Music Trade Review
Issue: 1905 Vol. 40 N. 6 - Page 37
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THE:
BUEGELEISEN & JACOBSON
Report An Active Business—L. Buegeleisen
Making His Initial Selling Trip—A New
Music Stand Which is Proving Popular.
L. Buegeleisen, a brother of S. Buegeleisen,
proprietor of Buegeleisen & Jacobson, 113-115
University Place, New York, is making his initial
selling trip for the firm, traveling the New Eng-
land circuit, and turning in a bunch of orders,
each of which calls for some Durro specialty. In
fact, the sales of Durro goods are surprising, but
it only proves what can be done with a thor-
oughly reliable line persistently and judiciously
pushed. Of the situation in general, Mr. Buegel-
eisen had this to say: "This week fifty-two cases
of Lester accordeons were received, in which are
IUK(JK1>KISKN & JACUKSllN S I.ATKST WINNER.
included the new Vienna styles. The better class
of trade are now largely using the Viennas with
double rows. We are also having good success
with our fine violin cases, and the Crown cor-
nets"—a splendid instrument for little money—
are also in unusual demand. Why cornets are
such heavy sellers just now is beyond me, but a
lot are going out every day almost.
"We are also offering a new music stand, that
is a crackajack for the price. In point of con-
struction, finish and adaptability it cannot be
Leat whatever the price may be, as it has an
adjustable disk, permitting it to be set at any
angle, has no thumb screws, is fully nickel
plated. Besides it is made of the best grade of
steel, is cheaper than any stand ever put on the
market, and can be retailed at $1."
MUSIC TRADE: REVIEW
FELIX HAS MONEY TO BURN.
The Zither Importer is Swindled Out of $50,000
by a Lot of Sharpers—Is Said to Have Parted
With $100,000 Within a Very Brief Period—
An Easy Mark Apparently.
John Felix, whose name the daily newspapers
have connected with one of the monumental
swindles of its kind on record, is an importer
and promoter of an improved zither, styled the
"Chordophone," at 38 East 21st street, New York.
According to statements alleged to have been
made by Felix to the police, within a year he has
paited with a round $100,000 in various
gambling ventures. His latest exploit, in which
he is said to have been bamboozled, was the
horse race wire-tapping game, dropping $50,000
Thursday last. Then he realized a gang of
sharpers had played him for a good thing, and
immediately complained to the police. A couple
of the men charged as being connected with the
swindle were arrested and locked up.
It appears Mr. Felix, who is a German, com-
ing here in June last, is pretty well known
among manufacturers and importers of small
goods not only as a wealthy man, his fortune be-
ing spoken of as footing up 1,000,000 marks
($250,000), but also as an affable person of un-
usually agreeable address and manners—an all
around good fellow, in short. When The Re-
view called at his office Wednesday, the place
was locked and no one about the place seemed
to know little if anything at all about him
either personally or in a business way. He is
comparatively unknown outside of the wholesale
trade, which he has endeavored to have handle
his "Chordophone." The directory puts him
down as a publisher, though not of music it
seems, but of social books.
As an "easy mark" he is described as in a
class by himself, considering the amounts in-
volved in games of chance, for which he is re-
ported as having a mania. Felix told the police
that his wife had once attempted suicide because
he had lost so much money gambling, and said
that if he could not get back his money he would
kill himself. District Attorney Jerome says it
will be impossible to convict the gang, he fears,
on the unsupported testimony of Felix, because
of the recent decision, where it was held that a
man who enters into such an agreement to
swindle is not a sufficient witness for the prose-
cution.
WM. R. GRATZ GOES WEST.
Will Cover Western Trade From Chicago—His
Line a Representative One.
William R. Gratz, president of the Wm. R.
Gratz Import Co., 11 East 22d street, left town
on Sunday for his western headquarters at Chi-
cago, where he will remain four weeks, after-
AUGUST POLLMANN AFFAIRS.
A Jury Will be Demanded—The Latest Status
of the Case.
