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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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CAPT. FREDERICK W. VOGEL'S DEATH LOUIS LEIBOWITZ OPENS NEW SHOP
Former Edison Dealer in Plainfield, N. J., Suc- Columbia Dealer Now Maintains Two Very At-
cumbs to Stomach Trouble While Waiting
tractive Stores in New York City
for Commission as Major in Regular Army
The Leibowitz Grafonola Shop, owned by
Louis Leibowitz, which
Capt. Frederick W. Vogel, of the Seventy-
has maintained a very
first Regiment, New York, formerly an Edison
attractive C o l u m b i a
phonograph dealer in Plainfield, N. J., died on
store at 894 East 163d
Friday morning in Mt. Vernon Hospital from
street, New York, has
stomach trouble while preparations were being
just opened another
made to operate on him. He was forty-one
store at 1024 Southern
years old, and is survived by a widow and thir-
boulevard, New York.
teen-year-old boy. Capt. Vogel was to have
This new store is fitted
been made a Major in the regular army and his
up very attractively,
commission was expected this week. He was
and is located imme-
buried with full military honors on Sunday last
- diately adjoining o n e
in Mount Hope Cemetery.
of t h e popular local
Capt. Vogel took a prominent part in the re-
theatres. Although he
cent convention of Edison phonograph dealers,
has only b e e n con-
New York, and was a member of the triple quar-
Louis Leibowitz
nected with the talking
tet who sang "America" at the banquet. On
that occasion he was the picture of health. Two machine business since January, 1916, Mr. Leibo-
weeks ago he participated in the ceremonies at- witz has succeeded in building up a profitable
tending the presentation of an army and navy Columbia clientele, and his success may be at-
model Edison phonograph to Company K of tributed in a measure to his enthusiasm and
the Second New Jersey Regiment in Plainfield. confidence in Columbia products.
He was taken sick while on duty with his com-
pany in New York State.
REMODELED STOREJN NEW BEDFORD
His death made a profound impression at the M. Steinert & Sons Co. Now Have Most Attrac-
Edison laboratories, with which he had been in
tive Quarters in That City
contact for a long period. Letters of con-
NEW BEDFORD, MASS., August 20.—The remodeled
dolence were sent to his family by the Edison
quarters of the M. Steinert & Sons Co., this
officials.
city, were formally opened a few days ago and
a
large crowd of visitors availed themselves of
SNAPPED IN BERMUDA
the opportunity of inspecting the new depart-
Fred Scholl, Jr., Spends Honeymoon Trip in ments. The improvements include the placing
of th.e offices in the rear of the store, and the
West Indies—Many Store Improvements
moving of the Victrola department to the front
The photograph herewith features Fred Scholl, of the store where it divides space with the
Jr., the prominent Victor dealer of 1125 Jamaica pianos. On the east side of the main floor there
are soundproof booths for the demonstration of
machines and records. Visitors on the opening
day were presented with souvenirs in the for.m
of note books bound in Russian leather. J. J.
Hatfield is manager of the local store, and
Lester M. Austin is in charge of the Victrola
department.
NEW FENWAY SHOP DOING WELL
C. B. Hamilton a Recent Addition to Columbia
Dealers in Boston District
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Scholl, Jr.
avenue, Woodhaven, h. I., while on his recent
honeymoon trip to Bermuda, where the happy
couple enjoyed immensely the many beauties of
that picturesque country.
Mr. Scholl has just completed alterations to
his windows and store, having installed six
sound-proof booths, thus making his establish-
ment one of the most modern and best equipped
in this section of Long Island. Mr. Scholl is
fortunate in having a competent assistant in
his sister, Miss Elizabeth Scholl, who is at pres-
ent supervising the record department in her
brother's store.
NOVEL RECORD CATALOG
The Columbia Graphophone Co., New York,
has issued something novel in record catalogs,
in the nature of a twenty-eight-page catalog
listing all selections issued during July and Au-
gust of this year. These records are listed
under different headings and the catalog is
conveniently sized for the general use of Co-
lumbia dealers. A glance through the pages
of this catalog will give a fair idea of the
diversified character of the records issued by
the Columbia Co. during the summer months;
these records including selections that will ap-
peal to lovers of every type of music.
BOSTON, MASS., August 20.—One of the latest ad-
ditions to the talking machine stores in this
section is the Fenway Talking Machine Shop,
at 255-257 Massachusetts avenue, of which C.
B. Hamilton is owner and manager. Mr. Ham-
ilton only recently qualified as a Columbia dealer
and will feature that line exclusively in the new
store. The shop, which was opened in May, is
small but extremely attractive.
COLUMBIA ADVERTISING OF "TONE"
The Columbia Graphophone Co. is using in
this week's Saturday Evening Post an attractive
and interesting full-page advertisement entitled
"Tone"; this page being the third in the series
of the Columbia "Tone" advertisement. The
text of the page is forceful and effective, calling
attention to the tone-chamber of the Columbia
Grafonola and comparing its acoustic properties,
dimensions and curves to those of the famous
Stradivari violins.
TO MAKE TALKERSJN MINNEAPOLIS
Munzer Manufacturing Corp. Opens Offices and
Will Soon Start Manufacturing
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., August 20.—The Munzer
Mfg. Corp. recently chartered here with a cap-
ital stock of $100,000 for the manufacture of
talking machines, has opened offices at 521 Mar-
quette avenue, and announces-that a factory at
160 Western avenue will be turning out ma-
chines within the next fortnight, and that an-
other factory will be put in operation later.
The officers of the company are: R. W. Munzer,
president; S. C. Confer, vice-president, and A.
B. Kent, secretary and treasurer.
Increase Your
Income
Piano merchants, who
have not investigated
the talking machine
field, will find that the
subject is one of deep
interest to them and
they will also learn that
talking machines con-
stitute a line which can
be admirably blended
with piano selling.
The advance that has
been m a d e in this
special field has been
phenomenal and every
dealer w h o desires
s p e c i f ic information
concerning talking ma-
chines should receive
The Talking Machine
World regularly.
This is the only publi-
cation in A m e r i c a
devoted exclusively to
the interests of the talk-
ing machine, and each
issue contains a vast
fund of valuable in-
formation which the
talking machine job-
bers and dealers say is
worth ten times the cost
of the paper to them.
You can receive the
paper regularly at a cost
of $1.00 a year and we
know of no manner in
which $1.00 can be ex-
pended which will sup-
ply as much valuable
information.
EDWARD LYMAN BILL, Inc.
Publisher
373 Fourth Ave.
NEW YORK