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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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San Francisco for Honolulu, where he will spend
some time.
Shipments of Instruments by This Route Is Particularly Satisfactory—Death of Ralph H. Holmes
R. K. Maynard, Western sales manager for the
Regretted—Busy Times with Starr Piano Co.—J. T. Fitzgerald Arrives from Europe.
M. Schulz Co. and the Werner Piano Co., Chi-
(Special to The Review.)
placed eight instruments in country schools around cago, is calling on the trade here this week.
Los ANGELES, CAL., November 28.—The few
J. T. Fitzgerald, president of the Fitzgerald
Los Angeles, and the San Diego branch has just
weeks just preceding Christmas usually constitute filled a contract for several pianos for use in the Music Co., recently arrived home from an exten-
a sort of rounding-up period in the piano business. schools of that city.
sive tour of Europe. He was absent for several
With Los Angeles dealers it is not considered a
months, and was among those who experienced
Adds Talking Machine Department.
very promising time for seriously interesting new
The William L. Glockner Music Co. has recently considerable difficulty in getting out of the war
"prospects," but an especially excellent time for
installed a talking machine department, and a spe- zone. He visited Germany, France, Switzerland
closing up prospective purchasers who have long cial demonstrating room is being fitted up there- and England.
delayed decision. And just now this is the pro- for. Edison 'and Columbia makes are handled.
F. L. Jordan, representative for the Smith,
gram here, which is producing a very satisfactory
Barnes & Strohber Co., of Chicago, is in Los An-
Visitors and Personals.
run of sales. It is in the talking-machine de-
J. J. Griffith, formerly of the Starr Piano Co., geles this week. He reports that he finds business
partments, however, that the more activity on of this city, has just 'become general manager of
improving quite rapidly all through the West, and,
account of approaching Christmas is being mani- the Holmes Music Co.
incidentally, is exhibiting a statement showing that
fested. Several music houses are carrying quite a
Warren C. Whitney, vice-president of the A. B. his company did a larger business last month than
little extra advertising space in the newspapers to Chase Co., Norwalk, O., was in Los Angeles a during any October in the history of this progres-
herald their suggestion of "a delightful family few days ago. He sailed on the 23d instant from sive house.
Christmas gift," and because of the recent notice-
able improvement in financial conditions, probably
SECURES A. B. CHASE CO. AGENCY.
DETROIT ASSOCIATION TO MEET.
due, more or less, to the new banking law which Clayton Music Co. to Feature A. B. Chase President Bayley and Secretary Howes Take
has just gone into effect, they are looking forward
Pianos and Artistanos in Salt Lake City,
Steps to Bring Members Together—Interest
quite optimistically to a good holiday business.
Utah—Located in Handsome New Quarters.
Has Been Sadly Lacking in Association.
Shipments via Panama Canal.
(Special to The Review.)
The agency for the A. B. Chase Co. line of
Some of the Los Angeles dealers are now re-
DETROIT, MICH., November 30.—Frank J. Bayley,
ceiving their shipments of pianos from the East by pianos and Artistanos in Salt Lake City, Utah,
way of the Panama Canal, and are finding this has been secured by the Clayton Piano Co., a com- president of the Detroit Music Trades Associa-
routing particularly satisfactory. It not only means paratively new but a very progressive concern in tion, and A. H. Howes, secretary, got their heads
together this week and decided to buy a pulmotor
a considerable saving in money, but also enables the that city.
The Clayton Co. is now located in handsome and exercise it on the corpse of the association.
dealers to keep their stocks in better shape. Here-
tofore, 'as a matter of business economy, it has been quarters in the Utah Theater building, 134-136 The experiment will be made the first week in
December, and will be in the nature of exhorting
necessary to order in carload lots in order to get State street, where it has exceptional facilities for
the lowest freight rates possible, but now that the featuring its various lines of instruments. The the members of the nominating committee to hold
Panama Canal offers an all-water route to the company was organized during January of this a meeting and adopt a slate for new officers. From
Pacific Coast from New York the shipments may year following the withdrawal of the Clayton in- the record of the association for 1914, it is not
exactly apparent why any officers for 1915 are nec-
be of any size without affecting the rate. The terest from the Consolidated Music Co.