When the motion requiring the petitioning
creditors to file a bond as security for costs, etc.,
in the involuntary bankruptcy proceedings
against August Pollmann, New York, was de-
nied by the United States District Court, the de-
fendant's attorney filed a petition in the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals for a review of
Judge Holt's decision. Ordinarily, the hearing
would not have been reached within seven
months, and to avoid this long delay counsel for
the petitioning creditors, on February 3, depos-
ited $250, the required amount, with the court,
a move that was calculated to nullify the appeal
proceedings. Ten days were given the other side
to answer, which will be filed on Tuesday, when
a jury trial will be demanded. A motion has also
been made to compel the complainants to pay
costs in the Schuster petition, which was dis-
missed by a jury verdict last month.
August Pollmann has fully recovered from the
effects of his accidental stairway fall, and is back
again attending to business.
ward making a two weeks' tour to various west-
ern points. He carries with him this time a line
of samples larger than on any previous occa-
sion. The Gratz line is to-day stronger than ever be-
fore, being sole representatives for United States
and Canada of famous foreign manufacturers, in-
cluding no less than fifteen names of the highest
37
rank, such as Courtois, Bohland & Fuchs, Ch. &
J. Ullman, Helmerding, Weidlich and Kalbe.
New catalogues of J. F. Keller, Otto Weidlich and
Bohland & Fuchs have just made their appear-
ance.
Joseph Mock, secretary of the firm, returned
recently from a southern tour in the firm's inter-
ests. He found trade conditions very satisfac-
tory and secured many important orders.
The illustration shows the Bohland & Fuchs
new model, No. 602% B flat cornet, having a
small, clear bore, very light action and slide for
high and low pitch. This instrument plays very
easy to touch, is perfect and sweet in tone and
of excellent workmanship. It is one of the
firm's best sellers.
THE MANY REALISTIC RESULTS
Which Are Possible From the Victor Records
—Some Interesting Illustrations.
The very realistic results produced by the Vic-
tor records are admirably illustrated in a vivid
reproduction of the Haydn Quartette's now fa-
mous specialty, known as record M 2935, "New
Year's Eve at Old Trinity." Here is the descrip-
tion:
"The usual merry crowd is thronging lower
Broadway and making the night hideous with
every variety of sound producers, tin horns
whistles, yells, etc., while waiting for the New
Year. A crowd of jovial fellows spy an old
friend, Jim, who after greetings are exchanged
tries to tell the boys a story about a black-eyed
girl, but is interrupted first by a peal on the
chimes and then by an officious policeman, a
trolley car, and finally by Mr. Astorbilt's auto-
mobile which runs over a pet dog, and whose
owner is told by Mr. A. to take the dog home
and use him for a door mat, as he is nicely
pressed out!
"By mutual consent the story is postponed un-
til next year—the chimes play 'Auld Lang
Syne' and all join in singing this good old air.
" 'Finnegan, aren't those bells inspiring?'
"'What's that?"
" 'Are they not soul-stirring?'
" 'What?'
" 'Don't the bells thrill you?'
" 'I can't hear a word you say on account o'
those d—n bells!'
"Twelve o'clock sounds and pandemonium
breaks loose. So much noise was certainly never
before recorded!"
W. F. FREDERICK IN TOWN.
The Prominent Pennsylvania Dealer Selects
Big Stock of Small Goods for Spring Trade.
W. F. Frederick, Uniontown, Pa., and who also
has branch stores in McKeesport, Johnstown, Du
Bois and Pittsburg, as well as one in Cumber-
land, Md., was in
New
York
this
week
buying
a
stock
of
small
goods for spring
trade. He was ac-
companied by G.
Schroeder, manager
of the Pittsburg
establishment. Mr.
Frederick not only
maintains a repre-
sentative d e p a r t -
ment of musical
merchandise in his
various stores, but
he is mentioned as
one of the most
successful
piano
men in the .coun-
try. This enviable reputation is due in great
measure to his fortunate selection of assistants,
and he is to be congratulated \ipon having on
his managerial staff a man as Mr. Schroeder.
