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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
The Electric Self=Playing Piano Co
MACHINERY
IN
PLACE
ORDERS PROMPTLY
Strope and "The Behning."
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HAT old-time piano war horse, Geo.
W. Strope, of Kansas City, seems to
have lost none of his love for his old-time
OR the past month the Electric Self-
favorite—the Behning piano. Mr. Strope,
Playing Piano Co., 333 West Thirty-
who just now is giving all the boys a good
sixth street, have been hard at work plac-
race in Kansas City, we may add as he did
ing expensive machinery in their factory
years ago, is making large sales with
and getting ready suitable dies necessary
the Behning. This instrument has always
in their business. This has necessitated a
had a large clientele of purchasers in Kan-
slight delay in the filling of orders. Last
sas City, and with the good times which
week everything was complete, however,
seem to be there at present, Mr. Strope bids
and they are now at work night and day
fair to eclipse any sales of any previous
filling the large number of orders which
year of his long association with the piano
have accumulated. The merits of the elec-
trade. What "Geo. W." doesn't know
tric self-playing attachment are so apparent
about the piano trade doesn't seem worth
on investigation, and the musical results so
knowing. Those who thought that he was
satisfying, that the phenomenal business
a back number are becoming slightly dis-
which the Electric Self-Playing Piano Coj
appointed.
have transacted since their incorporation is
not surprising. From this week out they
will be able to fill all orders promptly.
North Carolinians, Look Out!
FILLED.
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/Eolian Recitals.
HE yEolian Co. are advertising a series
of special recitals on Tuesday and
Friday mornings at half past ten, and in
the afternoons at three o'clock, during the
months of October, November and Decem-
ber, which will be given on the third floor
of their building, 18 West Twenty-third
street. The programs will be carefully
selected, and will embrace numbers from
classical and popular writers.
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To Advance Freight Rates.
T the meeting of the executive officers
of the Western railroads held in
Chicago last Wednesday, steps were taken
to secure an advance in all freight rates
which have been reduced during the last
few months, to the regular tariff formerly
in effect.
A
Taken from Regular Stock.
HE Strich & Zeidler pianos which are
exhibited in the New York Building
at the Atlanta Exposition, have been select-
ed from regular stock. This is an excel-
lent move, for visitors are able to get an
idea of the excellence of the Strich & Zeid-
ler pianos just as they are found in the
warerooms.
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T
HE State Treasury Department of
North Carolina, has issued the follow-
ing letter to the authorities in that State.
It will be found of interest to our readers:
RALEIGH, Sept. 30, 1895.
Dear Sir:—Section 25, Revenue Act,
provides that every person, company or
manufacturer who sells pianos or organs in
North Carolina, shall pay a tax of $250. I
find that but few have paid the tax. You
should see that every dealer pays the tax.
I have made the most liberal construction
that the law will admit, the same as in the
case of sewing machines. All are liable
except those acting only as agents for man-
ufacturers or dealers outside the State; who
take orders and the instrument is sold at
the factory and shipped directly to the
agent on each order, or directly to the cus-
tomer. Those who exchange for pianos
and organs and trade in them are clearly
liable for the tax.
You are not a law-maker, but it is your
duty to execute the laws that are made, and
if they appear too hard and burdensome,
that does not excuse you from executing
them. It is your duty to see that all pay
the tax that the law imposes. Any one
carrying on business in your county who
has not complied with this law, should be
proceeded against ns the law demands.
Respectfully, etc.,
W. H. WORTH.
Drop in to Kranich & Bach's.
Like the " Grunewald."
F in the locality of the Kranich & Bach
warerooms on East Twenty-third street,
it will be worth while to drop in and in-
spect the handsome line of instruments
which they have on exhibition. There is
such a variety of pianos in fancy woods,
some of them peculiarly handsome, that
they will well repay investigation. Kran-
ich & Bach somehow pride themselves on
their choice veneers, and well they might,
for they always secure something unique
and beautiful.
ENE GRUNEWALD continues to re-
ceive strong indorsements for his
guitars and mandolins. The Conover
Music Co., St. Paul, Minn., write to him
the following:
"Will be able to do considerable business
in the near future with your mandolins.
All we heard of your goods have been the
highest praises. Will inform you to make
a shipment. We expect to make some ar-
rangements whereby we could control your
goods for Minnesota and Dakotas."
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The "Crown" Pianos and Organs-
WHY GEO. P. BENT IS "POPULAR."
T
'HERE is only one
Chicago, say our
Western brethren, and
2' there is only one Geo.
P. Bent, say we. He
is a reflex of the great
development of the
musical industry in the West. His reserve
force and inexhaustible store of nervous
vitality enable him to soar ahead, keeping
in the advance guard of modern business
methods. On these lines he has built up a
growing market for the surprisingly large
number of "Crown" pianos and organs
which are turned out from his spacious
factory at Washington Boulevard and San-
gamon street.
Mr. Bent has not become popular for any
personal reasons. There is nothing vain
about Geo. P. Bent. Fame and fortune
have not turned his head. He is just as
democratic and as approachable to-day as
he was a quarter of a century ago, when he
" made his bow " to the music trade. He
has become popular simply because the ex-
cellence of the " Crown " piano and organs
have made him so. And when you come
to think of it his popularity is well de-
served.
He has not only labored to manufacture
a good piano, a piano of merit, a piano that
will enable a reliable dealer to build np a
business satisfactory both from standpoints
of finance and reputation, but he has more-
over contributed materially to the enjoy-
ment of the home and the popularity of the
piano by the invention of the •' Orchestral
Attachment and Practice Clavier."
Purchasers of a " Crown" piano not only
secure an instrument which won the
ecomiums of judges and visitors to the
World's Fair, but they have virtually a
regular orchestra at their disposal which
Mr. Bent says "amounts in value to a
thousand dollars extra."
Now with such an instrument, which can
be had at a modest price, is it surprising
that Geo. P. Bent is looked upon as a kind
of benefactor, and that with the increased
facilities the Bent factory is still behind in
the filling of orders?
Geo. P. Bent and the "Crown" pianos
are popular because they are both made of
the right material. He understands the
value of the products of his house and
knows how to push them. He is offering
to dealers just the opportunity they are
looking for—an instrument that will sell
easy, satisfy customers and pay a good
profit.
The members of the trade selling the
" Crown " goods are the most enthusiastic
disciples for these wares, simply because
they help to build up their trade. Dealers
should investigate the merits of the
"Crown" goods. They should become
better acquainted with Geo. P. Bent, and
we guarantee the acquaintance will be a
profitable one.