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inches; style A, four feet eight inches; Louis
XVI, four feet five inches; and players, style
F, four feet one inch; style K, four feet five
inches; and style U, upright reproducing piano,
four feet seven and three-quarter inches.
The catalog, which is one of the most artistic
ever produced by the house of Mathushek,
was compiled under the direction of John H.
Gettell, general manager of the company.
Mathushek New Catalog
Illustrates Full Line
Artistic Brochure Shows Various Grands and
Uprights in Line of This Old House
The Mathushek Piano Manufacturing Co.,
New York, has just distributed to the dealers
handling the Mathushek line an artistic catalog
in which the various instruments manufactured
by this company are shown in various home
settings. On each page there is a pen sketch
of some well-known composer accompanied by
a brief historical sketch of his life, including
Beethoven, Franz Liszt, Mozart, Francis Joseph
Haydn, Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Schubert,
Frederick Chopin, Mendelssohn, Rubenstein,
Robert
Schumann,
Debussy,
Chaminade,
Brahms and MacDowell. The cover is in brown
and gold, with the heads of various composers
being reproduced in a tint.
The introduction is devoted to the impor-
tance of music in the home and an appeal to
the reader to consider the Mathushek, "not only
because of its sixty-five-year-old reputation, not
because it is built by one of America's oldest
piano firms, but because it possesses features
which no other intrument can offer."
The features referred to are explained on
two other pages in the catalog and include
the Mathushek open back and the metal plate
which is several times the ordinary thickness.
A list of the various inventions exclusively con-
trolled by the Mathushek company is also given.
The styles of instruments which are repro-
duced include the Colibri grand, five feet two
inches; the Elite grand, five feet seven inches;
Sheraton grand, Florentine grand, Louis XVI
grand, the Colibri reproducing grand, and the
Florentine reproducing grand, all of which are
made in two sizes, five feet two inches and
five feet seven inches. A page is devoted to
Mathushek craftsmanship in which it is said,
"A good piano is not the product of a mechanic
but of a master craftsman. The Mathushek
establishment is not operated on mass produc-
tion principles. Each part of the Mathushek
is made with infinite care by master builders—
the cream of the industry's craftsmen."
The upright instruments reproduced are style
M, four feet one inch; style E, four feet five
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JULY 28, 1928
Praises Milton Tom Thumb
PHILADELPHIA, PA., July 23.—Commendation
of
the Milton Pianos in the Tom Thumb line
under signature of Noah Swayne was posted
recently in the window display of G. C. Rams-
dell & Son, 127 S. 12th street, of which G. C.
Ramsdell is head. Swayne is a leading baritone
of this city and his praise of the Tom Thumb
for professional purposes is impressive. Four
Milton Tom Thumbs now are in use in the
Henri Cafes in Philadelphia and Cape May.
Havre Piano Go. Moves
The Havre Piano Co., formerly located in
the Havre Commercial Building, Havre, Mont.,
has moved to new quarters at the corner of
Third avenue and First street, handling pianos,
phonographs, sheet music and radio merchan-
dise.
Pohls Music Co. Chartered
The William H. Pohls Music Co, Philadel-
phia, Pa., has been incorporated with a capital
stock of 2,000 shares of common, no par. The
Corporation Trust Co., Wilmington, is the cor-
respondent.
Opens in Ossining
Wilburt K. George, formerly associated with
the Dunlap Music Store, has opened hi
business, known as George's Music Shoppe on
Croton avenue, Ossining, N. Y.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
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Egypt Has Censorship
on Phonograph Records
Now May Enter Country Without Preliminary
Censorship for Which the Importer is
Compelled to Pay
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 23.—Egypt's recently
passed phonograph censorship law may be mod-
ified by decree, according to a report from the
American commercial attache at Cairo to the
Department of Commerce.
The proposed modification provides that:
"1—Phonograph records coming from foreign
countries shall not be withdrawn from the cus-
toms or post office (as the case may be) ex-
cept upon presentation of a permit of the Min-
istry of the Interior. On this permit shall be
stated the title and number of records of each
song imported.
"2—For the execution of the preceding re-
quirement, importers of phonograph records
must, in addition to the established custom duty,
pay 60 milliemes to cover the censorship ex-
penses of each specimen sent by the customs
administrations to the Ministry of the Interior,
or of each package sent to the Ministry by the
post office.
"3—Upon payment of the customs tax and the
censorship charges a record of each song must
be sent by parcel post, bearing the seal of the
importer and of the customs administration or
post office (as the case may be), to the Depart-
ment of Public Security.
"4—In case of refusal on the part of the
Ministry to issue the permit, the importer must,
within a period of three months after notifica-
tion, return the consignment or package to the
place of origin. At the expiration of this period
the customs may destroy, at the importer's ex-
pense and without indemnity or reimbursement
to him, all records which have not been re-
turned and the entry of which into Egypt has
been refused by the Department of Public Se-
curity. In the latter case, the importer may re-
claim the import taxes paid on the records."
The Paradise of Music, New York, has been
incorporated to deal in musical instruments with
a capital stock of $2,000. N. B. Schenckman, 225
Broadway, is named as correspondent.
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The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
WHEN CHANGING AGENCIES
Consider the Old Reliable
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Strictly First Class Since 18S7
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