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Musical Courier 1892-02-17: Vol 24 Iss 626, 1892
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1NOT CONSOLING TO MANUFACTURERS WHO CONSIGN GOODS TO TEXAS DEALERS.
3THE Texas Court of Appeals, in the recent case of Bensinger Cash Register Company, v. J. F. Cain, rendered a decision, the following report of which is the substance:
5"When vendor lien notes are given by the purchaser of personal property and these notes are hypothecated, transferred or sold, the original owner in whose favor they were drawn loses claimants' rights against regaining possession of the property for which these notes were given, even if the notes are retransferred to him." This latter seems to give title to the buyer of the property whether he has paid anything on it or not. The consignment manufacturers will feel pretty blue when they know this. Now when the notes of buyers of pianos, made out in favor of consignment dealers, are hypothecated or sold to manufacturers, and the drawer defaults on them, it is presumed the manufacturer will send them back to the dealer for collection or foreclosure. Under the decision rendered the dealer has lost claimants' rights, so far as regaining possession of the instrument is concerned, and must depend on collecting the amount due on the piano in some other way.
7In all such cases the purchaser of the instrument can sell or transfer it to anybody he chooses and give a perfect title to it. When the buyers of pianos and organs, who perhaps had only a few chickens, geese or a billy goat to give as first payment and notes for the balance, know this, many will no doubt assert their rights under this decision and take their own time to pay for the instrument, if they pay at all.
9On this subject we hear from Texas as follows:
11Manufacturers who consign goods to irresponsible and moneyless sewing machine tramps have raised up an army of men so ignorant and mendacious that the former honorable business of selling pianos stinks in the nostrils of decent people. Any business man to see the piles of notes given by the bulk of people to whom these men sell would stare with wonder that any institution calling itself a bank would litter up its safe with such "collateral." John x Smith, his mark, William x Jones, his mark, is the way the majority of them read, and now that many such buyers have title as above the Lord help the manufacturer who wishes to recover.
13Something About Crawford.
15SOME days since the "Commercial-Gazette" gave the news of the transfer of the agency of the Steinway pianos and other business of M. Steinert & Sons to what was once known as the firm of Smith & Nixon. But henceforth a new name will adorn the sign that will soon be put above the doors of the building now occupied by the Golden Eagle Clothing House at 76 and 78 West Fourth street. The firm will be known as Crawford & Ebersole. The head of the firm, Mr. Henry W. Crawford, is a practical piano man, and a hustler from head to foot. He has been a long time in the business, and was the life of the latter days of the Smith & Nixon rule. He is a brother of Dr. Crawford, the Consul General for the Government to St. Petersburg. Mr. Ebersole, since his advent in the piano trade, has established a decided reputation for progressive and aggressive action. It is understood that the Steinerts retire from business in the three States, Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, and all the agencies of the Steinways in the territory mentioned pass to the new firm.—Cincinnati "Commercial-Gazette."
17Boston Notes.
19MR. FREDERICK STEINERT, late of Cincinnati, is in Boston on a short visit to his brother, Mr. Alexander Steinert.
21Mr. Leander Soule, of Taunton, has spent considerable time along Piano Row the past week, and judging from the sunny smile which has adorned his classic features it has been productive of very satisfactory results.
23Mr. F. A. Leland, of Worcester, was in Boston Thursday. Mr. Proddon, of the Estey Piano Company, New York, and Mr. Hawley, of the Estey Company, Brattleboro, were in town.
25Mr. E. J. Flinn, manager of the New England Piano Company's warerooms, claims a steadily increasing business since the holidays. Possibly the genial manager's personality has somewhat to do with this state of affairs.
27Mr. A. L. Ebbels, Eastern representative of "Presto," made the Boston office of THE MUSICAL COURIER a call on Wednesday. Mr. Ebbels spoke in an encouraging way regarding the outlook for the trade in general through the country.
29Advices received the past week from Mr. E. S. Mason, (now in California), president of the Mason & Hamlin Company, state that he is rapidly recovering his health and will return to Boston in April.
31Karl Fink was here this week.
33The Trade.
35—Thomas Hayden has opened a music store at Amesbury, Mass.
37—The Rockford, Ill., piano factory recently started has just turned out its first piano.
39—Geo. W. Jackson, the Helena piano and organ dealer, is about to open a branch house at Billings.
41—Messrs. Wm. Knabe & Co. sent $100 last Friday to City Marshall Fry, of Baltimore, to be given to the poor.
43—Execution to the amount of $14,000 has been issued against the Wendell Music Company, of Albany, N. Y.
45—Harry M. Hoyt, of Rochester, N. Y., claims to have invented a new process for the manufacture of violin rosin.
47—Smith & Withee, of Augusta, Me., are among the new Eastern agents of the W. W. Kimball Company, of Chicago.
49—C. L. Shuster & Co., the new piano, organ and music firm at Holyoke, are said to be "awakening" the natives.
51—A. L. Ebbels, Eastern representative of Chicago "Presto," leaves for the South and West, to be gone six to eight weeks.
53—The residence of Chas. W. Wellman, the Defiance, Ohio, piano and organ man, was recently damaged by fire. Insured.
55—L. H. Battalia & Co., piano repairers, dealers and tuners, Rochester, N. Y., have removed to new quarters, 81 East Main street.
57—The Boston (Pa.) "Sentinel" of February 12 gives to Mr. Horace Lehr, of that place, a long and important biographical and business sketch.
59—Geo. E. Mills, Ed. L. Lennox and Wm. A. Zumpfe have opened a new piano wareroom at 88 Massachusetts avenue, Indianapolis. They will carry a full line of Kimball goods.
