THE
OCTOBER 13, 1923
MUSIC
TRADE
15
REVIEW
LAYTON BROS. TO HAVE MASON & HAMLIN IN MONTREAL
BALDWIN SALES NEWS FOR OCTOBER
Well-known Canadian House Now Has Exclusive Representation-Dame Melba Uses Instrument in
Concert-Poulin Leaves C. W. Lindsay, Ltd.-Willis & Co. Begin Concert Work
Ways and Means for Increasing Volume of
Holiday Business Set Forth in Bulletin
.\IOSTRt::AL, CAN .. O~tobcr 8.· -Layton B ros., Ltd.,
o f thi s city, have co mpleted arrangements
whercby th ey w ill be exc lu s ive repre se ntative s
in i\Iontreal for the .Maso n & Hamlin lin e of
pianos and a re alre a dy doing considerable
newspape r a dverti sing a nn ounc ing their selling
ri g ht s a nd referring to th e sa Jll e as "The finest
a nd l1Io st costly pi a no in the world." Dame
Me lba, who appeare d in recital h e re recently,
u ~e d this in str ument at h er conce r t, he ld in the
. S t. Dcnis Th ea tr!'. \Vhil e s topping in Mon
tr ea l Dame Melba pl aced her order for an·
oth er :'Iif ason & Haml in g rand a nd , in makin g
her se lection, remarked: "It see m s to me that
the preference on th e part of an individual (or
th c Maso n & H amli n piano is indi cat ive of a
sup e r io r musical natur e."
Th is instrument , which is th e seco nd Mason
& H am lin g rand purchased by her in rece nt
yea rs, is to bc shipped to her A ust ra li an hom e.
To cnco ur age a p rovi nce-w id e "Buy at
Homc" . campaign, inau g urated by th e Retail
Merchant s ' Associa ti on of the Province of Que·
bec, Premier Tascherau has an nounced that a
grant of $10,000 has be en made by the Provin
cial Governme nt for an educational campaign
a long the same lines.
Leopold A . Pou lin, conce rt art director an d
di splay manage r of C. W. Lindsay, Ltd., of
Montreal, for the past eight years, has severed
hi s connection with that firm and will, in fu
tur e, re side in Ca lifornia . On the eve of hi s
dep a rture Mr. Poul in was tend e red a dinner by
th e s taff and prese nted with a hand so me club
ba g, c'omplete with fittings.
Willi s & Co., Ltd ., are a lready lau nch ed on a
new seas on of concert work and during th e past
few wee ks the Knabe concert grand has b ee n
great ly in evidence as the following recitals te ll :
Loui s Chartier, I.eon Rothier , Nyiregyhazi,
with numerous other recitals to follow.
Harry H a rri so n, writer of th e latest so n g hit,
"Down on the Farm," was a recent visitor to
M on tr ea l, cal li ng on th e var iou s music s tor es.
Mr. H a rri so n is co nne cte d with the Shapiro,
Bernste in Co. , l\ew York.
TRIBUTE TO THE LESTER PIANO
One o f th e most remarka ble t es timonial s of
thi s c harac te r was recently g iven to the Le ster
Piano Co. b y Gilbert Ra y nolds Combs, d irec
tor o f the Co mbs Broad Street Co n se r va to·r y
of Mu sic, Phi ladelph ia . This is one of the
la r ges t, bes t·known and most effi cient in st itu·
tion s of its kind in the country. It s stude nts
are fr om a ll parts of the 'Cnited States and a
numb e r from o ther countries.
Mr. Com bs is a very thorou g h and consc ien·
t iou s director a nd hi s sta ff comprises a large
number of th e best teac hers of mu sic in Amer
ica. Their te s ti mo ny s hould be accepted with·
out qu es tion . vVriting to th e L es ter Co. Mr.
Combs says:
" Tw e nt y years ag o we purchase d from you
a numb e r of L ester pianos for use in our sc hool.
These in s trum en ts h ave stood up so remarkabl y
we ll under th e constant s train to which th ey are
s ubjected under our me thod of individua l in ·
s tru ction, day in and day out, year after yea r,
th at we hav e decided to give you th e order fo r
additiona l pia no s whic h we are now in need of.
Our schoo l ha s g rown considera bl y during th e
past fe w yea rs a nd we need ten more pianos.
Kin dly, therefore, ent e r our orde r fo r ten of
your new Style 40 Lester uprights, dull finish,
brown ma ho'gany, and deli ve r them at yo ur
earliest conve nience."
This is only one of many such tes timoni a ls
which the Lester Co. has re ce ive d . It is not
on ly a g re at tribute to the in str um e nt it self, but
it is a wonderful help to Le s ter d ea lers eve ry·
wh e re, proving a very st ron g argument in th eir
gene ra l sa les talk.
