January 24, 1925.
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PRESTO
AMERICAN PIANOS
TO FOREIGN LANDS
In the Nine Months of Last Year $8,722,000
Worth of Musical Instruments Were
Exported Against Imports
!
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of $3,252,000.
CANADA BEST BUYER
Australia and Mexico Were the Largest Customers
for Pianos and Germany Is Still Best Source
of Supplies.
'"Our exports of musical instruments for the first
nine months of 1924," says the Foreign Commerce
Department of the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, "amounted to $8,722,000, a slight in-
crease over those for the same period of the preced-
ing year. Pianos and phonographs constituted the
greater part of this trade. During the three-quarters
of 1924 we shipped abroad 7,932 playerpianos, having
a total value of $2,488,000, and 3,890 other pianos,
with a value of $932,000. Both quantity and value
were somewhat less than during the same part of
1923.
"Nearly one-half of. these exports went to one
country—Australia—which purchased 5,817 pianos,
worth $1,650,000. Mexico was our next best market
for pianos, taking 1,385 pianos, valued at $410,000.
Cuba purchased 1,014, valued at $258,000; Canada 912,
value $197,000; Argentina 388, value $130,000, and
Spain 276, value $90,000.
Pianos and Music Rolls.
"Our trade in piano actions, parts and perforated
music rolls amounted to $482,000. We also exported
1,089 organs, valued at $111,000, the chief markets
being Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand and
the Philippine Islands.
Exports of phonographs and records for the nine
months of 1924 were valued at $3,346,000, as com-
pared with $2,843,000 for the same period of 1923—a
onduringf-
The ^Hardman £ine
is a complete line
It comprises a range of artisti-
cally w o r t h y instruments to
please practically every purse:
The Hardman, official piano of
the Metropolitan Opera House;
the Harrington and the Hensel
Pianos in which is found that in-
builtdurabilitythatcharacterizes
all Hardman-made instruments;
the wonderful Hardman Repro-
ducing Piano; the Hardman
Autotone (the perfect player-
piano); and the popular Playo-
tone.
gain of 18 per cent. We shipped abroad 52,240
phonographs, valued at $1,985,000, and 2,800,000 rec-
oids, valued at $1,361,000. Both quantity and value
were larger than in the nine months of 1923.
Canada a Good Market.
"Canada, our principal market, bought 8,471 phono-
graphs, having a value of $338,000, from us during
the three-quarters of 1924. Our second best market
for phonographs was Japan, which bought 6,054,
valued at $249,000. Australia purchased 4,718, valued
at $237,000; Argentina 2,690, valued at $112,000;
Mexico 2.869, value $95,000; Cuba 2,385, value $83,000;
Chile 2,291, value $76,000; New Zealand 1,455, value
$65,000; United KiKngdom 748, value $63,000; Philip-
pine Islands 1,911, value $63,000; and Central America
2J72, value $62,000.
"In the same period of 1924 we also exported 6,680
b-nd instruments, valued at $244,000, and 24,989 string
instruments, valued at $127,000. The exports of both
oi these lines were greater than the previous year.
Other musical instruments, parts and accessories
were shipped in smaller quantities than 1923, the total
for the nine months of 1924 amounting to 1,665,000
r.ounds, valued at $992,000, as compared with 2,157,-
000 pounds, value $1,094,000, for the corresponding
three-quarters of 1923. Most of our band, string and
miscellaneous instruments were exported to Canada,
Australia, England, New Zealand, Mexico, Argentina.
Japan, Cuba and the Philippines.
Imports Quite Large.
"Our total imports of musical instruments during
the first nine months of 1924 amounted to $3',252,000,
as compared with $2,874,000 for the same period of
1923. Imports of pianos and organs, principally from
Canada and Germany, amounted to $191,000, more
than double the $84,000 worth imported during the
same part of 1923.
