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A POPULAR MEMBER OF THE TRADE.
Chas. W. Newman is one of the expert crafts-
men of the trade. Quiet, unostentatious and re-
tiring in his manner, Mr. Newman is not prone
to indulge in boastful statements as to what he
has accomplished, but he has, in connection with
his brother, Gust. R., built a business which is
a credit to the Newmans' enterprise and the men
behind it.
Newman Bros.' pianos and organs are widely
known. They have individuality and are care-
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fully and conscientiously constructed. Both the
Newman brothers are practical men, and they
take special pleasure in a personal oversight of
the construction of instruments bearing the New-
man Bros.' name.
ACQUIRES CONTROL OF RUDOLF CO.
Winter & Co. Now Offer a Strong Line to the
Trade, Embracing Four Makes—A Chat
With Mr. Winter.
Winter & Co., manufacturers of the Winter &
Co., Heller & Co. and J. T. Brooks pianos, 1014-
1020 Southern Boulevard, have now acquired
control of the Rudolf Piano Co., 458 East 144th
street. J. Winter, head of the firm of Winter &
Co., when seen by The Review on Wednesday, at
the new Boulevard factory, and asked for some
details regarding the transfer, said: "Yes, it is
true that we have acquired control of the Rudolf
Piano Co. This now enables us to offer dealers
a complete line. In the Winter & Co. piano they
have an excellent instrument to handle as their
leader. In the Heller & Co. or J. T. Brooks
piano they find a good, medium-priced product,
and in the Rudolf piano they possess instruments
of thorough reliability and popular price."
This latest move of Winter & Co. is quite in
line with the progressive policy steadily pursued
by them from the start. That the firm is suc-
cessful is a well-known fact. As Mr. Winter said
recently in effect, when asked to reveal the se-
cret of Winter & Co.'s prosperous career, the in-
dex to the whole situation is found in exceptional
values, prompt service and straightforward, up-
to-date business methods.
BEHR BROS. & GO.
There was nothing special to report this week
at the headquarters of Behr Bros. & Co., 29th
street and Eleventh avenue. Trade conditions are
only fair, but the outlook for activity in the fall
is very encouraging, both for Behr pianos and
Behr players. The chain of Behr agencies in the
United States has been greatly strengthened dur-
ing the past year by the addition of many enter-
prising and zealous dealers—men who know the
Behr products and endorse them heartily.
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
TRADE IN PHILADELPHIA.
Many Dealers at Convention—Kimball Piano
in Demand—Cecilian Trade Good—Big Call
for Estey Pipe Organs—The New Miller
Rooms—Writing to Woolley.
(Special to The Review.)
Philadelphia, Pa., May 24, 1904.
There is a striking dearth of news in Philadel-
phia this week. Everybody is at Atlantic City
attending the convention, and while a number
of dealers and manufacturers from other cities
passed through on their way to the shore, very
few of them stopped even to say "Howdy-do."
One of the most cheerful men along the street
if Charles H. Fischer, who has been doing ex-
ceptional work with the Kimball. He says the
only trouble he has been having is to keep him-
self supplied in the larger styles of the Kimball
piano. Mr. Fischer claims that he has gone ahead
every week this year over last year. He has the
best equipped force at present that he has had
since he went into business, and his warerooms
look most attractive with his pretty display of
Kimball workmanship. Mr. Fischer says that he
has most promising prospects for the Kimball
pipe organ, having recently closed several fine
prospects, and he is laying plans for a rigorous
campaign along this line in the fall.
Mr. Ovington, in charge of the Farrand organ
and Cecilian player warerooms in this city, is
quite encouraged with his business. He says
(hat since the place was opened several weeks
ago they have sold more self-players than had
been sold for several months past, and the
business in music is very large.
The Heppe Exchange-Annex, just opened, is
quite an establishment. About seventy-five used
pianos taken in exchange are exhibited, and all
this business of the firm has been relegated to
the 1119 store, and is run as a separate depart-
ment.
The Estey Co. are continuing their active busi-
ness in pipe organs. They have just taken a con-
tract for the building of a very fine organ ini.the
Temple Lutheran Church, a t 52d and Rack
streets, this city, a new church in course of con-
struction. They have taken many other new
contracts recently, including organs for the St.
