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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1907 Vol. 45 N. 14

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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
tKe Music SHow Held Sept. 18-26
BSMMuiES
JACOT MUSIC BOX CO.'S ATTRACTIVE BOOTH.
PEASE PIANO CO.'S BOOTH AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
ESTEY CO.'S DISPLAY OF PIANOS AND ORGANS.
GOOD REPORTS JFROM DES MOINES.
Dealers Pleased That Crops Have Not Suffered
from Bad Weather—Piano Houses Redecor-
ate—Schiller Piano for Colleges—Jonesi to
Europe—Risser Co.'s Handsome Quarters.
(Special to The Review.)
Des Moines, la., Sept. 30, 1907.
The piano business in this city at the present
time is in a very satisfactory condition, although
not as heavy as it has been recently. It was
feared that the corn crop was damaged by the
early frosts and prolonged cool wave, but with
the report that the crop did not suffer, however,
dealers still have hopes of a record breaking fall.
Two prominent piano houses are busily en-
gaged in rearranging and improving their piano
warerooms. Edward H. Jones & Son have just
had their entire establishment redecorated and
refurnished and new floors laid through the
building. This firm did a very heavy summer
business placing a number of pianos in colleges.
Twenty-eight Schiller pianos were placed in
Drake University, of Des Moines, to take the
place of an equal number of old instruments
which Jones & Son disposed of at a special sale.
They also placed seven pianos of the same make
in the Leander Clarke College at Toledo, 0.
E. H. Jones, of the firm, accompanied by his
wife and daughter, Mrs. Grace Green Jackson,
sailed for Europe this week. Mr. and Mrs.
Jones will return in three months, while Mrs.
Jackson will study in Berlin for two years.
The other concern to make extensive altera-
tions were the Risser Music Co., who handle the
Aeolian Co., Everett and other lines, and who
have installed three handsome parlors for art
pianos on the third floor of their building.
Their quarters have been considerably enlarged
and it is said by many that they have the
handsomest piano warerooms in the middle west.
At the local Kimball branch, in charge of
S. S. Randall, business was reported to be very
satisfactory, a number of good sales being made.
MANAGER KITT DINES HIS STAFF.
H. L. Kitt, who has recently been appointed
manager
for the Starr Piano Co., in Toledo, O.,
WITH McPHAILJPOR 50 YEARS.
gave a banquet last week to the salesmen con-
he Splendid Record of E. G. Blackwell Who Is
nected withat branch as well as several friends.
Now 84 Years Old.
Among the guests were: W. M. Robinson, J. C.
Meares, A. L. Vernon, B. J. Sharp, B. N. Athel-
In the front ranks of veteran piano workers stau, W. F. Teatsorth, F. N. Mark, H. B. Maxwell,
may be found Elbridge G. Blackwell, who has R. C. Starr, L. E. Pengeo, E. D. Fox and J, W.
been in the factory of the A. M. McPhail Piano Wheeler.
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Co. for over fifty years. Although 84 years old,
Mr. Blackwell still retains all his faculties and
EXHIBIT AT Y0NKERS BUSINESS SHOW.
is at his bench regularly turning out as much
Among the exhibitors at the Yonkers Business
or more work than many of the younger men.
Mr. Blackwell is also a veteran of the Civil Men's Show, held in Yonkers, N. Y., this week,
War, being employed in the McPhail factory was the Hubener Piano Co., of that city, who
when the call came for volunteers, and he joined exhibited their new player piano. It was the
first public appearance of the player piano and
the Forty-fifth Massachusetts Regiment.
Mr. Blackwell has been privileged to witness it elicited much favorable comment from all who
many changes in the manner of constructing saw it and heard it in concert.
pianos. In the early days all the work was
TO RESUME QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
done by hand, while at the present time ma-
chinery re'gns supreme. He also remembers
The Hampden County Music Trades Associa-
distinctly the introduction of uprights and the tion, with headquarters in Springfield, Mass., will
ill-favor with which they were met. He is, of resume their regular monthly meetings early this
course, a great admirer of the McPhail piano, month. There are a number of interesting mat-
with which he has been so long associated.
ters to come up before the association. The im-
portance of close attention to credits and large
J. H. TROUP PIANO HOUSE REMODELED.
instalments will be impressed upon the dealers,
The J. H. Troup Piano House, Harrisburg, and various reforms attempted. The campaign
Pa., have recently remodeled their quarters and against house salesmen will be continued.
now occupy the entire building, comprising
THE TRADE OUTLOOK IN GEORGIA.
