Music Trade Review
Issue: 1911 Vol. 53 N. 16 - Page 8
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
coming in from the country tells you that the
farmers are doing well, and when this condition
Large Cotton Crop and Sales to Europe Has
exists you can look for business, for it is them we
Made Money Plentiful and Piano Men Are
are after right now, and not the city trade. With
Getting Their Share Judging from the Pleas-
a record-breaking shipment from this port which
ing Condition of Business Reported by Lead-
has set the eyes of the world on Savannah, you
ing Houses—Automobile Races a Big Attrac-
can rest assured that there is plenty of money lying
tion on November 25 and 30—Other Trade
idle around this section, and of which the piano
Gleanings from a Lively Southern City.
dealers are going to get their part."
J. D. Murphy, of the Murphy Music House, and
(Special to The Keview.)
probably the oldest" piano dealer in the State, gave
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 16, 1911. out a story very nearly the same as that of Mr.
For the piano dealers of this, section of the State Banks. Mr. Murphy thinks that now is the ripe
of Georgia business never has looked as bright as time for the piano dealers to get the country trade,
it does to-day, for Saturday last broke one and he claims that he is getting his.
of the world's records that not only are the citi-
"Not in years have I ever heard of where there
zens proud of, but the piano owners and salesmen was so much money than this season. Why, when
as well.
the Grand Prize Automobile Races are held here
There left the port of Savannah just eleven in November, which will bring to this city no less
tramp ships with something like 95,760 bales of
than 50,000 strangers, you can surely say that the
cotton, valued at something over $5,000,000, which dealers in this city are going to get plenty of busi-
is the largest shipment of cotton in one day in the ness, and to this end they are looking, for they have
world. Memphis, Tenn., has wired to Savannah put in orders for pianos that will last for some
that they will ship here 90,000 bales, which will time to come."
represent several million dollars and give to Savan-
Alnutt & McCall say they have doubled their
nah the record for not only the United States to shipments and will probably open a small wareroom
be proud of, but of the entire world.
out at the races to exhibit their pianos. They
Never before have the piano dealers in this city claim that good business may be gotten from the
and throughout the State put so much confidence in farmers who would only come to see the flying
business as they have done this year so far. Many autos and would not get on the piano row.
dealers have increased their orders over many
As the races are run on November 25 and 30,
times, while others have opened branch houses which gives the merchants three days in which to
throughout the inner part of the State now the cot- sell goods, they are beginning to realize that there
ton center.
is going to be some business for them to attend to.
The farmers around this section are now receiv-
Ludden & Bates, through I. E. Lovett, local man-
ing 15 cents per pound for cotton, and just now ager, are looking for record-breaking business. As
are reaping a harvest, having more cotton than they they have plenty of men on the road, their busi-
can pick. The piano dealers are not letting grass ness in the country is being looked after in fine
grow under their feet and are right on the job of style and they are getting theirs. Mr. Lovett is
making sales.
now preparing for the races next month by stack-
Local Manager John S. Banks, of the Phillips & ing up on his orders.
Crew Co., gave out the following statement to The
During this week of racing Savannah will be
Review on Saturday, when he said:
decorated in fine style, and the piano dealers will
"This year for the piano dealers in this city do their part also.
and around this section will be the best they have
had in the past ten years. Every one you meet
CHEAP PIANOSJ^ALSE ECONOMY.
BUSY TIMES IN GEORGIA.
places for members who for one reason or
another have been desirous of changing their posi-
tions. The officers of the association are there-
fore keeping iu close touch with manufacturers on
the lookout for travelers, with a view to placing
such of their members as have signified their in-
tention of making a change on January first.
The association is also taking an active interest
in the movement to bring about various needed
reforms in the conduct and service of hotels and
press complaints made by individual members,
who alone, could accomplish little. The growing
practice of checking the hats of hotel guests
through what virtually amounts to force of arms,
is among the things that have been condemned.
WAR NEWS OF FIFTY YEARS AGO
Tells of the Confiscation of the Stock of Chick-
ering Pianos in the Hands of Their Agents
in Richmond.
Some of the daily papers are publishing extracts
from the daily happenings during the Civil War,
fifty years ago. The war news of October 14, 1861,
for instance, included a despatch from Richmond,
telling of the confiscation of estates and property in
Virginia which had occurred under the terms of the
.sequestration aci of the Confederate Congress. The
aggregate value of the property confiscated up
to that date and owned by Northern citizens or
loyal Virginians was estimated at $800,000. It is
interesting to music trade men of to-day to
know that among the sufferers from seizure on
October 14 was Chickering & Sons, of Boston,
Mass., who lost the large stock of grand and up-
right pianos in the hands of their agents in
Richmond.
GET NEW AGENCIES IN DENVER.
The Knight-Campbell Aiusic Co., Denver, Col.,
have recently secured the agency in that territory
for the Behning player-piano and the Estey piano,
and are carrying on a lively introductory campaign
in the interests of those instruments.
