THE
SEPTEMBER 8, 1923
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
9
L. A. GUENARD ANNOUNCES A MOVE TO NEW QUARTERS
New Orleans Music Merchant Will Occupy New Warero·oms at Corner of Elks Place and Canal
Street, That City-Straight Upright Pianos Showing Increased Demand From Purchasers
NEW ORLEANS, LA., September 3.-Tentative
plans to vacate his present location have been
made by L. A. Guenard, music dealer, of 109
University place. Mr. Guenard previously an
nounced his intention of securing a more desir
able location, but was unable at that time to
"ive out a definite on e. He has obtained a
site at the corner of Elks plaee an d Canal street,
which, he believes, besides allowing him more
room to sp~ead out, will afford him sp lendid op
portunities to display his line of goods to a
larger group of patrons. Unless something un
foreseen interferes, Mr. Guenard plans to be
ready to receive customers in his new quarters
on and after September 15. Although, in the
old place, he rather passed up the piano trade
he plans to formulate a contract with some job
bing house in town, whereby he will handle a
full line of pianos. He expects, also, to in
crease his stock of player rolls and ma.ke other
improvements in the bu s iness as he sees fit.
Harry B. Loeb, of the HarrY.B. Loeb Piano
Co., has been appointed sole age nt to supply the
musical instruments, irrespective of description,
to be used in the stage plays produced by the
Saenger Amu seme nt Co. in its St. Charles street
theatre.
The spurt eviden ced by the Dugan Piano Co.
toward the end of August found Manager Lee
Outten nonplused. The unexpected had hap
pened. After a pause of nearly a fortnight it
was gratiiying and surprising to find that the
public suddenly desired the old type of upright
piano. A strong demand for this class of in
struments struck the Dugan Co. Mr. Outten
rose to the situation a nd soon had them mo·v
ing out like clockwork. The firm 's pet product,
the Euphona player-piano, also showed that its·
popul arity was not affected by the recurrence
of th e uprigh t demand. Mr. Outten disposed
of three of this expensive type of instrument
and at this writing things continued to move
ahead steadily. With all that activity an expen
s iv e' Mason & Hamlin grand piano was
" truck ed" from the showrooms to a purchaser
in another part of the city.
Maintain ed sales of pianos of Kirnball make
in New Orleans and regular large shipments
of the in struments to points throughout the
territory are being made by the Junius Hart
Piano House, according to O. H. Heyer, man
<.. ger of the company . NIr. Heyer points out
that this condition is indicative of the heavy
share of business that has been directed toward
the Junius Hart firm. The record business of
the firm, which handles and distributes those of
Okeh manufacture, continues steady and in
.good demand in all sections.
ST. LOUIS TRADE SHOWS INCREASE
HARRISBURG MERCHANTS OPTIMISTIC
Fall Revival Hits Mound City Dealers Before
Its Scheduled Date-T. N. McLemore With
Famous & Barr-W. P. Geissler Back From
Business Trip to Chicago .
Music Dealers of Pennsylvania Capital Adver
tising Liberally for New Business
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ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 4.-The improve ment
in the piano business which came to town mid
way of August has survived th e vicissitudes of
changing from August to September and is get
ting stronger steadily. It is a matter for con~
g ratulation all up an d down Olive street that
the revival which came ahead of time app ears
to have come to stay. There are s ome who will
say that it should have come sooner, even in the
heat of Summer, seeing that everybody ·is work
ing and getting good wages. They find in this
circumstance the explanation of its presence and
the augury of its continuance. Conditions of
employment were never better in this section
and it looks like the people who are making th e
money, after an inexplicable period of rettcence .
are starting in to let go of it. De alers are build
ing up their stocks with the expectation of ex
cellent business from now on until Chri s tma s.
T. N. McLemore, formerly with the O. K.
Houck Piano Co. and the Roach Furniture Co.
at Memphis, Tenn., will join the sales organiza
tion of the Famous & Barr Co. music depart
ment on September 10.
W. P. Geissler, manager of th e Famous &
Barr Co. piano department, has returned from
a business trip to Chicago, where h e placed
orders for Fall goods on a scale in keeping with
hi s expectation of big bu s iness.
F . S. Horning, mana ger of the Stix, Baer &
Full er piano department, has returned from a
motor tour. through Missouri, Iowa and Illinois.
Miss Wallie Griesedieck, for four years with
the Kiese1hor s t Piano Co., ha s joined the
Scruggs, Vand e rvoort & Barney or ga ni zat ion .
George F. Standke, of the Kieselhorst ·Piano
Co., is spe nding Labor Day at his father's farm
in qinton County, Mo.
Gordon Laugheac1, of the DeKalb Piano Co.,
Chicago, was here last week.
Stuart Perry, of the United Piano Corp., will
be here during thi s week.
Papers of incorpora tion have recently been
fil ed in Louisville for the Eastern Kentucky
Mus ic Co., located in Pikeville, Ky. The follow
ing are the officers of th e compa ny: H. M.
Hoskins, G. W. Hoskins and S. H. Ho skin s.
HARRISBURG, PA., September 5.-Capital city
piano merchants are looking forward to a very
brisk season and are using liberal portions of
space in the local newspapers.
C. M. S igler, Inc., the Steinway house of Har
risbur g, carry the Steck, Weber, Stroud, Weber
and Steinway in the celebrated Duo-Art repro
ducing piano. Other pianos handled are the
Hobart W. Cable, Gulbransen and Sigler. A
full line of Victrolas and Victor records are also
so ld.
The J. H. Troup Music HOll se, 'w ho occupy
the Troup Building, 15 South Market square,
handle the Chickering, Sohmer, Mehlin, Estey,
Haines Bros., Cable-Nelson, Ludwig, Lester,
lVJ arshall & W ende ll and Foster pianos, as well
a s the Arp pico.
In the small instrument department can ' be
found the Conn band instruments, the Penzel
Mueller clarinets, Keystone State and Wash
burn guitars and mandolins, Leed drums, Bacon
banjos, Hohner accordions and mouth organs
a nd a full line . of imported violins and ~cellos.
Q R S mllsic rolls and sheet mUSIc are also as
sig ned to special departments. The Victrola
department is a model one and handsomely
equipped.
LARGE OUTPUT OF H. C. SAY CO.
Sixty Players and Twenty Grands Being Pro
duced Daily in Bluffton, InO., Plant
BI UFFTON, IND., September 4.-At the plant of
th e H. C. Bay Co. here it is stated that there
are bein g produced at the present time an aver
age of sixty player-pianos and twent y grands
each working day, a total of eighty instruments
daily, which is expected to be increased ma
terially in the near future.
Despite the various additions that have been
made to the plant during the past two or three
years there are still lacking the necessary facili
ties to take full care of the demand. At the
present time there is being completed a large
new boiler-room equipped with a ISO-foot
smoke stack which will provide welcome a ddi
tions to the power equipment of the company.
At the present time the staff of employes num
bers something over 1,000.
Victrola No. 220
$200
Electric, $240
'M ahogany or walnut
Victor supremacy
is the supremacy
of performance
Victor supremacy is not
apr 0 m i s e of something
hoped for, or something
which may be realized. It
is an established fact. A
thing of definite value to
every dealer in Victor prod
ucts.
Victrola. No. 410
$300
Electric, $340
Mahogany
Other styles $25 to $1500
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look. under the lid and on the labels
for these Victor trade -marks
Victor Talking
Machine Co.
Camden,N.J.