Music Trade Review
Issue: 1903 Vol. 37 N. 22 - Page 11
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
11
SECURE NEW QUARTERS.
CALL FOR PERFORATED MUSIC
MARKNEUKIRCHEN'S EXPORTS
Kaffenberger & Cantor Sign a Lease for the Build-
ing, 7 and 9 W. Eighteenth Street—Will Give
Them Much Needed Facilities.
From England—A Large Market Abroad—Manu-
facturers Pleased Over Foreign Outlook.
To the United States for the Present Year Exceed
Last Year by Many Thousands of Dollars—
A Wide Variety in the Musical Instruments
Shipped.
Kaffenberger & Cantor, the "Big- Piano
Cover House," 103 Fifth avenue, announce
that they have signed a lease for new quarters
in the large new building, 7 and 9 W. Eigh-
teenth street. This will give them an in-
creased space of 2,500 square feet, every inch
of which is now necessary for the firm's
growing business. The new quarters will be
taken possession of on February 1, 1904. It
is the intention of Kaffenberger & Cantor to
make their opening a memorable one by pre-
senting to view at that time the largest and
choicest exhibit for their spring line ever
shown in a wareroom exhibit.
The success of this young and enterprising
firm has been phenomenal, yet it is readily de-
served, as they have worked hard and used
excellent judgment in the conduct of their
business. By giving the trade the very best
in the market at the lowest price; by sub-
mitting many cleverly designed patterns of
their own conception and by prompt and hon-
est service, they have won the enviable posi-
tion they now hold in the trade. With greater
factory and wareroom facilities they will be
able to do even better for their patrons. In
making the announcement of their latest in-
tention, Charles T. Kaffenberger and Morris
Cantor, the firm members, take occasion to
thank the trade for hearty support extended.
Manufacturers of perforated music rolls
are being requested for prices by English
piano player makers, several of which are re-
ported as doing an excellent business. As a
matter of fact it is stated that a greater trade
in players is being done in the United King-
dom, in proportion to the population, than
here. Nearly, if not quite all, of the music
for these instruments is cut here, and there-
fore the manufacturers are pleased with their
present exports and the outlook for the
future.
Hugo Muench, United States Consul at
Plauen, Germany, under date of October
12, writes of the business of Markneukirch-
en, Saxony, the world's headquarters of
rhe small goods industry, as follows:
"In Markneukirchen very many forms
of industry are met with, and the following
will show the general character of the
goods exported to the United States dur-
ing the year ended June 30, 1903, as com-
pared with the preceding fiscal year: "Ac-
SAM HAMILTON LEASES NEW HOME.
cordeons and concertinas valued in 1902,
$110,462.90;
in 1903, $132,771.22; violin
[Special to The Review.]
bows,
$59,964.90—$66,338.06;
brass instru-
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 23, 1903.
ments,
$27.286.82—$27,856.69;
double
Samuel Hamilton, the Fifth avenue
basses,
$2,261.53—$340-83;
flutes,
$2,960.04
music dealer, has just leased for a long
term the well known Standard building on —$1,561.08; harmonicas, $196,125.74—
Wood street. The building will be thor- $199,471.24; spinning gut, $920.01—$4,-
oughly remodeled and will be occupied 042.49; surgical catgut, $5,407.18—$4,-
after April, 1904, by the lessee. The front 663.93; strings, $55,io4.8i—$59,7i4.i2:
of the building will be changed and the in- violins, $128,575.81—$137,616.12; Wood
terior will be so completely altered as to wind instruments, $5,460.03—$7,724.67;
virtually mean the reconstruction of the zithers, $33.00—$604.47.
