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KNABE'S PALATIAL HOME.
The New Retail Headquarters in Baltimore
Which Will be Completed About September
1st Will be Among the Finest in the Country
—Some of the Changes to be Effected—
Ernest J. Knabe to Europe—Stieff Piano for
Army and Navy Club—Missouri Building at
Exposition Also Has One of These Instru-
ment*—Spirited Bidding for Lyric Hall.
(Special to Tbe Review.)
Baltimore, Md., May 20, 1907.
The piano trade has continued satisfactorily
during the week, despite the fact that the
weather conditions have been rather uncertain.
Many sales have been made by the various firms.
The chief feature of the week in trade circles
has been the promptness with which William
Knabe & Co. have started operations for their
new home. The architects are already busily
engaged in formulating plans for the remodel-
ing of the Brewers' Exchange Building, south-
west corner of Park avenue and Fayette streets,
which was purchased recently by the firm to be
used as their headquarters in this city.
In the front of the first floor there will be six
mammoth show windows, each of which will be
14 feet in width. The main entrance to the es-
tablishment will front on Park avenue. The
grand staircase will be in the rear of the first
floor.
The second floor will contain a series of art
piano rooms and each of these will be hand-
somely decorated. There will also be a room on
this floor exclusively for recital purposes. There
will also be several piano parlors and these will
be decorated in the architecture of the different
periods, including Renaissance, Louis XV, Flem-
ish, Empire, etc.
Those who are acquainted with the methods
of the Knabe people in doing things are of the
opinion that the rooms will be the most gorgeous
of their kind in the country, if not in the world.
The general offices of the firm will occupy the
third floor. These include the offices of William
and Ernest J. Knabe. All of the improvements
are expected to be completed by the first of Sep-
tember, when the firm will occupy the new store.
In order to save considerable trouble in mov-
ing all the stock that will be on hand at that
time the Knabe firm will hold a special sale
about June 1, whereby they expect to get rid of
the entire stock which they now have on hand
at the Lyric.
Ernest J. Knabe, president of the firm, will
leave for Europe June 1 on the steamer Koenig
Albert. He will be accompanied by his wife
and daughter. While away he will visit France,
Switzerland, Monte Carlo and Germany. He will
pay a visit to the firm's agency in Berlin and
return to America in September.
Manager J. H. Williams, of the Charles M.
Stieff house, has been extended a visiting card
to the Army and Navy Club at the Jamestown
Exposition, where he recently installed a hand-
some Stieff piano. Mr. Williams also announces
that the Exposition is coming along in nice
shape and work will soon be completed. A
Stieff piano will be placed in the Missouri Build-
ing, which will be dedicated on May 25. The
Stieff people have been giving two concerts daily
at the Exposition and these have been well at-
tended. Mr. Williams has engaged Miss Harriett
T. Bagly, of Philadelphia, for the concert next
week. About a dozen artists from New York
have also been engaged for the week.
The purchase of the "Lyric," formerly known
as Music Hall, by Ernest J. Knabe, representing
the Gottlieb-Knabe Co., of which Messrs. F. H.
Gottlieb, Wm. Knabe and Bernard L. Uhlrich
are also members (as announced in last week's
Music Trade Review), assures to Baltimore the
continued operation of this superb hall of public
entertainment, which has come to be looked upon
as an almost indispensable institution to the city.
The location and capacity of the Lyric has made
it one of the most popular places for mass meet-
ings and big conventions, and after the receiv-
ers' sale general satisfaction was expressed that
it was to be maintained by a local company as
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a place of public entertainment. Many notable
gatherings have been held in the Lyric, and with
its ownership now in the hands of the company
that had a lease on the propeity to run for six
years more, its future appears to be brighter than
at any time in several years past. The price paid
for the realty was $126,000, which includes the
building and all its contents. It was $20,000
more than it was expected the building would
bring, but spirited bidding attended the sale
owing to the efforts of the members of the Mystic
Shrine, who were anxious to secure the building
as general headquarters.
TO FAVOR CARRIERS.
They
Can't Furnish Special Rates to Each
Other Interstate Commission Rules.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, May 20, 1907.
In a ruling made Friday by the Interstate Com-
merce Commission, it is held that, under the law,
a carrier or a person or corporation operating a
railroad or other transportation line cannot, as
a shipper over the lines of another carrier, re-
ceive any preference in the application of tariff
rates on interstate shipments. In other words,
one carrier shipping its fuel, material or other
supplies over the line of another carrier must
pay the legal tariff rates applicable to the same
commodities shipped by an individual.
