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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1907 Vol. 44 N. 20

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THE
OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.
Pianos and Other Musical Instruments Shipped
from the Port of New York for the Week.
(Special to The Review.)
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
W. P. DANIELS DINED
By the Officers of the Mason & Hamlin Co. on
His Departure for New York—Presented
With a Handsome Loving Cup.
tomers, and my backbone is not that of a jelly-
fish either. Now, why can't you give me a trial?
Is there no room for one who would make a
first-class piano salesman? Try me and you will
like me. I will make money for you. If you
write me I will call upon you to introduce my-
self.
"Very truly yours,
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, May 14, 1907.
Boston, Mass, May 13, 1907.
The following were the exports of musical in-
On the evening of May 10, at the St. Botolph
struments an,d kindred lines from the Port of
JACOB BROS.MNEW OUARTERS.
Club, in this city, a farewell dinner was tendered
New York for the week just ended:
to William P. Daniels by the officers of the Mason
Antwerp—1 case musical instruments, $238.
Berlin—124 pkgs. talking machines and ma- & Hamlin Co., on the eve of his departure for Have Completed Handsome Business Offices in
Their New Factory Building.
New York, where he is to engage in another
terial, $954.
business.
The
affair
was
very
intimate
and
in-
Bombay—5- pkgs. talking machines and ma-
Jacob Bros, have completed fitting up their
terial, $780; 72 pkgs. talking machines and ma- formal. Mr. Daniels was presented with a lov- business offices in their factory at 539 West 39th
ing cup made on the special design furnished by street, which was completely gutted by fire a
terial, $2,222.
Henry L. Mason. The cup bore the following in- few months ago, and at the present no perceptible
Bristol—2 cases of pianos and organs, $230.
Buenos Ayres—3 pkgs. talking machines and scription:
trace of the great damage done is visible. The
material, $513; 427 pkgs. talking machines and
TO
railings and desks occupy their former positions,
material, $8,026; 2 cases pianos and material,
WILLIAM P. DAIS' TELS,
and with the exception of the handsome private
$oi5.
BOSTON, MAY 10, 1907.
offices fitted up in the rear of the building short-
Cape Town—8 cases organs, $216.
And on the reverse side of the cup as follows:
ly before the disaster, every part of the building
Callao—2 pkgs. talking machines and material,
has been fully restored. Charles Jacobs said to
FROM H I S FELLOW OFFICERS
$106.
The Review Wednesday: "We now feel quite at
OF THE
Christiania—58 cases organs, $7,700; 1 cas2
home, and are ready for all of the business com-
MASON & HAMLIN CO,
pianos and material, $150.
ing our way. We are prepared for any kind of a
HENRY L. MASON,
Calcutta—3 cases organs, $218; 4 pkgs. talking
rush, and our factory was never in any better
RICHARD W. GERTZ,
machines and material, $196; 12 cases organs,
condition for work than at the present time.
A. M. WEIGHT,
$565.
Everything is new, and our equipment is of the
HOBART M. MATTESON.
Colon—1 case pianos and material, $225; 1 case
most approved and up to date that can be se-
The
departure
of
Mr.
Daniels
for
his
new
field
organ material, $200; 4 pkgs. talking machines
cured. We will make no changes in our stand-
of
operations
will
be
regretted
by
a
host
of
and material, $400.
ard designs—they seem to meet every require-
Genoa—25 pkgs. talking machines anil ma- friends in this city whom he has made since his ment of our customers and embrace every style
residence
here.
terial, $298; 2 case3 pianos, $475.
and finish that is in vogue. We have nothing
Hamburg—9 cases organs and material, $400;
to complain of in the way of orders, and con-
DEATH OF 0 . F. KAUFFMAN.
3 pkgs. talking machines and material, $501; 4
sider the outlook very bright. I think much of
cases organs, $190; 8 cases piano material, $642;
the reported dulness has been due to the un-
The Well Known Dealer of Reading, Pa., Killed
16 cases piano players and material, $4,099; 18
seasonable weather, and as soon as it becomes
in the Wreck of the Mystic Shriners' Train
ca?es music, $1,350; 4 cases music, $277.
settled trade will open with a boom."
at Honda, Cal.
