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OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.
Pianos and Other Musical Instruments Shipped
Abroad from the Port of New York for the
Week Just Ended.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, October 30, 1905.
The following were the exports of musical in-
struments and kindred lines from the port of New
York for the week just ended:
Antigua.—1 case pianos, $122.
Barbadoes.—1 case pianos, $165.
Berlin.—9 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$635; 217 pkgs. talking machines, $8,418.
Bombay.—30 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $674.
Bremen.—10 cases organs, $682.
Cardenas.—3 cases pianos and material, $375.
Dublin.—100 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $799.
Glasgow.—106 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $2,815; 11 cases organs and material, $550.
Guayaquil.—3 cases pianos, $559.
Hamburg.—5 cases pianos, $558; 21 pkgs. talk-
ing machines and material, $344; 30 cases organs,
$1,494; 51 pkgs. pianolas, $12,500.
Havana.—20 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $993; 5 cases pianos, $450; 28 pkgs. talking
machines and material, $2,102.
Havre.—5 cases pianos, $530; 20 pkgs. talking
machines and material, $617; 4 cases pianos and
material, $590.
Leeds.—100 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $520.
Leipzig.—14 cases organs, $961.
Liverpool.—47 cases organs, $4,722; 1 case
pianos, $486; 18 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $293; 2 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $100; 1 case pianos, $125.
London.—12 cases organs and material, $351;
4 cases piano players and material, $318; 24 pkgs.
talking machines and material, $1,912; 2 pkgs.
music goods, $102; 14 cases pianos, $835; 6 cases
organs and material, $205; 15 cases piano players
and material, $9,360; 921 pkgs. talking machines
and material, $19,342; 7 pkgs. music, $227; 61
pkgs. talking machines and material, $7,300.
Manzanillo.—4 cases pianos and material, $365.
Maracaibo.—5 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $277.
Melbourne.—5 cases pianos, $523.
Piraeus.—8 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $200.
Prague.—12 cases organs, $961.
Progreso.—4 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $179.
Rio de Janeiro.—18 pkgs. talking machines
and material, $1,391.
Santiago.-—18 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $220.
Southampton.—30 pkgs. talking machines and
material, $360.
St. John.—11 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $136; 2 cases pianos and material, $190.
Soerabaya.—6- pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $594.
Valparaiso.—3 cases organs, $1,118; 2 cases
pianos, $232; 4 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $139; 58 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $2,634.
Vera Cruz.—7 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $252.
Vienna.—20 pkgs. talking machines and mate-
rial, $960.
Warsaw.—5 cases 'organs and material, $561; 3
pkgs. music, $337.
The Cable Piano Co. have removed to larger
quarters in the Miller Building on Fifth street,
Houghton and Calumet, Mich.
TRADE
of the company for the past seven years; with
his withdrawal the company's stockholders are
now the same as when originally organized some
Matt Von Pein Celebrates His T h i r t i e t h A n n i -
3 7 years ago. Mr. Reiger will devote himself to '
versary as Employe of the Well
Known
his real estate interests in this city.
I
Richmond Co.—Honored by Employers and
"The increase of capitalization is made to i;
Associates—A Handsome Gift.
provide for the rapid expansion of the com-
An event of more than usual interest occurred pany's business interests. In the last six months j
last Saturday night in the celebration by Matt a thriving branch store has been opened and ]
Von Pein of his thirtieth anniversary as an em- established in South Omaha, and the company j
ploye of the Starr Piano Co., Richmond, Ind. is now looking for a location in Omaha to es- '
There are many men who can truthfully say that tablish another branch store. The business has
they have been piano makers for thirty years, been excellent throughout the state and the
and but few, if any, can say that they have worked company's territory, for several years past, but
with one concern for that length of time. Mr. particularly the present year, has seen a large
Von Pein has figured largely in the development increase in the volume of business handled. The
of the perfect Starr piano of to-day, and during store in Lincoln has been recently increased
the thirty years of service at the Starr plant he in size by the addition of new room for ex-
has made an exhaustive study of the acoustics hibiting pianos. With the addition of new capi-
of the piano, and the sounding-board now being tal the company will push its business in this
used in the Starr piano, with its special features, territory with increased aggressiveness and it
is the outcome of Mr. Von Pein's years of experi- is prophesied with increased success."
ments. During the thirty years at the Starr plant
WILL HANDLE SHERMAN-CLAY LINE.