Tuner for Detroit Board of Education States
That Pianos Bought at Rate of Nine for
$1,000 do Not Give Satisfactory Service.
(Special to The Review.)
dlt A satisfied customer
\ J I is a real profit maker
—the best salesman a
piano dealer can possibly
have
Every Packard owner is a Packard
booster. He is more than satis-
fied—for he has received more
than "full value" for his money
That's the reaioa Packard pianos
are easy to sell—and that's the
reason you will find profit and
pleasure in selling them. Also it's
the reason why we are finding it
easy to get the better dealers
everywhere to handle them. Write
The Packard Company, Fort
Wayne, Indiana—to-day. If we
are not already represented in
your territory, we may be glad
to make agency arrangements
with you—and it may mean for
you the one big opportunity.
Detroit, Mich., Oct. 10, 1911.
A recent investigation by the janitors and sup-
plies committee of the Board of Education was
devoted to the pianos in the public schools. Dean
S. Gray, tuner for the board, appeared as expert
witness and said things that were anything but
complimentary about the instruments now in use.
He remarked that all those bought in recent
years are unsatisfactory and that satisfactory
pianos cannot be secured for the price paid. Some
of those lie keeps in order will not stand a tuning
to international pitch once they have slid down
half a tone, because the strings break. Others
require two tunings to get them back where they
belong. In still other cases the hammer heads in
the instruments loosen and cause trouble. Mr.
Gray said that many of the repairs required should
have been made before the pianos left the fac-
tories.
"Cheap pianos are dearest in the long run," he
said.
Hitherto the board has been buying eight, nine
and even ten pianos for $1,000. This year it has
$1,200 to spend and the real estate and supplies
committee intends to recommend better instru-
ments. Several bids were received yesterday from
houses that offer durable instruments at reason-
able prices. All the instruments will be examined
with a view to finding out where the most value
can be obtained.
LOOKING TO PLACE TRAVELERS.
National Piano Travelers' Association Antici-
pating Changes on January First—Seeks to
Improve Hotel Service.
One of the important objects of the National-
Piano Travelers' Association has been to secure
THEY
COST
MORE
THEY'RE
WORTH
IT
To the manufacturer who
values his reputation, and to
the dealer who wants his cus-
tomer's confidence, demand
them in the pianos you han-
dle—especially in the players
—made of superior German
felt
401-424 E. 163d St., New York
Chicago Office: Republic Bldg.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
coming in from the country tells you that the
farmers are doing well, and when this condition
Large Cotton Crop and Sales to Europe Has
exists you can look for business, for it is them we
Made Money Plentiful and Piano Men Are
are after right now, and not the city trade. With
Getting Their Share Judging from the Pleas-
a record-breaking shipment from this port which
ing Condition of Business Reported by Lead-
has set the eyes of the world on Savannah, you
ing Houses—Automobile Races a Big Attrac-
can rest assured that there is plenty of money lying
tion on November 25 and 30—Other Trade
idle around this section, and of which the piano
Gleanings from a Lively Southern City.
dealers are going to get their part."
J. D. Murphy, of the Murphy Music House, and
(Special to The Keview.)
probably the oldest" piano dealer in the State, gave
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 16, 1911. out a story very nearly the same as that of Mr.
For the piano dealers of this, section of the State Banks. Mr. Murphy thinks that now is the ripe
of Georgia business never has looked as bright as time for the piano dealers to get the country trade,
it does to-day, for Saturday last broke one and he claims that he is getting his.
of the world's records that not only are the citi-
"Not in years have I ever heard of where there
zens proud of, but the piano owners and salesmen was so much money than this season. Why, when
as well.
the Grand Prize Automobile Races are held here
There left the port of Savannah just eleven in November, which will bring to this city no less
tramp ships with something like 95,760 bales of
than 50,000 strangers, you can surely say that the
cotton, valued at something over $5,000,000, which dealers in this city are going to get plenty of busi-
is the largest shipment of cotton in one day in the ness, and to this end they are looking, for they have
world. Memphis, Tenn., has wired to Savannah put in orders for pianos that will last for some
that they will ship here 90,000 bales, which will time to come."
represent several million dollars and give to Savan-
Alnutt & McCall say they have doubled their
nah the record for not only the United States to shipments and will probably open a small wareroom
be proud of, but of the entire world.
out at the races to exhibit their pianos. They
Never before have the piano dealers in this city claim that good business may be gotten from the
and throughout the State put so much confidence in farmers who would only come to see the flying
business as they have done this year so far. Many autos and would not get on the piano row.
dealers have increased their orders over many
As the races are run on November 25 and 30,
times, while others have opened branch houses which gives the merchants three days in which to
throughout the inner part of the State now the cot- sell goods, they are beginning to realize that there
ton center.
is going to be some business for them to attend to.