Combs Broad Street Conservatory, Philadel
phia, Orders Ten Instruments, After Using
Lester for Many Years in Teaching Work
b~vc rybody
knows that ther e is no har der test
of a pi a no than cons tan t use by a la rge number
of different stud ents in a conse r va tor y of mu s ic.
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stra in for a co nsiderab le period h as one o f the
bes t recom mendation s that can be g ive n to a n y
in str ument.
:TH[ LEADING LINE
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WEAVER PIANOS
Grande. Uprights
and Playeu
YORK PIANOS
Uprighta and Playere
LIVINGSTON PIANOS
Uprights and Player-Pianos
If your competitor does not already have this
line go after it at once
Weaver Piano Co., Inc.
FACTORY
Eata6U.Ia.J 11110
YORK. PA.
FRANK F. STORY IN NEW YORK
Frank F. S tor y, vice-p re sident a nd t reas urer
of the Story & Cla rk Piano Co., left New York
for C hi cago Tuesday of thi s week, aft e r s pe nd·
in g about te n day s vi s itin g Ea s te rn branch es.
G. H . l3everly, whol esa le manager fo r th e
Easter n territo ry, accompani ed 1'v1r. Story and
wi ll spend a s hort time in C hi cago, taking up
matters of di stributi o n at the fac tor y. Bo th Mr.
Story and Mr. Beverly spoke in most optimistic
te rm s regarding business condition s a t th e pres·
ent time. and sta ted th a t the Repro·Phraso
playe r model was rapidl y becoming th eir mos t
se nsatio na l line.
DEATH OF ALFRED HILLGREN
:\LLIAN CE, 0 ., October S.-Alfred Hill g ren, sixty
four, th e organ manu facturer, is dea d at his
hom e here. The deceased was a maker of or·
gans and some pianos for the pa st twenty-four
years and traveled extensive ly , havin g erected
organs in va rio us parts of the world.
The October Sa les News Bull etin of the Ba ld
win Piano Co. is ve ry properly devo t ed to a
p res ent ation of some ideas relative to th e d e·
velopment of Chris tm as bu s iness, it bein g s ug
gested parti cul a rl y th a t dealers start piano
savings clubs for the purpo se of plac in g as
many pianos in ho mes at holiday tim e as pos
sible. The idea, of course, is bein g use d su c
cessfu lly in the tra de a nd pro vid es for th e
saving of an amount s uffi cie nt to make a very
substantial first payment on the piano delivered
at Christmas time where otherwise the indi
vid ual m ight not feel fr ee to spe nd that money
in a lump s um, or fo r some other r eason could
liOt gather it to get her. The success of the Ford
plan of encoura gin g deposits of $S per week
towards th e purchase of a Ford car is em·
phasized.
It is a lso announced III the bulletin that th e
Baldwin Natio nal Travelers' Contest has ent ered
into it s las t thr ee months and co ntestant s are
urged to put forth effort s to mak e a s tron g
finish.
WARNING AGAINST OIL PROMOTERS
Those Offering Partnerships in Oil Leases De
clared to Be Using Name and List of Music
Merchants' Association Without Authority
The Better Business Bureau of th e Music I n·
du s tries Chambe r of Comme rce has se nt out
a warning to the members of the National Asso
ciation of Music Mer ch a nt s· r egardin g an offer
of partn ers hip s in oil leases bei n g se nt to mu s ic
merchant s on the lett erhead of the South ern
Piano Exchange o f Eldo ra do, Ark., and signed
b y J. E. King as "ac ti ve membe r Nationa l Asso
ciation of Music Merchants." It is dec lared
that the use of the Associat io n name a nd memo
bers hip li s t is un a uth o'rized.
HARDMAN PIANO IN CONCERTS
A Hardm an gra nd pi a no wi ll be furni s hed to
Edmund B urk e, ba ss ·baritone of th e Metro
po lit an Opera Co., on the a fternopn of Friday,
October 19, when h e will give hi s first Fa ll
co nc ert in .\eoli a n H a ll , New York. Mr. B urk e
has a H ardman in hi s home and w ill be fu r·
ni s hed a n in s trum en t w henever possible at hi s
publi c appearances.
A H a rdma n gra nd was llsed rece nt ly In a
piano reci ta l he ld at the Cen tur y Clu b, vVil·
mington, D('I. , by Leonidas Leonardi, a ce le
brated pian is t, who uses the Hardm an c,,·
clusively.
Little
do we
Wonder
that
R. S. Howard
Pianos
Are Sold by Leading Dealers
Always
Properly Priced
Quality, Durability and Workmanship
UNEXCELLED
Howard-Stowers Co., Inc.
Manufacturers
132nd St. and Brown Pl., New York City