Music Trade Review
Issue: 1897 Vol. 25 N. 10 - Page 33
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
New Wheelock Catalogue.
AN ADMIRABLE AND UUSINESS-LIKE PRODUC-
TION NEW STYLES ILLUSTRATED.
own and receives the watchful attention of a com-
petent corps of experts, in each and every stage of
its progress from one department of the factory to
another. The cases and other parts are made in
the main factory, and in the most substantial and
trustworthy manner (an immense stock of lumber
of all kinds being constantly carried in the adjoin-
ing yards); but the manufacturers do not lay espe-
cial stress upon that fact, though it is by no means
unimportant; all reliable makers do the same, or
nearly the same. The mechanical part of the
manufacture of a durable piano can be done by
anybody with sufficient capital at command and a
fair degree of experience in woodworking and
other branches; anybody can produce a case of
pleasing proportions, or copy the designs of those
who have; but not everybody, in fact only a small
number thus far in this country, can attain to
what is really the supreme test of capability in the
art of piano making, viz: purity, resonance, bril-
liancy and evenness of tone. Upon their success
(admittedly great and exceptional) in this vital
and fundamental requirement, by means of a
system which nevertheless permits their instru-
ments to be marketed at prices comparatively
moderate and within the means of nearly all
classes of the community, the manufacturers of
the Wheelock pianos found their claim to superior-
ity over most of their competitors and to the re-
spect and support of the public.
There is much to commend in the hand-
some catalogue of Wheelock pianos, just
issued by the manufacturers, the Weber-
Wheelock Co. Typographically it is a
gem. There is an absence of superfluous
statements and reiterations. It is brief
and to the point. Four styles of uprights
and the small grand, which are illustrated
and described, are models of attractive case
work and speak for themselves, as it were.
Then follow directions concerning the re-
moval of the keyboard of the Wheelock
pianos, which is a special feature of manu-
facture to permit of passage through nar-
row doors and hallways, now so frequently
encountered in city houses, closing with
testimonials from prominent purchasers
Brooklyn burglars of a musical turn of
who testify to the satisfaction which the
mind have added a new terror to burglary.
Wheelock piano has afforded.
The introductory to the catalogue sets Last Saturday morning one of the class
forth clearly and tersely much of interest broke into Charles Held's music store at
concerning the Wheelock pianos, and we 313 Fulton street and stole a cornet.
Joseph D. Meyers, who attained some
take pleasure in giving it herewith:
local fame as a manufacturer of violins,
TO THE 1'LbLIC.
In the following pages will be found accurate died at his home, 1240 Wisconsin street,
engravings of the various styles of pianos manu- Toledo, O., last week.
factured in the Wheelock factories, 149th street,
near Third avenue, New York city. These works
cover an entire block (525x100 feet), and are among
the most extensive and completely appointed of
their kind in the United States. Everything that
intelligence, modern methods, the latest appli-
ances in labor-saving machinery, long experience,
ample capital and unflagging industry can accom-
plish in the production of high grade pianos, at
minimum cost, is here to be found. The Wheelock
pianos have been made and sold in large numbers
for over twenty years, and during that time have
secured and maintained an extraordinary reputa-
tion for durability, reliability and unusual musical
qualities. Thousands of purchasers all over this
country, and to some extent abroad, bear testi-
mony to their worth, and letters from a fractional
part of this great multitude (all that we can find
space for, but only a small portion of the number
received) are printed herein for the information
and guidance of those who wish to know where a
really fine piano can be had at moderate cost.
Other firms and companies there are whose instru-
ments merit high praise, and again others (and
these perhaps are to-day in the majority) whose
mushroom growth has been attained by sacrifice
of much that is essential to real and lasting worth,
in the wild race for cheapness and sudden creation
of an enormous and unstable demand. The manu-
facturers of the Wheelock pianos believe in sound
principles, sure and steady growth, and honest
dealing with the public. Good pianos cannot be
turned out like pins in a pin factory. Every
Wheelock production has an individuality of k its
Simple
Reliable
Durable
TIC
33
Charged with Forgery.
J.
C.
NORRIS, A G E N T FOR T H E W. W. KIM BALL
COMPANY, A R R E S T E D .
[Special to The Review.]
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 30, 1897.
J. C. Norris, representative of the W.
W. Kim ball Piano Co. at Scottsburg,
Ind., is under arrest at Corydon on the
charge of forgery. The warrant was sworn
out by James Simmons, the representative
of the company in this city.
