Music Trade Review
Issue: 1899 Vol. 29 N. 8 - Page 12
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW'
of the Capen piano, are in a flourishing
condition. When Mr. Geo. A. Witney took
hold of this institution he infused new life
and energy in all of its channels. Mr. Wit-
ney is a practical man, and has some mighty
clear-headed views upon the business situ-
ation, and the result is he pushed the Capen
piano to the front. The new addition to
the factory is now complete. This will
enable the company to double its output
for the fall, and from present indications
the extra manufacturing space will be
needed.
*
*
*
The old-established firm of Kurtzman, at
Buffalo, seems to have taken on a new
lease of life. I noticed in their warerooms
some decidedly attractive cases — radical
changes from the Kurtzman pianos of two
years ago. Jacob Hackenheimer takes a
very optimistic view of the situation, and
the Kurtzman concern is in shape to han-
dle a very generous slice of trade during
the fall. The Kurtzman piano has a good
following, and the outlook for the future
of the institution is decidedly promising.
*
*
*
At Castleton, Wm. Gorgen is getting a
well equipped action plant in shape. Mr.
Gorgen was for many years the senior
partner of Gorgen & Grubb, at Nassau,
and thoroughly understands the action
•business.
*
*
*
Grubb & Kosegarten have the old busi-
ness founded originally by F. Frickinger
at Nassau. They have plenty of orders on
hand, and seem to be doing a flourishing
business.
*
*
*
The Schleicher Piano Co. have built up
a retail trade in Mt. Vernon. They also
have a branch in New York and at Stam-
ford, Conn. They have recently enlarged
their plant at Mt. Vernon where all the
manufacturing is done. All of their in-
struments are absorbed at their own
branches.
*
*
*
Taken altogether the musico-industrial
affairs of New York, outside of the City,
are important. Important and varied, and
when we consider the magnificent retail
possibilities which the State offers in its
scores of thriving cities, it shows that
the home market is a pretty good one
after all.
There are other piano manufacturing
institutions at Jamestown and at Owego,
but these cater to practically a local trade.
Organ Man Arrested.
J. }{. Thompson, an agent for the Estey
Organ Company, was arrested yester-
day on a telegraphic warrant from Ashe-
ville, N. C. He is charged with embezzle-
ment. Thompson was traveling for the
organ concern through North Carolina, and
left the state owing the firm $300. The
prisoner is now in the county jail waiting
for officers from Asheville to take him
back.
B.EHR BROS
McPhail Progress.
One of the busiest institutions in the
country to-day is the McPhail Piano Co. of
Boston. This concern is officered and
managed by young men who are keenly
alert to the demands of the trade, and are
ever ready to produce instruments possess-
ing a character which appeals to the pur-
chasing classes.
vSince Geo. F. Blake and Francis H.
Owen have been at the helm of the
McPhail enterprise, the business of the
concern has grown at a phenomenal rate.
1899 will be the banner year of that insti-
tution, which was established in the early
thirties. Some of the best known dealers
in the country have handled the McPhail
pianos with commendable success. In
fact they are to-day McPhail enthusiasts
owing to the confidence which they have
in the product which has proved reliable
under the most exacting conditions.
Carried the Piano.
[Special to The Review.]
the corner was reached. He did it, how-
ever, and when he set the piano down and
emerged from beneath, with the perspira-
tion trickling from his swarthy face, " It
is yours," said Mr. Underwood.
The
Italian hailed a truckman and had the
instrument taken to his home. Mr. Un-
derwood says the piano will weigh from
400 to 600 pounds, and the feat of carrying
it astonished all who witnessed it.
Death of Mrs. Klock.
O. C. Klock, the well-known traveler,
will have the sympathy of his many friends
in his recent bereavement. On August
10th his beloved wife, Abbe E. Klock, died
suddenly at the Klock residence in Oswe-
go.
Mrs. Klock was a lady possessing
many estimable traits of character. The
following extract is taken from a local pa-
per:
Last night when she retired Mrs. Klock
seemed to be in the best of health and
spirits.
Her death was due to heart
trouble.
Mr. Klock was born in Gloversville
thirty-eight years ago and came to Oswego
about seven years ago. During her resid-
ence in this city she had made hosts of
friends, especially in musical circles. Mrs.
Klock possessed a beautiful soprano voice
which was freely offered in aid of any
charitable undertaking and which added
greatly to Christ Church choir in which
the deceased sang for four years. Mrs.
