Music Trade Review
Issue: 1904 Vol. 39 N. 20 - Page 7
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YORK
UBLICUBRAKY
8TOR, LENOX
THE
VOL. XXXIX. No. 20. Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 1 Madison Ave., New York, Nov. 12,1904.
SINGLE COPIES. 10 CENTS.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
THE PIANO SALESMAN'S TROUBLES
KROEGER PIANO PLEASES
SUES FOR $1,000 DAMAGES.
Related Over the Boarding House Table—A
Permanent Piano Feature of the Modern
Flat Dwelling.
An Authority Who Enthuses Over Its Musical
Quality
Hollingshead Piano Co. Accuses William Zah-
rendt of Taking Mortgaged Instrument for a
Debt—Doing Business Without License.
It seemed a joke to everybody at the boarding
house breakfast table when the salesman in a
piano store not far from Times Square com-
plained of overwork. In the minds of various
other clerks domiciled in the same establishment
it had always seemed that the piano counter
jumper had a "snap."
"You bundle-wrappers don't know anything
about it," explained the wearied piano man.
''There are at least 50,000 pianos rented in New
York City every Winter. Our rush begins in
October, and does not end until Thanksgiving.
From that national holiday we are left in com-
parative peace until May, when the rented pianos
return to their nests, so to speak.
"There is little trouble with customers who
store their own pianos at so much a month. All
we have to do is tune them up and send them
back. But the man who rents a piano demands
the best quality. If he would keep the instru-
ment for two or three seasons Ins instalments
would almost purchase it. But he doesn't want
to buy. He prefers to rent and get a new piano
every year. He is a hard man to suit."
"There is one thing that will stop your weari-
ness from tnat source very soon," observed a
clerk who works in a real estate office.
"What is it?" asked the piano man, eagerly.
"The fact that in some of the best apartment
houses the piano goes with the apartment. It
is as much a fixture as the steam heater. The
woman of the family usually decides on the
winter apartments. When she sees a first-class
little cottage piano built to harmonize with the
decorations of the apartment, and chipped in with
the rent, she is not going to spend much time
cnasing around piano stores."
From the Ryan Music Co., of St. Joseph, Mo.,
J. Marshall Williams, a distinguished basso, re-
cently purchased a Kroeger piano after having
made a thorough test of its musical qualities. He
was especially desirous of securing a piano with
that peculiar singing quality which would be
best adapted as an aid in vocal work. Since re-
ceiving the instrument Mr. Williams has written
the Ryan Music Co., expressing himself enthusi-
astically regarding the wonderful musical quali-
ties of the Kroeger, its evenness of scale and its
satisfactory action and general constructive ex-
cellence. The Ryan Music Co., by the way. are
handling the Kroeger as their leader with con-
siderable success.
F. E. McARTHUR OPENS UP AGAIN.
(Special to The Review.)
Baltimore, Md., Nov. 7, 1904.
The Hollingshead Piano Co. have brought suit
in the Court of Common Pleas against William
Zahrendt to recover $1,000 damages.
It is alleged in the declaration that Mr. Zah-
rendt has taken from a colored woman named
Delia Jobes an organ belonging to the Hollings-
head Co., which, it is claimed, the company had
rented to her.
The declaration accuses Mr. Zahrendt of doing
a chattel-loan business without a license at his
place, at the corner of Carlton street and Lorman
alley, and without announcing himself by sign-
board or otherwise as a money-lender.
STERLING TRADE HEALTHY.
(Special to The Review.)
Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 7, 1904.
F. E. McArthur has again swung out his ban-
ner as piano dealer, and with Geo. Brown have
leased warerooms at 117 Gay street, this city,
which he will conduct under the firm name of
"The East Tennessee Music Co." The location is
most convenient and central. In addition to
pianos and organs they will also do a wholesale
business in trunks, valises, etc., handling the out-
put of the Southern Trunk Co.
DEATH OF MRS. CHAS. BALMER.
The death is announced of Mrs. Theresa
Balmer, widow of the late Chas. Balmer, of St.
Louis. Like her late husband, she was an accom-
plished musician, and in her earlier days played
a prominent part in the musical world. Mrs.
Balmer and her daughter have been always close-
ly identified with the Balmer-Weber House, in
MERSINGER HAS THE GERHARZ AGENCY. fact C. A. Cale, the present head of the company,
is a grandson-in-law of Mrs. Balmer, and Chas.
(Special to The Review.)
Unger, a son-in-law, is also connected with the
Joliet, 111., Nov. 7, 1904.
establishment.
General Manager Wilkins, of the Gerharz
Piano Mfg. Co., has closed a deal with Phillip
SOHMER'S IMMENSE TERRITORY.
