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MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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DETROIT PROSPERITY SHOWN BY OPENING OF NEW BANK.
Andrew and Grinnell Helping Y. M. C. A.—Music Trades Association to Meet—F. D. Bristol
Reports Excellent Business—Bush & Lane Hold Factory Clean-Up Sale.
(Special to The Review.)
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DETROIT, MICH., March 7.—Last Wednesday a
new bank opened for business downtown, the men
behind the enterprise being James Couzens, Henry
Ford and others who have made a few millions in
tbe automobile business. That first day over 5,000
people opened accounts, and by Saturday the num-
ber of depositors was swelled to approximately
10,000. No better example of Detroit's prosperity
could have been illustrated. Men who know say
they never heard of a new bank opening under
such conditions.
E. P. Andrew, of the J. L. Hudson Co., and
C. A. Grinnell, of Grinnell Bros., are captains ot
teams that are working for funds for the Y. M.
C. A. of Detroit, the same to be used for new
buildings. Both have made excellent showings
thus far.
Fully 1,500 people attended the complimentary
recital given at the Hotel Pontchartrain on
Wednesday evening by Miss Christine Miller in
conjunction with the new Edison Diamond Disc
phonograph. The recital was under the auspices
of the Edison Shop. Fully 1,000 people were
turned away, unable to gain admission.
George L. Cobb, song composer, has been spend-
ing a few days in Battle Creek as the guest ot
Charles E. Roat, of the Roat Music Store. Mr.
Cobb is the author of "All Aboard for Dixieland,"
"Just for To-night" and "Are You from Dixie?"
Among the very active departments at the Grin-
nell Bros, store, Detroit, is the sales correspond-
ence department, in charge of Mr. Lewis. Here
a large force of young ladies is kept busy sending
out circular and advertising matter to the firm's
large mailing list in all parts of the State.
E. D. Bristol, of Bristol & Barber, New York,
and the Charles Parker Co., was in Detroit on
Friday, March 3. "Business is good and nobody
seems to be kicking," he said. "I have just com-
pleted a trip through the West and found every-
body in good humor and optimistic."
F. M. Ramsdell, of the Detroit Piano Co., 73
Broadway, Detroit, reports a very good February
business, especially in high-grade instruments. The
firm sold quite a number of Mehlin grands and
uprights, as well as Emerson, Winter, Cable-Nel-
son and Rudolf pianos and players, which means
that it did some business for all the companies
whoso goods it handles. Among the recent visitors
to the Detroit Piano Co.'s store have been Otto
Mehlin, of Paul G. Mehlin & Sons, and Dr. Alex.
Jameson, of the Emerson Co.
The Goodfellowship Club, comprising Grinnell
Bros.' employes, held its regular monthly meeting
at the Hotel Charlevoix on Wednesday evening,
March 1. There was an attendance of eighty-six
members. A splendid musical program followed
the dinner. The affair was called "Windsor
Night," and there was an unusually good repre-
sentation from those employed at the Windsor
store. The principal speaker was Major J. C.
Tolmie, member of Parliament in Canada.
S. E. Clark, secretary of Grinnell Bros., accom-
panied by Mrs. Clark, is rusticating in Daytona,
Fla.
On Tuesday evening, March 14, the regular
monthly meeting of the Detroit Music Trades As-
sociation will take place at the Hotel Charlevoix.
1* will be the first meeting under the administration
of the new president, Harry Zickel, of the Cable
Piano Co. The Detroit Talking Machine Associa-
tion will also hold its regular meeting next week.
F. L. Jordan, wholesale representative of the
Smith & Barnes Co., Chicago, visited Detroit last
week.
Among the numerous sales made by Grinnell
Pros, during the last week were two Steinway
grand Duo-Art pianos at $2,500 each. They were
made by the firm's main store.
Henry Schumann-Heink, third son of Mme.
Schumann-Heink, the famous singer, has joined
Grinnell Bros, at Detroit, where he will do special
work in the sales department.
Among those who took part in the second an-
nual concert of the Catholic Choral Club at the
Detroit Armory on Sunday evening was Miss
Margaret Foy, in charge of the music roll depart-
ment of the J. L. Hudson piano store. Miss Foy
is a talented soprano and is vice-president of the
choral club.
Manager C. W. Cross, of the Bush & Lane Piano
Co., Detroit, announces his "first factory clean-up
sale." Most of the instruments are new, and in-
clude Style 20 De Luxe player-pianos, Victor
Style C player-pianos, Farrand Style 7 piano
player, Bush & Lane Style 10, mahogany case;
Bush & Lane Style 8, walnut case; Bush & Lane,
Style 12, mahogany case; also Victor pianos at
$265 in oak, walnut and mahogany cases.
FINDS GRANDSJIAVE CALL.
PECULIAR PIANO COMPLAINTS.
Henry Christman Says Studio Grand Is in Great
Demand—Just
Back
from
Trip—J. A.
Krumme and P. P. Lockhart Still on Road.
Request for Plaster Cast for a Sprained Piano
Axle Bewilders Repair Department.
The repair department of Sherman, Clay & Co.
irequently becomes puzzled over the various parts
of a piano that are supposed to be out of order,
according to the Pacific Coast Musical Review
The obliging and courteous young ladies in charge
of this department have become trained in guess-
ing quickly the various requirements, and since the
same ladies represent also the information bureau
of the firm, they are gradually learning things that
cannot be found in the best-edited encyclopedia.
Some time ago someone came to the information
bureau who wanted the latest duets for voice and
upright piano. Now the young student undoubt-
edly was on the square and thought it would be
grand if she could secure these upright duets. But
the firm was just out of this kind of stock and
they recommended her to try a few solos first be-
fore expanding into the duet field. Another lady
came there to say that the axle of her piano was
sprained and needed a plaster cast. Now, while
the Sherman, Clay & Co. information bureau is
surely well provided with knowledge, the exact
status of the axle of a piano could not immediately
be ascertained until, finally, someone had the bright
MUSICAL IMPORTS AT RANGOON.
inspiration to ask whether the lady meant the piano
The value of the musical imports into the port action. And true enough the guess was correct.
of Rangoon, Burma, during the year ending July But nobody can blame the lady for making such a
31, 1914, amounted to $1,190, the value for the mistake in these days of jitneys and electric motor
twelve months ending 1915 being $1,780, an in- instruments, when it is difficult to keep your mind
off the axles.
crease of approximately 50 per cent.
Henry Christman, secretary of the Christman
Piano Co., 597-601 East 137th street, New York,
arrived home from a trip the latter part of last
week, having visited several important points in
New England. Mr. Christman stated to a repre-
sentative of The Review that the Christman busi-
ness has shown a marked improvement since the
first of the year. "We are now rushed with or-
ders," he said, "and I find that there is a demand
for pianos all over the country. The grand piano
demand has been especially satisfactory, and the
Christman studio grand has become more and
more popular during the last year. We are also
having a nice export trade and have found that the
Christman instruments are very well liked in for-
eign countries."
J. A. Krumme, sales manager of the company,
who has been away on a tour of the Middle West
for the last month, is expected home at the end of
this week. . P. P. Lockhart, the other Christman
traveler, has also been making good progress dur-
ing a recent trip to important points in the West.
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t o t h e D H S ? It
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and refers
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Poughkeepsie, N. Y