The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-05
HiLrs BUSINESS tND BrILDIvGs.
Pianofortes with Misleading Nnm-s-Mnnu.
factories that were Insecure.

II was not practicable to find in the city
Yesterday Mr.. Joseph T. Hale. the owner oi tn
pianofor,e factory that bla2,d w and tumhlcd
down in n few minutes. He was in th" country
and No ono in his residence In Thirty fourth
street knew where. H. was not easily found
when his factory tumbled down in December
1870 At that time n very painful sprancd ankle
kept him from sight OF all who desired to
ask questions He had no ofllcc except n room
in his factory. and the young man Stone. who
had gone Town town." seems 10 have been nj.
only conndant. HIS mail was received Mt his
house. his business letters being 90 ned in the
Il his family. and his son-in-law was his book
keeper and general manager in his absence.
What men in his employ recall and say of him
1t might be UNJUST 10 quote for very frequently
employee, cherish long sense - grievance
and wrong that may ovcrhaan'c THEN powers
Of deliberate judgment, and even II he has been
mean. grinding. eNacting. cruel. that Is no more
than many others ARE. and Is merely u question
between him and his mon.
A leading pianoiorte manufacturer. who au-
thorizes the statement and il wiling. II do
sired. TO hack it up said 70 SuN report
Yesterday: have known Mr. Hale for n gr NJ
many years. not personally with any degree OF
intimacy. but by reason Of his peculiar bust
moss. He comes from Mas -sac chuseit- whore h.
used to carry on the crock"ry business IN
Worcester something less than lifetime ago.
lie II now about GO years old. shrrWd. bound 10
mac s,y With truth that he hns been the curse of
the pianoiOrte business, or al lenrt OF those rn-
| gagged in It who were st'l making pntlllon.
| Ile commenced hero with GrOyr-trcn, great
many years ugo. unlor the nrm name OF
| Grovcsl.en Hale. | DO not now remember
mni ia -, vsn th"n. bu, th.ir ,Srn was
50 smaii lhat l.ite attention was directed 70
4 a a rshi ii
iRS Si business "a his own a"sa aan. matias ii;
i;Iy rninu.9' ii,f,..r time g. money loanine
n,S ,,-,i,'s ,,d ,y.nt lnr,,.lv int The, iunuu-
f. t"tir.' 81 eontraN pinm,f"r,es You may not
I Ia, o,irn'd 1t tn. lowest rossiblo ngurn---
1u1 ri1l m .'n,.n,y the poorest clnss Of goods
',i i i.,, fr,,tiI ,,. tnrty Io..- from AN
nT"S iot io1rds rom "A tliri nclI6n- from Il
f,u,fi, nua ST, ON. and would then pu, these To-
s,i1.r, in A wall YARN shed ana snowy form IN
/ - f'.i,ry or onur-n such instruments conli
no., l-t 'Nuhiu "A yenr', usr they would hr-
come ia, dirr-t ratti, traps imag ginahir. OF
VIM nntl de-, hin, 4, s.ii his wares orrnly With
hi. name on thrm. Nphoiy wanted Hrle
piano Then h" went into the sD-caled bogus
ni,nn nfotl,i iu- mess making his putrh-
work Instruments in large uuaniltics, and
putting on them any names that wcr,
ori"rod 10y dealers or agents, or thn
might sarm advantageous. Those names wcrt
almost ulWuys close uu the names # rcni and
reputable mnkols and firms. and the prn'tc'
was helped generally by putting them on in or
numeutnl Old English lettering. Which l. liahi,
10 ne easily mi,nndrr-iooI by persons not ac
customed 10 il, and IN which oven The very er
are not to h- scoru"d for confusing IN ~ ana
T, an y and II n, ana 50 on. 50 ON hs make q
pianoiortes, So called there would be sun
names as Stnmmay x Coz or Ti"lnmrH .
| Cn.,' for Sirinway 90. ~ tt'k, stock, o.
Strack,' Tor Steck; E4lnos lr9, iar linine
Bros: Decker 4 Bro, 9r D,'k"r Co., 10
Decker Bros; liaHitinr Tor iluI'lion, nnd 81
on. In addition to these he turned out man
instruments under doNcn different nance
such as Grand rnion,' Mozart a., whcl
were rushed of mt low prices on the unwhry 4
: the rural districts. His sales ,woro nlHd
through irresponsible dealers in Texas, Iowa
Nebraska and other far Western States. Amos
cntirely. Built as they were. Of the poorest ma