Music Trade Review
Issue: 1899 Vol. 28 N. 11 - Page 10
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
A GREAT " WALDORF" SELLER FOR 1899
William Knabe, of William Knabe & Co.,
in writing Mr. Mayer on Thursday con-
cerning- trade conditions at the Knabe
headquarters said: " Retail trade with us
here is not particularly active at present
but wholesale business is simply phenom-
enal."
In the big fire at 384 Broadway which
caused the loss of $100,000 yesterday morn-
ing, the building occupied by C. Bruno
& Son, musical instrument importers, was
threatened, but through the heroic work
of the firemen it escaped injury.
Ramacciotti bass strings are still in de-
mand. All hands are busily engaged at
the factory. When The Review called on
Thursday the report of trade conditions
was very encouraging. The carving branch
of the Ramacciotti business is also flourish-
ing.
Henry Detmer, that popular member of
the Chicago trade, is having a splendid
business in small goods and pianos these
days. Trade in the former is especially
active. His establishment is being made
more attractive by the addition of a new
front which will give additional oppor-
tunities for display.
Fred P. Watson & Bro. of Mt. Vernon,
111., have purchased the business of D. B.
Goodrich who has represented the Kimball
house in that section for the past thirty
years.
Watson & Bro. will handle the
Kimball line in Mt. Vernon, and fit their
different
branches in Carmi, Benton,
Enfield and Flora.
The Hext Music Co., of Cripple Creek,
Col., are giving a "Crown" piano, valued
at $500, as a prize in a voting contest to
decide who is the most popular young lady
residing in the Cripple Creek district.
Sedgewick & Casey, music dealers of
Hartford, Conn., are now located in larger
quarters at 163 Asylum street.
The above illustration represents the
new Waldorf style B, now being made by
the Waldorf Piano Co. in mahogany, wal-
nut and oak. The Waldorf Piano is a
creation of Henry Behr and, since its in-
troduction, has won unusual success.
Its merits in style, construction, tone
and—last, but not least—price, are highly
appreciated by progressive dealers whose
customers have well-developed artistic and
musical tastes, but limited financial re-
sources.
The new Wilcox & White publication,
" The Power of Music," noticed in the last
issue of The Review, has brought forth
many favorable comments from the trade.
We understand that Christman & Son
will purchase the rented stock of Fred.
Schuler of 21 E. Fourteenth street, who
will retire from business on May 1st.
Christman & Son will move to the Schuler
quarters on that date.
The new Roth & Engelhardt warerooms,
for exhibition of the "Peerless Piano
Player," at 41 Union Square, will probably
be opened within the next two weeks.
Thomas H. Borden, Jr., one of the
oldest and best-known piano and organ
tuners south of the Ohio River, died at his
home in Louisville, Ky., March 12th. He
was born in Staffordshire, Eng., and went
to Louisville in '61, starting with David B.
Faulds.
Louis Dederick, of the Manufacturers
Co., Chicago, is, we are glad to learn,
making rapid headway toward recovery
from his recent severe illness.
O. E. Kellogg, Jr., is a recent acquisi-
tion to the forces of Scott & Jones, music
dealers, Youngstown, ().
Win. Boucher, who up to nine years ago
was engaged in the manufacture of musical
instruments in Baltimore, died at his home
in that city last week.
The Hollenberg Music Co. of Little
Rock, Ark., filed articles of incorporation
with the Secretary of State, March 9th.
Geo. W. Morgan, of the retail forces of
Chickering Hall, is confined to his home
through illness.
About sixty workmen in the factory of
the Daniel Green Felt Shoe Co. at Dolge-
ville, N. Y., went on strike Wednesday on
account of a reduction in wages ranging
from 30 to 40 per cent.
Geo. Jacobs, music dealer of Ft, Wayne,
Ind., has disposed of his entire stock of
pianos and organs and intends to continue
in the small goods business largely as an
importer.
G. H. Poppenberg, piano dealer of Buf-
falo, is now located in the very heart of
the city at 636 Main street, and is occupy-
ing a large establishment in which there is
displayed a very fine stock of instruments.
Geo. W. Titcomb, of Farmington, Me.,
has repurchased the pianos and organs he
sold to the late F. L. Ripley about a year
and a half ago and will continue the busi-
ness under his own name.
Gain Knowledge
Of the innards 9 ' of a piano by a little reading. Yon may have
been a dealer for many years, yon may have been a tuner for a
like period, you may have played a little—maybe more; but is
it not well to get a little more practical knowledge?
Some-
thing to bank on—an authority on all matters relating to tun-
ing, repairing, toning and regulating, scientific instructions-
everything? Written by that eminent authority, Daniel Spillane-
The cost is only a trifle-a. dollar.
The boo^i is illustrated,
cloth bound, over a hundred pages- It is called "The Piano."
