Music Trade Review
Issue: 1898 Vol. 27 N. 5 - Page 3
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VOL.
XXVII. No. 5.
Published Every Satarday at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, July 30,1898.
OUR CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY.
CHARLES QIRARD CONN.
INDUSTROGRAPH.
A genuine captain of
industry is Charles Gi-
rard Conn, of Elkhart,
Ind. Mr. Conn has not
only been an officer in
war's red hosts, but he
has won renown in the
industrial field as well.
A born warrior is C.
G. Conn, one of the old
school, and yet one of
our most progressive
men of the present day.
Mr. Conn exhibits a
notable combination of
the warrior, the busi-
ness man, and the liter-
ary man. He won his
spurs in the Civil War.
He is a manufacturer
of world-wide fame, a
newspaper man by in-
stinct, and has owned
as many as three news-
paper properties at one
time.
The magnifi-
cent business which he
has developed at Elk-
hart is a monument to
his genius.
The Conn instruments are used by the
best bandmasters of the day, and are in
every respect notable products. In our
present war with Spain the Conn instru-
ments have been in use in many of our
military bands.
It was something over a year ago that
The Review recorded the embarkation of
Mr. Conn in another industry, closely
allied with the manufacture of band in-
struments. We refer to the manufacture
of violins, and later mandolins, by the
new Conn process, whereby the instru-
ments of the old masters are reprodviced
with unvarying accuracy. The Conn vio-
lins have claimed instant recognition from
our leading musicians, and like everything
that Mr. Conn turns his attention to he
has met with distinguished success in the
manufacture of violins, mandolins and
other instruments of that family.
His
III.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
duct are so apparent to those best fitted to
judge of the quality of tone, touch and
other concomitants that distinguish the
highest achievement in grand making,
that its success, whether played by a
European or American virtuoso, can be
predicted with every assurance of fulfil-
ment.
To those musicians and dealers who
have not followed closely the triumphant
progress of the new scale Everett pianos
—grand and upright—the prestige which
has been accorded them may occasion sur-
prise, but to those who have watched with
sympathy and commendation, the policy
of this distinguished house of Everett in
giving to the trade and musical world ar-
tistic instruments worthy of unstinted
praise, the many endorsements of an un-
usual character which have been bestowed
are perfectly consistent and entirely
logical.
Reed Affairs.
LSpecial to The Review.]
The Everett Concert Grand.
Chicago, July 21, 1898.
A petition was filed in the county court
by Charles W. Hinkley, president of the
West Side bank, yesterday asking that the
assignment made July 8th by the A. Reed
Co., to the Chicago Title and Trust Co.,
be set aside as fraudulent and that the as-
signment proceedings now pending before
the county court be dismissed.
In his petition the complainant, who is
the holder of the insolvent company's note
for $595, on which a judgment was given
in the superior court May 31st, asserts
that the assignment was made to defraud
the creditors of the old firm of A. Reed &
Sons. The complainant further avers that
the corporation was formed by the piano
firm for the same fraudulent purpose.
A. Reed & Sons affirm that the only ob-
ject in incorporating the company was to
preserve their interest in the factory
started at Dixon, 111., it belonging to trie
firm on the sole condition of its continuous
operation by A. Reed & Sons for five
years from June, 1894.
There is much speculation as to the pro-
grams of the leading houses in the matter
of concert work the coming musical season.
There is one piano, however, that should be
and undoubtedly will be heard from in
concert, and it is the Everett.
Its merits as an artistic, musical pro-
J. Irvin Cox, bookkeeper for the Cornish
Organ Co., Washington, N. J., ran into a
passenger train near Trenton last week.
He was thrown from his wheel and se-
verely cut and bruised. The bicycle was
ground to pieces under the train. Lucky
escape.
.
.
CHARLES GIRARD CONN.
great factories in Elkhart, Ind., are prob-
ably the largest in the world devoted ex-
clusively to the manufacture of band
instruments.
There is also at Elkhart, maintained
largely by him, the Conn Conservatory of
Music in which young musicians are
taught the mysteries of band music by
that celebrated master of the cornet, Jules
Levy and other specialists. Truly, Mr.