Mersinger, whereby the latter takes the exclusive
agency for Joliet and vicinity for the Gerharz
The special Sohmer bulletin, entitled "The
piano and in the future this popular instrument
Schmer Agency a Business Asset," which ap-
will be displayed in Mersinger's piano stock.
peared in The Review (October 15, page 16),
lias attracted much attention and received favor-
SMYTHE NOW SOLE OWNER.
able comments in many quarters as a concise
and telling statement of notable facts connected
The business of Smythe & Benzinger, Bingham- with the Sohmer policy &nd record. In this con-
ton, N. Y. will hereafter be conducted by Carrol nection through Sohmer enterprise and the en-
D. Smythe, who will continue the business alone, terprise of scores of enthusiastic Sohmer agents
the partnership having been dissolved last week. from Maine to California, from the Atlantic to
There will be no change in the line of instru- the Pacific, the Sohmer piano has the whole
ments handled.
United States for its field. Incidentally it goes
beyond our boundaries to Canada, Mexico, Cuba
John L. Travis, who was one of the pioneers and other distant domains. And everywhere it
and well known residents of Scranton, Pa., died is held in high esteem; it is recommended by its
in that city last week in his eighty-fourth year. possessors; it is sold by the Sohmer agents in
Mr. Travis at one time was interested in the perfect confidence; it is purchased yearly by
hundreds who never regret their choice,
piano business in tnat city.
Demand
Very
Active for Both
Players.
Pianos
and
The Sterling Co., of Derby, Conn., are enjoy-
ing an exceedingly large volume of trade this
year in all departments. Agents in widely sepa-
rated sections of the country are bending in very
favorable reports regarding business conditions
and expect an unusually large trade in Sterling
pianos this fall and winter. The Sterling piano
player continues to meet with the most favorable
reception wherever introduced, and its ease of
operation, absolute control of the keyboard, the
ability to get all those delicate shades of expres-
sion which please the musician, never fail to
arouse the enthusiasm of artists and connois-
seurs. J. R. Mason, president of the Sterling Co.,
was in the city last week and made very favor-
able reports regarding the trade outlook as far
as it affects his house.
WHITE FILES BANKRUPTCY PETITION.
(Special to The Review.)
Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 7, 1904.
William A. White, of Muskegon, a former mu-
sic dealer, has nled voluntary bankruptcy pro-
ceedings in the United States District Court, and
an order of adjudication was handed down to-
day and the case referred to Kirk E. Wicks,
referee.
LOVEJOY OPENS IN HARRISBURG.
M. T. Lovejoy, well known as a piano sales-
man and representing M. P. Moller, the organ
manufacturer, of Hagerst.own, Md., has opened a
branch store at 1406 North Third street, Harris-
burg, Pa. He will handle a full line of pianos
and organs.
An amendment to the charter of the Patton
Music Co., has been filed with the authorities at
Memphis, Tenn., increasing their capital stock
to $30,000.
YORK
UBLICUBRAKY
8TOR, LENOX
THE
VOL. XXXIX. No. 20. Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 1 Madison Ave., New York, Nov. 12,1904.
SINGLE COPIES. 10 CENTS.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
THE PIANO SALESMAN'S TROUBLES
KROEGER PIANO PLEASES
SUES FOR $1,000 DAMAGES.
Related Over the Boarding House Table—A
Permanent Piano Feature of the Modern
Flat Dwelling.
An Authority Who Enthuses Over Its Musical
Quality
Hollingshead Piano Co. Accuses William Zah-
rendt of Taking Mortgaged Instrument for a
Debt—Doing Business Without License.
It seemed a joke to everybody at the boarding
house breakfast table when the salesman in a
piano store not far from Times Square com-
plained of overwork. In the minds of various
other clerks domiciled in the same establishment
it had always seemed that the piano counter
jumper had a "snap."
"You bundle-wrappers don't know anything
about it," explained the wearied piano man.
''There are at least 50,000 pianos rented in New
York City every Winter. Our rush begins in
October, and does not end until Thanksgiving.
From that national holiday we are left in com-
parative peace until May, when the rented pianos
return to their nests, so to speak.
"There is little trouble with customers who
store their own pianos at so much a month. All
we have to do is tune them up and send them
back. But the man who rents a piano demands
the best quality. If he would keep the instru-
ment for two or three seasons Ins instalments
would almost purchase it. But he doesn't want
to buy. He prefers to rent and get a new piano
every year. He is a hard man to suit."
"There is one thing that will stop your weari-
ness from tnat source very soon," observed a
clerk who works in a real estate office.
"What is it?" asked the piano man, eagerly.
"The fact that in some of the best apartment
houses the piano goes with the apartment. It
is as much a fixture as the steam heater. The
woman of the family usually decides on the
winter apartments. When she sees a first-class
little cottage piano built to harmonize with the
decorations of the apartment, and chipped in with
the rent, she is not going to spend much time
cnasing around piano stores."
From the Ryan Music Co., of St. Joseph, Mo.,
J. Marshall Williams, a distinguished basso, re-
cently purchased a Kroeger piano after having
made a thorough test of its musical qualities. He
was especially desirous of securing a piano with
that peculiar singing quality which would be
best adapted as an aid in vocal work. Since re-
ceiving the instrument Mr. Williams has written
the Ryan Music Co., expressing himself enthusi-
astically regarding the wonderful musical quali-
ties of the Kroeger, its evenness of scale and its
satisfactory action and general constructive ex-
cellence. The Ryan Music Co., by the way. are
handling the Kroeger as their leader with con-
siderable success.
