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OCTOBER 23 1926
The Music Trade Review
What the Florida Storm Did
Herewith is one of the first photographs received
from Florida showing the damage done by the great
storm there some time ago. It shows the interior of
the warerooms of S. Ernest Philpitt & Son in Miami.
Every window of the warerooms was blown through
by the heavy wind. The building itself survived the
storm without other injury.
San Francisco Dealers Expect Whiteman
Orchestra to Have Big Effect on Sales
Well-known Orchestra to Make Appearance at California Theatre—Bert Davis, of Australia, a
Visitor—A Fastidious Thief Makes His Appearance in the Trade
CAN FRANCISCO, CAL., October 15.—
Opera, symphony, lectures on musical appre-
ciation and other aids to an intelligent and wide-
spread love of music are acknowledged by the
dealers of this region to advance the sale of
instruments, but all of them rolled into one
scarcely seem able to arouse the general dealer
enthusiasm that Paul Whiteman and His Or-
chestra evoke. There is a cheery confidence in
their tones as they announce that Whiteman
opens late this week at the California Theatre
in a series of concerts at popular prices. White-
man can be relied on to arouse enthusiasm for
music in the masses and the result will be the
sale of more instruments.
Australian Dealer Makes Hurried Trip
Bert Davis, inanager of Davis & Co., Sydney,
Australia, sailed this week for home from San
Francisco. He had made a hurried trip to the
States to confer with the Brunswick Co. at
their Eastern office and with the Q R S Music
Co. in Chicago and San Francisco. Davis &
Co. are representatives for both the Brunswick
and the Q R S in Australia, among other music
lines carried by the Sydney firm. Mr. Davis
expects to return to the States in April.
Duo-Art Would Change Attitude
Efforts are being made to raise $25,000 in
popular subscription to put the concerts of the
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra on the air.
While there has been quite a fair response,
the fund still lacks a large amount. In their
advertising, Sherman, Clay & Co. have touched
on what would probably be the attitude of the
general public toward a good symphony or-
chestra if every home owned a Duo-Art repro-
ducing piano: "—there wouldn't be a hall in
San Francisco big enough to hold our sym-
phony audiences."
Steals Banjo—Leaves Gold-plated Horns
Early on Sunday morning a burglar broke the
heavy plate glass in one of the show windows
of the H. C. Hanson Music House and re-
moved a Paramount banjo, valued at $350. He
left gold-plated horns valued at $1,000 each.
Evidently he had special need for a banjo. The
first notification of the theft came to members
of the firm on Sunday morning from the florist
next door. When they arrived on the scene a
-policeman was on guard, but during the night
no one discovered the theft. So far there is no
*lue to the theft.
Marked Activity in Red Top Tubes
There is a great deal of activity in Red Top
tubes at the San Francisco factory of the
Q R S Music Co. A. L. Quinn, Coast manager
for the company, said that they are making some
remarkably satisfactory jobbing connections.
The Woodell-Hulse Electric Co., Inc., of Los
Angeles, P. J. Cronin, Portland and the Stusser
Electric Co., of Seattle, all represent the Q R S
Red Top tubes in their respective territories at
present, with other jobbing connections in the
making. The demand has therefore made it
necessary to increase the output of the Red Top
tubes materially at the factory here.
Conn Joins Educational Broadcasters
The staffs of the Conn San Francisco Co.
and the Conn Oakland Co. are taking great in-
terest in the educational talks they are prepar-
ing every week for broadcast purposes. They
have compiled data regarding the making of in-
struments. In addition to a concert these talks
are broadcast over KFWW, Oakland, for the
Oakland Educational Society. Edwin A. Hynd-
man, of the Conn San Francisco Co., says that
the new Conn 2-B trumpets, made of French
brass, have made quite a sensation among local
performers, a dozen of whom are now more or
less impatiently awaiting the arrival of the in-
struments ordered. The Conn Co. is agent for
the French Selmer reed instruments, which, it
is rumored, are now being used by many of
Whiteman's men.
Daughter Arrives in Tatroe Home
Congratulations are being tendered by his
many friends to Wm. F. Tatroe, manager of
the retail piano department of Sherman, Clay
& Co., on the arrival of a daughter at the Tatroe
home. Mrs. Tatroe was formerly Miss O'Leary,
of this city.
One Good Sale Helps Another
It is the opinion of C. W. Compton, manager
of the phonograph and radio departments of
the H. C. Hanson Music House, that any good
sale made by one dealer helps other dealers in
the territory. A few days ago, Mr. Compton
made a cash sale of a $950 Brunswick Pana-
trope to a home residence suburb down the
Peninsula. Not long ago Louis Schroder of
the Schwabacher-Frey Co. sold a handsome
Panatrope to the Berisford Country Club in
this section and Mr. Compton thinks that the
sale to the country club was what enabled him
to sell the Panatrope to one who had heard the
Brunswick instrument at the club.
Kurtzmann Piano Line
With Bissell-Weisert Go.
The Bissell-Weisert Co., with headquarters at
26 South Michigan avenue, one of the leading
retail piano houses in Chicago, has been ap-
pointed local representative for the products of
C. Kurtzmann & Co., Buffalo. A stock of
Kurtzmann pianos, including a number of
grands, has already been received, and news-
paper announcements of the appointment have
been made.
CLEARWATER, FLA., October 18.—The Post Music
Co. has taken new quarters in the Sever Arcade
on Fort Harrison avenue, and will continue to
handle the same line of phonographs, records
and musical accessories.
Pratt Read
Products
keys actions
players
are shipped on time.
When we make a
promise you can
count on it.
When you w a n t
quick service you
can get it.
We have over
200,000 sq. ft.
of manufacturing
space to back you
up with.
Write us at the
first opportunity.
PRATT, READ & CO.
Established in 1806
The PRATT READ PLAYER ACTION CO.
Deep River, Conn.