Music Trade Review
Issue: 1900 Vol. 31 N. 11 - Page 3
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THE NEW YORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
V O L . X X X I . N o . 1 1 . PnDlis&ed Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenttt Street. New York, September 15,1900.
Amie's Narrow Escape
FROM BEING A VICTIM OF THE DISASTROUS
HURRICANE AT GALVESTON—CHANGED
HIS PLANS ONLY AT THE
LAST MOMENT.
J. C. Amie, Kroeger traveling represen-
tative, who returned early in the week
from a tour occupying nearly two months,
narrowly escaped being a victim of the
Galveston flood and hurricane on Sunday.
His traveling schedule made him due in
Galveston on Saturday evening. Only by
the merest chance he changed his plans at
the last moment and thus averted a disas-
ter almost surely ending in death.
Mr. Amie visited several States, including
Illinois, Minnesota, Oregon, the Dakotas,
Idaho, Washington, California, Texas and
Missouri. He found the Kroeger agents
at all points active and alert, sanguine of
big success this fall and enterprising in a
most praiseworthy degree in their meth-
ods for securing the best results. The
wheat crops of the Dakotas and Minnesota
he found poor; those of Oregon and Wash-
ington were exceptionally rich, the fruit
crop of these latter states being excellent.
Mr. Amie described the peculiar condi-
tions existing in California, where the
farmers are suffering from a drought which
has lasted four years, the fruit-growers,
on the other hand, enjoying all benefits of
a splendid fruit season. The perfect irri-
gation system in vogue among those who
cultivate fruits makes them, to all intents
and purposes, independent of the rains for
the proper moistening of their lands.
"The contrast in California, between the
present condition of the farmers and that
of the fruit growers is a strong one," said
Mr. Amie. "The former, in many cases,
are actually in want of the common neces-
sities of life. The latter, almost without
exception, are reveling in luxuries of the
most extravagant kind. In the fruit-
growing area of California millionaires are
plentiful.
"The principals of the fruit-growing es-
tablishments are simply rolling in wealth,
as a rule. Some of them are worth more
millions than they ever dreamed of pos-
sessing. Some don't even know how much
they are worth. Their residences are ver-
itable castles, frequently costing a million
or one and a half millions to construct and
furnish. The buildings are massive, the
exteriors and grounds magnificent, the
furnishings equal to those of a palace.
" And these places are to be found at
frequent intervals as you travel along. To
say that they are numerous is not to speak
extravagantly. In localities of the choicest
each dwelling with its surrounding land-
scape forms a scene worthy of any painter's
brush and palette. Ofttimes it seems,
when one is passing through or in the dis-
tance, as though a trip were being made in
fairyland."
Mr. Amie left town again on Wednesday
for a short trip.
The Apollo in Detroit.
The Apollo self-playing piano attach-
ment, made by the Melville Clark Piano
Co. of Chicago, is gaining the strongest
line of representatives in all important
cities throughout the States. Among the
latest is F. J. Schwankovsky, the promi-
nent dealer of Detroit, Mich. After a thor-
ough investigation of the Apollo he has
arrived at the conclusion that it is one of
the most satisfactory instruments of the
kind ever made. In fact, he is delighted
with it, and will make a vigorous claim for
a market for the Apollo in his territory.
Owe Much to Piano Men.
Great composers and pianists in the
past, as to-day, owe much of their advance-
ment to the interest displayed in their wel-
fare by piano manufacturers. Their ser-
vices in this connection have been enor-
mous, and are not often recognized by
writers when treating of the lives and ac-
complishments of these musicians. Not
only have manufacturers made presents of
valuable instruments to individuals display-
ing marked ability, but they have provided
the necessary capital to get them educated
and trained. Many of those so helped have
been forgetful and ungrateful. Others, how-
ever, are not as unappreciative of the favors
bestowed. It is a well-known fact that nei-
ther Schubert nor Brahms ever owned a pi-
ano. But the reason for this was not the
same in the two cases. Schubert never had
money enough to buy one. When he died,
the value of all his personal property was
just $12. Brahms left about 200,000 florins,
yet the piano he used belonged to a Vien-
nese manufacturer, to whom it reverted
after his death. Among the valuable
documents left by Brahms were twenty
letters of Wagner, addressed to him, and
autograph compositions, most of the great
masters. His library contained 488 vol-
umes. Among the autographs was the
scheme for an opera libretto by Turgenieff.