The farmers around this section are now receiv-
Ludden & Bates, through I. E. Lovett, local man-
ing 15 cents per pound for cotton, and just now ager, are looking for record-breaking business. As
are reaping a harvest, having more cotton than they they have plenty of men on the road, their busi-
can pick. The piano dealers are not letting grass ness in the country is being looked after in fine
grow under their feet and are right on the job of style and they are getting theirs. Mr. Lovett is
making sales.
now preparing for the races next month by stack-
Local Manager John S. Banks, of the Phillips & ing up on his orders.
Crew Co., gave out the following statement to The
During this week of racing Savannah will be
Review on Saturday, when he said:
decorated in fine style, and the piano dealers will
"This year for the piano dealers in this city do their part also.
and around this section will be the best they have
had in the past ten years. Every one you meet
CHEAP PIANOSJ^ALSE ECONOMY.
BUSY TIMES IN GEORGIA.
places for members who for one reason or
another have been desirous of changing their posi-
tions. The officers of the association are there-
fore keeping iu close touch with manufacturers on
the lookout for travelers, with a view to placing
such of their members as have signified their in-
tention of making a change on January first.
The association is also taking an active interest
in the movement to bring about various needed
reforms in the conduct and service of hotels and
press complaints made by individual members,
who alone, could accomplish little. The growing
practice of checking the hats of hotel guests
through what virtually amounts to force of arms,
is among the things that have been condemned.
WAR NEWS OF FIFTY YEARS AGO
Tells of the Confiscation of the Stock of Chick-
ering Pianos in the Hands of Their Agents
in Richmond.
Some of the daily papers are publishing extracts
from the daily happenings during the Civil War,
fifty years ago. The war news of October 14, 1861,
for instance, included a despatch from Richmond,
telling of the confiscation of estates and property in
Virginia which had occurred under the terms of the
.sequestration aci of the Confederate Congress. The
aggregate value of the property confiscated up
to that date and owned by Northern citizens or
loyal Virginians was estimated at $800,000. It is
interesting to music trade men of to-day to
know that among the sufferers from seizure on
October 14 was Chickering & Sons, of Boston,
Mass., who lost the large stock of grand and up-
right pianos in the hands of their agents in
Richmond.
GET NEW AGENCIES IN DENVER.
The Knight-Campbell Aiusic Co., Denver, Col.,
have recently secured the agency in that territory
for the Behning player-piano and the Estey piano,
and are carrying on a lively introductory campaign
in the interests of those instruments.
Tuner for Detroit Board of Education States
That Pianos Bought at Rate of Nine for
$1,000 do Not Give Satisfactory Service.
(Special to The Review.)
dlt A satisfied customer
\ J I is a real profit maker
—the best salesman a
piano dealer can possibly
have
Every Packard owner is a Packard
booster. He is more than satis-
fied—for he has received more
than "full value" for his money
That's the reaioa Packard pianos
are easy to sell—and that's the
reason you will find profit and
pleasure in selling them. Also it's
the reason why we are finding it
easy to get the better dealers
everywhere to handle them. Write
The Packard Company, Fort
Wayne, Indiana—to-day. If we
are not already represented in
your territory, we may be glad
to make agency arrangements
with you—and it may mean for
you the one big opportunity.
Detroit, Mich., Oct. 10, 1911.
A recent investigation by the janitors and sup-
plies committee of the Board of Education was
devoted to the pianos in the public schools. Dean
S. Gray, tuner for the board, appeared as expert
witness and said things that were anything but
complimentary about the instruments now in use.
He remarked that all those bought in recent
years are unsatisfactory and that satisfactory
pianos cannot be secured for the price paid. Some
of those lie keeps in order will not stand a tuning
to international pitch once they have slid down
half a tone, because the strings break. Others
require two tunings to get them back where they
belong. In still other cases the hammer heads in
the instruments loosen and cause trouble. Mr.
Gray said that many of the repairs required should
have been made before the pianos left the fac-
tories.
"Cheap pianos are dearest in the long run," he
said.
Hitherto the board has been buying eight, nine
and even ten pianos for $1,000. This year it has
$1,200 to spend and the real estate and supplies
committee intends to recommend better instru-
ments. Several bids were received yesterday from
houses that offer durable instruments at reason-
able prices. All the instruments will be examined
with a view to finding out where the most value
can be obtained.
LOOKING TO PLACE TRAVELERS.
National Piano Travelers' Association Antici-
pating Changes on January First—Seeks to
Improve Hotel Service.
One of the important objects of the National-
Piano Travelers' Association has been to secure
THEY
COST
MORE
THEY'RE
WORTH
IT
To the manufacturer who
values his reputation, and to
the dealer who wants his cus-
tomer's confidence, demand
them in the pianos you han-
dle—especially in the players
—made of superior German
felt
401-424 E. 163d St., New York
Chicago Office: Republic Bldg.
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