Music Trade Review
Issue: 1899 Vol. 29 N. 26 - Page 10
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The Kranz & Smith Piano Co.
number, and I feel that with the capital
behind him which I propose to place in
A NEW DEAL IN BALTIMORE WHEREBY FREE- the business that a brilliant future is as-
BORN G. SMITH ORGANIZES A COMPANY
sured for him. It will probably take from
WITH GEO. FRED. KRANZ AS LOCAL
$100,000 to $150,000 capital to run the Bal-
MANAGER MR. SMITH TALKS
timore business. No radical changes in
REGARDING THE BALTIMORE
BUSINESS—A MAN OF
the line of goods are intended, only, of
ENERGY.
course, the Bradbury and Webster pianos
Freeborn G. Smith, the millionaire piano wilV be added to the present line carried by
manufacturer, may be correctly termed Mr. Kranz. The Chickering will continue
the father of the branch system in this to occupy the prominent place it has here-
trade. It was many years ago when tofore, and I believe we shall sell many
Mr. Smith began the establishment of asys- more Chickering pianos than ever before."
Freeborn G. Smith is in
~™ "~^ I many ways a remarkable man,
I and there are few men in any
industry who are as active as
he. Notwithstanding his ad-
vanced years he is still actively
planning new enterprises with
the same degree of earnestness
which has made him a man of
millions a n d proprietor o f
huge factories in Brooklyn
and Leominster and branches
in many cities.
In Burlington.
IMPOSSIBLE TO GET STOCK IN
SOME BRANCHES FOR THE
HOLIDAYS.
There are many indications
which may easily be read in
such a way as to indicate a
large increase in business this
year over that of 1898. No
better indication of this kind
can be found than in the fact
that there is a demand for the
luxuries of life, which makes
it impossible for the retailer
to secure goods from the
manufacturer in sufficient
quantities to supply the de-
mand.
Col. H. W. Hall, manager
of Bailey's Music Rooms,
Burlington, Vt. returned re-
cently from Boston, where he
has been on a business trip,
FREEBORN G. SMITH.
and in conversation yesterday
temof branch stores which now extend from he said: "I have just spent three days
the East as far as Kansas City and to the in Boston endeavoring to procure a stock
Northwest as well. His latest move is the for the holiday demand, and I find it
establishment of a branch in Baltimore. next to impossible to get the first-class
Mr. Smith, himself a Baltimorean by birth, goods. The market is well stocked with the
has long had his eye on his native city with cheaper goods but it is hard to procure
the intention of establishing a branch the better grades in which we deal. Some
there, and he has been casting about to firms are 180 pianos behind their orders of
find the proper man to assume local man- Dec. 1, and it is out of the question to
agement. Last week a combination was procure instruments from the Steinway
made with that hustling member of the Grand company. You will not find it hard
Baltimore trade, G. Fred Kranz. The to read an indication of what the business
Kranz & Smith Piano Co. is now incorpora- of the country is compared with that of
ted under the laws of Maryland. Officers: last year from these facts."
G. Fred Kranz, president; Freeborn G.
Smith, vice-president; F. G. Smith, Jr.,
4
treasurer, and W. P. Van Wickle, secre-
Tlajestic" Demand.
tary.
When The Review called at the "Majes-
In referring to this new deal, Mr. Smith tic" headquarters on Wednesday, it was
said: "I consider Mr. Kranz one of the noted that the usual wareroom stock of
brightest men in this trade. He is ener- Majestic pianos was missing. On inquiry
getic, highly thought of and has sold a vast it was ascertained that every instrument
number of pianos in Baltimore since he on the floor had been shipped in order to
began business for himself—a surprising meet urgent demands.
Visitors to New York Favored.
The lines forming what is known as the
Central Passenger Association have granted
the application of the Merchants' Associa-
tion for reduced rates from Central Pas-
senger territory. This covers all that sec-
tion of the country lying west of Buffalo,
New York, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and
Wheling, West Virginia, as far as the
Mississippi River, including the cities of
Chic go and St. Louis and south to the
Ohio River; taking in, however, that por-
tion of northern Kentucky which is tra-
versed by the lines of the Chesapeake and
Ohio system.
