Music Trade Review
Issue: 1945 Vol. 104 N. 3 - Page 14
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Ceiling Prices on New Pianos
At Retail Effective April 1, 1945
pending issuance of a regulation set-
ting specific prices.
The order applies to retailers. Manu-
facturers who sell at retail or mail
order exclusively and wholesalers must
apply for a special ruling. Freight may
not be added if a dealer is located in a
metropolitan zone and receives his
pianos from a manufacturer within
that zone. Charges for a chair or bench
are determined under the General
Maximum Price Regulation and may
be in addition to that of the piano.
Manufacturers who have quoted de-
livered prices wholesale, or who have
made freight allowances, will not be
permitted to include in their base peri-
od costs any freight expense for ship-
ping pianos in computing the 1 3 ^ in-
crease recently granted manufactur-
ers. The method of computing the re-
tail ceiling prices is reproduced here-
with, in four brackets, from a chart
recently prepared by the National
Association of Music Merchants.
The OPA revised order 2525 MPR
188 which regulates the retail price of
new pianos does not go into effect until
April 1, 1945. This was the last word
received from the OPA in Washington
after the order had been amended to
that effect. It was originally stated
in the order that it would become effec-
tive on February 27th. This, however,
being the day it was announced it was
discovered that piano manufacturers,
not having been advised in advance
could not possibly prepare price tags
as stipulated in the order, nor could
dealers live up to its provisions as
they had had no time to familiarize
themselves with it.
The order applies to new pianos
which were received by dealers on or
after October 7, 1944. Those received
before that date and remaining in
dealers' stocks are to be sold under the
General Maximum Price Regulation.
Used pianos remain under GMPR
Child Benefits Through
Receiving Spinet Organ
Last month T H E REVIEW published
a story regarding the delivery of a
spinet organ by The Gulbransen Co.,
Chicago, to a little girl ill with an
incurable disease. Shortly afterward,
E. P. Williams received the following
letter from Harding & Miller, Evans-
ville, Ind.:
"The little Early American Maple
Spinet Organ was delivered to our cus-
tomer at Nortonville, Ky., for the little
girl who apparently has some incur-
able ailment. The mother in writing-
expressed her sincere t h a n k s not only
to us as the dealer, but to the manu-
facturer as well, and we thought you
would be interested in having t h a t
information.
"We might further explain t h a t Mr.
Harrison is a prominent attorney and
is known throughout t h a t entire area
as 'Judge Harrison' and is highly re-
spected. The writer j u s t thought t h a t
you would be glad to get t h a t informa-
tion, and to know t h a t the little organ
went into such a good place where no
doubt it is affording a lot of pleasure
for the child."
THIS WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE NEW PRICING ORDER.
THESE PRICES BECOME
EFFECTIVE APRIL 1,1945
Price
Group //-I
Price
Group =,'#
Price
Group ^3
Prioo
"Spinet"
"Spinet"
"Grand"
"Grand"
3195.00
023O.OO
$350.00
$565.00
25.35
29.90
45.50
73.45
259.90
395.50
638.45
25.99
39.55
63.85
235.89
435.05
702.30
7.50
12.00
12 .QO
293.39
447.05
714.30
(89$) 196.11
220.92
(79>;) 276.50
446.00
514.31
723.55
1193.14
44G.00
514.00
724.00
1193,00
1 - 1942 Manufacturer's price t o dealer
2 - Add 135o (OPA Increase granted Manufacturer)
3 - Total
4 - Add Excise Tax (10?S of l i n e 3)
5 - Total
6 - Add Freight (Zone #1)*
7 - Total
8 - Add authorized mark-on to line 3
9 - Tocal ne-Y authorized retail price
(Whole Dollars Only Will be Used)
Pianos costing
Group fit
(75?Q
478,84
up to §225.00 F.O.B. Factory (line 2) authorized mark-on'89^
Pianos costing $226 to $338.00
"
"
"
Pianos costing $339 to $564.00
"
"
"
Pianos costing $565 and over
"
"
"
* Freight Allowance:
M
Zone •%
Zone ,','2
Zone #5
Spinot
§7.50
015.00
025.OO
Grand
12.00
24.00
40.00
"
85^
*
"
79^
*
"
75$
* The official order sets up the zones used as the basis of fixing the freight allowance.