essary. But December is the month in which the
carload rate, by railroad, is $2.00 per hundred
annual meeting ought to be held, so an effort will
MAY PASS EXPORT TRUST LAW.
pounds, and for less than a carload the rate is
be
made to get enough members together to sec-
$3.00 per hundred; whereas, shipments by way of Congress May Take Steps to Prevent Ameri-
the canal are made for $1.25 per hundred, regard-
can Manufacturers from Handling Export ond a motion to adopt the slate—providing the
less of size. Considering a minimum carload of
Trade on "Cartel" Plan Favored by Ger- nominating committee gets enough members to-
gether to make up a slate.
12,000 pounds, or of fifteen pianos, the amount col-
mans—If So, How Can We Compete?
It is a queer situation the association finds itself
lected by the railroad is $240; while the same
Additional trust legislation may be enacted at in. It once included every dealer of consequence in
shipment by all-water would 'be but $150, a dif-
the city, and was active continually. Why interest
erence of $90 per carload. Shipments by way of the coming session of Congress as the result of
decreased no one seems to know. Last January
discoveries
made
by
American
manufacturers
who
Panama, however, are delivered at San Pedro,
and this necessitates a slight additional charge for have tried to build up an export trade, according the largest meeting in the history of Ihe organiza-
tion was held. But 'after that the officers were
delivery into the city, twenty-four miles distant. to a report from Washington.
able to get a quorum together but once. The dis-
Much of the success of the Germans in export
But with this included, the saving to Los Angeles
dealers amounts to approximately $75 on each trade has been due to the fact that they were per- appearance of interest was as sudden as it was
carload, which is equivalent to $5.00 on each piano. mitted to put into effect a system of co-operation unexpected. The members hope that interest will
described as "cartel," in which all the manufac- revive as suddenly as it went.
Piano Man Passes Away.
turers
of a certain line get together to build up
Ralph H. Holmes, president of the Holmes Mu-
their
export
business.
FIRE IN PORTSMOUTH.
sic Co., of this city, died after a long illness, at
They
may
agree upon prices at which their
the home of his wife's father, A. C. Marshall, in
The store and stock of J. M. Hassett, piano
Dayton, O., on the 17th instant. The funeral was products will be sold in foreign countries and en- dealer of Portsmouth, N. H., was badly damaged
held at the home of his parents, in La Grange, gage in other practices which partake of combina- by a fire in the business district of that city which
111., the place of his birth. He was aged fifty-two tion.
caused a total loss of $30,000.
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States
years, and had come to Los Angeles in 1902. He
was a talented violinist, and was regarded as a will probably recommend to Congress that an
OPENS H1SJ)WN STORE.
connoisseur of old violins. He organized the amendment be made to the existing law which will
(Special to The Review.)
piano and general music company of which he was permit American manufacturers to organize in
LOUISIANA, MO., November 30.—W. Wirt Parks,
some, similar way. The trust committee of the
president in 1905. Ill health had prevented him
formerly a member of the Parks Music House Co.,
Chamber of Commerce will begin a series of meet-
from taking an active part in the affairs of the com-
Hannibal, Mo., has severed his connection with
ings in New York next week.
pany for some time, and under the management
that concern, disposed of his stock, and has ar-
of other officers the business will ibe continued
ranged to open warerooms of his own in this
A REAL BUSY_PIANO DEALER.
as heretofore.
town.
Big Demand from Schools for Pianos.
One of the busy men in the piano trade is
The receiver of the bankruptcy for the Hill Piano
The Starr Piano Co., of this city, Western head- William Comen, a piano dealer of Louisville, Ky.,
Co., Jamestown, N. Y., has declared a first divi-
quarters for the manufacturers of the same name who, in addition to selling pianos, finds time to
of Richmond, Ind., has just completed the sale and teach music and also act as organist in two of the dend of 5 per cent, for the benefit of the credit-
ors of the company, which was petitioned in the
delivery of a total of seventy-two pianos to the local churches. Mr. Comen's store is located on
bankruptcy in September, 1912.
public schools of this city. The company has also Walnut street near Third.
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