Music Trade Review
Issue: 1906 Vol. 42 N. 23 - Page 38
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THE
MUSIC
eral orders. Figures in the European countries
are looming up big, whether because the foreign
producers believe the American market will
stand their demands, reasonable or otherwise. In
this there is a chance that mistakes may be
made. However, our houses will protect their
trade, and we only speak of matters as they are
seen at the present writing, so to speak. Collec-
tions are good and prospects most inviting."
TRADE
REVIEW
checked up on Frank Scribner"s office calendar genuine " S t r a d s " in Europe a n d t h e United
to sail June 14 and arrive in New York the 21st States, worth from $5,000 t o $10,000 each.
following, via England.
Trade with harmonica importers has slowed
down the past two weeks in a marked degree.
Few buyers are in the city and none of any im-
portance expected before August, when the new
goods will be ready for inspection.
Are Becoming Great Favorites With t h e
Trade—Ditson House Make Them Leaders
in Display.
Several brands of harmonicas once weli known
in the American market are now has-beens, as
dead as if wrapped up in mummy cloth and
stored in sarcophagi. The reason is not hard
to locate.
The Chimewood harmonicas, recently intro-
duced into this country by that great maker of
harmonicas, M. Hohner, of 475 Broadway, New
When the American representative of the Ch.
Messner harmonica, was involved in a law suit
with Wm. R. Gratz, the latter suing for coramis-
THE CHIMEWOOD HARMONICAS
NEW FIRM
NEW GOODS
NEW PRICES
Small Goods
The forfeit stock west of the Mississippi
River, everything up to date. IT WILL PAY
YOU TO WRITE TO-DAY.
Koerber-Brenner Music Company
1006 Olive Street, ST. LOUIS
improved
J. F. KALBE'S
VERA IMPERIAL ACCORDEONS
bearing the well-known "Anchor
Brand," are, in tone, workman-
ship and finish, unsurpassed. They
are sold exclusively to first-class
Importers and Dealers at factory
prices without between profits.
For further particulars, apply to
M. HOHNER
NO. 3 8 5 (ACTTAL SIZK>.
4 0 REEDS. FT - LT, CONCERT.
York, has proven a boon to the trade, who find
in it just the instrument that they have been
awaiting for a long time past. The largest deal-
ers in musical instruments in this country have
already found it a splendid leader and meeting
the most exacting requirements. When such a
house as C. H. Ditson & Co., of Union Square, New
York, find them to be so attractive as to make
them the leading figure in their display window,
the rest of the trade need have no fear in push-
ing their sale to the utmost limit. This firm have
several more equally good .surprises for their
dealers, which they will announce later in the
season, and every one will be a winner. They are
now showing a particularly fine line of accorde-
ons of every grade. They are having their hands
full in keeping pace with demand for these in-
struments, as they have proved so popular that
the dealers cannot keep them in stock.
IX FINE HINGED BOX.
sions and winning out, the arbitrator, a rival
manufacturer, ascertained that the first year of
the new agency goods to the amount of 120,000
marks were sold in the United States, almost en-
tirely to the notion houses, the line being appar-
ently unknown to the music trade.
Ernst Koch, of the house of Ands. Koch, of Tros-
singen, Bavaria, and manager of the American
end of the business, sails for Europe on Tuesday
of next week and willspend the next two months
at the factory. He says that when he comes back
he will have a large new line of harmonicas and
accordeons that will surprise and please the
American trade.
A TALK ON "STRADS."
In the New York Sun recently, August Ge-
munder, of the firm of August Gemunder & Sons,
WITH THE HARMONICA PEOPLE.
New 7 York, was quoted in an extended article on
the authenticity of old violins, especially those
Following unavoidable delays, Ch. Weiss, har- of the Stradivarius make. In the course of his
monica manufacturer. Trossingen, Germany, is remarks he estimated that there were about 200
The Standard of the World
THE
ORIGINAL
MAKVrACTUKXS BT
THE BAVER CO.
. 4 1 0 N. «TH ST. PHILADELPHIA PA.
THE
S. S. Stewart Banjo
and the BAUER Mandolins and Guitars
GRAND PRIZE
Awarded tbt C G.
Conn Band, Or-
c h e s t r a «nd Solo
I n s t r u m e n t s , !•
merely • new acknowl-
edgment of what was
l o o t ago c o n c e d e d ,
n a m e l y . t h a t the
" W o n d e r s " are un-
paralleled In any excel-
lence or quality that goea
to make up a P e r f e c t
and I d e a l Instrument.
The Holidays Are
A l m o s t H e r e , which
•uggeats that a gift *o
your f r i e n d of a
"GRAND PRIZE" In-
atrument would make a
preaent that would
eharm and delight :: ::
Send for Urge ILLUS-
TRATED
CATA-
L O G U E t e l l i n g all
about them
Addre.s c . G. CONN CO., ElKhart, Indiana
P. S.—Tht Woad«r Instraments arc seat on trial and FULLY
GUARANTEE
Wm. R. Gratz Import Co.
35-37 West Thirty-First Street, New York City
—THE-
WM. R. GRATZ IMPORT CO.,
35-37 West 31st St., New York City,
Sole A treats for
ANTOINE COURTOIS AND BOHLAND & FUCHS'
Band Instruments and Saxophones;
LEFBVRE, LECOMTB AND MERCADIBR
Clarionets;
Priediich August Helmerdlng, Chad wick, J. Strauss,
Koschat, E. Bausch, hamtnlg and Bauer & Durr-
schmidt's Violin* and Bows; Qustav Bernadel and
Koschat Rosin; Imperial, Empress, V. S., and Qrand
Solo Accordeons, and Concertinas; Empress Mouth
Harmonicas.
Catalogs forwarded on request free of charge.
MR. DEALER:
You Need Two Things This
New Year
l s t - L Y O N & HEALY MANDOLINS, GUI-
TARS AND VIOLINS.
2nd--SIEGEL-MYERS' MUSIC LESSONS
TO GIVE AWAY WITH THEM.
Hundreds of dealers all over the country are doubling
their sales.
No cost whatever nor trouble to you, but a magnifi-
cent extra value for your customers.
You increase your sales by giving free $25.00 or
$50.00 worth of lessons with every instrument.
Write for full particulars.
LYON & HEALY,
Chicago
YORK—
Band Instruments
JKND FOR MMW
ILLVSTRJtTKD CJ§TJ9LOGUM
J. W.YORK Makmr* ofthm *!#*••« *rarf«
Be^nd Instruments
GRAND RAPIDS
MICH.
THE
MUSIC
eral orders. Figures in the European countries
are looming up big, whether because the foreign
producers believe the American market will
stand their demands, reasonable or otherwise. In
this there is a chance that mistakes may be
made. However, our houses will protect their
trade, and we only speak of matters as they are
seen at the present writing, so to speak. Collec-
tions are good and prospects most inviting."
TRADE
REVIEW
checked up on Frank Scribner"s office calendar genuine " S t r a d s " in Europe a n d t h e United
to sail June 14 and arrive in New York the 21st States, worth from $5,000 t o $10,000 each.
following, via England.
Trade with harmonica importers has slowed
down the past two weeks in a marked degree.
Few buyers are in the city and none of any im-
portance expected before August, when the new
goods will be ready for inspection.
Are Becoming Great Favorites With t h e
Trade—Ditson House Make Them Leaders
in Display.
Several brands of harmonicas once weli known
in the American market are now has-beens, as
dead as if wrapped up in mummy cloth and
stored in sarcophagi. The reason is not hard
to locate.
The Chimewood harmonicas, recently intro-
duced into this country by that great maker of
harmonicas, M. Hohner, of 475 Broadway, New
When the American representative of the Ch.
Messner harmonica, was involved in a law suit
with Wm. R. Gratz, the latter suing for coramis-
THE CHIMEWOOD HARMONICAS
NEW FIRM
NEW GOODS
NEW PRICES
Small Goods
The forfeit stock west of the Mississippi
River, everything up to date. IT WILL PAY
YOU TO WRITE TO-DAY.
Koerber-Brenner Music Company
1006 Olive Street, ST. LOUIS
improved
J. F. KALBE'S
VERA IMPERIAL ACCORDEONS
bearing the well-known "Anchor
Brand," are, in tone, workman-
ship and finish, unsurpassed. They
are sold exclusively to first-class
Importers and Dealers at factory
prices without between profits.
For further particulars, apply to
M. HOHNER
NO. 3 8 5 (ACTTAL SIZK>.
4 0 REEDS. FT - LT, CONCERT.
