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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
Among Retail Music Merchants for Benefit of the Manufacturer and the Traveler
Alabama
itirmhiKliain, Ala.—Maurice D. Manning has been
made manager of the E. E. Forbes Piano Co., with
which he has been identified about two years.
Anniston, Ala.—J. B. Denman has purchased con-
trolling interest in the Donman Bros.' Piano Co., this
city.
Arkansas
Camden, Ark.—Bensberg's Music Shop, which has
recently secured the agency for the Chickering &
Sons piano, has been remodeled to include a large
balcony.
California
San Francisco, Cal.—H. J. Pentong has been made
manager of the Hauschildt Music Co.'s store here.
Alhamhra, Cal.—The Alhambra Music House, of
which J. D. Coope is proprietor has taken larger
quarters at IS East Main street.
Crockett, Cal.—Larger quarters have been taken
by the Crockett Music Co. in the Peters Block on
Loring avenue.
L>os Angeles, Cal.—The small goods department of
the Platt Music Co. has been remodeled and enlarged
to show off to better advantage the Holton line of
band instruments.
Colorado
Denver, Colo.—The Denver Music Co. has leased
the .store adjoining it at 1540 Stout street to pro-
vide suitable additional space for the display of the
Mason & Hajnlin Ampico.
Denver, Colo.—Alterations have been completed in
the warerooms of the McKannon Piano Co., l<>20
California street.
Florida
Tampa, Fin.—Arthur Smith has purchased control
of the Walter & Smith Music Co., this city, and will
operate it in the future as the Arthur Smith Music
Co.
Georgia
Marietta, Ga.—Fred Burton has opened an up-to-
date music store on Park Square, handling Victrolas,
small goods and radio.
Silicon, Ga.—A complete music store has been
opened here at 3(54 Second street by F. A. Gutten-
berger, featuring Baldwin pianos, phonographs and
radio.
Illinois
HloomiiiKton, III.—The Bowles Music & Jewelry
Shop has been opened here with a full line of music
goods, under the direction of John C. Hollingsworth.
Metropolis, III.—\Y r . P. Baynes has opened an up-
to-date music store on lOast Third street, carrying a
full stock of music goods.
Herrin, III.—C. W. Fisher has established a new
piano store here, handling a complete line of Jesse
French & Sons pianos and players.
Chicago, 111.—Bell & Co., Inc., has obtained a char-
ter to deal in pianos, phonographs and radio, with
headquarters at 13S0 Milwaukee avenue.
Kockford, III.—Bert V. Rogers has been appointed
manager of the Schumann Piano Store, 127 West
State street, to succeed Fred Firestone.
Waukegan, 111.—The music department of the new
Blumberg store here has been formally opened, anil
is featuring the Brunswick phonograph and Bruns-
wick Radiola.
Chicago, in.—The Tom Brown Music Co., 17 West
Lake street, has increased its stock from $100,000 to
$150,000.
Indiana
Arcadia, Ind.—The Webster Music Co. has filed
corporation papers and will deal in a general lino
of music goods.
Oakland City, Ind.—Grover Sims & Sons, of Hunt-
ingburg, has been incorporated to operate a com-
plete branch music store here.
Fort Wayne, Ind.—A charter has has been granted
to the Rosenwinkel Music House, Inc., which will
deal in music goods and radio here, with a capital
stock of $10,000.
Kansas
Winrleld, Kan.—Clyde Stocking and H. P». Vincent
have opened a new music store in the 200 block of
East Ninth street, with a complete stock.
Maryland
Baltimore, Md.—Control of the piano business of
Sanders & Stayman, Inc., this city, has been pur-
chased by Joseph Fink, president of the Kranz-Smith
Piano Co.
Massachusetts
Itoston, Mass.—The new warerooms of Chas. M.
Stieff, Inc., at. 114 Boylston street, have been for-
mally opened.
Hrockton, Mass.—Larger quarters in the Times
Building have been taken for the piano and phono-
graph department of the United Music Co.
Michigan
Mt. Clemens, Mich.—The De Steiger Music Co., for-
merly on Macomb street, has taken new quarters in
the Czizf-k block on New street,
Detroit, Midi.—C. 1!. Trowbridge, for many years
department manager of the Henry F. Miller Stores
Co. here, has been made general manager of local
branch.
Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minn.—A new small goods department
has been opened in the Dayton Department Store
here, featuring King band instruments.
Missouri
St. Louis, Mo.—The Hunleth Music Co., at 51(>
Locust street, lias acquired the five-story building
adjoining for additional display space.
Kansas City, Mo.—The W. W. Kimball Co. lias
completed" redecorating and painting the interior of
its showrooms.
Springfield, Mo.—A petition of
voluntary bank-
ruptcy has boen filed by the J. Ed. Black Music Co.,
222 Boonville avenue, and Lewis Buster, attorney.
Kansas City, Mo.—The formal opening of the
Kansas City Conn Co. has been held here, with a
special musical program.
Kansas City, Mo.—The Crawfoi d-Kutan Co., 10K!
Grand avenue, has opened a special music depart-
ment for band instrument selections.
Montana
Livingston, Mont.—H. \V. liieke has closed out his
piano store in the Krohne block here, and will op-
erate his piano business from his residence.
Nebraska
Omaha, Neb.—The Rialto Music Shop, located in
the Rialto Theatre Building, has added a line of
small goods.
Lincoln, Neb.—The music stock of the Nebraska
Instrument & String Co., at 214 North Eleventh
street, was damaged by smoke and water in a fire
this month.
FKHKIWKY 7, 1925
CambridK''. <>•—The Itonnel-Nehairer Piano Co., of
this city, has been incorporated with a capital stock
of $25,000.
Akron, O.—F. W. Van Scoyoc and Ernest E. Smith
have opened the Akron Grand Piano Co. on East
Market street, featuring Stulz & Bauer, Becker Bros,
and Story & Clark pianos.
Itarherton, O.—The local branch of the Mitten
Piano Co., of Akron, has been discontinued.
Oregon
Portland, Ore.—1">. R. Brassfleld has been appointed
manager for the Portland store of the Wiley B.
Allen Co.
Portland, Ore.—The Hyatt Music Co. has taken
over the store adjoining its quarters at ,'J.Sli Mor-
rison street anil has doubled its former display space.
Portland, Ore.—H. H. Thompson, proprietor of the
H. H. Thompson Piano Co., 151 Fourth street, has
taken F. J. Matthews into partnership; they will
feature Gulbranscn and Kranieh & Bach pianos.
Portland, Ore.—Frank M. Case, formerly with the
Wiley B. Allen Co., has succeeded J. H. Dundore as
manager of the local store; of Sherman, Clay & Co.
Portland, Ore.—Frank Raymond has been made
manager of the piano department of the Wiley B.
Allen Co. here.
Pennsylvania
Palmyra, Pa.—A new radio department has been
added by the Palmyra Music House, handling the
Atwater Kent, Ware Neutrodyne, Garod Neutrodyne,
Radiola and Grebe outfits.
HarritthurK. Pa.—A piano department, handling the
Bush & Lane Cecilian player, Davis & Sons and
Lauter pianos, lias been opened by Pomeroy's de-
partment store.
Windhcr, Pa.—The Basscl Shivcly Music Co. has
taken new quartern in the Eagle Building on Graham
avenue.
South Dakota
Sioux Falls, S. I).—Earl E. Flanders has taken
over the McCusker Piano Co. store, here, and will
operate the Flanders Music Co., handling Baldwin
and Packard pianos.
Tennessee
Knoxville, Trim.—The East Tennessee Music Co.
has taken new quarters at 710-21 South Gay street.
New Jersey
Texas
Ked Dank, N. .1.—A new local branch of the
Lauter Co., the sixteenth in the State, has been
opened here at 40 Monmouth street, with Frank T.
Bloom as manager.
Asbury Park, N. J.—The Tusting Piano Co., (»(>!)
Mattison avenue, has completed alterations to pro-
vide for a newly installed radio department.
Newark, N. J.—The Griilith Piano Co. has taken
over the local branch of the Aeolian Co. and will
handle the Duo-Art in the Steinway, Steck, Wheel-
ock, Stroud, Aeolian and Weber pianos.
