Music Trade Review
Issue: 1908 Vol. 47 N. 10 - Page 9
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THE: MUSIC TRADE
BETTERMENT IN BALTIMORE.
Wholesale and Retail Trade With Knabe Im-
proved—M err ill-An gel us Demand—Vacations
at the Various Warerooms Are Nearing Their
Close—Other Items of Trade Interest.
REVIEW
bis co-laborer in tho vineyard of the Lord, hun-
dreds of these same organs were sold and are
still selling. At his home in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
when he died, Mr. Sankey had a M. & H. organ,
style 48, and which he had in use upward of
38 years. Chas. E. Brockington, of the local
selling staff, was an intimate personal friend of
the deceased "sweet singer," and was a frequent
visitor at the Sankey residence.
9
SOHMER PIANO FACTORY ESCAPES
From Fire Which for a Time on Tuesday Morn-
ing Threatened to Damage It.
The big piano factory of S-johmer & Co., As-
toria, L. I., had a narrow escape from destruction
(Special to The Review.)
by fire on Tuesday morning when Geo. Strack's
Baltimore, Md., August 31, 1908.
Hotel, at 754-756 Vernon avenue, was destroyed.
There has been quite a change for the better
The fire gained some headway before it was dis-
in the number of sales generally in local trade
covered, and the proprietor of the hotel and his
CANNOT PRINT PRIZE LISTS.
circles the past week. Whether this condition
family had quite some difficulty in escaping from
has been brought about by the return to the city
the
building. When the firemen arrived they
Piano Dealers Who Indulge in Contests Will be
of many persons who have been away during the
found that there was but little chance of saving
Interested in This Ruling of the Postal De-
warm weather, the dealers are unable to say.
partment—Newspapers That Do So Are tho hotel building, so they turned their attention
But the announcements from every quarter, wilh
to keeping the flames from spreading to the
Liable to a Fine of $500.
hut few exceptions, have been to the effect that
Sohmer piano factory, and the Casino adjoining
business has been very brisk. This gives em-
the hotel. The latter building caught fire several
Piano dealers who find the various forms of times, but the firemen kept streams of wator on
phasis to the repeated predictions of those en-
gaged in the trade that the early fall business contests a profitable source of building up "pros- it and saved it. The piano factory was only
will be unusually good this season. This the pects" will be interested to note that it is no slightly scorched.
dealers have been preparing for the past month. longer permissible to print lists of prize win-
Manager J. H. Williams, of William Knabe & ners at any euchre party, fair, or game of chance,
PACKARD CO. PROSPERITY,
Co., stated that so far as his firm is concerned, or even to announce such affairs in advance.
Following is a portion of Section 499 of the
both locally and otherwise, business during the
Export
Business
Active—Domestic
Trade
past week has been good—much better than dur- Postal Laws and Regulations on unmailable
Steadily Developing in Volume—New Styles
ing the earlier part of August. "We have had a matter:
for Fall.
"Nor shall any newspaper, magazine, pamphlet
number of callers for a good class of instru-
ments," continued Mr. Williams, "and I am more or publication of any kind containing an adver-
The Packard Co., Fort Wayne, Ind., are mak-
convinced than ever that our fall trade will begin tisement of any lottery, or gift enterprise of any ing some big shipments of organs to England,
earlier than usual and that we will have an kind, offering prizes dependent upon chance, or Germany and Australia. In fact, there has been
excellent season." Mr. Williams will go to Wash- containing any list of prizes awarded at the but little falling off in their export business
drawings of any such lottery or gift enterprise, within the last year. Regarding domestic trade,
ington to-morrow on a short business trip.
Ernest J. Knabe has returned from the West, whether said list is of any part or of all of the they report a steadily increasing demand, es-
where he has been for some time on a business drawing, be carried in the mail or delivered by pecially from the Pacific Coast and Central West.
any postmaster or letter carrier."
tour.
Last week they sent two carloads to the Pacific
Disbarment from ihe mails is not the only pun
Charles Keidel, Jr., the secretary of the Ameri-
Coast, and are fast getting back to normal ship-
can Piano Co., is looking after business in New ishment prescribed under the above section, as ments to other sections of the country. Their
York. He is expected to return to Baltimore any person who deposits in a mail box, or offers new player piano has won a large measure of
again before he takes up his permanent abode in for delivery, any such matter as described above popularity wherever introduced, and it is certain
is guilty of a misdemeanor, which is punishable to be a big factor in their trade for the coming
New York within the very near future.
by
a fine of $500 or one year's imprisonment, fall and winter. Their line of styles this season
Charles McHenry, of the local sales force, will
return Wednesday from the Allegheny Mountains, or both.
is of unusual attractiveness, and embodies all
near Pittsburg, where he has been sojourning for
those individual features which have long made
two weeks. Salesman N. Gist Lamdin is slightly
PIANOS ASSESSED IN MINNEAPOLIS.
the Packard name synonymous with perfection,
under the weather with a worrisome attack of
both structurally and musically.
hay fever. Salesman C. H. Tracey, with his
The tax assessors of Minneapolis have assessed
wife, is spending his vacation in Boston.
