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THE
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MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
New Stores and Changes Among Retail
Music Merchants During the Past Month
A Compilation of the New Stores Established and Changes in Ownership and Management for
the Information of the Manufacturer and the Traveler
Alabama
Birmingham, Ala.—The Cable-Shelby-Burton Piano
Co. has purchased the entire stock of the C. C. Hol-
combe Music Co.
Arizona
Globe, Ariz.—A branch of the Leonard Piano &
Music Co., of Miami, Ariz., nas been opened.
Arkansas
Fayetteville, Ark.—The Guisinger Music House has
moved into its new building on the southeast corner
of the square.
California
South Berkeley, Cal.—The Ashby Piano Co. has
opened a store at 3317-19 Adeline street, carrying the
Baldwin line, with Mrs. B. K. Chisholm as manager.
Modesto, Cal.—Alterations have been completed in
the store of the Pacific Music Co., on Tenth street,
to increase the floor space.
Long Beach, Cal.—Earl C. Dible has been ap-
pointed manager of Barker Bros, local branch music
store.
Hollywood, Cal.—The Hollywood Music Co., at 6019
Hollywood boulevard, has remodeled its warerooms.
8an Diego, Cal.—The new department store of
Holzwasser, Inc., this city, has opened a piano de-
partment, carrying the Lester line, with Roy T.
Davis in charge.
Los Angeles, Cal.—The Barks Music Co. has been
formed here to represent the Wiley B. Allen Co.
and opened warerooms at Wilton avenue and Forty-
eighth street.
Palo Alto, Cal.—Glann's Music Shop, handling
phonographs and records, has removed to 379 Uni-
versity avenue.
Connecticut
Waterbury, Conn.—The new warerooms of Brodrib
& Blair, at 97-99 Bank street, have been formally
opened, carrying the Sterling and Lester pianos.
Danbury, Conn.—The local warerooms of Heim's
Music Store have been moved from 270 Main street
to 221 Main street.
Stafford Springs, Conn.—Improvements have been
completed in the local branch of the United Music
Co. chain.
Stafford Springs, Conn.—A new music store, carry-
ing Cable & Sons pianos, has been opened on West-
ford avenue by Theodore Placek and Daniel Haigh.
Illinois
Rockford, 111.—The retail store of the Schumann
Piano Co., here, has suffered a flre loss, estimated
at $12,000 to $15,000.
Herrin, 111.—The Morgan Music Co., of Murphys-
boro, 111., has opened a branch store here.
Iowa
Lanonl, la.—New quarters have been selected by
the Fleet Music Co. in a store east of the present
location.
Kansas
Sallna, Kan.—Improvements in the warerooms of
the Terry Music Store, on East Iron street, have
been completed, adding to the display space.
Pratt, Kan.—A new music store, carrying Kimball
pianos and talking machines, has been opened by
Miltner & Cunningham at 314 Main street.
Wichita, Kan.—D. W. Miles and A. A. Myers have
opened a new music store at 132 North Market street,
handling Baldwin, Hobart M. Cable and Brinkerhoff
pianos.
Maryland
Baltimore, Md.—Another store of the chain of the
Mueller Music Shops has been opened at 500-508
South Third street.
Massachusetts
Franklin, Mass.—F. W. Weaver has opened a new
music store here, handling the Brunswick phono-
graph and York and Mercer pianos.
Holyoke, Mass.—The new and larger store of the
Brunswick Shop of Holyoke, Inc., has been formally
opened at 283 ^2 Maple street,
Pittsfleld, Mass.—The Pierce Music Co. has opened
a new store at 254 Worthington street, with F. W.
Edwards as manager.
Boston, Mass.—The Hallet & Davis warerooms,
operated under the name of the John L. Cotter Piano
Co., at 061 Boylston street, have been formally
opened.
Michigan
Holland City, Mich.—J. H. DePree has been ap-
pofhted receiver for the Everet J. Pruim House oper-
ating a chain of stores.
Lansing, Mich.—The Jury-Rowe store, on West
Michigan avenue, has opened a piano department
and will handle the Baldwin line.
Detroit, Mich.—The Sadowski Music Store has
moved to new quarters on Chene street, affording
larger display space.
Detroit, Mich.—The John Church Chain O'Piano
Stores has opened a retail store at 154 Bagley ave-
nue.
Missouri
" Kansas City, Mo.—The Brunswick Studio has been
opened as a branch of the Brunswick Shop at
Country Club Plaza by George C. Anderson.
St. L.ouis, Mo.—The store of the Krite-Boyens Piano
Co. has been remodeled to have greater facilities
for talking machines, and has added the Brunswick
line.
Kansas City, Mo.—The Wunderlich Piano Co. has
opened a broadcasting station in its store.
Bethany, Mo.—The Shroyer Music Co. has moved
to its new home in the Deal Building, which has
been purchased by H. C. Shroyer.
Jefferson City, Mo.—The Henry F. Miller Stores
Co. has been granted a charter to operate retail
piano stores in Kansas City.
Joplin, Mo.—The music business of J. W. Mc-
Millan, formerly at 212 West Fourth street, has
been moved to 311 Main street.
St. I,ouis, Mo.—The Aeolian Co. of Missouri has
purchased the business of the Mengel Music Co.
St. Louis, Mo.—The second floor of the Kieselhorst
Piano Co. store has been remodeled.
Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minn.—The Howard-Farwell Co. has
opened a new store at 806 La Calle avenue, carrying
Chickering, Gulbransen and Brambach pianos.
Minneapolis, Minn.—John Lang, formerly with the
Dayton Co., has been made manager of the Victrola
and Brunswick departments of the Metropolitan
Store.
New Jersey
Montclair, N. J.—The retail phonograph store of
Joseph Lawlor has been moved to new quarters in
the Wellmont Theatre Building, 404 Bloomfleld ave-
nue.
Newark, N. J.—Thomas P. Chakeris, identified
with the Broad & Market Music Co. for ten years,
lias opened the Ideal Phonograph Shop at 867 Broad
street.
Trenton, N. J.—A new piano store lias been opened
at 1100 Chestnut avenue by Miss Melanie Badstueb-
ner, formerly manager of the local Griffith Piano
Co. store.
Trenton, N. J.—A branch store of the F. A. North
Co., of Philadelphia, has been opened at 223 Kast
State street.
New Mexico
Albuquerque, N. M.—H. A. Maisen has organized
the New Mexico Piano Co., at 116 North Second
street, handling Steinway and Gulbransen pianos.
New York
Niagara Falls, N. Y.—The Falls Music Co., of this
city, has been incorporated with $10,000 capital and
will handle pianos and radio.
New York City.—The Victor store, known as the
Lenox Talking Machine Co., at 312 West 145th street,
has been purchased by William Waldman.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—The retail piano warerooms of
the Allied Piano Manufacturers, Inc., at 1128 Broad-
way and at 645 Fulton street, have been remodeled.
New York City.—The new warerooms of Chicker-
ing & Sons, 27 West Fifty-seventh street, have been
formally opened.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—Papers of incorporation have been
filed by Mulfords, Music, which will engage in the
sale of musical instruments, with $5,000 capital.
Albany, N. Y.—The branch stores operated by the
Baker Music House, Inc., at Utica, Hoosic Falls and
Glens Falls have been discontinued.
New York City.—The retail phonograph store of
Daniel Castellanos at 4 South street has been com-
pletely destroyed by flre.
Rochester, N. Y.—The Levis Music Store has pur-
chased the business of the Balcom Music Co., retain-
ing Alfred H. Warren as manager.
Lockport, N. Y.—Alfred J. Newman has opened a
new piano store at 43 Locust street, carrying pianos,
phonographs and Q R S rolls.
Ohio
Byesville, O.—A new music store has been opened
here by the A. C. House Co., of Cambridge, handling
a full line of music goods.
Akron, O.—A larger store has been taken by the
Superior Music Co. at 91 South Howard street.
Canton, O.—A branch piano store, known as the
Globe Piano Co., with headquarters in Cleveland,
has been opened at 410 Market avenue South.
Cleveland, O.—The Lad Music Co. has been in-
corporated to deal in music goods with $10,000 cap-
ital.
Akron, O.—Miss Jane Lewis has been made man-
ager of the talking machine department of the George
S. Dales Co., South Main street.
Cleveland, O.—The Fayette Piano Co. has been
granted a charter with $10,000 capital, Julius Bloom-
berg and E. E. Wolf being the incorporators.
