Music Trade Review
Issue: 1925 Vol. 80 N. 16 - Page 11
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APRTL 18,
1925
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
New Factory of the Brambach Piano Go.
Ready for Operation in the Near Future
New Plant at 609-619 West Fifty-first Street So Far Advanced That Preparations Are Under Way
for the Installation of the Machinery—A Model Plant for Grand Production
V H E Brambach Piano Co. expects to be able
to announce in the near future the definite
opening date of the new factory at 609-619
West Fifty-first street, New York City. Con-
struction of the building itself is now complete
try of daylight. Every corner of the new fac-
tory will be as bright as day.
The building has been unusually well planned
and the various departments have been excel-
lently laid out. The different processes of
National Bureau for Advancement of Music
Receives Requests for Booklets, etc., From
All Sections of the World
and only the inside work remains to be finished.
The work has progressed to the point where
floors are being laid, electric fixtures and eleva-
tors installed, and preparation started for the
actual installation of machinery.
The great amount of floor space, the airiness
and excellent lighting conditions of the new fac-
tory are now apparent. The illustrations here-
with indicate how modern and convenient the
'new building will be. Veritable walls of glass
inclose it. There is no impediment to free en-
manufacture will progress from the first turning
of the wood to the last polish of the finished
instrument with surprising efficiency.
There
will be no lost motion in the new factory. Each
piano will move right from the mill throughout
the various departments until it is completed
in the finishing department automatically.
This efficient planning of the manufacturing
processes will do as much as the increased floor
space of the building to enable the Brambach
Co. to double its production in the future.
Annual Meeting of U. S.
Chamber of Commerce
these including such subjects as natural re-
sources, production, transportation and com-
munication, finance, insurance, manufacture,
distribution, foreign trade, etc.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 13.—The thirteenth an-
nual meeting of the United States Chamber of
Commerce will be held at the headquarters of
the Chamber here on May 20 to 22, when, as
usual, a number of matters of great importance
to American business will be taken up and dis-
cussed. A feature of the meeting will be the
formal dedication of the Chamber's new head-
quarters building.
Following the usual procedure many of the
matters will be discussed in group sessions.
each two ounces, while catalogs of less than 24
pages carry a rate of V/ 2 cents for each two
ounces, the addition of four pages to a 20-page
catalog weighing less than two ounces, making
possible a saving of one cent in postage.
"As extensive users of direct-by-mail adver-
tising," it is declared in one complaint, "we
want to go on record as a protest against the
increased postal rate as affecting circulars and
pamphlets. It seems to us that this law is ab-
surd in allowing booklets containing 24 pages
or more to be mailed for one cent, while book-
lets of 8, 12 or 20 pages require \ l / 2 cents. It
rather looks to be the rankest sort of dis-
crimination in favor of the mail order houses."
Foreign Demand for Music
Advancement Literature
Three Views of New Bram-
bach Factory, Showing the
Rapid Progress Which Is
Being Made
Thirteenth Convention of National Body to Be
Held in Washington on May 20 to 22—Im-
portant Business Matters Programmed
11
Protest Over New Postal
Rates on Small Catalogs
Business Houses Charge Discrimination in
Rates Applying to Catalogs of Less Than
Twenty-four Pages
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 13.—Numerous pro-
tests are being filed with the Post Office De-
partment against the discrimination in postage
rates against small catalogs. Under the new
postal law catalogs of 24 pages or more may
be mailed, third-class, at a rate of one cent for
So many letters have been coming in lately
to the National Bureau for the Advancement
of Music from people in foreign countries seek-
ing its literature that C. M. Tremaine, the di-
rector, has made a little investigation into the
correspondence of the Bureau outside the
United States during the past year. The result
is a significant indication of the rapid spread
of the Bureau's influence far beyond the na-
tional borders.
Among the prominent English firms which
have written for the Bureau's books and book-
lets since March, 1924, are Rushworth & Dreap-
cr, of Liverpool; Evans Bros., Ltd., of London;
the magazine "Music and Youth," of London;
Allen & Co., of Melbourne, Australia; Lewis R.
Eady & Sons, Ltd., of Auckland, N. Z., and
Edward Evans & Sons, Ltd., of Shanghai,
China. There are also many requests from
individuals, mainly missionaries and teachers in
all parts of the British Empire. The number
of different publications requested in the let-
ters ranged in most cases from two to twenty,
but in one case it was fifty-five!
Another large division of the foreign corre-
spondence relates to the special activities the
Bureau is promoting, notably music weeks,
music memory contests and senior and junior
music clubs. One of the most interesting of
these letters came in just a few days ago from
Yokohama, Japan. Anticipating the time when
National Music Week would become inter-
national the writer stated that her seminary at
least would represent Japan and take part in the
observance this year. Other letters requesting
information and literature on the same subject
have been received from Tientsin, Changli and
Nanking, China; Bankok, Siam and Singapore,
S. S., not to mention such comparatively home
territory as Hilo and Honolulu, T. H.; San
Juan, Porto Rico and Manila, P. I. In addition,
there is an increasingly active correspondence
directed by the Bureau itself, especially with
England, Canada and Australia, looking to the
organization of Music Week on a definitely in-
ternational basis.
Gibbons & Stone Move
ROCHESTER, N. Y., April 13.—The Gibbons &
Stone music store, which has been a landmark
at 172 Main street, East, for the past sixty-four
years, moved to new quarters last week at 94
Clinton avenue, North. The business was orig-
inally established in a modest room at the
Main street address and has remained under
the same name and under the management of
the original owners. The move was necessi-
tated by the growth of business in recent years.
The new store will afford added floor space
and the advantage of entrances from two streets
in a section that is rapidly finding favor as a
retail center. Tn addition to the retail store,
Gibbons & Stone maintain a piano factory at
17 Industrial street,
APRTL 18,
1925
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
New Factory of the Brambach Piano Go.
