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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
HARDMAN GRANDJFOR HIGH SCHOOL. OUTLOOK GOOD INTHE NORTHWEST.
Magnificent Instrument Recently Sold by
Hutchinson Music Co. to Portsmouth, O.,
High School—Hardman Very Popular.
Business for November Averaged Well Despite
Dull Period Early in Month—Dyer & Bro.
Sells $5,000 Fotoplayer—News of the Week.
Hardman, Peck & Co., 433 Fifth avenue, New
York, received this week from their representative
in Portsmouth, O., the Hutchinson Music Co., the
accompanying photograph showing the high school
in that city, in which a Hardman grand has just
been installed. The Hutchinson Music Co.'s pride
in this sale is well justified by the handsome ap-
pearance of the high school and its ideal sur-
roundings.
Since the Hardman grand was placed in the
(Special to The Review.)
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL, MINN., November
H i g h School in Portsmouth, O.
high school a few weeks ago it has been- used at
a number of concerts in the auditorium, both as a
solo and accompanying instrument. Pianists of
more than local prominence have appeared at these
recitals and the tonal qualities of the grand have
been the subject of praise from all sides. The
Hutchinson Music Co., which closed this sale after
keen competition, has already secured a number of
excellent prospects as a result of the Hardman
grand being sold to the high school.
STATUS OF BANKRUPT PIANO.
Referee in Bankruptcy in New York State
Holds That as Instrument Was Used for
Education of Children It
Is Therefore
Exempt from Attachment.
An interesting decision regarding the status of
a piano, the property of the bankrupt was handed
down last week by Referee in Bankruptcy Edward
King, of Troy, N. Y. At the hearing of the bank-
rupt, Thomas E. Horan, the referee was inclined
to regard the piano as a luxury and subject to at-
tachment by creditors. The counsel for the bank-
rupt, however, stated that the instrument was used
for the education of the children of the bankrupt,
and therefore was free Irom attachment, the at-
torney offering a decision of the Appellate Divi-
sion in support of his claim.
Dealers, we are approaching the climax
of the piano year. Let us make sure of
advertising widely, for the Christmas trade,
the above illustrated JESSE FRENCH
Player-Piano, for when brought into the
home it will give GOOD CHEER to all
the family all the year round.
"Just give heed to our earnest request
to-day,
And there'll be many 'good cheers' on
Christmas day."
Ask without delay for Cut X108, double
column X208, triple column X308, and
promptly receive same postpaid.
Jesse French & Sons Piano Co.
New Castle, Ind.
:>().—November, in spite of a setback in the early
days of the month, produced an average amount of
business with the majority of the piano dealers of
Minneapolis and St. Paul. The weather turned
cold, which is true to nature, for warm air in No-
vember, though pleasant enough, is mighty unsea-
sonable and apt to disarrange the commercial and
social system. There are those who declare their
sales to have been unusually large. "We broke all
records," declares Robert O. Foster, of Foster &
Waldo, and this is of some significance as indicat-
ing the business conditions in Minnesota and con-'
tiguous States.
The outlook generally is excellent for a good fall
trade. It may be that things are slowing up
somewhat. There are many idle men in both the
cities, more than for a great many years, but the
police and social workers explain that the greater
part are men who have drifted in from the East
and South with the hope of finding work which
they could not obtain at home. That some lines
of industry will reduce their running time is cer-
tain, but a complete tie-up is improbable in any
line. At any rate, up to the holidays everything is
expected to run smoothly.
Manager Sigler, of the Sigler Piano-Player Co.,
Harrisburg, Pa., was in the Twin Cities for a
week. He has his device on exhibition at one of
the hotels, and many of the dealers inspected the
action. While in the Twin Cities Colonel Sigler
conferred with several dealers for representation
in this part of the country, but with what success
was not ascertained.
W. J. Dyer & Bro. reported first-class trade dur-
ing the last week of November, grands and players
and high-grade instruments generally figuring in
the sales. A $5,000 Fotoplayer was one of the
events of the week. It went to a theater in one
of the interior towns of Iowa.
Mr. Tincher, exploiting the Vough changeable
pitch piano, was a visitor and boasted of some ex-
cellent sales while in the Twin Cities.
W. B. Williams, representative of the Kurtz-
mann Piano Co., wafted in from St. Louis and
other points, and both looked and talked prosperity.
One reason for our success
is the scientific knowledge
we apply to the preparation
of piano materials. For
instance, improper drying
of lumber will case-harden
it. After a laboratory test
of each lot we dry our
lumber by a formula de-
termined from the test with
just the right amount of
heat, humidity and fresh
air. The result is that
this, the first operation in
piano building, insures a
perfect foundation for the
finished piano.
Order one style No. 25 and
prove it.
BETTER TIMES IN TEXAS.
Leon Walthall, President of the South Texas
Music Co., Visits Kranich & Bach While
Visiting New York and Chats of Conditions.
Leon Walthall, president of the South Texas
Music Co., San Antonio, Tex., who is connected
with several prominent financial institutions in San
Antonio, visited New York this week in connec-
tion with a number of important mercantile mat-
ters, and called at the headquarters of Kranich &
Bach, New York, whose products the South Texas
Music Co. handle.
Mr. Walthall stated that his company was
achieving very pleasing progress with the Kranich
& Bach, pianos and players, and had built up a
clientele for these instruments that is steadily in-
creasing. Mr. Walthall was optimistic in his pre-
dictions for the future, remarking that Texas was
in much better shape than the other Southern
States, as only 30 per cent, of the Lone Star State's
crop district is devoted to cotton raising.
NEW CHASE & BAKER MODELS.
A handsome ^ight-p'age folder has been issued
by the Chase & Baker Co., Buffalo, N. Y., wherein
are written a number of pertinent facts regarding
the "C. & B." line. Illustrations are used to show
the following Chase & Baker models: "Style "5,"
"10," "E," "XX" and "H," the last three being
shown hpth open and closed. The new C. & B.
back is shown, as well as a photograph of the
factory. Printed on heavy, coated paper, in black
ink and blue tint, the folder is another example of
those good tidings from this live organization.
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