Norris has been selling pianos for the
company through Indiana, and it is al-
leged that he has been collecting the
money for pianos sold and then forging
the names of purchasers to notes which he
turned into the company. The specific
charge on which he was arrested was that
of forging the name of Mrs. H. W. Brodt,
of Scottsburg, to a note for $105.
During the past week Norris attended
the fair at Corydon, Ind., and it was there
that he was arrested. He had been work-
ing the town during the fair, and had
taken a number of orders.
Mr. Simmons has a number of notes
which were turned in by Norris, and he
says that they exhibit symptoms of crooked-
ness. It is also said that he has taken a
number of orders in Scottsburg which he
has failed to report properly.
Norris will be taken to Scottsburg to-day,
where his examining trial will take place.
Should he be held over he will have to
await the October term of court in Scotts-
burg. Norris, when arrested, gave his
residence as New Albany. He is well
known in this city.
LATER.
'S PIPT"
J. C. Norris, who was arrested at Cory-
don on complaint of the Kimball Piano
Co., on a charge of embezzlement, made his
escape from Marshal Toomes, Scottsburg,
while being conveyed to Scottsburg by
PIANO PLAYER
rail. When they were a short distance
from Corydon, Norris was seized with what
Attached to Old or New Pianos appeared to be an epilepic fit. The Mar-
shal lifted him from the vehicle and left
The only automatic attachment ever produced him in charge of a colored man, who hap-
that can be placed in any Piano, without change pened to pass, while he went to Corydon
or injury to the instrument. For catalogues and for a physician. The officer was hardly
prices, address
out of sight when Norris, who was only
shamming, compelled the negro to get a
vehicle and drive him to New Amsterdam.
Toomes, finding his man gone when he
returned, pursued him to New Amsterdam,
143 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. where he captured him.
EVERYBODY'S PIjQIIST CO.,
f^ronze Panels are Practically Indestructible.
*"
BESIDES THEY ARE THE MOST ARTISTIC ADORNMENT THAT CAN BE
PLACED IN PIANOS. . •. MANUFACTURERS CAN BE SUPPLIED WITH
SPECIAL DESIGNS.
nanufactured only by THE HOMER D. BRONSON CO., Beacon Falls, Conn.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
New Wheelock Catalogue.
AN ADMIRABLE AND UUSINESS-LIKE PRODUC-
TION NEW STYLES ILLUSTRATED.
own and receives the watchful attention of a com-
petent corps of experts, in each and every stage of
its progress from one department of the factory to
another. The cases and other parts are made in
the main factory, and in the most substantial and
trustworthy manner (an immense stock of lumber
of all kinds being constantly carried in the adjoin-
ing yards); but the manufacturers do not lay espe-
cial stress upon that fact, though it is by no means
unimportant; all reliable makers do the same, or
nearly the same. The mechanical part of the
manufacture of a durable piano can be done by
anybody with sufficient capital at command and a
fair degree of experience in woodworking and
other branches; anybody can produce a case of
pleasing proportions, or copy the designs of those
who have; but not everybody, in fact only a small
number thus far in this country, can attain to
what is really the supreme test of capability in the
art of piano making, viz: purity, resonance, bril-
liancy and evenness of tone. Upon their success
(admittedly great and exceptional) in this vital
and fundamental requirement, by means of a
system which nevertheless permits their instru-
ments to be marketed at prices comparatively
moderate and within the means of nearly all
classes of the community, the manufacturers of
the Wheelock pianos found their claim to superior-
ity over most of their competitors and to the re-
spect and support of the public.
There is much to commend in the hand-
some catalogue of Wheelock pianos, just
issued by the manufacturers, the Weber-
Wheelock Co. Typographically it is a
gem. There is an absence of superfluous
statements and reiterations. It is brief
and to the point. Four styles of uprights
and the small grand, which are illustrated
and described, are models of attractive case
work and speak for themselves, as it were.
Then follow directions concerning the re-
moval of the keyboard of the Wheelock
pianos, which is a special feature of manu-
facture to permit of passage through nar-
row doors and hallways, now so frequently
encountered in city houses, closing with
testimonials from prominent purchasers
Brooklyn burglars of a musical turn of
who testify to the satisfaction which the
mind have added a new terror to burglary.
Wheelock piano has afforded.
The introductory to the catalogue sets Last Saturday morning one of the class
forth clearly and tersely much of interest broke into Charles Held's music store at
concerning the Wheelock pianos, and we 313 Fulton street and stole a cornet.
