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THE
REVIEW
flUJIC TIRADE
VOL. XLI. No. 11.
Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 1 Madison Ave., New York, Sept. 16, 1905.
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.)
St. Johns—2 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $123.
St. Petersburg—14 pkgs. talking machines and
material, $851.
Tampico—4 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $113; 2 pkgs. pianos and material, $190.
Valparaiso—36 pkgs. talking machines and
material, $2,572.
Vienna—6 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $280.
Yokohama-—18 pkgs. talking machines and
material, $1,153.
Washington, D. C, Sept. 11, 1905.
The following were the exports of musical in-
struments and kindred lines from the port of
New York for the week just ended:
Antwerp—1 pkg. pianos and material, $250.
Bahia—2 pkgs. organs and material, $166; 7
pkgs. talking machines and material, $128; 3
PRESIDENT DOUGHERTY RETURNS
pkgs. pianos and material, $641.
Bremen—9 pkgs. piano players and material, From His European Vacation—In Fine Fettle.
$900.
Bristol—1 case pianos, $225.
T. E. Dougherty, president of the Schaeffer
Bordeaux—1 case pianos, $450.
Piano Mfg. Co., of Chicago and Kankakee, 111.,
Buenos Ayres—1 case pianos and material, arrived from Europe last week and spent some
$100; 1 case pianos and material, $250.
days in this city, accompanied by Mrs. Dougherty,
Cape Town—2 cases organs and material, previous to leaving for the West.
$272; 23 cases organs and material, $997.
He had a very pleasant vacation, spending most
Corinto—1 pkg. music, $100.
of his time in England, Belgium, Holland, Swit-
Copenhagen—7 pkgs. talking machines and ma- zerland and on the Rhine. He was delighted with
terial, $126.
the scenery of Switzerland, and sententiously re-
Dundee—4 cases organs, $132.
marked that he considered the English the most
Glasgow—21 pkgs. talking machines and mate- wide-awake people on the other side, and the
rial, $3,000.
French the slowest. He did not make any trade
Hamburg—12 cases pianos and material, $376; visits while abroad, excepting a social call on Mr.
4 cases organs, $160; 4 pkgs. talking machines Mason, manager of the Aeolian Hall in London,
and material, $101; 9 pkgs. musical instruments, and on the manager of the Paris branch of this
$2,250; 620 pkgs. talking machines and material, concern. In both cities he reported their hav-
$3,806.
ing magnificent establishments and doing a very
Hamilton—1 pkg. musical goods, $108.
fine business. In Munich he met Mr. Bassett, of
Havana—4 cases pianos and material, $208; 6 French & Bassett, of Duluth, and in London and
pkgs. talking machines and material, $234.
Paris came across Arnold Somlyo.
Havre—30 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
Mr. and Mrs. Dougherty have been much bene-
rial, $1,886.
fited by their European trip. He reported that
Jersey—1 case pianos, $350.
the advices from home were to the effect that the
Limon—9 pkgs. talking machines and mate- new addition to the factory at Kankakee has been
practically completed, and this will enable them
rial, $119.
Liverpool—1 case organs, $200; 5 pkgs. talk- to increase their output from twenty-five to thirty
ing machines and material, $350; 17 cases pianos per cent. In view of the growing demand for the
and material, $1,549; 59 pkgs. talking machines new Schaeffer styles, the company will be com-
and material, $506; 9 pkgs. pianos and material, pelled to utilize all of their resources in order
to keep in touch with the demand.
$1,277; 46 cases organs and material, $4,999.
