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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
Taft's Election Has Stimulated Business.
great many of the mills and factories in and
around Pittsburg, for instance, were holding orders
subject to the election of Taft. Now that he is
elected this will 'be the effect of stimulating and
increasing business of this nature and employ-
ing many more men; indirectly, this will affect
the piano business most favorably, and while it
may not be noticed in the course of the next two
or three months, we feel sure there will be a
general stimulation all along the lines in the
piano trade.
THE TRAFFORD COMPANY, Mason City, la.
We are pleased to note Mr. Taft is elected to
the office of President. We believe, now that
election is over and the great majority of Ameri-
can people are satisfied with the choice that has
been made, there will be a growing spirit of con-
fidence injected into all lines of business. We are
happily situated in this district this fall, with a
fairly good crop of small grain, and a good yield
of corn that in quality is above the average, to-
gether with a splendid crop of hay and other
coarse feed. Everything the farmer has to sell
is bringing good prices, hence we regard the
prospects good for a nice trade from this time
on to the spring months of 1909.
N. M. BRADLEY, Rutland, Vt.
We are mighty well pleased with the nation's
choice of the next President. We view the piano
trade outlook very optimistically.
THE CARPENTER COMPANY, Brattleboro, Vt.
We believe that trade is going to show a
gradual improvement from this time on, but can-
didly we do not look for any great revival during
the next six months. We think the recovery will
be slow but sure, and that by next spring things
ought to get back to a normal basis. We hope
that we are wrong and that a boom is going to
set in at once, but as you ask for an opinion, the
above is ours. We should not be surprised, how-
ever, to receive a great many single orders to be
rushed out during December, but it is too late
this year to do any large fall business.
Second, the fact that the election is over and
settled cannot help but have a beneficial effect on
business.
MARTIN'S PIANO
HOUSE, Akron, O.
Business with us has been and is now splendid,
and now with Taft elected I believe confidence
will at once be restored and business generally
will resume Its normal stride. We have the best
town on the map.
ARMSTRONG
Okla.
BYRD
& CO., Oklahoma City,
We believe business will be good for the next
year. Our business has been increasing for the
last three or four months. We had the best busi-
ness last month we have had in a year and a half.
We do not believe that the election would affect
us one way or the other in this territory. We
are perfectly satisfied as to the outcome of the
election, and it will probably make finances a
little better. We are expecting a good trade, and
are going to push the business from now on.
Since the panic we have been cleaning up, and
buying very little new stuff. All of our stock is
new, and we haven't enough second-hand pianos
on hand to rent, and we know by taking hold of
the business and pushing it that we will be able
to do a good business. We believe that the panic
was a good thing for most music men, as it has
caused them to clean up a lot of old stock that
they would probably have carried on hand for
four or five years or until something like this
did happen.
We hope that business will get back to what it
was two years ago, and we believe that by push-
ing it we can get it back to what it was. This
we expect to do.
S. A. KARN MUSIC CO., Fort Wayne, Ind.
•We can have no doubt regarding the effect the
national election will have upon business. Ours
has begun to improve already, and we never had
brighter prospects for good business than now.
BELOIT
MUSIC CO., Beloit, Kan.
I think the future of the piano industry is as-
sured. The election over, everybody confident,
the money that has been held in reserve in case
of possible changes that might cause hard times,
will begin to be spent for other things than neces-
saries. The election suits us all right and we
are ready for all the business that comes our
way, and also ready to go after that that doesn't
come.
H. SCHMIDT & SON CO., Davenport, la.
The delay in answering your recent communi-
cation has not been due to the lack of interest
or enthusiasm over the matter in question, but
partially due to the flood of business which came
our way immediately after the election. For in-
stance, the sale of four pianos in as many days
dating from Tuesday (election day) until Satur-
day.
The fact that Taft carried the election with
such an overwhelming majority proves that he is
the people's choice, and suiting the majority, is
bound to make business good, and we are antici-
pating the brightest future in the piano business
for the next six months. The restoration of con-
fidence can do nothing but make business good.
In short, we are all well pleased with the election
in Iowa.
in the past, and intend to start off with a big
puzzle scheme—see the San Francisco pape.s
under date of November 8 for full particulars.
PARKS MUSIC HOUSE CO., Hannibal, Mo.
We regard the future of the piano industry for
the next six months good. The direct effect of
the national election upon business has already
shown an improvement; in fact, our views the
morning after the election were very optimistic.
We see no reason why we should not enjoy the
biggest holiday trade we have ever had.
THE BARKER PIANO CO., Hartford, Conn.
