Music Trade Review
Issue: 1903 Vol. 36 N. 3 - Page 6
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THE
7VTUSIC T R K D E
REVIEW
EDWARD
LYMAN
BILL,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
winning in this case, they have already established a basis which ; t
would be indeed difficult for them to have set aside in any damage
suits.
I N the arrangement of the banquet of the Boston Music Trade
*
Association which is referred to in another portion of this paper,
a rather pleasing innovation was introduced.
Instead of inviting
a half dozen speakers, and placing no time limit upon their utter-
J. B. S P I L L A N E , MANAGING EDITOR
ances, two speakers were selected who filled in the entire oratorical
EXECUTIVE STAFF :
THOS. CAMPBELL-COPELAND
WALDO E. LADD
GEO. B. KELLER
have accepted money, and even if there were a probability of then
EMILIE FRANCES BAUER
GEO. W. QUER1PEL
A. J. NICKL1N
* Published Every Saturday at I Madison Avenue, New Y o r k . *
SUBSCRIPTION (Including postage), United States, Mexico and Canada, f 2.00 per
year; all other countries, $4.00.
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per Inch, single column, per Insertion. On quarterly or
yearly contracts a special discount is allowed. Advertising Pages f 50.00 ; opposite
reading matter, $75.00.
REMITTANCES, in other than currency form, should be made payable to Edward
Lyman Bill.
Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
NEW YORK, JANUARY 17,1903,
part of the evening, aside from President Miller's address..
This form is an excellent one to follow, because at a lumber of
banquets where there are many speakers some are prone to forget in
their desire to indulge in oratorical pyrotechnics, that there are
others coining, and extend their remarks over too great a period.
Then after one has enjoyed a many course dinner, consuming
much time, it becomes somewhat tiresome to sit in one position
until the twelve o'clock gong is sounded.
TELEPHONE NUriBER, 1745-EIOHTEENTH STREET.
On the first Saturday of each month The Review contains in its
THE
"Artists' Department" all the current musical news. This Is
ARTISTS'
effected without In any way trespassing on the size or service
DEPARTMENT of the trade section of the paper. I t has a special circulation, and
therefore augments materially the value of The Review to advertisers.
DIRECTORY
The directory of piano manufacturing firms and corpora
r»c ei a Nit
tlons found on page 27 will be of great value as a reference for
MANUFACTURERS d e a l e r s a n d o t h e r « -
<
T~HE coal famine is having more of a depressing effect on the piano
*
business than many would at first imagine.
A number ot
dealers have written us, stating that they have lost a great many
sales through the inability of their customers to procure coal. One
writes.:
"My salesman called on a party who had promised to pur-
EDITORIAL
chase a piano last week. He found the family living in the kitchen,
AST week an exhaustive opinion was given by an eminent pat-
ent attorney in The Review regarding the validity of the
as they were unable to heat any other part of the house, and what
could he do to sell a piano in that house when the parlor was closed
up?"
Brown patents.
Surely there is no theory there, but a cold fact—mighty cold,
According to the opinion of this expert certain claims of Mr.
Brown cannot be sustained in court, and our authority says further
that according to his belief, if the commissioner had certain patents
which antedated the Brown before him, in all probability he would
have refused to grant the patent.
But the mere granting of the
patent does not by any means settle its validity.
That must be
coalless one too.
' " T H E R E is one dealer in New England who actually sells pianos
*
and receives pay for them before the instruments are delivered,
His case is so remarkable that it is well worthy of special reference,
for it is indeed rare to find people who will cheerfully sign notes
in payment for pianos which they have never seen, but such is the
tested in a court of law.
It is true a number of firms have paid Mr. Brown's attorneys
confidence of Vermonters in the statements made by A. L. Bailey,
sums of money, and the attorneys have now written to alleged in-
of St. Johnsbury, that they will give him notes in payment for
fringers extending the time limit to Feb.. ist.
pianos which are still within factory walls.
Mr. Bailey's salesmen traverse the country and sell from cata-
I N all probability the manufacturers will unite in defense of the
* first suit which is brought, for we know of none .who have
logues.
A strong point in this course lies in the fact that when their
settled with Mr. Brown's attorneys since the matter was first ex-
ploited in The Review.
Some of the firms who have paid money
have since remarked that they would not have settled had they been
aware of the existence of the evidence which we have produced.
pianos reach the purchaser they cannot be well displaced by com-
petitors for they are not only purchased but they have been paid
for.
R. BAILEY said recently while discussing this policy with
case in court, it will be expected that the money which they have
M
obtained will be returned.
Years ago I began to figure some plan to do away with a kind of
Of course should Mr. Brown's attorneys be unable to maintain a
The attorneys in their communication
The Review: "Yes, it is a fact that we do business that way.
say that settlements will only be made at such figures as may be
competition which was distasteful.
found by the court, and the right to a license for the rest of the
pianos would be placed in conjunction with four or more others,
time of the patent will not be granted at the nominal figure it is
and it was a game of talk for hours. I got sick of it, and I tried the
now offered.
plan to sell from catalogue and obtain my money before the piano
Jireat.
Certainly that statement bears all the earmarks of a
But let us ask, if in accepting certain sums for the alleged
was seen by the customer.
To illustrate: Sometimes my
I succeeded and I concluded my sales-
trespass on rights and the granting of a license for use during the
men could do the same, and we have worked this plan successfully.
life of the patent, Mr. Brown's attorneys have not established a
You will see here are four notes for four M
precedent?
pianos will be shipped from the factory to-day, and they will cor-
Courts do not recognize threats, and Mr. Brown's attorneys
pianos.
