Music Trade Review
Issue: 1906 Vol. 43 N. 24 - Page 4
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THE
MUSI
RADE
REVIEW
T
EDWARD LYMAN BILL, - Editor and Proprietor
J. B. SPBLLANE, Managing Editor
Executive and Reportorlal Staff:
OBO. B. K»T.TJII-
w . N. TTLBB.
F- H. THOMPSON.
BMILIB FSANCIB BADBB.
L. BJ. BOWERS. B. BRITTAIN WILSON, WM. B. WHITB. L. J. CHAMBKKLIN. A. J. NICKLIN.
BOSTON OFFICE:
CHICAGO OFFICE:
B. P. VAN HARLINGBN, 195-187 Wabasb Are.
TELEPHONES : Central 414 ; Automatic 8643
PHILADELPHIA OFFICE: MINNEAPOLIS a n d ST. PAUL: ST. LOUIS OFFICE
BENKST L. WAITT, 278A Tremont St.
R. W. KAUFFMAN.
A. W. SHAW.
CHAB. N. VAN BUBBN.
HESE reports of increased wages come from important centers
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from all lines of manu-
facturing concerns, as well as railroad companies. They are all
cheering, but there is another side to the question. According to
Dun and Bradstreet, living in the United States is higher than it has
been for twenty years. The purchasing power is much smaller than
it was a few years ago. It is claimed that the io per cent, advance
in wages will not offset the increased cost of living. It is pretty
difficult to adjust these things satisfactorily all round, as there
always will be men who will not be satisfied with existing conditions.
Perhaps entire satisfaction means retrogression, and it may be well
that dissatisfaction should exist. If we were satisfied with the stage
coach, the iron steed would not have been desired. But certainly
the advance in the wage scale of the country shows that the laborer,
even though his living expenses arc greater, shares in the increased
prosperity of the country.
SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE: ALFRED METZQEB, 1635 Van Ness Ave.
CINCINNATI, O.:
LONDON. ENGLAND:
NINA PUOH-SMITH.
69 Basinghall St., E. C.
W. Lionel Sturdy, Manager.
Pabllstaed Every Saturday at 1 Madison Avenue, New York.
Entered at the New York Post Office ms Second Class Matter.
SUBSCRIPTION, (Including postage), United Statei, Mexico, and Canada, *2.00 per
year; all other countries, $4.00.
ADVERTISEMENTS. $2.00 per lncb, single column, per Insertion. On quarterly or
yearly contracts a special discount Is allowed. Adrertlslng Pages, f 50.00; opposite
reading matter, $75.00.
REMITTANCES. In other than currency form, should be made payable to Bdward
Lyman Bill.
Directory o l P l a a o
The directory of piano manufacturing firms and corporation*
'
« .
found on another page will be of great Talue, as a reference
Manufacturers
f o r d e a i e r B a n d others.
Exposition Honors Won by The Review
t»» and Prim
Paris Exposition, 1900
Silver Medal.Charleston Exposition, 1902
Diploma.Pan-American Exposition, 1901
Gold Medal..St. Louis Exposition, 1904
Gold MedoI.Lewla-Clark Exposition, 1905
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE-NUMBER 1745 GRAMERCY
___
Cable address): "ElblU N e w York."
NEW YORK,
DECEMBER
15, 1906
EDITORIAL
A READER asks: "What is you* estimate for the output of
x \ pianos for 1906, and what are your views regarding the future
of the industry?" It is rare that we make our estimate until the
close of the year, because it is necessary to sift over our reports for
the last month as carefully as those of the preceding periods. There
may be an unexpected slump in business during the last month
which will materially change the estimates, but there is nothing at
present on the business horizon which indicates anything but a con-
tinuance of a magnificent holiday trade. However, to get exact re-
ports for the year it is necessary to go over carefully the various
departments of trade, because the reports of the supply men are
quite necessary to consult, in order to arrive at a correct estimate of
the output of pianos for a given period. We have advanced so
closely to the end of the year, and there is no promise of the present
conditions being disturbed,-so that we are prepared to make an esti-
mate which will be 265,000 pianos manufactured during 1906, and
we do not feel that this estimate will be 500 out of the way. In fact,
our trade reports up to this date and our estimate for the remainder
of the year brings the total up to exactly these figures.