16,106 pianos and valued them at $1,479,126, or
FREIGHT CARS PUT TO WORK.
One of the quickest local sales made for some less than $100 each. Comparison of these figures
time was that of a Merrill-Angelus by Joseph M. with 1907 returns shows that 2,323 new pianos Another Reduction, Totaling 33,000, Made in
Mann, of the Knabe force. The instrument was were purchased during the year.
the Idle List.
brought in the warerooms new, Saturday, and
was delivered to the purchaser to-day. Mr. Mann WHERE THE BAUERS ARE SUMMERING.
The fortnightly report of the American Rail-
will leave next Saturday for an extended north-
way Association, issued Monday, showed a fur-
ern trip. Among other places he will visit, his
Frederick Bauer, president of Stultz & Bauer, ther decrease in the number of idle freight cars.
old home in Providence.
with his family, have been staying in Ellenville, On August 19 there were 252,149 idle cars, com-
Sanders & Stayman, local agents for the Weber N. Y., for some time. He will return on Septem- pared with 280,98G on August 4. The number
piano, report a good business for the week. ber 10 or 12. Chas. F. Bauer, his son and vice- idle now is smaller than at any previous date
Salesman Boden has just returned from his vaca- president, has been in the mountains throughout this year.
tion.
In addition to the idle cars put in service dur-
the summer, his health being none too vigorous.
At Charles M. Stieff's it was announced that Joseph, another son, who has been in the fac- ing the first half of August, the number of cars
business has taken a decided boom during the tory for some time getting close to the manufac- undergoing repairs in shops was reduced by over
week.
turing end in a practical way, will come into 5,000, making the total improvement during the
fortnight over 33,000 cars. The demand for cars
A special club piano sale is in progress at the the business office after Labor Day.
in connection with the harvesting of the crops
Gilbert Smith Co., of which Emil Levy is man-
has played an important part in reducing the
ager. This sale will be continued for ten days.
OTTO WISSNER DUE SEPT. 15.
number of cars stored on sidings. With one
G. Fred Kranz, president of the Kranz-Smith
Piano Co., local agents for the Chickering piano,
Otto Wissner, the Brooklyn (N. Y.) manufac- exception, there has been shown a steady de-
is away on a short trip. The work of remodel- turer, who has been abroad with Mrs. Wissner, crease in the number of idle cars in each fort-
ing the warerooms is progressing rapidly.
on his yearly recreation, is due home September nightly report since the close of April.
R. Lertz & Son, representatives for the Stein- 15. Several new style Wissner grands and up-
TWO NEW EVERETT UPRIGHT STYLES.
way piano, report that while the local trade is rights, also Leckerling models, are about ready
quiet, they are looking for a good trade within for the fall trade, and of which photos ar.e al-
Two new styles of uprights have just been
the next few weeks.
ready available.
completed by John Anderson, of the Everett.
Manager Ansell, of Cohen & Hughes, says that
Piano Co. They are after the Sheraton model in
Victor talking machines have been in great de-
San Domingo mahogany, the front and side
SIMMINGER MEETS WITH ACCIDENT.
mand. Three of these were sold on the floor
panels being inlaid with strips of boxwood and
to-day. Frank Feldman, Jr., one of the sales-
Fred Simminger, of the office force of the ebony. They are true examples of the Sheraton
men at the Howard street store, is visiting in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto and Detroit. He Packard Co., Fort Wayne, Ind., is suffering from school of architecture, and better than all they
some severe bruises sustained in an accident enclose the remarkable Everett tone, which has
will be away two weeks.
last week. He was on his way home on a come in for such high praise at the hands of
bicycle, while ahead of him was a buggy in eminent artists in all parts of the world.
SANKEY AND THE MASON & HAMLIN.
which were two men, evidently the worse for
The recent death of Ira D. Sankey, the famous liquor. As he was about to pass around them WEBER AND WHEEL0CKS FOR ACADEMY.
singing evangelist, is a reminder that in all his they turned their horse suddenly and in the
The Seattle, Wash., branch of Kohler & Chase
tours about the world he made exclusive use collision Mr. Simminger was thrown from his
recently sold three Wheelock uprights and one
wheel
and
the
horse
and
buggy
passed
over
him.
of Mason & Hamlin's organ, style 431, and cata-
Weber grand to the Dominican Academy in that
logued as the "Sankey Model." Following his Luckily, no bones were broken, but the bruises
city.
will
cause
him
suffering
for
some
time.
journoyings through Mexico with D. L. Moody,
THE: MUSIC TRADE
BETTERMENT IN BALTIMORE.
