Presto
Issue: 1922 1901 - Page 10
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PRESTO
December 30, 1922.
A VERY TOUGH TURKEY
AMERICAN PLAYERPIANOS
IN REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR
Called Market of Great Possibilities by U. S. Consul
General in Guayaquil.
How musical instruments made in the United
States have displaced German instruments in Ecuador
is told this week in a report from Consul General
F. W. Coding to the Department of Commerce,
Washington. The demand for musical instruments
is good, notwithstanding adverse conditions, accord-
ing to the report.
This is particularly true of phonographs and acces-
sories, pianos, and playerpianos. Practically al 1 the
imports in these lines have come from the United
States. Other musical instruments imported besides
phonographs, pianos and playerpianos are: Accor-
dions and concertinas, harmonicas, music boxes, or-
gans, and percussion, stringed, and wind instruments,
the importations of which are small.
Playerpianos are constantly increasing in popular-
ity in spite of their relatively high cost delivered in
Guayaquil, and no home with any pretensions to being
well-to-do is without a playerpiano, while many
families in moderate circumstances, and even some
of the poorer people, also have them. The same
holds true, even of Quito, where, owing to the long,
expensive haul over the mountain railway, player-
pianos are still more costly. Guayaquil and Quito
are the two principal markets.
Before the war German instruments were in favor,
especially those partly or wholly of wood, because
they withstood the dense humidity of this climate.
This is explained by the fact that many years ago
German experts devoted a year to the study of con-
ditions in Ecuador concerning climatic effects on
wood, and evolved a system for treating lumber
which greatly lessened the injurious effect of the
climate. As a result, German-made pianos remained
in good condition years after those made in other
countries had become worthless. But since 1914
practically all phonographs and records, pianos, and
playerpianos have come from the United States; and
they give satisfaction, for American manufacturers
now supply a much superior instrument, and are
carefully looking after this trade.
A PROSPEROUS SEASON.
The year is winding up with more good cheer and
less need for the red ink than any year since the
armistice, says the Chicago Evening Post of Tues-
day. Prosperity corner has been turned. In cities
and in rural communities there is a tone of hopeful-
ness. Work is plentiful, and much of the earnings
which once went over the bar is now going into the
making of better and happier homes. The value of
prohibition as a factor in bettering conditions will
be increasingly appreciated as time goes on. There
is every reason to look forward to 1923 with confi-
dence. It should prove a year of opportunity and
abundant reward for those who apply their energies
well and wisely. America is a good country to be
living in these days, and those of us privileged to
know that fact by experience are under obligation to
keep it so.
NAME CHANGE AVOIDS CONFUSION.
Adolf Klein, of 1643 Second Avenue, New York
City, proprietor of what was formerly known as the
American Piano Exchange, has changed the name
of his organization to the Piano Manufacturers' Ex-
change. Mr. Klein makes this change at the re-
quest of the American Piano Company, who had
found a confusion in the names evidenced by their
receiving mail intended for Mr. Klein. The matter
being brought to Mr. Klein's attention, by the Ameri-
can Piano Company, resulted in his expressed wil-
lingness to make the change, and hereafter his busi-
ness will be conducted under the name of the Piano
Manufacturers' Exchange.
Watkin Bros., Inc., Hartford, Conn., reports a big
holiday business in pianos.
JESSE FRENCH & SONS
GRAND
An
A t t a i n m e n t
of A r t
"Known the World Over'
STYLE G
Factories: New Castle, Indiana, U. S. A.
NEWS ABOUT THE MEN
WHO RETAIL THE PIANOS
Brief Items of Trade News Gathered Here and
There in Music Field.
The J. H. Troup Music House, Lancaster, Pa.,
provided a Chickering Grand for a concert by promi-
nent local artists at Fulton Opera House recently.
Adolph Winter, Richmond, Cal., is erecting a new
music store on the most desirable site in that place.
The entire line of the Chase-Hackley Piano Co.,
Muskegon, Mich., is carried by the Mengel Music
Co., which recently opened in St. Louis.
The Elkins Music Co., 2268 Mission street, San
Francisco, has made extensive alterations in its
store.
The John Schuler Piano Co., Buffalo, N. Y., has
recently doubled its store space by taking over an ad-
joining store room at Main and Utica street. The
firm recently announced the opening of an attractive
and complete Sonora department.
DUN'S CHICAGO REPORT.
Dun's Review of Chicago trade December 30 says:
'Holiday business is closing with a rush and the turn-
over for the season is probably the greatest in the
history of State street. The activity of shoppers has
been so great that merchants have found their prin-
cipal concern has been to meet the demands of cus-
tomers, which cover an unusually wide range of mer-
chandise."
INCREASE OF CAPITAL.
Two interesting items from New York tell of in-
creases in the capitalization of two famous and
affiliated piano industries. They are the Jacob Bros.
Co.. Manhattan, $10,000 to $2,000,000, and Mathu-
shek & Son Piano Co., Manhattan, $30,000 to $1,000,-
000.
The LEADING LINE
WEAVER PIANOS
Qrands. Uprights and Players
Finest and most artistic
piano in design, tone and
construction that can be
made.
YORK PIANOS
Uprights and Player Pianos
A high grade piano of great
vaiue and with charming tone quality.
Livingston Pianos— Uprights and Player Pianos
A popular piano at a popular price.
Over 70,000 instruments made by this company are sing-
ing their own praises in all parts of the civilized world.
Write for catalogues and state on what terms you wofild
like to deal, and we will make you a proposition u yVu ar«
located in open territory.
WEAVER PIANO CO., Inc.
Factory: YORK, PA.
Established 1870
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PRESTO
December 30, 1922.
