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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
TRAVELERS' EXECUTIVES MEET.
EVERETT POPULARITY PROVEN.
President and Other Officers of National Piano
Travelers' Association Gather in New York
for Their Customary Mid-Winter Session.
Agent in Minneapolis Summoned at Night to
Quote Prices and Make Sale—Business Is
Quiet in Northwest, but Dealers Are Making
Sales—Dyer & Bro. Doing Good Steinway
Trade—Recent Visitors—News of the Week.
The mid-winter session of the Executive Com-
mittee of the National Piano Travelers' Associa-
tion was held at the Hotel Astor on Monday morn-
ing of this week, hut beyond the hearing of com-
mittee reports of a routine character and some
discussion of matters of association interest there
was little business transacted.
On: of the committees to report was the Educa-
tional Committee appointed at the last annual con-
vention, and of which Carl C. Conway is the chair-
man. Although Mr. Conway was not present at
the meeting it was stated that the work of prepar-
ing a booklet of interesting information regarding
(b;>eeia1 to The Review.)
MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL, MINN., January 18.—
When a piano dealer is summoned at night by
telephone to quote piano prices and then is sum-
moned later by the same agency to close a deal, it
is quite modern, is it not? Elmer A. Brooks, head
ot the Brooks-Evans Piano Co., was the principal
actor in this piano play. Last week, while taking
his after dinner smoke at home, he was called to
the telephone and was informed that a committee
appointed to buy a piano for a school in St. Paul
wanted prices on various styles of Everett pianos.
The prices were ghen and in due time Mr. Brooks
went to bed. lie was aroused from his slumbers
by the jangle of the telephone bell, and if he was
a bit peevish as he toddled over to the 'phone, who
could blame him? But he didn't remain peevish
very long after the voice at the telephone command-
ed the prompt delivery of an Everett piano at the
school, which is located in St. Paul, bear in mind,
not in Minneapolis.
Your correspondent would like to tell that busi-
ness is fine in St. Paul and Minneapolis, but such
is not the case. Things are just about moving and
that is all. The sales will care for rent and other
overhead charges, but very little more. None of
the dealers will concede, however, that trade is any
slower than is customary at this season of the
year.
Moreover, they look through rose colored glasses
and see nice business ahead. They are likely to
make a correct diagnosis on the 1915 prosperitv,
for if the Northwest does not have a good year a
lot of hitherto unimpeachable prophets will lose
their reputations. If the farmers will only raise
enough wheat at $1.00 a bushel and flax at $2 a
J. Harry Shale, President N. P. T. A.
bushel, with other grain crops in proportion, why
the business laws of various States and other mat- the Northwest will be a Garden of Eden.
ters of equal importance was progressing favor-
Still there is good business even now at times.
ably.
W. J. Dyer & Bro., in their business for tlu week
In the course of the meeting the committ:e past, sold three Steinway grand pianos, which will
named Chicago as the next convention place, the help the totals. Manager H. S. Krossin, of the
time to be the same as that set by the piano manu-
P. A. S'tarck Co., sold four players in one day last
facturers for their convention.
week.
Before adjournment the Travelers received a
James S. Holmes, of the American Piano Co.,
committee from the Board of Control of the Na- and particularly featuring the Haines Bros, pianos
tional Association of Piano Merchants for the in this territory, called on the piano dealers of the
consideration of an important inter-association Twin Cities this week. They were glad to see him.
matter that will be made public following the meet-
William A. Linquist, of the Linquist Piano Co.,
ing of the Executive Committee of the National Minneapolis, was in Chicago last week to talk things
Piano Manufacturers' Association at the Hotel over with the manufacturers.
Astor next week.
Those present at the meeting were: J. Harry
KRANZ=SMITH PIANO CO. OFFICERS
Shale, president; Dan E. Fabyan, first vice-presi- Re-elected at Annual Meeting Last Week—
d-'nl; Win. j . Keeley, second vice-president; J. A.
Good Reports of Business, Particularly for
Krurrme, Jr., third vice-president; George W
December—Two Chickerings for College.
Allen, and Paul B. Klugh, of the Executive Board,
(Special to The Review.)
and Herbert W. Hill, assistant secretary.
BALTIMORE, MD., January 17.—The annual meet-
ing of the Kranz-Smith Piano Co. was held last
STOCK SOLDjVT AUCTION.
Thursday. F. G. Smith, of Brooklyn, X. Y., and his
The entire stock of the Smith Music Store, Enid,
son, Frank G. Smith, were on hand for the
Okla., consisting of pianos, talking machines and
meeting. Mr. Smith is the manufacturer of the
o'.her musical instruments, was disposed of at
Bradbury and Webster and Henning pianos and
public auction on January 16 by Ernest R. Smith, players, which instruments are handled by the
trustee in bankruptcy.
Kranz-Smith Co. here. The meeting showed very
satisfactory results, with a big December business,
and a pretty good year under conditions that all
piano dealers faced in 1914. G. Fred Kranz, of
Onlyotie
Baltimore, was re-elected president; F. G. Smith,
piaivo is
of Brooklyn, vice-president and treasurer, and
m&de in
Frank G. Smith, secretary.
Mr. Kranz looks
forward to a very good business in 1915, with noth-
this large
ing to complain of up to this time. The firm placed
two Chickerings at the Luthcrville College, Luther-
that is the
ville, Md., last week.
qemime
Victrola XVI, $200
Mahogany or oak
Other styles $15 to $250
To think of music
nowadays is to think of
the Victrola.
To see the thousands
of prosperous, well-ap-
pointed showrooms of
Victor dealers is to see
what a wonderful influ-
ence it has been in up-
lifting the entire music
trade.
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