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MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
250 pianos in Uock, of the following makes:
instruments and kindred lines from the Port
Mathushek, Gabler, Winthrop, Melville Clark and of New York for the week just ended:
the Apollo player piano.
Berlin—167 packages talking machines and
J. F. Allen, 1715 Chestnut street, carry sixty in material, $630.
Bombay—22 packages talking, machines and
stock, of these makes:-A. B. Chase, Poole, Hunt-
ington, Mendelsohn, J. F. Allen and the A. B. material, $862; 2 cases organs and material,
$133.
Chase player piano.
Calcutta—1 case pianos and material, $260.
Woodford & Crouse, 1710 Chestnut street, carry
Callao—11 packages talking machines and
100 pianos in stock of several makes.
Blasius & Sons, 1016 Chestnut street, carry a material, $1,846.
Gibara—1 case pianos and material, $100.
stock of an average of 500, comprising the Blas-
Hamburg—1 package talking machines and
ius and several other makes, and the Blasius and
material, $186; 10 cases piano players and mate-
Chase & BaKer player pianos.
Strawbridge & Clothier, Eighth and Market rial, $3,000;^ 18 cases organs, $2,483.
Havana—26 packages talking machines and
streets, carry 100 pianos in stock, including the
Steck, Krell, Pease, Bacon, Witney and Royal material, $1,847; 22 packages talking machines
and material, $1,025.
pianos and the fateck and Aeriol player pianos.
Leipsig—5 cases organs and material, $263.
The Estey Piano & Organ Co., 1118 Chestnut
Limon—6 packages talking machines and ma-
street, carry 350 pianos in stock, including the
Estey, Kroeger, Janssen and Brambach pianos terial, $421; 3 cases pianos and material, $144.
and the Estey piano player.
Liverpool—24 cases organs and material, $3,-
Snellenburg's, Eleventh and Twelfth and Mar- 475; 3 packages talking machines and material,
ket streets, carry in stock from 200 to 300, ac- $420.
cording to season, of several makes.
London—11 cases pianos and material, $360;
At the Ludwig Piano Co., 1103 Chestnut street, 33 cases piano players and material, $11,425;
1,059 packages talking machines and material,
175 pianos are carried in stock, with the factory
reserve to call upon. They seH their own make $13,000; 3 cases organs and material, $316.
of Ludwig and Ericsson pianos and the Ludwig
Mazatlan—3 packages talking machines and
player piano.
material, $349.
Milan—3 packages talking machines and ma-
John Wanamaker's piano department carries
from 400 to 500 in stock, of the following makes: terial, $187.
Chickering, Vose, Campbell, Emerson, Kurtz-
Naples—2 cases piano material, $400.
mann, Schomacher, William Knabe & Co., with
Rio de Janeiro—22 packages talking machines
the Angelus player piano, the Autopiano and the and material, $966.
Electrelle player piano.
St. Johns—2 cases pianos and material, $592.
St. Petersburg—13 packages talking machines
PHILADELPHIA HAS 6,000 PIANOS.
Here, then, says The North American, is a and material, $764.
grand aggregate of 4,310 pianos carried in stock
Vera Cruz—18 packages talking machines and
in fifteen of the piano houses of Philadelphia. material, $768.
As was said before, there are scores of stores
Vienna—5 packages talking machines and ma-
outside of the district visited that would bring terial, $304.
this stock up to more than 6,000 easily.
Yokohama—1 case pianos and material, $450;
Discussing the total annual output of pianos in 99 packages talking machines and material, $4,-
Philadelphia with the proprietor of a large piano 655; 4 cases organs and material, $185.
house, he stated that, in his opinion, the sales of
pianos in Philadelphia would exceed, rather than
CONCORD PIANO CO.'S RECORD.
fall below, 10,000 annually. As an example, he
Four Styles Illustrated and Described—The
stated that one of the department stores had
Policy of the Company Set Forth.
sold the enormous total of 165 pianos in a single
day last January. He was positive as to the ac-
The first catalog of the Concord Piano Co., of
curacy of the statement, and the manager of the Chicago, has been sent out to the trade and acts
place he quoted confirmed the statement, both the part of an initial bow in a very creditable
claiming that it was the world's record for a manner. Pour styles of Concord pianos are de-
single day's sale. The statement was also made scribed and illustrated, and they impress one
by several piano stores that their December sales owing to the simplicity yet artistic effect of the
amounted to from 350 to over 500 pianos. This designs. Two styles, "A" and "C" are made up
item alone, the investigator believed, would about
in oak and mahogany, while styles " B " and
equal the piano trade of France.
