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MAY
THE
20, 1922
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
VAN WICKLE OPENING CELEBRATED
ST. LOUIS DEALERS WORKING HARD
Elaborate and Interesting Concerts Mark For-
mal Opening of New Washington Store
Improvement in Business Coming Slowly, but
Local Music Dealers Believe Better Times Are
in Sight—News of the Week
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 13.—The formal open-
ing of the elaborate new store of the Van Wickle
Piano Co., at 1222 F street, previously announced
in The Review, was celebrated most effectively
on Tuesday of this week with a concert at the
company's store in the afternoon and evening,
followed by an elaborate public concert in the
Willard Room of the Willard Hotel, under the
auspices of the Van Wickle Co., at which a
number of prominent artists appeared, includ-
ing Blanche DaCosta, soprano; Elizabeth Win-
ston, pianist, and Henri Sokolov, tenor. Ger-
trude McRac Nash appeared as accompanist.
A feature of the concert was the presentation
of the A. B. Chase reproducing piano, which re-
produced the playing of Gabrilowitsch and other
noted pianists. The instrument made a distinct-
ly favorable impression.
For the formal opening the Van Wickle Build-
ing was profusely decorated on the outside with
flags and bunting and on the interior with palms
and baskets of cut flowers. Many floral pieces
were sent by trade and personal friends of Mr.
Van Wickle.
The concert at the store was g'ven by Meyer
Davis' New Willard Orchestra, which played
both afternoon and evening. Selections were also
played by the A. B. Chase reproducing grand,
the Price & Teeplc reproducing upright piano
and the Victrola.
MUSIC COMPANY BANKRUPT
Summers-Keese Music Co. Lists Liabilities of
$16,000 and Assets of $8,600
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., May 12.—The
Summers-
Keese Music Co. filed a petition in bankruptcy in
the office of the Federal Court here last week,
listing liabilities of $16,071.10 and assets of $8,-
623.60. Items for which priority is claimed ag-
gregated $243.91, and secured claims $1,609.63.
Of these one item, $200, is in favor of Prof. J. O.
Cadek. The unsecured claims total $6,828.28, in-
cluding a debt of $1,460 to Frank Holton.
The Summers-Keese Co. was reorganized a
couple of months ago and incorporated with capi-
tal stock of $25,000. Prof. Joseph O. Cadek, of
the Cadek Conservatory of Music, is president of
the company.
3 Great Pianos
With 3 sounding boards
in each (Patented) have the
greatest talking points in
the trade.
ST. LOUIS, MO., May 15.—According to local
retailers, there has been very little improvement
in the piano business during the past week or so,
although there were spurts that proved encourag-
ing and helpful for the future. Meanwhile, the
various concerns are working hard.
Some of the houses are getting ready to try
the radio treatment. The Kieselhorst Piano Co.
and the Lehman Piano Co. and the Silverstone
Music Co. have contracted for agencies and are
beginning to take orders, although it will be
some time before they will have supplies. The
Kieselhorst Co. promises deliveries in June of
$75 and $100 sets. All the other music men have
their ears in the air and they all acknowledge—
some reluctantly—that it is headed straight for
the music stores. The Baldwin ' Co. has an-
nounced a radio concert for this evening, broad-
casted from Cincinnati.
A little thing like being barred from the Mis-
souri Theatre by the strike of the musicians'
union did not prevent the Isham Jones Orchestra,
which records for the Brunswick, from playing a
week's engagement in St. Louis. It supplied the
week's program at the Empress Theatre and was
a big success. A day's engagement is to be
played at Peoria on the way back to Chicago.
W. A. Lippman, secretary and manager of the
Field-Lippman Piano Co., has returned from an
automobile trip to Chicago.
August A. Krebs, retail sales manager of
Chickering & Sons, Boston, has arrived for a
season of Ampico promotion at the Famous &
Barr Co. department.
Martin Maune, a piano salesman, driving an
automobile at Grand and Kossuth avenues,
swerved to avoid a collision with a truck and
crashed into a drug store window, but was not
seriously injured.
O. J. Shillig, of the Kieselhorst Piano Co.,
will leave June 4 on a three weeks' trip to Den-
ver, Colorado Springs, Grand Canon, Los An-
geles and San Francisco, where he will attend
the Shriners' convention.
The Steinway Duo-Art is being used by the
Benwood Electric Co., 1110 Olive street, in radio
broadcasting over a wide territory. The instru-
ment is furnished by Manager W. P. Chrisler, of
the Aeolian Co.
The Heppe Piano Co.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Victrola No. 300, electric, $315
Mahogany, oak or walnut
Victor supremacy
is the supremacy
of performance
And with its sphere
of influence constantly
expanding, the Victor
offers ever-increasing
opportunities to every
dealer in V i c t o r
products.
SACRAMENTO HOLDS MUSIC WEEK
Piano Merchants Use Extensive Space in News-
papers to Advertise Their Lines
SACRAMENTO, CAL., May 13.—Music dealers in this
city strongly featured the lines of pianos and musi-
cal instruments handled by them in the success-
ful Music Week held last week. A large parade
and concerts in schools and various other organi-
zations helped to make the event a success.
Among the concerns who used extensive adver-
tising during the week were: Sherman, Clay &
Co., who featured the Steinway, Weber, A. B.
Chase, Krakauer, Estey, Kurtzmann, Emerson,
Erambach and other pianos, as well as the Stein-
way, Weber, Steck and other Duo-Art pianos,
Victrolas, Victor goods and player rolls: the
Wiley B. Allen Co., Mason & Hamlin, Con-
over, Hardman, Harrington, Milton, Welling-
ton, Kingsbury, Angelus, Solo-Carola and the
Euphona, and the Ellas Marx Music Co., the
Gulbransen line.
NATHAN FRANKO USING THE MEHLIN
We fix " o n e p r i c e " —
wholesale and retail.
Victrola No. 300
$250
The Mehlin concert grand, manufactured by
Paul G. Mehlin & Sons. West New York, N. J.,
is being used by Nahan Fran"ko and his orchestra
for a period of three weeks, commencing May 12,
at Willow (irove, the great musical center of
Philadelphia.
The Hudson Piano Sales Co., of Nyack, N. Y.,
has opened a branch store in White Plains, N. Y.
Victrola No. 330
$350
Victrola No. 330, electric, $415
Mahogany
Other styles, $25 to $1500
U
HIS MASTER'S VOICE"
Victrola
REG-U.S. PAT OFF.
Important •• Look for these trade-marks.
Under the lid On the label.
Victor Talking
Machine Co.
Camden,N.J.