Music Trade Review
Issue: 1894 Vol. 18 N. 40 - Page 2
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1HE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
ness. The three floors above their present ware-
rooms will be occupied and used for factory
purposes. They expect to have things in active
shape by June ist. Winterroth & Co. will con-
tinue to handle the Steger piano as leader.
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORK.
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and
Canada, $3.00 per year, in advance; Foreign Countries,
$4 00.
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per
insertion; unless inserted upon rates made by special
contract.
Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
IP. .
IrCR IJiu csssp i ^ l jacka assists**,'
For H -hrose \\i s see
^raHE legal warfare so rife in the piano field
<»T» for some time past has now moved to Chi"
cago, where the Everett Piau/> Co., of Boston,
are suing a certain Dr. Zeno, of Chicago, for in-
fringing the name of " Everett " by placing it
on the fallboard of stenciled instruments. The
Everett Piano Co. have secured a temporary in-
junction restraining Zeno from the use of the
name, and, in our opinion it should be a per-
manent one.
|NDER the enterprising and progressive
management of J. V. Steger, the Steger
pianos are rapidly winning a reputation that
cannot fail to conduce to a prosperous future.
The new styles manufactured by this house are
very wojthy instruments. Their new style 16
particularly is winning a large share of popu-
larity. Dealers speak very highly of it, and the
Steger Piano Company realize its selling
qualities by an enlarged demand.
HALLET & DAVIS piano is becom-
ing more popular every day throughout
the West, and its superior qualities are being
largely recognized. A recent acquisition to the
Hallet & Davis forces is the house of Emil
Wulschner & Son, Indianapolis, who will give
the Hallet & Davis piano a new popularity in
the Hoosier State. The first order received
from Emil Wulschner & Son was for thirty
pianos.
§
:DWARD LYMAN BILL, who is now
making an extended Western trip, will
maintain headquarters at The Wellington,
Chicago, for the next three weeks.
HUGO SOHMER will leave Monday
next for an extended trip to California.
While the visit is primarily one of pleasure, yet
he will call on many old friends and agents of
the house en route. Mr. Sohmer is certain to
receive a royal welcome from a host of friends in
the far West.
another portion of this paper will be found
a comparative estimate of trade—exports
and imports — for March, and also for the
eight preceding months, which have been care-
fully compiled specially for us, and which will
undoubtedly meet with considerable attention
from the trade. These figures form very interest-
ing reading to students of trade conditions.
[INTERROTH & CO., of 105 East 14th
street, have announced that they will add
the manufacturing of pianos to their retail busi-
USINESS with the house of Geo. Steck &
Co. has been unusually brisk for the past
month, considering the times. Mr. C. E. Hol-
lenbeck, their traveling representative, who has
just returned from an extended trip, reports an
improvement in all lines of business, and a
greater demand than ever for the popular Steck.
Mr. Hollenbeck succeeded in establishing many
new agencies for his house while en tour, and on
the whole is quite sanguine about the bright
prospects for ihe Steck instruments for 1894.
S
HE controversy between Herr Seidl and
Walter Damrosch over the production of
German opera next season has been amicably
settled, and there will be but one company in
the field, and the impresario will be Mr. Dam-
rosch. Mr. Seidl concluded to withdraw after a
conference in which himself, Mr. Damrosch and
Mr. Steinway took part on Thursday night.
This move will insure a very successful season
of German opera. Mr. William Steinway, ever
alive to the musical interests of the metropolis,
acted as peacemaker, and his good judgment of
the matter in dispute was jaccepted by the par-
ties concerned with that respect and considera-
tion which Mr. Steinway's utterances in all
matters have come to be regarded.
honorable Levi K. Fuller has issued
his annual Arbor Day Proclamation to
the people of the Green Mountain State, a copy
of which has been kindly sent us. Like every
document issued by this erudite and able states-
man, the present one is noticeable for its literary
structure. He urges the teachers, scholars and
the public in general to plant trees and shrub-
bery on May 9th so that " in our waving pines,
the insignia and traditions with which oitr
State has come down to us, may be perpetuated
by later generations."
of the features of the past opera season
was the success of the '' Opera '' piano.
