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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
TONK APPEAL SUSTAINED.
United States Circuit Court Reviews Action of
General Board of Appraisers—Final Action
in This Case.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, Feb. 10, 1906.
On application of William Tonk & Bro., for the
review of a decision of the Board of United
States General Appraisers regarding metro-
nomes and clarionet mouthpieces in the United
States Circuit Court, New York, Judge Wheeler,
January 17, affirmed the decision without argu-
ment. This case relates to an unpublished de-
cision dated December 18, 1890, covering metro-
nomes and mouthpieces, claimed by the import-
ers to be dutiable as musical instruments under
paragraph 469, tariff act of 1S83. Note G. A. 35,
G. A. 37, and G. A. 675.
Judge Wheeler in the same court and on the
same day affirmed a decision, without argument,
concerning parts of musical instruments, made
by the Board of Appraisers, in which an applica-
tion for review was filed. The case relates to an
unpublished decision dated January 28, 1891, cov-
ering parts of musical instruments, which were
claimed by the importers to be dutiable as mu-
sical instruments under paragraph 469, tariff act
of 1S83.
the principal cities of the Middle West. He is
preparing for one of the most active business
campaigns in the history of his house, and will
do all in his power to make the Hohner line of
harmonicas and accordeons the most popular one
offered to the trade.
0 . E. FLOWER'S SPRING TRIP.
Leaves
in the Meisel Interests Next
Covering the South and West.
Week
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pended on the kind sought after by the art col-
lector.
The "bunch" of importing houses represented
in Chicago are having a warm time of it in the
matter of taking orders. Prices are being stiffly
maintained, and concessions are made only under
the greatest pressure, and for reasons. The gen-
tlemen from the eastern houses do not expect to
reach their own bailiwicks before March 1.
German manufacturers and exporters of mu-
sical merchandise are rushing in goods fully 25
Next week O. E. Flower, principal road repre- per cent, over and above the usual shipments
sentative for C. Meisel, leaves New York for a at this time of year in anticipation of the passage
of a retaliatory tariff bill by Congress. It is be-
scout through the South and West. While mak
ing his headquarters in Chicago, Mr. Flower, one lieved abroad that some such action will follow
of the best known travelers in the trade, comet the enforcement of the new German tariff law,
east occasionally to get in touch with the goods going into effect on the 1st prox., and which prac-
and offer such suggestions as only a man in the tically penalizes, if not absolutely prohibits, the
field finds will be to the advantage of his house. importation of American goods into the realms of
the nervy Kaiser.
In a chat with The Review this week, he said:
"The condition of trade is good, and I sold as
much in January as I did in December. There is
MUST PAY FORJHUSICAL SHIVERS
a constant demand for medium high-grade violins
If Managers Refuse, Villains Must Plot to
and the supply is limited, so when a ship-
" R a g t i m e " Accompaniment.
ment is received from the other side they are ab-
sorbed in short order. Mr. Meisel is a recognized
Chicago, 111., Feb. 12, 1906.
expert in this line, and is in a position to have
Musical shivers such as accompany the vil-
the pick of the market; but for all that there is
considerable difficulty encountered in getting pre- lain's talk across the stage are not conducive to
cisely what we want, and nothing short of that the preservation of the artistic temperament.
will go. Of course, there is lots of 'plunder' to be This psychological fact has been discovered by
BUEGELEISEN & JACOBSON
had, but the trade know a thing or two and are the Musicians' Union. As a balm for injured
Anxious
About
Foreign
Shipments—Mr. not to be fooled a minute. Our aim is to sell and nerves, accordingly, the musicians have voted to
ask higher wages in those theatres where the
Buegeleisen Chats About the Policy of His deliver the goods purchased—nothing more, noth-
House in the Matter of Prices.
