Music Trade Review
Issue: 1900 Vol. 31 N. 23 - Page 8
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THE
anos valued at $30,739, as against 147 pi-
anos valued at $30,078 in October, '99.
The ten months'total exports show 1,245
pianos valued at $268,133, as compared
with 1,199 pianos valued at $250,493, ex-
ported in the same period in '99, and 796
valued at $180,609 f° r the same period
in '98.
The value of "all other instruments and
parts thereof" sent abroad during October,
1900, amounted to $92,801; in the same
month of '99 their value was estimated at
$53,482. The total exports for the ten
months under this heading foot up $552,-
353, as against $438,390 exported during
the same period of '99, and $416,263 ex-
ported during the same period in 1898.
This shows an increase for 1900 over the
previous year of $113,963.
The export figures for the ten months
ending October for the past three years
and which come under this heading, are
as follows: 1898—$416,263; 1899—$438,-
390, and in 1900—$552,353.
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Mr. Baus' Statement.
Steger Entertains.
Augustus Baus, in talking with The
Review on Wednesday during a visit to
the Spies factory and warerootns, referred
to the fraudulent use of manufacturers'
and other names on piano fallboards. He
asserted that, only a week or two ago,
his own firm name had been wrongfully
used. "We found out that an inferior piano
was in the market with our name, 'Baus,'
on the fallboard, and have notified the
trade accordingly.
" Such conduct is a gross injustice," Mr.
Baus continued. "This business was found-
ed by me nearly twenty years ago and
has had my personal attention ever since
that time. There is no other person,
firm or corporation in existence bearing a
name sin ilar to ours. Any piano known
by my name and not having on the fall-
board the firm name in full is a stencil and
a fraud."
The result of the late Presidential elec-
tion was formally celebrated at Steger, 111.,
last Saturday night by a dinner given by
J. V. Steger to a number of his friends.
There was an excellent menu and floral
decorations galore. A number of in-
formal speeches, commencing with a brief
but eloquent address of welcome extended
to his guests by Mr. Steger, contributed
toward the enjoyment of the evening.
Krell Litigation.
The Cincinnati papers have of late con-
tained frequent notices concerning the set-
tlement of the estate of the late Albert
Krell. Attorneys who represent the Krell
Piano Co., who are creditors to the extent
of $21,000, are pressing for the removal in
the Probate Court of the widow of the de-
ceased as executrix. They claim her in-
terests are adverse to those of the credit-
ors, and that the estate was insolvent and
the business being run at a 1 loss. A suit
was also filed by Albert Krell against his
stepmother to enjoin her from disposing of
money she received from the sale of real
estate which was deeded to her by her hus-
band.
At a hearing last Tuesday the court sus-
tained the widow, refused to remove her
as executrix, ordered the sale, and further
refused to require either a bond of the
widow or to cut her allowance, and directed
that the store should not be closed before
the sale.
Staib Extension.
The additions to the Staib-Abendschein
Co.'s premises will probably be completed
within a month. The annex is to equal in
height and number of stories the original
factory. The Staib building proper will
then measure 100x90 feet. Part of the
additional space will be absorbed for en-
tension of the firm's work and part will be
occupied by Strich & Zeidler.
A Timely Discovery.
A fire was discovered last Tuesday night
in the rear room of the fifth floor of the
Foster Piano Co.'s factory, Rochester,
N. Y. Before the fire department com-
menced operations the fire was extinguished
with a chemical. It had not gained much
headway.
The A. B. Cameron Co. shipped carloads
of pianos to the Pacific Coast and to Penn-
sylvania this week. A. B. Cameron is ex-
pected home next week.
Embezzlement Charged.
E. O. Fox was arrested in Toledo, O.,
Saturday, on a charge of embezzling
$1,000 from the Western Cottage Piano &
Organ Co. He has been taken to Napo-
leon, O., to answer the charge, the warrant
for which was sworn out last May.
A New Century Reminder.
A handsome calendar has just reached
us from the National Musical String Co.,
New Brunswick, N. J. The upper part
represents a rural landscape scene in a
suitable framing, while the calendar proper
appears underneath in silver on a dark
background.
The item on page 26 referring to Geo.
A. Nichols leaving Shapiro, Bernstein &
Von Tilzer is absolutely incorrect. We
have been informed since that page went
to press that an offer was made him to
manage the An tead business, but he re-
fused.
L. E. Thayer the Starr ambassador was
a visitor to the city this week.
IK/OS 1
In Smith' & Nixon Upright Pianos the qualities of
the tone and action are identically the same as in
Grand Piaros, making it really a GRAND PIANO
IN A N UPRIGHT CASE.
No other Pianos can have these desirable features,
as the method of construction by which they are
obtained is our invention, fully protected by far-
reaching patents.
This wonderful improvement really makes the
Smith & Nixon Pianos worth much more than ordi-
nary upright instruments, but our prices are no higher
than would be paid for other reliable makes.
'
REASONABLE INDUCEMENTS OFFERED DEALERS.
