Music Trade Review
Issue: 1895 Vol. 21 N. 16 - Page 7
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
are now conducting a large music business
which extends over a threat territory out-
side of the city where they maintain head-
quarters.
*
"Genial foe Flanner. " That is how the
boys term Mr. Joseph Flanner, a man who
has been making himself felt and heard in
the music trade of Milwaukee. Mr. Flan-
ner, aside from bcintf one of the most com-
panionable of men, is one of the best posted
men in the music business. His life has
afforded him ample opportunities to culti-
vate his musical and business talent, having
spent many years abroad, and is a thorough
master of several languages. Mr. Flanner,
who is a son-in-law of Louis Grunewald, of
New Orleans, came from that city to Mil-
waukee several years ago, since which time 1
he has established a flourishing business
which is steadily on the increase.
Bent Will Try the Supreme
Court.
THE APPELLATE COURT REVERSES THE BENT
INJUNCTION RESTRAINING THE JOHN
CHURCH CO. FROM SENDING CIR-
CULARS RELATING TO AT-
TACHMENTS.
T
HE decision granting an injunction to
Geo. P. Bent, which restrained the
John Church Co. from circulating state-
ments to the effect that the attachment
used by Geo. P. Bent was an infringement
of the Plectraphone Attachment used by
their house, was reversed in the Appellate
Court, Chicago, Nov. ist.
This ruling
has no bearing on the matter in dispute
between the two firms. We are informed
that Geo. P. Bent will carry the case to the
Supreme Court.
T
Election of Officers.
T a meeting of the Thos. F. G. Foisy
Piano Mfg. Co., held in Montreal
last week, the following board of officers
were elected: Chas. Desmartean, presi-
dent; T. Foisy, vice-president; Geo. P.
Bickell, secretary, and J. J. Beauchamp,
attorney. Thos. F. G. Foisy is general
manager and treasurer. This house reports
domestic and foreign trade as unusually
good, and a greater feeling of confidence
prevailing in business circles in Canada.
A
The Reimers Piano Co.
T
HE Reimers piano, Which is now being
manufactured by the Reimers Piano
Co., under capable management, in their
factory at Poughkeepsie, is an instrument
which has strong claims on the support of
the trade. It is carefully and honestly
made, ample in tone, which is of excellent
qiulity, and the many improvements em-
bodied in it, combined with artistic case
designs, renders it an instrument that will
undoubtedly make trade for the dealers
wh<» handle it. The Reimers Piano Co. are
at present preparing a catalogue which they
will soon have ready for distribution. In
the meantime dealers desirous of handling
a "seller" would do well to write or call
upon the Reimers Piano Co.
MICHAEL BEAUKEGARD, Woonsoeket, R.
I., has added a line of sheet music and
musical merchandise to his business.
WILLIAM I), and James J. Hoyt, piano
biokers, of this city, are reported to have
filed judgments amounting to $6,016 in
favor of the Mutual Life Insurance Co., of
New York.
EDWIN THATCHER CLARK has recently en-
The flcCammon Piano Co.
The Pease Grand.
HE Pease parlor grand was played last
week at a concert in the Academy of
Fine Arts, Philadelphia, by Miss A. A.
Tutein, a well-known pianist and teacher.
In this connection she wrote C. J. Heppe &
Son a letter in which she said:
" A s a teacher and concert pianist, I find
it a piano full of ringing tone, and one
having a deep round bass, with splendid
touch.
" T h e artists of the evening, as well as
myself, were charmed with it.
" I trust that I shall soon again be given
the opportunity of playing the Pease grand
in my concert engagements."
A. F. LEISS, piano dealer, Lincoln, Neb.,
is reported to have recorded chattel mort-
gage for $1,624 and $,5,000. He will con-
tinue in business, though it is said to be
probable that he will remove to some other
p jint in the State.
PROGRESS
T H E ORDER
MCCAMMON
OF
OK
THE
DAY
THE
'95-
W
HAT a magnificent business the Mc-
Cammon Piano Co., of Oneonta, N.
Y., have built up during the past few years.
Unobtrusively the active members of this
firm have been traveling the country over,
and securing orders and building up a bus-
iness which to many houses would seem
marvelous. The activity which has been
evident in the business department has
been just as evident in the manufacturing
departments. The McCammon piano of
years ago is not the McCammon of to-day.
Progress has been the motto, and new ideas
—improvements of value—enable the Mc-
Cammon of '95 to command trade on its
merits.
In tone, case architecture and
general finish, it satisfies, and dealers
handling it admire and praise it as a money
maker and business stimulator. The pros-
perity of the McCammon Piano Co. con-
veys a moral, viz. : That in order to succeed
progress in the various departments of the
piano business must lie the rule, and not
the exception. The McCammon Piano Co.
are well satisfied with business, and the
number of orders on hand for Christmas
stock is unusually large. They are evi-
dently going to open the New Year with a
magnificent record.