Klock was a member of the West Baptist
Church in which she took a great interest.
North Adams, Mass., Aug. 12, 1899.
I have read in The Review of how pianos
are carried in Mexico, and there have been
times when I thought the stories of the
Mexicans picking up a piano and trotting
off with it were exaggerated. Not now
will I disbelieve it. We have had one man
carry off a piano here.
A State-street Italian passing along
Holden street yesterday afternoon asked
Music Dealer Underwood what he would
take for an old piano that had been placed
on the walk in front of the store. The
Pelton Dies.
Italian was told that if he would carry
Jeremiah M. Pelton,who from 1866 to 1880
the piano to Main street, a distance of
about eight rods, without assistance, he was a member of the firm of Peloubet, Pelton
could have it. No one supposed he could & Co., organ manufacturers, Bloomfield,
lift it, but the man got under it, and after N. J., died on Aug. 1st. He composed
a few motions similar to those of a bucking and taught music in his early years, and
broncho, though not so rapid, the piano was one of the organizers of the Orange
legs cleared the walk and the fellow start- County Musical Association, and always
ed off with his prize, amid the shouts and manifested a deep interest in its welfare,
cheers of 200 or 300 bystanders, who had as well as the culture of music in the home
no idea that he could sustain the load till and church.
LOOK AND LISTEN.
Yes, look at it and see an organ artistically made of the best
materials and with the greatest skill of the most experienced work-
men. Look it all over, from pedals ^^^-~-~\ to music rack, and
it's just the same. ^
g I / \ B u t l i s t e n * Ah, if the
look pleased you, \
^^
^k ^L 1 n/
\ how much more the
tone? And yet, it \ ^ ^ A i l £ * 0 l
fifty years of voicing \ ^^
Lw^^
19
\
isn t
\
r e e d s snoul(i
'
stran
& e
tha
*
result
in the sweet toned \ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
^
—-~* Estey, ever sweeter
and clearer with each L————-^~~
new instrument that comes
from the factory, else what were the uses of experience?
SEND FOR CATALOGUE
ESTEY ORGAN CO.,
PIANOS
29™ST.&II™AVE
» NEW YORK.
BRATTLEBORO, VT.
Highest Standard of Excellence.
u
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW'
of the Capen piano, are in a flourishing
condition. When Mr. Geo. A. Witney took
hold of this institution he infused new life
and energy in all of its channels. Mr. Wit-
ney is a practical man, and has some mighty
clear-headed views upon the business situ-
ation, and the result is he pushed the Capen
piano to the front. The new addition to
the factory is now complete. This will
enable the company to double its output
for the fall, and from present indications
the extra manufacturing space will be
needed.
*
*
*
The old-established firm of Kurtzman, at
Buffalo, seems to have taken on a new
lease of life. I noticed in their warerooms
some decidedly attractive cases — radical
changes from the Kurtzman pianos of two
years ago. Jacob Hackenheimer takes a
very optimistic view of the situation, and
the Kurtzman concern is in shape to han-
dle a very generous slice of trade during
the fall. The Kurtzman piano has a good
following, and the outlook for the future
of the institution is decidedly promising.
*
*
*
At Castleton, Wm. Gorgen is getting a
well equipped action plant in shape. Mr.
Gorgen was for many years the senior
partner of Gorgen & Grubb, at Nassau,
and thoroughly understands the action
•business.
*
*
*
Grubb & Kosegarten have the old busi-
ness founded originally by F. Frickinger
at Nassau. They have plenty of orders on
hand, and seem to be doing a flourishing
business.
*
*
*
The Schleicher Piano Co. have built up
a retail trade in Mt. Vernon. They also
have a branch in New York and at Stam-
ford, Conn. They have recently enlarged
their plant at Mt. Vernon where all the
manufacturing is done. All of their in-
struments are absorbed at their own
branches.
*
*
*
Taken altogether the musico-industrial
affairs of New York, outside of the City,
are important. Important and varied, and
when we consider the magnificent retail
possibilities which the State offers in its
scores of thriving cities, it shows that
the home market is a pretty good one
after all.
There are other piano manufacturing
institutions at Jamestown and at Owego,
but these cater to practically a local trade.
Organ Man Arrested.
