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The Music Trade Review
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Standard Action Co., Cambridge, Mass.,
Is Now Settled in Its New Factory
New Plant Occupies Entire City Block, or Area of Two Acres, Equipped With the
Most Modern Machinery for Manufacture of Piano Actions
TPHK Standard Action Co., Cambridge, Mass.,
manufacturer of the Standard piano action,
is now completely settled in its new factory
building at 84 Sidney street. Although the com-
pany has owned this building for some time, it
was not able to occupy it until March 1 of this
year, and since that time not only has the in-
terior of the building been completely cleaned
stated this week to a representative of The Re-
view, "We believe we are justified in claiming
the most efficient grand and upright action
plant in the trade.
"We have taken great care in equipping the
plant in order to obtain the greatest efficiency
and are in a position to increase our output.
Our organization has been held intact, and
1—Main Factory. 2—Rear View
Showing Power Plant, Dry Kilns
and Lumber Storage Sector
and painted, but new modern automatic machin-
ery and many labor-saving devices operated by
individual electric motors, have been installed.
The installation of these machines as well as
the manufacturing of the product is under the
expert supervision of C. L. McHugh, president
of the company.
The plant occupies practically a city block
comprising about two acres and has a frontage
on four streets. The factory and lumber stor-
age yard adjoin the grand junction division of
the Boston & Albany Railroad. The accom-
panying illustrations not only show the main
factory building, but the power plant, dry kilns
and the facilities for lumber storage. Hoth green
and dry lumber is conveyed to the dry kiln on
railroad tracks, thereby requiring but one
handling.
Regarding the new plant and the product,
Charles L. McHugh, president of the company.
The M. L. Price Music Co., 701 Tampa street,
Tampa, Fla., will move shortly to the five-story
building at the southwest corner of Tampa and
Twiggs street, which is being remodeled. The
ground floor will be used for the music business
and the second floor will be fitted out with
studios for music teachers.
The branch of Sherman, Clay & Co., at
Chehalis, Wash., suffered considerable damage
The Hover Music Shop, Inc., Milwaukee,
Wis., has been organized and incorporated to
manufacture and sell pianos, radios and musi-
cal instruments. The incorporators are L. P.
Hover, Stella Hover and Lowell Filkins.
Ralph 1'. Crane has
his partner, Kenneth
Halleck music store,
will conduct the store
purchased the interest of
Halleck, in the Crane-
Howling Green, ()., and
himself in the future.
Roy Heiibow and V. L. I'olin have recently
opened a new phonograph and radio store,
called the Henbow-Holin Music Co., at 1501-03
Harney street, Omaha, Neb.
The Pioneer Music Store, located in the
3 Dry Kilns anil Lumlier Storanc
4—Another View of Lumber Yards
The New Standard Action Co. Factory
working in the new plant are found skilled
artisans who have been identified with the
organization anywhere from ten to twenty-live
years. Furthermore at the new plant we have
more adequate facilities for the storage of
lumber and can carry a larger supply of Ver-
mont Rock Maple than previously. This gives
us a greater opportunity for seasoning and com-
bined with the fact that both green and dry
lumber can now be conveyed to the dry kiln
on railroad tracks, requiring but one handling,
a great deal of labor and time is saved in this
operation."
On the main floor of the factory a very fine
suite of offices has been erected as well as a
first aid station for the use of employes. These
rooms are painted in white enamel which render
an atmosphere of cleanliness as well as the
utmost efficiency in keeping with the standards
in the plant.
Out With the Music Merchants
The formal opening of the Fearnlcy Music
House at its new location at 10 State street,
Meriden, Conn., was held recently, the concern
having formerly been located at 14 Church
street. The business was established here by
John W. Fearnley in 1919.
APRIL 21, 1928
as the result of a fire which gutted adjoining
property recently.
J. F. Wilkinson, formerly manager of the
Kimball Piano Co., Hammond, Ind., has opened
his own business under the name of the Ham-
mond Music Shop, 367 State street, that city.
The
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Darnell & Thomas Music Co., Raleigh,
has sold its business to the Maynard
Co., which has added it to its chain of
stores with J. Ivey Jessup as manager.
The Victory Music Shops, New York, have
been incorporated with a capital stock of $20,-
000 to engage in a general retail music busi-
ness.
Hetrick Huilding, Du Hois, Pa., suffered con-
siderable loss in a recent midnight fire, which
did damages of about $60,000 to the building.
Lucas, Inc., Buffalo, N. Y., is the name of a
new company just incorporated to engage in the
sale of musical instruments with a capital of
$15,000. F. Dibartolo is the sole incorporator.
Wilmore E. Harp lias purchased the phono-
graph department of the Edward Shaffer store,
29 South Potomac street, Hagerstown, Md., and
has secured the Victor agency. He was previ-
ously in charge of the phonograph department
of the M. P. Moller Co.
A. and M. Gottlieb have opened a new music
store near the Post Office Building in Tus-
kegee, Ala., handling Kimball pianos and
phonographs, with F. M. Shelton as manager.
Stuckenberg & Borchers Department Store,
Wurlitzer dealers at Freeport, 111., recently held
their annual spring opening. Music was fur-
nished by Mrs. James B. Westlake, violinist and
Chas. E. Howe, pianist of the Wurlitzer fac-
tories. The Wurlitzer Treasure Chest of Music
was also used to accompany Mrs. Westlake.
Sherman, Clay & Co. have opened a new store
at 1315 Burlingame avenue, Burlingame, Cal.,
one of the fashionable suburbs of Peninsula
section. R. E. Cook is manager of the branch,
and H. A. Watts is in charge of the piano de-
partment.
The George A. Cassedy Co., Schenectady,
N. Y., has been incorporated with a capital
stock of $50,000 to engage in a general music
business. The officers of the company are
George A. Cassedy, Florence W. Parkhill and
Jacob M. Frankel.