Ready for Operation in the Near Future
New Plant at 609-619 West Fifty-first Street So Far Advanced That Preparations Are Under Way
for the Installation of the Machinery—A Model Plant for Grand Production
V H E Brambach Piano Co. expects to be able
to announce in the near future the definite
opening date of the new factory at 609-619
West Fifty-first street, New York City. Con-
struction of the building itself is now complete
try of daylight. Every corner of the new fac-
tory will be as bright as day.
The building has been unusually well planned
and the various departments have been excel-
lently laid out. The different processes of
National Bureau for Advancement of Music
Receives Requests for Booklets, etc., From
All Sections of the World
and only the inside work remains to be finished.
The work has progressed to the point where
floors are being laid, electric fixtures and eleva-
tors installed, and preparation started for the
actual installation of machinery.
The great amount of floor space, the airiness
and excellent lighting conditions of the new fac-
tory are now apparent. The illustrations here-
with indicate how modern and convenient the
'new building will be. Veritable walls of glass
inclose it. There is no impediment to free en-
manufacture will progress from the first turning
of the wood to the last polish of the finished
instrument with surprising efficiency.
There
will be no lost motion in the new factory. Each
piano will move right from the mill throughout
the various departments until it is completed
in the finishing department automatically.
This efficient planning of the manufacturing
processes will do as much as the increased floor
space of the building to enable the Brambach
Co. to double its production in the future.
Annual Meeting of U. S.
Chamber of Commerce
these including such subjects as natural re-
sources, production, transportation and com-
munication, finance, insurance, manufacture,
distribution, foreign trade, etc.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 13.—The thirteenth an-
nual meeting of the United States Chamber of
Commerce will be held at the headquarters of
the Chamber here on May 20 to 22, when, as
usual, a number of matters of great importance
to American business will be taken up and dis-
cussed. A feature of the meeting will be the
formal dedication of the Chamber's new head-
quarters building.
Following the usual procedure many of the
matters will be discussed in group sessions.
each two ounces, while catalogs of less than 24
pages carry a rate of V/ 2 cents for each two
ounces, the addition of four pages to a 20-page
catalog weighing less than two ounces, making
possible a saving of one cent in postage.
"As extensive users of direct-by-mail adver-
tising," it is declared in one complaint, "we
want to go on record as a protest against the
increased postal rate as affecting circulars and
pamphlets. It seems to us that this law is ab-
surd in allowing booklets containing 24 pages
or more to be mailed for one cent, while book-
lets of 8, 12 or 20 pages require \ l / 2 cents. It
rather looks to be the rankest sort of dis-
crimination in favor of the mail order houses."
Foreign Demand for Music
Advancement Literature
Three Views of New Bram-
bach Factory, Showing the
Rapid Progress Which Is
Being Made
Thirteenth Convention of National Body to Be
Held in Washington on May 20 to 22—Im-
portant Business Matters Programmed
11
Protest Over New Postal
Rates on Small Catalogs
Business Houses Charge Discrimination in
Rates Applying to Catalogs of Less Than
Twenty-four Pages
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 13.—Numerous pro-
tests are being filed with the Post Office De-
partment against the discrimination in postage
rates against small catalogs. Under the new
postal law catalogs of 24 pages or more may
be mailed, third-class, at a rate of one cent for
So many letters have been coming in lately
to the National Bureau for the Advancement
of Music from people in foreign countries seek-
ing its literature that C. M. Tremaine, the di-
rector, has made a little investigation into the
correspondence of the Bureau outside the
United States during the past year. The result
is a significant indication of the rapid spread
of the Bureau's influence far beyond the na-
tional borders.
Among the prominent English firms which
have written for the Bureau's books and book-
lets since March, 1924, are Rushworth & Dreap-
cr, of Liverpool; Evans Bros., Ltd., of London;
the magazine "Music and Youth," of London;
Allen & Co., of Melbourne, Australia; Lewis R.
Eady & Sons, Ltd., of Auckland, N. Z., and
Edward Evans & Sons, Ltd., of Shanghai,
China. There are also many requests from
individuals, mainly missionaries and teachers in
all parts of the British Empire. The number
of different publications requested in the let-
ters ranged in most cases from two to twenty,
but in one case it was fifty-five!
Another large division of the foreign corre-
spondence relates to the special activities the
Bureau is promoting, notably music weeks,
music memory contests and senior and junior
music clubs. One of the most interesting of
these letters came in just a few days ago from
Yokohama, Japan. Anticipating the time when
National Music Week would become inter-
national the writer stated that her seminary at
least would represent Japan and take part in the
observance this year. Other letters requesting
information and literature on the same subject
have been received from Tientsin, Changli and
Nanking, China; Bankok, Siam and Singapore,
S. S., not to mention such comparatively home
territory as Hilo and Honolulu, T. H.; San
Juan, Porto Rico and Manila, P. I. In addition,
there is an increasingly active correspondence
directed by the Bureau itself, especially with
England, Canada and Australia, looking to the
organization of Music Week on a definitely in-
ternational basis.
Gibbons & Stone Move
ROCHESTER, N. Y., April 13.—The Gibbons &
Stone music store, which has been a landmark
at 172 Main street, East, for the past sixty-four
years, moved to new quarters last week at 94
Clinton avenue, North. The business was orig-
inally established in a modest room at the
Main street address and has remained under
the same name and under the management of
the original owners. The move was necessi-
tated by the growth of business in recent years.
The new store will afford added floor space
and the advantage of entrances from two streets
in a section that is rapidly finding favor as a
retail center. Tn addition to the retail store,
Gibbons & Stone maintain a piano factory at
17 Industrial street,
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