Jersey City, N. J.—A new local branch of the
Griffith Piano Co., operating stores through this
State, has been opened at 2850 Hudson County boule-
vard.
Houston, Tex.—Robert Smith, for two years with
the Horton & Smith Piano Co., has been appointed
manager of the new piano department of the Haverty
Furniture Co., this city.
New Mexico
Albuquerque, X. M.—The new quarters of the New
Mexico Piano Co., at 114 North Second street, have
been formally opened with a display of pianos,
headed by the Steinway.
New York
Amsterdam, X. Y.—A new two-story brick build-
ing on Reid street has been secured as a second
local branch piano and furniture store for M. Feld-
inan & Son.
New York City.—The Spincer Piano Co. has been
incorporated to deal in piano and music goods, with
a capital stock of $10,0.00.
Buffalo, N. Y.—The new music department of the
Adam, Meldrum & Anderson department store has
been formally opened with a complete line of music
goods.
Ilu.Talo, N. Y.—The local retail store of the Kurtz-
mann Piano Co., on Main street, was damaged to
the extent of several thousand dollars by a fire in
an adjoining building.
Jamaica,
N. Y.—Permanent quarters at 150-li
Jamaica avenue have been taken by the Sterling
Piano Co.'s store here, and M. Litwin has been
appointed manager.
Rochester, X. Y.—Howard J. Bailey lias been ap-
pointed manager of the piano division of the Levis
Music Store chain, recently consolidated with the
Balcom Music Co.
Xew York City.—The Avenue C Music Shop, 27
Avenue C, has been declared bankrupt, and Arthur
Y. Dalziel has been appointed receiver.
Xew York City.—Saul Birns has opened a new
store at .'UO Sixth avenue, which will be head-
quarters for his metropolitan chain, and will handle
a complete stock of pianos and phonographs.
North Carolina
Albemarle, X. C.—E. A. Mclntosh, proprietor of
the Albermarlc Music Co., has taken over the music
department of P. J. Huneycutt & Co., handling pianos
and phonographs, and has opened a new store in the
Central Hotel.
Clinton, X. C.—The stock of the Sutton Music
Store was severely damaged by an early morning
fire here.
Ohio
Hamilton, O.—Larger quarters on South Second
street have been taken by the Wagner Piano Co., of
which Kenneth Curtis is president.
Utah
Sail Lake City,—Itah.—R. W. McMurray, for-
merly of Canada, has been made manager of the
local store of the Glen Bros.-Roberts Piano Co.
Salt Luke City, Itah.—The radio and phonograph
departments of the Daynes-Beebe Music Co. have
been consolidated with G. Todd Taylor as manager.
Washington
Tacoma, Wash.—A new music department has been
opened by the McMillan Bros, store, 1111 Broadway,
carrying pianos, Brunswick phonographs, Q R S
music rolls, and small goods.
Olympia, Wash.—A new branch of tin; Bush &
Lane Piano Co. has been opened at 510 Washington
street, handling pianos and phonographs, with Paul
Kuhl as manager.
Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wis.—The main floor of the local
Randolph Wurlitzer Co. store has been enlarged by
the removal of several record demonstration booths.
Ontario
Windsor, Ont.—The three-story building of Grin-
nell Bros., here, at 124 Ouellette avenue, was de-
molished by fire, with a loss of $«0,000.
Noel Seeburg in South
Noel Seeburg, treasurer of the J. 1'. Seeburg
l'iano Co., Chicago, is at the Seeburg Winter
Home at West I'aim Keach, Florida, getting his
family settled for the Winter. In a few days he
will leave for Beaumont, Texas, to visit W. L.
l'ace, the company's Southwestern distributor.
He will then return to Chicago and hold the
helm while Ray Malmquist goes East on a busi-
ness trip. On the latter's return, Noel Seeburg
will return to his wife and babies at West l'alni
Beach for a more extended stay. President J.
P. Seeburg is now on the ocean with Mrs. See-
burg, en route to Italy.
Henry Piano Go. Chartered
CI.ARKSIU'RI;, W. \ A., January M.—Papers of in-
corporation have been filed recently by the
Henry Piano Co., of this city, which will con-
duct a general music store here. D. J. Henry
and H. G. Fretwell are the principals.
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