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THE MUSIC TRADE
AUGUST 24, 1918
REVIEW
E. L. ATHERTON NOW GENERAL MANAGER OF AMPHION CO.
SHIPMENTS TO SOUTH AMERICA
Formerly Sales Manager of Amphion Piano Player Co. Promoted to Important New Post With
That Company—A Man of Great Executive Ability and Thorough Knowledge of Player Trade
Steamers of United Fruit Co. Again Available
for Exportation of Musical Instruments
been due both to his efforts and the value of the
action itself.
As general manager Mr. Atherton will, of
course, have general supervision of the distribu-
tion as well as the production of the Amphion
action, in which work his practical knowledge
will prove of inestimable value to the entire
Amphion organization.
There are few men so closely and thoroughly
well acquainted with the development of the
player-piano industry as Mr. Atherton. He is
a close observer, a keen student of affairs, and
better still, a man of ideas who has kept in
close touch with the needs and progress of the
industrjr. He brings to his new post the fullest
knowledge of trade conditions and personalities,
which, combined with a technical knowledge that
may be termed expert, gives him a position of
eminence in the player field.
For the benefit of those piano manufacturers
at present interested in foreign markets, George
VV. Pound, general counsel of the Music Indus-
tries Chamber of Commerce, announces that the
steamers of the United Fruit Co. are again avail-
able for the exportation of musical instru-
ments.
These vessels are somewhat crowded to Co-
lumbia, Central America and the West Coast of
South America, and therefore shipments to such
points should be in advance. Space, however,
is readily available to Havana and Santiago,
Cuba, and to Jamaica.
These steamers load at Boston, New York
and New Orleans and information may be ob-
tained by addressing the United Fruit Co.,
Freight Agent, Steamship Service, 17 Battery
place, New York City.
It has just been announced that E. L. Ather-
ton, for the past twelve years sales manager for
the Amphion Piano Player Co., has been pro-
moted to the position of general manager of the
company, and will hereafter make his headquar-
ters at the factory in Syracuse, N. Y.
Mr. Atherton, who has made his home in New
York, has long been a prominent figure in the
trade throughout the country, and particularly
in the East, and is by experience and ability
admirably qualified to take up his new work.
He has, as sales manager, naturally kept in close
touch with the rapid development of the Am-
phion player action, is fully cognizant of its
possibilities, and is thoroughly enthusiastic re-
garding its merits. As sales manager most of
the work of distribution has fallen on his shoul-
ders, and the adoption of the Amphion player
action by many prominent manufacturers has
LIVE DEMAND FOR KROEQER PIANOS EXTENDS TIME FOR FILING RETURNS
Unusually Large Volume of Orders Being Re-
ceived at the Stamford Factory
Revenue Commissioner Sets Limit at September
30 for Capital Stock Returns
Elmon Armstrong, treasurer of the Kroeger
Piano Co., reports a heavy demand for the
products of that company, and consequently
much activity at the factory. In talking with
The Review last week he said:
"We are having a great amount of orders
from North, South, East and West. We are
simply overwhelmed and cannot take care of all
of them. We had orders Wednesday for eighty-
live instruments. A fair percentage of this was
cash. Thursday we had orders for 121 instru-
ments and quite a good percentage of this was
cash, ten days if we could ship at once. We
have had a great many orders all during the
months of May, June, July and August. The
last two days are greater than we have ever
had yet. It is a very unpleasant situation from
one viewpoint and a pleasant situation from an-
other. It is nice to have all of the good busi-
ness that you can care for, but the Kroeger
Piano Co. have always 'had a heart' and they
want to give due consideration to all of their
old customers. Much of this business is com-
ing from new customers.
"Mr. Jarrett, our vice-president and superin-
tendent, is pushing the output of our factory
with all possible energy considering labor con-
ditions, but, as President Garritson states, the
question that confronts us now is the equitable
and just distribution of our product in such a
way as in a measure to do justice to our old and
new customers with due consideration for cash
and time business."
The final filing date for capital stock tax re-
turns for the taxable year ending June 30, 1918,
has been further extended, according to a com-
munication which William H. Edwards, Inter-
nal Revenue Collector for the Wall street dis-
trict, received this week from Commissioner of
Internal Revenue Daniel C. Roper.
