Music Trade Review
Issue: 1900 Vol. 31 N. 19 - Page 13
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Fake ^Tuners and Other ^Things. not only satisfies the purchaser, but a wide
. The Newest Piano Organ.
circle of friends whose judgment of the pi-
Bogus piano tuners seem to be on the ano is influenced by such instances as just ONE WHICH HAS A SNARE DRUM, A BASS
DRUM, AND CYMBAL ATTACHED.
increase in this and adjacent States. Sev- recorded. The attitude of Wiley B. Allen
eral complaints have reached us in this in this connection is one that will be de- Whoever might have thought that the
connection. It is too bad that the legiti- bated pro and con.
limit of portable musical apparatus had
mate tuners of this country cannot organ-
been reached in the piano organ on wheels
The Little Fellows Active.
ize and protect themselves from the dam-
which has of recent years become so famil-
age done their art by these itinerant tinkers
In spite of the impression generally iar in the streets would be undeceived if
of the piano. The following remarks made prevalent that the big corporations are he could see an outfit that has lately ap-
by Wiley B. Allen, of Portland, Ore., in gobbling up all the little ones, more small peared in upper West side streets of the
this matter of tuners, are worthy of quota- corporations are being formed for manu- city. This is a piano organ on wheels with
tion by reason of their pertinence:
facturing purposes now than ever before, novel attachments.
There are men going through the coun- and more individuals are engaged in the
At each side of the organ itself there is
try pretending to be tuners who do not un- business. The census enumerators report built out low down, about on a level with
derstand the first principles of tuning, and over 500,000 manufacturing establishments the top of the skeleton vehicle in which
they injure a piano in the same manner a
poor surgeon would unnecessarily injure a in the country this year, as against a little the organ is carried, a platform that is
over 300,000 in 1890, a percentage of in- like a substantial bracket shelf. On the
man if he were to cut off his leg.
A piano buyer should seek some old es- crease somewhere between five and six shelf that projects from the right-hand
tablished, responsible music house to deal times as great as the increase in popula- side of the organ, and so toward the rear
with. Don't let wild statements or great tion.
as the organ is drawn, is fixed a snare
promises mislead you. We do not under
drum.
On the platform or shelf that pro-
any circumstances agree to keep a piano in
Why Kroeger Succeeds.
jects from the left-hand side of the organ,
tune after it has been delivered in your
house in perfect order and in perfect tune.
Two well-known piano men were con- and so over the handles of the vehicle and
Why should we? When you buy it it will versing recently on the comparative amount toward the front as the organ is drawn,
be your piano and your property, and you of success achieved by the "progressive" are a bass drum and a single cymbal. The
should take care of your property.
sticks of the snare drum and that of the
To tune a piano costs money, and if we piano manufacturers of the United States.
bass
drum and a wire ring that is struck
Incidentally
the
Kroeger
piano
was
men-
agree to tune it, we must be paid for it;
either for the tuning itself, or we must tioned. " Chris Garritson," said one, "has against the cymbal to sound that, are
add to the price of the piano enough to made big headway with the Kroeger. Tak- actuated by machinery that is moved by
pay for the tuning.
ing one consideration with another, I the turning of the crank by which the
There are at the present time so many should say the Kroeger firm is among the organ is played. To operate all these
cheap, shoddy instruments offered for sale
that it is a most difficult matter for any' most successful of progressive piano man- things calls for the exercise of more power
on the part of the player and to make the
one to get a good piano unless he knows facturers now in the field."
the true merits of the different makes and
" They hold a good, secure position, work less hard for him the organ crank is
their commercial value.
certainly," replied the other; "and Chris fixed in the rim of a balance wheel at-
A piano such as the Knabe, Sohmer, Garritson deserves a lot of credit for the tached to the shaft.
Fischer and Ludwig has a commercial
The organ grinder of the outfit turns
value everywhere. Either of the above policy he has adopted and carried through.
names on the fallboard of your piano sig- It is the only real, successful policy— the crank on the organ just as he would on
nifies that you have a piano that is rec- the only policy that will last. He buys any organ, and with the same result; but
ognized the world over as being worth all good material, employs expert workmen in addition, as he turns, and at such
we ask for it.
under expert foremen, and insists that intervals as they would commonly be
A feature of this "timely talk" which every part of the instruments, down to the brought into play in orchestral or band
merits consideration is the tuning of pi- smallest detail, shall receive the full atten- music, the drums and the cymbal are here
anos without charge for along period after tion it deserves.
brought in with ruffle and boom and crash.
a sale has been made. Like the matter of
What with the novelty of its appearance
"This is followed up by aggressive en-
installments, dealers have been somewhat terprise in the matter of advertising, the and the striking musical effects produced,
too "easy" regarding free tuning and re- sending out of alert, competent representa- the outfit draws a crowd, and it seems to
pairing, particularly on time sales.
tives on the road and the selection of deal- be a money maker, too.
