Music Trade Review
Issue: 1899 Vol. 29 N. 17 - Page 9
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Hardman, Peck & Co.
Wm. Knabe's Automobile.
RETAIL AND WHOLESALE TRADE EMINENTLY
SATISFACTORY WITH THIS HOUSE.
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William Knabe, of the firm of William
Knabe & Co., who lives at his country place
on Edmondson avenue, near Catonsville,
started to the city yesterday with his new
automobile, says the Baltimore Herald.
He had not gone outside the gate of his
country place before the automobile was
turned upside down, with Mr. Knabe under
it. He purchased the automobile on Satur-
day, and had a successful spin on the roads
aftout Catonsville on Sunday. The auto-
mobile became unmanageable while going
down a slight grade and
crashed into a tree.
The
vehicle was slightly damaged
and Mr. Knabe escaped with a
few bruises.
At the beginning of the present season
The Review noted the issue by Hardman,
Peck & Co. of a cleverly-edited, tastefully
designed and original creation in book-
making in red and black, setting forth the
claims of the Hardman piano to the patron-
age of the music-loving public. This book-
let has served its purpose admirably, and
has been made the subject of much favor-
able comment.
Busy at Lehr's.
THE HARDMAN FACTORY.
It has also been the means of adding
considerably to the already imposing vol-
ume of retail business done by this enter-
prising firm, and has helped to justify the
extension of space now available for ex-
hibition of Hardman grands and uprights.
The retail trade of Hardman, Peck & Co.
has reached astonishing proportions. The
several salesmen at the Fifth Avenue es-
tablishment are kept busy
throughout each day, a large
percentage of visitors prov-
ing to be purchasers.
The Hardman factories at
Eleventh and Twelfth Ave-
nues, Forty-eighth
and
Forty-ninth streets, are the
scene of phenomenal activ-
ity, a big force of workmen
in every department being
kept busy from daylight
to dark on actual orders for
wholesale and retail pur-
poses. All available space
for bench work and storage
is being fully utilized.
The current output of
Hardman grands is large,
including the famous Hard-
man Baby Grand, Style X,
and the Semi-Grand, Style
Y. The favorite woods . are
rosewood and d a r k ma-
hogany.
The favorite Hardman up-
rights include the new style F—an illus-
tration of which is given on this page—
Style G, and Style H, the two latter being
cabinet grands. Each style is original in
design and perfect in finish.
Big values. That is what everyone is
looking for in these close-of-the-century
days. Turn to page 16. Information will
be found there concerning the largest offer
ever made by a publication. Read it care-
fully and then act.
At the factory of H. Lehr
& Co. at Easton, Pa., the
greatest activity prevails now-
adays.
Their seven octave
piano-cased organs are finding
a large market while their
recent departure into piano
making gives promise of being
a very successful move. Their
new factory additions, which
will soon be completed, will give them long
desired facilities to handle all the trade
that comes their way.
Horace Lehr has been much gratified at
the reception accorded him during his re-
cent trip to the West and South, while
their Mr. Nutze, who has also been mak-
ing an extensive tour in their interests,
booked a surprisingly large number of
THE HARDMAN STYLE F.
orders for pianos and organs. Both gen-
tlemen made many valuable connections
which will be of advantage in advancing
the interests of the Lehr institution.
The Lehr advance has not perhaps been
made at as rapid a gait as some concerns,
but it has been on safe and sure lines. The
marked appreciation of their instruments
to-day demonstrates this.
E. H. Reynolds Rochelle, 111., was in
town this week.
11
WHAT THE PIANO
BROKER SAYS.
New York, Oct. 16, 1899.
I am glad to be back in America once
more. I may as well state the truth,
although at times it pains me to do so,
but there is no use in disguising the fact
that no country on earth affords the field
for intrigue that America does. The man-
ufacturers of this country have a more res-
ponsive touch than those of Europe, and
"I may claim without supererogation" that
I know how to touch them in pretty good
shape. History proves that, and you can't
go back of history.
