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The Music Trade Review
12
MARCH 2, 1929
Radio Distributors in
Pacific Trade Prepares
New Managers for the
Philadelphia Organize
For Its Next Radio Show
Ditson Victor Departments
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., February 25.—Although
the Pacific Radio Show will not take place
till August, applications for sixty-five per
cent of the space available have already been
received. Next week a meeting of the Asso-
ciation will be held to apportion the space
to the various exhibitors. The new secretary,
George H. Curtiss says that the Association
has decided to re-establish the employment
bureau conducted in its offices for the benefit
of the dealers. The dealers' branch of the
Association now meets on the third Thursday
of each month.
Recommendations for radio advertising have
been issued in folder form by the Pacific Radio
Trade Association and the Better Business Bu-
reau of San Francisco. The recommendations
are offered, it is stated for the development of
increased accuracy and fair play, to develop
public confidence in radio merchandise and ad-
vertising.
Paul E. Carlson Returns as Manager of Victor
Wholesale Business in New York and Robert
A. Drake Takes Charge in Boston
The Oliver Ditson Co., Boston, held to be
one of the oldest music houses in the United
States, having been founded nearly a century
and a half ago, and taken over by Oliver Dit-
son in 1835, has together with its associated
company, Chas. H. Ditson & Co., New York,
manifested the confidence of its officials in the
future of the radio and talking machine busi-
ness by expanding the activities of its whole-
sale Victor departments which have been main-
tained for something over twenty years.
The move for expansion follows the election
of Wm. Arms Fisher as president of Oliver
Ditson & Co., and David King as general sales
manager, and it is particularly interesting to the
talking machine-radio trade because it places
in charge of the Victor departments both in
Boston and New York men of wide experience
and recognized ability. In New York, for in-
stance, it brings back into the organization of
Chas. H. Ditson & Co. Paul E. Carlson, who
for more than a decade had charge of that de-
partment until about a year ago when he be-
Los ANGKLES, CAL., February 23.—A window came special representative of the Victor Talk-
display in the window of the Fitzgerald Music ing Machine Co., an experience that will enable
Co., which brought many passers-by to a stop him to resume his duties with Ditson with a
as they passed down Hill street, consisted of broadened knowledge of the trade situation
three small grand pianos in various conditions. generally.
One, on its side, showed the front of the piano
In Boston the wholesale Victor department
with the action taken out, various parts of
of
the Oliver Ditson Co. has been placed in
which had been taken apart and displayed so
as to show their construction. A second piano, charge of Robert A. Drake, who for the past
also on its side, but endways, showed the nine years has been a special representative of
sounding board and rim construction. In the the Victor Co. in New England and in that
background, mounted on a pedestal platform, capacity has developed close contact with the
dealers throughout that territory, contacts that
stood a third—complete small grand piano.
will prove invaluable to him in his new con-
Credit for this unusual display which not nection.
only attracted much attention, but brought a
The assisting organizations in both Boston
number of actual sales, goes to Bruno Heinze,
and
New York will remain about the same.
finished piano salesman of the Fitzgerald Co.
Henry A. Winkelman, who recently resigned as
manager of the Victor department in Boston,
in order to take a well-deserved rest, will con-
tinue to take an interest in the department af-
fairs, and his assistant, Otto Piesendel will con-
tinue as assistant to Mr. Drake. In New York
Three of the Instruments Placed in Prominent Mr. Carlson will be assisted by Joseph C. May,
Churches and Three More in Theatres of the with Miss Ada V. Arnold as office manager,
Stanley Chain in That City
both of them having been with the Ditson or-
ganization for lengthy periods.
PHILADELPHIA, PA., February 26.—Six notable
Both in New York and Boston the sales
installations of Kimball pipe organs have been forces will be materially enlarged and the serv-
made in the Philadelphia territory since the ice and shipping facilities expanded in accord-
first of the year, three of them being in promi- ance with the energetic plans of the companies.
nent Roman Catholic churches, and three in
new theatres in the Stanley chain. The churches
include St. Stephen's, which has been equipped
with a new Kimball three-manual organ; the
Church of Our Lady of Holy Souls, also
equipped with a three-manual organ, and the
Church of Our Mother of Consolation in Chest- Are Guests of Local Distributor, Inspect New
nut Hill, which has an instrument of the two- Instruments and Listen to Line Sales Talk
manual type. The theatres in which Kimball
ALTOONA, PA., February 26. — About fifty At-
organs have been installed are the Boyd, the
water Kent radio dealers in Blair, Clearfield,
State and the Uptown.
