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THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
POBT OF NEW YORK.
Week ending March 31, 1882.
Exports.
Hamburg, 4 Piano Materials
10 Organs..
Bremen, 11 Organs
Amsterdam, 13 Organs
Liverpool, 19 Organs
London, 1 Organ
Glasgow, 1 Organ
British Australia, 23 Organs
China, 1 Organ
British West Indies, 2 Organettes
3 Organs
Chili, 1 Organ
"
8 Pianos
U. S. of Colombia, 5 Organs
1 Piano
Hayti, 3 Musical Instruments
Total
$1,210
484
600
787
976
100
40
1,160
175
70
247
100
3,130
161
170
142
$9,452
Imports.
441 Miscellaneous Musical Instruments
$40,081
Week ending April 12.
Exports.
Danish, West Indies, 1 Piano
Bremen, 4 Organs
3 Reed Boards
1 Piano
:
Hamburg, 4 Organs
3 Pianos
"
2 Piano Material
Rotterdam, 7 Sounding Boards
Bristol, 1 Organ
British North American Colonies, 3 Pianos..
British Australasia, 1 Organette
17 Organs
"
"
4 Musical Instruments.
Havre, 1 Piano
U. S. of Colombia, 2 Pianos
Liverpool, 4 Organs
London, 3 Piano Material
1 Organ
Mexico, 2 Pianos
Glasgow, 3 Organs
Central America, 1 Piano
>*
1 Musical Instrument. . . .
Total
$100
620
208
200
384
700
225
850
250
875
26
1,911
125
100
1,000
300
375
65
1,400
217
250
21
$10,305
Imports.
161 Packages Musical Instruments
Week Ending April 8.
Exports.
Rotterdam, 480 Sounding Hoards
Hamburg, 400 Sounding Boards
"
1 Case Hammerfelt
Total
$15,215
$1,200
225
1,150
$2,575
Week Ending April 15.
Exports.
Bremen, 1 Case Hammerfelt
5 Cases Piano Material
Total
$ 570
800
$1,370
PORT OF BOSTON.
Week ending March 31, 1882.
Imports.
England, Miscellaneous Musical Instruments
Exports.
England, Organs
'
Organettes
Pianos
Newfoundland and Labrador, Organs
$ 882
$2,223
2,450
1,075
120
SECTION 1. No person, firm, or corporation, who
sell or deal in or in any manner dispose of furni-
ture, bedding, sewing machines, organs, pianos, and
other musical instruments, or any household uten-
sils of any kind whatsoever, upon a plan requiring
monthly payments, or payments in installments,
shall make any contract of any kind covering the
payment of any money for the purchase of the same,
and which provided, in case of failure to perform the
terms and conditions thereof, for a forfeiture of any
money paid thereunder, unless such contract or
document, of whatever nature, shall state that 25
per cent, of all sums paid shall be returned to such
purchaser, if he or she fails in the full performance
of such contract, and such vendor shall elect to re-
claim such articles sold; and it shall not oe lawful
to remove or recover any furniture, bedding, sewing
machine, organs, pianos, or other musical instru-
ments, or household utensils from the premises of
any purchaser who has failed in his or her contract
until the said 25 per cent, of all sums paid has been
returned or tendered to such purchaser, except in
those cases where the purchaser shall abscond or
abandon said property, in which cases the pur-
chaser shall not be entitled to receive from the ven-
dor any part of the amount paid.
SEC. 2. Any contract or document for the purchase
or sale of any furniture, bedding, sewing machines,
organs, pianos, or other musical instruments or
household utensils upon the installment plan, or a
plan requiring monthly or stated payments here-
after, made contrary to this act shall be null and
void.
SEC. 3. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with
this act are hereby repealed.
SEC. 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
April doth, i 8 8 i »
Investigation, of course, shows that the few
seeds are those of the commonest plants of the
garden, and that the reputed donor is entirely ig-
norant of his own generosity.
MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN AND FTANO CO.
April trade circular announces the new
of the Mason & Hamlin Company.
A The N title company
will soon begin the manufacture
of upright pianos upon a system based upon the
experiments and inventions of Mr. A. K. Hebard.
The advantages of these uprights will be fully
tested, and in course of time will be referred to in
the columns of this paper.
At the end of the circular the Mason & Hamlin
Company deny certain rumors and "inferences"
published in a certain musical paper, which ac-
cuses the firm of paying one thousand dollars to
the Commissioners or the Jury of the U. S. Cen-
tennial Exhibition.
It is hardly necessary for the company to pub-
lish this denial, as the author of the rumor is un-
worthy of any contradiction, and any accusations
he may make are of no value either to the trade or
the public.
We are rather sorry that the Mason & Hamlin
Company paid so much attention to the subject.
QUESTIONS FOE J. 0. F E - D TO ANSWER.
S it true, as you have stated, that Messrs. Wm.
