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AUGUST 3, 1918
THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
GEO. W. POUND GETS NEW RULING ON PIANO EXPORTING
PROGRAM OF TUNERS' CONVENTION
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Bureau of Exports Renders New Decision Whereby Musical Instruments May Be Exported From
This Country to Denmark and Holland—Similar Ruling Asked for Norway and Sweden
Interesting Features Announced for Annual
S e s s i o n s o f N a t i o nal Association of Piano
Tuners to Be Held in Chicago August 5-8
The industrial prosperity and stability of our
country depends very largely on the transaction
of a larger export trade with foreign countries.
For various reasons we must secure a balance of
trade by selling finished products to those coun-
tries from which we are buying considerable
raw material. This prevents shipments of gold
and enables the nation to move along safer lines.
It is, therefore, very desirable to develop the
shipment of musical instruments and to as large
an extent as possible. In this connection George
W. Pound, general counsel and manager of the
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce, sent
out the following important announcement this
week:
"This office is constantly at work with Wash-
ington along this line, and is pleased now to an-
nounce a new ruling of date July 22, by the
Bureau of Exports, War Trade Board, favorable
to the shipment of all musical instruments (ex-
cept when composed entirely or mainly of
metals) to Denmark and Holland.
"With respect to shipments to Denmark, the
exporter in the United States should advise the
importer in Denmark to obtain a Danish Mer-
chant's Guild Import Certificate covering the
proposed shipment and to inform the exporter
of the serial number of such certificate. The
exporter in the United States should then apply
to the War Trade Board for an export license
on Application Form X, using such 'commodity
sheets' as are required, and, in addition thereto,
Supplemental Information X-105.
"The same procedure should be followed with
respect to the exportation of these commodities
to Holland. Furthermore, all shipments to Hol-
land must be consigned to the Netherlands
Overseas Trust and the number of the certificate
issued by the trust, covering the specific consign-
ment, must be stated in Supplemental Informa-
tion Sheet X-102.
"I am urging the War Trade Board for a rul-
ing permitting the shipment of piano and organ
parts to Norway and Sweden."
INJUNCTION SUSTAINED
OPENS NEW STORE
Organ Builders Upheld by Court in Action Re-
straining Former Employe From Operating
in Competition With Their Syracuse Branch
EVERETT, WASH., July 29.—L. N. Hart, formerly
connected with the Everett department store
and with Tiedeman & Woodburn, has opened
an up-to-date piano house at 2936 Colby avenue,
where a comprehensive line of pianos and
players will be carried. Mr. Hart is a well-
known piano salesman in this city, and will
feature the Chickering line of uprights and
grands, together with the Apollophone and the
Soloelle.
The National Association of Piano Tuners
has just issued a most impressive program for
the ninth annual convention of that organiza-
tion to be held in Chicago on August 5, 6, 7
and 8, at the Hotel LaSalle. In addition to
the regular business of the convention and re-
ports of the officers and committees, there will
be a number of addresses made and papers read
by members of the association and others. At
an open session on Tuesday an address will be
made by J. W. Vander Vries, of the Chicago
Chamber of Commerce. At the same session
W. F. Reinhardt, of the Guild, will talk on "The
Psychology and Aesthetics of Musical Sound";
C. A. Deutschmann will talk on "The Value of
the Seal to the Tuner," and addresses will also
be made by George W. Pound, general coun-
sel and manager of the Music Industries Cham-
ber of Commerce; F. E. Morton, acoustic en-
gineer of the American Steel & Wire Co., and
others.
In the course of the convention L. P. Rein-
hardt will talk on "The Law of Efficiency in
the Art of Piano Tuning"; W. F. McClellan, on
"Results to Be Obtained Through Propaganda";
Emil Koll, on "The Tuner's Opportunity"; and
George E. Martin, instructor at the Danquard
Player Action School, New York, on "Why
the Tuner Should Be Interested in the Player-
Piano." The visiting tuners will be entertained
by the Gulbransen-Dickinson Co. on a tour of
the company's plant, and later at a luncheon and
technical discussion on Wednesday afternoon,
and a number of entertainment features have
been arranged.
BUFFALO, N. Y., July 29.—Justice Bissell, in
special term of Supreme Court, last week
handed down, a decision denying the applica-
tion for an order to vacate the temporary in-
junction in the case of C. B. Viner against W.
PL Boyle. The firm of Viner & Sons, organ
builders and repairers, some time ago opened
a branch in Syracuse and put Boyle in charge
under a contract which stated that at the ter-
mination of the contract he should not engage
in a similar line of work within a radius of fifty
miles of Syracuse.
