New-York tribune., 1907-08-19
NETV YORK FAR AHEAD.
States Lead IN Making of Musical
Instruments .ShO5cn.

Washington Aug 1S-Decided progress IN the
manufacture of musical instruments in the Unitec
States in the five years ended in 1905 Is revealed
in a bulletin just issued by the census bureau Of
the Department of Commerce and Labor In this
progress which shows average leap of more
than % per in capital involved, the valJe OF
products and the number Of wage-earners, the
state of New York is far in the lead.
The official bulletin shows that there were 625
establishments engaged in this industry in 1903
They employed 5.220 wage-earners, reported an
aggregate capital ot So, ,225.379 and manufactured
products to the value OF s69.574,340 Five years
before when the census of 1900 was taken the
number Of establishments reported for this indus
try was e1a: total number of waseearners. 23 IA;
the aggregate capital $47 7065S2, and the value OF
products. sf4.41S.91S.
Comparison Of the figures for these two censuses
shows that there increase in the hVe-vear
interval Of $25 155.362. or 566 per cent III tie
of products; S2i.5IS,7S7, or 514 per cent IN tit
amount Of capital employed, and 115O6, or 4e.'
ner cent in the number Of wage-e2rners- Inc
establishments in the mean time Increased pS o'ii
six or about I per cent This cor11parauNei! s
increase n the number of establishments the re-
mort Of tie census bureau says Is more u ieS
cbsrac+eris-tc Of all lines OF industry in recent
,ears being indicative Of the tendency toward pro-
duction on a large scale e
CornparatIve figures given out ny 'lt -,
Bureau show that this industry h@ue ~
greater nrogress in the five years between l%V anu
7oo5 tban il did in the ten years between 1880 ana
1000 The value Of the products furnishes perhaps
the best indication OF growth. This item SLo
an advance from $50, l69 in 1880 to s44'4o'''' "
19ee which was increase of only S''''V''''' W
% per cent compared with the feil'@i N"
increase of S25.0oo0eo. or $50 per cent III ''
five years between 1900 and 1905
The leading state in production Of musical m
str,1nents is New York, which reported PI"u"o''
10 the value Of s24.277,927. representing more u
one-third of the total product OF the nlted o'f'
Tho state ranking next in Importance as REGARDS
this industry was illinois, of which the aggfesi'S
prod,1ct was SI3 9977 72S Next comes Massichusets'
with a product Of S. 53S 073: then Connecticut WIN
= prodrct of s52790S5. New York has been leader
in this industry for more than twenty-five years
Massachusetts was the second state in Importance
in 1880 and again 1880. but in 1900 was outrahked
by Illinois in which state the recent devei"phenl
of the industry has been rapid
The manufacture of pianos is largely centraiized
in New York City, which reported a production
of S232 upright pianos IN 1905. representing almost
one-third Of the total number produced IN the
United States. The number produced in Chlcago
was 1888. Boston produced 12.9S9-
In presenting the statistics Of this industry the
Census Bureau classified the establishments with
respect 10 their principal product under four main
heads. namely, pianos organs piano ana organ
materials and instruments and materials not
sDecified. There 2i9 piano establishments, ~
organ establishments 101 establishments producing
principally piano and organ materials and Isl es-
tablishments manufacturing instruments and ma
terials not specified. The value Of products for
these four classes of establishments was, respe'-
lively SAC go Al S6On.s44 S1312sS15 and S3.4S1.T@
The manufacture of piano and organ materials
has in recent years attained considerable impor-
tarce as distinct branch of the industry. and the
value Of such materials is shown separately Tor
the time AZ this census. The figures do not
include the value Of the materials produced and
used by manufacturers of the Instruments Tho
aggregate value of the piano and organ materials
manufactured sale was 81. .l2S3l5 Nearly
third Of the total product was reported for tho
city Of New York