Music Trade Review
Issue: 1904 Vol. 39 N. 5 - Page 12
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THE
MORE ROOM FOR PIANOS
In the New Store—Duluth Music Co. Appeal—
Dyer Advertising—F. S. Shaw in Town.
(Special to The Review.)
Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., July 25, 1904.
Last week was an uneventful one, with the
exception of one very interesting item of news
to the trade generally. The contract was let Sat-
urday for the pipe organ to be installed in the
new music hall and auditorium now being erected
in Minneapolis. This instrument will cost $18,-
500 and will be the largest and most magnificent
in the Northwest. The W. W. Kimball Co. were
the fortunate bidders.
F. E. Bird, proprietor of the piano department
in the New Store, has doubled the amount of his
floor space. He now occupies all of the third
floor on two store fronts, giving him a space of
40 by 120 feet. This would seem to be a venture-
some move for a dealer who had not been opened
up more than three weeks, but he has a lease for
floor space which is decidedly favorable to him,
and if the business does not develop as he hopes
he will be nothing out.
The Duluth Music Co. have taken an appeal
from the decision of Judge Brill, overruling their
demurrer in the suit brought by J. M. Anderson
for an accounting of his share of earnings in the
stock of that company, a majority of which is
owned by W. J. Dyer & Bro., of St. Paul. Mr.
Anderson had given a note for this stock, which
was to be met by his pro rata share of earnings,
and he claims there are $70,000 profits of which
ro distribution has been made. The demurrer was
on the grounti that no cause for action had been
stated, and, furthermore, that the claim had be-
come outlawed. The appeal will come up for
argument at the September term of court.
W. J. Dyer & Co. will apply $25 to the purchase
of a new piano to all buyers who cut out and
bring in an advertisement which was run this
morning in a page of special advertising which
appeared in the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The window front is being lemodeled at the
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
store of the Minneapolis Muaic Co. Heretofore
this had been partitioned off up to the ceiling.
The partition has been torn out and it is the in-
tention to^ give an unobstructed view hereafter
of the interior of the store.
Frank S. Shaw, president of the Cable Com-
pany, was a visitor at the Minneapolis branch on
Friday. He returned to Chicago the same day.
Fred. Lawrence, salesman for S. W. Rauden-
bush & Co., for the past ten years, leaves to-day
for a two months' visit in Europe.
PRESIDENTIAL YEAR AND BUSINESS.
The fact that this is a Presidential year in no
wise lessens the effect which good or bad crops
will have upon trade and industry. It is extreme-
ly gratifying to note that Dun's Review has re-
ceived despatches which are almost unanimous in
stating that crop prospects have greatly im-
proved during the past week, that it is practi-
cally certain that early reports of injury U»
winter wheat were exaggerated and that the slow
development of corn and cotton has responded to
a brief period of high temperature. A composite
photograph of all the reports received, the Re-
view says, would show weather conditions as
most favorable and crop prospects as bright for
more than the average yield.
NORRIS NOISELESS AXIOMS.
PIANO THIEVES IN PARIS.
How the Courts of France Treat Those Who
Rob Dealers of Pianos.
An instructive and almost amusing case is re-
ported in the Paris Journal, which states that
from November, 1902, to June 1903, Raphael
Yung and his wife Leontine, in conjunction with
the concierge Pierre Reign6 and Clementine, his
wife, obtained by fraudulent means, from various
pianoforte dealers, instruments representing a to-
tal value of nearly $6,000.
Under several aliases the Yungs ordered a num-
ber of new pianos which they immediately pro-
ceeded to sell again or to pledge at the Mont de
Pi6te\ They gave the address, 77 Rue du Fau-
bourg St. Denis, and left directions for the in-
struments to be delivered there, thanks to the
assistance rendered by the Reign£ couple. These
latter, indeed each time that Yung and his wife,
under one name or another, requested the hire of
a piano, would promptly furnish the best of ref-
erences to the firms who sent to inquire. In the
space of eight months they had managed to se-
cure delivery, without any outlay whatever, of
no fewer than twenty-two valuable pianos.
Before the court the caretaker Reign6 pleaded
that he had acted in perfect good faith. The wife
declared that it was solely in the interests of the
lodgers that she had taken any part in the mat-
ter. "What I did," she said, "was only because
the Yungs had implored me to help them out of
their difficulties, and I, like a good-natured fool,
believed that they would clear themselves eventu-
ally."
To this explanation the judges replied by sen-
tencing her to thirteen months' imprisonment, a
similar sentence being passed upon the husband.
As regards Raphael and Leontine Yung, who
took the wiser course of crossing the frontier,
they were convicted by default, in the case of
each, to five years' imprisonment and a fine of
XXVII.
"Where the ox falls there are many that will
help to kill him," is a saying that has a fitting
application to the old style of piano pedals, which
are fast going into disuse. They are falling by
the wayside, and there are plenty of manufac-
turers who are helping to kill them. You know
the reason for this? Every live piano concern
is using the Norris noiseless pedals, made by the
eminent firm of manufacturers of that name in
Boston. By their use piano playing has been
made a pleasure and a comfort. There is no
squeaking or scratching when the Norris pedals
are used. Is it any surprise that where the ox
falls there are many that will help to kill him? $50.
How Is Your Player Trade?
Good if you handle the Behr, because the Behr Piano
Player contains points of excellence not found in any
other player.
It is easy to play, and has the evidence of care and
painstaking which have been distinguished features of
Behr products for many years.
BEHR BROS. £> CO.