These
respond absolutely with the specifications named in my individual
THE
7VTUSIC T R K D E
REVIEW
EDWARD
LYMAN
BILL,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
winning in this case, they have already established a basis which ; t
would be indeed difficult for them to have set aside in any damage
suits.
I N the arrangement of the banquet of the Boston Music Trade
*
Association which is referred to in another portion of this paper,
a rather pleasing innovation was introduced.
Instead of inviting
a half dozen speakers, and placing no time limit upon their utter-
J. B. S P I L L A N E , MANAGING EDITOR
ances, two speakers were selected who filled in the entire oratorical
EXECUTIVE STAFF :
THOS. CAMPBELL-COPELAND
WALDO E. LADD
GEO. B. KELLER
have accepted money, and even if there were a probability of then
EMILIE FRANCES BAUER
GEO. W. QUER1PEL
A. J. NICKL1N
* Published Every Saturday at I Madison Avenue, New Y o r k . *
SUBSCRIPTION (Including postage), United States, Mexico and Canada, f 2.00 per
year; all other countries, $4.00.
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per Inch, single column, per Insertion. On quarterly or
yearly contracts a special discount is allowed. Advertising Pages f 50.00 ; opposite
reading matter, $75.00.
REMITTANCES, in other than currency form, should be made payable to Edward
Lyman Bill.
Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
NEW YORK, JANUARY 17,1903,
part of the evening, aside from President Miller's address..
This form is an excellent one to follow, because at a lumber of
banquets where there are many speakers some are prone to forget in
their desire to indulge in oratorical pyrotechnics, that there are
others coining, and extend their remarks over too great a period.
Then after one has enjoyed a many course dinner, consuming
much time, it becomes somewhat tiresome to sit in one position
until the twelve o'clock gong is sounded.
TELEPHONE NUriBER, 1745-EIOHTEENTH STREET.
On the first Saturday of each month The Review contains in its
THE
"Artists' Department" all the current musical news. This Is
ARTISTS'
effected without In any way trespassing on the size or service
DEPARTMENT of the trade section of the paper. I t has a special circulation, and
therefore augments materially the value of The Review to advertisers.
DIRECTORY
The directory of piano manufacturing firms and corpora
r»c ei a Nit
tlons found on page 27 will be of great value as a reference for
MANUFACTURERS d e a l e r s a n d o t h e r « -
<
T~HE coal famine is having more of a depressing effect on the piano
*
business than many would at first imagine.
A number ot
dealers have written us, stating that they have lost a great many
sales through the inability of their customers to procure coal. One
writes.:
"My salesman called on a party who had promised to pur-
EDITORIAL
chase a piano last week. He found the family living in the kitchen,
AST week an exhaustive opinion was given by an eminent pat-
ent attorney in The Review regarding the validity of the
as they were unable to heat any other part of the house, and what
could he do to sell a piano in that house when the parlor was closed
up?"
Brown patents.
Surely there is no theory there, but a cold fact—mighty cold,
According to the opinion of this expert certain claims of Mr.
Brown cannot be sustained in court, and our authority says further
that according to his belief, if the commissioner had certain patents
which antedated the Brown before him, in all probability he would
have refused to grant the patent.
But the mere granting of the
patent does not by any means settle its validity.
That must be
coalless one too.
' " T H E R E is one dealer in New England who actually sells pianos
*
and receives pay for them before the instruments are delivered,
His case is so remarkable that it is well worthy of special reference,
for it is indeed rare to find people who will cheerfully sign notes
in payment for pianos which they have never seen, but such is the
tested in a court of law.
It is true a number of firms have paid Mr. Brown's attorneys
confidence of Vermonters in the statements made by A. L. Bailey,
sums of money, and the attorneys have now written to alleged in-
of St. Johnsbury, that they will give him notes in payment for
fringers extending the time limit to Feb.. ist.
pianos which are still within factory walls.
Mr. Bailey's salesmen traverse the country and sell from cata-
I N all probability the manufacturers will unite in defense of the
* first suit which is brought, for we know of none .who have
logues.
A strong point in this course lies in the fact that when their
settled with Mr. Brown's attorneys since the matter was first ex-
ploited in The Review.
Some of the firms who have paid money
have since remarked that they would not have settled had they been
aware of the existence of the evidence which we have produced.
pianos reach the purchaser they cannot be well displaced by com-
petitors for they are not only purchased but they have been paid
for.
R. BAILEY said recently while discussing this policy with
case in court, it will be expected that the money which they have
M
obtained will be returned.
Years ago I began to figure some plan to do away with a kind of
Of course should Mr. Brown's attorneys be unable to maintain a
The attorneys in their communication
The Review: "Yes, it is a fact that we do business that way.
say that settlements will only be made at such figures as may be
competition which was distasteful.
found by the court, and the right to a license for the rest of the
pianos would be placed in conjunction with four or more others,
time of the patent will not be granted at the nominal figure it is
and it was a game of talk for hours. I got sick of it, and I tried the
now offered.
plan to sell from catalogue and obtain my money before the piano
Jireat.
Certainly that statement bears all the earmarks of a
But let us ask, if in accepting certain sums for the alleged
was seen by the customer.
To illustrate: Sometimes my
I succeeded and I concluded my sales-
trespass on rights and the granting of a license for use during the
men could do the same, and we have worked this plan successfully.
life of the patent, Mr. Brown's attorneys have not established a
You will see here are four notes for four M
precedent?
pianos will be shipped from the factory to-day, and they will cor-
Courts do not recognize threats, and Mr. Brown's attorneys
pianos.
These
respond absolutely with the specifications named in my individual
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