Music Trade Review
Issue: 1894 Vol. 19 N. 21 - Page 2
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
have been paid tribute to East and West. They
are sold at a medium price, and are honestly
made. Their success is well deserved. No won-
der there is such a demand for these instru-
ments. Quite a number in process of construc-
tion will be ready for the market within very
few days.
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORK.
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and
Canada, $3.00 per year, in 1 vance; Foreign Countries,
JlgOURNE & SON, the old-time Boston manu-
S^F facturers, want to know " why dealers do
not handle a piano that will help them to make
a reputation "—such as the Bourne piano for
instance, which contains a number of improve-
ments, not novelties, and is widely popular
wherever known. It pays better profits in the
end. Something in this to think over. Dealers
desirous of making a change, or "opening up,"
should bear Bourne & Son in mind.
denote, it will compare very favorably with the
prosperous days of yore.
fEWMAN BROS. COMPANY, Chicago,
have made arrangements whereby they
will in future assume control of their Eastern
trade, which has been in charge of Mr. Jack
Haynes for quite a number of years. Through
Mr. Haynes' active representation the Newman
Bros, organs have become well established in the
East, and their special features of excellence
well known, hence it is an easy matter for the
Newman Bros. Company to deal directly with
their Eastern agents. Mr. Haynes, however,
will have entire charge of the foreign business
in Newman Bros.' organs, and his ripe experi-
ence will help the further extension of their
European trade.
$4 00.
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per
insertion; unless inserted upon rates made by special
contract.
Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
notice that Bloom in gdale Bros, have
reduced the price of their $500 (?) piano
which they offered in the papers last week at
$195 to $149, which,they claim " is the regular
price.'' If this thing continues we may expect
that every purchaser of a suit of clothes or a
couple of yards of calico will receive a "Har-
mony " piano thrown in. This would be enter-
prise with a vengeance. The cheap piano craze,
like the Napoleon craze, seems to be the fad just
now.
gOLIDAY trade made something of a stir in
the piano warerooms during the past
week, and the outlook for busy times for the
next two weeks is encouraging. Salesmen
seemed to be busy wherever we visited, and they all
reported pianos as being sold. It is satisfactory
to state that the demand for high grade instru-
ments is unusually large. The majority of retail
establishments will keep open evenings during
the holiday season for the accommodation of
prospective customers.
Jj
Knabe grand was as pronounced a suc-
«t» cess at the Stavenhagen recital last Wed-
nesday evening as Stavenhagen himself.
JCEZHERE IS one consoling fact to be kept in
<
5T» mind in connection with the present craze
for " c h e a p " pianos, and that is wherever a
"cheap " piano finds a home, there is created a
customer for a high grade and honest instru-
ment—thus, " out of evil cometh good."
can hardly be a better tribute to the
potency of advertising and the necessity
of keeping the name of a house and its product
before the public, than the fact that the houses
doing the. most business and enlarging their
trade in all sections of the country, are those
doing the most advertising. This is a reading
and advertising age, and the house that over-
looks this fact cannot hope for success.
popular Pease grands—no doubt you've
seen or heard of them ! They are a great
success musically and commercially. They
REPRESENTATIVE of an American mer-
cantile agency, who has just returned
from a tour of Germany, says that the most pal-
pable revival of the export trade to America is
noticeable in Saxony, especially in Markneu-
klrchen, Chemnitz, Glauchau, Crimmitzschau,
Greitz and other cities. This is due to the new
tariff law. Among the American exports which
he says are sure to increase are mentioned musi-
cal instruments of all kinds. The full effect of
the new tarifflaw cannot, however, be felt before
the next nine or twelve months.
