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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
OCTOBER 11, 1919
BUFFALO PIANO TRADE INCREASING SATISFACTORILY
Steel Strike Clearing Up, and Beneficial Effect on Business Generally Is Quite Apparent—Loud
Co. Featuring the Brambach Player Grand—New Ampico Studio at Adam & Co.
BUFFALO, N. Y., October 6.—The strike at the
Lackawanna Steel Co.'s plant in this city seems
to be losing somewhat its serious aspect this
week, and according to the heads of the con-
cern many of the men are returning to their
old positions. This does not mean that the
strike is reaching a settlement, but as rioting
near the plant has ceased and a Sunday-like calm
prevails there, Buffalo's piano trade, as other
lines of business, seems to have kept pace with
the change and is showing an improvement this
week.
The Robert L. Loud Music Co. had an attrac-
tive window display featuring the Brambach
player grand, and many people commented favor-
ably on it. A wax model of a young lady was
placed before the piano and the effect was sur-
prisingly realistic. The exhibit proved a profit-
able bit of advertising.
Mrs. Nellie M. Fairbairn, wife of Edward Fair-
bairn, secretary of Adam, Meldrum & Anderson
Co., Pathephone dealers, died here recently. Mrs.
Fairbairn was widely known on account of her
church and Sunday school activities.
J. N. Adam & Co. will open a new Ampico
studio about the last of October and will carry
a complete line of Knabe reproducing pianos
and a complete Ampico roll library. Miss Loretta
C. Spring will be in charge. The studio, while
not being visited by customers, will be kept in
darkness. There will be a button switch on the
door. When the button is pressed the electric
lights in the studio will be flashed on and a
Knabe reproducing piano will start playing. The
room will be elaborately finished in ivory.
Three new entrances to the Victrola depart-
ment have just been built. The department also
is being enlarged and other improvements are
being made to put this section of the store in
fine shape for the holiday rush.
This store has just completed the celebration
of its thirty-eighth anniversary. Joining with
every other section the piano department had
special offerings in honor of the store's birthday.
Another event, similar to that of J. N. Adam
& Co., was recently celebrated by the William
Hengerer Co., Victor dealers. The latter firm,
however, has been in business eighty-three years.
CHARACTER
"Admirable Quality; Acknowledged Reputation"
—(Standard Dictionary)
PIANOS
Manufactured by
Smith, Barnes
and-:
Strohber Co.
have for 33 years
justified their right
to be called
Pianos of Character
FACTORIES
North Milwaukee, Wii.
Chicago, III.
k
OFFICE
1872 Clybourn Avenue
Chicago, 111.
L. K. Scott, manager of the Victrola department,
made use of effective displays and advertising
during the celebration.
Margaret Matzenauer, mezzo-soprano, recently
sang at the Elmwood Music Hall, Buffalo. The
fact that this vocalist is a new Edison artist was
not overlooked in the advertising of these New
Edison dealers, Bricka & Enos, Charles J. Hereth,
Utley Piano Co., and Zittel-Kreinheder Co.
Work is progressing rapidly at the Rudolph
Wurlitzer Co.'s new building. Plans for the
opening of the store are progressing.
CINCINNATI GOES BASEBALL MAD
You o n l y get 3%
interest on the
$
$\
$
$
deposited in the coin box
of a bank — whereas,
there's no limit when
deposited in the coin box
of
Business Is Secondary Consideration During
Fight for World's Championship—Association
Meeting Postponed Until Next Week
CINCINNATI, O., October 7.—Doing business while
the attention of the Middle West, as well as the
rest of the country, was concentrated on baseball
is a rather difficult affair just now. In fact the
games played in Cincinnati last week are be-
lieved to have had an effect on sales in the piano
district, quite a number of the houses reporting
a slump.
When one realizes that the attendance at the
local games was greater than the attendance at
the games in Chicago, it is then possible to un-
derstand local conditions. The hotels and the
restaurants reaped a harvest and Cincinnati, so
far as the first week is concerned, lays claim to
not being guilty of profiteering. Hotel rates re-
mained the same, although there was doubling
up in rooms and the like, but the companies en-
deavored to take care of the immense crowds
which were attracted to Cincinnati during the
first week, and in this they were successful.
The music industry of Cincinnati was to have
held a meeting this coming Thursday, but Dan F.
Sumniey, president, came to the conclusion that
it would be a waste of energy to endeavor to
secure even a quorum under existing conditions.
Consequently he has tipped off to George Gross,
secretary, that it would be well for the latter to
slip word to the brethren to be on hand at the
Chamber of Commerce Thursday evening, Octo-
ber 16, when quite a pow-wow regarding general
conditions will be held.
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., catching the spirit
of the occasion, is the one firm in the piano field
to decorate the exterior of the building in honor
of the World's Series and in the same connection
it might be remarked that the festooning is the
most artistic in the town. The entire "Red"
team were the guests of the Wurlitzer house last
week, being treated to a concert. Many of the
players showed their familiarity with music.
Harvard and Dayton pianos, the product of the
Dayton, Ky., factory of the John Church Co.,
have been received at the local branch, being the
first to be shipped since the plant was closed
down because of the war. By November 1, ac-
cording to Augustus Beall, secretary, the factory
will have a production of 100 pianos a month.
The Harvards will retail at $750 and the Dayton
piano at $650.
September, according to E. E. Roberts, of the
Baldwin Co., was the biggest ninth month busi-
ness in the history of the house, all branches
considered. He likewise stated the volume would
have been greater had the factory been able to
supply the demand of the branches.
The Elite Music Co., Columbus, with a capi-
talization of $50,000, •has been incorporated by
Harry C. Fatton, Ellen Fatton, Carl S. Wilkens,
Loraine Wilkens and Albert M. Calland.
The DuBarry Piano Co., Seattle, Wash., has
announced that all its branch stores in Montana
will be discontinued. New stores may be es-
tablished in Tacoma and Everett.
Seeburg's Style K
"Midget Orchestrion"
(Coin Operated)
HERE'S THE IDEA
The owner of the Cafe
Restaurant, I c e Cream
Parlor, or in fact, the own-
er of any other public
place of entertainment in-
stalls Seeburg's Style K
Midget Orchestrion. The
patrons flock to t h e s e
places—they're strong for
good music—that's why.
Every patron will surely
drop one or more coins in
the box.
In a short time this little ALL-
IN-ONE instrument pays FOR
ITSELF. Thereafter all money
in the coin box is "pure vel-
vet" or in other words UN-
LIMITED INTEREST. Now
you have it. GET BUSY.
Look around your town and
then tell us how many places
there are that could use Style
K. We'll do the rest and
you'll get yours.
J. P. SEEBURG
PIANO COMPANY
Leaders in the Automatic Field
Factories, Seeburg Building, 419 West Erie Street
CHICAGO