"D" are cased in mahogany and walnut. The
booklet is also enlivened by a view of the fac-
tory and a description of its facilities.
' OUR FOREIGN .CUSTOMERS.
The company declare their object is to make
Pianos and Other Musical Instruments Shipped
a good piano at a medium price and to give ex-
Abroad from the Port of New York for the
cellent value for the money outlay. The intro-
Week Just Ended—An Interesting Array of
ductory matter in this regard is interesting.
Musical Specialties for Foreign Countries.
"There are only two kinds of pianos worthy
of the buyer's serious consideration: The kind
(Special to The Review.)
which has established a reputation for merit
Washington, D C, Sept. 9, 1907.
The following were the exports of musical after being many years before the public, and
the kind, which though priced considerably
lower, is so nearly its equal in quality, tone and
finish that the wonder is that it can be sold for
the price asked. To this latter class belongs the
Concord.
"The aim and purpose of the Concord Co., then,
has been to build a moderate priced piano, in
which shall be embodied every essential feature
of good substantial piano making and to supply
are conscientiously made, good
the Concord piano as an instrument which will
instruments; in other words, the
respond to every reasonable demand which may
be put upon it; building it together skilfully
sweetest things out.
of parts selected with greatest care so that the
Concord piano may be best adapted to the prac-
tical use of every-day home life, as well as to
serve the finished pianist or cultured vocalist."
RUDOLF
PIANOS
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Some Trade "Straws
Here are some excerpts taken at random
from the many letters which we have re-
ceived from dealers, toners and salesmen
who enthusiastically endorse "Theory and
Practice of Pianoforte Building."
Here is what the Phillips & Crew Co.,
Savannah, Ga., one of the leading firms in the
South, say regarding "Theory and Practice of
Pianoforte Building":
"We beg to hand you herewith our check
for $2 to cover cost of one copy of "Theory
and Practice of Pianoforte Building," which
has been received with thanks. The book is all
that you claim it to be and should find a ready
place with all those connected with the trade.
With our very best wishes, we beg to remain,"
etc.
George Rose, of the great English house
of Broadwood & Sons, and one of the lead-
ing piano makers of Europe, writes:
"I have perused the book with much pleas-
ure, and 'Theory and Practice of Pianoforte
Building' should be in the hands of every prac-
tical and interested man in the trade."
H. A. Brueggemann, a dealer in Fort
Wayne, Ind., writes: "I have one of your
books, 'Theory and Practice of Pianoforte
Building,' and will say that it is just the kind
of a book I have been looking for for many
years. I have been tuning pianos for fourteen
years, and from studying the book, 'Theory and
Practice of Pianoforte Building,' I have
learned something that I never knew before."
John G. Erck, for many years manager of
the Mathushek & Son retail piano business,
and now manager of the piano department of
a big store in Cleveland, writes: "You cer-
tainly deserve strong commendation, for your
latest effort, 'Theory and Practice of Piano-
forte Building' is a book written in such an
instructive and concise form that certainly no
piano player or piano professional enthusiast
should lack it in his or her library. It gives
to the salesman the highest knowledge of in-
struments and is invaluable."
Henry Keeler, of Grafton, W. Va., says: "I
most heartily congratulate you for launching
such a worthy book. I consider it the best
work ever written upon the subject, and I
hope that its ready sale will cause the reprint
of many editions."
George A. Witney, head of the Brockport
Piano Mfg. Co., himself being a scale draughts-
man of national repute, writes: "'Theory and
Practice of Pianoforte Building' is a valuable
book for those interested in piano construc-
tion."
Every man, whether manufacturer,
scale draughtsman,superintendent
dealer, or salesman, should own
a copy of the first work of its kind
in the English language.
The price for single copies, delivered to
any part of the United States, Canada
and Mexico is $2. All other countries,
on account of increased postage, $2.20.
If the book is not desired after examination, money
will be refunded.
KRELL-GOODWIN.
RUDOLF PIANO CO.
458 E. 144th Street,
NEW YORK.
The marriage has been announced of Miss Blsa
Krell, daughter of Albert Krell, of the Krell-
French Piano Co., New Castle, Jnd,, to Maurice
C. Goodwjn on September 4.
EDWARD LYMAN BILL, Publisher
1 MADISON AVE., NEW YORK CITY