Music Trade Review
Issue: 1900 Vol. 30 N. 3 - Page 3
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V O L . XXX. No. 3 .
Pnbltsned Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, Jan. 20,1900.
The Grand vs. Upright Piano.
JULIUS KRAKAUER DESCANTS ON
ESTING TOPIC BELIEVES THE
ITY OF THE UPRIGHT IS
ALL TIME, PROVIDED
THIS INTER-
POPULAR-
FOR
.
Julius Krakauer, of Krakauer Bros.,
during an interesting- chat with The Review
on Wednesday at the Krakauer factory,
expressed the opinion that the present
standing of the first-rate upright piano
will never be materially injured by the
" pocket editions " of grands now enjoy-
ing considerable vogue among compara-
tively wealthy people for use in small pri-
vate residences.
"The grand piano," said he, "is a noble
instrument in its special field, and there
may come a time in our own business when
we shall devote much more attention to
the manufacture of grands than is now the
case. Once the proper facilities as to
space, machinery, etc., are provided, the
rest is easy, for there is no problem to be
worked out as to construction and tone.
All difficulties concerning the grand tone
and other special features of that instru-
ment were overcome years ago.
' "The real problem with us during the
development of our business—and we feel
that its solution has now been reached by
persistent endeavor and the unfaltering
maintenance of a high ideal—was to make
so perfect an upright piano that those who
could not afford funds or space for a grand
piano, might be provided with a less costly
and smaller equivalent, a real equivalent
worthy of the name.
"If I may be pardoned for so saying, we
deem the Krakauer uprights of to-day an
equivalent to the grand for home use. As
I said before, this has been our aim from
the start, and from it, in spite of all temp-
tations to substitute quantity for quality,
we have never deviated a hair's breadth.
And have not results more than justified
our course?
"Our system of working guarantees the
results we seek. I had not intended to
speak so fully on the subject, but you
know we are enthusiasts, and insist that
every Krakauer piano shall be worthy of
the name it bears. When each instrument
is ready, its trial as a complete mechanism
is not less rigorous than that to which
each separate part was first subjected. A
most important point with us is the per-
sonal supervision of every detail of its
manufacture by the members of the firm.
To be prodigal of choice material does not
Hjake a good piano; something more is
$3.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS
needed, and that something is expert,
Rufus W. Blake to Wed.
highly trained, mechanical ingenuity con-
Rufus W. Blake, head of the great piano
centrated for years on piano problems, and
industries
at Derby, Conn., is receiving
added to a personal knowledge of and ex-
congratulations
from his numerous friends
perience in music.
upon
his
approaching
nuptials. His en-
"As manufacturers we have always con-
gagement
is
announced
to Miss Emma
sidered our future standing with the pur-
Mock,
a
daughter
of
the
well-known
hotel
chaser, and so have put forth our utmost
man
of
West
Forty-second
street,
New
endeavor to build not merely a fine piano,
York.
It
is
said
the
wedding
will
occur
but one that can be classed with the finest
manufactured. Thus it happens that we some time the latter part of next month,
believe the Krakauer uprights of 1900 to and that the couple will pass their honey-
be equivalent, to all intents and purposes, moon in Europe, devoting considerable
to any grand for every ordinary purpose time to the Paris Exposition.
and occasion."
Eilers Piano House.
WILL
ERECT A NEW BUILDING TO SATISFY
THE DEMANDS OF A CONSTANTLY
INCREASING BUSINESS.
Ornamental Veneers.
A method of making ornamental veneers
by heat and pressure, has been invented
by H. Wollheim, 344, Wilhelminenstrasse,
Loschwitz, near Dresden, Gerr iSTSfE N*feJW YORK
design is cut out of the veneer
form the groundwork. The
which the figures are to be ma
over the former with a cemen
comes liquid when heated. The whole is
pressed between a mill-board, or the like,
and a hot steel plate. The figure veneer
is thereby pressed into the perforations of
the groundwork veneer. In a modifica-
tion, the figures are cut out and pressed
into the groundwork veneer.
