Music Trade Review
Issue: 1910 Vol. 50 N. 4 - Page 8
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THE MUSIC TRADE
CHAS. H. GREEN ENTERTAINS
Col. F. B. T. Hollenberg, Major Corley, D. E.
Woolley and Others at Luncheon at the
Hardware Club on Saturday—Exhibition
Plans Discussed.
REVIEW
NEW INCORPORATION BILL.
Chairman Mann Reports It as a Substitute for
the Taft Measure.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, Jan. 17, 1910.
A federal incorporation plan that will be pro-
The complimentary luncheon given Col. F. B.
T. Hollenberg, Little Rock, Ark., chairman of the posed as a substitute for that recommended by
Exhibition Committee of the National Associa- the President is embraced in a bill reported in the
tion of Piano Dealers, by Charles H. Green, gen- House Friday by Representative Mann, chairman
eral manager of the Piano Trade Exhibition, at of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign
the Hardware Club, New York, Saturday last, Commerce. The objection made by Mr. Mann and
was a quiet, elegant and very enjoyable affair. others to the plan of the President is that once a
One of the club's private dining rooms was util- corporation comes under the control of the federal
ized, and the table, with a smart display of car- government it is beyond the control of the States.
The Mann bill provides for a system of federal
nations, silver and cut glass, presented an invit-
ing appearance to the guests, who also included registration of corporations, giving the corpora-
Major J. G. Corley, manager of the Cable Com- tions the privilege of making application to the
pany, Richmond, Va.; D. E. Woolley, manager bureau of corporations for official registration.
of the Estey Co., Philadelphia, Pa., also members When corporations voluntarily make such appli-
of the committee; L. H. Clement, manager of the cation the commissioner of corporations is re-
Mason & Hamlin Co., New York; M. V. De quired to investigate their affairs and to report
Foreest, State Commissioner of the State of Penn- whether or not they are doing business within
sylvania, of Wm. C De Foreest & Son, Shaion, the law and are solvent. Upon its being ascer-
and representatives of The Review and the Music tained that they are operating within the law and
are solvent authority is given for the issuance to
Trades.
Colonel Hollenberg presided, having the seat them of certificates, and inquiries are to be made
of honor at the head of the table, with Manager from time to time with a view to the renewal of
Green vis-a-vis. The speaking was brief and en- such certificates if the company's activities meet
tirely informal, relating particularly to the ex- with the approval of the commissioner of cor-
hibition at Richmond, Va., May 16 to 21, in con- porations.
nection with the annual conventions of the piano
manufacturers' and dealers' national associations.
NEW ORLEANS TUNERS COMPLAIN.
The remarks were in happy vein and reflected
the confidence of the committee that the exhibi- Claim That They Get Less Than Tuners in
Other Cities and Organize to Gain Their
tion would not only be a successful but a memor-
Point—Official Says "No Tuners' Trust."
able event.
E. H. Droop, of E. F. Droop & Sons Co., Wash-
The piano tuners of New Orleans have or-
ington, D. C, president of the National Associa-
tion of Piano Dealers, and C. R. Putnam, man- ganized and begun an active campaign for bet-
ager of the Estey Co., Boston, Mass., also exhibi- ter pay, claiming that they are the poorest paid
of any piano tuners in the country. Some of the
tion committeemen, were unavoidably absent.
local newspapers published the fact that a
tuners' "trust" was being formed, but an officer
JAIL FOR DEAD=BEATS.
of the Piano, Organ and Musical Instrument
Geo.
