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THE
OCTOBER 2, 1920
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
PLANNING SUPPLY CREDIT SERVICE
PREDICTS GOOD BUSINESS YEAR
ALFRED A. BATKIN PROMOTED
Credit Committee of Musical Supply Association
Meets to Consider the Details of the New
Credit-reporting Service for Industry
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Reports Era of Sane Buying
Now Holds Position of Assistant to General
Manager of House of Byron Mauzy
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 27.—Good busi-
The credit committee of the Musical Supply ness for the rest of the year, despite disturbing
Association met last week in the offices of the factors in the commercial, industrial and agricul-
Musical Industries Chamber of Commerce for tural outlook, is predicted in a report made public
the purpose of deciding upon details of the credit- today by the Committee on Statistics and Stand-
reporting service to be installed and operated ards of the Chamber of Commerce of the United
by the Association.
States. The report, which deals with conditions
It is expected that the service will be in as observed this month, describes buying as of
operation not later than the middle of Oc- liberal volume, but on a sane and sober basis of
tober. It now appears that, at least until the needs as contrasted with the speculative purchas-
service has become developed over a consid- ing of previous months.
erable period of time, members of the Associa-
The committee says that "a cloud has appeared
tion will not be requested to report a list of on the automobile horizon," which, it adds,
customers and new customers. When a re- "seems to presage very definitely lessened pro-
quest for credit information is received infor- duction in the near future and probably different
mation will be asked of all members of the and more economical methods of distribution."
Association upon regular blanks to be pro- Despite good crops, the committee declares the
vided for that purpose, and a summary state- farmers' horizon is not without its cloud, de-
ment of the information received, without any scribing the car shortage evil as far-reaching
reference to its source, will be sent to the mem- with the result that the elevators are full of grain
bers making inquiry and those co-operating in and unable to get cars.
supplying the credit information.
"Farmers with their wheat march up the hill,
The preliminary announcements that the As- like the King of France, to the next railroad
sociation would develop a credit-reporting serv- town," the committee asserts, "and then march
ice awakened considerable interest on the part down again because there is no place for fheir
of the trade and the officers of the Association wheat. So they store it the best they can on the
are receiving a number of letters from mem- farm, and often have no place to put it. And then,
bers stating their willingness to co-operate in if they have to meet obligations, they sell their
providing credit information and their desire wheat for what they can get for it. And a con-
to avail themselves of the facilities offered.
stant lower market prevails."
Building construction, the committee reports,
SECURES AEOLIAN-VOCALION AGENCY "has practically come to a standstill because of
being tied hand and foot by the unreliability and
T. S. Martin Co., Sioux City, la., Opens Large uncertainty of labor, high prices, scarcity of ma-
New Phonograph Department
terials and the almost impossibility of financing
any construction."
Sioux CITY, IA., October 1.—The T. S. Martin
Co., which is known as the "Fastest-growing
REST=RAIL FOR GRAND ACTIONS
store in the Northwest," has taken the agency
for the Aeolian-Vocalion in this city. This com-
pany was founded forty years ago by the late Details of Important Improvement for Which
Patent Has Been Granted to F. A. Wessell
T. S. Martin. Originally the T. S. Martin Co.
was a dry goods store, developing as it grew
into a department store doing business in the WASHINGTON, D. C, September 27.—Patent No.
four great States of Iowa, South Dakota, 1.353,442 was last week granted to Fernando A.
Nebraska and Minnesota. During those forty Wessell, New York, for a hammer rest-rail for
years the T. S. Martin Co. has built up its busi- grand piano actions.
This invention relates to rest-rails by v/hich
ness on a high quality standard. It aims to
serve its community with the best things the the stroke of all or of one part or another of
earth affords, and at prices that are always the hammers of piano actions can be reduced for
the purpose of modifying the tone produced.
fair.
