OCTOBER 6, 1923
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ASS'N OBTAINS FRAUD VERDICT
Katie Bauer Convicted of Obtaining Goods and Not Paying for Them-Sherman, Clay & Co.
Complete San Francisco Remodeling-Bulletin Holds Piano C ontest-Kruschke to Handle Pianos
S AN FRANCISCO, CA1_. , S ~' pt('mbcr 28. Th e Music
Trades As so ciation of Northern California
yes terda y obtained a convi ction in the cas e of
Katie T1 a ue r. George H. Hu g hes, p residen t o f
th e !\ ssoc ia tion, in menti on ing thi s fa ct, said
that :-hs. Ba u e r had managed to co ntinue in
bu s in ess In Sa n Franc isco for four to fi ve
month s, without an y o ve rh ead , or cost for
goods. Sh e co nfined her acti v iti es to s ome
tw enty-seve n in s truments. The grea ter number
of sufferer s from the manif es tati ons of K atic ',
ability were not mem bers of the Assoc ia tion,
but that or ga nizati on had taken up th e cud~els
for the little fello ws who had been Illulcted of
instrum e nt s by 11'1 rs. Ha ue r, who did a thriving
trad e, w hile it laste d, in selling the ;:roods for
which she had not paid . As s h e had a lready
spe nt seve ral months in ja il , ther e wa s no dis
position on the part of the prosecution yeste r
day to ha ve her confined in the penitentiary.
Fatted Calf in Cold Storage
W. H. :tvl ars hall, vice-p re siden t of the Kra
kauer Bros., is ex pected any day, and Sherman,
C lay & Co. report that the fatted calf is in
co ld storage, r eady to welcome him. Ever yo ne
lik es Mr. Ma rsh all a nd th e fatted calf ha s come
to be regar d ed a s th e symbol of a hea rt y wel
COIll e.
Finish Remodeling at Sacramento
S herman, C lay & Co. hav e completel y finished
remodeling their Sacramento branch, which is
now carry in g eve rythin g in mu s ic, frolil the
sma ll es t of small go od s to Duo- A rt pianos.
Held Strenuous Piano Contest
The San Francisco Bulletin, an even ing news
paper, wanted to start its new serial off w it h a
ba ng a nd d ec id ed that the most effective 'way
would be to get people to " say it w ith mus ic."
First, a so ng co ntest was h e ld for th e COIl1
posers who would write word s and melod y for
a ditty on the th eme "Hun g ry H eart," the nam e
of the seri a l. Baron Key es, a prot ege of Paul
A~h, won. 'W hile th e se rial is runnin q; the son g
can only be bou i,; ht a lo n .," with a copy of the
new spa per, b ut to grind th e melody in to th e
popular ' car two piano-pla yin g co ntest s have
just b een held in a couple of local theatr es. I n
eac h case a committee of busine ss men, aide d
a nd abett ed by a vociferous aud ience, awa rde d
th e pri ze of a Wurli tz er bungalow type piano
to the performer w ho gave the m ost plea sing
r e ndition of Baron Keyes ' song on th e pi an o
fort e. The contests started an epidemic of prac
ticin g that is sure to lead to more piano sa les.
Some of the competit o rs, having go t all primed
up to earning a sma ll pi ano for the home, a re
Il Ot goin g to be happy till they own o ne, ev e n if
it m 'eans go ing to a mu sic s tore and buying on
the instalm en t plan, or cash down.
Phonograph Man Will Handle Pianos
Orner Krus chke, of th e Krus chke S a le s Co.,
di stributors of Pathe p honogr ap hs, h as ' just
ma de th e announcement that he has taken over
the Shonin ger pi ;) no lin es for distribution o n
th e Pacific Coast.