Wherever the opera company appeared, there
appeared the very effective " poster," conceived
by Mr. Stevens, of Peek & Son, announcing that
'' the grandest opera ever produced is the ' opera '
piano commanding the attention of all who ap-
preciate refinement in tone, perfection in action,
evenness of scale, and beauty of construction."
It made a hit and it deserved to, for its attractive
typography was not too large to set off the
many superior qualities of the different styles of
pianos made by Peek & Son.
are informed that the death of Mr. Ernest
Knabe will in no way affect the business
management of the firm of Wm. Knabe & Co.
Mr. Keidel will continue to have general super-
vision of the business as heretofore, and the
practical department will be looked after by Mr.
Ernest Knabe, Jr., a thoroughly competent and
popular member of this noted house. It is
hardly necessary to say that in their hands the
reputation and established excellence of the
peerless Knabe will be maintained, and in the
future, as in the past, the Knabe piano will
occupy a pre-eminent place among the noted
products of the American piano makers' art.
^CONSIDERABLE publicity has been given
*£&* through the Associated Press to a report
reflecting on Henry Behr and Martin W. Brett
as receivers for Behr Bros. & Co. in connection
with an order secured by J. M. Menendez at the
U. S. Circuit Court last Saturday, who claims
that they are conducting the business under the
old firm name, and that they have abused the
powers conferred on them by the Court.
We learn from Mr. Henry Behr that there is
positively nothing in this charge. Mr. Menen-
dez is not a creditor but a debtor of the Com-
pany, who, through a technicality based on a
mistake made by Mr. Behr's book-keeper in not
stamping the word '' receiver " on a bill fur-
nished for a piano purchased by Menendez, and
for which the receivers received judgment against
him, have taken this very convenient way of
avoiding payment as well as causing the re-
ceivers considerable annoyance, and in a way
pay off an old score which he has against the
receivers for their having thrown out an adver-
tising account which he had against the firm
for $150. That, it seems, is the basis of the
trouble. The case came up for hearing yester-
day, but through the absence of Attorney Sher-
1HE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
ness. The three floors above their present ware-
rooms will be occupied and used for factory
purposes. They expect to have things in active
shape by June ist. Winterroth & Co. will con-
tinue to handle the Steger piano as leader.
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORK.
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and
Canada, $3.00 per year, in advance; Foreign Countries,
$4 00.
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per
insertion; unless inserted upon rates made by special
contract.
Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
IP. .
IrCR IJiu csssp i ^ l jacka assists**,'
For H -hrose \\i s see
^raHE legal warfare so rife in the piano field
<»T» for some time past has now moved to Chi"
cago, where the Everett Piau/> Co., of Boston,
are suing a certain Dr. Zeno, of Chicago, for in-
fringing the name of " Everett " by placing it
on the fallboard of stenciled instruments. The
Everett Piano Co. have secured a temporary in-
junction restraining Zeno from the use of the
name, and, in our opinion it should be a per-
manent one.
|NDER the enterprising and progressive
management of J. V. Steger, the Steger
pianos are rapidly winning a reputation that
cannot fail to conduce to a prosperous future.
The new styles manufactured by this house are
very wojthy instruments. Their new style 16
particularly is winning a large share of popu-
larity. Dealers speak very highly of it, and the
Steger Piano Company realize its selling
qualities by an enlarged demand.
HALLET & DAVIS piano is becom-
ing more popular every day throughout
the West, and its superior qualities are being
largely recognized. A recent acquisition to the
Hallet & Davis forces is the house of Emil
Wulschner & Son, Indianapolis, who will give
the Hallet & Davis piano a new popularity in
the Hoosier State. The first order received
from Emil Wulschner & Son was for thirty
pianos.
§
:DWARD LYMAN BILL, who is now
making an extended Western trip, will
maintain headquarters at The Wellington,
Chicago, for the next three weeks.
HUGO SOHMER will leave Monday
next for an extended trip to California.