The following appreciative notice is
taken from a recent issue of the Morning
Oregonian of Portland, Ore.:
" One of the most enterprising and pro-
gressive ot Portland's mercantile establish-
ments is Eilers Piano House. This firm
is at present located at 107 First street,
but will soon occupy the magnificent new
quarters now in course of construction at
the corner of Park and Washington
streets, an illustration of which is shown
in the art supplement of this issue. Three
energetic and most enthusiastic young
Orders Coming In.
men compose this firm, which now enters
upon the second year of its history. Hy.
The week's report at the Milton Piano
J. Eilers^ the senior partner, has for many Co.'s factory proves conclusively that
years been employed with several of the Messrs. Boothe and Craighead are working
largest piano manufacturers of this coun- to good purpose in behalf of the firm pro-
try, and for six years prior to his coming ducts. Orders are coming in steadily, and
West was connected with the W. W. Kim- there are other substantial evidences that
ball Company, of Chicago, in the capacity the Milton Piano is gaining ground.
of general wholesale traveler. Mr. S. J.
McCormick was in the employ of this same
The Victoria Piano.
factory for over 11 years, and Adolph H.
Eilers has been a resident of Oregon since
Henry Lindeman, whose "Victoria"
boyhood.
piano has found great favor among those
"Eilers Piano House controls the west- who have seen and heard it, is very busy
ern agency of the Chickering pianos, of completing a number of instruments for
Boston; the Weber pianos, of New York, early shipment. The factory is now well-
and the Kimball pianos and organs, of Chi- equipped, there is a good stock of ma-
cago—instruments that have been long and terial on hand, and the force consists of
most prominently before the musical pub- well-trained, competent workmen only.
lic of the West. With agencies and repre-
sentatives in all of the more important cit-
Goods will be shipped about the middle
ies and towns of the great Northwest, this of February from the new Harvard factory
firm has handled an enormous business at Dayton, Ky. The removal of this plant
during the past year, and with the new from Boston has been a weighty operation,
facilities that the above-mentioned new lo- but just now things are fast assuming work-
cation will furnish them, they are confident ing form. This plant will permit of the
that their phenomenal record for '99 will production, of a vast number of instru-
be very greatly surpassed during 1900."
ments. .._,_,
V O L . XXX. No. 3 .
Pnbltsned Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, Jan. 20,1900.
The Grand vs. Upright Piano.
JULIUS KRAKAUER DESCANTS ON
ESTING TOPIC BELIEVES THE
ITY OF THE UPRIGHT IS
ALL TIME, PROVIDED
THIS INTER-
POPULAR-
FOR
.
Julius Krakauer, of Krakauer Bros.,
during an interesting- chat with The Review
on Wednesday at the Krakauer factory,
expressed the opinion that the present
standing of the first-rate upright piano
will never be materially injured by the
" pocket editions " of grands now enjoy-
ing considerable vogue among compara-
tively wealthy people for use in small pri-
vate residences.
"The grand piano," said he, "is a noble
instrument in its special field, and there
may come a time in our own business when
we shall devote much more attention to
the manufacture of grands than is now the
case. Once the proper facilities as to
space, machinery, etc., are provided, the
rest is easy, for there is no problem to be
worked out as to construction and tone.
All difficulties concerning the grand tone
and other special features of that instru-
ment were overcome years ago.
' "The real problem with us during the
development of our business—and we feel
that its solution has now been reached by
persistent endeavor and the unfaltering
maintenance of a high ideal—was to make
so perfect an upright piano that those who
could not afford funds or space for a grand
piano, might be provided with a less costly
and smaller equivalent, a real equivalent
worthy of the name.
"If I may be pardoned for so saying, we
deem the Krakauer uprights of to-day an
equivalent to the grand for home use. As
I said before, this has been our aim from
the start, and from it, in spite of all temp-
tations to substitute quantity for quality,
we have never deviated a hair's breadth.
And have not results more than justified
our course?
"Our system of working guarantees the
results we seek. I had not intended to
speak so fully on the subject, but you
know we are enthusiasts, and insist that
every Krakauer piano shall be worthy of
the name it bears. When each instrument
is ready, its trial as a complete mechanism
is not less rigorous than that to which
each separate part was first subjected. A
most important point with us is the per-
sonal supervision of every detail of its
manufacture by the members of the firm.
