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PRESTO
August 15, 1925.
ufacturers seemed boundless, and with every reason
in the world to believe that conditions are favorable
to an expansion of trade.
Gaveau & Company experienced no difficulty in
selling all the instruments they could manufacture
and did so with an ease that was truly surprising.
This, I might say, seemed to be true of other manu-
England Is Depressed with Labor Troubles facturers in France, who were all looking for a large
addition to their business from foreign markets and
But France Is Buoyant and Her Piano
were struggling in every way to meet their antici-
Industries Correspondingly Busy and
pated requirements.
Here in England those of the trade whom I have
with Bright Prospects Ahead.
interviewed express entirely opposite views to that of
the trade in France, and are very depressed over con-
LETTER FROM CHAS. STANLEY ditions, explaining that the attitude of labor is any-
thing but encouraging. They have a minimum and
New Plant of Gaveau in Paris Is Under Way and maximum wage, and other conditions which make it
very difficult in dealing with the help problem, so
New American Piano Styles Will Be Feature
much so, that I wonder that any headway can be
of the French Industry.
made at all.
Troubles Multiply.
London, England, July 25, 1925.
The
difficulty
of
the trade situation this season at
The six months I promised to give to the Gaveau
Piano Company, Paris, has come to an end, and with least has been added to by an import duty, or an im-
gratifying results both to myself and, to judge by the port tax, which went into force a month or so ago,
unsolicited testimonial given to me by Mr. Gaveau at and manufacturers of pianos in the UYiited States,
the time of my departure, much also to the distin- Austria, Germany and France vied with each other in
guished French industry. The plans for the reor- filling the orders of English houses anxious to put
instruments in before the duty became excessive. It
seemed an effort to see who could ship the greatest
number of pianos into the country. This has com-
plicated the situation and made selling very difficult
indeed at a profit, as pianos are sold at any price and
on any terms by auction rooms and gyp advertising.
All these troubles have been added to by the
trade depression that is evidently widespread through-
out England. The people complain of lack of em-
ployment, scarcity of money, and a troublesome
political situation, which vitally affects both the manu-
facturers and the dealers generally. The coal situa-
tion, too, presents a fight to the finish between the
miners and owners.
AMERICAN PIANOS
MADE IN FRANCE
Pleasing Remembrances.
The manufacturers and dealers whom it has been
my pleasure to meet have been courteous indeed,
especially Mr. Ernest Marshall, of the firm of Sir
Herbert Marshall & Co., to whom I am indebted for
a very careful analysis of the situation concerning the
entire trade. I shall carry away with me from Eng-
land very kindly thoughts regarding this gentleman
who is easily the outstanding figure of the English
music trade. He was hospitality itself, and talks of
making an early visit to the United States. I might
add that Mr. E. E. Conway and family are here at
this time.
Both Mrs. Stanley and myself will carry away with
us a lively remembrance of a very pleasant stay in
France. We visited Nice, Deauville, before coming
to England. On our way we passed through Holland
and Belgium. We leave London for Birmingham and
Liverpool for week end visits, after looking over the
CHARI.ES STANLEY.
'/Vembley Exhibition and seeing the many historical
ganization of the old buildings of Gaveau and plans places in and about the old and interesting city of
for the new factory are completed, and the archi- London. We expect to reach Chicago by September
1st, and will take the earliest opportunity of calling
tects are working out the details.
• Those buildings will take a year and a half to two on you and going over my trip, which has been not
years to erect. The "two scales," or the grand and only interesting but highly educational, and from
the upright, have been completed and a try-out of the which I have gleaned a good many ideas concerning
two models proved highly satisfactory to the Gaveau the manufacturing of musical instruments in Europe.
CHARLES STANLEY.
people. From a tonal standpoint, as well as their
designs, which are distinctly American in line and fin-
ish, the new pianos seemed to please them very
ADDS LINK TO CHAIN.
highly.
The Bates Piano Company, with stores in Mead-
Contrasting Trade Conditions.
ville and Titusville, Pennsylvania, has added Corry,
Since leaving France two weeks ago I have studied Pa., to the chain. The company was established in
trade conditions here very carefully and regret to say, 1880, and has been operating in Meadvile since that
from my observation, that in respect to at least the date. A store was opened in Titusville several years
music trade conditions are very bad. In France the ago, and this business house, like the Meadville store,
labor situation was pleasing, the ambition of the man- has been enjoying a heavy patronage.
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