Music Trade Review
Issue: 1902 Vol. 34 N. 23 - Page 11
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THE
MUJIC TRADE
V O L X X X I V . N o . 2 3 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteentli Street, New York, Jo.ne 7,1902,
PERRIN BUYS STOCK.
CHARLESTON'S SHOW CLOSED.
In the Lancashire-Marshall Co. of which he will be
Secretary and General Manager.
The Exposition A Financial Failure—Nothing fer
Stockholders.
[Special to The Review.]
The South Carolina Interstate and West
Indian Exposition, which has been in prog-
ress since December 1st last, finally closed on
Monday. Financially, it was not a success,
although it is believed that the results ac-
complished in other ways will be of future
help to the community. It is not expected
that payment will be made on any of the stock
subscribed. The bondholders will be pro-
tected.
In the matter of attendance the Exposition
was a failure, as the gate receipts did not
come up to the expectations of the Board of
Directors. A bad winter, financial troubles
in the South and the fact that expositions
are no longer a novelty, proved disastrous.
The visit of President Roosevelt and members
of his Cabinet was perhaps the most note-
worthy event.of the six months the show was
open.
Moline, 111., June 2, 1902.
C. H. Perrin, purchasing agent for the
Moline Plow Co., has acquired the stock of
Mrs. Allie Lancashire and A. S. Wright in
the Lancanshire-Marshall Organ Co. By
the transfer Mr. Perrin came into possession
of 155 shares of the 500 in the company.
Mr. Perrin will be elected secretary of the
company, and will be the general manager
of the plant, lie enters on his new duties
July 1st, when he severs his connection with
the Moiine Plow Co.
The site for the new plant is as yet not
selected.
SELECTS A MOLLER ORGAN.
M. P. Moller, the well-known pipe organ
builder of Hagerstown, Md., has just re-
ceived the contract from the vestry of St.
Stephen's P. E. Church, Ilarrisburg, Pa.,
for a large three-manual tubular pneumatic
organ, to be completed in the above church
by Nov. i st.
That this contract was placed with Mr.
Moller is evidence of the high standard of
the products at the Moller factory, as the
selecting of the builder of this organ was
entrusted to Dingley Brown, F. C. O., an
organist of national reputation, formerly
of Denver, Col., but now organist of St.
Stephen's Church.
Before awarding the contract Mr. Brown
visited the Moller factory and carefully ex-
amined the organs now under construction,
also a number of completed instruments, in-
cluding the large three-manual tubular pneu-
matic organ recently erected by Mr. Moller
in the First German Protestant Church,
Pittsburg, Pa., and as the result of this ex-
amination he recommended that the contract
be given to Mr. Moller.
The St. Stephen's Church organ will have
three manuals, forty-six stops and twelve
pedal combinations. The action will be tubu-
lar pneumatic throughout, including the
couplers and stop action. The various com-
binations will be arranged to be operated
by pneumatic pistons placed between the
manuals in such a manner that they can be
operated either by the hands or feet at the
will of the organist. Another special fea-
ture in this organ is the console, or key-
board, which will be placed at the opposite
side of the chancel, a distance of more than
twenty feet from the organ. When this in-
strument is completed, it will rank as one
of the finest and most modern of the pipe
organs in Pennsylvania.
DOLD ADDRESSES PIANO WORKERS.
At a smoker and entertainment given last
week by the Piano and Organ Makers Union
of Ansonia, Conn., an address was made by
Chas. Dold, national organizer, in the course
of which he said" "that labor organized for
the betterment of its condition. The em-
ployer was always alert to better himself and
took advantage of every opportunity that pre-
sented itself, while the worker did not grasp
his opportunities and made no provisions for
the future, being satisfied with to-day.
He said that the power of labor was very
large, and he earnestly urged all present en-
gaged in piano work to join the union. He
said that non-union men were a detriment to
the union men, and that they were harming
themselves as well as others.
He gave illustrations of the benefits ob-
tained by capital organizing, and said the
same principle, applied to workingmen,
would benefit them. Mr. Dold claimed the
man who refused to join a union under fa-
vorable circumstances lacked intelligence. In
conclusion, the speaker thanked those present
and wished the Piano and Organ Makers'
Union a success. He was vigorously ap-
plauded by his audience.
The entertainment, which consisted of
dancing, sports and music, followed, and was
much enjoyed.
George Rasmussen, a maker of cornets and
brass musical instruments, committed sui-
cide at his home, 708 East Thirteenth street,
this city, on Sunday last. He had been de-
spondent.