John's Reformed Church, of Salisbury, Pa.; the
M. E. Church at West Collingswood, N. J.; for
the Academy of the New Church at Bryn
Athyn, Pa.; the First M. E. Church of Beaver
Falls; the Epiphany P. E. Church, of Royersford;
the Snyder Avenue Congregational Church, Third
and Snyder avenue, and the Ames M. E. Church,
of Hazlewood, near Pittsburg, Pa.
N. Stetson & Co. have had a fine business all
spring, and the report that they are trying to get
out of their present location is only sneered out
by the management. They are particularly
pleased with the reception of the Steinway Verte-
grand, which they claim is the most popular in-
strument the house of Steinway has ever turned
out.
The new Miller warerooms are entirely readj
for occupancy, and the firm would have moved
this week had not Mr. Miller's time been so much
occupied by the convention work, but Mr. She-
well is going to take the opportunity of his ab-
sence by giving him a surprise upon his return
to find the firm practically quartered in their new
home.
Nothing that the piano men have agitated in a
number of years has created as much comment
as the stories they gave out regarding the piano
bonfire that was to take place at Atlantic City.
This has not only called out many editorials in
leading newspapers, but D. E. Woolley, one of
the men responsible for the scheme, has received
hundreds of letters from all over the country,
some of them quaint and interesting, which space
forbids inserting just now.
HUGO SOHMER INJURED
In Runaway Accident—Will Be Confined to
Bed for Some Weeks.
Hugo Sohmer, head of the Sohmer firm, is con-
fined to his bed as the result of a serious run-
away accident. He will probably be incapaci-
tated for business for several weeks. Mr. Soh-
mer, with his brother-in-law, Mr. A. Laux, were
driving in Central Park on Sunday afternoon.
When near the Obelisk their horse, attached to a
runabout, took fright. The two occupants of the
vehicle were thrown violently to the ground and
severely stunned. On examination afterward, at
his home, it was ascertained that. Mr. Sohmer
was suffering from a broken rib, which fortunate-
ly had broken outwardly, and has also sustained
contusions of the side, head, face and hands. The
right hand was so badly lacerated that it is
douttful if the full use of it will ever be recov-
ered. Oddly enough, Mr. Laux escaped without
injury. The horse, before being caught, knocked
down a two-year-old boy, but did not injure him
severely.
DIVIDEND OF 15 PER CENT.
Declared in the Favor of the A. B. Cameron
Creditors—The Trustee Makes an Excellent
Report.
The second report filed on Tuesday with Chas.
A. Tipling, referee in bankruptcy, Long Island
City, by Henry A. Rubino, trustee for the credit-
ors of the A. B. Cameron Mfg. Co., contains a
statement of moneys received from August 5,
1&03, to May 14, 1904, summarized as follows:
Balance cash on hand, August 5, 1903, $12,748.48;
collected on book accounts, bill receivable and
other sums, to May 14, 1904, $7,500.66; total, $20,-
249.14. Expenditures, including 30 per cent,
dividend to creditors, $14,667.45; holding in re-
serve amount of unpaid taxes for 1903, and a
dividend on a contested claim totaling $1,133.44,
leaves a balance for distribution of $4,448.25.
The real estate of the bankrupt was appraised
at $49,000, mortgaged for $36,500, leaving an
equity of $12,500. The property is now rented
at $3,600 for one year from August 1 last. The
trustee is now endeavoring to effect a sale be-
fore the expiration of the lease, ana Is likely to
dispose of on advantageous terms. About $8,400
was due on piano leases assigned the bankrupt,
of which 69, aggregating $6,950, were pledged by
the concern as collateral for a loan of $5,000.
The equity In these leases approximates $2,000.
The proved claims foot up $29,231.68.
The referee declared a dividend of 15 per cent.
ESTABLISH PERMANENT QUARTERS.
The Helmholtz Society of America have estab-
lished permanent headquarters in the Needham
building, Room 23, 143-145 E. 23d street, New
York City. The plan has been comfortably fitted
up for the special accommodation and conveni-
ence of visiting tuners, and where writing facili-
ties are furnished and The Review be found on
file regularly. Either Secretary A. H. Gregory or
W. B. White, the president, may be addressed
there. Inquiries and applications for membership
continue to come in steadily.
Much testimony of weight and importance is
to be found in the clever booklet bearing on the
Richard pianos which has just been issued by the
Richmond Piano Co., of Richmond, Ind.
BEHR BROS. & CO.
PIANOS,
29th Street and I Ith Ave., NEW YORK.
HIGHEST STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE.