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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
SUMMER BUSINESS BECOMING A FACTOR ON THE COAST
a sign that things are not dead there, he saw
Jack Haugner, manager of the piano depart-
ment of M. J. Connell & Co., at Butte, sell two
Style H Knabe grands in one day to prominent
residents. Mr. Masters reports great success
everywhere with the new Marshall & Wendell,
Stoddard-Ampico reproducing player, owing to
its great artistic value at a moderate price.
James Stitt, the new traveler from the local
American r'iano Co. headquarters, has just
left for a trip through the Southwest.
Moving to Its New Location
A. J. Werner, of the American Photoplaycr
Sales Co., has also started for a hurried trip
Fast, and hopes to attend the convention, re-
turning about July 1. The company is now
moving to its new location in the Film Ex-
change building at Golden Gate avenue and
Jones street.
San Francisco Piano Dealers Are Getting Their Share of Summer Resort Trade—Hughes and
Anrys Report Good Conditions—Many Dealers off to the Conventions
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., June 17.—The vacation ness, Mr. Anrys says, as large areas of hillside
dullness in the San Francisco trade has de- a few miles from that city are rapidly build-
veloped rapidly, and local conditions are about ing up with fine homes, one of which, inci-
as quiet as at any time during the last few dentally, is occupied during the summer by Mr.
years. It seems as if everybody who can pos- Anrys and family.
sibly do so is getting away to the country to
Fletcher Tilton, representative of the Austin
stay as long as possible; everybody stayed in Organ Co., who makes his headquarters with
town last year because of the exposition, and the Wiley B. Allen Co., is spending an in-
the year before a widespread condition of be- termittent vacation at Napa Soda Springs, and
ing "broke" kept many at home; and now, with recommends the place so highly that Harry N.
money in hand and the country beckoning, Eriggs, with the Wiley B. Allen Co., has de-
they are making up for lost time. There is cided to make his vacation there, leaving with
little complaint of dullness, however, except Mrs. Briggs this week. Clark Wise expects to
in the larger cities. Things have been quite leave shortly for the same place.
lively at the summer resort towns, and in many
Mr. Tilton reports considerable activity in
parts of the Coast which have long been poor church organs. He reports the completion of
piano fields business lias taken on a remark- the big one in the Mormon tabernacle at Salt
EMERSON CO. IN NEW LOCATION
able activity. On the whole, conditions are Lake City, and has one just finished at the
DECATUR, 111., June 19.—The Emerson Piano
fully as good as could be expected, and the out- Lodo, Cal., Congregational church, and another
Co. recently moved from its old store at 322
look for the latter half of the year is most en- in the Presbyterian church at Alhambra, Cal.
couraging.
Fraser & McConnell expect a visit shortly North Main street to a new location in the
Lincoln Square Building, twenty-five wagon
from R. S. Howard, of the R. S. Howard Co.
Wiley B. Allen Men Active
Morley P. Thompson, Coast representative loads of pianos and talking machines being
Geo. R. Hughes, of the Wiley B. Allen Co.,
moved at one time. The moving procession
left last Saturday for the convention, and of the Baldwin Co., is expected back in a few attracted considerable attention. A feature of
Frank Anrys, manager of the company, re- days from a visit to Southern California.
the opening day was a concert given in the
E. C. Wood, for soire time Northern man- new store, at which many prominent artists
turned the following day from a visit to the
Portland branch. He found the Rose Festi- ager for Kohler & Chase, left recently for the were present, and also Victor and Edison
val occupying attention in Portland at the time, East.
dealers from Chicago and Indianapolis.
and business accordingly quiet; but says there
Closes Big Music Sales
has been a very satisfactory volume of sales
Edward P. Little, manager of the sheet music
in that territory all spring. This he attributes department of Sherman Clay & Co., has just
to the general resumption of operations on the returned from the East, where he did a re-
part of the lumber mills through the North- markable business in the company's specialties,
west, as well as the great rush of work in particularly Hawaiian music. He expresses
mines and smelters, etc., at various points; great regret at his inability to remain for the
and he also reports a great deal of business convention, but was called home by press of
from all the country points in California, as business and with other members of the force
well as in Nevada, resulting from new mineral on vacation he has been extremely busy.
