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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
thoroughness and care with which the Engelhardt
products are manufactured we may say that all
Remarkable Advance in Every Department of the Engelhardt Factories During the Past Year— of the electric wires used for interior work on
New Peerless Styles Have Been Widely Acclaimed—The Inauguration of a Cost System in the instruments are insulated, but to make doubly
Every Department lyiakes a Complete Inventory Possible Within Twelve Hours—'Facts sure of protecting the ultimate purchaser against
That Tell a Story of Progress Due to Capable Administration and Delivery of Values.
possible trouble with the insurance people all of
these wires are placed inside conduits of non-con-
:Never in the history of the house of F. Engel- will see further conquests and accomplishments.
ductive material.
hardt & Sons, St. Johnsville, N. Y., has such a This is inevitable because the Engelhardt boys are
No matter where you visit in the Engelhardt
"live wires." They are not content with present-
record of advancement been made in practically
plant one is impressed with the thoroughness and
day accomplishments. They believe that "rest is
every part of its business as during the year
completeness with which everything is accom-
which is now coming to a close. Even to the rust," and are never satisfied if they do not put
plished. Especially noticeable is the extreme care
a new idea into force every day.
trade chronicler, who keeps in touch with such
used in the inspection department. Every separate
One of the many reasons for the success of F.
developments, the progress made is remarkable.
part of the instrument is looked over before it is
Yet when one comprehends that this advance is Engelhardt & Sons is the fact that they know
used, and before shipment each instrument goes
but the result of a carefully developed policy one exactly what every department of their business
to final inspection, where a number of pieces of
costs them. They are one of the few firms in the
must seek the fundamentals to find the secret.
music are played upon it and any slightest defect
Summarizing briefly, it may be said that the
is noticed and remedied before it is shipped.
Engelhardt progress is due, first and foremost,
Another interesting spot is the music roll cut-
to the production of values in every department
ting
department. The master sheets are all cut
of the business—to the highest efficiency in pro-
by B. P. Austin, an expert who has been with
duction with the object of lessening cost—to an
the Engelhardt firm for many years. He is a
intelligent advertising policy that has kept them
thorough musician and composer, and director of
in touch with the public and with the trade.
the Peerless band, an organisation made up of
As proprietors of the Peerless Piano Player Co.
employes of the Engelhardt factories. Mr. Aus-
the Engelhardt concern has given the closest pos-
tin recently wrote an overture, "Model De Luxe,"
sible attention to the production of many styles
which is designed particularly to show the pos-
of Peerless automatic pianos, controlled electrically
sibilities of the Peerless Orchestrion Model De
and otherwise, and to a line of orchestrions that
Luxe. More than 13,000 rolls of music are cut
by their beauty and originality of design and con-
in
the plant monthly, and the monthly bulletins of
ceded musical merits have won the highest praise
new
numbers read like the announcements of new
tot their tone quality and durability.
issue
catalogues of leading publishers. As a mat-
The prestige of the house has also been helped
ter of fact from seventy to eighty new selections
are issued each month.
SYSTEM AND EFFICIENCY PROLIFIC OF RESULTS.
Frederick Engelhardt.
Alfred D. Engelhardt.
by the production of music rolls which by their
up-to-dateness and careful cutting have won a
large measure of appreciation.
The latest Peerless styles are works of art in
every respect. The perfection of their construc-
tion tells the story of skilled workmen, of careful
supervision, of a desire to supply purchasers with
a musical product of the highest efficiency. These
instruments have found their way into theatres,
cafes, restaurants, ice cream parlors and public
resorts of all kinds, and every one owning or
using them speaks of their worth—of the original-
ity of the designs, of their vitality of tone and of
their ability to stay in tune. Those possessing
them say they have proven ready money makers,
for with the nickel-in-the-slot arrangement they
virtually pay for themselves, and dealers fin.l no
difficulty in placing these instruments.
As recorded in The Review some time ago, F.
Engelhardt & Sons now manufacture pipe organs
under the supervision of an experienced and widely
recognized expert. This is another of the moves
that mark the advance made during the present
year and judging from the tremendous energy and
ability displayed by the members of the Engelhardt
institution—Frederick, Alfred D. and Walter L.
Engelhardt—there will be no let up, and the future
piano trade who comprehend the value of the much
discussed efficiency doctrine as applied to factory
production, and some time ago they undertook to
entirely revise their methods of handling the
thousand and one parts which go to make up the
finished product in order that certain losses might
be eliminated, and the result has been astonish-
ing even to the experts who undertook the task of
systematizing every smallest detail of manufac-
ture. The work has been done so completely that
it is possible to take an inventory in twelve hours.
They know where they stand at all times, and
the efficiency of the workmen has been materially
increased. On each floor there are stockrooms,
each in charge of a man whose business it is to
keep an accurate record of every supply received
and given out to the workmen, no matter how
small the article may be. A great amount of
labor sawing machinery has been introduced at
the Engelhardt plant, with the result that more
and better work can be accomplished in a given
time.
One machine was recently placed in operation
for making the small oil cups used in the electric
motors that are a part of the Peerless automatic
piano, is an illustration. It will turn out 650 of
these cups in an hour. After a workman has
operated this machine a few hours to produce the
supply of cups for a week or so he is then put
on other work.
Under the old system it took more than one
workman working all the time to produce these
parts in sufficient quantities
Every part of the Engelhardt plant is immacu-
late. In the mill room or the finishing depart-
ment the story is the same—no dust, no dirt, and
the men work under the best and most sanitary
conditions.
Among the many points that well illustrate the
WINTER & CO.
220 SOUTHERN BOULEVARD, NEW YORK
Manufacturers of
Walter L. Engelhardt.
Enthusiasm prevails among the men as with
the members of the firm, and it would be difficult
to find a greater optimist than Alfred D. Engel-
hardt, the very energetic member of this house,
whose personality enters so largely into this busi-
ness and whose heart and soul is devoted to its
success. He devotes the greatest portion of his
time to the factory management, while his brother,
Walter L., divides his time between visits to the
trade and the manufacturing headquarters.
What impresses one particularly about the va-
rious automatic instruments produced by the En-
gelhardt institution, particularly the De Luxe
models, is their artistic treatment architecturally.
These are expensive products and show the trend
of the Peerless business under the capable man-
agement of F. Engelhardt & Sons.
E. E. LONG ^ C O . TO MOVE.
E. E. Long & Co., the well-known piano dealers
of San Luis Obispo, Cal., will move to larger
quarters on Chorro street, that city, some time
in December. Upon moving into the new store
the company will install a talking machine de-
partment, managed by Arthur C. Hansen.
Superior Pianos
and Player Pianos