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Musical Courier 1892-12-21: Vol 25 Iss 668, 1892
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1ANOTHER VERDICT.
3Strengthening Pennsylvania Contracts.
5THE following two accounts of a suit brought by Jones Brothers, the Altoona, Pa., piano dealers, to recover the value of a seized piano will be read with interest by the trade at large. This case, together with the case won by Mellor & Hoene, of Pittsburg, recently quoted by us, should make Pennsylvania contracts, when legally drawn up and executed, very solid.
7[Altoona "Gazette," December 9]
9FINE LAW POINTS
11BROUGHT OUT IN LITIGATION OVER A PIANO.
13A verdict in the case of Jones Brothers v. William F. Hare, which was begun at Hollidaysburg on Wednesday, was rendered by the jury yesterday evening, the jury finding for the plaintiff.
15The case is one which has attracted a great deal of attention and the facts in it are:
17Jones Brothers, the music dealers of this city, leased a piano to a tenant of Mr. Hare occupying rooms in the Hare Block on Chestnut avenue. The tenant was in arrears and Mr. Hare seized the piano for payment of the rent.
19On June 17, 1889, Jones Brothers brought an action of replevin to recover the piano.
21The sheriff went to serve the replevin, but Mr. Hare refused to give it up, saying it was held for rent owing by the tenant, and he still retains possession of it.
23The suit was prosecuted to recover damages for the value of the piano and for its detention.
25Jones Brothers were represented by William S. Hammond, Esq., district attorney-elect, while Hon. Edmund Shaw looked after the interests of Mr. Hare. About 3 yesterday afternoon the judge charged the jury, who retired, and upon their return a verdict for the full value of the piano, $570, with interest from June 17, 1889, the date of seizure, was awarded the plaintiffs.
27During trial of the case some very interesting points of law were brought out, and the arguments of the attorneys were effective. The case was a general topic last evening, both in this city and Hollidaysburg. An old habitué of the court house said the speech of District Attorney-elect Hammond was a masterly one and one of the most brilliant arguments ever heard in the court house.
29About 12 or 15 witnesses were examined, among them Mr. G. Fred Kranz, of Knabe & Co., Baltimore, and Major C. F. Howes, of the Hallet & Davis Piano Company, of Boston.
31[Altoona "Times," December 9.]
33AN INTERESTING CASE DECIDED.
35The attention of court was occupied yesterday with the conclusion of the trial of the suit of Jones Brothers v. William F. Hare, which had been under consideration since Wednesday at noon. The case was an important one and had attracted much interest all over Blair County and elsewhere. The suit was brought by Jones Brothers, the well-known Altoona music dealers, to recover damages from Mr. Hare for the latter's seizure on a writ of replevin for rent of a piano leased by the Joneses to a tenant of Hare's, who failed to pay his rent. The plaintiffs claimed that the seized piano was not properly advertised before it was sold at the instance of the defendant. The case involved fine legal points and after speeches by District Attorney-elect Hammond for the plaintiffs and Hon. Edmund Shaw for the defendant, the former of which was one of the most masterly efforts ever made in the court house, the judge charged the jury and they retired at 3 o'clock. In about half an hour they returned with a verdict for the plaintiffs for the full value of the piano, $570, with interest from the date of its seizure, June 17, 1889. Among the witnesses who were in attendance were Messrs. G. Fred Kranz, with Knabe & Co., of Baltimore, Md., and Major C. F. Howes, with Hallet & Davis Piano Company, of Boston. Mr. Kranz, in speaking of the case, pronounced himself as much impressed with the dignified and able manner in which Judge Dean presided. Both of these witnesses left for their respective homes last night.
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38THEODORE P. BROWN. one of two readings
40Theodore P. Brown.
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43Treasurer and Secretary of "The Brown & Simpson Company."
45WHATEVER has been accomplished by Theodore P. Brown, one of the youngest men at the head of a piano manufacturing concern in this country, must be credited to his own personal energy and his intellectual gifts. He only reached his thirty-second year last October, having been born at Malden, Mass., and entering practical life when only 14 years old. His father was a manufacturer of piano soundboards, and young Brown found his success in a line of industry with which he had partly become familiar in his early days.
47It was in 1883 that he began reed organ making, but the Brown & Simpson piano, a later venture, came into the market in 1888, and it was this that made Mr. Brown a well-known figure in the trade. The piano is of his own conception, and its development is due to his constant application. Mr. Brown has been making thorough studies in acoustics and the mysteries of sound production, and altogether has been conscientiously at work to do justice to his calling as a practical piano man.
49The result is known in the product itself. The Brown & Simpson piano is better known than many of the makes first introduced before Mr. Brown was born. Its future is safely in his hands, and the arrangements for 1893 are such as to convince us that the output will be many percentages ahead of even this prosperous year.
51Bravo! "Telegraph."
53The "Telegraph" has received an offer from a manufacturer of musical instruments which illustrates the way in which some people are constantly trying to beat the newspaper and secure advertising for nothing. This manufacturer offers one of his musical instruments for $275, of which he will take $125 in advertising and $150 in money—that is, he will take it if anybody is green enough to accept his proposition. His offer is not a liberal one, by any means. Publishers throughout Pennsylvania should not be caught with this kind of bait. There may be skillful anglers for suckers, but this musical instrument man is not in that class. When a newspaper publisher wants a musical instrument let him patronize his home dealer and pay cash, then he knows what he is getting; and when he sells his columns for advertising let him charge cash at regular rates, and especially when he is sent an advertisement by anybody whose scheme to beat him is so palpable.—Harrisburg "Telegraph."
55WE will bet a year's subscription to THE MUSICAL COURIER that the man who made the offer was Dan Beatty or his agents, Geo. P. Rowell & Co.
57WANTED—A good piano tuner for the road. Address, with references, W. J. Dyer & Brother, St. Paul, Minn.
58WANTED—A first-class outside retail salesman desires to make a change January 1. Has an established trade, both city and out of town. Address "Retail," care of THE MUSICAL COURIER.
60P. J. GILDEMEESTER, FOR MANY YEARS MANAGING PARTNER OF MESSRS. CHICKERING & SONS.
62Gildemeester & Kroeger
64HENRY KROEGER, FOR TWENTY YEARS SUPERINTENDENT OF FACTORIES OF MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS.
66Second Avenue and Twenty-first Street, New York.
68THE LOWENDALL STAR WORKS AT THE COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION.
70BERLIN, S. O., Germany, No. 121 Reichenberger Strasse, Beg to inform the Trade that they will exhibit their WORLD RENOWNED Violins and Bows.
72Mr. Louis Lowendall, Jr., will shortly make a journey through the United States with a full collection of Violins, Bows and other Instruments, and will represent the firm at the opening of the exhibition.
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