H. Bent Teaches Lesson' to One Party
Makers' Union, Local No. 3, gave out the fol
That Should Warn Others.
lowing statement regarding the tuners' plans:
"It is true we are endeavoring to secure bet-
(Special to The Review.)
ter wages, but the word 'trust' should not be
Chicago, 111., Jan. 17, 1910.
used in connection with our plans. We are the
George H. Bent has set an excellent precedent poorest paid piano tuners in America. Take
in the handling of cases where instalment pur- New York, Chicago, Seattle, Atlanta, San Fran-
chasers refuse to disclose the whereabouts of the cisco and Keokuk, la. These cities get nearly
instruments when it is desired to repossess twice as much for piano tuning as New Orleans.
them. A negro woman purchased a piano from
"We desire to make our rates from $3 to $5,
the Bent Co., made a first payment and secured
the balance of the cost by notes, the company depending upon the location of the piano and
holding a mortgage on the instrument. Shortly the distance it is from the heart of the city.
afterward she lapsed in the payments and re- There are some fellows who will take a job for
even 50 cents per day. That is why we or-
fused to tell where the piano was hidden.
Mr. Bent looked up the law and finding a sec- ganized, to prevent such prices, to raise our
tion making it a criminal offense to secrete standard and make what is considered an artis-
mortgaged property, had the woman arrested tic trade live up to decent prices."
and placed in jail. After several days spent be-
hind the bars she finally consented to tell where
the piano was and it was recovered.
Seems as though the same law could profitably
be resorted to in other cases of similar nature.
TRADE GOOD IN KANSAS.
W. F. Roehr Music Co. Report Conditions as
Being Excellent—Their Representative Line
of Pianos.
The W. F. Roehr Music Co., Topeka, Kans.,
reports a most satisfactory condition of affairs
as regards the piano business in their territory
and are confident that the results of the present
year's business will be fully up to expectations.
The Roehr Co. handle the Kimball, Hallet &
Davis, Wegman, Mehlin & Sons, Krell, Corl.
Shoninger, Kroeger and other pianos, Simplex,
Mehlin and Kimball player-pianos and Edison
and Victor talking machines.
DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP.
The firm of Berry & Seely, dealers in music,
stationery, etc., at 168 Broadway, Newburgh,
N. Y.. has been dissolved. William Berry will
continue the business.
ROCHESTER DEALER PLEASED.
E. J. Chapman Rewards Staff for Successful Ef-
forts During December.
E. J. Chapman, the well-known piano dealer of
Rochester, N. Y., entertained his entire staff of
salesmen at a banquet and theater party re-
cently as a reward for their having, by special
efforts succeeded in selling over one hundred
pianos during the month of December. One
salesman alone sold thirty-five pianos and a
large number of them for cash. Mr. Chapman
was well pleased that his offer of an evening's
entertainment if the hundred sale mark was
reached had resulted in such a good volume of
business.
DEATH OF CHARLES H. TOPHAM.
OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.
Pianos and Other Musical Instruments Shipped
Abroad from the Port of New York for the
Week Just Ended—An Interesting Array of
Musical Specialties for Foreign Countries.
(Special to The Review.;
Washington, I). C, Jan. 20, 1910.
The following were the exports of musical in-
struments and kindred lines from the port of
New York for the week just ended:
Auckland—1 pkg. musical goods, $120; 1 pkg.
musical goods, $127; 3 cases piano players and
material, $450.
Basle—30 cases organs and material, $10,000.
Berlin—38 cases pianos and material, $836.
Bremen—28 cases piano players and material,
$S,400.
Buenos Ay res—5 cases piano players and mate-
rial, $1,750; 5 cases music, $477.
Callao—1 pkg. phonographic goods and mate-
rial, $126.
Cape Town—5 pkgs. phonographic goods and
material, $141; 10 cases organs and material,
$457.
Colon—5 pkgs. phonographic goods and mate-
rial, $113; 1 case pianos and material, $400.
Copenhagen—2 cases pianos and material,
$458; 7 cases organs and material, $369.
Genoa—1 case musical instruments, $203.
Hamburg—11 cases organs and material, $3,-
500.
Havana—4 cases pianos and material, $960; 2
cases music rolls, $119; 8 pkgs. talking machines
and material, $448; 5 cases pianos and material,
$r.09; 1 case music, $201.
Hobart—3 cases organs and material, $353.
Libau—1 case pianos and material, $200.
Liverpool—1 case organs and material, $109;
3 pkgs. music rolls, $279; 18 cases organs and
material, $1,867.
