Music Trade Review
Issue: 1910 Vol. 50 N. 6 - Page 16
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THE
NEW DEALER IN ROCHESTER.
Samuel T. Betts, Jr., Well Known in That
City, to Open with Representative Line.
Samuel T. Betts, Jr., formerly connected with
the Clark Music Co., Rochester, N. Y., for some
years, will shortly open piano warerooms of his
own at 496 South Salina street, that city. He
will handle Hazelton Bros., Stultz & Bauer, May-
nard, Shoninger and R. S. Howard pianos, as
well as the lines of player-pianos manufactured
by those concerns.
RAILROAD TARIFF PUZZLE.
Average Sheet Undecipherable by Shippers,
Says Complainant.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, Jan. 31, 1910.
The average railroad tariff sheet is just about
as intelligible to the ordinary shipper as the
front page of a Chinese newspaper, and even the
freight agents of the roads that publish them are
unable to decipher their hieroglyphics.
At to-day's meeting of the House Committee
on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, when the
Townsend administration bill was taken up for
discussion, J. C. Lincoln, president of the Na-
tional industrial Traffic League, argued for a
law that would compel the roads to tell pros-
pective shippers what it would cost to transport
freight from one point in the United States to
another over their own or connecting lines. Mr.
Lincoln said that frequently the rates on charges
quoted by freight agents would turn out to be
erroneous after the shipment was made, and the
shipper would be assessed for much more than
he had expected to be charged.
"Do not the railroads furnish a tariff sheet as
required?" asked Chairman Mann.
"Oh, yes," replied Mr. Lincoln, "but I defy
anyone to find out from one of those sheets
what it costs to ship anything from any place
to anywhere. They are absolutely undecipher-
able to the uninitiated."
MUSIC
TRAOE
REVIEW
made up from the orchestras of the Manhattan
and Metropolitan.
Mr. Bernstein had one of the finest private
musical libraries in the world. It contained
many valuable and important scores. Apart
from his library he left an estate valued at about
$200,000, which he made largely through his
library and his managing ability. His death
has caused exceeding regret in orchestral circles
BUFFALO CONCERN TO MOVE.
Schuler Bros. Expect to Occupy New Quarters
About March 1.
Schuler Bros., who handle Wissner, Becker
Bros., and other makes of pianos in Buffalo,
N. Y., expect to be able to get into their new
quarters at 777-779 Main street, about March 1,
workmen being already engaged in remodeling
the premises for the needs of the piano business.
The improvements will include eight soundproof
rooms and a recital hall, and including decora-
tions, will cost in excess of $5,000.
were established twenty-five years ago and
featured the Cable Company line as their
leader.
C. G. STONE IN NEW POSITION.
Cecil G. Stone has been appointed manager in
eastern North Carolina for the Parker-Gardner
Co., of Charlotte, who are agents for the Kna'be,
Chickering, the Aeolian Co. line, and other
makes of pianos and player-pianos. Mr. Stone
has had a number of years of experience in the
trade, and is well known in the territory of
which he will have charge.
COLUMBINE MUSIC CO. SETTLED.
The Columbine Music Co., Pueblo, Col., are
now comfortably settled in their new quarters
at Fifth and Maine streets and have installed
several carloads of new pianos. They also carry
a complete line of Edison and Victor talking
machines, small goods and sheet music.
CATALOGING OLD INSTRUMENTS.
HOSPE CO. BUY OUT SWANSON CO.
The A. Hospe Co., the prominent piano house
of Omaha, Neb., have purchased for cash the
entire stock of the Swanson Music Co., Council
Bluffs, Iowa, one of the oldest piano houses in
that part of the State and are closing out the
stock at special sale at their Omaha store and
Council Bluffs branch. The Swanson Music Co.
MANSFIELD CO. BUY OUT SPARKS.
The Mansfield Music Co., Mansfield, O., have
purchased the stock of musical instruments of
A. M. Sparks, Lancaster, O., and have moved the
goods to their Mansfield store. Mr. Sparks, who
is in ill-health, will go to North Yakima, Wash.
DEATH OF SIGISMUND BERNSTEIN.
Sigismund Bernstein, the timpani player, who
had been associated with the Metropolitan and
Manhattan Opera houses, and in years agone
with Seidl and Gilmore, and later with the Phil-
harmonic Orchestra, died last Friday evening
at his home, 174 East Ninety-third street, New
York. He was unquestionably one of the best
known musicians in the city, and at his funeral,
held at the Aschenbroidel Verein on Monday,
music was supplied by two hundred pieces,
Morris Steinert is at present busy preparing
a complete history and catalog of the large col-
lection of rare musical instruments which he
presented to Yale University some years ago and
which are now on view in the rotunda of the
Yale Bicentennial building. The main object of
the collection is to show the evolution of the
piano and is of great educational value.
SCHULZ
1910
PIANOS
M. SCHULZ CO.
PAr-TADire j Erie, Curtis, Ohio and Carpenter Streets .
*AL,iUKie,:>: ^ a n ( J M o r g a n a n d Superior Streets
Office and Wareroom, 711 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, 111.
N. W. Sales Department, 901-903 First Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn.
South Atlantic Sales Department, Room 730 Candler Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
NYSEWANDER
PIANOS
Something above the ordinary.
Quickest Selling Instrument on the
market.
Order a sample and find out why.
Send for catalog, prices and terms.
THE BEST AND HOST CONVENIENT PIANO MOVER ON THE MARKET
For prices write to
SELF-LIFTING PIANO TRUCK CO. FINDLAY, O.
NYSEWANDER PIANO CO.
. Sala* Offices
ORLEANS BUILDING
CHICAGO, ILL.
