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will take hold of this matter in the method
OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.
which we suggest, and give the railway officials
to understand that if they expect to get any of Pianos and Other Musical Instruments Shipped
President Werlein Explains About
Freight
the shipments, they must come to our assistance
Concessions—Secretary
Foster
Addresses
Abroad for the Week Just Ended.
in this matter. As the meeting of the Official
the Members on Same Topic—Beautiful Ac-
Classification Committee convenes in New York
(Special to The Keview.)
knowledgment of Resolutions from the House
on October 3, it is necessary that you should
Washington, D. C, Sept. 19, 1905.
of Lyon & Healy.
get actively to work in this matter immediately.
The following were the exports of musical in-
We trust to have your hearty cooperation and .struments and kindred lines from the Port of
i Supplied by Chairman Press Committee.)
In reply to comment upon concessions in support, as we know it will be for the general New York for the week just ended:
!
Amsterdam—6 pkgs organ material, $316.
fnight rates obtained by Henry Eilers on the Pa- good of the piano interests, and individually you
will
derive
a
benefit
from
such
a
concession.
Adelaide—206 pkgs talking machines and ma-
cific Coast, President Werlein explains:
terial, $5,080; 3 pkgs organs and material, $1,200.
"The concession obtained was the establishing Yours very tuly,
(Signed)
"PERCY S. FOSTER, "Secretary.
Auckland—64 pkgs talking machines and mate-
of a commodity rate to the North Pacific Coast
"Washington, D. C."
rial, $1,412; 81 pkgs organs and material, $3,151;
Terminals on carloads of pianos and organs.
3 pkgs pianos, $787; 14 pkgs piano players,
LETTER FROM LYON & HEALY.
Mr. Eilers secured this concession by sacrificing
The following letter from Mr. J. P. Byrne, $2,300.
the carload minimum that the association has
Barbadoes—4 pkgs pianos, $497.
been working for, and which was no great com- secretary of Lyon & Healy, addressed to Secre-
Barcelona—26 pkgs talking machines and mate-
promise in so far as the other Northern Pacific tary Foster, is a hearty appreciation of the sen-
Coast terminal dealers are concerned. Individ- timents expressed by the association in passing rial, $200.
Berlin—28 pkgs talking machines and material,
ual concessions of this kind do not come under and engrossing resolutions upon the death of
$2,420.
the head of the work of the Association Freight the late P. J. Healy:
"Dear Sir:—We duly received the beautiful
Callao—6 pkgs talking machines and material,
Bureau, except where it is particularly requested
to assist the individual dealers in their work, resolutions on the death of dear Mr. Healy, $343.
which it is always willing to do; but the Asso- from the National Association of Piano Dealers
Calcutta—1 pkg organs and material, $135.
ciation Freight Bureau's work is towards obtain- of America, so kindly sent by you a few days
Genoa—1 pkg pianos and material, $300; 1 pkg
ing, not commodity rates to various parts of the ^ince, and I am directed by the board of direc- jewelry, $500.
country, but lower classification; and the differ- tors of this establishment to express their most
Glasgow—1 pkg organs, $250.
ence between commodity rates and lower classi- sincere thanks to you, and through you, to the
Guayaquil—22 pkgs talking machines and mate-
fication lies simply in the fact that commodity officers and members of the National Associa- rial, $225.
rates are based on the competition of water tion. The mere passing of the resolutions would
Hamburg-—22 pkgs piano players, $5,050; 3
transportation or other competing elements that have placed the business associates of the late pkgs talking machines and material, $125; 18
cause the railroads to make a concession from Mr. Healy under lasting obligations, but it gives pkgs organs, $715; 22 pkgs pianos, $808.
us added comfort to receive those kind expres-
point to point and not to all points alike.
Havana—8 pkgs talking machines and material,
$327; 17 pkgs talking machines and material,
"In fact, the establishing of a commodity rate sions in the fine form in which you were pleased
might almost be likened to the giving of a re- to send them. They are beautifully engrossed, $606; 1 pkg pianos, $550; 26 pkgs talking ma-
bate. For instance: There is a commodity rate and have now been placed in a frame and ex- chines and material, $1,259.
Havre—1 pkg pianos, $700; 8 pkgs talking ma-
already from Chicago to New Orleans of 90 cents posed where all who knew and loved him may
per hundred pounds in carload lots, while the see the esteem in which he was held by his busi- chines and material, $278.; 1 pkg music, $112.
La Guaira—3 pkgs talking machines and mate-
rate from Chicago to Jackson, Miss., 200 miles ness friends throughout the country. The Na-
shorter haul, is $1.65 per hundred pounds. Now, tional Association may have more active func- rial, $113.
La Union—2 pkgs piano material, $281.
were the rate based upon classification and not tions, but it can never reach the hearts of its
Liverpool—7 pkgs talking machines and mate-
commodity rate, the Jackson, Miss., rate would members more surely than by so kindly noticing
the passing of its deceased members; such action
rial, $350; 1 pkg pianos and material, $294; 22
be about the same as the New Orleans.
touches a chord that resounds while life lasts. pkgs organs and material, $2,247; 1 pkg pianos
"I am not entering into any apology for the
Again assuring you of our most sincere thanks, and material, $294.
