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vOL. XXXIII. No. 2
Sat. Dy Edward Lymaii Bill at 3 East Forteiitl Street, New Tori July 13,1901.
OUR EXPORT AND IMPORT TRADE.
[Specially Compiled for The Review.]
Washington, D. C , July 8, 1901.
The summary of exports and imports of
the commerce of the United States for the
month of May, 1901, the latest period for
which it has been compiled, has just been
issued by the Treasury Department. The
figures relating to the music trade industry
are of interest.
The dutiable imports of musical instru-
ments during May amounted to $98,062,
as compared with $64,414 worth of instru-
ments which were imported the same month
of 1900. The eleven months' total, ending
May, shows importations valued at $909,738,
as against $1,033,808 worth of musical
instruments imported during the same pe-
riod of 1900. This gives a decrease in im-
ports for the eleven months ending May of
$124,070.
The import figures for the eleven months'
period for the three years. are as follows:
1899, $950,265; 1900, $1,033,808: and 1901,
$909,738.
The total domestic exports of musical in-
struments for May, 1901, amounted to
$311,221, as compared with $141,002, which
was the value of the instruments exported
the same month of the previous year. The
eleven months' total exportation of musical
instruments amounted to $2,559,383, against
$1,805,866 for the same period in T900.
This shows an increase in exports for the
eleven, months ending May 31, of $753>5 U >
The export figures for the eleven months'
period for the three years are as follows:
1899, $1,662,392; 1900, $1,805,866; 1901,
$2,559.383-
Of the aggregate exportations in May,
1901, there were 1,241 organs valued at
$77,308, as compared with 1,024 exported in
1900 and valued at $63,683. The eleven
months' total shows that we exported 15,630
organs, valued at $1,045,555, as against
15,064, valued at $927,426, for the same peri-
od of 1900, and 15,934. valued at $917,939
for the same period in '99.
In May, 1901, we exported T55 pianos,
valued at $30,200, as against 136 pianos,
valued at $28,644, in May, 1900. The eleven
months' total exports show 1,553 pianos, val-
ued at $312,954, as compared with 1,606, val-
ued at $326,154 exported in the same period
in 1900, and 1,045 valued at $230,530, for the
same period in 1899.
The value of "all other instruments and
parts thereof" sent abroad during May, 1901,
amounted to $203,713; in the same month
of 1900 their value was estimated at $48,675.
The total exports for the eleven months
under this heading foot up $1,200,874, as
against $552,286 exported during the same
period of 1900, and $513,923 exported (lur-
ing the same period in 1899. This- shows
an increase for 1901 over the previous year
of $648,588.
The export figures for the eleven months
ending May for the past three years and
which come under this heading, are as fol-
lows: 1899, $513,923; 1900, $552,286, and
in 1901, $1,200,874.
TO CONTEST J. L. STIEFF'S WILL
[Special to The Review.]
Baltimore, Md., July 8, 1901.
The will of John Louis Stieff, the well-
known California pioneer and retired piano
manufacturer, was filed for probate in the
Orphans' Court a few days ago. It was
not admitted to probate, as John C. D. Stieff,
one of the testator's two sons, who are his
only children, gave notice to the Court that
he would contest the will. Pending the pros-
pective litigation letters on the estate were
granted to Charles C. Stieff, the other son
of the testator, who is named in the will
as executor without bond. He bonded for
$50,000, double the estimated value of his
father's personal property.
The estate, it is said, is valued at about
$150,000, including $40,000 insurance on Mr.
Stieff's life. The bulk of the estate is divided
by the will into two shares, which, it is said,
are about equal in value. Both shares are
left to the testator's son, Charles C. Stieff,
in trust, one for himself and the other for
his brother, John C. D. Stieff.
DECLARE DIVIDEND.
The directors of the Pittsburg Organ &
Piano Co., of Pittsburg, Pa., have declared
a semi-annual dividend of 6 per cent., and
voted to submit to the stockholders a res-
olution- to increase the capital stock from
$25,000 to $75,000.
FARRAND ORGAN CO. EXCURSION.
[Special to The Review.]
Detroit, Mich., July 8, 1901.
One of the most successful excursions of
the season was that of the employees of the
Farrand Organ Co., which was 600 strong,
and passed the day at Sugar Island. The
organ makers came back well attuned, and
with the consciousness that the crowd as
a whole was $200 richer than when it left
in the morning. Prizes to that amount were
donated by both outside and local firms, and
were the award of victory in a long list of
games that went to fill up the day.
fa.oo l & R YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES to CENTS
INCORPORATED IN OHIO.
[Special to The Review.]
Columbus, O., July 8, 1901.
Among the certificates of incorporation
filed with the Secretary* of State this week-
was that of the Smith & Phillips Music Co.,
of East Liverpool. The purpose is to carry
on a general business for the sale of pianos,
organs and other musical instruments. Cap-
ital stock, $50,000.
THE ESTEY PIANO
FNTBUFFALO.
A. Dalryinple, the Estey Piano Co.'s road
ambassador, is making his headquarters dur-
ing July and August at the warerooms of
F. S. Slade, the widely-esteemed dealer, 39
Niagara street, Buffalo, N. Y., and all vis-
itors interested in pianos are cordially invited
to call while visiting the Exposition city.
A representative line of Estey pianos is be-
ing displayed, and if visitors are not ac-
quainted with Messrs. Dalrymple or Slade
they will regret, after a chat with these genial
members of the trade, that they did not know
them sooner. Like the pianos they repre-
sent, they are, to use an old saw, high-grade,
grand and upright, all the way through.
THE ARTISTIC HOME OF THE VOSE.
The decorative effects of the new home
of the Vose piano in Chicago are the sub-
ject of many compliments in various daily
papers these days. Especially singled out
for comment of a favorable nature have been
the Louis XV. room in graded pink and
green, with draperies to correspond; another
of the period of the Empire, in yellow, green
and orange, and a third of the Renaissance,
in pink and cream, with floral garlands in
the border; a Colonial, in blue and gold,
and a Louis XVI. in pink and cream. In
such artistic environment are shown some
of the finest creations in Vose pianos ever
turned out by these Twentieth Century man-
ufacturers.
THE ANGELUS ON THE PACIFIC.
Sherman, Clay & Co., of San Francisco,
are displaying their usual enterprise in the
development of interest in the Angelus piano-
player on the Pacific Coast. They have re-
cently issued some artistically conceived and
neatly executed literature, which has been
sent to the leading people in that section,
who are invited to visit their warerooms and
become' better acquainted with the possibil-
ities of the Angelus. That the dignified
and business-like methods of Sherman,
Clay & Co. in behalf of the Angelus will
win still greater results is obvious.