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VOL. XLIII. No. 2 6 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at I Madison Ave., New York, December 29,1906 S I N G %OO 0 PER\E 0 AR. E N T S
STEINWAY'S MUNIFICENT GIFT
To Sherman, Clay & Co., of San Francisco—
Present 12 Vertegrand Pianos to This House
as a Christmas Gift and as a Token of
Appreciation—Suitable Response by Sher-
man, Clay & Co.—A Happening Entirely
Unique in Trade History and Worthy of Note.
(Special to The Review.)
San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 18, 1906.
Sherman, Clay & Co., of this city, have just
given out an item of news, which is remarkable
In many respects, because it is entirely unparal-
leled m the history of this, or perhaps any
other, industry. The story is best told in the
following letter which was received by Sherman,
Clay & Co. the other day, and which read as
follows:
Gentlemen—We enclose herewith bill of lading
for a carload of 12 Vertegrand pianos, which we
have shipped to you, being 6 in ebonized, 4 in
mahogany and 2 in Circassian walnut cases.
These we ask you to accept with our compliments
as a Christmas gift in recognition and as a
token of our appreciation of your splendid busi-
ness in Steinway pianos during the year now
drawing to a close, in. spite of your great finan-
cial loss and the general disruption of trade in
San Francisco by reason of the appalling disas-
ter that befell your fair city last April in the
ever memorable earthquake and fire.
We do not recall that during the entire history
of our house of more than half a century we
have ever experienced a more striking illustra-
tion of what energetic, faithful Steinway dealers
can do in our pianos under most adverse circum-
stances than you have supplied in this year of
1906.
With assurances of our highest regard and
best wishes for the continued prosperity of your
house and your good selves, in which we take the
liberty to include not only the members of your
firm but also your able staff of employes, we
subscribe ourselves,
Yours in sincere friendship,
(Signed)
STEINWAY & Soxs.
It is needless to say that. Sherman, Clay & Co.
were taken entirely by surprise at the receipt of
this unexpected and remarkable letter, and wired
Steinway & Sons as follows, under date of De-
cember 7:
Messrs. Steinway & Sons,
Steinway Hall, 14th street, New York City:
Letter received conveying your munificent gift
—colossal in its inception and most liberal in
execution—stands unrivaled in the annals of the
piano industry. While its intrinsic value is
great and correspondingly appreciated, the gen-
erous impulse that prompted the gift and the
sentiment of appreciation expressed in conveying
same touches us deeply.
SHKRMAX, CLAY & Co.
Steinway & Sons have always been noted for
their liberality and broad-mindedness, and their
policy in this connection was never better illus-
trated than in writing Sherman, Cay & Co. the
letter quoted at this great holiday period when
friendship and good fellowship are manifested
by the exchange of gifts and other testimony of
affectionate greeting. It affords evidence of their
exceeding thoughtfulness and generosity.
The beautiful tribute paid the Sherman-Clay
house by Steinway & Sons is highly appreciated
by every member of the staff here, and while
the intrinsic value of the gift is undoubtedly
large, it is the splendid spirit of camaraderie
and appreciation which is to be found in the
communication of the great New York house
that especially appeals.
It is a happening like this that leads one to
believe that, notwithstanding the stress of busi-
ness and the tendency to make one callous to the
finer side of one's nature, there is still left in
many of our great institutions those higher at-
tributes of friendship and affectionate regard
which show the best side of our civilization.
It will doubtless be a surprise to Steinway &
Sons to learn that their generosity has become
known outside of the Sherman-Clay institution,
but a gift of this kind is something that cannot
be kept secret, and, moreover, it would be wrong
to do so, as this splendid, generous attitude of
Steinway & Sons must go down in history as
something entirely unique—something that will
forever reflect honor and merit on this institu-
tion whose creations are recognized the world
over for their high standard of artistic excel-
lence.
LARGEST OF PIPE ORGANS.
Huge Instrument Made for a German Prince.