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, MARCH, 1945
Ceiling Prices on New Pianos
At Retail Effective April 1, 1945
pending issuance of a regulation set-
ting specific prices.
The order applies to retailers. Manu-
facturers who sell at retail or mail
order exclusively and wholesalers must
apply for a special ruling. Freight may
not be added if a dealer is located in a
metropolitan zone and receives his
pianos from a manufacturer within
that zone. Charges for a chair or bench
are determined under the General
Maximum Price Regulation and may
be in addition to that of the piano.
Manufacturers who have quoted de-
livered prices wholesale, or who have
made freight allowances, will not be
permitted to include in their base peri-
od costs any freight expense for ship-
ping pianos in computing the 1 3 ^ in-
crease recently granted manufactur-
ers. The method of computing the re-
tail ceiling prices is reproduced here-
with, in four brackets, from a chart
recently prepared by the National
Association of Music Merchants.
The OPA revised order 2525 MPR
188 which regulates the retail price of
new pianos does not go into effect until
April 1, 1945. This was the last word
received from the OPA in Washington
after the order had been amended to
that effect. It was originally stated
in the order that it would become effec-
tive on February 27th. This, however,
being the day it was announced it was
discovered that piano manufacturers,
not having been advised in advance
could not possibly prepare price tags
as stipulated in the order, nor could
dealers live up to its provisions as
they had had no time to familiarize
themselves with it.
The order applies to new pianos
which were received by dealers on or
after October 7, 1944. Those received
before that date and remaining in
dealers' stocks are to be sold under the
General Maximum Price Regulation.
Used pianos remain under GMPR
Child Benefits Through
Receiving Spinet Organ
Last month T H E REVIEW published
a story regarding the delivery of a
spinet organ by The Gulbransen Co.,
Chicago, to a little girl ill with an
incurable disease. Shortly afterward,
E. P. Williams received the following
letter from Harding & Miller, Evans-
ville, Ind.:
"The little Early American Maple
Spinet Organ was delivered to our cus-
tomer at Nortonville, Ky., for the little
girl who apparently has some incur-
able ailment. The mother in writing-
expressed her sincere t h a n k s not only
to us as the dealer, but to the manu-
facturer as well, and we thought you
would be interested in having t h a t
information.
"We might further explain t h a t Mr.
Harrison is a prominent attorney and
is known throughout t h a t entire area
as 'Judge Harrison' and is highly re-
spected. The writer j u s t thought t h a t
you would be glad to get t h a t informa-
tion, and to know t h a t the little organ
went into such a good place where no
doubt it is affording a lot of pleasure
for the child."
THIS WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE NEW PRICING ORDER.
THESE PRICES BECOME
EFFECTIVE APRIL 1,1945
Price
Group //-I
Price
Group =,'#
Price
Group ^3
Prioo
"Spinet"
"Spinet"
"Grand"
"Grand"
3195.00
023O.OO
$350.00
$565.00
25.35
29.90
45.50
73.45
259.90
395.50
638.45
25.99
39.55
63.85
235.89
435.05
702.30
7.50
12.00
12 .QO
293.39
447.05
714.30
(89$) 196.11
220.92
(79>;) 276.50
446.00
514.31
723.55
1193.14
44G.00
514.00
724.00
1193,00
1 - 1942 Manufacturer's price t o dealer
2 - Add 135o (OPA Increase granted Manufacturer)
3 - Total
4 - Add Excise Tax (10?S of l i n e 3)
5 - Total
6 - Add Freight (Zone #1)*
7 - Total
8 - Add authorized mark-on to line 3
9 - Tocal ne-Y authorized retail price
(Whole Dollars Only Will be Used)
Pianos costing
Group fit
(75?Q
478,84
up to §225.00 F.O.B. Factory (line 2) authorized mark-on'89^
Pianos costing $226 to $338.00
"
"
"
Pianos costing $339 to $564.00
"
"
"
Pianos costing $565 and over
"
"
"
* Freight Allowance:
M
Zone •%
Zone ,','2
Zone #5
Spinot
§7.50
015.00
025.OO
Grand
12.00
24.00
40.00
"
85^
*
"
79^
*
"
75$
* The official order sets up the zones used as the basis of fixing the freight allowance.
14
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, MARCH, 1945
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