Music Trade Review
Issue: 1897 Vol. 25 N. 18 - Page 3
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VOL. XXV.
N o . 18.
Published Eyerj Saturday, at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, October 30,1897.
flusic Trade Hen of the East Side,
THE REVIEW CONTINUES ITS TOUR OF OBSERVATION
Alfred Dolge's personality is a big fac-
tor in his own business—and in the busi-
ness of many others in the music trades.
It would be just as easy, perhaps easier,
to write a book about his record as it is to
mention it in a brief paragraph. There
are so many striking characteristics to be
noted that, when all are reviewed, the won-
der is Providence did not mark out for him
a distinctly public career. People may
say what they like about good fortune,
good luck, and so on, but the fact stares
us in the face that it is Alfred Dolge's
lively and expansive grey matter that has
created, developed and sustained the im-
mense interests he now controls. In up-
right and downright manliness he may
have many equals but it is safe to say
that he has no superiors. He has dis-
played, in sound diplomacy, the qualities
of a Bismarck. His skill and ingenuity
place him on a pedestal of solid worth from
which he cannot be displaced.
*
*
*
*
Hugo Sohmer—ever alert, ever busy,
ever approachable and always amiable—
ought to be visited and conversed with by
every man who thinks that prosperity
justifies brusqueness and off-hand treatment
of his neighbors. Hugo Sohmer could not
be ill-mannered and rude if he tried, be-
cause, apart and altogether separated from
his recognized capability in the details con-
nected with his business, he has the in-
stincts of a gentleman. He owns consider-
able property in and around this little vil-
lage, but no one yet has had to remind him
that he does not own the earth. With a stroke
of the pen he could easily buy up all the
worldly possessions of a dozen swaggerers
who are under.the impression that the pos-
session of a small bank account is ample
excuse for the exhibition of a large head
with sappy contents. Hugo Sohmer is
popular—is it any wonder ? May his shadow
never grow less.
*
*
*
*
Charles F. Goepel is to the supply
trade what the Almighty is credited with
being to the other inhabitants of the earth
during the brief period when they are
going through their little song and dance
for each other's edification and amusement
AND STUDY
OF MEN AND METHODS.
—a good provider. He takes as much
pleasure in producing a perfect product as
an architect is supposed to take in the de-
signing of a perfect house, or a politician in
the drawing of a perfect platform. The
trouble with the architect is that he usually
allows for too much landscape and too lit-
tle lavatory. The trouble with the poli-
tician is that he usually has flaws in his
platform large enough for his opponents to
discover and gloat over with "ghoulish
glee." There is no trouble with Charles
F. Goepel's products because he under-
stands his business.
*
*
*
*
Emil Gabler is a man whose nature res-
trains him from letting the world know his
many estimable qualities of head and heart.
He is a master of his calling, yielding to
none in proficiency concerning the construc-
tion of pianos. People on business may
pass in and out of his offices and ware-
rooms a thousand times without seeing the
man who does, modestly and unassumingly,
a large and important part of the executive
and administrative work connected with
his products. They may not see him, yet
he is well in evidence where he deems his
presence most needed. It is a question
whether men of his stamp and calibre
might not help their fellow-creatures con-
siderably by standing more directly in the
sunlight of publicity. In so doing they
aid by their example. They are good to
look upon as being among the best of
God's creatures, destined to make the
great human family happier and more
contented.
*
*
*
*
Daniel F. Treacy is one of a strong, suc-
cessful and hard-working team of up-to-
date manufacturers within the expansive
area of the music-making kingdom—or re-
public. As a maker of piano plates he, in
common with his partner, admits no su-
perior. As a metallurgist, specially
equipped for the branches in which he puts
forth his best energies, it would be difficult
to find his equal. As a business man, he
is well able to hold his own against all
comers. The same may be said of his
ability as a teller of good stories during
spare moments. When he was built, the
$3.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
architects planned to construct a represen-
tative citizen and merchant, with all the
modern improvements. They succeeded
admirably.
The Estey Organs.
FAMED THE WORLD OVER — FOR VARIETY IN
STYLES AND MUSICAL EXCELLENCE THEY
ARE BETTER THAN EVER TO-DAY.
Very few people outside of manufacture rs
and professional musicians know how
much capital is invested in the making of
organs, nor have they any idea of the num-
ber of expert mechanics employed in their
construction. To go a step further, they
have but a vague idea of the variety in
style, power and price represented in this
one branch of the music trades.
Without going into details, it will suffice
to say that millions of capital, thousands of
workmen and hundreds of styles are em-
ployed, all the year round, in some in-
stances the output being only limited by
the facilities at command.
One of the oldest and most enterprising
firms conducting a large and successful
business in organ designing and construc-
tion is the Estey Organ Co. Their factory
facilities are immense, being the result of
a gradual development to meet demands
during fifty years. The variety of sizes
and styles is so great that it is almost en-
titled to the descriptive term "infinite."
Starting with a kindergarten organ
weighing forty pounds, and a portable or-
gan only seven pounds heavier, the list
continues until the Phonorium weighing
1,350 is reached. The " Kindergarten"
has one set of reeds, the church Phonorium
five hundred and forty-eight. When the
number of schools, churches, [chapels and
kindred organizations in the United States
is remembered, it is easy to understand
how large the demand for organs must be.
Of the total patronage, the Estey Co. are
favored with a large share for several good
reasons. Their products, thoroughly tested
in every respect before leaving the factory,
are reliable; they are durable; the work of
fitting up the larger styles and adjusting
to position is always well done and their
figures are the lowest possible consistent
with the best work possible. The latest
reports show a large output, growing larger
each year.
