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News of the Month for the Dealers
T
H E HARRY B. JAY CO., manufacturer
of band instruments, formerly located at
542 West Jackson boulevard, has moved
to larger quarters at 1217 West Monroe street,
Chicago, 111.
Wm. Ringen Now Manager
William Ringen, well-known band and or-
chestra instrument man, recently became man-
ager of the band and orchestra department in
the main store of Sherman, Clay & Co., San
Francisco, Cal.
Fire Damages Store
A recent fire caused more than $15,000 dam-
age in the general music store of Gerald Hyde
in Cortland, N. Y.
Now O'Loughlin's, Inc.
The O'Loughlin Music Co., Salt Lake City,
Utah, H. R. O'Loughlin and Frank Warren
proprietors, has been incorporated as O'Lough-
lin's, Inc. There will be no change in the
control or management.
Fifteenth Jenkins Store
The fifteenth store of the J. W. Jenkins' Sons
Music Co. was formally opened in Kansas City,
Mo., recently, in the Plaza Theatre Building,
ait Forty-seventh and Wyandotte streets. Paul
W. Jenkins, son of J. W. Jenkins, third, is in
charge of this store.
Buegeleisen Off to Europe
Samuel Buegeleisen, head of Buegeleisen &
Jacobson, New York, left for Europe on May
4 on his annual business and pleasure trip to
Europe, where he plans to visit the important
musical merchandise markets on the Conti-
nent.
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Land and Godsey Now Partners
^\ E. T. Land, who recently purchased the in-
terest of C. L. Longaker in the Canon Music
Co., Canon City, Colo., has become a partner
with L. D. Godsey, also a member of the firm.
Now Mann-Foster Music Co.
The name of the Bandenburg Music Co., 118
North Washington street, Green Bay, Wis.,
has been changed to the Mann-Foster Music
Co., with O. F. Mann as president and treas-
urer, and J. M. Foster as secretary.
New United Music Co. Store
The United Music Co. has opened a new
branch store at 387 Bank street, New London,
Conn., under the management of Frank Cable.
New Store for Brightmoor
The Sayre Song Shop is now open for busi-
ness at 21261 Fenkell avenue, Brightmoor,
Mich., with musical instruments and radios
featured very prominently.
Fairbanks Piano Co. Moves
The Fairbanks Piano Co., formerly located
at 31 South Main street, has moved to a new
location at 29A South Main street, Brattleboro,
Mass.
Marion Music Co. Chartered
The Marion Music Co., of Indianapolis, Ind.,
has been incorporated by Forrest J. Wilking
and others, to operate a music store at 3843
Kenwood avenue.
Music Shoppes Consolidate
The Music Shoppe, Arthur Primmer, proprie-
tor, formerly located at 633 Main street, Lafa-
yette, Ind., and the Anna Held Shoppe have
consolidated and will be located at 612 Main
street.
New Store for Conway, Ark.
Claude Powell has opened a music store in
Conway, Ark., known as the Powell Music Co.,
located on North Front street.
sical instrument business, have opened a
branch store at 1515 Webster street, Alameda,
Cal., with A. Plummer in charge.
Bert H. Best Becomes Manager
Frank Woodruff, who operates a general mu-
sic store at 220 Montgomery street, Mont-
gomery, Ala., recently opened a branch store
at 10 South Berry street.
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Frank Woodruff Expands
Bert H. Best has become general manager
of the Brooks Music House, Altoona, Pa., of
which Paul P. Brooks is proprietor. Mr. Best
was formerly manager of the F. A. North Co.
New Building for Barker Bros.
H. W. Mee, Jr., With Hartman Corp.
Harry W. Mee, Jr., formerly sales manager
of the Music Lover's Shoppe of Rochester, N.
Y. F has been appointed sales manager of the
C. L. Hartman Corp., 18-20 North Union street.
Barker Bros., who have maintained a branch
of their Los Angeles store in Long Beach, Cal.,
for several years, are planning the erection of
a new eight-story building in Long Beach, to
cost approximately $1,000,000.
Ted Rohr Enlarges Stock
Plan Extensive Alterations
Ted Rohr, 170 Turk street, San Francisco,
has enlarged his stock of stringed instruments
and is now carrying a wide variety, in addition
lo violins.
