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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1894 Vol. 18 N. 35

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VOL. XVIII. No. 35.
published Every Saturday.
Interesting Figures on
flusical Instruments.
[PREPARED FOR THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.]
WASHINGTON, D. C , March 12th, 1894.
Through the courtesy of the Treasury Depart-
ment officials the following figures relating to
the trade between this and foreign countries in
musical instruments have been obtained from
the latest corrected statements for January :
During this month there were dutiable imports
of musical instruments to the value of $55,607
as compared with $52,546 for the same month of
1893. This shows an increase for the one month,
but for the period of seven months ending with
January 31st the value was only $456,843, falling
far short of the $644,709 for the same period of
1893.
During this month the value of exported mu-
sical instruments amounted to $65 245 against
$167 232 for the corresponding month of 1893,
and for the seven months period these amounted
to $595-71 2 against $1,278,254 for a similar
period of 1893.
Of this amount there were 556 organs valued
at
$34 972, against 1,191 organs, worth $84,679,
for the same month of the previous year. For
the seven months period there were 5,409 organs
worth $333,107, against 8369 organs, worth
$597,543, for the corresponding period of the
year before.
There were 44 exported pianofortes during
January, valued at $12,723 against 195 worth
$72,116 for the same month of 1893, and for the
seven months period there were 372, worth
$108,759, against 1,546, worth $585,542 for the
same period in 1893.
All other exported instruments and parts of
the same were valued at $69,743 as compared
with $39,392 of the same month of 1893, and for
the seven months period these values were placed
at $467,195 as compared with $348,418 of the
same period of 1893.
Re-exports of musical instruments amounted
only to $153 against $200 for the same month of
1893, and for the seven months period there
were values amounting to $4 046 as compared
with $1,595 for the same period of 1893.
A comparative summary of the imports of
musical instruments for a period of seven months
during each year for the five years from 1889 to
1893, inclusive, together with their average and
a comparison with later figures, is as follows:
During the year 1893 there were imported
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goods in this line amounting to $1,145,941. In
1890, $1,107,149. In 1891, $987,757. In 1892,
$646,933. In 1893, $644,709, these five periods
averaging $906,498. The corresponding period
for 1894, ending January 31st, shows $456,843,
giving a decrease of $449,655, as compared with
the foregoing average, as well as a decrease of
$187,866 as compared with the same period of
1893.
A comparative summary of exports is similar-
ly stated :
During 1889 these exports amounted to
$594,884. In 1890, $616,042. In 1891, $884,808.
In 1892, $726,984. In 1893, $1,278,254, showing
an average of these five periods amounting to
$812,194. For the seven months period ending
January 31st, 1894, these are valued at $595,712,
showing a decrease of $216,482, when compared
with the foregoing average, and a decrease of
$682,542 when compared with the corresponding
period of 1893.
Jansen Sings Praises.
NEW YORK, March 17th, 1894.
MY DEAR BILL :
Shake ! old man, shake ! Here, waiter, a
bottle, please—have it frappee. I'm celebrating
St. Patrick and congratulating you to-day—fair
as the sun that lightens and gladdens an Irish-
man's heart
Come, Bill, let's have another—I'm doing it,
you've done your part. Now let us continue-
" as fair as the sun that lightens and gladdens
—I've only begun ; don't hie thee away, Bill,
but list to this song—of you I am singing. It
won't be too long. My song is of thee and
thine efforts to-day—of this week's REVIEW
that I've just laid away. It's great, its im-
mense, out of sight, and all that, full of news
bright and crisp, not a thing in it flat. Have
another—well, a smoke; waiter, Garcias,
please. You're a wonder, Bill ! honest—in
your efforts to please. Not a word but the
truth, naught of scandal, you know, only news,
never blackmail, your columns will show. Yes,
I know that it pays, and I'm glad, very glad ;
just one more, Brother Bill, just to show you're
not mad.
Here's success, then, to you,
To THE MUSIC TRADK REVIEW,
To the organ of the glorious Music Trade.
May its purpose and its aim
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Never change, but be the same,
May its banner never lower, never fade.
