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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
a job, he was asked to fix his own salary ^
"If I think it is too much, I won't pay it,''
said the piano man, "and in that case I
don't want you, but I can't afford to have
dissatisfied people in my establishment."
Braton Chase in Town.
Braton S. Chase, president and general
manager of the Chase-Hackley Piano Co.,
Muskegon, Mich., was in town Thursday,
visiting Philadelphia the earlier part of the
week. While East he met Mr. George
Boltwood, the general traveler of the
Chase-Hackley concern. They will prob-
ably return West to-morrow. Mr. Chase
remarked: "Business continues in a very
satisfactory way with us. There has been
an unusually strong demand for Chase
Bros, pianos, and the Hackley is a general
favorite. Last year we sold more pianos
than ever before during a similar period,
and the present year bids fair to surpass
the record of 1900."
Byrne's New Quarters.
SECURE LARGE FACTORY ON EAST FORTY-
FIRST STREET WITH 5 2 , 0 0 0 SQUARE
FEET OF SPACE.
Must Mark Pianos.
First Move in Upper Fifth Ave.?
A BILL TO PREVENT TROUBLE WITH INSTALL-
MENT DEALERS WILL IT WORK ?
THE NEWLY ORGANIZED MELVILLE CLARK APOL-
LO CO. MAY LEASE QUARTERS NEAR TWEN-
TY-SIXTH STREET OTHER
EASTERN AGENCIES. §
[Special to The Review.]
Harrisburg, Pa., March 14, 1901.
Senator Snyder introduced a bill to-day
which will create great interest among the
large number of persons who rent pianos
and organs or purchase them on the install-
ment plan. The bill provides that where
a piano or organ is sold on the installment
plan or rented, the person selling or rent-
ing it must stencil, paint or display on the
front of the instrument words to the effect
that it is " the property of or owned by,"
giving the name of the lessor.
A penalty is provided for the failure on
the part of the lessor to do so. The object
of the bill is to prevent seizures and dis-
sensions over payments and make the fail-
ure on the part of a lessor to follow the
law legal ground for the refusal of a lessee
to make payments.
Piano Men Differ.
LSpecial to The Review.]
Huntsville, Ala., March 1, 1901.
A disagreement between E. E. Forbes,
the well-known piano and organ merchant,
who has branch stores in several cities,
and A. A. Poindexter, manager of the
local branch, has culminated in a law-suit.
Poindexter came to Huntsville several
months ago and established the branch
house for Forbes and recently Mr. Forbes
sent a man here to take charge. Mr.
Poindexter refused to vacate, claiming
a contract for a year, and in a suit
brought against him by Mr. Forbes, the
plaintiff won. The matter is still unsettled.
The first music trade house to cross the
Twenty-third street line on Fifth avenue
will be presumably the Melville Clark Apol-
lo Co. This concern which was incorpor-
ated last week under the laws of New
York, capital $125,000 will push the Mel-
ville Clark product in the East, control-
ling New York State, New Jersey, Del-
aware and the Virginias. They have
located warerooms at 227 Fifth avenue
near the corner of Twenty sixth street.
Special alterations in the interior will be
immediately made, according to the wishes
of the new lessees. There will be a small
recital hall in the rear. The officers of the
concern are: Theodore Pfafflin, president,
Nathan Cole, vice-president, and Chas. H.
Wagener, secretary and treasurer.
Very flattering offers have been made
Theodore Pfafflin to resign from his present
position and accept the entire management
of the Melville Clark interests in the East.
It is, therefore, probable that he will di-
rect the operations of the new concern.
This new move means that the Apollo
and probably the Melville Clark pianos
will be vigorously pushed in the East and
particularly in New York and vicinity.
Percy K. Van York will be associated
in the capacity of salesman in the local
branch.
Chandler W. Smith, the well-known
Boston dealer, who was in town Thurs-
day, has secured the agency for the
Apollo for Boston and vicinity. Outside
of Boston arrangements have been made
whereby the Poole Piano Co., will be ex-
clusive New England jobbers of the
Apollo.
The C. E. Byrne Piano Co., have leased
a large factory building on East Forty-
first street, between Second and Third
avenues. Fitting of plants and machinery
has begun and the entire manufacturing
outfit of the firm, now on Twenty-sixth
street, will be in the new quarters before
May 1.
C. E. Byrne, when speaking with The
Review on Thursday, said: "We shall
start in the new quarters with entirely
new stock. Two thousand cases have al-
ready been ordered. Arrangements are
in progress to ensure a much larger output
Not a Century Old!
than ever before.
"I would like to sell out all of the stock
"Prof. Gomer Thomas, of Danville, who
now in the present factory before we move. will be recalled as a former visitor here is
This is an opportunity for bargains that his profession of music teacher, has just
Capacity Doubled.
live dealers ought to seize. They can pur- acquired a rare antique in pianos. In
Henry & S. G. Lindeman now occupy
chase for a few days at unusually low making a sale to David Cram near Dan-
two
big floors of the factory premises, 159
figures. Our styles are good sellers, and ville he took the old instrument in part
East
T28th street. This doubles the ca-
as for their values, the trade know full well payment. It is stenciled Thomas Loud
pacity
in square feet. The factory has
what we have done in that direction all and is 103 years old. It has been in the
only
been
in operation fifteen months,
along and what we are doing."
Cram family over eighty years. It is still
starting
with
4,500 square feet. Now the
The new Byrne factory will be much in a good state of preservation and is built
space
occupied
is 9,000 square feet. All
larger than the structure now occupied. in a solid mahogany case. There are but
modern
appliances
have been introduced.
There will be 52,000 sq. feet of working six octaves, five legs, one pedal. Mr.
A
new
catalogue
is
in preparation. After
space. The frontage measures 100 feet, Thomas will exhibit it."
its
issue,
S.
G.
Lindeman
expects to travel
the depth of the buildings being 130 feet.
The above item which we clip from the extensively in the firm's interests.
The height will be uniformly six stories. Hazelton, Pa., Sentinel is not quite cor-
The varnish room will be one of the biggest rect. While the Loud piano is a valuable
Busy at Bothner's.
in the country.
souvenir of the early days of piano making
in this country it is not 103 years old.
George Bothner is making good progress
Hathushek Branches.
Thomas Loud commenced making pianos in both departments of his business. The
J. Fred Gibeson, manager for Mathushek in Philadelphia in 1816 and the Cram fam- Bothner actions not only hold their own
& Son Piano Co., in New Brunswick, N. J., ily must have purchased this piano a few but find new friends continually. The
has opened another branch store for the years after Loud started in business. As hardwood molding department has de-
company, at 119 South street, Perth Ara- before stated in The Review, the Loud in- veloped into much larger proportions than
boy.
struments were justly famous in the early formerly. The present year promises well
Mr. Gibeson has opened a great many days of the industry and won a great many for the Bothner industries.
branch stores about the State, the growing
business demanding agencies all over New honors at the Franklin Institute in Phila-
The Weaver Organ and Piano Co., this
delphia.
Jersey.
week, made some very large shipments of
From the Mason & Hamlin Co., we are
Wm. Buxton, formerly with Lyon & organs to Georgia, Wisconsin, Indian Ter-
in receipt of a handsomely framed group
Healy,
is now associated with the Vose & ritory, South Carolina and a number of
of four eminent musicians who have spoken
in most commendatory terms of the Mason Sons' Chicago house in the capacity of other centers of the United States. They
also made some European shipments.
traveling salesman.
& Hamlin pianos.