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THE
flUJIC TRADE
V O L . XXII. No. 1 5 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street, New York, April 13,1901.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
Are Our Manufacturers Inactive? are illustrations of A. B. Chase upright, Will Use the Strich & Zeidler.
[Special to The Review.]
Washington, D. C, April n , 1901.
European manufacturers are rapidly and
vigorously invading the Cuban field, under
the very eyes of their American rivals. Eng-
land and Germany especially are increasing
their exports to that island. The reports of
the Treasury Bureau of Statistics show a
falling off in exports of domestic merchan-
dise from the United States in the 8 months
ending with February, 1901, while the re-
ports of the Insular Bureau of the War De-
partment in charge of the commerce of Cuba
also show a decrease in Cuban imports from
the United States and an increase in Cuban
imports from the European countries. In
the 8 months ending with February, 1901,
according to the Treasury Bureau of Sta-
tistics, the domestic exports to Cuba were
$16,023,436, against $16,412,547 in the cor-
responding months of last year; while the
War Department statement for the 9 months
ending with September, 1900, shows im-
ports from the United States into Cuba of
$24,525,659, against $28,094,030 in the same
months of the preceding year. The same
statement of the War Department which
shows a fall of $3,500,000 in Cuban imports
from the United States, shows an increase
of over $2,000,000 in imports from Europe,
the figures of European imports in 9 months
of 1900 being $21,559,239, and in the 9
months of 1899, $19,481,660, while the Cuban
imports from the United Kingdom alone in
9 months of 1900 were $8,297,865 against
$6,598,582 in the corresponding months of
the preceding year. Taking the entire list
of European countries, it is found that in a
large majority of cases there has been an
increase in imports into Cuba in the 1900
period as compared with the corresponding
period of the preceding year. American
manufacturers should not allow this state of
things to continue.
A. B. Chase Literature.
As becomes such artistic creations as the
A. B. Chase pianos, all literature issued by
the manufacturers bearing upon their merits
or individual attributes is extremely chaste
and appropriate. This same spirit may be
said to obtain with the A. B. Chase repre-
sentatives. An instance in point is the beau-
tiful booklet which has just reached us with
the compliments of the Knight-Campbell
Music Co., Denver, Col. Printed on heavy
coated paper, with cover in red and gold,
style B, and the baby grand, style S, with
letters from prominent authorities in the
musical world commendatory of these in-
struments, and a partial list of purchasers
of A. B. Chase pianos in the territory con-
trolled by these enterprising dealers. In the
following excerpts • from this little volume
will be found some A. B. Chase arguments
which are worthy the consideration of deal-
ers looking for high-grade instruments:
The real lover of music when purchasing
a piano is usually desirous of securing at
least three things.
1 st. Tone quality of the highest musical
order.
2d. Having secured the tone quality that
pleases and charms the musical ear, the as-
surance that such quality will be lasting and
durable.
3d. The greatest economy consistent with
securing the first two requisites.
We maintain and support our claim with
unimpeachable testimony that the purchaser
of an A. B. Chase piano secures all three of
these requisites.
We have never met a really educated musi-
cian who did not bear testimony to the first
requisite named as soon as he had pressed
the keys of an A. B. Chase piano.
NOT AN ORDINARY PIANO.
An A. B. Chase piano isn't an ordinary
piano. It isn't simply an all-round good
piano.
It is far more. It is simply a superb piano.
There are no better workmen employed, no
materials better or more carefully selected
than those involved in the building of an A.
B. Chase piano. There cannot be greater
thoughtfulness or attention to detail than
that given to the making of every little part
of this A. B. Chase piano. There is nothing
left to chance; everything about it must be
of the highest quality obtainable.
The price? Yes, it's higher than that of
most pianos, but really the A. B. Chase at its
price is lower priced than any other piano
you can buy, because you get so much more
quality for your money.
Congratulations are tendered the A. B.
Chase Co. and the Knight-Campbell Music
Co. The first named for producing instru-
ments that compel such enthusiastic approval
from dealers and purchasers, and the latter
for their enterprise and their appreciation
of the artistic merits of the A. B. Chase
pianos, as revealed in this booklet.
Laffargue & Oktavec, who recently issued
a new catalogue of their Laffargne & Co.
uprights in three styles—S, C, and 7—find
that the case-designs please their customers
very much. Duplicate orders are being con-
stantly received, and great activity prevails
at the factory.
Richard Burmeister Will Play the Strich & Zeid-
ler drand at the Forthcoming flusical
Festival in Springfield, /lass.—A Worthy
Recognition of its flerits.
The great musical festival, under the con-
ductorship of Chas. S. Cornell, which takes
place in Springfield, Mass., on April 19 and
20, promises to equal in merit and success the
great festivals which have made other New
England cities famous. The program is un-
usually attractive, the Festival forces includ-
ing among the vocalists: Mines. Juch, Blau-
velt, Zimmerman, Roselle, and Messrs. Rei-
ger, Baernstein, Miles and other stars of les-
ser magnitude.
Richard Burmeister has been chosen as the
concert pianist, and he will use the Strich &
Zeidler grand in his various performances.
It is needless to say anything of Burmeister.
He has steadily augmented a prestige won
on two continents within the last season, and
at his hands the tone volume and beautiful
quality of the Strich & Zeidler piano is cer-
tain to be displayed in a musicianly and thor-
oughly capable way. Conspicuous among
the other instrumentalists for this occasion is
Fritz Kreisler, the celebrated violinist.
The program will include "The Creation"
and Gounod's "Messe Solennelle," with full
vocal and instrumental rendering.
Bur-
meister will play Liszt's Concerto Pathetique
and two smaller numbers by the same compo-
ser. Emil Mollenhauer will conduct the or-
chestra.
William F. A. Engel and Frederic Good-
win, of the firm of Engel & Goodwin, Strich
& Zeidler agents at Springfield, are the man-
agers of the forthcoming Springfield Musical
Festival. That they should have been chosen
is a striking endorsement of their ability and
zeal, now widely recognized among their
many friends and patrons. It is also a de-
cided compliment to the Strich & Zeidler
grand piano that it has been chosen not only
for the Springfield Festival, but also for the
Holyoke, Mass., and Windsor, Vt., Festivals.
Death of John West.
John West, secretary and treasurer of the
S. E. Clark Co., piano dealers, Detroit, Mich.,
died on the evening of March 27th, at the
home of his daughter in that city. His ill-
ness was a brief one and his death has caused
universal regret. Apart from his interest in
the piano "business, Mr. West was also part
owner of the Clarkson Flour Mills, Clark-
son, Mich.