On the other hand, imports of phonographs and
parts, chiefly from Germany, Switzerland and
Canada, dropped from $554,000 to $296,000. Imports
of band instruments and violins, principally from Ger-
many, Czechoslovakia and France, increased from
$446,00 Oto $525,000, while all other musical instru-
ments, imported from Germany, France, Czechoslo-
vakia, Italy and England, also increased from $1,790,-
000 to $2,240,000."
ANNUAL DINNER OF
CHICAGO ASSOCIATION
Excellent Program Marked with Entertain-
ment, Talks and Dinner Is Enjoyed by
Chicago Piano and Organ Association.
The twenty-sixth annual donner of the Chicago
Piano and Organ Association was held at the Illinois
Athletic Club, Chicago, on Thursday evening of this
week. The affair was a brilliant event from every
standpoint and was one of the best on record of the
association.
The reception began at 6:00 o'clock, with fourteen
past presidents serving as the reception committee.
Definite arrangements had been made providing for
the serving of the dinner promptly at 7 o'clock so
that valuable time was saved for the features.
Eugene Whelan, E. V. Galloway, P. A. Tonk, R.
O'Conner and Albert N. Page comprised the enter-
tainment committee, which proved its capacity in fine
arrangement of the program.
Music to the occasion was supplied by Fred Renk
Trio. Heniot Levy gave choice selections on the
piano with Miss Margery Maxwell as soprano. E.
Allen Frost gave a forceful talk, taking as his subject
"The Dominant Influence."
The following gentlemen, widely known in the
Music Industry, comprised the Reception Committee:
P. P. Gibbs, George P. Bent, C. C. Chickering, W T m.
L. Bush, E. B. Bartlett, H. L. Draper, Otto Schulz.
H. C. Dickinson. Edgar C. Smith, James T. Bowers,
Adam Schneider, Eugene Whelan, W. E. Guylee,
James T. Bristol.
...
E. H. STORY IN CHICAGO.
President E. H. Story, of the Story & Clark Piano
Co>, arrived in Chicago on Wednesday of this week.
He had not reached the state of calm which would
permit of an interview, and Presto's representative,
who had called at the house on Wabash avenue, did
not attempt it. But Mr. Story looks in perfect con-
dition for the rapid but hard work he always puts in
when on his visits to headquarters. He displayed
courage to leave beautiful Pasadena for chilly Chi-
cago at this season of the year.
The Strawbridge & Clothier Department Store, 8th
and Market streets, Philadelphia, has added a musical
merchandising section with a complete assortment of
small goods, wind and string instruments with
accessories.
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"Built on Family Pride"
Doll & Sons
Represent the Artistic
in Piano and Player Piano
Construction
JACOB DOLL & SONS
ST0DART
WELLSMORE
Jacob Doll & Sons, Inc.
Southern Boulevard, E. 133rd St.
E. 134th St. and Cypress Ave.
NEW YORK
Becker Bros.
Manufacturer*
of
HIGH GRADE PIANOS
and PLAYER PIANOS
Factory and Wareroomi
767-769 Tenth Avenue, New York
STRICH & ZEIDLER, Inc
GRAND, UPRIGHT and PLAYER
AND
HOMER PIANOS
740-742 East 136th Street
NEW YORK
Schumann
PIANOS and PLAYER PIANOS
GRANDS and UPRIGHTS
Have no superiors in appearance, tone
power or other essentials of strictly
leaders in the trade.
Warning to Infringers
This Trade Mark Is cast
in the plato and also ap-
pears upon the fall board
of all genuine Schumann
Planoa, and all Infringe™
will be prosecuted. Beware
of Imitations such as Schu-
mann & Company, Schu-
mann & Son, and also
Shuman, as all stencil
shops, dealers and users of
pianos bearing a name In
imitation of the name
Schumann with the Inten-
tion of deceiving; the public
will be prosecuted to the
fullest extent of tha law.
New Catalogue on Request.
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, 111.
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