J. }{. Thompson, an agent for the Estey
Organ Company, was arrested yester-
day on a telegraphic warrant from Ashe-
ville, N. C. He is charged with embezzle-
ment. Thompson was traveling for the
organ concern through North Carolina, and
left the state owing the firm $300. The
prisoner is now in the county jail waiting
for officers from Asheville to take him
back.
B.EHR BROS
McPhail Progress.
One of the busiest institutions in the
country to-day is the McPhail Piano Co. of
Boston. This concern is officered and
managed by young men who are keenly
alert to the demands of the trade, and are
ever ready to produce instruments possess-
ing a character which appeals to the pur-
chasing classes.
vSince Geo. F. Blake and Francis H.
Owen have been at the helm of the
McPhail enterprise, the business of the
concern has grown at a phenomenal rate.
1899 will be the banner year of that insti-
tution, which was established in the early
thirties. Some of the best known dealers
in the country have handled the McPhail
pianos with commendable success. In
fact they are to-day McPhail enthusiasts
owing to the confidence which they have
in the product which has proved reliable
under the most exacting conditions.
Carried the Piano.
[Special to The Review.]
the corner was reached. He did it, how-
ever, and when he set the piano down and
emerged from beneath, with the perspira-
tion trickling from his swarthy face, " It
is yours," said Mr. Underwood.
The
Italian hailed a truckman and had the
instrument taken to his home. Mr. Un-
derwood says the piano will weigh from
400 to 600 pounds, and the feat of carrying
it astonished all who witnessed it.
Death of Mrs. Klock.
O. C. Klock, the well-known traveler,
will have the sympathy of his many friends
in his recent bereavement. On August
10th his beloved wife, Abbe E. Klock, died
suddenly at the Klock residence in Oswe-
go.
Mrs. Klock was a lady possessing
many estimable traits of character. The
following extract is taken from a local pa-
per:
Last night when she retired Mrs. Klock
seemed to be in the best of health and
spirits.
Her death was due to heart
trouble.
Mr. Klock was born in Gloversville
thirty-eight years ago and came to Oswego
about seven years ago. During her resid-
ence in this city she had made hosts of
friends, especially in musical circles. Mrs.
Klock possessed a beautiful soprano voice
which was freely offered in aid of any
charitable undertaking and which added
greatly to Christ Church choir in which
the deceased sang for four years. Mrs.
Klock was a member of the West Baptist
Church in which she took a great interest.
North Adams, Mass., Aug. 12, 1899.
I have read in The Review of how pianos
are carried in Mexico, and there have been
times when I thought the stories of the
Mexicans picking up a piano and trotting
off with it were exaggerated. Not now
will I disbelieve it. We have had one man
carry off a piano here.
A State-street Italian passing along
Holden street yesterday afternoon asked
Music Dealer Underwood what he would
take for an old piano that had been placed
on the walk in front of the store. The
Pelton Dies.
Italian was told that if he would carry
Jeremiah M. Pelton,who from 1866 to 1880
the piano to Main street, a distance of
about eight rods, without assistance, he was a member of the firm of Peloubet, Pelton
could have it. No one supposed he could & Co., organ manufacturers, Bloomfield,
lift it, but the man got under it, and after N. J., died on Aug. 1st. He composed
a few motions similar to those of a bucking and taught music in his early years, and
broncho, though not so rapid, the piano was one of the organizers of the Orange
legs cleared the walk and the fellow start- County Musical Association, and always
ed off with his prize, amid the shouts and manifested a deep interest in its welfare,
cheers of 200 or 300 bystanders, who had as well as the culture of music in the home
no idea that he could sustain the load till and church.
LOOK AND LISTEN.
Yes, look at it and see an organ artistically made of the best
materials and with the greatest skill of the most experienced work-
men. Look it all over, from pedals ^^^-~-~\ to music rack, and
it's just the same. ^
g I / \ B u t l i s t e n * Ah, if the
look pleased you, \
^^
^k ^L 1 n/
\ how much more the
tone? And yet, it \ ^ ^ A i l £ * 0 l
fifty years of voicing \ ^^
Lw^^
19
\
isn t
\
r e e d s snoul(i
'
stran
& e
tha
*
result
in the sweet toned \ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
^
—-~* Estey, ever sweeter
and clearer with each L————-^~~
new instrument that comes
from the factory, else what were the uses of experience?
SEND FOR CATALOGUE
ESTEY ORGAN CO.,
PIANOS
29™ST.&II™AVE
» NEW YORK.
BRATTLEBORO, VT.
Highest Standard of Excellence.
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