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JULY 19,
1919
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
ST. LOUIS DEALERS REPORT USUAL SUMMER TRADE
Sales Have Fallen Off a Trifle, but Dealers Are Satisfied With Average Volume of Business for
This Time of Year—Wurlitzer Headquarters May Be Moved—News of the Week
St. Louis, Mo., July 16.—Business for the
first half of July has been just about normal for
this time of the year, which is one way of
saying that it has not been tremendously brisk.
It looked last month like most of the summer
flitters were going to stay home and it was ex-
pected that they would spend some of their
travel money for music. The ticket offices arc
crowded and the railroad people say they never
saw so much travel. It seems that the people,
having the money, don't mind high travel
charges and are going away just the same as
ever. From this and other seasonal causes busi-
ness in most music stores is lagging.
There are exceptions, of course, and one of
them seems to be the Lehman store on Olive
street. The Lehman store is not one of the
oldest or largest on the street, but there's a
special reason for the way things broke last
week. Hermann Weil put in his first full week
after returning from the war and it seems that
some of his friends had been waiting for him
to come back and he made up for lost time by
making it a $3,500 week. The sales included a
$1,530 player grand to a prospect that Weil had
been laboring with, at intervals, for the past
five years. Weil's sales helped give the house
the best week it has had since it started.
A house divided against itself has been hold-
ing up for weeks the negotiations of the Wur-
litzer Co. for the building at the northwest cor-
ner of Eleventh and Olive streets, but a parti-
tion sale the other day of one-half of the house,
which was divided against the other half, has
cleared the atmosphere and it is not improbable
that before long the Wurlitzer business will be
moved down to the corner. The corner building
belonged to an estate of which some of the heirs
owned half. At the sale one of the heirs bought
out the others and it is possible now for the
entire building to be rented. Manager James B.
Moran is not saying that the company is going
to rent it, but that is the expectation. If it does
it will have splendid show space with the double
front and Uie side windows on Eleventh street.
It is the expectation that if the move is made
the St. Louis house will carry a more diversified
line of the Wurlitzer output than heretofore.
President P. E. Conroy, of the Conroy Piano
Co., who went East last week on his annual
vacation jaunt, is now in Eastern Massachusetts
visiting the old home haunts of the Conroy
family. He will spend some time in Boston
and New York before returning to St. Louis.
Miss Edna Sinclair, cordial greeter at the
Baldwin store, is not greeting these two weeks.
She is spending her vacation in the remote
Ozarks, where greetings are few and far be-
tween. But callers at the Baldwin store are
greeted just the same. Miss Olga May Ahring,
transferred from other duties, is temporary
cordial greeter.
T. W. Phillips, sometimes called Tommy, who
has been with the Baldwin house for eight years,
is going to make a try at the game for himself.
He has opened a store at Grand avenue and
Awarded first prize in many world compe-
titions during the past sixty years, the
Schomacker Piano is now daily receiving
first prizes of preference won by its superb
tone, wonderful breadth of expression and
structural beauty.
SCHOMACKER PIANO CO.
23d and Chestnut Sts.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Wyoming street, in a busy community center,
with a mixed line of pianos. He has been a
very successful salesman and has a great many
friends in the trade who will be glad to see
him succeed.
Manager W. P. Chrisler, of the Aeolian Co.,
is back from Mackatawa, Mich., where his family
will stay the rest of the summer.
Manager Hammond, of the Vandervoort piano
department, is not abating his efforts just be-
cause it is July. On the contrary, he is running
a July sale and is finding it a very satisfactory
way to get the best of the July jinx.
Manager L. F. Ditzel, of the Famous & Barr
Co. music department, left Saturday for New
York, to be gone a week on business.
M. I. Mayer, of the Smith-Reis Piano Co., has
returned from Atlanta, Ga., where he was called
by the serious illness of his mother.
MILTON OUTING GREAT SUCCESS
Employes of Milton Piano Co. and Davenport &
Treacy Piano Co. Join Hands in Gala Outing
Held Recently at College Point, L. I.
One of the most enjoyable outings which were
recently held was that of the employes of the
Milton Piano Co. and the Davenport & Treacy
Piano Co. at College Point, L. I. The trip from
the city to Reisenburger's Hotel was made by
automobile.
The day's program consisted of athletic
events, which brought out some hotly contested
struggles, featuring the friendly rivalry between
the two companies; a tasty luncheon in the early
part of the day and a rousing "feed" in the
evening; a musical treat by Czukor's Daven-
port-Treacy orchestra, and just enough speech
to lend a spice of mingled wit and wisdom to
the good fellowship that prevailed.
President John H. Parnham, who was accom-
panied by Vice-President Geo. W. Allen and
Secretary Gibson, gave the boys a little after-
luncheon talk on co-operation, comradeship and
increased production, which met with a hearty
response. Mr. Parnham has lent warm personal
encouragement and support to the outings of
the companies and his interest and participa-
tion evoked evidences of appreciation on all
sides.
Supt. William Osthagen, who has been
unanimously adopted as "father" by the boys
of both companies, gave his numerous family
a little heart-to-heart talk following the dinner,
which all declared had sunk in good and deep
Results in the athletic events were as follows:
100-yard dash—J. Hanaseck, first; F. Kraus,
second; A. Swenson, third.
Running broad jump—F. Kraus, first; J. Hana-
seck, second; S. Czukor, third.
Swimming contest—S. Czukor, first; R. Kraus,
second; H. Flaack, third.
220-yard dash—A. Swenson, first; J. Giovenco,
second; William Taylor, third.
Baseball game—Miltons, 28; Davenport-
Treacy, 5.
Bowling tournament—Miltons won; indi-
vidual scores, L. Loffredo, first; J. Hanaseck,
second.
One-half mile relay race—Miltons won.
Handsome cups were awarded in the baseball
games and the relay race, and suitable prizes in
the individual events.
"And the best part of it all," as the boys de-
clared at the end of a perfect day, "is that you
cannot only enjoy the outings of these com-
panies, but the every-day work in their factories,
where harmonious co-operation makes work a
pleasure."
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions
of any kind.
Victrola XVII, $275
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Other styles $25 to $950
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Supremacy
The supremacy of
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The prosperity of
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