Music Trade Review
Issue: 1898 Vol. 27 N. 11 - Page 7
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The Business Outlook in New from any standpoint. From musical and
mechanical standpoints they are sui gen-
Orleans.
eris." Mr. Hasse is a well-known mu-
sician and leader, who has been connected
New Orleans, Sept. 6, 4898.
with various musical organizations.
Dealers in musical instruments this city,
While The Review was talking to Mr.
one and all, are of the opinion that we are Hasse, Manager Palmer just received an
now about to experience an era of pros- order by mail for a set of instruments for
perity. Philip Werlein, Jr., vice-presi- a juvenile band which is being organized
dent of Philip Werlein, Limited, states by St. Joseph's R. C. Church, in West Ho-
that in the near future business will be boken. "Business prospects are bright
large. It looks to him as if people who indeed," said Mr. Palmer, "and in-
patronize music houses have plenty of quiries and orders are coming in every
money, and the demand just now is for day. Musicians, amateur and profes-
fine instruments and good prices are being sional, are realizing more and more that
paid. During the past year, Mr. Werlein the Conn instruments are indispensable to
states, business was excellent and it looks their success, and we have good reason to
to him as if there is going to be a tremen- look forward to more than an usually ac-
dous improvement.
tive trade this fall. We intend to keep
W. N. Grunewald, of the L. Grunewald the factories at Elkhart pretty busy."
Co., Ltd., in a conversation yesterday said:
"New Orleans has been little benefitted by
Trade Booming at Knabe's.
the war, however, we have been doing a
Wm. Knabe & Co. are evidently bound
good business and look forward to a big
to
break all records this fall in the output
trade in the fall. Our house has been very
of
pianos. Reports and orders from their
busy and is doing its share of the business
agents
indicate this unmistakably. Their
this summer, but we are not going to be
sales
for
August have been better than any
benefitted in the South in proportion to
similar
month
in the past decade. The
what other States will. This city, how-
closing
week
they
received orders for for-
ever, has been improving a great deal
ty-eight
pianos,
not
from any one agent or
lately. Larger and more modern build-
from
any
one
section,
but from represen-
ings are being put up, streets are being
improved and New Orleans was gradually tatives located in various parts of the coun-
getting on the verge of a boom and would try. This shows that the improvement in
have had one had not Cuba, Porto Rico business is not confined to any one part of
and the Philippines been conquered. the country, but is general. Meanwhile
These new possessions will be the cause of September has opened up even more en-
trade, emigration, and in consequence, couragingly than August. This is cer-
money, being diverted from the North and tainly significant in view of the high char-
going to these new accessions, and we acter and price of the Knabe products.
At the local warerooms Ferdinand
will feel down here only fifty per cent,
benefit of what we should feel if war had Mayer is more than pleased with the
marked revival in retail trade. During
not come and impaired trade.
the
past few days he has been kept so
"Still, our house is preparing for a
busy
with customers that has had to
large fall business. We have engaged a
"
make
time" to attend to his mail. " It
big force and ordered heavily, both in
looks
to
me now," said Mr. Mayer to The
small as well as big goods, such as pianos
Review
on
Thursday, "as if we are enter-
and organs."
ing upon an era of prosperity which will
eclipse anything we have known for the
All Like the " Wonder. 1
past fifteen years. The orders which are
HUSINESS BRISK AT THE LOCAL WARDROOMS reaching the factory and the demand here
OF C. G. CONN.
are such as to lead me to this opinion."
The sales at the Knabe warerooms this
At the Conn warerooms, No. 23 East
week
have included some very handsome
Fourteenth street, there has been much
examples
of grands and uprights.
activity this week.
The members of
Geo. L. Bruce, music dealer of Lafay-
Sousa's great concert band have • been
frequent visitors equipping themselves ette, Ind., is exhibiting at the State Fair a
with instruments for their fall tour, upon beautiful line of celebrated Everett and
which they left this week. Their first Packard pianos in handsome uprights and
visit is to Pittsburg, where they will play grands. The display also shows a full
until the 17th, after which they will jour- line of famous Packard organs.
ney to St. Louis and then en tour.
During a visit to the Conn warerooms
on Thursday, The Review had the pleas-
vre of meeting August H. Hasse, who has
just organized a band, of which he will be
the leader, for the 201st Regiment Volun-
to be delivered in the next three months.
teer Infantry, now at Camp Black. The
Correspondence solicited from manufac-
band will be equipped throughout with
turers who have not contracted territory
Conn band instruments. " I n fact," said
in the North West. Organ Mfrs. Write.
Mr. Hasse to The Review, " I would not WE WANT A SELLER.
dream of having any other, as I consider
that there are no instruments in the mar-
ket to compare with the ' Wonder,' judged
SAUK CENTRE, MINN.
[Special to The Review]
Wanted—
100 Pianos....
Keller Mfg. Co.,
Dolgeville Industries.