To be prodigal of choice material does not
Hjake a good piano; something more is
$3.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS
needed, and that something is expert,
Rufus W. Blake to Wed.
highly trained, mechanical ingenuity con-
Rufus W. Blake, head of the great piano
centrated for years on piano problems, and
industries
at Derby, Conn., is receiving
added to a personal knowledge of and ex-
congratulations
from his numerous friends
perience in music.
upon
his
approaching
nuptials. His en-
"As manufacturers we have always con-
gagement
is
announced
to Miss Emma
sidered our future standing with the pur-
Mock,
a
daughter
of
the
well-known
hotel
chaser, and so have put forth our utmost
man
of
West
Forty-second
street,
New
endeavor to build not merely a fine piano,
York.
It
is
said
the
wedding
will
occur
but one that can be classed with the finest
manufactured. Thus it happens that we some time the latter part of next month,
believe the Krakauer uprights of 1900 to and that the couple will pass their honey-
be equivalent, to all intents and purposes, moon in Europe, devoting considerable
to any grand for every ordinary purpose time to the Paris Exposition.
and occasion."
Eilers Piano House.
WILL
ERECT A NEW BUILDING TO SATISFY
THE DEMANDS OF A CONSTANTLY
INCREASING BUSINESS.
Ornamental Veneers.
A method of making ornamental veneers
by heat and pressure, has been invented
by H. Wollheim, 344, Wilhelminenstrasse,
Loschwitz, near Dresden, Gerr iSTSfE N*feJW YORK
design is cut out of the veneer
form the groundwork. The
which the figures are to be ma
over the former with a cemen
comes liquid when heated. The whole is
pressed between a mill-board, or the like,
and a hot steel plate. The figure veneer
is thereby pressed into the perforations of
the groundwork veneer. In a modifica-
tion, the figures are cut out and pressed
into the groundwork veneer.
The following appreciative notice is
taken from a recent issue of the Morning
Oregonian of Portland, Ore.:
" One of the most enterprising and pro-
gressive ot Portland's mercantile establish-
ments is Eilers Piano House. This firm
is at present located at 107 First street,
but will soon occupy the magnificent new
quarters now in course of construction at
the corner of Park and Washington
streets, an illustration of which is shown
in the art supplement of this issue. Three
energetic and most enthusiastic young
Orders Coming In.
men compose this firm, which now enters
upon the second year of its history. Hy.
The week's report at the Milton Piano
J. Eilers^ the senior partner, has for many Co.'s factory proves conclusively that
years been employed with several of the Messrs. Boothe and Craighead are working
largest piano manufacturers of this coun- to good purpose in behalf of the firm pro-
try, and for six years prior to his coming ducts. Orders are coming in steadily, and
West was connected with the W. W. Kim- there are other substantial evidences that
ball Company, of Chicago, in the capacity the Milton Piano is gaining ground.
of general wholesale traveler. Mr. S. J.
McCormick was in the employ of this same
The Victoria Piano.
factory for over 11 years, and Adolph H.
Eilers has been a resident of Oregon since
Henry Lindeman, whose "Victoria"
boyhood.
piano has found great favor among those
"Eilers Piano House controls the west- who have seen and heard it, is very busy
ern agency of the Chickering pianos, of completing a number of instruments for
Boston; the Weber pianos, of New York, early shipment. The factory is now well-
and the Kimball pianos and organs, of Chi- equipped, there is a good stock of ma-
cago—instruments that have been long and terial on hand, and the force consists of
most prominently before the musical pub- well-trained, competent workmen only.
lic of the West. With agencies and repre-
sentatives in all of the more important cit-
Goods will be shipped about the middle
ies and towns of the great Northwest, this of February from the new Harvard factory
firm has handled an enormous business at Dayton, Ky. The removal of this plant
during the past year, and with the new from Boston has been a weighty operation,
facilities that the above-mentioned new lo- but just now things are fast assuming work-
cation will furnish them, they are confident ing form. This plant will permit of the
that their phenomenal record for '99 will production, of a vast number of instru-
be very greatly surpassed during 1900."
ments. .._,_,
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