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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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The New Pfriemer Re-enforced Hammer
Points of Merit—No. 5
Soft trebles are unknown in this new hammer, because the re-en-
forcement has a tendency to shrink the felt on the sides, thus
" drawing the fibres taut around the top of the hammer and holding
them absolutely firm at all times.
Watch this space for Merit No. 6
NEWYORK
cilian players fast enough. Some of our customers
have been waiting for seven weeks for the new
Conditions—Prof. A. A. Stanley Tells of the
Cecilian model, Style No. 20; they won't have any-
Corporations Enter Field—Other News.
thing else. We have taken orders from some of
ready had one plan to take it during August some the very best people in the city. In fact, our July
trade was entirely with the "cream of Detroit's
time.
population.'
You can say for me that prospects
"Nothing pays in dollars and cents so much as
good music," said Prof. A. A. Stanley, head of the were never brighter and that I am looking for 1915
University School of Music, at Ann Arbor last to be considerably ahead of any previous year in
week in a lecture, "How May a Community Be- the history of this branch." Manager Cross re-
come Musical, and Is It Worth While?" Accord- turned last week from a two-weeks' motor trip
ing to Professor Stanley, it is. "A few years ago through Ohio, where he visited his old home. It
the Board of Trade at Cincinnati sent out a com- was his annual vacation.
Manager Kesler, of the Grinnell Bros, player de-
mittee to investigate the causes of the city's
growth. It found that no two business enterprises partment, will leave the middle of August on his
had ever been started in Cincinnati that brought vacation. He is planning to tour with his family
such a return in taxable property as their college to Chicago and other Illinois cities. Mr. Kesler
of music and their annual musical festival," he up to three years ago spent most of his time with
piano concerns in Illinois. He is now having his
added.
The Saginaw Automatic Musical Co., of Sagi- automobile completely overhauled, so as to be in
naw, Mich., which incorporated last week for fit shape for the trip.
Arthur H. Howes, manager of the piano depart-
$.50,000 to manufacture automatic player-pianos,
ment
of Grinnell Bros., will return August 9 from
has paid $1,000 in cash, $9,000 in property and sub-
his two weeks' vacation. Mr. Howes, with his
scribed $25,000 of the capital stock.
The Musical Instrument Co., of Boyne City, family, is now in the East, where he is visiting all
Mich., has decreased its capital stock from $70,000 the important cities, such as New York, Boston,
Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
to $30,000.
E. R. Laughead, of the Hallett & Davis Piano
F. M. Ramsdell, of the Detroit Piano Co.. lo-
cated in the Valpey building, spent the current week Co., of New York, was recently in Detroit and is
in New York City. He put up at the Murray Hill reported to have afranged with two live-wire sales-
Hotel and spent most of his time going through men, who will represent that company in the City
the factories of Paul G. Mehlin & Co. and Winter of Straits. Further particulars will appear in our
I
& Co., which companies he represents in Detroit. next week's issue.
S.
L.
Long
has
been
appointed
manager
of
the
Before departing for the East Mr. Ramsdell told
The Review representative that he was very well Detroit store of the P. A. Starck Piano Co., at 274
pleased with business for the first seven months Woodward avenue, succeeding Fred Stinson, who
has severed all connections with the company. Mr.
of this year.
It is reported in music trade circles that a lead- Long has had twenty-live years of experience in
ing downtown piano concern—now occupying an the piano business with many leading houses. He
upstairs location—is planning to lease a store on reported that up to July 28 he had sold thirty
Woodward avenue, south of Grand Circus Park. pianos for the month. Regarding the report that
the Starck store would add a talking machine de-
R. K. Wilkinson and H. J. Marshall, of the sales
partment, Mr. Long states that while such plans
force of the piano department of the J. L. Hudson
have been under consideration no action will be
Co., Detroit, had a banner day on July 22. Mr.
taken for a while at least.
Wilkinson sold a Chickering upright for $600 cash,
while Mr. Marshall sold a Kurtzmann upright for
The agency for the W. W. Kimball Co, in
cash and also a $l,f>00 Apollo grand, the latter on
the part-payment plan. Mr. Marshall will leave Cedar Rapids, la., has been moved from 227 Third
avenue to 208 First avenue, that city.
this week on a two-weeks' vacation.
The Wallace Brown Edison Shop, 31 Grand
River avenue, Detroit, has leased the adjoining
Only one
s^ore. No. 33, and will tear out the wall and double
piarvo is
its capacity. It will take possession of the new
quarters this months and plans to have the re-
made ii\
modeling completed and new booths installed by
this large
September 15.
factoryaiul
Frank J. Bayley, of Bayley's Music House,
that is the
Detroit, accompanied by Mrs. Bayley and his father
and mother, are in the West, where they are taking
LINDEMAN
in the Panama-Pacific Exposition. The party ex-
originated
pects to return to Detroit about the middle of
in 1821 by
August.
C. W. Cross, manager of the local Bush & Lane
Liivdcman. 6 Sons Piarvo fo.
store in the Woodward Arcade, says July was an
45 T -? St. & 11V H Ave.
New York.
excellent month for business. "We can't get Ce-
DETROIT PIANO TRADE SHOWS GAIN OVER LAST YEAR.
Gains Reported by Majority of Dealers Despite
Monetary Value of Good Music—New
(Special to The Review.)
DETROIT, MICH., August 1.—The last week in
July did not hold up as well in point of sales for
piano dealers proportionate with the first three
weeks. But taking the aggregate amount of busi-
ness for the entire thirty-one days, dealers feel
that it was better than last year—an exceedingly
good showing in the face of conditions. It was
just a year ago the first of August that the Euro-
pean war broke out. August of 1914 was a very
poor month; it is never a very brisk month for
business, but on account of the war breaking out
during that month business was practically at a
siandstill. If business this year keeps going on at
the pace it has been for the past few months, Au-
gust will show a splendid increase over last year.
This is vacation month, and practically all of
the dealers and their employes who have not al-
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