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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1929 Vol. 88 N. 13

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Salt Lake City Plans Elaborately
for Western Music Trades Conclave
C ALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, March 25.—The
motto of the convention of the Western
Music and Radio Trades' Association, to be
held in Salt Lake City this year, will be "Work
While We Work and Play While We Play,"
according to President Royal W. Daynes, who
is general manager of the Consolidated Music
Company of this city. Mr. Daynes promises
an excellent program of both work and play.
Salt Lake City has splendid facilities for the
accommodation of conventions, both from the
standpoint of work and play.
President Daynes said the registration will
take place on Monday morning, June 10, with
the opening session on the morning of the next
day. He said they plan to start the entertain-
ment features on Monday afternoon by a trip
to Bingham Canyon in Salt Lake County where
a mountain of copper is being removed, and a
visit to certain other metal mining properties
in the vicinity of Salt Lake City, In the eve-
ning an entertainment feature, the nature of
which has not yet been decided, will be provided,
President Daynes announced. On Tuesday eve-
ning, the famous resort on Great Salt Lake,
America's famed Dead Sea, will be visited and
here an entertainment will be held following-
bathing in the salty water—so salty the human
body cannot sink—and a round of the conces-
sions. The annual banquet will be held at the
Hotel Utah the next evening. Speakers at this
function will be men of great prominence in
the trade. There will also be a number of
unique features.
The annual golf tournament will be. on
Thursday, conducted under the same manage-
ment as previous years. This tournament will
be staged at Salt Lake City's wonderful coun-
try club on the outskirts of the city. In addi-
tion to the features mentioned, there will be a
stag party and some other things not yet
worked out, according to President Daynes.
During the convention a special organ recital
at the Tabernacle will be enjoyed, followed by
a close-up inspection of the great organ.
The business end of the convention will be.
divided into four sessions, with the first on
Tuesday morning, as already stated, and ending
on Wednesday afternoon. No business pro-
gram has been drawn up so far, but it is stated
that matters of vital importance to the trade
will be discussed.
The allotment of space for the Western Radio
and Phonograph Exposition, to be held in this
city on June 11, 12 and 13, will be made at
the offices of the Chamber of Commerce on
Television Service
Promised for May First
JERSEY CITY, N. J., March
25.—Construction
work is well under way on a 5-kilowatt tele-
vision transmitter to be installed on the roof
of the Jenkins Television Corp. plant building
on Claremont avenue, this city. The Federal
Radio Commission has granted this organiza-
tion a license calling for a 100-kilocycle band
between 2,100 and 2,200 kilocycles, or approxi-
mately 140 meters, with unlimited time such
as will not interfere with other services. The
officials of the Jenkins Television Corporation
state that the transmitter will be completely
installed by April 15, and will be testing on or
about that time, followed by experimental tele-
vision programs beginning May 1.
April 1 and, from the contracts already signed,
the success of the show appears to be assured.
Manufacturers' space has sold remarkably
well, and the attendance promises to be large.
The exposition will be held during the conven-
tion here of the Western Music and Radio
Trades' Association, which in itself assures a
good attendance from the trade. A big effort
will be made to get the general public inter-
ested and various features are being worked
out with this end in view. The board of gov-
ernors of the exposition are headed by Royal
VV. Daynes, general manager of the Consoli-
dated Music Co. and president of the Western
Music and Radio Trades' Association. The
other members are prominent in wholesale
circles locally,
Bush & Lane Go. Plans an
Elaborate Radio Campaign
HOLLAND, MICHIGAN, March 23.—Evidence that
the Bush & Lane radio agency will be a very
desirable and valuable one is emphasized in the
aggressive and comprehensive program that is
being planned by the manufacturers, the Bush
& Lane Piano Co. of Holland, Michigan.
The company plans to do a large radio busi-
ness during 1929 and states that a formal an-
nouncement will be made to the trade regard-
ing the line and the complete program follow-
ing a meeting of the Bush & Lane territorial
salesmen the first of next month.
