Music Trade Review

Music Trade Review -- © mbsi.org, arcade-museum.com -- digitized with support from namm.org
THE MUSIC TRADE
NORTH'S BIGjHJRCHASE.
Prominent Philadelphia House Buys Choice
Real Estate at a Price Which Breaks All
Chestnut Street Records.
(Special to The Review.)
Philadelphia, Pa., June 18, 1907.
George A. Miller is a keen judge of real estate
values, and he believes in the future of Chestnut
street as a retail thoroughfare. On Monday of
this week the firm of F. A. North & Co. made an
additional purchase of real estate adjoining their
present building, paying the highest price ever
paid for realty on Chestnut street, with the ex-
ception of corner properties. The store is No.
1306, and the price paid was $300,000, which is at
the rate of over-?16,000 a front foot. The prop-
erty is a four-story store building, with a front-
age on Chestnut street of 18.6 and a depth of
109 feet, representing an assessed valuation for
the current year of $144,000.
The fact that the store is so close to Wana-
raaker's, whose enormous advertising will al-
ways draw crowds, adds to its value.
About two years ago the F. A. North Co. pur-
chased the property, 1310 Chestnut street, occu-
pied at present by Massey & Co., for the sum of
$180, or at the rate of about $10,000 a front foot.
The store of 1308, between the two properties,
owned by the F. A. North Co., is now occupied by
the company as their Philadelphia salesrooms,
and it is reported that extensive improvements
THE INSIGNIA OF QUALITY
"W"0U are most cordially in-
vited to call on us while
in Chicago.
It's a quick, pleasant ride to
the factory.
Just take a Northwestern Ele-
vated local train to the Wright-
wood Avenue Station.
If you haven't time to visit the
factory, you can see our line
"down town." Our representa-
tives will be on hand to greet you.
R R Nelson Co,
Makers o! H. P. Nelson Pianos
Mariana and Herndon Sts.
Factory Phone, North, 1069
CHICAGO
REVIEW
may be made in the near future.
Surely a move of this kind is of interest to the
entire piano trade, and it means that the Lester
piano will continue to maintain its prominent
position in Philadelphia, where it will continue to
have imposing representation on the main busi-
ness thoroughfare of that metropolis. George A.
Miller and his associates are to be congratulated
on the splendid success which they have made of
both the manufacturing and retail department of
their business.
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, June 17, 1907.
The following were the exports of musical in-
struments and kindred lines from the port of
New York for the week just ended.
Adelaide—7,980 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $105,692; 3 cases pianos and material,
$329; 32 cases organs and material, $2,550.
Alexandria—12 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $445.
Barbadoes—2 cases pianos and material, $255.
Berlin—35 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $1,364; 202. pkgs. talking machines and
material, $920; 4 cases pianos and material, $900.
Bergen—2 cases organs, $100.
Buenos Ayres—1 case pianos, $119.
Calcutta—7 cases pianos and material, $193.
Colon—4 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$138.
Copenhagen—6 cases organs, $390.
Corinto—12 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $305.
Demarara—6 cases pianos and material, $765.
Glasgow—10 cases organs and material, $460.
Hamburg—2 cases pianos and-material, $800;
Jl cases pianolas, $3,025; 2* cases organ material,
$110.
Havana—4 cases pianos and material, $629; 7
cases piano players and material, $1,030; 30 pkgs.
talking machines and material, $2,798; 5 pkgs.
talking machines and material, $232.
Havre—12 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $894; 3 cases piano players and material,
$550; 19 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$826; 15 cases piano players and material, $2,218.
Hull—32 cases organs, $2,229.
Iquique—11 cases music, $320.
Kiew—9 cases organs and material, $2,700.
Kingston—2 cases piano material, $224.
La Paz—9 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$210.
Limon—1 pkg. talking machines and material,
$100.
London—4 cases music, $230; 227 pkgs. talk-
ing machines and material, $5,687; 1 case pianos
and material, $450; 44 cases organs and material,
$3,721; 301 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$3,894; 7 cases pianos and material, $1,378; 42
cases piano players and material, $10,050.
Montevideo—3 cases music, $218; 34 pkgs. talk-
ing machines and material, $3,162.
Natal—19 cases organs and material, $612.
Rome—3 cases pianolas and material, $386.
Rio de Janeiro—4 pkgs. talking machines and
material, $110.
St. Petersburg—25 pkgs. talking machines and
material, $292.
Savanilla—2 cases pianos and material, $201.
Southampton—1 case organs, $185; 6 cases or-
gans, $882.
Trinidad—1 case piano players, $127.
Valparaiso—4 cases piano players and material,
$474; 5 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$384.
Vienna—11 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $150.
Werdau—4 cases organs, $400.
WM. LEONHARDT SAILS FOR EUROPE.
William Leonhardt, dealer in pianos and other
musical instruments in Toledo, Ohio, was a vis-
itor to the salesroom of the Hasbrouck Piano Co.,
13
539 West 21st street Tuesday last. Mr. Leon-
hardt sailed on the "Ryndam" of the Holland
Line Wednesday morning for a three months'
trip on the continent, including a month's so-
journ at his old home at Freidburg, Baden. He
will also visit several zither factories at Munich
and Vienna to become more familiar with their
product. He expects to return home the latter
part of September.
SEYBOLD & CO. TO MAKE PIANOS.
(Special to The Review.)
Elgin, 111., June 18, 1907.
The Seybold Reed Pipe Organ Co. will, in addi-
tion to organs, manufacture pianos. F. C. Acker-
man, treasurer and general manager of the com-
pany, has had this in mind for a year or more,
but has only now been able to consummate his
plans. They have now lumber for about a hun-
dred cases on hand. Mr. Ackerman says they
will reach a final decision as to styles, designs,
etc., in about a month, and have pianos on the
market in time for the fall trade.
LOUIS GRUNEWALD, JR., IN THE CITY.
Louis Grunewald, Jr., agent for the Everett
piano and the John Church Co. line in Lowell,
Mass., was a visitor Tuesday. He came to New
York to see his wife and daughter off to New Or-
leans, La., Wednesday by the steamer "Comus,"
of the Morgan line. This is the customary yearly
trip to the Crescent City of the family to visit
Louis Grunewald, Sr., president of the L. Grune-
wald Co., for a couple of months.
James C. Larkin, in charge of the tuning
and repairing department for his father, Frank
J. Larkin, Pittsfield, Mass., was in New York last
Saturday. He learned tuning in this city and
took the opportunity to renew many acquaint-
ances during his stay.
AfoAers of
HIGH GRADE PIANOS
Executive Office and Show Rooms
SUITE TM REPUBLIC BUILDING, SUte and Adams Sts.
Factory: HOLLAND, MICH.
The Standard of America
THE BEST IN THE WORLD
Simple, Durable and Absolutely Noiseless
NOT AFFECTED BY CLIMATE
T
|I|ORRISPATENT
F E D A L ACTION
Annoyance and Expense
Saved Dealer and Purchaser
Manufactured and told only by
Norris Noiseless Pedal Iction Go.
ALBEBT F. NORRIS
3 Appleton Street,
CLIFTON B. NORRIS
Boston, Mass.