Music Trade Review
Issue: 1905 Vol. 40 N. 19 - Page 11
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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
11
W. L. BUSH OPTIMISTIC
MAY FESTIVAL IN NEW HAVEN.
LETTER FROM MELVILLE CLARK.
<\bout Trade Conditions Generally—Some Splen-
did Reports from Branch Houses—New Cata-
logues To Be Issued—Leaves for Atlantic
City Next Sunday with a Party of Piano
Men—Convention Plans.
The Treat & Shepard Co. Give Some Remark-
able Recitals In Which Prominent Artists
Assist.
Suit of Aeolian Co. Was Against the Apollo Co.,
New York, and Not the Melville Clark Piano
Co.—Why the Suit Was Let Go By Default
—Have Long Since Discontinued Use of Re-
movable Flange and Adopted An Entirely
New Device.
(Special to The Review.)
Chicago, 111., May 8, 1905.
In a talk to-day with W. L. Bush, of the Bush
& Gerts Piano Co., he spoke enthusiastically of
trade conditions. "We received from our branch
houses this month," said Mr. Bush, "the best re-
ports we have had so far this year, and splendid
indications all along the line. I just received
word from the Kansas City Music Co., who have
purchased the stock of our branch house at that
point, and taken our warehouse space, on which
we had a lease, off our hands, that they are very
well pleased with the splendid results of their
inaugural sale, and we expect a very satisfactory
business from there.
"The Newton Music Co., of Newton, Kan., who
also inaugurated a special sale last month, report
a splendid month's business and very largely on
Bush & Gerts and Wm. L. Bush pianos.
"H. A. Stone, of Chillicothe, Mo., sent us in a
large order and invites me to come down and
participate in some of the joys of a special clear-
ing-up sale that he has just inaugurated, and the
dealers seem to be strictly alive to the situation
and the opportunity, and special sales seem to
form a prominent feature of the campaign.
"We are just about to issue two beautiful new
catalogues, one of the Bush & Gerts piano, and
the other of the Wm. L. Bush, and also expect to
launch a new grandette, the first one of which
completed has been thoroughly tested in my
own music room for the past six weeks and has
withstood splendidly the vigorous assaults that
I have made upon it from time to time, testing
it in every conceivable way and demonstrating
with every test the genius and practical skill and
knowledge of our Mr. John Gerts, who planned
and drew the scale of this beautiful little instru-
ment and perfected it in all of its details. We
expect to market a large quantity of these small
grands during the balance of our career in the
piano business, as I believe it has come to stay,
and is going to form an important part in the
total volume of business.
"I expect to leave for Atlantic City next Sun-
day and have reserved drawing-room on the six
o'clock train. I understand that quite a number
of the piano men are going on the same train,
and I shall be accompanied by Mrs. Bush, and
she is anticipating a good time, and no doubt
all of the ladies who attend the convention go
with the same anticipations, and it is up to the
members of the trade, and also the trade press,
to contribute all they possibly can toward the
entertainment of the ladies and success of the
convention. As chairman of the Press Commit-
tee, I expect to go right to work on Monday and
Tuesday, and hope to be able to make life inter-
esting for the music trade press on that occa-
sion."
The Temple of Music which is being erected
by D. S. Johnston in Tacoma, Wash., is now un-
der way, the bids for the upper structure having
been accepted last week.
The Treat & Shepard Co., of New Haven, Conn.,
have been conducting a series of May Festival
concerts at their handsome warerooms, 837 Chapel
street, which have attracted large and fashion-
able audiences. The programme on May 3
opened with an Angelus recital with Geo. T.
Birks, presiding, assisted by E. C. Woodstock,
tenor. The artists at the afternoon concert were
Harry Pepper, vocalist; Geo. H. Boardman,
pianist, and J. Francis Quinn, accompanist.
The programme for May 4 consisted of a Vic-
tor red seal record recital interspersed with num-
bers by the Angelus, with Geo. T. Birks as demon-
strator. In the afternoon Geo. H. Boardman,
pianist, played, assisted by Miss Mary E. Haley,
soprano.
The opening concert on May 5 was devoted to
the Angelus, with Geo. T. Birks presiding. In
the afternoon Eliza Lehmann's song cycle,
"Daisy Chain," was sung by a quartet of eminent
soloists. In the evening there was a song re-
cital by Master Arthur Austin, boy soprano, and
Chas. E. Stormont, accompanist. The opening
concert, on May 6, consisted of a very interesting
programme by Geo. H. Boardman, pianist. In the
afternoon, Miss F . O. Robbins, soprano, was
heard, assisted by an eminent string quartette.