The number of Brahms' own manuscript
scores was thirty-three. He also owned
the original score of Strauss's opera, "Rit-
ter Pazman."
CBNTS
Hoffman Leaving Leavenworth.
[Special to The Review.]
Leavenworth, Kan., Sept. 10, 1900.
For the last few days it has been ru-
mored that Carl Hoffman intended to close
his Leavenworth house. A reporter called
at the store yesterday and found Mr. John
Hoffman, who had just come up from
Kansas City, and who, upon being asked
the truth of the rumor, said: "Yes, we
intend to close our Leavenworth house, and
will endeavor to do so not later than
October first. It has been the policy of
our house during the last few years to
concentrate our business in one place, and
thus do away with all branch houses.
Leavenworth has been the last, and al-
though we have been doing a fair business
here we have not made any money to
speak of. My father has hesitated a great
deal, on account of having been in busi-
ness here for so many years, but he has
finally decided to close the store.
"We regret to leave Leavenworth very
much indeed, as we realize that she is
going up, instead of, as in the past, going
down."
Won a Gold Hedal.
Erroneous reports have been published
concerning the award received by that emi-
nent Mexican house Wagener & Levien
at the Paris Exposition. They received a
gold medal, and not a silver medal as has
been published. A gold medal was the
highest award that a Mexican exhibit could
receive as in the exposition arrangement
a grand prix was not given to Mexico.
Wagener & Levien is the oldest and most
prominent of Mexican houses and have been
for many years the Steinway representa-
tives in that country.
Stole From Jacob Bros.
Ernest Hoffman, charged with larceny
of $160 worth of piano supplies from
Jacob Bros., piano manufacturers of this
city, pleaded guilty in the General Ses-
sions Court this week, and was sentenced
by Judge Newburger to the Elmira Re-
formatory. In the interval between his
pleading and the time of his sentence he
was married in the Tombs, the ceremony
being performed by the Tombs Chaplain.
When Hoffman was arraigned for sen-
tence the judge reprimanded the Chaplain
in the severest words for wedding a re-
spectable young woman to a confessed
thief.
THE NEW YORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
V O L . X X X I . N o . 1 1 . PnDlis&ed Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenttt Street. New York, September 15,1900.
Amie's Narrow Escape
FROM BEING A VICTIM OF THE DISASTROUS
HURRICANE AT GALVESTON—CHANGED
HIS PLANS ONLY AT THE
LAST MOMENT.
J. C. Amie, Kroeger traveling represen-
tative, who returned early in the week
from a tour occupying nearly two months,
narrowly escaped being a victim of the
Galveston flood and hurricane on Sunday.
His traveling schedule made him due in
Galveston on Saturday evening. Only by
the merest chance he changed his plans at
the last moment and thus averted a disas-
ter almost surely ending in death.
Mr. Amie visited several States, including
Illinois, Minnesota, Oregon, the Dakotas,
Idaho, Washington, California, Texas and
Missouri. He found the Kroeger agents
at all points active and alert, sanguine of
big success this fall and enterprising in a
most praiseworthy degree in their meth-
ods for securing the best results. The
wheat crops of the Dakotas and Minnesota
he found poor; those of Oregon and Wash-
ington were exceptionally rich, the fruit
crop of these latter states being excellent.
Mr. Amie described the peculiar condi-
tions existing in California, where the
farmers are suffering from a drought which
has lasted four years, the fruit-growers,
on the other hand, enjoying all benefits of
a splendid fruit season. The perfect irri-
gation system in vogue among those who
cultivate fruits makes them, to all intents
and purposes, independent of the rains for
the proper moistening of their lands.
"The contrast in California, between the
present condition of the farmers and that
of the fruit growers is a strong one," said
Mr. Amie. "The former, in many cases,
are actually in want of the common neces-
sities of life. The latter, almost without
exception, are reveling in luxuries of the
most extravagant kind. In the fruit-
growing area of California millionaires are
plentiful.
"The principals of the fruit-growing es-
tablishments are simply rolling in wealth,
as a rule. Some of them are worth more
millions than they ever dreamed of pos-
sessing. Some don't even know how much
they are worth. Their residences are ver-
itable castles, frequently costing a million
or one and a half millions to construct and
furnish. The buildings are massive, the
exteriors and grounds magnificent, the
furnishings equal to those of a palace.
