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SEPTEMBER 4, 1926
August Volume With Milwaukee Dealers
Exceeds That of Same Month Last Year
Edmund Gram, Inc., Making Drive on Welte Organs — Music Houses Exhibiting at the Wis-
consin State Fair—Atwater Kent Dealers Reorganize—Buys Badger Music Shop
X/lfLWAUKEE, W1S., August 31.—The de- that everyone from society people to factory
mand for musical instruments of all kinds employes are showing marked interest in
in Milwaukee stores, although seasonally quiet, strings of all kinds, but particularly banjos and
shows an increase over last year for the month. Hawaiian instruments. An example of this
Fair activity in nearly all departments has re- trend is shown in the Hawaiian night which is
sulted in a better month than is generally re- being held at the Wisconsin Club, one of the
corded for August. Activity in pianos has been most prominent social clubs of the city, for
outstanding at some houses, while others report which the Walker Musical Exchange is offering
a very good demand for band or string instru- its assistance.
The Walker firm has also received consider-
ments. The new lines of talking machines arc
experiencing a little lull at the present time, but able publicity and some direct response by sup-
dealers state that this is just temporary, and plying talent for the annual picnics held by the
that the opening of September will see a better A. O. Smith Corp. and the Bucyrus Co., both
of which firms are nationally famous in their
demand than ever. Records continue active.
Carl F. Mueller, manager of the new organ lines and employ hundreds of people. Here,
department at Edmund Gram, Inc., is starting again, the trend to strings was demonstrated
his campaign for organ sales by sending out as a banjo quartet and a Hawaiian group were
letters to his wide circle of friends in the Mil- among the numbers requested. There was also
waukee musical world. The new organ depart- a call for a piano accordion and a harmonica,
ment will feature the Welte, Philharmonic and Mr. Walker stated.
Mr. Orth has just returned from a ten days'
the Hall organs, suitable for church, theatre
and residence. Through this department Gram's vacation spent in northern Wisconsin, where
is planning to emphasize the fact that it does he enjoyed both fishing and golfing.
Alexander McDonald, of Sohmer & Co., was
not take a "mint" or a "mansion" to have an
organ in a home, thus building up a more gen- a visitor in the city last week.
The Kesselman-O'Driscoll Co. is getting in a
eral demand for organs than would result from
the sale of them to churches and theatres only. little good work in advance of the opening of
Although the firm has sold organs in the past, school by featuring a special window display
there has been no separate department to handle of all kinds of band instruments in connection
with a school opening sale of band instruments.
the business as is now the case.
The window was exceptionally attractive and
Music Houses Exhibit at State Fair
Several Milwaukee stores have arranged ex- drew much response.
N. C. Beerend has returned from Detroit,
hibits at the State Fair, which is being held
in this city this week. The Holton Band In- Mich., where he represented the local radio
strument shop is featuring a beautiful collec- dealers at the Federated Radio Trades Associa-
tion of gold-embossed instruments which have tion's third quarterly meeting. A number of local
been exhibited only a few times previously. A dealers also made the trip to Detroit for the
more general display of instruments is beinp meeting.
Atwater Kent Dealers Reorganize
shown by the Lyric Music Co., which is featur-
The Radio Specialty Co., one of the pioneer
ing the Kimball line of upright, player, repro-
ducing and grand pianos, as well as Brunswick radio jobbers of this city, has been purchased
phonographs and Panatropes and Q R S music by a group of Milwaukee business men, making
rolls. A line of King instruments will probably one of the biggest radio deals in this section.
The deal is said to involve $100,000, as these
be displayed by the Buech Saxophone Shop.
Although only a few exhibits are being ar- business men purchased the entire stock held
ranged this year, these dealers look for a very in the company. The principal stockholder un-
good response to their displays, and expect to der the former ownership was Ralph Miller,
get some live prospects as well as a few direct president. The purchase was followed by re-
organization of the business with A. Van Ant
sales as a result.
The following week the Lyric Music Co. will werpeu as general manager and W. H. Rotli
show the same line at the County Fair at Elk- as vice-president and general sales manager.
horn, Wis., as this is in line with their usual The Atwater Kent line is featured by the
policy of showing at some of the more prom- Radio Specialty Co.
Baldwin Co. Supplies Radio Artist
inent county fairs each year, according to Merle
Through the courtesy of the Baldwin Piano
E. Roussellot, managing director.
Frank Bennett, baritone of the Chicago
Fall business in pianos is going more Co.
strongly to period models is the belief of Eric Concert Co., recently sang over WHAD, the
S. Hafsoos, of the Flanner-Hafsoos Music Milwaukee Journal-Marquette University Sta-
House, Inc. Several new models in the Kurtz- tion, participating in a Thursday evening pro-
mann and Brinkerhoff lines have been received, gram of classical music. Mr. Bennett's pleasing
featuring the period cases in walnut, mahogany baritone has won for him many admirers in the
and ebony. The two Kurtzmann models now radio audience, and his appearance here re-
in stock include the Florentine style and the sulted in some very good publicity for the Bald-
Queen Anne period. Demand for pianos has win. He was accompanied by Minnie Ham-
been holding up fairly well for the month of bitzer, nationally known mezzo-soprano and
August, according to Mr. Hafsoos, and this pianist.
Buys Badger Music Shop
month will maintain the record of an increase
The Badger Music Shop, of Fond du Lac,
every month which has been made by the firm
Wis., has been purchased from J. A. Sandee
so far this year.
by Arnold E. Knop, who has been connected
Strong Demand for Small Goods
Band instruments have also been active at with the shop since 1921. Associated with him
Flanner-Hafsoos this month, with C. G. Conn in the business is T. C. Turner, of Chicago,
cornets, trumpets and saxophones leading the known for his connection with the Wrigley
demand. A slight improvement in radio has station WHT. The store is being remodeled
also been noted, particularly in the call for and redecorated for opening under the new
management. The present plans are to ••con-
N*u.nn sets.
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A. J. Niemiec, manager of the band instru- tinue featuring the Brunswick line.
ment department, is spending the week in Elk-
Michael Leising has bought the Used Piano
liart, Ind., at the Conn dealers' convention.
:
String instruments are the big thing at the Co', dealers in used pianos at 552 Genesec
street,"
Buffalo, N. Y., from Henry Hankhaur
present time, in the experience of Vesev Walker,
of the Walker Musical Exchange. He states and Henry Silvers. '