We feel that the piano industry, like all others,
will have a sudden spurt as a direct result of
election. The settlement as to "who's who" in a
national election always acts like a spur to a
horse—starts things going. We do not look for
good, settled business before spring.
THE COLUMBINE MUSIC CO., Denver, Colo.
I happen to be one of the Americans who is
pleased with the results of the election. Answer-
ing your questions, we happen to notice a para-
graph in the newspaper this morning which is
the best evidence of the fact that Taft's election
insures prosperity to the country. We notice
where over 40,000 men have gone to work in the
past three days as the result of the election. Of
course we can trace the dulness in the piano
trade directly to the large number of workmen
WYCKOFF PIANO CO., Sioux City, la.
who were out of employment, and naturally when
We did not seriously doubt that the outcome of
the election would be different than what it is, these men get back to work, we are again due
yet we did not feel disposed to inaugurate any for a period of prosperity in our trade.
However, we must not forget that these work-
extensive plan of campaign until the election had
been fully determined. The second morning after men, while out of work for the past year, have
the election we were in the Iowa papers with the been compelled to run accounts, and all are more
beginning of an advertising campaign of twice or less in debt. In our humble opinion it will be
the magnitude of anything we ever attempted to at least a year before the masses are again out
pull off before, and to give you an idea of our of debt and in a position to think of some of
exact feeling we enclose you a copy of one of our the pleasures of life. They are good spenders,
advertisements. There can be but one decision and it is through them that business is made to
as to the effect of our national election, and that boom. I do not look, however, for any decided
is absolutely an unquestioned restoration of busi- improvement before September, 1909.
ness confidence throughout the country.
THE TAYLOR MUSIC HOUSE. Waterloo, la.
With the unquestioned facilities which The
We regard the future of the piano industry for
Music Trade Review has to obtain a close touch
the next six months in a very optimistic manner,
on the public pulse regarding business conditions indeed; the right party is in power and the right
throughout the country, our poor opinion seems man was selected and placed at the head of the
so insignificant as to almost cause us to hesitate nation, and the natural conditions in this section
to answer your inquiry; however, our section of
are all that could be desired; therefore we feel
the country has just passed through one of the and are preparing for a good business for the
most prosperous years in its existence, and we coming year.
know that with the good crops and the safe, sane
The effect of the national election upon busi-
President and Congress means an increased de- ness in general, and the piano business in par-
mand for pianos.
ticular, is this—confidence is restored and the
Our business this year has been better than any unsettled condition is at an end; people have
previous year in our history, and we anticipate turned their attention to the every-day walks of
disposing of three or four hundred pianos more life with a degree of satisfaction that will pro-
between now and January 1. We will undoubt- mote business to a marked degree.
edly realize our highest expectations within the
MINNEAPOLIS MUSIC CO., Minneapolis, Minn.
coming year, and we sincerely trust that our
Most everybody we meet seems to feel pleased
brother dealers and members of the trade will
with the results of the election. Even those who
likewise be benefited.
lost their money on bets think it is for the better,
BYRON MAUZY, San Francisco, Cal.
from a financial standpoint, to have a Republican
I am of the opinion that the election of Taft President. We are sure to get good results in
will result in business being resumed on the old the piano line from the prosperous section,
lines. There is always a feeling that there might Minnesota, North and South Dakota. There will
possibly be a change in policy, and for that rea- be more cash sales on pianos than ever before.
son merchants trim sails on Presidential years Out of the last eight Henry F. Miller pianos we
and sail close to the wind. Now that the storm sold, six were cash sales, and two of them $50
signals are down and danger past, I believe we per month, with good payments down. In the
will all put on full sail and bear away toward
sale of cheaper grade pianos there is also a
the port of prosperity.
larger percentage of cash.
CLARK WISE & CO., San Francisco, Cal.
H. A. KEELER, Charleroi, Pa.
Our opinion of the piano situation, now that
the election is over, is that anything that was
done so thoroughly and decisively cannot but help
to have a good effect on business in general. The
great majority got what they wanted, and in view
of the fact that the country has for some time
been rapidly recovering from the 1907 panic, we
think that this great victory should finish the
job and make it clear to the most pessimistic
that it is a thing of the past and be their cue to
"get busy" at once. We hope to sell a great many
more pianos during the next year than we have
I feel sure the piano business will be good
for the six coming months. Mills and factories
have been gradually resuming work, and condi-
tions are getting normal again. The election is
having a soothing effect, people are generally
satisfied with the results and have more confi-
dence now, because there won't be any change
in the national administration. Naturally people
will devote their attention and energy to work
and business, and this will put business up to
where it was in the past.
I didn't think the election would be so one-