General Offices snd
faotory
ROCKFORD, ILL.
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THE
NEW DEALER IN ROCHESTER.
Samuel T. Betts, Jr., Well Known in That
City, to Open with Representative Line.
Samuel T. Betts, Jr., formerly connected with
the Clark Music Co., Rochester, N. Y., for some
years, will shortly open piano warerooms of his
own at 496 South Salina street, that city. He
will handle Hazelton Bros., Stultz & Bauer, May-
nard, Shoninger and R. S. Howard pianos, as
well as the lines of player-pianos manufactured
by those concerns.
RAILROAD TARIFF PUZZLE.
Average Sheet Undecipherable by Shippers,
Says Complainant.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, Jan. 31, 1910.
The average railroad tariff sheet is just about
as intelligible to the ordinary shipper as the
front page of a Chinese newspaper, and even the
freight agents of the roads that publish them are
unable to decipher their hieroglyphics.
At to-day's meeting of the House Committee
on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, when the
Townsend administration bill was taken up for
discussion, J. C. Lincoln, president of the Na-
tional industrial Traffic League, argued for a
law that would compel the roads to tell pros-
pective shippers what it would cost to transport
freight from one point in the United States to
another over their own or connecting lines. Mr.
Lincoln said that frequently the rates on charges
quoted by freight agents would turn out to be
erroneous after the shipment was made, and the
shipper would be assessed for much more than
he had expected to be charged.
"Do not the railroads furnish a tariff sheet as
required?" asked Chairman Mann.
"Oh, yes," replied Mr. Lincoln, "but I defy
anyone to find out from one of those sheets
what it costs to ship anything from any place
to anywhere. They are absolutely undecipher-
able to the uninitiated."
MUSIC
TRAOE
REVIEW
made up from the orchestras of the Manhattan
and Metropolitan.
Mr. Bernstein had one of the finest private
musical libraries in the world. It contained
many valuable and important scores. Apart
from his library he left an estate valued at about
$200,000, which he made largely through his
library and his managing ability. His death
has caused exceeding regret in orchestral circles
BUFFALO CONCERN TO MOVE.
Schuler Bros. Expect to Occupy New Quarters
About March 1.
Schuler Bros., who handle Wissner, Becker
Bros., and other makes of pianos in Buffalo,
N. Y., expect to be able to get into their new
quarters at 777-779 Main street, about March 1,
workmen being already engaged in remodeling
the premises for the needs of the piano business.
The improvements will include eight soundproof
rooms and a recital hall, and including decora-
tions, will cost in excess of $5,000.
were established twenty-five years ago and
featured the Cable Company line as their
leader.
C. G. STONE IN NEW POSITION.
Cecil G. Stone has been appointed manager in
eastern North Carolina for the Parker-Gardner
Co., of Charlotte, who are agents for the Kna'be,
Chickering, the Aeolian Co. line, and other
makes of pianos and player-pianos. Mr. Stone
has had a number of years of experience in the
trade, and is well known in the territory of
which he will have charge.
COLUMBINE MUSIC CO. SETTLED.
The Columbine Music Co., Pueblo, Col., are
now comfortably settled in their new quarters
at Fifth and Maine streets and have installed
several carloads of new pianos. They also carry
a complete line of Edison and Victor talking
machines, small goods and sheet music.
CATALOGING OLD INSTRUMENTS.
HOSPE CO. BUY OUT SWANSON CO.
The A. Hospe Co., the prominent piano house
of Omaha, Neb., have purchased for cash the
entire stock of the Swanson Music Co., Council
Bluffs, Iowa, one of the oldest piano houses in
that part of the State and are closing out the
stock at special sale at their Omaha store and
Council Bluffs branch. The Swanson Music Co.
MANSFIELD CO. BUY OUT SPARKS.
The Mansfield Music Co., Mansfield, O., have
purchased the stock of musical instruments of
A. M. Sparks, Lancaster, O., and have moved the
goods to their Mansfield store. Mr. Sparks, who
is in ill-health, will go to North Yakima, Wash.
DEATH OF SIGISMUND BERNSTEIN.
Sigismund Bernstein, the timpani player, who
had been associated with the Metropolitan and
Manhattan Opera houses, and in years agone
with Seidl and Gilmore, and later with the Phil-
harmonic Orchestra, died last Friday evening
at his home, 174 East Ninety-third street, New
York. He was unquestionably one of the best
known musicians in the city, and at his funeral,
held at the Aschenbroidel Verein on Monday,
music was supplied by two hundred pieces,
Morris Steinert is at present busy preparing
a complete history and catalog of the large col-
lection of rare musical instruments which he
presented to Yale University some years ago and
which are now on view in the rotunda of the
Yale Bicentennial building. The main object of
the collection is to show the evolution of the
piano and is of great educational value.
SCHULZ
1910
PIANOS
M. SCHULZ CO.
PAr-TADire j Erie, Curtis, Ohio and Carpenter Streets .
*AL,iUKie,:>: ^ a n ( J M o r g a n a n d Superior Streets
Office and Wareroom, 711 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, 111.
N. W. Sales Department, 901-903 First Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn.
South Atlantic Sales Department, Room 730 Candler Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
NYSEWANDER
PIANOS
Something above the ordinary.
Quickest Selling Instrument on the
market.
Order a sample and find out why.
Send for catalog, prices and terms.
THE BEST AND HOST CONVENIENT PIANO MOVER ON THE MARKET
For prices write to
SELF-LIFTING PIANO TRUCK CO. FINDLAY, O.
NYSEWANDER PIANO CO.
. Sala* Offices
ORLEANS BUILDING
CHICAGO, ILL.
General Offices snd
faotory
ROCKFORD, ILL.
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