The dates from Central Passenger terri-
tory on which the reduced rates will be in
effect are February 13-17 inclusive and
March 1-4 inclusive with a limit of 30 days
from date of sale. The rate of fare being
one fare and one-third for the round trip,
the general terms and conditions being the
same as those heretofore surrounding con-
cessions granted from the same territory.
The Trunk Lines have already granted
reduced rates from the territory as far
west as Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Wheeling,
West Virginia, including Washington on
the south, for the dates of March 16-21 in-
clusive, and April 3-6 inclusive with a
return limit of 15 days from the date of
sale.
Application for reduced rates of fare is
now before the lines of the Southwestern
Passenger Association, which covers the
State of Texas.
The Merchants' Association will com-
mence an active campaign at once in favor
of New York as the greatest market in this
country for buyers. It will send circulars
to every merchant throughout the coun-
try, setting forth the excellencies of this
market in every direction, and will work
with even more than its accustomed energy
to make the Spring buying season of 1900
the largest one in the history of this city
and of the country as a whole.
Business Affairs Tangled.
Geo. L. Barkley, the McPherson music
dealer, has failed for a good round sum
and skipped the country, leaving his bus-
iness affairs in an inextricable tangle.
Barkley did a rushing business there for
two or three years, keeping several crews
on the road selling organs, sewing machines,
etc. Much poor paper was taken in the
transactions which was discounted at ruin-
ous rates to obtain .money to keep going.
Of course this sort of business had to have
an end and Barkley's attempt was no ex-
ception. Business men at the county seat
who have been handling his paper are
nervous.—Lindsborg, Kan., Record.
Superintendent Higgins 111.
A despatch from Washington, N. J.,
says that superintendent J. L. Higgins
of the Needham Piano and Organ factory,
has been confined to his home since Wed-
nesday of last week. He was first taken
with a heavy cold and has been complain-
ing since from the ailments which usually
follow such a cold—neuralgia, congestion
of the lungs, etc.
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The Kranz & Smith Piano Co.
number, and I feel that with the capital
behind him which I propose to place in
A NEW DEAL IN BALTIMORE WHEREBY FREE- the business that a brilliant future is as-
BORN G. SMITH ORGANIZES A COMPANY
sured for him. It will probably take from
WITH GEO. FRED. KRANZ AS LOCAL
$100,000 to $150,000 capital to run the Bal-
MANAGER MR. SMITH TALKS
timore business. No radical changes in
REGARDING THE BALTIMORE
BUSINESS—A MAN OF
the line of goods are intended, only, of
ENERGY.
course, the Bradbury and Webster pianos
Freeborn G. Smith, the millionaire piano wilV be added to the present line carried by
manufacturer, may be correctly termed Mr. Kranz. The Chickering will continue
the father of the branch system in this to occupy the prominent place it has here-
trade. It was many years ago when tofore, and I believe we shall sell many
Mr. Smith began the establishment of asys- more Chickering pianos than ever before."
Freeborn G. Smith is in
~™ "~^ I many ways a remarkable man,
I and there are few men in any
industry who are as active as
he. Notwithstanding his ad-
vanced years he is still actively
planning new enterprises with
the same degree of earnestness
which has made him a man of
millions a n d proprietor o f
huge factories in Brooklyn
and Leominster and branches
in many cities.
In Burlington.
IMPOSSIBLE TO GET STOCK IN
SOME BRANCHES FOR THE
HOLIDAYS.
There are many indications
which may easily be read in
such a way as to indicate a
large increase in business this
year over that of 1898. No
better indication of this kind
can be found than in the fact
that there is a demand for the
luxuries of life, which makes
it impossible for the retailer
to secure goods from the
manufacturer in sufficient
quantities to supply the de-
mand.
