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NOVEMBER 1,
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
1919
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SAN FRANCISCO PIANO DEALERS REPORT GOOD BUSINESS
BOYER MUSIC CO. EXPANDS
Shipyard Strike Having Little Effect on General Demand for Musical Instruments—Shipment of
Cable Instruments Pleases Allen Co.—Mauzy Exhibit Wins Prizes—News of the Week
To Occupy Entire Building as Soon as Altera-
tions Are Completed
ELKHART, IND., October 27.—The Boyer Music
Co. will have one of the finest music stores in this
section of the country when the new home at 417
South Main street is occupied. The entire building
will be remodeled and provision is made for future
enlargement should that be necessary. The piano
department will be located on the second floor, which
will be fitted up to display the instruments in the
best possible way.
WEAVER PIANOS
ment has received samples of the Art Hickman rec-
ords and is taking orders pending the arrival of
stock. The department expects an enormous busi-
ness on these records.
Q R S Co. Manager in Seattle
A. L. Quinn, manager of the western branch of
the Q R S Co.. is in Seattle, whence he writes the
dealers "are treating him rough," because of slow
deliveries of rolls. He has sent in a new sheaf of
orders and as soon as shipments begin to arrive
freely in the local office the force will have to
work overtime to fill the orders already booked.
C. S. Walter Piano Department Manager
C. S. Walter, who managed the piano department
for the Heine Music Co., up to the first of October,
resigned on that date for a similar position with
Clark Wise & Co., assuming charge of the piano
department with the opening of the new store, No-
vember 1.
Byron Mauzy Awarded Prizes
With the close of the California Land and Indus-
try Show in this city the first prize and gold medal
for musical display was awarded to both the Byron
Mauzy gold medal piano and the Blue Bird talking
machine.
Byron Mauzy has just received two more cars of
players and states that the company is now in good
shape to handle the expected holiday trade. The
company expects this trade to be bigger than ever
before, and plans to commence its advertising cam-
paign for Christmas business in another week.
The player roll department of Byron Mauzy has
been moved from the upper floor to just off the main
floor. New demonstration rooms where rolls may
be heard on the same system as talking machine
records are demonstrated.
New Talking Machine Department
The City of Paris opens its new department for
the sale of talking machines and records on Octo-
ber 27 on the third floor of the addition just made
to the b'g store. There are four demonstration
rooms for Columbia and four for Edison machines
and one reception or display room for each machine.
Tn addition the City of Paris is goiner to put out a
line of hiVh art cabinet talking machines under
their own nTne. The companv has loner made art
furniture and some of the skill thus acquired will
be turned to account on the talking machine cabi-
nets. H. Murphy, formerlv with Canwell in Oak-
land, will be the manager of the new deoartment.
Baldwin Co. Secretary on Visit
Thomnson De Serisv. secretary of the Baldwin
Piano Co.. was in San Francisco visitiner the branch
house here this week. This is his first trip to the
Coast for several years, the war having kept him at
the eastern headquarters.
Oenrce W. Bntps. comntroiler of Sherman, Clav
& Co.. left for Sacramento this week and after
completing business there he will turn to the south
and visit the Shermnn, Clay & Co. branches there.
A New Music Roll
The Remick Soner Shop is featuring the Remick
Perfection music roll, manufactured for them by
the Film Music Co.. of Los Ancreles. Most of this
music is cut from the song and instrumental suc-
cesses published bv Remick, and it is stated that the
company intends to feature these rolls in all their
stores.
.Grand*, Uprights
and Players
WERNER ON EXTENDED TOUR
Highest Standard of
Acoustic Excellence
SAN FRANCISCO, October 23.—Despite the con-
tinuance of the strike in the shipyards and the pros-
pect that it will continue for a long time, the music
houses, so far, have not noted a serious falling off
in the demand for records and music rolls. This
end of the business was expected to show the first
effects of the loss of nearly $400,000 a day in
wages, and it is still believed that these departments
will show the greatest loss when the full effect of
the strike makes itself manifest. But in the mean-
time the general business keeps up to a high pitch
and the music houses are preparing for a holiday
trade which will break all records. Of course stocks
are low, especially in pianos and in Victrolas. How-
ever, the trade is satisfying its customers in a great
degree and expects to continue to do so. Several
of the houses report the receipt of two or more car-
loads of pianos, and these will be a great help in
taking care of the holiday trade.
