Music Trade Review
Issue: 1900 Vol. 31 N. 24 - Page 3
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J1UJIC TI(ADE
V O L . XXXI. No. 2 4 . Pflblisned Evftry Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteeatn Street. New York, December 15,1900.
Merrill Matters.
A New Year's Souvenir.
Davis a Hero.
SMITH ALLEGATIONS DENIED.
Mason & Hamlin's "Musician's Daily
Memorandum Calendar" for 1900, sent
from the press on Tuesday, is quite up to
the high standard set in the previous issue.
The editor, William P. Daniels, of the
firm, has taken infinite pains in making
his selection of apt quotations. They in-
dicate a wide range of reading and musi-
cal editorial discrimination in choice and
arrangements.
This calendar for desk use is already in
demand, and the sale of a large edition is
expected. It is inclosed in a metal frame.
A page is set apart for every day in the
year, with ample space for writing. It
will be on sale at ten cents, and is really
worth three times that sum.
Geo. Howlett Davis, of pianophone fame,
is in receipt of a medal of honor from the
United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps,
which was accompanied with the following
letter under date of Nov. 27th:
Mr. G. Howlett Davis:
Dear Sir—Your heroic action in rescuing
four persons from drowning off Romer
Shoals on September 3, 1900, having been
fully evidenced to our Board and approved
by Vice-Com. W. W. Wilson in command
of that district, they have awarded yoii the
inclosed Medal of Honor, which we trust
will be appreciated and worn with honor,
as a memento of the occasion, and that it
may inspire others to be ever ready for a
like noble deed.
For the Board,
Very truly yours,
J. Wesley Jones.
The State Board is composed of Gov-
ernor Roosevelt, Lieutenant-Governor
Woodruff and Mayor Van Wyck.
It seems that Mr. Davis risked his own
life in the terrible gale which occurred the
early part of September and rescued four
people who were wrecked on Romer Shoals.
At the date of this occurrence his heroic
work was given unstinted praise by the
press of this city. A man who has saved
the lives of four human beings has surely
won a proud position in life.
In reference to the published accounts
concerning the alleged action of E. D.
Smith against the Merrill Piano Manufac-
turing Co., A. J. Freeman, former treas-
urer of the Merrill Piano Co., makes the
statement that Mr. Smith's claims are en-
tirely without justice. He furthermore
praises the Merrill piano, and claims that
the Lowell concern is the only one entitled
to the use of the name Merrill. We ap-
pend Mr. Smith's letter:
Boston, Mass., Dec. 10, 1900.
Merrill Piano Mfg. Co.
Lawrence, Mass.
Gentlemen: —Having noticed in the
music trade papers a statement purport-
ing to come from Pittsrield, Me., setting
forth that E. D. Smith has brought suit
in equity against the Merrill Piano Manu-
facturing Co., laying claim to the scales,
patterns and name "Merrill," and also as-
serting that they are now manufacturing
an inferior piano, in justice and fairness
to the piano trade in general and to the
Merrill people in particular the matter
ought to be set right, and therefore I feel
compelled to make the following state-
ment of facts.
E. U. Smith does not now, neither has
he ever owned the scales, patterns, good-
will and the right to use the name "Mer-
rill" in the manufacture of pianos, and so
far as I know, until several months after
the Merrill Piano Manufacturing Co. com-
menced the manufacture of the Merrill
piano did he ever lay claim to such a right.
By vote of the stockholders of the Mer-
rill Piano Co., chartered under the laws of
Massachusetts, the Merrill Piano Manu-
facturing Co., of Lawrence, a Maine cor-
poration, acquired the right to use the
name, scales, patterns, etc., of the old Mer-
rill Piano Co.
I have visited the factory of the Merrill
Piano Manufacturing Co. several times and
have examined the piano in the various
stages of its construction, and to the best
of my knowledge and belief the pianos are
being made to-day of the very best of ma-
terial and by the best workmen, and are
an exact reproduction of the old Merrill
piano except in the styles of cases, which
are very much superior to the old styles.
The board of directors is composed of
men of sterling integrity and good, sound
business judgment, and are worthy of the
utmost confidence which may be placed in
them.
A. J. Freeman,
Formerly Treasurer The Merrill Pi-
ano Co.
A. Z. Jenkins Co., of Manchester, N. H.,
have filed articles of incorporation with
the Secretary of State. Capital stock,
$6,000.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS
A Great Ann Arbor Year.