Years of experience in manufacturing radios
as well as pianos gives the company an insight
and knowledge regarding the manufacture and
retailing of radios which permits intelligent co-
operation with its radio representatives.
A complete line of high-grade radios in beau-
tifully designed cabinets will be introduced with
a price range that will permit exclusive Bush
& Lane representation. The Bush & Lane high
standard of quality will be reflected in the cabi-
net and the radio itself.
Gretchaninoff on Baldwin
Radio Hour on March 31
Alexandre Gretchaninoff, Russian composer-
pianist now on his first visit to the Unjted
States; Miss Hilda Burke, prima donna, so-
prano of the Chicago Civic Opera Company,
and Ralph Wolf, American pianist, are the fea-
tured artists on the "At the Baldwin" radio
program Sunday, March 31, over WJZ and as-
sociated stations. The Baldwin Singers also
will contribute to a crowded half-hour.
Telling the Whole World
The arrival of five carloads of Majestic elec-
tric radio receivers shipped to Louisville, Ky.,
by the Grigsby-Grunow Co., Chicago, the manu-
facturers, was made the occasion for the pub-
lication of an eight-page supplement in the
Louisville Times, devoted entirely to editorial
articles regarding the Majestic product and its
success together with announcements of over
thirty-five Majestic dealers in this territory, in
eluding a full page by the Grigsby-Grunow Co.,
another page by the Cooper-Louisville Co.,
local distributors of the Majestic who were in-
strumental in getting up the display.
National Chain of Retail
Radio Stores Organized
Radio-Vision Stores, Inc., Establishes Head-
quarters in Chicago, Taking Over 23 Shops
in That City
CHICAGO, I I I . , March 23.—The Radio-Vision
Stores, Inc., has been organized with headquar-
ters in Chicago as the nucleus for a national
organization of retail radio chain store distribu-
tors. The headquarters of the new company
are located at 310 South Michigan boulevard,
Chicago.
It is announced that the firm has taken over
twenty-three retail radio stores in Chicago, and
is considering the application of eight other
Chicago stores and six in Milwaukee. Only
those stores which have enjoyed public prestige
and confidence, and have been operated on
sound and constructive business policies are
being considered as potential units of the new
organization.
It is also announced that as soon as the stores
desired for the initial program of the Chicago
and Milwaukee organizations have definitely
come into the corporation the chain will take
in other cities.
The purpose of the Radio-Vision Stores, Inc.,
is the same which motivates practically all
chain-store organizations—namely to offer the
public the best values obtainable at minimum
prices plus service, all accruing from the ad-
vantages of centralized purchasing, servicing,
warehousing and delivering.
Radio-Vision Stores, Inc., was formulated by
Max Shore, proprietor of the Halsted Music
Shop, Chicago. Associated with him as an or-
ganization committee are: Ray M. York, of O.
R. Martin Co.; C. H. Carr, of Carr & Son;
Joseph H. Lazar, of Lazar & Son, and William
Haedicke, of Wonder Radio Sales.
The corporation has been granted an Illinois
charter and will operate as a Chicago corpora-
tion with headquarters in that city. The Chi-
cago firms comprising Radio-Vision Stores,
Inc., as of March 16, are as follows:
Belmont Radio Co., Bryn Mawr Music Shop,
B. F. Carr & Son, Escorad, Inc., Gulbransen
Store, Halsted Music Shop, Holicky Music
Shop, Lazar & Dubetz, Lazar & Son Music
Center, Levinson Radio Stores, Lindgren &
Co., O. R. Martin Co., National Music Shop,
Reichardt Talking Machine Shop, Ristow-Radio
Store, Servall Radio Store, Shore Radio Store,
West Side Talking Machine Co., Wonder Radio
Sales Co., Dumke Radio Co.
New Company Formed to
Finance Majestic Dealers
The Grigsby-Grunow Co. announces the
formation of the Majestic Corp., with offices at
120 S. LaSalle street, Chicago, to finance tin-
paper of its authorized dealers in connection
with instalment sales of Majestic radio receiv-
ing sets.