Col. H. W. Hall, manager
of Bailey's Music Rooms,
Burlington, Vt. returned re-
cently from Boston, where he
has been on a business trip,
FREEBORN G. SMITH.
and in conversation yesterday
temof branch stores which now extend from he said: "I have just spent three days
the East as far as Kansas City and to the in Boston endeavoring to procure a stock
Northwest as well. His latest move is the for the holiday demand, and I find it
establishment of a branch in Baltimore. next to impossible to get the first-class
Mr. Smith, himself a Baltimorean by birth, goods. The market is well stocked with the
has long had his eye on his native city with cheaper goods but it is hard to procure
the intention of establishing a branch the better grades in which we deal. Some
there, and he has been casting about to firms are 180 pianos behind their orders of
find the proper man to assume local man- Dec. 1, and it is out of the question to
agement. Last week a combination was procure instruments from the Steinway
made with that hustling member of the Grand company. You will not find it hard
Baltimore trade, G. Fred Kranz. The to read an indication of what the business
Kranz & Smith Piano Co. is now incorpora- of the country is compared with that of
ted under the laws of Maryland. Officers: last year from these facts."
G. Fred Kranz, president; Freeborn G.
Smith, vice-president; F. G. Smith, Jr.,
4
treasurer, and W. P. Van Wickle, secre-
Tlajestic" Demand.
tary.
When The Review called at the "Majes-
In referring to this new deal, Mr. Smith tic" headquarters on Wednesday, it was
said: "I consider Mr. Kranz one of the noted that the usual wareroom stock of
brightest men in this trade. He is ener- Majestic pianos was missing. On inquiry
getic, highly thought of and has sold a vast it was ascertained that every instrument
number of pianos in Baltimore since he on the floor had been shipped in order to
began business for himself—a surprising meet urgent demands.
Visitors to New York Favored.
The lines forming what is known as the
Central Passenger Association have granted
the application of the Merchants' Associa-
tion for reduced rates from Central Pas-
senger territory. This covers all that sec-
tion of the country lying west of Buffalo,
New York, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and
Wheling, West Virginia, as far as the
Mississippi River, including the cities of
Chic go and St. Louis and south to the
Ohio River; taking in, however, that por-
tion of northern Kentucky which is tra-
versed by the lines of the Chesapeake and
Ohio system.
The dates from Central Passenger terri-
tory on which the reduced rates will be in
effect are February 13-17 inclusive and
March 1-4 inclusive with a limit of 30 days
from date of sale. The rate of fare being
one fare and one-third for the round trip,
the general terms and conditions being the
same as those heretofore surrounding con-
cessions granted from the same territory.
The Trunk Lines have already granted
reduced rates from the territory as far
west as Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Wheeling,
West Virginia, including Washington on
the south, for the dates of March 16-21 in-
clusive, and April 3-6 inclusive with a
return limit of 15 days from the date of
sale.
Application for reduced rates of fare is
now before the lines of the Southwestern
Passenger Association, which covers the
State of Texas.
The Merchants' Association will com-
mence an active campaign at once in favor
of New York as the greatest market in this
country for buyers. It will send circulars
to every merchant throughout the coun-
try, setting forth the excellencies of this
market in every direction, and will work
with even more than its accustomed energy
to make the Spring buying season of 1900
the largest one in the history of this city
and of the country as a whole.
Business Affairs Tangled.
Geo. L. Barkley, the McPherson music
dealer, has failed for a good round sum
and skipped the country, leaving his bus-
iness affairs in an inextricable tangle.
Barkley did a rushing business there for
two or three years, keeping several crews
on the road selling organs, sewing machines,
etc. Much poor paper was taken in the
transactions which was discounted at ruin-
ous rates to obtain .money to keep going.
Of course this sort of business had to have
an end and Barkley's attempt was no ex-
ception. Business men at the county seat
who have been handling his paper are
nervous.—Lindsborg, Kan., Record.
Superintendent Higgins 111.
A despatch from Washington, N. J.,
says that superintendent J. L. Higgins
of the Needham Piano and Organ factory,
has been confined to his home since Wed-
nesday of last week. He was first taken
with a heavy cold and has been complain-
ing since from the ailments which usually
follow such a cold—neuralgia, congestion
of the lungs, etc.
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