Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-12-05
A ontradlction.
county
Ew YORK. Nov. %, 1890.

Ew YORK, Nov. %, 1890.
Ed. CITIzEE, utler, Pa.
DEAR sIR:-our attention has been di-
rected to a.. s.cle in your issue of Nov
ember I4th, o. entitled '.In Spite of the
Mud" in who several gratuitously false
and errOneou statements are made over
the signature Mr.. Alex. Williams, con
cerning the j. anuiactuTers of the Behr
Brothers d c. pianos and tie pianos them
selves, which feel confident You will be
glad to alf5 US the opportunity to
correct.
Ii is wholly ntrue that the ''prOprietOrs
of the Behr ano were dry goods mer-
chants" No ne at any time member Of
the firm of b T Brothers d Co. or con
nected with re present corporation has
ever been in y way connected with the
dry goods bus ess or any similar business.
The head Of firm, Mr.. Henry Behr, has
been engaged a the piano industry for the
past sixteen lars. In 1850 he associated
with bim his rOther Mr.. Edward Behr
and the firm q Behr Bros. d Co was form
ed. at the ne time, Mr. Gmehlin,
gentleman Of ample experience in the
practical manu- actuTe OF pianos, was ad-
mitted as Z mcmher of the firm, and con-
tinued as such .or nine years This gentle
man is we ~ sume, the one to whom
reference Is made in the article II your
paper as Gong Mr. Mullen" inasmuch as
no Mr.. MuiieI las ever been in any way
connected wirt the firm. 1t is not true
that Mr.. Gneuln offered to sell new
scale diseovered by Elm to the firm, or that
the firm refused to buy, or that he left the
firm for that o. auy like reason. Ou the
contrary, tho present company Is nov
using such fcu practical Improvements as
We're suggestc BY Mr.. Gmehlin. At the
termination q the year 1889 the business
Of the firm ha.' increased so rapidly that II
gas deemed * siSable to convert il into
stock cOmparv with the increased facility
for trarsacttuf a large and extended
business whic' such a company enjoys.
and such a co. pany, having a capital Of
$500, 600. is Lew conducting under the
firm name Tho asness formerly carried on
by it. Tho dom of tic step has been
made most p rent by the unusual exten-
sion of the e. 1any's business during the
past year, far .zgeeding all antielpatlons.
The remainiug statements in the article
rs to the Gus ity Of the piano ana the
standing of On agents are. III view Of the
well-known ercalIiums of DR.. Won Bulow,
Herr Nayer scrarwenka. Mr.. S. B Mills
Mr.. Conrad i sorge, ana many others,
their own refni jion and are so puenle as
TO be unworthy 0l notice, we're ~ sale 10
allow any star aent. however absurd, 70
pass uuehallcr 81. 1t is sufficient answer
to say thai Il SeharweDka, one OF the
foremost 81 ropean pianists, and the
head Of the 2 in Conservatory of music,
win use n Bet piano exclusively on his
concert tour 60 this country this winter.
We enclose fui your perusal a book issued
bv Me-srs How RI. Farwell d Co. Of st
Paul who b ale cur pianos, containing
some Of the o. iions Of eminent artists re-
ferred To- 1t Juld be indecorous for us to
attempt TO adj uything to their testimony.
Were Il not at Our silence might be
niisinterpretod we should not have honor
ed these sugg ions Of the article with our
attention.
We remain, ith great respect,
Yours
Behr Bros. Co.