Gorgen & Grubb.
T
HE well-known piano action firm of
Gorgen & Grubb, Nassau, N. Y., are
working day and night to catch up with
sufficient stock to satisfy the demands of
their customers.
They are testing the
capacity of their factory with an extra staff
of employees.
They have just finished
installing in a separate building an incan-
descent electric light plant for lighting the
factory, and thus hope to be able to fill all
orders on hand in a short time. Gorgen &
Grubb are making a very creditable action,
which manufacturers appreciate. This is
quite evident from the condition of their
business.
gaged
at 34
cently
Mass.,
in the musical merchandise business
Oliver street, Boston. He has re-
admitted C. B. Jackson, of Maiden,
to an interest in the business.
THE Jackson Pipe Organ Co., Washing-
ton, la., have their new factory building
well under way, and hope to have it com-
pleted by Christmas.
THE Guild Piano Co. have secured the
factory building on Market street, Lynn,
Mass., which was occupied by J. F. Swain
& Co., and will commence manufacturing
immediately.
This enterprise is backed
largely by the shoe and leather men of
Lynn.
J. & C. FISCHER are shipping some in-
struments to Hawaii this week, which were
ordered by Mr. Nichols, of Wall, Nichols
& Co., of Honolulu.
THE factory of the Richardson Piano
Case Co., of Lcominster, Mass., which
was recently burned down, is being rebuilt,
and will be ready for business around the
first of the year.
C. F. GOEPEL & Co. state that they have
sold over twenty thousand sets of the Allen
Patent Casters, which is a leading specialty
of their house.
S. S. STEWART, the well-known banjo
manufacturer, has erected a show case con-
taining a magnificent display of instru-
ments for permanent exhibition in the
Philadelphia Bourse Building.
FOUR Sohmer uprights and one Sohmer
grand have been ordered by the Syracuse
(N. Y.) University, one of the leading edu-
cational institutions up the State.
THE Swarthmorc College, of Pennsyl-
vania, purchased two handsome Hardman
pianos last week through II. L. Steinert,
the Philadelphia representative.
ERNST KNAP.E and wife arrived Thursday
of last week from a t\vc months' European
trip.
THE exhibition of the Kranich & Bach
piano at the Mechanics' Fair, Boston, has
helped in no small measure to make that
piano better known to the thousands of
visitors to that great "show."
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
are now conducting a large music business
which extends over a threat territory out-
side of the city where they maintain head-
quarters.
*
"Genial foe Flanner. " That is how the
boys term Mr. Joseph Flanner, a man who
has been making himself felt and heard in
the music trade of Milwaukee. Mr. Flan-
ner, aside from bcintf one of the most com-
panionable of men, is one of the best posted
men in the music business. His life has
afforded him ample opportunities to culti-
vate his musical and business talent, having
spent many years abroad, and is a thorough
master of several languages. Mr. Flanner,
who is a son-in-law of Louis Grunewald, of
New Orleans, came from that city to Mil-
waukee several years ago, since which time 1
he has established a flourishing business
which is steadily on the increase.
Bent Will Try the Supreme
Court.
THE APPELLATE COURT REVERSES THE BENT
INJUNCTION RESTRAINING THE JOHN
CHURCH CO. FROM SENDING CIR-
CULARS RELATING TO AT-
TACHMENTS.
T
HE decision granting an injunction to
Geo. P. Bent, which restrained the
John Church Co. from circulating state-
ments to the effect that the attachment
used by Geo. P. Bent was an infringement
of the Plectraphone Attachment used by
their house, was reversed in the Appellate
Court, Chicago, Nov. ist.
This ruling
has no bearing on the matter in dispute
between the two firms. We are informed
that Geo. P. Bent will carry the case to the
Supreme Court.
T
Election of Officers.
T a meeting of the Thos. F. G. Foisy
Piano Mfg. Co., held in Montreal
last week, the following board of officers
were elected: Chas. Desmartean, presi-
dent; T. Foisy, vice-president; Geo. P.
Bickell, secretary, and J. J. Beauchamp,
attorney. Thos. F. G. Foisy is general
manager and treasurer. This house reports
domestic and foreign trade as unusually
good, and a greater feeling of confidence
prevailing in business circles in Canada.
A
The Reimers Piano Co.
T
HE Reimers piano, Which is now being
manufactured by the Reimers Piano
Co., under capable management, in their
factory at Poughkeepsie, is an instrument
which has strong claims on the support of
the trade. It is carefully and honestly
made, ample in tone, which is of excellent
qiulity, and the many improvements em-
bodied in it, combined with artistic case
designs, renders it an instrument that will
undoubtedly make trade for the dealers
wh<» handle it. The Reimers Piano Co. are
at present preparing a catalogue which they
will soon have ready for distribution. In
the meantime dealers desirous of handling
a "seller" would do well to write or call
upon the Reimers Piano Co.
