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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
New Stores and r Changes Among Retail
Music Merchants During the Past Month
A Compilation of New Stores Established and Changes in Ownership and Management Made for
the Use of the Musical Instrument Manufacturers and Travelers
Alabama
Birmingham, Ala.—The B. E. Forbes Piano Co.
has made Maurice D. Manning general manager of
the store, and will remodel the warerooms as part
of its reorganization plan.
Arizona
Phoenix, Aria.—The Kerr Music Co., 27 South
Central avenue, has formally opened its new ware-
rooms with a music program.
Globe, Ariz.—The Lenord Music Co., of Miami,
Ariz., has taken a store in the Globe Theatre Build-
ing and handles small goods.
California
Mill Valley, Cal.—George 10. Farmer, of Monterey,
has purchased the Mill Valley Music Shoppe and
Marin Radio Service hero.
Berkeley, Cal.—New quarters have been taken by
the Berkeley Piano Shop at 2509 Shattuck street.
Visalia, Cal.—The Graber Music House, formerly
in the Hotel Johnson Building, has taken a larger
store at Mj*in and Garden streets.
Kast Oakland, Cal.—Sherman, Clay & Co. have
opened a new. branch in the Fruitvale District of
Oakland, "haiSfiHng a full line of music goods.
Connecticut
Danbury, Conn.—New quarters at 221 Main street
•have been taken by Helm's Music Store, which Is
operated by Leroy Jackson and Frank Hanson.
New Haven, Conn.—A petition of bankruptcy has
been filed by Charles F. Bawtelle, piano dealer at
22 Center street.
Florida
Palatka, Fla.—The B. & B. Music Shop has been
formed by G. D. Bogue and L. R. Bigewet and is
carrying a full line of music goods at Lemon and
Fourth streets.
' Jacksonville, Fla.—The Cohen Bros. Vlctrola and
•radio departments have been removed to a store on
Duval street.
Georgia
: Macon, Ga.—A new music store has been opened
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on Second street, by Ferd Guttenberger, handling the
Baldwin and Ellington lines of pianos.
Illinois
Chicago, 111.—The Manufacturers' Outlet Piano
Store, Inc., have added another branch at 812 West
Sixty-third street, making three local stores.
Chicago, 111.—The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. and the
Apollo Piano *Co. have jointly opened the Apollo
Studios at 3150 Sheridan road, with B. L. Linhoff in
charge.
Rockford, 111.—The new store of the Haddorff Mu-
sic House, at 220 North Main street, has been opened
under the management of Ernest Dickerson.
Chicago, 111.—The large double store of the Henry
Reichardt Piano Co., at 6421-23 South Halsted
street, was damaged by fire to the extent of about
$18,000.
Decatur, 111.—A charter has been granted to the
Decatur Music Shop of this city, which will operate
with a capital of $1,000.
Canton, 111.—Virgil Lewis has succeeded Ralph
Hervey as manager of the Adams Music Co., of this
city.
Chicago, 111.—C. W. Strawn has been appointed
manager of the Duo-Art reproducing and player-
piano departments of the Lyon & Healy, Inc., loop
retail store.
Oak Park, 111.—Gunkler's Music Shop, handling
small goods, has been opened by H. C. Gunkler on
the second floor of the Lake and Marion Building.
Indiana
French Lick, Ind.—The Ellenshohn Music Co. has
enlarged its store on Maple street to accommodate
its radio department.
Brazil, Ind.—Horace Link & Co., of Paris, 111.,
have purchased the music stock of the C. S. York
Piano Co., of this city, and will operate a branch
jhere.
I Evansville, Ind.—Alterations have been completed
in the warerooms of the Stahlschmidt Piano Co., 618
Main street, to accommodate its Brunswick phono-
graph department.
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Iowa
Corydon, la.—C. H. Bealer, of Lacona, has pur-
chased the music store of W. G. Whitely.
Maryland
' Baltimore, Md.—D. J. Tremblay has resigned as
.general manager of the Chickering Warerooms, Inc.,
land of the Knabe Studios, Inc.