For returns to be filed with collectors of In-
ternal Revenue in the continental United States
the time limit is September 30, and for returns
to be filed with the Collector of Internal Rev-
enue at Honolulu, Hawaii, October 31, 1918.
"I have been informed by Washington," said
Mr. Edwards, "that all returns filed for the
period in question on or before these dates will
be accepted by all collectors without assertion
of the 50 per cent, penalty. We expect shortly
to receive a supply of the revised forms and the
revised regulations. As soon as they are avail-
able the public will be duly informed."
ISSUE TRADE ACCEPTANCE RULE
Reserve Board Announces Opposition to Special
Discounts
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 16.—Offers of dis-
count if payment is made on a trade acceptance
before maturity are discredited. It was an-
nounced to-day that the Federal Reserve Board
has adopted a rule disproving the general use
of any form of trade acceptance which contains
any such provision in it.
The Board announced at the same time the
appointment of some new Federal Reserve ex-
aminers. The men who have been raised to
this position are John A. Will, auditor of the
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and W. W.
Paddock, examiner of the Federal Reserve Bank
of Philadelphia.
PLATT MUSIC CO. CHANGES
J. J. Foster Now Vice-President—R. H. Hart
Is Sales Manager—J. W. Eccleston in Charge
of Advertising- Outlook Very Bright
The Platt Music Co., of Los Angeles, Cal.,
has been partly reorganized, J. J. Foster, for-
merly sales manager, having been made vice-
president of the organization. R. H. Hart, who
is well known in Eastern piano circles, suc-
ceeds Mr. Foster as sales manager, and J. W.
Eccleston is in charge of the advertising de-
partment. Plans have been formulated whereby
the activity of the concern will be increased and
the prospects for an excellent trade this fall are
exceedingly bright.
P. F. HAMMERSLEY PASSES AWAY
Philip F. Hammersley, for the past fifteen
years connected with the Metropolitan Music
Co., of Minneapolis, Minn., passed away at his
home in that city last week, aged sixty-three
years. He had been ill for two months. He is
survived by a widow, two sons, one daughter
and two stepchildren.
The L. T. Adams Music Store, Herrick, 111.,
was destroyed by fire last week, the loss ap-
proximating $15,000, partly covered by insur-
ance.
NEW BUSH & LANE OFFICES
Will Occupy Building in Portland, Ore., For-
merly the Home of Eilers Music House
The Bush & Lane Piano Co. will become the
new lessees of a part of the Eilers Building in
Portland, as a result of a suit brought by the
owners of the building against the Eilers Music
House. The Eilers concern, now bankrupt, had
occupied the building ever since it was con-
structed seven years ago, and after the concern
went into bankruptcy the owners of the build-
ing entered into negotiations with Bush & Lane
and made a lease for the ground floor, the mez-
zanine floor and a portion of the upper part of
the building. The owners of the building
claimed that the Eilers people refused to va-
cate, and the resulting suit was brought to secure
possession for the owners.
QEO. W. POUND CHIEF SPEAKER
Scheduled to Deliver Principal Address at Na-
tional American Musical Festival
George W. Pound, general counsel of the
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce, will
deliver the principal address at the National
American Music Festival to be held at Lockport,
N. Y., during the entire week beginning Sep-
tember 2. The festival is an annual event, and
is designed to secure just recognition for
American music and musicians. The affair at-
tracts prominent lights in the musical world
from all sections of the country.
ROBT. WAUGH SUCCEEDS H. J. BERLIN
Harry J. Berlin, general traveler for the Hol-
land Piano Mfg. Co., Menomonie, Wis., has re-
signed from that position, and is now on a va-
cation trip in Wisconsin. Robt. Waugh, for-
merly wholesale traveler for the Schumann
Piano Co., and later retail manager for A. B.
Smith, Youngstown, O., has been appointed to
Mr. Berlin's former position.
P. S. FOSTER DOING WAR WORK
Percy S. Foster, formerly secretary of the
Xational Association of Piano Merchants, is at
the present time engaged in war work in con-
nection with the Y. M. C. A. Mr. Foster is
conducting "sings" and training soldiers'
choruses at various Y. M. C. A. camps adjacent
to Washington.
Make your quarters grow.
Buy Thrift Stamps.
WINTER & CO.
RUDOLF
PIANOS AND PLAYER-PIANOS
PIANOS AND PLAYER-PIANOS
22O SOUTHERN BOULEVARD, NEW YORK