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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Kohler Executives Hold Their Annual Meeting
Board of Governors, Traveling Forces and Advertising Division of the Kohler
Industries Gather for Conference and Enjoy Banquet in the Evening Which
Is Addressed By Executives of the Company—A Most Enthusiastic Affair
HE annual meeting of the board of governors, traveling forces
and advertising division of the Kohler Industries, New York,
was held in the new Welfare Building and Industries Restaurant
Wednesday afternoon and evening, December 27.
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sections of the country, and by department heads from the several
plants. The two meetings were highly interesting and practically the
entire afternoon and evening were devoted to this annual conference.
The conference was most noteworthy for the enthusiasm of those
Banquet of the Executives of the Kohler Industries
The meeting, which was conducted during the afternoon, was
addressed by the various executives, comprising the board of
governors, while the evening banquet' and meeting was addressed
by the Kohler Industries traveling representatives from various
TRADE NEWS JFROM CLEVELAND
Piano Dealers Paying Great Attention to At-
tractive Window Displays—Salesmen Receive
Christmas Bonuses—Other News
CLEVELAND, O., January 2.—Bright store-fronts
are being recognized by members of the Cleve-
land music trades as bringers of business.
Bright window displays have become epidemic.
Electric signs are also becoming prevalent.
McMillin's have been taking advantage of the
psychology of having something in motion in
their window. Through December the trade in
ukuleles was boosted by a moving sign offering
free lessons to buyers of the Hawaiian instru-
ments. From the sidewalk it was difficult to
discover just how the sign was propelled back
and forth. The month saw the Grafonola Co.
place an electrically lighted torch over the side-
walk at its new home on Euclid avenue. L.
Meier & Sons put a huge electric sign in front
who attended regarding the accomplishments of the year, as well as
the prospects for the coming months. Big things were talked about
and planned and the 1917 campaign of the Kohler Industries will
undoubtedly be the most energetic yet put through.
of its new West Side store. M. L. Slocum,
The Arcade, made a crowd magnet of his
window by showing the hundreds of parts of
a McPhail cabinet grand before assembling took
place. The Caldwcll Piano Co. displayed a fac-
simile of a Victor record that was nearly five
feet in diameter.
The coming to Cleveland of Al Jolson in
"Robinson Crusoe, Jr.," not only took the city
by storm so that an extra performance was
given Saturday morning, December 30, but also
gave dealers in Columbia records a big bunch
of "Crusoe" record sales.
Piano and talking machine salesmen in the
employ of the May Co.-and Bailey Co. music
departments received Christmas bonuses. Each
man and woman, with the exception of execu-
tives, were presented with a sum equivalent to
a week's wages. Bonuses, however, did not
go to extra help employed only for the holi-
days. Many other music houses took care of
their employes with substantial gifts.
STEERE & SONS ORGAN CO. SOLD
SPRINGFIELD,
MASS.,
January 2.—The J.
W.
Steere & Son Organ Co. was purchased by
Harry G. Fisk. at a mortgagee's sale held last
week. While future plans have not yet been
announced, it is believed that a new corpora-
tion will be formed and that the business will
be continued with only some minor changes.
COMMERCIAL FAILURES DECREASE
Preliminary statistics of commercial failures in
the United States during 1916, as reported to R.
G. Dun & Co., show a marked reduction from
the exceptionally high mortality of the previous
year. Thus, the number of defaults is esti-
mated at 16,985 against 22,156 in 1915, while the
liabilities were $194,863,521, as compared with
$302,286,148 in the earlier period. Insolvencies
were less numerous in the last three months
than in preceding quarters.
Important Announcement!
On and after December 1, 1916, all the business of the New York Piano Hardware Co., purchased
a year ago by us, will be conducted under the name of the American Brass Forging Co., Inc.
AMERICAN BRASS FORGING CO., Inc.
GEO. W. GOUGHLAN, President
MANUFACTURERS OF PIANO AND PLAYER HARDWARE
168-172 Southern Boulevard, New York City