J. C. Henderson, general manager of
the Ann Arbor Organ Co., who made a
hurried trip through the South last week,
expects to leave to-day for the West which
he will tour until the first of the year.
Business with the Ann Arbor Organ
Co., is excellent and while they are several
hundred organs behind they are working
hard to catch up so as to start in with a
clean sheet on Jan. 1. Their business for
the year promises to exceed 1899 which
was one of the best in the history of this
institution.
Mr. Henderson's work in the interest of
the company has been tireless and in every
way effective. He has labored indefatiga-
bly, and as the business shows, success-
fully, to advance the interests of the com-
pany which he so competently represents.
In all sections of the country during the
past year Mr. Henderson has built up some
very valuable connections for the Ann Ar-
bor Organ Co., and not only at home, but
abroad he has in every way made a show-
ing which is a credit to his ability and
speaks eloquently of the instruments which
he represents. For, after all, ability would
not hold trade were not the instruments
equal to the claims made for them.
The new year evidently has big things
in store for the Ann Arbor Organ Co., and
we are destined to record a still further ex-
pansion of their business.
Retail business, which for the past month
was considerably below par in Boston, has
picked up materially and with few excep-
tions an optimistic feeling prevails regard-
ing trade.
Travelers in Russia.
The Consul-General at St. Petersburg
reports that under the new Russian regu-
lations affecting commercial travelers, ef-
fective Jan. 1 next, foreign commercial
travelers exercising their calling in Russia
during the period from July to December
need only, as under the existing higher
scale, pay half the amount of the annual
industrial pursuit tax (crown tax). Hence,
in future, a Christian traveler represent-
ing a foreign firm will have to pay a state
tax of 75 rubles if he exercises his calling
only during the second half of the year,
and provided that he takes out the license
in his own name and not that of his firm,
so as to avoid payment of the additional
dues for a clerk's license.
A. S. Paddock, of Sioux Falls, S. D.,
has just supplied a handsome Story &
Clark piano to the Parker High School.
This piano was secured after considerable
competition.
Chickering & Sons have recently with-
drawn their representation from the C. C.
Mellor Co., Pittsburg, Pa.
THL
RMFW
J1UJIC TI(ADE
V O L . XXXI. No. 2 4 . Pflblisned Evftry Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteeatn Street. New York, December 15,1900.
Merrill Matters.
A New Year's Souvenir.
Davis a Hero.
SMITH ALLEGATIONS DENIED.
Mason & Hamlin's "Musician's Daily
Memorandum Calendar" for 1900, sent
from the press on Tuesday, is quite up to
the high standard set in the previous issue.
The editor, William P. Daniels, of the
firm, has taken infinite pains in making
his selection of apt quotations. They in-
dicate a wide range of reading and musi-
cal editorial discrimination in choice and
arrangements.
This calendar for desk use is already in
demand, and the sale of a large edition is
expected. It is inclosed in a metal frame.
A page is set apart for every day in the
year, with ample space for writing. It
will be on sale at ten cents, and is really
worth three times that sum.
Geo. Howlett Davis, of pianophone fame,
is in receipt of a medal of honor from the
United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps,
which was accompanied with the following
letter under date of Nov. 27th:
Mr. G. Howlett Davis:
Dear Sir—Your heroic action in rescuing
four persons from drowning off Romer
Shoals on September 3, 1900, having been
fully evidenced to our Board and approved
by Vice-Com. W. W. Wilson in command
of that district, they have awarded yoii the
inclosed Medal of Honor, which we trust
will be appreciated and worn with honor,
as a memento of the occasion, and that it
may inspire others to be ever ready for a
like noble deed.
For the Board,
Very truly yours,
J. Wesley Jones.
The State Board is composed of Gov-
ernor Roosevelt, Lieutenant-Governor
Woodruff and Mayor Van Wyck.
It seems that Mr. Davis risked his own
life in the terrible gale which occurred the
early part of September and rescued four
people who were wrecked on Romer Shoals.
At the date of this occurrence his heroic
work was given unstinted praise by the
press of this city. A man who has saved
the lives of four human beings has surely
won a proud position in life.
In reference to the published accounts
concerning the alleged action of E. D.
