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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
STEINWAY GRANDS FOR TEACHERS.
NO PIANOS AT WISCONSIN FAIR.
Well-Known Milwaukee Musicians Purchase
Instruments of That Make from Edmund
Gram Piano House—Edmund Gram on Trip.
Dealers Claim That the Results Gained
Through Exhibits Do Not Pay for Wear and
Tear of Instruments—Other Plans Adopted.
^Special to The Review.)
WIS., September 14.—Two
(Special to The Review.)
MILWAUKEE, WIS., September 14.—The sound of
waukee musicians 'showed their preference last a piano or player is not being heard at
week for the Steinway grand, when that well- session of the Wisconsin State Fair, which opened
known instrument won out.in two interesting com- in Milwaukee yesterday. Some years ago it was
petitive sales. The Edmund Gram Piano House, the custom for various piano houses, particularly
'handling the Steinway, Steck, Everett, Weber, those in Milwaukee, to exhibit their goods at the
Hardman, Edmund Gram and Aeolian lines, sold
State Fair, but the plan has not been meeting with
Style O Steinway grands to Miss Mathilda Huch- much favor in recent years. Secretary Oliver E.
ing, a South Side music teacher and pianist, and to Remey, of the State Fair, says that not a single
Carl Mueller, a local pianist. Edmund Gram per- piano house made inquiries regarding exhibit fa-
sonally made the sale to Miss Hitching, while cilities.
Clarence S. Hammond, sales manager of the
Piano men say that they might consider the plan
house, made the sale to Mr. Mueller. The Gram of displaying their goods at the State Fair if there
house has been experiencing an unusually fine busi- was only a special music and arts building on the
ness in Steinways during the latter part of the ground, where pianos and players might be ex-
summer.
hibited properly. Now it would be about as it was
Edmund Gram and C. H. Jackson, superintendent in former years, when pianos were displayed in
of the factory of the Edmund Gram Piano Co., almost any building with the possible exception of
left Saturday on a business trip to Chicago and the live-stock pavilion. Dealers say that they would
other points. The trip to Chicago was made in send out some of their finest pianos and they
one of the Gram autos. From Chicago Mr. Jack- would come back as second-hand goods and would
son went to Saginaw, Mich., where he is visiting undoubtedly have to be sold as such. While the
the plant of the Bransfield-Billings Action Co.
publicity received might be of some value, the
Paul A. Seeger, manager of the Victrola de- actual business secured as a result of the exhibit
partment at the Edmund Gram Piano House, re- would hardly pay for even the loss sustained on
cently purchased a new touring car, which is the instruments.
giving him good service in rounding up the Vic-
The Edmund Gram Piano Co., manufacturing the
trola sales.
Edmun'd Gram line of pianos and players, instead
of exhibiting its goods at the fair, followed the
more sensible plan of inviting the visitors at the
NEW MANAGERJN AKRON, 0 .
fair, more especially the dealers, to visit the Ed-
Arthur B. Nail Takes Charge of Piano Depart-
mund Gram factory and see the pianos and players
ment of M. O'Niel Co.
in the actual process of construction. An interest-
ing letter of invitation was prepared by Edmund
(Special to The Review.)
Gram and C. H. Jackson, factory superintendent,
AKRON, O., September 13.—Arthur B. Nail, for- and hundreds of these were mailed. Even during
merly in charge of the player-piano department for the opening days of the fair many people have
the May Co., Cleveland, under the management of
made use of the opportunity to visit the Edmund
Dan J. Nolan, has been placed in charge of the Gram plant.
piano department of the M. O'Niel Co. department
store here, which is under the direction of Mr.
A. L. DE ROBERTFILES SCHEDULES.
Nolan.
Syracuse
Dealer Has Liabilities of $24,635 and
Before leaving Cleveland Mr. Nail received a
Assets of $10,112.
handsome present from the employes of the May
Co. department as a token of their esteem and
(Special to The Review.)
friendship.