Joseph D. Meyers, who attained some
take pleasure in giving it herewith:
local fame as a manufacturer of violins,
TO THE 1'LbLIC.
In the following pages will be found accurate died at his home, 1240 Wisconsin street,
engravings of the various styles of pianos manu- Toledo, O., last week.
factured in the Wheelock factories, 149th street,
near Third avenue, New York city. These works
cover an entire block (525x100 feet), and are among
the most extensive and completely appointed of
their kind in the United States. Everything that
intelligence, modern methods, the latest appli-
ances in labor-saving machinery, long experience,
ample capital and unflagging industry can accom-
plish in the production of high grade pianos, at
minimum cost, is here to be found. The Wheelock
pianos have been made and sold in large numbers
for over twenty years, and during that time have
secured and maintained an extraordinary reputa-
tion for durability, reliability and unusual musical
qualities. Thousands of purchasers all over this
country, and to some extent abroad, bear testi-
mony to their worth, and letters from a fractional
part of this great multitude (all that we can find
space for, but only a small portion of the number
received) are printed herein for the information
and guidance of those who wish to know where a
really fine piano can be had at moderate cost.
Other firms and companies there are whose instru-
ments merit high praise, and again others (and
these perhaps are to-day in the majority) whose
mushroom growth has been attained by sacrifice
of much that is essential to real and lasting worth,
in the wild race for cheapness and sudden creation
of an enormous and unstable demand. The manu-
facturers of the Wheelock pianos believe in sound
principles, sure and steady growth, and honest
dealing with the public. Good pianos cannot be
turned out like pins in a pin factory. Every
Wheelock production has an individuality of k its
Simple
Reliable
Durable
TIC
33
Charged with Forgery.
J.
C.
NORRIS, A G E N T FOR T H E W. W. KIM BALL
COMPANY, A R R E S T E D .
[Special to The Review.]
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 30, 1897.
J. C. Norris, representative of the W.
W. Kim ball Piano Co. at Scottsburg,
Ind., is under arrest at Corydon on the
charge of forgery. The warrant was sworn
out by James Simmons, the representative
of the company in this city.
Norris has been selling pianos for the
company through Indiana, and it is al-
leged that he has been collecting the
money for pianos sold and then forging
the names of purchasers to notes which he
turned into the company. The specific
charge on which he was arrested was that
of forging the name of Mrs. H. W. Brodt,
of Scottsburg, to a note for $105.
During the past week Norris attended
the fair at Corydon, Ind., and it was there
that he was arrested. He had been work-
ing the town during the fair, and had
taken a number of orders.
Mr. Simmons has a number of notes
which were turned in by Norris, and he
says that they exhibit symptoms of crooked-
ness. It is also said that he has taken a
number of orders in Scottsburg which he
has failed to report properly.
Norris will be taken to Scottsburg to-day,
where his examining trial will take place.
Should he be held over he will have to
await the October term of court in Scotts-
burg. Norris, when arrested, gave his
residence as New Albany. He is well
known in this city.
LATER.
'S PIPT"
J. C. Norris, who was arrested at Cory-
don on complaint of the Kimball Piano
Co., on a charge of embezzlement, made his
escape from Marshal Toomes, Scottsburg,
while being conveyed to Scottsburg by
PIANO PLAYER
rail. When they were a short distance
from Corydon, Norris was seized with what
Attached to Old or New Pianos appeared to be an epilepic fit. The Mar-
shal lifted him from the vehicle and left
The only automatic attachment ever produced him in charge of a colored man, who hap-
that can be placed in any Piano, without change pened to pass, while he went to Corydon
or injury to the instrument. For catalogues and for a physician. The officer was hardly
prices, address
out of sight when Norris, who was only
shamming, compelled the negro to get a
vehicle and drive him to New Amsterdam.
Toomes, finding his man gone when he
returned, pursued him to New Amsterdam,
143 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. where he captured him.
EVERYBODY'S PIjQIIST CO.,
f^ronze Panels are Practically Indestructible.
*"
BESIDES THEY ARE THE MOST ARTISTIC ADORNMENT THAT CAN BE
PLACED IN PIANOS. . •. MANUFACTURERS CAN BE SUPPLIED WITH
SPECIAL DESIGNS.
nanufactured only by THE HOMER D. BRONSON CO., Beacon Falls, Conn.
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