Massachusetts
; Fall River, Mass.—The F. & F. Music Store, at
1449 Pleasant street, has remodeled its quarters to
iinclude a complete radio department.
* Boston, Mass.—Kahn's Music Store, at 225 Tre-
mont street, has added a large radio department,
featuring Radio Corp., De Forest, Freed-Eisemann
and Ware sets.
Missouri
ChiUicothe, Mo.—Edgar Reynolds has purchased
the interest of his partner, Clyde Maxwell, in the
ChiUicothe Music Co.
Montana
Bntte, Mont.—Morris L. Julian has been appointed
manager of the A. W. Hunt Music Co., of this city.
Nebraska
North Plutte, Neb.—George A. Bolduc, formerly
connected with t^ie Dixie Music Shop, has been ap-
pointed manager of the Gaston Music Co.
Omaha, Neb.—The Oakford Music Co., dealing in
small goods, has been purchased by the Schmoller
& Mueller Piano Co.
New Jersey
Jersey City, N. .1.—Jacob Doll & Sons have pur-
chased the building at 140 Newark avenue, in which
their local branch was located.
Summit, N. J.—Harold Curtis has been selected as
manager of William D. Murphy Music Store on
Keechwood road.
Camdon, N. J.—A branch of the Tattersill Music
House has been opened at 2029 Westfleld avenue,
with a complete line of pianos.
Cape May, N. .1.—A temporary branch of the F. A.
North Co., of Philadelphia, has been opened at 413
Washington street, here.
New York
Iti'iii'on, x. Y.—New quarters have been taken by
the Winterroth Piano Co., which took over the busi-
ness of the Beacon Music Shop several months ago.
Cortland, N. Y.—The Hyde Music Co., of 9 Clin-
ton avenue, held a formal concert to dedicate its new
warerooms.
^Liberty, N. Y.—A petition of bankruptcy has been
filed here by Herman Lustgarten, music store pro-
prietor.
Astoria, Li. I.—A branch of the A. I. Ross Music
Store has been opened at 333 Steinway avenue, mak-
ing the third store here.
New York City.—Albert T. Strauch and son have
opened a retail piano store at 1294 Southern boule-
vard, handling Janssen, R. S. Howard and Winter
pianos.
Kingston, N. Y.—The Music Store, operated at 55
East Strand, by A. Ribber, now deceased, has been
reopened by his sons.
New York City.—L. M. Rogers and Leo J. Hinch-
cliffe have opened a new phonograph shop known as
Robin, Inc., at 24 West Fifty-ninth street, and will
handle the Sonora line.
Riverhead, L,. I.—Henry fcj. Hornbeck, formerly of
East Hampton, has taken new quarters for his mu-
sic shop, the Suffolk Piano House, at Main street.
Syracuse, N. Y.—Sidney H. Morecroft has been
made vice-president and general manager of Leiter
Bros, music store here.
Ohio
Liorain, O.—The formal opening of the A. B. Sauer
Music Co., successor to the George A. Clark Co., has
been held here.
Canton, O.—The Rhines Edison Co. Shop has added
an extensive radio department, featuring the De For-
est line and Jewett super-speaker horns.
Dayton, O.—The Anderson Piano Co. has installed
a complete radio department in a remodeled section
of the store.
Lorain, O.—The Witt Piano Parlors, destroyed in
the recent tornado, have been reopened at the for-
mer location, 025 Broadway.
Tiffin, O.—Charles Hershbergor has purchased full
Interest in the C. J. Schmidt Piano Co., on South
Washington street.
Dayton, O.—The Soward Music Store has made
changes in its showrooms to include a large radio
department.
Columbus, O.—J. E. Baldwin has succeeded Roy
Riegler as general manager of the local branch of
the Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.
Zanesville, O.—The warerooms of the Spence Mu-
sic Co. have been remodeled to afford larger display
space.
Youngstown, O.—W. E. LaViolette has been ap-
pointed manager of the piano department of the
Yahrling-Rayner Music Co., succeeding O. W. Chris-
tian.
