THE
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:MUSIC TRADE
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REVIEW
SEPTE MBER 8, 1923
SAN FRANCISCO THIRD ANNUAL MUSIC WEEK IN OCTOBER
POOLE PIANO CO. FACTORY BUSY
Dates Are From Octob er 29 to November 3-Music Trades to Give Full Co -operation~New Con
trol of American Photo Player Co. Goes Into Effect-Wiley B. Allen Branch Development
Heavy Demand for Style 3 Small Grand Taxing
Facilities of the Grand Department
In ad.dition to the foregoing direc tors J. A. G.
Sc hill e r has been appo inted sec retar y a nd ge n
era l manager. Speaking to -day of the produc
tion planned Mr. Schiller sa id: ""'A' e int e nd to
k ecp up the high <:tandard of the Robert -Morton
organ an d of the Fotoplay er ."
Developing Wiley B. Allen Co. Branches
Development in th e \A'i1ey 13. A ll e n Co.'s
bra nches has bee n very ac ti ve, espec ia ll y durin g
th e past yea r. George R. Hu g hes; secre tary of
the company, stated that the beautiful new store
at 918 K street, Sacramento, is just being com
pleted al,d th at i\rf anag er T. Trower has s uccess
full y e ng in eered the move to the new building.
" I · fee l sa fe in say in g that our eq uipm en t is the
m ost modern on th e Coas t an d is peculiarly
suit ed to o ur needs," said Mr. Hu gh es, speakin g
of thi s store. The large new branch a t Fresno
is n ow practically completed, the fine San Jose
bra~ch has b ee n greatly imp rov ed and the San
Diego branch has been grea tl y enl arge d and
pract icall y reb uilt. The o peni n g of the new
Oakland bra nc h was a lso one of th e Wiley B.
A llen's 1923 achievements. Wh ile th e Mason
&:. Hamlin piano will always r emain the leading
piano of the firm the V"riley B. Allen Co. is
also gi\ing much attention to th e Conover piano
and the Ludwi,,; piano, and m uch success is at
tendin g the Ludwi g reproducin g p iano, which
is bei n g featured as a medium- priced in s trument.
DiSoplay New Golf Trophy
Visitors to the ""Vi ley B. Al len s to re us uall y
lak e lime to a dm ire the hand some new plaque
of s ilv er an d bronze whic h hangs nea r the desk
of Harold Pracht, piano sa les manage r. It is
th e pe rp e tual golf trophy in the \lVilcy D. Allen
vs. S henna n, Clay & Co . a nnu a l go lf match .
The heart-s haped plaque of burni s hed silve r in
th e center has room for many yea rs' games.. At
present it bea;·s only the inscription "Won by
V/iley B. ·\llen Co.- 1923." George R. Hu ghes
sta t ed that it is the hope and eve n the intentio n
of the company to have this in scrip ti on dupli
cate d for th e comi ng yea rs . Two s il ve r go lf
~ ti c k s s upp ort the pl aq ue, which has, at its base,
a wreath of laurel. T he Sherman, Clay & Co.'s
forces arc equall y cer ta in that they w ill annex
the trophy nex t year.
Wm. F . Tatroe ImprovinK
\lVm. F. Tatroe, piano sales manager of the
San Fr~ nc isco s to re of Sherman, Clay & Co .,
has been ser io us ly ill a t th e hospital, but is now
report ed to be impro vin g.
Enthuse Ove r Q R S Instruction Rolls
P. H. Lasher, trave ling salesman fo r the
Q R S Music Co. out of the San Franc isco fac
tory, ju st back from a lon g trip throu gh th e
Pac ifi c
Northwest,
reported that
d ea lers
throug-hout the terr ito r y we re deli g ht ed with
the Q R S in struction rolls, which g ive i nf orma~
tion as to the correct way to use a pla·yer-piano .
A booklet o f instructions accompanies the roll.
Dealers througho u t the territory are selling
th ese rolls with player -pia nos, so as to s tart the
ncw owners off in th e right way.