9,460 feet of floor space. The upper floors of the
C. C. Cocroft & Co., of Thomasville, Ga., who
building have been divided into handsome draw-
ing rooms and parlors in order to better demon- handle the McPhail piano as their leader, and
strate the pianos in a home environment. Sev- also sell a large number of Laffargue pianos, pre-
eral rooms have been set aside for grands, while dict a heavy business for fall, and in anticipation
have just ordered two carloads of the latter in-
others have been reserved for player pianos.
This firm are doing a very heavy business, struments for early delivery.
especially in Poole pianos, twenty-five of which
A new music store has been opened in Mount
were sold in one week by the club plan, in addi-
Vernon, N. Y., by Nicola Turturro.
tion to several pianos of other makes.
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.
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In looking for a perfectly
satisfactory piano to place be-
fore the public as your leader,
you consider several things.
ist. Is it a reliable make?
2nd. What is its standing in
the musical world ?
3rd. Will it be so satisfact-
ory that it will increase my
business from year to year.
4th. What is there to back
up this instrument?
We want you to consider the
Haines Bros, in the light of all
these points.
A reputation of years is back
of this piano, and nothing can
convince the makers that qual-
ity is not of highest importance
regardless of cost. They be-
lieve that the only instrument
it pays the manufacturer to
make, the dealer to sell and the
customer to buy is the best.
In the Haines Bros, you get
the best at a moderate cost—
and we don't ask you to take
our word for it either. All we
ask is that you investigate for
yourself. We want to get
you sufficiently interested to
examine the Haines Bros. Af-
ter that the piano will speak
for itself and we will accept
your judgment.
If this isn't fair, tell us what
you think is. We feel sure
your decision will be as favor-
able as that of thousands of
Haines Bros, users
In any event write us now
to arrange to see one of these
pianos.
You'll miss an opportunity
if you don't.
HAINES BROS.
ROCHESTER, N. Y.
9 2 Fifth Ave. Bacon Block Republic Bldg.
NEW YORK OAKLAND, Cal. CHICAGO, I1L
Pianos and Other Musical Instruments Shipped
Abroad from the Port of New York for the
Week Just Ended—An Interesting Array of
Musical Specialties for Foreign Countries.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, Sept. 30, 1907.
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—21 cases organs, $695.
Bahia—46 packages talking machines and ma-
terial, $1,100; 8 cases piano players and material,
$1,499.
Bangkok—3 packages talking machines and
material, $370.
Bremen—2 packages talking machines and ma-
terial, $110; 1 case piano player and material,
$850.
Berlin—184 packages talking machines and ma-
terial, $1,426.
Brussels—6 cases organs and material, $550.
Bristol—65 packages talking machines and ma-
terial, $388.
Buenos Ayres—2 cases piano players and ma-
terial, $270; 121 packages talking machines and
material, $5,648; 3 cases organs and material,
$300.
Cardiff—72 packages talking machines and ma-
terial, $1,052.
Cartagena—8 packages talking machines and
material, $460.
Colon—1 case pianos and material, $100.
Corinto—1 case musical instruments, $161.
Dublin—15 packages talking machines and ma-
terial, $350.
Hamburg—16 cases piano players and material,
$2,576; 8 cases organs, $350.
Halifax—2 cases music, $108.
Hamilton—1 case piano material, $152.
Havana—8 packages talking machines and ma-
terial, $587; 7 packages talking machines and
material, $235; 3 cases piano players and mate-
rial, $354; 16 packages talking machines and ma-
terial, $301.
Havre—1 case organs, $144; 13 packages talk-
ing machines and material, $300; 1 case piano
material, $245; 1 case piano material, $100; 14
packages talking machines and material, $466.
