Music Trade Review
Issue: 1901 Vol. 32 N. 22 - Page 11
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THE
REVIEW
fflJJIC TIRADE
V O L . XXXII. No. 2 2 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street, New York, June 1,1901.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS
J. P. Simmons Now in Control.
Incorporated in New York.
Organizer Dold in Town.
Purchases rirs. Hart's Interest in the Junius
Hart Piano House—Will Conduct it Under
Old Name- Ample Capital Back of the En-
terprise— Praise for /Irs. Hart and her
flanagers.
Among the incorporations filed with the
Secretary of State of New York on Monday,
was that of the Roylance Piano Company of
New York city, with a capital of $1,500.
Directors—E. W. Roylance, F. D. Roylance,
and Harriet Roylance, New York City.
Carries on a Great Campaign to Organize the
Piano Workers of the City .
[Special to The Review.]
New Orleans, La., May 25, 1901.
Mrs. Sallie J. Hart who has been carrying
on . the business of the Junius Hart Piano
House, which was established about a quarter
of a century ago by the late Junius Hart,
has definitely decided to retire from active
business life. The business has been ac-
quired by Mr. J. P. Simmons, her present
manager, who will attend to the liquidation
of the old business and carry on a wholesale
and retail piano business in New Orleans un-
der the firm name of ''The Junius Hart Piano
House." Sufficient capital has been inter-
. ested to insure the new concern's success.
No definite arrangements have been made
as to the line of instruments which will be
carried under the new ownership, but it is
generally supposed that the present agen-
cies, which include the Weber, Hardman,
Kimball, Estey and Crown pianos, will be
retained as well as the Estey and Kimball
organs
The Junius Hart establishment has long
been known as a strictly reliable institution,
and has won a high reputation not only
throughout the South, but in the trade gen-
erally. Mrs. Hart, who has so successfully
conducted the business of this house since
the death of her husband, is entitled to no
small measure of praise for the splendid
work which she has accomplished. Her re-
tirement to private life is due largely to a
desire to devote her time to the interest and
future welfare of her accomplished daughter,
Miss Cecile Hart. In her retirement she has
the good wishes of a host of friends not only
here, but from all those who have had busi-
ness dealings with her.
Of the new owner's ability to conduct this
store to still greater success little need be
said. Mr. Simmons has been in the trade
for the past eighteen years, and has made
the marketing of pianos and organs a life
study. With the ramifications of the Hart
business he is thoroughly acquainted and his
aim will be to make this establishment a
greater power and a greater influence for
good than ever before in the Crescent City.
Mr. Simmons has only just returned from
New York where he attended the Convention
of the N. P. M. A. and enrolled his name as
a charter member of the Dealers' Association.
In the course of a chat he expressed the
heartiest approval of the mission of the As-
sociation and hoped that great good may
come through its efforts to elevate the piano
trade throughout the United States.'
Wm. C. Camp to Wed Hiss Otis.
The marriage of Elita Proctor Otis, the
actress, at present playing the role of Alicia
Green in the farce the "Brixton Burglary,"
at the Herald Square Theater, to William
Carpenter Camp, a former prominent society
man of Chicago and at one time a member
of the firm of Estey & Camp, piano dealers
of that city, is announced to shortly take
place. Mr. Camp has been a member of the
Lambs' Club.
A Good Market for Pianos.
There is said to be a good market for pi-
anos, organs and other musical instruments
in the State of Yucatan, Mexico, says the
Journal of Commerce. Felipe G. Canton,
of 29 Broadway, who has extensive business
relations with that part of the world, is about
to make a shipment of several pianos manu-
factured by the Mason & Hamlin Co., of
New York city.
Few Needy Musicians in Boston.
The Income of the Oliver Ditson Society not
Used Up Entirely.
It would appear from the annual report of
the "Oliver Ditson Society for the Relief
of Needy Musicians" that there is little need
for such a fund in Boston. This fact came
out at the annual meeting of the society.
The society's means are a bequest by the
late Oliver Ditson, the income of which was
to be devoted to aiding worthy musicians
in need of financial assistance. Somewhat
to the surprise of the officers and trustees,
the demand from such as are entitled to
assistance has not equalled the means avail-
able.
After answering all worthy demands the
trustees have added to the permanent fund
a considerable sum from unexpended inter-
est. They would be glad to know of any
needy cases which have not already been
brought to their notice. There is an earnest
desire on the part of the society to find such
cases.