BOSTON, MASS., September 4.-Repor ts fr om the
factory of the Poo le Pia no Co. a re to th e ef
fect t ha t busin ess, whic h has bee n exce ptionall y
good throu g ho ut the Summer, w ill di splay even
grea ter activity during the F a ll months. At the
present time th e ever-increasing d emand for the
Poole Sty le S small g rand is taxing the facili
ties of the grand department to the limi t a nd
it is annOlln ced that th e new s tyl e grand re
producing piano will soon be ready for the
trade.
The vacations of th e Poole Co. executives are
now practically over, Facto·ry Superintendent
Davis having r eturn ed to-day from a vacation
spent at La ke Memphremagog, near Newport,
Vt., where he has bee n using his skill with rod
and lin e to good effec t .
SAN FRANClSCO, CAl., Septembe r I.- The city o f
San Francisco's third annu a l Jlvlu sic Week wi ll be
held October 29 to Novcmber 3, in conju nction
with the San Franci sco Community Service Rec
reation League. Th e support of thc music trade of
thi s c ity is a lread y assured a nd plans are on foot
to · make the 1923 Music Week bi gge r in scope a nd
better in eve ry way than it s p redecessors. The
hOllorary chairman of Mus ic 'vVcck is Mayor
J amcs Rolp h, Jr. Other officials are: Chair
111an, Sup erv isor J. Emmet Ha yden; treasurer,
VVilliam H. Crock er, of the Crocker Natiora l
Da nk ; a uditor, Th omas F. Boy le, City Auditor;
dir ec tor of activ iti es, Chester VI·. Rosek ra ns, ex
ecutive secretar y, Sa n P ranc isco Comm unit y
Scr vice Recreation L cag ue.
Geo r ge R Hu gh es, sec r etary of the Wiley
H. A ll en Co., is chairman of the ways andmcans
committee, the oth er members of the comm it
tee being James J. Black, of the \lViley B. Al
Ie n Co. ; Shirley Wa lke r, Sh crma n, Clay & Co.,
pres id ent of the Sa n F rancisco Advertis in g Club;
A. \V. \lVeidenham, mana ge r of the Sa n Fran
cisco Symphony Concnt s ; J. Emmet Hayden,
one of the city's supervisors, and Chester \IV.
Rosekrans. Mrs. H . Roy Stovel, th e Music
\h/ ee k secretary of previous years, ·ha s again
been ap pointed secretary . _\ co nllllilt ee of abo ut
two hundred and fift y me1l1bers has a lso bee n
appo inted by the Mayo r to aC"l on brhaif o f
]\hl Sic \Neek. The fi rst m eeting of lhi s C01l1
mittee will be held in t he cll a.m bcl·s of lhe
Board of Supervi so ;·s. City Hall, o n th c after
noon of \,\rcdn csday, Scptember 5.
New Photo Player Co . in Control
The transfer o f the A lllc;·ica n PllOtO Pl aye r
Co. to the new co mpan y has bee n Illack, ac
cordi ng to announcement give n out Lhi s morn
ing . A ll the assets of the old company have been
transferre d to the ne,;" company, which is known
as the Photo Player Co., and the enti re capi
tal s to ck will be he ld in trust for the benefit
of creditors. YIanufac turin g operat io ns at bo th
th e Van N uys facto r y an d th e Enkeley fac
tory will be r esumed at once for th e production
of Robert-Morton organs a nd Fotop laye rs. The
officers an d boa rd of d irectors of thc Photo
l' l"yer Co. are : Directors, president, Georg~ F.
De tri ck, pr eside nt , Sacra m cnt o 1'
Co. a nd v i ce -pr e~i d e nt, Ca li fornia Fi nan ce and
Tra din g Corp; v icc -pres id e nt, Ben Pl a tt, of th e
Platt Music Co., Los An geles, Cal.; t reas urer,
Fred Auer, vice-president of Anglo & Londo n
l'aris Nat ional Bank; Fred R Sherma n, vice
preside nt, Sherm an , Cby & Co.; L. P. Grun
baum, C. B. Lastreto and L. H. Brownstone.
