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DECEMBER 1, 1928
The Music Trade Review
Cincinnati Dealers Fighting Action
Against Outside Door Demonstration
Eight Dealers to Fight Local Ordinance in the Higher Courts—Miami Music Co. Opens
New Store Under Management of M. Levine—Abbott Alterations
/CINCINNATI, O., November 26.—Alleging
that they have violated an anti-noise ordi-
nance by having talking machine or radio music
emanating from their places of business, or
from the outside, as the case may be, eight
local dealers were cited to appear in court. The
dealers cited intend to contest the ordinance in
higher courts through the radio division of the
Electric Club.
Leo J. Becht, music dealer, of 1126 Drott
avenue, in a suburb- known as Price Hill, has
been named respondent in involuntary bank-
ruptcy proceedings, filed in the United States
Court by the Schuster Electric Co., et al. Coun-
sel for creditors alleged that he has abandoned
his business, which is located in Wyoming, an-
other suburb, and cannot be found either there
or at his home. Judge Smith Hickenlooper
appointed United States Marshal Stanley Borth-
wick as custodian of Becht's assets.
At the store of the Otto Grau Piano Co. it
was reported by J. Fred Van Court, secretary,
that there is a gratifying increase in sales of
more expensive merchandise in general and
the Duo-Art in particular. Under the direction
of C. W. Browne, general manager, the com-
pany is doing a very large amount of advertis-
ing, and this, it was stated, is bringing excellent
results. A recent visitor at the Grau establish-
ment was Frederick Grebe, of Kranich & Bach.
The Miami Music Co. has opened up a store
at 1208 Main street, with M. Levine in charge.
This is a subsidiary of the A. & N. Music Co.,
of which William Apple is the head, and which
has six other stores in various parts of the city.
The E. M. Abbott Piano Co. has finished the
work of rearranging its store, which was done
in a manner which affords it considerably more
display space than before. A partition was
removed which cut off space on the west side
of the store and the general offices which were
on the north side of the store were put on a
balcony above, and thus the place was made
into one large, attractive room, with all mer-
chandise in plain view.
Charles J. Meinberg, manager, and George E.
Hunt, retail manager, of the Starr Piano Sales
Corp., went to Richmond, Jnd., on November
18 to attend a conference of executives and
heads of various local branches. The company
has adopted the plan of having one of these
conferences each month, and they are held on
Sunday, in order that a business day may not
be lost.
Now Eight Study Courses
in Bamberger Scholarships
tion of the committee in charge of all activities
that these scholarships have passed the experi-
mental stage and now rank among the impor-
tant cultural institutions of the State.
Judges of this series will, as before, be
selected from the realm of nationally prominent
musicians. Last year's honors were won by
Gertrude Perlman and A. Theodore Ullmann
in piano, and Lena Kaufman and Jack Yos-
kalka in violin. The presentations were made
by Governor A. Harry Moore.
Scope of Annual Offer Broadened in Order to
Encourage a Greater Number of Aspiring
Young Musicians, It Is Announced
The Bamberger Music Scholarships for 1928
29 will'provide eight study courses of two years
each instead of four courses of four years each,
it has been announced by Spaulding Frazer,
chairman of the Bamberger Music Scholarships
Committee. This action, Mr. Frazer stated, is
based on the feeling that after two years' en-
couragement students who have made ade-
quate advancement should be capable of win- Device Announced for New Ford Model A
Pick-up Body by the Bowen Piano Loader
ning further assistance. The scholarships will
Co., Winston-Salem, N. C.
he distributed in equal part to successful con-
testants of violin and piano.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, November 20.—The
As heretofore, two classes are stipulated for
each instrument. Class A for violin and piano Bowen Piano Loader Co. is now ready to ship
admits advance students who have attained at the new model of the Bowen one-man piano
their last birthday an age not exceeding twenty- loader and carrier produced for the new Ford
two years. Winners of this group will receive Model A pick-up body. The company for many
tuition in instruction (piano or violin) and years has manufactured a one-man piano loader
supplemental studies in the regular course at and carrier. This is attached to the back of a
the Institute of Musical Art in the City of Ford and the piano salesman, single-handed,
New York, for a period of two years. Class 1> may load the piano on the back of the runabout
is for less advanced students who have attained and unload and load it at will as he goes from
at their last birthday an age not more than house-to-house canvassing. R. J. Bowen, presi-
seventeen years. The fortunate contestants of dent of the company, states that the new model
this classification will receive two y-ears' in- which is now ready retains all the good points
struction by some teacher , or institution in ot the former loader and is simpler, more dur-
Newark or vicinity, to be selected by the able and more easily attached. It is also an-
Awards Committee. . In all events, the Com- nounced that for the present the price will
mittee will consider the candidate's preference. remain the same, including a moving cover of
Competition of the scholarships will be open eightcen-ounce material.
Mr. Bowen, in addition to his presidency of
to the residents of New Jersey in the Counties
of Essex, Morris, Passaic, Bergen, Hudson, the manufacturing concern, is a very successful
Union, Somerset, Middlesex and Monmouth. piano dealer as well. He maintains a fleet of
Enrolment, it was stated, will be honored on Fords equipped with his loader which he uses
or before December 20, 1928. The preliminary not only for canvassing with the piano itself,
auditions will take place in January, while final but also for carting pianos from . the, freight
decisions are scheduled to be rendered in station to the warerooms, and without the in-
March.
strument on the loader, for collection purposes.
No similar activity has so stimulated the During the period of time that the Bowen Piano
youthful musical aspirations of this area as Loader Co. has been in existence he has sold
these scholarships. Founded in 1926 by 1.. these loaders through the entire country. In
I'amberger & Co., they have since inspired, many instances he points out the original pur-
despite very high standards, the efforts of hun- chase of one model has resulted in recorders
dreds of talented applicants. It is the convic- of from six to twelve.
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