London—454 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $4,070; 12 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $1,400; 21 cases organs and material, $5,185;
2 cases pianos and material, $1,000; 14 cases
piano players and material, $38,500; 3 pkgs. talk-
ing machines and material, $170; 4 cases pianos
and material, $116; 6 cases organs and material,
$1,810; 17 cases piano players and material, $4,-
400; 563 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$5,395.
Manzanilla—2 cases organs and material, $362.
Melbourne—7 cases pianos and material, $774.
Montevideo—6 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $1,500.
Nassau—2 cases organs and material, $331.
Nicolai—2 cases pianos and material, $400.
Puerto Barrios—1 pkg. talking machines and
material, $427.
Rio de Janeiro—12 cases piano players and
material, $2,486; 3 cases pianos and material,
$870; 50 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$1,295.
Smyrna—5 cases organs and material, $400.
Tampico—36 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $1,270; 6 cases pianos and material, $1,000;
18 pkgs. phonographic goods and material, $285;
61 pkgs. talking machines and material, $1,801.
Valparaiso—7 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $143.
Vera Cruz—76 pkgs. phonographic goods and
material, $3,301.
A FINE RECORD.
208
Pianos Delivered by Knight-Campbell
Branch in Six Weeks.
A. E. Seymour, district manager for the
Knight-Campbell Music Co., in Grand Junction,
Col., is very proud of the receipted bill of the
City Transfer & Storage Co., for delivering 208
pianos in and around Grand Junction, and seven-
teen pianos delivered in neighboring towns dur-
ing the period from Nov. 15 to Jan. 1. The cor-
rectness of the bill Is sworn to by the transfer
people.
Charles H. Topham, an old-time piano dealer
of Lynn, Mass., died of pneumonia at his home
in that city recently. Mr. Topham was fifty-
five years old, and for the past ten years had
acted as representative in Lynn for Chas. D.
Phil Maiman has been appointed manager of
Blake & Co., of Boston. He is survived by a the branch store of the W. W. Kimball Co., In
Waukegan, 111.
widow.
THE MUSIC TRADE
CHAS. H. GREEN ENTERTAINS
Col. F. B. T. Hollenberg, Major Corley, D. E.
Woolley and Others at Luncheon at the
Hardware Club on Saturday—Exhibition
Plans Discussed.
REVIEW
NEW INCORPORATION BILL.
Chairman Mann Reports It as a Substitute for
the Taft Measure.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, Jan. 17, 1910.
A federal incorporation plan that will be pro-
The complimentary luncheon given Col. F. B.
T. Hollenberg, Little Rock, Ark., chairman of the posed as a substitute for that recommended by
Exhibition Committee of the National Associa- the President is embraced in a bill reported in the
tion of Piano Dealers, by Charles H. Green, gen- House Friday by Representative Mann, chairman
eral manager of the Piano Trade Exhibition, at of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign
the Hardware Club, New York, Saturday last, Commerce. The objection made by Mr. Mann and
was a quiet, elegant and very enjoyable affair. others to the plan of the President is that once a
One of the club's private dining rooms was util- corporation comes under the control of the federal
ized, and the table, with a smart display of car- government it is beyond the control of the States.
The Mann bill provides for a system of federal
nations, silver and cut glass, presented an invit-
ing appearance to the guests, who also included registration of corporations, giving the corpora-
Major J. G. Corley, manager of the Cable Com- tions the privilege of making application to the
pany, Richmond, Va.; D. E. Woolley, manager bureau of corporations for official registration.
of the Estey Co., Philadelphia, Pa., also members When corporations voluntarily make such appli-
of the committee; L. H. Clement, manager of the cation the commissioner of corporations is re-
Mason & Hamlin Co., New York; M. V. De quired to investigate their affairs and to report
Foreest, State Commissioner of the State of Penn- whether or not they are doing business within
sylvania, of Wm. C De Foreest & Son, Shaion, the law and are solvent. Upon its being ascer-
and representatives of The Review and the Music tained that they are operating within the law and
are solvent authority is given for the issuance to
Trades.
