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THE
SEPTEMBER 10, 1921
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
MUSICAL IMPORTS AND EXPORTS DECREASE IN JULY
Figures on Foreign Trade Show That Business in July Fell Below That Done During the Same
Month Last Year, Though Imports Since the First of the Year Show a Total Gain
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 6.—The summary
of exports and imports of the commerce of the
United States for the month of July, 1921, the
latest period for which it has been compiled
has just been issued as follows:
The dutiable imports of musical instruments
and parts, including strings, during July, 1921.
amounted to $196,294, as compared with $262,-
107, which were imported during the same month
of 1920. The seven months' total ending July.
1921, showed importations valued at $1,616,936
against $1,368,338 worth of musical instruments
imported during the same period of 1920, and
$546,666 in 1919. This gives an increase in im-
ports for the seven months of $248,598.
The total domestic exports of musical instru-
ments for July, 1921, amounted to $264,524, as
compared with $1,061,632 for. the same period
of the previous year. The seven months' ex-
portations of musical instruments amounted to
$2,905,100 in 1921, as against $6,438,326 in 1920.
and $3,708,680 in 1919. This shows a decrease
for the seven months of $3,533,226.
Of the aggregate exportations in July, 1921,
there were 48 organs, valued at $8,006, "as com-
pared with 315 organs, valued at $24,626 in 1920.
The seven months' total showed that we ex-
ported 785 organs, valued at $102,489 in 1921;
1,504 organs, valued at $132,757, for the same
period of 1920, and 1,302 organs, valued at
$82,674, in 1919.
In July, 1921, we exported 255 pianos, valued
at $78,922, as compared with 1,639 pianos, val-
ued at $509,031, for the same period of the
previous year. The seven months' total shows
2,754 pianos, valued at $889,654, as compared
with 9,643 pianos, valued at $2,874,730, for the
same period of 1920, and 7,043 pianos, valued
at $1,561,920, in 1919.
The exports of player-pianos show that 191
of these instruments, valued at $75,813, were
exported during July, 1921, as compared with
854, valued at $332,424, exported in 1920. The
seven months' total shows that 2,080 player-
pianos, valued at $945,114, were exported during
1921, as compared with 4,156, valued at $1,685,-
581, for the same period of 1920 and 2,663, val-
ued at $981,056, in 1919.
Of the aggregate exportations there were five
piano-players, valued at $1,844, in 1921, as com-
pared with six piano-players, valued at $2,391,
in 1920. For the seven months' period forty-
nine of these instruments, valued at $18,709,
were sent abroad in 1921, as compared with
sixty-nine, valued at $29,580, in 1920.
The exports of perforated music rolls for the
month of July, 1921, amounted in value to
$13,085, as compared with $26,160 in 1920. The
seven months' total amounted in value to $176,-
500, as compared with $255,965 in exports for
the same period in 1920 and $147,536 during the
year 1919.
The value of all other musicarinstruments and
parts thereof sent abroad during July, 1921,
amounted to $86,854, as compared with $167,000
in 1920. The total exports for the seven months
under this heading foot up $772,634, as against
$1,459,713 exported in 1920.
CHRISTMAN STUDIO GRAND IN "MR. PIM PASSES BY"
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Instrument Which Many Artists Have Praised Highly Plays Prominent Part in New Comedy Now
Appearing at the Garrick Theatre—Miss Phyllis Povah Pays Tribute to Its Tone Quality
The Christman studio grand, manufactured by
the Christman Piano Co., 597 East 137th street,
New York, in addition to its other accomplish-
I'hyllis Povah, who plays the part of Dinah
Marda, a young niece of a conservative country
gentleman, who may be seen seated at the instru-
Miss Phyllis Povah and the Christman Grand in "Mr. Pirn Passes By"
ments, has become a stage celebrity and now ment in the illustration which accompanies this
plays a prominent part in the comedy, "Mr. news item.
Dinah is anxious to marry a young artist with
Pirn Passes By," being produced by the Theatre
Guild at the Garrick Theatre, New York. Chiefly a future but no bank account. Uncle George
it serves to express the emotions of young can't see anything in it at all, but Dinah is de-
termined and after a talk with her aunt feels
that everything will come her way. "Oh, Brian!"
she cries and makes for the piano, "dum-de, de
dum, de de
" but you can guess it—the wed-
ding march.
Miss Povah, the creator of Dinah, has a pleas-
ing voice and the Christman grand enters the
action frequently. Miss Povah sings "As I Pass
By Your Window" to her sweetheart, Mr. Pirn,
when he passes by, and to her aunt at various
points in the play, and the tone of the piano,
under her expert fingers, is displayed to good
advantage. Miss Povah knows that flattery can
warm the heart of even a piano, for she con-
fided to Mr. Kleber, after one rehearsal, "You
know I never took lessons in singing and very
The Ludwig is not merely a grand piano in appearance, it is also a grand
few times did 1 practice my piano scales, so
piano in tone. Not made small enough to fit in a corner, but large enough to
that I'm mighty glad to have an old faithful
provide for proper string length, and sounding board area, that will produce
like this to cover my tones with its own *'
real grand piano tone. The
The
Musician's Small Grand
LUDWIG
AND THE STORY CAME BACK
is 5 feet 3Vfe inches long——and we invite its comparison, both as to tonal
quality and appearance—with any other small grand, irrespective of price.
Ludwig & Go.
New York
Willow Avenue and 136th Street
The Ludwig Reproducing Piano
Grands
Uprights
Players
Evidence that the items the National Bureau
for the Advancement of Music of the Music In-
dustries Chamber of Commerce sends out in its
Weekly News Service are being noticed reaches
the offices of the Chamber frequently, sometimes
in an unexpected manner.
For instance, a member of the industry this
week sent in a clipping from the New York
Evening Mail with the suggestion that it would
be excellent for the Bureau's service. The story
was one the Bureau had sent to the Mail some
time ago.