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E. R. LAUGHEAD RESIGNS
"The World's Finest
Player-Piano"
To dealers who are in terested in
a quality product, we will out
line our selling plan for the
Lauter-Humana player piano.
LAUTER-HUMANA CO.
NEWARK , N. J.
E. R. La ug head, first travelin g rcpresentative
of the Hallet & Davis Piano Co., resigned from
th e services of that company on Sep tember 1
after se ven tc e n yea rs of service in cove rin g
tlt e M iddle West te rritor y, durin g w hi ch tim e
he built up a very s tron g followin g for the
Hall e t & Davis lin e throughout Ohio a nd Mich
igan.
Mr. Laughead, w hose future plans have not
yet been announce d, leaves the Hallet & Davis
organization wit h the bes t w ishes of the
exunt ives of th e company and hi s assoc ia tes
ill [he sales d epartment.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted .
free of char~e for men who desire positions.
SETTERGREN CO. TO SHIP SOON
New Grand Piano Plant in Bluffton, Ind., Ex
pects to Ship Some Time This Month
BLUFFTON, I ND. , September 4.- At the factory of
the r ecently orga ni zed B. K. Sette rgren Co., thi s
cit y, it was sta ted th a t before the end of S ep
tember the pla nt wo uld begin shipping from
four to s ix g ra nd pianos dail y. As has already
been anno un ced the company w ill confine itself
to the man ufact u re of g rand pianos exclusive ly
and a t the present t ime has about thirty men
cmploy cd, wit h substa ntial increases in th e
workin g force a lready a rra nged for. It is s ta ted
that at the o utset no at tempt will be mad e to
estab li s h production records, with the idea of
producing a n ave rage of s ix grand s pe r d ay a nd
hav in g them of good quality, rather than rush
in g through more ins tru me nts of a n inferior
standard.
C. L WALDO PASSES AWAY
Prominent Music Merchant of Minneapolis and
a Founder of the Foster & Waldo Music Co.
Dies in That City After Long Illness
MINNloAPOLJS, MINN., September 4.-C. L. Waldo,
one of th e founders of the Fos ter & W a ld o
.Music Co., this city, died a t his hom e he re las t
Sun day in his seven ty- fi rs t year. The en d came
after nearly four years of ill health. Mr . Waldo
was born in Jefferson, \A'is., and came to Min
nea polis th irty-six years ago. Three yea rs later
he became a ssociated with Robert O. Fos ter in
th e Foster & Waldo Music Co. and aided mate
ri a ll y in buildin g up one of the mo s t prominent
music businesses in the mid-West. H e was a
member of the Minn ea polis Minika hd a an d Min
nea polis A utomobil e Clubs. The fun era l will be
beld tomo r row from hi s late residenc e.
THE DEATH OF I. AARON
Department Stor e Owner of Connellsville, Pa.,
Succumbs After Brief Illness
CONNELLSVILLE, PA., September I.-I. Aaron,
head of Aaron's, ope ratin g large department
sto r es at Uniontown and Co nn ellsville, di e d a t
his home a ft er a brief illness. M r. Aaron was
a native of Germany and lo cated in America at
an early age . H e had just reopened the Union
town sto re, whi ch had bee n remod eled and reno
va ted , a few weeks ago. Both stores have mode l
Victro la depar tm e nt s. The funeral se rvic es were
hel d a t Connellsville and were la r ge ly a ttended .
LEDERER=FEIBELMAN NEW MANAGER
Tr::RllE HAUTE, I ND., September S.- Fo res t L.
Hardy has tak e n the mana ge m e nt of th e mu s ic
department of the Ledere r -Feibe lman store.
The department is being enlarged by t he a ddi
tion o f several new lin es of instruments w ith in
the near h.lture ,