Size in organs is not for the non-musical to
judge, enough, perhaps, that their ears should be
made to ache. But a step now being taken in
Germany should serve as an object lesson to ex-
perts. According to the London Globe, Prince
Donnesmarck recently placed in one of the new
Berlin churches an organ of dimensions so large
as to entitle the instrument to be deemed one of
the largest in the world. It has cost about $20,-
000. The "blowing" is done by an electric motor
of 10 horse-power, which is embedded in a thick
wall and isolated by iron doors so that the noise
OJ' its working shall not be heard. There are
four claviers and 6,000 stops, of which the most
noteworthy are the "angelic chorus," the "heav-
enly voice," "murmuring breakers," "sea waves"
and "the human voice."
GUISE AGAIN LODGED IN JAIL.
(Special to The Review. 1
Monmouth, 111.. Dec. 22, 1906.
Daniel W. Guise, convicted of embezzling from
the Baldwin Piano Co., and who has been out of
jail on parole, has been surrendered by his bonds-
men and was brought back to this city by Deputy
Claycomb from Kewanee, where he has been re-
cently. He is also wanted in Elmwood, Peoria
County, on account of back alimony, and a war-
rant for his arrest as soon as he is released
here has been left with Sheriff Dilley by the
Sheriff of Peoria County.
Hartman & Lansche, of Allentown, Pa., have
transacted a very excellent holiday business, and
have won a place of importance among the piano
dealers of eastern Pennsylvania.
ST. PAUL'S CUT IN FREIGHT RATES.
Why
the Reduction of 10 Per Cent. Was Made
—Other Roads to Follow.
(Special to The Review.)
Chicago, 111., Dec. 24, 1906.
Piano manufacturers and the trade generally
will be pleased to learn that a reduction of 10
per cent, in all freight rates from Chicago to all
points to the Northwest is to be put into force
by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road to
meet the cuts made by the Hill roads.
The reduction in rates made by the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific roads upset the
basis of rates which has been in effect for many
years, the new rates giving Duluth, St. Paul and
Minneapolis undue advantage over Chicago. Ap-
peals to the Hill roads to restore rates to an
equitable basis were unavailing. Then the mer-
chants and manufacturers of this city held con-
ferences with traffic officials of the lines com-
petitive with the Hill roads in the Northwest.
The changes in rates necessary to meet the
competition of the Hill lines have been com-
piled by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, and
will be filed within a day or two with the Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
As the Great Northern put its cut rates in ef-
fect without any previous notice to its competi-
tors or the Interstate Commerce Commission, the
St. Paul Co. will ask the Commission to waive
in this case the general requirement of the law
that no change in rates can be made without
thirty days' notice to the Commission. The St.
Paul Co. will request that it be authorized to
make the new rates effective immediately, to
meet the emergency created by the Hill roads.
It is likely that all the other roads from here
to the Northwest, including the Burlington, will
follow the example of the St. Paul system in
making the necessary reduction in rates to pro-
tect Chicago against discrimination.
WOULD USE ORGAN TO SAVE WOODPILE.
A number of years ago a village in the eastern
part of the town of Middleboro, Mass., was very
much wrought up over the introduction of a
musical instrument in their church service. At.
the final meeting when the matter was to be
settled, excitement ran high.
One man, whose record for honest dealings
was not always above suspicion, made a fiery
speech in opposition. A neighbor, whose back
yard joined the speaker's, could hardly wait for
the close of the remarks. Then jumping to his
feet without waiting to address the chairman,
he said:
"Gosh, sir, if I had known the gentleman was
so afraid of an organ I should have had one
hung on my woodpile years ago."
The Winnipeg Piano & Organ Co., of Winnipeg,
Man., gave their employes a banquet at the
Mariaggi Hotel, that city, last week, as a tribute
to the cordial relations existing between the com-
pany and its men.
T. C. Hough has opened a music store at 27
South Seventh street, Minneapolis, Minn.
