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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
OUR FORE1GN_CUSTOMERS.
FIRE IN WHEELING, W. VA.
The Bruno Hoehl Co.'s Plant Cleaned Out as
Pianos and Other Musical Instruments Shipped
Well as Contents—Loss $7,000; Insurance
Abroad from the Port of New York for the
$3,000—Will Resume at Once.
Week Just Ended.
(Special to The Iteview.)
Washington, D. C, Feb. 26,. 190G.
The following were the exports of musical in-
struments and kindred lines from the port of New
York for the week just ended:
Amsterdam—28 cases organs and material, $1,-
050; 10 cases piano players and material, $2,500;
7 cases music, $160.
Antwerp—4 cases organs and material, $195.
Auckland—18 cases organs and material, $527.
Berlin—85 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $457.
Brussels—51 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $260.
Buenos Ayres—16 cases pianos and material,
$2,214; 8 cases organs and material, $643; 18
pkgs. talking machines and material, $220.
Calcutta—1 case piano material, $295; 2 cases
organ material, $250.
Cienfuegos—11 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $166.
Colon—7 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$305.
Copenhagen—9 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $123.
Corinto—2 cases piano material, $230.
Hamburg—15 cases organs and material, $745;
8 cases pianos, $396.
Havana—5 cases piano players and material,
$1,015; 12 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$250; 1 case pianos and material, $650; 26 pkgs.
talking machines and material, $1,523.
Havre—9 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$394; 1 case piano player and material, $150.
Iquitos—7 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $123.
La Guayra—7 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $169.
Limon—12 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $427.
Lisbon—1 pkg. talking machines and material,
$100.
Liverpool—32 cases organs and material, $2,-
225; 17 cases organs and material, $3,625; 8 cases
pianos and material, $673; 4 cases music strings,
$900.
London—9 cases piano players and material,
$810; 82 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$6,201; 19 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$407.
Maracaibo—1 case pianos and material, $260.
Melbourne—14 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $328.
Milan—9 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$300; 3 cases piano players and material, $270.
Nuevitas—1 case piano and material, $350.
Para—9 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$567; 6 pkgs. pianos and material, $387; 1 case
musical instruments, $181.
Port au Prince—5 pkgs. talking machines and
material, $148.
Santiago—13 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $561; 2 cases pianos and material, $123.
Stockholm—13 cases organs and material, $644.
Vera Cruz—10 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $122; 6 pkgs. pianos and material, $1,219.
Vienna—21 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $429.
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(Special to The Review.)
Wheeling. W. Va., Feb. 26, 1906.
The Bruno Hoehl Piano Co. s factory in the
T. A. Little Building, on Market street, was
gutted by fire on Wednesday morning, and the
plant and many valuable pianos and other mu-
sical instruments destroyed, causing a loss
which Mr. Hoehl estimates at $7,000. This loss,
however, is partially covered by insurance, the
company carrying $3,000. The fire is supposed
to have originated from a crossed or defective
electric wire. Mr. Hoehl stated this morning
that he would at once commence the work of
re-equipping his factory and that the plant would
resume at the earliest practicable time. •
The rear of the building was partially de-
stroyed by the fire and many of the instruments
in the building will be useless on account of the
smoke, fire and water.
Mr. Hoehl stated that he paid his insurance
only last week, and had not intended doing so,
as he has been in the building for a number of
years without any fire loss. The place was com-
pletely flooded by water from the rear to the
front of the building and all the material on
the floor for the building of pianos will be a
total loss.
One piano, a costly instrument, was in hands
for repairs and was total 1 y destroyed; another
ken from a home in North Wheeling was
burned to a crisp.
The firm makes electric pianos and harps and
several in construction and others completed
were a total loss.
The quick work of the fire department, which
was quickly on the scene, saved the building
from destruction, as the fire had a good start.
The rear door was broken open and entrance
gained there. Several persons were shocked by
touching the harps, which were charged with
electricity, but none injured badly.
MUNN PIANO CO. INCORPORATES.
(.Special to The Iteview.)
Walton, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1906.
