Music Trade Review
Issue: 1895 Vol. 20 N. 6 - Page 1
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VOL. XX.' No. 6.
Published Every Saturday.
In The West.
A. M. Wright East—The Annual Meet-
ing of Lyon, Potter & Co.—The Stein-
way Contingent in Town—The
Chickering=Summy Lease—
Comments on Dolge's
Speech—A
Rumor.
Furbush in Town—Col. Gray—Lyon &
Healy's Strong Array of
Knabe Pianos—Pease
Prospects.
B
S£
New York, February 9, 1895.
Dolge, which appeared in full in THE MU-
last week. Business
men here heartily commend Mr. Dolge's
idea of the manufacturers paying to the
government a certain amount for insurance
as he has suggested in his plan. It is a
wonderful plan.
There is a rumor here, and I wish to em-
phasize it purely as a rumor, that Hallet &
Davis may open warerooms in this city in
conjunction with the Shaeffer Piano Co.
E. W. Furbush, of the Briggs Piano Co.,
came to town last Sunday. Mr. Furbush
will be out several weeks, journeying from
here Southwest, I understand.
The Steinway contingent is numerous
here at present. Chas. H. Steinway, Na-
hum Stetson and Ernst Urch are the trium-
virate in the Western metropolis.
Colonel Gray, the one and only genial
Colonel of the Schomacker Piano Co., of
Philadelphia, has been sojourning awhile
in town. It is said that he will shortly es-
tablish a branch here.
I was sorry that I did not see my friend,
W. M. Blight, the piano manufacturer of
Bridgeport, Conn., but I just missed him
at Detroit the other day, where, I under-
stand, he closed a good order with the Whit-
ney-Marvin concern.
Lyon & Healy are making an especially
fine display of the superb Knabe Grands,
and they are doing also some exceedingly
clever advertising in the daily papers.
I notice that you published last week a
telegram from Mr. Bent. His injunction
against the John Church Co. and the Ever-
ett Piano Co. has been continued and will
be decided later by the Courts. A motion
of the Everett concern has been denied.
I learn that the arrangements between
Mason & Hamlin and the Pease Piano Co.
regarding the transference of the retail bus-
iness of the latter has not yet been consum-
mated. It is said, however, that it will go
through and will give Mason & Hamlin the
retail business of the Pease pianos in the
four important cities—Boston, New York,
Chicago and Kansas City. Should this af-
fair go through, as reported, it will allow
Chas. H. MacDonald to devote his entire
time and energies to the superintendence
of the wholesale department.
$3.00 PER YEAR-
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
C. F. Zimmermann Co. Reunion.
SIC TRADE REVIEW
USINESS has been dull the past week.
I presume that such a state of affairs
has maintained with you, also.
Mr. A. M. Wright, of the Manufacturers'
Company, took a flying trip East to select
a stock of pianos of the Weber, Wheelock,
Lindeman and Stuyvesant make, which
will be here in time for the opening of
their new warerooms next week. Business
with the Manufacturers' Company has been
very satisfactory during January, and the
probability is that in their new warerooms
they will receive an increased retail pat-
ronage.
Nahum Stetson and Chas. H. Steinway
came out here to attend the annual meet-
ing of Lyon, Potter & Co. The following
officers were elected for the present year:
William Steinway, president; Mrs. Geo.
W. Lyon, vice-president; Edwin A. Potter,
secretary and treasurer. The directorate
consists of the above, with the additional
names of Chas. H. Steinway and Nahum
Stetson. It was decided by a vote at the
meeting that Lyon, Potter & Co. will re-
main in their present quarters. This may
result in another piano concern purchasing
the lease for the building on the corner of
Jackson street and Wabash avenue.
The building, No. 233 Wabash ave-
nue, has been leased for a term of five
years by the Chickering-Summy combi-
nation, at the annual rental of $7,000. It
is said that J. W. Brooks, a well-known
crockery man of this city, will be interested
in the newly organized concern. It will
be necessary to make extensive alterations
in the building to make it presentable for
the conduct of the piano business.