PRESIDENT
»2.oo PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, io CENTS
DUTTON'S APPOINTEES.
Under the resolution of the National
Piano Manufacturers' Association adopted
at Baltimore, President Button has appoint-
ed the following 1 gcntlement on the Traffic
Committee:
The Western Division: Messrs. W. L.
Bush, E. S. Conway and H. L. Draper.
The Eastern Division: Messrs. John D.
Pease, A. If. Fischer and C. B. Garritsou.
K. L. Draper will accompany Mr. Moore
(the Freight Traffic Agent of the National
Association) from Chicago to the meeting
of the Southern Classification Committee to
be held at Asheville on June 16th, and C. B.
Carritson will meet these gentlemen at Ashe-
ville, to represent the Eastern factories.
President Dutton has also appointed the
Literature Committee for the coming year
as follows: Chas. H. Parsons, Chairman;
A. H. Fischer, D. F. Treacy.
The same committee will serve as the
Committee on Revision of the By-Laws, ex-
cept that A. H. Fischer will act as Chair-
man, instead of Mr. Parsons, when the com-
mittee is performing its work as a Revision
Committee.
INCORPORATED.
Among the incorporations filed with the
Secretary of State at Albany, N. Y., this
week was that of the American Melody Co.,
New York. They will publish songs and
music, with a capital stock of $20,000. The
directors: J. A. Shay, I. R. Smith, Ferdi-
nand Wetzel, all of New York.
.
j
MAKING PROGRESS IN NEWCASTLE.
[Special to The Review.]
Newcastle, Ind., June 2, 1902.
Work is now well under way on the
French-Krell Piano Co.'s plant. Contracts
for the main buildings were closed on Sat-
urday, and Albert Krell, who has been in
town in this connection, hopes to get started
about the first of September, and by the
first of the year to be able to employ a large
number of men.
CAN'T FIND WEALTH.
The $50,000 in bonds which Martin Brit-
ting, the deceased eccentric piano dealer of
Cincinnati was supposed to have left, has not
materialized, and administrator John Meagly
places the value of his estate at $7,030.70.
John J. Britton, who has been connected
with the music business in Mahanoy City,
Pa., died last week of typhoid fever. He was
popular in the community and his death is
deeply regretted.
THE
MUJIC TRADE
V O L X X X I V . N o . 2 3 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteentli Street, New York, Jo.ne 7,1902,
PERRIN BUYS STOCK.
CHARLESTON'S SHOW CLOSED.
In the Lancashire-Marshall Co. of which he will be
Secretary and General Manager.
The Exposition A Financial Failure—Nothing fer
Stockholders.
[Special to The Review.]
The South Carolina Interstate and West
Indian Exposition, which has been in prog-
ress since December 1st last, finally closed on
Monday. Financially, it was not a success,
although it is believed that the results ac-
complished in other ways will be of future
help to the community. It is not expected
that payment will be made on any of the stock
subscribed. The bondholders will be pro-
tected.
In the matter of attendance the Exposition
was a failure, as the gate receipts did not
come up to the expectations of the Board of
Directors. A bad winter, financial troubles
in the South and the fact that expositions
are no longer a novelty, proved disastrous.
The visit of President Roosevelt and members
of his Cabinet was perhaps the most note-
worthy event.of the six months the show was
open.
Moline, 111., June 2, 1902.
C. H. Perrin, purchasing agent for the
Moline Plow Co., has acquired the stock of
Mrs. Allie Lancashire and A. S. Wright in
the Lancanshire-Marshall Organ Co. By
the transfer Mr. Perrin came into possession
of 155 shares of the 500 in the company.
Mr. Perrin will be elected secretary of the
company, and will be the general manager
of the plant, lie enters on his new duties
July 1st, when he severs his connection with
the Moiine Plow Co.
The site for the new plant is as yet not
selected.
SELECTS A MOLLER ORGAN.
M. P. Moller, the well-known pipe organ
builder of Hagerstown, Md., has just re-
ceived the contract from the vestry of St.
Stephen's P. E. Church, Ilarrisburg, Pa.,
for a large three-manual tubular pneumatic
organ, to be completed in the above church
by Nov. i st.
That this contract was placed with Mr.
Moller is evidence of the high standard of
the products at the Moller factory, as the
selecting of the builder of this organ was
entrusted to Dingley Brown, F. C. O., an
organist of national reputation, formerly
of Denver, Col., but now organist of St.
Stephen's Church.