Havana—15 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $696; 2 cases piano players and material,
The death of Oliver F. Kauffman, the well-
STILL HOPING FOR SPECIAL RATES.
$640; 6 cases pianos and material, $510; 9 pkgs. known dealer in pianos and smaller musical in-
President J. P. Byrne, of the National Piano
talking machines and material, $852; 15 cases struments, of 48 North Eighth street, Reading,
pianos and material, $372; 23 pkgs. talking ma- Pa., which occurred as a result of the wreck of Manufacturers' Association, despite the fact that
chines and material, $1,575.
the Mystic Shriners' train at Honda, Cal., on the railroads have once refused special rates to
Havre—8 cases piano players and material, May 11, has cau:e.l exceeding regret in his home Chicago during the convention, still has hopes
$685; 9 pkgs. talking machines and material, city. Mr. Kauffman was a man of most genial that some agreement may be reached whereby
$300; 1 case pianos, $600.
temperament, exceedingly popular with all who at least piano men from certain sections may
La Guaira—9 pkgs. talking machines and ma- had the pleasure of his acquaintance, and wher- profit by a lower rate—a fare and a third being
terial, $985.
ever The Review journeyed in the trade it has suggested. Platt P. Gibbs, of "special" fame, has
Lausanne—1 case pianos and material, $200.
heard only the highest tributes paid him for his been chosen as tho one best suited to wrestle
Limon—4 pkgs. talking machines and material, many estimable traits of character. Mr. Kauff- with the various passenger agents.
$193; 9 cases organs and material, $260.
man's body will be brought East, the interment
W. G. Sutter will shortly open a piano store in
Liverpool—1 case pianos and material, $350; taking place in due course in Reading.
Elgin, 111.
5 cases music, $543; 1 pkg. talking machines and
Edward A. Gicker, manager of Mr. Kauffman's
material, $100.
business, was greatly shocked by the death of Mr.
"DISTINCTIVELY HIGH GRADE'
London—1 case piano material, $250; 2 cases Kauffman, and has been receiving many expres-
organ material, $1,112; 2 pkgs. talking machines sions of sympathy from the trade on the loss
and material, $256; 3 cases pianos and material, which his house has sustained by the death of
$1,550; 25 cases organs, $7,764; 94 pkgs. talking its esteemed executive.
machines and material, $4,029; 11 cases piano
players and material, $3,100; 5 cases music, $375.
HERE'S A STAR_SALESMAN
Manchester—6 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $236.
Looking for a Position—How He Defines His
Manila—6 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
Qualifications—He Is the "Real Goods."
terial, $399.
Patras—2 cases organ material, $500.
A very unique application for a position as
Pert Antonio—2 cases pianos and material, salesman was recently received by a piano dealer
$275.
in the Middle West from one who, according to
Rotterdam—20 cases organs, $500.
his letter, evidently believed he had corralled
St. Petersburg—35 pkgs. talking machines and all the essence of salesmanship right under his
material, $1,880.
hat. The application read as follows:
Trinidad—2 cases organs, $100.
"Columbus, Ohio, March 16, 1907.
Valparaiso—3 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
"Dear Sir:—A real salesman is the one who
terial, $183; 6 pkgs. talking machines and ma- sells something what he hasn't got to another
terial, $477; 1 pkg. talking machines and ma- fellow that doesn't want it and gets a price the
terial, $243.
other fellow can't afford to pay, and therefore
Vera Cruz—15 pkgs. talking machines and ma- takes part cash and part notes. And this is the
terial, $582; 50 pkgs. talking machines and ma- very thing I have been .doing all my lifetime.
is the greatest success of the day.
terial, $679.
