Music Trade Review
Issue: 1897 Vol. 24 N. 9 - Page 3
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VOL XXIV.
N o . 9.
Published Every Saturday, at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, February 27,1897.
The Creditors are Curious.
THEY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE ASSET3 OF
THE SMITH & NIXON CO.
Some months ago a committee of the
creditors of the Smith & Nixon Piano Co.
employed experts to examine the books
and accounts of the company, and on Satur-
day last their report was presented, but not
filed, in the Insolvency Court, on the ground
of a motion made to have the results of the
examination of the experts printed for the
information of all the creditors in pamph-
let form.
Attorneys for Steinway & Son and
other creditors made the interesting state-
ment that it was due the creditors that they
should know at this stage of the assign-
ment proceedings how an estate, nominally
estimated at $1,000,000 in assets, could
have become dissipated to such an extent
that there appeared now to be practically
no assets to meet the big liabilities. The
motion also asked for the allowance by
the assignee of the fees and expenses of the
, experts, Messrs. Kerr and Rowe, amount-
ing .tO $8, 767. 95.
Judge McNeill set the hearing of the
motion for March 8.
Failure of Kurtzenknabe.
The establishment of J. H. Kurtzen-
knabe & Sons, the prominent music dealers
of Harrisburg, Pa., was closed by the
sheriff on Wednesday last, on executions
amounting to $2,375. Kurtzenknabe &
Sons have been among the most promi-
nent dealers in central Pennsylvania for
the past thirteen years, and their financial
embarrassment, which we hope will be
but temporary, is to be regretted.
Satisfactory Sohmer News.
News this week from the Sohmer ware-
rooms is of peculiar significance. It tells
of infinite pains in manufacturing and
ceaseless activity in making known, effec-
tively, the solid merits of Sohmer pianos.
The record shows that, so far, the present
month is the best February the firm have
ever known. To gain such a record, when
some others are complaining of dull times,
means much. It expresses, better than
mere words could tell, an increased public
confidence only to be secured by means of
great and well-directed effort.
Attachment Against- Webb
I3.00 PER YEAR
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS
Sunner Sturtevant.
Wfe regret to announce the death of Mr.
IT IS ALLEGED THAT HE HAS
'ner Sturtevant, father of Mr. W. J.
.
. SALE.
tevant of the wareroom forces of Stein-
way
& Sons, which occurred at his home in
The Sheriff received on Wednesday last
Nyack,
N. Y., February 18th, after an in-
an attachment against Robert M. Webb,
disposition
of almost twelve months.
dealer in piano supplies at 28 Union square,
Mr.
Sturtevant
was an old-time piano
with factory at Rockville Centre, L. I., for
maker
and
manufacturer,
and was well
$2,935 in favor of Cooper, Hewitt & Co.,
known
and
esteemed
by
all
the
old piano
for piano wire. It is alleged that Mr.
men
who
are
now
so
rapidly
thinning
out.
Webb gave a bill of sale of the plant, ma-
He
was
born
in
Amsterdam,
N.
Y.,
in
1828,
chinery and merchandise at the Rockville
Centre factory two weeks ago to the Hills and learned the art of piano making with
Bros. Co., atid a few days later went South his cousin Sumner W. Bennett, who had
a factory on Fulton street, near Broadway,
for his. health.
this
city. In 1847, after thoroughly mast-
Mr. Webb is quoted as saying that he
ering
his craft, he became superintendent
took this measure to prevent a creditor in
of
the
celebrated Nunns factory, where
France to whom he owed $3,000 from
William
Steinway and many noted person-
taking any steps, and that the business
alities
in
the piano trade served their
would be given back to him in six months.
apprenticeship.
He was afterwards with
Mr. Webb has been in business since 1884,
William
Wake.
