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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Ernest J. Knabe and Jos. M. Mann, of
Mann & Eccles, Providence, R. I., were
visitors at the Knabe warerooms yesterday.
Both came on from Baltimore. Present
business at the Knabe factory is of such
volume as to break all records.
Geo. N. Grass is expected home on Mon-
day from one of the most successful trips
ever undertaken in the interest of Geo.
Steck & Co. Business, retail and whole-
sale, is booming with Geo. Steck & Co.
Every day orders are pouring in and the
year of 1898 is destined to close with a
more than favorable Steck showing.
Samuel Goldsticker on Wednesday sold
for Gertrude V. C. Hamilton to an investor
the four lots at the southeast corner of
Eleventh avenue and Twenty-ninth street.
This property formerly belonged to Robert
Ray Hamilton. The ground was leased
by him for a term of sixty-three years to
Behr Brothers & Co., piano manufacturers,
who built the six-story factory which now
occupies the plot.
A. H. Young, of the business department
of Chickering Hall, has been absent from
his usual post all the week, owing to the
death of his father which occurred on Mon-
day last. The Review extends its sincer-
est condolence.
Robt. C. Kammerer is one of the all-
round athletes in the piano trade. As an
oarsman, equestrian and nine-pin bowler,
he is well and favorably known. On
Thanksgiving eve in a bowling match he
won first prize—a good, fat, juicy nineteen
pound turkey.
The business of the American Felt
Mfg. Co. is gaining ground apace. Mr.
Cavalli, who has suffered considerably
from rheumatism during the past few
weeks, is about again, and was at the
warerooms yesterday.
Calls for Behr Bros. & Co. Colonials are
pleasingly frequent this month. The same
may be said of the other Behr products of
1898. There is a healthy demand from all
sections.
Kranich & Bach business continues ac-
tive. Mr. O'Brien, the eastern traveling-
representative of the firm, visited Montreal
this week. He goes thence to the New
England states.
Alexander Steinert, of M. Steinert Sons
& Co., Boston, visited the Gabler factory
yesterday and left a large order.
The Stultz & Bauer interests are pros-
pering everywhere. Mr. Golden is away
on a brief trip to cities within easy dis-
tance.
E. K. Barnes, son of Geo. K. Barnes,
who is now a dealer in musical instruments
in Denver, Col., was married last week to
Miss Ella Louise Purdy, of Viroqua, Wis.
Mr. Kimball, accompanied by John W.
Northrop, manager of the Emerson Chicago
branch was in town yesterday,
Cheery Sohmer Report.
Hoore With Emerson.
Hugo Sohmer, when called upon for his
week's report on Wednesday, said: "We
find business in our wholesale and retail
departments active, but there is still room
for improvement.
"Considering the advent of prosperity,
so loudly heralded, and the enormous
amount of money available for spending
purposes, there is y.et room for a few more
piano sales. Our grands are in good de-
mand. They will be purchased freely,
I think, for Christmas presents."
Mr. Sohmer's expectations in this matter
are more than likely to be realized. The
four examples of Sohmer grands now on
exhibition near the entrance to the main
warerooms are bound to be simply irresist-
ible to gift purchasers. There is an at-
tractiveness about them that seems to say:
" Do buy me. I shall make a very appro-
priate Christmas present, and will promise
to add much to my possessor's happiness."
It is announced that early next year Hart-
well R. Moore, superintendent of the A. B.
Chase Co.'s factories at Norwalk, O.,
will assume the superintendency of the
Emerson factory in Boston. Mr. Moore
has had a long experience as a practical
man in this trade and his record is one in
which he may well take pride. Since 1863
he has been actively connected with the
industry in a practical way. In 1874 he
aided in the organization of the A. B.
Chase Organ Co., which was succeeded by
the A. B. Chase Co. Since his connection
with the Chase concern Mr. Moore has
maintained entire control of the man-
ufacturing department of the business.
That he has built splendid instruments is
a matter of history. Returning to the
East he is coming back to his native heath,
so to speak, for Mr. Moore is a New Eng-
lander by birth and ancestry.
The connection of Mr. Moore with the
Emerson Co. will enable Mr. O. A. Kim-
ball, who has, to a large extent, divided
his time between the factory and road, to
concentrate more of his attention on the
wholesale trade. It means, too, that the
Emerson interests are to be broadened in
every section of the country. Mr. Kim-
ball, than whom no man is more respected
by the trade, will be enabled to devote
more of his time to outside matters, and
that interpreted means an augmentation of
Emerson business in every part of the
country.
Good Trade Report.
In their last report on the state of trade
Bradstreets say that evidence accumulates
on good results flowing from the recent
elections. Several substantial develop-
ments present themselves this week, nota-
ble among which are a number of advances
in prices, exceptionally few declines there-
of, .growing 1 strength in the pig iron situ-
ation, unprecedentedly large bank clear-
ing and remarkably good reports as to
export trade, not only in the line of for-
eign products, but in enlarged trade in
manufactured products. Distribution of
merchandise shows little change from re-
cently preceding weeks, but growth in
confidence is reflected in very general re-
ports of improved collections on past busi-
ness.
The " Everett " Flag.
At the Everett warerooms a handsome
flag has been raised above the building.
The legend: " The Everett Piano," in blue
lettering on a white ground, is conspicu-
ously shown and has attracted much atten-
tion. It can be plainly seen from Madison
Square and other adjacent points.
A. B. Cameron Reports Progress.
A. B. Cameron, of the A. B. Cameron
Co., is well pleased with the efforts made
by the firm's representatives in many of
the large cities. " We are doing our best
to fill all orders promptly," he said to The
Review on Wednesday, "but in order to
do it our men have to work all the time—
night and day. Many of the orders, too,
are from dealers who have been with us
from the start. They are working hard in
our interests, and we appreciate it."
American Pianos in Russia.
American pianos can be found in Rus-
sia in the better class of private houses,
Edna Officers.
but the agent of the Philadelphia Commer-
The following are the officers of the cial Museum in Odessa thinks that the
Edna Piano & Organ Co. just re-organized: American pianos are mostly bought abroad
President, treasurer and general manager, and the Russian dealers do not keep them in
M. C. Price; vice-president, John R. stock. Pianos are made in St. Peters-
Brown; secretary, Charles W. Scammon. burg and other Russian cities, but the sup-
They have decided to make the Burdette ply is not equal to the demand, and many
piano the leading feature of the business instruments are imported. A special type
and at the same time push the Edna organ. is not needed for Russia. Cases of Amer-
ican walnut and mahogany, both of which
woods are well known in Russia, give
Weser Working Overtime.
satisfaction.
John Weser, replying to a question when
The Review called at the Weser factory on
Otto Baab, of Springfield, Mass., was in
Wednesday, said that the whole force is town during the week.
compelled to work overtime in order to
W. W. Pickerel has opened a music store
keep abreast of the demand. There is a
at
901 Pacific avenue, Tacoma, Wash.
large display of Weser styles in the whole-
sale warerooms—so large that much of the
F. F. Williams has engaged in the piano
space on the ground floor is occupied with business in the Opera House block, Sioux
examples of the latest styles.
Falls, S, P,
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