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THE
OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.
Pianos and Other Musical Instruments Shipped
Abroad from the Port of New York for the
, Week Ju$t Ended—An Interesting Array of
Musical Specialties for Foreign Countries..
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(Special to The Review.)
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Washington, D. C-, Dec. 13, 1910.
The following were the exports of musical in-
struments and kindred lines from the port of New
York for the week just ended:
Adelaide—11 cases organs and material, $829;
12 cases pianos and material, $1,249; 1 case piano
players and material, $325.
Alexandria—1 case pianos and material, $142.
Berlin—96 pkgs. phonographic goods and mate-
rial, $1,986.
Bombay—33 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $346.
Bremen—7 cases piano players and material,
$2,100.
Bristol—1 case pianos and material, $250.
Buenos Ayres—9 cases pianos and material,
$1,460.
Calcutta—4 cases organs and material, $107.
Callao—7 pkgs. phonographic goods and mate-
rial, $616; 2 pkgs. phonographic goods and mate-
rial, $107.
Cartagena—33 pkgs. phonographic goods and
material, $892.
Chemulpo—1 case" pianos and material, $200; 3
pkgs. talking machines and material, $130.
Christiania—3 cases organs and material, $190.
Cork—2 cases pianos and material, $126.
Genoa—1 case pianos and material, $375; 4 pkgs.
talking machines and material, $650.
Guayaquil—3 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $199.
Halifax—3 cases pianos and material, $306.
Hamburg—29 cases organs and material, $1,075.
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Havana—1 case _pianos _and . material, $250; 31
pkgs. phonographic goods and material, $1,162.
Havre—2 cases pianos and material, $1,101.
Hobart—7 cases organs and material, $330.
Hong Kong—265 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $11,438.
;
Kingston—6'case-s organs and material, $900.
Liverpool—28 cases organs and material, $2,832;
1 case pianos and material, $150.
London—9 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $3,845; 7 cases piano players and material,
$1,645; 108 pkgs. phonographic goods and material,
$2,695; 22 cases pianos and material, $5,090; 13
•cases piano players and material, $3,900; G pkgs.
music rolls, $390; 1 case music strings, $150; 40
pkgs. phonographic goods and material, $4,795; 3
esses organs and material, $110.
Manila—3 cases pianos and material, $1,297; 1
case organs and material, $140.
Martinique—2 cases pianos and material, $160.
Milan—2 cases pianos and material, $250.
Montevideo—6 cases pianos and material, $484;
4 pkgs. talking machines and material, $129.
Naples—3 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$100.
Rio de Janeiro—2 pkgs. music, $191; 70 pkgs.
talking machines and material, $2,735; 13 cases
piano players and material, $1,920.
Shanghai—1 case pianos and material, $225; 3
cases organs and material, $115.
Southampton—3 pkgs. music, $626.
St. Johns—2 cases pianos and material, $235.
Stuttgart—3 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $100.
Trinidad—8 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $425.
Vera Cruz—2 cases organs and material, $554;
131 pkgs. phonographic goods and material, $7,387.
Vienna—24 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $873.
Yokohama—5 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $309; 4 cases organs and material, $180.
TRADE FAIR IN DETROIT.
Business Better Than for Same Season Last
Year—Recent Visitors.
(Special to The Review.)
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 13, 1910.
Detroit retail piano dealers say that business
last week was not as good as it was during the
past two weeks, but at that they say the business
was larger than a year ago. Cash sales and large
first payments, where instruments are purchased
on the installment plan, are reported in most of
the sales.
James Williams, special representative of the
American Piano Co., has been in the city during
the past week. He has visited several of the
dealers and reports that business in the territory
he has covered has been very good.
F. J. Base, of Lyon & Healy, was another who
called on the trade last week. He was exhibiting
stools, scarfs and small goods to the local dealers.
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DETROIT ASSOCIATION MEETING.,
Dealers Hold Banquet at Hotel Griswold and
Elect Officers for Coming Y e a r — E . P. An-
drews Makes Address—Contest Advertising
Among Subjects Discussed.
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(Special to The Review.)
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 13, 1910.
At the annual meeting of the Detroit Music
Trades' Association, held at the Hotel Griswold,
Tuesday evening, Dec. 6, these officers were elect-
ed for the year 1911: I. S. Crawford, of the
I. S. Crawford Co., president; S. E. Clark, gen-
eral manager of Grinnell Bros., first vice-presi-
dent; A. E. Trebilcock, of the Detroit Music Co.,
second vice-president; Harry Zickel, of the Cable
Piano Co., third vice-president; A. E. Noble, of
the A. E. Noble Co., secretary; and A. H. Howes,
manager of the retail piano department of Grin-
nell Bros., treasurer. Secretary Noble and Trea-
surer Howes were re-elected, and the other offi-
cers are new officials who will assume their new
duties at the meeting of the association to be held
on the night of January 3.
E. P. Andrew, president of the association for
the year 1910, made a brief talk in which he re-
viewed the things accomplished by the association
during the past year. He said the association was
never in better condition than it is at the present
time from every standpoint. A balance is left in
the treasury, and the association has more mem-
bers now than it ever had. One of the principal
things accomplished by the association during the
past year was the inducing of several piano deal-
ers that have never been members of the associ-
ation to join it. While the association, as a body,
had nothing to do with getting the daily papers
to refuse piano advertisements containing puzzle
and guessing contests, the members individually
were responsible for the reform. The association
starts a new year in better condition than ever
before, and it is proposed by the members to
make next year the best in the history of the
association.
BECHT PIANO CO. INCORPORATED.
The Becht Piano Co., Louisville, Ky., have filed
articles of incorporation giving the capital stock
as $40,000, divided into 400 shares, of which
Charles Becht holds 394 shares and Edward G.
Becht and Mabel Becht three shares each.
'DISTINCTIVELY HIGH GRADE'
BANGOR, ME., DEALER INCORPORATES.
The Andrews Music House Co., Bangor, Me.,
have incorporated with capital stock of $75,000, to
deal in musical instruments and to take over the
business of M. H. Andrews, Bangor, Me. Mr.
Andrews is president and treasurer of the new com-
pany.
PORTLAND, ME, DEALERS MOVE.
The Staples Piano & Music Co., Portland, Me.,
will shortly move their uptown store to a new
location at 561 Congress street, that city. They
will still continue their downtown store" in the
Wadsworth block oh Preble street.
OPEN RETAIL FACTORY WAREROOMS.
Goetzmann & Co., piano manufacturers of Roch-
ester, N. Y., recently held a formal opening in the
new retail warerooms located in the lower part of
the factory building at 178-182 Clinton avenue,
North.
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