Wholesale and Retail Trade With Knabe Im-
proved—M err ill-An gel us Demand—Vacations
at the Various Warerooms Are Nearing Their
Close—Other Items of Trade Interest.
REVIEW
bis co-laborer in tho vineyard of the Lord, hun-
dreds of these same organs were sold and are
still selling. At his home in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
when he died, Mr. Sankey had a M. & H. organ,
style 48, and which he had in use upward of
38 years. Chas. E. Brockington, of the local
selling staff, was an intimate personal friend of
the deceased "sweet singer," and was a frequent
visitor at the Sankey residence.
9
SOHMER PIANO FACTORY ESCAPES
From Fire Which for a Time on Tuesday Morn-
ing Threatened to Damage It.
The big piano factory of S-johmer & Co., As-
toria, L. I., had a narrow escape from destruction
(Special to The Review.)
by fire on Tuesday morning when Geo. Strack's
Baltimore, Md., August 31, 1908.
Hotel, at 754-756 Vernon avenue, was destroyed.
There has been quite a change for the better
The fire gained some headway before it was dis-
in the number of sales generally in local trade
covered, and the proprietor of the hotel and his
CANNOT PRINT PRIZE LISTS.
circles the past week. Whether this condition
family had quite some difficulty in escaping from
has been brought about by the return to the city
the
building. When the firemen arrived they
Piano Dealers Who Indulge in Contests Will be
of many persons who have been away during the
found that there was but little chance of saving
Interested in This Ruling of the Postal De-
warm weather, the dealers are unable to say.
partment—Newspapers That Do So Are tho hotel building, so they turned their attention
But the announcements from every quarter, wilh
to keeping the flames from spreading to the
Liable to a Fine of $500.
hut few exceptions, have been to the effect that
Sohmer piano factory, and the Casino adjoining
business has been very brisk. This gives em-
the hotel. The latter building caught fire several
Piano dealers who find the various forms of times, but the firemen kept streams of wator on
phasis to the repeated predictions of those en-
gaged in the trade that the early fall business contests a profitable source of building up "pros- it and saved it. The piano factory was only
will be unusually good this season. This the pects" will be interested to note that it is no slightly scorched.
dealers have been preparing for the past month. longer permissible to print lists of prize win-
Manager J. H. Williams, of William Knabe & ners at any euchre party, fair, or game of chance,
PACKARD CO. PROSPERITY,
Co., stated that so far as his firm is concerned, or even to announce such affairs in advance.
Following is a portion of Section 499 of the
both locally and otherwise, business during the
Export
Business
Active—Domestic
Trade
past week has been good—much better than dur- Postal Laws and Regulations on unmailable
Steadily Developing in Volume—New Styles
ing the earlier part of August. "We have had a matter:
for Fall.
"Nor shall any newspaper, magazine, pamphlet
number of callers for a good class of instru-
ments," continued Mr. Williams, "and I am more or publication of any kind containing an adver-
The Packard Co., Fort Wayne, Ind., are mak-
convinced than ever that our fall trade will begin tisement of any lottery, or gift enterprise of any ing some big shipments of organs to England,
earlier than usual and that we will have an kind, offering prizes dependent upon chance, or Germany and Australia. In fact, there has been
excellent season." Mr. Williams will go to Wash- containing any list of prizes awarded at the but little falling off in their export business
drawings of any such lottery or gift enterprise, within the last year. Regarding domestic trade,
ington to-morrow on a short business trip.
Ernest J. Knabe has returned from the West, whether said list is of any part or of all of the they report a steadily increasing demand, es-
where he has been for some time on a business drawing, be carried in the mail or delivered by pecially from the Pacific Coast and Central West.
any postmaster or letter carrier."
tour.
Last week they sent two carloads to the Pacific
Disbarment from ihe mails is not the only pun
Charles Keidel, Jr., the secretary of the Ameri-
Coast, and are fast getting back to normal ship-
can Piano Co., is looking after business in New ishment prescribed under the above section, as ments to other sections of the country. Their
York. He is expected to return to Baltimore any person who deposits in a mail box, or offers new player piano has won a large measure of
again before he takes up his permanent abode in for delivery, any such matter as described above popularity wherever introduced, and it is certain
is guilty of a misdemeanor, which is punishable to be a big factor in their trade for the coming
New York within the very near future.
by
a fine of $500 or one year's imprisonment, fall and winter. Their line of styles this season
Charles McHenry, of the local sales force, will
return Wednesday from the Allegheny Mountains, or both.
is of unusual attractiveness, and embodies all
near Pittsburg, where he has been sojourning for
those individual features which have long made
two weeks. Salesman N. Gist Lamdin is slightly
PIANOS ASSESSED IN MINNEAPOLIS.
the Packard name synonymous with perfection,
under the weather with a worrisome attack of
both structurally and musically.
hay fever. Salesman C. H. Tracey, with his
The tax assessors of Minneapolis have assessed
wife, is spending his vacation in Boston.