Meanwhile it has been remarked, and ers who make it their business to sell pi-
very properly, that it is a good invest- anos rather than to keep them. These
The Poole Advance.
ment for a dealer or manufacturer to keep dealers, in return for good work, get prop-
W. H. Poole, of the Poole Piano Co.,
a piano in tune long after a sale is made er recognition and fair treatment. Gar-
finds
an undiminished demand for the
on the ground that if it is in bad condition ritson succeeds. He ought to succeed. He
Poole
piano.
At the factory, at the pres-
it has a tendency to prejudice those who may deserves it."
ent
time,
more
men are employed and more
visit the home where it is, against that es-
The above tells the story of the Kroeger Poole pianos are being turned out than
pecial make; for people at large are not in a nutshell. To add anything would be
ever before in the history of this establish-
prone unfortunately to differentiate as to superfluous.
ment. This tells the story of success
the exact cause why the instrument does
in
a few words. Mr. Poole's present road
Death of Geo. E. Small.
not give satisfaction. If the key or ham-
trip
again demonstrates that dealers one
mer sticks or a string breaks, or the piano
George Elliot Small, one of the best and all comprehend the position which the
gets out of tune, they are inclined to the known residents of Nashua, N. H., is
Poole piano occupies in the esteem of the
belief that the piano is not up to the stand- dead. In that city he conducted a piano
music-loving public; hence many new
ard claimed for it by the dealer who sold and organ business some time ago, and
agencies have been established and many
it. Hence the injury.
while thus engaged traveled over the big orders placed.
The impression thus obtained could only greater part of New England and accumu-
be removed by the closest attention of the lated the substantial fortune which he has
Kohler & Chase of San Francisco, are
local dealer. By putting the instrument left. He was the discoverer of the Lon- preparing to celebrate their fiftieth birth-
in a proper shape from time to time, he donderry Lithia Spring Water.
day.
POOLE
PIANOS
Precious, Perfect, Peerless
As to Tone, Touch, Design,
Durability and Value/ . < ,
5 a n d 7 A P P L E T O N S T R E E T , BOSTON, M A S S ,
\5
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Fake ^Tuners and Other ^Things. not only satisfies the purchaser, but a wide
. The Newest Piano Organ.
circle of friends whose judgment of the pi-
Bogus piano tuners seem to be on the ano is influenced by such instances as just ONE WHICH HAS A SNARE DRUM, A BASS
DRUM, AND CYMBAL ATTACHED.
increase in this and adjacent States. Sev- recorded. The attitude of Wiley B. Allen
eral complaints have reached us in this in this connection is one that will be de- Whoever might have thought that the
connection. It is too bad that the legiti- bated pro and con.
limit of portable musical apparatus had
mate tuners of this country cannot organ-
been reached in the piano organ on wheels
The Little Fellows Active.
ize and protect themselves from the dam-
which has of recent years become so famil-
age done their art by these itinerant tinkers
In spite of the impression generally iar in the streets would be undeceived if
of the piano. The following remarks made prevalent that the big corporations are he could see an outfit that has lately ap-
by Wiley B. Allen, of Portland, Ore., in gobbling up all the little ones, more small peared in upper West side streets of the
this matter of tuners, are worthy of quota- corporations are being formed for manu- city. This is a piano organ on wheels with
tion by reason of their pertinence:
facturing purposes now than ever before, novel attachments.
There are men going through the coun- and more individuals are engaged in the
At each side of the organ itself there is
try pretending to be tuners who do not un- business. The census enumerators report built out low down, about on a level with
derstand the first principles of tuning, and over 500,000 manufacturing establishments the top of the skeleton vehicle in which
they injure a piano in the same manner a
poor surgeon would unnecessarily injure a in the country this year, as against a little the organ is carried, a platform that is
over 300,000 in 1890, a percentage of in- like a substantial bracket shelf. On the
man if he were to cut off his leg.
A piano buyer should seek some old es- crease somewhere between five and six shelf that projects from the right-hand
tablished, responsible music house to deal times as great as the increase in popula- side of the organ, and so toward the rear
with. Don't let wild statements or great tion.
as the organ is drawn, is fixed a snare
promises mislead you. We do not under
drum.
On the platform or shelf that pro-
any circumstances agree to keep a piano in
Why Kroeger Succeeds.
jects from the left-hand side of the organ,
tune after it has been delivered in your
house in perfect order and in perfect tune.