Freight Bureau and I want that distinctly un-
and with all kindly wishes to yourself and the
London—2 pkgs talking machines and mate-
derstood, as the Freight Bureau has worked
members of the National Association, believe us,
rial, $702; 16 pkgs organs and material, $388; 9
earnestly to obtain for the Pacific Coast ter-
most sincerely.
pkgs organs and material, $250; 42 pkgs piano
minals, a second classification in carload lots
players and material, $8,225; 1,036 pkgs talk-
"J. P. BYR.NK. "Secretary."
of 10,000 pounds minimum, and it still has hopes
ing machines and material, $14,522; 12 pkgs
of obtaining concession of that kind on a rate of
pianos and material, $227; 12 pkgs music, $500.
$2 per hundred pounds.
BUCKINGHAM & MOAK'S NEW STORE.
Manchester—3 pkgs piano players, $348.
"I have tried to make this matter clear and
(Special to The Keview.)
Melbourne—2 pkgs organs and material, $350;
to show that the Freight Bureau is working for
Utica, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1905.
22 pkgs organs and material, $1,810; 12 pkgs
a lower classification of pianos and it is not
Buckingham & Moak, dealers in musical instru- piano material, $1,820; 11 pkgs talking machines
working for individual concessions to single
ments,
have taken a lease of the handsome new and material, $448.
points, but upon request will give such assist-
Milan—2 pkgs talking machines and material;
ance as possible to members of this association store, Nos. 119 and 121 Genesee street, and will
take possession October 1. This is the Sayre $140.
in matters affecting purely local interests.
building, destroyed by fire and recently rebuilt
Para—6 pkgs talking machines and material,
"Assistance of this kind alone is worth many
from the ground up. Buckingham & Moak have $315; 1 pkg pianos and material, $185.
times the cost of membership in the association
the entire building, six floors, and as the building
Santiago—9 pkgs talking machines and mate-
and simply as a precaution for the posibility of
is new, it is all that could be desired. The loca- rial, $133.
need of this assistance in the future, it seems
tion is central, just above the Martin building
Shanghai—8 pkgs talking machines and mate-
that $5 a year dues is very small, as no man
and opposite the new City National Bank. The rial, $364.
in the association would think of leaving any of
firm are one of the oldest in the city, having been
Utrecht—2 pkgs organ material, $211.
his other property uninsured, and the dues to
established by the late William H. Dutton before
Valparaiso—2 pkgs organs and material, $165.
this association can be termed 'Freight Rate In-
the Civil War.
Vera Cruz—6 pkgs piano material, $750; 4 pkgs
surance' if the other benefits are not considered
talking machines and material, $115.
sufficient to draw all the dealers into the asso-
BARCKHOFF PIPE ORGAN BEING PLACED.
ciation ranks."
PERRY BROS. MUSIC CO. INCORPORATED.
SECRETARY FOSTER'S LETTER.
(Special to The Review.)
"To the Members of the National Association of
York, Pa.. Sept. 18, 1905.
The Perry Bros. Music Co., of Knoxville, was
Piano Dealers.
Workmen are now engaged in placing the new incorporated with the secretary of the State of
"Dear Sir:—The members of our Freight pipe organ for the Duke Street Methodist Episco-
Tennessee this week, with a capital of $10,000.
Bureau are making strenuous efforts to secure pal Church in position. The organ is among the
lncorporators, F. Clark Perry, J. H. Templeman,
reductions in the carload rating on pianos and largest and finest ever seen in this city. It will
G. W. Birchfield, S. J. Perry and Wm. Cook.
organs in the official classification territory, in not be ready for use until Sunday of next week.
which you are located. We need your earnest It was built by the Barckhoff Pipe Organ Co.,
FIRE IN HALIFAX.
support and cooperation in this work. If you of Pomeroy, Ohio. The price of the organ
will state to the railway solicitors who are en- was $3,500 and Andrew Carnegie, the steel mag-
The J. A. McDonald Music & Piano Co.'s ware-
deavoring to secure shipments to you, that you nate, subscribed $1,000 of that amount. The rooms in Halifax, N. S., were damaged to the
intend to give your business only to the lines organ contains 1,243 pipes and is being construct- extent of $5,000 by fire and water on September
who will actively advocate and secure for us this ed by Peter Bauer, an expert organ builder em- 12. They carried an insurance of $6,000.
reduction, we believe it will produce the desired ployed by the Barckhoff Church Organ Co., Pome-
result. We have been working with this com- roy, O., and Winfield Knauss, of this city. The or-
The Aeolian Co.'s branch store in Indianapolis,
mittee for several years, but without securing gan will be dedicated the latter part of the month. Iiid., has been entirely remodeled, and the ware-
what we desire. We have the promise of sup-
rooms are now perhaps among the most attract-
port to our proposition from some of the leading
Owing to the increase in business, Ricca & Son ive to be found throughout the West. The en-
lines and we believe that we can win out at the have been compelled to break ground for the erec- tire scheme of decoration is most artistic, and a
next meeting of that committee. We are quite tion of a five-story addition to their present large fitting environment for the magnificent line of
sure that we can do so if the dealers generally plant at East 134th street. New York.
instruments displayed therein.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NEWS.