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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
AWARD FOR CROWN PIANOS AT BUENOS AIRES
EXPOSICION UNIVERSAL PCL CENTENARIO
WITH THE
™ A M IN DETROIT.
Some Vacation News—J. Henry Ling Prepar-
ing to Move—J. B. Mclntosh to Open Whole-
sale Branch for Cote Co.
(Special to the Review.)
EL
JURADO HA OTORGADO
DI PLO/^IA
BUfiNOS AIRtS, ABKIL 1911
(Special to the Review.)
Chicago, 111., Aug. 12, 1911.
The Geo. P. Bent Co., Chicago, have added an-
other to the collection of trophies reminiscent of
victories won by the Crown pianos, both here and
abroad. The accompanying cut is a reproduction
of the diploma recently received by the company
from their representatives, Furze Hermanas, of
Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic. This diploma
shows that the Crown piano was exhibited dur-
OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.
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, Aug. 16, 1911.
The following were the exports of musical in-
struments and kindred lines from the port of New
York for the week just ended:
Abo—I case pianos and material, $335.
Batavia—19 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$800.
Bucharest—I case pianos and material, $250.
Buenos Ayres—11 cases pianos and material.
$1,453.
Callao—2 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$1G1; 2 cases pianos and material, $2,914.
Cape Town—1 case piano players and material,
$154; 1 case pianos and material, $200.
Cartagena—7 pkgs, phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $-")64; 3 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $138.
Colon—2 cases piano players and material, $275.
Copenhagen—2 cases organs and material, $230
Cristobal—1 case pianos and material, $150.
Delagoa Bay—8 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial,. $262.
Gefle—4 cases organs and material, $397.
Guayaquil—5 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $219.
Havana—2 cases pianos and material, $630; 2
pkgs. phonographic goods and material, $142.
Havre—1 pkg. musical instruments, $100; 9 pkgs.
ing the great exposition at Buenos Aires last year,
which lasted for six months, and drew visitors
from all over the South American continent. It
reveals the fact that Crown pianos won the first
prize and gold medal. It is, of course, a matter of
gratification to the officers of the company that they
are able to show visitors to their warerooms ocu-
lar evidence of the fact that the excellence of
Crown pianos is recognized abroad, as well as in
the United States.
phonographic goods and material, $225.
Kingston—1 case pianos and material, $250.
Limon—1 case piano-players and material, $3,446.
Liverpool—25 cases organs and material, $3,446.
London—1 case piano-players and material, $584;
3 pkgs. talking machines and material, $105; 5
cases pianos and material, $3,101.
Melbourne—10 pkgs. musical instruments, $575;
7 cases piano-players and material, $555; 1 case
pianos and material, $125.
Milan—6 cases piano-players and material, $472.
Montevideo—23 pkgs. phonographic goods and
material, $1,256; 11 pkgs. talking machines and
material, $737.
Postoff—1 case pianos and material, $175.
Rio de Janeiro—22 pkgs. talking machines and
material, $1,836.
Rome—2 cases pianos and material, $200.
Rotterdam—2 cases organs and material, $140.
Santo Domingo—4 pkgs. phonographic goods and
material, $117.
Santos—5 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $198.
Stavanger—1 case pianos and material, $250.
Stockholm—3 cases organs and material, $229;
33 pkgs. phonographic goods and material $690.
Tampico—7 pkgs. music rolls, $580; 13 pkgs.
phonographic goods and material, $238; 4 cases
pianos and material, $1,000.
Valparaiso—4 pkgs. music rolls, $315; 19 cases
pianos and material, $5,913; 3 cases piano-players
and material, $782; 1 case organs and material,
$400; 26 cases pianos and material, $7,691.
Vienna—30 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$420.
WINTER & CO.
220 SOUTHERN BOULEVARD, N E W YORK
Manufacturers of
Detroit, August 15, 1911.
Vacations have made this week the dullest of a
long time in the way of piano news. The heads
of the stores, and of the departments, wait until
August for their summer rest. S. E. Clark, mana-
ger of the branch stores of Grinnell Brothers,
has gone to the seashore for the entire month
of August. A. H. Howes, manager of the retail
department of the same firm, found the cool
breezes of Mackinac so much to his liking that
he stayed an additional week. J. Henry Ling is
too busy with his preparations for moving to take
a vacation or to indulge in news talk. Leonard
Davis, manager of the Melville Clark branch, is al-
ways on the job. He lets his employes take the
vacations. E. Hugh Smith, manager of the up-
State sales has gone for a vacation on his father's
farm near Romeo, Mich. Miss Nellie E. Hunter,
office manager, has just returned from two weeks
in the Canadian east, Niagara Falls, St. Williams
and other points.
Mr. Davis has rented the surplus space of the
big Annis building on which the Melville Clark
company holds a lease, to a jewelry manufactur-
ing firm.
The Melville Clark branch has been in Detroit
almost a year now. In that year it has established
itself as one of the best known and prosperous
of the Woodward avenue mercantile houses.
E. D. Bristol, representing the Charles Parker
Co., of Meriden, Conn., manufacturers of stools,
benches, cabinets and scarfs, is calling on the
Detroit trade.
J. B. Mclntosh, sales manager of the Cote Piano
Co. for the North Central States and Minnesota
and Iowa, is soon to establish a wholesale store
here, but has not as yet selected a location. He
is looking over two or three places. He formerly
was vice-president and general manager of the
Clough & Warren Co.
A Yale man is superintendent of the tuning and
repair department of the Detroit branch of the
Melville Clark Piano Co. He is Bryant G. Marble
and is a mechanical engineer of exceptional abil-
ity—a mechanical genius, in fact, according to
Manager Leonard Davis.
"The Apollo is a fine piece of machinery," said
Mr. Davis, speaking of the importance of keeping
all instruments in the best of condition. So we
want a man around who can take one apart and
put it together without a mistake. I have a mech-
anical turn of mind myself, but Mr. Marble has
me outdone. He understands all about every
piano and player on the market. Whenever we
take in an instrument as part payment for an
Apollo the first place it goes to is the tuning
and repair department, where Mr. Marble makes it
;>s good a? new."
NEW STYLE K CONCORD PIANO.
The Concord Co., piano manufacturers of Chi-
cago, 111., have just issued a special folder in
which is illustrated and described their new style
K Concord piano, an instrument with a plain but
attractive case in mahogany. The descriptive text
is devoted chiefly to the structural details and
leaves very little for imagination.
TO EXHIBIT AT TEXAS STATE FAIR.
The Bush & Gerts Piano Co., Thos. Goggan &
Bros., Jesse French Piano Co., and the John
Church Co. are among the concerns who are ex-
pected to exhibit at the Texas State Fair to be
held in Dallas in October.
Superior Pianos
and Player Pianos