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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.
Pianos and Other Musical Instruments Shipped
Abroad from the Port of New York for the
Week Just Ended—An Interesting Array of
Musical Specialties for Foreign Countries.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, Oct. 21, 1907.
The following were the exports of musical in-
struments and kindred lines from the port of
New York for the week just ended:
Alagoa Bay—23 cases organs and material,
$79G; 2 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$150.
Alexandria—1 case pianos and material, $159.
Batavia—2 cases music, $260.
Bombay—2 cases pianos and material, $520.
Bradford—20 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $137.
Bremen—3 cases organs and material, $260.
Buenos Ayres—25 pkgs. talking machines and
material, $1,206; 4 cases pianos, $484.
Callao—3 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$267.
Calcutta—2 cases organs and material, $302.
Cardiff—7 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$220.
Corinto—43 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $1,485.
Georgetown—2 cases pianos and material, $309.
Geneva—6 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $300.
Hamburg—4 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $198.
Havana—5 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $136; 53 cases pianos and material, $428;
6 cases pianos, $555; 9 pkgs. talking machines
and material, $634.
Kingston, 2 cases piano material, $233.
La Paz—9 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$169; 7 cases piano players and material, $624.
La Guaira—1 case piano players and material,
$130.
Leeds—45 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$284; 50 pkgs. talking machines and materiel,
. $309.
Lisbon—4 cases organs and material, $276.
Liverpool—12 cases organs and material,
$1,269; 140 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$944; 1 case pianos and material, $150; 3 pkgs.
talking machines and material, $244; 1 case
\pianos and material, $700; 21 cases organs and
material, $1,455; 16S pkgs. talking machines and
material, $1,126; 12 cases organs and material,
$360.
London—14 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $683; 28 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $1,868.
Manchester—56 pkgs. talking machines and
material, $366.
Manila—20 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $773.
Melbourne—33 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $758; 29 cases organs and material, $2,033.
New Castle—45 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $334; 40 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $334.
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Palermo—1 case pianos, $220.
Port Limon—7 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $156.
Santiago—1 case pianos and material, $150;
26 pkgs. talking machines and material, $680.
Shanghai—66 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $2,760.
Singapore—17 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $506.
Sheffield—41 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
teiial, $276; 40 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $267.
Sydney—16 cases pianos and material, $2,060;
9 pkgs. talking machines and material, $515.
Tampico—31 cases pianos and material, $1,646.
Vera Cruz—1 case pianos and material, $174;
47 pkgs. talking machines and material, $1,830.
SUCCESS OF MEHLIN POLICY.
H. Paul Mehlin Reports Excellent Business—
Quality Not Quantity Their Motto—Some
Splendid Advertising by Dealers.
H. Paul Mehlin, of Paul G. Mehlin & Sons,
New York, when chatting with The Review this
week on business current, said: "Business is
really excellent. We are just beginning to feel
the effects of the conservative policy we have
pursued relative to the introduction and exploit-
ing of our pianos. It was not quantity but
quality we were after in sales. We have never
stipulated that a certain number of pianos had
to be sold in a territory in order to place an
agency. What we desire is that the Mehlin
piano is sold to families of standing in a com-
munity and not indiscriminately. It is very
gratifying, indeed, to know that our seed has
fallen on good ground, as this letter from Gott-
fried & McMillan, of Joplin, Mo., emphatically
proves:
"They say, as you see," continued Mr. Mehlin,
"in sending us a lot of photographs, bound up,
a half dozen or more, 'We have made up several
of these books for our salesmen. We have also
arranged them side by side in a large frame,
which is in one of our large windows. There are
some of the leading families in the various towns
mentioned, with their names and addresses.' The
photographs are the parlors of homes. Could
anything be more to the point or more cunning?
Here is a striking advertisement that the Whit-
ney & Currier Co., Toledo, O., have used in one
of their local dailies, dwelling upon 'pianos of
quality,' in which the high-grade qualities of the
Mehlin are forcibly yet elegantly detailed. Such
publicity pleases me greatly, and is along right
lines."
