Music Trade Review

Issue: 1915 Vol. 60 N. 26

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THE
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 Abroad.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 21.—The following
were the exports of musical instruments and kin-
dred lines from the port of New York for the
week just ended, the latest period for which they
have been compiled:
Algoa Bay—8 cases organs and material, $283.
Bahia Blanca—4 cases pianos and material, $105.
Bombay—5 cases organs and material, $4- r >0.
Bordeaux—3 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $197.
Calcutta—3 pkgs. phonographic goods and mate-
rial, $225.
Copenhagen—2 pkgs. music goods and material,
$166.
Coronel—24 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $1,037.
Gothenberg—1 pkg. music goods and material.
$182.
Hamilton—6 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $202.
Havana—1 case player-pianos and material, $300 ;
5 pkgs. phonographic goods and material, $27fi; 21
pkgs. phonographic goods and material, $1,363; 86
pkgs. phonographic goods and material, $4,066.
La Guaira—3 cases player-pianos and material,
$560; ID pkgs. phonographic goods and material,
$760.
La Paz—11 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $335.
Liverpool—1 pkg. music, $140; 2 pkgs. phono-
graphic goods and material, $152.
London—100 cases pianos and material, $19,617;
10 cases organs and material, $394.
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Manzanilla—4 cases player-pianos and material,
$307.
Santiago—25 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $1,528.
. Santo Domingo—8 pkgs. phonographic goods
and material, $344; 4 pkgs. music, $136.
Savanilla—3 cases pianos and material, $777; 4
cases player-pianos and material, $286.
St. Johns—4 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $106.
C. LUTHER LOWE'S GOOD WORK.
Band Organized by Well Known Piano Dealer
of Du Bois, Pa., Scores a Great Success—
Composed of Young Men—Well Known
Pianos and Players Handled by Lowe & Son.
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the members running from fifteen to twenty years,
and there are about fifty members at the present
time. The cost of the instruments exceeds $3,000, •
and the members have been trained to a high de-j
gree of excellence; in fact, their playing is a'
source of delight to those capable of judging. The
band is in constant demand for parades and con-
certs. During the week of June 17 to 22 it played
at the convention of -Red Men at Du Bois, Pa.,
and it has already played at the Chautauqua con-
ventions. In the picture herewith, it will be ob-
served that Air. Lowe is the elder gentleman sec-
ond in the back row a little left to the center.
The firm of C. Luther Lowe & Son is well-
known throughout eastern Pennsylvania. They
handle the Lauter piano of which they are great
admirers, as well as the Bush & Lane, Packard,
Ackerman & Lowe and other instruments. Homer
Lowe, the son of the founder is a valuable as-
sistant to his father. He lias grown up with the
C. Luther Lowe, of C. Luther Lowe & Son, the
enterprising piano dealers of Du Bois, Pa., is not
only a capable business
man, but a thorough
musician and organ-
izer. He has done won-
derful things with the
band which he organ-
ized in 1!MO, resulting
from his interest in
young men, believing
that such an organiza-
tion would develop a
musical training and
exercise a moral influ-
ence as well as other'
attributes for manli-
ness. Mr. Lowe says it
has kept the boys to-
gether, and they grow
Lowe's Boys' Brigade Band, Du Bois, Pa.
up to be. men with the right kind of environment. business, and is very active in the buying and sell-
ing of the products which they handle.
This is essentially a church band, the ages of
THE REVIEW'S UNIVERSAL "WANT" DIRECTORY
Any member of the music trade may forward
to this office a "situation" adrertisement in-
tended for this Department to occupy a space of
four lines, agate measure, and it will be inserted
free.
The replies will also be forwarded without
cost.
Additional space will be at the rate of 25c.
per line.
If bold faced type is desired, the cost for
same will be 25c. per line.
Business opportunities 25c. per lime.
All adTertisements intended for this Depart-
ment must be in hand on the Saturday pro-
ceeding insertion of the same.
WANTED—A partner with $10,000 to
$15,000 to take over the interest of one of the
members of the company, recently deceased.
Business has been established for 12 years, and
total sales in piano, talking machine and small
goods departments average $100,000 a year.
For further particulars address "Box 1093,"
care The Music Trade Review, 373 Fourth Ave.,
New York City.
FOR^SALE—On account of ill health I will
sell my Music business. Stock consists of mu-
sical merchandise, pianos, organs, sheet music,
music books, taking machines, records.
This
business always has and is now paying good
profits. Address "Box 1,115," care The Music
Trade Review, 373 Fourth Avenue, New York
City.
PIANIST WANTED-^For music store in White Plains,
N. V.
Permanent position to ambitious, willing worker.
Salary $10 weekly to begin.