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VOL. XLIII. No. 2 6 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at I Madison Ave., New York, December 29,1906 S I N G %OO 0 PER\E 0 AR. E N T S
STEINWAY'S MUNIFICENT GIFT
To Sherman, Clay & Co., of San Francisco—
Present 12 Vertegrand Pianos to This House
as a Christmas Gift and as a Token of
Appreciation—Suitable Response by Sher-
man, Clay & Co.—A Happening Entirely
Unique in Trade History and Worthy of Note.
(Special to The Review.)
San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 18, 1906.
Sherman, Clay & Co., of this city, have just
given out an item of news, which is remarkable
In many respects, because it is entirely unparal-
leled m the history of this, or perhaps any
other, industry. The story is best told in the
following letter which was received by Sherman,
Clay & Co. the other day, and which read as
follows:
Gentlemen—We enclose herewith bill of lading
for a carload of 12 Vertegrand pianos, which we
have shipped to you, being 6 in ebonized, 4 in
mahogany and 2 in Circassian walnut cases.
These we ask you to accept with our compliments
as a Christmas gift in recognition and as a
token of our appreciation of your splendid busi-
ness in Steinway pianos during the year now
drawing to a close, in. spite of your great finan-
cial loss and the general disruption of trade in
San Francisco by reason of the appalling disas-
ter that befell your fair city last April in the
ever memorable earthquake and fire.
We do not recall that during the entire history
of our house of more than half a century we
have ever experienced a more striking illustra-
tion of what energetic, faithful Steinway dealers
can do in our pianos under most adverse circum-
stances than you have supplied in this year of
1906.
With assurances of our highest regard and
best wishes for the continued prosperity of your
house and your good selves, in which we take the
liberty to include not only the members of your
firm but also your able staff of employes, we
subscribe ourselves,
Yours in sincere friendship,
(Signed)
STEINWAY & Soxs.
It is needless to say that. Sherman, Clay & Co.
were taken entirely by surprise at the receipt of
this unexpected and remarkable letter, and wired
Steinway & Sons as follows, under date of De-
cember 7:
Messrs. Steinway & Sons,
Steinway Hall, 14th street, New York City:
Letter received conveying your munificent gift
—colossal in its inception and most liberal in
execution—stands unrivaled in the annals of the
piano industry. While its intrinsic value is
great and correspondingly appreciated, the gen-
erous impulse that prompted the gift and the
sentiment of appreciation expressed in conveying
same touches us deeply.
SHKRMAX, CLAY & Co.
Steinway & Sons have always been noted for
their liberality and broad-mindedness, and their
policy in this connection was never better illus-
trated than in writing Sherman, Cay & Co. the
letter quoted at this great holiday period when
friendship and good fellowship are manifested
by the exchange of gifts and other testimony of
affectionate greeting. It affords evidence of their
exceeding thoughtfulness and generosity.
The beautiful tribute paid the Sherman-Clay
house by Steinway & Sons is highly appreciated
by every member of the staff here, and while
the intrinsic value of the gift is undoubtedly
large, it is the splendid spirit of camaraderie
and appreciation which is to be found in the
communication of the great New York house
that especially appeals.
It is a happening like this that leads one to
believe that, notwithstanding the stress of busi-
ness and the tendency to make one callous to the
finer side of one's nature, there is still left in
many of our great institutions those higher at-
tributes of friendship and affectionate regard
which show the best side of our civilization.
It will doubtless be a surprise to Steinway &
Sons to learn that their generosity has become
known outside of the Sherman-Clay institution,
but a gift of this kind is something that cannot
be kept secret, and, moreover, it would be wrong
to do so, as this splendid, generous attitude of
Steinway & Sons must go down in history as
something entirely unique—something that will
forever reflect honor and merit on this institu-
tion whose creations are recognized the world
over for their high standard of artistic excel-
lence.
LARGEST OF PIPE ORGANS.
Huge Instrument Made for a German Prince.
