Music Trade Review
Issue: 1906 Vol. 42 N. 18 - Page 9
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MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Piano Player Co.; E. M. Loftus, of the Warner
Manufacturing Co., and E. J. Morgan.
The Balmer & Weber Music House Co. opened
a branch store this week at Alton, 111., with W.
Subject of Fixed Real Price Discussed—
.1. McGillin as manager and Miss Sophia Shriver
Slaughter Sales Injurious—$1,400 Steinway
in charge of the sheet music department.
Sold—Some Practices That Deserve Censure
The Jesse French Piano & Organ Co. have
—Recent Trade Visitors—Balmer & Weber
a long list of owners and users of Knabe pianos
Open Branch—Other Items.
in this city in their window this week, with the
very pertinent query, "Are you on this list?"
(Special to The Review.)
There are also a number of very prominent
St. Louis, Mo., April 28, 190G.
names of people throughout the country who use
Trade reports from the dealers for this month
the Knabe on separate cards.
are rather confusing and conflicting. With the
The Koerber-Brenner Music Co. report trade
exception of a few days of activity, the best that
with them in all departments as being very good.
can he said about business is that it was about
W. H. Quarles, traveler for this concern, leaves
fair.
early
next week on a four weeks' trip through
The question as to whether manufacturers shall
Illinois.
fix the prices of their instruments to be offered
G. B. Reaben, salesman for the Kieselhorst
by the retail trade, which is to come up at the
Piano
Co., left to-day to spend Sunday with his
manufacturers' convention at Washington, D. C,
next month, and which was originally conceived brother, who is a dealer in Memphis, Tenn.
and advocated by The Review, is one that is
looked upon with great interest by the local
dealers. There are quite a number who believe
that a stand in favor of regulating prices along Import Trade in Musical Instruments Shows
these lines will have a very healthy effect on
Decrease—Exports for the Month Are Also
trade conditions, and do more to enhance the con-
Falling Off-^PIayer Shipments Make Fine
fidence of the public in the piano trade than any
Record—The Figures.
other action that can be taken.
Fake slaughter sales have had a detrimental
(Special to The Review.)
effect on the trade for years, and underhand com-
Washington, D. C, May 2, 1906.
petition would receive a- severe setback by the
The summary of exports and imports of the
adoption of a schedule of prices that would have commerce of the United States for the month
to be adhered to. Another feature among the of March, 1906, the latest period for which it
dealers that reserves severe censure is the prac- has been compiled, has just been issued by the
tice some indulge in, after one dealer has made Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Com-
a sale, of locating the customer and working on merce and Labor. The figures relating to musi-
him until he repudiates the first transaction, and cal merchandise, including pianos, organs, piano
makes a new contract for an instrument with players and miscellaneous "small goods" in the
the dealer who is guilty of such deportment. musical field are as follows:
These methods have a very demoralizing effect on
The dutiable imports of musical instruments
the trade, and create very embarrassing compli- during March amounted to $127,755, as compared
cations. Competition, and keen competition, with $105,249 worth which were imported the
should be looked for by all dealers, but nothing same month of 1905. The nine months' total,
should ever be perpetrated that reflects on the ending March, shows importations valued at
honor and dignity of the trade.
$975,094, as against $979,577 worth of musical
Manager E. J. Piper, of the Bollman Bros. instruments imported during the same period of
Piano Co., reports the sale of a $1,400 Steinway 1905. This gives a decrease in imports for the
mahogany grand to C. D. Garnett, of the Allen & nine months ending March of $4,483.
Garnett Paper Co., who has just completed a
The import figures for the nine months' period
magnificent country home near this city. This for the three years are as follows: 1904, $1,066,-
firm also has a very artistic window display this 221; 1905, $979,577; 1906, $975,094.
week in connection with the dog show that is be-
The total domestic exports of musical instru-
ing conducted here at the Coliseum this week.
ments for March, 1906, amounted to $284,508, as
Otto Bollman, vice-president of the company, compared with $296,820 for the same month of
left on Tuesday for the monthly meeting of the the previous year. The nine months' exportation
Krell-French Piano Co. at New Castle, Ind., of of musical instruments amounted to $2,417,837,
which he is vice-president.
against $2,444,578, for the same period in 1905.