New Clark Wise & Co. Quarters Ready
Clark Wise & Co. will be in their new location on
Stockton street by November 1. Part of the stock
will be moved the latter part of the present week
and the entire stock will be in the new store by the
end of next week. At present counters and shelving
are being placed and talking machine booths built.
It is likely that it will take a month before all the
little ends will be gathered together and the store
will be pronounced "finished."
Florintine to Head Sheet Music Department
In the new store of Clark Wise & Co. E. S.
Florintine, who formerly conducted the Florintine
Music Co., at 111 Kearney street, before he entered
the American Army and did service for Uncle Sam
in the war, will run asheet music department with a
complete line of popular and classical sheet music.
Clark Wise & Co. had no such department in their
former location on Geary street.
American Photo Player Co. News
J. H. Merrill, of the American Photo Player Co..
who has been at the home office for the past two
weeks, has left for his territory in the northwest.
Starting from Seattle he will work his way east-
ward until the entire territory is covered.
J. A. G. Schiller, in charge for Sherman, Clay &
Co. of the retail trade of the American Photo
Player Co., left this week for Reno. He expects to
spend a week in Nevada, returning by way of Sacra-
mento.
An Active Woman Dealer
Miss Field, of the Century Music Co., 1114 Mar-
ket street, has just returned from a two months'
vacation on her ranch in Idaho. She has been
specializing on talking machines and records, music
rolls and sheet music and is now planning to extend
the lines of stock she carries in the near future.
Cable Pianos for Wiley B. Allen Co.
The Wiley B. Allen Co. announce the arrival of
two cars of Cable pianos, and while this is only a
drop in the bucket of their needs the management
states that it helps. The talking machine depart-
THE LEADING LINE
YORK PIANOS
Uprights and Players
LIVINGSTON PIANOS
Uprights and Player-Pianos
If your competitor does not already have this
line, go after it at once,
Weaver Piano Co., Inc.
FACTORY
Established 1870
YORK, PA.
H. J. Werner, president of the American Photo
Plaver Co.. is at present on an extended tour from
coast to coast. Last week Mr. Werner was in New
York City, where he carefully studied the New
York executive offices, which are under the direc-
tion of vice-president R. P. Mathews.
Mr. Werner will probably be located in Chicago
next week: at the end which time he expects to
leave for the Coast. At the many points which Mr.
Werner touched on his trip East, he was most agree-
abiv surprised by the success that dealers were hav-
ing with the Fotoplayer and Robert Morton organ.
NEW STORE IN NEW BRUNSWICK
R. Montalvo, the well-known piano, talking ma-
chine and music dealer of New Brunswick, N. J.,
has just occupied a large new building equipped to
meetthe particular nee^ds of his business. The build-
ing is- in tl^e form of an ell, and among the features
is a bi grecital hall, 40x80 feet. The extent of Mr.
Montalvo's business is gauged from the fact that
he now has eleven automobiles in service.
NEW POST FOR DEWEY
Jay Dewey, formerly sales head of the Starr Piano
Co., Richmond, Ind., has been appointed sales direc-
tor for the Lexington Motor Co., Connersville, Ind.
AWARDED
Supreme Award
of Merit
American Steel &
Wire Company
Maker of
Perfected
and Crown
Piano Wire
Chicago, New York, Worcester, Cleveland, Pitts-
burgh, Denver. Export representative: U. S. Steel
Products Co., New York. Pacific Coast represent-
ative: U. S. Steel Products Co., San Francisoo.
Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle.