Presto
Issue: 1925 2012 - Page 15
February 14, 1925.
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at $1,243,765, as compared with 7,837 pianos, valued at
$1,809,738 for the same period of 1923.
Playerpiano actions and parts thereof shipped
abroad during December, 1924, were valued at $22,856.
The exports of piano actions proper and parts thereof
A Handsome and Well-Equipped Establishment of
were valued at $23,252.
The exports of perforated music rolls for the
Which Ernest Dickerson Is Manager.
month of December, 1924, amounted in value to
The Haddorff Music House of Rockford, 111., which $19,998, ac compared with $16,456 in 1923. The
was located for the last eleven years at 408 East twelve months' total amounts in value to $277,532, as
State street, in that city, has opened a new establish- compared with $300,420 in exports for the same period
ment at 220 North Main street under the personal in 1923.
management of Ernest Dickerson.
Of the aggregate exportations in December there
Completely remodeled and redecorated, the new were 105 organs valued at $15,890, as compared with
Haddorff store is a model of beauty and convenience. 131 organs, valued at $11,587, in 1923. The twelve
Two floors are occupied. On the ground floor are months' total showed that we exported 1,418 organs,
three large display rooms, with double-paneled glass valued at $148,533, in 1924, and 1,428 organs valued
doors, and illuminated by attractive lighting fixtures. at $157,472, for the same period in 1923.
Band instruments to the value of $25,573 were
Of course the splendid line of Haddorff pianos con-
stitutes the. feature of the new store, with the Clar- shipped abroad during December, 1924, while string
instruments totaled $20,042.
endon and Bush & Gerts included in the line.
The value of all other musical instruments and
A Brunswick Radiola and phonograph parlor is
conveniently located on the ground floor and in the parts thereof exported during December, 1924,
amounted to $103,020, as compared with $266,101 in
rear is a spacious repair room. The big stock of
1923. The total exports for the twelve months under
records is in charge of Miss Elizabeth Hemming.
this heading foot up to $1,366,735.
The total domestic exports of musical instruments
for December, 1924, amounted to $935,238, as com-
PLAYERPIANO EXPORTS FOR
pared with $981,288 for the same period of the pre-
DECEMBER 1924 SHOW GAIN vious year. The twelve months' exportations of musi-
cal instruments amounted to $12,004,650 in 1924, as
Comparison of Figures for Same Month in Two Years against $11,774,056 in 1923. This is an increase of
$230,594 over the period.
Show Slight Increase.
NEW HADDORFF STORE
OPENS IN ROCKFORD
Exports of playerpianos by American manufac-
turers for December, 1924, the last month for which
returns have been published show an increase over
the figures of the same month in 1923.
The exports of playerpianos show that 830 of these
instruments, valued at $261,543, were exported during
December, 1924, as compared with 748. valued at
$243,098, exported in 1923. The twelve months' total
shows that 10.981 playerpianos, valued at $3,459,515,
were exported during 1924, as compared with 10,656
playerpianos, valued at $3,355,460, for the same period
during 1923.
In December, 1924, we exported 400 pianos, valued
at $100,891, as compared with 719 painos, valued at
$168,430, for the same period of the previous year.
The twelve months' total shows 5,147 pianos valued
QUALITY
in Name and in Fact
TONE, MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION,
WORKMANSHIP, DESIGN—all in ac-
cord with the broadest experience—are
the elements which give character to
Bush & Lane Products.
BUSH&LANE PIANOS
BUSH ft LANE CECIUAN PLAYER PIANOS
take high place, therefore, in any com-
parison of high grade pianos because of
the individuality of character which dis-
tinguishes them in all essentials of merit
and value.
BUSH ft LANE PIANO CO.
Holland, Midi.
INCREASE IN EXPORTS.
The export, figures in musical merchandise for
October reached a high value that established a new
record. Phonograph shipments for the month reached
$363,801. Record exports were also big, reaching
$151,161, compared with $115,818 in October, 1923.
The export total for band instruments was $29,638
compared to $14,448 in October, 1923. The stringed
instrument exports were $23,566 in October, com-
pared with $15,749 in the same month in 1923.
CHANGE OF OWNERS IN TIFFIN, O.
Charles Hershberger, who recently purchased the
business of the C. J. Schmidt Piano Co., Tiffin, O.,
has assumed control. Mr. Hershberger, who has
been a salesman in the Schmidt store for the past
eleven years, is known as an active and successful
salesman. The business will be operated at the pres-
ent location until April 1, when the lease expires, and
new quarters will be occupied at that time.
BRINKERHOFF
Grands
NEW APPRAISEMENT BASIS
FOR DUTIABLE MERCHANDISE
Treasury Department Announces That Wholesale
Quantities Will Hereafter Be Considered.
