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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Henry B. Fischer, of J. & C. Fischer, is
still traveling in the firm's interests. He
will probably reach this city again next
week.
Frank E. Gale, who up to a recent date
was connected with the J. A. Norris Co.,
of Chicago, has joined the Mason & Ham-
lin forces in this city. Mr. Gale is an able
salesman and a clever organist—a man
eminently qualified to display the unique
musical attributes of the Mason & Hamlin
wares advantageously.
The Lindeman & Sons Piano Co. who
for many years have been conducting re-
tail piano ware rooms on 125th street, have
opened a branch in the Dewey Building,
5 E. 14th street, which is under the manage-
ment of Mr. A. Diehl. There will be a
formal opening in the course of a week or
two.
The creditors of the. Schimmel & Nelson
Piano Co., of Faribault, Minn., which failed
about four years ago, have been offered a
fifteen per cent, dividend in settlement of
their claims in full.
About a year ago a
thirty-five per cent, dividend was paid.
Many of the creditors believe that the assets
are sufficient to pay twenty-fiveper cent, in-
stead of fifteen and there is some discussion
in this connection.
The new Wilcox & White Piano Player
is in great demand. When The Review
called at the warerooms yesterday, five of
these ingenious instruments, cash sales,'
were being prepared for shipment to prom-
inent New Yorkers, also several Angelus
Orchestrals.
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Otto Wissner has recovered from his in-
disposition and is again at his post. Frank
King, of the Wissner forces, who has also
been a grip victim, is on a fair road to re-
covery and attending to business.
Among the members of the trade in
town this week were Joseph M. Mann, of
Mann & Eccles, Providence, R. I., Mr.
Dyer, of W. J. Dyer & Bro*., the Steinway
and Knabe agents for St. Paul, Minn., and
Fred. Knoll, of Buffalo, N. Y.
A new music store has been opened in
St. Albans, Vt., by S. N. Parker and G. E.
Eliot, to be known as the Franklin County
Music Store. They have not yet decided
upon the line of instruments to be handled.
Andrew Mangold, of the Krakauer ware-
rooms, has been suffering from grip for
several weeks but remained on duty with
scarcely a day's intermission. He is slowly
recovering.
Krakauer retail business is
active.
Herbert Hallett, for many years with
Chickerjng & Sons, has joined the Wilcox
6 White forces, and will aid Mr. Keeley at
the Fifth avenue warerooms of the latter
firm.
Schleicher & Sons are erecting a two-
story building on North 6th near Stevens
avenue, Mt. Vernon, which, when com-
pleted, will be occupied by them as piano
warerooms.
F. S. Finger of Louisville and Will
Hamel of New York have opened a sheet
music house in Louisville.
That Everett "Ad.
The attention of the trade is directed to
the Everett advertisement on page 10 of
this issue, wherein it is declared that "the
The Grover - Marchant Music Co., of
Everett piano for 1899 will be the best in
Orangeburg, S.. C , are closing out their the Everett history. We go further.
It
business.
We understand that ,D. H. will be the best in the history of piano
Marchant will go into the piano business building."
on his own account.
In view of actiial achievements in artistic
The Edisonia Co. was^ijicorporated in piano production this statement is pregnant
New Jersey on Tuesday to manufacture, with meaning—to such an extent it can be
and deal in phonographs and grapho- considered an absolute guarantee that it is
certain of realizatio.n.
phones. Capital stock is $25,000.
Wide-awake dealers, desirous of adding
Among the callers this week at the new
to
their reputation, by making better
Sohmer warerooms was Mr. Hart, of Cleve-
known
to the musical public the merits of
land, Ohio, the Sohmer representative in
these
superb
Everett pianos, would do well
that city and one of the brightest men in
to
give
the
matter
their attention at an
the trade.
early date. The Everett is a prestige
The magnificent Kimbali' pipe organ in maker and in the hands of intelligent deal-
the Studebaker Hall of the. Fine Arts ers is certain to prove a money-maker
Building, Chicago, will be
formally as well.
"christened" with^pjoper ceremonies on
v
Feb. 24th.
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Too Busy to Shut Down.
Everett Earle & Co., of Lockport, N.Y.,
have moved their piano store from Lower
Main street to a store on the first floor of
the Y. M. p. A. Building.
The great supply house of Pratt, Read
& Co., of Deep^Rive'r; Conn., have in-
creased their capital stock from $300,000
to $400,000.
The clerical force at the Steger Piano
factory have been taking inventory this
week, says the Steger Herald. It has been
customary for the shop to shut down while
doing this work.
This year, however,
owing to an increasing demand for their
goods, the company find it impossible to
abide by the old custom.
The High School at Owatona, Minn.,
Graphophone Co. Secures Per-
and the Western Normal School at Shen-,
manent Injunction.
andoah, la., have purchased Bush & Gerts
[Special to The Review.]
pianos.
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Providence, R. I., Feb. 6, 1899.
The condition of business- with the Wa-
In the United States district court this
terloo Organ Co. is so satisfactory that a
morning, before Judge Brown, was heard
further addition to their factory is in con-
the petition to have a rule absolute entered
templation.
in the case of the American Graphophone
The most costly leather in the world is- Co. of New York against Herbert Williams
known to the trade as the piano leather. and William S. Rankin, of Providence, do-
The secret of tanning this leather is known ing business under the firm name of
only to a family of tanners in Germany, Williams & Rankin. The court had al-
though the skins from which it is tanned ready granted a preliminary injunction
come almost entirely from America.
against the defendants and to-day's hear-
ing
was upon the desire of the plaintiffs to
The H. A. Buckley Music Co. has been
make
it permanent.-
established in the Everhart Building, East
Complaint
is based on the Bell and
Bijou street, Colorado Springs.
Tainter patent No. 341,214, and the in-
Edmund Grarn of Milwaukee, is advertis-
fringing acts charged are the making and
ing a special sale owing to his retirement
selling of counterfeits or duplicates as they
from the wholesale trade.
are known in the trade of sound records,
A. R. Cowles has opened a music store such as are covered by claims 7, 8,
in Richford, Vt.
10, 17 and 18 of the patent sued on,
and also the making, using and sell-
ing of- machines and apparatus and
Wigand Sells to Dewey Co.
essential parts thereof for making the
The Dewey Piano Co., composed of W.
counterfeit sound-records.
The claim is
C. Dewey and W. H. Pulling, which was
made by the plaintiffs that these machines
organized this week, has purchased Albert
are adapted to make duplicates of sound-
G. Wigand's stock and good will, including
records and are capable absolutely of no
all rental stock, etc. j and will engage in
other use.
the piano business at No. 5 E. Fourteenth
.The defendants ask that'they may not
street, the Dewey Building.
be compelled to turn over to the United
States marshal any records that have not
In the Senate.
been made by the machines, but have
Among the bills introduced in the Sen- come into their possession by pitrchase.
ate of New York on Feb. 3d, was the fol-
After certain of the facts had been stated
lowing by Senator Mitchell: "Requiring to the court a final decree for the complain-
all pianos'to be stamped with the firm's ant was entered by consent of all parties
name and making it a misdemeanor for concerned, and the matter of-damages was
..adjusted out of court.
an'y other firm to use that name,"