"Aside from the small items of shell or
building, all except the walls. It will then
be suited in every way to Mr. Hamilton's pearl goods, embroideries, and guts, the
purposes, that of the largest and most com- entire export consists of musical instru-
plete music store and warehouse in the ments and strings therefor. A large num-
city. The building is now divided into of- ber of small shops, as also many people in
fice rooms. It is five stories high, covers their homes along the western slope of the
approximately 45x90 feet. The lease of Erzgebirge, are devoted to the production
the Standard building is one of the most of these goods. Excellent violins are be-
WILL SELL AT RETAIL ONLY.
important deals closed in this city in a ing turned out, and their increasing ex-
Ambuhl Bros., the Well Known Piano Dealers, Will
long time, and indicates that the upper sec- port to the United States seems to indicate
Discontinue Their Wholesale Business.
tion of Wood street is destined to soon be that they are appreciated there. Raw ma-
one of the highest grade retail sections of terial for strings is at present almost wholly
[Special to The Review.]
derived from Russia. The wood used in
Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 24, 1903.
the
construction of instruments is mostly
Ambuhl Bros., one of the city's best
INCORPORATED
IN
UTAH.
imported."
known music houses, who have been doing
a large business in the country district
Among the incorporations filed with the
ORDERS 1,200 HELLER PIANOS.
through agents, will discontinue that Secretary of the State of Utah this week was
branch and confine their business strictly that of the Beesley Music Co., with a capital
The latest evidence of Winter & Co.'s en-
to retail business.
terprise
and, at the same time, a remarkably
stock of $25,000 divided into 2,500
It is learned through business announce- shares of ten dollars each.' The company will convincing proof of the exceptional values
ments that Ambuhl Bros, are making in conduct a general piano store with the fol- offered by that firm, is in the shape of a con-
the daily papers that they propose to bring lowing officers : E. Beesley, president; Adel- tract just signed with a well-known firm for
in all pianos from surrounding towns and bert Beesley, vice-president; F. Beesley, sec- 1,200 Heller pianos, to be delivered prompt-
agencies throughout the State. "We in-
ly. The Review saw the signed contract on
retary and treasurer.
tend to relieve ourselves of a very unsatis-
Tuesday when a call was made at the Win-
factory and more or less unprofitable
ARTHUR CAMERON TO MANUFACTURE.
ter & Co. factory, 458-462 E. 144th street.
branch of our business," said George Am-
Arthur Cameron, who, it will be remem-
buh! to-day, "and we will be obliged to
FILLING A RECORD ORDER.
sacrifice the prices on a large number of bered acted as road representative for the
Karl Fink is reported as now filling an or-
instruments in order to reduce our super- A. B. Cameron Mfg. Co., is about to branch
fluous stock to a quantity we can handle in out as a manufacturer of pianos on his own der for the "Playano" that is said to be the
account and has leased a roomy loft at 148- largest single foreign shipment of players
local trading."
150 East 129th street, where he will manu- ever placed in this country.
facture
the Cameron piano. Preparations
AUGUST POLLMAN OVERRULED.
were made for this move some time past so
CARLOAD ORDERS FOR BYRNE PIANO CO.
Monday the Board of United States Gen- that he is amply equipped with the neces-
The C. E. Byrne Piano Co., 229-235 E.
eral Appraisers overruled a protest by August sary supplies and expects to be able to ship
Forty-first
street, are doing a big business, as
Pollman, importer of musical merchandise, instruments on or before Feb. 1st.
usual.
Carload
orders are frequent, the latest
New York, on orchestrion music rolls. He
received
being
an
order on Tuesday for two
claimed entry at 25 per cent, as sheet music
NEW HOUSE IN HARTFORD.
carloads
for
the
Pacific
coast. The Byrne
for perforated cards used to produce music in
F.
C.
L.
Schmidt,
an
expert
piano
tuner,
factory
wareroom
exhibit,
for which special
orchestrions and parlor organs. They were
and
'cellist,
has
joined
forces
with
Chas.
quarters
were
fitted
up
some
time ago, is now
assessed by the board at 45 per cent, as parts
Steiner,
an4
has
opened
a
piano
wareroom
replete
with
examples
of
the
latest Byrne
of musical instruments.
at 1192 Main street, Hartford, Conn., under styles in several woods.
Messrs. Craighead and Bjur, of the the firm name of Schmidt & Steiner. A
John J. De Han, a piano salesman, died
Bailey Co., are both on the road and se- full line of pianos, small goods and sheet
at
his home in Seattle, last Tuesday.
music
will
be
handled.
curing excellent results.
