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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The splendid results of last Tuesday's
Piano Men March for Sound
election show that the music trade men
Money.
THE MUSIC TRADE DIVISION IN THE SOUND
MONEY PARADE HAD MORE THAN FOUR
HUNDRED MEN IN LINE RAIN
COULD NOT DAMPEN THEIR
ENTHUSIASM.
The allied music trades made a splendid
showing in last Saturday's Sound Money
Parade. There were more than four hun-
dred men in line, who represented every
branch of the industry.
Representatives of many of the leading,
prominent piano houses marched. The
supply department of the business was
well in evidence. Small goods manufac-
turers and music publishers, music trade
paper men, salesmen, piano dealers were
also on hand in goodly numbers, and their
enthusiasm was not dampened in the slight-
est by the steady downpour of rain.
If the day had been pleasant, there would
have been undoubtedly six hundred men
representing the music trades of this city
in the great parade.
The division was headed by Adolpho H.
Fischer, and in the ranks were many
veterans such as Paul G. Mehlin, Sr.,
Francis Bacon, Francis Connor, Chas. B.
Lawson, David H. Schmidt and many
others, who for a long time have been
prominently associated with the industry.
The younger generation however filled
the ranks, and helped to make an im-
posing demonstration in favor of sound
money. In all thirty-two firms were re-
presented and contributed to the fund, and
every firm who forwarded enrollment
blanks to the secretary, responded with
the specified amount of money, save The
Musical Courier contingent, which al-
though it plainly sought to secure cheap
advertising by sending in an extended list
of names with various amounts attached
thereto, actually failed to pay one dollar
into the expense fund.
The firms who subscribed were as fol-
lows: J. & C. Fischer, Decker & Son, W.
F. Tway Piano Co., Pease Piano Co., Es-
tey Piano Co., Christman & Son, Estey &
Saxe, Geo. Steck & Co., Francis Bacon,
Wilcox & White Co., Hamilton S. Gordon,
Needham Piano Co., C. H. Ditson & Co.,
Weber-Wheelock Co., Wm. Knabe & Co.,
David H. Schmidt, Francis Connor, JEo-
lian Co., E. Gabler & Bro., The Music
Trade Review, Adek Manufacturing Co.,
Strauch Bros., H. Haas & Son, Music
Trades, I. I. Cole & Son, Wessell, Nickel
& Gross, Musical Age, F. B. Burns, Geo.
Bothner, P. G. Mehlin & Sons, G. Schirmer
& Co., C. F. Goepel & Co.
The treasurer reports the following
statement:
Total receipts
$160.00
Disbursements:
Contribution to Allied paper trade
association .
.
.
$100
Banner
10.50
Badges
19."
Postage and printing .
.
. 22.75
Total
$152.36
.
Balance on hand .
.
$7-64
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Wants Sutro Estate to Pay.
[Special to The Review.l
were in deadly earnest when they gathered
Baltimore,
Md., Nov. 3, 1900.
in the rain to march for sound money and
Louis
von
Bernuth,
administrator of the
they did not forget nor did their friends
estate
of
William
Stein
way, instituted suit
to deposit a vote in the ballot box for the
in
Circuit
Court
No.
2
Wednesday to set
maintenance of national honor.
aside a judgment for $10,121.70 entered
by consent in the City Court on June 12,
In the Philippines.
1899, against Mrs. Ariana Elfie Sutro, ex-
THE IMPORTS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
ecutrix of the estate of her husband, Otto
AGAIN REVIVING CHEAP INSTRU-
Sutro, and in favor of her daughters,
MENTS WANTED.
Misses Rose Laura Sutro and Ottilie Sutro,
The Moniteur Oflficiel du Commerce, of
and to require the Misses Sutro to pay the
Paris, calls attention to the fact that the
amount of the judgment into court. The
import of musical instruments into the
object of the suit is to secure payment of
Philippines has always been remunerative
the sum of $7,500, alleged to have been
and appears to be again reviving. The
expended by the executors of Mr. Stein-
Tagals are a music-loving people; nearly
way's estate in settlement of promissory
all the natives possess, and know how to
notes indorsed by Mr. Steinway and Mr.
play on, some musical instrument, such as
Sutro and for which Mr. Sutro's estate is
the mandolin, guitar, flute, etc., and in
liable.
nearly every village there is a private
It is also alleged that the judgment was
band. The bandmaster of an American
obtained
by collusion, as the Misses Sutro
regiment recently formed a musical club
had
not
loaned
their father the money for
of about 100 natives, drilling them with
which
the
judgment
was obtained. The
the greatest zeal. The result has been so
bill
of
complaint
was
filed
by E. P. Keech,
remarkable that it is proposed to establish
attorney.
a conservatory of music in Manila. Every
theatre and place of amusement in Manila
has its orchestra, and even the bars have a
The Poor Piano flan.
few musicians, or at least a piano. Only
It has become quite common for dealers
very cheap instruments should be fur-
in
various wares to advertise that if the
nished, as the natives are not able to pay
reader
will cut out their "coupon" and
high prices. At the same time, they are
present it a certain allowance will be made
satisfied with simple instruments.
on the amount of their purchase. It is
Kraemer in Mexico,
simply giving a discount for cash, but it
occasionally
leads to a misunderstanding,
Felix Kraemer, the traveling representa-
says
a
Worcester,
Mass., paper.
tive of the celebrated Kranich & Bach pi-
A certain enterprising music dealer once
ano factory of New York, is again in the
city visiting and consulting with Enrique advertised:—
"This coupon will be received in lieu
Heuer, who is the general agent for the
Republic of Mexico for this celebrated of $10 cash toward the price of any in-
strument over $200 in value purchased
make.
in
our store."
Messrs. Kraemer and Heuer will start on
A few days afterward a plain dressed
a trip, visiting the largest cities of the re-
public as far as the Rio Grande, with a view woman walked in, and after a great deal
of testing and talking selected a $250
to visiting their agents.
Notwithstanding that most of the deal- piano and ordered it sent to her address.
ers in Mexico have handled European pi- Then the smiling proprietor proceeded to
anos in preference to American makes, make out the bill.
"Cash? " he said, inquiringly.
Mr. Heuer has succeeded in bringing the
"Coupons," she said, briefly.
Kranich & Bach piano to the front, mak-
He looked up in amazement as the
ing it his leading piano.
Mr. Kraemer, after his trip through woman laid a bundle of "coupons" on his
Mexico, will leave for California and the desk.
"There are twenty-five," said she; "at
Pacific Coast. This is his fourteenth trip
to the city. As he becomes better ac- $10 apiece equals $250, I believe."
"But, my dear madam," exclaimed the
quainted with the people and customs of
the country, he becomes more enthusiastic music dealer, aghast, "you are only en-
over the great prospects for the future of titled to a deduction of $10 on your pur-
this republic. Mr. Kraemer has made chase. Only one coupon can be received
many friends here and always receives a from each customer.'
hearty welcome.—Mexican Herald.
"Does it say so in the advertisement? "
demanded
the customer severely. "This
The Marshall & Wendel Piano Co., of
coupon,
you
say, is good for $10, and so is
Albany, N. Y., has been incorporated with
a paid-up capital of $50,000. The incor- this, and this, and all the rest."
The proprietor tried to explain, and the
porators are: Geo. G. Foster, Silas Maxon,
W. B. Armstrong and Clinton D. Martin. woman argued, and the end of it was that
The first named takes $20,000 worth of she went away threatening to bring suit to
stock, the others $10,000 each.
obtain possession of the piano.
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