VOL. XXV.
N o . 18.
Published Eyerj Saturday, at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, October 30,1897.
flusic Trade Hen of the East Side,
THE REVIEW CONTINUES ITS TOUR OF OBSERVATION
Alfred Dolge's personality is a big fac-
tor in his own business—and in the busi-
ness of many others in the music trades.
It would be just as easy, perhaps easier,
to write a book about his record as it is to
mention it in a brief paragraph. There
are so many striking characteristics to be
noted that, when all are reviewed, the won-
der is Providence did not mark out for him
a distinctly public career. People may
say what they like about good fortune,
good luck, and so on, but the fact stares
us in the face that it is Alfred Dolge's
lively and expansive grey matter that has
created, developed and sustained the im-
mense interests he now controls. In up-
right and downright manliness he may
have many equals but it is safe to say
that he has no superiors. He has dis-
played, in sound diplomacy, the qualities
of a Bismarck. His skill and ingenuity
place him on a pedestal of solid worth from
which he cannot be displaced.
*
*
*
*
Hugo Sohmer—ever alert, ever busy,
ever approachable and always amiable—
ought to be visited and conversed with by
every man who thinks that prosperity
justifies brusqueness and off-hand treatment
of his neighbors. Hugo Sohmer could not
be ill-mannered and rude if he tried, be-
cause, apart and altogether separated from
his recognized capability in the details con-
nected with his business, he has the in-
stincts of a gentleman. He owns consider-
able property in and around this little vil-
lage, but no one yet has had to remind him
that he does not own the earth. With a stroke
of the pen he could easily buy up all the
worldly possessions of a dozen swaggerers
who are under.the impression that the pos-
session of a small bank account is ample
excuse for the exhibition of a large head
with sappy contents. Hugo Sohmer is
popular—is it any wonder ? May his shadow
never grow less.
*
*
*
*
Charles F. Goepel is to the supply
trade what the Almighty is credited with
being to the other inhabitants of the earth
during the brief period when they are
going through their little song and dance
for each other's edification and amusement
AND STUDY
OF MEN AND METHODS.
—a good provider. He takes as much
pleasure in producing a perfect product as
an architect is supposed to take in the de-
signing of a perfect house, or a politician in
the drawing of a perfect platform. The
trouble with the architect is that he usually
allows for too much landscape and too lit-
tle lavatory. The trouble with the poli-
tician is that he usually has flaws in his
platform large enough for his opponents to
discover and gloat over with "ghoulish
glee." There is no trouble with Charles
F. Goepel's products because he under-
stands his business.
*
*
*
*
Emil Gabler is a man whose nature res-
trains him from letting the world know his
many estimable qualities of head and heart.
He is a master of his calling, yielding to
none in proficiency concerning the construc-
tion of pianos. People on business may
pass in and out of his offices and ware-
rooms a thousand times without seeing the
man who does, modestly and unassumingly,
a large and important part of the executive
and administrative work connected with
his products. They may not see him, yet
he is well in evidence where he deems his
presence most needed. It is a question
whether men of his stamp and calibre
might not help their fellow-creatures con-
siderably by standing more directly in the
sunlight of publicity. In so doing they
aid by their example. They are good to
look upon as being among the best of
God's creatures, destined to make the
great human family happier and more
contented.
*
*
*
*
Daniel F. Treacy is one of a strong, suc-
cessful and hard-working team of up-to-
date manufacturers within the expansive
area of the music-making kingdom—or re-
public. As a maker of piano plates he, in
common with his partner, admits no su-
perior. As a metallurgist, specially
equipped for the branches in which he puts
forth his best energies, it would be difficult
to find his equal. As a business man, he
is well able to hold his own against all
comers. The same may be said of his
ability as a teller of good stories during
spare moments. When he was built, the
$3.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
architects planned to construct a represen-
tative citizen and merchant, with all the
modern improvements. They succeeded
admirably.
The Estey Organs.
FAMED THE WORLD OVER — FOR VARIETY IN
STYLES AND MUSICAL EXCELLENCE THEY
ARE BETTER THAN EVER TO-DAY.
Very few people outside of manufacture rs
and professional musicians know how
much capital is invested in the making of
organs, nor have they any idea of the num-
ber of expert mechanics employed in their
construction. To go a step further, they
have but a vague idea of the variety in
style, power and price represented in this
one branch of the music trades.
Without going into details, it will suffice
to say that millions of capital, thousands of
workmen and hundreds of styles are em-
ployed, all the year round, in some in-
stances the output being only limited by
the facilities at command.
One of the oldest and most enterprising
firms conducting a large and successful
business in organ designing and construc-
tion is the Estey Organ Co. Their factory
facilities are immense, being the result of
a gradual development to meet demands
during fifty years. The variety of sizes
and styles is so great that it is almost en-
titled to the descriptive term "infinite."
Starting with a kindergarten organ
weighing forty pounds, and a portable or-
gan only seven pounds heavier, the list
continues until the Phonorium weighing
1,350 is reached. The " Kindergarten"
has one set of reeds, the church Phonorium
five hundred and forty-eight. When the
number of schools, churches, [chapels and
kindred organizations in the United States
is remembered, it is easy to understand
how large the demand for organs must be.
Of the total patronage, the Estey Co. are
favored with a large share for several good
reasons. Their products, thoroughly tested
in every respect before leaving the factory,
are reliable; they are durable; the work of
fitting up the larger styles and adjusting
to position is always well done and their
figures are the lowest possible consistent
with the best work possible. The latest
reports show a large output, growing larger
each year.
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