Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-07
MANUEACTUR or
/ MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
IN 1909


value. IN the value Of pipe organs
manniacturord Massachusetts. Men
York, and siilnois reported about
equal amounts IN 1893. Illinois show
Ing much the largest gain from 1888
10 ices. while a decrease took place
In Massachusetts.
Other Afuz1sal flietrmmenfs.
The establishments assigned 70 ihla
branch o. the mnslcal-inssrumen IN
duAtry are those oneaqcd chiefly Ia
the manufacture % various kinds OF
musical instruments other than ~
amos and organs and phonog. .Dhs ANA
sraphophOnes. or % ma'crials f0r
such instruments. Ths iastrdinenss
made Include cornegs. tromosas, tu-
bas and other byasa Instruments FOR
band and orchestra unc. eytnbals.
drums xylophones. cas- nncts. dulci-
mers. harpB, Tyres. aultt.S iutes. Ten.
jos. mandolins, klthors, vioiins. v!Oion-
ccilos, flutes. siagcoiets. plcc1i5s. etc..
and parts Of such Instruments.
The value Of products cor this
branch Of the com 1inei -nuairal in
atrument Industry DOES rot uh0w the
General increase from cefsas 20 cen.
sus 10 noticeable In the two preced-
ing branches. The value ~ products
In 1903 was "a por cent isss than ia
1904. and 40 per cent less thru ia
1899. During the nrht aalf ~ the
decade ending with 1863 thors was
considerable decrease ~ the num0tr
Of establishments. IS 3,npttse0 ~
smaller decreases IN sh numbef %
persons employed, capital invested.
wages paid and cost 90 rate -ials. ahd
an Increase In the alierles, miFcelian-
eous expenses value ~ bryderta. and
value added by manufacture. During
the last half 81 the decade there WAS
"a decrease In all OF the itSms except
the number OF establishments. aum.
Der Of salaried employees. aud sal
aried employees. and sala.ies.
monographs and Grapih'ph0ncs.
The establishments assig 1ud 90 this
industry were engaged chiefly IN the
Manufacture OF phon 'e-aphg ~
graphophones for either llsk "r syi-
indcr records, including those Tor g..
ice dlctati0n; also the manufacture
Of records. blanks. horns. needles, or
other supplies and materials used IN
the Industry.
Each census since 1899 has shown
an increase In the manufacture Of
monographs and graphorhones. b''t
by far the greater deveSrment oc-
CURED during the fve-ycar period
1Sg9-ig0a when there was an increase
OF 1886. or 1854 per cent. IN the
number Of persons enEa ged In the in
dustry and Of $780, sol. or 1851 per
cent. In the value 81 products while
there Was an increase Of only seven
in the num0er OF establishments dur
ing the decade. the number OF perS.sss
engaged IN the Industry IN 1909 WAS
more than four times and the value Of
products more than ave times as great
az tho corresponding figures for 1893.
M 1903, rs OF the Is establishments
were operated by corporations. New
Jersey is By far the leading state IN
the industry. as measured by value
OF products. followed by Connecticut
and New York In the order named.
OF the total value 81 products re-
ported for the Industry IN i9e9, Sil.-
f25. 9a6. the value OF complete instru-
ments formed s5.fOe,6Sf, or t6.i per
cent, and that Of records and blanks
s5.O07,lO4, or 42,7 per cent The re-
mainder. t1.3t2,2Os. or ii.2 per cent
represented for the most part horns.
needles. matrices, and other supplies
used in the manufacture or operation
Of the instruments.