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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
theme of his address was "Inspire for Greater
Achievement and Grasping the Present Oppor-
Some Comparisons with Trade in January—Death of Colonel Bill Regretted—To Hold Salesman- tunity." It was positively the best talk ever given
ship Congress—New Hallet & Davis Manager—Detroit Piano Co.'s New Quarters.
before the club, and it must have left an impres-
(Special to The Review.)
The reports made by piano dealers to The Re- sion with every member. Dr. Rice has a way of
DETROIT, MICH., January 10.—It is interesting to
view correspondent last week were to the effect saying things that canont fail to take hold. His
compare business conditions for the first ten days that 1916 was starting out very well and that buy- address was a rare treat, and the members afe still
talking about it. There was an attendance of
of January this year with a year ago. As every- ing seems unusually brisk.
body will remember, this country was in a very
The news of the death of Col. Edward Lyman ninety members at the meeting, which was held at the
unsettled state of affairs from the effects of the Bill, editor of The Review, was received in De- Hotel Charlevoix and preceded by a steak dinner.
European war. Business men and manufacturers troit with the greatest feeling of sorrow, for he The entertainment program was unusually good,
in all lines were trying to figure out how seriously had a wide circle of friends in this section of the the principal numbers being rendered by the Es-
pagnol Guitar Club, Stephen Budd, Mrs. L. A.
the war would affect their particular trade, and for country.
that reason they were buying and selling very con-
As the result of a meeting of leading sales man- Grayson, and Miss Gertrude M. Quay, all members
servatively. In Detroit business was so bad that agers and executives of Detroit, held recently, plans of the organization.
for the first time in the history of the city soup are being made to hold what will be known as the
Frank B. Johnson, of Detroit, has been granted
kitchens were established for the unemployed. The World's Salesmanship Congress in Detroit during a patent on an automatic lighting attachment for
number of men out of work was enormous. Many July of this year. Every country in the world will phonograph cabinets.
factories were working half time. But this Jan- be represented in the congress. Such men as Hugh
Fred Rice, formerly with the player department
uary no such condition exists. Instead of soup Chalmers, president of the Chalmers Motor Car at Grinnell'*, Detroit, is now in charge of the Hallet
kitchens and men out of employment, every factory
Co.; Norval A. Hawkins, sales manager of the & Davis agency located in the Leonard Warehouse
is busy on standing orders, the word "unemployed" Ford Motor Co., and John Wanamaker, of New Building, Grand River avenue and Fourteenth
is seldom heard, wages are higher, and everybody York, have offered their co-operation and support street. He succeeds Howard Miner, who resigned
is prosperous. Piano dealers, therefore, are a great to make the meeting a huge success.
some time ago to become associated with the Bush
deal more pleased this year, even though they ex-
& Lane Detroit store.
Rev. Dr. M. S. Rice, of Detroit, a minister of
pect that sales will fall off materially during the first national prominence and one of the greatest ora-
The Detroit Piano Co. has moved from the Val-
month of the new year. But even normal condi- tors in this neck of the woods, was the attraction pey Building to 73 Broadway, where a store 20 feet
tions this January would be a whole lot better than at the January meeting of the Goodfellowship wide and 110 feet deep, as well as a large basement
conditions last January.
Club, comprising Grinnell Bros, employes. The for storage, is occupied. The ( company is on the
best side of the avenue and in a particular spot
destined to become a busy thoroughfare. The De-
troit Piano Co. started business about four years
ago and leased space on one of the upper floors
of the Valpey Building. It built up its business
slowly and conservatively. The fact that in four
years it has grown sufficiently to increase its selling
force and to move from an upstairs store to the
first floor on one of the main business streets is
proof of its progress in the piano industry. The
present firm comprises F. M. Ramsdell, president,
and J. J. Baust, secretary. The lines handled are
Mehlin, Emerson, Winter & Co., Emerson electric
and Cable-Nelson. Talking machines are also han-
dled, although this is not a part of the business
which is being pushed at the present time. Presi-
dent Ramsdell says December business was the
MOTO-PLAYO BENCH O P E N . ^ ^ g U J I I ^ ^ M ^
adjusters
best in the history of the company, and expects a
substantial increase in 1916.
At a meeting of the Buyers' and Managers' Club
of the J. L. Hudson Co., Detroit, it was announced
that the total amount of business transacted in
December was $1,200,000. E. P. Andrew, of the
piano department, is secretary of the club, which
meets every month to discuss sales and promotion
plans.
The Starr Piano Co. has sold a player-piano to
p l a y e r it is, t h e DOORS REMOVED, SHOWING
John Weiler, which will be used in his new con-
HOW CURRENT IS APPLIED.
fectionery, bakery and restaurant building, in
course of erection on Broadway, and which will be
opened shortly. Manager Huttie, of the Starr
branch in Detroit, says 1915 was all he could ask
for, and he naturally is inclined to be optimistic
about 1916.
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TRADE LOSS WITH ECUADOR IN 1914.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 8.—A consular re-
port of trade with Ecuador during 1913 and 1914,
just made public by the Chamber of Commerce,
shows that the importation of musical instruments
into that country suffered a loss of approximately
$25,000 worth in 1914, when only $44,499 worth of
musical goods was imported. The figures for 1913
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