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THE
MARCH 18, 1922
MUSIC TRADE
11
REVIEW
WINTER WEATHER STILL HANDICAPS NORTHWEST TRADE
Twin City Piano Men Look for Better Business When Spring Opens—Dyer & Bro. Install Rob-
ert-Morton Organ for Demonstration Purposes—Suburban Conditions Improving
MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL, MINN., March 13.—
Winter is showing a most disagreeable reluctance
to leave the Northwest, in spite of the fact that
the denizens of the country feel that they have
had more than their share of the Arctic visita-
tion during the past two months. Of course,
this territory has not been hit nearly so hard as
southern California and the Panhandle of
Texas, nor the coasts of Virginia and other
Southeastern States, but the Northwest has had
enough for one season.
In spite of unfavorable meteorological condi-
tions road men see several breaks in the clouds
and report that the rural music merchants are
in a most cheerful frame of mind and that the
farmers are forgetting to croak and are getting
ready to till the soil in the good, old-fashioned
way. So about September, 1922, there will be
some humming in the Northwest if only Nature
will join in the universal chorus.
In the meantime trade has not been so dis-
couraging as many might think. The interest in
musical instruments is as keen as it ever has
been and the stores usually are well filled. Truly,
the majority are investing in records, sheet
music and small goods, but many are looking
at pianos and it may be accepted as a fact that
when money begins to flow somewhat more
freely the piano dealers will be taking in a fair
share of it.
When your correspondent called at the
Peyer Music Co. store everybody was too busy
tc grant anything but a wave of the hand. This
was true of L. A. Dunaway and J. A. G. Duffy, as
well as the salesmen in the phonograph depart-
ment.
A similar experience was encountered in the
Foster & Waldo Co.'s establishment. The place
was filled and the showing was fully as con-
vincing as any talk with Robert O. Foster or
any of his able assistants could have been. The
Cable Company stores were well filled and all
the clerks in the Hurley-Moren-Frank em-
porium were on the jump. It looked good all
around in spite of the heaps of snow and ice out
of doors.
A big Robert-Morton orchestral organ was
installed last week in the theatre instrument de-
partment of W. J. Dyer & Bro. for demonstra-
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
tion purposes. A. L. Brown, manager of the
department, states that it is running about even
with last year, while the small goods are run-
ning quite a ways ahead. Road men are turn-
ing in very highly encouraging reports for the
future.
Country reports are of a rosy nature, says
Webb Raudenbush, of Raudenbush & Sons. This
condition will be reflected in the cities in time
and there is every confidence that by next Fall
the entire Northwest will be up on all four feet.
According to W. S. Collins, head of the Cable
Piano Co., which conducts three fine stores in
the Northwest, there is no valid reason for be-
lieving that the Northwest will be on easy
street until next Fall. He reasons that nothing
can give the Northwest prosperity except a good
crop and a resumption of iron mining, and both
are still among the future eventualities.
Chicago, 111.
OFFICE
1872 Clybourn Avenue
Chicago, III.
TONK TOPICS
Certificate
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Address
Jan.-Feb.
March-April
ARTISTIC LINDEMAN CATALOG
May-June
July-August
New Booklet Issued by Lindeman & Sons Piano
Co. Shows Many Models and Interestingly
Tells of the Long Career of Lindeman Pianos
Sept.-Oct.
A very attractive and artistic catalog has been
issued by the Lindeman & Sons Piano Co.,
10 Jones street, New York.
On the inside of the first page appears a very
impressive illustration of the Lindeman plant.
On another page it is stated: "The Lindeman &
Sons Piano Co., which was incorporated under
the general laws of the State of New York in
1890, is the original Lindeman & Sons Co.,
founded by William Lindeman and established in
New York in 1836, and is the only piano manu-
facturing company that has any right or authority
in law to the use of the name 'Lindeman &
Sons,' 'Lindeman,' and 'Henry and S. G. Linde-
man,' and the only company that owns—and
manufactures pianos—from the original scales
perfected by the founder, William Lindeman."
The text matter is written in an interesting
manner and dwells upon the tested stability of
the Lindeman for more than eighty years, stating,
"We are not comparing the Lindeman with any
other piano. W e are simply making plain the
fact that the Lindeman piano is the oldest, but
one, in America and that none survived save
those of merit."
Other pages are devoted to the Lindeman
player-piano and the Lindeman Synchrona re-
producing piano with Accompano attachment.
The pianos illustrated are uprights, Styles 4 and
6, the former, four feet four inches high, being
equipped with a sliding fall board and furnished
in mahogany and oak, while the latter, four feet
and seven inches high, is furnished in mahogany
and walnut. The Style R piano is also illus-
trated. This is four feet six inches high and is
furnished in mahogany, walnut and oak. The
new Lindeman small grand, Style M, is dis-
played in a proper setting. This instrument,
which is furnished in mahogany, is five feet long.
The other two instruments displayed are the
Lindeman Synchrona Style R, upright, in ma-
hogany, four feet six inches high, and the Style
L Synchrona grand with Accompano attach-
ment, which is five feet two inches long. The
catalog is enclosed in a robin's-egg blue cover,
on which are printed the words "Lindeman &
Sons, Pianos and Player-pianos, New York,"
while on the back appears the trade-mark artis-
tically embossed. The interior pages are printed
on India tint coated stock, the settings for the
illustration and the text being in the form of a
delicate tint with the name Lindeman at the top
of each page.
FACTORIES
North Milwaukee, Wis.
Convertible
Lloyd L. Parker, well-known music dealer of
southern Illinois, is planning to open a music
store in Eldorado, 111. A complete stock of
pianos, player-pianos and musical instruments
will be handled.
Nov.-Dec. !
A Real
Interest-Bearing
Certificate!
Each coupon enables
you to cash in on
greater inspiration to
better business.
Simply write o u t
your firm name and
address and this valu-
able little six-times-a-
year publication will
be mailed you free of
charge.
Address the
Tonk Mfg. Co.
Clybourn Ave. and Lewis St.
CHICAGO, ILL.