and oil-well activity. Crop conditions, which
Visiting Aeolian Headquarters
are rather disappointing, Mr. Anrys considers
Mr. Haencken, manager of the pipe organ
no longer a ruling factor in the business situa- department of Sherman, Clay & Co., is visit-
AWARDED The position won by the
tion; the activity being rather dependent on ing the Aeolian headquarters, having gone East
American Steel & Wire Co.
general industrial conditions and development. after visiting some prospects in Oregon and
demonstrates clearly how
The improvements in the San Jose store are Washington. A number of very fine Aeolian
right, in the end, must tri-
just about completed, including four new talk- organ installations are being made in various
umph over prejudice.
ing machine rooms, which have been moved parts of the Coast at present.
from the rear to the front of the store; and a
The high tension cry of
Geo. Q. Chase has been appointed as a mem-
general renovation. The talking machine de- ber of the publicity committee of the Cham-
years ago has entirely sub-
partment is now considered the finest in the ber of Commerce for the ensuing year.
sided, and America's great
town. San Jose is turning in a very nice busi-
wire manufacturing com-
Off for the Convention
pany, by continuing its
It was expected that Phil Clay, who went
campaign of education, has
from Arizona, where he has been visiting
finally won the piano trade
lately, and Geo. R. Hughes would be the only
to see the correctness of its
San Francisco men at the National Convention;
position.
but Geo. Q. Chase, who had just returned from
Gradually America's
New York, has started East again, expecting
leading piano manufacturing con-
to attend the convention and look after busi-
cerns have accepted the American
ness connected with the Soloelle Co. Frank
standard and artists and amateurs
B. Long, inventor of the Soloelle, is back from
are now thinking less of the high ten-
the East and has gone on to Los Angeles.
sion idea and more of beauty of tone
Motoring to Los Angeles
than ever before.
Byron and Charles Mauzy have just left for
a motor trip to Los Angeles, where they will
The special brands of the American
attend the Knights Templar conclave. Byron
Steel & Wire Co.—the "PERFECT-
Mauzy is a member of the finance committee
ED" and "CROWN"—were the out-
of the "citizens' preparedness parade" sched-
come of an ever alert anticipation—
uled for July 4 Charles Mauzy, who is spe-
anticipation backed by the ability to
cializing on the small goods department, re-
know—the ability to fight undeviat-
(PATENTED)
ports a continued heavy sale of ukuleles, and
ingly for the maintenance of correct
Mv/sic Rolls
says it has been impossible to get enough ban-
principles. For years it clung relig-
The roll with the words of the song on
jo-mandolins
since the end of April. He also
iously to an ideal, in the face of the
the margin and marks showing how the
notes an exceptional sale of Victor records for
8ong should be sung.
most discouraging opposition, and
this time of year, which he attributes to the
Each word of the song appears as the
now the whole world recognizes its
oil is played.
fact that this house refuses to exchange rec-
triumph, which has resulted in giving
ords at all.
a purer musical tone than ever before,
American Piano Co. Activity
and in showing that art is oftentimes
Mr. Masters, traveler from the local office of
concealed by art.
Singing is a world need, almost everyone
loves and patronizes song in some of its
the American Piano Co., has just returned from
forms. Therefore everyone loves and will
a seven weeks' trip through Utah, Montana,
patronize Vocalstyle. What this means in profits
etc., and says business has been quite active
to the Music Roll Department and in increased
all through that territory. Players he found
sales of player-pianos is quite important indeed.
especially strong in Utah, the sale being even
Chicago, New York, Worcester, Cleveland, Pitts-
larger than of "straight" pianos. At Butte
burgh, Denver. Export representative: U. S. Steel
Products Co., New York. Pacific Coast representa-
THE VOCALSTYLE MUSIC CO.
he found some anxiety on account of a strike
tive: U. S. Steel Products Co., San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Portland, Seattle.
Cincinnati, Ohio
of all labor, except in the mines, which threat-
ened to tie up business badly. However, as
The Triumph
of the
American Tone
Singing is a World Need
American Steel & Wire Company