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It was alleged that on February 1, 1912, Boyle
quit and started to operate a business of his
own along the same line as plaintiff's in the
city of Syracuse. The plaintiff then started
an injunction action and finally procured a
temporary injunction restraining the defendant
from continuing in Syracuse.
Last June the defendant moved before Jus-
tice Bissell to vacate the temporary injunc-
tion. The opinion just handed down denies
that motion.
STIEFF GRAND FOR NOTED ACADEMY
Stieff Warerooms in Lancaster Report an Ex-
cellent Business in All Departments
LANCASTER, PA., July 25.—The local warerooms
of Chas. M. Stieff, Inc., on East King street,
this city, are enjoying good summer business.
Robert O. Eaton, manager of the branch, re-
ports that the Stieff piano has been prominent
in several important concerts held recently in
Lancaster and Millersville. A Stieff Petite
grand was recently sold by. these warerooms to
the Sacred Heart Academy of Lancaster. This
academy is considered a musical authority in
Lancaster, and their selection of the Stieff piano
is an additional tribute to its excellence.
WEAVER EXECUTIVES ON VACATION
M. B. Gibson, president of the Weaver Piano
Co., York, Pa., is now spending a well-earned
vacation among the Pennsylvania mountains.
Walter L. Bond, assistant treasurer of the com-
pany, is at Ocean City with his family.
INCREASE IN EXPORT AND DECREASE IN IMPORT TRADE
Exports of Musical Instruments for Eleven Months Ending May 30 Were $927,240 More Than
Total for Same Period in 1917—Imports for Same Period Show Decrease of $170,686—Fig-
ures Regarding Trade in Pianos, Player-Pianos, Music Rolls and Musical Instruments
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 29.—The summary of
exports and imports of the commerce of the
United States for the month of May, 1918, the
latest period for which it has been compiled,
has just been issued, and is as follows:
The dutiable imports of musical instruments
during May, 1918, amounted to $104,094, as
compared with $44,048 which were imported dur-
ing the same month of 1917. The eleven
months' total, ending May, 1918, showed impor-
tations valued at $647,419, against $476,733 worth
of musical instruments imported during the
same period of 1917, and $524,975 in 1916. This
gives a decrease in imports for the eleven
months of $170,686 as compared with 1917.
The total domestic exports of musical instru-
ments for May, 1918, amounted to $419,225, as
compared with $423,590 for the same month
of the previous year. The eleven months' ex-
portation of musical instruments amounted to
$4,570,706, as against $3,643,466 for the same
period of 1917, and $3,145,533 in 1916. This
shows an increase for the eleven months of
$927,240 as compared with last year.
Of the aggregate exportations in May, 1918,
there were 167 organs, valued at $7,692, as com-
pared with 197 organs in 1917, valued at $8,605.
The eleven months' total showed that we ex-
ported 2,150 organs, valued at $132,293, as
against 2,416 organs, valued at $130,273, for the
same period of 1917, and 3,245 organs, valued at
$193,015, during 1916.
In May, 1918, we exported 983 pianos, valued
at $165,382, as compared with, 1,050 pianos,
valued at $183,169, for the same period of the
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previous year. The eleven months' total shows
12,901 pianos, valued at $2,117,815, as compared
with 10,714 pianos, valued at $1,653,904, exported
for the same period of 1917, and 8,455 pianos,
valued at $1,484,021, sent abroad in 1916.
The exports of player-pianos show that 332
of these instruments, valued at $97,293, were
exported, during May, 1918, as compared with
344, valued at $98,060, exported in May, 1917.
The eleven months' total shows that 3,392
player-pianos, valued at $1,038,035, were ex-
ported during 1918, as compared with 2,394,
valued at p36,377, in 1917, and 1,265, valued at
$405,445, in 1916.
Of the aggregate exportations there were 45
piano players, valued at $12,416, in May, 1918, as
against 7 piano players, valued at $2,439, for
the same period of 1917. For the eleven months'
period 217 of these instruments, valued at $56,-
353, were sent abroad, as compared with 135,
valued at $38,260, in 1917, and 254, valued at
$67,175, sent abroad during 1916.
The exports of perforated music rolls for the
month of May, 1918, amounted in value to $20,-
285, as compared with $9,948 in May, 1917.
The eleven months' total amounted in value to
$140,944, as compared with $88,332 in exports for
the same period in 1917, and $53,959 in 1916.
The value of all other musical instruments
and parts thereof sent abroad during May, 1918,
amounted to $116,157, as compared with $121,369
in 1917. The total exports for the eleven
months under this heading foot up $1,085,266, as
against $996,960 exported during the same pe-
riod of last year, and $941,918 in 1916.
RUDOLF
PIANOS AND PLAYER-PIANOS
PIANOS AND PLAYER-PIANOS
22O SOUTHERN BOULEVARD, NEW YORK