Humphries and W. E. Nickerson, your em-
This bill, after becoming a law, will be of the ployes, were guilty of throwing your old musical
greatest importance to retail dealers in pianos and paper into bankruptcy in order to get control of
organs.
it themselves when you left town "/or your health"
A radical change in the mode of doing an in- two years ago?
stallment business must ensue. Sales on the If it was not true, was it not outrageous for you
installment plan ^have been made in many in- to make such a charge ?
stances with recklessness, as. dealers could under If you should write an article for a Chicago
the most unfavorable circumstances always recover house, for which you were to be paid $75, how
as much as was expended in the wear and tear of would you manage to get $375 out of the job?
instruments, even if not more than a month or Would you draw on the Chicago firm for $375,
two of payments had been made.
get the draft cashed by a New York house, leave
The only danger that existed was the risk of town the next day, and " d o " the New York
absconding debtors. This will continue, as a mat- house out of $300?
ter of course, but the former reckless manner of
Oh, no, of course, you would not I
selling pianos and organs will now cease, as a Did you ever collect money belonging to an-
return of twenty-five per cent, of payments after other man, and appropriate it to your own uses,
six months or a year's wear and tear will in many as Mr. George Bartholomew, editor of the Daily
instances not pay.
News, charges that you did? And is there not a
judgment against you now for such a misappro-
priation of funds?
JEREMY DIDDLEE FREUND.
Of your two most frequently boasted qualities,
B. ALBERT WEBER, J R . , appears to be the
principal backer and friend of Jeremy Did- "animal magnetism" and "journalistic ability,"
dler Freund, who has come into the field again to which played the most important part in the
obtain from the piano and organ men what he
failed in his hurry of departure to seize before. above?
Have you any material for a second installment
Mr. Weber's house certainly obtained a position
under his father which makes such an alliance as of "The Story of Charles Avery Welles," and if
this unnecessary. During the whole of that Cen- you have, why don't you use it?
tennial fight, in which Mr. Albert Weber, Sr., won
Is the "salivating business," as described by
a complete victory over powerful and rich rivals
only by his indomitable pluck and tireless energy, Mr. A. C. Wheeler {Nym Crinkle), booming at
this man Freund was his most mercenary enemy, present?
and never let an opportunity pass without giving
Would you object to describing the "salivating
him a stab or a kick. Does Mr. Weber, Jr., business" in detail, as you apply it to the persons
desire to have the whole of that Centennial busi-
ness reopened and scrutinized? I t looks very from whom you wish to extract shekels of gold
much as if his association with this man Freund and silver?
would bring it about in some quarter.—Byrne's
These are a few of many similar questions, Mr.
Dramatic Times.
J. O. Fr
d, which an anxious community
would be delighted to have you answer.
I
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BEWAEE OF THE SEEDMAN 1
y
is a picturesque individual circulating
X among the piano men who is making money in
Total
$5,868 an original way. He looks something like the Ar-
kansas Traveler, or Buffalo Bill, and he impresses
his victims as a man who would be an uncomfort-
Week ending April 7.
able customer to meet in the dark.
Exports.
His modus opernndi is as follows: He calls on
England, Organs
$ 964 some member of the piano trade and tells him that
Organettes
3,025 he has been told to deliver a package of five or six
Scotland, Organs
390
Nova Scotia, etc., Organs
75 seeds of a rare plant as a present, mentioning the
Pianos
300 name of some well-known piano manufacturer as
British Poss. in Australasia, Organs
1,050 the donor. Buffalo Bill explains at length just
how the seeds should be planted, and what large
Total
$ 5,804 and beautiful flowers will grow therefrom in a few
months.
The victim is pleased with the thoughtfulness
of Mr. So-and-So, and casually asks Buffalo Bill
THE INSTALLMENT EILL.
p E following is the full text of the bill known if there are any charges on it. Bill says a little
car-fare, fifteen or twenty cents, would not be
I as "The Installment Bill," passed by the As- amiss, and the sum is usually forthcoming. Bill
sembly of the State of New York, on Friday, the then tries the same dodge on another manufac-
turer, using the name of his last victim.
17th of March:
THE GAZETTE.
J. R. Benjamin,Winchester, Conn., music dealer,
has sold out to R. S. Frary.
Snow & Andrews, Mankato, Minn., music deal-
ers, have dissolved partnership. W. P. Snow con-
tinues.
William J. Davis, Buffalo, organ builder, has
given a chattel mortgage on his stock for $102.
J. H. Siegel, New York city, piano manufac-
turer, has given a chattel mortgage on his stock
for $300.
Munn Bros, are wholesale and retail dealers in
pianos, organs and miscellaneous musical instru-
ments, at Walton, N. Y. They handle Estey,
Mason & Hamlin, and Burdette organs, and Chick -
ering, Weber and Bradbury pianos.
W. B. Archibald is doing a good business in pi-
anos and organs at Fredonia, N. Y.