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THE MU3IC TRADE
E. S. CONWAY ONPACIFIC COAST.
Enthusiastic Over the Wonderful Resources of
the Pacific Coast Together With the Oppor-
tunities for Development—Attends Eilers'
Opening—Will Return This Week.
(Special to The Review.)
REVIEW
the Starr Piano Co. in the domain of piano per-
fection.
The Starr Minum Grand is 5 feet 2 inches
long and 4 feet 3 inches wide, and within this
limited space is to be found a tone of rare
quality and evenness which is developed through
an action mechanism that is most responsive and
effective in every respect. Eminent musicians
who have tried this latest production of the
Starr Piano Co. have awarded it the highest
praise. It is an instrument that is destined to
add still further to the artistic standing of the
Starr pianos, and demonstrates the very high
aims which this company have ever had in mind
in the production of their creations.
San Francisco, Cal., March 23, 1906.
E. S. Conway, vice-president of the W. W.
Kimball Co., of Chicago, accompanied by Mrs.
Conway, arrived here Friday as a member of the
Stubbs party, and will remain here for some
time, looking after the interests of his concern.
In speaking of the advancement of the Pacific
Coast, and particularly of San Francisco, he said
yesterday:
PONTIAC MUSIC CO. ASSIGN.
"While this country is growing rapidly, its de-
velopment and increase in the past five decades
has not been as great as it will be within the Lack of Capital Force This Company to Take
This Step for the Benefit of Their Creditors.
next ten years. Take the history of the world
and you will find that the growth in population
(Special to The Review.)
and material wealth is predicated upon com-
Pontiac, Mich., March 26, 1906.
merce, and one seldom takes the lead of the
The Pontiac Music Co. (unincorporated),
other. This has been clearly shown in the de-
velopment of the Bast. In 1869 one avenue of which has been engaged in the sale of musical
commerce was opened across the continent, and goods in this city for the last eight years, has
this common carrier supplied the wants of the made an assignment for the benefit of creditors.
Pacific Coast from Los Angeles to Victoria, B. C. This business has been under the personal charge
To-day you have eight trunk lines connecting the and ownership of T. P. Davis, one of Pontiac's
Pacific Coast with your sister States in the East. most respected citizens and the news of his mis-
Add to this the fact that the arid plains between fortune is deeply regretted by all who have had
here and the Missouri River are being trans- dealings with him. The concern has done a
formed from producing sage brush into the most large business on capital that was inadequate to
fertile farms in the world, thus affording an ave- meet the requirements of the credit department
nue to the numerous transcontinental lines into and while Mr. Davis was prompt in all his deal-
the interior, and drawing the Coast closer year by ings he could not overcome the difficulties in his
path. The creditors are all out-of-town musical
year to the centers of trade.
supply houses. Harry H. Snowdon is named as
"The wonderful resources of the Pacific Coast,
assignee. I t is the earnest wish of all that Mr.
together with the eight transcontinental lines,
Davis may recover himself and continue the
whereas thirty-six years ago you had not one,
business in which he has been so long engaged.
leads me to believe that the growth of your
great country is just beginning, and, while
you have been over fifty years in se- WILLIS & CO.'S IMPORTANT MOVE.
curing in your State a population gf 1,500,000,
the task of doubling that number in the next ten Secure Charter With $1,000,000 Capital—Of-
ficers Elected—Old Name Retained.
years will be easy compared with the work of the
first fifty. I predict a great future for the Pa-
cific Coast."
In last week's Review there appeared a brief
Colonel Conway states he is deeply interested notice containing the important information that
in the grand opening of the Eilers music store Willis & Co., the well-known piano merchants of
Montreal, Canada, had organized their business
Monday.
"The Eilers Music Co.," said Colonel Conway, into a joint stock concern with a capital of one
"are the exclusive representatives of the Kim- million dollars, half paid in.
The new firm, which will retain the name of
ball Co. on this coast and our largest exclusive
Willis & Co., has the following list of officers:
agents."
After the opening of Eilers' big store he will A. P. Willis, president; Robert A. Willis, vice-
rejoin the Stubbs party at Catalina and return president; W. H. Willis, secretary; William
Arthur Willis, treasurer; George H. Willis, Chas.
East with them.
D. Paterson and George L. Duncan are directors
with the officers.
L. R. KAYLOR DEAD.
The objects of the new company are to manu-
Former Fort Scott Music Dealer Expired in facture, buy and sell, wholesale and retail,
Nevada Sanitarium, After Years of Af- pianos, organs, piano players, etc., with branch
fliction.
offices in Ottawa, Quebec, Halifax and near Win-
nipeg.
(Special to The Review.)
The firm of Willis & Co. dates from 1877, when
Ft. Scott, Kan., March 24, 1906.
L. R. Kaylor, formerly a music dealer in it was founded by Mr. A. P. Willis, who is still
Fort Scott and founder of the Kaylor Bros, mu- the head of the business. The fact of its grow-
sic business in this city and Nevada, died re- ing from a very small beginning in the broad
cently in the sanitarium at Nevada, where he Dominion is the greatest possible testimony to
Mr. Willis' capability as a business man.
had been confined for three years past.
Willis & Co. represent the best firms in Can-
About three years ago, while Mr. Kaylor was in
Illinois, he suffered a sunstroke from which he ada and the United States. From the latter
country they have imported the Knabe. During
never recovered. The deceased was 48 years of
age, and launched into business in this city some the musical season drawing to a close, their in-
struments have been used in all the leading con-
twenty years ago.
certs, and by all the principal artists. Some of
these are the Philharmonic Society, the Pittsburg
THE STARR JUNUM GRAND.
Orchestra, the Montreal Orchestra, Marteau, Otie
A Small Grand of Great Tone Possibilities and
Chew, Kirkby Lunn, Marie Hall, Kubelik, Ger-
Charm Which Is Increasing Its Admirers ardy, Rubinstein, Nordica and many other no-
Every Day.
table artists.
The Minum Grand, the new small grand re-
cently placed on the market by the Starr Piano
Co., Richmond, Ind., has well been termed a
"Triumph in Artistry." This instrument is a
notable contribution to the increasing family of
small grands, and with its graceful design, admir-
able scale and beautiful tone, it affords most im-
pressive evidence of the great achievements of
KURTZMANN & CO. ERECTING DRY KILN.
C. Kurtzmann & Co. the progressive piano
manufacturers of Buffalo, N. Y., are now erecting
a new dry kiln immediately adjoining their fac-
tory B, at Hudson and Seventh streets. This
kiln will have a capacity for drying 50,000 feet
of lumber at one time.
The entire output
of all makes of
pianos
in the United States during
the past year, at r e t a i l
prices, only amounts to
five times as much as the
sale of Victor goods.
And the Victor has been
before the public only four
years, while the piano in-
dustry has thrived for up-
wards of a half-century!
A very remarkable show-
ing for the
Victor
Talking Machines
and Records
but it is only a question of
a few years before the Victor
output will equal one-half
of that of all the makes of
pianos in the United States.
The hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars we are
spending in magazine ad-
vertising t h a t r e a c h e s
49,000,000 readers e v e r y
month, is going to be a
great factor in bringing this
about.
Don't you want to get a
share of this business ?
Victor Talking Machine
Company
Camden,
N. J.