WORK BEGUN TUESDAY AND FORMER AC-
TIVITY IS PARTIALLY IN EVIDENCE.
[Special to The Review.]
Dolgeville, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1898.
After a suspension extending over a
period of nearly five months, work in the
felt mills in this village was resumed this
morning. The force now engaged is com-
paratively a light one, but it is believed
that more employees will be added as
speedily as possible. The regulations
under which the operations of the mill will
now be conducted are said to be much
stricter than when under the firm of Alfred
Dolge & Son. Instead of working until
5 130 every evening, as was then the case,
the employees will now be compelled to
work until six o'clock, being released at five
o'clock on Saturday evenings. An addi-
tion of two hours is thus made to the
working time of each week. Rules re-
garding punctuality, deportment, etc., are
also much more stringent than formerly.
The affairs of the new concern will con-
tinue under the management of E. R.
Wanckle. Edward Dedicke will retain his
office as superintendent of the factory,
and, though some few changes will pro-
bably be made, most of the master work-
men and employees will still hold their
former positions.
Great joy and hope for the future is, of
course, conveyed to the people of Dolge-
ville by the renewal of operations in the
Dolge felt works. For several months the
workmen, about ,200 in number, of this in-
dustry, have been idle, thus necessitating
a great depression in business activity.
Bills in large sums were contracted with
the merchants of the village, and a com-
paratively small amount of business on a
cash basis was conducted. Now, with
work progressing rapidly in both the felt
shoe factory and the felt mill, it will take
but a few months for the villagers to re-
move their credit obligations, thus grad-
ually bringing the business transactions of
the town back to their old activity.
Nevertheless, as will be seen, it will be a
long time, a very long time, before Dolge-
ville reaches a stage of development com-
paring favorably with the conditions pre-
existent to the disaster of last April.
The Breckwoldt sounding-board factory,
which was closed last Wednesday on ac-
count of the damages sustained by fire
and water, also started up again this morn-
ing. This leaves only the less important
of Dolgeville's industrial establishments,
such as the autoharp factory, the piano
case factory, etc., now idle. How long be-
fore these places too will be put in opera-
tion can not be definitely stated, but
everyone feels confident that whatever is
done will be for the best interests of
Dolgeville.
E. Gabler & Bro. are at work on two
new styles of pianos which they will short-
ly have ready for the fall trade. The
scales and designs will be entirely new.
They will in every respect maintain the
Gabler reputation.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The Business Outlook in New from any standpoint. From musical and
mechanical standpoints they are sui gen-
Orleans.
eris." Mr. Hasse is a well-known mu-
sician and leader, who has been connected
New Orleans, Sept. 6, 4898.
with various musical organizations.
Dealers in musical instruments this city,
While The Review was talking to Mr.
one and all, are of the opinion that we are Hasse, Manager Palmer just received an
now about to experience an era of pros- order by mail for a set of instruments for
perity. Philip Werlein, Jr., vice-presi- a juvenile band which is being organized
dent of Philip Werlein, Limited, states by St. Joseph's R. C. Church, in West Ho-
that in the near future business will be boken. "Business prospects are bright
large. It looks to him as if people who indeed," said Mr. Palmer, "and in-
patronize music houses have plenty of quiries and orders are coming in every
money, and the demand just now is for day. Musicians, amateur and profes-
fine instruments and good prices are being sional, are realizing more and more that
paid. During the past year, Mr. Werlein the Conn instruments are indispensable to
states, business was excellent and it looks their success, and we have good reason to
to him as if there is going to be a tremen- look forward to more than an usually ac-
dous improvement.
tive trade this fall. We intend to keep
W. N. Grunewald, of the L. Grunewald the factories at Elkhart pretty busy."
Co., Ltd., in a conversation yesterday said:
"New Orleans has been little benefitted by
Trade Booming at Knabe's.
the war, however, we have been doing a
Wm. Knabe & Co. are evidently bound
good business and look forward to a big
to
break all records this fall in the output
trade in the fall. Our house has been very
of
pianos. Reports and orders from their
busy and is doing its share of the business
agents
indicate this unmistakably. Their
this summer, but we are not going to be
sales
for
August have been better than any
benefitted in the South in proportion to
similar
month
in the past decade. The
what other States will. This city, how-
closing
week
they
received orders for for-
ever, has been improving a great deal
ty-eight
pianos,
not
from any one agent or
lately. Larger and more modern build-
from
any
one
section,
but from represen-
ings are being put up, streets are being
improved and New Orleans was gradually tatives located in various parts of the coun-
getting on the verge of a boom and would try. This shows that the improvement in
have had one had not Cuba, Porto Rico business is not confined to any one part of
and the Philippines been conquered. the country, but is general. Meanwhile
These new possessions will be the cause of September has opened up even more en-
trade, emigration, and in consequence, couragingly than August. This is cer-
money, being diverted from the North and tainly significant in view of the high char-
going to these new accessions, and we acter and price of the Knabe products.