All of the stock of the Majestic Corp. will
be owned by the Grigsby-Grunow Co. The
office will be in charge of Mr. Harry C. Straus,
and the officers will be: B. J. Grigsby, president;
VV. C. Grunow, vice-president and treasurer; A.
C. Winnan, secretary, and R\ R. Trimarco, as-
sistant secretary and treasurer. >
Paul M. Gazlay, secretary
Music Co., San Francisco,
from the Hawaiian Islands.
found business conditions
of the Continental
Cal., has returned
He stated that lie
good at present.
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MARCH 30, 1929
The Music Trade Review
Brunswick Musical Director v ^ o m p l e t e JYLerger o t v> Bob Haring, recently appointed musical di-
rector, of the Brunswick Recording Labs, in
New York, is particularly well qualified for the
Stores Is in Progress Now
Messrs. Philip T. Clay and Ben Platt in New York Completing
Final Negotiations to Affiliate Two Well-Known
Pacific Coast Concerns
O development in the retail branch of the music industry has aroused quite so much in-
terest throughout the trade than did the announcement in The Review last week of the
buying merger formed by Sherman, Clay & Co., of San Francisco, and the Platt Music
Co., of Los Angeles, for in the announcement there was seen a closer affiliation of the two com-
panies right along the line.
The Review has it, on excellent authority, that a complete merger of the interests of these
two great Pacific Coast concerns is now in process and that preliminary steps have been taken
to bring it about. In view of the fact that there is an invested capital of approximately $14,000,-
000 involved, and some fifty retail stores controlled by the two companies to be considered, it is
probable that sixty days or more must elapse before any definite announcement of the completion
of the full merger of interests can be made.
Philip T. Clay, president of Sherman, Clay & Co., and Ben Platt, head of the Platt Music
Co., have been in New York for the past week or so conferring with financial interests and the
various manufacturers whose lines are handled by the two companies on the Coast. It is unJer-
stood that the merger, if and when effected, will result in a general realignment of agencies* in
order to eliminate conflicting lines.
Neither Mr. Clay nor Mr. Platt would make any definite statement regarding their plans be-
yond that already published and would neither affirm nor deny the report of a complete merger ot
interests. Pacific Coast newspapers, however, have published interviews with company officials
stating that the merger was in progress and that the heads of the companies were in the East ar-
ranging necessary details.
N
Bob Haring
post because of his close contact with Broad-
way and its melodies and also because of his
excellent training in music, harmony, theory
and orchestration.
During the course of his career Mr. Haring
has had much experience in exploiting popular
songs for various publishers and in arranging
popular numbers. He has an excellent idea of
what the public wants in popular songs and
in his connection with Brunswick plans to give
the public just that.
Pittsburgh Music Merchants
Plan for Annual Meeting
PITTSBURGH, PA., March 27.—The annual meet-
ing of the Piano Merchants' Association will
be held in room D, Chamber of Commerce on
Tuesday, April 2.
It is planned to take up the matter of par-
ticipating in the Stephen Collins Foster Me-
morial that is to grace the University of Pitts-
burgh campus and which is now being given
considerable publicity by the committee in
charge, composed of representative citizens.
The matter of a player-piano week will also
be discussed, it being the opinion of some of
the local merchants that the time is now ripe
for giving to the public first-hand facts con-
cerning the player-piano and its benefits to the
family.
Any out-of-town music merchant or traveler
who is in the city on April 2 will be welcomed
at the meeting, which will be preceded by
luncheon.
L. G. Wagner Made Head
of Ampico Hall Chain
Louis C. Wagner has been placed in charge
of the retail merchandising activities of the Am-
pico Hall chain of stores, the appointment tak-
ing effect April 1. Mr. Wagner assumes his
new responsibilities with a wealth of retail ex-
perience, much of which has been gained in
the organization of the American Piano Co.
