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OUR EXPORT AND IMPORT TRADE.
Import Trade of Musical Instruments Shows
Increase—Exports for the Month Are Also
Larger—Player Shipments Make Fine Rec-
. ord—The Figures in Detail Regarding the
Various Instruments Furnish Some Interest-
ing Particulars to Our Readers.
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branch of the F. G. Smith Piano Co., has de-
termined that his store will dispose of 100 pianos
during the month of December and he is confident
that this record will be fulfilled. Some good
sales in the Bradbury, Webster and Henning
players were made last week to well known Mil-
waukeeans. According to Mr. Schmidt, business
at the present time is at least 50 per cent, better
than at this time a year ago.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, Dec. 6, 1910. TRADE NEWS FROM INDIANAPOLIS.
The summary of exports and imports of the Expect Good Holiday Business—Starr Repre-
commerce of the United States for the month of
sentatives
Visit
Headquarters—Anxious to
October, 1910, the latest period for which it has
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More
Grand
Pianos—Fuller-Currens
been compiled, has just been issued by the Bu-
Piano Stock Being Sold—Kimball Co. Rent
reau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce
Store—Steinwa>
Grands in Demand—Re-
and Labor. The figures relating to musical mer-
cent Visitors—Other Items.
chandise, including pianos, organs, piano players
and miscellaneous "small goods" in the musical
(Special to The Review.)
field are as follows:
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 5, 1910.
The dutiable imports of musical instruments
Indianapolis piano dealers believe that when
during October amounted to $168,896, as com- their accounts are checked up after the holidays it
pared with $123,687 worth which were imported
will be shown that the Christmas business this year
the same month of 1909. The ten months' total was unusually good. With most of the dealers the
ending October shows importations valued at holiday trade this year began in November and by
$1,158,400, as against $1,119,749 worth of musical the first days of December was in good swing. A
instruments imported during the same period of
little real winter weather with snow at the first
1909. This gives an increase in imports for the of the month was encouraging.
ten months ending October of $38,651.
A number of the out-State dealers of the Starr
The import figures for the ten months' period
Piano Co. recently called at the Indianapolis store
for the three years are as follows: 1908, $970,742; of the Starr Co. and all left good orders. The
1909, $1,119,749; 1910, $1,158,400.
greatest trouble experienced by the Starr Co. is in-
The total domestic exports of musical instru- ability to get stock. H. T. Spain, of the Starr Co.,
ments for October, 1910, amounted to $310,296, visited the factory at Richmond the first of the
as compared with $255,047 for the same month month and found that he would be unable to get
of the previous year. The ten months' exporta- any more grand pianos until after the first of the
tion of musical instruments amounted to $2,632,508, year.
as against $2,378,555 for the same period in 1909.
The stock of the Fuller-Currens Piano Co. is
This shows an increase in exports for the ten
being sold out at sale. G. L. Hadley, representing
months ending October of $253,953.
the Kimball Co., which was represented here by
The export figures for the ten months' period the Fuller-Currens Co., is in charge of the sale,
for the three years are as follows: 1908, $2,367,- representing the factories that had consigned goods
920; 1909, $2,378,555; 1910, $2,632,508.
to the Fuller-Currens Co. H. L. Fuller, of the
Of the aggregate exportations in October there Fuller-Currens Co., it was stated, has been re-
were 936 organs, valued at $54,758, as compared tained and will be interested with the Kimball Co.
with 865 organs in 1909, valued at $53,040. The The Kimball Co. have leased the warerooms of the
ten months' total shows that we exported 7,057 Fuller-Currens Co. in the Circle.
organs, valued at $550,039, as against 7,615 organs,
Business with Carlin & Lennox has been good
valued at $569,828, for the same period in 1909,
the last month, particularly in Knabe, Wegman,
and 8,295, valued at $563,469, for the same period
Schaeffer and Kohler & Campbell pianos. Among
in 1908.
the important sales was an Autopiano to the Marion
In October, 1910, we exported 474 pianos, valued Club. Their business in small goods is especially
at $117,868, as against 451 pianos, valued at $116,- good. Recent callers at the Carlin & Lennox store
125, in October, 1909. The ten months total ex- were R. W. Lawrence, of the Autopiano Co.; "Bob"
ports show 4,008 pianos, valued at $914,296, as Burgess, of the Wegman Co., and a representative
compared with 3,499, valued at $820,324, exported of the H. P. Nelson Co.
in the same period of 1909, and 2,943, valued at
The Aeolian Co. have been having an excellent
$690,812, for the same period in 1908.
demand for Pianola Pianos and Orchestrelles.
