Music Trade Review

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JULY 9,
1921
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
NEW INVOICE REGULATIONS
MUSIC WEEKS IN MICHIGAN
A. B. CHASE CO. TAKES INVENTORY
Importers Should Familiarize Themselves With
New Particulars Which Must Appear on In-
voices of Foreign Goods After August 1
Elaborate Preparations Being Made for Music
Week Celebrations in Various Towns in That
State—Music Trade Interests Co-operating
Ohio Factory Closed for Two Weeks for Inven-
tory and Repairs—Stuart H. Perry on His
Way East—June Business Best of Year
New particulars, importers were advised this
week, must appear on all invoices presented for
entry through the customs on and after August
1, and invoices presented then which do not
have these additional particulars will be re-
jected. It is suggested in a statement issued by
Carl W. Stern, of M. J. Corbett & Co., cus-
toms brokers, that shippers abroad should be
advised of this change immediately so as to
avoid delay in entry. Mr. Stern's statement,
addressed to importers, outlining the informa-
tion that will be required the first of next month,
reads as follows:
"Under the emergency tariff act consular in-
voices are required to show, in addition to the
particulars already provided for by law, certain
additional information. This additional infor-
mation must appear on all invoices which are
presented for entry on and after August 1, and
invoices presented then which do not have these
additional particulars will be rejected as con-
sular invoices and accepted only as incorrect
or pro forma invoices. A bond will be re-
quired in such case for the production subse-
quently of a consular invoice containing these
particulars, which are as follows:
"1. On all invoices the kind of currency in
which the invoice is made out should be speci-
fied as gold, paper or silver.
"2. On all invoices if the merchandise cov-
ered by the invoice is offered for sale in the
foreign home market and in such market it is
sold under marks, numbers or symbols which
are different than those under which they are
sold to the United States, the invoice must
show the marks, etc., on which they are sold in
the home market.
"This provision does not refer to casing or
packing, but to the merchandise itself.
"3. On invoices of purchased goods (blue
form of invoice) the date of the purchase is to
be indicated. The date of purchase is the date
on which the foreign shipper accepts the order.
"The above information is in addition to in-
formation which should now appear on the
invoices.
"In view of the fact that this provision is
effective on August 1, to avoid delay in entry,
necessitating the giving of bonds and the inci-
dental expense thereto, we suggest that you
communicate this information to your shipper
without delay.
"It is suggested that your foreign shippers
state on the invoice the number of packages or
boxes contained in each case. This may facili-
tate the delivery of your public store packages."
DETROIT, MICH., July 5.—Despite the fact that
Michigan is having the hottest Summer in its his-
tory, plans are going ahead to hold Music Weeks
all over the State, starting in the Fall. We chron-
icled the news some time ago that Detroit has
decided upon a Music Week and that it would
take place late in October or early November.
Robert Lawrence, of the National Bureau for the
Advancement of Music, New York, is to have
full charge. When Mr. Lawrence finished up his
recent work in Washington he returned to Michi-
gan and last week was in Detroit and several
Michigan cities. From the city of Flint we are
in receipt of the following dispatch which tells
its own story:
"That Flint will co-operate with other Michi-
gan cities in the inauguration of a State-wide
Music Week in October was assured at the spe-
cial meeting of the Flint Community Associa-
tion, held Monday night, June 27, at which
Robert Lawrence, of New York, 'father of
neighborhood service,' discussed plans for such
a week and told of the success with which it had
met in other cities. Music Week should be a
purely local affair, according to Mr. Lawrence,
communities being organized so that music
would emanate from every nook and corner of
the city. He suggested that Flint be divided to
have four music centers and urged group ac-
tivities. His plans included sermons on music
by the pastors of the various churches and spe-
cial musical programs by the choirs on the first
day. The week would feature musical programs
at luncheons by the business men's clubs and
special music assemblies in the schools and in
public halls.
"Mr. Lawrence's address was illustrated with
stereopticon views of the recent Music Weeks
in New York and Washington, which he or-
ganized and directed. Among the other cities
which have already signified their co-operation
for a Michigan Music Week are Detroit, Lans-
ing, Bay City, Saginaw and Battle Creek.
"A committee was appointed to meet with the
board of directors of the Flint Musical Associa-
tion to work out details of organization and a
program. W. W. Norton is executive chair-
man. His assistants are: John T. Schlotfield,
Mrs. W. H. Winchester, Mrs. J. C. King, Elmer
J. Beard and Dr. Gerald Leech."
With so many towns requiring his services
Mr. Lawrence is planning to come to Michigan
probably in September and to bring with him
a number of assistants to help work out the
definite plans in the various cities. Quite a num-
ber of other cities are yet to be heard from and
if it is possible to get them the Governor of
State will be asked to sanction a Michigan Music
Week and to urge all of the people to co-
operate and to participate.
