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CORLEY PLEASED WITH OUTLOOK
INTRODUCE NEWWEAVER MODEL
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY FOR DROOP
Richmond Piano Dealer Tells of Excellent Con-
ditions Existing in the South
Latest Style Upright Produced by the Weaver.
Piano Co. Known as the "Adam"
Washington Piano House Will Celebrate Fifty
Years of Business Life in Near Future—E.
H. Droop Returns From Vacation
In speaking of the conditions of the piano
The Weaver Piano Co. have just brought out
trade throughout the South, John G. Corley, a new model of their upright Weaver piano
president of the Corley Co., prominent Rich- which they call the "Adam." This name is
mond, Va., dealer, expressed himself as being derived from the design of the case, which is
much pleased with the general outlook. He said
in part: "Although we felt the general slump
in business prevalent throughout the trade dur-
ing the summer months, conditions are now
showing some returns. Repossession of instru-
ments throughout the country was largely the
cause of the trouble.
However, things are
picking up very nicely now. The cotton and
tobacco crops have been good and are com-
manding high prices. Merchants are out of
the uncertainty of the tax question and are pre-
paring for the big season ahead.
We look
for splendid fall business. A report just re-
ceived from our country salesman covering
North Carolina is the best that has been handed
in in years."
A. E. WILCOX NOW^SALES MANAGER
Appointed to That Position With C. J. Heppe
& Son, Philadelphia, Pa.
Albert E. Wilcox has been appointed as sales
juanager of the piano department of C. J. Heppe
& Son, 1117-1119 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
Mr. Wilcox has been connected with this firm
for many years, and has risen from the ranks
through merit. Mr. Wilcox was connected at
one time with Blasius & Sons for whom he
traveled seven years. C. J. Heppe & Son have
lost quite a few men from their staff who have
enlisted in the army. These vacancies in many
cases have been filled by young ladies.
New Weaver Upright, the "Adam"
mahogany and in the Adam period design. The
instrument is beautiful, not only in its design
and lines, but also in the quality of tone which
characterizes the Weaver piano. The first two
instruments produced were sold far ahead of
their completion.
STIEFF REPORTSJiOOD BUSINESS
Baltimore Piano House Anticipating Excellent
Fall—Fred Stieff, Sr., Back From Vacation-
Fred Stieff, Jr., in the Army
Charles M. Stieff, Inc., report that business
conditions have been uniformly good at their
LAUTER FORCE "WATCH" J. J. CAPLES Baltimore store and among their dealers, and
all signs point to a big fall and holiday season.
A handsome military wrist watch was pur-
Fred Stieff, Sr., head of the organization, has
chased with funds subscribed by the office force
returned from Atlantic City, where he spent
of the Lauter Co. factory in Newark and pre-
the summer, and S. P. Walker, general manager,
sented with their good wishes to John J. Caples,
is spending his vacation at the same resort.
purchasing agent of the company, who left on
Fred Stieff, Jr., who, it was announced, was tak-
Thursday of this week for military duty at Camp
ing up the officers' training course at Fort
Dix, Wrightstown, N. J., as a member of the
Myer, Va., makes it his business to run over
national army.
to Baltimore whenever he has leave of absence
Mr. Caples had been with the company for a to keep in touch with business conditions.
number of years and was a very popular mem-
ber of the organization. His co-workers were
RETURNS FROM_SUCCESSFUL TRIP
sorry to have to say farewell and expressed their
John J. Cavanagh, who has built up a large
hearty good wishes to him in his new field of
business in tuning and repairing at 1425 Tasker
duty.
street, Philadelphia, Pa., has just returned from
a three months' successful tuning trip along the
CALDWELL MUSIC SHOP LOOTED
seashore. His local business promises to be very
CALDWELL, N. J., September 17.—The Caldwell
active, as this is the season when pianos in his
Music Shop was recently entered by burglars,
territory are being placed in good playable con-
who made off with $100 worth of small goods
dition. Mr. Cavanagh was floor salesman for
and talking machine records. Proprietor David Bellak's for nine years up to January 27, when
Kagen believes that the robbery was committed he started in business for himself.
by thieves who were familiar with his move-
ments and who knew that he was absent from
CUNNINGHAM_MEN IN ARMY
the store previous to the robbery.