At the local warerooms Ferdinand
will feel down here only fifty per cent,
benefit of what we should feel if war had Mayer is more than pleased with the
marked revival in retail trade. During
not come and impaired trade.
the
past few days he has been kept so
"Still, our house is preparing for a
busy
with customers that has had to
large fall business. We have engaged a
"
make
time" to attend to his mail. " It
big force and ordered heavily, both in
looks
to
me now," said Mr. Mayer to The
small as well as big goods, such as pianos
Review
on
Thursday, "as if we are enter-
and organs."
ing upon an era of prosperity which will
eclipse anything we have known for the
All Like the " Wonder. 1
past fifteen years. The orders which are
HUSINESS BRISK AT THE LOCAL WARDROOMS reaching the factory and the demand here
OF C. G. CONN.
are such as to lead me to this opinion."
The sales at the Knabe warerooms this
At the Conn warerooms, No. 23 East
week
have included some very handsome
Fourteenth street, there has been much
examples
of grands and uprights.
activity this week.
The members of
Geo. L. Bruce, music dealer of Lafay-
Sousa's great concert band have • been
frequent visitors equipping themselves ette, Ind., is exhibiting at the State Fair a
with instruments for their fall tour, upon beautiful line of celebrated Everett and
which they left this week. Their first Packard pianos in handsome uprights and
visit is to Pittsburg, where they will play grands. The display also shows a full
until the 17th, after which they will jour- line of famous Packard organs.
ney to St. Louis and then en tour.
During a visit to the Conn warerooms
on Thursday, The Review had the pleas-
vre of meeting August H. Hasse, who has
just organized a band, of which he will be
the leader, for the 201st Regiment Volun-
to be delivered in the next three months.
teer Infantry, now at Camp Black. The
Correspondence solicited from manufac-
band will be equipped throughout with
turers who have not contracted territory
Conn band instruments. " I n fact," said
in the North West. Organ Mfrs. Write.
Mr. Hasse to The Review, " I would not WE WANT A SELLER.
dream of having any other, as I consider
that there are no instruments in the mar-
ket to compare with the ' Wonder,' judged
SAUK CENTRE, MINN.
[Special to The Review]
Wanted—
100 Pianos....
Keller Mfg. Co.,
Dolgeville Industries.
WORK BEGUN TUESDAY AND FORMER AC-
TIVITY IS PARTIALLY IN EVIDENCE.
[Special to The Review.]
Dolgeville, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1898.
After a suspension extending over a
period of nearly five months, work in the
felt mills in this village was resumed this
morning. The force now engaged is com-
paratively a light one, but it is believed
that more employees will be added as
speedily as possible. The regulations
under which the operations of the mill will
now be conducted are said to be much
stricter than when under the firm of Alfred
Dolge & Son. Instead of working until
5 130 every evening, as was then the case,
the employees will now be compelled to
work until six o'clock, being released at five
o'clock on Saturday evenings. An addi-
tion of two hours is thus made to the
working time of each week. Rules re-
garding punctuality, deportment, etc., are
also much more stringent than formerly.
The affairs of the new concern will con-
tinue under the management of E. R.
Wanckle. Edward Dedicke will retain his
office as superintendent of the factory,
and, though some few changes will pro-
bably be made, most of the master work-
men and employees will still hold their
former positions.
Great joy and hope for the future is, of
course, conveyed to the people of Dolge-
ville by the renewal of operations in the
Dolge felt works. For several months the
workmen, about ,200 in number, of this in-
dustry, have been idle, thus necessitating
a great depression in business activity.
Bills in large sums were contracted with
the merchants of the village, and a com-
paratively small amount of business on a
cash basis was conducted. Now, with
work progressing rapidly in both the felt
shoe factory and the felt mill, it will take
but a few months for the villagers to re-
move their credit obligations, thus grad-
ually bringing the business transactions of
the town back to their old activity.
Nevertheless, as will be seen, it will be a
long time, a very long time, before Dolge-
ville reaches a stage of development com-
paring favorably with the conditions pre-
existent to the disaster of last April.
The Breckwoldt sounding-board factory,
which was closed last Wednesday on ac-
count of the damages sustained by fire
and water, also started up again this morn-
ing. This leaves only the less important
of Dolgeville's industrial establishments,
such as the autoharp factory, the piano
case factory, etc., now idle. How long be-
fore these places too will be put in opera-
tion can not be definitely stated, but
everyone feels confident that whatever is
done will be for the best interests of
Dolgeville.
E. Gabler & Bro. are at work on two
new styles of pianos which they will short-
ly have ready for the fall trade. The
scales and designs will be entirely new.
They will in every respect maintain the
Gabler reputation.
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