCTION.
(THE ONLY STRICTLY
^DURABILITY.
HIGH GRADE PIANO
MANUFACTURED
IN CHICAGO.)
JOHN F. STRATTON,
Importer, Manufacturer, Wholesale Dealer in
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE,
CHICAGO GOHflGE ORGAN COMPANY,
REMOVED TO
SOLE FACTORS.
8ix, 813, 8x5, 817 East Ninth Street,
NEW YORK.
*~
(The Largest Dealers in Pianos and Organs in the World.)
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL WAREROOMS,
(SECOND FLOOR.)
215 W A B A S H A V E . f
CHICAGO.
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