EDWARD LYMAN BILL/ Publisher, 3 East 14th Street, New York.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
A GREAT " WALDORF" SELLER FOR 1899
William Knabe, of William Knabe & Co.,
in writing Mr. Mayer on Thursday con-
cerning- trade conditions at the Knabe
headquarters said: " Retail trade with us
here is not particularly active at present
but wholesale business is simply phenom-
enal."
In the big fire at 384 Broadway which
caused the loss of $100,000 yesterday morn-
ing, the building occupied by C. Bruno
& Son, musical instrument importers, was
threatened, but through the heroic work
of the firemen it escaped injury.
Ramacciotti bass strings are still in de-
mand. All hands are busily engaged at
the factory. When The Review called on
Thursday the report of trade conditions
was very encouraging. The carving branch
of the Ramacciotti business is also flourish-
ing.
Henry Detmer, that popular member of
the Chicago trade, is having a splendid
business in small goods and pianos these
days. Trade in the former is especially
active. His establishment is being made
more attractive by the addition of a new
front which will give additional oppor-
tunities for display.
Fred P. Watson & Bro. of Mt. Vernon,
111., have purchased the business of D. B.
Goodrich who has represented the Kimball
house in that section for the past thirty
years.
Watson & Bro. will handle the
Kimball line in Mt. Vernon, and fit their
different
branches in Carmi, Benton,
Enfield and Flora.
The Hext Music Co., of Cripple Creek,
Col., are giving a "Crown" piano, valued
at $500, as a prize in a voting contest to
decide who is the most popular young lady
residing in the Cripple Creek district.
Sedgewick & Casey, music dealers of
Hartford, Conn., are now located in larger
quarters at 163 Asylum street.
The above illustration represents the
new Waldorf style B, now being made by
the Waldorf Piano Co. in mahogany, wal-
nut and oak. The Waldorf Piano is a
creation of Henry Behr and, since its in-
troduction, has won unusual success.
Its merits in style, construction, tone
and—last, but not least—price, are highly
appreciated by progressive dealers whose
customers have well-developed artistic and
musical tastes, but limited financial re-
sources.
The new Wilcox & White publication,
" The Power of Music," noticed in the last
issue of The Review, has brought forth
many favorable comments from the trade.
We understand that Christman & Son
will purchase the rented stock of Fred.
Schuler of 21 E. Fourteenth street, who
will retire from business on May 1st.
Christman & Son will move to the Schuler
quarters on that date.
The new Roth & Engelhardt warerooms,
for exhibition of the "Peerless Piano
Player," at 41 Union Square, will probably
be opened within the next two weeks.
Thomas H. Borden, Jr., one of the
oldest and best-known piano and organ
tuners south of the Ohio River, died at his
home in Louisville, Ky., March 12th. He
was born in Staffordshire, Eng., and went
to Louisville in '61, starting with David B.
Faulds.
Louis Dederick, of the Manufacturers
Co., Chicago, is, we are glad to learn,
making rapid headway toward recovery
from his recent severe illness.
O. E. Kellogg, Jr., is a recent acquisi-
tion to the forces of Scott & Jones, music
dealers, Youngstown, ().
Win. Boucher, who up to nine years ago
was engaged in the manufacture of musical
instruments in Baltimore, died at his home
in that city last week.
The Hollenberg Music Co. of Little
Rock, Ark., filed articles of incorporation
with the Secretary of State, March 9th.
Geo. W. Morgan, of the retail forces of
Chickering Hall, is confined to his home
through illness.
About sixty workmen in the factory of
the Daniel Green Felt Shoe Co. at Dolge-
ville, N. Y., went on strike Wednesday on
account of a reduction in wages ranging
from 30 to 40 per cent.
Geo. Jacobs, music dealer of Ft, Wayne,
Ind., has disposed of his entire stock of
pianos and organs and intends to continue
in the small goods business largely as an
importer.
G. H. Poppenberg, piano dealer of Buf-
falo, is now located in the very heart of
the city at 636 Main street, and is occupy-
ing a large establishment in which there is
displayed a very fine stock of instruments.
Geo. W. Titcomb, of Farmington, Me.,
has repurchased the pianos and organs he
sold to the late F. L. Ripley about a year
and a half ago and will continue the busi-
ness under his own name.
Gain Knowledge
Of the innards 9 ' of a piano by a little reading. Yon may have
been a dealer for many years, yon may have been a tuner for a
like period, you may have played a little—maybe more; but is
it not well to get a little more practical knowledge?
Some-
thing to bank on—an authority on all matters relating to tun-
ing, repairing, toning and regulating, scientific instructions-
everything? Written by that eminent authority, Daniel Spillane-
The cost is only a trifle-a. dollar.
The boo^i is illustrated,
cloth bound, over a hundred pages- It is called "The Piano."
EDWARD LYMAN BILL/ Publisher, 3 East 14th Street, New York.
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