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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.
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
Tampico—4 pkgs. pianos and material, $539.
Trinidad—1 pkg. pianos, $125.
Valparaiso—5 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $222.
Vienna—10 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $586.
(Special to The Hevlew.)
THE CHICKERINQ LEADS
Washington, D. C, May 29, 1905.
The following were the exports of musical in- In the Popularity Contest Inaugurated by the
strji/iints and kindred line? from th3 Por". ol
Advertising Department of the Christian En-
Now York for the week jus-'t ended:
deavor World.
Berlin—1 pkg. pianos, $500; 57 pkgp. talking
Some interesting facts regarding the popularity
machines and material, $2,018; 11 pkg.s. organs
and material, $471; 2 pkgs pianos and mater- of the Chickering piano are conveyed in the fol-
lowing information given out by Piper & Mcln
ial, $500.
Bremen—2 pkgs. organs and matehia.'.. $22R; tire, representatives of the Chickering pianos, at
Manchester, N. H. They say:
1 pkg. pianos, $350.
"The advertising department of The Christian
Bristol—1 pkg. pianos, $300; 10 pkga. talking
Endeavor World, recently made a canvass of their
machines and material, $740.
Bombay—77 pkgs. talking machines and ma- subscribers for the purpose of getting informa-
tion which might be useful to their advertising
terial, $1,222.
Brussels—10 pkgs. talking machines anu ma- patrons. Among other questions they were asked
if they had a piano in the house, and if so, what
terial, $282.
Buenos Ayres—30 pkgs. talking machines and make. It was found that over 50 per cent, of the
material, $2,933; 2 pkgs. pianos and material, readers of the above publication had a piano, and
$330; 6 pkgs. pianos and material, $744; 4 pkgs. that 2,250 of them had a Chickering. There were
nearly 250 different makes of pianos represented,
organs and material, $138.
Callao—3 pkgs. organs and material, $404; 6 and the Chickering was in more homes tnan any
other."
pkgs. talking machines and material, $1,069.
Cienfuegos—18 pkgs. talking machines and
material, $299.
WEAVER BRANCHING OUT.
Colon—1 pkg. organs and material, $175; 3
P.
C.
Weaver
Piano Co. to Call a Meeting for
pkgs. talking machines and material, $100.
the
Purpose
of Increasing
Capital to
Dublin—29 pkgs. talking machines and mater-
$100,000.
ial, $638.
Gothenberg—25 pkgs. organs, $745.
(Special to The Review.)
Glasgow—2 pkgs. pianos and material, $575;
Ottawa, 111., May 29, 1905.
3 pkgs. talking machines and material, $147.
The P. C. Weaver Piano Co. of this city has
Guayaquil—12 pkgs. talking machines and ma- called a meeting of the directors of the company
terial, $255.
for June 16 to act upon a proposition to increase
Hamburg—19 pkgs. pianos and material, $812; the capital stock of the company from $25,000 to
16 pkgs. organs and material, $1,030; 13 pkgs.
$100,000. This action on the part of the company
piano players, $2,550; 2 pkgs. talking machines
is necessitated by the constantly increasing busi-
and material, $115; 3 pkgs. music, $310.
ness of the local factory. Since the company
Hamilton—8 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
was organized in November, 1903, the growth of
terial, $150.
the plant has been steady. From a small con-
Helsingfors—1 pkg. pianos, $300.
cern employing a dozen men it has grown to a
Havana—6 pkgs. piano players, $550; 1 pkg. flourishing institution with forty employes on
pianos, $150; 9 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
the pay roll.
terial, $413.
The present building is not large enough, and
Havre—24 pkgs. talking machines and materi-
with the present capital it is impossible to carry
al, $1,603; 1 pkg. pianos and material, $10.
such a stock of material as their business re-
Hobart—6 pkgs. organs and material, $350.
quires.
Hong Kong—4 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
A large block of the new issue of stock will ba
terial, $152.
offered for sale at Ottawa. The present plant of
Hull—15 pkgs. talking machines and material,
the P. C. Weaver Co. is worth in the neighbor-
$765.
hood of $40,000.
Kingston—7 pks. organs and material, $225.
La Paz—5 pkgs. organs and material, $236.
TO MAKE PIANOS IN TOLEDO.
Limon—4 pkgs. piano players and material,
$485.
Much Secrecy is Being Observed by a Concern
Liverpool—12 pkgs. organs and material, $670;
Who Are Now Making Pianos in East
31 pkgs. talking machines and material, $841.
Toledo as an Experiment.
London—12 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $9,920; 65 piano players and material,
(Special to The Review.)
$10,450; 121 pkgs. talking machines and material,
Toledo, O., May 27, 1905.
