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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
Exports of flusical Instruments
from New York Last Week.
Where American Dollars are Going
T
IT seems that Blenheim, the future home
of Miss Vanderbilt, now Duchess of Marl-
borough, can boast of a magnificent grand
piano with the name "Steinway & Sons"
on its fallboard. This instrument was
selected by the father of the present Duke.
HE quarterly declared export reports
from the United States consuls in
NEW
YORK, N. Y., NOV. 5, 1895.
foreign countries have just been received at
HIS following are the exports of musical
the State Department, Washington. These
instruments from the port of New
reports show the value of exports declared
REUBEN MIDMER, an organ builder of the
York for the week ending this date:
by each country for the United States, and old school, died at his home in Patchogue,
British West Indies—6 cases musical in- are valuable because they indicate how
L. I., last week. He was born in Sussex,
struments, $550; 2 pianos, $450.
largely Americans are buying from "other En^., seventy-one years ago, and started
Bristol—13 organs, $769.
lands than ours." Among this mass of
Brazil—4 pianos, $1,225; l organ, $38; statistics, the following figures bear speci- in business in Brooklyn in 1860. He erected
many large organs in churches in this city
1 case musical instruments, $100.
ally upon the lines represented by THE and Brooklyn.
Berlin—1 case musical instruments, $50. MUSIC TRADE REVIEW:
Liverpool -85 organs, $3,777.
GEORGE A. STEINWAY and his friend Mr.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
China'—3 organs, $125.
•
Burk,
who are making a trip around the
Prague—Musical instruments, $16,551.-
Central America—1 case musical instru-
world, left Hong Kong for Singapore last
55-
ments, $51; 2 pianos, $580.
Saturday. They expect to reach Australia
Reichenberg—Musical instruments, $1,-
Glasgow—1 organ, $75.
around Christmas.
318.14.
Hull—4 organs, $212.
I2
R. C. FORISKS, music trade dealer of
V i e n n a — M u s i c a l i n s t r u m e n t s , $735.01.
Hamburg—29 organs, $1,073;
cases
Waterbury,
Conn., is in luck. His father,
F.EI.GIUM.
piano parts, $300; 2 cases organ materials,
William
Forbes,
of Greenville, Orange
Brussels—Musical
instruments,
$380.40.
$104.
County,
N.
Y.,
is
reported to be heir to a
HR1TISH INDIA.
St. Thomas—1 organ, $25.
large
tract
of
land
in
the northern part of
Bombay —1 case musical instruments and
New Zealand—5 organs, $160; 2 organs,
this
State
which
is
said
to be worth two
books, $98.77.
$135-
million
dollars.
CUBA.
Rotterdam—3 cases organ material, $353 ;
Gibara—Mahogany
wood, $9,013.
5 organs, $270.
W. A. WHITE is now traveling for the
Santiago
de
Cuba—Mahogany
wood, Blasius & Sons Piano Co. He recently
Southampton —1
case musical instru-
T
ments, $75.
U. S. of Colombia—4 pianos, $654.
Copenhagen--5 organs, $200.
London—2 cases organ material, .$75; 13
cases musical instruments, $776; 31 organs,
$1,150; 3 pianos, $810; 2 cases organ keys,
$360; 37 cases organs, $3,000; 2 pianos,
$5^5-
Bremen — 1 oase music, $50.
IMPORTS.
364 musical instruments,-$27,333'; 17 gut
strings, $2,273.
$4,124.22.
Manzanillo-—Mahogany wood, $680.95.
Santa Cruz—Mahogany wood, $16,549.88.
resigned his position as manager of Jacob
Bros.' retail store in this city.
J. POLKINGHORN'S new building at Darl-
ington,
Wis., will be opened with a full
Frankfort—Music, musical strings and
stock
of
musical instruments in about two
instruments, $389.29.
weeks.
Freiburg—Music, musical strings and in-
struments, $574.80.
W. E. HEATON, chief salesman with C.
Munich—Music, musical strings and in- II. Utley, Buffalo, will join Hockctt Bros.-
struments, $1,747.53.
Puntenney Co., Cincinnati, the first of the
Nuremberg—Music, musical strings and year.
instruments, $7,318.68.
THE
rumor last week that the Oliver
vStuttgart—Music, musical strings, in-
Ditson Co., Boston, had purchased the bus-
struments, $51,810.55.
iness of J. E. Lothrop & Co., at Dover, N.
The Lindeman Piano.
ITALY.
H., is now an assured fact.
Naples—Musical instruments, $672.60;
HE Lindeman & Sons Piano Co., East
C. H. UTLEY, of Buffalo, was elected
musical strings, $353.
147th street and Brook avenue, are re-
Councilman at the election recently. He
SWITZERLAND.
ceiving strong evidence of the popularity
visited the Metropolis last week.
Mr. /
Geneva—Miisical boxes, $14,480.21.
of the Lindeman pianos from dealers in
Utley is an enthusiastic supporter of the
UNITED KINGDOM.
every section of the Union. Orders con-
Chickering, Briggs and Sterling pianos.
London—Musical instruments and ivory,
tinue to Mow in unceasingly, and the Linde-
MANNS & ECCLES have just opened a
man factory is kept busy. This is the re- $38,578.40.
music trade establishment at 122 Mathew-
Sheffield—Ivory, $9,724.15.
sult of the progressive methods of the
son street, Providence, R. I. They will
members of the firm, who are tireless work-
handle the Knabe, Fischer, Strich & Zeidler
ers, both at home and on the road.
LEHMAN'S IMPROVED AM. HARP and Baus pianos. Both members of the
acknowledged by professionals most perfect,
cheapest and .easiest learned of any instrument.
firm were formerly connected with the M.
For particulars ask music dealers or send stamp
for illus'ted Circulars and Testimonials to
Steinert & Sons Co.'s Providence branch.
Am. Harp Factory, Joliet, 111.
GERMANY.
T
SKILL H P CONSCIENCE IH EVERY PHRT -
PUnos,
2249 — 2261
WashingtonStreet,
Boston*
Send for Catalogue.
Tone, touch and good-sense; con-
struction as near perfect as brain
and brawn can combine to produce.
FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES
ADDRESS . . .
J F. HUGHES & SONS, fllamifaclurers
FOXCROFT, HE.