While the visit is primarily one of pleasure, yet
he will call on many old friends and agents of
the house en route. Mr. Sohmer is certain to
receive a royal welcome from a host of friends in
the far West.
another portion of this paper will be found
a comparative estimate of trade—exports
and imports — for March, and also for the
eight preceding months, which have been care-
fully compiled specially for us, and which will
undoubtedly meet with considerable attention
from the trade. These figures form very interest-
ing reading to students of trade conditions.
[INTERROTH & CO., of 105 East 14th
street, have announced that they will add
the manufacturing of pianos to their retail busi-
USINESS with the house of Geo. Steck &
Co. has been unusually brisk for the past
month, considering the times. Mr. C. E. Hol-
lenbeck, their traveling representative, who has
just returned from an extended trip, reports an
improvement in all lines of business, and a
greater demand than ever for the popular Steck.
Mr. Hollenbeck succeeded in establishing many
new agencies for his house while en tour, and on
the whole is quite sanguine about the bright
prospects for ihe Steck instruments for 1894.
S
HE controversy between Herr Seidl and
Walter Damrosch over the production of
German opera next season has been amicably
settled, and there will be but one company in
the field, and the impresario will be Mr. Dam-
rosch. Mr. Seidl concluded to withdraw after a
conference in which himself, Mr. Damrosch and
Mr. Steinway took part on Thursday night.
This move will insure a very successful season
of German opera. Mr. William Steinway, ever
alive to the musical interests of the metropolis,
acted as peacemaker, and his good judgment of
the matter in dispute was jaccepted by the par-
ties concerned with that respect and considera-
tion which Mr. Steinway's utterances in all
matters have come to be regarded.
honorable Levi K. Fuller has issued
his annual Arbor Day Proclamation to
the people of the Green Mountain State, a copy
of which has been kindly sent us. Like every
document issued by this erudite and able states-
man, the present one is noticeable for its literary
structure. He urges the teachers, scholars and
the public in general to plant trees and shrub-
bery on May 9th so that " in our waving pines,
the insignia and traditions with which oitr
State has come down to us, may be perpetuated
by later generations."
of the features of the past opera season
was the success of the '' Opera '' piano.
Wherever the opera company appeared, there
appeared the very effective " poster," conceived
by Mr. Stevens, of Peek & Son, announcing that
'' the grandest opera ever produced is the ' opera '
piano commanding the attention of all who ap-
preciate refinement in tone, perfection in action,
evenness of scale, and beauty of construction."
It made a hit and it deserved to, for its attractive
typography was not too large to set off the
many superior qualities of the different styles of
pianos made by Peek & Son.
are informed that the death of Mr. Ernest
Knabe will in no way affect the business
management of the firm of Wm. Knabe & Co.
Mr. Keidel will continue to have general super-
vision of the business as heretofore, and the
practical department will be looked after by Mr.
Ernest Knabe, Jr., a thoroughly competent and
popular member of this noted house. It is
hardly necessary to say that in their hands the
reputation and established excellence of the
peerless Knabe will be maintained, and in the
future, as in the past, the Knabe piano will
occupy a pre-eminent place among the noted
products of the American piano makers' art.
^CONSIDERABLE publicity has been given
*£&* through the Associated Press to a report
reflecting on Henry Behr and Martin W. Brett
as receivers for Behr Bros. & Co. in connection
with an order secured by J. M. Menendez at the
U. S. Circuit Court last Saturday, who claims
that they are conducting the business under the
old firm name, and that they have abused the
powers conferred on them by the Court.
We learn from Mr. Henry Behr that there is
positively nothing in this charge. Mr. Menen-
dez is not a creditor but a debtor of the Com-
pany, who, through a technicality based on a
mistake made by Mr. Behr's book-keeper in not
stamping the word '' receiver " on a bill fur-
nished for a piano purchased by Menendez, and
for which the receivers received judgment against
him, have taken this very convenient way of
avoiding payment as well as causing the re-
ceivers considerable annoyance, and in a way
pay off an old score which he has against the
receivers for their having thrown out an adver-
tising account which he had against the firm
for $150. That, it seems, is the basis of the
trouble. The case came up for hearing yester-
day, but through the absence of Attorney Sher-
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