Presto
Issue: 1925 2047 - Page 16
PRESTO
16
FIGURES FROM
THE 1923 CENSUS
Department of Commerce Issues Report of
Musical Instrument and Phonograph
Manufacture for Year Named with
Comparative Tables Added.
PIANO FACTORIES FEWER
Manufacturing Plants Decrease from Census to
Census, but in Numbers and Value the
Piano Products Show Increase.
In the census of manufactures for 1923 the musical
instruments and phonographs are grouped into five
sections, namely, the manufacture of (1) pianos, (2)
organs and orchestrions, (3) piano and organ "mate-
rials for sale as such, (4) other musical instruments,
and (5) phonographs. Comparative tables for 1921,
1919 and 1914 are printed.
The piano industries numbered 160 in 1923 and
wage earners 22,208. There were 59 organ and or-
chestrion industries employing an average of 1,855.
Piano and organ material manufacturers numbered
99 with 9,672 employes and phonograph industries
numbered 111 with 20,970 employes. Industries mak-
ing musical instruments and materials not elsewhere
classified numbered 106 with an average number of
wage earners, 4,103.
Piano Factories Decrease.
Although the number and value of pianos manu-
factured increased from 1914 to 1919 and from 1921
to 1923 the number of establishments classified in
the industry has decreased from census to census.
The number of establishments in 1914 was 255. In
1919 it was 191, in 1921 it was 185 and in 1923 it was
160. The number of persons engaged in the industry
in 1914 was 26,823, which fell to 25,760 in 1917, to
17,884 in 1921 and which raised again to 24,105 in
1923'. In 1914 the capital invested was given at
$101,746,424 and in 1919 at $116,106,53'6. "Not
called for in schedule" is the note explaining the
absence of the figures for 1921 and 1923.
The Number of Establishments.
In 1923 the number of establishments whose prod-
ucts were valued at $1,000,000 and over numbered 36.
In 1921 the number was 15 and in 1919 it was 29.
In 1923 the number of establishments whose prod-
ucts were valued from $500,000 to $1,000,000 num-
bered 32, in 1921 it was 31 and in 1919 the number
was 43. In establishments with products valued at
$100,000 to $500,000 the number for 1923, 1921 and
1919 respectively were 61, 89 and 78 valued at from
$20,000 to $100,000, the numbers for the three years
respectively were 25, 44 and 25; from $5,000 to $20,-
000, 6, 6 and 13, and for less than $5,000 in products
no returns are given for 1923, but the figures for
1921 and 1919 respectively are 5 and 3.
Piano Values for Three Years.
The total value of all products in the piano indus-
QUALITY FIRST and FIRST QUALITY
JESSE FRENCH & SONS
A
GOOD
PIANO
FOR
YOU!
JESSE FRENCH
& SONS
New Castle, Indiana
"A name well known since 1875"
try in 1923 was $111,202,051. In 1921 it was $74,357,538,
in 1919 $108,427,221 and in 1914 $63,309,574.
The number of upright pianos produced in 1923,
1921, 1919 and 1914 were respectively, with the
valuation in parentheses: 105,748 ($21,675,047), 88,655
($17,557,337), 138,171 ($29,396,703) and 227,686 ($31,-
431,382).
Upright Players
The upright players produced in 1923 numbered
170,549 valued at $46,395,896. In 1921 the number
and valuation were: 101,534 ($29,850,973); in 1919,
166,091 ($49,277,893). For 1914 the returns were:
84,456 ($18,892,308).
In upright players of the reproducing type the
figures for 1923 are 12,658 ($4,648,998). For 1921 the
returns were 5,309 ($2,836,637) and for 1919 these
are given, 11,488 ($4,067,785).
Grand Piano Production.
The baby grand production for 1923 is given as
38,024 ($16,100,915); for 1921 the figures are 15,613
($7,756,868); 1919 it was 17,973 ($8,651,904).
Baby grand players for 1923, the number given is
1,397 ($937,195); for 1921 the number is 348 ($279,927),
and for 1919 the returns are 1,195 ($662,377).
Baby player, reproducing type: 1923, 5,372 ($4,-
492,002); in 1921 the number was 2,261 ($2,576,610);
in 1919 the product was 839 ($1,048,937.