Kingston—1 case piano and material, $130.
Leeds—37 packages talking machines and ma-
terial, $232.
Liverpool—43 cases organs and material, $3,-
696; 47 packages talking machines and material,
; 17 cases organs, $1,000.
London—3 packages talking machines and ma-
terial, $165; 5 packages talking machines and
material, $230; 32 cases piano players, $5,051;
292 packages talking machines and material, $6,-
295; 1 case pianos and material, $150; 35 cases
organs, $1,307.
Manchester—50 packages talking machines and
material, $335.
Manila—8 packages talking machines and ma-
terial, $514.
Montevideo—45 packages talking machines and
material, $4,133.
New Castle—56 packages talking machines and
material, $416.
Ormo—6 packages talking machines and mate-
rial, $601.
Rio de Janeiro—3 cases pianos and material,
$250; 102 packages talking machines and mate-
rial, $640; 2 packages talking machines and mate-
rial, $167; 6 cases pianos and material, $766.
Rotterdam—1 case organs, $125.
Rome—1 case piano player and material, $112;
2 cases piano players and material, $600.
St. Petersburg—22 packages talking machines
and material, $606.
Savanilla—1 case pianos and material, $200;
5 packages talking machines and material, $189;
1 case pianos and material, $315; 3 cases piano
players and material, $223.
Sheffield—41 packages talking machines and
material, $276.
Singapore—4 packages talking machines and
material, $225.
Soerabaya—9 packages talking machines and
material, $115.
Sydney—36 cases organs, $1,053; 45 cases
piano players and material, $13,500; 2 cases
pianos and material, $400.
Tampico—3 cases pianos- an-d material, $870.
Trinidad—7 packages talking machines and
material, $136; 1 case piano players and mate-
rial, $142.
Valparaiso—10 cases piano players and mate-
rial, $1,772; 5 packages talking machines and
material, $271; 7 packages talking machines and
material, $645; 1 case piano players and mate-
rial, $310.
Vera Cruz—31 packages talking machines and
material, $1,214.
STULTZ & BAUER'S FALL CATALOGS
•The regular fall catalog of Stultz & Bauer, re-
cently compiled, will be ready for distribution
to the trade in about ten days, and judging from
advance proofs the volume, embracing thirty-two
pages, will prove one of the handsomest ever
issued. The catalog will be fully illustrated with
halftone cuts and exploit the full line of pianos
and player pianos with terse text matter that
will prove valuable to every dealer who receives
it,
CELEBRATE 20TH ANNIVERSARY.
Hayden Bros., the department store of Omaha,
Neb., recently celebrated the twentieth anniver-
sary of the establishment of their piano ware-
rooms. They claim to have been the first de-
partment store in the United States to handle
pianos, and state that when they installed their
first stock in 1887 an early failure was predicted,
especially in the East. Hayden Bros, now han-
dle the following line: Knabe, Chickering, Soh-
mer, J. & C. Fischer, Estey, Smith & Barnes,
Schaeffer, Price & Teeple and Wegman pianos.
The department manager is Thomas P. Quinlan.
JERSEYITES TO NEW YORK.
It is said that following close upon the visit
of an agent of the Wanamaker piano department
in New York, to Newark, N. J., ten salesmen quit
their jobs simultaneously and without notice to
go to New York. Although the Newark dealers
have become used to sudden changes of the group
of salesmen known as the "flying squadron" the
general exit caused not a little annoyance.
Zivahlen & Co. will establish a music store in
Malone, N. Y., at an early date.
"DISTINCTIVELY HIGH GRADE'
GAe CHRISTMAN
STUDIO GRAND
is the greatest success of the day.
It possesses a scale of rare even
ness, a tone of remarkable sonority
and richness, with a quality that
is highly orchestral. Our latest
styles of Grands and Uprights
mark a decided advance in the art
of piano-making. We court inves-
tigation. Some territory still open.
CHRISTMAN SONS, Manufacturer.
WABKROOMS:
FACTORY AND OFP.CK:
869-873 East 137(1) St.
NEW
35 West 14th St.
YORK

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