Before awarding the contract Mr. Brown
visited the Moller factory and carefully ex-
amined the organs now under construction,
also a number of completed instruments, in-
cluding the large three-manual tubular pneu-
matic organ recently erected by Mr. Moller
in the First German Protestant Church,
Pittsburg, Pa., and as the result of this ex-
amination he recommended that the contract
be given to Mr. Moller.
The St. Stephen's Church organ will have
three manuals, forty-six stops and twelve
pedal combinations. The action will be tubu-
lar pneumatic throughout, including the
couplers and stop action. The various com-
binations will be arranged to be operated
by pneumatic pistons placed between the
manuals in such a manner that they can be
operated either by the hands or feet at the
will of the organist. Another special fea-
ture in this organ is the console, or key-
board, which will be placed at the opposite
side of the chancel, a distance of more than
twenty feet from the organ. When this in-
strument is completed, it will rank as one
of the finest and most modern of the pipe
organs in Pennsylvania.
DOLD ADDRESSES PIANO WORKERS.
At a smoker and entertainment given last
week by the Piano and Organ Makers Union
of Ansonia, Conn., an address was made by
Chas. Dold, national organizer, in the course
of which he said" "that labor organized for
the betterment of its condition. The em-
ployer was always alert to better himself and
took advantage of every opportunity that pre-
sented itself, while the worker did not grasp
his opportunities and made no provisions for
the future, being satisfied with to-day.
He said that the power of labor was very
large, and he earnestly urged all present en-
gaged in piano work to join the union. He
said that non-union men were a detriment to
the union men, and that they were harming
themselves as well as others.
He gave illustrations of the benefits ob-
tained by capital organizing, and said the
same principle, applied to workingmen,
would benefit them. Mr. Dold claimed the
man who refused to join a union under fa-
vorable circumstances lacked intelligence. In
conclusion, the speaker thanked those present
and wished the Piano and Organ Makers'
Union a success. He was vigorously ap-
plauded by his audience.
The entertainment, which consisted of
dancing, sports and music, followed, and was
much enjoyed.
George Rasmussen, a maker of cornets and
brass musical instruments, committed sui-
cide at his home, 708 East Thirteenth street,
this city, on Sunday last. He had been de-
spondent.
PRESIDENT
»2.oo PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, io CENTS
DUTTON'S APPOINTEES.
Under the resolution of the National
Piano Manufacturers' Association adopted
at Baltimore, President Button has appoint-
ed the following 1 gcntlement on the Traffic
Committee:
The Western Division: Messrs. W. L.
Bush, E. S. Conway and H. L. Draper.
The Eastern Division: Messrs. John D.
Pease, A. If. Fischer and C. B. Garritsou.
K. L. Draper will accompany Mr. Moore
(the Freight Traffic Agent of the National
Association) from Chicago to the meeting
of the Southern Classification Committee to
be held at Asheville on June 16th, and C. B.
Carritson will meet these gentlemen at Ashe-
ville, to represent the Eastern factories.
President Dutton has also appointed the
Literature Committee for the coming year
as follows: Chas. H. Parsons, Chairman;
A. H. Fischer, D. F. Treacy.
The same committee will serve as the
Committee on Revision of the By-Laws, ex-
cept that A. H. Fischer will act as Chair-
man, instead of Mr. Parsons, when the com-
mittee is performing its work as a Revision
Committee.
INCORPORATED.
Among the incorporations filed with the
Secretary of State at Albany, N. Y., this
week was that of the American Melody Co.,
New York. They will publish songs and
music, with a capital stock of $20,000. The
directors: J. A. Shay, I. R. Smith, Ferdi-
nand Wetzel, all of New York.
.
j
MAKING PROGRESS IN NEWCASTLE.
[Special to The Review.]
Newcastle, Ind., June 2, 1902.
Work is now well under way on the
French-Krell Piano Co.'s plant. Contracts
for the main buildings were closed on Sat-
urday, and Albert Krell, who has been in
town in this connection, hopes to get started
about the first of September, and by the
first of the year to be able to employ a large
number of men.
CAN'T FIND WEALTH.
The $50,000 in bonds which Martin Brit-
ting, the deceased eccentric piano dealer of
Cincinnati was supposed to have left, has not
materialized, and administrator John Meagly
places the value of his estate at $7,030.70.
John J. Britton, who has been connected
with the music business in Mahanoy City,
Pa., died last week of typhoid fever. He was
popular in the community and his death is
deeply regretted.
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