Mrs. L. P. Delano, wife of L. P. Delano, presi- This shows a decrease in exports for the nine
dent of the Balmer & Weber Music House, Co., months ending March of $26,741.
is reported quite ill at her home.
The export figures for the nine months' period
A. H. Kayton, secretary of the Bailey Piano for the three years are as follows: 1904, $2,549,-
Co., spent Thursday and Friday here, leaving 813; 1905, $2,444,578; 1906, $2,417,837.
last night for Chicago and the Northwest. He
Of the aggregate exportations in March there
stated that he would attend the manufacturers' were 1,385 organs, valued at $84,587, as compared
convention at Washington, D. C, which convenes with 979 organs in 1905, valued at. $82,108. The
on May 10.
nine months' total shows that we exported 10,191
Other well-known trade visitors here during oigans, valued at $716,788, as against 9,893 or-
the week were: Harry W. Upham, of the Simplex gans, valued at $719,229, for the same period in
OUR EXPORT AND IMPORT TRADE.
PROGRESSIVE DEALERS SHOULD
ORDER THIS STYLE WITH
ACTION 200.
1905, and 11,715, valued at $905,089 for the same
period in 1904.
In March, 1905, we exported 237 pianos, valued
at $52,830, as against 208 pianos, valued at $59,-
088, in March, 1905. The nine months' total ex-
ports show 2,112 pianos, valued at $482,849, as
compared with 1,681, valued at $386,128, exported
i>\ the same period in 1905, and 1,476, valued at
$312,745, for the same period in 1904.
Of the aggregate 'exportations in March there
were 339 piano-players, valued at $70,159. For
the previous nine months, 3,028 of these instru-
ments, valued at $596,597, were sent abroad.
The value of "all other instruments and parts
thereof sent abroad during March, 1906, amount-
ed to $76,932, in the same month of 1905, the
value was estimated at $70,658.
The total exports for the nine months under
this heading foot up $621,603, as against $697,202
exported during the same period of 1905, and
$601,536 exported during the same period of 1904.
This shows a decrease of $75,599.
KNABE CO.'S ANNUAL MEETING.
Splendid
Report of Year's Business—Officers
Elected for Ensuing Year.
William Knabe & Co. held their annual meet-
ing in Baltimore on Monday, April 23. The re-
ports submitted for the year showed a very sat-
isfactory condition of business. A. Clifford Cox,
of the New York house, was allotted some of the
stock of the company, and Charles Keidel, Jr.,
was elected a member of the board of directors
to fill a vacancy. The present board now con-
sists of Ernest Knabe, Jr., William Knabe, Rob-
ert M. Rother, Ferdinand Mayer, Charles Keidel,
Jr.
MATHUSHEK & SON EXPANSION.
The Mathushek & Son Piano Co., which, as re-
corded in The Review, recently renewed the lease
of their building at Nos. 1567-1569 Broadway,
have enlarged their wareroom space in that struc-
ture, and the entire second floor has been recon-
structed and decorated, and will be used for retail
purposes in addition to the main warerooms on
the ground floor. They have also enlarged their
factory facilities by securing considerable space
in the adjoining building on 47th street, so that
they practically occupy the entire building.
Trade conditions are reported by Manager Kleber
to be very satisfactory, and the latest styles of
Mathushek & Son pianos are winning their way
into a large measure of favor.
ORDERED TEN CARLOADS OF STEGERS.
During the recent visit of John V. Steger,
president of the Steger & Sons Piano Manufactur-
ing Co., Chicago, to the Columbine Music Co., of
Denver, Col., he closed a deal with that concern
for ten carloads of Steger pianos.
Mills & Edwards have opened a piano store in
the Abrams Building, Santa Cruz, Cal.
N E W M A N B R O S . CO., CHICAGO.
MANUFACTURERS OF HlGH-CRADE
PIANOS ™ ORGANS
TRY OUR ORGANS WITH THE PATENT REED
PIPE SET OF REEDS. THEY PRODUCE THE
PUREST PIPF QUALITY OF TONE OF ANY
REED ORCAN MANUFACTURED.
Our Pianos please all who appreciate the highest qualities of the most
scientifically constructed piano or\ the market. A trial will convince the
most critical of the superior qualities of our instruments.
FACTORY AND O F F I C E :
8TYLE 86.
W. Chicago Avenue and Dix Street.
STYLE 12.
A LEADER IN COMPETITION
AMONG HIGH-GRADE PIANOS
tHE
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Piano Player Co.; E. M. Loftus, of the Warner
Manufacturing Co., and E. J. Morgan.
The Balmer & Weber Music House Co. opened
a branch store this week at Alton, 111., with W.
Subject of Fixed Real Price Discussed—
.1. McGillin as manager and Miss Sophia Shriver
Slaughter Sales Injurious—$1,400 Steinway
in charge of the sheet music department.
Sold—Some Practices That Deserve Censure
The Jesse French Piano & Organ Co. have
—Recent Trade Visitors—Balmer & Weber
a long list of owners and users of Knabe pianos
Open Branch—Other Items.
in this city in their window this week, with the
very pertinent query, "Are you on this list?"
(Special to The Review.)
There are also a number of very prominent
St. Louis, Mo., April 28, 190G.
names of people throughout the country who use
Trade reports from the dealers for this month
the Knabe on separate cards.
are rather confusing and conflicting. With the
The Koerber-Brenner Music Co. report trade
exception of a few days of activity, the best that
with them in all departments as being very good.
can he said about business is that it was about
W. H. Quarles, traveler for this concern, leaves
fair.
early
next week on a four weeks' trip through
The question as to whether manufacturers shall
Illinois.
fix the prices of their instruments to be offered
G. B. Reaben, salesman for the Kieselhorst
by the retail trade, which is to come up at the
Piano
Co., left to-day to spend Sunday with his
manufacturers' convention at Washington, D. C,
next month, and which was originally conceived brother, who is a dealer in Memphis, Tenn.
and advocated by The Review, is one that is
looked upon with great interest by the local
dealers. There are quite a number who believe
that a stand in favor of regulating prices along Import Trade in Musical Instruments Shows
these lines will have a very healthy effect on
Decrease—Exports for the Month Are Also
trade conditions, and do more to enhance the con-
Falling Off-^PIayer Shipments Make Fine
fidence of the public in the piano trade than any
Record—The Figures.
other action that can be taken.
Fake slaughter sales have had a detrimental
(Special to The Review.)
effect on the trade for years, and underhand com-
Washington, D. C, May 2, 1906.
petition would receive a- severe setback by the
The summary of exports and imports of the
adoption of a schedule of prices that would have commerce of the United States for the month
to be adhered to. Another feature among the of March, 1906, the latest period for which it
dealers that reserves severe censure is the prac- has been compiled, has just been issued by the
tice some indulge in, after one dealer has made Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Com-
a sale, of locating the customer and working on merce and Labor. The figures relating to musi-
him until he repudiates the first transaction, and cal merchandise, including pianos, organs, piano
makes a new contract for an instrument with players and miscellaneous "small goods" in the
the dealer who is guilty of such deportment. musical field are as follows:
These methods have a very demoralizing effect on
The dutiable imports of musical instruments
the trade, and create very embarrassing compli- during March amounted to $127,755, as compared
cations. Competition, and keen competition, with $105,249 worth which were imported the
should be looked for by all dealers, but nothing same month of 1905. The nine months' total,
should ever be perpetrated that reflects on the ending March, shows importations valued at
honor and dignity of the trade.
$975,094, as against $979,577 worth of musical
Manager E. J. Piper, of the Bollman Bros. instruments imported during the same period of
Piano Co., reports the sale of a $1,400 Steinway 1905. This gives a decrease in imports for the
mahogany grand to C. D. Garnett, of the Allen & nine months ending March of $4,483.
Garnett Paper Co., who has just completed a
The import figures for the nine months' period
magnificent country home near this city. This for the three years are as follows: 1904, $1,066,-
firm also has a very artistic window display this 221; 1905, $979,577; 1906, $975,094.
week in connection with the dog show that is be-
The total domestic exports of musical instru-
ing conducted here at the Coliseum this week.
ments for March, 1906, amounted to $284,508, as
Otto Bollman, vice-president of the company, compared with $296,820 for the same month of
left on Tuesday for the monthly meeting of the the previous year. The nine months' exportation
Krell-French Piano Co. at New Castle, Ind., of of musical instruments amounted to $2,417,837,
which he is vice-president.
against $2,444,578, for the same period in 1905.
Mrs. L. P. Delano, wife of L. P. Delano, presi- This shows a decrease in exports for the nine
dent of the Balmer & Weber Music House, Co., months ending March of $26,741.
is reported quite ill at her home.
The export figures for the nine months' period
A. H. Kayton, secretary of the Bailey Piano for the three years are as follows: 1904, $2,549,-
Co., spent Thursday and Friday here, leaving 813; 1905, $2,444,578; 1906, $2,417,837.
last night for Chicago and the Northwest. He
Of the aggregate exportations in March there
stated that he would attend the manufacturers' were 1,385 organs, valued at $84,587, as compared
convention at Washington, D. C, which convenes with 979 organs in 1905, valued at. $82,108. The
on May 10.
nine months' total shows that we exported 10,191
Other well-known trade visitors here during oigans, valued at $716,788, as against 9,893 or-
the week were: Harry W. Upham, of the Simplex gans, valued at $719,229, for the same period in
OUR EXPORT AND IMPORT TRADE.
PROGRESSIVE DEALERS SHOULD
ORDER THIS STYLE WITH
ACTION 200.
1905, and 11,715, valued at $905,089 for the same
period in 1904.
In March, 1905, we exported 237 pianos, valued
at $52,830, as against 208 pianos, valued at $59,-
088, in March, 1905. The nine months' total ex-
ports show 2,112 pianos, valued at $482,849, as
compared with 1,681, valued at $386,128, exported
i>\ the same period in 1905, and 1,476, valued at
$312,745, for the same period in 1904.
Of the aggregate 'exportations in March there
were 339 piano-players, valued at $70,159. For
the previous nine months, 3,028 of these instru-
ments, valued at $596,597, were sent abroad.
The value of "all other instruments and parts
thereof sent abroad during March, 1906, amount-
ed to $76,932, in the same month of 1905, the
value was estimated at $70,658.
The total exports for the nine months under
this heading foot up $621,603, as against $697,202
exported during the same period of 1905, and
$601,536 exported during the same period of 1904.
This shows a decrease of $75,599.
KNABE CO.'S ANNUAL MEETING.
Splendid
Report of Year's Business—Officers
Elected for Ensuing Year.
William Knabe & Co. held their annual meet-
ing in Baltimore on Monday, April 23. The re-
ports submitted for the year showed a very sat-
isfactory condition of business. A. Clifford Cox,
of the New York house, was allotted some of the
stock of the company, and Charles Keidel, Jr.,
was elected a member of the board of directors
to fill a vacancy. The present board now con-
sists of Ernest Knabe, Jr., William Knabe, Rob-
ert M. Rother, Ferdinand Mayer, Charles Keidel,
Jr.
MATHUSHEK & SON EXPANSION.
The Mathushek & Son Piano Co., which, as re-
corded in The Review, recently renewed the lease
of their building at Nos. 1567-1569 Broadway,
have enlarged their wareroom space in that struc-
ture, and the entire second floor has been recon-
structed and decorated, and will be used for retail
purposes in addition to the main warerooms on
the ground floor. They have also enlarged their
factory facilities by securing considerable space
in the adjoining building on 47th street, so that
they practically occupy the entire building.
Trade conditions are reported by Manager Kleber
to be very satisfactory, and the latest styles of
Mathushek & Son pianos are winning their way
into a large measure of favor.
ORDERED TEN CARLOADS OF STEGERS.
During the recent visit of John V. Steger,
president of the Steger & Sons Piano Manufactur-
ing Co., Chicago, to the Columbine Music Co., of
Denver, Col., he closed a deal with that concern
for ten carloads of Steger pianos.
Mills & Edwards have opened a piano store in
the Abrams Building, Santa Cruz, Cal.
N E W M A N B R O S . CO., CHICAGO.
MANUFACTURERS OF HlGH-CRADE
PIANOS ™ ORGANS
TRY OUR ORGANS WITH THE PATENT REED
PIPE SET OF REEDS. THEY PRODUCE THE
PUREST PIPF QUALITY OF TONE OF ANY
REED ORCAN MANUFACTURED.
Our Pianos please all who appreciate the highest qualities of the most
scientifically constructed piano or\ the market. A trial will convince the
most critical of the superior qualities of our instruments.
FACTORY AND O F F I C E :
8TYLE 86.
W. Chicago Avenue and Dix Street.
STYLE 12.
A LEADER IN COMPETITION
AMONG HIGH-GRADE PIANOS
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