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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
business, and finds that the advertising meets with
considerable response.
Local Conditions Have Little Effect on Sales—Small Attention Paid to Fall Fairs and Festivals
Mrs. Charles Kohn, a well-known musician of
—Cleaning Out of the "Barbary Coast" and Its Effect—General Trade News.
Albuquerque, N. M., has assumed the position of
manager for the Baldwin Co. at that place. She
(Special to The Review.)
neglecting the piano business, which is showing up
will have salesrooms at Gold avenue and Second
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., September 27.—Though
very well.
street.
September started out with a promise of doing
Will Hurt Automatic Player Trade.
Lee S. Roberts, representing the Melville Clark
even better in total volume of sales than the pre-
The automatic player-piano end of the trade re-
ceding month, the last half of the month has fallen ceived something of a setback this week when the Piano Co., came up this week from the South. He
off somewhat, and some of the houses will not city ordinance was passed forbidding dancing and reports a good business all along the line. In
make the expected increase. Business was prob- music in all resorts and other places where intoxi- southern California the Apollo line is looked after
by the J. B. Brown Music Co., of Los Angeles.
ably damaged somewhat by the extremely hot
cating liquors are sold. This is intended and ex-
weather of last week, when city trade dropped quite pected to put an end to the "Barbary Coast" section Mr. Roberts will spend some days with Harry J.
low for a few days. The month has, however, been of San Francisco, and it will certainly throw a Curtaz, the company's San Francisco manager, and
quite satisfactory, and, except in comparison with hundred or more automatic musical instruments will then go North. He will make a stop at Sacra-
August, will stand as one of the best of the year. out of employment. In the days before the big mento, Cal., where the company now has a live
Pacific Coast piano houses seem to have let the fire of April, 1906, one dealer boasted that he had agent.
George J. Jackson, the American Piano Co. man,
various fall fairs and festivals go by without a an even thirty pianos rented in one block on Pa-
after
spending a few days at San Francisco head-
great deal of attention this year. The general
cific street. Since the fire the old line pianos have
opinion seems to be that there is about room
been entirely replaced by electrical instruments, quarters, is now in the South for a week or two
enough at one fair for one piano store to make a and it is the handlers of these that will mainly feel with his connections in Los Angeles and other.
Southern towns.
tolerably good showing. The large stores with
the adverse effect of the new law.
Manager E. C. Wood, of the Baldwin Co.'s
branches in outside cities, where fairs are held, are
Sherman, Clay & Co. Alterations Complete.
Coast department, is now in southern California
giving their branch managers a free hand in the
Sherman, Clay & Co. have now completed the
matter. At the California State Fair held this alterations on the seventh floor of the big building. visiting the Baldwin agencies in that end of the
State.
week at Sacramento, the Wiley B. Allen Co.'s
They now have on this floor a lot of fine sound-
New Jenkins Quarters in El Paso.
Sacramento store put in a very attractive display, proof demonstration rooms for trying out player
The El Paso, Tex., store of 'the Jenkins Piano
and the Eilers Music House is preparing to do the rolls. These all have outside exposure and are
Co. is shortly to be moved to new quarters on
same at the Mechanics' Fair in this city. Some of
just about perfect in the matter of light and ven-
the San Francisco stores will do something in the tilation. The increase in the demonstration space Texas street. The new building is being remodeled
at a cost of upwards of $5,000.
decoration way in honor of the coming Portola
was rendered necessary by the increased business
celebration, though some of the dealers are not due to the Metrostyle and Themodist rolls. The
over enthusiastic as to the effect of these big roll business is growing very rapidly from week to
OUR EXPORTS TO_SOUTH AMERICA.
gatherings on the piano trade.
week. The additional stories to the building are Total During Past Year More Than $1,000,000
Lester Ambassador a Visitor.
Per Day—A Gratifying Showing.
coming along nicely, the concrete work being now
C. A. Garrison, traveling representative of the nearly finished. The changes will provide for a
(Special to The Review.) •
Lester Piano Co., came down from the North this magnificent organ room, in which a $20,000
week and is spending some time with the Hau-
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 29.—At the rate
Aeolian pipe organ is to be installed. This organ
schildt Music Co., which carries the Lester line
will be shipped about the middle of October, and of more than $1,000,000 every business day in the
in San Francisco and the tributary territory. It is it is hoped that it will be installed and ready for past fiscal year have been the exports from the
understood that there will be some change in the exhibition before Christmas.
United States to Latin America, according to a
Lester agency in the northern end of the Pacific
statement issued by the Department of Commerce
Watching Questionable Advertising.
Coast territory. From San Francisco Mr. Garri-
recently. These amounted to $321,000,000, as com-
It is understood that the ordinance recently
son willgo to Los Angeles and Southern points.
pared
with $108,000,000.
passed for the protection of advertisers and the
Reports Business Picking Up.
The most rapid gains have been with Argentina
public from fake advertising is not to be allowed
Peter Bacigalupi, of Peter Bacigalupi & Sons, to become a dead letter in this city. The Adver- and Brazil. The 1013 exports to the various coun-
dealers in automatic pianos and organs, reports tisers' Association is to assist in any necessary tries follow:
To Argentina, $52,750,000; to Brazil, $42,6G(J,000 ;
that business is picking up more or less, with a prosecutions, but it is hoped that prosecutions can
prospect of being really active later on. Mr. be avoided. It is believed that by warning those to Cuba, $70,500,000; to Mexico, $54,500,000; to
Bacigalupi is one of the incorporators of the Coin
who are thought to be offenders the evil can be Uruguay, $7,500,000; to Peru, $7,330,000; to Chili,
Operated Seat Co., which will install nickel-in-the- prevented without the necessity of making arrests. $16,000,000; to Colombia, $7,333,000; to Venezuela,
$5,750,000; to Ecuador, $2,500,000; to Haiti, $6,666,-
slot seats on the fair grounds of the Panama-Pa-
Personal's.
cific International Exposition.
Sherman, Clay & Co. are expecting visits from 000, and to Santo Domingo, $5,750,000.
The report states that 23 per cent, of all goods
Byron Mauzy Up for Re-election.
Warren C. Whitney, of the A. B. Chase Co., and
Byron Mauzy, the Stockton street piano man, from W. V. Swords, of the Aeolian Co. Both are imported by these countries was drawn from the
United States.
whose term as Supervisor of San Francisco ex- due here before the middle of October.
pires soon, is now getting votes lined up for the
C. F. Coudart, representing the Portland, Ore.,
DEATH OF WM. M. CRAMP.
coming primary election, as he aspires to succeed
store of the Wiley B. Allen Co., is now in the
himself. Nine supervisors are to be chosen; and
Crook County section of Oregon on business for
William M. Cramp, one of the veterans of the
so far there are sixty-three candidates up for the the house.
piano trade of Pittsburgh, Pa., died recently in
primaries. Mr. Mauzy has the endorsement of
F. E. Bowers, of J. T. Bowers & Son, reports that city at the age of sixty-seven. Mr. Cramp
both Democratic and Republican clubs, as well as business as rather quiet, but with considerably was manager for twenty-five years of the Hamil-
some independent organizations and is believed to more inquiry just now than for some time past. ton Music store and later went into business for
have a good chance of election. Mr. Mauzy is not He has started a little sale this week to stir up himself.
TRADE ON THE PACIFIC COAST KEEPS UP GOOD AVERAGE.
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