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NOVEMBER 29,
THE
1924
MUSIC TRADE
49
REVIEW
THE TALKING MACHINE TRADE
Sonora Display Brings
Dealer Many Sales
Handsome Window Display of Milwaukee
Dealer Brings Direct Results in Machine
Sales
MILWAUKEE, WIS., November 22.—The
A. Kaun Music Co. tied up its window
with the recent local music week in
effective manner that netted the shop
William
display
a most
a great
exclusively. Mr. Baran, who is well known and
popular in this territory, feels satisfied that this
district is an exceptional field for the develop-
ment of an up-to-date phonograph establish-
ment and already the demand for Brunswick
merchandise and in particular the Brunswick-
Radiola has entirely proven his theory.
Mr. Baran has been prominently identified
heretofore in this section as a dealer handling
the Benz, Hudson and Essex motor cars and
some few months ago he became keenly inter-
ested in the Brunswick line, with the result that
Meeting of Victor Dealers
Held in Atlanta Recently
Goodly Number of Victor Representatives in
Georgia Attend Impromptu Sales Conference
Under Auspices of Elyea Talking Machine Co.
ATLANTA, GA., November 22.—Prospects for talk-
ing machine business in this section during the
coming months are very bright, according to
the Victor dealers who attended an impromptu
meeting held in this city recently under the
auspices of Charles L. Elyea, of the Elyea Talk-
ing Machine Co., Victor wholesaler, and at-
tended by Frank K. Dolbecr, sales manager
of the Victor Talking Machine Co., who stopped
off at Atlanta on his way to a series of dealers'
conferences in Florida.
Approximately twenty-five dealers and their
representatives from various sections of Georgia
and South Carolina attended the conference, at
which there was a general discussion of sales
plans and other matters of business interest.
M. Price Enters Business
With A. J. Cunningham
Resigns as Manager of Landay's Fifth Avenue,
New York, Store—To Operate in Newark
Window Display of W. A. Kaun Music Co.
deal of extra business in Sonora phonographs. to-day Mr. Baran has discontinued motor cars
The Kaun store displayed a wealth of musical entirely and he is now an exclusive Brunswick
instruments attractively arranged in the win- dealer with a fully representative line of Bruns-
dow, prominent among them being several wick phonographs, records and the new Bruns-
Sonora machines. The Sonoras shown included wick-Radiola.
the Sonora portable, the de luxe Louis XV
model and a Sonora bulge model. This store
has built up an excellent business in Sonoras.
Dealers Go-operate With
Biese Orchestra Publicity
Victor Dealers in Akron and Canton, O., Use
Newspaper Space in Hooking Up With Ap-
pearance of Recording Orchestra
AKRON, O., November 24.—Edfreds, well-known
local music store, tied up with the appearance
here Sunday at East Market Gardens of Paul
Biese and His Victor Recording Orchestra, us-
ing a half-page in the local newspapers, an-
nouncing the fact that this band is using Conn
instruments and Leedy drums. Victor dealers
here also tied up with the band engagement,
using attractive window displays stressing the
newest recordings of the orchestra.
The orchestra appeared in Canton Wednesday
night, opening the new$100,000 Moonlight Gar-
dens, and there a number of Victor dealers
joined with the Gardens' management in an-
nouncing the coming of the orchestra.
New Brunswick Dealer in
Exclusive New York Section
H. B. Baran & Co. Open Attractive Store at
247 Park Avenue in Close Proximity to High
Class Apartment House District
H. P. Baran & Co., located on the edge
of New York's most exclusive residential sec-
tion at 247 Park avenue, have just entered the
phonograph field, carrying the Brunswick line
Victor Go. Presents Wagner
"Ring" at Atlantic Gity
James E. Richardson Presenting Series of
Lectures on Famous "Ring" Illustrated by
Appropriate Victor Records
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., November 25.—Beginning
to-night there will be presented at the Victor
Talking Machine Co. headquarters here in the
Brighton Casino a series of lectures on Wag-
ner's "Ring" by James E. Richardson, one of
the music critics of the Victor Co., whose lec-
tures will be illustrated with records.
The series will begin to-night with "The
Rhinegold," and there will follow in order "The
Valkyrie," "Siegfried," and "Twilight of the
Gods," one of the operas being presented in
lecture form each Monday evening until the
series is completed on December 15. The lec-
tures are open to the public without charge and
have created a considerable amount of interest.
Brunswick Branch Moves
The Philadelphia branch of the Brunswick-
Balke-Collender Co., formerly located at 1002
Arch street, has moved this week to new quar-
ters in the Central Building, 40-50 North Sixth
street. The new warerooms will be located on
the second floor at this address and will afford
15,000 square feet of display space. A printed
announcement of this change has been mailed.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
M. Price, for the past six months manager of
the Landay Bros, store at 433 Fifth avenue,
New York, and prior to that manager of the
Newark branch of the same concern, recently
resigned to enter business for himself. He has
joined forces with A. J. Cunningham, who owns
and operates a music store at 53 South Orange
avenue, South Orange, N. J., and they will oper-
ate a complete music store at 3 Belmont avenue,
Newark, N. J.
The new establishment will be known as A. J.
Cunningham, Inc., and a complete line of Vic-
trolas and other makes of talking machines will
be carried, in addition to radio apparatus,
pianos, musical merchandise and sheet music.
First Gabrilowitsch Record
Released by Victor Go.
The first exclusively pianistic record made by
Ossip Gabrilowitsch was released by the Victor
Co. on November 7 and created much discussion
in musical circles throughout the country. This
world-famous Russian artist has an exception-
ally large following by virtue of his position as
leader of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and
through his numerous appearances as soloist on
the concert stage. This record couples Mosz-
kowski's "In Autumn" with Schumann's "Nov-
elette."
Closing Out Department
YOUNGSTOWN, O., November 24.—Announcement
is made that the Cahn Furniture Co. will dis-
continue its talking machine department,
officials said this week. This department is be-
ing eliminated to make room for increased fur-
niture needs.
Good Victor Publicity
The V'ctor Talking Machine Co. recently
sent to its dealers a bird's-eye view of the com-
pany's main plant at Camden, N. J. The picture
is printed in colors and is suitable for hanging
in the warerooms or for display in the store's
windows.