KARL FINK, of Alfred Dolge & Son, will
I have heard many favorable comments leave for Bermuda on February 20th. This
regarding the annual speech of Alfred is on the front page.
HE first reunion of the employees of
the C. F. Zimmermann Co., manu-
facturers of autoharps, was held at Dolge-
ville last Saturday night. Over one hun-
dred and fifty persons, employees and their
families, were present. Mr. T. H. Roth,
superintendent of the autoharp factory,
made a formal announcement of the adop-
tion by their company of the Dolge plan of
labor insurance, pensions and endowment.
After the good things had been done justice
to, Mr. Rudolf Dolge made a happily
worded address which was received with
much applause.
Dancing closed what
proved to be a most enjoyable reunion.
T
Henry F. fliller.
T
HE HENRY F. MILLER piano is an
instrument which dealers solicitous of
their best interests can not overlook.
Modern in every respect—in scale and case
design—it is one of the popular instruments
of the day. The Miller & Sons Piano Co.
are not resting on their laurels, but are add-
ing to the intrinsic worth of their instru-
ments, and making them better known to
the public at large. Their commendable
efforts should be supported, and live dealers
can help them to this end.
Conn's Division.
A
T the recent reunion of the employees
of C. G. Conn, the well-known band
instrument manufacturer of Elkhart, Ind.,
$13,500 were divided among one hundred
and forty-eight operatives, being their
share of the profits of the business during
1894, under the co-operative plan adopted
by Mr. Conn some years ago.
This
amount was $1,000 larger than the sum
paid in '93. An unusually satisfactory
showing for one of the worst business years
in a decade.
. •
S. S. Stewart's Journal.
vS. S. STEWART'S Banjo and Guitar Jour-
nal for February and March, is at hand. It
contains many interesting articles of value
to lovers of the banjo and guitar, and aside
from a continuation of Newton's Practical
School of Harmony for the guitar, four
pieces of music appear in this number.
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VOL. XX.' No. 6.
Published Every Saturday.
In The West.
A. M. Wright East—The Annual Meet-
ing of Lyon, Potter & Co.—The Stein-
way Contingent in Town—The
Chickering=Summy Lease—
Comments on Dolge's
Speech—A
Rumor.
Furbush in Town—Col. Gray—Lyon &
Healy's Strong Array of
Knabe Pianos—Pease
Prospects.
B
S£
New York, February 9, 1895.
Dolge, which appeared in full in THE MU-
last week. Business
men here heartily commend Mr. Dolge's
idea of the manufacturers paying to the
government a certain amount for insurance
as he has suggested in his plan. It is a
wonderful plan.
There is a rumor here, and I wish to em-
phasize it purely as a rumor, that Hallet &
Davis may open warerooms in this city in
conjunction with the Shaeffer Piano Co.
E. W. Furbush, of the Briggs Piano Co.,
came to town last Sunday. Mr. Furbush
will be out several weeks, journeying from
here Southwest, I understand.
The Steinway contingent is numerous
here at present. Chas. H. Steinway, Na-
hum Stetson and Ernst Urch are the trium-
virate in the Western metropolis.
Colonel Gray, the one and only genial
Colonel of the Schomacker Piano Co., of
Philadelphia, has been sojourning awhile
in town. It is said that he will shortly es-
tablish a branch here.
I was sorry that I did not see my friend,
W. M. Blight, the piano manufacturer of
Bridgeport, Conn., but I just missed him
at Detroit the other day, where, I under-
stand, he closed a good order with the Whit-
ney-Marvin concern.
Lyon & Healy are making an especially
fine display of the superb Knabe Grands,
and they are doing also some exceedingly
clever advertising in the daily papers.
I notice that you published last week a
telegram from Mr. Bent. His injunction
against the John Church Co. and the Ever-
ett Piano Co. has been continued and will
be decided later by the Courts. A motion
of the Everett concern has been denied.
