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MARCH 22,
1924
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Music Plays Prominent Part in Civic
Affairs in the City of San Francisco
Local Business Men Pledge Co-operation to Coming Spring Musical Festival—Stieff Featured at
Handsome Music House Concert—Miessner Addresses Kohler & Chase Staff
C A N FRANCISCO, CAL., March 13.—"Musi-
cal Program arranged by Kurken Gagos, of
the H. C. Hanson Music House, 137 Powell
street, the home of the Chas. M. Stieff Pianos
and the Buescher band instruments.
"The Stieff Piano Kindly Loaned by the H. C.
Hanson Music House."
If the dealer can have ten thousand programs,
bearing the foregoing, as well as ten thousand
admission cards, distributed among some of the
most substantial members of the city's business
element, it looks as if some seeds of business
had been sown. The concert alluded to takes
place to-night. Mr. Gagos, who has been for
some time past with the Hanson Music House,
has just been appointed manager of the firm's
band and instrument department. They feature
the Stieff piano and are distributors for Buescher
instruments for Northern California. The con-
cert takes place at the Family Gathering of the
First Congregational Church. The Rev. James
L. Gordon, the minister, has the faculty for at-
tracting substantial business men to his church,
which is down town. Congregations exceed the
large seating capacity of the edifice and all the
church affairs draw a remarkable attendance.
Gagos, well known to Buescher players, has
secured for the program: Paul Ash, who will
accompany on the Stieff grand; Chester Haz-
lett, San Francisco's most popular saxophonist;
Emilie Linden, well-known San Francisco pian-
ist, and Mynard S. Jones, a leading baritone and
Faculty Member of the Arrillaga Musical Col-
lege. Speaking of the advertising advantages
of the concert, Gagos said:
"At least 2,000 people will be there. They will
hear the Stieff piano and Buescher instruments,
and they will have the advertising in their
hands, on the programs. It is really getting in
co-operation with the biggest down town church
in the city, to give a program of merit to its
congregation and friends." E. H. Dettner is
chairman of the affair.
Down Town Association Talks Music
At the luncheon-meeting of the Down Town
Association to-day, held in the Italian Room
of the Hotel St. Francis, music was the subject
of discussion. Speakers urged the need for
music in the schools, and for adults, and told of
some of the things being done for the advance-
ment of music. The special subject was the
Spring Music Festival, scheduled for March 25,
27, 29 and April 1, in the Exposition Auditorium,
which will introduce four renowned operatic ar-
tists, a mixed chorus of 500 voices, an orchestra
of 125 pieces and the great organ. The speakers
were A. W. Widenham, secretary, manager of
the S. F. Symphony Orchestra; Alfred Hertz,
conductor of the Symphony Orchestra; Miss
Donzella Cross, of the Educational Department,
Sherman, Clay & Co., who told of what is being
accomplished musically in the public schools,
and J. Emmett Hayden, Chairman of the Day.
There was also a musical program.
Charles Mauzy, manager of the Emporium
phonograph department; speaking at the lunch-
eon, expressed enthusiasm for the way in which
San Francisco is benefiting, musically, from the
backing business men are giving to the Spring
Music Festival and to the Music Memory Con-
test. Fie said:
"We at the Emporium are doing our bit by
devoting a special loom for the use of students
in the music memory contest. This room has a
number of pictures of artists identified with
some of the numbers in the music memory
contest. We have sent out thousands of letters
to the mothers of school children, urging them
to encourage their children to enter and par-
ticipate in the music memory contest and in-
viting the children to use the room," Mr.
Mauzy considers it a most encouraging sign
for music when a business men's organization,
such as the Down Town Association, is-willing
to devote its luncheon-meeting to a serious con-
sideration of such matters as the Spring Music
Festival and the music memory contest.
Miessner Addresses Staffs of Kohler & Chase
Just before leaving for DenveT and the East
Otto Miessner gave a most interesting' address
to the assembled officers of Kohter & Chase
and the staffs of the firm's San Francisco, Oak-
land, Sacramento and San Jose stores. George
Q. Chase, president of Kohler & Chase, accom-
panied Mr. Miessner to many of the places,
where the well-known maker of diminutive
pianos gave addresses here, and Mr. Chase was
so much impressed by the educational value of
these meetings that he wanted all his own em-
ployes to hear Miessner. The meeting took
place last week. Everyone was so much in-
terested that it was midnight before those pres-
ent thought of going home.
Convention Work Is Progressing
George R. Hughes, of the Wiley B. Allen Co.,
said they are just getting the committees or-
ganized for the Western Music Trade Conven-
tion, to be held here in July. The work is
going on very satisfactorily, if a bit slowly.
Radio Concert Repeats Firm's Former Success
The radio concert broadcasted last week
under the auspices of the Wiley B. Allen Co.
repeated the firm's former successes. The man-
agement of the concert was in the capable hands
of Harald Pracht, piano sales manager of the
firm, the artists being Dorthy Seely Filfilen,
soprano; Harry Robertson, tenor; Harold Bray-
ron, baritone, with Jack Gercovich, of the Wiley
B. Allen piano department accompanying on the
Mason & Hamlin. Mischa Lhevinne was the
solo pianist.
Wm. B. Marshall, representing the Krakauer
Piano Co., has come and gone during the past
week. E. R. Potter, representing the Schubert
Piano Co., is here.
Much Interest Shown in
Radio Display in Milwaukee
Elaborate Assortment of Standard Radio Out-
fits, Including the New Super-heterodyne, Are
Displayed at Gimbel Bros. Store
MILWAUKEE, WIS., March 18.—Approximately
$250,000 of radio merchandise is included in the
big radio exposition and sale which is being held
by Gimbel Bros.' Milwaukee store this week.
Half of the sixth floor of the new building has
been devoted to booths in which receiving sets
and general radio equipment are exhibited.
Everything from the super-heterodyne set down
to the crystal receiving set is included in the
collection.
The new super-heterodyne radio set is one
of the features of the exhibit, as it is the first
one to be shown in Milwaukee. The Radio
Corp. of America is presenting the set at the
Gimbel Exposition. The broadcasting studio
whrch was formerly operated by Gimbel Bros,
until building operations crowded it out was
again fitted up for demonstration purposes. The
motors used in broadcasting were placed in the
studio for display to those interested.
Among the types of radio receiving sets pre-
sented at the exhibit are the Atwater-Kent,
Freid Eisemann Neutrodyne, Pathe phono-
radio, Radiolas, Western Coil Radiodyne, Colin
B. Kennedy, Emerson Phono-radio, Pathe
Phusi-phono, as well as the Super-heterodyne,
radio parts,'loud speakers, aerials, batteries and
battery chargers, lightning arresters, etc,
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