Parlor grands to the number of 5,899 ($3,834,410)
were produced in 1923. In 1921 the production was
2,562 ($1,609,190), and in 1919 'it was 2,172
($1,109,511).
Parlor grand (player) production in 1923 num-
bered 106 ($107,776); in 1921 it was 21 ($20,393), and
in 1919 it was 12 ($9,572).
Reproducing Types Increase.
Parlor grand (reproducing type) to the number of
2,631 ($2,957,420) were produced in 1923. In 1921
it was 1,432 ($1,514,402) and in 1919 the number was
113 ($109,626).
In concert grands the number produced in 1923
was 666 ($932,422); for 1921 the number was 101
($72,575) and in 1919 the number was 87 ($54,055).
A Comparison of Years.
The number of automatic and electric pianos made
in 1923 is 4,539 ($2,380,497). In 1914 the number pro-
duced was 3,622 ($1,373,206).
In 1919 cabinet player attachments made separate
from pianos to the number of 1,929 ($383,922) were
produced. In 1921 the figures were 222 ($24,517).
The figures for subsequent years.
Where Grand Is Made.
The production of grand pianos for 1923 is shown
in the following order: New York, 26,705 ($13,383,-
185); Illinois, 8,759 ($4,396,085); Massachusetts,
6,104 ($4,898,797); Indiana, 4,524 ($1,413,716); Ohio,
2,865 ($1,529,536); Michigan, 1,135 ($548,313); Penn-
sylvania, 814 ($311,777); New Jersey, 286 ($154,225);
all other states, 2,861 ($2,705,671).
The following table shows the number of piano
factories in the various states in 1923: Illinois, 33;
Indiana, 7; Maryland, 3'; Massachusetts, 10; Michi-
gan, 7; New Jersey, 6; New York, 70; Ohio, 6; Penn-
sylvania, 6; Wisconsin, 7; all other states, 5.
Organs and Orchestrions.
In the census report the designation organs and
orchestrions covers the manufacture of complete pipe
organs, reed organs and orchestrions, and for the
year 1923 the number of establishments is given at
59, with 2,211 persons engaged.
For the year 1923 the production is given as fol-
lows: Organs and orchestrions, 9,536 ($10,230,519);
pipe organs, 1,712 ($9,653,690); reed organs, 7,772
($538,614); orchestrions, 52 ($38,215).
Musical Merchandise.
A section in the census report gives figures for
musical instruments other than pianos and organs.
For 1923 the number of establishments is given at
106 with 4,797 persons engaged. Although the value
of products of this industry increased from 1914 to
1919 and from 1921 to 1923, the number of establish-
ments reporting has decreased from census to census.
The following shows the value of the products:
Wind instruments, $7,811,981; brass, $7,305,014; wood,
$506,967; stringed instruments, $3,428,924; percussion
instruments, $2,262,694; other instruments, $25,432;
parts and materials, $1,890,707; custom work and
repairing, $205,535; all other products, $175,665.
In 1923 there were 111 establishments making
phonographs in the United States, employing 23,007.
NEW BUILDING FOR BRANCH.
The C. J. Gregory Music House, with headquar-
ters at Chase City, Va., has occupied a new building
in Rocky Mountain, N. C, where three floors are
used by the company. In addition to the Ampico,
which is given the second floor for its presentation,
the company carries the Chickering, Hallet & Davis,
Kohler & Campbell and Cable-Nelson pianos and the
Gulbransen Registering piano. A prosperous branch
is also operated in Oxford, N. C.
October 17, 1925.
Grand and
Reproducing
Grand Pianos
are the last word in
musical perfection.
Lester Piano Co.
1806 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia
For a
Bigger and Better
Business
There is nothing to compare
with the complete line of
M. SCHULZ CO.
The Players are RIGHT in
everything t h a t means
money to the dealers and
satisfaction to the public
You will never do anything better
than when you get in touch with
M. SCHULZ CO.
711 Milwaukee Avenue
CHICAGO
OUTHRRN BRANCH* 790 (bndlar B i d * . ATLANTA, GA
Newman Bros.
Grands and Uprights
Guarantee
Quality, Profit and
Satisfaction
Newman Bros. Co.