Smith & Nixon Piano Co
THE
anos valued at $30,739, as against 147 pi-
anos valued at $30,078 in October, '99.
The ten months'total exports show 1,245
pianos valued at $268,133, as compared
with 1,199 pianos valued at $250,493, ex-
ported in the same period in '99, and 796
valued at $180,609 f° r the same period
in '98.
The value of "all other instruments and
parts thereof" sent abroad during October,
1900, amounted to $92,801; in the same
month of '99 their value was estimated at
$53,482. The total exports for the ten
months under this heading foot up $552,-
353, as against $438,390 exported during
the same period of '99, and $416,263 ex-
ported during the same period in 1898.
This shows an increase for 1900 over the
previous year of $113,963.
The export figures for the ten months
ending October for the past three years
and which come under this heading, are
as follows: 1898—$416,263; 1899—$438,-
390, and in 1900—$552,353.
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Mr. Baus' Statement.
Steger Entertains.
Augustus Baus, in talking with The
Review on Wednesday during a visit to
the Spies factory and warerootns, referred
to the fraudulent use of manufacturers'
and other names on piano fallboards. He
asserted that, only a week or two ago,
his own firm name had been wrongfully
used. "We found out that an inferior piano
was in the market with our name, 'Baus,'
on the fallboard, and have notified the
trade accordingly.
" Such conduct is a gross injustice," Mr.
Baus continued. "This business was found-
ed by me nearly twenty years ago and
has had my personal attention ever since
that time. There is no other person,
firm or corporation in existence bearing a
name sin ilar to ours. Any piano known
by my name and not having on the fall-
board the firm name in full is a stencil and
a fraud."
The result of the late Presidential elec-
tion was formally celebrated at Steger, 111.,
last Saturday night by a dinner given by
J. V. Steger to a number of his friends.
There was an excellent menu and floral
decorations galore. A number of in-
formal speeches, commencing with a brief
but eloquent address of welcome extended
to his guests by Mr. Steger, contributed
toward the enjoyment of the evening.
Krell Litigation.
The Cincinnati papers have of late con-
tained frequent notices concerning the set-
tlement of the estate of the late Albert
Krell. Attorneys who represent the Krell
Piano Co., who are creditors to the extent
of $21,000, are pressing for the removal in
the Probate Court of the widow of the de-
ceased as executrix. They claim her in-
terests are adverse to those of the credit-
ors, and that the estate was insolvent and
the business being run at a 1 loss. A suit
was also filed by Albert Krell against his
stepmother to enjoin her from disposing of
money she received from the sale of real
estate which was deeded to her by her hus-
band.
At a hearing last Tuesday the court sus-
tained the widow, refused to remove her
as executrix, ordered the sale, and further
refused to require either a bond of the
widow or to cut her allowance, and directed
that the store should not be closed before
the sale.
Staib Extension.
The additions to the Staib-Abendschein
Co.'s premises will probably be completed
within a month. The annex is to equal in
height and number of stories the original
factory. The Staib building proper will
then measure 100x90 feet. Part of the
additional space will be absorbed for en-
tension of the firm's work and part will be
occupied by Strich & Zeidler.
A Timely Discovery.
A fire was discovered last Tuesday night
in the rear room of the fifth floor of the
Foster Piano Co.'s factory, Rochester,
N. Y. Before the fire department com-
menced operations the fire was extinguished
with a chemical. It had not gained much
headway.
The A. B. Cameron Co. shipped carloads
of pianos to the Pacific Coast and to Penn-
sylvania this week. A. B. Cameron is ex-
pected home next week.
Embezzlement Charged.
E. O. Fox was arrested in Toledo, O.,
Saturday, on a charge of embezzling
$1,000 from the Western Cottage Piano &
Organ Co. He has been taken to Napo-
leon, O., to answer the charge, the warrant
for which was sworn out last May.
A New Century Reminder.
A handsome calendar has just reached
us from the National Musical String Co.,
New Brunswick, N. J. The upper part
represents a rural landscape scene in a
suitable framing, while the calendar proper
appears underneath in silver on a dark
background.
The item on page 26 referring to Geo.
A. Nichols leaving Shapiro, Bernstein &
Von Tilzer is absolutely incorrect. We
have been informed since that page went
to press that an offer was made him to
manage the An tead business, but he re-
fused.
L. E. Thayer the Starr ambassador was
a visitor to the city this week.
IK/OS 1
In Smith' & Nixon Upright Pianos the qualities of
the tone and action are identically the same as in
Grand Piaros, making it really a GRAND PIANO
IN A N UPRIGHT CASE.
No other Pianos can have these desirable features,
as the method of construction by which they are
obtained is our invention, fully protected by far-
reaching patents.
This wonderful improvement really makes the
Smith & Nixon Pianos worth much more than ordi-
nary upright instruments, but our prices are no higher
than would be paid for other reliable makes.
'
REASONABLE INDUCEMENTS OFFERED DEALERS.
Smith & Nixon Piano Co
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