16,106 pianos and valued them at $1,479,126, or
FREIGHT CARS PUT TO WORK.
One of the quickest local sales made for some less than $100 each. Comparison of these figures
time was that of a Merrill-Angelus by Joseph M. with 1907 returns shows that 2,323 new pianos Another Reduction, Totaling 33,000, Made in
Mann, of the Knabe force. The instrument was were purchased during the year.
the Idle List.
brought in the warerooms new, Saturday, and
was delivered to the purchaser to-day. Mr. Mann WHERE THE BAUERS ARE SUMMERING.
The fortnightly report of the American Rail-
will leave next Saturday for an extended north-
way Association, issued Monday, showed a fur-
ern trip. Among other places he will visit, his
Frederick Bauer, president of Stultz & Bauer, ther decrease in the number of idle freight cars.
old home in Providence.
with his family, have been staying in Ellenville, On August 19 there were 252,149 idle cars, com-
Sanders & Stayman, local agents for the Weber N. Y., for some time. He will return on Septem- pared with 280,98G on August 4. The number
piano, report a good business for the week. ber 10 or 12. Chas. F. Bauer, his son and vice- idle now is smaller than at any previous date
Salesman Boden has just returned from his vaca- president, has been in the mountains throughout this year.
tion.
In addition to the idle cars put in service dur-
the summer, his health being none too vigorous.
At Charles M. Stieff's it was announced that Joseph, another son, who has been in the fac- ing the first half of August, the number of cars
business has taken a decided boom during the tory for some time getting close to the manufac- undergoing repairs in shops was reduced by over
week.
turing end in a practical way, will come into 5,000, making the total improvement during the
fortnight over 33,000 cars. The demand for cars
A special club piano sale is in progress at the the business office after Labor Day.
in connection with the harvesting of the crops
Gilbert Smith Co., of which Emil Levy is man-
has played an important part in reducing the
ager. This sale will be continued for ten days.
OTTO WISSNER DUE SEPT. 15.
number of cars stored on sidings. With one
G. Fred Kranz, president of the Kranz-Smith
Piano Co., local agents for the Chickering piano,
Otto Wissner, the Brooklyn (N. Y.) manufac- exception, there has been shown a steady de-
is away on a short trip. The work of remodel- turer, who has been abroad with Mrs. Wissner, crease in the number of idle cars in each fort-
ing the warerooms is progressing rapidly.
on his yearly recreation, is due home September nightly report since the close of April.
R. Lertz & Son, representatives for the Stein- 15. Several new style Wissner grands and up-
TWO NEW EVERETT UPRIGHT STYLES.
way piano, report that while the local trade is rights, also Leckerling models, are about ready
quiet, they are looking for a good trade within for the fall trade, and of which photos ar.e al-
Two new styles of uprights have just been
the next few weeks.
ready available.
completed by John Anderson, of the Everett.
Manager Ansell, of Cohen & Hughes, says that
Piano Co. They are after the Sheraton model in
Victor talking machines have been in great de-
San Domingo mahogany, the front and side
SIMMINGER MEETS WITH ACCIDENT.
mand. Three of these were sold on the floor
panels being inlaid with strips of boxwood and
to-day. Frank Feldman, Jr., one of the sales-
Fred Simminger, of the office force of the ebony. They are true examples of the Sheraton
men at the Howard street store, is visiting in
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto and Detroit. He Packard Co., Fort Wayne, Ind., is suffering from school of architecture, and better than all they
some severe bruises sustained in an accident enclose the remarkable Everett tone, which has
will be away two weeks.
last week. He was on his way home on a come in for such high praise at the hands of
bicycle, while ahead of him was a buggy in eminent artists in all parts of the world.
SANKEY AND THE MASON & HAMLIN.
which were two men, evidently the worse for
The recent death of Ira D. Sankey, the famous liquor. As he was about to pass around them WEBER AND WHEEL0CKS FOR ACADEMY.
singing evangelist, is a reminder that in all his they turned their horse suddenly and in the
The Seattle, Wash., branch of Kohler & Chase
tours about the world he made exclusive use collision Mr. Simminger was thrown from his
recently sold three Wheelock uprights and one
wheel
and
the
horse
and
buggy
passed
over
him.
of Mason & Hamlin's organ, style 431, and cata-
Weber grand to the Dominican Academy in that
logued as the "Sankey Model." Following his Luckily, no bones were broken, but the bruises
city.
will
cause
him
suffering
for
some
time.
journoyings through Mexico with D. L. Moody,
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