For the past two years he has been manager
of Ampico Hall in Boston and he was formerly
a traveling representative for William Knabe
& Co. and the Foster-Armstrong Co. Mr. Wag-
ner is highly esteemed not only by the execu-
tive personnel of the company but also by the
individual store managers, because of his genial
manner and co-operative spirit, which should
assure his success.
U. S. Prosperity for 1928
G. A. Sundberg Passes
Shows Much Buying Power
Away After Operation
Income Tax Report on Recent Collections as
Issued by Federal Bureau Indicates Potential
Wealth of People of This Nation
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 23.—Prosperity of
the United States in 1928 was at an unprecedent-
ed level, it is indicated by the income tax re-
turns filed with the Treasury Department early
in March which show that collections in that
month, which include the first deposits of taxes
paid on the instalment plan, will exceed those
of the same month last year by from $75,000,000
to $80,000,000.
It is estimated that the March collections will
be close to $600,000,000 and the increase appli-
cable to the current fiscal year will be substan-
tially $150,000,000. . Barring unusual appropria-
tions by the special session of Congress expend-
able before June 30, the surplus will be close
to $200,000,000, where but $28,000,000 was esti-
mated by the Treasury Department a few
months ago.
The remarkable feature of the increase is
that before last year's total equaled this
the Government had to offset the $135,000,000
loss in revenue due to the reduction of 1.5 per
cent in the corporation tax and the increased
tax exemption to the smaller corporations.
Thus the actual gain in revenue would be $385,-
000,000, providing the present ratios are main-
tained throughout the year.
It has not yet been ascertained whether the
increases are due to higher corporation or indi-
vidual tax payments, but it apparently has been
a combination of both factors, possibly with
the greater increase in the individual payments.
The Consolidated Music Co., Salt Lake City,
Utah, has taken over the lea,se of the store
occupying the north half of its building in order
to provide additional space to handle a growing
business and is remodeling the store at a cost
of $7,000.
B. S. Swingle has purchased the Newark, O.,
store of the Spence Music Co., which that com-
pany took over recently from the Munson
Music Co.
CHICAGO, III., March 25.—The trade was
grieved to learn of the sudden death of George
A. Sundberg, vice-president of H. C. Schultz,
Inc., of Detroit and brother of Carl Sundberg,
secretary of the QRS Company, who passed
away Friday, March 22, following an operation
for appendicitis. He was thirty-three years old.
Prior to joining H. C. Schultz, Inc., last year,
Mr. Sundberg was connected with the QRS
Company for over fifteen years as representa-
tive of the company in the Michigan territory.
Funeral services were held in the Hreisa
Chapel, 5130 West Twenty-fifth street, Cicero,
111., on Monday of this week. Interment at
Forest Home, Illinois. In respect to the memo-
ry of Mr. Sundberg the Detroit and Cleveland
offices of H. C. Schultz, Inc., were closed on
Monday.
Death of Wm. F. Tatroe
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., March 22.—William F.
Tatroe, well-known piano man, died this morn-
ing in the Franklin Hospital, San Francisco,
after an illness of several weeks. He was forty-
three years of age. The deceased was a native
of Michigan but had identified himself largely
with the Pacific Coast. He was for some years
piano sales manager for Sherman, Clay & Co.
in this city and was one of the well-known
clubmen of San Francisco. For a time Mr.
Tatroe traveled on the Coast for Kurtzmann
& Co. and in other ways he was thoroughly
identified with piano salesmanship.
Werlein Sponsors Broadcast
NEW ORLEANS, LA., March 23.—A radio pro-
gram was broadcast from the Ampico studio
of Philip Werlein, Ltd., by members of the
University of Virginia Glee Club, who are visit-
ing in the city. Parham Werlein, president of
the Werlein Co., is president of the alumni here
and it was by his request that the program was
broadcast. Miss Rita Vinton, of the sheet
music department of the Werlein house, also
played on the program.

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