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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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GENERAL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT IN LOS ANGELES.
Various Houses Report Splendid Volume of Sales for August with Excellent Fall Prospects
Frank R. Hart Married—Numerous Trade Visitors from the East.
(Special to The Review.)
Los ANGELES, CAL., August 14.—Although the
three weeks in San Francisco and near-by towns.
J. F. Faulkner, treasurer of the Bartlett Music
month started out rather quiet, the past few days C©., spent ten days recently at Bear Lake, in the
have been especially encouraging to many of the
San Bernardino mountains, on a fishing trip. He
local dealers, and it is generally forecast that
reports exceptional '"luck."
conditions are bound to soon show material and
C. A. Ericsson, president of Ludwig & Co., New
permanent improvement. Of course, the remain- York, is spending a few days in Los Angeles after
der of August and probably a large part of Sep- a visit to the San Francisco exposition.
tember are expected to be more or less dull, but
Miss Estelle Haines, head cashier of the Wiley
the numerous inquiries for pianos during the last
B. Allen Co., is absent on a vacation trip to San
week would seem to indicate that the vacation sea- Francisco. Miss Margaret Martin, of the same
son is not destined to interfere with business as company, has just returned from a similar vaca-
late as usual. The Fitzgerald Music Co. reports tion.
prospects for a good August business as being
Frank W. Teeple, of the Price & Teeple Piano
particularly promising, and several of the other
Co., Chicago, was a Los Angeles visitor a few days
firms, notably Barker Bros., Bartlett Music Co., ago. He left here for San Francisco, where he
Holmes Music Co., George J. Birkel Co., Southern will spend some time.
California Music Co. and Starr Piano Co., also
J. Tabor Fitzgerald, president of the Fitzgerald
give similarly encouraging reports. Collections
Music Co, who with Mrs. Fitzgerald is spending
remain nearly as easy as usual, and the talking several weeks in San Francisco, was down on a
machine business seems to be showing only a little short business trip this week.
of the usual summer influence.
E. Palmer Tucker, local manager for the Wiley
Popular Piano Man Marries.
B. Allen Co., and Mrs. Tucker, have just returned
Frank R. Hart, genial and popular piano sales- from a two weeks' visit to San Francisco and other
man at the Southern California Music Co., was Northern points.
married Saturday evening, August 7, to Miss Enid
George J. Dowling, president; Paul Brown
Lewis, a charming and well-known society girl of
Klugh, vice-president and general manager, and
this city. Mr. Hart is a cousin of President Frank P. A. Johanneson, superintendent, of the Cable
J Hart, of the Southern California Music Co., Company, Chicago, were in Los Angleles this week
and is well known to the trade throughout the after their visit to San Francisco.
Coast. Immediately after the ceremony the couple
W. B. Ragland, of Kohler & Chase, San Fran-
departed for San Francisco and other Northern cisco, is visiting the firm's branch in this city.
cities on their honeymoon, to be absent for a pe-
Thomas Clancy, head sales manager of the Ru-
riod of about two weeks.
dolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati,
Arleigh Brown Goes North.
O., has just arrived in Los Angeles on a visit to
Arleigh Brown, who has been outside wholesale the Coast.
representative for Kohler & Chase in southern
Charles Mehlin, vice-president of Paul G. Meh-
California and the Southwest for the last several lin & Sons, New York, was calling on the dealers
years, leaves here this week for Oakland, where here last week.
he becomes an inside man, beginning on the 16th
Fred Steinway, vice-president of Steinway &
inst., in the company's store in that city. The Sons, New York, is spending the week in this city,
change was occasioned by the readjustment made having arrived from San Francisco, where he
recently in the company's affairs for this district.
spent several days.
Mid-Summer Clearance Sale.
George J. Birkel, president of the George J.
The Bartlett Music Co. is advertising a "Mid- Birkel Co., left this week for San Francisco,
Summer Clearance Sale." The management re- where he expects to spend three or four weeks.
ports business as being especially satisfactory.
H. Woolley, a music dealer of Woodland, Cal.,
Visitors and Personals.
has been spending the past three weeks in Los
Frank J. Hart, president of the Southern Cali-
Angeles and other Southern California cities.
fornia Music Co., and Mrs. Hart are spending
C. A. Grinnell, of Grinnell Bros., Detroit, is
visiting friends in this city.
J. J. Griffith, manager of the Holmes Music Co.,
spent a few days recently on a trout fishing trip at
Bear Lake, in the San Bernardino mountains.
Edward A. Geissier, vice-president and secretary
of the George J. Birkel Co., has just returned from
his trip to the music dealers' convention in San
Francisco. He reports a most enjoyable time and
an enthusiastic meeting.
Frank McKee, director of the famous McKee
Orchestra, Victor Co., New York, is a Los Angeles
visitor.
INAUGURATE FALL CAMPAIGN.
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CHRISTMAN PIANO CO.
597-601 East 137th St, New York
William Knabe & Co., 437 Fifth avenue, New
York, carried an attractive advertisement in Sun-
day's newspapers, featuring the Knabe Mignonette
grand, one of the most popular grands on the mar-
ket. The copy presenting this instrument was
somewhat unusual, the art work consisting of an
attractive, fantastic design which was well calcu-
lated to attract attention. William Knabe & Co.
generally feature the Mignonette grand extensively
in their local advertising campaigns, and the copy
presented is of a high-grade and distinctive char-
acter.
INCORPORATED^ MEMPHIS.
The Electric Piano Co., Memphis, Tenn., has
been incorporated with capital stock of $5,000 for
the purpose of dealing in all kinds of musical in-
struments. The incorporators are: O. S. Fuller,
A. C. Fuller, Otto Uthmann, John E. Fisher and
W. E. Bridewell.
Victrola XIV, $150
Mahogany or oak
Other styles $15 to $350
Victrola supremacy is
the surest index of which
way the trade goes.
It spells success for
every Victor dealer.
Victor Talking Machine Co.
Camden, N. J., U. S. A.
Berliner Gramophone Co., Montreal,
Canadian Distributors.
Always use Victor Machines with Victor Records
and Victor Needles—the combination. There is no
other way to get the unequaled Victor tone.