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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Guild Piano Co. in Worcester.
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Brockport Piano Co. Meeting.
A Call for flembership.
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THE NATIONAL PIANO MANUFACTURERS' ASSO-
CIATION THROUGH ITS SECRETARY
ADDRESSES THE TRADE.
Brockport, N. Y., May 9, 1898.
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Brockport Piano Man-
ufacturing Co. was held Friday afternoon,
at which the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Directors, F. F.
Capen, William Dailey, W. H. Parks,
Harris Holmes, G. A. Whitney, Chas. J.
White. President, F. F. Capen; vice-
president, William Dailey; secretary, G.
A. Whitney; treasurer, Chas. J. White.
The report of the business for the year
was most favorable.
Worcester, Mass., May 9, 1898.
Through the instrumentality of the
Board of Trade of this city, the Guild
Piano Manufacturing Co. have decided to
move their manufacturing plant to a fac-
tory at 280 Chandler street, where they
intend to employ at the start from thirty
to fifty men.
According to the statement issued by
the committee appointed by the Board of
Trade to close arrangements with the
Guild Co., Worcester investors will be
given the first opportunity of obtaining
dividends by the issuing of preferred stock,
Reappraisements of Imports.
which receives the first earnings annually,
and also of protecting them against the
President Chas. H. Ham, of the Board
liability of risk by placing in their hands of United States General Appraisers, an-
as trustees two thousand shares of com- nounced yesterday the following reap-
mon stock, issued with the right to vote praisements of merchandise:
thereon. This gives local stock holders a
4,526-7 O. P., St. Louis.—Musical in-
controlling interest. In this connection struments and toys, from Robert & Albert
the following gentlemen have consented Herz, Bochum, Feb. 5 and 25, 1898. Har-
to act as directors: William Hart, Calvin monicas, etc., advanced by addition of
L. Hartshorn and Birney A. Robinson, amount of packing charges.
of Worcester; Charles H. Pinkham, pro-
17,802—Printed music from Edwin Ash-
prietor of the Lydia Pinkham Medicine down, Ltd., London, March 28, 1898: Edn.
Co., of Lynn; George C. Higgins, ex- pf., entered at 2s. and is. each; Singers'
mayor of Lynn, and George M. Guild, of Library, songs of N, glee and choral, and
Boston.
Choral Society, entered at 2d. each;
The Guild Company declined to come to Macfrn. Manual, entered at 2s. each; dis-
Worcester until preferred stock to the count, 66^3 per cent. ; advanced by mak-
amount of $10,000 had been subscribed, ing discount 50 per cent. ; add case.
but considerable more than $15,000 worth
Regina Co.'s New Quarters.
of preferred shares were taken by Wor-
cester capitalists before the deal was
The new quarters of the Regina Co. are
closed. Three thousand shares of prefer- being rapidly completed and will probably
red stock at the par value of $25.00 a share be ready for exhibition of the Regina pro-
are in the hands of a local broker who is ducts within the next ten days.
having no trouble in disposing of them.
The firm have been exceptionally fortu-
They are guaranteed to pay seven percent, nate in securing such a desirable location,
per annum.
without doubt one of the very best in the
Although manufacturing will be begun city. There are many windows facing on
at once, it will require the better part of Fifth avenue, Twenty-second street, and
two months to refit the factory and put all Broadway. The box and upright Reginas,
the machinery and equipments in proper including the Orchestrals, Sublimas and
working order. Arrangements are such still more recent instruments can be shown
that the plant can be easily enlarged as to great advantage.
occasion requires. It is intended also to
open a retail store in this city. The com- The "Bradbury" Trade-Hark.
pany will probably be" incorporated this
Freeborn G. Smith has been granted
week.
trade-marks Nos. 31,509 and 31,510, dated
Incorporates the Guild Piano Co. May 3d on the words "Bradbury Piano,
N. Y., F. G. Smith, Successor," and
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"Bradbury," which will be appropriated
Augusta, Me., May 10, 1898.
for use in connection with any of his pro-
Guild Piano Co., of Worcester, Mass., ducts or applied to any other matter he
was incorporated to-day, to manufacture may so desire.
and deal in pianos and other musical in-
struments. Capital $200,000. Incorpora-
Fischer's flap of Cuba.
tors; Geo. M. Guild, Geo. C. Higgins,
Fischer's piano store, 1710 Chestnut
Edward K. Milliken, et al.
Street, has issued business cards, says the
Philadelphia Press, on the reverse of which
flason & Hamlin and the Navy. is printed an unusually full, clear and
Now that the war is an all-pervading exact map of the Island of Cuba. Coming
topic, it is timely to note that in the at such a time, this souvenir is of practical
United States Navy, the New York, Co- value.
Ray Healy, son of P. J. Healy, of Lyon
lumbia, Chicago, Newark, Monongahela,
Detroit, Machias, Philadelphia, Oregon, & Healy, left with the Illinois National
Minneapolis, Portsmouth, Charleston, Guard last week, in the company of four
Texas and Essex each carry one or more other employees of the above firm. Their
Mason & Hamlin organs.
positions will be reserved for them,
Under date of May 10, Robert C. Kam-
merer. secretary of the National Piano
Manufacturers' Association has issued the
subjoined:
I beg to inform you that the National
Piano Manufacturers' Association of Amer-
ica has, since its organization last August,
reached a membership of about sixty firms
and corporations located in different parts
of the United States—North, South, East
and West. The object of the association
is mutual protection and promotion of
manufacturing and trade interests; fur-
ther, an interchange of views and experi-
ences, a clear understanding between
manufacturer and dealer as to territorial
rights, the adoption of a uniform warranty,
reduction of insurance and freight rates,
establishing a bureau of credits, legislation
by united action with a view towards
making consignment laws more uniform
in the several States, and many other
subjects of mutual interest and benefit.
We also seek the co-operation of the
dealer in elevating the ethics of our trade
to the standard of other industries.
Several of the above-mentioned pro-
posed reforms are now being considered
by the executive committee, which will
make a report of its labors at the next an-
nual meeting, to be held in Boston.
It is our desire to increase our member-
ship so that we shall embrace all legiti-
mate piano manufacturers throughout the
land, thereby assuring success to our asso-
ciation, which means the abolishment of
many evils and abuses in our trade. Our
initiation fee is $25, and the annual dues
are $25, payable at the regular meeting of
each year. I would call your attention to
Article 14 of the By-Laws (a copy of which
I herewith enclose) relating to admission
to membership, wherein it says:
"Any firm or corporation making appli-
cation before the next annual meeting, to
be held the second Wednesday in the
month of June, 1898, to the Chairman of
the Nominating and Membership Commit-
tee (Mr. Geo. A. Gibson, 114 Boylston
street, Boston, Mass.) and on favorable ac-
tion by that committee, may become a
member without a vote of the association,
as provided for in this By-Law."
I would add that any member, or the
secretary, may propose any candidate for
membership, such application to be for-
warded by the proposer to the Nominating
and Membership Committee.
I hope you will recognize the impor-
tance of joining our body, and that you
will do so before June 1, 1898, as we in-
tend soon to print a new list of members
to which we would be pleased to add your
name.
Numerous additions to the Crosby Brown
collection of musical instruments at the
Metropolitan Museum oi Art at Central
Park, this city, have been presented by-
Mrs. John Crosby Brown.