Music Trade Review
Issue: 1897 Vol. 24 N. 3 - Page 19
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
A Chaste and Elegant Upright Grand.
21
Glass Front Fell in.
A HUGE PANE COLLAPSES IN S T E I N E R T ' S , CAUSING
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE.
DECKER & SON'S NEW STYLE L " EMPIRE."
We herewith present an illustration of the
new style L, " Empire," recently introduced
by the renowned New York piano manu-
facturing house of Decker & Son. The in-
strument is built on unique and artistic lines,
and possesses tonal quality of special ex-
cellence. The following details of same
are taken from the recently published cata-
logue of this well-known house: " Style L
is fitted with double Grand Fall, automatic
swinging music desk, solid natural wood,
carved pilasters and trusses, handsome orig-
inal design, hand-carved top panels, solid nat-
ural wood mouldings around top and centre
of case, heavy base moulding, double mould-
ing panels on sides and bottom frame, con-
tinuous hinges, repeating action with nickel-
plated supports and hammer rail, ivory keys,
3 strings, 7 1-3 octaves, 3 pedals. Brass lac-
quered trimmings. Height, 4 feet 9 inches;
width, 5 feet 9 inches; depth, 2 feet 3 inches.
Style L should achieve a great popularity.
Unlawful Preference.
Pease Prospects.
The day after a suit was brought by Jacob
Levy against the Swick Piano Company, a do-
mestic corporation, which had been for some
time insolvent, a judgment was entered there-
in upon an offer of judgment. Levy then
issued execution, and intervened in proceed-
ings under judgments by various creditors of
the company, whereby a fund in the Twenty-
third Ward Bank, belonging to the insolvent
corporation, was paid to the Sheriff, and suc-
ceeded in having various supplementary or-
ders vacated so as to have the fund subject
only to the execution issued under his judg-
ment. Then James Messiter, as receiver,
brought an action to set aside and declare void
the Levy judgment, and payment of the fund
to Levy was stayed. The ground of the re-
ceiver's suit was that from the facts stated the
Levy judgment fell within the statutory inhi-
bition against giving a preference, and its in-
validity was claimed. Justice Beach, who
tried the case, has given judgment in favor of
the plaintiff, holding that an intent on the part
of the corporation to give a preference is
clearly deducible from the evidence. " The
present statute," Justice Beach says, " Is far
more explicit and direct than its predecessor.
Both were intended to prevent inequality in
the distribution of the corporate assets among
creditors."—" New York Times," January
!
10th.
The Pease Piano Co. have passed another
milestone in their career, and started out on
1897 with prospects which are of the brightest.
Their latest achievements in the realm of piano
making are of such a character that they claim
the attention and support of the trade for their
general excellence.
The designs of uprights in fancy woods are
unusually beautiful, and satisfactory as to tonal
quality, while their parlor grand has attained
a success that might be almost termed phe-
nomenal considering the short time it has
been before the trade.
The Pease pianos have been growing in
popular estimation for over a third of a cen-
tury, and through all these years the reputa-
tion of the house for reliability, honor, and
honesty has stood unshaken.
The Pease Piano Co. is composed of men
who are ever alive with progressive ideas lead-
ing to what is latest and best in piano making.
They are right in line for big trade this year.
An Iowa man wants his piano allowed to
come into the country free of duty under the
clause in the statute which provides that the
tools of a mechanic shall be exempt from duty.
" Doubtless the man has made a proper esti-
mate of his musical abilities," sententiously re-
marks a Western paper.
The employees of M. Steinert & Sons' piano
warerooms at 162 Boylston Street, Boston, re-
ceived a severe shock Friday morning of last
week.
The store had only been opened a short
time when there was a terrific crash. One of
the great plate-glass windows had fallen in a
heap, breaking the case of a handsome ma-
hogany grand piano and spreading fragments
of glass all over the floor.
The pane of glass was one of the largest in
the city, and measured 130 inches high and
150 wide.
The firm attribute the accident to the firing
of the Governor's salute on the Common
Thursday noon. There have been several pro-
tests made to the city officials by merchants
around the Common regarding the damage
these salutes are apt to do to property, as in
several stores in the district a heavy jarring is
felt at every discharge of the cannon.
The glass was fully insured by the Lloyd
Plate Glass Insurance Company of New
York, but it will take two weeks before a new
one can be made to replace this one, which
will greatly inconvenience the firm.
Incorporated.
The E. T. Paul Music Company of New
York City was incorporated on Saturday last
to manufacture musical instruments and pub-
lish music and music books; capital, $10,000.
Directors: Edward T. Paul, Albert H. Fitz,
John H. Tignor, and Herbert E. Townsend,
of New York City, and Gertrude A. Paul, of
Rutherford, N. J.
The Regina Co.'s Great Year.
The year 1896, despite the hard times com-
plained of by most people in all sections of the
country, so far as can be ascertained was not
so very dark for the Regina Music Box Com-
pany, of Rahway, N. J.
Three hundred hands were steadily em-
ployed and the factory worked to its fullest
capacity, yet at the close of the year there was
not so much as a single music box in the fac-
tory, all having been sold and delivered.
The Miller Organs.
Organs which have been steadily com-
manding recognition at home and abroad are
those manufactured by the Miller Organ Co.,
of Lebanon, Pa. They have attained a de-
cided standing both for originality and neat-
ness of design and tonal quality. They are
among the most salable on the market, due no
doubt to the close attention and supervision
of the manufacturers, who are tireless in their
efforts to adhere to those high standards set
by this house years ago.
The Miller Organ Co. deserve every pos-
sible success, and it cannot fail to come their
way during 1897. They are making a reputa-
ble and satisfying instrument which should
prove a money-maker in the hands of the
pushing dealer.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
A Chaste and Elegant Upright Grand.