Lea ves for L ong Service Trip
Fred Buell has ju s t s tart ed on a lon g trip to
Salt L a ke City, :Mont ana, Spoka ne and a ll the
points in the Pac ifi c '\for thwest of impo rt an ce,
acc ordi ng to annou ncem ent mad e by Beeman
1'. Sibley, Pacifi c Coa "t manager for the Kohler
Indu str ies. Mr. Bue ll , w ho is th e serv ice ex
pert, is tr ave lin g in th e course of hi s INe lt e
Mi gnon and S tandard Pneumatic Action Servi ce
work. Hec ent ly Mr. S ible y has been passing
co nside ra ble time in Sou thern California, but
he stat ed to-d ay that h e will s tay right here
till he knows where he can m ee t Mark P. Camp
be ll , pre side nt of th e Brambach P ia no Co. ,
w h o m he expec ts nol hter than the middl e o f
O cto ber.
Phi li p T. Clay, pr eside nt of She nnan, C la y &
(. ' .. retur ned t hi s m orni ng frOI11 th e P ac ific
1\ ,rthwest, where h e has bcen inspectinc
bnTlch cs in cOl11pany with G. \\: nat es, co mp-
troller o f Shf'rm a n, C lay & Co. Arriving at
hea dqua rters MI'. Clay " as e nthu siast ically wel
co m ed back by he ;,ds of th e firm. :'vIr. Ba t e~
i,; s ti ll ill th e North .
Ilen Pla tt is her e frol11 Lo s .\ngele s 011 bw-i
!less co nne cted \\lith the Photo Player Co.,
w hi c h is now running as reorganized rece ntl y.
_\ Dlcetinv of t he dire ctors of th e compa ny was
h e ld y es te rday.
PLANS OF THE PHOTO PLAYER CO.
Statement Issued Regarding the Manufactur
ing Plans of the Company and Those Who
W ill Be Connected With It in Variou's Capac
ities in Its Reorganization
SAN FllANCISCO, CAL., September 28. A meeting
of the boa rd o f dir ecto rs 0 r the rec e ntly organ
iz ed Photo P layer Co., which took over th e
uu s in e
ing J. '\. G. Schiller, .gene ral m a nager of the
cOlll pan y, issued the followin g s ta tem ent re
ga rding its plan s and pe rso nnel:
"For th e informat ion of dealers, ex hibit ors
a nd a ll tho se interested in the affait"s of the
l'hoto Player Co . thi s is to ad vise them , as r e
port ed in a previous stat ement, that th e Photo
Play e r Co. has taken over the bu si ness of th e
A meri ca n Phot o Pla yer Co. and the Robert
:vl o rto ll Co .
"The y wi ll continue to manufac tur e the Foto
player and the Rob ert 1vIorton organ and wi s h
it di stinctly under ,tood th at the ne w co mp a ny
is iorm ed, n o t o nl y for the purpose o f pay in g
oll th e li a bil iti es of th e .\merican Photo Player
Co., but a lso to co ntinu e in bus in ess .
" I I. J. vVe rn er wi ll be in c harg e of the 'Midd le
vVes t territo ry as sa le" manager, making his
lll.a dquarter s in Ch ica go, and R P. Iv[atth ews
will ha ve en tire charge of the Ea ste rn t e rri
tory of th e Un it ed Stat es, which wil l inc lud e
New \ ork, Pennsylvania, the New E ngland
States and the South At la ntic States. ::VI r. Mat
th ews wi ll lo ok after th e en tir e affa irs of the
P hoto P laye r Co. in his territory an d h a s al
rcadf repo rt ed quite a few sa les for the new
company.
"The entire bu si ness of the United States will
be 'upcrviseu by]. ,\. G. Schiller, gen era l man
aL:er o f the comp any, w ith h eadq uarter s in San
Fran cisco .
"The compa ny wi ll end ea vor to m a nufac ture
the Fotoplayer an d the Robert M o rton o r ga n
in the same high ty pe of wo rkman sh ip as h as
been turn ed o ut in th e past. The factories at
J3rrk eley and Va n };uys were opened Monda y,
Sept em ber 24, a nd the y wi ll continu e to increase
the for ces at these factories until they are run
ning full capacity.".
