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O. A. Field Visiting Branches—Weber Exploi-
tation—Lhevinne's Recital—0. K. Houck
Takes on the Kurtzmann Line—Some Recent
Trade Visitors to Saintly City.
(Special to The Review.)
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
This firm have just taken on the Kurtzman-
line of instruments at their Memphis store.
F. E. Mills, manager of the talking machine
department of the O. K. Houck Piano Co., spent
two days here this week.
NEW ASSOCIATION MEMBERS.
Steady Increase in Membership Reported Month
After Month—Some of the Latest Who Have
Fallen in Line Since the First of the Year.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 5, 1907.
Trade conditions still remain very quiet on
pianos, but business on sheet music and small
The secretary of the National Association of
goods is good.
Piano
Dealers of America reports the following
O. A. Field, president of the Jesse French
Piano & Organ Co., left to-day on a visit to this new members from January 1 to February 1:
Active—John V. Austin, Austin Organ Co.,
firm's branches at Nashville, Chattanooga and
Hartford, Conn.; Fergus Coalter, Fergus Coalter
Montgomery.
The Kieselhorst Piano Co. have a very fine Music Co., Salt Lake City, Utah; Perry A. Cole,
window display this week of a mahogany Apollo J. B. Cook Piano Co., Boston, Mass.; F. M. Grif-
player and a Melville Clark D style golden oak fith, Hallet & Davis Piano Co., New York, N. Y.;
piano, and on the player is a copy of Mme. Lil- Lyman D. Guest, the Guest Piano Co., Burling-
lian Nordica's very elaborate endorsement of the ton, Iowa; J. D. Hobbie, the Hobble Co., Roanoke,
Va.; A. J. Hassmer, A. J. Hassmer, Lau-
instrument.
The Balmer & Weber Music Co. are doing con- renceburg, Ind.; B. F. Hollinsworth, Smith &
siderable exploitation of the Weber instrument Nixon Piano Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.; H. A. Jame-
in connection with Moriz Rosenthal's late visit son, F. G. Smith Piano Co., St. Louis, Mo.; C. V.
Lucas, the J. B. Cook Piano Co., Boston, Mass.;
here.
The Estey Co. report the sale of a $750 Estey J. E. Martin, the Martin Music Co., Springfield,
player to a well-known citizen of this city yes- Mo.; E. Carson Mason, Mason Bros., Bellows
Falls, Vt.; Ralph P. Meyer, J. B. Cook Piano Co.,
terday.
The piano recital given by Josef Lhevinne Boston, Mass.; B. C. Mason, Mason Bros., Bel-
here Saturday night on the Steinway instrument lows Falls, Vt.; E. A. Parks, Parks Music House
Mo.; J. D. Ritter, Hallet & Davis
at the Odeon proved to be a very popular event. Co., Louisiana,
s
At the end of the performance he was given a Piano Co., Pittsburg, Pa.; Ernest E. Smith, the
double encore and after he responded he re- Smith & Miller Piano Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; G.
Smith, the Smith Piano Co., Cincinnati, Ohio;
ceived a decided ovation.
J.
M. Wallace, Wallace Music Co., Marion, Ind.;
The San Carlo Opera Co. are here for this
week at the Odeon, and there has been a very Harry W. Watson, Fred G. Watson & Bro., Mt.
heavy advance sale of seats, indicating that they Vernon, 111.; A. E. Whitaker, F. G. Smith Piano
Co., St. Louis, Mo.; R. W. Young, manager Parks
will have large audiences.
Prominent visitors here during the past week Music House Co., Hannibal, Mo.
Associate—J. C. Bridge, Logansport, Ind.; E.
were: Daniel F. Treacy, Davenport & Treacy;
G.
Huller, Merrill Piano Manufacturing Co., Bos-
E. S. Eskewe, Clough & Warren; Edward Mar-
tin, president Burdett Piano Co.; William B. ton, Mass.; Andrew J. Keefe, Lyon & Healy,
Williams, Sterling Piano Co., and "Bob" Burgess, Chicago, 111.
Wegman Piano Co.
STARR CO. ON PACIFIC COAST.
