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SEPTEMBER 4, 1926
New Stores and Changes Among Retail
Music Dealers During the Past Month
The New Stores Which Have Been Opened and Changes of Management Compiled for the Ben-
efit of the Musical Instrument Manufacturer and the Man on the Road
Arkansas
Massachusetts
Batesville, Ark.—A new music store has been
opened here by the Martin Bros. Piano Co., Spring-
Held, Mo., with Joseph S. Conner in charge.
McGehee, Ark.—The Nowlin-Carr Music Co., of
Pine Bluff, has opened a branch store in the new
VVllloughby-Friedman Building here.
Warren, Ark.—A branch of the Nowlin-Carr Music
Co., of Pine Bluff, has been opened here with J. B.
Wood as manager.
Little Rock, Ark.—A new music store, called the
Co-operative Music Co., has been opened at 20 Main
street with C. Murphy as manager.
Springfield, Mass.—F. Herbert Tuttle, retail piano
dealer of this city, has filed a petition in bank-
ruptcy with liabilities of $4,692 and assets of $1,125.
California
Han Francisco, Cal.—H. D. Secoy has been made
manager of the piano department of the Union Music
Co., on Mission street.
San Francisco, Cal. — Christophe's, the Mission
street music house, has taken new quarters next
to the old location.
San Francisco, Cal.—Frank Raymond, formerly
sales manager of the Portland branch of the Wiley
B. Allen Co., has been transferred to the company's
local branch.
San Anaelmo, Cal.—A new branch store has been
opened by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. at Main and
Bank streets, with Ralph Winters as manager.
San Francisco, Cal.—Clark Wise and Charles S.
Walter have opened a new store at M20 Mission
street, called the National Co-operative Piano Ware-
house.
Pasadena, Cal.—A charter has been granted to
L.ong's Music House, 15 East Colorado street, of
which J. H. Long is proprietor.
Sacramento, Cal.—Charles Temple, formerly of
the musical merchandise department of Sherman,
Clay & Co., has been transferred to the local branch.
Florida
Tampa, Fla.—The Arthur Smith Music Co., 1107
Franklin street, has opened a branch at 12(Mi Tampa
street, this city.
West Palm Beach, Fla.—The Burton Music Co.,
this city, has formally opened its new large location
at 22(5 Clematis street.
Georgia
Waycross, Oa.—A complete musical merchandise
department has been installed by the Zackry Furni-
ture Co., 540 Plant avenue, with A. R. Zittrauer
as manager.
Illinois
Harrisburg, 111.—The new home of the Lloyd L.
Parker Music House, located in the Pruett Block
on the Public Square, has been formally dedicated.
Chicago, 111.—A piano department, featuring the
Wurlitzer line of instruments, has been opened by
the Fair Store, with George J. Beier as manager.
Chicago, 111.—A new music store has been opened
at 6451 South Halsted street by Leo R. Spiess, han-
dling pianos and other instruments.
Chicago, 111.—Klapka & Holicky, Gulbransen deal-
ers at 3905 West Twenty-fifth street, have made ex-
tensive improvements on their warerooms.
Chicago, 111.—A general music store has been
opened at 4047 Milwaukee avenue by Thomas T.
Engel, who will handle a complete stock of musical
Instruments.
Chicago, 111.—The P. A. Starck Piano Co. has
moved from 210 South Wabash avenue to 228 South
Wabash avenue.
Indiana
Indianapolis, Ind.—The new store of the Hobart
M. Cable Piano Co., at 211 Kresge Building, of which
Ray Coverdill is manager, has been formally opened.
Terre Haute, Ind.—A new music department has
been opened in the basement of the Lederer-Feibel-
man store and will feature sheet music, music rolls,
records and small goods.
Wabash, Ind.—The Butler Music Co., Marion, Ind.,
has opened a branch store here, with a complete
line of music goods.
Kansas
Kmporia, Kan.—The W. W. Kimball Piano Co., of
Kansas City, has opened a retail branch here at 419
Commercial street, with W. A. King as manager.
Kentucky
Cloverport, Ky.—A branch of the Daniels & Bittel
Music Co., of Owensboro, has been opened here with
a large stock of pianos and phonographs.
Maryland
Baltimore, Md.—Charles M. Stieff, Inc., which has
been handling pianos exclusively for eighty-four
years, has opened a talking machine department,
featuring the Orthophonic Victrola.
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Minnesota
Crookston, Minn.—Charles Munn has purchased
the stock and fixtures of the Crookston Music House
and will continue to handle a complete line of
Kimball pianos, sheet music and phonographs.
Missouri
St. Louis, Mo.—The interior of the Kieselhorst
Piano Co. warerooms has been remodeled and many
of the departments have been given new positions
in the store.