In
1856, he became the
and a year ago claimed $10,000 capital.
owner of James Thompson's piano plant at
Nyack, N. Y., and manufactured the
"Sturtevant" piano. Later he moved to
Pease Wareroom Changes.
this city and purchased the business of
Several important changes have been Lighte& Ernest. He retired in 1886. The
made at the Pease factory and warerooms, funeral occurred Sunday last. We join
318 West Forty-third street. The first floor with a host of friends in extending con-
has been entirely re-modelled. The main dolences to Mr. W. J. Sturtevant.
office has been moved to the front part of
the building. The dimensions of the retail
Wissner in the fletropolis.
wareroom have been doubled. The whole-
sale wareroom or exhibit for visiting dealers
The warerooms formerly occupied by
has also been enlarged and changed in
Wm.
E. Wheelock & Co., at 25 East Four-
location. The plan adopted is admirable.
teenth
street, have been leased by Otto
Every foot of space is used to good advan-
Wissner
of Brooklyn, and after March first,
tage. The "Popular Pease" is -more
will
be
occupied
by him as a branch of his
popular than, ever before. It i$ not only
Brooklyn
establishment.
This will give
holding its own, but gaining ground
the
celebrated
Wissner
piano
a metropoli-
steadily and surely.
tan headquarters in a central location.
The progressive business policy which has
1
distinguished
the Brooklyn house, will be
The /Eolian Co.'s "Princess.
duplicated in this city with marked advan-
It is manifestly to the advantage of tage, both to the piano and the firm.
every enterprising dealer in select, yet Push'and progress will be the order of the
popular musical instruments, to make in- day.
quiries concerning the new Princess or-
It is expected that Mr. Pottle, of the
gan of the vEolian Co., 18 West Twenty- Brooklyn store, will assume temporary
third street. Its success has been phenom- charge.
enal and well deserved. The Review feels
more than justified in making this state-
Ben. Owen is now in charge of the Pitts-
ment. It is due to the company's keen burg, Pa., branch of Steinway & Sons.
foresight and liberal enterprise that the Since the lease ot this establishment was
production of this self-playing instru- secured, the warerooms have been reno-
ment, in handsomely figured oak—suitable vated so effectively that they now compare
and proper for cottage and palace alike— favorably with any of our metropolitan
has been made possible for the sum of $75. piano parlors.
VOL XXIV.
N o . 9.
Published Every Saturday, at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, February 27,1897.
The Creditors are Curious.
THEY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE ASSET3 OF
THE SMITH & NIXON CO.
Some months ago a committee of the
creditors of the Smith & Nixon Piano Co.
employed experts to examine the books
and accounts of the company, and on Satur-
day last their report was presented, but not
filed, in the Insolvency Court, on the ground
of a motion made to have the results of the
examination of the experts printed for the
information of all the creditors in pamph-
let form.
Attorneys for Steinway & Son and
other creditors made the interesting state-
ment that it was due the creditors that they
should know at this stage of the assign-
ment proceedings how an estate, nominally
estimated at $1,000,000 in assets, could
have become dissipated to such an extent
that there appeared now to be practically
no assets to meet the big liabilities. The
motion also asked for the allowance by
the assignee of the fees and expenses of the
, experts, Messrs. Kerr and Rowe, amount-
ing .tO $8, 767. 95.
Judge McNeill set the hearing of the
motion for March 8.
Failure of Kurtzenknabe.
The establishment of J. H. Kurtzen-
knabe & Sons, the prominent music dealers
of Harrisburg, Pa., was closed by the
sheriff on Wednesday last, on executions
amounting to $2,375. Kurtzenknabe &
Sons have been among the most promi-
nent dealers in central Pennsylvania for
the past thirteen years, and their financial
embarrassment, which we hope will be
but temporary, is to be regretted.
Satisfactory Sohmer News.
News this week from the Sohmer ware-
rooms is of peculiar significance. It tells
of infinite pains in manufacturing and
ceaseless activity in making known, effec-
tively, the solid merits of Sohmer pianos.
The record shows that, so far, the present
month is the best February the firm have
ever known. To gain such a record, when
some others are complaining of dull times,
means much. It expresses, better than
mere words could tell, an increased public
confidence only to be secured by means of
great and well-directed effort.
