Music Trade Review
Issue: 1897 Vol. 24 N. 10 - Page 39
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Henry Kleber's Will.
s.
(PREPARED
ESPECIALLY FOR THE
REVIEW.)
Autoharp. E. V. Dexter, Worcester,
Mass. Patent No. 575,707.
The object of this invention is to provide
an autoharp, cithern or similar instrument
with an efficient and desirable means of the
specific character hereinafter set forth for
facilitating the shifting of the damper-
carrying frame to "change the key-note
while playing or otherwise.
Another object is to provide a removable
damper-carrying frame adapted for adjust-
ment between the sound-board and strings
and having a series of double-acting rock-
ing damper-bars thereon and means for
effecting the operation of the dampers and
adjustment of the frame, as more fully
hereinafter explained.
'
Tuning-Pin Socket. Clarence W. Peck,
Athens, Pa. Patent No. 575,850.
This invention relates to improved
means for securing tuning-pins in the
frame of a piano or other stringed instru-
ment; and the object in view is to provide
novel and efficient means whereby a pin
arranged in a metallic frame may be held
by frictional contact from loosening or
accidental turning, the friction increasing
in proportion to the tension of the string
attached to the pin.
The inventor makes the following claim :
A frame having tuning-pin- sockets com-
prising a cylindrical opening, and a friction-
plug fitted in said opening and having
plane surfaces arranged to form a re-entrant
angle arranged opposite the exposed por-
tion of the wall of the cylindrical opening.
Movable Keyboard. Julius E. Pitrat,
Gallipolis, O. Patent No. 575,985.
This invention is an improved movable
keyboard adapted for use upon pianos,
organs, etc. The object of the invention
is to enable a player to render music into
any key or pitch desired without change of
fingering, as, for instance, when the singer
wishes the accompaniment pitched so as to
better suit the voice; and the object is to
lessen the labor and length of time neces-
sary to enable one to play pieces often ren-
dered difficult of execution from being
noted in keys having many sharps or flats
by playing them from copies noted in an
easier key, yet rendering them, if so de-
sired, in the key designed by the com-
poser.
The invention is adapted to pianos now
in use, as well as those built specially to
embody the improvement, and the im-
provement increases the cost of the instru-
ment very little.
Our esteemed contemporary, " The Indi-
cator," is now located in the Auditorium
Building.
The will of Henry Kleber, music dealer,
Pittsburg, Pa., was filed for probate this
week. According to a statement attached,
the estate is worth $130,000. All but $10,-
000 of this amount is in real estate, and is
exclusive of the interest of the testator in
the firm of Kleber & Bro.
To his daughter Ida, the wife of Dr. F.
L. Todd, is given a property on Sandusky
street, near North Diamond street, Alle-
gheny. It is then set forth that on the day
of the execution of the will, February 13,
1897, the testator assigns to each of his
sons, Harry and Oscar, 50 shares in the
firm of H. Kleber & Bro., limited, valued
at $1,000 at par. Within one year after
the testator's death this is to be appraised,
and the valuation charged against the sons
in the further distribution of the estate.
Mrs. Todd is then to select such real estate
as shall equal the value of the appraise-
ment of 50 shares of stock. The residue
of the estate is to be divided among the
three children, who are appointed ex-
ecutors.
The Ft. Wayne Organ Co.
The Ft. Wayne Organ Co. will have
their first grand piano ready for the mar-
ket the end of this month. In a chat with
L. E. Thayer,general traveler for the house,
last Saturday he stated that business pros-
pects were brightening up materially.
During his present trip East he transacted
an amount of business both in pianos and
organs far in excess of his expectations.
The foreign trade with this house is unus-
ally good. Large orders were received last
week from their representatives in Lon-
don and Hamburg.
39
Credit Ratings for 1897.
' 'Credit Ratings" for 1897 is unquestion-
ably the best, the handsomest and most
complete book ever issued by the publish-
ers, the Thompson Reporting Co., 10
Tremont street, Boston. Not only is
it valuable as a directory and a credit
guide but under each State heading
is a synopsis of the laws of interest to
the business man, [chattel mortgages,
commercial travelers, conditional sales,
interest, statute of limitations, statute
of frauds, stoppage in transitu, bills
and notes—and under each town and city
the population, thus making it a vade
mecum to the busy man.
Special pains have been taken to make
this book thoroughly reliable. It is not a
copy from other agency books, but the re-
sult of data received from sixty-five hun-
dred correspondents all over the country.
Subscribers to "Credit Ratings" have
also the privilege of using the collection
department of the Thompson Reporting Co.
the efficiency of which has been attested by
numerous testimonials from leading houses
in the trade.
A Record to be Proud Of.
Attention has more than once been called
to the liberal display of examples, in hand-
some and substantial designs, of Gabler
pianos at the warerooms of the firm, 214-224
East Twenty-second street. Close examina-
tion of these instruments proves conclu-
sively the statement—never yet challenged,
by the way—that there are homes in this
country where a "Gabler" has been in use
for forty years without even a complaint.
When a claim such as that goes unchal-
lenged, the firm making it has every reason
to be proud of its record.
J. G. EARHUFF
COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OP
High Grade--*
Pianos and Organs
MANUFACTURERS
OF
PIANOS
239-241 Wabash Av.,
OFFICE:
CHICAGO, ILL.
FACTORY:
NORTH ST. PAUL, HINN.
FACTORY,
Riverview, III.
BAUMEISTER Pianos
CHALLENGE COMPETITION IN TONE,
ACTION AND DURABILITY.