816 Dix St.
Est. 1879
CHICAGO
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/
16
FIGURES FROM
THE 1923 CENSUS
Department of Commerce Issues Report of
Musical Instrument and Phonograph
Manufacture for Year Named with
Comparative Tables Added.
PIANO FACTORIES FEWER
Manufacturing Plants Decrease from Census to
Census, but in Numbers and Value the
Piano Products Show Increase.
In the census of manufactures for 1923 the musical
instruments and phonographs are grouped into five
sections, namely, the manufacture of (1) pianos, (2)
organs and orchestrions, (3) piano and organ "mate-
rials for sale as such, (4) other musical instruments,
and (5) phonographs. Comparative tables for 1921,
1919 and 1914 are printed.
The piano industries numbered 160 in 1923 and
wage earners 22,208. There were 59 organ and or-
chestrion industries employing an average of 1,855.
Piano and organ material manufacturers numbered
99 with 9,672 employes and phonograph industries
numbered 111 with 20,970 employes. Industries mak-
ing musical instruments and materials not elsewhere
classified numbered 106 with an average number of
wage earners, 4,103.
Piano Factories Decrease.
Although the number and value of pianos manu-
factured increased from 1914 to 1919 and from 1921
to 1923 the number of establishments classified in
the industry has decreased from census to census.
The number of establishments in 1914 was 255. In
1919 it was 191, in 1921 it was 185 and in 1923 it was
160. The number of persons engaged in the industry
in 1914 was 26,823, which fell to 25,760 in 1917, to
17,884 in 1921 and which raised again to 24,105 in
1923'. In 1914 the capital invested was given at
$101,746,424 and in 1919 at $116,106,53'6. "Not
called for in schedule" is the note explaining the
absence of the figures for 1921 and 1923.
The Number of Establishments.
In 1923 the number of establishments whose prod-
ucts were valued at $1,000,000 and over numbered 36.
In 1921 the number was 15 and in 1919 it was 29.
In 1923 the number of establishments whose prod-
ucts were valued from $500,000 to $1,000,000 num-
bered 32, in 1921 it was 31 and in 1919 the number
was 43. In establishments with products valued at
$100,000 to $500,000 the number for 1923, 1921 and
1919 respectively were 61, 89 and 78 valued at from
$20,000 to $100,000, the numbers for the three years
respectively were 25, 44 and 25; from $5,000 to $20,-
000, 6, 6 and 13, and for less than $5,000 in products
no returns are given for 1923, but the figures for
1921 and 1919 respectively are 5 and 3.
Piano Values for Three Years.
The total value of all products in the piano indus-
QUALITY FIRST and FIRST QUALITY
JESSE FRENCH & SONS
A
GOOD
PIANO
FOR
YOU!
JESSE FRENCH
& SONS
New Castle, Indiana
"A name well known since 1875"
try in 1923 was $111,202,051. In 1921 it was $74,357,538,
in 1919 $108,427,221 and in 1914 $63,309,574.
The number of upright pianos produced in 1923,
1921, 1919 and 1914 were respectively, with the
valuation in parentheses: 105,748 ($21,675,047), 88,655
($17,557,337), 138,171 ($29,396,703) and 227,686 ($31,-
431,382).
Upright Players
The upright players produced in 1923 numbered
170,549 valued at $46,395,896. In 1921 the number
and valuation were: 101,534 ($29,850,973); in 1919,
166,091 ($49,277,893). For 1914 the returns were:
84,456 ($18,892,308).
In upright players of the reproducing type the
figures for 1923 are 12,658 ($4,648,998). For 1921 the
returns were 5,309 ($2,836,637) and for 1919 these
are given, 11,488 ($4,067,785).
Grand Piano Production.
The baby grand production for 1923 is given as
38,024 ($16,100,915); for 1921 the figures are 15,613
($7,756,868); 1919 it was 17,973 ($8,651,904).
Baby grand players for 1923, the number given is
1,397 ($937,195); for 1921 the number is 348 ($279,927),
and for 1919 the returns are 1,195 ($662,377).
Baby player, reproducing type: 1923, 5,372 ($4,-
492,002); in 1921 the number was 2,261 ($2,576,610);
in 1919 the product was 839 ($1,048,937.