A SURPRISING record,-truly, when we figure that considerably
±~\
over a quarter of a million instruments have been manufac-
T does not seem from present indications that there will be a
tured
in
this country during the past twelve months. All past rec-
general shakeup or many transfers of allegiance from one con-
ords
are
broken, and the total of the sales made would run up into
cern to another in the selling staff of the business on the first of the
large figures, for it must be conceded that there has been an unusual
year. In fact, for the past two or three years the changes have not
activity in factories producing the higher-priced instruments. In
been so frequent or so important as ten or twelve years ago, when
we were accustomed to look for many changes in the selling depart- fact, there has been a stronger emphasis placed upon the high-grade
pianos this year than before for some years past.
ment of the business. While there will always*be some moving
When we consider the magnitude of the piano industry in this
about, yet it does not seem from present indications, barring one or
country it is encouraging, and the record of any European nation is
two moves, already recorded, that there will be many transferences.
small beside it. Compare it with Erance, where the total output for
The salesmen seem pretty well fixed in their positions; in fact, some
the entire Republic for 1906 will not reach 30,000 pianos. England
manufacturers during the past few months have been unable to take
care of additional trade, so there has been really a slowing up of is also declining, as far as piano production goes, and Germany is
increasing. Germany to-day is doing the largest export business in
selling energy in the wholesale sales department.
pianos of any country in the world—in fact, the German manufac-
Some manufacturers have sent their representatives around with
turers are beating the Englishmen in their own market. Through
positive instructions not to take any new orders, but wished their
their splendid factory system and comparative freedom from labor
trade visited in order to keep in close touch with their dealers. With
troubles the German manufacturers of the lower-priced instruments
such conditions prevalent, it does not seem as if the new year will
are enabled to undersell the British manufacturer in his home
be a remarkable one for trade changes.
market.
HEN is the upward trend in the cost of everything to end:
HERE is, however, no country in the world which produces
is a question which interests every one, and no answer is
pianos to compare with this nation, and while our export trade
forthcoming. One thing is certain, we have not yet reached the
has not been growing rapidly, yet with the prosperity which it is
limit. One of the most significant indications of the upward tend-
believed will be continued it is more than probable that next year we
ency of everything is that of the increased wage scale all over the
shall reach the splendid total of 300,000, and still the end is not
United States. That certainly will help out every line of business
in sight.
and permit the piano dealer to sell more pianos.
We made the prediction some years ago that by 1910 America
The reports which are given out from the headquarters of vari-
would be producing nearly a half million pianos annually. Possibly
ous colossal industries show that many millions will be added next
our estimate may have been somewhat exaggerated, because when
year to the wages of the American workmen. Already the action
we made that statement in 1900 we figured by that time that our
taken by the railway companies has increased their annual payroll by
manufacturers would be reaching out for world trade, and would be
twenty millions, while it is predicted that 'the raises anticipated in
selling to foreign countries many thousands of pianos a year. As a
the immediate future will swell this figure to one hundred million.
matter
of fact, our total number of sales of pianos abroad cuts no
The secret of this increase is to be found in the country's pros-
appreciable
figure. The value of talking machines produced here
perity. Statements given out by the railroad officials and others
and
sold
in
other
countries far exceeds that of pianos. Piano play-
show that the corporations arc disposed to heed the spirit of unrest
ers,
too,
according
to our reports, supplied by the Government, are
as shown in the recent elections. The great concerns are in a mood
shipped
abroad
so
that
they total a greater value than pianos. In
to mollify the antagonism existing between the working population
fact,
players
are
growing
in demand the world over.
and the corporate interests,
I
W
T
THE
MUSI
RADE
REVIEW
T
EDWARD LYMAN BILL, - Editor and Proprietor
J. B. SPBLLANE, Managing Editor
Executive and Reportorlal Staff:
OBO. B. K»T.TJII-
w . N. TTLBB.
