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REVIEW
THE
fflJSIC TIRADE
VOL. XXXII. No. 2 4 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street, New York, June 15,1901. SINGLE*COP™ « E C5NTS.
KANSANS BUYING PIANOS.
The Latest Report of the^ssessors Shows a Big
Increase in the Purchase of Musical Instru-
ments by Farmers.
[Sp C dai tTrh^ Review.]
Abilene, Kan., June 10, 1901.
The report of the assessors for the current
year shows the advance that has been made
in luxuries by the people of this, a typical
farming county of the state, in the past three
years. In 1898 the people of the county had
2,213 pleasure carriages; now they have
2,592 ; in 1898 they 880 watches, now 1,206;
in 1898, 188 pianos, now they have 275.
There are 69 pianos in'the farm homes of the
county. In 1898 there were 731 other mu-
sical instruments, now 824. meaning organs,
harps etc.
In proportion to the population the town-
ships have increased in the number of these
luxuries gained more than the towns.
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A NEW ENTERPRISE FOR PAWTUCKET.
[Special tTii^ Review.]
Pawtucket, R. I., June 11, 1901.
If arrangements now under way do not
fail of consummation, this city will have an
important new industry in the near future
which will add to the varied number it al-
ready possesses. The new concern will be
devoted to the manufacture of felting for
,
,
pianos as well as other general purposes.
The capital stock will be $50,000. Some of
the shares having been promised by Paw-
tucket and Providence parties, one of the
former being Col. Lyman R. Goff, a well-
known manufacturer. The leading spirit in
the new enterprise is A. L. Bowes formerly
connected with the Lawrence Felting Co. at
Millville, Mass., and an active man in this
line of manufacture.
Definite details re-
garding location as well as capacity and num-
ber of hands to be employed are not yet re-
vealed.
THE ORGAN
AS A TRADE FACTOR.
Gen. Julius J. Estey, of the Estey Organ
Co., is of the opinion that the organ trade
is, and will continue to be, an important
factor in the commercial sphere of this
country, and he holds the opinion that
the organ trade is not on the decline.
Present business with the Estey Organ Co.
in both export and domestic branches is
very active. Gen. Estey has been attend-
ing the Y. M. C. A. Convention in Boston
this week.
—
Priest & Brooks of Boston, who handle
the Baldwin and Davenport & Treacy pianos,
have increased their line by the addition of
the Estey piano.
The Baldwin, however,
will continue to be their leader.
PIANO PLAYERS FOR EUROPE.
cial demands of the people, their likes and
disHk
The Farrand Organ CoTto" Inaugurate an Active
^ S ' * n d t h e n t h e ^ m a ™ f a c t u r e goods
Policy in This Field—Wm. Wood, Their Special accordingly, and especially fitted for the mar-
Ambassador, Has Returned From an Extensive ket supplied. Nine-tenths of all the pianos
Trip Abroad in Their Interests—His Interest- used in England are of German make. They
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'"^ o b s c r v a t l o n s «
also have a monopoly of the sewing machine
[Special to The Review.]
business. The manufactured German article
Detroit, Mich., June 10, 1901.
j s a s e r j o u s problem. There are some things
William Wood, a former resident of this t h e y c a n > t t o u c h u s ^
however, bicycles
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^ a n d wel1 k n o w n in t h e m u s l c trade ' w h o
and automatic piano players, for example,
h a s been for the last t w 0
the forei n
^
S
"I have returned to our factory for the
representative of the Farrand Organ Co., p u r p O S e of acquainting my house with the
w l t h a b r a n c h office a t L o n d o n
> En S-> i s h o m e
needs of the foreign market we have built up.
