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Ayars, Contributions to the Art of Music in America by the Music Industries of Boston (1937) — the Squier, Farley, Rettberg, Rockwell and Elias Howe matter, 1937
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1NUMBER AND VALUE OF REED AND PIPE ORGANS MANUFACTURED 4
3<table>
4 <tr>
5 <th rowspan="2">Number and Value of Instruments Produced</th>
6 <th colspan="4">1931</th>
7 <th colspan="4">1927</th>
8 <th colspan="4">1921</th>
9 <th colspan="4">1905</th>
10 </tr>
11 <tr>
12 <th>1931</th>
13 <th>1927</th>
14 <th>1921</th>
15 <th>1905</th>
16 <th>1931</th>
17 <th>1927</th>
18 <th>1921</th>
19 <th>1905</th>
20 <th>1931</th>
21 <th>1927</th>
22 <th>1921</th>
23 <th>1905</th>
24 </tr>
25 <tr>
26 <th colspan="4">Number of Instruments</th>
27 <th colspan="4">Reed Organs</th>
28 <th colspan="4">Pipe Organs</th>
29 <th colspan="4">Total</th>
30 </tr>
31 <tr>
32 <td>Reed Organs</td>
33 <td>1,279</td>
34 <td>3,091</td>
35 <td>7,879</td>
36 <td>113,065</td>
37 <td>917</td>
38 <td>2,471</td>
39 <td>2,187</td>
40 <td>901</td>
41 <td>2,196</td>
42 <td>5,562</td>
43 <td>10,066</td>
44 <td>113,966</td>
45 </tr>
46 <tr>
47 <th colspan="4">Value of Product</th>
48 <th colspan="4">Reed Organs</th>
49 <th colspan="4">Pipe Organs</th>
50 <th colspan="4">Total</th>
51 </tr>
52 <tr>
53 <td>Reed Organs</td>
54 <td>$167,944</td>
55 <td>$385,280</td>
56 <td>$748,314</td>
57 <td>$4,162,319</td>
58 <td>Pipe Organs</td>
59 <td>5,283,331</td>
60 <td>16,782,128</td>
61 <td>8,963,011</td>
62 <td>1,989,979</td>
63 <td>Total</td>
64 <td>$5,451,275</td>
65 <td>$17,167,408</td>
66 <td>$9,711,325</td>
67 <td>$6,152,298</td>
68 </tr>
69</table>
71From this Table the decline in popularity of reed organs is quite apparent. On the other hand the pipe organs show a decrease in number of 62.8 per cent and in value of 68.6 per cent from 1927 to 1931 after the onset of the depression; but a gain in value of 165.4 per cent over the year 1905 for almost the same number of instruments. This occurred despite the fact that prices for materials and the value of the products were not at a peak in 1931.
73Complete figures by states are not given in either the 1927 or 1931 censuses in cases where the production value would represent the product of just one manufacturer, thus showing his business. Consequently the exact rank of Massachusetts among the states is not available. However, the proportion which the value of pipe organs produced by Massachusetts builders bears to the total annual value of pipe organs produced in the United States has increased from 1921 to 1931 as shown by the table given below.
75<table>
76 <tr>
77 <th rowspan="2">Year</th>
78 <th colspan="2">Total Value Produced—Dollars</th>
79 <th colspan="2">Value Produced by Mass. Organ Builders</th>
80 <th rowspan="2">% of Total Value</th>
81 </tr>
82 <tr>
83 <th>Dollars</th>
84 <th>Dollars</th>
85 <th>Dollars</th>
86 </tr>
87 <tr>
88 <td>1921</td>
89 <td>$8,963,011</td>
90 <td>$789,227</td>
91 <td>8.8</td>
92 </tr>
93 <tr>
94 <td>1927</td>
95 <td>$16,782,128</td>
96 <td>$1,538,123</td>
97 <td>9.2</td>
98 </tr>
99 <tr>
100 <td>1931</td>
101 <td>$5,283,331</td>
102 <td>$797,777</td>
103 <td>15.1</td>
104 </tr>
105</table>
1074 Figures taken from Biennial Census of Manufactures Summary Table I p. 1123.
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