F- H. THOMPSON.
BMILIB FSANCIB BADBB.
L. BJ. BOWERS. B. BRITTAIN WILSON, WM. B. WHITB. L. J. CHAMBKKLIN. A. J. NICKLIN.
BOSTON OFFICE:
CHICAGO OFFICE:
B. P. VAN HARLINGBN, 195-187 Wabasb Are.
TELEPHONES : Central 414 ; Automatic 8643
PHILADELPHIA OFFICE: MINNEAPOLIS a n d ST. PAUL: ST. LOUIS OFFICE
BENKST L. WAITT, 278A Tremont St.
R. W. KAUFFMAN.
A. W. SHAW.
CHAB. N. VAN BUBBN.
HESE reports of increased wages come from important centers
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from all lines of manu-
facturing concerns, as well as railroad companies. They are all
cheering, but there is another side to the question. According to
Dun and Bradstreet, living in the United States is higher than it has
been for twenty years. The purchasing power is much smaller than
it was a few years ago. It is claimed that the io per cent, advance
in wages will not offset the increased cost of living. It is pretty
difficult to adjust these things satisfactorily all round, as there
always will be men who will not be satisfied with existing conditions.
Perhaps entire satisfaction means retrogression, and it may be well
that dissatisfaction should exist. If we were satisfied with the stage
coach, the iron steed would not have been desired. But certainly
the advance in the wage scale of the country shows that the laborer,
even though his living expenses arc greater, shares in the increased
prosperity of the country.
SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE: ALFRED METZQEB, 1635 Van Ness Ave.
CINCINNATI, O.:
LONDON. ENGLAND:
NINA PUOH-SMITH.
69 Basinghall St., E. C.
W. Lionel Sturdy, Manager.
Pabllstaed Every Saturday at 1 Madison Avenue, New York.
Entered at the New York Post Office ms Second Class Matter.
SUBSCRIPTION, (Including postage), United Statei, Mexico, and Canada, *2.00 per
year; all other countries, $4.00.
ADVERTISEMENTS. $2.00 per lncb, single column, per Insertion. On quarterly or
yearly contracts a special discount Is allowed. Adrertlslng Pages, f 50.00; opposite
reading matter, $75.00.
REMITTANCES. In other than currency form, should be made payable to Bdward
Lyman Bill.
Directory o l P l a a o
The directory of piano manufacturing firms and corporation*
'
« .
found on another page will be of great Talue, as a reference
Manufacturers
f o r d e a i e r B a n d others.
Exposition Honors Won by The Review
t»» and Prim
Paris Exposition, 1900
Silver Medal.Charleston Exposition, 1902
Diploma.Pan-American Exposition, 1901
Gold Medal..St. Louis Exposition, 1904
Gold MedoI.Lewla-Clark Exposition, 1905
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE-NUMBER 1745 GRAMERCY
___
Cable address): "ElblU N e w York."
NEW YORK,
DECEMBER
15, 1906
EDITORIAL
A READER asks: "What is you* estimate for the output of
x \ pianos for 1906, and what are your views regarding the future
of the industry?" It is rare that we make our estimate until the
close of the year, because it is necessary to sift over our reports for
the last month as carefully as those of the preceding periods. There
may be an unexpected slump in business during the last month
which will materially change the estimates, but there is nothing at
present on the business horizon which indicates anything but a con-
tinuance of a magnificent holiday trade. However, to get exact re-
ports for the year it is necessary to go over carefully the various
departments of trade, because the reports of the supply men are
quite necessary to consult, in order to arrive at a correct estimate of
the output of pianos for a given period. We have advanced so
closely to the end of the year, and there is no promise of the present
conditions being disturbed,-so that we are prepared to make an esti-
mate which will be 265,000 pianos manufactured during 1906, and
we do not feel that this estimate will be 500 out of the way. In fact,
our trade reports up to this date and our estimate for the remainder
of the year brings the total up to exactly these figures.
