Music Trade Review
Issue: 1896 Vol. 23 N. 8 - Page 5
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THE MUSIC TRADR REVIEW
cheering amid the present financial uncer-
tainty. Although the volume of business
up to the first of November is not expected
to be large, yet the unanimity of the views
expressed as to conditions after election is
highly encouraging.
We believe that, taken as a whole, these
letters will be of the greatest possible value
to those attempting to arrive at a clear
conception of the conditions surrounding
dealers in the various localities. The opin-
ions regarding "delinquents on piano in-
stallment paper" are in themselves worthy
of special study.
#
#
If members of the trade will continue to
cash notes and pay advertisements quar-
terly and yearly in advance to oblige some
mendicant music trade journalists they
surely cannot complain of an overplus of
trade papers. Again we state that such
payments are not in conformity with
business principles, and while, if a man
wishes to stake a music trade editor for a
certain amount, that is entirely his affair,
but the same man should not complain of
music trade editors. The self-respecting
journalist does not ask payment for his
wares until they are delivered.
#
#
A very important suit has just been de-
cided in London-—a legacy of the strikes
which occurred in the piano trade in that
city some time ago. It seems that W. G.
Wernam, a piano manufacturer, dismissed
his foreman, which action did not meet
with the approbation of the Piano and Or-
gan Makers' Society. They accordingly
took every means of interfering with his
business, to the extent that they induced
persons to break contracts which they had
entered into with him.
With commendable spirit, Mr. Wernam
determined to fight this interference with
his right to conduct his own business as he
pleased, and although boycotted and har-
assed, successfully fought the Employees'
Union, and as an object lesson in the way of
personal liberty he sued the officers of the
Piano and Organ Makers' Society for busi-
ness loss sustained which he estimated at
$2,000.
The lawyers for the defense endeavored
to court sympathy by stating that his action
was an attack on trades unions, etc., but it
did not avail with the judge, who closed a
very clever summing up with the following
succinct remark: '' When men joined trade
unions, believing union was strength,
they obtained the strength of brute beasts,
which apparently took away their reasoning
power." The jury awarded Mr. Wernam
$1,500 damages, with costs.
One of the most remarkable features
about labor associations in Europe as well
as this country is a desire to deny to man-
ufacturers certain rights which they claim
for themselves. We have had illustrations
of this in the music and other trades time
and time again.
The right to form associations for the
betterment of their condition is the privi-
lege of every employee, but to use the ma-
chinery of a society to coerce and intimidate
is illegal, and utterly opposed to reason
and common sense;
I
MET^Frank B. Burns, the well-known
stool and scarf manufacturer, in Bos-
#
#
ton a few days ago. He had just returned
Our supposition came true. P. J. Gilde- from New Haven, where he had passed a
meester left Wednesday on a tour through pleasant hour with Morris Steinert in ex-
the vState in the interest of Steinway & amining his new invention. Mr. Burns
Sons, hence all queries to his future are at was most enthusiastic regarding the inven-
tion of Mr. Steinert. The possibilities of
an end. He has been engaged by Steinway the Steinert invention Mr. Burns says are
& Sons as their traveling representative. great. The effects produced by the grada-
In our issue of May 30th the following ap- tions of tone made possible by the Steinert
action, Mr. Burns says, are amazing. It is
peared :
rot often that Frank Burns waxes eloquent
P. J. Gildemeester has always been asso-
ciated with a high grade piano. He is one over any particular trade invention but
of the cleverest salesmen in America. Sup- when he does you can depend upon it there
pose he should become associated with the is much in it.
Steinway piano. Stranger things than this
*
have taken place in the trade.
No trade=paper bulldozing.