MANUFACTURERS
Pianos
a n d Piano
29th STREET and N t h A Y E N U E =
Placers
NEW YORK
J
12
THE
MORE ROOM FOR PIANOS
In the New Store—Duluth Music Co. Appeal—
Dyer Advertising—F. S. Shaw in Town.
(Special to The Review.)
Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., July 25, 1904.
Last week was an uneventful one, with the
exception of one very interesting item of news
to the trade generally. The contract was let Sat-
urday for the pipe organ to be installed in the
new music hall and auditorium now being erected
in Minneapolis. This instrument will cost $18,-
500 and will be the largest and most magnificent
in the Northwest. The W. W. Kimball Co. were
the fortunate bidders.
F. E. Bird, proprietor of the piano department
in the New Store, has doubled the amount of his
floor space. He now occupies all of the third
floor on two store fronts, giving him a space of
40 by 120 feet. This would seem to be a venture-
some move for a dealer who had not been opened
up more than three weeks, but he has a lease for
floor space which is decidedly favorable to him,
and if the business does not develop as he hopes
he will be nothing out.
The Duluth Music Co. have taken an appeal
from the decision of Judge Brill, overruling their
demurrer in the suit brought by J. M. Anderson
for an accounting of his share of earnings in the
stock of that company, a majority of which is
owned by W. J. Dyer & Bro., of St. Paul. Mr.
Anderson had given a note for this stock, which
was to be met by his pro rata share of earnings,
and he claims there are $70,000 profits of which
ro distribution has been made. The demurrer was
on the grounti that no cause for action had been
stated, and, furthermore, that the claim had be-
come outlawed. The appeal will come up for
argument at the September term of court.
W. J. Dyer & Co. will apply $25 to the purchase
of a new piano to all buyers who cut out and
bring in an advertisement which was run this
morning in a page of special advertising which
appeared in the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The window front is being lemodeled at the
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
store of the Minneapolis Muaic Co. Heretofore
this had been partitioned off up to the ceiling.
The partition has been torn out and it is the in-
tention to^ give an unobstructed view hereafter
of the interior of the store.
Frank S. Shaw, president of the Cable Com-
pany, was a visitor at the Minneapolis branch on
Friday. He returned to Chicago the same day.
Fred. Lawrence, salesman for S. W. Rauden-
bush & Co., for the past ten years, leaves to-day
for a two months' visit in Europe.
PRESIDENTIAL YEAR AND BUSINESS.
The fact that this is a Presidential year in no
wise lessens the effect which good or bad crops
will have upon trade and industry. It is extreme-
ly gratifying to note that Dun's Review has re-
ceived despatches which are almost unanimous in
stating that crop prospects have greatly im-
proved during the past week, that it is practi-
cally certain that early reports of injury U»
winter wheat were exaggerated and that the slow
development of corn and cotton has responded to
a brief period of high temperature. A composite
photograph of all the reports received, the Re-
view says, would show weather conditions as
most favorable and crop prospects as bright for
more than the average yield.
NORRIS NOISELESS AXIOMS.
PIANO THIEVES IN PARIS.
How the Courts of France Treat Those Who
Rob Dealers of Pianos.
An instructive and almost amusing case is re-
ported in the Paris Journal, which states that
from November, 1902, to June 1903, Raphael
Yung and his wife Leontine, in conjunction with
the concierge Pierre Reign6 and Clementine, his
wife, obtained by fraudulent means, from various
pianoforte dealers, instruments representing a to-
tal value of nearly $6,000.
Under several aliases the Yungs ordered a num-
ber of new pianos which they immediately pro-
ceeded to sell again or to pledge at the Mont de
Pi6te\ They gave the address, 77 Rue du Fau-
bourg St. Denis, and left directions for the in-
struments to be delivered there, thanks to the
assistance rendered by the Reign£ couple. These
latter, indeed each time that Yung and his wife,
under one name or another, requested the hire of
a piano, would promptly furnish the best of ref-
erences to the firms who sent to inquire. In the
space of eight months they had managed to se-
cure delivery, without any outlay whatever, of
no fewer than twenty-two valuable pianos.
Before the court the caretaker Reign6 pleaded
that he had acted in perfect good faith. The wife
declared that it was solely in the interests of the
lodgers that she had taken any part in the mat-
ter. "What I did," she said, "was only because
the Yungs had implored me to help them out of
their difficulties, and I, like a good-natured fool,
believed that they would clear themselves eventu-
ally."
To this explanation the judges replied by sen-
tencing her to thirteen months' imprisonment, a
similar sentence being passed upon the husband.
As regards Raphael and Leontine Yung, who
took the wiser course of crossing the frontier,
they were convicted by default, in the case of
each, to five years' imprisonment and a fine of
XXVII.
"Where the ox falls there are many that will
help to kill him," is a saying that has a fitting
application to the old style of piano pedals, which
are fast going into disuse. They are falling by
the wayside, and there are plenty of manufac-
turers who are helping to kill them. You know
the reason for this? Every live piano concern
is using the Norris noiseless pedals, made by the
eminent firm of manufacturers of that name in
Boston. By their use piano playing has been
made a pleasure and a comfort. There is no
squeaking or scratching when the Norris pedals
are used. Is it any surprise that where the ox
falls there are many that will help to kill him? $50.
How Is Your Player Trade?
Good if you handle the Behr, because the Behr Piano
Player contains points of excellence not found in any
other player.
It is easy to play, and has the evidence of care and
painstaking which have been distinguished features of
Behr products for many years.
BEHR BROS. £> CO.
MANUFACTURERS
Pianos
a n d Piano
29th STREET and N t h A Y E N U E =
Placers
NEW YORK
J
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