A VERY TOUGH TURKEY
AMERICAN PLAYERPIANOS
IN REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR
Called Market of Great Possibilities by U. S. Consul
General in Guayaquil.
How musical instruments made in the United
States have displaced German instruments in Ecuador
is told this week in a report from Consul General
F. W. Coding to the Department of Commerce,
Washington. The demand for musical instruments
is good, notwithstanding adverse conditions, accord-
ing to the report.
This is particularly true of phonographs and acces-
sories, pianos, and playerpianos. Practically al 1 the
imports in these lines have come from the United
States. Other musical instruments imported besides
phonographs, pianos and playerpianos are: Accor-
dions and concertinas, harmonicas, music boxes, or-
gans, and percussion, stringed, and wind instruments,
the importations of which are small.
Playerpianos are constantly increasing in popular-
ity in spite of their relatively high cost delivered in
Guayaquil, and no home with any pretensions to being
well-to-do is without a playerpiano, while many
families in moderate circumstances, and even some
of the poorer people, also have them. The same
holds true, even of Quito, where, owing to the long,
expensive haul over the mountain railway, player-
pianos are still more costly. Guayaquil and Quito
are the two principal markets.
Before the war German instruments were in favor,
especially those partly or wholly of wood, because
they withstood the dense humidity of this climate.
This is explained by the fact that many years ago
German experts devoted a year to the study of con-
ditions in Ecuador concerning climatic effects on
wood, and evolved a system for treating lumber
which greatly lessened the injurious effect of the
climate. As a result, German-made pianos remained
in good condition years after those made in other
countries had become worthless. But since 1914
practically all phonographs and records, pianos, and
playerpianos have come from the United States; and
they give satisfaction, for American manufacturers
now supply a much superior instrument, and are
carefully looking after this trade.
A PROSPEROUS SEASON.
The year is winding up with more good cheer and
less need for the red ink than any year since the
armistice, says the Chicago Evening Post of Tues-
day. Prosperity corner has been turned. In cities
and in rural communities there is a tone of hopeful-
ness. Work is plentiful, and much of the earnings
which once went over the bar is now going into the
making of better and happier homes. The value of
prohibition as a factor in bettering conditions will
be increasingly appreciated as time goes on. There
is every reason to look forward to 1923 with confi-
dence. It should prove a year of opportunity and
abundant reward for those who apply their energies
well and wisely. America is a good country to be
living in these days, and those of us privileged to
know that fact by experience are under obligation to
keep it so.
NAME CHANGE AVOIDS CONFUSION.
Adolf Klein, of 1643 Second Avenue, New York
City, proprietor of what was formerly known as the
American Piano Exchange, has changed the name
of his organization to the Piano Manufacturers' Ex-
change. Mr. Klein makes this change at the re-
quest of the American Piano Company, who had
found a confusion in the names evidenced by their
receiving mail intended for Mr. Klein. The matter
being brought to Mr. Klein's attention, by the Ameri-
can Piano Company, resulted in his expressed wil-
lingness to make the change, and hereafter his busi-
ness will be conducted under the name of the Piano
Manufacturers' Exchange.
Watkin Bros., Inc., Hartford, Conn., reports a big
holiday business in pianos.
JESSE FRENCH & SONS
GRAND
An
A t t a i n m e n t
of A r t
"Known the World Over'
STYLE G
Factories: New Castle, Indiana, U. S. A.
NEWS ABOUT THE MEN
WHO RETAIL THE PIANOS
Brief Items of Trade News Gathered Here and
There in Music Field.
The J. H. Troup Music House, Lancaster, Pa.,
provided a Chickering Grand for a concert by promi-
nent local artists at Fulton Opera House recently.
Adolph Winter, Richmond, Cal., is erecting a new
music store on the most desirable site in that place.
The entire line of the Chase-Hackley Piano Co.,
Muskegon, Mich., is carried by the Mengel Music
Co., which recently opened in St. Louis.
The Elkins Music Co., 2268 Mission street, San
Francisco, has made extensive alterations in its
store.
The John Schuler Piano Co., Buffalo, N. Y., has
recently doubled its store space by taking over an ad-
joining store room at Main and Utica street. The
firm recently announced the opening of an attractive
and complete Sonora department.
DUN'S CHICAGO REPORT.
Dun's Review of Chicago trade December 30 says:
'Holiday business is closing with a rush and the turn-
over for the season is probably the greatest in the
history of State street. The activity of shoppers has
been so great that merchants have found their prin-
cipal concern has been to meet the demands of cus-
tomers, which cover an unusually wide range of mer-
chandise."
INCREASE OF CAPITAL.
Two interesting items from New York tell of in-
creases in the capitalization of two famous and
affiliated piano industries. They are the Jacob Bros.
Co.. Manhattan, $10,000 to $2,000,000, and Mathu-
shek & Son Piano Co., Manhattan, $30,000 to $1,000,-
000.
The LEADING LINE
WEAVER PIANOS
Qrands. Uprights and Players
Finest and most artistic
piano in design, tone and
construction that can be
made.
YORK PIANOS
Uprights and Player Pianos
A high grade piano of great
vaiue and with charming tone quality.
Livingston Pianos— Uprights and Player Pianos
A popular piano at a popular price.
Over 70,000 instruments made by this company are sing-
ing their own praises in all parts of the civilized world.
Write for catalogues and state on what terms you wofild
like to deal, and we will make you a proposition u yVu ar«
located in open territory.
WEAVER PIANO CO., Inc.
Factory: YORK, PA.
Established 1870
Enhanced content © 2008-2009 and presented by MBSI - The Musical Box Society International (www.mbsi.org) and the International Arcade Museum (www.arcade-museum.com).
All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
Additional enhancement, optimization, and distribution by the International Arcade Museum. An extensive collection of Presto can be found online at http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).