A new rating of the Treasury Department recently
made public says that wholesale quantities will here-
after be considered by the Treasury Department as
the determining factor in appraising dutiable mer-
chandise under the provisions of the McCumber-
Fordney tariff law. The order just issued by the de-
partment is understood as a desire on the part of
Treasury officials to prevent any discrimination. An
official announcement says:
"The department's attention has been invited to the
number of manufacturers in foreign countries whose
practice it is to sell to wholesale dealers, who buy
to resell to retailers, and to retail dealers, who buy to
resell in small quantities to the consumer, both buy-
ing in lots of the usual wholesale quantities. In such
cases the wholesale dealers are usually given dis-
counts, from 10 to 15 per cent greater than those
given retailers," the department states.
"The department is of the opinion that section 402
of the Tariff Act of 1922 contemplates wholesale
quantities and that such quantities determine the mar-
ket value. It is accordingly suggested that in the
future, in appraising merchandise, the values be re-
turned corresponding to the prices paid by the retail
dealers buying in wholesale quantities, giving to the
importers their right of filing an appeal to reappraise-
raent in accordance with section 501 of the Tariff Act
of 1922."
AN UNUSUAL PIANO ADV.
Last Sunday's Chicago Tribune contained a dis-
played advertisement of somewhat unusual order. It
bore no address and indicates a piano business wholly
by phone. It read thus: "Pianos—Unusual values:
period model and reproducing grands; players and
uprights. Shown by appointment. Phone Welling-
ton 1103."
Jf lorep
MAKERS OF
SUPERIOR QUALITY
<@ranb $ianos
WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY
- Reproducing Grands
Player-Pianos
and Pianos
WILLIAMS
PIANOS
The Line That Sells Easily
and Satisfies Always
BRINKERHOFF PIANO CO.
OFFICES, REPUBLIC BLDG,
209 State Street
CHICAGO
The policy of the Williams House is and always
1MS been to depend upon excellence of product
instead of alluring price. Such a policy does not
attract bargain hunters. It does, howerer, win the
hearty approral and support of a Tery desirable
and substantial patronage.
WIIIIAMS
WILLIWW3 M.k.r. °<
p WillUm. Pi-no..
Epworth
ana Ortfaa.
KURTZMANN
The True Test
Grands—Players
Compare the new Jesse French & Sons Piano
with any other strictly high grade piano in tone,
touch and general construction, and you will be
convinced at once that t h e y offer the most
exceptional v a l u e s to be found anywhere.
Manufactured by
C. KURTZMANN & CO.
Jesse French & Sons Style BB
Factories and General Offices
526-536 Niagara Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.
Write today fet catalog and price*
"They are the one best buy on the market"
JESSE FRENCH & SONS PIANO CO
NEW CASTLF,
INDIANA
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15
at $1,243,765, as compared with 7,837 pianos, valued at
$1,809,738 for the same period of 1923.
Playerpiano actions and parts thereof shipped
abroad during December, 1924, were valued at $22,856.
The exports of piano actions proper and parts thereof
A Handsome and Well-Equipped Establishment of
were valued at $23,252.
The exports of perforated music rolls for the
Which Ernest Dickerson Is Manager.
month of December, 1924, amounted in value to
The Haddorff Music House of Rockford, 111., which $19,998, ac compared with $16,456 in 1923. The
was located for the last eleven years at 408 East twelve months' total amounts in value to $277,532, as
State street, in that city, has opened a new establish- compared with $300,420 in exports for the same period
ment at 220 North Main street under the personal in 1923.
management of Ernest Dickerson.
Of the aggregate exportations in December there
Completely remodeled and redecorated, the new were 105 organs valued at $15,890, as compared with
Haddorff store is a model of beauty and convenience. 131 organs, valued at $11,587, in 1923. The twelve
Two floors are occupied. On the ground floor are months' total showed that we exported 1,418 organs,
three large display rooms, with double-paneled glass valued at $148,533, in 1924, and 1,428 organs valued
doors, and illuminated by attractive lighting fixtures. at $157,472, for the same period in 1923.
Band instruments to the value of $25,573 were
Of course the splendid line of Haddorff pianos con-
stitutes the. feature of the new store, with the Clar- shipped abroad during December, 1924, while string
instruments totaled $20,042.
endon and Bush & Gerts included in the line.
The value of all other musical instruments and
A Brunswick Radiola and phonograph parlor is
conveniently located on the ground floor and in the parts thereof exported during December, 1924,
amounted to $103,020, as compared with $266,101 in
rear is a spacious repair room. The big stock of
1923. The total exports for the twelve months under
records is in charge of Miss Elizabeth Hemming.
this heading foot up to $1,366,735.
The total domestic exports of musical instruments
for December, 1924, amounted to $935,238, as com-
PLAYERPIANO EXPORTS FOR
pared with $981,288 for the same period of the pre-
DECEMBER 1924 SHOW GAIN vious year. The twelve months' exportations of musi-
cal instruments amounted to $12,004,650 in 1924, as
Comparison of Figures for Same Month in Two Years against $11,774,056 in 1923. This is an increase of
$230,594 over the period.
Show Slight Increase.
