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a short choral work by Harry Rowe Shelley
of New York will be presented. Mr. Mildenberg
is to be congratulated on his splendid move to
bring American music closer to our Gallic
friends. Indeed, if other Americans in Europe
were as enthusiastic there would not exist such
a dense ignorance as to the merits of our native
composers.
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Oscar Hammerstein is to defy tradition in
three important operatic moves he will make
after the present season closes. First, while
abroad he will engage a new company of princi-
pals who will be heard at the Manhattan Opera
House for a summer season of eight weeks in
the best known grand operas. Second, beginning
next fall the popular Saturday night perform-
ances will be abolished, and Saturday night will
be as important as to the performance as any
of the subscription nights, and the prices will not
be reduced. Third, complete performances of
opera, with scenery and action, will be given on
Sunday nights at popular prices. Progress with
a great big P is Oscar Hammerstein's policy.
That is why he is leaving other's behind.
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MUSIC
TRADE!
RE1VIEIW
FIGURES THAT PLEASE.
PIANO MEN IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Excess of Exports Over Imports Amount to
$88,743,316—It Looks as if We Need Not
Return Gold Sent Us for Past Six Months.
Some Prominent Members of the Trade Re-
cently Photographed in Front of the Wiley
B. Allen Co.'s Store on Van Ness Avenue
—Secured Good Orders While West.
There is food for thought in the report of the
country's exports and imports just issued by the
Department of Commerce and Labor. Especially
interesting are the figures relating to merchan-
dise. For the month of February the excess of
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Three fragments of a hitherto unknown opera
by Wagner, called "Les Fiancailles," written at
Prague in 1832, are soon to be published in Ber-
lin. For some unexplained reason Wagner de-
stroyed this opera, a small portion only of the
manuscript having been preserved. The portion
of the manuscript saved, amounting to about 36
pages, in Wagner's own hand, found its way
to England and is now in the possession of Mme.
Heaton.
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Josef Hofmann, the distinguished pianist, and
Fritz Kreisler, the celebrated violinist, will
give a joint recital at Carnegie Hall on April
18. The interest in this recital is most marked,
and at this writing it looks like a bumper house.
Hofmann, of course, will use the Steinway piano,
the remarkable merits of which he has been ex-
ploiting with such marked success throughout
the country.
EFFECT OF STEAM HEAT ON PIANOS.
A number of tuners have complained of the
ruinous effect of steam heat upon even the best
made pianos, and have voiced the opinion that
with the great increase in the use of that method
of heating, a new style of piano will have to be
constructed to meet the condition.
The peculiar properties of steam heat—its
dryness above anything else—tend to affect both
the metal and wooden portions of the instrument
to such an extent that in many instances a piano
has been rendered worthless after spending a
couple of winters in a steam-heated fiat. Heat
from a stove, however, does not injure the piano
under ordinary circumstances.
SHIPPING FROM KING'S NEW PLANT.
According to an item in the Bluff ton (lnd.)
Banner of recent date, twelve pianos had been
shipped from the new King plant in the city up
to that time, and it was stated in the future
regular shipments of about ten pianos would be
made weekly. Plans have been prepared for a
storage house 50x60 feet, and a new dry kiln to
be added to the plant.
POLITICS MUST NOT BE DISCUSSED.
.NUIiUIS
AN1J
ANRYS
SNAI'l'KU
exports over imports was $88,743,361; in Febru-
ary, 1907, it was $36,363,437. The imports then
amounted to $123,185,209; they were only $79,-
124,401 for the month this year, hut exports,
which then were $159,548,646, are now $167,867,-
762, or a record for the month of February. The
immediate deduction from the £gures is that we
have a great cause for complacency, since
Europe still owes us a large amount of money
and there is no sign of our having to return any
of the $135,664,389 gold we took from her in the
eight months ended in February. But something
else is suggested by the falling off in our im-
ports of $44,060,808, and the fact that the gov-
ernment's deficit is steadily increasing.
(Special to The Review.)
San Francisco, Cal., March 13, 1908.
We have had many visiting piano men recently
among us, all of whom, by the way, are immense-
ly popular here.
They seem to like
our city, and we
like them, hence
thei-r stay here is
always longer than
t h e y usually ex-
pect. The Review
representative, be-
ing in the region of
the Wiley B. Allen
Co.'s store on Van
Ness avenue the
other day got a
"snap" of a party
of piano men leav-
ing the store for an
automobile
trip.
Seated in the auto
were Frank Teeple,
of Price & Teeple,
and John A. Nor-
ris, of the Smith,
l . \ H A , \ l'KAK C I S C O .
Barnes & Strohber
Co. Frank Anrys, of the Wiley B. Allen Co., is
standing beside the machine. Both these gen-
tlemen received some good orders while here for
their respective houses.
FEITZI SCHEFF TO VOSE & SONS CO.
The Vose & Sons Piano Co., of Boston, Mass.,
have received the following letter from Fritzi
Scheff, the popular operatic artist, and a com-
petent judge of piano values, in which she says:
"Gentlemen: I am so heartily pleased with the
beautiful Vose piano that it is a pleasure to tell
about it publicly. It seems to me all that a
high-grade piano should be. Yours sincerely,
(Signed)
FBITZI
SCHEFF."
WITT MUSIC CO. ORGANIZE.
The Witt Mijsic Co., of Lorain, has been in-
corporated with the Secretary of the State of
Ohio, with a capital stock of $50,000. Those in-
terested are: F. D. Witt, A. V. Hageman, H.
Witt, John Kalva and C. E. Van Deusen.
The G. A. Vossler Music Co., of Poughkeepsie,
N. Y., have copied the scheme started by the
Estey Co. in Philadelphia, of getting out a peti-
tion asking President Roosevelt to accept the
nomination for a third term. It has attracted
much attention.
Isn't this a
beautiful Cabinet?
Answer: It certainly is
and that is only one of the
many good features of
Udell Cabinets.
The workmanship, fin-
ish and price are unques-
tionably right, else why
the ever increasing de-
mand.
Write us please asking
for Cabinet Catalogs and
prices.
Makers oi
In some of the piano houses piano salesmen
have been advised not to talk politics during the
coming presidential campaign. In other words,
the opinions of customers must be respected and
the individual ideas of salesmen must be kept in
the background. This is necessary in order to
sell pianos.
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The handsome Moller organ recently installed
in the Edgefield Baptist Church, Nashville,
Tenn., was formally dedicated on Friday, March
i:i. The program was one of unusual excellence,
and a number of well-known vocal artists as-
sisted the various organists who participated.
The Udell Works,
Cabinets
Incorporated,
Indianapolis, lnd., U. S. A.
No. 430 DISC RECORD CABINET.
Solid Mahogany. Swell Front.
Holds 200 Twelve Inch Records.