At the thirteenth session of the Chautauqua
meeting, to be held in Beatrice, Neb., com-
mencing June 21st and continuing for two
weeks, the Estey pianos and organs will be
used exclusively.
_
General organizer Charles Dold, of the In-
ternational Piano and Organ Workers' Un-
ion of America, is in the city and during the
past week he succeeded in stirring the New
York craftsmen to renewed interest and ac-
tivity in organization affairs.
On Saturday afternoon he addressed a
meeting inVogel's Hall, West Fortieth street,
of the piano workers in that neighborhood.
On Sunday, in an address at the meeting of
the Central Federated Union Mr. .Dold stated
that it was his intention to organize the 6,000
artisans employed in constructing pianos in
New York, and that already about 2,500 of
them are in the union.
He called attention to the union label for
pianos and organs, which he hoped would be
recognized by the union musicians and other
fellow-craftsmen.
Organizer Dold addressed meetings of
workers in different parts of the city during
this week, and speakers were appointed to as-
sist at these gatherings. On Monday at 6
p. m., he spoke in Boyle's Hall, corner One
Hundred and Thirty-seventh street and
Southern Boulevard; Wednesday, the 29th,
again at quitting time he talked to fellow arti-
sans in Kessler's Hall, Ninth Avenue, be-
tween Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth streets,
and the same evening the employes of Stein-
way and Sohmer listened to the general or-
ganizer at a meeting in Ettlinger's Hall,
Broadway and Seventh Avenue, Long Island
City. Friday evening the last day of the
month, he addressed a trade mass meeting
in Bronx Casino, Third avenue and One
Hundred and Fifty-fourth street.
Tonograph Co. Assign.
The Tonograph Company, manufacturer
of musical instruments, with showrooms at
10 East Seventeenth street, this borough, and
factory at 643 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, made
an assignment Saturday to J. Quintus Co-
hen. The deed was signed by Robert A.
Gaily, as President. The company was in-
corporated in August, 1900, with a capi-
tal stock of $100,000.
Later on it was
announced that owing to internal dis-
sensions Frank P. Anderson, the Treas-
urer, who had put in $11,000, and Her-
man S. Praetorious, the Secretary, who con-
tributed $5,000 to the stock of the company,
had resigned their positions in November.
Mr. Cohen said that he could not say what
the cause of the assignment was nor the
amount of the liabilities, but he felt positive
that all the creditors would be paid in full.
THE
REVIEW
fflJJIC TIRADE
V O L . XXXII. No. 2 2 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street, New York, June 1,1901.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS
J. P. Simmons Now in Control.
Incorporated in New York.
Organizer Dold in Town.
Purchases rirs. Hart's Interest in the Junius
Hart Piano House—Will Conduct it Under
Old Name- Ample Capital Back of the En-
terprise— Praise for /Irs. Hart and her
flanagers.
Among the incorporations filed with the
Secretary of State of New York on Monday,
was that of the Roylance Piano Company of
New York city, with a capital of $1,500.
Directors—E. W. Roylance, F. D. Roylance,
and Harriet Roylance, New York City.
Carries on a Great Campaign to Organize the
Piano Workers of the City .
[Special to The Review.]
New Orleans, La., May 25, 1901.
Mrs. Sallie J. Hart who has been carrying
on . the business of the Junius Hart Piano
House, which was established about a quarter
of a century ago by the late Junius Hart,
has definitely decided to retire from active
business life. The business has been ac-
quired by Mr. J. P. Simmons, her present
manager, who will attend to the liquidation
of the old business and carry on a wholesale
and retail piano business in New Orleans un-
der the firm name of ''The Junius Hart Piano
House." Sufficient capital has been inter-
. ested to insure the new concern's success.
No definite arrangements have been made
as to the line of instruments which will be
carried under the new ownership, but it is
generally supposed that the present agen-
cies, which include the Weber, Hardman,
Kimball, Estey and Crown pianos, will be
retained as well as the Estey and Kimball
organs
The Junius Hart establishment has long
been known as a strictly reliable institution,
and has won a high reputation not only
throughout the South, but in the trade gen-
erally. Mrs. Hart, who has so successfully
conducted the business of this house since
the death of her husband, is entitled to no
small measure of praise for the splendid
work which she has accomplished. Her re-
tirement to private life is due largely to a
desire to devote her time to the interest and
future welfare of her accomplished daughter,
Miss Cecile Hart. In her retirement she has
the good wishes of a host of friends not only
here, but from all those who have had busi-
ness dealings with her.