NEW HADDORFF STORE
OPENS IN ROCKFORD
Exports of playerpianos by American manufac-
turers for December, 1924, the last month for which
returns have been published show an increase over
the figures of the same month in 1923.
The exports of playerpianos show that 830 of these
instruments, valued at $261,543, were exported during
December, 1924, as compared with 748. valued at
$243,098, exported in 1923. The twelve months' total
shows that 10.981 playerpianos, valued at $3,459,515,
were exported during 1924, as compared with 10,656
playerpianos, valued at $3,355,460, for the same period
during 1923.
In December, 1924, we exported 400 pianos, valued
at $100,891, as compared with 719 painos, valued at
$168,430, for the same period of the previous year.
The twelve months' total shows 5,147 pianos valued
QUALITY
in Name and in Fact
TONE, MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION,
WORKMANSHIP, DESIGN—all in ac-
cord with the broadest experience—are
the elements which give character to
Bush & Lane Products.
BUSH&LANE PIANOS
BUSH ft LANE CECIUAN PLAYER PIANOS
take high place, therefore, in any com-
parison of high grade pianos because of
the individuality of character which dis-
tinguishes them in all essentials of merit
and value.
BUSH ft LANE PIANO CO.
Holland, Midi.
INCREASE IN EXPORTS.
The export, figures in musical merchandise for
October reached a high value that established a new
record. Phonograph shipments for the month reached
$363,801. Record exports were also big, reaching
$151,161, compared with $115,818 in October, 1923.
The export total for band instruments was $29,638
compared to $14,448 in October, 1923. The stringed
instrument exports were $23,566 in October, com-
pared with $15,749 in the same month in 1923.
CHANGE OF OWNERS IN TIFFIN, O.
Charles Hershberger, who recently purchased the
business of the C. J. Schmidt Piano Co., Tiffin, O.,
has assumed control. Mr. Hershberger, who has
been a salesman in the Schmidt store for the past
eleven years, is known as an active and successful
salesman. The business will be operated at the pres-
ent location until April 1, when the lease expires, and
new quarters will be occupied at that time.
BRINKERHOFF
Grands
NEW APPRAISEMENT BASIS
FOR DUTIABLE MERCHANDISE
Treasury Department Announces That Wholesale
Quantities Will Hereafter Be Considered.
A new rating of the Treasury Department recently
made public says that wholesale quantities will here-
after be considered by the Treasury Department as
the determining factor in appraising dutiable mer-
chandise under the provisions of the McCumber-
Fordney tariff law. The order just issued by the de-
partment is understood as a desire on the part of
Treasury officials to prevent any discrimination. An
official announcement says:
"The department's attention has been invited to the
number of manufacturers in foreign countries whose
practice it is to sell to wholesale dealers, who buy
to resell to retailers, and to retail dealers, who buy to
resell in small quantities to the consumer, both buy-
ing in lots of the usual wholesale quantities. In such
cases the wholesale dealers are usually given dis-
counts, from 10 to 15 per cent greater than those
given retailers," the department states.
"The department is of the opinion that section 402
of the Tariff Act of 1922 contemplates wholesale
quantities and that such quantities determine the mar-
ket value. It is accordingly suggested that in the
future, in appraising merchandise, the values be re-
turned corresponding to the prices paid by the retail
dealers buying in wholesale quantities, giving to the
importers their right of filing an appeal to reappraise-
raent in accordance with section 501 of the Tariff Act
of 1922."
AN UNUSUAL PIANO ADV.
Last Sunday's Chicago Tribune contained a dis-
played advertisement of somewhat unusual order. It
bore no address and indicates a piano business wholly
by phone. It read thus: "Pianos—Unusual values:
period model and reproducing grands; players and
uprights. Shown by appointment. Phone Welling-
ton 1103."
Jf lorep
MAKERS OF
SUPERIOR QUALITY
<@ranb $ianos
WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY
- Reproducing Grands
Player-Pianos
and Pianos
WILLIAMS
PIANOS
The Line That Sells Easily
and Satisfies Always
BRINKERHOFF PIANO CO.
OFFICES, REPUBLIC BLDG,
209 State Street
CHICAGO
The policy of the Williams House is and always
1MS been to depend upon excellence of product
instead of alluring price. Such a policy does not
attract bargain hunters. It does, howerer, win the
hearty approral and support of a Tery desirable
and substantial patronage.
WIIIIAMS
WILLIWW3 M.k.r. °<
p WillUm. Pi-no..
Epworth
ana Ortfaa.
KURTZMANN
The True Test
Grands—Players
Compare the new Jesse French & Sons Piano
with any other strictly high grade piano in tone,
touch and general construction, and you will be
convinced at once that t h e y offer the most
exceptional v a l u e s to be found anywhere.
Manufactured by
C. KURTZMANN & CO.
Jesse French & Sons Style BB
Factories and General Offices
526-536 Niagara Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.
Write today fet catalog and price*
"They are the one best buy on the market"
JESSE FRENCH & SONS PIANO CO
NEW CASTLF,
INDIANA
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).