Address "Capable," care
The Music Trade Review, 373 Fourth Ave., New York City.
LIVE TALKING MACHINE MAN WANTED To take
charge of the talking machine department of the leading
piano store in a city 35 miles from New York. An ener-
getic, capable man of ideas desired who will develop a
business of $17,000 a year into a larger income producer
for himself and his house. Can invest capital in the busi-
ness if necessary. Rare opportunity for the man who earn-
estly desires to win out. Address "Success," care The Music
Trade Review, 373 Fourth Ave., New York City.
POSITION WANTED—Young man wishes to change fo~r
a better position with advancement in or out of town, Has
had five (5) years' experience in the handling of music rolls,
wholesale and retail. Address "Box 1112," care The Music
Trade Review, 373 Fourth Ave., New York City.
W A N T E D SALESMAN FOR SUPPLY
TRADE—We want a good, honest, hardworking
salesman. Good opening for a man who can show
results.
Answer, stating full experience.
"A. F.," Box 1, Essex St. Station, Boston, Mass.
POSITION WANTED—Have had fifteen years' experi-
ence in sheet music, pianos and all instruments.
Would
like to affiliate with some reliable music house in or out of
town; am married, sober and steady. Address "Box 1,1 Hi."
care The Music Trade Review, 373 Fourth Ave., New York
City.
DEPENDABLE outside salesman wants position in New
York City. Address "Box 1117," care The Music Trade Re-
view, 373 Fourth Ave., New York City.
WANTED—Three (3) first class salesmen -salary and
commission; also tuner and repair man—salary.
Address
Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co., 408 4th St., Sioux City, la.
MECHANICAL DRAUGHTSMAN—Experienced young
man, 27 years of age, also a practical piano man with some
selling ability desires a position that promises a future. Ad-
dress Jos. C. Augliera, 5711 17th Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
AUTOMATIC SALES MANAGER OPEN—Result getter
with long experience as sales manager in automatic musical
instruments will entertain proposition from good house.
Knows electric pianos, orchestrions and motion picture
players in all their phases. Address "Automatic," care The
Music Trade Review, 373 Fourth Ave., New York City.
PIANO S U P E R I N T E N D E N T OPEN—High grade super-
intendent, scale draughter, case designer, is open. Chicago
or West preferred.
Had charge of big plants.
Ilnim-
neachable record.
Address "T. A.. IS," care The Music
Trade Review, 220 So. State St.. Chicago, III.
ATTENTION MANUFACTURERS!—RoadmarTcovering
South and Southwestern territory wants line of cheap pianos
ranging in price from $75.00 up. Also line of stools and
scarfs on commission. Have live prospects who want to con-
tract for 100 pianos, 3 cars to be delivered at once, others as
ordered. This is a cash deal and prices must be lock bot-
tom.
Address "Cash Deal," care The Music Trade Review,
373 Fourth Ave., New York City.
P. S.- -Send catalogs,
nrices and full proposition in first letter. No time can be
lost, if you can handle this deal.
WANTED—A first class piano salesman who can sell
good instruments on their merits. No four-flusher or hot-
air artist need apply. One used to working in the country.
Christine Bros., Bangor, Pa.
WANTED—Position for combination salesman, player and
electric man and tuner; positively first class and a gentle-
man; have had 18 years' experience; state full particulars.
Address "Piano Man," 27 Monroe St.. San Francisco, Cal.
MANAGER WANTED—A man who is a piano and pi-
anola salesman and closer of the first rank and who has
had considerable experience as a manager; only a real high-
class man desired, and for the right man money will be no
object, besides the opportunity for interest in the business.
Give references, state age. Write fully to Oldest Piano
House in El Paso, "El Pasp Piano Company," El Paso, Tex.
GOOD CLOSER, large experience, possessing initiative
and force, desires position as salesman: retail, wholesale or
special sales work. Address "Box 1113," care The Music
Trade Review, 373 Fourth Ave., New York City.
PIANO TUNER AND R E P A I R M A N T T I S O understand^
players, wants position with a New York house.
Week
work or extra work. Address "Box 1110," care The Music
Trade Review, 378 Fourth Ave., New York City.
POSITION WANTED—Young man wishes to change
for a better position with advancement. Has had five (5)
years' experience in the handling of music rolls, wholesale
and retail. Address "Box 1112," care The Music Trade
Review, 373 Fourth Ave., New York City.
POSITION WANTED—Young man knowing Eastern
dealers wants position selling pianos or selling dealer-sup-
ply merchandise. Experienced. Can prove worth.
Ad-
dress "Box 1108," care The Music Trade Review, 373 Fourth
Ave,, New York City.
