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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
11
REVIEW
improvement over May. The sale of a fine or- philanthropist, his latest work being to raise
$50,000 for Bates College, Lewiston, Me., in order
chestrelle was reported to-day.
F. B. Beinkamp, of the Beinkamp Piano Co., to receive a like amount from a wealthy patron.
Trade Spasmodic—Prospects Bright—Wurlitzer returned from New York the last of the week, Mr. Berry started the subscription list with a
Co. Report Excellent June Business—Other having attended the convention. Local business personal gift of $5,000, making about $20,000 he
News of That House—Dealers Optimistic— is reported fair. The music roll library is at- has given the college all told. Besides his philan-
What Various Houses Have to Say.
tracting attention by its completeness, and bids thropic work, Mr. Berry finds time to conduct a
very successful piano business, handling the
fair to do a very large volume of business.
(Special lu The Heview.)
Strich & Zeidler and Keller & Sons pianos, and
E.
I.
Pauling,
manager
of
the
Starr
Piano
Co.,
Cincinnati, 0., June 15, 1908.
Local piano trade enjoyed another spasm last is an optimistic piano man. He said of business: often having over 300 instruments on his ware-
"Local trade is better this month than last. Busi- room floor at once.
week, say the piano men. The second week of
June returned a fair amount of business, the ness up the State is quiet now, because the farm-
QUARTERS.
MEXICAN
reason for which the dealers say they don't under- ers are busy with the wheat crop. They are pros-
stand. They explain it by calling it a spasm, perous, however, and I believe the piano business The American Piano Co. Lease the Maison-
and let it go at that. The month so far has can be made to 'hum' this fall. The outlook, I
Doree Hotel Building—Handle the Cable and
shown up as strong as the month of May. The should say, is very good." Clarence Gennett,
Mason & Hamlin Lines.
remaining two weeks look good to the piano treasurer the Starr Piano Co., was a visitor this
(Special to Tlie Iteview.)
men, who claim a large number of splendid pros- week. He is on his way to Detroit, Toledo and
City of Mexico, Mexico, June 13, 1908.
Cleveland.
pects. All are overjoyed with the fact that the
The American Piano Co. have arranged to
The W. W. Kimball Piano Co., on Race street,
Republican nomination will be settled this week.
lease the large Maison-Doree Hotel building, in
have
made
preparations
to
put
the
interior
of
This feeling is not only caused by a local regard
this city, and will convert the premises into one
for Mr. Taft, but because the dealers believe that the store in new order by the expenditure of
of the finest piano stores in the republic. The
three
or
more
thousand
dollars.
business conditions will improve rapidly from
The John Church Co. state that retail and Maison-Doree building is very beautifully finished
now on, due to the nomination.
wholesale
trade in pianos iB getting back to and decorated on the interior and will make a
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. report a quiet busi-
handsome piano store. The plans of the piano
ness during the past week. The June results, normal rapidly; that orders are more diversified,
company are to make the lower floor, now occu-
with
prospects
for
a
good
fall
business
much
however, will eclipse May's record. The piano
pied by the dulceria, the showroom and the main
improved
during
the
past
few
weeks.
Secretary
trade is interested in a proposed baseball game,
salesroom, and have the two upper floors for
Augustus
Beall
believes
the
Taft
nomination
will
scheduled for Saturday, to be played by the mar-
storerooms.
go
far
toward
settling
business.
ried men against the single men of Wurlitzer's.
The American Piano Co. on March 18 last in-
Jos. B. Murray, floor salesman of the John
A. W. Scheu will handle the curves for the mar-
creased their capital stock to $100,000 for the pur-
Church
Co.,
returned
to
his
desk
this
week,
after
ried end of the game. The two divisions of the
pose of competing for the piano business of
Wurlitzer force are each confident of "licking" an absence of five weeks, caused by illness. He i?
Mexico. At the same time the company took the
recuperating
rapidly
and
getting
after
prospects
the other. It is claimed that both Rudolph and
so'e
representation in Mexico for the Cable Com-
Howard Wurlitzer will get into the game before zealously.
pany, of Chicago, and they will in reality be a
President
Frank
A.