$4,358; 16 pkgs. organs and material, $2,500; 27
A quiet movement is on foot at present which
pkgs. music, $1,911.
has as its object the establishment of a piano
Maracaibo—5 pkgs. talking machines and ma- factory in Toledo. So far has the project pro-
terial, $141.
gressed that at present 25 pianos are now nearly
Manchester—5 pkgs. talking machines and ma- completed and these are to be placed on sale
terial, $2.47.
about the first of October.
Melbourne—24 pkgs. organs and material,
The pianos are at present being built in East
$1,496; 38 pkgs. talking machines and material, Toledo and it is understood that the final outcome
$794.
of the experiment will depend largely upon the
Oporto—4 pkgs. pianos and material, $326; success attending the sale of the instruments
18 pkgs. talking machines and material, $482.
which are now being made. Should it be found
Para—3 pkgs. pianos and material, $120; 19 that there is a good market for them in Toledo
pkgs. talking machines and material, $675.
or elsewhere, a large piano factory will likely be
Port Chalmers—34 pkgs. talking machines and built in this city for the exclusive manufacture
material, $957; 2 pkgs. pianos and material, $228;
of this kind of instruments.
20 pkgs. organs and material, $839.
Although great secrecy is being maintained
Savanilla—1 pkg. organs and material, $129. about the movement, those at the head of the
Shanghai—7 pkgs. talking machines and ma- concern have already engaged their city sales-
terial, $265.
man and he has been authorized to rent a suit-
Sheffield—12 pkgs. talking machines and ma- able downtown salesroom, where the home-made
terial, $132.
pianos are to be seen about the first of October.
Sydney—172 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $3,912; 10 pkgs. organs and material,
Robert L. Loud is advertising an alteration
$450; 5 pkgs. music strings, $1,000.
gale in the Buffalo papers.
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IMPROVED TRADE IN TWIN CITIES.
Most
Encouraginig
Reports from
Leading
Dealers—May Makes Good Showing After
All—Week's News Budget.
(.Special to The Review.)
Minneapolis and St. Paul, May 29, 1905.
A change for the better in trade was reported
last week. It was evident that the piano trade
had been enlivened somewhat by the encour-
aging tone in which comments were made all
along the line. It was stated generally that the
results for May, even on account of the setback
for the larger portion of the month, would be
fully as good as a year ago.
"We had, on the whole, a very satisfactory vol-
ume of business last week," said W. J. Dyer, of
St. Paul, "and the prospects seem brighter than
they have at any time during the month. The
country business, especially, is in excellent shape.
You can surmise that by the fact that one man
sent in an order for a Steinway grand and a
Knabe upright, in addition to other orders, last
week."
"Our May business is considerably ahead of
last year," said David McKee, of the Cable Com-
pany. "This is chiefly due to business obtained
from outside. The city trade, however, is show-
ing signs of picking up, and was much better
last week."
Grant P. Wagner, of Howard, Farwell & Co.
(who have stores both in Minneapolis and St.
Paul, also one in Duluth), reported trade some-
what slow, but still fully as good, if not better,
than had been expected earlier in the year. Their
results, he stated, were fully as good as a year
ago at this time, and there seemed a fair pros-
pect that they would be better at the end of the
year.
"Business was quite fair last week," said R. O.
Foster, of Foster & Waldo, "though not by any
means as good as it ought to be. June will prob-
ably be a pretty good month, from present pros-
pects."
S. W. Raudenbush, of St. Paul, said: "We have
had two pretty good weeks' business at both our
stores this month, and the results are better
than in May last year. May, too, has been a bet-
ter month than April. A Sohmer grand was
among our sales this week."
"I look for a pretty good month's business in
June," said E. R. Dyer, of the Metropolitan Music
Co. "May was hardly an average month. But
we have some excellent prospects which promise
to develop in the next few weeks."
S. E. Moist, who has been salesman for the
Minneapolis Music Co. for some time, changed
over to C. M. Raugland last week.
CABLE-NELSON CO. DONATE PIANO.
The Cable-Nelson Co. have donated the first
piano manufactured in their new factory at
South Haven to the Board of Trade of that city.
President Abell, of the Board, suggested buying
the instrument at cost, but Mr. Nelson improved
upon this by donating the instrument free of
charge. One of the local papers, the Tribune,
contained some very flattering words regarding
the merits of these instruments, and closed thus:
"While the generous offer of Mr. Nelson was
somewhat unexpected, it was not altogether a
surprise to those who have known the interest
which Mr. Cable and Mr. Nelson are taking in
South Haven. This action is only another in-
stance of the assistance they have rendered the
Board of Trade in swinging this big proposi-
tion."
ORGANIZE AMATEUR ORCHESTRA.
An amateur orchestra has been organized in
Jacksonville, Fla. Among those very actively in-
terested are Frank Chase, of the Cable Piano Co.,
Jaspersen Smith, of the Ludden-Campbell-Smlth
Co., and a number of prominent teachers and
musicians. Meetings for purposes of organiza-
tion Have been held at the warerooms of the Cable
Company and also at the Ludden-Campbell-Smith
Co.'s store.