The commission made another ruling relating
to the return of astray shipments, and said that
it was of the opinion that in instances where,
through error or oversight on the part of some
agent or employe, the shipment was billed to an
erroneous destination or was unloaded short of
destination or was carried by, carriers might re-
turn such astray shipments to their proper des-
tination or course without the assessment of ad-
ditional charges and might arrange for such
movement of such astray shipments for each
other on mutual acceptable terms without, the
necessity of publishing, posting and filing tariff
under which it would be done.
BOOART'S NEW SHOW SIGN
Is Destined to Attract Much Attention in the
Warerooms of Agents—Handsomely Gotten
Up—Looking for More Room.
branch in Monterey, have dissolved partner-
ship. The main store will be conducted under
the name of Modesta Gonzalez, while the Mon-
terey business will be conducted by Vincent
Ramirez, S. & Co.
ROSENTHAL'S TRIBUTE TO MUELLER.
The
Famous Pianist Speaks Highly of Mr.
Mueller's Work as a Concert Tuner.
It isn't often that the work of the tuner is
properly recognized by the artist, hence the fol-
lowing letter from Moriz Rosenthal, the distin-
guished artist, who recently left for Europe after
an extended tour of this country with the Weber
piano, is exceedingly pleasing, as it is a well-
deserved appreciation of the ability of Robert
G. O. Mueller, the well-known concert tuner, who
accompanied him on his tour. The communica-
tion was as follows:
"My Dear Mr. Mueller—I take particular pleas-
ure in acknowledging to you my highest appre-
ciation of the very efficient services which you
rendered to me during my concert tour, just
finished. I have at all times found you a most
reliable and conscientious tuner, a man possess-
ing intimate familiarity with all intricacies of
intonation and piano mechanism, and besides,
trustworthy in every respect. With the sincere
hope of soon having an opportunity to avail my-
self of your excellent services, I am, yours sin-
cerely, Moriz Rosenthal."
NO BIDS FOR WILL A. WATKIN CO. STOCK.
No bids having been received for the stock of
the Will A. Watkin Co. as a whole, new arrange-
ments for the disposal of the business were made.
Trustee Thayer having obtained authority of the
court to dispose of the stock to the best interests
of the creditors will sell it in lots to the highest
bidder for cash as provided for by law.
NEW CABLE COMPANY BRANCHES.
The Cable Company have opened branches in
Shreveport, La., and Natchez, Miss. The former
store is located at 522 McNeil street, and is under
the management of J. H. Enlow. All the busi-
ness in North Louisiana and East Texas will be
handled from the new branch.
A new show sign, encased in a solid oak frame,
George H. Lynch has closed out his music stare
on glass, the lettering design, setting forth the in New Britain, Conn.
distinguishing merits of the Bogart, in gold and
blue on a black background, has been gotten up
"DISTINCTIVELY HIGH GRADE"
by E. B. Bogart & Co., 511-513 East 137th street,
New York. It is intended to be placed on dis-
play in the warerooms of the Bogart agents and
dealers, and it will be a handsome and artistic
addition to their establishments. The firm are
badly in need of increased factory room, and had
arranged to take the building occupied by Ben
H. Janssen, Park avenue and 128th street, had the
latter's deal for the new building of Ricca & Son,
in the Bronx, not fallen through. As it is
Bogart & Co. are still in the market and looking
for larger premises.
DENIXE VISITS LAFFARGUE CO.
A. R. Denike, of San Francisco, Cal., has been
in New York visiting the Laffargue Co.'s factory,
whose goods he hardies. At an informal lunch
of a number of piano manufacturers at McGuire's,
in the Bronx, Friday week, each man paying his
own score, Mr. Denike was the guest of Presi-
dent Oktavec, and was an interested and amused
listener to the story told by H. C. Harney, eastern
manager of the T. S. Kelly Co., plate manufac-
turers, of his experience as a juror in the noto-
rious Thaw murder trial. In fact, Mr. Harney
kept the whole table in roars of laughter over
the pugnacious encounters, verbally and physic-
ally, that occurred during the protracted hours
of discussion in the jury room.
MODESTA GONZALES & CO. DISSOLVE.
Modesta Gonzalez & Co., who are agents for
several lines of American pianos and organs,
with headquarters in Victoria, Mexico, and a
G/ie CHRISTMAN
STUDIO GRAND
is the greatest success of the day.
It possesses a scale of rare ever,
ness, a tone of remarkable sonority
and richness, with a quality that
is highly orchestral. Our latest
styles of Grands and Uprights
mark a decided advance in the art
of piano-making. We court inves-
tigation. Some territory still open.
CHRISTMAN SONS, Manufacturer.
FACTORY AND OFFICE:
869-875 East 137th St.
NEW
WAREROOMS:
YORK
55 We.t 14th St.