Parlor grands to the number of 5,899 ($3,834,410)
were produced in 1923. In 1921 the production was
2,562 ($1,609,190), and in 1919 'it was 2,172
($1,109,511).
Parlor grand (player) production in 1923 num-
bered 106 ($107,776); in 1921 it was 21 ($20,393), and
in 1919 it was 12 ($9,572).
Reproducing Types Increase.
Parlor grand (reproducing type) to the number of
2,631 ($2,957,420) were produced in 1923. In 1921
it was 1,432 ($1,514,402) and in 1919 the number was
113 ($109,626).
In concert grands the number produced in 1923
was 666 ($932,422); for 1921 the number was 101
($72,575) and in 1919 the number was 87 ($54,055).
A Comparison of Years.
The number of automatic and electric pianos made
in 1923 is 4,539 ($2,380,497). In 1914 the number pro-
duced was 3,622 ($1,373,206).
In 1919 cabinet player attachments made separate
from pianos to the number of 1,929 ($383,922) were
produced. In 1921 the figures were 222 ($24,517).
The figures for subsequent years.
Where Grand Is Made.
The production of grand pianos for 1923 is shown
in the following order: New York, 26,705 ($13,383,-
185); Illinois, 8,759 ($4,396,085); Massachusetts,
6,104 ($4,898,797); Indiana, 4,524 ($1,413,716); Ohio,
2,865 ($1,529,536); Michigan, 1,135 ($548,313); Penn-
sylvania, 814 ($311,777); New Jersey, 286 ($154,225);
all other states, 2,861 ($2,705,671).
The following table shows the number of piano
factories in the various states in 1923: Illinois, 33;
Indiana, 7; Maryland, 3'; Massachusetts, 10; Michi-
gan, 7; New Jersey, 6; New York, 70; Ohio, 6; Penn-
sylvania, 6; Wisconsin, 7; all other states, 5.
Organs and Orchestrions.
In the census report the designation organs and
orchestrions covers the manufacture of complete pipe
organs, reed organs and orchestrions, and for the
year 1923 the number of establishments is given at
59, with 2,211 persons engaged.
For the year 1923 the production is given as fol-
lows: Organs and orchestrions, 9,536 ($10,230,519);
pipe organs, 1,712 ($9,653,690); reed organs, 7,772
($538,614); orchestrions, 52 ($38,215).
Musical Merchandise.
A section in the census report gives figures for
musical instruments other than pianos and organs.
For 1923 the number of establishments is given at
106 with 4,797 persons engaged. Although the value
of products of this industry increased from 1914 to
1919 and from 1921 to 1923, the number of establish-
ments reporting has decreased from census to census.
The following shows the value of the products:
Wind instruments, $7,811,981; brass, $7,305,014; wood,
$506,967; stringed instruments, $3,428,924; percussion
instruments, $2,262,694; other instruments, $25,432;
parts and materials, $1,890,707; custom work and
repairing, $205,535; all other products, $175,665.
In 1923 there were 111 establishments making
phonographs in the United States, employing 23,007.
NEW BUILDING FOR BRANCH.
The C. J. Gregory Music House, with headquar-
ters at Chase City, Va., has occupied a new building
in Rocky Mountain, N. C, where three floors are
used by the company. In addition to the Ampico,
which is given the second floor for its presentation,
the company carries the Chickering, Hallet & Davis,
Kohler & Campbell and Cable-Nelson pianos and the
Gulbransen Registering piano. A prosperous branch
is also operated in Oxford, N. C.
October 17, 1925.
Grand and
Reproducing
Grand Pianos
are the last word in
musical perfection.
Lester Piano Co.
1806 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia
For a
Bigger and Better
Business
There is nothing to compare
with the complete line of
M. SCHULZ CO.
The Players are RIGHT in
everything t h a t means
money to the dealers and
satisfaction to the public
You will never do anything better
than when you get in touch with
M. SCHULZ CO.
711 Milwaukee Avenue
CHICAGO
OUTHRRN BRANCH* 790 (bndlar B i d * . ATLANTA, GA
Newman Bros.
Grands and Uprights
Guarantee
Quality, Profit and
Satisfaction
Newman Bros. Co.
816 Dix St.
Est. 1879
CHICAGO
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).