The programmes were of unusual excellence, and
the enterprise of the Treat & Shepard Co. was
evidently appreciated in the very heartiest sense.
During the concerts a very fine display of
Knabe, Mathushek, R. S. Howard, Kohler & Camp-
bell pianos was made. The Angelus family of
players were also in evidence, and much interest
was manifested in them, owing to their possibili-
ties being revealed so admirably at the various
concerts.
Chicago, U. S. A., May 5, 1905.
Publisher, The Music Trade Review,
New York City.
Dear Sir.—The statement was made in one of
the eastern trade papers that the suit of the
Aeolian Co. against the Melville Clark Piano Co.,
for an alleged infringement of the Aeolian Co.'s
patent governing the use of removable flanges on
the music roll, has been decided in favor of the
plaintiff. As a matter of fact, the Melville Clark
Piano Co. had nothing whatever to do with this
suit. It was instituted by the Aeolian Co. against
the Apollo Co., of New York. In order to set the
Apollo Co. in the proper light we desire to state
that the case against the Apollo Co. was clearly
met by an antedated English patent which was
given to the attorney for the plaintiff.
Under the circumstances, it was deemed wiser
to let the suit go by default. When the attention
of the makers of the Apollo music roll was
brought to the infringement they at once discon-
tinued the use of such removable flange and
adopted an entirely new device, which in their
opinion gives a distinct superiority to the Apollo
music roll made by them, and such device is now
in use in all Apollo music rolls. If there was an
infringement it was corrected upon notification to
the proper parties. You will do us a favor if you
will set this matter in the proper light before the
trade by the publication of this letter. Very
truly yours,
MELVILLE CLAKK PIANO CO.,
Melville Clark, Pres.
THE FLANNER-HAFSOOS PIANO CO.
LINDEMANN JOINS LEANARD.
H. P. Lindemann, of St. Louis, Mo., has pur-
chased an interest in the business of Geo. P.
Leanard, the well-known piano dealer of Albu-
querque, New Mexico, and the concern will here-
after be known as the Leanard & Lindemann
Music Co. The capital of the company will be
increased and business developed in a much
more effective manner throughout New Mexico
and Arizona.
The Flanner-Hafsoos Piano Co., of Milwaukee,
have been incorporated with the Secretary of the
State of Wisconsin with a capital of $10,000. The
in corporators are: Joseph Flanner, Eric S. Haf-
soos and Isadore Pollatsek.
ALBERT S. BOND TO EUROPE.
A. S. Bond, of the Packard Co., Ft. Wayne,
Ind., will leave for Europe, accompanied by Mrs.
Bond, on May 20. He will be a couple of months
abroad on a combined business and pleasure
PERFECTION LIBRARY IN NEW ORLEANS. trip. He would have sailed earlier in the month
The Louis Grunewald Co., Ltd., of New Or- were it not for a desire to attend the convention
leans, La., have consummated arrangements of the Manufacturers' Association at Atlantic
with the Perforated Music Roll Co. of New York, City.
whereby they will operate a branch of the Per-
ESTEY ORGAN FOR SANTA BARBARA.
fection Music Roll Library in their city. The
initial order placed by the Grunewald Co. was a
The Estey Organ Co. have just placed a magnifi-
large one, numbering thousands of rolls. Ship- cent pipe organ in the Old Mission Church at
ments will be made at once so that the library Santa Barbara, Cal. It is equipped with all the
will be in full swing at an early date.
latest devices which have made the Estey organs
The Aeolian Co. are carrying announcements
in the Newark, N. J. ( papers to the effect that
the territory formerly controlled by the Lauter
Co. will be looked after from headquarters at
Aeolian Hall, New York.
so well and favorably known and cost $4,000.
The new organ was erected by Edward Crome.
The F. A. Pelton Piano Co., of Saco, have voted
to reduce the amount of their capital stock from
$125,000 to $50,000.
Every mother thinks her boy is the finest boy in the world; every crow
thinks her chick is the blackest. We think
PERFECTION PERFORATED MUSIC ROLLS
Perfection
are the best in the world. We would like to prove it to you.
Perforated Music Roll Company
25 WEST 23d ST., NEW YORK
We guarantee our rolls will not clog or Injure any piano player.
THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
11
W. L. BUSH OPTIMISTIC
MAY FESTIVAL IN NEW HAVEN.
LETTER FROM MELVILLE CLARK.
<\bout Trade Conditions Generally—Some Splen-
did Reports from Branch Houses—New Cata-
logues To Be Issued—Leaves for Atlantic
City Next Sunday with a Party of Piano
Men—Convention Plans.
The Treat & Shepard Co. Give Some Remark-
able Recitals In Which Prominent Artists
Assist.
Suit of Aeolian Co. Was Against the Apollo Co.,
New York, and Not the Melville Clark Piano
Co.—Why the Suit Was Let Go By Default
—Have Long Since Discontinued Use of Re-
movable Flange and Adopted An Entirely
New Device.
(Special to The Review.)
Chicago, 111., May 8, 1905.
In a talk to-day with W. L. Bush, of the Bush
& Gerts Piano Co., he spoke enthusiastically of
trade conditions. "We received from our branch
houses this month," said Mr. Bush, "the best re-
ports we have had so far this year, and splendid
indications all along the line. I just received
word from the Kansas City Music Co., who have
purchased the stock of our branch house at that
point, and taken our warehouse space, on which
we had a lease, off our hands, that they are very
well pleased with the splendid results of their
inaugural sale, and we expect a very satisfactory
business from there.
"The Newton Music Co., of Newton, Kan., who
also inaugurated a special sale last month, report
a splendid month's business and very largely on
Bush & Gerts and Wm. L. Bush pianos.
"H. A. Stone, of Chillicothe, Mo., sent us in a
large order and invites me to come down and
participate in some of the joys of a special clear-
ing-up sale that he has just inaugurated, and the
dealers seem to be strictly alive to the situation
and the opportunity, and special sales seem to
form a prominent feature of the campaign.
"We are just about to issue two beautiful new
catalogues, one of the Bush & Gerts piano, and
the other of the Wm. L. Bush, and also expect to
launch a new grandette, the first one of which
completed has been thoroughly tested in my
own music room for the past six weeks and has
withstood splendidly the vigorous assaults that
I have made upon it from time to time, testing
it in every conceivable way and demonstrating
with every test the genius and practical skill and
knowledge of our Mr. John Gerts, who planned
and drew the scale of this beautiful little instru-
ment and perfected it in all of its details. We
expect to market a large quantity of these small
grands during the balance of our career in the
piano business, as I believe it has come to stay,
and is going to form an important part in the
total volume of business.
"I expect to leave for Atlantic City next Sun-
day and have reserved drawing-room on the six
o'clock train. I understand that quite a number
of the piano men are going on the same train,
and I shall be accompanied by Mrs. Bush, and
she is anticipating a good time, and no doubt
all of the ladies who attend the convention go
with the same anticipations, and it is up to the
members of the trade, and also the trade press,
to contribute all they possibly can toward the
entertainment of the ladies and success of the
convention. As chairman of the Press Commit-
tee, I expect to go right to work on Monday and
Tuesday, and hope to be able to make life inter-
esting for the music trade press on that occa-
sion."
The Temple of Music which is being erected
by D. S. Johnston in Tacoma, Wash., is now un-
der way, the bids for the upper structure having
been accepted last week.
The Treat & Shepard Co., of New Haven, Conn.,
have been conducting a series of May Festival
concerts at their handsome warerooms, 837 Chapel
street, which have attracted large and fashion-
able audiences. The programme on May 3
opened with an Angelus recital with Geo. T.
Birks, presiding, assisted by E. C. Woodstock,
tenor. The artists at the afternoon concert were
Harry Pepper, vocalist; Geo. H. Boardman,
pianist, and J. Francis Quinn, accompanist.
The programme for May 4 consisted of a Vic-
tor red seal record recital interspersed with num-
bers by the Angelus, with Geo. T. Birks as demon-
strator. In the afternoon Geo. H. Boardman,
pianist, played, assisted by Miss Mary E. Haley,
soprano.
The opening concert on May 5 was devoted to
the Angelus, with Geo. T. Birks presiding. In
the afternoon Eliza Lehmann's song cycle,
"Daisy Chain," was sung by a quartet of eminent
soloists. In the evening there was a song re-
cital by Master Arthur Austin, boy soprano, and
Chas. E. Stormont, accompanist. The opening
concert, on May 6, consisted of a very interesting
programme by Geo. H. Boardman, pianist. In the
afternoon, Miss F . O. Robbins, soprano, was
heard, assisted by an eminent string quartette.