The Cunningham Piano Co., of Philadelphia,
has given up five men out of their sales staff
ATTEND BUSINESS CONVENTION
Announcement was made last week by Her- to fight for their country. The following men
bert W. Hill, assistant secretary of the National are now in the army, and it is expected that they
Piano Manufacturers' Association of America, will give a good accounting of themselves at
that C. C. Conway and Max J. deRochemont the front: John J. Rothfuss, Joseph F. Raf-
had been appointed to represent the association ferty, Frederick Schleich, Alphonsus P. Cox,
at the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Thomas J. Dooley. Out of their factory twenty-
of the U. S. A., which was held at Atlantic City six men have joined the colors.
the latter days of this week.
GEO. CHARRON IN TOWN
Geo. Charron, of F. J. Charron & Son, piano
dealers, at 20 Trumbull street, Worcester, Mass.,
was a visitor in New York last week, taking
orders for his fall and winter trade.
PIANO WAREJROOMS OPENED
Lawrence B. Collins has opened piano ware-
rooms at 147 West Western avenue, Muskegon,
Mich., where he will handle the W. W. Kimball
line of instruments, and also the Gulbransen-
Dickinson players.
WINTER & CO.
220 SOUTHERN BOULEVARD, NEW YORK
Manufacturers of
Within a few months the E. F. Droop & Sons
Co., of Washington, D. C , will celebrate their
golden aniversary. In 1867 E. F. Droop, founder
of the house, opened his first store in Washing-
ton. Thereon followed fifty years of phenom-
enal success until at the present date this firm,
now under the management of the two sons,
E. H. Droop and Carl Droop, occupy a large
and handsome building in the heart of the re-
tail shopping section of Washington, at Thir-
teenth and G streets, N. W., and another large
building in Baltimore. In 1877 they took on
the Steinway line, this year marking as well
their fortieth year as a Steinway dealer. E.
H. Droop has just returned from a vacation
spent at his mountain house and found a desk
filled with accumulated work which he at once
proceeded to take up with "his lungs still
breathing the pure mountain ozone," as he put it.
OLNEY COMMITTEE CHANGED
W. A. Dodge Resigns as Chairman of Creditors'
Committee—Succeeded by Dr. J. R. Wolfenden
Due to ill health, W. A. Dodge was recently
compelled to resign as chairman, and also as
a member of the creditors' committee for the
Qlney Music Co., St. Joseph, Mo. Dr. J. R.
Wolfenden, the treasurer of the Smith, Barnes
& Strohber Piano Co., succeeds Mr. Dodge as
chairman of the committee, and Chas. H. Smith,
vice-president and secretary of Smith, Barnes &
Strohber, has been added to the committee.
The other members of the committee, who have
already held office for some time, are W. C.
Heaton, of Kohler & Campbell, Inc., and J. J.
Downey, of the Price & Teeple Piano Co.
As an example of the services rendered by Mr.
Dodge as the energetic chairman of an ener-
getic committee, it might be said that the orig-
inal liabilities of the Olney Co., which approxi-
mated $400,000, have already been reduced to
$160,000. The business will, of course, be con-
tinued in a thoroughly progressive way by the
new committee, and it is expected that a new
dividend will be issued in the near future.
SANDERS & STAYMAN OPEN BRANCH
Baltimore Music Dealers Now Have Branch
Store in Washington, D. C.
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 17.—Sanders &
Stayman, prominent music dealers of Baltimore,
Md., have opened a branch store in this city,
which is under the management of Geo. H.
Stewart. This branch store was opened for the
purpose of supplying convenient facilities for
the selection of instruments to the clientele
which Sanders & Stayman have in this city.
The R. S. Howard, Estey and Sanders & Stay-
man pianos and players will be featured at the
new store.
KENNEDY CO. OPENS NEW STORE
The Kennedy Piano Co., Inc., has opened a
new music store in the McLachlen Building at
Tenth and G streets, N. W., Washington, D. C.
The Steger line of pianos and players will be
featured as a leader by the concern, which will
be under the direction of Geo. B. Kennedy.
PIERCE CO. CLOSING BRANCH
The C. L. Pierce Co., of Hartford, Conn.,
which has conducted a music store in that city
for a number of years, is going out of business.
Manager Piquette, who was in charge of the
Hartford store, will be located at the branch of
the concern conducted in New Britain, Conn.
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