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THE MUSIC TRADE
OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.
Pianos and Other Musical Instruments Shipped
Abroad from the Port of New York for the
Week Just Ended.
(Special lo Tlie Iteview.)
Washington, D. C, Dec. 26, 1905.
The following were the exports of musical in-
struments and kindred lines from the Port of
New York for the week just ended:
Algoa Bay—28 cases organs, $1,072; 2 cases
pianos and material, $395; 11 pkgs. talking ma-
chines and material, $792.
Alexandretta—2 cases organs, $100.
Amsterdam—14 cases organs and material,
$619.
Antwerp—8 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $388; 1 case organs and material, $175.
Berlin—129 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $8,088; 2 pkgs. music, $125; 94 pkgs. talk-
ing machines and material, $2,005.
Brussels—40 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $291; 41 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $293.
Bombay—62 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $1,247.
Bolivar—2 pkgs. piano players and material,
$500.
Buenos Ayres—2 pkgs. talking machines and
material, $133.
Callao—4 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$101.
Cardiff—5 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $105.
Colon—2 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$121.
Corinto—2 cases pianos, $233; 8 pkgs. talking
machines and material, $127; 8 pkgs. talking ma-
chines and material, $165.
Colon—2 pkgs. piano players, $500; 3 pkgs.
talking machines and material, $150.
Guayaquil—9 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $302.
Hamburg—5 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $168; 24 cases organs, $360; I pkgs. musi-
cal instruments, $611; 15 cases piano material,
$715; 8 pkgs. piano players, $861; 20 cases or-
gans and material, $665.
Hanover—2 pkgs. piano players and material,
$125.
Havana—1 case pianos, $150; 8 pkgs. talking
machines and material, $261.
Japan—8 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$971.
Havre—11 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $700.
La Guayra—5 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $113.
Liege—2 pkgs. organ material, $400.
Lisbon—1 pkg. organ material, $138.
Limon—73 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $143; 23 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $348; 1 case organs, $400.
London—4 pkgs. piano players and material,
$960; 5 cases pianos, $2,000; 27 pkgs. piano play-
ers, $6,956; 101 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $3,655; 28 cases organs, $6,299; 15 pkgs.
music, $1,500; 7 pkgs. piano players and ma-
terial, $1,176; 1,175 pkgs. talking machines and
material, $14,935; 3 cases pianos, $70o; 17 cases
organs, $1,155.
Liverpool—21 cases organs, $1,050; 26 pkgs.
talking machines and material, $395; 71 cases
organs, $6,743.
Montevideo—2 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $3,042.
Manchester—26 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $326.
Manila—9 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $140.
Matanzas—19 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $508; 1 case pianos and material $114.
Oporto—3 pkgs. organ material, $130.
REVIEW
Para—7 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$405.
Rotterdam—28 cases organs, $550.
Santiago—13 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $290.
St. Croix—1 case pianos, $100.
Sheffield—8 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $864.
Stockholm—16 cases organs, $800.
Tampico—1 case pianos, $235; 25 pkgs. talk-
ing machines and material, $1,087.
Vienna—17 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $413; 20 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $466.
CASES WERE DISMISSED.
Some Busybodies Alleged That the Cable Com-
pany Did Not Intend to Become Permanent
Residents of Joliet, Hence Annoyance.
(Special to The Review.)
Joliet, 111., Dec. 23, 1905.
On motion of City Attorney Haley, Justice of
the Peace Howk has dismissed the charges pre-
ferred against the Cable Piano Company, alleg-
ing that they were operating without the neces-
sary city license, and their several representa-
tives, including M. E. Converse, local manager,
alleging that they had sold or offered to sell the
goods of the company, knowing that they did not
have the license.
The firm established the fact that they pro-
pose to locate here permanently, and Attorney
Haley's action comes as a natural consequence.
The store recently opened, and around which the
charges centered, is located on North Chicago
street. The allegations set forth by the com-
plainants were to the effect that the firm had
opened a branch house here simply for the holi-
day business, but this was not sustained. The
complaints were sworn out several days ago.
Captain Murphy being named as complainant, but
it is said some rival piano concern was the in-
stigator of the trouble.
NEW PIANO HOUSE IN WINNIPEG.
(Special to The Review.)
Winnipeg, Man., Dec. 23, 1905.