RETAIL PIANO MAN—One who sells pianos. Floor
job only. Prefers New York City, but will go out short
distance. Demands a good proposition and can make money
for you. Address "Box 1109, care The Music Trade Re-
view, 373 Fourth Ave., New York City.
WANTED—A high-class, experienced piano salesman.
Write, giving experience, etc., "Box 1103," care The Music
Trade Review, 373 Fourth Ave., New York City.
FOR SALE—On account of continued illness and by ad-
vice of my physicians to have a change of climate, I will
sell my music business, established fifteen years (15).
Stock consists of musical merchandise, pianos, organs, sheet
music, music books, talking machines, records, magazines,
newspapers and stationery.
Will invoice about $5,000.
Newspapers and magazines will pay rent and light of store.
A chance of a lifetime for a good live man. Will sacrifice
for a quick sale. Only music store in town of 9,000 in
northern Michigan. Business outlook very good. Address
"Box 1111," care The Music Trade Review, 373 Fourth
Ave., New York City.
PIANO AND PLAYER-PIANO salesman, with 25 years'
experience, will be open for new engagement after June 2.
Strictly temperate, with the best of references from present
employer. Copy of same will be forwarded on request from
reliable house. Address "Honest and Reliable Hustler,"
care The Music Trade Review, 373 Fourth Ave., New York
City.
YOUNG MAN P I A N I S T desires to clerk in a music
department store, either Chicago, 111., or Kansas City. Am
strictly sober. Would be willing to fill orders for piano
music. Salary $15 per week, if suited. Can play for pic-
ture show every evening. Would like to hear from some
reliable music dealer wanting my services. Address Eugene
Iluegel. pianist, care General Delivery. Jefferson City. Mo.
POSITION WANTED—Player-piano repairman wishes
position, inside or outside. Address "Box 1104," care The
Music Trade Review, 373 Fourth Ave., New York City.
FIRST-CLASS W H O L E S A L E AND R E T A I L SALES-
MAN, well acquainted with wholesale trade in New Eng-
land, New York State, Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky, but
would take a position in retail business in Connecticut,
Massachusetts or New York State. Can furnish first-class
references on request.
Address "Box llOfi," care The
Music Trade Review, 373 Fourth Ave., New York City.
POSITION WANTED—Salesman, with good record,
wishes road position or as manager of retail store. Ad-
dress "Box 1107," care The Music Trade Review, 373
Fourth Ave., New York City.
PIANO SALESMAN W I S H E S POSITION with reliable
dealer; good closer and price getter. Address "Box 1101,"
care The Music Trade Review, 873 Fourth Ave., New York
City.
MR. PIANO MANUFACTURER—"Try this on your
piano." "Before getting a Receiver get an Efficient Super-
intendent." If you like the title of this song you can get
all the words by addressing "Box 1102," care The Music
Trade Review, 378 Fourth Ave., New York City.
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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GOLD MEDAL FOR AMERICAN STEEL & WIRE CO.
Extensive and Comprehensive Exhibit of Company at Panama-Pacific Exposition Calls Forth
High Praise—Has Proven of Great Educational Value to Exposition Visitors.
(Special to The Ueview.)
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., June 19.—The American
Steel & Wire Co., whose very complete exhibit, cov-
ering all its various products from the raw mate-
rial to the finished article, exhibited in the Palace
of Mines and Metallurgy at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition, and which has been referred to several
times in detail in The Review, has been awarded a
gold medal for the extent and excellence of its ex-
hibit. The Wurlitzer Co., whose products were
also shown in this exhibit, embracing a pipe organ,
harps and other musical specialties, was also
awarded a gold medal.
THE MAHOGANY SITUATION.
Threatened Scarcity of Stock, Owing to Lack
of Ocean-Going Vessels, Causes Upward
Trend in Prices—Conditions Analyzed.
Conditions in the mahogany market at the pres-
ent writing present an interesting study in con-
trast. We have with us a threatened scarcity of
stock, at least a material reduction in the supply
coming forward, that brings with it a per-
fectly natural increase in prices. The contrast to
this is furnished by reports from the mahogany
producing sections of the world, where mahogany
timber and logs have not only declined in price,
but there is a general depression that is perhaps
even more keenly felt than the depression in our
own lumber market for native timber products
because of the interruption to the export trade.
This contrast seems illogical, but it is not. it
has its counterpart in our own lumber trade, and
is due partly to a scarcity of ocean-going vessels,
which has resulted in doubling and in some in-
stances quadrupling freight costs, says Veneers.
This of itself is bad enough, and it is so difficult
to secure vessels for loading that the trade is
irregular and uncertain, which, together with other
conditions in the world's situation to-day, makes
many buyers inclined to stay out of the market.