It possesses a scale of rare ever,
I have every reason to know that I would make
ness, a tone of remarkable sonority
Vienna—10 pkgs. talking machines and ma- a 'star' piano salesman if you would only give
and richness, with a quality that
terial, $593.
me a chance to start in and 'make good.' I am
is highly orchestral. Our latest
Werdaw—19 cases organ material, $1,426.
carried away with the amount of brain work
styles of Grands and Uprights
piled up in a piano; with the great advances
mark a decided advance in the art
made in the start of the art, and the extraordi-
A SYRACUSE INCORPORATION.
of piano-making. We court inves-
nary low prices for which they can turn them
tigation. Some territory still open.
The Clark Music Co., Syracuse, N. Y., have been out nowadays.
"Being fully saturated with the rosy side of
incorporated to manufacture musical instru-
CHRISTMAN SONS, Manufacturer,
ments, with a capital of $300,000. The directors the piano business, I could easily convert skep-
WAKKItOOMH:
FACTORY AND OFFICE:
35 Weil 14th St.
are Melville A. Clark, Lily L. Clark and Arthur tics into buyers. It would give me a sort of
869-873 EMt 137th St.
NEW YOR.K
bloodhound pleasure to hunt up and create cus-
G. Clark, all of that city.
Ghe CHRISTMAN
STUDIO GRAND
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THE
TRADE IN THE CRESCENT CITY.
Business for the Spring Not Up to Expectations
—Special Sales in Vogue—Werlein's Prize
Contest—M usical Attractions Prove Profit-
able—Boisfontaine Retires.
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
STYLE 44 PRICE & TEEPLE.
A WONDERFUL PIANO IN COMPETITIVE WORK.
(Special to The Review.)
New Orleans, La., May 14, 1907.
The spring trade in this city has net come up
to the expectations of the dealers based upon a
good business immediately after the first of the
year. In an effort to boom piano sal:s the vari-
ous dealers have been carrying on a very liberal
and trade attracting advertising campaign.
First, the CaLle Company advertised thirty six
$400 pianos at $245 each, with stool and cover
thrown in, and incidentally called attention to
their complete line of Mason & Hamlin, Conover,
Cable, Kingsbury and other pianos, and invited
inspection. Their copy was well written and ef-
fectively displayed. The Junius Hart piano took
the opportunity to hold a sale of "rente;!" pianos
and also brought in a talk about their regular
line of new pianos—Kimball, Emsrson, Estey,
Crown, Kroeger and other pianos.
During a recent cloudburst the water leaked
through the roof of the Hakenjos Piano Co.'s
building and slightly damaged several pianos—
result: another sale advertised with the regular
iline of Smith & Barnes, Stoiy & Clark and Mar-
shall & Wendell pianos brought to public notice
in conjunction with the damaged bargains.
To cap the climax, Philip Werlein, Ltd., came
cut in yesterday's papers with a half-page an-
nouncement cf a $25,000 priz3 contest on the
word forming principle. An ad. containing over
400 words is given as a tasis for the contestants
to work from, and a special feature of the con-
test is the number of valuable prizes offered, the
list being as follows:
First Prize—Haines Bros, piano, worth $350.
Second Prize—Werlein Club piano, $292.
Third Prize—Two deposits of cash in People's
Bank of $50 each.
Fourth Prize—Two trips to Jamestown Exposi-
tion and return.
Write PRICE & TEEPLE PIANO CO., Chicago, for particulars.
Fifth Prize—Five six-months' scholarships of
music lessons under best instructors in this
Co. contains over five acres of floor space, and substituted along entirely different lines, so that
section.
Sixth Prize—Five Victor talking machine out- offers employment to over four hundred skilled there cannot be over fifty of one design through-
men. The equipment throughout is absolutely out the entire country."
fits, worth $40 each.
modern,
while the environment of the workers is
Seventh Prize—Five violin, guitar, banjo or
unexcelled. The railroad connections are of the
STATE EXAMINATION FOR TUNERS.
mandolin outfits, worth $25 each.
Eighth prizes, amounting to $22,500 in best.
A.
