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MUSIC TRADE
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OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.
REVIEW
A STROHBER PIANO CO. PRODUCTION MUCH IN DEMAND.
Pianos and Other Musical Instruments Shipped
Abroad from the Port of New York for the
Week Just Ended—An Interesting Array o f
Musical Specialties for Foreign Countries.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C ; , Oct. 1, 1906.
The following were the exports of musical in-
struments and kindred lines from the Port of
New York for the week just ended:
Alexandria—10 pkgs. talking machines and
material, $475.
Amsterdam—1 pkg. talking machines and ma-
terial, $500.
Bangkok—11 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $951.
Barbadoes—10 cases pianos and material,
$2,500.
Berlin—297 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $2,761.
Bombay—9 cases organs, $318.
Bremen—3 cases music, $300.
Cienfuegos—2 cases pianos and material, $200.
Colon—11 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $860.
Guayaquil—4 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
tt-rial, $134.
Hamburg—23 cases pianos and material, $810;
2 cases music, $129.
Hanover—3 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
The Strohber Piano Co., of Chicago, are having pire top, hand-polished hardwood back with six
terial, $224.
a
Havana—7 pkgs. talking machines and ma- very great demand for their upright grand large hardwood posts, bridges and wrest plank
terial, $232; 1 case pianos and material, $100; 1 style M, shown herewith. The design is mas- built up of six thicknesses of rock maple, insur-
case music, $137; 1 case pianos and material, sive, and has proven a great favorite with deal- ing the piano's standing in tune. Nickel plated
$550; 50 pkgs. talking machines and material, ers and purchasers. The manufacturers' descrip- tuning pins, copper-wound bass strings, best
tion of the instrument is as follows: "Double ve
ivory pine keys, mouse-proof pedals, bronzed
$1,290; 4 cases music, $369.
Havre—2 cases organs, $180; 4 pkgs. talking neered with the finest figured French burl wal- plate of best bell metal. Poehlman wire, ham-
nut or San Domingo mahogany. Interior of case
machines and material, $165.
mers of best imported Austrian felt, Strauch
La Guayra—2 pkgs. talking machines and ma- finished with polished bird's-eye maple. Front Bros.' double repeating brass flange action with
frame of three polished oval panels, with ve-
terial, $158.
lost motion attachment (now recognized as the
Liverpool—1 case organs, $1,200; 6 cases or- neered edges. Colonial pilasters and trusses, ve- world's standard). Dimensions: 7 1-3 octaves;
neered, and all mouldings are genuine mahogany
gans, $300; 3 cases pianos and material, $250.
4 ft. 9 in. high; width, 5 ft. 4 in.; depth, 2 ft.
London—22 cases piano players and material, or walnut to match veneer. Full extension mu-
3 in."
sic
desk.
Concave
fall
board,
heavy
sides,
em-
$3,470; 1,134 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $13,492; 4 cases organs, $220; 2 cases
St. John's—21 pkgs. talking machines and ma- nue, Washington, D. C, is attracting much at-
pianos and material, $1,700; 10 cases music, terial, $815.
tention. Twenty thousand dollars in prizes, in-
$790; 5 pkgs. talking machines and material,
St. Petersburg—11 pkgs. talking machines and cluding a $500 Bradbury piano, are offered to
$236.
the persons sending in the greatest number of
material, $384.
Manaos—19 pkgs. talking machines and ma- Valparaiso—6 pkgs. talking machines and ma- English words made from the letters contained
terial, $785; 1 case pianos and material, $275.
in the words: "The Bradbury Piano," in accord-
terial, $590.
Manila—9 pkgs. talking machines and ma- Vera Cruz—88 pkgs. talking machines and ma- ance with certain published conditions.
terial, $748.
The object of this contest is to extend the
terial, $3,310.
Melbourne—12 cases pianos and material,
Wellington—4 pkgs. talking machines and ma- fame of the Bradbury piano in the homes of
$1,185.
Greater Washington. Since 1854 the Bradbury
terial, $121.
Rio de Janeiro—5 pkgs. talking machines and
piano has kept pace with the advanced improve-
Yarmouth—1 case pianos and material, $230.
material, $110.
ments in piano construction, and has always
Rosario—9 cases pianos and material, $5,531;
been exceedingly popular.
BRADBURY WORD CONTEST.
41 pkgs. talking machines and material, $1,790.
Rotterdam—3 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
The word contest just inaugurated by the The J. L. Hall Music Co., of Dublin, Texas,
terial, $155.
F. G. Smith Piano Co., of 1225 Pennsylvania ave- recently opened a branch in Abilene, Texas.
D U R A B I L I T Y
SO ESSENTIAL IN PLAYER-PIANOS IS
ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
MASTER (PLAYER) PIANO
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