Colonel Hollenberg presided, having the seat them of certificates, and inquiries are to be made
of honor at the head of the table, with Manager from time to time with a view to the renewal of
Green vis-a-vis. The speaking was brief and en- such certificates if the company's activities meet
tirely informal, relating particularly to the ex- with the approval of the commissioner of cor-
hibition at Richmond, Va., May 16 to 21, in con- porations.
nection with the annual conventions of the piano
manufacturers' and dealers' national associations.
NEW ORLEANS TUNERS COMPLAIN.
The remarks were in happy vein and reflected
the confidence of the committee that the exhibi- Claim That They Get Less Than Tuners in
Other Cities and Organize to Gain Their
tion would not only be a successful but a memor-
Point—Official Says "No Tuners' Trust."
able event.
E. H. Droop, of E. F. Droop & Sons Co., Wash-
The piano tuners of New Orleans have or-
ington, D. C, president of the National Associa-
tion of Piano Dealers, and C. R. Putnam, man- ganized and begun an active campaign for bet-
ager of the Estey Co., Boston, Mass., also exhibi- ter pay, claiming that they are the poorest paid
of any piano tuners in the country. Some of the
tion committeemen, were unavoidably absent.
local newspapers published the fact that a
tuners' "trust" was being formed, but an officer
JAIL FOR DEAD=BEATS.
of the Piano, Organ and Musical Instrument
Geo.
H. Bent Teaches Lesson' to One Party
Makers' Union, Local No. 3, gave out the fol
That Should Warn Others.
lowing statement regarding the tuners' plans:
"It is true we are endeavoring to secure bet-
(Special to The Review.)
ter wages, but the word 'trust' should not be
Chicago, 111., Jan. 17, 1910.
used in connection with our plans. We are the
George H. Bent has set an excellent precedent poorest paid piano tuners in America. Take
in the handling of cases where instalment pur- New York, Chicago, Seattle, Atlanta, San Fran-
chasers refuse to disclose the whereabouts of the cisco and Keokuk, la. These cities get nearly
instruments when it is desired to repossess twice as much for piano tuning as New Orleans.
them. A negro woman purchased a piano from
"We desire to make our rates from $3 to $5,
the Bent Co., made a first payment and secured
the balance of the cost by notes, the company depending upon the location of the piano and
holding a mortgage on the instrument. Shortly the distance it is from the heart of the city.
afterward she lapsed in the payments and re- There are some fellows who will take a job for
even 50 cents per day. That is why we or-
fused to tell where the piano was hidden.
Mr. Bent looked up the law and finding a sec- ganized, to prevent such prices, to raise our
tion making it a criminal offense to secrete standard and make what is considered an artis-
mortgaged property, had the woman arrested tic trade live up to decent prices."
and placed in jail. After several days spent be-
hind the bars she finally consented to tell where
the piano was and it was recovered.
Seems as though the same law could profitably
be resorted to in other cases of similar nature.
TRADE GOOD IN KANSAS.
W. F. Roehr Music Co. Report Conditions as
Being Excellent—Their Representative Line
of Pianos.
The W. F. Roehr Music Co., Topeka, Kans.,
reports a most satisfactory condition of affairs
as regards the piano business in their territory
and are confident that the results of the present
year's business will be fully up to expectations.
The Roehr Co. handle the Kimball, Hallet &
Davis, Wegman, Mehlin & Sons, Krell, Corl.
Shoninger, Kroeger and other pianos, Simplex,
Mehlin and Kimball player-pianos and Edison
and Victor talking machines.
DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP.
The firm of Berry & Seely, dealers in music,
stationery, etc., at 168 Broadway, Newburgh,
N. Y.. has been dissolved. William Berry will
continue the business.
ROCHESTER DEALER PLEASED.
E. J. Chapman Rewards Staff for Successful Ef-
forts During December.
