Piano And Organ Works

Last Monday a representative of The Register visited the new factory of the Allmendinger piano and organ workg, and was given the following data concerning this new enterprise, by Superintendent D. F. Allmendinger : This business has been carried on by Mr. Allmecdinger for some years, and he has been suocessful at it. Pee'.ing that the trade demanded better facilities than he could afford, he enlisted several prominent business men iuto a scheme which rosulted last winter in the formation of a stock company with a capital of $25,000, the following gentlemen being elected officers : Fred. Schmid, president ; Herman Hutzel, vice-president ; F. H. Belser, secretary and treasurer; D. F. Allmendinger, superintendent Work on the new building was begun in the spring as soon as the weather would permit, and it is now ready for the machinery. The old wooden part of the building 8 66x32 feet, two stories high, and the new brick addition is 40x52 feet, four stories high, making a large aDd commodious building. The west part of the lower floor or basement will be taken up by the engine and boiler room, and the dry kiln, white in the east part will be placed two plañere, cabinet eurfacer, and hand plañera. The second floor will be occupied by a fine band saw, jig saw for scroll and bracket work, cross cut eaw for fine work, boring machines, and three or four benches for wood working. The third floor will be used for cabinet work, making the cases, and putting the inetruments together. The fourth floor will be used as a finishing room. The wall of these rooms, are all whiteWashed inside, and as e-'ch room hag thirteen large window, they are rery light and airy. A brick flue on the weet side of the factory runs from the fourth story to the boiler room and has an opening at every floor, pemitting the cleaning of the various work rooms every night of all shavings acd rubbish, which passing down the flue to the boiler room will be used for fuel. The boiler is 12 feet long and and 44 in. in diameter, and was made by the Ann Arbor Engine and Boiler works. The engine was made in Lansing, and is 35 horse power. Mr. Allmendinger stated that the capacity of the works would be about 450 organs a year to start with, and that the firRt year they would put up about 25 pianos, estimating the cash value of the output of the factory for the first few years to be from $15,000 to $20,000 per year. Twenty-five bands will be constautly employed. The enterprise is one that the city may well feil proud of, and under the able supervisión of Mr. Allmendinger will be a euccefs. The works expect to start up about the first of August.