SYRACUSE, N. Y., September 13.—The schedules
E. B. McLarty, formerly in charge of the piano of liabilities and assets of Arthur ,L. De Robert,
department of the O'Niel Co., goes back to Cleve- music dealer of this city, have been filed in the Fed-
land to become an assistant to Manager Nolan.
eral Court through Attorneys Cummings & Cum-
mings, and show liabilities of $24,635, of which
PROSPERITY WEEK FOR LOUISVILLE. secured claims amount to $2,222; wages, $300; un-
secured, $17,927, and notes on which others are
R. D. Brier, manager of the Louisville, Ky., store liable, $4,185.
of the Baldwin Piano Co. and president of the
Assets of $10,112 are divided into stock of mer-
Louisville Retail Merchants' Association, has been chandise, $1,825, and accounts due from customers,
appointed a member of the committee to arrange $8,237.
for "Prosperity Week" in that city, which begins
'•n November 2!>. It is believed that "Prosperity
HELLER CASE STILL DRAGGING.
Week" will inaugurate a stimulation of business of
the winter, and piano men generally will take an Hearing in Affairs of Milwaukee Piano House
active part.
Again Postponed—Dispute Over Contracts.
MILWAUKEE,
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mania National Bank, of this city, will come up for
consideration at this hearing. The trustee, the
First Trust Co., through its attorney, Charles H.
Leech, of Chicago, lays claim to most of these
contracts.
CLUB FOR ADVERTISING MEN.
Mil-
League Will Discuss Advisability of Acquiring
a House in New York City.
Harry Tipper, president of the Advertising Men's
League, has addressed a circular to the members,
calling on them to attend a meeting at 47 East
Twenty-fifth street to discuss the desirability of ac-
quiring a clubhouse in which the activities of the
league can be conducted with greater convenience.
The club is to be the center and culminating point
of advertising interests in New York, and the build-
ing in view offers facilities which make it ideal for
the purposes intended.
The members of the league will also be called to
amend the by-laws of the association by which its
objects are more clearly defined.
FORTY-TWO PIAJSOS FOR COLLEGE.
Large Order Landed by W . C. Willis, Southern
Representative for the Baldwin Piano Co.
(Special to The Review.)
ATLANTA, GA., September 13.—W. C. Willis,
Southern representative of the Baldwin Piano Co.,
who makes his headquarters in this city, recently
landed a piano order from the Wesleyan Female
College at Macon, Ga., that has brought him a
flood of congratulations. The order calls for
forty-one uprights and one grand piano of the
Baldwin make for the college, and the selection
was made by Professor Joseph Maerz after a care-
ful study of various makes.
SOME GOOD SALES REPORTED.
(Special to The Review.)
MILWAUKEE, WIS., September 14.—Some good
sales of A. B. Chase, Lauter, Estey, Christman,
Lyon & Healy and Brinkerhoff pianos and players
are reported by officials of the Flanner-Hafsoos
Music House. This well-known Milwaukee house
has been going after the business in a strenuous
manner this summer and the results of its con-
sistent advertising and hard work are very satis-
factory.
Jacob Cook has purchased the E. Chenoweth
music store at 10'South Main street, Ottawa, Kan.
(Special to The Review.)
THE LEADING LINE
WEAVER PIANOS
Grands, Uprights
and Players
YORK PIANOS
Uprights and Players
LIVINGSTON PIANOS
MILWAUKEE, WIS., September 14.—It begins to
look as though the much-tangled case of the bank-
rupt Heller Piano Co., of Milwaukee, will never
be brought to a close. The Heller concern went
into bankruptcy in October, 1913, and the case has
been dragging along in the courts ever since. The
hearing, scheduled to have been held before the
new referee in bankruptcy, John F. Harper, on
September 7, was postponed until September 27.
It is expected that the matter of the so-called
"demonstration" contracts issued by the Heller con-
cern, the bulk of which are now held by the Ger-
Uprights and Player Pianos
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