We understand that the Brunswick Co. has
decided to eliminate twenty-two warehouses
scattered all over the country and to hereafter
•fill orders direct from its twelve distributing
points. This means that the Detroit warehouse
will be abandoned and orders filled direct from
the warehouse in Chicago. However, the sell-
ing department will still remain in Detroit under
the management of P. J. Gordon.
Joe Rogers, of the J. L. Hudson Music Store,
leaves July 10 for a three weeks'- motor trip
through the East.
All departments of the A. B. Chase Piano
Co.'s factory in Norwalk, O., with the excep-
tion of the grand, player and finishing depart-
ments, closed down this week for the purpose of
taking inventory and making necessary repairs
to machinery, according to Warren C. Whitney,
president of the company, who has just returned
from the plant. Mr. Whitney was accompanied
by J. H. Shale, chairman of the board of direc-
tors.
Stuart H. Perry, traveling representative of
the firm, who has been spending some time on
the Coast in the interests of the company, is on
his way East. His trip will be punctuated with
stops and it will be two weeks before he arrives
in New York.
The volume of business enjoyed by the A. B.
Chase Co. during June was greater than that
of any previous month, according to Warren
C. Whitney, and orders are keeping up to such
an extent that there is every indication of as
good, if not better, business during this month.
An example of what A. B. Chase dealers are
doing in the way of sales may be gleaned from
a telegram received this week from W. J. Mas-
sey, of the Massey Piano Co., Des Moines, la.,
which reports the sale of three upright pianos
to the Drake University Conservatory of Music.
This company also sold an A. B. Chase parlor
grand piano to the university several months
ago.
DELAWARE FIRM INCORPORATES
SECRETARY FOR PORTLAND ASS'N
Monroe M. Johnson, dealer in musical instru-
ments, has received a charter of incorporation
under the laws of the State of Delaware, with a
capital of $100,000. The incorporators are Mon-
roe M. Johnson, Edith W. Johnson, Philadelphia,
and Howard Leadbeater, Willow Grove, Pa.
PORTLAND, ORE., July 1.—The Oregon Music
Dealers' Association has appointed Joseph H.
Jones corresponding secretary of the organi-
zation, and he will attend to all the correspond-
ence and routine work. Regular monthly meet-
ings will be held on every second Tuesday.
GOOLD BROS. VISIT NEW YORK
Kranich & Bach Agents Visit New York Head-
quarters—Good Business at Chicago Branch
The Goold Brothers, well-known piano dealers
of Buffalo and agents for the Kranich & Bach
instrument in that city, were visitors to the
New York headquarters of Kranich & Bach
during the latter part of last week. The
brothers motored from Buffalo to Atlantic City
and thence to New York. They were accom-
panied by their wives.
While business in general is slow, Fred'k W.
Grebe, of the New York headquarters, reports
that word received from the Chicago branch
of the house states that a good volume of busi-
ness is being enjoyed by this branch. The de-
mand is confined to the higher-priced instru-
ments and grands.
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
EILERS AGAIN APPEARS IN COURT
Portland Piano Man Called Upon to Answer to
Charge of Embezzlement
PORTLAND, ORE., June 29.—Another thread in the
tangled financial transactions in which Hy J.
Eilers and the several music houses bearing his
name have been involved found its way into
Circuit Judge Stableton's court yesterday when
Eilers went on trial on one of four indictments
returned by the Multnomah county grand jury,
charging larceny by embezzlement.
The specific charge on which trial opened
yesterday is that Eilers embezzled $1,000 of
the funds of the Eilers Talking Machine Co.
on February 15, 1918. He was indicted August
29, 1919, but legal obstacles have prevented an
earlier trial.
Eilers is represented by Thomas Mannix and
Dan E. Powers, while Chief Deputy District
Attorney Joseph L. Hammersly represents the
State, assisted by Arthur Murphy, formerly
deputy district attorney, who conducted the
original investigation of the Eilers case, and
John T. Booz, of Chicago, representing a piano
manufacturing company.
ADDS PIANOJJNE IN AKRON
AKRON, O., July 5.—J. R. Wells, manager of the
Music Shoppe, South Main street, Akron, an
exclusive Brunswick talking machine store, an-
nounced this week that a line of pianos, the
Washburn line, will be added soon after the
middle of the month. The store, one of the
most complete talking machine shops in the
South Main street district, has ample floor space
for the accommodation of the piano line, accord-
ing to Manager Wells.