Mr. Gildemeester will practically assume
the position occupied by Mr. Ernst Urchs,
No advertising payments in
who will hereafter give his attention to advance.
the Steinway branch houses in Cincinnati,
No monetary loans to support
and Pittsburgh. Mr. Gildemeester is to
be congratulated on his connection with newspaper mendicancy.
this celebrated house. On the other hand
Steinway & Sons have secured a very cap-
One of the permanent peculiarities in-
able and energetic representative who will troduced by Boniface Eden in the rotunda
labor indefatigably and we trust success- of the Great Ncthern Hotel in Chicago is a
fully in their interests.
mammoth ^Eolian organ, which plays all
sorts and kinds of music from Bach, Wag-
#
#
ner, Mendelssohn, Gilmore, Sousaand Bra-
A general meeting of the creditors of the ham, says Joe Howard. At first his friends
assigned firm of Gildemeester & Kroeger wondered at the landlord's audacity, and
will be held at Twenty-first street and the public time and again damned the en-
Second avenue, this city, on Sept. 26th. On terprise which suggested so unusual a
factor. It seems, however, that he builded
that occasion all accounts for and against with discretion, for a few days ago, when
the corporation, and all its open and sub- the tumult of political discussion and the
sisting contracts, will be ascertained and wild waves of debate, were so high as to
adjusted as far as may be, and the amount destroy the peace of mind of the guests, to
of money in the hands of Receiver Will- make it impossible for the clerks to correct-
ly compute accounts, and to render the
iams will be declared.
most expert manipulation of the blond
#
#
typewriters farcical in the extreme, so
Our "Specialty Talk" this week is with great was the uproar, he simply turned on
Chas. H. MacDonald, president of the Man- the power, to which on the instant the
pipes of the great organ responded with a
ufacturers' Association, and representative Wagnerian number, drowning all possible
of the Pease Piano Co. in Chicago. Mr. competition and establishing for ever Mr.
MacDonald has had a wide experience in Eden's reputation as a pacificator.
the piano business, hence his opinions on
* *
*
the important topics treated of are well
Enrique
Heuer,
of
the well-known firm
worthy of perusal and consideration.
of E. Heuer & Co., Mexico City, Mex.,
#
#
will visit New York early next month. It
NAHUM STETSON left Thursday for a trip is Mr. Heuer's custom to make periodical
West. He will journey probably as far visits among his wide circle of friends in
West as St. Louis, visiting Cincinnati the Noith. In that way he has kept in
and Chicago.
touch with our musical advancement; it
THE MUSIC TRADR REVIEW
cheering amid the present financial uncer-
tainty. Although the volume of business
up to the first of November is not expected
to be large, yet the unanimity of the views
expressed as to conditions after election is
highly encouraging.
We believe that, taken as a whole, these
letters will be of the greatest possible value
to those attempting to arrive at a clear
conception of the conditions surrounding
dealers in the various localities. The opin-
ions regarding "delinquents on piano in-
stallment paper" are in themselves worthy
of special study.
#
#
If members of the trade will continue to
cash notes and pay advertisements quar-
terly and yearly in advance to oblige some
mendicant music trade journalists they
surely cannot complain of an overplus of
trade papers. Again we state that such
payments are not in conformity with
business principles, and while, if a man
wishes to stake a music trade editor for a
certain amount, that is entirely his affair,
but the same man should not complain of
music trade editors. The self-respecting
journalist does not ask payment for his
wares until they are delivered.
#
#
A very important suit has just been de-
cided in London-—a legacy of the strikes
which occurred in the piano trade in that
city some time ago. It seems that W. G.
Wernam, a piano manufacturer, dismissed
his foreman, which action did not meet
with the approbation of the Piano and Or-
gan Makers' Society. They accordingly
took every means of interfering with his
business, to the extent that they induced
persons to break contracts which they had
entered into with him.
With commendable spirit, Mr. Wernam
determined to fight this interference with
his right to conduct his own business as he
pleased, and although boycotted and har-
assed, successfully fought the Employees'
Union, and as an object lesson in the way of
personal liberty he sued the officers of the
Piano and Organ Makers' Society for busi-
ness loss sustained which he estimated at
$2,000.
The lawyers for the defense endeavored
to court sympathy by stating that his action
was an attack on trades unions, etc., but it
did not avail with the judge, who closed a
very clever summing up with the following
succinct remark: '' When men joined trade
unions, believing union was strength,
they obtained the strength of brute beasts,
which apparently took away their reasoning
power." The jury awarded Mr. Wernam
$1,500 damages, with costs.