A SURPRISING record,-truly, when we figure that considerably
±~\
over a quarter of a million instruments have been manufac-
T does not seem from present indications that there will be a
tured
in
this country during the past twelve months. All past rec-
general shakeup or many transfers of allegiance from one con-
ords
are
broken, and the total of the sales made would run up into
cern to another in the selling staff of the business on the first of the
large figures, for it must be conceded that there has been an unusual
year. In fact, for the past two or three years the changes have not
activity in factories producing the higher-priced instruments. In
been so frequent or so important as ten or twelve years ago, when
we were accustomed to look for many changes in the selling depart- fact, there has been a stronger emphasis placed upon the high-grade
pianos this year than before for some years past.
ment of the business. While there will always*be some moving
When we consider the magnitude of the piano industry in this
about, yet it does not seem from present indications, barring one or
country it is encouraging, and the record of any European nation is
two moves, already recorded, that there will be many transferences.
small beside it. Compare it with Erance, where the total output for
The salesmen seem pretty well fixed in their positions; in fact, some
the entire Republic for 1906 will not reach 30,000 pianos. England
manufacturers during the past few months have been unable to take
care of additional trade, so there has been really a slowing up of is also declining, as far as piano production goes, and Germany is
increasing. Germany to-day is doing the largest export business in
selling energy in the wholesale sales department.
pianos of any country in the world—in fact, the German manufac-
Some manufacturers have sent their representatives around with
turers are beating the Englishmen in their own market. Through
positive instructions not to take any new orders, but wished their
their splendid factory system and comparative freedom from labor
trade visited in order to keep in close touch with their dealers. With
troubles the German manufacturers of the lower-priced instruments
such conditions prevalent, it does not seem as if the new year will
are enabled to undersell the British manufacturer in his home
be a remarkable one for trade changes.
market.
HEN is the upward trend in the cost of everything to end:
HERE is, however, no country in the world which produces
is a question which interests every one, and no answer is
pianos to compare with this nation, and while our export trade
forthcoming. One thing is certain, we have not yet reached the
has not been growing rapidly, yet with the prosperity which it is
limit. One of the most significant indications of the upward tend-
believed will be continued it is more than probable that next year we
ency of everything is that of the increased wage scale all over the
shall reach the splendid total of 300,000, and still the end is not
United States. That certainly will help out every line of business
in sight.
and permit the piano dealer to sell more pianos.
We made the prediction some years ago that by 1910 America
The reports which are given out from the headquarters of vari-
would be producing nearly a half million pianos annually. Possibly
ous colossal industries show that many millions will be added next
our estimate may have been somewhat exaggerated, because when
year to the wages of the American workmen. Already the action
we made that statement in 1900 we figured by that time that our
taken by the railway companies has increased their annual payroll by
manufacturers would be reaching out for world trade, and would be
twenty millions, while it is predicted that 'the raises anticipated in
selling to foreign countries many thousands of pianos a year. As a
the immediate future will swell this figure to one hundred million.
matter
of fact, our total number of sales of pianos abroad cuts no
The secret of this increase is to be found in the country's pros-
appreciable
figure. The value of talking machines produced here
perity. Statements given out by the railroad officials and others
and
sold
in
other
countries far exceeds that of pianos. Piano play-
show that the corporations arc disposed to heed the spirit of unrest
ers,
too,
according
to our reports, supplied by the Government, are
as shown in the recent elections. The great concerns are in a mood
shipped
abroad
so
that
they total a greater value than pianos. In
to mollify the antagonism existing between the working population
fact,
players
are
growing
in demand the world over.
and the corporate interests,
I
W
T
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