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THE
OUR FOREIGNjCUSTOMERS.
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.
MUSIC TRADE
to take back the piano, but the woman secured the
warrant and pushed the case. The piano dealer
gave bonds for his appearance in court.
TUNING ORGANS BY TELEPHONE.
R.
(Special to The Keview.)
Washington, D. C, Jan. 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:
Alexandria—2 cases pianos and material, $500.
Berlin—133 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $1,220.
Brisbane—29 cases piano-players and material,
$3,040.
Budapest—1 case organs and material, $120.
Callao—10 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $117; 18 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$1,000.
Cape Town—22 cases organs and material, $790.
Chemulpo—9 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $460.
Cork—2 pkgs. phonographic goods and material,
$200.
Genoa—4 cases pianos and material, $873.
Grenada—6 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $337.
Guayaquil—3 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $230.
Hamburg—11 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $200; 1 pkg. musical instruments, $125; 17
cases pianos and material, $1,446; 2 cases organs
and material, $117.
Havre—2 cases pianos and material, $1,200; 17
pkgs. talking machines and material, $338.
Kingston—4, pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $121.
La Guayra—4 cases organs and material, $144;
4 pkgs. phonographic goods and material, $135.
London—21 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$1,350; 4 pkgs. music goods, $482; 22 cases organs
and material, $3,281; 13 cases pianos and material,
$3,900; 36 cases piano-players and material, $7,-
'281 ; 264 pkgs. talking machines and material, $8,-
212.
Milan—1 case pianos and material, $200.
Monrovia—2 cases organs and material, $102.
Rio de Janeiro—29 pkgs. phonographic goods
and material, $4,299; 7 cases pianos and material,
$1,539; 2 cases piano-players and material, $570.
Rome—1 case pianos and material, $200.
Sydney—20 pkgs. musical instruments, $926; 10
cases pianos and material, $192.
Valparaiso—27 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $1,370.
Vera Cruz—1 case pianos and material, $300; 21
pkgs. phonographic goods and material, $2,442.
Vienna—1 case organs and material, $130.
Warsaw—2 cases pianos and material, $510.
Yokohama—30 pkgs. phonographic goods and
material, $1,620.
STOP-LOOK-LISTEN.
What Happens to the Dealer Who Does Not
Make Sure the Customer Has Struck Right
Store—An Interesting Experience.
In the future it will be well for the dealer to
inquire very carefully of the prospective purchaser
whether or not he or she is in the proper store or
whether the prospect really left home with the idea
of looking over the line in that particular store.
Such a course may perhaps kill off some business
and aid competitors in a measure, but according to
the experience of a Western dealer the precaution
should eliminate all chances of a visit to court.
C. C. Bender, of the Bender Piano Co., Los
Angeles, Cal., recently sold a piano to a woman
who made a substantial first payment and consid-
ered the matter closed until some time later, when
the same woman swore out a warrant against the
piano dealer for securing money under false pre-
tenses, claiming that she had entered his store by
mistake and had thought that she was doing busi-
ness with a prominent house with a number of
branch stores on the Coast. Mr. Bender had agreed
REVIEW
Hope-Jones Said to Have Employed This
Method of Tuning for Quite Some Time.
In a recent issue of The Review reference was
made to the first use made of the telephone in
tuning organs and which was thought to have
taken place in the large organ just erected in John
Wanamaker's store, Philadelphia, Pa. R. Hope-
Jones (who was for many years chief electrician
with the English Telephone Co.), it is now claimed,
has long employed the telephone for tuning organ
pipes. In many of his instruments, such as those
at Ocean Grove, N. J., St. Paul's Cathedral, Buf-
falo, etc., telephone transmitters are fixed perma-
nently above the pitch octave in the diapason de-
partment, and the whole organ is so wired that
wherever the tuner may happen to be working he
can, by pushing in a convenient plug, hear through
the little telephone attached to his head the exact
pitch of the diapason pipes.
PROF. CHAPMAN TO BRIGGS CO.
The Celebrated Conductor Writes a Flattering
Letter to the Boston Piano Manufacturers.
The Briggs Piano Co., of Boston, Mass., is in
receipt of the following •testimonial from Prof.
W. R. Chapman, the popular conductor of musical
festivals throughout the principal cities of New
England and New York. His letter, which was
entirely unsolicited, is of distinct value, coming
as it does from a man who keenly comprehends
musical values and who is competent to differen-
tiate in the matter of quality in pianos. His letter
is as follows :
"Gentlemen: The Briggs grand piano used dur-
ing my recent concerts at Waterville and Belfast
has given me great satisfaction. The tone is pure
and sympathetic and the action fine. Both the
artists and myself were greatly pleased. I con-
gratulate you on such a perfect instrument.
"W.
R. CHAPMAN."
TO SUPPRESS FRAUDULENT ADVERTISING.
Arthur E. Sproul, chairman of the publicity com-
mittee of the Advertising Men's League of New
York, has issued a circular directing the attention
of newspaper editors to the movement against
fraudulent advertising. Mr. Sproul, while not dep-
recating legal proceedings, emphasizes the value
of publicity in suppressing all kinds of objection-
able advertising.
$10,000 MOLLER PIPE ORGAN.
The Iawo State Teachers College at Cedar Falls
is to have a three-manual pipe organ designed by
John Ross Framton, which will be manufactured
by M. P. Moller, of Hagerstown, Md. The instru-
ment will cost $10,000.
J. H. CLEMENS RESIGNS.
J. H. Clemens, who has been traveling in the
Central Western States in the interests of the
National Piano Co., has resigned his position and
is considering several propositions from other
houses.
STOCK DAMAGED BY FIRE.
The stock of the Stranburg Music Store, Brad-
ford, Pa., suffered severe damage from water re-
cently when a break in a frozen water pipe in a
vacant room over the store caused the flooding
of the store.
We propose to give five dollars a week for a
shorl', chatty expression of viezvs upon interesting
topics. Consult our special announcement else-
where.
NUMBER THREE.
Think!
Then you will Buy
the Bjur Bros.
Of course, you will hear all kinds
of claims regarding pianos, but in-
vestigate—bore in—dig down deep—
find out the real facts and never be
satisfied until you are convinced that
your money is buying you the best
that the market affords in pianos.
There is no reason why you should
accept anything but the best.
There is no good reason why you
should pay a dollar more than a prod-
uct is worth.
Now, we have been manufacturing
pianos for many years.
We are specialists.
We have studied it from the ground
up, and every Bjur Bros, piano passes
the closest scrutiny before it leaves
the factory.
Our instruments are not rushed out
like some, hastily completed, partly
finished and full of flaws, which de-
velop later on.
They are made with one desire on
the part of the maker—to please the
most exacting musical people.
If we knew how to make be*tter
pianos we should do it.
If we knew how to put in better
material we should do it.
If we knew how to pay closer at-
tention to all detail work rest assured
that we should not fail in that pur-
pose, because our aim is to build a
piano that satisfies.
People who have had Bjur Bros,
pianos are pleased with them.
Dealers who have sold them know
that they "stick' 5 and the piano that
"sticks" and satisfies is the piano that
pays the dealer.
2572-2574
Parb Avenue, New York.