on a few weeks business a n d
vacation com- W e a r e g o i n g t Q m a k e s o m e o f Q u r g Q o d s
bined
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after special designs adapted to the foreign
"* h a v e r e t u r n e d t o Detroit, my native t r a d e a n d w h e n 1 r e t u r n T fihall h a v c C e d l i a n
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y>" s a i d M r " W o o d ' " a f t e r a successful ex- p i a n o p l a y e r s a n d o r g a n s b u i l t a l o n g , i n e s
periment in establishing a market for the t h a t w i l l m e e t t h e f o r e i g n d e m a n d s . j e x _
Cecilian
automatic piano player and the or- p e c t t 0 ] e a v e for E u r o p e i n a m o n t h
Thc
£ a n s manufactured by the Farrand Organ
experiment has been more than a success,
C a
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^ b u s i n e s s t o o k m e i n t o England, Ire- ^ d i n a f e w y e a r s t h e b l l s i n e s s w i l l b e s o
land
' S c o t l a n d > Denmark, France, Sweden, l a r g e t h a t T s h a l l b e a b l e t o d i r e c t i t f r o m
Finland, Germany and Russia, and Detroit o v e r h e r e > "
may now be proud of the fact that one of
ANTWFRP IVORY MARKFT
n g
her manufacturing establishments is sending
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goods to all of these countries, and is build-
The second quarterly sale was held on the
ing up a trade that is permanent.
1st of May, at Antwerp, the ivory offered
"In my extensive travels I have learned and sold being as follows:
that, though the United States is the greatest Kongo:
Pounds.
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country in the world, yet there are other
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countries that are worth our consideration, Angola
21,690
.
.
,
Gaboon
,
n 087
and in the last two years my eyes have been Kamerun
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opened to many things I never knew before. Ambriz
2,620
One is astonished at the progressive modern
Mozambique..................!...'.'..'...' 5,320
conditions that obtain in that far away insig- Abyssinia
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nificant country of Finland. I used to think Hippopotamus tusks...!.!!!!!!!.!!!!!!!.!
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of it as some half barbaric land, where the
Total
154,955
people lived on fish .and spent half their lives
The sales for the same quarter in the two
j n b o a t s g u t j f ound there a wideawake
preceding years were 208,312 pounds in
1900 and 173,056 pounds in 1899
sIve
le w h o w e r c full of b u s i n e s ^
T h e blddl
,
,
..
" g was extraordinarily active,
and modern ideas.
^
a n d the prices paid for heavy and medium
"There are institutions on the continent of weight tusks showed an increase of 96 cents
Europe that beat anything we have in Am- and $1.44 per 2.2046 pounds, particularly
erica In Sweden they have the finest tele- ^ o r ^ e Kongo varieties. For the soft ivory
,
.
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of all sources, the rise was still more marked,
phone system in the world. T In a hotel in ^ p r i c e - n i n s t a n c e s h a y i n g a d v a n c e d b y
which I stopped for awhile there were two $1.73 per 2.2046 pounds.
telephones in my room, and one of them at
IN THE PACIFIC REGION.
bedside wag a ,
d i s t a n c e machine.
J
.
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.
Speaking of phones, that is one thing they
Albert S. Bond, secretary and general
are behind in at London. There are so few manager of the Packard Co., reached San
in use that it doesn't pay a business man to Francisco, Cal., on Monday last. His mis-
s i o n is
"
P u r e l y o n e o f business, and doubtless
h ave one
h e ret Urn S h e w i
« G e r m a n v i s a munificent country but T
. f
. " S * iH j U r * h e r a u S m e n t
, U e r m a n y 1S a magnificent country out t h e a g e n a e s f o r t h e P a c k a r d p i a n o s a n d or _
w h a t s t n i c k m e m o s t forcibl
y w a s t h e method g a n S ) w hi c h are so popular in that section.
the German manufacturers have in conduct-
;
The Hazelton
. . . .
,
farsieht-
P i a n o wthlchf w a s . u s e ^ a t
Th
m
g t n e i r business. Ihey are keen, larsignt
the recent conceft giyen by the A n o n Mu _
ed h u s t l e r s w h o
>
g° m t o a c o untr Y> England s i c a l C l u b j i n Milwaukee, Wis., was much
for example, and study the market. They admired. It was furnished by Wm. Rohl-
learn the peculiarities of the trade, the spe- fing & Sons,