W. C. HEATON BACK FROM TRIP
vV. C. H eato n, pres ident of the :\ utopn eu
matic ."..ction Co., New York, return ed to hi s
de s k t his ,ve ek a fte r a fou r we eks' bu s iness trip
throu .c: h th .. Middle "'lest.
ne sidcs vis iting
C hica go Hr. H ea ton att e nd ed th e conv ent ion
of the Oh io 'Mu sic Merchants' .\ ssoc iation at
Co lumbus an d divided his attentions a mon g the
reta il merchants a s well a s th e pi a no manufac
tur ers in the places he vis it ed. H e returned
hi g hl y op tim istic over co ndition s.
WESER EXHIBIT AT DANBURY FAIR
A com plete lin e of v\'e ~c r Bros. uprights,
1'l aY('[5 and reproducing piano s h as bee n on ex
hi bitio n thi s we ek at the well-kn own Danbury
Fair in Danbur y, CO:ln . The display was under
the
r e pr ese n tat ive in Danbury, and M. Le v ien , of
\Vese r Bros , N ew York, was in attendance dur
ing the wee k.
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Player-Piano
NOTES
FROM THE LAUTER-HCMANA
FACTORY, NEWARK, N. J.
LAUTER FACTORY WORKING
AT FULL CAPACITY
Dealer Demands Heaviest in History
Full Carload of Lauter-Humana Player-Pianos
Leaves Newark Plant for Large Pennsylvania
Dealer
The ac co mpanying photograp h shows one of
Lauter Co.'s la r ge tru cks deli ve ring a load of
Laute r -Human a play er-pianos that w e nt to
mak e up a full car for Reifsn yde r & Sons
mus ic h ouse, of Pennsylvania. Th e carl oad left
N('wark on Se ptemb e r 26 an d cons ist ed enti re ly
of S t y le 420 Laut er-Huma nas , as follow s: 10
poli s hed mahogany, 7 ar~ mahogany and 1
walnut .
LO ADtNG 18 LAliTER-H liMAN AS
DEALER
FOR
PENNSYlLVA NIA
Heilsnydc r & So ns are one of th e mo st pro
gress ive dealers in the S tate of Pennsylvania.
They conduct thr ee mode r n st.ores at Lebanon,
Headi ng and Harr is burg. The Lauter line is
fe atured in all thr ee s tor es as the co ncern 's
leader.
Ordinarily, p laye r-pi anos in the price clas s of
the L aute r-Hum an a ar e not s hipp ed in ca rload
lots, but the dem an d for thi's in str ument is so
g reat that carload s hip men ts are b ein g made
regula rl y.
The IUOs t progressive dea lers throughout the
cou;ltry are featuring th e Laut er- Hum a na , which
accounts for it be in g the lar ges t se llin g high
g rade p laye r-pi ano in th e wo rld.
Frank T. Bloom, Southern repr ese ntativ e, an d
A. v\.. Mu sse r, '\few En gla nd repres entati ve,
"et urn ed to Newark headqu a rters on Monday,
October 1, aft er completin g very s uc cess ful
trip s. In add ition to a n exce ll e nt volume of
urdrr s, they esta blish ed s ix te en new agencies.
Bot h men occu pie d the week in confere nces
with th e factur y executives and will lea ve for
t h eir re spec ti ve territ ori es o n :vfonday , O cto
b er 8. Thi s ,viii b e the fin a l trip of the yea r.
\,yho!c,;t!e ~ fanag e r A. F. Schmal ziga n will
start o n a m ont h's trip o n Mond ay , Oct obe r Il.
His fir,t stop will be Chi cago. He wi ll v isit
S t. Paul, Minn eapoli s a nd the la r ge r cities of
the We st , r eturnin g via D a 1\as, K ansas City an d
Cin cinnati.
LAUTER-HUMANA
"The World's Finest
Player- Piano' ,