Size in organs is not for the non-musical to
judge, enough, perhaps, that their ears should be
made to ache. But a step now being taken in
Germany should serve as an object lesson to ex-
perts. According to the London Globe, Prince
Donnesmarck recently placed in one of the new
Berlin churches an organ of dimensions so large
as to entitle the instrument to be deemed one of
the largest in the world. It has cost about $20,-
000. The "blowing" is done by an electric motor
of 10 horse-power, which is embedded in a thick
wall and isolated by iron doors so that the noise
OJ' its working shall not be heard. There are
four claviers and 6,000 stops, of which the most
noteworthy are the "angelic chorus," the "heav-
enly voice," "murmuring breakers," "sea waves"
and "the human voice."
GUISE AGAIN LODGED IN JAIL.
(Special to The Review. 1
Monmouth, 111.. Dec. 22, 1906.
Daniel W. Guise, convicted of embezzling from
the Baldwin Piano Co., and who has been out of
jail on parole, has been surrendered by his bonds-
men and was brought back to this city by Deputy
Claycomb from Kewanee, where he has been re-
cently. He is also wanted in Elmwood, Peoria
County, on account of back alimony, and a war-
rant for his arrest as soon as he is released
here has been left with Sheriff Dilley by the
Sheriff of Peoria County.
Hartman & Lansche, of Allentown, Pa., have
transacted a very excellent holiday business, and
have won a place of importance among the piano
dealers of eastern Pennsylvania.
ST. PAUL'S CUT IN FREIGHT RATES.
Why
the Reduction of 10 Per Cent. Was Made
—Other Roads to Follow.
(Special to The Review.)
Chicago, 111., Dec. 24, 1906.
Piano manufacturers and the trade generally
will be pleased to learn that a reduction of 10
per cent, in all freight rates from Chicago to all
points to the Northwest is to be put into force
by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road to
meet the cuts made by the Hill roads.
The reduction in rates made by the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific roads upset the
basis of rates which has been in effect for many
years, the new rates giving Duluth, St. Paul and
Minneapolis undue advantage over Chicago. Ap-
peals to the Hill roads to restore rates to an
equitable basis were unavailing. Then the mer-
chants and manufacturers of this city held con-
ferences with traffic officials of the lines com-
petitive with the Hill roads in the Northwest.
The changes in rates necessary to meet the
competition of the Hill lines have been com-
piled by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, and
will be filed within a day or two with the Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
As the Great Northern put its cut rates in ef-
fect without any previous notice to its competi-
tors or the Interstate Commerce Commission, the
St. Paul Co. will ask the Commission to waive
in this case the general requirement of the law
that no change in rates can be made without
thirty days' notice to the Commission. The St.
Paul Co. will request that it be authorized to
make the new rates effective immediately, to
meet the emergency created by the Hill roads.
It is likely that all the other roads from here
to the Northwest, including the Burlington, will
follow the example of the St. Paul system in
making the necessary reduction in rates to pro-
tect Chicago against discrimination.
WOULD USE ORGAN TO SAVE WOODPILE.
A number of years ago a village in the eastern
part of the town of Middleboro, Mass., was very
much wrought up over the introduction of a
musical instrument in their church service. At.
the final meeting when the matter was to be
settled, excitement ran high.
One man, whose record for honest dealings
was not always above suspicion, made a fiery
speech in opposition. A neighbor, whose back
yard joined the speaker's, could hardly wait for
the close of the remarks. Then jumping to his
feet without waiting to address the chairman,
he said:
"Gosh, sir, if I had known the gentleman was
so afraid of an organ I should have had one
hung on my woodpile years ago."
The Winnipeg Piano & Organ Co., of Winnipeg,
Man., gave their employes a banquet at the
Mariaggi Hotel, that city, last week, as a tribute
to the cordial relations existing between the com-
pany and its men.
T. C. Hough has opened a music store at 27
South Seventh street, Minneapolis, Minn.
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