The invention is particularly concerned with
The T. S. Martin Co. moved into its present the construction of such rest-rails for grand
location on March 19, 1918, doubling its floor player-pianos and it has for its object to sim-
capacity, and throwing open to the public a plify the construction, to reduce wear and to
store whose equipment has been termed by improve the operation. In devices of this gen-
experts "as fine as any in the United States." eral character there have been combined here-
This store is now directed by the three sons tofore a main rest-rail, by which the stroke of
of the original founder and affords a fitting set- all of the hammers can be reduced at one time,
ting for the high quality merchandise the and a divided rest-rail by which the stroke of
Aeolian Co. distributes.
one portion or another of the hammers can be
reduced at will. In such prior devices the main
NEW EXPORT BILL OF LADING
rest-rail and the divided rest-rail are side by
Exporters and Carriers to Confer the Form side and make contact with or act upon the
hammer stems in parallel lines. In the improved
Which Is Now Under Consideration
construction the main rest-rail acts through the
divided rest-rail and thereby the construction is
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 27.—The form of
simplified, and its operation improved.
a new export bill of lading will be determined
"at meetings of railroads, steamship interests
and the Interstate Commerce Commission in
CLAIMED PIANO MOVING RECORD
the next two or three weeks. A form has been
proposed by the commission which has been
Col. Franklin Pierce Colby, who died in Man-
under consideration by the other interests. A chester, N. H., recently in his seventy-sixth year,
meeting on this subject will be held before rep- claimed a record for piano moving, maintaining
resentatives of the commission in Chicago to- that he had, while conducting a trucking business
day, which will be attended by the Middle West- for many years, moved more than 25,000 instru-
ern carriers and exporters. A subsequent meet- ments.
ing will be held in Washington on October 4
before the Interstate Commerce Commission
If foremanship were a bed of ease it would
which will be attended by representatives of not be a desirable goal to attain, neither would
the Eastern carriers and those interested in the the piano industry be always seeking for good
water lines.
foremen.
THE BEST KNOWN
MUSICAL NAME
IN THE WORLD.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., September 25.—Alfred A.
Batkin has been promoted to the position of
assistant to the general manager, C. S. Mauzy,
Mr. Mauzy taking the active management of
both the San Francisco and Oakland stores.
In addition to his many new duties Mr. Batkin
is handling the advertising and has handled the
same for the past few months to the satisfaction
of all concerned. Mr. Batkin's long experi-
ence in the piano business is a very valuable
assistance in this line and his wide acquaintance
with the newspaper advertising men and solici-
tors has also been a great help to him. He
has produced several very new and striking
advertisements.
WHITESIDE TO OPEN IN COLTON
Baldwin Line to Be Featured in Branch of San
Bernardino Music Store
COLTON, CAL., September 25.—The Whiteside Mu-
sic Co., of San Bernardino, have just closed a
deal for a two years' lease of the premises at 117
East I street, and will open a new music store
here. The building is at present occupied by the
W. G. Flint dry goods and notion store.
The Colton store will be up to date in every
way, with a stock of new Baldwin pianos and
player-pianos, Pathe phonographs, Victor talk-
ing machines, all kinds of string instruments,
the latest records and sheet music.
BYRON MAUZY STARTS EAST
.
Byron Mauzy, of San Francisco, left on Thurs-
day, September 23, for Chicago, Rochester, Bos-
ton, Washington and New York. Mrs. Mauzy
and daughter are accompanying him on the trip.
He will visit the factories and head offices of
the lines he handles, including Chickering,
Haines, Marshall & Wendell, Autopiano, Soh-
mer, Smith & Barnes, Strobher, Davenport-
Treacy and others.
BALDWIN CO. CAPITAL INCREASE
CINCINNATI, O., September 27.—The Baldwin
Piano Co., of this city, has applied for permission
to increase the capital stock of the company from
$2,800,000 to $6,000,000. This latest move is in
line with the elaborate plans for business develop-
ment made by that company recently.
FIRST YEAR PROVES SUCCESSFUL
BELLEVUE, I A., September 27.—The Johnson Piano
Co. has just completed its first year of business
in Bellevue, and according to H. G. Johnson,
head of the company, has met with material
success, having manufactured and sold during
the year 1,200 pianos, or at the average of one
hundred pianos a month.
MADISON CAPITAL INCREASE
The Madison Piano Co., Bronx, has made an
increase in its capital stock from $10,000 to
$100,000.
ESTABLISHES REPAIR DEPARTMENT
The Turner Music Co., 158 North Main street,
Wichita Kas., has arranged to establish a large
piano repair and refinishing plant in that city, the
machinery for which is now being installed.
The Spiegel Music Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind., has
just been incorporated with a capital of $15,000
by Edwin H. Dickmeyer, Ida Dickmeyer and
W. Charles Dickmeyer.
THE BEST PROFIT
PRODUCER FOR THE
DEALER IN THE TRADE