Of the new owner's ability to conduct this
store to still greater success little need be
said. Mr. Simmons has been in the trade
for the past eighteen years, and has made
the marketing of pianos and organs a life
study. With the ramifications of the Hart
business he is thoroughly acquainted and his
aim will be to make this establishment a
greater power and a greater influence for
good than ever before in the Crescent City.
Mr. Simmons has only just returned from
New York where he attended the Convention
of the N. P. M. A. and enrolled his name as
a charter member of the Dealers' Association.
In the course of a chat he expressed the
heartiest approval of the mission of the As-
sociation and hoped that great good may
come through its efforts to elevate the piano
trade throughout the United States.'
Wm. C. Camp to Wed Hiss Otis.
The marriage of Elita Proctor Otis, the
actress, at present playing the role of Alicia
Green in the farce the "Brixton Burglary,"
at the Herald Square Theater, to William
Carpenter Camp, a former prominent society
man of Chicago and at one time a member
of the firm of Estey & Camp, piano dealers
of that city, is announced to shortly take
place. Mr. Camp has been a member of the
Lambs' Club.
A Good Market for Pianos.
There is said to be a good market for pi-
anos, organs and other musical instruments
in the State of Yucatan, Mexico, says the
Journal of Commerce. Felipe G. Canton,
of 29 Broadway, who has extensive business
relations with that part of the world, is about
to make a shipment of several pianos manu-
factured by the Mason & Hamlin Co., of
New York city.
Few Needy Musicians in Boston.
The Income of the Oliver Ditson Society not
Used Up Entirely.
It would appear from the annual report of
the "Oliver Ditson Society for the Relief
of Needy Musicians" that there is little need
for such a fund in Boston. This fact came
out at the annual meeting of the society.
The society's means are a bequest by the
late Oliver Ditson, the income of which was
to be devoted to aiding worthy musicians
in need of financial assistance. Somewhat
to the surprise of the officers and trustees,
the demand from such as are entitled to
assistance has not equalled the means avail-
able.
After answering all worthy demands the
trustees have added to the permanent fund
a considerable sum from unexpended inter-
est. They would be glad to know of any
needy cases which have not already been
brought to their notice. There is an earnest
desire on the part of the society to find such
cases.
At the thirteenth session of the Chautauqua
meeting, to be held in Beatrice, Neb., com-
mencing June 21st and continuing for two
weeks, the Estey pianos and organs will be
used exclusively.
_
General organizer Charles Dold, of the In-
ternational Piano and Organ Workers' Un-
ion of America, is in the city and during the
past week he succeeded in stirring the New
York craftsmen to renewed interest and ac-
tivity in organization affairs.
On Saturday afternoon he addressed a
meeting inVogel's Hall, West Fortieth street,
of the piano workers in that neighborhood.
On Sunday, in an address at the meeting of
the Central Federated Union Mr. .Dold stated
that it was his intention to organize the 6,000
artisans employed in constructing pianos in
New York, and that already about 2,500 of
them are in the union.
He called attention to the union label for
pianos and organs, which he hoped would be
recognized by the union musicians and other
fellow-craftsmen.
Organizer Dold addressed meetings of
workers in different parts of the city during
this week, and speakers were appointed to as-
sist at these gatherings. On Monday at 6
p. m., he spoke in Boyle's Hall, corner One
Hundred and Thirty-seventh street and
Southern Boulevard; Wednesday, the 29th,
again at quitting time he talked to fellow arti-
sans in Kessler's Hall, Ninth Avenue, be-
tween Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth streets,
and the same evening the employes of Stein-
way and Sohmer listened to the general or-
ganizer at a meeting in Ettlinger's Hall,
Broadway and Seventh Avenue, Long Island
City. Friday evening the last day of the
month, he addressed a trade mass meeting
in Bronx Casino, Third avenue and One
Hundred and Fifty-fourth street.
Tonograph Co. Assign.
The Tonograph Company, manufacturer
of musical instruments, with showrooms at
10 East Seventeenth street, this borough, and
factory at 643 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, made
an assignment Saturday to J. Quintus Co-
hen. The deed was signed by Robert A.
Gaily, as President. The company was in-
corporated in August, 1900, with a capi-
tal stock of $100,000.
Later on it was
announced that owing to internal dis-
sensions Frank P. Anderson, the Treas-
urer, who had put in $11,000, and Her-
man S. Praetorious, the Secretary, who con-
tributed $5,000 to the stock of the company,
had resigned their positions in November.
Mr. Cohen said that he could not say what
the cause of the assignment was nor the
amount of the liabilities, but he felt positive
that all the creditors would be paid in full.
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