The Smith-Phillips Music Co. of East Liver-
pool, O., have announced that they will make
extensive alterations to their store at 409
Washington street, due to the fact that they
plan to expand the business and add more
space to several of the departments.
New Dahners-Travis Branch
The Dahners-Travis Music Store, in business
at Mandan, N. D., and Bismarck, will open a
branch in Minot, N. D., located in the Waverly
Bank Building.
Frank & Son Open Branch
New Cowman-Hughes Branch
The Cowman-Hughes Co., music dealers of
Sapulpa, Okla., will open a branch store in
Cushing, Okla., under the management of
George Smith.
M. Frank & Son, for many years in the mu-
Outlet Corp. Chartered
Fifty Wisconsin Bands
in Annual Tournament
MILWAUKEE, WIS., May 4.—Eight Milwaukee
high school bands and twelve in the county
will compete with fifty or more from the State
in the annual tournament of the Wisconsin
School Band Associations, to be held at Ste-
vens Point, May 17 and 18. Milwaukee bands
entered include the Boys' Technical, Girls'
Technical and Trade, Boys' Vocational, Girls'
Vocational, Lincoln, North Division, West Di-
vision and South Division high schools. The
North Milwaukee, South Milwaukee, Shore-
wood and Wauwatosa high school bands are
also entered.
The Richland Center high school band has
won the State trophy three times and will not
compete this year in the State contest. The
Richland band wiU, however, participate in the
national contest with one other from the State.
Judges for the State tournament will be A.
A. Harding, University of Illinois; Victor J.
Grabel, Chicago Symphony orchestra; Edward
J. Meltzer, Meltzer School of Music, Chicago;
Harold Bachman, director of Bachman's band,
Chicago; A. R. McAllister, Joliet, 111., and G.
C. Bainum, Northwestern University, Evans-
ton, 111.
As music dealers of the State are firm in
the belief that the future of the music business
is in school band promotion, the tournament
at Stevens Point is naturally of outstanding
interest. The event is always an occasion of
special sales effort and practically all the wide-
awake merchants are represented at the gath-
ering.
Walker on Legion Trip
MILWAUKEE, WIS., May 6.—Vesey Walker,
president of the Walker Musical Exchange, will
accompany the American Legion Band here on
the twenty-sixth Annual Good Will Tour con-
ducted under the auspices of the trade promo-
tion division of the Milwaukee Association of
Commerce, June 3 to 7, inclusive.
The tour will take in a number of cities in
Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin where Mr. Walker
plans to make a number of contacts that will
prove beneficial to his trade.
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The Outlet Corp. of America has been in-
corporated by L. Swidler, H. Primakow and C.
Swidler, to deal in musical instruments, acces-
sories and supplies in Milwaukee, Wis.
Phillips Music Co. Opening
The Phillips Music Co. of Pueblo, Col., re-
cently held the formal opening of its remodeled
store at 621 North Main street.
Ochswald Music House Moves
The Ochswald Music House of Lawrence-
ville, 111., George Ochswald, proprietor, is mov-
ing to new quarters opposite the Post Office
building, where a complete stock of small
goods, records, sheet music, etc., will be han-
dled.
New Bands and Orchestras
Grand Junction, Colo., Municipal Band, Ed-
ward Gruver.
Dundee, Mich., High School Band. Frank
Ayres.
Fredericktown, O., Fredericktown Band.
South Boston, Va., South Boston Band,
Frank Wall.
Henderson, Ky., Henderson Band, John
Huhlein.
Flushing, O., American Legion Drum Corps,
O. H. Willard.
Asheville, O., Boys' Band.
Bloomfield, O., Bloomfield Community Or-
chestra, C. E. Brooks.
Elizabethtown, Ky., Legion Band, Chas. H.
Rowe.
Huron, O., High School Band.
Wilmot, O., Wilmot Band, Nick Riesterer.
Oak Hill, O., School Band, Ed. S. Vanover.
Oil City, Pa., American Legion Band, Har-
land Mitchell.
Byron, Cal., Byron Saxophone Band, A. J.
Berg.
Martinez, .Cal., Municipal Band, Chas. E.
Rice.
Kalkaska, Mich., High School Band, Louis
Peterson.
Bridgeport, Pa., Bridgeport Concert Band,
Adam Wolfrom.
Princeton, Ky., High School Brass Band,
Everett Howton.
Pinckney, Mich., Pinckney Band.