" And these places are to be found at
frequent intervals as you travel along. To
say that they are numerous is not to speak
extravagantly. In localities of the choicest
each dwelling with its surrounding land-
scape forms a scene worthy of any painter's
brush and palette. Ofttimes it seems,
when one is passing through or in the dis-
tance, as though a trip were being made in
fairyland."
Mr. Amie left town again on Wednesday
for a short trip.
The Apollo in Detroit.
The Apollo self-playing piano attach-
ment, made by the Melville Clark Piano
Co. of Chicago, is gaining the strongest
line of representatives in all important
cities throughout the States. Among the
latest is F. J. Schwankovsky, the promi-
nent dealer of Detroit, Mich. After a thor-
ough investigation of the Apollo he has
arrived at the conclusion that it is one of
the most satisfactory instruments of the
kind ever made. In fact, he is delighted
with it, and will make a vigorous claim for
a market for the Apollo in his territory.
Owe Much to Piano Men.
Great composers and pianists in the
past, as to-day, owe much of their advance-
ment to the interest displayed in their wel-
fare by piano manufacturers. Their ser-
vices in this connection have been enor-
mous, and are not often recognized by
writers when treating of the lives and ac-
complishments of these musicians. Not
only have manufacturers made presents of
valuable instruments to individuals display-
ing marked ability, but they have provided
the necessary capital to get them educated
and trained. Many of those so helped have
been forgetful and ungrateful. Others, how-
ever, are not as unappreciative of the favors
bestowed. It is a well-known fact that nei-
ther Schubert nor Brahms ever owned a pi-
ano. But the reason for this was not the
same in the two cases. Schubert never had
money enough to buy one. When he died,
the value of all his personal property was
just $12. Brahms left about 200,000 florins,
yet the piano he used belonged to a Vien-
nese manufacturer, to whom it reverted
after his death. Among the valuable
documents left by Brahms were twenty
letters of Wagner, addressed to him, and
autograph compositions, most of the great
masters. His library contained 488 vol-
umes. Among the autographs was the
scheme for an opera libretto by Turgenieff.
The number of Brahms' own manuscript
scores was thirty-three. He also owned
the original score of Strauss's opera, "Rit-
ter Pazman."
CBNTS
Hoffman Leaving Leavenworth.
[Special to The Review.]
Leavenworth, Kan., Sept. 10, 1900.
For the last few days it has been ru-
mored that Carl Hoffman intended to close
his Leavenworth house. A reporter called
at the store yesterday and found Mr. John
Hoffman, who had just come up from
Kansas City, and who, upon being asked
the truth of the rumor, said: "Yes, we
intend to close our Leavenworth house, and
will endeavor to do so not later than
October first. It has been the policy of
our house during the last few years to
concentrate our business in one place, and
thus do away with all branch houses.
Leavenworth has been the last, and al-
though we have been doing a fair business
here we have not made any money to
speak of. My father has hesitated a great
deal, on account of having been in busi-
ness here for so many years, but he has
finally decided to close the store.
"We regret to leave Leavenworth very
much indeed, as we realize that she is
going up, instead of, as in the past, going
down."
Won a Gold Hedal.
Erroneous reports have been published
concerning the award received by that emi-
nent Mexican house Wagener & Levien
at the Paris Exposition. They received a
gold medal, and not a silver medal as has
been published. A gold medal was the
highest award that a Mexican exhibit could
receive as in the exposition arrangement
a grand prix was not given to Mexico.
Wagener & Levien is the oldest and most
prominent of Mexican houses and have been
for many years the Steinway representa-
tives in that country.
Stole From Jacob Bros.
Ernest Hoffman, charged with larceny
of $160 worth of piano supplies from
Jacob Bros., piano manufacturers of this
city, pleaded guilty in the General Ses-
sions Court this week, and was sentenced
by Judge Newburger to the Elmira Re-
formatory. In the interval between his
pleading and the time of his sentence he
was married in the Tombs, the ceremony
being performed by the Tombs Chaplain.
When Hoffman was arraigned for sen-
tence the judge reprimanded the Chaplain
in the severest words for wedding a re-
spectable young woman to a confessed
thief.
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