Akron, O.—The George S. Dales Co. has opened
its enlarged and remodeled music store, handling
Steinway pianos, Brunswick and Victory talking ma-
chines.
Cleveland, O.—The "business of the Eclipse Musical
Co. has been purchased by the Cleveland Talking
Machine Co.
NOVEMBER 1,
1924
Norwalk, O.—The Norwalk Piano Co., established
here since 1902, has been discontinued.
Cleveland, O.—Muehlhauser Bros. Piano Co. has
opened a West Side branch close to the Intersection
of Lorain avenue and West Twenty-flfth street.
Columbus, O.—Ralph G. Martin, local attorney, has
been appointed receiver for the Robert L. Seeds
Music Co., bankrupt.
Lorain, <).—The A. B. Sauer Music Co. has been
organized to take over the phonograph business of
the George A. Clark Co., and has a capital of
$35,000.
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pa.—The Wagner-Bund Music Co. has
been incorporated to deal in general music goods,
headed by S. G. Wagner and Emil Bund.
Pittsburgh, Pa.—H. A. Becker has been granted
a charter to operate a music store here under the
laws of Delaware.
New Bethlehem, Pa.—A new piano store has been
opened in the George A. Woods Block featuring the
Hardman piano.
Washington, Pa.—The Scott Brunswick Phono-
graph Co. has been opened in the Reuben Building,
45 West Chestnut street by H. B. Scott. Jr.
Pittsburgh, Pa.—R. M. Perry, formerly with the
Story & Clark Piano Co., has been appointed man-
ager of the W. F. Frederick Piano Co.
Erie Pa.—A new musical merchandise store has
been opened at 403 East Eleventh street, by Wil-
liam J. Krill, Jr.
Oklahoma
Bartlesville, Okla.—The Barnett Music Co., former-
ly located on Dewey avenue, has moved to new
quarters at 120 East Third street.
Tennessee
Murfreesboro, Trnn.—The formal opening of the
piano department of the C. H. Byrn & Son's store
has been opened, carrying the Waltham line.
Texas
San Antonio, Tex.—A. F. Beyer has moved his
phonograph business from Commerce street to 318
Houston street, where he has leased a store and
basement.
El Paso, Tex.—The phonograph and radio shop
of the American Furniture Co., 112-122 South Stan-
ton street, has been formally opened.
Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah.—Alterations have been com-
pleted in the Baldwin Piano Rooms in the Hooper
Building, on East First South street.
Salt T,ake City, I'tah.—Lucile's Song Shop has been
moved from Second South street to a location on
South Main street.
Salt "Lake City, Utah.—The musical merchandise
department of the Glen Bros.-Roberts Piano Co.'
has been enlarged.
Ogdcn, I'tah.—The M. E. Pantone Music Co. has
been incorporated here with $25,000 capital, to handle
a general line of music goods.
Virginia
L.ynchburg, Va.—O. E. Kellogg, formerly of Al-
bany, N. Y., has been made manager of the local
branch of Chas. M. Stioff, Inc.
Washington
Seattle, Wash.—Improvements have been completed
in the local retail store of the Bush & Lane Piano
Co. and include additional demonstration booths.
West Virginia
Wheeling, W. Va.—The balcony of the Burkham
& Stamm Piano Co.'s local store has been filled
in to afford larger display quarters.
Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wis.—The music department of Gimbel
Bros, store here has been remodeled, giving the
entire sixth floor to pianos, phonographs and radios.
Milwaukee, Wls.—E. S. Fischer & Co. has been
granted a charter to handle radio goods.
Kcnosha, Wis.—Joseph Cardinal, handling Kim-
ball pianos and phonographs has leased the building
adjoining his store, at 211 Main street, as an annex.
Four More McPhail Grands
for the College of Emporia
Prominent Musical Educational Institution of
Kansas Now Has Twenty-one McPhail Pianos
in Use, Some of Them Fourteen Years Old
EMPORIA, KAN., October 25.—The Pioneer Music
Co., of this city, of which R. E. Wartman is
the proprietor, has recently installed four new
McPhail grands in the College of Emporia, a
noted college for music teachers. This college
first began using McPhail pianos fourteen years
ago, and several of the original shipments are
still in constant use. At the present time, with
four grands in place, there are now twenty-one
McPhail pianos in the institution. E. A. Hirsch-
ler, an organist of national reputation, is dean
of the college.
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