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The Music Trade Review
W. G. Heaton Back
From Pacific Coast Trip
Having heard and appreciated the value of
Mr. Heaton's talks to salesmen, a number of
music merchants from Indianapolis requested
that he go to that city and hold salesmen's
President of Auto Pneumatic Action Co. Had meetings there, which he did. After several
busy days he left for the San Francisco con-
Busy Time While Crossing the Country
vention.
Though the Auto Pneumatic Action Co. had
When W. C. Heaton, president of Auto
Pneumatic Action Co., New York, manufacturer no exhibit of its own at the Western conven-
of Welte-Mignon (Licensee) reproducing ac- tion, Pacific Coast representatives had arranged
tions and Auto DeLuxe expression actions, a program for Mr. Heaton. He acted as an
packed his grip and started for Chicago to associate executive at the exhibits of Welte-
attend the convention last June he didn't realize Mignon (Licensee) users and during his stay
what he was in for. A transcontinental trip actually assisted retail salesmen to close retail
from which he recently returned proved the sales. He then visited Seattle and other cities
in the Northwest. He also gathered together
outcome.
When he arrived in Chicago he managed to a number of Northwestern piano dealers who
were returning from thp convention and held
attend to all his convention duties, engineered
a comparison recital at Kimball Hall in which a sales meeting aboard the steamer on the wav
to Seattle.
the Welte-Mignon (Licensee) figured promi
nently, made speeches to the assembled tuners
On the way back to New York Mr. and
of various large Chicago music concerns, held Mrs. Heaton went to Neahtawanta, the Summer
meetings for the salesmen of others and kept home and studio of Dorothy Miller Duckwitz,
all the appointments which were requested.
well-known concert pianist. His purpose was
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to arrange for 'a series of comparison concerts
to be given at the Ohio Music Merchants'
Convention in Cleveland, O., September 12 to
16, by Miss Duckwitz, who is a Welte-Mignon
(Licensee) recording artist and popular with
Welte owners.
The trip from Michigan to New York was
punctuated by a brief stop in Chicago, where
Mr. Heaton arranged with Herbert Wither-
spoon, the famous baritone, to have the latter'?
W. C. Heaton
grand piano shipped to the. Auto Pneumatic
Action Co., so that a Welte-Mignon (Licensee)
action might be installed in it. Mr. Wither-
spoon plans to use the instrument in connection
with his lectures on music appreciation.
In summing up conditions encountered on
his trip, Mr. Heaton made the following re-
marks:
"Business has been quiet and stocks are low,
and yet I found all of them optimistic as to
the volume of piano sales that will be made
this Fall. Dealers will need pianos, player-
pianos and reproducing pianos, and the manu-
facturer will be at his wit's end trying to
supply this demand; so it behooves every dealer
to give this his very careful consideration and
place his order with the manufacturers now, or
it will be impossible for the manufacturer to fill
all orders."
Youngstown Radio Show
YOUNCSTOWN, O., August 28.—Exhibitors have
taken all available space for the second annual
radio show it was announced this week by Ar-
thur Brock, who is sponsoring the event. The
show is to be held for three days, from Septem-
ber 26 to 28, in the new Stambaugh Auditorium.
Every music house in Youngstown will have a
booth at the show. Elaborate decorations are
planned.
Earl K. Hawken & Sons, Springfield, O., have
been incorporated with a capital stock of
$25,000 to conduct a music and radio store.
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