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MUSIC TRADE
Grinnell Bros., chairman; E. P. Andrew, man-
ager of the Farrand retail stores, and I. S. Craw-
New Officers Installed and Committees Ap-
ford, of the Crawford Piano Co.
pointed—Series of Special Addresses at
Grievance—A. E. Noble, of the Noble Piano
Monthly Meetings to Be Continued—Ques-
Co., chairman; Frank J. Bayley, of the Bayley
tion Box Adopted for Use of Members Who
Piano House, and Leonard Davis, manager of the
Desire to Have Various Subjects Discussed
Detroit branch of the Melville Clark Piano Co.
by the Body at Its Regular Meetings.
Advertising—Frank J. Bayley, chairman; A. H.
Howes, retail manager of Grinnell Bros., and
. (Special to The Review.)
Harry Zickel, secretary of the Cable Piano Co.
Detroit, Mich., Jan. 9, 1912.
Membership—A. E. Trebilcock, manager of the
The postponed January meeting of the Detroit
Music Trades' Association was held here to-night, Detroit Music Co., chairman ; J. Henry Ling and
the principal' husiness being the installation of the A. H. Howes.
Nominations—E. P. Andrew, chairman; C. A.
new officers. President Clark named his commit-
tees for the year and outlined plans he has been Grinnell and I. S. Crawford.
The custom of having special addresses at the
considering to make the year a busy one.
There was no prepared address at this meeting, monthly meetings will be continued, but hereafter
the speeches incident to the installation of officers the speakers will be chosen from outside the asso-
ciation instead of from among the members. They
consuming all' the spare time.
President Clark's announcement of committees will be selected, however, with a view to their
ability to present some topic of interest to the
was as follows:
music trade.
Executive—C. A. Grinnell, managing director of
r DETROIT ASSOCIATION MEETS.
NUMBER TWO.
Competition is a mighty
good thing.
We like it and believe
that competition of the right
kind brings out the best
that is in one.
When competition de-
velops a close analysis of
various products offered,
then it becomes more inter-
esting, for analysis reveals
weaknesses in some piano
products which were not
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mown to exist before; and the closer you analyze
3jur Bros/pianos and their relation to other instru-
ments, the more you will become convinced of the
real merit in them.
They are different—different in appearance—
different in workmanship—different in tone.
They have qualities of their own; and, as we go on with
these talks we shall explain special features; but it is early in
the year and our talks in these colums will be a weekly feature,
so we are not going to bore you with too long drawn out state-
ments each week; but just watch our line of arguments as
they develop. They will be interesting.
Do not miss one of them.
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They are worth thinking over.
A new feature of the association meetings will
be a question box, the object of which will be to
get before the meeting all matters which ought to
be threshed out.
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, Jan. 9, 1912.
The following were the exports of musical in-
struments and kindred lines from the port of New
York for the week just ended:
Antwerp—1 case pianos and material, $250.
Autofagasta—9 pkgs. phonographic goods and
material, $722.
Berlin—130 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$5,300.
Bremen—14 cases piano-players and material,
$4,100.
Brussels—5 cases pianos and material, $100.
Calcutta—2 cases organs and material, $170.
Callao—1 pkg, phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $103.
Cape Town—42 cases organs and material, $1,408;
135 pkgs. phonographic goods and material, $2,338.
Cienfuegos—3 pkgs. phonographic goods and
material, $152.
Colon—1 case pianos and material, $250.
Copenhagen—2 cases pianos and material, $235.
Corinto—2 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $184.
Demerara—1 case pianos and material, $185.
Hamburg—3 pkgs. music, $815; 22 pkgs. talking
machines and material, $512; 13 cases pianos and
material. $719.
Havana—1 case pianos and material, $315; 21
cases pianos and material, $1,717.
Havre—4 cases pianos and material, $900.
Helsingfors—4 cases pianos and material, $5GG.
Kingston—91 cases pianos and material, $1,G48.
Leipzig—5 cases organs and ma erial, $24-<.
London—2 cases piano-players and material,
$(i(i4 ; 17 cases pianos and material, $5,058; 25 cases
piano-players and material, $5,789; 2 cases organs
and material, $l,0(i5; l j(i4 pkgs. talking machines
and material, $7,139.
Manila—4 cases pianos and matcria 1 , $1,087; 1
case organs and material, $125.
Melbourne—18 cases pianos and material, $160,
Montevideo—10 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $520.
Para—1 case pianos and material, $169.
Port Limon—7 cases pianos and material, $2,250.
Santo Domingo—10 pkgs. phonographic goods
and material, $130; 1 case r.ianos and material,
$100.
Savanilla—3 cases pianos and material, $744.
Southampton—5 cases organs and material, $300.
Stockholm—10 cses organs and material, $601.
Tampico—14 pkgs. music rolls, $1,060.
Valparaiso—1 case pianos and material, $291;
3 pkgs. phonographic goods and material, $197.
ENTERTAINS EMPLOYES.
C. M. Sigler, who handles the Steinway, Mehlin,
Aeolian Co., line, Welte, and other makes of
pianos and player-pianos in llarrisburg, Pa., and
who has been engaged in the piano business in
that city for the past eighteen years, recently
showed his approval of the efforts of his employes
during the year just closed by entertaining all the
members of the staff, together with their families,
at a theater party and afterward at a dinner.
IMPROVEMENTS OUST PIANO STORE.
2572-2574 Park Ave., New York
The cutting, clown to grade of Grant's Hill, Pitts-
burgh, Pa., which operation will affect about
twenty streets, will cause the removal of Ambuhl
Bros, on Oliver avenue, the plans of the city call-
ing for the cutting off of a large portion of their
present building. Ambulil Bros, are making efforts
to have the city pay them damages for the loss to
their business that will be caused by the improve-
ments, as they have a t\yo year lease, on their
ent store,