Two well-known piano men were con- and so over the handles of the vehicle and
Why should we? When you buy it it will versing recently on the comparative amount toward the front as the organ is drawn,
be your piano and your property, and you of success achieved by the "progressive" are a bass drum and a single cymbal. The
should take care of your property.
sticks of the snare drum and that of the
To tune a piano costs money, and if we piano manufacturers of the United States.
bass
drum and a wire ring that is struck
Incidentally
the
Kroeger
piano
was
men-
agree to tune it, we must be paid for it;
either for the tuning itself, or we must tioned. " Chris Garritson," said one, "has against the cymbal to sound that, are
add to the price of the piano enough to made big headway with the Kroeger. Tak- actuated by machinery that is moved by
pay for the tuning.
ing one consideration with another, I the turning of the crank by which the
There are at the present time so many should say the Kroeger firm is among the organ is played. To operate all these
cheap, shoddy instruments offered for sale
that it is a most difficult matter for any' most successful of progressive piano man- things calls for the exercise of more power
on the part of the player and to make the
one to get a good piano unless he knows facturers now in the field."
the true merits of the different makes and
" They hold a good, secure position, work less hard for him the organ crank is
their commercial value.
certainly," replied the other; "and Chris fixed in the rim of a balance wheel at-
A piano such as the Knabe, Sohmer, Garritson deserves a lot of credit for the tached to the shaft.
Fischer and Ludwig has a commercial
The organ grinder of the outfit turns
value everywhere. Either of the above policy he has adopted and carried through.
names on the fallboard of your piano sig- It is the only real, successful policy— the crank on the organ just as he would on
nifies that you have a piano that is rec- the only policy that will last. He buys any organ, and with the same result; but
ognized the world over as being worth all good material, employs expert workmen in addition, as he turns, and at such
we ask for it.
under expert foremen, and insists that intervals as they would commonly be
A feature of this "timely talk" which every part of the instruments, down to the brought into play in orchestral or band
merits consideration is the tuning of pi- smallest detail, shall receive the full atten- music, the drums and the cymbal are here
anos without charge for along period after tion it deserves.
brought in with ruffle and boom and crash.
a sale has been made. Like the matter of
What with the novelty of its appearance
"This is followed up by aggressive en-
installments, dealers have been somewhat terprise in the matter of advertising, the and the striking musical effects produced,
too "easy" regarding free tuning and re- sending out of alert, competent representa- the outfit draws a crowd, and it seems to
pairing, particularly on time sales.
tives on the road and the selection of deal- be a money maker, too.
Meanwhile it has been remarked, and ers who make it their business to sell pi-
very properly, that it is a good invest- anos rather than to keep them. These
The Poole Advance.
ment for a dealer or manufacturer to keep dealers, in return for good work, get prop-
W. H. Poole, of the Poole Piano Co.,
a piano in tune long after a sale is made er recognition and fair treatment. Gar-
finds
an undiminished demand for the
on the ground that if it is in bad condition ritson succeeds. He ought to succeed. He
Poole
piano.
At the factory, at the pres-
it has a tendency to prejudice those who may deserves it."
ent
time,
more
men are employed and more
visit the home where it is, against that es-
The above tells the story of the Kroeger Poole pianos are being turned out than
pecial make; for people at large are not in a nutshell. To add anything would be
ever before in the history of this establish-
prone unfortunately to differentiate as to superfluous.
ment. This tells the story of success
the exact cause why the instrument does
in
a few words. Mr. Poole's present road
Death of Geo. E. Small.
not give satisfaction. If the key or ham-
trip
again demonstrates that dealers one
mer sticks or a string breaks, or the piano
George Elliot Small, one of the best and all comprehend the position which the
gets out of tune, they are inclined to the known residents of Nashua, N. H., is
Poole piano occupies in the esteem of the
belief that the piano is not up to the stand- dead. In that city he conducted a piano
music-loving public; hence many new
ard claimed for it by the dealer who sold and organ business some time ago, and
agencies have been established and many
it. Hence the injury.
while thus engaged traveled over the big orders placed.
The impression thus obtained could only greater part of New England and accumu-
be removed by the closest attention of the lated the substantial fortune which he has
Kohler & Chase of San Francisco, are
local dealer. By putting the instrument left. He was the discoverer of the Lon- preparing to celebrate their fiftieth birth-
in a proper shape from time to time, he donderry Lithia Spring Water.
day.
POOLE
PIANOS
Precious, Perfect, Peerless
As to Tone, Touch, Design,
Durability and Value/ . < ,
5 a n d 7 A P P L E T O N S T R E E T , BOSTON, M A S S ,
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