F. E. McARTHUR OPENS UP AGAIN.
(Special to The Review.)
Baltimore, Md., Nov. 7, 1904.
The Hollingshead Piano Co. have brought suit
in the Court of Common Pleas against William
Zahrendt to recover $1,000 damages.
It is alleged in the declaration that Mr. Zah-
rendt has taken from a colored woman named
Delia Jobes an organ belonging to the Hollings-
head Co., which, it is claimed, the company had
rented to her.
The declaration accuses Mr. Zahrendt of doing
a chattel-loan business without a license at his
place, at the corner of Carlton street and Lorman
alley, and without announcing himself by sign-
board or otherwise as a money-lender.
STERLING TRADE HEALTHY.
(Special to The Review.)
Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 7, 1904.
F. E. McArthur has again swung out his ban-
ner as piano dealer, and with Geo. Brown have
leased warerooms at 117 Gay street, this city,
which he will conduct under the firm name of
"The East Tennessee Music Co." The location is
most convenient and central. In addition to
pianos and organs they will also do a wholesale
business in trunks, valises, etc., handling the out-
put of the Southern Trunk Co.
DEATH OF MRS. CHAS. BALMER.
The death is announced of Mrs. Theresa
Balmer, widow of the late Chas. Balmer, of St.
Louis. Like her late husband, she was an accom-
plished musician, and in her earlier days played
a prominent part in the musical world. Mrs.
Balmer and her daughter have been always close-
ly identified with the Balmer-Weber House, in
MERSINGER HAS THE GERHARZ AGENCY. fact C. A. Cale, the present head of the company,
is a grandson-in-law of Mrs. Balmer, and Chas.
(Special to The Review.)
Unger, a son-in-law, is also connected with the
Joliet, 111., Nov. 7, 1904.
establishment.
General Manager Wilkins, of the Gerharz
Piano Mfg. Co., has closed a deal with Phillip
SOHMER'S IMMENSE TERRITORY.
Mersinger, whereby the latter takes the exclusive
agency for Joliet and vicinity for the Gerharz
The special Sohmer bulletin, entitled "The
piano and in the future this popular instrument
Schmer Agency a Business Asset," which ap-
will be displayed in Mersinger's piano stock.
peared in The Review (October 15, page 16),
lias attracted much attention and received favor-
SMYTHE NOW SOLE OWNER.
able comments in many quarters as a concise
and telling statement of notable facts connected
The business of Smythe & Benzinger, Bingham- with the Sohmer policy &nd record. In this con-
ton, N. Y. will hereafter be conducted by Carrol nection through Sohmer enterprise and the en-
D. Smythe, who will continue the business alone, terprise of scores of enthusiastic Sohmer agents
the partnership having been dissolved last week. from Maine to California, from the Atlantic to
There will be no change in the line of instru- the Pacific, the Sohmer piano has the whole
ments handled.
United States for its field. Incidentally it goes
beyond our boundaries to Canada, Mexico, Cuba
John L. Travis, who was one of the pioneers and other distant domains. And everywhere it
and well known residents of Scranton, Pa., died is held in high esteem; it is recommended by its
in that city last week in his eighty-fourth year. possessors; it is sold by the Sohmer agents in
Mr. Travis at one time was interested in the perfect confidence; it is purchased yearly by
hundreds who never regret their choice,
piano business in tnat city.
Demand
Very
Active for Both
Players.
Pianos
and
The Sterling Co., of Derby, Conn., are enjoy-
ing an exceedingly large volume of trade this
year in all departments. Agents in widely sepa-
rated sections of the country are bending in very
favorable reports regarding business conditions
and expect an unusually large trade in Sterling
pianos this fall and winter. The Sterling piano
player continues to meet with the most favorable
reception wherever introduced, and its ease of
operation, absolute control of the keyboard, the
ability to get all those delicate shades of expres-
sion which please the musician, never fail to
arouse the enthusiasm of artists and connois-
seurs. J. R. Mason, president of the Sterling Co.,
was in the city last week and made very favor-
able reports regarding the trade outlook as far
as it affects his house.
WHITE FILES BANKRUPTCY PETITION.
(Special to The Review.)
Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 7, 1904.
William A. White, of Muskegon, a former mu-
sic dealer, has nled voluntary bankruptcy pro-
ceedings in the United States District Court, and
an order of adjudication was handed down to-
day and the case referred to Kirk E. Wicks,
referee.
LOVEJOY OPENS IN HARRISBURG.
M. T. Lovejoy, well known as a piano sales-
man and representing M. P. Moller, the organ
manufacturer, of Hagerst.own, Md., has opened a
branch store at 1406 North Third street, Harris-
burg, Pa. He will handle a full line of pianos
and organs.
An amendment to the charter of the Patton
Music Co., has been filed with the authorities at
Memphis, Tenn., increasing their capital stock
to $30,000.
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