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THE
OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.
Pianos and Other Musical Instruments Shipped
Abroad From the Port of New York for the
Week Just Ended.
[Special to The Review.]
Washington, D. C , Dec. 8, 1903.
The following are the exports of musical
instruments and kindred lines from the port
of New York for the week just ended:
Algoa Bay—3 packages talking machines,
$200; 73 packages organs, $2,554; 1 package
pianos, $130.
Amsterdam—7 packages organ material,
$725-
Antwerp—200 packages talking machines,
$6,327.
Abo—103 packages talking machines,
$6,162.
Berlin—1 package talking machines, $100.
Buenos Ayres—6 packages talking ma-
chines, $225; 7 packages organs, $458; 8
packages talking machines, $657.
Bombay—71 packages talking machines,
$1,193; l 7 packages talking machines, $328;
54 packages talking machines, $906; 15 pack-
ages talking machines, $287.
Bradford—10 cases talking machines,
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Smyrna—1 package pianos, $250.
St. Johns—6 packages organs, $306.
Utrecht—3 packages organ material, $202.
Vienna—8 packages talking machines,
$322.
Veile—4 packages organ material, $190.
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BENNETT-BRETZ CO. IN TROUBLE
Receiver Appointed on Saturday—Liabilities Small
—Material Seized Addressed to W. C. Ben-
nett.
[Special to The Review.]
Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 8, 1903.
A GREAT CECILIAN YEAR.
Harry M. Bretz, receiver of the Bennett-
A Steady Advance During 1903—Well Considered Bretz Piano Co., this morning seized a
Publicity and Recitals With the Merit of the In- wagonload of unfinished material for pianos
strument Have Resulted in an Army of addressed to W. C. Bennett, Harlem River
Admirers.
and One Hundred and Thirty-first street,
The Farrand Organ Co. are now ap- New York. Mr. Bennett was president of
proaching the close of a campaign, which, the company and, it is alleged, the material
during the past year has been prosecuted was removed from the establishment of the
in such a dignified and successful manner company, on Market street, after the receiver
as to have brought about all the results was appointed.
The appointment of a receiver was made
hoped for.
During this period the Ce-
cilian piano player has been placed with by the Dauphin County Court on Saturday
many notable retail houses, and to-day it on petition of Charles H. Bergner, counsel
is marketed in a manner in keeping with for Anson P. Dare and John P. Gohl. This
company was incorporated June 19, 1902, for
its intrinsic merits.
The grand tour of Hubert O. Fox and the manufacture and sale of pianos, organs
Miss Carrie Bridewell, the contralto of the and other musical instruments, and formerly
Metropolitan Opera House, was only one had its manufactory in the Auditorium
$200.
of several plans which the Farrand Organ Building, on Howard street. The company
Copenhagen—6 packages organs, $129.
Co. took to bring to public notice the ar- was capitalized at $250,000; of this sum
Callao—1 box music, $135.
tistic
musical possibilities of the Cecilian only capital stock to the par value of about
Cienfuegos—3 packages talking machines,
player.
They demonstrated in a most con- $43,000 had been issued and held by the
$191.
vincing manner that the Cecilian has the stockholders.
Chafkow—4 packages organs, $419.
Delagoa Bay—1 package pianos, $119; 2 ability to operate the piano equal to any
The directors of the company are J. G.
packages organs, $100.
Diffenderfer, Anson P. Dare, Robert C. Neal,
virtuoso and as accompanist is flawless.
Florence—1 package pianos, $275.
The many improvements embodied in Jr., Robert A. Carl, J. Frank Hutchinson,
Glasgow—51 packages organs, $2,050;
122 packages talking machines, $1,829; *4 the Cecilian, particularly the devices for Samuel W. McCullough and W. C. Bennett.
packages talking machines, $1,000.
governing expression, have endowed it The company stopped the manufacture of
Genoa—2 packages Cecilians, $320.
with almost human attributes. This has pianos some time ago and has since been
Hull—14 packages organs and material,
been proved time and time again by closing out its affairs with a view of ask-
$350.
Mr.
Fox and other demonstrators during ing for a receiver. The liabilities of the
Hamburg—45 packages organs and ma-
the
many
concerts given in cities from the company are said to be very small.
terial, $3,336; 8 packages pianos, $1,058; 2
packages music, $158.
