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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
MUSIC
FEATURED IN PORTLAND, ORE.
Dealers Creating Greater Interest in Music and
Are Reaping Profits Thereby—Concerts and
Demonstrations Attract the Public
PORTLAND, ORE., April 29.—Since the DeForeest
party visited Portland many of the music deal-
ers are giving their attention to the stimulation
of the appreciation of good music and by this
means are bringing music lovers in closer touch
with their departments.
The music department of the Meier & Frank
Co. is giving a series of weekly Knabe Ampico
concerts in "Symphony Hall," which arc largely
attended. At the concert given in this attrac-
tive hall last Friday the attendance was a rec-
ord one and E. D. Morris, manager, said that if
the attendance continued to grow they would
have to provide more accommodations, as about
a hundred people stood throughout the entire
concert. At the last concert local artists, Elsie
Warden, 'cello; William O'Neil and Franklin
Lanner, pianists, and Harold S. Graham, bari-
tone, assisted. Six selections on the Ampico
were given and greatly enjoyed by those in at-
tendance.
A mandolin, guitar and banjo club has been
organized by the Seiberling-Lucas Music Co.
and is under the direction of J. D. Paladeaux and
H. A. Weber, of the sales force. Free member-
ship, as well as free tuition, is a feature of the
club. Weekly rehearsals are held in the piano
department and great interest has already been
shown in the organization.
Miss Hattie Young, who has been manager
of the roll department of the Bush & Lane Piano
Co., has resigned and her place has been filled
by Henry Arcand, who was formerly the assist-
ant of Louis Mack in his sheet music depart-
ment in the store.
Hurlie L. Moore, of the Moore-Dunn Music
Co., of Salem, Ore., has announced his candi-
dacy for the Republican nomination for the
Legislature from Marion County, of this State.
Mr. Moore entered the music business about a
year ago, when he opened his music store in
Salem, which is known as the Moore-Dunn
Music Co.
Twenty-five junior students of the Ellison-
White Conservatory of Music were entertained
by the Duo-Art department of Sherman, Clay &
Co. recently. William Woodward, manager of
the department, gave an interesting and instruc-
tive short lecture on the Duo-Art as a reproduc-
ing piano and compared it to the ordinary player-
piano.
The accompanying illustration was made from
a photograph which has been received by Paul
G. Mehlin & Sons, West New York, N. J., and
shows a view of the display of Mehlin pianos ex-
American piano shown and, according to a let-
ter from Signor Nogues, was the center of at-
traction.
The walls of the room were hung with rare
The Mehlin Exhibit at the Barcelona Fair Held in March
hibited by the Compania Espanola de Musica, of
which Gonzola Nogues is director, at the great
1922 fair and industrial exhibit held at Barcelona,
Spain, in March. The Mehlin was the only
tapestries, on which appeared the Nogues crest,
the family being descended from old nobility—the
grandees of Spain. The other decorations were
very tasteful and refined in character.
As a result of the success of this initial con-
cert Mr. Woodward says that he is planning
more of them in the immediate future.
Interest was created in the display of an old
piano in Portland and a melodeon which has
been presented to the library of the Pacific Uni-
versity. The Portland branch of the Bush &
Lane Co. is displaying in its window a Collard
&• Collard piano which was manufactured in
London, England, in 1842, and was brought to
the Coast around the Horn in a sailing vessel
and delivered at Astoria in 1861, said to be the
fust instrument to be brought to the town at
the mouth of the Columbia. The instrument has
been replaced by an up-to-date Bush & Lane
piano and the old instrument still has a good
lot of music in it.
The melodeon is believed to be one of the very
first musical instruments brought to the Oregon
country. It was made in the State of Connecti-
cut and was brought across the plains in 1839
by one of the pioneers. It is a part of a col-
lection of J. S. Griffin, a pioneer Congregational
minister of the Tualatin plains, which has been
presented to the library of the Pacific University
and the old instrument is an object of much in-
terest.
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is conspicuous to judges of tone, while
Ludwig Case Models excite intense admira-
tion among those who appreciate artistic
beauty of design. Throughout the entire
line the prices will agreeably surprise you.
Acquiring the Ludwig Agency will be one of the best deals you have ever made.
Ludwig &
Go.
Willow Avenue and 136th Street
Uprights
Write
New York
The Ludwig Reproducing Piano
Grands
6, 1922
MEHLIN PIANOS EXHIBITED AT FAIR IN BARCELONA
Greater Value—Less Cost
In order to even approximate Ludwig
quality it is necessary to look among pianos
of much higher price, for the Ludwig is
less expensive than other leading makes.
Its musical worth is not only apparent—it
MAY
Players
HOWARD=STOWERS' EXPORT TRADE
Orders for Thirty-three Instruments Received in
One Day for Various Foreign Countries—R.
S. Howard Optimistic—Postcard From Berlin
Received From A. H. Kayton
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The gradual return oT export business is con.-
stantly being manifested at the factory of the
Howard-Stowers Co., 82 Brown Place, New
York. One of the most recent evidences that
this is true happened a few days ago when the
company received orders for nine pianos and
twenty-four players to be shipped to Morocco,
Argentina, Spain and Porto Rico.
Not only does this manifest that the export
trade is getting better, but also that the R. S.
Howard pianos and player-pianos are as popu-
lar as ever in foreign lands and that the constant
return of business in these foreign countries
means a greater production for this company. R.
S. Howard, vice-president of the company, who
returned recently from an extensive trip, was
enthusiastic this week when seen by a repre-
sentative of The Review regarding the outlook.
"There is every evidence to believe," he said,
"that the export business is on the mend and
it pleases me greatly because R. S. Howard
pianos and player-pianos are as popular as ever
in these countries where they have been handled
for such a long period."
Mr. Howard displayed a postcard which was
received from A. H. Kayton, sent on April 17
from Berlin and stating that during that week he
and Mrs. Kayton were going to Austria. Mr.
and Mrs. Kayton are making a tour of the Conti-
nent, and the postal gave no idea of when they
would return to this country.
Meyer's Music House, of Holland, Mich., re-
cently celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its
existence.