James Munn and Dan el Muun, of Walton, and
Robert Robinson, of Charlotte, Mich., are the
incorporators of the Munn Piano Co., which was
incorporated at Albany early this week. The
capital stock of the new company has been placed
at $100,000 and the papers of incorporation stipu-
late that the company is authorized to manu-
facture pianos and deal in musical instruments
of every kind. They are also given power to
transact other business necessary to the promo-
tion of the interests of the company.
This company was incorporated for the pur-
pose of building the new piano factory at West
End and takes over the present factory and the
music store at Oneonta. The other stores of
Mr. Munn are not taken over by the new com-
pany.
INSTITUTED A DETINUE SUIT.
(Special to The Kevievv.)
Parkersburg, W. Va., Feb. 24, 1906.
The Star Piano Co., an Indiana concern, on
Friday afternoon, instituted a suit in detinue at
TO MAKE PIPE ORGANS IN COLUMBUS.
Circuit Court against the E. S. Curtis Co., for
the recovery of five pianos of the total value of
(Special to The Review.)
$6V5, and damages in the amount of $350. The
Columbus, O., Feb. 26, 1906.
In all probability Columbus will soon number action was brought by Merrick and Smith, who
among her new industries one devoted to the represent the plaintiff. The papers were placed
manufacture of large pipe organs for churches. in the hands of Sheriff Carter, who took charge
C. F. Winder, for many years connected with of the property and will hold it until the termina-
some of the best known church organ builders tion of the suit.
in the country, has been in Columbus for several
weeks and has opened a plant in a small way
PETERSON OPENS BRANCH STORE.
in East Main street. Mr. Winder already has
several contracts in view and proposes to or-
The F. W. Peterson Piano and Music Co.,
ganize a company to erect a $50,000 plant. He of Fargo, N. D., have opened a branch store in
may decide to undertake the work himself in- Minot, with N. W. Hall, vice-president of the
stead of organizing a company, as the field company, in charge. The quarters are located in
seems to afford an opportunity for good profits.
the White Front Block.
Does it pay to handle
the "Victor?"
That's a question now stirring
many piano dealers.
Here's the best kind of an
answer from a musical critic who
is right in touch with the piano-
trade.
Kxtract from The Talking r Machine World of
Oct. lii, l.n >:
TALKING MACHINES ON PACIFIC
COAST.
A
New Business of Such Inherent
Merit as to Positively Push Aside and
Relegate Other Departments to the
Background.
(Special to t h e Talking Machine World.)
San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 9, 1905.
Some music houses are enterprising and
"can see." Others, it would seem, add a
department devoted to talking machines
only after the customers have clamored
at the gates long enough for them. But
once placed in stock, they ask no favors
and the dealer, aroused from his reverie
or disabused of his prejudice, frequently
sits in his office and watches with widely
opened eyes the crowds that frequent the
rooms but so recently comparatively va-
cant.
Really, your correspondent, a musical
critic by profession and one who a few
months since sneered at the idea of be-
coming a talking machine convert, is to-
day an enthusiast. When before the Vic-
tor, for instance, and listening to such
voices as Tamagno's, Caruso's Melba's,
Michallowa's and others of the Victor Red
Seal category, I sit as one enthralled, en-
joying yet instinctively endeavoring to
ply my profession of critic. So well are
intonation, phrasing, breathing and the
accompaniment brought out that I almost
fall to considering if this wonderful, mys-
terious musical instrument, which seems
to photograph all others, is not likewise
to supplant all others. Why any longer
play an instrument—perhaps only indiffer-
ently—when the most beautiful and per-
fect music is poured out upon you at so
much per disc? I have seen music teach-
ers spellbound before a Victor, studying,
learning a lesson from a hard rubber disc
replica of Melba's voice—seeking a tutor
in the talking machine!
The commercial side—does it pay?
Well, does it pay to sit at a desk and O. K.
credits, as I have seen them, of $100, $200,
$300 and $400 at a time, to the best people
in town.
Piano business? Well, I'm told by sev-
eral dealers it isn't "one-two-three" witn a
fine talking machine department, with its
cash or good credit, short, terms, stock
turned twelve times a year, and your
profits in your hip pocket at inventory
time. What wonder that aggressive, ap-
preciative piano' merchants are entering
the talking machine field.
Doesn't this show you how
the land lies ?
It's time to be up and doing.
Victor Talking Machine Company
Camden, N. J.