MICHAEL BEAUKEGARD, Woonsoeket, R.
I., has added a line of sheet music and
musical merchandise to his business.
WILLIAM I), and James J. Hoyt, piano
biokers, of this city, are reported to have
filed judgments amounting to $6,016 in
favor of the Mutual Life Insurance Co., of
New York.
EDWIN THATCHER CLARK has recently en-
The flcCammon Piano Co.
The Pease Grand.
HE Pease parlor grand was played last
week at a concert in the Academy of
Fine Arts, Philadelphia, by Miss A. A.
Tutein, a well-known pianist and teacher.
In this connection she wrote C. J. Heppe &
Son a letter in which she said:
" A s a teacher and concert pianist, I find
it a piano full of ringing tone, and one
having a deep round bass, with splendid
touch.
" T h e artists of the evening, as well as
myself, were charmed with it.
" I trust that I shall soon again be given
the opportunity of playing the Pease grand
in my concert engagements."
A. F. LEISS, piano dealer, Lincoln, Neb.,
is reported to have recorded chattel mort-
gage for $1,624 and $,5,000. He will con-
tinue in business, though it is said to be
probable that he will remove to some other
p jint in the State.
PROGRESS
T H E ORDER
MCCAMMON
OF
OK
THE
DAY
THE
'95-
W
HAT a magnificent business the Mc-
Cammon Piano Co., of Oneonta, N.
Y., have built up during the past few years.
Unobtrusively the active members of this
firm have been traveling the country over,
and securing orders and building up a bus-
iness which to many houses would seem
marvelous. The activity which has been
evident in the business department has
been just as evident in the manufacturing
departments. The McCammon piano of
years ago is not the McCammon of to-day.
Progress has been the motto, and new ideas
—improvements of value—enable the Mc-
Cammon of '95 to command trade on its
merits.
In tone, case architecture and
general finish, it satisfies, and dealers
handling it admire and praise it as a money
maker and business stimulator. The pros-
perity of the McCammon Piano Co. con-
veys a moral, viz. : That in order to succeed
progress in the various departments of the
piano business must lie the rule, and not
the exception. The McCammon Piano Co.
are well satisfied with business, and the
number of orders on hand for Christmas
stock is unusually large. They are evi-
dently going to open the New Year with a
magnificent record.
Gorgen & Grubb.
T
HE well-known piano action firm of
Gorgen & Grubb, Nassau, N. Y., are
working day and night to catch up with
sufficient stock to satisfy the demands of
their customers.
They are testing the
capacity of their factory with an extra staff
of employees.
They have just finished
installing in a separate building an incan-
descent electric light plant for lighting the
factory, and thus hope to be able to fill all
orders on hand in a short time. Gorgen &
Grubb are making a very creditable action,
which manufacturers appreciate. This is
quite evident from the condition of their
business.
gaged
at 34
cently
Mass.,
in the musical merchandise business
Oliver street, Boston. He has re-
admitted C. B. Jackson, of Maiden,
to an interest in the business.
THE Jackson Pipe Organ Co., Washing-
ton, la., have their new factory building
well under way, and hope to have it com-
pleted by Christmas.
THE Guild Piano Co. have secured the
factory building on Market street, Lynn,
Mass., which was occupied by J. F. Swain
& Co., and will commence manufacturing
immediately.
This enterprise is backed
largely by the shoe and leather men of
Lynn.
J. & C. FISCHER are shipping some in-
struments to Hawaii this week, which were
ordered by Mr. Nichols, of Wall, Nichols
& Co., of Honolulu.
THE factory of the Richardson Piano
Case Co., of Lcominster, Mass., which
was recently burned down, is being rebuilt,
and will be ready for business around the
first of the year.
C. F. GOEPEL & Co. state that they have
sold over twenty thousand sets of the Allen
Patent Casters, which is a leading specialty
of their house.
S. S. STEWART, the well-known banjo
manufacturer, has erected a show case con-
taining a magnificent display of instru-
ments for permanent exhibition in the
Philadelphia Bourse Building.
FOUR Sohmer uprights and one Sohmer
grand have been ordered by the Syracuse
(N. Y.) University, one of the leading edu-
cational institutions up the State.
THE Swarthmorc College, of Pennsyl-
vania, purchased two handsome Hardman
pianos last week through II. L. Steinert,
the Philadelphia representative.
ERNST KNAP.E and wife arrived Thursday
of last week from a t\vc months' European
trip.
THE exhibition of the Kranich & Bach
piano at the Mechanics' Fair, Boston, has
helped in no small measure to make that
piano better known to the thousands of
visitors to that great "show."
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