The programmes were of unusual excellence, and
the enterprise of the Treat & Shepard Co. was
evidently appreciated in the very heartiest sense.
During the concerts a very fine display of
Knabe, Mathushek, R. S. Howard, Kohler & Camp-
bell pianos was made. The Angelus family of
players were also in evidence, and much interest
was manifested in them, owing to their possibili-
ties being revealed so admirably at the various
concerts.
Chicago, U. S. A., May 5, 1905.
Publisher, The Music Trade Review,
New York City.
Dear Sir.—The statement was made in one of
the eastern trade papers that the suit of the
Aeolian Co. against the Melville Clark Piano Co.,
for an alleged infringement of the Aeolian Co.'s
patent governing the use of removable flanges on
the music roll, has been decided in favor of the
plaintiff. As a matter of fact, the Melville Clark
Piano Co. had nothing whatever to do with this
suit. It was instituted by the Aeolian Co. against
the Apollo Co., of New York. In order to set the
Apollo Co. in the proper light we desire to state
that the case against the Apollo Co. was clearly
met by an antedated English patent which was
given to the attorney for the plaintiff.
Under the circumstances, it was deemed wiser
to let the suit go by default. When the attention
of the makers of the Apollo music roll was
brought to the infringement they at once discon-
tinued the use of such removable flange and
adopted an entirely new device, which in their
opinion gives a distinct superiority to the Apollo
music roll made by them, and such device is now
in use in all Apollo music rolls. If there was an
infringement it was corrected upon notification to
the proper parties. You will do us a favor if you
will set this matter in the proper light before the
trade by the publication of this letter. Very
truly yours,
MELVILLE CLAKK PIANO CO.,
Melville Clark, Pres.
THE FLANNER-HAFSOOS PIANO CO.
LINDEMANN JOINS LEANARD.
H. P. Lindemann, of St. Louis, Mo., has pur-
chased an interest in the business of Geo. P.
Leanard, the well-known piano dealer of Albu-
querque, New Mexico, and the concern will here-
after be known as the Leanard & Lindemann
Music Co. The capital of the company will be
increased and business developed in a much
more effective manner throughout New Mexico
and Arizona.
The Flanner-Hafsoos Piano Co., of Milwaukee,
have been incorporated with the Secretary of the
State of Wisconsin with a capital of $10,000. The
in corporators are: Joseph Flanner, Eric S. Haf-
soos and Isadore Pollatsek.
ALBERT S. BOND TO EUROPE.
A. S. Bond, of the Packard Co., Ft. Wayne,
Ind., will leave for Europe, accompanied by Mrs.
Bond, on May 20. He will be a couple of months
abroad on a combined business and pleasure
PERFECTION LIBRARY IN NEW ORLEANS. trip. He would have sailed earlier in the month
The Louis Grunewald Co., Ltd., of New Or- were it not for a desire to attend the convention
leans, La., have consummated arrangements of the Manufacturers' Association at Atlantic
with the Perforated Music Roll Co. of New York, City.
whereby they will operate a branch of the Per-
ESTEY ORGAN FOR SANTA BARBARA.
fection Music Roll Library in their city. The
initial order placed by the Grunewald Co. was a
The Estey Organ Co. have just placed a magnifi-
large one, numbering thousands of rolls. Ship- cent pipe organ in the Old Mission Church at
ments will be made at once so that the library Santa Barbara, Cal. It is equipped with all the
will be in full swing at an early date.
latest devices which have made the Estey organs
The Aeolian Co. are carrying announcements
in the Newark, N. J. ( papers to the effect that
the territory formerly controlled by the Lauter
Co. will be looked after from headquarters at
Aeolian Hall, New York.
so well and favorably known and cost $4,000.
The new organ was erected by Edward Crome.
The F. A. Pelton Piano Co., of Saco, have voted
to reduce the amount of their capital stock from
$125,000 to $50,000.
Every mother thinks her boy is the finest boy in the world; every crow
thinks her chick is the blackest. We think
PERFECTION PERFORATED MUSIC ROLLS
Perfection
are the best in the world. We would like to prove it to you.
Perforated Music Roll Company
25 WEST 23d ST., NEW YORK
We guarantee our rolls will not clog or Injure any piano player.
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