Norman Lindsay, who has for many years
been associated with the Mason & Risch Piano
Co., has formed a new company, to be known as
Norman Lindsay, Ltd., and has purchased the
stock and fixtures of the Grundy Music Co., and
secured the agency for the Gerhard-Heintzman
piano. The new firm will open about January 15
in a good location on Portage avenue, and will
car-ry, in addition to the piano mentioned, a full
line of sheet music and all kinds of small musi-
cal instruments. Mr. Lindsay is well known in
the piano trade throughout the West.
BEAUTIFUL STARR CALENDAR.
One of the prettiest calendars for the new year
is that issued by the Starr Piano Co., of Rich-
mond, Ind. It is the work of Mizin Yashida, a
Japanese artist, and is a very clever example of
the wonderful skill of our Oriental friends. There
are four subjects, each of which is really a work
of art, and which merits for this calendar not
only preservation, but an artistic appreciation on
the part of the recipients.
The Charles H. Hickok Music Co. have leased
a large three-story building on upper Mill street,
which is being used as a wareroom annex and
repair shop. The business of this house is show-
ing a steady expansion in all departments.
Wm. F. Kunkel & Co., who handle the Bald-
win pianos in Baltimore, Md., have just removed
to new quarters at 119 North Liberty street,
where they are making a magnificent display
of pianos, musical merchandise, and sheet music.
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POMMER SELLS TO W. E. ALLEN
His Business in San Jose—Gives Allen a Large
and Profitable Field.
(Special to The Review.)
San Jose, Cal., Dec. 23, 1905.
The biggest deal in the history of the piano
business in San Jose was closed to-day when C.
Pommer, secretary of the A. J. Pommer Co., of
Sacramento, sold to W. E. Allen, of San Jose, the
entire stock and fixtures of their San Jose house.
This deal ves Mr. Allen entire control of the
piano situation in San Jose as the A. J. Pommer
Co., when they opened their store in San Jose
about a year ago, bought out the Sherman-Clay
representatives and six months later G. R. Bent,
Sr., whose store for 35 years was one of the land-
marks of this city, retired from business, selling
his stock to the A. J. Pommer Co.
W. E. Allen, who by the way, is ably assisted
by Mrs. Allen, is one of the coming men in the
piano business. Pull of vigor, push and origin-
ality in nine years' time he has built up a busi-
ness to which any man could point with pride.
HAS MISS BURR'S MELODEON
Farmer Comes Into Possession of Souvenir of
Pirate's V i c t i m .
(Special to The Review.)
Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 25, 1905.
Thomas C. Schnicke, a farmer living near
here, is the possessor of a melodeon that is said
to have belonged to Miss Theodosia Burr, who
met death at the hands of pirates while a pas-
senger on a boat from New Orleans to New York.
She was the last of the entire ship's company to
walk the plank, so it is said a dying pirate con-
fessed in New Orleans. He said the sight of
the beautiful young woman's death haunted him
from the day he witnessed it.
This melodeon was bought by an old sea cap-
tain named Hodge, who lived in Middletown,
Conn., but who removed to Picolata, Fla. Some
twenty-eight years ago he left Florida for Cali-
fornia, and he then sold the instrument to Mrs.
A. Z. Klipstine, mother of Mrs. Schnicke, into
whose possession the instrument has recently
come. The melodeon is a beautiful piece of work,
the case being inlaid with mother-of-pearl in de-
signs of rosebuds, stems and thorns. The ivory
is of the finest, clear and white, and the instru-
ment is in perfect condition.
PEASE CLOSES GREAT YEAR.
Increased
Appreciation of the Instruments
Turned Out by This House.
The Pease Piano Co., of 123 West 42d street,
New York, are very exurberant over the enor-
mous business done by them during the past
year, and look upon it as a further proof of the
growing popularity of the Pease pianos., They
are receiving letters from dealers in all sections
on the splendid qualities, both musically and
architecturally, of the instrument they have been
sending out, and upon the promptness with
which they made shipments. With the advent
of the coming year they will widen the scope
of their business, and will alter their existing de-
signs from time to time to suit the best interests
of their dealers.
The Starr Piano Co. and the Smith & Nixon
Piano Co. have donated pianos for the Jewish
Bazaar to be given in Memorial Hall, Toledo, O.,
during the last week of January. This bazaar
is under the auspices of the Ladies' Auxiliary of
the Sons of Peace.
P. J. Gallagher is a recent acquisition to the
piano dealers of Victor, Col. He handles the
Kingsbury.
Upright and Grand.
High Grade, Great Durability, Fine Tonal Quality
The- Price is Right.
Factories: LESTER, PA.
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