London—5 cases pianos and material, $405;
31 pkgs. piano players and material, $6,890; 35
PATENT DECISION OF INTEREST.
cases organs and material, $7,147; 844 pkgs. talk-
The Commissioner of Patents has just handed
ing machines and material, $8,782; 10 pkgs.
down a decision in the trade marked goods where-
music goods, $1,013; 9 cases organs and mate- by it is held that the registration of a trade-
rial, $257.
mark is prima facie evidence of ownership, and
Manila—23 pkgs. talking machines and mate- therefore the burden of proof is upon the oppos-
rial, $1,827.
ing applicant in an interference. An applicant
Manchester—5 pkgs. talking machines and for the registration of a trade-mark in interfer-
ence with a registrant cannot prevail by show-
material, $197.
ing that the registrant has parted with the owner-
Naples—1 case pianos and material, $210.
ship of the mark, but only by showing that he,
Pilsen—1 case organs and material, $120.
Portsmouth—1 case pianos and material, $120. the applicant, is the owner. Where the regis-
Pregreso—44 pkgs. talking machines and ma- trant shows that he was the first to adopt and use
the trade-mark, and the opposing applicant for
terial, $1,021.
Rio Janeiro—18 pkgs. talking machines and registration fails to show that he derived title
from the registrant, then the decision must be in
material, $1,271.
favor of the registrant.
Santander—1 case organs, $300.
Santo Domingo—1 case pianos and material,
The Hoeffler Mfg. Co. have closed their busi-
$126; 5 pkgs. talking machines and material,
ness in Stevens Point, Wis., and Mr. Hoeffler will
$169.
hereafter devote his entire attention to the elec-
Sydney—14 pkgs. pianos and material, $2,000; tric piano business in his Milwaukee offices.
249 pkgs. talking machines and material, $5,-
296.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
BIRKEL'S NEW QUARTERS.
Secure Nine Floors and W i l l Make a Number
of
Important
Improvements—Provision
Made For Steinway
Recital
Hall and
Various Piano Rooms.
(Special to The Review.)
Los Angeles, Cal., September 9, 1905.
The George J. Birkel Co., music dealers, at
345-347 South Spring, in taking a new lease for
ten years at the old-established location, have de-
cided to keep pace with greater Los Angeles -by
expansion and improvement at an outlay of
$5,000. The company, because of the rapid
growth of business, has long been in need of
more space to display goods and handle the en-
larged trade, and was fortunate in securing ad-
ditional room by leasing the adjoining third,
fourth and fifth floors, thus giving them nearly
45,000 square feet of floor space.
Extensive plans for enlargement and improve-
ment have been made, and the transformation
will be revealed on the reception day set for the
general public.
The new store front will be of polished cop-
per and oak, including handsome boxed-in show
windows.
On the first floor, in addition to a new arrange-
ment of the offices, the department for the sale
of sheet music and small goods generally will be
established near the rear; the celebrated Vvelte
orchestrions of various patterns, famous instru-
ments made in Germany.
The upper floors are accessible by rapid ele-
vator device. On the second floor is the double
department for Steinway and Kranich & Bach
pianos; on the third floor will be found the
Cecilian piano playing instruments and all self-
playing pianos; also the Kurtzmann, Estey and
Emerson instruments, and rooms for students;
on the fourth floor is the Cecilian library, the
talking machines and storage rooms.
The great Steinway hall where recitals will
be given, is on the fifth floor, and at the rear are
the repair rooms in charge of experts fitted by
experience to rebuild any kind of an instru-
ment if necessary.
All of the rooms will be handsomely decorated
and furnished, and in several departments beau-
tiful plate glass partitions will be installed, and
improved lighting effects will be a feature.
The George J. Birkel Co. plan to produce one
of the handsomest music houses in California.
EVERETT WITH TREAT & SHEPARD CO.
An important deal was consummated during
the recent visit to New England of Horace A.
Moodie, manager of the Eastern interests of the
Everett Piano Co., whereby the Treat & Shepard
Co., of New Haven, will in future represent the
Everett piano in their various New England
stores.
Cluett & Sons, of Albany, last week shipped a
handsome Steinway piano to Yokohama, where a
former resident of Albany, Mrs. E. W. Frazer,
resides with her husband. The instrument was
carefully packed in an air-tight zinc box.