For the cause that lacks assistance,
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For the wrong that needs resistance,
For the future in the distance,
And the good that you can do.
For the standard, that's your own,
Yours, and only yours alone,
For the seed that you have sown,
May success weave fottune's garland now for
you.
Sincerely, BEN. H. JAXSEN.
$3 00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
A Business Change.
Frank A. Stratton & Co. Con-
tinue the Business of
Stratton & Scribner.
dissolution of the new firm of Stratton
& Scribner, manufacturers' representa-
tives of musical instruments, with headquarters
at No. 37 Howard street, New York, occurred
early this week. Mr. Frank A. Stratton has
purchased the interest of Mr. Scribner, who, by
the way, will travel for A. E. Benary, the musical
instrument importer of this city. With Mr.
Stratton will be associated Mr. Chas. Quenzer,
a wealthy manufacturer of leather goods in this
city, and the firm name will be Frank A. Strat-
ton & Co. They will be backed by ample capi-
tal. Without doubt the business of this firm
will be successful, as Mr. Stratton has a wide
circle of acquaintances, a thorough knowledge
of the musical importing business, and is a man
of progressive ideas. The firm will retain the
agencies made by them, which include the fol-
lowing well-known manufacturing firms : Trau-
gott Schneider & Co., accordeons, Magdeburg!
C. H. Meinel, harmonicas, Klingenthal ; Curt
Schuster & Otto, musical merchandise, Aug.
Heinel, Jr., band instruments, A. W. Eschen-
bach & Sons, band instruments, Markneukirc-
hen, Saxony; Standard Musical String Co.,
steel and wound strings, Andover, N. J.
Before the War.
Odd Place for a Piano Factory.
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HERE was a piano factory at Wartburg.
Tenn., before the war. The singular
thing about it is that Wartburg was about one
hundred miles from the nearest railroad and in
the heart of the Cumberland mountains. The
wood of which the instruments were made, says
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, had to be brought
fioni New York and then hauled one hundred
miles over the mountains to Wartburg, which
was a German colony. The pianos were made
by a practical musician, and when an instrument
was ordered he would finish up the different
parts at Wartburg and then haul them to the
home of his customer, generally many miles
away, and put up the piano there. One of them
is now at Wartburg, and the building where
they were made still stands, although no longer
used as a piano manufactory. The town, which
consists of about two hundred people, is away
from the railroad and has not grown since the
war. The home-made instruments of over
thirty years ago is still in good order and in
constant use.
ROBERT HARRY, who has been manager for
the past few years for the music house of Phillip
Werlein, New Orleans, has resigned his position.
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
opposed by a small section of so-called " Inde-
pendents, " who are at the beck and call of the
New York Reform Club. The fact that Mr.
Dolge was elected by a majority of 208 in a
total vote of 382 gives an idea of Mr. Dolge's
popularity and his opponents' insignificance.
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORK.
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,. jfOR tf>e ti-m that lacks assistance.
JlCKHAM, CHAPMAN & CO., Spring-
field, Ohio, are experiencing the im-
provement in business which is now prevalent
throughout the trade. While their output of
piano plates for the past year has been satisfac-
tory, yet their extensive plant and facilities
enable them to fill with ease the increasing
orders which are coming their ways nowadays.
The growth of piano manufacturing in the West
Is, as might be expected, of direct benefit to
them, and their plates command a large popu-
larity among the Western firms.
STARR PIANO CO., Richmond, Iud.,
made such progress with their factory have
building that they will be able to ship many of
their new instruments by April 1st. They ex-
pect to have the new double-story factory and
all machinery in running order around that time
or a little later, and by the middle of April will
be fully able to nil all orders coming their way.
The number of orders on hand at present will
keep them busy for some time. There is an ex-
cellent demand for the Starr instruments, and
much is expected of their new scale designs,
which will soon be on the market.
which he has sustained in the partial destruc-
tion of twenty-seven pianos. The instruments,
in one or two cases, were totally annihilated.
FAKE ADVERTISING.