The F. G. Smith Piano Co. have a window
display of a fine mahogany Bradbury piano with
Official Announcement of New Organization
a card reading "38 years in the White House."
Gilbert A. Pond, the new secretary of the Formed Especially to Handle the Rapidly
Growing Trade of the Company.
Balmer & Weber Music House Co., arrived to-
day from Cnicago to assume his new duties.
Some weeks ago The Review made extended
A. F. Mills, formerly with the Templeton Music
Co., of Chattanooga, Tenn., has joined the forces reference to the latest move of the Starr Piano
of the Balmer & Weber Music House Co. as Co., Richmond, Ind., in establishing Pacific Coast
headquarters, whereby the trade of that section
salesman.
O. K. Houck, president of the O. K. Houck of the country will be developed most thoroughly
Piano Co., arrived here Sunday and will leave in keeping with the general policy of this com-
to-night for Memphis. He reports having just pany.
Not until last week, however, was official an-
closed a two weeks' special sale at their Mem-
phis store, which was very successful. They are nouncement made of the organization of a Pa-
now putting in a new front to their Memphis cific Coast division of the company, incorporated
store and making other improvements. They under the laws of California, with headquarters
have just put in handsome new electric light in Los Angeles. The officers of the new com-
Signs at their Little Rock and Memphis stores, pany will be-Henry Gennett, president; Shuman
which are gotten up in a very attractive and Jones, vice-president, and Henry M. Nolder, sec-
retary and treasurer. Both the latter men, who
unique manner.
have been associated- with the factory of the
Starr Piano Co. for many years, will be in charge
of the company's interests in the West.
The question of handling the rapidly growing
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Gennett, Jones and Nolder will leave for Los
Angeles on March 2 to establish the new busi-
ness.
In anticipation of an increase in business and
for the better facilities it will afford for the
construction of high grade instruments, a new
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factory addition is to be erected in Richmond,
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Ind., greatly increasing the immensity of the
Manufactured and sold only by
local plant. This new addition will be located
to the south of the main line of buildings and
will be a steel and brick structure, six stories
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high. Its dimensions will be 64 by 150 feet and
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some people to know that with the addition of
the new building the Starr Piano Factory will
be one of the largest of its kind in the United
States. Arrangements are also being made for
the changing of the freight switch. City Engi-
neer Fred Charles is completing a survey for
the installation of increased shipping facilities
and sidings. The purchase of the most advanced
type of machinery is now being made to be added
to the large and perfect equipment of the plant.
At the present time the factories and lumber
yards of the company cover thirty-three acres of
ground, all of which at this time is the scene of
much activity.
LAUTER GRAND IN CONCERT.
This Instrument Played by a Number of Well
Known Artists Recently—Highly Praised for
Its Quantity and Quality of Tone.
(Special to The Review.)
Newark, N. J., Feb. 7, 1907.
The Lauter grand piano has been the recipient
oi a large amount of favorable publicity during
tne past few weeks. This instrument has been
in use at practically every important concert in
and around Newark during the present season,
ind has called forth much congratulatory com-
ment from musicians and newspaper critics.
At the Lyric Club concert, one of the fashion-
able and social events of the season, the other
evening, its beautiful tone was characterized as
delightful for accompaniment in part singing.
Nearly every member of the club who took part
in the programme expressed the keenest satisfac-
tion with its unusual beauty of tone. Similar
favorable comment was made in newspaper no-
tices, of the concert. Altogether the evening was
a veritable triumph for the Lauter piano.
Similarly at the concert of the Musical Art
Society in Orange at the Young People's Sym-
phony and in many other places lately the piano
lias called forth the most favorable comment.
The tone has been described by one critic as
being superbly beautiful, and by another the
piano has been declared to be the finest concert
instrument to which it has ever been his lot to
listen.
The fine qualities of the Lauter grands are
well reflected in the demand for them from all
over the country. Quite a large number of
grands and small grands have been shipped from
the factory lately, and there are now unfilled or-
ders on hand that have been standing for two
and three weeks.
Letters from President Charles E. Cameron,
who is at Pinehurst with his family, indicate
that Mr. Cameron is enjoying all the pleasures
of golf and other outdoor exercises.
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