I learn that the arrangements between
Mason & Hamlin and the Pease Piano Co.
regarding the transference of the retail bus-
iness of the latter has not yet been consum-
mated. It is said, however, that it will go
through and will give Mason & Hamlin the
retail business of the Pease pianos in the
four important cities—Boston, New York,
Chicago and Kansas City. Should this af-
fair go through, as reported, it will allow
Chas. H. MacDonald to devote his entire
time and energies to the superintendence
of the wholesale department.
$3.00 PER YEAR-
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
C. F. Zimmermann Co. Reunion.
SIC TRADE REVIEW
USINESS has been dull the past week.
I presume that such a state of affairs
has maintained with you, also.
Mr. A. M. Wright, of the Manufacturers'
Company, took a flying trip East to select
a stock of pianos of the Weber, Wheelock,
Lindeman and Stuyvesant make, which
will be here in time for the opening of
their new warerooms next week. Business
with the Manufacturers' Company has been
very satisfactory during January, and the
probability is that in their new warerooms
they will receive an increased retail pat-
ronage.
Nahum Stetson and Chas. H. Steinway
came out here to attend the annual meet-
ing of Lyon, Potter & Co. The following
officers were elected for the present year:
William Steinway, president; Mrs. Geo.
W. Lyon, vice-president; Edwin A. Potter,
secretary and treasurer. The directorate
consists of the above, with the additional
names of Chas. H. Steinway and Nahum
Stetson. It was decided by a vote at the
meeting that Lyon, Potter & Co. will re-
main in their present quarters. This may
result in another piano concern purchasing
the lease for the building on the corner of
Jackson street and Wabash avenue.
The building, No. 233 Wabash ave-
nue, has been leased for a term of five
years by the Chickering-Summy combi-
nation, at the annual rental of $7,000. It
is said that J. W. Brooks, a well-known
crockery man of this city, will be interested
in the newly organized concern. It will
be necessary to make extensive alterations
in the building to make it presentable for
the conduct of the piano business.
KARL FINK, of Alfred Dolge & Son, will
I have heard many favorable comments leave for Bermuda on February 20th. This
regarding the annual speech of Alfred is on the front page.
HE first reunion of the employees of
the C. F. Zimmermann Co., manu-
facturers of autoharps, was held at Dolge-
ville last Saturday night. Over one hun-
dred and fifty persons, employees and their
families, were present. Mr. T. H. Roth,
superintendent of the autoharp factory,
made a formal announcement of the adop-
tion by their company of the Dolge plan of
labor insurance, pensions and endowment.
After the good things had been done justice
to, Mr. Rudolf Dolge made a happily
worded address which was received with
much applause.
Dancing closed what
proved to be a most enjoyable reunion.
T
Henry F. fliller.
T
HE HENRY F. MILLER piano is an
instrument which dealers solicitous of
their best interests can not overlook.
Modern in every respect—in scale and case
design—it is one of the popular instruments
of the day. The Miller & Sons Piano Co.
are not resting on their laurels, but are add-
ing to the intrinsic worth of their instru-
ments, and making them better known to
the public at large. Their commendable
efforts should be supported, and live dealers
can help them to this end.
Conn's Division.
A
T the recent reunion of the employees
of C. G. Conn, the well-known band
instrument manufacturer of Elkhart, Ind.,
$13,500 were divided among one hundred
and forty-eight operatives, being their
share of the profits of the business during
1894, under the co-operative plan adopted
by Mr. Conn some years ago.
This
amount was $1,000 larger than the sum
paid in '93. An unusually satisfactory
showing for one of the worst business years
in a decade.
. •
S. S. Stewart's Journal.
vS. S. STEWART'S Banjo and Guitar Jour-
nal for February and March, is at hand. It
contains many interesting articles of value
to lovers of the banjo and guitar, and aside
from a continuation of Newton's Practical
School of Harmony for the guitar, four
pieces of music appear in this number.
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