E. J. Chapman, the well-known piano dealer of
Rochester, N. Y., entertained his entire staff of
salesmen at a banquet and theater party re-
cently as a reward for their having, by special
efforts succeeded in selling over one hundred
pianos during the month of December. One
salesman alone sold thirty-five pianos and a
large number of them for cash. Mr. Chapman
was well pleased that his offer of an evening's
entertainment if the hundred sale mark was
reached had resulted in such a good volume of
business.
DEATH OF CHARLES H. TOPHAM.
OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.
Pianos and Other Musical Instruments Shipped
Abroad from the Port of New York for the
Week Just Ended—An Interesting Array of
Musical Specialties for Foreign Countries.
(Special to The Review.;
Washington, I). C, Jan. 20, 1910.
The following were the exports of musical in-
struments and kindred lines from the port of
New York for the week just ended:
Auckland—1 pkg. musical goods, $120; 1 pkg.
musical goods, $127; 3 cases piano players and
material, $450.
Basle—30 cases organs and material, $10,000.
Berlin—38 cases pianos and material, $836.
Bremen—28 cases piano players and material,
$S,400.
Buenos Ay res—5 cases piano players and mate-
rial, $1,750; 5 cases music, $477.
Callao—1 pkg. phonographic goods and mate-
rial, $126.
Cape Town—5 pkgs. phonographic goods and
material, $141; 10 cases organs and material,
$457.
Colon—5 pkgs. phonographic goods and mate-
rial, $113; 1 case pianos and material, $400.
Copenhagen—2 cases pianos and material,
$458; 7 cases organs and material, $369.
Genoa—1 case musical instruments, $203.
Hamburg—11 cases organs and material, $3,-
500.
Havana—4 cases pianos and material, $960; 2
cases music rolls, $119; 8 pkgs. talking machines
and material, $448; 5 cases pianos and material,
$r.09; 1 case music, $201.
Hobart—3 cases organs and material, $353.
Libau—1 case pianos and material, $200.
Liverpool—1 case organs and material, $109;
3 pkgs. music rolls, $279; 18 cases organs and
material, $1,867.
London—454 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $4,070; 12 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $1,400; 21 cases organs and material, $5,185;
2 cases pianos and material, $1,000; 14 cases
piano players and material, $38,500; 3 pkgs. talk-
ing machines and material, $170; 4 cases pianos
and material, $116; 6 cases organs and material,
$1,810; 17 cases piano players and material, $4,-
400; 563 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$5,395.
Manzanilla—2 cases organs and material, $362.
Melbourne—7 cases pianos and material, $774.
Montevideo—6 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $1,500.
Nassau—2 cases organs and material, $331.
Nicolai—2 cases pianos and material, $400.
Puerto Barrios—1 pkg. talking machines and
material, $427.
Rio de Janeiro—12 cases piano players and
material, $2,486; 3 cases pianos and material,
$870; 50 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$1,295.
Smyrna—5 cases organs and material, $400.
Tampico—36 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $1,270; 6 cases pianos and material, $1,000;
18 pkgs. phonographic goods and material, $285;
61 pkgs. talking machines and material, $1,801.
Valparaiso—7 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $143.
Vera Cruz—76 pkgs. phonographic goods and
material, $3,301.
A FINE RECORD.
208
Pianos Delivered by Knight-Campbell
Branch in Six Weeks.
A. E. Seymour, district manager for the
Knight-Campbell Music Co., in Grand Junction,
Col., is very proud of the receipted bill of the
City Transfer & Storage Co., for delivering 208
pianos in and around Grand Junction, and seven-
teen pianos delivered in neighboring towns dur-
ing the period from Nov. 15 to Jan. 1. The cor-
rectness of the bill Is sworn to by the transfer
people.
Charles H. Topham, an old-time piano dealer
of Lynn, Mass., died of pneumonia at his home
in that city recently. Mr. Topham was fifty-
five years old, and for the past ten years had
acted as representative in Lynn for Chas. D.
Phil Maiman has been appointed manager of
Blake & Co., of Boston. He is survived by a the branch store of the W. W. Kimball Co., In
Waukegan, 111.
widow.
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