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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Kranich & Bach News.
N. Y. P. H. A. fleet.
Two Handsome "Needhams."
The regular meeting of the New York
Piano Manufacturers' Association was held
at the Union Square Hotel on Tuesday.
In the absence of Samuel Hazelton, the
president, who was unavoidably prevented
from attending, Robert C. Kammerer
presided. H. Paul Mehlin, secretary of
the Association, and about fifteen of the
members were present.
Collation was served at i o'clock. The
business meeting began at 2:3c The
revision of by-laws was discussed. Other
matters of routine were attended to, and
committee reports read. Among those
Ferd. Hayer Returns.
present were Messrs. H. R. Fischer,
Ferdinand Mayer, of Wm. Knabe & Co., Proddow, F. G. Smith, Parsons, Myron
returned yesterday from a visit to the A. Decker, Holstrom and Lawson.
Knabe representatives in . Toronto, Can.,
Gabler Items.
Gourley, Winter & Leeming, from whom
he secured a big order. He reports Knabe
Among the callers this week at the
trade in Canada as being unusually excel- Gabler warerooms were Edward F. Droop,
lent just now. Returning, he stopped off Jr., and Carl Droop, of Washington, D. C.
at Buffalo on a visit to Robert L. Loud.
Edward F. Droop, Jr. has just returned
from Europe, where the remainder of the
family, excepting Carl Droop, are now
The Gibson 1898 Program.
sojourning. E. F. Droop & Sons are the
Announcement has just been made by Gabler representatives for the District of
the Gibson Piano Mfg. Co. that their 1098 Columbia.
Gabler business is excellent in both
program does not include styles A, B,
BX, C and CX. Styles D and DX have branches. These are lively times at the
been revised. A new style, semi-colonial, Gabler factory. Gabler products are evi-
dently more popular than ever. Joseph
has been added to those now on the list.
Style DX, of 1898, like style D, is re- Bareuther expects to start to-morrow on a
vised, the center of the panel is raised and two weeks' western trip.
polished, with a carved border. It is un-
The Mason & Hamlin's report for the
derstood that the Gibson Co. have discon- current
week is highly satisfactory. In
tinued the manufacture of the so-called both piano and organ departments there is
commercial piano.
great activity.
Quite a budget of news was secured
yesterday at the Kranich & Bach ware-
rooms. The whole of the big Kranich &
Bach force at the factory is working full
time in all departments.
Felix Kraemer left on Monday for a tour
covering a large area and occupying five
or six months. V. W. O'Brien started out
on Monday for his regular Western fall
trip. Among this week's callers was Jacob
vSchoenberger, of Delmer & Schoenberger,
Pittsburg, Pa. He left a good order.
Two of the handsomest upright pianos
on Fifth Avenue are to be found at the
entrance to the new Needham warerooms.
One, on the left of the main entrance, is
the Needham Colonial, style 52, 1898,
in mahogany. The other, on the right
of the doorway, is an example of the
Needham style 54, 1898, in Hungarian
ash.
Dealers who are on the alert for elegance
and impressiveness in uprights ought to
ask a few questions about Needham piano
styles 52 and 54, of ii
Reviewlets.
C. S. Hahn, organ builder, died at his
home in Nashville, Tenn., last Monday.
He was born in Germany, fifty-eight years
ago.
Stultz & Bauer report this week a de-
cided improvement in wholesale and retail
business. Mr. Golden leaves to-morrow on
a ten-days' trip. On his return, he will
start out for a lengthy Western tour.
Geo. Fisher, at one time a member in
the firm of Simmons & Fisher, organ
builders, Boston, died at his late home in
Cambridge, Tuesday last.
Charles Mehlin left town on Monday for
an extended trip in the Mehlin interests.
Nathan A. Hulbert, of Scranton, Pa., is
in town.
Albert Krell, Jr., is expected in town
to-day or on Monday.
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