61—Anderson Brothers, Chicago, has incorporated to manufacture musical instruments; capital stock, $1,500; incorporators, Carl W. Anderson, Joseph Andersen and Algot Rydell.
63—It is reported that the old piano manufacturing firm of Hattersly Brothers, of Trenton, hardly known to the trade, is to remove its business to Minneapolis, where it is proposed to enlarge it.
65—Dr. J. W. Palmer remembers how pedestrians in the streets of San Francisco used to get mired in "the days of '49," and relates with gusto that a piano was actually dumped into a street slough once to enable teams to drive across.—The "World."
67—This notice has been issued: "Mr. E. Stanley, of St. Marys, Ohio, is the duly authorized agent for the Everett Piano Company, of Boston. Any piano of this make bought in the St. Marys territory from any other dealer is procured in an underhand manner and must be sold without the warrant which accompanies pianos sold by our duly authorized agent.
69—I. A. Glaser, for a number of years past with F. J. Schwankovsky & Co., of Detroit, has taken a place with F. J. Marvin, in the same city.
71—Prof. J. J. La Valley will immediately return to Dexter and open his music store, putting in a new stock. The oak box organ is a specialty, something new he has for you. He is coming to do business and will have attractive bargains for you. He always carries the best and his prices are the lowest. Early next week he will be here ready for work and play.—Dexter (Me.) "Sentinel."
73—Kirk, Johnson & Co. in a few weeks will move their piano and music store two blocks above into the large building vacated by Christian Sanders at 1214 Atlantic avenue. This enterprising firm has just passed its most successful year of business in musical instruments. To display the large stock of pianos and organs which they carry in stock they needed a larger store.—Atlantic City "Democrat."
75—Matthew Obmann, a prosperous varnish maker, residing in Pomeroy street, Long Island City, was arraigned before Judge Garretson to day charged with threatening to cut his wife's throat. Mrs. Obmann was in court and told the judge that her husband was undoubtlessly insane. "He is constantly in fear of the union men; he thinks they are going to kill him." Obmann, who is a union man himself, has worked for the past 20 years at the Steinway piano works, and during that time never lost a day. He was sent to the Middletown Insane Asylum.
77—Mrs. Parker Spofford, of Bucksport, has a musical instrument the duplicate of which it would be impossible to find. It was made by her father over 60 years ago from the woods which he cut in the forests of Illinois. It is a 'cello of very heavy, clear tone. The sides, which are of one piece of wood, are of rock maple, as are also the back and head. The top looks very much like spruce and the bridge is of black walnut. Mrs. Spofford, of course, values it very highly both for the maker and for its quality of workmanship and tone.—Ellsworth (Me.) "American."
79—Mr. Conn, the noted horn manufacturer of Elkhart, has introduced the profit sharing system in his large horn factory. It has been in operation one year, and at the end of the first year the employees gave Mr. Conn a fine reception. He distributed $8,610 among 91 men and a board of managers. He places the men in three classes. Length of service and good conduct determine the standing of the men. The lowest any one man got was $40, and the highest was $100. Mr. Conn says that the net earnings of the factory the past year were over $17,000 in excess of the year before, and that it was entirely due to the increased efficiency of the men, resulting from individual interest in the concern.—Indianapolis "News."
81—The new music store to be conducted by Messrs. Carleton & Dinsmore is now an assured thing. Mr. Dinsmore received papers yesterday closing arrangements with M. H. Andrews & Co., of Bangor, by which the new company will have access to the largest and finest stock of pianos, organs and general musical goods in the State. The new stock will be put into the store now occupied by Mr. Carleton and will be ready for inspection in two or three weeks. Besides pianos and organs a full line of musical goods of the finest quality will be put on sale, and no instrument upon which music can be made will be found wanting. The members of the new firm need no introduction. Mr. Dinsmore is one of the best musicians of the State and knows a good thing when he sees it, while Mr. Carleton is one of the prominent and hustling business men of the city.—Waterville, Me., locals.
83WANTED—An experienced man to take charge of a general music store. Good salary to the right man; none but hustlers need apply. Address L. L. Pianos, care MUSICAL COURIER.
85A CHANCE.—A prominent piano and organ manufacturing company desires office room up town near the piano centre of this city. Will give the city agency and supply a full stock of organ and pianos in lieu of rent. An excellent opportunity for any dealer having more room than he requires. Address, "Pon," care of this paper.
87A PIANO SALESMAN of experience is open for an engagement to represent on the road a piano manufacturer. Address "Confidential A," MUSICAL COURIER.
89WANTED—By a piano concern here in the East, a first-class hustler for the road to sell pianos and organs. Good price to the right man. Address "Hustler," care of this paper.
91WANTED—A large Western concern intending to manufacture pianos desires to correspond with parties having a plant in running order, with the idea of purchasing scale, patterns, patents, &c. Must be a piano of medium grade. The name is not required. Address "Western," care of THE MUSICAL COURIER.
93PRICE—Wanted the price of 50 to 100 square pianos of good makes, no less than 7 octaves, factory repaired or in good condition. Price will secure cash payment. Include boxing and shipping, as they are intended for shipment. Address "Square," care of this paper.
95WANTED—A good, reliable man, who has had twelve years' experience in the piano and organ business as salesman and tuner, would like a situation with some good house in the West. Can furnish reference if required. Address "A," care of MUSICAL COURIER.
97WANTED—Somebody who understands how to collect instalment accounts without making every customer an enemy of the house. Address "Collector," care this office.
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