Smith against the Merrill Piano Manufac-
turing Co., A. J. Freeman, former treas-
urer of the Merrill Piano Co., makes the
statement that Mr. Smith's claims are en-
tirely without justice. He furthermore
praises the Merrill piano, and claims that
the Lowell concern is the only one entitled
to the use of the name Merrill. We ap-
pend Mr. Smith's letter:
Boston, Mass., Dec. 10, 1900.
Merrill Piano Mfg. Co.
Lawrence, Mass.
Gentlemen: —Having noticed in the
music trade papers a statement purport-
ing to come from Pittsrield, Me., setting
forth that E. D. Smith has brought suit
in equity against the Merrill Piano Manu-
facturing Co., laying claim to the scales,
patterns and name "Merrill," and also as-
serting that they are now manufacturing
an inferior piano, in justice and fairness
to the piano trade in general and to the
Merrill people in particular the matter
ought to be set right, and therefore I feel
compelled to make the following state-
ment of facts.
E. U. Smith does not now, neither has
he ever owned the scales, patterns, good-
will and the right to use the name "Mer-
rill" in the manufacture of pianos, and so
far as I know, until several months after
the Merrill Piano Manufacturing Co. com-
menced the manufacture of the Merrill
piano did he ever lay claim to such a right.
By vote of the stockholders of the Mer-
rill Piano Co., chartered under the laws of
Massachusetts, the Merrill Piano Manu-
facturing Co., of Lawrence, a Maine cor-
poration, acquired the right to use the
name, scales, patterns, etc., of the old Mer-
rill Piano Co.
I have visited the factory of the Merrill
Piano Manufacturing Co. several times and
have examined the piano in the various
stages of its construction, and to the best
of my knowledge and belief the pianos are
being made to-day of the very best of ma-
terial and by the best workmen, and are
an exact reproduction of the old Merrill
piano except in the styles of cases, which
are very much superior to the old styles.
The board of directors is composed of
men of sterling integrity and good, sound
business judgment, and are worthy of the
utmost confidence which may be placed in
them.
A. J. Freeman,
Formerly Treasurer The Merrill Pi-
ano Co.
A. Z. Jenkins Co., of Manchester, N. H.,
have filed articles of incorporation with
the Secretary of State. Capital stock,
$6,000.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS
A Great Ann Arbor Year.
J. C. Henderson, general manager of
the Ann Arbor Organ Co., who made a
hurried trip through the South last week,
expects to leave to-day for the West which
he will tour until the first of the year.
Business with the Ann Arbor Organ
Co., is excellent and while they are several
hundred organs behind they are working
hard to catch up so as to start in with a
clean sheet on Jan. 1. Their business for
the year promises to exceed 1899 which
was one of the best in the history of this
institution.
Mr. Henderson's work in the interest of
the company has been tireless and in every
way effective. He has labored indefatiga-
bly, and as the business shows, success-
fully, to advance the interests of the com-
pany which he so competently represents.
In all sections of the country during the
past year Mr. Henderson has built up some
very valuable connections for the Ann Ar-
bor Organ Co., and not only at home, but
abroad he has in every way made a show-
ing which is a credit to his ability and
speaks eloquently of the instruments which
he represents. For, after all, ability would
not hold trade were not the instruments
equal to the claims made for them.
The new year evidently has big things
in store for the Ann Arbor Organ Co., and
we are destined to record a still further ex-
pansion of their business.
Retail business, which for the past month
was considerably below par in Boston, has
picked up materially and with few excep-
tions an optimistic feeling prevails regard-
ing trade.
Travelers in Russia.
The Consul-General at St. Petersburg
reports that under the new Russian regu-
lations affecting commercial travelers, ef-
fective Jan. 1 next, foreign commercial
travelers exercising their calling in Russia
during the period from July to December
need only, as under the existing higher
scale, pay half the amount of the annual
industrial pursuit tax (crown tax). Hence,
in future, a Christian traveler represent-
ing a foreign firm will have to pay a state
tax of 75 rubles if he exercises his calling
only during the second half of the year,
and provided that he takes out the license
in his own name and not that of his firm,
so as to avoid payment of the additional
dues for a clerk's license.
A. S. Paddock, of Sioux Falls, S. D.,
has just supplied a handsome Story &
Clark piano to the Parker High School.
This piano was secured after considerable
competition.
Chickering & Sons have recently with-
drawn their representation from the C. C.
Mellor Co., Pittsburg, Pa.
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