Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-03
Large Retail Sales
In Cleveland.

VlOvVi0a4Us
The B. Drehers Sons Co. of Cleveland, published
more than a haf-page advertisement in the Cleveland
Plain Dealer of last Sunday with affidavit and
of purchasers showing instruments having been sold
by the house in four months past The firm says in the
advertisement: The list comprises sales of Stenways
Dreher and other pianos
What are Dreher pianos?
Where Dreher Pianos made?
Where is the Dreher piano factory?
Probably the Drehers Sons Co. have been reading
and have known of agitation going in The Courier
Trade Extra the subject of stencil pianos and they also
may have heard that within few months past the New
York local Piano Manufacturers Association and the
National Piano Manufacturers Association have been dis
cussng the question of stencils pianos If the Dreher
Sons Co. has heard of these things during the past 16
years the other dealers in Cleveland have and
if they have not this paper Is justified in asking
where is the Dreher factory?
We have before a list of said instruments sold by
the Drehers Sons Co. in January, February March and
April of this year. and if overstep the functions
of newspaper and go into the extra journalistic field
might write these people individually and ask them how
it that they bought piano called the Dreher and
der what representation was sold to them Did they buy
Dreher pianos under the impression that there was
Dreher piano factory and that the Dreher in
Cleveland had advantage the other that
city by having factory?
The Brainards have factory, Wamelink has no
factory other there have factories although
represent factories like the Halet Davis branch
Were these people told that there Dreher piano
factory?
Now the question of the stencil is merely al
question pertaining individually the piano trade it
ethical question in commerce. The other lines of in
dusy that have stencil goods for sale just badly off
the piano trade with its Stencils with this difference
That the stencil hat the stencil knife the stencil
pocketbook all small compared to the perman
domestic article in the homes of families called piano
We do not want to go into any discussion of the
stencil We only wish to call attention again to the fact
that the stencils living lies transferred from the
of the dealer the home of the purchaser where
stands for cynical protest against piano methods
Those who handle the stencil the intermediates in the
transaction and considered responsible, be
proved Should send each person the Deher list
published in the Cleveland Plain Dealera Musical Courier
Trade Extra containing article on the stencil and III
vovng the question of the Dreher piano would create
revolution in the Dreher business and why? Simply be-
stencil and because the stencil is wrong If it
of the other pianos that Dreer sells nothing
could be done interfere with but witha stencil piano
simple article calling attention it will upset most of
these Sales and that alone should the Drehers
Sons Co. that it is precarous and vulnerable transaction
this dealing in stencil goods when it is fatheed by
the house itself which advertses the piano boldly the
Drehers do.
After all, is there anything in handling stencil
goods? Would be better for the Drehers drop the
Dreher piano and boldly against the stencil
Would that not give them great strength in the COM
munty?
We are astonished at the whole situation after all
We astonshed that merchants should subject them
selves the weakness which their business
when is susceptible such exposure. 1t ism good bus
all the through and sooner later it has got
stop. 4 Musical Courier May ., 1899
Conover Pianos made by the Conover Piano Co
paid capital 100000, sold only under the head of
their being sold by any dealer earth under any other
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