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The Music Trade Review
OCTOBER 29, 1927
Philadelphia Association Is Studying
Plan for Permanent Melody Way Studio
Following the flying visit of vice-president
Charles Mclntosh, of the Schumann Piano Co.,
of Rockford, 111., to the Philadelphia retailers,
N. Stetson & Company, 1111 Chestnut street,
there will be shipped to the local representa-
Committee Appointed to Carefully Investigate Feasibility of Plan—Duo-Art to be tives a complete line of Schumann pianos. The
Schumann has been among the popular pianos
Featured at Elks' Club on Special Entertainment Night
that have been featured this Fall and the attrac-
tiveness of the various types now being pro-
PHILADELPHIA, PA., October 24.—An tion. James A. White, representing the Miess-
duced proved excellent sales possibilities.
especially well-patronized meeting of piano ner Institute, laid before the members the plans
Just returned from a tour of the leading cities
dealers was held last Wednesday at the Ben- for continuing the Melody Way Club and was
of
Pennsylvania in the agricultural and min-
jamin Franklin Hotel when the Philadelphia followed by President Ramsdell in an outline
Piano Dealers' Association called a session for of ways and means to promote a permanent in- ing regions, Luke H. Moore, general manager
of N. Stetson & Co., local distributors of the
the purpose of placing before its members the terest through acquisition of a central studio
matter of establishing a permanent studio for under the auspices of the association. Follow- Steinway, reports he found conditions in the
various sections much varied but in all there
the Melody Way Plan. With President G. C. ing the brief talks a committee was appointed
was much optimism over the future of the
to
look
into
the
matter
further
and
to
report
Ramsdell, of the organization presiding, the
music trade. In Lebanon, where the iron trade
•nembers were given an outline of the plans to results at the next meeting after a thorough in-
is
not as favorable, conditions were reported as
institute a permanent central city studio under vestigation of the trade's attitude towards the
fair. In the coal mining territory in Pottsville
control of the Philadelphia Association for the proposition.
and Reading the trade was holding to a fairly
purpose of stimulating an interest in the study
Those attending this meeting were: P. J. Cun-
of piano and its consequent benefits of increased ningham and Thomas Patton, Cunningham Co.; well maintained volume despite the unfavorable
mining operations of the past Summer. In the
sales of instruments in the local trade. Presi- William Grass, M. Grass & Sons; Florence and
dent Ramsdell introduced Joseph Breen, man- George Witney, J. Heppe, C. J. Heppe & Son; agricultural regions conditions were good and
ager of the Melody Way plan, who told of the B. J. Munchweiler, Lit Bros.; Drew Miller, F. there was correspondingly good demand for the
Steinway pianos. In Chambersburg and Al-
interest displayed by those already benefitted by A. North & Company; Carter Ramsdell and
the recent classes conducted throughout the Cassius Ramsdell, G. C. Ramsdell & Sons; toona, where the Pennsylvania R. R. is making
changes in its terminals, the music trade was
Summer with a resume of activities of the Club George Y. Belcher, Charles M. Stieff, Inc.; Her-
less
active. York, Harrisburg and Lancaster en-
as it had been carried out here under sponsor- bert W. Weymann, H. A. Weymann & Sons,
joyed a gratifying seasonal activity.
ship of the dealers affiliated with the associa- and David Jacob, Knabe Warerooms.
Having spent the recent weeks in the wilds of
Canada on a hunting trip after a Summer in
Europe, Howard Vincent, head of the piano
firm bearing his name, is back at his desk in
headquarters here at 838 North Sixth street.
In celebration of the thirty-eighth anniversary
of its founding, the Lit Bros, department store,
has been making the Brambach pianos in the
newest models, the leaders of the piano de-
partment during the past week. Manager Mil-
ton Cohen, of the department, is enthused over
the appeal which the new Brambach in the two-
tone effect in miniature styles has made to
UDWIG Period Grands have, won
patrons of the Lit Store.
unstinted praise from dealers and
President Harry Weymann and H. W. Wey-
music lovers alike. The famed Ludwig
mann, of H. A. Weymann & Sons, 1108 Chest-
tone finds a fitting complement in case
nut street, who have been calling on the trade
work of surpassing beauty.
True to
in Baltimore and Washington.
period, expressive of the highest skill of
Ludwig Grand
The Duo-Art has been selected by Grand
cabinet craftsmen, Ludwig Period
Style S
Exalted Ruler Charles Grakelow, of the Elks,
Grands carry an ever-inspiring message
as an entertainment feature to be held at the
to both eye and ear. You'll be interested
handsome club house of that fraternity here on
in these grands because your customers will be even more in-
election night, November 8. The grand po-
terested. To show a Ludwig Period Grand is to create in the
tentate of the Elks called at C. J. Heppe & Son
mind ot your prospect an unforgettable impression.
store, and made special request that the Duo-
Art be installed in the Elks Club for the elec-
tion eve and that a concert program be arranged
for the members between times while election
returns are flashed on the. screen of the stage
in the auditorium. Mayor Kendrick, of Phila-
delphia who is a close friend of Director Grake-
Willow Ave- and 136th Street
low, in whose cabinet he is retained as head of
New York
the department of Public Welfare, and the chief
executive of the Elks, both have the George
Steck Duo-Art grand pianos.
You Will Be Interested
in Ludwig Period Qrands
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