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Musical Courier 1895-07-17: Vol 31 Iss 802, 1895
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1More Featherston News.
3Here are the figures in the failure of A. M. Featherston, Toronto, Canada, as given by the Mail and Express of Toronto:
5"The liabilities of Mr. A. M. Featherston, piano dealer, who assigned two days ago, are $417,871, including privileged claims of $3,087 and mortgages of $10,750. The indirect liabilities which are secured are: Bank of Montreal, $40,000; Hochelaga Bank, $16,000. Among the creditors are W. D. Stephen, $1,050; Karn & Co., Woodstock, $1,000; Tees & Co., $853; Shaw, Cassils & Co., $550; Cunningham & Robertson, $775; E. A. Gerth, $269.53; Craig & Co., St. Jerome, $231.50; Otto Higle, Toronto, $280.50; McCaskill, Dougall & Co., $212.60; E. Warmington, $200; Piers, Locke & Son, $180.88; A. A. Barthelmas, Toronto, $177.21; Isaac L. Cole & Son, New York, $148.77; Emerson Piano Company, Boston, $151.80; R. L. & J. Vipond, $110.50; Park & Hunt, Troy, Vt., $98. Among the privileged claims are estate of the late John Ogilvie, rent, $1,738; George W. Stevens, rent, $373; city of Montreal, taxes, $349.50; Province of Quebec, taxes, $85."
7It will be seen that the secured liabilities aggregate $78,564.78, leaving a balance of $388,806.21 of unsecured bills. That's a good sized failure if the liabilities are stated correctly.
9Right on top of this news comes the following, showing that Mr. Featherston proposes not to let failure interfere with business. The news is clipped from the Herald, Montreal, P. Q.:
11"A new company has recently been organized in Montreal for the purpose of manufacturing pianos. It is known as the Featherston Piano Company, Limited. The officers are A. M. Featherston, president; J. W. Dugdale, manager; C. Martel, secretary, and L. W. Crannell, superintendent. The authorized capital is $50,000, of which more than half has already been subscribed, and the balance is being rapidly taken up. Their factory and warerooms are situated at 443 St. James street, and contain five floors, 25×100 feet. The factory is supplied with the most modern machinery, run by an electric motor, and the building is lighted throughout by electricity."
13New Store in Columbus, Ohio.
15The opening of the new piano firm, Longstreth & Schroeder, July 1, was an event which presented to the citizens of Columbus an opportunity to inspect one of the handsomest piano stores in Ohio.
17During the opening hours, from 3 to 10, there was a continuous coming and going of the ladies and gentlemen, hundreds of Columbus' music-loving devotees attending the opening. The spacious storeroom, brilliantly lighted and prettily decorated with magnificent palms and potted plants, was indeed handsome.
19During the entire time of the opening, Professor Neddermeyer's orchestra discoursed entrancing music. Several prominent piano men from Cincinnati were present, among whom were W. H. Crawford, J. G. Eversole, E. Deaveaux and C. L. Ament.
21This firm starts out with a handsome line of instruments, carrying the Steinway, the recognized standard of the world; the Weber, one of the oldest makes; Smith & Nixon, the handsomest in design of case, possessing a very rich and powerful tone, and the Martin piano, a handsome instrument in design and well constructed.
23Mr. Longstreth, the senior member of the firm, is one of Columbus' well-known business men and capitalists, Mr. Schroeder has been identified with the music trade of this city so long, and is so deservedly popular, that it is not necessary to speak of him extendedly. Everybody was well pleased with the opening and with the new firm. The ladies were given souvenir spoons as a memento of the opening.
25Hustling Huntington.
27The Huntington Piano Company, Derby, Conn., commenced June 19 to double its output of instruments. Numerous orders and want of room to meet the demand for the new instruments prompted the company to increase its facilities for manufacturing and almost double its number of employés. The building south of the factory, recently put in shape and formerly occupied as the Hawkins Skate Factory, will be occupied by the Huntington Piano Company.
29Men are employed putting the new factory in order. The fly-finishing department of the Third street factory will move up on the floor to be vacated by the varnishers and rubbers. The tuning, final polishing and finishing will be done in the Third street factory. The company will make sixty instruments a week when running good.
31The first work on the pianos, such as varnishing, rubbing, plowing, putting cases together and stringing, will be done in the factory near the Sterling, and the finishing will be done in the factory now occupied by the company at the junction of Third street and Housatonic avenue. The varnishers and rubbers at work in the Third street factory will commence in the new factory at once.
33The Gardner & Zellner Piano Company, Los Angeles, Cal., have entered their articles of incorporation, declaring that under the above name they intend to conduct a general musical business. The incorporation is for 50 years, with a capital stock of $50,000, fully subscribed, Richard Zellner, Jr., owning 496 shares, worth $49,600; J. Wellington Gardner, R. Zellner, Sr., H. Blat and F. E. Davis having one share each.
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