Of the aggregate exportations in October, there
Among the callers at the Aeolian Co. were P. J.
were 245 piano players, valued at $78,298. For
Stroup, of the Universal Music Co., and H. B.
the ten months' period, 2,325 of these instruments,
Schaad and Mr. Schmidt, of the Aeolian Co. The
valued at $633,201, were sent abroad.
music section of the Indiana State Teachers' Asso-
The value of "all other -instruments and parts ciation will meet in Aeolian Hall during the holi-
thereof" sent abroad during October, 1910, day season.
amounted to $59,372; in the same month of 1009
Harry Pomeroy, of the Starr Piano Co., who is
the value was estimated at $40,625.
secretary of the Indianapolis organization of the
The total exports for the ten months under
advertising men, will read a paper before the club
this heading foot up $534,972, as against $480,719
at an early date.
exported during the same period of 1909, and
Harry Johnson, formerly in the piano business
$508,495 exported during the same period in 1908.
at Detroit; is now with the Starr Piano Co. An-
This shows an increase of $54,253.
other recent acquisition is J. J. Elliott.
The King Piano Co. report an unusually good
TO SELL 100 PIANOS THIS MONTH. business
for last monah. Two carloads of pianos
were received and sold within two weeks. L. K.
This Is the Prediction of Manager Schmidt,
Chase, formerly of Terre Haute, is now with the
of the F. G. Smith Co., Milwaukee.
King Piano Co.
Rapp & Lennox have been selling many Seybold
(Special to The Review.)
pianos and Estey players. O. W. Williams, of the
Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 6, 1910.
Emil O. Schmidt, manager of the Milwaukee Packard Co., was a recent caller.
The Wulschner-Stewart Co.'s player business has
been unusually good. As reported last week they
sold three Apollos to Carl Fisher, the Indianapolis
aeronaut. One was for his mother, another for his
man, and another for his summer home in Mich-
igan. The Welte-Mignon recitals, which are being
given at the. hall of the Wulschner-Stewart Co., are
attracting large crowds.
The Pearson Piano House is having a good ad-
vance sale of pianos for the holidays. The Stein-
way concert grand has been well in demand for the
last two weeks. It was used at the big Ona B.
Talbott concert of the Cincinnati Symphony Or-
chestra at the Murat Theater last week; by Maud
Powell to accompany her wonderful violin play-
ing, and by Hanna Wolff Freeman, in the First
Maennerchor concert. Gadski also is to use the
Steinway in a concert here. The Pearson House
has taken care to provide an unusually complete
piano stock for the holiday trade, viz.: Steinways,
Kurtzmanns, Hazletons and other high-grade in-
struments. Ernest Urchs, of Steinway & Sons,
was a recent caller.
ARRANGE FOR NEW CABLE HALL.
Messrs. Shaw and McPherson Visit Cincinnati
to Complete Arrangements for Remodeling
Building—To be Occupied February 1.
(Special to The Review.)
Cincinnati, O., Dec. 5, 1910.
President F. S. Shaw and Second Vice-President
E. P. McPherson, of the Cable Company, were in
this city recently for the purpose of completing
plans for remodeling the new building at 137 West
Fourth street, in which Cable Hall will be situated
after February 1, 1911. The plans were approved
of and arrangements were made for beginning the
alterations at an early date, in order that every-
thing will be in good shape for the formal opening.
The new building is seven stories high, and Man-
ager Summey, of the local house, plans to sub-let
several of the upper floors.
FORTUNE IN WEAVER PIANOS.
Why One Dealer
Did Not Care to Buy
More Stock.
Any
It is not very often that a piano dealer becomes
so wealthy through handling a certain line of in-
struments that he does not care to continue the
agency, but the following letter recently received
by the Weaver Organ & Piano Co., York, Pa.,
from W. F. Sudds, Gouverneur, N. Y., explains
itself:
"Yours of recent date requesting that I resume
business with you is at hand. I- supposed that you
were aware that I retired from commercial life
nearly two years ago. All that I now do is to
continue at musical composition—when I feel like
it—spend my summers at my summer home on the
St. Lawrence, and cut off coupons as required.
1 trust, however, that you are finding good demand
for your goods, and am glad to say that I never
dealt with a concern any more on the square.'!
NEW DEALERS IN GEORGIA.
E. D. Ponder & Co. are a new firm of piano
dealers in Albany, Ga. E. D. Ponder, head of the
company, was formerly with the Wester Music
House. They will handle a line of pianos for
which Carter & Logan are the agents, viz.: Weber,
Mathushek, Pease and Clarendon pianos. This
line is also handled by Jerome Follette, formerly
connected with Carter & Logan, who recently
opened a piano store in Douglas, Ga., under the
name of Douglas Music House.
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