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JUNE 16, 1923
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MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
WELTE CABINET PLAYERS IN AUTHENTIC PERIOD STYLES
GERMAN MANUFACTURERS' OBSTACLES
Welte-Mignon Corp., New York, Placing on Market Remarkable Line of Welte Cabinets and
Drawing on the Best of Period Furniture Designs for the Cabinet Styles
Raw Materials From Foreign Sources Hard to
Obtain Because of Mark Depreciation
The Welte-Mignon Corp., New York, is at
present putting on the market a most artistic
line of Welte cabinet players. Most of these
are in period designs and great care has been
taken in perfecting designs which will harmo-
An insufficiency in the supply of raw mate-
rials has been felt recently by piano manufac-
turers in Germany, according to reports from
the United States Department of Commerce.
Many concerns have been unable to procure
lumber and veneers from abroad because of the
depreciation in the value of the mark and the
lack of capital invested. Transportation facili-
ties have been exceedingly poor, goods often
being en route three or four weeks longer than
the normal time, with the general result that
Germany's piano export business has shown a
general decline since December, 1922.
Since George W. Gittins, president of the
company, announced his open territory policy
and put into effect the manufacture of these
new cabinets there has been a tremendous de-
mand for them.
E. W. JAYHTO MOVE
PI.AINFIEU>, N. J., June 12.—E. W. Jay, pro-
prietor of a musical instrument store at 145
West Second street, will move to 136 Madison
avenue in about two weeks.
YOU
are in the piano
business for just
one reason
- T O MAKE MONEY
P \ O you have an easy-selling,
*-^ business-building, profit-making,
thoroughly dependable line of pianos
and players to sell?
over a half century Biddle-
made instruments have proven
easy sellers and business builders,
Welte Cabinet Player in Hepplewhite Design
nize with the artistic decoration and furnish-
The Welte-Mignon in its incipiency, as de
ings of the modern home.
Pachinann said, "reproduced the living soul of
In the accompanying illustration there is the artist." But, shortly after its epochal in-
shown the new Hepplewhite model in position vention, it was built into a cabinet designed to
to play, with the chamber for holding the art- play the piano when placed in front of it. Not-
ist's record open.
withstanding its large and cumbersome size,
for years it had a tremendous following among
those who appreciated it for the artistic char-
acter of its pianistic performances. Further de-
velopment, however, has brought the new
Welte-Mignon cabinet player into its present
position of singular beauty and musical artistry
With 3 sounding boards
which is generally recognized.
3 Great Pianos
in each (Patented) have the
greatest talking points in
the trade.
GRAND PIANOS FOR PULLMANS
Grand pianos will be part of the new equip-
ment of Pullman cars, according to recent
statements made by that company. On South
American railroads dining cars are equipped
with pianos and on some of the roads the parlor
cars also have them. Except for phonographs
on some Pacific Coast roads, no attempt to
entertain travelers with music has been made
in this country. The new cars turned out by
the Pullman concern will embody a number of
innovations and will be the most costly yet
built. The cars will be named after the presi-
dents, the first one being called "President
Harding."
Biddle-made pianos
and player-pianos meet every
requirement of the customer at a
price he can afford to pay.
r
T"'HREE generations of the same
•*• family of piano makers have per-
sonally supervised every instrument
that has gone out of the factory, put-
ting into them the best material and
workmanship obtainable for the
price.
OR over six decades dealers have
been profiting by selling Biddle
instruments. Do you want to join
the ranks of these successful money-
making dealers?
F
Write for our dealer-partner co-
operative plan. Your name and
address on your letter head will
bring full information to your desk
by return mail if you are in open
territory.
JOHN L. STOWERS IN NEW YORK
We fix " o n e p r i c e " —
wholesale and retail.
The Heppe Piano Co.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
John L. Stowers, president of the Howard-
Stowers Co., New York, who makes his head-
quarters in Cuba, where he is in the retail busi-
ness, has been spending the past week in New
York with his wife. He attended the recent
meeting of the directors of the company and
reports an improvement in retail conditions in
Cuba.
Biddle Manufacturing
Corporation
Cypress Ave. at East 133d Street
New York, N. Y.