21
Glass Front Fell in.
A HUGE PANE COLLAPSES IN S T E I N E R T ' S , CAUSING
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE.
DECKER & SON'S NEW STYLE L " EMPIRE."
We herewith present an illustration of the
new style L, " Empire," recently introduced
by the renowned New York piano manu-
facturing house of Decker & Son. The in-
strument is built on unique and artistic lines,
and possesses tonal quality of special ex-
cellence. The following details of same
are taken from the recently published cata-
logue of this well-known house: " Style L
is fitted with double Grand Fall, automatic
swinging music desk, solid natural wood,
carved pilasters and trusses, handsome orig-
inal design, hand-carved top panels, solid nat-
ural wood mouldings around top and centre
of case, heavy base moulding, double mould-
ing panels on sides and bottom frame, con-
tinuous hinges, repeating action with nickel-
plated supports and hammer rail, ivory keys,
3 strings, 7 1-3 octaves, 3 pedals. Brass lac-
quered trimmings. Height, 4 feet 9 inches;
width, 5 feet 9 inches; depth, 2 feet 3 inches.
Style L should achieve a great popularity.
Unlawful Preference.
Pease Prospects.
The day after a suit was brought by Jacob
Levy against the Swick Piano Company, a do-
mestic corporation, which had been for some
time insolvent, a judgment was entered there-
in upon an offer of judgment. Levy then
issued execution, and intervened in proceed-
ings under judgments by various creditors of
the company, whereby a fund in the Twenty-
third Ward Bank, belonging to the insolvent
corporation, was paid to the Sheriff, and suc-
ceeded in having various supplementary or-
ders vacated so as to have the fund subject
only to the execution issued under his judg-
ment. Then James Messiter, as receiver,
brought an action to set aside and declare void
the Levy judgment, and payment of the fund
to Levy was stayed. The ground of the re-
ceiver's suit was that from the facts stated the
Levy judgment fell within the statutory inhi-
bition against giving a preference, and its in-
validity was claimed. Justice Beach, who
tried the case, has given judgment in favor of
the plaintiff, holding that an intent on the part
of the corporation to give a preference is
clearly deducible from the evidence. " The
present statute," Justice Beach says, " Is far
more explicit and direct than its predecessor.
Both were intended to prevent inequality in
the distribution of the corporate assets among
creditors."—" New York Times," January
!
10th.
The Pease Piano Co. have passed another
milestone in their career, and started out on
1897 with prospects which are of the brightest.
Their latest achievements in the realm of piano
making are of such a character that they claim
the attention and support of the trade for their
general excellence.
The designs of uprights in fancy woods are
unusually beautiful, and satisfactory as to tonal
quality, while their parlor grand has attained
a success that might be almost termed phe-
nomenal considering the short time it has
been before the trade.
The Pease pianos have been growing in
popular estimation for over a third of a cen-
tury, and through all these years the reputa-
tion of the house for reliability, honor, and
honesty has stood unshaken.
The Pease Piano Co. is composed of men
who are ever alive with progressive ideas lead-
ing to what is latest and best in piano making.
They are right in line for big trade this year.
An Iowa man wants his piano allowed to
come into the country free of duty under the
clause in the statute which provides that the
tools of a mechanic shall be exempt from duty.
" Doubtless the man has made a proper esti-
mate of his musical abilities," sententiously re-
marks a Western paper.
The employees of M. Steinert & Sons' piano
warerooms at 162 Boylston Street, Boston, re-
ceived a severe shock Friday morning of last
week.
The store had only been opened a short
time when there was a terrific crash. One of
the great plate-glass windows had fallen in a
heap, breaking the case of a handsome ma-
hogany grand piano and spreading fragments
of glass all over the floor.
The pane of glass was one of the largest in
the city, and measured 130 inches high and
150 wide.
The firm attribute the accident to the firing
of the Governor's salute on the Common
Thursday noon. There have been several pro-
tests made to the city officials by merchants
around the Common regarding the damage
these salutes are apt to do to property, as in
several stores in the district a heavy jarring is
felt at every discharge of the cannon.
The glass was fully insured by the Lloyd
Plate Glass Insurance Company of New
York, but it will take two weeks before a new
one can be made to replace this one, which
will greatly inconvenience the firm.
Incorporated.
The E. T. Paul Music Company of New
York City was incorporated on Saturday last
to manufacture musical instruments and pub-
lish music and music books; capital, $10,000.
Directors: Edward T. Paul, Albert H. Fitz,
John H. Tignor, and Herbert E. Townsend,
of New York City, and Gertrude A. Paul, of
Rutherford, N. J.
The Regina Co.'s Great Year.
The year 1896, despite the hard times com-
plained of by most people in all sections of the
country, so far as can be ascertained was not
so very dark for the Regina Music Box Com-
pany, of Rahway, N. J.
Three hundred hands were steadily em-
ployed and the factory worked to its fullest
capacity, yet at the close of the year there was
not so much as a single music box in the fac-
tory, all having been sold and delivered.
The Miller Organs.
Organs which have been steadily com-
manding recognition at home and abroad are
those manufactured by the Miller Organ Co.,
of Lebanon, Pa. They have attained a de-
cided standing both for originality and neat-
ness of design and tonal quality. They are
among the most salable on the market, due no
doubt to the close attention and supervision
of the manufacturers, who are tireless in their
efforts to adhere to those high standards set
by this house years ago.
The Miller Organ Co. deserve every pos-
sible success, and it cannot fail to come their
way during 1897. They are making a reputa-
ble and satisfying instrument which should
prove a money-maker in the hands of the
pushing dealer.
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