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THE
MUSIC TRADE
11
REVIEW
OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.
THE CECILIAN IN CANADA.
W. R. GULLETT WESTWARD BOUND.
Pianos and Other Musical Instruments Shipped
Abroad From the Port of New York for the
Week Just Ended.
Many Notable Sales Made by Willis & Co. to
Prominent Personalities in the Dominion.
The Ambassador for the Henry and S. G. Linde-
man Piano is Visiting the South, From Which
Point He Will Journey to the Pacific Coast,
Visiting the Trade En Route.
[Special to The Review.]
Washing-ton, D. C, Feb. 24, 1904.
The following- are the exports of musical
instruments and kindred lines from the
port of New York for the week just ended:
Algoa Bay—14 packages, talking ma-
chines, $656; 25 packages organs, $1,286; 3
packages pianos, $865.
Bombay—30 packages talking machines,
$874.
Berlin—6 packages talking machines and
material, $390; 15 packages talking ma-
chines, $1,036.
Buenaventura—3 packages pianos, $439.
Buenos Ayres—4 packages organs, $415;
15 packages talking machines, $1,412.
Bradford—10 packages talking machines,
$193-
Christiania—10 packages organs, $640.
Constantinople—2 packages organs, $325.
Cape Town—16 packages organs, $534;
48 packages organs and material, $1,783;
13 packages talking machines, $373; 6
packages music, $300.
Esmeralda—2 packages talking machines
and material, $174.
Guayaquil—I package piano players,
$125; n packages pianos, $135.
Glasgow—11 packages talking machines,
$203.
Genoa—24 packages pianos, $3,500.
Havana—12 packages talking machines,
$594; 10 packages talking machines, $209.
Havre—9 packages talking machines,
$400; 2 packages pianos and material, $600.
Hamburg—20 packages talking ma-
chines, $280; 3 packages piano players,
$350; 8 packages pianos, $525.
Inegua—1 package pianos, $130.
Kingston—3 packages pianos, $338.
La Guayra—5 packages talking ma-
chines, $110.
London—1 package pianos and material,
$130; 18 packages talking machines, $4,000.
Liverpool—97 packages organs, $7,795 ; 2
packages music strings, $117; 19 packages
organs and material, $2,504; 45 packages
talking machines, $1,739.
Libau—12 packages talking machines,
$664.
Manchester—50 packages talking ma-
chines, $265.
Oporto—4 packages talking machines,
$166.
Odessa—6 packages organs, $218.
Para—7 packages talking machines, $225.
Rostov—6 packages organs, $288.
Rangoon—12 packages talking machines,
$278.
Shanghai—20 packages talking machines,
$1,442.
Trieste—1 case organs, $320.
Valparaiso—4 packages piano players,
$224.
Yokohama—2 packages talking ma-
chines, $140.
Willis & Co., of Montreal, Canada, have
been doing some very successful work of
W. R. Gullett, general road representative
late in introducing the Cecilian piano
for the firm of Henry and S. G. Lindeman,
player. They have recently installed
Cecilians in the homes of the following the well known piano manufacturers of this
prominent persons : Hon. Judge Mathieu, city, is at present wending his way toward
of the Canadian Superior Court; Hon. the Pacific Coast by way of New Orleans. He
James McDonald, Chief Justice of Nova has been well received at all points and is
Scotia; Charles R. Hosmer, President of adding still further to the laurels which he
the Canadian Pacific Telegraph Co.; J. H. has won during his three years connection
Hibbert, Manager of the Manufacturers' with this house.
Mr. Gullett is well equipped for his posi-
Life Insurance Co.; James Duval, pro-
prietor of the Terminal Railway Hotel,
Montreal; Mr. Arthur Roy, a well known
architect and a noted musician and J. T.
Gnaedinger, president of the Gnaedinger
Fur Co., also a noted musician.
The high character and standing of the
foregoing emphasizes the esteem in which
the Cecilian is held in Montreal and
vicinity.
CHARGES AGAINST LIKES NOT PROVEN.
[Special to The Review.]
Marion, Ind., Feb. 23, 1904.
After being out one hour, the jury in the
case of Lemuel Likes, charged with embez-
zlement, returned a verdict of not guilty. A
second charge of larceny was then dis-
missed. Likes was the manager of the
Marion business of the Carlin & Lennox
Piano Co., of Indianapolis, and his em-
ployers charged him with keeping money
which he collected.
DEATH OF CAPT. W. H. KOONTZ.
Captain Wm. H. Koontz, a well known
and highly esteemed music dealer of Brad-
dock, Pa., died suddenly last week as he
was about to sit down to the supper table
in his home 202 Camp avenue, that city.
Captain Koontz was a veteran of the Civil
War and was fifty-eight years old. He is
survived by a widow one daughter and two
sons.
tion of piano ambassador. He is enterpris-
ing, resourceful and possesses a most pleas-
ing personality which helps him to make
friends and sales everywhere. Through the
efforts of Mr. Gullett the Henry and S. G.
Lindeman piano is steadily augmenting its
army of friends in all sections of the country.
HELD ON CHARGE OF GRAND LARCENY.
HERE'S ANOTHER ODD COMBINATION.
[Special to The Review.]
Columbus, O., Feb. 23, 1904.
Scott Foster was arraigned in Police
Court Thursday morning on two charges
of grand larceny for the alleged theft of
musical instruments from the store of
Moore & Brock, 80 North High street,
where he was employed as a porter. Foster
pleaded not guilty, waived examination and
was held for the grand jury under a bond
of $1,000.
W. R. GULLETT.
The United Organ and Carriage Co., of
Portland, was incorporated with the au-
thorities of Oregon this week with a capi-
tal stock of $50,000. R. M. Cramer, J.
A. Cramer and John McNeal are the incor-
porators.
The machinery and buildings
are on the ground and workmen are rapidly
getting the plant in shape.
SLIM CHANCES.
BIG EXPORT ORDERS FOR WEAVER CO.
With all the bombastovitch for which he is
The name and good will of Canney's
The Weaver Organ and Piano Co., of Music Store in Portsmouth, N. H., was this noted, Marcusky Blumenbergovitch an-
York, Pa., have received an export order week sold to M. Canney Edson, who has nounces that he is the only man capable of
for 50 instruments to be shipped to Rotter- heretofore been in charge of this business. acting as judge at the St. Louis World's Fair.
dam, Holland. The company have about
Speaks rather poorly for the moral and intel-
The American Record Co., of New York, lectual resources of the music tradeovitch.
completed another large order for Buenos
Ayres, Argentine Republic, part of which was incorporated in Albany, this week, for We rather incline to the belief that the
the purpose of manufacturing phonograph
will be transhipped to Uruguay.
records, with a capital of $10,000. The di- chances are greater of his filling an important
Many of the Canadian piano manufac- rectors are: J. K. Perry and H. B. Walms- position in Hadesovitch than getting the
ley, New York, and A. B. Smith, Brooklyn. official plumosky for which he longsovitch.
turers are complaining of a lack of fuel.
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