The National Musical String Co., New Bruns-
wick, N. J., report business quite brisk.
THE:
BUEGELEISEN & JACOBSON
Report An Active Business—L. Buegeleisen
Making His Initial Selling Trip—A New
Music Stand Which is Proving Popular.
L. Buegeleisen, a brother of S. Buegeleisen,
proprietor of Buegeleisen & Jacobson, 113-115
University Place, New York, is making his initial
selling trip for the firm, traveling the New Eng-
land circuit, and turning in a bunch of orders,
each of which calls for some Durro specialty. In
fact, the sales of Durro goods are surprising, but
it only proves what can be done with a thor-
oughly reliable line persistently and judiciously
pushed. Of the situation in general, Mr. Buegel-
eisen had this to say: "This week fifty-two cases
of Lester accordeons were received, in which are
IUK(JK1>KISKN & JACUKSllN S I.ATKST WINNER.
included the new Vienna styles. The better class
of trade are now largely using the Viennas with
double rows. We are also having good success
with our fine violin cases, and the Crown cor-
nets"—a splendid instrument for little money—
are also in unusual demand. Why cornets are
such heavy sellers just now is beyond me, but a
lot are going out every day almost.
"We are also offering a new music stand, that
is a crackajack for the price. In point of con-
struction, finish and adaptability it cannot be
Leat whatever the price may be, as it has an
adjustable disk, permitting it to be set at any
angle, has no thumb screws, is fully nickel
plated. Besides it is made of the best grade of
steel, is cheaper than any stand ever put on the
market, and can be retailed at $1."
MUSIC TRADE: REVIEW
FELIX HAS MONEY TO BURN.
The Zither Importer is Swindled Out of $50,000
by a Lot of Sharpers—Is Said to Have Parted
With $100,000 Within a Very Brief Period—
An Easy Mark Apparently.
John Felix, whose name the daily newspapers
have connected with one of the monumental
swindles of its kind on record, is an importer
and promoter of an improved zither, styled the
"Chordophone," at 38 East 21st street, New York.
According to statements alleged to have been
made by Felix to the police, within a year he has
paited with a round $100,000 in various
gambling ventures. His latest exploit, in which
he is said to have been bamboozled, was the
horse race wire-tapping game, dropping $50,000
Thursday last. Then he realized a gang of
sharpers had played him for a good thing, and
immediately complained to the police. A couple
of the men charged as being connected with the
swindle were arrested and locked up.
It appears Mr. Felix, who is a German, com-
ing here in June last, is pretty well known
among manufacturers and importers of small
goods not only as a wealthy man, his fortune be-
ing spoken of as footing up 1,000,000 marks
($250,000), but also as an affable person of un-
usually agreeable address and manners—an all
around good fellow, in short. When The Re-
view called at his office Wednesday, the place
was locked and no one about the place seemed
to know little if anything at all about him
either personally or in a business way. He is
comparatively unknown outside of the wholesale
trade, which he has endeavored to have handle
his "Chordophone." The directory puts him
down as a publisher, though not of music it
seems, but of social books.
As an "easy mark" he is described as in a
class by himself, considering the amounts in-
volved in games of chance, for which he is re-
ported as having a mania. Felix told the police
that his wife had once attempted suicide because
he had lost so much money gambling, and said
that if he could not get back his money he would
kill himself. District Attorney Jerome says it
will be impossible to convict the gang, he fears,
on the unsupported testimony of Felix, because
of the recent decision, where it was held that a
man who enters into such an agreement to
swindle is not a sufficient witness for the prose-
cution.
WM. R. GRATZ GOES WEST.
Will Cover Western Trade From Chicago—His
Line a Representative One.
William R. Gratz, president of the Wm. R.
Gratz Import Co., 11 East 22d street, left town
on Sunday for his western headquarters at Chi-
cago, where he will remain four weeks, after-
AUGUST POLLMANN AFFAIRS.
A Jury Will be Demanded—The Latest Status
of the Case.