Conn is one of our captains of industry.
VOL.
XXVII. No. 5.
Published Every Satarday at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, July 30,1898.
OUR CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY.
CHARLES QIRARD CONN.
INDUSTROGRAPH.
A genuine captain of
industry is Charles Gi-
rard Conn, of Elkhart,
Ind. Mr. Conn has not
only been an officer in
war's red hosts, but he
has won renown in the
industrial field as well.
A born warrior is C.
G. Conn, one of the old
school, and yet one of
our most progressive
men of the present day.
Mr. Conn exhibits a
notable combination of
the warrior, the busi-
ness man, and the liter-
ary man. He won his
spurs in the Civil War.
He is a manufacturer
of world-wide fame, a
newspaper man by in-
stinct, and has owned
as many as three news-
paper properties at one
time.
The magnifi-
cent business which he
has developed at Elk-
hart is a monument to
his genius.
The Conn instruments are used by the
best bandmasters of the day, and are in
every respect notable products. In our
present war with Spain the Conn instru-
ments have been in use in many of our
military bands.
It was something over a year ago that
The Review recorded the embarkation of
Mr. Conn in another industry, closely
allied with the manufacture of band in-
struments. We refer to the manufacture
of violins, and later mandolins, by the
new Conn process, whereby the instru-
ments of the old masters are reprodviced
with unvarying accuracy. The Conn vio-
lins have claimed instant recognition from
our leading musicians, and like everything
that Mr. Conn turns his attention to he
has met with distinguished success in the
manufacture of violins, mandolins and
other instruments of that family.
His
III.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
duct are so apparent to those best fitted to
judge of the quality of tone, touch and
other concomitants that distinguish the
highest achievement in grand making,
that its success, whether played by a
European or American virtuoso, can be
predicted with every assurance of fulfil-
ment.
To those musicians and dealers who
have not followed closely the triumphant
progress of the new scale Everett pianos
—grand and upright—the prestige which
has been accorded them may occasion sur-
prise, but to those who have watched with
sympathy and commendation, the policy
of this distinguished house of Everett in
giving to the trade and musical world ar-
tistic instruments worthy of unstinted
praise, the many endorsements of an un-
usual character which have been bestowed
are perfectly consistent and entirely
logical.
Reed Affairs.
LSpecial to The Review.]
The Everett Concert Grand.
Chicago, July 21, 1898.
A petition was filed in the county court
by Charles W. Hinkley, president of the
West Side bank, yesterday asking that the
assignment made July 8th by the A. Reed
Co., to the Chicago Title and Trust Co.,
be set aside as fraudulent and that the as-
signment proceedings now pending before
the county court be dismissed.
In his petition the complainant, who is
the holder of the insolvent company's note
for $595, on which a judgment was given
in the superior court May 31st, asserts
that the assignment was made to defraud
the creditors of the old firm of A. Reed &
Sons. The complainant further avers that
the corporation was formed by the piano
firm for the same fraudulent purpose.
A. Reed & Sons affirm that the only ob-
ject in incorporating the company was to
preserve their interest in the factory
started at Dixon, 111., it belonging to trie
firm on the sole condition of its continuous
operation by A. Reed & Sons for five
years from June, 1894.
There is much speculation as to the pro-
grams of the leading houses in the matter
of concert work the coming musical season.
There is one piano, however, that should be
and undoubtedly will be heard from in
concert, and it is the Everett.
Its merits as an artistic, musical pro-
J. Irvin Cox, bookkeeper for the Cornish
Organ Co., Washington, N. J., ran into a
passenger train near Trenton last week.
He was thrown from his wheel and se-
verely cut and bruised. The bicycle was
ground to pieces under the train. Lucky
escape.
.
.
CHARLES GIRARD CONN.
great factories in Elkhart, Ind., are prob-
ably the largest in the world devoted ex-
clusively to the manufacture of band
instruments.
There is also at Elkhart, maintained
largely by him, the Conn Conservatory of
Music in which young musicians are
taught the mysteries of band music by
that celebrated master of the cornet, Jules
Levy and other specialists. Truly, Mr.
Conn is one of our captains of industry.
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