OT WITHSTANDING recent investigations
and exposures in the World anent the
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' ways and means '' adopted by unscrupulous
parties to palm off so-called pianos on innocent
purchasers, advertisements appear day after day
showing that there is no cessation to the activity
of the despicable class of "sharps " engaged in
this business. A perusal of the '' furniture '' or
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' musical instruments '' columns of the World
will corroborate this.
A few days since the following advertisement
was added to the many already standing which
will bear investigation. It appeared under the
head of '' Pianos and Organs '' and reads as
follows: " Great sale upright pianos : 100 to be
sold factory prices; easy terms. Address
Factory, box 365, World."
The Injury done to the legitimate trade by this
class of people is so apparent that we think they
deserve some consideration from the Piano
Manufacturers Association. Not only are the
purchasers being deceived and cheated, but the
standing of honest manufacturers and reputable
instruments suffer considerably. Some action
should be taken, which would help to rid the
public of these people and expose their methods
of doing business.
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A JOURNALISTIC TRIUMPH.
HE California Midwinter Special issue of
RUDOLF GIESE, JR., whose father
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, published
controls and owns one of the largest wire
last week, created a genuine surprise in the
For ifc Mm in th
factories in Germany, and who, previous to the
trade. It is hardly necessary for us to enter into
passage of the Wilson Bill, had built and fitted
a detailed description of that number, because
up a factory in Dolgeville for the manufacture
all of our readers have seen, praised and enjoyed
of fine piano wire and wire of all kinds used for
it. It, however, is gratifying from a publisher's
musical instruments, has, it is said, decided to
standpoint to* realize how pleasantly the work
are rumors afloat concerning z return to Dolgeville immediately, and set the has been received, and how heartily it has been
<*r* mighty big deal now under consideration machinery of his factory in motion. This appreciated. The orders for extra copies prove
by two well-known Eastern houses, which, il course has been arrived at through the belief clearly that such a work is really permanent,
true, will result in a combination in Phila- that the Wilson Bill is doomed to defeat and that it will be preserved as a souvenir. We can
the apparent revival of confidence in the com-
delphia.
only extend to our friends, who have tendered
mercial world. This move of Mr. Giese's is a
us their hearty congratulations over the success
PRING is in the air, and the pleasant practical illustration of what would occur in
of our efforts, our thanks for their appreciation
weather is acting as a stimulator of im every section of this broad land if this never-
and for their kind wishes. Newspaper men can
proved business throughout the country. Brad ending uncertainty were removed.
appreciate the vast amount of work that is
streets, while not over optimistic, is of the
necessary to produce a paper containing eighty-
opinion that the trade outlook is brighter than
four
pages. We think, however, that it is
week we chronicled the partial de-
for some time past.
struction of the stock of pianos of George certainly a journalistic triumph to publish such
R. Fleming & Co., Philadelphia, by the ex- a paper, have it mailed and delivered without
,oHOUIS GRUNEWALD, SR. ( of the L. Grune- plosion of an ammonia tank under their ware- the delay of a single hour beyond the regular
S*P wald Co., New Orleans, has recently rooms. After an inspection of Mr. Fleming's weekly time. To produce such a paper required
purchased real estate adjoining his hotel in New stock, we would state that the damage done to hard work, close application to details, and a
Orleans, where, at a very early period, he will his business is serious. Mr. Fleming has, how- thorough system throughout; and, in the
commence to build an annex which will contain ever, had the annoyance of his situation ac- successful accomplishment of such a gigantic
something like one hundred and fifty rooms. centuated, from the fact that he has to deal with task, we never found it necessary to omit or de-
Plans and specifications for the new building are a landlord who possesses porcine qualities to a lay a single number of this paper.
being prepared.
remarkable degree. His indifference may be
While writing of kindly comments, we cannot
realized from the fact that he walked calmly overlook the very flattering notice of our work
DOLGE was re-elected president by the building after the plate glass was blown published in that distinguished musical weekly,
of the village of Dolgeville at the charter out by the explosion, and never once entered to the Musical Courier. Such a recognition certain-
election last Tuesday. For the first time since inquire the cause. Mr. Fleming, without doubt, ly shows a spirit of fairness, and a fraternal
the village was incorporated his election was will commence an immediate suit for damages feeling which is most commendable.
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