This makes a dull situation at the mahogany pro-
ducing and concentrating points for export to the
United States, and it also naturally results in a
Perhaps no exhibit at the World's Fair was more
complete or more educational than that made by the
American Steel & Wire Co. It conveyed an idea
to the visitor of the uses of wire, particularly as
utilized in pianos and organs, in a manner that was
most enlightening. In fact, visitors came away
from the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy most
enthusiastic regarding the knowledge which they
gleaned by a visit to the exhibit of the American
Steel & Wire Co.
It is worthy of note that not all the exhibits in
the American Steel & Wire Co. display were en-
tered in competition for awards.
scarcity of the supply coming forward, which
makes for higher prices in this country. It is ex-
pected that the situation will gradually improve
as more merchant vessels are put into commission,
and it is certainly to be hoped that this improve-
ment will come in time to keep us supplied with
enough mahogany to meet the needs of the trade.
PROPER PLANERJCNIFE SETTING
An Important Factor in the Production of First-
Class Cabinet Work—Securing Mechanical
Perfection Desirable in the Making of Pianos.
There is, and probably will continue to be, for
another generation at least, a countless number
of planers on which the knives are set in the
old-fashioned way, notwithstanding the many new
machines with their jointing appliances and others
with positive gauges for setting knives. More-
over, these old machines set in the old-fashioned
way will continue to do good work in the hands
of skilled operators. Still it means more time and
tedious work in setting and in adjusting than is
required with the new machines and appliances,
and it will be a pretty hard battle for those
operating the older types to meet the capacity and
finish produced with the modern machines and
devices.
We have had a regular revolution in planer
knife setting and the best thing for a man to do
to keep up with the times and to get the greatest
MATERIALS FOR
PIANO MANUFACTURERS
GENUINE FLY BRAND TUNING PINS,
GENUINE FELTEN & GUILLEAUME IM-
PORTED MUSIC WIRE, FELTS, CLOTHS
PUNCHINGS, HINGES, PEDALS AND
GENERAL PIANO HARDWARE.
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO,
NEW YORK SINCE 1848
4th Ave. and 13th St.
order of efficiency is to recognize this and get in
line with the new order of things.
The new order in planer knife setting came
pretty hard at first and many of the old-fashioned
fellows contended that they could set knives pre-
cisely by hand, says a writer in the Furniture
Manufacturer and Artisan. It has been thorough-
ly demonstrated, however, that this is difficult if
not practically impossible, and practically every
modern planer is turned out with some provision
to facilitate knife setting and to assure more ac-
curate setting than was practical by old methods.
This accuracy is not all secured by jointing. In-
deed, sometimes jointing has proven a drawback,
because there is a disposition to run dull knives
which have been jointed over to make them true,
and this consumes unnecessary power. There are
positive methods of knife setting which reduce
the needs of jointing to a minimum, yet in some
cases it is actually dispensed with. It is the joint-
ing that started the revolution in knife setting and
proved that it was impractical to get a true set
on an outfit of knives in the old way, but as soon,
as the jointing demonstrated this fact many of
those in charge of designing planes set about
equipping them with positive gages and devices
to insure accurate setting. Enough progress has
been made in this way, too, that the man who con-
tinues to operate planers and set the knives in the
old-fashioned way is up against an unnecessary
amount of tedious work to get satisfactory results
with his planer.
PIANO PEDAL IMPROVEMENT.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 21.—Patent No. 1,143,-
177, for a piano pedal, was last week granted to
Thomas H. De Pew, Canton, O., one-half of which
he has assigned to John E. De Pew, Cambridge,
O., and relates to improvements in piano pedals
in which a pedal shank is provided having a re-
duced outer end and a detachable foot piece-
The objects of the inventions are, first, to pro-
vide a simple piano pedal; second, to provide a
detachable foot piece, and, third, to provide means
for attaching the foot piece in such a manner that
when attached a rigid connection is made.
PLAN TO PREVENT^ LUMBER LOSS.
The proprietor of a furniture factory found that
as new shipments of lumber arrived they were
piled on top of nearly exhausted stacks. This
meant that many boards remained on the bottom
for years, thus deteriorating.
Thereupon he set a limit to the height of the piles
and issued a ruling that a pile must be completely
exhausted before new shipments could occupy that
space.
This meant that increased yard area was re-
quired, but the saving effected far more than offset
this increased expense. By making the piles lower,
time and labor were saved in stacking; no lumber
was permitted to become worthless, and he was en-
abled to keep a perpetual inventory record of his
stock, something which had been impossible under
the former system, where the records became con-
fused because of the practice of stacking new
lumber on old.
Richardson Piano Case Co.
Manufacturers of
Cases
Established 1891
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