Mr. Von Pein has been an overseer in the con-
struction of over 50,000 pianos.
Geo. W. Parkman, of Reno, Nev., has made
The thirtieth anniversary was grandly com-
arrangements with Sherman, Clay & Co., of San
memorated Saturday night by Mr. Von Pein, and
Francisco, whereby he will handle their full line
the men of his department, together with the of-
of pianos in the new Goldfleld territory. These
ficers of the company. Henry Gennett, president
include the Steinway, Emerson, Bstey, A. B.
of the company, offered congratulations, as did
Chase, and other instruments so well and fa-
other members of the official staff and employes
vorably known through Sherman-Clay publicity.
under Mr. Von Pein's supervision. As a testi-
It is Mr. Parkman's intention to develop the
monial of the high regard in which Mr. Von Pein
trade of that section in a thoroughly compre-
is held the Starr Piano Co. presented him with
hensive manner.
a beautiful cut-glass punchbowl and glasses.
THIRTY YEARS WITH STARR CO.
CHUTE & BUTLER'S NEW FACTORY
INCREASING VOUGH REPRESENTATION.
(Special to The Review.)
Nearing Completion at Peru, Ind—Will Have a
Floor of 30,000 Feet and Will be Admirably
Equipped in Every Respect.
Waterloo, N. Y.. October 30, 1905.
During the past two weeks, several of the best
known dealers in Minnesota and Wisconsin have
been added to the list of those who are handling
The Chute & Butler Co.'s new factory plant in the Vough Changeable Pitch Piano. Several
the city of Peru, Ind., is now approaching com- shipments of this instrument have already been
pletion. The main building is 154 feet by 50 made to this territory, and the remaining orders
feet, three stories high, with a floor space in all of will be filled the coming week. This is new
about 30,000 feet. The plant will be equipped territory for the "Vough," and the way in which
with machinery of the latest type, as well as the the dealers are taking hold of it there is a
Webster vacuum steam heating system, and it means of gratification to the Vough Company.
will be lighted throughout with electricity. The
During the past month the Vough factory has
dry kilns will be equipped with the Morton pat- been very much rushed to fill orders. In num-
ent system. There will be two tubular return ber of sales, a marked increase over October last
boilers of 100 horse-power each and 100 horse- year is noted, for both the Malcolm Love and
power high speed Ball engine. This plant is be- Vough Changeable Pitch Pianos, and a goodly
ing built for the purpose of manufacturing number of orders are now upon the company's
pianos, although it is the intention of the Chute Looks as a starter for November. Dealers every-
& Butler Co. to continue the manufacture of or- where are finding the Vough line to be easy sell-
gans as well. The new premises will be occu- ers and instruments that give the best of satis-
pied before the end of the year, after which time faction to the purchasers.
their present factory plant at La Fontaine will
be offered for sale.
BOUGHT FROM EILERS MUSIC CO.
MATTHEWS PIANO CO.
Matthews New in Control With Ample Capital
—The Purposes of Expansion.
Speaking of the recent changes of the Mat-
thews Piano Co., of Lincoln, Neb., to which ref-
erence has already been made in this paper, The
Trade Review, of Lincoln, in its latest issue,
says:
"A change in the ownership and capitaliza-
tion of one of the important Lincoln wholesale
institutions is announced by the Matthews Piano
Company. The stock held by C. W. Reiger, for-
mer treasurer of the company, has been pur-
chased by B. R. Matthews, its president, and
the capitalization of the company has been in-
creased from $60,000 to $100,000.
"Mr. Reiger has been a stockholder and officer
THE
ERNEST A.
REVIEW
TONK
PIANO
E. S. Johnson, manager of the San Francisco
house of the Eilers Music Co., during his re-
cent trip to Nevada, sold a five thousand dol-
lar Welte orchestrion which is to be installed
in the Mizpah Hotel at Tonapah, Nev., and an-
other instrument valued at $3,000 for the Oberon
Concert Hall at Goldfield.
TO INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK.
The stockholders of the P. C. Weaver Piano
Co., of Ottawa, 111., will hold a meeting on No-
vember 20 for the purpose of considering and
acting upon the proposition to increase the capi-
tal stock of said company from $25,000 to $35,000.
G. H. Jones, dealer in musical instruments and
other specialties, of Mankato, Minn., has sold a
half interest in his business to G. E. Hopkins.
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