A. Clinkscales, a piano tuner, of Kansas
bonds, in denominations of from $25 to $75, The plan on which the business is operated, as City, Mo., is covering that State in an effort to
which may be used at their face value in pur- well as the high standing of the officers of the get signatures to a petition that a law be passed
chasing any new piano or player-piano in their company, was referred to while there also ap- making piano timers and repair men submit to a
house. The bonds will be limited as to time and peared the names of the leading piano dealers State examination before being permitted to ply
who hold stock in the Krell-French Co., and who
negotiable upon application to our. office.
their trade. At present prospects the bill will
Sidney Boisfontaine, formerly head salesman are retailing these instruments at their respect- at least be put before the Legislature.
ive
establishments.
Speaking
of
a
recent
and
with the Junius Hart Piano Co., has gone to
Louisville to engage in another line of business. special feature of their business, which has been GEO. E. MANSFIELD ELECTED SECRETARY.
The White City has opened for the season on referred to before in The Review, namely, the
At the annual meeting of the Briggs Piano
Saturday, and the Olympic Opera Co. gave an manufacture of special piano styles, this article
says:
Co., recently held in Boston, Mass., George E.
excellent performance there.
"The recent development of the artistic tem- Mansfield for some time retail manager for the
The Philharmonic Society met last Wednes-
day, and it was announced that there was a perament of the American has induced the Krell- company was elected secretary. Mr. Mansfield is
good balance in the treasury, and that the sea- French Piano Co. to create an art department, so an experienced piano man, having before com-
son had proven successful in every way. The that their products may not lack the taste and in- ing with the Briggs people been connected with
attractions offered during the winter were Dam- dividuality characteristic of the American home. the Wood Piano Co. and the Freeman Piano Co.
rosch's New York Symphony Orchestra, the Special case designs, meeting the requirements of The other officers of the Briggs Piano Co. are
Adamowski Trio and Ganz. The society now the hypercritical, are furnished to correspond C. C. Briggs, president and treasurer, and A. L.
has 500 members, and hopes soon to have over a with the decorative plan of any music room, as- Jewett, vice-president.
thousand enrolled. Some special attractions of suring the desired architectural effect as well as
the finest musical equipment.
MORRIS STEINERT THE HOST.
unusual interest are looked for next season.
"For those who cannot afford to invest in an
Morris Steinert, of New Haven, Conn., re-
exclusive set of patterns, three high art types,
KRELL=FRENCH EXPANSION.
cently
gave a banquet to the New Haven Sym-
Corinthian, Griffin and Egyptian art, have been
phony
Orchestra,
the Second Regiment Band and
provided. These cases are manufactured of the
The Great Plant of This Company at New
the Dorscht Lodge and its orchestra. It was
most
elaborately
figured
woods,
and
the
strictest
Castle, Ind., as Well as Their Creations the
regard is paid to every detail of style and finish. strictly a musicians evening. Mr. Steinert ex-
Subject of an Interesting Appreciation.
In order to get the full value of the patterns plained that they had been invited because he
loved musicians and their work, and in response
In a recent issue of the Indianapolis Sunday and to avoid making an individual instrument to his address several of the guests said much
bear
their
entire
cost,
orders
are
accepted
for
Star there appeared quite an extended story bear-
to his honor.
ing on the Krell-French piano factory in New fifty of each style, reducing the cost of the in-
Mr. Steinert led the orchestra present in a se-
Castle, Ind. Their enormous plant, which pro- struments at least a third, and at the same time lection both before and after dinner.
duces five thousand instruments yearly, was pic- providing a correct and exclusive design. In ad-
tured and described in detail with some five of dition to the regular number each piano bears
The Brooklyn Auditorium and Temple of Mu-
their most popular styles, while the success of a silver plate with its serial number engraved sic, Brooklyn, N. Y., has been incorporated with
the institution was detailed at length. It was thereon, and as soon as No. 50 has been reached a capital of $100,000. Directors: A. S. Brook, C.
noted that the plant of the Krell-French Piano the patterns are destroyed and another art type L. Briggs and E. V. Brewster.

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