Nebraska
Lincoln, Neb.—F. C. Comer, formerly of Kansas
City, has succeeded Tod Martgan as manager of the
Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co. here.
New Jersey
Newark, N, .1.—Dorn & Kiichner, Inc. have been
granted a charter to deal in musical instruments.
New York
Jamestown, N. Y.—The complete stock of the
bankrupt Ahlstrom Piano Co., of Jamestown, has
been purchased by the Stranburg Music Co., of this
city.
Lynbrook, N. Y.—The Lynbrook Music Shop, of
which Jay Bennett is proprietor, has moved from
Atlantic avenue to Merrick road.
Elmira, N. Y.—A new music store to be known as
the Temple of Music has been opened at 421 North
Main street by Marino D. Benedetto and Alfred
Nicolai.
Albany, N. V.—Cluett & Sons, old-established
music house, have taken a lease on larger quarters
on Broadway, adjoining Stanwix Hall.
Ohio
Youngstown, O.—The Youngstown Music Co. has
been granted a charter with a capital stock of $100,-
000, and has purchased the business of the McMahon
Piano Co.
I pper Sandusky, O.—The firm of A. W. Brinker-
hoff & Sons, organized here about fifty-six years
ago, has made plans for discontinuing its business.
London, O.—The Heatoh Music Co., of Columbus,
has opened a branch store on Main street, this city.
Ashland, O.—Herschel Faber and Earl A. Slack
have purchased Van's Music Store on West Main
street, this city.
Canton, O.—The store of the W. S. Custer Music
Co., High and Tuscarawas streets, has been closed
as a result of bankruptcy proceedings against it.
Oklahoma
Ponca City, Okla.—The McDowell-Castator Music
Co. has been granted a charter with a capital stock
of $100,000.
Oregon
Portland, Ore.—Vern Wenger has moved his pho-
nograph and radio store from 244 Alder street to
264 Alder street, where he has double his former
floor space.
Portland, Ore.—The Saxophone Shop has been
opened at 274 Washington street by Bob Christensen,
for many years manager of the small goods de-
partment of Sherman, Clay & Co.
Pennsylvania
Chambersburg, Pa.—C. T. Rutchie, local repre-
sentative of the Hobart M. Cable Piano Co., has
moved his store to a new location on Main street.
Philadelphia, Pa.—A new piano department has
been opened by Stern & Co., prominent furniture
house at 712 Market street; Adolph Tanhauser has
been appointed manager.
Canton, Pa.—C. C. Beach has opened a new music
store, to be known as Beach's Music Shop, and is
featuring the Baldwin line of pianos.
Erie, Pa.—The Campbell-Parker Music Shop, of
this city, has been granted a charter to operate a
general music store here with a capital stock of
$100,000.
Rhode Island
Providence, R. I.—H. E. Stafford has opened a
musical merchandise department in the Meikeljohn
Co., 297 Weybosset street.
Tennessee
Chattanooga, Tenn.—New quarters at 717 Cherry
street have been taken by the local store of the
Clark-Jones-Sheeley Co., which has been located for
the past twelve years at 120 East Eighth street.
Knoxvllle, Tenn.—The music store of J. V. Ledger-
wood, Inc., this city, has remodeled the interior of
its building in a most attractive manner.
Texas
Houston, Tex.—The Charles Parker Music House,
this city, has been granted a charter with a capital
stock of $100,000.
West Virginia
Huntington, W. Va.—A branch store of Charles M.
Stieff, Inc., of Charleston, has been opened at 824
Sixth avenue with A. D. Rumbaugh and Warren
Wood in charge.
Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wis.—Oscar Nienow has succeeded
Phil Corlett as manager of the small goods depart-
ment of the Carberry-Parker Co.
Milwaukee, Wis.—Claude Navak, formerly with
the University Music Shop, Madison, has been made
manager of the phonograph department of the Car-
berry-Parker Co.
Ontario
London, Ont.—Clifford L. Gray, until recently
manager of Heintzman & Co., has opened warerooma
of his own under the name of the Gray Music Co.
New Home for Witt Go.
LORAIN, O., August 30.—Plans have been com-
pleted for the erection of a new two-story
steel, brick and stone building at 649 Broad-
way, this city, to be occupied by the Witt Music
Co. upon completion. The Witt Company now
operates two stores, one at 625 and the other
at 728 Broadway. These locations will be
vacated when the new store is completed. The
new building is being erected on the site of
the structure destroyed by the tornado which
hit Lorain last year and will remove the last
trace of the effects of the storm.
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CANTON, O., August 30.—W. S. Custer and John
Aiken, both of the W. S. Custer Music House,
a local music concern which recently closed its
doors, when forced into bankruptcy, have joined
the sales forces of the organization of the
Alford & Fryar Piano Co., on Fourth street.
Mr. Alford said both men are already at work
in the sales organization and are doing nicely.
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