East Liverpool, O.—The Lewis Bros. Co., handling
Victor talking machines and radio, has been de-
stroyed by fire, with a loss of $75,000.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Okla.—The Padelford Music Co.,
of this city, has been incorporated with an author-
ized capital of $50,000.
Oregon
Dalles, Ore.—The Corson Music Store has moved
to new quarters at Second and Federal streets, and
has balcony showrooms for radio and phonographs.
Portland, Ore.—The Piano Brokerage Co. has filed
papers of incorporation with a capital of $50,000, and
will handle a general stock of music goods.
MARCH 7, 1925
Salem, Ore.—George W. Will has purchased the
piano stock of R. F. Peters and has Installed it In
his store on State street.
Portland, Ore.—The Wiley B. Allen Co. has
opened its new Amplco Studio in Its store at 148
Fifth street.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pa.—The piano store of David Ja-
cobs & Son, 820 Columbia avenue, was damaged by
fire to the extent of $3,600.
Shamokin, Pa.—Housel & Baker, dealing In gen-
eral music goods, have taken new quarters at 100
West Independence street.
Philadelphia, Pa.—The showrooms of the Henton-
Knecht Co., 110 South Seventeenth street, have been
redecorated.
Port AlleRany, Pa.—The Owen Music Store Build-
ing was destroyed by fire at a loss of $125,000.
Harrisburg, Pa.—H. A. Mills has opened a general
music store in the McCrory Block on Pennsylvania
avenue.
Texas
Abilene, Tex.—The Hall Music Co., of this city,
has been granted a charter to deal in a general line
of music goods with $50,000 capital.
Utah
Spanish Fork, I'tah.—C. D. Stiang has purchased
the Columbia Music. & Jewelry Co. here and will
conduct the business in the future.
Provo, I'tah.—Warner Stone, manager of the mu-
sic house of Stone & Co., has opened a branch store
on East Center street.
Vermont
White Kiver Jumtioi, Vt.—The W. C. Marshall
Music Store has been destroyed In a large fire here,
which damaged property to tin* extent of nearly
half a million dollars.
Virginia
Ntauiiton. Va,—The Cline Music Co. has been in-
corporated with a capital of $50,000 to deal in music
goods here at 126 West Main street.
Washington
Mt. Vermin, Wash.—The William & Van Horn
Music Store has taken new quarters in the Pioneer
Building, handling si general line of music goods.
Spokane, Wash.—'The Van Ausdle-Hoffman Music
Co. has moved to more spacious quarters at West
NIB Riverside avenue.
West Virginia
Clarksburg, XV. Va.—Papers of incorporation have
been filed by the Henry Piano Co., which will con-
duct a general music store here.
Wisconsin
Belolt, AVis.—J. C Hook has purchased control of
the Hook Bros. Piano Co. and has changed the
name to Hook's Music Store.
Baldwin Official Piano of
Bradbury School of Music
Well-known Music School in Duluth, Oldest in
the Northwest, Uses the Baldwin Exclusively
in All Departments
CINCINNATI, O., March 3.—One of the mat-
ters of which the Baldwin Piano Co. is par-
ticularly proud is the selection of the Baldwin
piano as the official instrument of the well-
known Bradbury School of Music in Duluth,
Minn., which was established in 1900, and is
both the oldest and largest school of music in
northern Minnesota.
The Bradbury School is housed in a modern
building, and employs twenty-five instructors
in every branch of musical learning. Each year
a Baldwin-made grand is presented as a prize
to the student in the piano department who
makes the greatest progress during the school
year.
In a recent letter Fred G. Bradbury, presi-
dent of the school, explains the selection of the
Baldwin as the official piano, as follows:
"The most important item in the beginning
of the study of music is a piano with a true
and even action and a fine tone quality. To-
gether with this is the necessity in a school of
music where pianos have constant use of hav-
ing an instrument with great wearing qualities.
Experience covering many years has brought
out the point both from the artistic and prac-
tical side that the selection of pianos for a
school of music is of utmost importance. After
giving many instruments from different makers
exhaustive trials we finally adopted the Bald-
win."
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