Music Trade Review
Issue: 1911 Vol. 53 N. 25 - Page 8
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
GET 135=YEAR=OLD PIANO.
WILL CEASE TO GIVE TIPS.
Hollenberg Music Co., Little Rock, Secure Pos-
session of Interesting Instrument Made by
Astor & Co., of London, in 1776.
Traveling Men Warn Hotel Employes That
They Will Stop It After Jan 1.
Cuba, Australia and Italy, and before the week
ends will forward forty instruments to the same
points. Mr. Howard informs The Review that they
will close a banner season.
(Special to The Review.)
FIRE CLEANS OUT MUSIC STORE.
Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 18, 1911.
A warning that traveling men will cease to give
Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 18, 1911.
tips after January 1 to hotel employes is contained
The Hollenberg Music Co., this city, have re-
in a letter sent out to-day by P. E. H. Dow,
cently come into possession of a most interesting
president of the Commercial Travelers' National
piano of antique design which for many years had
League. The letter represents official action of the
laid in the attic of a house occupied by one of the
executive body. It says that if on February 1
pioneer settlers of Arkansas.
the hotels persist in the tipping habit the league
With the accumulated age of 135 years, this old will begin to advertise for rooms and apartments
piano still vibrates the sound of musical chords, for transients in every city in the country not hav-
its ivory keys yielding to the touch in strains of
ing a tipless hotel.
pleasing harmony.
The letter follows an anti-tipping crusade of
One hundred and thirty-five years ago, in the
forty days. In that time a flood of communica-
year 1776, this piano was manufactured by Astor
tions has poured into the league headquarters
& Co. of London, England, and brought to Amer-
here expressing views of the tipping system from
ica three years later. It was owned for fifty years
various standpoints. With them as a basis, the
by a resident of Pennston, 111., and sold in 1829
league charges that "the growth of tipping in this
to an early settler in Arkansas, from whom it was
country is owing to the greed of the hotel pro-
purchased by its present owners.
prietors.
A glance at this aged relic quickly reveals its
"The white waiters and waitresses by a large
age and the period in which it was made. It
majority prefer adequate wages to tips—many for
measures 29 inches in height, 2 feet in width and
principle, some for pride, but mostly as they see
4 feet 10 inches in length. It has a range of only
the handwriting on the wall; the abominable and
five octaves, its inside strings resembling the Italian
un-American tip-giving and tip-taking must stop."
harp. The bass strings on the piano are no longer
In case the hotels do not assist in the crusade
than a guitar string, suck as is used at the present
the league will request the various chambers of
time, its smallest wires being the size of a violin
commerce to encourage the establishment of cen-
string.
trally located showrooms for patrons with samples.
Dotted with lines of inlaid precious woods and The letter says:
with hand-carved trimmings, this old musical in-
"We have several other methods in reserve to
strument is a remarkable example of the work of
assist in relieving the travelers from the payment
the old English workmen. . The piano box is made
of enforced premiums in the form of gratuities
of real rosewood, supposed to be of the rarest
for accommodations and commodities they contract
nature in the old days.
for at high fixed prices."
It is said that this piano sold in the year 1776
for $1,700 in American money. It will be used
HOWARD'S EXPORT SHIPMENTS.
in the curio room of the Hollenberg Music Co.,
and will not be disposed of by its recent purchasers
The R. S. Howard Co. on Tuesday last shipped
for any amount of money.
twenty uprights and ten player-pianos to points in
(Special to The Review.)
The store of G. W. Randle, dealer in pianos,
musical instruments and furniture, Centerville, la.,
was gutted and the stock completely destroyed re-
cently by a fire which cleaned out nearly half a
block of business buildings in that place and caused
a loss of over $50,000.
PURCHASE MUSIC STORE STOCK.
O. A. Swartz, of the furniture firm of Kem-
merer & Swartz, has bought the stock of fixtures
of Harry Handwerk's music store at Lehighton,
Pa. Mr. Swartz's son, Robert, of Boston, who is a
musician and piano tuner, will have charge of the
store.
HOUSEMAID'S REGARD FOR TRUTH.
A Bryn Mawr housewife who had come into
possession of a splendid girl spent three days tell-
ing her friends of the wonder. The new girl could
cook and sew and take care of the baby, do the
housework and go marketing. Not long after she
began her engagement she reported to the mis-
tress. "I beg pardon, ma'am, but the fire's out
and there's no coal in the cellar." "Oh, why didn't
you tell me about it before the coal was all burned
up?" inquired the housewife. "How could I,
ma'am? It wasn't all burned up before it was."
The Carlin Piano Co., Indianapolis, Ind., have
secured the agency for the Krell Auto-Grand line
in that city, which was formerly handled by Joseph
Joiner.
Do you wish to make five dollars? Then send
your ideas upon leading trade topics, embodied in
two hundred and fifty words, to The Revieui You
will find full particulars elsezvhere in this issue.
Turning Over a New Leaf:
In another week we will enter on a new year—a period which for the business
man marks the creation of plans and policies for 1912.
It is time in this connection for the merchant to consider the piano line on which
he must depend for business and profit next year—the line that will sell and add to his
reputation.
The Decker Piano
has behind it a reputation won by the production of artistic values and sells during every
month of the year.
Its rich, singing tone and reliable qualities of construction enable it to appeal to the
most discriminating purchaser.
It is a piano of quality.
Its representation will add to the reputation of the
dealer and we shall be glad to discuss the matter of territory with those so inclined and
who desire to be in the front ranks in the battle for business during 1912.
