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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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SAN FRANCISCO TRADE REPORTS EXCELLENT BUSINESS
Wide Range of Instruments in Demand—Members of the Trade Hold Enthusiastic Meeting to
Further Sale of Liberty Bonds—Eilers Branch Stores Closing—Personals and Other News
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., June 14.—The San Fran- quarters at the Kearny and Sutter street store.
cisco piano trade got together on the 13th in The entire fourth floor will be refitted and
an enthusiastic meeting in the interest of the shaped up partly for retailing of talking ma-
Liberty Bonds; and it is commented on that chines and partly for the retailing of small
there was a lot more interest and determination goods. The third floor is also coming in for
to do something shown at this meeting than a certain amount of remodeling.
there was at the meeting held a few weeks
Closing Eilers Branches
earlier to take some action opposing the pro-
The Eilers Music House, which has been ad-
posed taxation of the piano business. The vertising a closing out sale in this city for a
meeting was held in the office of Wiley B. Allen month or so, has now begun to close out the
Co., most of the houses in San Francisco being outside branches. The store at Richmond, on
represented by one or more members. The the east side of San Francisco, was closed this
matter was generally discussed, and there was week, and some liberal advertising of the clos-
practical unanimity in a determination to have ing out sale at the Oakland store has been
the trade well represented as buyers of Uncle started.
No date has yet been set for the
Sam's loan. Most of the dealers have already closing of either the San Francisco or the Oak-
bought or will buy bonds and are willing to as- land stores.
sist their employes in doing likewise by making
Bartlett Music Co. to Move
any necessary advances, the sums advanced to
The Bartlett Music Co., of Los Angeles, is
be paid back in convenient instalments.
now getting things in shape for a removal of
Business Good in All Departments
the business to a larger and better location
Business continued good in all departments on Seventh street in that city. When the new
of the music business. The piano departments location is occupied, the company will get its
are now holding up well with the other depart- new talking machine department in full working
ments, with a wide range of instruments in order.
demand. There is a good call for used instru-
Some Personal Items
ments at a low figure as well as for more ex-
E. I. Jesson, formerly with the Eilers people
pensive makes; and the dealers in automatics at Portland, Ore., has arrived in San Francisco,
report quite a business with the moving picUire and has associated himself with the California
theatres and summer resorts along the Coast. Phonograph Co., which recently changed its
There is some little hesitancy on the part of name from the Eilers Talking Machine Co.
owners of cafes and other establishments where
Clark Wise, of Clark Wise & Co., is taking
liquor selling is an important source of reve- his vacation this summer in instalments. This
nue, and they are making no purchases not ab- week he is at the store again, but is planning
solutely necessary. This is doubtless hurting on getting away again in a few days.
the sales of automatic pianos and organs more
George Q. Chase, of Kohler & Chase, left a
or less, but the improvement in the theatre de- few days ago per automobile for the high sierras
mand seems to have about offset this.
and the Yosemite Valley. He will be gone until
Frank Anrys Visits the South
the early part of July; and, as he will leave his
Frank Anrys, general manager of the Wiley family behind him at Yosemite, he may make
B. Allen Co., has returned from his two weeks' another run to the Valley before the summer is
automobile trip to the extreme South. While over.
he was only incidentally looking into business,
Morley P. Thompson, manager of the San
he found that southern California was very Francisco branch of the Baldwin Piano Co., is
prosperous, with the piano and talking machine now in Los Angeles for a short stay. He is
dealers getting their full share of the prosperity. expected back at the San Francisco store in
J. J. Black Home From the East
about ten days.
J. J. Black, head of the talking machine de-
Arthur Gray, of Spokane, Wash., has been
partment of the Wiley B. Allen Co., who has •in San Francisco this week visiting with Koh-
been in the East since the first of May, has lcr & Chase, whose lines he represents in Ore-
returned to San Francisco with a lot of new gon and Washington. Mr. Gray reports that
ideas for the improving of his department. general business throughout the Pacific North-
While in the East Mr. Black represented the west is particularly good just at this time.
Wiley B. Allen Co. at the national convention
W. S. Gannon,' Pacific Coast agent for the
ol piano merchants at Chicago.
Kohler & Campbell lines, is back in San Fran-
Hauschildts Celebrate Wedding Anniversary
cisco after a trip which carried him to the na-
President Hauschildt, of the Hauschildt tional convention and to other Eastern points.
Music Co., and Mrs. Hauschildt celebrated the
fourteenth anniversary of their wedding by en-
THE FUNERAL OF MME. CARRENO
tertaining the entire Hauschildt force at a
Many
Prominent Members of the Trade Attend
"cherry fete" at the Hauschildt home in Hay-
Obsequies of Noted Artist
wards, Cal. Haywards is in the heart of the
Alameda county cherry belt, and the cherry
The funeral of Mme. Teresa Carreno, the
season is now at its height.
celebrated pianist, was held last Thursday from
Sherman, Clay & Co. Improvements
her late residence, 740 West End avenue, New
Still more improvements are under way with York; the honorary pallbearers being Charles
Sherman, Clay & Co. This time it is the re- H. Steinway, president of Steinway & Sons, who
modeling of the old wholesale talking machine had been a lifelong friend of Mme. Carreno's;
Tgnace J. Paderewski, Ernest Hutchinson, Wal-
ter Damrosch, Walter Rothwell, Josef Stransky,
Mischa Elman, Franz Kneisel, and Albert
Spalding. At the services an eulogy was deliv-
ered by Professor Louis K. Anspacher, of Co-
lumbia University, in which he paid a well de-
served tribute to Mme. Carreno's sterling and
lovable character. The body of Mme. Carreno
was cremated in the New York and New Jer-
sey Crematory, Union Hill. N. J.
Awarded first prize in many world compe-
titions during the past sixty years, the
Schomacker Piano is now daily receiving
first prizes of preference won by its superb
tone, wonderful breadth of expression and
structural beauty.
SCHOMACKER PIANO CO.
23d and Chestnut St«.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
A VISITOR FROM AUSTRALIA
H. C. Cutler, of W. II. Paling & Co., Ltd., one
of the most important piano and music houses
in Australia, with headquarters in Sydney, ar-
rived in America this week. Mr. Cutler will
visit the principal music trade centers, such as
Chicago and New York.
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