Jjnfe USY ! busy ! busy! was the pleasant greet-
e d ' ing received everywhere during a hasty
visit among a number of factories in this city
during the week. With few exceptions we
found the majority of manufacturers behind in
the filling of orders. Dealers in all sections of
the country evidently expect an excellent holi-
day trade, for orders are coming in briskly. De-
cember, 1894, is going to be a "record " month
in piano manufacturing ; as far as appearances
fjTSUDGING from the action of Congress on the
©/• several measures under consideration dur-
ing the past week, there will be no tariff legis-
lation of any sort in Washington this season,
and the country is assured of at least two and a
half years of stability and peace. Merchants
and manufacturers have reason to be thankful
for this cessation of hostilities, and the universal
desire is that tariff tinkering will be postponed
as long as possible. It is criminal to upset the
business of this country periodically. There
should be some redress, some other means of
effecting the end desired. L,abor and capital
have got a surfeit of the tariff, and it is devoutly
to be wished that the prosperity returning to all
branches of industry may be permanent.
. P. BENT is about to invade Mexico; not
with a military force, however. His
mission is one of peace and music rather than
war. He has long felt with Shakespeare that
1
' the man that hath no music in himself is fit
for treason, stratagems and spoils." With the
object of putting music in the souls of the Mexi-
cans, and driving out treason and revolution, he
lias made arrangements to send a special envoy
to the land of the Montezumas in charge of the
" Crown " piano and Orchestral Attachment.
Mr. Fred. W. Primer is the man selected, and
he will leave in a short time for a three months'
visit. Mr. Primer has an extensive acquaint-
ance in Mexico, and he cannot fail to establish
a number of agencies for the '' Crown '' piano in
the Southern Republic.
ANN ARBOR ORGAN COMPANY,
Ann Arbor, Mich., have shipped one of
several new style organs which they are at pre-
sent at work on to Mr. Chas. Curtis, of London,
who will probably represent the Ann Arbor
organs in England. Judging from the descrip-
tion sent us, this instrument is of very hand-
some design. It is made up in walnut, with
French burl walnut veneer panels, and beauti-
fully finished in every detail. It contains five
full sets of reeds, and other essentials to make
it an instrument almost as complete as a small
pipe organ. As Mr. Curtis has a "royal ap-
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
have been paid tribute to East and West. They
are sold at a medium price, and are honestly
made. Their success is well deserved. No won-
der there is such a demand for these instru-
ments. Quite a number in process of construc-
tion will be ready for the market within very
few days.
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORK.
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and
Canada, $3.00 per year, in 1 vance; Foreign Countries,
JlgOURNE & SON, the old-time Boston manu-
S^F facturers, want to know " why dealers do
not handle a piano that will help them to make
a reputation "—such as the Bourne piano for
instance, which contains a number of improve-
ments, not novelties, and is widely popular
wherever known. It pays better profits in the
end. Something in this to think over. Dealers
desirous of making a change, or "opening up,"
should bear Bourne & Son in mind.
denote, it will compare very favorably with the
prosperous days of yore.
fEWMAN BROS. COMPANY, Chicago,
have made arrangements whereby they
will in future assume control of their Eastern
trade, which has been in charge of Mr. Jack
Haynes for quite a number of years. Through
Mr. Haynes' active representation the Newman
Bros, organs have become well established in the
East, and their special features of excellence
well known, hence it is an easy matter for the
Newman Bros. Company to deal directly with
their Eastern agents. Mr. Haynes, however,
will have entire charge of the foreign business
in Newman Bros.' organs, and his ripe experi-
ence will help the further extension of their
European trade.
$4 00.
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per
insertion; unless inserted upon rates made by special
contract.
Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
notice that Bloom in gdale Bros, have
reduced the price of their $500 (?) piano
which they offered in the papers last week at
$195 to $149, which,they claim " is the regular
price.'' If this thing continues we may expect
that every purchaser of a suit of clothes or a
couple of yards of calico will receive a "Har-
mony " piano thrown in. This would be enter-
prise with a vengeance. The cheap piano craze,
like the Napoleon craze, seems to be the fad just
now.
gOLIDAY trade made something of a stir in
the piano warerooms during the past
week, and the outlook for busy times for the
next two weeks is encouraging. Salesmen
seemed to be busy wherever we visited, and they all
reported pianos as being sold. It is satisfactory
to state that the demand for high grade instru-
ments is unusually large. The majority of retail
establishments will keep open evenings during
the holiday season for the accommodation of
prospective customers.