One of the most remarkable features
about labor associations in Europe as well
as this country is a desire to deny to man-
ufacturers certain rights which they claim
for themselves. We have had illustrations
of this in the music and other trades time
and time again.
The right to form associations for the
betterment of their condition is the privi-
lege of every employee, but to use the ma-
chinery of a society to coerce and intimidate
is illegal, and utterly opposed to reason
and common sense;
I
MET^Frank B. Burns, the well-known
stool and scarf manufacturer, in Bos-
#
#
ton a few days ago. He had just returned
Our supposition came true. P. J. Gilde- from New Haven, where he had passed a
meester left Wednesday on a tour through pleasant hour with Morris Steinert in ex-
the vState in the interest of Steinway & amining his new invention. Mr. Burns
Sons, hence all queries to his future are at was most enthusiastic regarding the inven-
tion of Mr. Steinert. The possibilities of
an end. He has been engaged by Steinway the Steinert invention Mr. Burns says are
& Sons as their traveling representative. great. The effects produced by the grada-
In our issue of May 30th the following ap- tions of tone made possible by the Steinert
action, Mr. Burns says, are amazing. It is
peared :
rot often that Frank Burns waxes eloquent
P. J. Gildemeester has always been asso-
ciated with a high grade piano. He is one over any particular trade invention but
of the cleverest salesmen in America. Sup- when he does you can depend upon it there
pose he should become associated with the is much in it.
Steinway piano. Stranger things than this
*
have taken place in the trade.
No trade=paper bulldozing.
Mr. Gildemeester will practically assume
the position occupied by Mr. Ernst Urchs,
No advertising payments in
who will hereafter give his attention to advance.
the Steinway branch houses in Cincinnati,
No monetary loans to support
and Pittsburgh. Mr. Gildemeester is to
be congratulated on his connection with newspaper mendicancy.
this celebrated house. On the other hand
Steinway & Sons have secured a very cap-
One of the permanent peculiarities in-
able and energetic representative who will troduced by Boniface Eden in the rotunda
labor indefatigably and we trust success- of the Great Ncthern Hotel in Chicago is a
fully in their interests.
mammoth ^Eolian organ, which plays all
sorts and kinds of music from Bach, Wag-
#
#
ner, Mendelssohn, Gilmore, Sousaand Bra-
A general meeting of the creditors of the ham, says Joe Howard. At first his friends
assigned firm of Gildemeester & Kroeger wondered at the landlord's audacity, and
will be held at Twenty-first street and the public time and again damned the en-
Second avenue, this city, on Sept. 26th. On terprise which suggested so unusual a
factor. It seems, however, that he builded
that occasion all accounts for and against with discretion, for a few days ago, when
the corporation, and all its open and sub- the tumult of political discussion and the
sisting contracts, will be ascertained and wild waves of debate, were so high as to
adjusted as far as may be, and the amount destroy the peace of mind of the guests, to
of money in the hands of Receiver Will- make it impossible for the clerks to correct-
ly compute accounts, and to render the
iams will be declared.
most expert manipulation of the blond
#
#
typewriters farcical in the extreme, so
Our "Specialty Talk" this week is with great was the uproar, he simply turned on
Chas. H. MacDonald, president of the Man- the power, to which on the instant the
pipes of the great organ responded with a
ufacturers' Association, and representative Wagnerian number, drowning all possible
of the Pease Piano Co. in Chicago. Mr. competition and establishing for ever Mr.
MacDonald has had a wide experience in Eden's reputation as a pacificator.
the piano business, hence his opinions on
* *
*
the important topics treated of are well
Enrique
Heuer,
of
the well-known firm
worthy of perusal and consideration.
of E. Heuer & Co., Mexico City, Mex.,
#
#
will visit New York early next month. It
NAHUM STETSON left Thursday for a trip is Mr. Heuer's custom to make periodical
West. He will journey probably as far visits among his wide circle of friends in
West as St. Louis, visiting Cincinnati the Noith. In that way he has kept in
and Chicago.
touch with our musical advancement; it
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