When the motion requiring the petitioning
creditors to file a bond as security for costs, etc.,
in the involuntary bankruptcy proceedings
against August Pollmann, New York, was de-
nied by the United States District Court, the de-
fendant's attorney filed a petition in the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals for a review of
Judge Holt's decision. Ordinarily, the hearing
would not have been reached within seven
months, and to avoid this long delay counsel for
the petitioning creditors, on February 3, depos-
ited $250, the required amount, with the court,
a move that was calculated to nullify the appeal
proceedings. Ten days were given the other side
to answer, which will be filed on Tuesday, when
a jury trial will be demanded. A motion has also
been made to compel the complainants to pay
costs in the Schuster petition, which was dis-
missed by a jury verdict last month.
August Pollmann has fully recovered from the
effects of his accidental stairway fall, and is back
again attending to business.
ward making a two weeks' tour to various west-
ern points. He carries with him this time a line
of samples larger than on any previous occa-
sion. The Gratz line is to-day stronger than ever be-
fore, being sole representatives for United States
and Canada of famous foreign manufacturers, in-
cluding no less than fifteen names of the highest
37
rank, such as Courtois, Bohland & Fuchs, Ch. &
J. Ullman, Helmerding, Weidlich and Kalbe.
New catalogues of J. F. Keller, Otto Weidlich and
Bohland & Fuchs have just made their appear-
ance.
Joseph Mock, secretary of the firm, returned
recently from a southern tour in the firm's inter-
ests. He found trade conditions very satisfac-
tory and secured many important orders.
The illustration shows the Bohland & Fuchs
new model, No. 602% B flat cornet, having a
small, clear bore, very light action and slide for
high and low pitch. This instrument plays very
easy to touch, is perfect and sweet in tone and
of excellent workmanship. It is one of the
firm's best sellers.
THE MANY REALISTIC RESULTS
Which Are Possible From the Victor Records
—Some Interesting Illustrations.
The very realistic results produced by the Vic-
tor records are admirably illustrated in a vivid
reproduction of the Haydn Quartette's now fa-
mous specialty, known as record M 2935, "New
Year's Eve at Old Trinity." Here is the descrip-
tion:
"The usual merry crowd is thronging lower
Broadway and making the night hideous with
every variety of sound producers, tin horns
whistles, yells, etc., while waiting for the New
Year. A crowd of jovial fellows spy an old
friend, Jim, who after greetings are exchanged
tries to tell the boys a story about a black-eyed
girl, but is interrupted first by a peal on the
chimes and then by an officious policeman, a
trolley car, and finally by Mr. Astorbilt's auto-
mobile which runs over a pet dog, and whose
owner is told by Mr. A. to take the dog home
and use him for a door mat, as he is nicely
pressed out!
"By mutual consent the story is postponed un-
til next year—the chimes play 'Auld Lang
Syne' and all join in singing this good old air.
" 'Finnegan, aren't those bells inspiring?'
"'What's that?"
" 'Are they not soul-stirring?'
" 'What?'
" 'Don't the bells thrill you?'
" 'I can't hear a word you say on account o'
those d—n bells!'
"Twelve o'clock sounds and pandemonium
breaks loose. So much noise was certainly never
before recorded!"
W. F. FREDERICK IN TOWN.
The Prominent Pennsylvania Dealer Selects
Big Stock of Small Goods for Spring Trade.
W. F. Frederick, Uniontown, Pa., and who also
has branch stores in McKeesport, Johnstown, Du
Bois and Pittsburg, as well as one in Cumber-
land, Md., was in
New
York
this
week
buying
a
stock
of
small
goods for spring
trade. He was ac-
companied by G.
Schroeder, manager
of the Pittsburg
establishment. Mr.
Frederick not only
maintains a repre-
sentative d e p a r t -
ment of musical
merchandise in his
various stores, but
he is mentioned as
one of the most
successful
piano
men in the .coun-
try. This enviable reputation is due in great
measure to his fortunate selection of assistants,
and he is to be congratulated \ipon having on
his managerial staff a man as Mr. Schroeder.
The National Musical String Co., New Bruns-
wick, N. J., report business quite brisk.
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