ACTION OF THE POSTAL PROGRESS.
The Postal Progress held a meeting in New
York last week, which was attended by a num-
ber of the prominent business men of the city,
and at which it was decided to ask Congress for
an appropriation of $60,000 to test a plan for the
adoption of automobiles in the rural free delivery
service and to change the postal regulations per-
mitting a local rural parcels delivery, with a
weight limit of eleven pounds. An effort will
also be made by the League for the adoption of
a 1-cent, four-ounce letter post with city delivery
limits, a 2-cent foreign letter rate, and a frac-
tional postal currency and postal insurance. Let-
ters were received, one of them from Robert C.
Ogden, formerly of John Wanamaker, indorsing
the campaign for a general 2-cent, four-ounce
letter rate.
KURTZMANN PIANO OWNER GETS PRIZE.
In connection with the "Mysterious Mr. Raffles"
contest now being run by the Louisville, Ky.,
Herald, whereby that paper agrees to pay $1,000
to any one who discovers the mysterious one
wandering around the city, the Smith & Nixon
Co. of that city have offered a supplementary
prize of $25 to the winner if he or she is the
owner of a Kurtzmann piano or even uses one.
CLIFTON H. NORRIS
Boston, Mass.
Theodore J. Miller, a piano dealer of Dixon,
III., has opened a. branch store in Polo, 111,
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Some Trade "Straws
Here are some excerpts taken at random
from the many letters which we have re-
ceived from dealers, toners and salesmen
who enthusiastically endorse "Theory and
Practice of Pianoforte Building."
Here is what the Phillips & Crew Co.,
Savannah, Ga., one of the leading firms in the
South, say regarding "Theory and Practice of
Pianoforte Building":
"We beg to hand you herewith our check
for $2 to cover cost of one copy of "Theory
and Practice of Pianoforte Building," which
has been received with thanks. The book is all
that you claim it to be and should find a ready
place with all those connected with the trade.
With our very best wishes, we beg to remain,"
etc.
George Rose, of the great English house
of Broadwood & Sons, and one of the lead-
ing piano makers of Europe, writes:
I "I have perused the book with much pleas-
ure, and Theory and Practice of Pianoforte
Building' should be in the hands of every prac-
tical and interested man in the trade."
H. A. Brueggemann, a dealer in Fort
Wayne, Ind., writes: "I have one of your
books, 'Theory and Practice of Pianoforte
Building/ and will say that it is just the kind
of a book I have been looking for for many
years. -I have been tuning pianos for fourteen
years, and from studying the book, 'Theory and
Practice of Pianoforte Building,' I have
learned something that I never knew before."
John G. Erck, for many years manager of
the Mathushek & Son retail piano business,
and now manager of the piano department of
a big store in Cleveland, writes: "You cer-
tainly deserve strong commendation, for your
latest effort, 'Theory and Practice of Piano-
forte Building' is a book written in such an
instructive and concise form that certainly no
piano player or piano professional enthusiast
should lack it in his or her library. It gives
to the salesman the highest knowledge of in-
struments and is invaluable."
Henry Keeler, of Grafton, W. Va., says: "I
most heartily congratulate you for launching
such a worthy book. I consider it the best
work ever written upon the subject, and I
hope that its ready sale will cause the reprint
of many editions."
George A. Witney, head of the Brockport
Piano Mfg. Co., himself being a scale draughts-
man of national repute, writes : " 'Theory and
Practice of Pianoforte Building' is a valuable
book for those interested in piano construc-
tion."
Every man, whether manufacturer,
scale draughtsman,superintendent,
dealer, or salesman, should own
a copy of the first work of its kind
in the English language.
The price for single copies delivered to
any part of the United States, Canada
and Mexico is $2. All other countries,
on account of increased postage, $2.20.
If the book is not desired after examination, money
will be refunded.
EDWARD LYMAN BILL, Publisher
1 MADISON AVE., NEW YORK CITY