Pacific to the Atlantic and from Canada to
INCORPORATED IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Havana—7 packages talking machines, the Gulf.
$123.
The Huntington Music Co. with a capital
One other important point which the
Havre—38 packages talking machines,
stock
of $50,000 was incorporated with the
Farrand Organ Co. have followed intelli-
$475-
Secretary
of the State of West Virginia this
gently and without any consideration of
Hamilton—3 packages organs, $648.
week.
The
incorporators are: A. T. Simms,
Kingston—2 packages organs, $112; 1 cost is the matter of publicity. Cecilian
C.
B.
Couch,
M. M. Williamson, C. E. Rude-
package pianos, $170.
advertising has appeared and is now ap-
Lisbon—8 packages talking machines, pearing in thirty-one of the leading monthly sill, H. L. Flournor, J. G. W. Tompkins,
$148.
Morgan C. Williams, Frank Ripley, Charles-
Liverpool—16 packages talking machines publications which have a combined cir- ton, W. Va.; J. R. Vest, Huntington, W.
and material, $297; 3 packages pianos, $500; culation of over eleven millions, and con-
7 packages organs and material, $909; 115 sidering that about five times that number Va.
packages talking machines, $921; 37 pack- of people read these announcements it
BOBZIN WILL COVER OLD TERRITORY.
ages organs, $4,112; 3 packages musical means that fifty-five millions of people are
strings, $286; 5 packages music, $390.
C. C. Bobzin, who, as recently announced
London—26 packages organs, $1,300; 19 becoming acquainted with the Cecilian.
This publicity is intelligently followed up in The Review, has been appointed man-
packages organs, $1,735 ; 10 packages pianos,
$530; 2,845 packages talking machines, $39,- by correspondence in answer to the myriad ager of the musical merchandise depart-
679; 2 packages piano players, $210; 53 pack- of inquiries received and everything pos- ment of the Oliver Ditson Co.'s business,
ages pianolas, $16,050; 7 packages music,
will continue to cover his old territory in
$661; 27 packages organs and material, sible is done to help the trade of the
the East from his headquarters in Boston.
dealer
in
his
locality.
Other
pub-
$1,445 > 34 packages talking machines, $3,-
licity used has included artistic booklets The latter now comes under the jurisdic-
994; 15 packages piano players, $1,700.
La Guayra—9 packages talking machines, and bill board advertising. Large eight tion of the Eastern headquarters of Lyon
$143-
sheet posters admirably gotten up have ap- & Healv.
Melbourne—24 packages talking machines, peared in many of the leading cities
$950; 6 packages pianos, $624; 4 packages throughout the country.
FRANCIS CONNOR A BUSY MAN
musical instruments, $373; 12 packages talk-
Needless to say that this active and well
Francis Connor, 107 East 124th street,
ing material, $520; 5 packages pianos and
material, $610; 13 packages organs, $2,294. devised work would avail nothing were it famous as the manufacturer of "The Right
Milan—2 packages Cecilians, $320.
not for the fact that the Cecilian in itself Piano at the Right Price," is having a busy
Manchester—140 packages talking ma- presents a great artistic value, which is time supplying the Connor agents with
chines, $3,587.
Montevideo—3 packages talking machines, steadily winning its way into a large meas- Connor pianos for their Christmas trade.
ure of appreciation both at home and So great is the demand that it is to be al-
$103.
abroad.
Odessa—2 packages pianos, $498.
most impossible to keep the Connor ware-
Porto Alegre—1 case pianos, $112.
rooms at 4 East 42d street properly sup-
Fred. Barlow, of G. A. Barlow's Son,
Port au Prince—1 package musical instru-
plied with stock for sale and exhibition.
ments, $100.
Trenton, N. J., Everett agent in that city and
Pernambuco—4 packages talking ma- one of Trenton's most successful and pop-
The Bates Piano Co., of Worcester,
chines, $184.
ular citizens, was a caller this week at the Mass., who handle the Weber, Kroeger,
Rath, India—1 case organs, $335.
St. Petersburg—2 packages talking ma- Everett eastern headquarters in this city and Strich & Zeidler and other well known
pianos have enlarged their store.
left a substantial order.
chines, $177,