York, has proven a boon to the trade, who find
in it just the instrument that they have been
awaiting for a long time past. The largest deal-
ers in musical instruments in this country have
already found it a splendid leader and meeting
the most exacting requirements. When such a
house as C. H. Ditson & Co., of Union Square, New
York, find them to be so attractive as to make
them the leading figure in their display window,
the rest of the trade need have no fear in push-
ing their sale to the utmost limit. This firm have
several more equally good .surprises for their
dealers, which they will announce later in the
season, and every one will be a winner. They are
now showing a particularly fine line of accorde-
ons of every grade. They are having their hands
full in keeping pace with demand for these in-
struments, as they have proved so popular that
the dealers cannot keep them in stock.
IX FINE HINGED BOX.
sions and winning out, the arbitrator, a rival
manufacturer, ascertained that the first year of
the new agency goods to the amount of 120,000
marks were sold in the United States, almost en-
tirely to the notion houses, the line being appar-
ently unknown to the music trade.
Ernst Koch, of the house of Ands. Koch, of Tros-
singen, Bavaria, and manager of the American
end of the business, sails for Europe on Tuesday
of next week and willspend the next two months
at the factory. He says that when he comes back
he will have a large new line of harmonicas and
accordeons that will surprise and please the
American trade.
A TALK ON "STRADS."
In the New York Sun recently, August Ge-
munder, of the firm of August Gemunder & Sons,
WITH THE HARMONICA PEOPLE.
New 7 York, was quoted in an extended article on
the authenticity of old violins, especially those
Following unavoidable delays, Ch. Weiss, har- of the Stradivarius make. In the course of his
monica manufacturer. Trossingen, Germany, is remarks he estimated that there were about 200
The Standard of the World
THE
ORIGINAL
MAKVrACTUKXS BT
THE BAVER CO.
. 4 1 0 N. «TH ST. PHILADELPHIA PA.
THE
S. S. Stewart Banjo
and the BAUER Mandolins and Guitars
GRAND PRIZE
Awarded tbt C G.
Conn Band, Or-
c h e s t r a «nd Solo
I n s t r u m e n t s , !•
merely • new acknowl-
edgment of what was
l o o t ago c o n c e d e d ,
n a m e l y . t h a t the
" W o n d e r s " are un-
paralleled In any excel-
lence or quality that goea
to make up a P e r f e c t
and I d e a l Instrument.
The Holidays Are
A l m o s t H e r e , which
•uggeats that a gift *o
your f r i e n d of a
"GRAND PRIZE" In-
atrument would make a
preaent that would
eharm and delight :: ::
Send for Urge ILLUS-
TRATED
CATA-
L O G U E t e l l i n g all
about them
Addre.s c . G. CONN CO., ElKhart, Indiana
P. S.—Tht Woad«r Instraments arc seat on trial and FULLY
GUARANTEE
Wm. R. Gratz Import Co.
35-37 West Thirty-First Street, New York City
—THE-
WM. R. GRATZ IMPORT CO.,
35-37 West 31st St., New York City,
Sole A treats for
ANTOINE COURTOIS AND BOHLAND & FUCHS'
Band Instruments and Saxophones;
LEFBVRE, LECOMTB AND MERCADIBR
Clarionets;
Priediich August Helmerdlng, Chad wick, J. Strauss,
Koschat, E. Bausch, hamtnlg and Bauer & Durr-
schmidt's Violin* and Bows; Qustav Bernadel and
Koschat Rosin; Imperial, Empress, V. S., and Qrand
Solo Accordeons, and Concertinas; Empress Mouth
Harmonicas.
Catalogs forwarded on request free of charge.
MR. DEALER:
You Need Two Things This
New Year
l s t - L Y O N & HEALY MANDOLINS, GUI-
TARS AND VIOLINS.
2nd--SIEGEL-MYERS' MUSIC LESSONS
TO GIVE AWAY WITH THEM.
Hundreds of dealers all over the country are doubling
their sales.
No cost whatever nor trouble to you, but a magnifi-
cent extra value for your customers.
You increase your sales by giving free $25.00 or
$50.00 worth of lessons with every instrument.
Write for full particulars.
LYON & HEALY,
Chicago
YORK—
Band Instruments
JKND FOR MMW
ILLVSTRJtTKD CJ§TJ9LOGUM
J. W.YORK Makmr* ofthm *!#*••« *rarf«
Be^nd Instruments
GRAND RAPIDS
MICH.
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