Music Trade Review
Issue: 1900 Vol. 30 N. 17 - Page 7
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The Weber Triumph.
New Officers of the P. n. N. A.
Incorporated in New Jersey.
Among the incorporations filed with the
The nominating committee consisting of
The Review had an opportunity early in
Secretary
of State of New Jersey on April
the week to interview Wm. E. Wheelock Wm. E. Wheelock, Robt. C. Kammerer
26th
was
that
of the American Piano Co.,
very briefly as to the success of the Weber and Geo. F. Blake have presented the fol-
organized
for
the
purpose of manufactur-
grand during the opera season just closed. lowing names for election at the annual
ing
musical
instruments.
Capital stock is
"The results have been in every way high- meeting of the Piano Manufacturers Na-
placed
at
$300,000.
The
incorporators
are:
ly gratifying to us," said Mr. Wheelock, tional Association for the new year, to be
Wm.
F.
Boothe,
Louis
H.
Hallaway
and
"and we have good reasons for believing held in Chicago on May 17: President,
K.
K.
McLaren,
all
of
Jersey
City.
that all concerned are well pleased with Handel Pond; first vice-president, Edwin
the outcome. The Weber grand has once S. Con way; second vice-president, Wm.
No Let Up to Starr Activity.
more been put to the test and has once Dalliba Dutton ; secretary, Francis H.
[Special to The Review.]
Owen; treasurer, Fred P. Stieff. Execu-
more won a positive triumph."
Richmond,
Ind., April 24, 1900.
Mr. Wheelock, who had just finished a tive committee: Geo. P. Bent, Calvin Whit-
The
addition
to
the
Starr piano factory,
periodical examination of the firm's books, ney, P. H. Powers, Chas. H. Parsons, E.
which
adjoins
the
main
building on the
P.
Mason,
A.
H.
Fischer.
Grievance
com-
said he was pleased to be able to report
north
end,
is
being
rapidly
pushed and is
mittee,
Fayette
S.
Cable,
John
D.
Pease,
steady gain in the volume of Weber busi-
now
up
to
the
second
story.
From appear-
Andrus
Holmstrom.
ness.
ances one is made to believe that this rap-
idly growing industry will soon occupy the
J. <& C. Fischer Sue.
flusic Boxes and Bicycles.
Suit has been brought by J. & C. Fischer entire river valley before many years
(Special to The Review).
against F. Radle, piano maker, 609-611 elapse. There seems to be no let up to
Washington, D. C., April 25, 1900.
the business, though one hundred pianos
A music box attachment for bicycles has West Thirty-sixth, New York, to perma- are being turned out and shipped t°> deal-
now made its appearance. Ennis C. Rob- nently restrain him from using the name ers in every part of the country each
erts, of Phoenix, Ariz., was granted a pat- Fleischer in conjunction with pianos which week.
ent, No. 648,303, on Monday last for such he manufactures.
a contrivance, which is of simple but novel
He Bought a Stultz & Bauer.
The Manufacturers' fleeting.
construction, the mus-ic box being operated
The Convention of the National Associa-
In The Review of April 7, appeared an
from the wheel of a bicycle or similar vehi-
account of an experience recently had by tion of Manufacturers, which was held in
cle while in transit. The claim made for
George Meyer, postmaster at Olean, N. Y. Boston this week, closed on Thursday
this invention is as follows:
Mr. Meyer, it will be remembered, told a night, with a grand banquet at the Me-
"An attachment for bicycles comprising friend of his that he thought seriously of chanics Building. Twelve hundred people
the main shaft, the music-box with which purchasing a piano.
sat at the tables, while two thousand more
such shaft is operatively connected, a
To help him in carrying out his laudable looked on from the gallery. Speeches
bracket adapted for connection with the intention, the latter wrote to a number of were made by members of the Cabinet and
bicycle-frame and having a bearing for th^ piano manufacturers and dealers, inform- many other distinguished men. The mem-
lower end of the main shaft, a star or ing them, without Mr. Meyer's knowledge, bers of the music trade who are connected
armed wheel sliding on said shaft and turn- of a possible sale, should they act prompt- with the Association, were in attendance at
ing freely thereon, a clutch-section keyed ly in advocating their respective causes the convention during the week. Theo-
on said shaft and movable longitudinally personally or in writing, or both.
dore Search was re-elected president of the
with the armed wheel along the shaft, a
This suggestion was received in a very organization and Detroit was decided upon
slide-rod for shifting said wheel longitu-
friendly spirit and as a result, Mr. Meyer as the next Convention place.
dinally and guide devices for said slide-rod."
had to take refuge in New York City until
Federation to Convene.
the storm of earnest supplication, appeal,
Greve Secures an Interest.
etc., etc., blew over. At last accounts, he
It has been decided by the American
Mr. G. Greve, who was connected with is still suffering slightly, the symptoms Federation of Musicians to hold their an-
the Kranich & Bach heafiquarters in a re- being those of nervous prostration.
