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VOL. 87. No. 18
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San Francisco Piano Playing
Contest Plans Complete
here. He has recently moved from Oakland to
Santa Monica, Cal. Mr. Dundore says that he
made this move to further some special work
he has undertaken. He is working with dealers
who are handling the Haddorff piano.
Music Merchants Exhibit at Food Show
The Food Show, held this week in the Civic
Auditorium, is attracting a large attendance.
AN FRANCISCO, CAL., October 25.—The annual San Francisco piano-playing contest, Many kinds of products are displayed, in addi-
which has come to be the outstanding feature of the Music Week celebration in that city tion to those usually classed as food. The
each year, will begin early in April, 1929, with the preliminary and eliminating contests held Baldwin Piano Co. has one of the largest ex-
at that time in the Exposition Auditorium, and the finals on May 8 at the same place. The list hibits in the show, where the active salesmen
of compositions to be played in the contest was announced this week by the San Francisco Civic in charge are getting long lists of prospects.
Association, Chester W. Rosekrans, chairman. They are the selection of a committee of the San The Howard grand and the Monarch are well
Francisco Music Teachers' Association. Seven
displayed, the more costly Baldwin lines not
classes are provided for the contestants, the phases of the industry as prices, trade-in, being featured at this popular show. The Han-
iirst open to children between the ages of six credits, time payments, interference, etc.
son Music House has a very active booth where
The Alameda County Radio Dealers' Associa- radios, QRS moving picture cameras and band
and seven years, and the seventh to those be-
tween the age of nineteen and twenty-one years. tion has decided to affiliate with the Pacific instruments are shown. Saxophones are espe-
Intermediate ages are provided for the five Radio Trade Association. This brings in the cially put forward. Sherman, Clay & Co. has
leading radio dealers and many music houses quite a large booth, the Jensen dynamic speaker
other classes.
handling radio in Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley occupying the place of honor.
Lee S. Roberts Opens Store
Lee S. Roberts is going into business for him- and other Trans-Bay cities.
Confers With Dealers En Route Home
self again. He is preparing to open a store at
Bensberg in Arkadelphia
Roy B. Miller, secretary of the Afusic Trades
386 Post street, one block west of his former
location. Workmen are busy finishing prepara- Association of Northern California, has just
AKKADELI'HIA, ARK., October 29.—The new
tions and completing gilt lettering on the win- returned from a short visit to Los Angeles
branch
of the Bensberg Music Co. held its
dows. This reads, in part: "Lee S. Roberts, where he found that Shirley Walker of Sher-
formerly of 250 Post street, will reopen here man, Clay & Co., was expected en route home formal opening this week under the manage-
with a full line of Zenith and other radios, from Chicago where he attended the Board of ment of Ray Owens. Among the other stores
photographic cameras, the new QRS combina- Control meeting of the National Association of conducted by this company are those located
tion motion picture and projector and moving Music Merchants. Mr. Walker is stopping over in Camden, El Dorado, Smackover, Warren,
picture supplies. Radio cabinets of all makes in Salt Lake City and will probably talk over Fordyce and Magnolia.
music trade matters with Royal Daynes, of the
exclusively designed."
The store which Lee S. Roberts will open in Daynes Music Co., president of the Western
Secures Steinway Agency
a few days is in a very desirable location, facing Music Trades Association.
Union Square and less than a block from sev-
Courses in Bevitt System at Tacoma
CONNELLSVILI.I:, PA., October 27.—Peter R.
eral of the city's largest hotels, including the
News has been received at headquarters of Weimer has been appointed sub-dealer for the
St. Francis and the new monumental Sir Sherman, Clay & Co. here of the great success Steinway pianos in Fayette County and Scott-
Francis Drake. It is also in the shopping dis- in Tacoma of the series of piano classes that dale and Mt. Pleasant in Westmoreland County.
trict.
Mrs. Zay Rector Bevitt is holding by arrange- Mr, Weimer has been engaged in the sale of
Retail Radio Dealers Form New Association
ment of Sherman, Clay & Co., and the Tacoma pianos and musical instruments here for more
The Retail Radio Dealers' Association of San Times. The system used by Mrs. Bevitt in than twenty-five years. For some years he has
Francisco has just been organized and has piano instruction is now in use in the Tacoma handled the Gulbransen pianos.
already affiliated with the Pacific Radio Trade public schools and by many of the leading piano
Association. This was formed in order to en- teachers. It is also used by the Seattle grade
Mark P. Campbell Speaks
able retail dealers to discuss and investigate and high schools, the Oakland schools, the
junior
high
school
and
junior
college
at
Sacra-
certain phases of the industry. Officers include
WHEELING, W. VA., October 25.—Mark P. Camp-
Roy Nash, president, manager of the radio de- mento, Cal., in the Eugene, Ore., public schools bell, president of the Brambach Piano Co., New
partment Schwabacher-Frey Co., and the board and at the University of Oregon. Sherman, York, was a recent visitor to the store of C.
of directors consists of G. Schilling, manager Clay & Co. control the Bevitt system of piano A. House Co., where he addressed the retail
of the radio and phonograph department of the teaching and make no charge for its use as they sales organization of that firm on retail sales
Emporium; Robert Eastman of the T. White are anxious to increase public interest in piano personality.
Eastman Co., W. E. Quarg of the Quarg Music playing.
Co., and A. G. McGuire of Hale Bros. (KPO)
Charles H. Dundore, Western representative
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
radio department. They will investigate such of the Haddorff Piano Co., is visiting the trade The Review.
Finals Will Be Held During City's Celebration of Music Week on
May 8—Lee S. Roberts Opens New Store—Radio Dealers
Organize—Piano Teaching Work
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