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THE
J. T. WAMELINK DIES SUDDENLY.
Prominent Piano Man of Cleveland a Victim of
Heart Trouble—Was Head of One of the
Pioneer Music Houses of the City—Mem-
bers of Trade Attend the Funeral.
(Special to The Review.)
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a special trip from New York in order to be
present.
Mr. Wamelink is survived by his widow, his
mother, three sisters and two brothers, Harry J.
and Eugene C, both of Cleveland.
PURCHASE 11 STROHBER PLAYERS.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 14.—The piano trade
throughout the East will iearn with regret of the Value of Personal Friendship Demonstrated—
Fred D. Holmes' Sales to Calumet Club
death on Thursday of last week of John T. Wame-
link, president of the J. T. Wamelink & Sons Piano
Members—The Strohber Miniature Grand.
Co., and one of the best known piano men of the
. (Special to The Review.)
city. Death was due to heart trouble and came
MILWAUKEE, WIS., December 15.—The value of
'after only two days of illness.
Mr. Wamelink, who was fifty-two years old, was personal friendship to the piano dealer was well
shown in Milwaukee recently, when Fred D.
Holmes, general manager of the Smith Piano Co.'s
store at 90 Wisconsin street, sold eleven Strohber
players to his friends in the Calumet Club, a well-
known local social organization of which Mr.
Holmes is a prominent member. Six of the sales
were made to the club members in about a week's
time, but five of them were made in one day, when
five of the clubmen, according to a prearranged
plan, called at the Smith store at intervals of half
an hour and purchased a Strohber player of Mr.
Holmes. The deal will give the Strohber much
publicity in Milwaukee, as all the clubmen who
purchased the players are prominent citizens.
The first Strohber miniature grand turned out
recently at the North Milwaukee plant of the
Smith, Barnes & Strohber Co. was loaned for one
evening to the Calumet Club by Mr. Holmes, and
the highly favorable impression made by the new
Grand was undoubtedly one of the factors which
resulted in the purchase of the eleven players by
members of the organization. The grand was suc-
cessfully used at a special entertainment.
Manager Holmes and his sales force at the
Smith store disposed of twenty instruments in the
Strohber, Bradbury, Webster, Henning, Hoffman,
Willard and Kensington line during the first ten
days of December, and Manager Holmes hopes to
dispose of fifty before the month closes. Harry
H. Heming, the well-known local piano advertising
John T. Wamelink.
expert, who is in charge of the advertising of the
jborn in Pittsburgh, and came to Cleveland when Smith house, has been meeting with success, and
a child. His father was one of the pioneers in the his advertisements have undoubtedly been a factor
music business in this city and opened his first in bringing about the big increase in business.
store here nearly fifty years ago. John T. Wame-
ljnk was taken into the business when a boy and
NOW THE CIPRIAN PIANO HOUSE.
grew up in it until he became head of the house.
; The funeral was held Saturday at St. John's Valdosta Music Co. Changes Hands—Purchased
Cathedral, and in addition to the friends and rela-
by J. G. Ciprian—To Feature Players.
tives of the Wamelink family, there were present
many old business friends and acquaintances, in-
(Special to The Review.)
cluding the members of the Cleveland Piano Deal-
VALDOSTA, GA. ; December 14.—The W. A. Bar-
ers' Association, who attended the funeral in a field music house of this town, conducted under
body. Fred W. Lohr, secretary of Hardman, the name of the Valdosta Music Co., has changed
Peck & Co., New York, the well-known piano hands. J. G. Ciprian has this piano house now,
manufacturers, also attended the funeral, making and he has changed the name to the Ciprian Music
House. Mr. Ciprian, who is a practical piano man,
will carry a full line of player pianos, electric
pianos, manual pianos and supplies. He has estab-
lished a well equipped piano repairing department,
and will introduce to the public of this section the
Christman Attachable player-piano for installation
in second-hand pianos.
[ease French
playe
Piatios
"Christmas comes but once a year
Make it, then, the soul of CHEER."
Dealers everywhere are using our artistic elec-
trotypes for all they are worth during the closing
days of 1914, to advertise the JESSE FRENCH
Flayer Fiano illustrated above. These players sell
so well, because they MAKE GOOD, both in
pleasing tone and action. And there's a reason!
They are made by a manufacturer who, for 30 odd
years, has never failed to "make good," and his
company's immense plant stands to-day guarantor
for every instrument sold.
Ask for above cut in 1, 2 or 3 column size, and
£et it by return mail.
Jesse French & Sons Piano Co.
New Castle, Ind.
line of Pianos
and Player-
Pianos creates
business of the
best kind for
the dealer.
Bear in mind that there
are no complaints
of hard times with
those who handle the
BEHNING.
Remember also that
all standards for com-
parison in the Player-
Piano field are meas-
ured by the Behning
Player-Piano.
CHANGES IN DENVER AGENCY.
On January 1 the Cable Piano Co. will close
its store in Denver, Col., and the State agency for
both the Mason & Hamlin and Cable Company lines
will go to the Columbine Music Co. The latter
concern will, before the first of the year, be located
in its new quarters in the Majestic building, in
warerooms that are declared to be among the hand-
somest in the city.
OPTIMISTIC ANENT NEW YEAR.
J. H. Williams, factory manager and special
traveling representative for Chickering & Sons,
Boston, Mass., was a visitor to New York this
week, en route to Boston after an extended trip
through the West. Mr. Williams was optimistic
in his predictions for the new year, as he found
Chickering dealers generally pleased with the im-
mediate business situation.
The Behning
Piano Co.
FACTORY AND OFFICE
132d Street and Alexander Avenue
NEW YORK
Warerooms, 425 Fifth Avenue