: : :
l
534 to 538 W. 58th Street,
.New York.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Henry Kleber's Will.
s.
(PREPARED
ESPECIALLY FOR THE
REVIEW.)
Autoharp. E. V. Dexter, Worcester,
Mass. Patent No. 575,707.
The object of this invention is to provide
an autoharp, cithern or similar instrument
with an efficient and desirable means of the
specific character hereinafter set forth for
facilitating the shifting of the damper-
carrying frame to "change the key-note
while playing or otherwise.
Another object is to provide a removable
damper-carrying frame adapted for adjust-
ment between the sound-board and strings
and having a series of double-acting rock-
ing damper-bars thereon and means for
effecting the operation of the dampers and
adjustment of the frame, as more fully
hereinafter explained.
'
Tuning-Pin Socket. Clarence W. Peck,
Athens, Pa. Patent No. 575,850.
This invention relates to improved
means for securing tuning-pins in the
frame of a piano or other stringed instru-
ment; and the object in view is to provide
novel and efficient means whereby a pin
arranged in a metallic frame may be held
by frictional contact from loosening or
accidental turning, the friction increasing
in proportion to the tension of the string
attached to the pin.
The inventor makes the following claim :
A frame having tuning-pin- sockets com-
prising a cylindrical opening, and a friction-
plug fitted in said opening and having
plane surfaces arranged to form a re-entrant
angle arranged opposite the exposed por-
tion of the wall of the cylindrical opening.
Movable Keyboard. Julius E. Pitrat,
Gallipolis, O. Patent No. 575,985.
This invention is an improved movable
keyboard adapted for use upon pianos,
organs, etc. The object of the invention
is to enable a player to render music into
any key or pitch desired without change of
fingering, as, for instance, when the singer
wishes the accompaniment pitched so as to
better suit the voice; and the object is to
lessen the labor and length of time neces-
sary to enable one to play pieces often ren-
dered difficult of execution from being
noted in keys having many sharps or flats
by playing them from copies noted in an
easier key, yet rendering them, if so de-
sired, in the key designed by the com-
poser.
The invention is adapted to pianos now
in use, as well as those built specially to
embody the improvement, and the im-
provement increases the cost of the instru-
ment very little.
Our esteemed contemporary, " The Indi-
cator," is now located in the Auditorium
Building.
The will of Henry Kleber, music dealer,
Pittsburg, Pa., was filed for probate this
week. According to a statement attached,
the estate is worth $130,000. All but $10,-
000 of this amount is in real estate, and is
exclusive of the interest of the testator in
the firm of Kleber & Bro.
To his daughter Ida, the wife of Dr. F.
L. Todd, is given a property on Sandusky
street, near North Diamond street, Alle-
gheny. It is then set forth that on the day
of the execution of the will, February 13,
1897, the testator assigns to each of his
sons, Harry and Oscar, 50 shares in the
firm of H. Kleber & Bro., limited, valued
at $1,000 at par. Within one year after
the testator's death this is to be appraised,
and the valuation charged against the sons
in the further distribution of the estate.
Mrs. Todd is then to select such real estate
as shall equal the value of the appraise-
ment of 50 shares of stock. The residue
of the estate is to be divided among the
three children, who are appointed ex-
ecutors.
The Ft. Wayne Organ Co.
The Ft. Wayne Organ Co. will have
their first grand piano ready for the mar-
ket the end of this month. In a chat with
L. E. Thayer,general traveler for the house,
last Saturday he stated that business pros-
pects were brightening up materially.
During his present trip East he transacted
an amount of business both in pianos and
organs far in excess of his expectations.
The foreign trade with this house is unus-
ally good. Large orders were received last
week from their representatives in Lon-
don and Hamburg.
39
Credit Ratings for 1897.
' 'Credit Ratings" for 1897 is unquestion-
ably the best, the handsomest and most
complete book ever issued by the publish-
ers, the Thompson Reporting Co., 10
Tremont street, Boston. Not only is
it valuable as a directory and a credit
guide but under each State heading
is a synopsis of the laws of interest to
the business man, [chattel mortgages,
commercial travelers, conditional sales,
interest, statute of limitations, statute
of frauds, stoppage in transitu, bills
and notes—and under each town and city
the population, thus making it a vade
mecum to the busy man.
Special pains have been taken to make
this book thoroughly reliable. It is not a
copy from other agency books, but the re-
sult of data received from sixty-five hun-
dred correspondents all over the country.
Subscribers to "Credit Ratings" have
also the privilege of using the collection
department of the Thompson Reporting Co.
the efficiency of which has been attested by
numerous testimonials from leading houses
in the trade.
A Record to be Proud Of.
Attention has more than once been called
to the liberal display of examples, in hand-
some and substantial designs, of Gabler
pianos at the warerooms of the firm, 214-224
East Twenty-second street. Close examina-
tion of these instruments proves conclu-
sively the statement—never yet challenged,
by the way—that there are homes in this
country where a "Gabler" has been in use
for forty years without even a complaint.
When a claim such as that goes unchal-
lenged, the firm making it has every reason
to be proud of its record.
J. G. EARHUFF
COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OP
High Grade--*
Pianos and Organs
MANUFACTURERS
OF
PIANOS
239-241 Wabash Av.,
OFFICE:
CHICAGO, ILL.
FACTORY:
NORTH ST. PAUL, HINN.
FACTORY,
Riverview, III.
BAUMEISTER Pianos
CHALLENGE COMPETITION IN TONE,
ACTION AND DURABILITY.
: : :
l
534 to 538 W. 58th Street,
.New York.
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