Huntingdon, Mifflin and Bedford counties were
guests of the Johnstown Automobile Co., At-
water Kent district distributors. H. A. Hosmer,
of the radio department of the Johnstown Co.,
KNOXVILLE, TENN., February 23.—Funeral serv-
presided. The meeting was held in the Penn
ice for A. L. Wilhite, sixty-seven, former pro- Alto Hotel and addressed by E. B. Sellers, of
prietor of the Wilhite Piano Co., Knoxville, Philadelphia, sales representative of the At-
who died at his home, Sweetwater, Tenn., was water Kent Mfg. Co., who presented the new
conducted in that town February 20. He had line of Atwater Kent radios and outlined the
retired from activities recently owing to failing sale possibilities of the new sets. Other speak-
health. He leaves a widow and two daughters. ers were Richard Graver, factory sales repre-
sentative for the Pittsburgh district; S. R. Burd,
The Lawrence Klein Furniture Co., 160 East territory representative of the Johnstown
154th st., Harvey, 111., has been incorporated Automobile Co.; A. R. Reed, manager of the
with capital stock of $25,000 to deal in furni- Johnstown Co., and E. R. Oppenheimer, the
ture, radio and musical instruments. The in- well-known specialist of the Atwater Kent Co.,
corporators are E. Yedor, I. Sokoloff, and A. who explained how to increase the sales of
radios through the house-to-house method.
H. Levy.
Piano Construction Shown
in Fitzgerald Display
New Kimball Pipe Organs
Installed in Philadelphia
Atwater Kent Dealers
Convene in Altoona, Pa.
Death of A. L. Wilhite
Radio Wholesalers in Quaker City Secure State
Charter for New Board of Trade—Plan to
Improve Business Conditions
PHILADELPHIA, PA., February 25.—After several
weeks of preliminary work, the Philadelphia
Radio Distributors Board of Trade last Thurs-
day was granted a State charter and imme-
diately met for the purpose of perfecting the
organization . The meeting was held at 713
North Broad street when Charles Gomprecht,
of Trilling & Montague, presided and articles
were signed by members representing fourteen
leading radio distributing firms of the city and
the metropolitan territory. Besides the fourteen
firms enrolled at the meeting it was announced
that nine others had made application for
membership. Committees were appointed on
by-laws, arbitration and to select a permanent
meeting place. Those who attended the
Thursday meeting were representatives of the
Raymond Rosen Co., the Keystone Radio Co.,
Royal Electric Co., Schimmel Electric Co.,
Stewart Warner Electric Co., Supplee Biddle
Hardware Co., Philadelphia Motor Accessories
Co., Philip Cass Stores, General Electric Sup-
ply Co., H. C. Roberts Electric Co., J. V. Kane
Distributing Co., Trilling & Montague, Frank-
lin Electric Co., Graybar Electric Co., Roberts
Auto & Radio Supply Co. and the Dickel Dis-
tributing Co. All these firms distribute radios
to the music trades.
Western Radio Co., Denver,
to Expand Its Business
DENVER, COLO., February 25.—One of the note-
worthy indications of a local firm's growth is
the announcement of the expansion program of
the Western Radio Co., at 150 Broadway. This
company has enlarged their storeroom, and will
devote the space to the installation of a com-
plete and up-to-date musical instrument stock.
Ashley B. Gone on Trip
Ashley B. Cone, president of Hardman, Peck
& Co., New York, left this week for a two-
months' trip through the trade. Mr. Cone is
making stops in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Kansas
City, and points in Texas en route to California.
Mr. Cone was recently appointed president of
the company, succeeding Carl E. Peck, who is
now chairman of the board of directors.
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manufacture of
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we are giving the
same satisfaction
as in the more
Popular Designs
which we make in
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on a quality basis.
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