Attachment Against- Webb
I3.00 PER YEAR
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS
Sunner Sturtevant.
Wfe regret to announce the death of Mr.
IT IS ALLEGED THAT HE HAS
'ner Sturtevant, father of Mr. W. J.
.
. SALE.
tevant of the wareroom forces of Stein-
way
& Sons, which occurred at his home in
The Sheriff received on Wednesday last
Nyack,
N. Y., February 18th, after an in-
an attachment against Robert M. Webb,
disposition
of almost twelve months.
dealer in piano supplies at 28 Union square,
Mr.
Sturtevant
was an old-time piano
with factory at Rockville Centre, L. I., for
maker
and
manufacturer,
and was well
$2,935 in favor of Cooper, Hewitt & Co.,
known
and
esteemed
by
all
the
old piano
for piano wire. It is alleged that Mr.
men
who
are
now
so
rapidly
thinning
out.
Webb gave a bill of sale of the plant, ma-
He
was
born
in
Amsterdam,
N.
Y.,
in
1828,
chinery and merchandise at the Rockville
Centre factory two weeks ago to the Hills and learned the art of piano making with
Bros. Co., atid a few days later went South his cousin Sumner W. Bennett, who had
a factory on Fulton street, near Broadway,
for his. health.
this
city. In 1847, after thoroughly mast-
Mr. Webb is quoted as saying that he
ering
his craft, he became superintendent
took this measure to prevent a creditor in
of
the
celebrated Nunns factory, where
France to whom he owed $3,000 from
William
Steinway and many noted person-
taking any steps, and that the business
alities
in
the piano trade served their
would be given back to him in six months.
apprenticeship.
He was afterwards with
Mr. Webb has been in business since 1884,
William
Wake.
In
1856, he became the
and a year ago claimed $10,000 capital.
owner of James Thompson's piano plant at
Nyack, N. Y., and manufactured the
"Sturtevant" piano. Later he moved to
Pease Wareroom Changes.
this city and purchased the business of
Several important changes have been Lighte& Ernest. He retired in 1886. The
made at the Pease factory and warerooms, funeral occurred Sunday last. We join
318 West Forty-third street. The first floor with a host of friends in extending con-
has been entirely re-modelled. The main dolences to Mr. W. J. Sturtevant.
office has been moved to the front part of
the building. The dimensions of the retail
Wissner in the fletropolis.
wareroom have been doubled. The whole-
sale wareroom or exhibit for visiting dealers
The warerooms formerly occupied by
has also been enlarged and changed in
Wm.
E. Wheelock & Co., at 25 East Four-
location. The plan adopted is admirable.
teenth
street, have been leased by Otto
Every foot of space is used to good advan-
Wissner
of Brooklyn, and after March first,
tage. The "Popular Pease" is -more
will
be
occupied
by him as a branch of his
popular than, ever before. It i$ not only
Brooklyn
establishment.
This will give
holding its own, but gaining ground
the
celebrated
Wissner
piano
a metropoli-
steadily and surely.
tan headquarters in a central location.
The progressive business policy which has
1
distinguished
the Brooklyn house, will be
The /Eolian Co.'s "Princess.
duplicated in this city with marked advan-
It is manifestly to the advantage of tage, both to the piano and the firm.
every enterprising dealer in select, yet Push'and progress will be the order of the
popular musical instruments, to make in- day.
quiries concerning the new Princess or-
It is expected that Mr. Pottle, of the
gan of the vEolian Co., 18 West Twenty- Brooklyn store, will assume temporary
third street. Its success has been phenom- charge.
enal and well deserved. The Review feels
more than justified in making this state-
Ben. Owen is now in charge of the Pitts-
ment. It is due to the company's keen burg, Pa., branch of Steinway & Sons.
foresight and liberal enterprise that the Since the lease ot this establishment was
production of this self-playing instru- secured, the warerooms have been reno-
ment, in handsomely figured oak—suitable vated so effectively that they now compare
and proper for cottage and palace alike— favorably with any of our metropolitan
has been made possible for the sum of $75. piano parlors.
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