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
11
SECURE NEW QUARTERS.
CALL FOR PERFORATED MUSIC
MARKNEUKIRCHEN'S EXPORTS
Kaffenberger & Cantor Sign a Lease for the Build-
ing, 7 and 9 W. Eighteenth Street—Will Give
Them Much Needed Facilities.
From England—A Large Market Abroad—Manu-
facturers Pleased Over Foreign Outlook.
To the United States for the Present Year Exceed
Last Year by Many Thousands of Dollars—
A Wide Variety in the Musical Instruments
Shipped.
Kaffenberger & Cantor, the "Big- Piano
Cover House," 103 Fifth avenue, announce
that they have signed a lease for new quarters
in the large new building, 7 and 9 W. Eigh-
teenth street. This will give them an in-
creased space of 2,500 square feet, every inch
of which is now necessary for the firm's
growing business. The new quarters will be
taken possession of on February 1, 1904. It
is the intention of Kaffenberger & Cantor to
make their opening a memorable one by pre-
senting to view at that time the largest and
choicest exhibit for their spring line ever
shown in a wareroom exhibit.
The success of this young and enterprising
firm has been phenomenal, yet it is readily de-
served, as they have worked hard and used
excellent judgment in the conduct of their
business. By giving the trade the very best
in the market at the lowest price; by sub-
mitting many cleverly designed patterns of
their own conception and by prompt and hon-
est service, they have won the enviable posi-
tion they now hold in the trade. With greater
factory and wareroom facilities they will be
able to do even better for their patrons. In
making the announcement of their latest in-
tention, Charles T. Kaffenberger and Morris
Cantor, the firm members, take occasion to
thank the trade for hearty support extended.
Manufacturers of perforated music rolls
are being requested for prices by English
piano player makers, several of which are re-
ported as doing an excellent business. As a
matter of fact it is stated that a greater trade
in players is being done in the United King-
dom, in proportion to the population, than
here. Nearly, if not quite all, of the music
for these instruments is cut here, and there-
fore the manufacturers are pleased with their
present exports and the outlook for the
future.
Hugo Muench, United States Consul at
Plauen, Germany, under date of October
12, writes of the business of Markneukirch-
en, Saxony, the world's headquarters of
rhe small goods industry, as follows:
"In Markneukirchen very many forms
of industry are met with, and the following
will show the general character of the
goods exported to the United States dur-
ing the year ended June 30, 1903, as com-
pared with the preceding fiscal year: "Ac-
SAM HAMILTON LEASES NEW HOME.
cordeons and concertinas valued in 1902,
$110,462.90;
in 1903, $132,771.22; violin
[Special to The Review.]
bows,
$59,964.90—$66,338.06;
brass instru-
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 23, 1903.
ments,
$27.286.82—$27,856.69;
double
Samuel Hamilton, the Fifth avenue
basses,
$2,261.53—$340-83;
flutes,
$2,960.04
music dealer, has just leased for a long
term the well known Standard building on —$1,561.08; harmonicas, $196,125.74—
Wood street. The building will be thor- $199,471.24; spinning gut, $920.01—$4,-
oughly remodeled and will be occupied 042.49; surgical catgut, $5,407.18—$4,-
after April, 1904, by the lessee. The front 663.93; strings, $55,io4.8i—$59,7i4.i2:
of the building will be changed and the in- violins, $128,575.81—$137,616.12; Wood
terior will be so completely altered as to wind instruments, $5,460.03—$7,724.67;
virtually mean the reconstruction of the zithers, $33.00—$604.47.
