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JANUARY 31,
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
R. W. McMurray Appointed Manager of
the Glen Bros.-Roberts Salt Lake Store
Well-known Piano Man Has Already Assumed Position—Consolidated Music Co. Wins Wide
Attention in Broadcasting from Window—Music Merchants Seeing Good Demand Ahead
manager of the Day lies- Heche Music Co., and
wife are on the Pacific Coast. Colonel Daynes
is combining business with pleasure.
Rogers Succeeds Firestone
ROCKFORU, 111., January 17.—Bert V. Rogers
has been appointed to succeed Fred Firestone
CALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, January 22.— instruments and selling in the musical mer- as manager of the Schumann Piano Store, 127
The industrial situation continues excellent. chandise department of the Daynes-Becbe West State street, following the hitter's resigna-
Business men are not merely optimistic regard- Music Co., has resigned. He will devote all of tion to become sales manager of Neal, Clark &
Neal in Buffalo, N. Y. Mr. Firestone, who came
ing the future, they are enthusiastic. There is his time to teaching hereafter.
talk of prosperity during the coming year on
The radio department of Daynes-Beebe here three years ago from the Lyon & Healy,
every hand. The writer ha? chatted with hun- Music Co. and the phonograph department have Inc., warerooms, Chicago, has been a prominent
dreds of business men in various lines during been consolidated, and G. Todd Taylor, man- figure in the trade, having been chairman of
the past few weeks, and not one of them has ager of the phonograph department, has been the membership committee of the Illinois Piano
expressed himself regarding the future with placed in charge.
Merchants' Association and president of the
anything but confidence and satisfaction.
West Side Business Men's Association. Mr.
Visitors of recent date included E. W. Gray, of
Music companies here report radio equip- the Hallet & Davis Piano Co., Boston, Mass.; Rogers has already assumed his duties.
ment as selling well at this time. This is true James A. Spill, Western representative of the
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
of all of the companies handling it. Radio is company, and B. P. Sibley, Western representa-
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
now a definite part of the music business as far tive of the Kohler Industries.
Col. Joseph J. Daynes, president and general free of charge for men who desire positions.
as this State is concerned. The old lines, such
as pianos, organs and phonographs, are moving
rather slowly right now, but perhaps no slower
than usual at this season. Band and orchestra
instruments are selling better. At the Glen
Bros.-Roberts Piano Co. it was stated that the
sheet music department was going 100 per cent
better than last year. It was stated at this
store that some good business was in prospect
along the lines of high-grade pianos, such as
Chickering.
\i. W. McMurray, an experienced piano man
from Canada, has been made manager of the
Salt Lake City store of the Glen Bros.-Roberts
Piano Co. Mr. McMurray has already assumed
the position. This company operates another
store in Ogden, one of the largest and most
modern in the State.
Warner Stone, well known in Salt Lake City
music circles, trade and artistic, has definitely
decided to open a music store in the location
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recently vacated by the Hafen Floral Co., East
Center street, Provo. It is stated that a com-
plete line of musical merchandise will be han-
dled and that a repair and rebuilding depart-
ment will also be maintained.
The fire sale of the Beesley Music Co. has
just been closed. It attracted a lot of atten-
tion. It will be remembered that the well-
known store was visited by fire on Christmas
Day. New stocks of Victor talking machines,
records and other merchandise have arrived in
the past few days, and it was stated the com-
pany is well equipped to carry on.
The Consolidated Music Co. has been attract-
ing a lot of attention to itself of late by reason
of its radio broadcastings from the company's
threat store window. A few nights ago the com-
pany's own string trio, consisting of Hurt Gar-
ner, Curtis Ackerland and Leigh Harline, was
featured with Thelma Clark Brown, soprano.
The management said it thought it was the first
time, as far as is known in the West, that r.
high-class music program had been broadcast
from a Main street window.
J. B. Ashton, proprietor of the Columbia
Music & Jewelry Co., of Provo, is ill. The
firm has also applied for bankruptcy. The lia-
bilities are listed at $13,477.83 and the assets
at $10,955.
Thomas J. Holland, sales manager and a
director of the Glen Bros.-Roberts Piano Co.,
Ogdcn, declared the other day in an interview
with your correspondent that he feels that 1925
Write at once for
is going to be the beginning of a new era in
the music business and other business, too, un-
further particulars
less something at present unforeseen occurs.
Mr. Holland, who is in close touch with the in-
dustrial and economic situation, says things
have not looked as good as they do now in
years. This company has been playing up its
window advertising. Mr. Holland feels, he said,
that the window is an excellent advertising
medium, one that is apt to be overlooked if not
careful because of its cheapness. He says busi-
709-717 East 140th St. (at Jackson Ave.)
New York
ness is ahead of last Winter, though so far
nothing of a startling nature has been noticed.
J. Jansen, who has been teaching stringed
HENKELMAN
Player Pianos
Have won on their merits.
More are being sold each
year because they stand
up and give business build-
ing satisfaction.
Henkelman Piano Mfg. Corp.