Jj
Knabe grand was as pronounced a suc-
«t» cess at the Stavenhagen recital last Wed-
nesday evening as Stavenhagen himself.
JCEZHERE IS one consoling fact to be kept in
<
5T» mind in connection with the present craze
for " c h e a p " pianos, and that is wherever a
"cheap " piano finds a home, there is created a
customer for a high grade and honest instru-
ment—thus, " out of evil cometh good."
can hardly be a better tribute to the
potency of advertising and the necessity
of keeping the name of a house and its product
before the public, than the fact that the houses
doing the. most business and enlarging their
trade in all sections of the country, are those
doing the most advertising. This is a reading
and advertising age, and the house that over-
looks this fact cannot hope for success.
popular Pease grands—no doubt you've
seen or heard of them ! They are a great
success musically and commercially. They
REPRESENTATIVE of an American mer-
cantile agency, who has just returned
from a tour of Germany, says that the most pal-
pable revival of the export trade to America is
noticeable in Saxony, especially in Markneu-
klrchen, Chemnitz, Glauchau, Crimmitzschau,
Greitz and other cities. This is due to the new
tariff law. Among the American exports which
he says are sure to increase are mentioned musi-
cal instruments of all kinds. The full effect of
the new tarifflaw cannot, however, be felt before
the next nine or twelve months.
Jjnfe USY ! busy ! busy! was the pleasant greet-
e d ' ing received everywhere during a hasty
visit among a number of factories in this city
during the week. With few exceptions we
found the majority of manufacturers behind in
the filling of orders. Dealers in all sections of
the country evidently expect an excellent holi-
day trade, for orders are coming in briskly. De-
cember, 1894, is going to be a "record " month
in piano manufacturing ; as far as appearances
fjTSUDGING from the action of Congress on the
©/• several measures under consideration dur-
ing the past week, there will be no tariff legis-
lation of any sort in Washington this season,
and the country is assured of at least two and a
half years of stability and peace. Merchants
and manufacturers have reason to be thankful
for this cessation of hostilities, and the universal
desire is that tariff tinkering will be postponed
as long as possible. It is criminal to upset the
business of this country periodically. There
should be some redress, some other means of
effecting the end desired. L,abor and capital
have got a surfeit of the tariff, and it is devoutly
to be wished that the prosperity returning to all
branches of industry may be permanent.
. P. BENT is about to invade Mexico; not
with a military force, however. His
mission is one of peace and music rather than
war. He has long felt with Shakespeare that
1
' the man that hath no music in himself is fit
for treason, stratagems and spoils." With the
object of putting music in the souls of the Mexi-
cans, and driving out treason and revolution, he
lias made arrangements to send a special envoy
to the land of the Montezumas in charge of the
" Crown " piano and Orchestral Attachment.
Mr. Fred. W. Primer is the man selected, and
he will leave in a short time for a three months'
visit. Mr. Primer has an extensive acquaint-
ance in Mexico, and he cannot fail to establish
a number of agencies for the '' Crown '' piano in
the Southern Republic.
ANN ARBOR ORGAN COMPANY,
Ann Arbor, Mich., have shipped one of
several new style organs which they are at pre-
sent at work on to Mr. Chas. Curtis, of London,
who will probably represent the Ann Arbor
organs in England. Judging from the descrip-
tion sent us, this instrument is of very hand-
some design. It is made up in walnut, with
French burl walnut veneer panels, and beauti-
fully finished in every detail. It contains five
full sets of reeds, and other essentials to make
it an instrument almost as complete as a small
pipe organ. As Mr. Curtis has a "royal ap-
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