I am glad to be home again, stored with
new ideas, a grip full of European schemes,
a few musicians to barter with manufac-
turers, and the slickest scheme of export
trade yet evolved.
I cooled down a bit since I wrote my ul-
timatum from Geneva. Contact with the
glaciers cooled me somewhat, and you
know that a study of the glaciers will show
a prevailing tendency on their part to re-
treat. In other words, to move a lesser
distance down the valley.
That's precisely what I am going to do,
retreat. In fact I have been retreating
ever since the Association brought its. guns
to bear upon me.
*
*
*
*
Speaking of glaciers. The larger glacier
movements can be explained only by varia-
tions in the quantity of snow received, and
in the rate of melting caused by climatic
fluctuations. In other words, glaciers are
subject to rapid variations in volume. So
am I, and that's precisely where the marked
resemblance between glaciers and myself
comes in. They are "all retreating, but
there is abundant evidence to show that
the glaciers of Alaska are generally re-
treating. The great Muin glacier has re-
treated about a mile in the decade ending
1890, but it wouldn't require ten years for
me to retreat a mile. When I struck the
Association glacier I thought I could melt
it. I could not, and perhaps the less I say
about it, the better it will be.
One of my choicest bon mots is the ex-
port trade, and if I do not succeed in carry-
ing on my usual campaign of pelf on these
lines, then my tongue shall have forgotten
i s cunning, and it is now only able to re-
late vulgar stories, like the one I wrote
about Lincoln a couple of weeks ago.
I may claim without being accused of
supererogation that I do love vulgarity.
It seems natural to me, but here I am
getting away from my subject.
There is the finest opportunity abroad
for American manufacturers, provided
they will permit me to engineer the deals
for them. This I know thoroughly how to
do, and for certain work my charge would
not exceed ten per cent., the rate which I
usually charge for placing salesmen. I
mean to tell you something about how
things go there, but I don't wish to tell
you too much without charging you for it,
because that would not be according to my
schedule form.
Any practical piano man can calculate
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Hardman, Peck & Co.
Wm. Knabe's Automobile.
RETAIL AND WHOLESALE TRADE EMINENTLY
SATISFACTORY WITH THIS HOUSE.
% '
<
William Knabe, of the firm of William
Knabe & Co., who lives at his country place
on Edmondson avenue, near Catonsville,
started to the city yesterday with his new
automobile, says the Baltimore Herald.
He had not gone outside the gate of his
country place before the automobile was
turned upside down, with Mr. Knabe under
it. He purchased the automobile on Satur-
day, and had a successful spin on the roads
aftout Catonsville on Sunday. The auto-
mobile became unmanageable while going
down a slight grade and
crashed into a tree.
The
vehicle was slightly damaged
and Mr. Knabe escaped with a
few bruises.
At the beginning of the present season
The Review noted the issue by Hardman,
Peck & Co. of a cleverly-edited, tastefully
designed and original creation in book-
making in red and black, setting forth the
claims of the Hardman piano to the patron-
age of the music-loving public. This book-
let has served its purpose admirably, and
has been made the subject of much favor-
able comment.
Busy at Lehr's.
THE HARDMAN FACTORY.
It has also been the means of adding
considerably to the already imposing vol-
ume of retail business done by this enter-
prising firm, and has helped to justify the
extension of space now available for ex-
hibition of Hardman grands and uprights.
The retail trade of Hardman, Peck & Co.
has reached astonishing proportions. The
several salesmen at the Fifth Avenue es-
tablishment are kept busy
throughout each day, a large
percentage of visitors prov-
ing to be purchasers.
The Hardman factories at
Eleventh and Twelfth Ave-
nues, Forty-eighth
and
Forty-ninth streets, are the
scene of phenomenal activ-
ity, a big force of workmen
in every department being
kept busy from daylight
to dark on actual orders for
wholesale and retail pur-
poses. All available space
for bench work and storage
is being fully utilized.
