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THE
MUSIC TRKDE REVIEW
OUR EXPORT AND IMPORT TRADE.
BUILDING SAID TO BE DEFICIENT.
[Special to The Review.]
[Special to The Review.]
Washington, D. C, May 5, 1902.
Minneapolis, Minn., May 5, 1902.
The summary of exports and imports of
The Metropolitan Music Co. have gone to
the commerce of the United States for the the courts to defend their claim regarding the
month of March, 1902, the latest period for leasehold contract on which they took pos-
which it has been compiled, has just been session of their handsome building on Sixth
issued by the Treasury Department. The street, and the courts will have to pass upon
figures relating to the music trade industry the question before lasting relations are fixed
are as follows:
between the builders and the company.
The dutiable imports of musical instru-
The action was begun by Richard M. Brad-
ments during March amounted to $74,355, ley, Henry B. Cabot and Arthur Lyman, as
as compared with $79,220 worth of instru- trustees. The building was erected under
ments whch were imported the same month a contract with the Metropolitan Music Co.,
of 1901. The nine months' total, ending whereby they were to have the whole building
March, shows importations valued at $779,- and pay as rental a certain percentage of the
390, as against $747,357 worth of musical cost. The plaintiffs claimed that the building
instruments imported during the same period cost $57,984.76, while in an answer filed by
of 1901. This gives an increase in imports for the music company, it is claimed they were
the nine mouths ending March of $32,033.
vastly deceived regarding the building. The
The import figures for the nine months' company claim that there were many bad
period for the three years are as follows: points and faulty construction and that the
1900, $897,927; 1901, $747,357; and 1902, building in reality only cost $55,586.59, and
tenders the proper rental on that basis.
$779,390-
Incidentally the defendants bring a claim
The total domestic exports of musical in-
struments for March, 1902, amounted to for $4,000 damages because the building was
$175,042, as compared with $286,902, which not constructed according to the lines laid
was the value of the instruments exported clown in the contract.
The Ladies Thursday Musicale, Northwest-
the same month of the previous year. The
nine months' total exportation of musical in- ern Conservatory of Music Co., and other
struments amounted to $2,793,843, against tenants are also made defendants.
$1,969,026 for the same period in 1901. This
THOMSON VISITS MILLER PLANT.
shows an increase in exports for the nine
Speaks in high praise of the Miller Organs which he
months ending March of $824,817.
handles at his various stores in Great Britain.
The export figures for the nine months'
period for the three years are as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. William Thomson, who
1900, $1,497,671; 1901, $1,969,026; 1902, have been the guests of the Miller Organ Co.,
$2,793,843.
have left on an extensive tour of the north-
Of the aggregate exportations in March, eastern part of the United States and south-
1902, there were 621 organs valued at $63,- ern part of Canada. Their itinerary includes
682, as compared with 1,232 exported in 1901 New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash-
and valued at $79,403. The nine months' ington, Pittsburg, Chicago, Niagara Falls,
total shows that we exported 13,044 organs, Toronto ami Montreal, from which place
valued at $932,383, as against 13,003 valued iai.er they lake passage to their home in
at $879,358 for the same period in 1901, and Glasgow, Scotland.
Mr. Thomson, whose main shops are at
12,991, valued at $793,340 for the same pe-
Glasgow,
sells more American organs than
riod in 1900.
any
firm
in the British islands, having
In March, 1902, we exported 142 pianos,
branches
at
Belfast, Ireland; Falkirk and
valued at $26,565, as against 145 pianos, val-
Yv'isham, Scotland. After a thorough ac-
ued at $26,432 in March, 1901. The nine
quaintance and study of the leading Ameri-
months' total exports show 1,706 pianos, val-
ca:! and Canadian organs, he has made the
va
ued at $320,334, as compared with 1,235 l~
Miller organ his leader.
ued at $253,804, exported in the same period
This is an acknowledgement of the merits
in 1901, and 1,293, valued at $263,566 for
of
the Miller organ, of which the Miller com-
the same period in 1900.
pany justly feel proud, and no less an indi-
The value of "all other instruments and
cation that Air. Thomson is level-headed and
parts thereof" sent abroad during .March,
Knows a good thing when he comes across
1902, amounted to $84,795 > m t n e s a m e
i'. and is disposed to give his constituency
month of 1901 their value was estimated at the best obtainable in his line.—Lebanon, Pa.,
$181,067. The total exports for the nine
months under this heading foot up $1,541,- Daily News.
C. C. Colby is giving a series of Pianola
126, as against $835,864 exported during the
same period of 1901, and $440,765 exported recitals every afternoon and evening at his
during the same period in 1900. This shows warerooms in Erie, Pa., and is attracting quite
an increase for 1902 over the previous year a fashionable crowd of people to his hand-
some warerooms.
of $705,262.
MR. 0. A. KIMBALL'S FUNERAL
The remains of Orrin A. Kimball, treas-
urer of the Emerson Piano Co., who died at
his ranch in Phcenix, Ariz., on April 15th,
arrived in Boston on Saturday. The funeral
services were held at Forest Hills Chapel,
Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, and were
largely attended by a wide circle of friends in
and outside of the music trade.
M
EVERETTS IN CARLOAD LOTS.
Porter & Son, the Prominent Dealers of Lima and
Findlay, 0 . , have Purchased four Carloads of
Everett and Harvard Pianos —An Order that
shows the Big Business Transacted by this
Concern.
B. S. Porter, senior member of the old re-
liable music firm, Porter & Son, of Lima, O.,
was in Cincinnati last week and during his
visit closed a contract with the manufactur-
ers of the Everett and Harvard pianos, call-
ing for the immediate shipment of two car-
loads of those celebrated instruments to
Lima and two carloads to be shipped to the
firm's store in Findlay.
This is a straw which shows how the wind
blows. As the Lima Times-Democart well
says: "Such large purchases of high-class
pianos would not be made if Porter & Son
were not doing a large business. The fact
of the matter is that this old reliable house is
doing an immense business. It is really won-
derful how many pianos they are putting out
all the time."
BIG FIRE IN NEW MILFORD.
In the disastrous fire which destroyed be-
tween forty and fifty buildings in New Mil-
ford on Monday, the music store of A. L.
Conkey was among those burned up. The fire
practically cleaned out the entire business sec-
tion of the town, but as soon as the insur-
ance is adjusted the citizens intend to rebuild.
Mr. Conkey carried a large stock and trans-
acted an excellent business.
SPEAKERS AT THE BANQUET.
Welcome to the National Piano Manufac-
turers' Association and the guests, by Edwin
S. Con way.
Remarks, by Win. Dalliba Duttou.
George A. Gibson, "Competition."
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D. 1). Woodmansee, "Business and Citizen-
ship."
Hon. Charles R. Schirm, "Harmony as a
Civilizing Influence."
And members of the trade.
BUFFALO AFTER CONVENTION.
The Buffalo News says that "Robert L.
Loud, the well-known piano dealer, is work-
ing with the secretary to get the National
Association of Piano Manufacturers to hold
their convention here next year. The associa-
tion meets, in Baltimore May 13 and repre-
sentations in behalf of Buffalo will be laid
before the convention by Mr. Treat and Mr.
Loud in person. 1 '
The Cable Co., who recently opened a
branch store in Birmingham, Ala., under the
management of J. E. Shelby, are prosecuting
an active business campaign. Their head-
quarters are at 2025 First avenue, and the
salesroom is a model of arrangement and
beauty and a handsome display is made.
BEHR BROS. & CO.
PIANOS,
29th Street and 11th Ave., NEW YORK.
HIGHEST STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE.