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MIMIC TFADE
VOL. XLIf. No. 2 0 . Published Every Saturday by Edward LymanBM at I Madison Ave., New York, May 19, 1906.
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, May 6.
The following were the exports of musical in-
struments and kindred lines from the Port of
New York for the week just ended:
Aarhus—1 case pianos, $200.
Acajutla—3 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $142.
Adelaide—2 cases organs and material, $1,000.
Amapalo—2 cases music, $264; 2 cases piano
players and material, $220.
Antwerp—1 case piano players and material,
$610.
Berlin—1 case organs and material, $100; 205
pkgs. talking machines and material, $1,655.
Bombay—14 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $226.
Bremen—7 cases piano players and material,
$675.
Brussels—15 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $450.
Buenos Ayres—6 cases pianos and material,
$837; 6 cases piano players and material, $500;
69 pkgs. talking machines and material, $4,168;
1 case organs and material, $120.
Cardiff—7 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $260.
Glasgow—7 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $155.
Guayaquil—29 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $719.
Hamburg—26 cases pianos and material,
$2,021; 5 cases organs and material, $325.
Havana—9 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
tt rial, $558; 10 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $236; 10 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $312; 4 cases pianos and material, $629; 5
cases piano players and material, $400.
Havre—6 cases pianos and material, $962; 3
cases piano players and material, $650; 21 pkgs.
talking machines and material, $600.
Jacobstad—7 cases organ material, $900.
Kingston—1 case pianos and material, $135.
Limon—10 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $227.
Liverpool—1 case organs and material. $1,000;
31 cases organs, $3,196; 31 pkgs. talking ma-
chines and material, $206.
London—274 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $4,286; 42 cases piano players and ma-
terial, $9,468; 33 cases organs and material,
$1,282; 20 cases pianos, $4,506; 23 pkgs. talking
machines and material, $2,570.
Manchester—30 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $156.
Milan—31 pkgs. talking machines and material,
?982.
Montevideo—2 cases organs and material, $300.
Naples—4 cases music, $186.
Para—1 case piano players and material, $302.
Phillipeville—1 pkgs. talking machines and,
material, $100,
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Santo Domingo—2 pkgs. talking machines and
material, $114.
Santos—4 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$318.
Savanilla—1 case pianos and material, $500.
Southampton—2 cases music strings, $300; 1
pkg. talking machines and material, $306.
Stavanger—2 cases organ material, $115.
St. Petersburg—8 pkgs. talking machines and
material, $325.
Surinam—6 cases organs and material, $156.
Stockton—1 case organs, $250; 6 cases organ
material, $398.
Tampico—2 cases pianos and material, $210.
Valparaiso—3 cases piano players and ma-
terial, $378.
Vera Cruz—6 cases pianos and material, $1,219;
8 pkgs. talking machines and material, $152.
Vienna—26 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $849.
A. H. MANGOLD HONORED.
Presented With a Beautifully Painted Set of
Resolutions as a Token of Respect and Af-
fection by the Knights of Columbus.
As a token of its respect and affection, the
New York Knights of Columbus Headquarters
has presented a beautifully painted set of resolu-
tions to Andrew H. Mangold, manager for the
retail store of Knikauer Bros., piano manufactur-
ers, on Fourteenth street. Mr. Mangold is the
organist of many of the councils, and director of
the Columbian Choristers.
The resolutions are a work of art, and framed
with a handsome oak frame. The emblem of the
order is painted in its colors, and the lettering is
done in gold.
Mr. Mangold was very active in the work of
furnishing the new headquarters building at 138
East Twenty-seventh street, and presented a Kra-
knuer piano as his donation. His example was
followed by many others, and many of the beau-
tiful pieces cf furniture in the building were
given by the members of the ord?r.
COLBY GROWING IN FAVOR.
President Diehl Secures Some Good Orders—
New Styles Which Will be Out in a Few
Weeks—New Catalogue on the Press.
George F. Diehl, president of the Colby Piano
Co., Erie, Pa., returned last week from a very
successful Eastern trip. A number of large or-
ders were given him oy dealers who expressed
themselves in enthusiastic terms regarding the
latest Colby productions.
Mr. Diehl has made a splendid record in the
management of the Colby Piano Co. He has al-
ways endeavored to better his product wherever
possible, and to produce large values for the
money asked for Colby pianos. That he has been
successful is evidenced in the steadily increasing
demand for the instruments.
While discussing trade conditions, Mr. Diehl
remarked to The Review: "We are getting out
some very handsome art cases in oak, Mission
and Flemish. We have also a new brown oak,
which we have termed 'Italian. 1 It is made up
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
$8.00 PER YEAR.
in the style which has been so popular with us,
which is known as 'I.' I may add that there
has been a steadily increasing demand for this
particular style. Our new style 'S' Colonial will
be ready for the market in about three weeks,
and about that time we expect to have our new
catalogue ready."
"MISSION ART PIANO" A MISNOMER.
Interesting Remarks or\ the Subject by a
Friendly Critic Who Claims That the Mis-
sion Style of Piano Architecture Was Really
Founded on the Actual Lack of Art as We
Know It.
Speaking the other day about piano architec-
ture with a prominent designer, the conversation
ran into the matter of art pianos, when he sai I:
"The habit of manufacturers in calling a piano
finished in weathered or Flemish oak a 'Mission
art piano' does not show a thorough understand-
ing of that term. To call a purely Mission piano
an art product is a misnomer, for the style was
really founded upon its actual lack of art as we
know it.
"The original Mission furniture from which
the present-day style originated was found in the
old Spanish missions in California, etc., and, as
its forms show, was made with the aid cf the
simplest tools, usually an axe and a knife. Th3
frame was massive and utterly devoid cf even
the slightest decoration, and where met il was
used the same lack of tools and often skill pre-
vented the friars from forming it into fanciful
designs. What is there, therefore, about a piano
with a nicely finished case, even though in the
dull-finished oak, and trimmed with ornamental
iron or copper work, that would suggest the
crudeness shown in the old missions?
"Why not call the piano what it is—a product
in the Arts and Crafts style? Mission styles,
when modified in the slightest degree, come un-
der this head, which allows for attractive mar-
queterie inlay, metallic trimmings and many de-
vices that will relieve the crudeness of the orig-
inal style without detracting from its odd charm.
"To provide a suitable environment for a piano
the Arts and Crafts style in furniture is prefer-
able to the cumbersome and ungainly looking
Mission, if only from the fact that the apprecia-
tion of true music is generally enhanced if ths
surroundings suggest delicacy and comfort."
FLANNERY OPENS IN SPRINGFIELD.
John L. Flannery, of Springfield, O., has estab-
lished a branch store in Toledo, O., at Madison
avenue and Superior street, in the rear of which
there is a large hall suitable for musicals, etc.,
and which will be called "Everett Hall." Mr.
Flannery has the agency in Ohio for the Everett
piano.
BASH & LANE PIANO IN BOSTON.
The George H. Champlin Co. will hereafter rep-
resent the Bush & Lane piano at their store in
Boylston street, Boston. They are already show-
ing a very fine line of Bush & Lane baby grand-,
which have won the highest praise.