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THE.
IV1LJ5SIC T R A D E
REVIEW
Will Carlin will leave soon for an extended fishing
trip in Florida.
How the Holiday Business Panned Out for the
As a result of pushing high-grade pianos and
Piano Dealers—Sale of Fuller-Currens Co.
putting such pianos in their display windows, the
Stock Ended—H. L. Fuller to Handle the
Pearson Piano House had an unusually high grade
Kimball Une—Offer $8,000 for Piece of
of business preceding the holidays. Nearly all of
Mjjsic—What the Various Houses Are Doing
the sales ranged from more than $300 to $1,100.
—The Week's News in Brief.
This house has also sold a number of pianos, par-
ticularly Kurtzmanns, specially designed to match
(Special to The Review.)
interiors.
The Christmas window of the Pearson
Tndianapolis, Ind., Jan. 3, 1011.
While the holiday business of the Indianapolis store was one of the most elaborate in the city.
piano men was very satisfactory, there were sev- In addition to the lanterns, greenstuffs and other
eral dealers who said that it was not quite up to decorations there were in one- of the windows
that of last year. It will be some time before the three of their leading 88-note players, Angelus,
various dealers have balanced up their books to see Knrtzmann and Blasius. In the other window a
just exactly what the status of trade was in 1910. Steinway and a Kurtzmann were shown, each with
The sale at the Fuller-Currens Co. store has the price plainly marked.
Mme. Gadski appeared before a large audience
been closed by the Kimball Piano Co., and II. L.
Fuller is now in charge and will handle the Kim- in English opera last week, using a Steinway piano.
ball piano exclusively. Mr. Fuller was one of the The Starr Piano Co. sold a Starr player-piano
members of the firm when it was known as the to the Mayer-Lewis Overall Co. The piano was
Fuller-Currens Piano Co., the other being H. C, presented by the company to the young women
Currens, now of St. Louis. During the closing employes in the firm. E. W. Exley, sales manager
days of the sale an 88-note-player Kimball was sold of the Starr Co., was at Evansville last week and
to Frank VV. Flanner, a prominent citizen of In- placed Starr pianos in three of the theaters in that
dianapolis, and a Kimball grand was sold tu John city.
The King Piano Co. had a rushing business just
B. Cookrum, grand sire of the order of Odd Fel-
lows, and a Kimball 88-note player also was sold before Christmas, at one time having sold five
to School No. 10. G. L. Hadley, of the Kimball players that they could not get from the factory
Co., who has gone back to his headquarters at for delivery. The Christmas business of the King
Chicago, was much pleased with the results of the Co. was much better than that of 1909, and a
sale and was favorably impressed with the piano higher grade of pianos was sold. The business
also kept up fairly well between Christmas and
business in Indianapolis.
A New York music publishing firm have offered New Year.
The Wulschner-Stewart Music Co. had an ex-
Carlin & Lennox $8,000 for the ownership rights
of a piece of sheet music which has been handled cellent business in players, particularly in Behnings
by Carlin & Lennox for the last twelve years. and Apollos. The player business was much bet-
An offer of $5,000 was made for the same piece ter than the straight piano business.
The Aeolian Co. at the close of the year reported
two years ago. The price asked for the piece is
I hat the winter season's sale on Weber and Steck
$15,000. Wili Carlin declined to give the title of
grand Pianola pianos had been unusually satisfac-
the piece.
Carlin & Lennox had a good steady holiday trade tory. The sale of five Weber Pianola grand pianos
but no rush. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Lennox have in December was a record breaker for this store.
left for New York and planned to sail from there A concert was recently given in Aeolian Hall be-
to New Orleans to be away about two weeks. fore the music section of the Indiana State Teach-
TRADE NEWS FROM INDIANAPOLIS.
ers' Association. Johannes Miersch was the violin-
ist and Mary E. Heness, soprano.
W. H. Alfring, of the St. Louis house, was in
Indianapolis at Christmas time and visited the
branches at Fort Wayne and Richmond. He found
business going along nicely at both places.
The new piano house of Rapp & Lennox, al-
though in business only a few months, checked up
a good trade at the end of the calendar year and
were greatly pleased. The company have been en-
joying a good business, especially in the Cecilian
line.
DINE FACTORY EMPLOYES.
Strich & Zeidler Take That Method of Show-
ing Appreciation of Good Work.
As a mark of appreciation for the manner in
which the entire factory force had worked for the
ii.terests of the business during the year just closed,
William Strich and Paul M. Ziedler, of the firm of
Strich & Zeidler, entertained all their employees
at an elaborate dinner at one of the Bronx cafes
during holiday week. Short speeches in a happy
vein were made by both hosts and guests, and the
whole affair proved a great success.
ENGAGEMENT OF MISS MAY BOURNE.
The engagement is announced of Miss May
Bourne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G.
Bourne, Oakdale, L. I., and New York, to Ralph
B. Strassburger, of Norristown, Pa. Mr. Bourne,
father of the bride-to-be, is one of the largest
stockholders in the Aeolian Co., New York. Mr.
Strassburger is a graduate of the United States
Naval Academy and gave up naval life to go into
business in this city. He is a prominent clubman
and very popular.
Alfred H. Ford, who has charge of the piano and
player-piano department of the L. Grunewald Co.,
Ltd., New Orleans, La., has sent out to his friends
and customers a very attractive New Year's re-
minder in the form of a calendar printed on alumi-
num, with thermometer attached.
A Player-Piano
that is bound to give satis-
faction under any and all
conditions:
THE
BEHNING
Manufactured by men of experience and skill.
Marketed by dealers of standing.
The Behning Piano Company
Offices and Factory: 133d St. and Alexander Ave.
Warerooms: 295 Fifth Avenue
NEW YORK