The current output of
Hardman grands is large,
including the famous Hard-
man Baby Grand, Style X,
and the Semi-Grand, Style
Y. The favorite woods . are
rosewood and d a r k ma-
hogany.
The favorite Hardman up-
rights include the new style F—an illus-
tration of which is given on this page—
Style G, and Style H, the two latter being
cabinet grands. Each style is original in
design and perfect in finish.
Big values. That is what everyone is
looking for in these close-of-the-century
days. Turn to page 16. Information will
be found there concerning the largest offer
ever made by a publication. Read it care-
fully and then act.
At the factory of H. Lehr
& Co. at Easton, Pa., the
greatest activity prevails now-
adays.
Their seven octave
piano-cased organs are finding
a large market while their
recent departure into piano
making gives promise of being
a very successful move. Their
new factory additions, which
will soon be completed, will give them long
desired facilities to handle all the trade
that comes their way.
Horace Lehr has been much gratified at
the reception accorded him during his re-
cent trip to the West and South, while
their Mr. Nutze, who has also been mak-
ing an extensive tour in their interests,
booked a surprisingly large number of
THE HARDMAN STYLE F.
orders for pianos and organs. Both gen-
tlemen made many valuable connections
which will be of advantage in advancing
the interests of the Lehr institution.
The Lehr advance has not perhaps been
made at as rapid a gait as some concerns,
but it has been on safe and sure lines. The
marked appreciation of their instruments
to-day demonstrates this.
E. H. Reynolds Rochelle, 111., was in
town this week.
11
WHAT THE PIANO
BROKER SAYS.
New York, Oct. 16, 1899.
I am glad to be back in America once
more. I may as well state the truth,
although at times it pains me to do so,
but there is no use in disguising the fact
that no country on earth affords the field
for intrigue that America does. The man-
ufacturers of this country have a more res-
ponsive touch than those of Europe, and
"I may claim without supererogation" that
I know how to touch them in pretty good
shape. History proves that, and you can't
go back of history.
I am glad to be home again, stored with
new ideas, a grip full of European schemes,
a few musicians to barter with manufac-
turers, and the slickest scheme of export
trade yet evolved.
I cooled down a bit since I wrote my ul-
timatum from Geneva. Contact with the
glaciers cooled me somewhat, and you
know that a study of the glaciers will show
a prevailing tendency on their part to re-
treat. In other words, to move a lesser
distance down the valley.
That's precisely what I am going to do,
retreat. In fact I have been retreating
ever since the Association brought its. guns
to bear upon me.
*
*
*
*
Speaking of glaciers. The larger glacier
movements can be explained only by varia-
tions in the quantity of snow received, and
in the rate of melting caused by climatic
fluctuations. In other words, glaciers are
subject to rapid variations in volume. So
am I, and that's precisely where the marked
resemblance between glaciers and myself
comes in. They are "all retreating, but
there is abundant evidence to show that
the glaciers of Alaska are generally re-
treating. The great Muin glacier has re-
treated about a mile in the decade ending
1890, but it wouldn't require ten years for
me to retreat a mile. When I struck the
Association glacier I thought I could melt
it. I could not, and perhaps the less I say
about it, the better it will be.
One of my choicest bon mots is the ex-
port trade, and if I do not succeed in carry-
ing on my usual campaign of pelf on these
lines, then my tongue shall have forgotten
i s cunning, and it is now only able to re-
late vulgar stories, like the one I wrote
about Lincoln a couple of weeks ago.
I may claim without being accused of
supererogation that I do love vulgarity.
It seems natural to me, but here I am
getting away from my subject.
There is the finest opportunity abroad
for American manufacturers, provided
they will permit me to engineer the deals
for them. This I know thoroughly how to
do, and for certain work my charge would
not exceed ten per cent., the rate which I
usually charge for placing salesmen. I
mean to tell you something about how
things go there, but I don't wish to tell
you too much without charging you for it,
because that would not be according to my
schedule form.
Any practical piano man can calculate
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