ing less. I do not expect to reach Chicago be- "tremolo" nightly issues music supposed to pro-
fore the middle of March, my territory being in duce cold thrills. The union took the question
After a cable had been despatched inquiring the middle West, from Pittsburg, Pa., to Denver, up for discussion, and it was the opinion that art
into the delay of an important shipment, sup- Colo., and I am on the road 240 days out of the must be safeguarded at the expense of the box
posed to be en route, by Buegeleisen & Jacobson, year, and am kept hustling all the time. I tell office receipts. In eighteen playhouses where
New York, the chief, S. Buegeleisen, felt relieved you there is nothing like being with the house melodramas are given, the protest will be filed
enough to express the following views: "It's that has the goods, and I know from past experi- by the union within the next few days. They
really marvelous how trade is going ahead—a ence what this means to a traveling man."
will be offered the alternative of getting along
constant and steady demand for lines on which
with ordinary "ragtime" or advancing the play-
we have gained a reputation that any house
ers' pay from $20 to $28 a week.
HERE AND THERE IN THE TRADE.
would envy. Orders, of course, are what we are
after, but we also aim to gain and hold the con
W. A. BRENNER'S WESTERN TRIP.
M. E. Schoening', the wealthy importing repre-
fidence of the trade for the quality and fair
sentative,
is
in
the
West
calling
on
the
trade.
He
prices of our goods. That reminds me, that when
(Special to The Review.)
this question comes up, the trade know full well will be back in New York about March 1.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 12, 1906.
we are the originators of short terms and low
Thirteen parts enter into the make-up of a W. A. Brenner, of the Koerber-Brenner Music
prices. We were the first to do business accord- violin bow, from the block of wood, be it Per- Co., is expected home this week from a prosper-
ing to modern methods, quoting figures that nambuco rosewood or cedar, to the horsehair ous six weeks' trip through the West.
really represented a bona-flde underpricing in all from Russia. The separate constituents form
Manager Vollmar, of the sheet music depart-
lines; also our reductions are actual and not an interesting study, and one can imagine how ment of the Thiebes-Stierlin Music Co., states
theoretical. B. & J. have always contended that many times even the most ordinary trade article that they are having a phenomenal run on
when, by close buying or careful merchandising, is handled before the finishing touch is reached. "Every One Is in Slumberland but You and Me."
a better price could be had, the trade were en- Then almost any amount of money can be ex- They are crowded to fill orders.
titled to and always will be the beneficaries.
This is and always has been our policy, notwith-
standing the prices published in our latest cata-
logues and price sheets.
"Our business has been built up on this founda-
tion, and no other house, with what we term
expensive methods, from which they seem
unable to extricate themselves, are in a position
to meet our prices. We are working on different
lines, our system of selling cuts off all the cor-
ners, and this goes to the dealer. Besides, when
we quote low prices it means the goods are de-
The richness and elegance of
livered and no flim-flam has any part in the
transaction. Of course, this is not news to our
" Rookwood" Music Cabinets
old people, who h ive been buying from us right
have
made them immensely
along and know what we say in this connection is
absolutely true, as their reorders prove; but to
popular. Our patterns include
the new dealer who, as yet. has not given us the
many strikingly handsome de-
opportunity to substantiate our claim as the
signs of unusual beauty in
lowest-price house in the trade, we would be
only too glad to submit indisputable evidence. We
ornamentation and finish. Ful-
lead, others follow."
The
Rookwood
Idea
MR. HOHNER VISITS CHICAGO.
H. Hohner, the American manager of the busi-
ness of M. Hohner, at 354 Broadway, accom-
panied by E. Braendly, who is in charge of the
publicity department of their business, left for
Chicago, 111., the latter part of the past week,
where Mr. Hohner will spend some time in see-
ing their trade representatives. On his way
home he will call on the small goods jobbers In
ly displayed in our Special
Music Catalogue. Sent on re-
quest. It covers the Music
Furniture subject completely,
Cadillac Cabinet Co.,
DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
No. 1804 Music Cabinet