DECKER & SON, Inc.,
699 to 703 East 135th Street
N E W YORK
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
GET 135=YEAR=OLD PIANO.
WILL CEASE TO GIVE TIPS.
Hollenberg Music Co., Little Rock, Secure Pos-
session of Interesting Instrument Made by
Astor & Co., of London, in 1776.
Traveling Men Warn Hotel Employes That
They Will Stop It After Jan 1.
Cuba, Australia and Italy, and before the week
ends will forward forty instruments to the same
points. Mr. Howard informs The Review that they
will close a banner season.
(Special to The Review.)
FIRE CLEANS OUT MUSIC STORE.
Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 18, 1911.
A warning that traveling men will cease to give
Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 18, 1911.
tips after January 1 to hotel employes is contained
The Hollenberg Music Co., this city, have re-
in a letter sent out to-day by P. E. H. Dow,
cently come into possession of a most interesting
president of the Commercial Travelers' National
piano of antique design which for many years had
League. The letter represents official action of the
laid in the attic of a house occupied by one of the
executive body. It says that if on February 1
pioneer settlers of Arkansas.
the hotels persist in the tipping habit the league
With the accumulated age of 135 years, this old will begin to advertise for rooms and apartments
piano still vibrates the sound of musical chords, for transients in every city in the country not hav-
its ivory keys yielding to the touch in strains of
ing a tipless hotel.
pleasing harmony.
The letter follows an anti-tipping crusade of
One hundred and thirty-five years ago, in the
forty days. In that time a flood of communica-
year 1776, this piano was manufactured by Astor
tions has poured into the league headquarters
& Co. of London, England, and brought to Amer-
here expressing views of the tipping system from
ica three years later. It was owned for fifty years
various standpoints. With them as a basis, the
by a resident of Pennston, 111., and sold in 1829
league charges that "the growth of tipping in this
to an early settler in Arkansas, from whom it was
country is owing to the greed of the hotel pro-
purchased by its present owners.
prietors.
A glance at this aged relic quickly reveals its
"The white waiters and waitresses by a large
age and the period in which it was made. It
majority prefer adequate wages to tips—many for
measures 29 inches in height, 2 feet in width and
principle, some for pride, but mostly as they see
4 feet 10 inches in length. It has a range of only
the handwriting on the wall; the abominable and
five octaves, its inside strings resembling the Italian
un-American tip-giving and tip-taking must stop."
harp. The bass strings on the piano are no longer
In case the hotels do not assist in the crusade
than a guitar string, suck as is used at the present
the league will request the various chambers of
time, its smallest wires being the size of a violin
commerce to encourage the establishment of cen-
string.
trally located showrooms for patrons with samples.
Dotted with lines of inlaid precious woods and The letter says:
with hand-carved trimmings, this old musical in-
"We have several other methods in reserve to
strument is a remarkable example of the work of
assist in relieving the travelers from the payment
the old English workmen. . The piano box is made
of enforced premiums in the form of gratuities
of real rosewood, supposed to be of the rarest
for accommodations and commodities they contract
nature in the old days.
for at high fixed prices."
It is said that this piano sold in the year 1776
for $1,700 in American money. It will be used
HOWARD'S EXPORT SHIPMENTS.
in the curio room of the Hollenberg Music Co.,
and will not be disposed of by its recent purchasers
The R. S. Howard Co. on Tuesday last shipped
for any amount of money.
twenty uprights and ten player-pianos to points in
(Special to The Review.)
The store of G. W. Randle, dealer in pianos,
musical instruments and furniture, Centerville, la.,
was gutted and the stock completely destroyed re-
cently by a fire which cleaned out nearly half a
block of business buildings in that place and caused
a loss of over $50,000.
PURCHASE MUSIC STORE STOCK.
O. A. Swartz, of the furniture firm of Kem-
merer & Swartz, has bought the stock of fixtures
of Harry Handwerk's music store at Lehighton,
Pa. Mr. Swartz's son, Robert, of Boston, who is a
musician and piano tuner, will have charge of the
store.
HOUSEMAID'S REGARD FOR TRUTH.
A Bryn Mawr housewife who had come into
possession of a splendid girl spent three days tell-
ing her friends of the wonder. The new girl could
cook and sew and take care of the baby, do the
housework and go marketing. Not long after she
began her engagement she reported to the mis-
tress. "I beg pardon, ma'am, but the fire's out
and there's no coal in the cellar." "Oh, why didn't
you tell me about it before the coal was all burned
up?" inquired the housewife. "How could I,
ma'am? It wasn't all burned up before it was."
The Carlin Piano Co., Indianapolis, Ind., have
secured the agency for the Krell Auto-Grand line
in that city, which was formerly handled by Joseph
Joiner.
Do you wish to make five dollars? Then send
your ideas upon leading trade topics, embodied in
two hundred and fifty words, to The Revieui You
will find full particulars elsezvhere in this issue.
Turning Over a New Leaf:
In another week we will enter on a new year—a period which for the business
man marks the creation of plans and policies for 1912.
It is time in this connection for the merchant to consider the piano line on which
he must depend for business and profit next year—the line that will sell and add to his
reputation.
The Decker Piano
has behind it a reputation won by the production of artistic values and sells during every
month of the year.
Its rich, singing tone and reliable qualities of construction enable it to appeal to the
most discriminating purchaser.
It is a piano of quality.
Its representation will add to the reputation of the
dealer and we shall be glad to discuss the matter of territory with those so inclined and
who desire to be in the front ranks in the battle for business during 1912.
DECKER & SON, Inc.,
699 to 703 East 135th Street
N E W YORK
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