nual convention in Philadelphia the week
sponsible capacity for fifteen years, has
It happened that in the interval between beginning June 5. The organization has
secured an interest in the business of Mr. Meyer's candid, but unguarded ex- over 100 subordinate unions, and all of
Charles W. Held, Brooklyn, N. Y., now pression of his desire and the breaking of these have been officially notified of the
known as Held & Co., with warerooms at the storm over his devoted head, that he coming assemblage and each instructed to
313 Fulton street. Mr. Greve has started actually purchased a piano. It is now send delegates. During the last week the
on his business career with the best wishes revealed that his choice was fixed on a Federation has issued over a dozen char-
of Kranich & Bach, whom he has served Stultz & Bauer upright, Style 7, of 1900, ters to out-of-town unions.
most faithfully and who regret very much which he purchased from J. W. Milligan,
to lose him. Held & Co. are the Brooklyn Bradford, Pa., and his friends are now ex-
Stone's New Warerooms.
agents for the Kranich & Bach products.
tending congratulations.
C. R. Stone, the piano dealer of Fargo,
N.
D., will soon occupy a handsome struc-
Late Chat.
Gabler Travelers.
ture which is now in process of erection
Among the members of the trade in on First avenue, north. It will contain not
Emil Ernest Gabler, of E. Gabler &
town
this week, were Wm. Knabe, of Bal- only a spacious salesroom but a mirsic
Bro., and Joseph Bareuther, traveling re-
timore,
and W. N. Van Matre, secre- hall 37x80 feet. The upper floors will be
presentative of the firm, left town on Tues-
tary
of
the
Smith & Barnes Piano Co., utilized by Mr. Stone for display and
day for a lengthy Western trip.
Chicago.
studio purposes.
W. C. Golden, Stultz & Bauer traveling
Among callers this week at the Sohmer
The Everett Grand Scores.
representative, returned on Tuesday from warerooms was- Edward Hohmann, the
a ten weeks' trip. He made his usual Sohmer agent at Johnstown, Pa. Mrs.
The Everett grand piano scored a phe-
good record in the matter of orders and de- Hohmann accompanied him during his nomenal success at a Burmeister concert in
sirable new agencies. All of the 1900 visit to this city.
Middletown, Conn., this week. The local
Stultz & Bauer products, including the
papers
spoke very highly of the superb
Preparations are in active progress for
new grand, are in favor.
the move of the Wilcox & White ware- musical qualities of the instrument.
rooms on Fifth avenue.
Jacob Doll, Jr., returned on Tuesday
N. D. Pratt, traveling representative of
Mr. Kelso, of Kelso & Co. has just
from a two-weeks trip in the Doll inter- returned from a lengthy tour undertaken the Everett Piano Co., will leave on a
est.
Southern trip this week.
^or recuperative purposes.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The Weber Triumph.
New Officers of the P. n. N. A.
Incorporated in New Jersey.
Among the incorporations filed with the
The nominating committee consisting of
The Review had an opportunity early in
Secretary
of State of New Jersey on April
the week to interview Wm. E. Wheelock Wm. E. Wheelock, Robt. C. Kammerer
26th
was
that
of the American Piano Co.,
very briefly as to the success of the Weber and Geo. F. Blake have presented the fol-
organized
for
the
purpose of manufactur-
grand during the opera season just closed. lowing names for election at the annual
ing
musical
instruments.
Capital stock is
"The results have been in every way high- meeting of the Piano Manufacturers Na-
placed
at
$300,000.
The
incorporators
are:
ly gratifying to us," said Mr. Wheelock, tional Association for the new year, to be
Wm.
F.
Boothe,
Louis
H.
Hallaway
and
"and we have good reasons for believing held in Chicago on May 17: President,
K.
K.
McLaren,
all
of
Jersey
City.
that all concerned are well pleased with Handel Pond; first vice-president, Edwin
the outcome. The Weber grand has once S. Con way; second vice-president, Wm.
No Let Up to Starr Activity.
more been put to the test and has once Dalliba Dutton ; secretary, Francis H.
[Special to The Review.]
Owen; treasurer, Fred P. Stieff. Execu-
more won a positive triumph."
Richmond,
Ind., April 24, 1900.
Mr. Wheelock, who had just finished a tive committee: Geo. P. Bent, Calvin Whit-
The
addition
to
the
Starr piano factory,
periodical examination of the firm's books, ney, P. H. Powers, Chas. H. Parsons, E.
which
adjoins
the
main
building on the
P.
Mason,
A.
H.
Fischer.
Grievance
com-
said he was pleased to be able to report
north
end,
is
being
rapidly
pushed and is
mittee,
Fayette
S.
Cable,
John
D.
Pease,
steady gain in the volume of Weber busi-
now
up
to
the
second
story.
From appear-
Andrus
Holmstrom.
ness.
ances one is made to believe that this rap-
idly growing industry will soon occupy the
J. <& C. Fischer Sue.
flusic Boxes and Bicycles.
Suit has been brought by J. & C. Fischer entire river valley before many years
(Special to The Review).
against F. Radle, piano maker, 609-611 elapse. There seems to be no let up to
Washington, D. C., April 25, 1900.
the business, though one hundred pianos
A music box attachment for bicycles has West Thirty-sixth, New York, to perma- are being turned out and shipped t°> deal-
now made its appearance. Ennis C. Rob- nently restrain him from using the name ers in every part of the country each
erts, of Phoenix, Ariz., was granted a pat- Fleischer in conjunction with pianos which week.
ent, No. 648,303, on Monday last for such he manufactures.
a contrivance, which is of simple but novel
He Bought a Stultz & Bauer.
