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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
Manchester—14 packages talking machines and
material, $562; 7 cases music, $135.
Melbourne—6 cases piano material, $627.
Pianos and Other Musical Instruments Shipped
Mollendo, Puree—6 packages talking machines
Abroad from the Port of New York for the and material, $270.
Week Just Ended—An Interesting Array of
Para—23 packages talking machines and ma-
Musical Specialties for Foreign Countries.
terial, $1,384.
Pernambuco—25 packages talking machines
(Special to The Review.)
and material, $1,039.
Washington, D. C, Sept. 16, 1907.
Rio De Janeiro—4 cases piano players and ma-
The following were the exports of musical in- terial, $618.
struments and kindred lines from the Port of
St. Johns—2 cases piano players and material,
New York for the week just ended:
$359; 4 packages talking machines and material,
:
Aberdeen— 38 packages talking machines and $135.
material, $312.
St. Kitts—3 cases pianos and material, $420.
Antwerp—1 case piano material, $300.
Sydney—3 cases musical instruments, $360; 29
Berlin—180 packages talking machines and ma- cases piano players and material, $6,725.
terial, $2,001.
Vera Cruz—112 packages talking machines and
Callao—6 packages talking machines and ma- material, $4,263; 1 case pianos and material,
terial, $657.
$121; 10 cases music goods, $983.
Cape Town—30 packages talking machines and
material, $627; 3 cases musical installments,
KNOWING COMMERCIAL LAWS
$130.
Cardiff—58 packages talking machines and ma- Of the Various States Is Most Essential to
terial, $427.
Manufacturers Owing to the Varied Rules
Glasgow—84 packages talking machines and
Governing Contracts, Consignments, Credits.
material, $273; 4 cases pianos and material, $650.
Guayaquil—3 packages talking machines and
It is surprising in some instances to note
material, $123; 2 packages talking machines and the lack of knowledge displayed by piano manu-
material, $152.
facturers regarding the commercial laws of the
Halifax—1 case pianos, $223.
various States in which they do business. A
Hamburg—10 cases piano players and material, number of States have most peculiar laws for the
$3,000; 56 packages talking machines and mate- regulation of contracts, consignments and credits,
rial, $500; 13 cases pianos and material, $2,934. and without a knowledge of their provisions and
a close attention to changes great financial loss
Havana—2 cases organs and material, $135.
Kingston—7 cases organs and material, $237; may be suffered. A superficial knowledge won't
do for then it would be possible for the manu-
2 cases organs and material, $142.
facturer to trip over some slight technicality.
Limon—4 cases pianos and material, $765.
Liverpool—12 packages talking machines and Many have learned this from sad and costly ex-
material, $3,600; 28 cases organs and material, perience.
$2,981.
The chief difficulty frequently lies in avoiding
London—25 cases piano players and material, local legislation which frequently protects the
$6,694; 4 cases organs and material, $350; 2 cases home dealer in every way, but affords none to
pianos and material, $215; 1,316 packages talk- the outsider. In the West, especially, and in
ing machines and material, $11,473; 2 cases such States as Texas, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and
Illinois are these conditions met with. Many
music, $160; 13 cases organs, $1,250.
OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.
manufacturers have sent out pianos on consign-
ment and considered themselves protected by an
iron-clad contract, only to discover later that
through some little technicality in the State laws
they had no standing in the courts. In frequent
instances, too, the dealer, of the unscrupulous or-
der, realized the manufacturer's position and
openly defrauded him while he was helpless to
defend his rights in the courts.
Laws governing leases and time sales differ in
almost every State and different contracts should
be provided to meet local requirements, one gen-
eral form won't do no matter how binding i t
may be in some States, and seem to be in the
others.
In Wisconsin, for instance, a law which pro-
vides that if a corporation outside of the State
has not filed with the Secretary of the State a
copy of the articles of incorporation, with amend-
ments, any contracts or business done in the
State is wholly null and void. Any manufacturer
or corporation who neglects to observe the letter
of the above law forfeits all standing in court
no matter how fair his case may appear.
It is a matter in which "an ounce of prevention
is worth a pound of cure," and it would be well
to get the opinion of a local attorney regarding
the laws in the various States that govern their
particular case, and to have him pass upon the
forms of contracts and leases used by that par-
ticular company. The expense will be insignifi-
cant as compared with the security afforded.
THEODORE WOLFRAM'S DISCOVERY.
Theodore Wolfram, the piano dealer, of Colum-
bus, Ohio, and incidentally an experimenting
chemist, is credited with the discovery of a serum
which medical men say will cure a case of diph-
theria within five minutes. It is applied by in-
fusion, and may be given to young children with-
out danger.
Last week Col. Jacob Gray Bstey, Brattleboro,
Vt., was a caller at the Estey Co.'s warerooms,
New York.
The Behning Piano Player
It is the best now offered to the Public. A
strong statement truly, but the reasons are
plain and will be easily understood when the
Behning is compared with any other player.
It operates in the smallest space known and
requires no increase size of the piano in any
way. It requires but little exertion to manip-
ulate it and every note is clearly accentuated.
If you have not investigated the Behning
you have not been quite watchful of your
own interests.
THE BEHNING
PIANO CO
Manufacturers of Pianos and Player Pianos
132nd Street and Park Avenue,
-
New York, N. Y.