Lee,
of
the
Church
Co.,
re-
its close. This will please the sales force im-
branch of the Cable Company. They will also
mensely. The Wurlitzer firm will serve the re- turned from New York last week on a hurry call,
establish agencies in every city in the republic.
caused
by
the
death
of
his
mother-in-law,
Mrs.
freshments at the game, which will be played on
M. B. Blinn, who died Tuesday night, June 9. They now have seventeen agencies scattered
the Bellevue ball grounds.
throughout Mexico. They also control the sole
A. W. Schen, manager of the Steinway depart- She had reached the good age of some eighty agency in Mexico for the Mason & Hamlin piano,
ment at Wurlitzer's, went to Hazelgreen, Ky., years.
B. E. Roberts, of the player department of the of Boston, the Chase & Baker, and several other
during the week to handle a big Steinway sale.
Baldwin
Piano Co., returned from the New York instruments.
Howard Wurlitzer returns from New York
convention
to-day, much elated with his trip,
Thursday, having gone east to attend the piano
SUMMER TERM NOW OPENED.
which
included
a visit to rich friends on a Vir-
men's conventions.
(Special to The Review.)
ginia
plantation.
He
reported
local
trade
as
quiet
The Aeolian Co. are reported to be doing a
Ada, O., June 13, 1908.
last
week.
better June business than during last month.
The summer term of the Northwestern Ohio
B. F. Hollingsworth, manager of the Krell
Manager Howard Spear says he finds a general
Piano Co., says he is receiving a large number School of Piano Tuning opened last Monday with
of replies to his advertisement offering an upright an attendance representing several States. Among
Krell piano in exchange for the oldest piano in the graduates of last term were two dealers,
this section. The contest is open until Saturday, J. R. Gwyiin, of Paris, 111., and B. F. Haus, Upper
June 20. The many replies look good as pros- Sandusky, O.
Since going into quarters of their own a year
pects. These frequent "stunts" of Mr. Hollings-
worth, as he terms his advertising hits, bring ago, many improvements have been made, and
him a good return in sales. He claims the pres- besides having an up-to-date player-piano depart-
ent month will be up to a year ago in record. ment, this school will install a pipe organ as
well, and offer a course on this instrument, which
Collections are said to be improving.
is growing in popularity.
MOLLER ORGAN FOR BANGOR, PA.
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the
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omenal place in the
esteem of the whole
industry as a player-
piano of superlative
excellence.
This is a uniquely
beautiful instrument.
We gladly furnish full-
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The opening concert on the new pipe organ
built by M. P. Moller, of Hagerstown, Md., for
the First United Evangelical Church of Bangor,
Pa., on the evening of June 5, was largely at-
tended. Arthur Depew, the well-known organist
of New York, gave a recital, assisted by a num-
ber of eminent artists. He demonstrated beauti-
fully the different combinations of string, flute,
diapason and reed stops, and everyone was de-
lighted with the instrument, which is another
example of the excellent work turned out by the
MoHer institution.
EPOCH IN PAUL G. MEHLIN'S CAREER.
A new epoch in the career of the house of Paul
G. Mehlin & Sons was marked by the successful
production of their new concert grand piano, and
to fittingly celebrate the occasion the firm pre
se.nted their friends in the trade with a large and
handsomely framed portrait of the founder, Paul
G. Mehlin. The new concert grand is regarded
as the masterpiece of Mr. Mehlin's long career as
a piano builder, and the souvenir will be prized
by the recipient as marking a forward step in the
history of Mehlin & Sons.
H. W. BERRY'S GIFT OF $5,000
H. W. Berry, the veteran piano dealer of Bos-
ton, Mass., has an enviable reputation as a
FARRAND CO.'S ORGAN CATALOG.
The Farrand Co., of Detroit, Mich., are re-
ceiving many compliments on the publication of
their new catalog, devoted to reed organs. Some
handsome ones are illustrated and described, and
all the dealers having a call for organs would
do well to have the Farrand catalog in hand.
The instruments made by this house contain
many individual features that enable them to
appeal to particular organ buyers.
The Estey Co., during the conventions, pre-
sented their friends with a sterling silver knife,
upon which appeared the simple initials "S. T."
It was a souvenir highly prized by all fortunate
recipients.
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