"Aside from the small items of shell or
building, all except the walls. It will then
be suited in every way to Mr. Hamilton's pearl goods, embroideries, and guts, the
purposes, that of the largest and most com- entire export consists of musical instru-
plete music store and warehouse in the ments and strings therefor. A large num-
city. The building is now divided into of- ber of small shops, as also many people in
fice rooms. It is five stories high, covers their homes along the western slope of the
approximately 45x90 feet. The lease of Erzgebirge, are devoted to the production
the Standard building is one of the most of these goods. Excellent violins are be-
WILL SELL AT RETAIL ONLY.
important deals closed in this city in a ing turned out, and their increasing ex-
Ambuhl Bros., the Well Known Piano Dealers, Will
long time, and indicates that the upper sec- port to the United States seems to indicate
Discontinue Their Wholesale Business.
tion of Wood street is destined to soon be that they are appreciated there. Raw ma-
one of the highest grade retail sections of terial for strings is at present almost wholly
[Special to The Review.]
derived from Russia. The wood used in
Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 24, 1903.
the
construction of instruments is mostly
Ambuhl Bros., one of the city's best
INCORPORATED
IN
UTAH.
imported."
known music houses, who have been doing
a large business in the country district
Among the incorporations filed with the
ORDERS 1,200 HELLER PIANOS.
through agents, will discontinue that Secretary of the State of Utah this week was
branch and confine their business strictly that of the Beesley Music Co., with a capital
The latest evidence of Winter & Co.'s en-
to retail business.
terprise
and, at the same time, a remarkably
stock of $25,000 divided into 2,500
It is learned through business announce- shares of ten dollars each.' The company will convincing proof of the exceptional values
ments that Ambuhl Bros, are making in conduct a general piano store with the fol- offered by that firm, is in the shape of a con-
the daily papers that they propose to bring lowing officers : E. Beesley, president; Adel- tract just signed with a well-known firm for
in all pianos from surrounding towns and bert Beesley, vice-president; F. Beesley, sec- 1,200 Heller pianos, to be delivered prompt-
agencies throughout the State. "We in-
ly. The Review saw the signed contract on
retary and treasurer.
tend to relieve ourselves of a very unsatis-
Tuesday when a call was made at the Win-
factory and more or less unprofitable
ARTHUR CAMERON TO MANUFACTURE.
ter & Co. factory, 458-462 E. 144th street.
branch of our business," said George Am-
Arthur Cameron, who, it will be remem-
buh! to-day, "and we will be obliged to
FILLING A RECORD ORDER.
sacrifice the prices on a large number of bered acted as road representative for the
Karl Fink is reported as now filling an or-
instruments in order to reduce our super- A. B. Cameron Mfg. Co., is about to branch
fluous stock to a quantity we can handle in out as a manufacturer of pianos on his own der for the "Playano" that is said to be the
account and has leased a roomy loft at 148- largest single foreign shipment of players
local trading."
150 East 129th street, where he will manu- ever placed in this country.
facture
the Cameron piano. Preparations
AUGUST POLLMAN OVERRULED.
were made for this move some time past so
CARLOAD ORDERS FOR BYRNE PIANO CO.
Monday the Board of United States Gen- that he is amply equipped with the neces-
The C. E. Byrne Piano Co., 229-235 E.
eral Appraisers overruled a protest by August sary supplies and expects to be able to ship
Forty-first
street, are doing a big business, as
Pollman, importer of musical merchandise, instruments on or before Feb. 1st.
usual.
Carload
orders are frequent, the latest
New York, on orchestrion music rolls. He
received
being
an
order on Tuesday for two
claimed entry at 25 per cent, as sheet music
NEW HOUSE IN HARTFORD.
carloads
for
the
Pacific
coast. The Byrne
for perforated cards used to produce music in
F.
C.
L.
Schmidt,
an
expert
piano
tuner,
factory
wareroom
exhibit,
for which special
orchestrions and parlor organs. They were
and
'cellist,
has
joined
forces
with
Chas.
quarters
were
fitted
up
some
time ago, is now
assessed by the board at 45 per cent, as parts
Steiner,
an4
has
opened
a
piano
wareroom
replete
with
examples
of
the
latest Byrne
of musical instruments.
at 1192 Main street, Hartford, Conn., under styles in several woods.
Messrs. Craighead and Bjur, of the the firm name of Schmidt & Steiner. A
John J. De Han, a piano salesman, died
Bailey Co., are both on the road and se- full line of pianos, small goods and sheet
at
his home in Seattle, last Tuesday.
music
will
be
handled.
curing excellent results.
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