The Manufacturers' fleeting.
construction, the mus-ic box being operated
The Convention of the National Associa-
In The Review of April 7, appeared an
from the wheel of a bicycle or similar vehi-
account of an experience recently had by tion of Manufacturers, which was held in
cle while in transit. The claim made for
George Meyer, postmaster at Olean, N. Y. Boston this week, closed on Thursday
this invention is as follows:
Mr. Meyer, it will be remembered, told a night, with a grand banquet at the Me-
"An attachment for bicycles comprising friend of his that he thought seriously of chanics Building. Twelve hundred people
the main shaft, the music-box with which purchasing a piano.
sat at the tables, while two thousand more
such shaft is operatively connected, a
To help him in carrying out his laudable looked on from the gallery. Speeches
bracket adapted for connection with the intention, the latter wrote to a number of were made by members of the Cabinet and
bicycle-frame and having a bearing for th^ piano manufacturers and dealers, inform- many other distinguished men. The mem-
lower end of the main shaft, a star or ing them, without Mr. Meyer's knowledge, bers of the music trade who are connected
armed wheel sliding on said shaft and turn- of a possible sale, should they act prompt- with the Association, were in attendance at
ing freely thereon, a clutch-section keyed ly in advocating their respective causes the convention during the week. Theo-
on said shaft and movable longitudinally personally or in writing, or both.
dore Search was re-elected president of the
with the armed wheel along the shaft, a
This suggestion was received in a very organization and Detroit was decided upon
slide-rod for shifting said wheel longitu-
friendly spirit and as a result, Mr. Meyer as the next Convention place.
dinally and guide devices for said slide-rod."
had to take refuge in New York City until
Federation to Convene.
the storm of earnest supplication, appeal,
Greve Secures an Interest.
etc., etc., blew over. At last accounts, he
It has been decided by the American
Mr. G. Greve, who was connected with is still suffering slightly, the symptoms Federation of Musicians to hold their an-
the Kranich & Bach heafiquarters in a re- being those of nervous prostration.
nual convention in Philadelphia the week
sponsible capacity for fifteen years, has
It happened that in the interval between beginning June 5. The organization has
secured an interest in the business of Mr. Meyer's candid, but unguarded ex- over 100 subordinate unions, and all of
Charles W. Held, Brooklyn, N. Y., now pression of his desire and the breaking of these have been officially notified of the
known as Held & Co., with warerooms at the storm over his devoted head, that he coming assemblage and each instructed to
313 Fulton street. Mr. Greve has started actually purchased a piano. It is now send delegates. During the last week the
on his business career with the best wishes revealed that his choice was fixed on a Federation has issued over a dozen char-
of Kranich & Bach, whom he has served Stultz & Bauer upright, Style 7, of 1900, ters to out-of-town unions.
most faithfully and who regret very much which he purchased from J. W. Milligan,
to lose him. Held & Co. are the Brooklyn Bradford, Pa., and his friends are now ex-
Stone's New Warerooms.
agents for the Kranich & Bach products.
tending congratulations.
C. R. Stone, the piano dealer of Fargo,
N.
D., will soon occupy a handsome struc-
Late Chat.
Gabler Travelers.
ture which is now in process of erection
Among the members of the trade in on First avenue, north. It will contain not
Emil Ernest Gabler, of E. Gabler &
town
this week, were Wm. Knabe, of Bal- only a spacious salesroom but a mirsic
Bro., and Joseph Bareuther, traveling re-
timore,
and W. N. Van Matre, secre- hall 37x80 feet. The upper floors will be
presentative of the firm, left town on Tues-
tary
of
the
Smith & Barnes Piano Co., utilized by Mr. Stone for display and
day for a lengthy Western trip.
Chicago.
studio purposes.
W. C. Golden, Stultz & Bauer traveling
Among callers this week at the Sohmer
The Everett Grand Scores.
representative, returned on Tuesday from warerooms was- Edward Hohmann, the
a ten weeks' trip. He made his usual Sohmer agent at Johnstown, Pa. Mrs.
The Everett grand piano scored a phe-
good record in the matter of orders and de- Hohmann accompanied him during his nomenal success at a Burmeister concert in
sirable new agencies. All of the 1900 visit to this city.
Middletown, Conn., this week. The local
Stultz & Bauer products, including the
papers
spoke very highly of the superb
Preparations are in active progress for
new grand, are in favor.
the move of the Wilcox & White ware- musical qualities of the instrument.
rooms on Fifth avenue.
Jacob Doll, Jr., returned on Tuesday
N. D. Pratt, traveling representative of
Mr. Kelso, of Kelso & Co. has just
from a two-weeks trip in the Doll inter- returned from a lengthy tour undertaken the Everett Piano Co., will leave on a
est.
Southern trip this week.
^or recuperative purposes.
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