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The Fanelli Music Center
A "Home of Everything in Music"
The Fanelli Music Center, Rock mer Mississippi State College Teach-
Springs, Wyo., recently moved into er, who taught piano lessons. It was
larger and more modern quarters. Now not long, however, before he decided to
it progresses under the slogan "Home open a music store and since then he
says: "business beyond our fondest ex-
pectations." Miss Sabra Clemens is
manager.
Teen Age Boom
in New Beasley Store
Front of Fanelli Music Center
of Everything in Music", and in the
announcement of the opening of its
new store at 718 Pilot Butte Ave., full
page newspaper space was used in
Gearge H. Beasley, president of the
Beasley Music Co., Texarkana, U.S.A.
has announced that a feature of the
company's new store at 308 East Broad
st., which it will occupy on March 1st,
1946, will be a large booth especially
arranged for the youngsters to serve as
a "Teen-Age Record Rumpus Room".
Other advanced features in music
store service, will be provisions for
frequency modulation radio, television,
studio radio broadcasting, music teach-
ing and practice studios, and a music-
recital and music club auditorium.
The record and sheet-music depart-
ments will accent self-service of the
supermarket plan, with attractive lis-
tening and playing booths.
A long-term lease has been made by
Mr. Fanelli and Miss Clemens stand in new store of the Fanelli Music Center
which Gulbransen pianos, Ansley Dyn-
aphones, Buescher and Elkhart band
instruments, H. and H. String instru-
ments, reconditioned pianos, records
and sheet music were featured. In
addition under the caption "Learn to
Play an Instrument" attention was
drawn to student classes which are
held by this house.
Mr. Fanelli was formerly a band
leader and vaudeville performer on
the Keith and other circuits. He re-
ceived his musical training in Austria
and Italy coming to this country in
1920'. After spending 20 years stage
he settled in Rock Springs in 1940
where he opened a music school. Here
he was assisted by Mrs. Fanelli a for-
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW. JANUARY, 1946
the Beasley firm on a business loca-
tion to be modernized into a 25-foot-
front, up-to-date, "Music Headquar-
ters" store at 309 East Broad Street,
next door west of the Ritz Theater. In
this new store, the Beasley company
w T ill have enlarged quarters through
their occupancy of a second-story floor
having a width of fifty feet.
Although Beasley's will occupy a sec-
tion of its new location now leased by
Kaleski's store, at 309 East Broad on
March 1, enlargement, improvement
and modernization will not begin until
June 1.
The Beasley company claims to be
the oldest retail store on Broad Street
with continuous operation, for it has
been in business in three East Broad
Street locations since 1899.
The date of moving will mark the
47-anniversary of the establishment of
the Beasley firm in the city. Although
founded in Waldo, Ark., in 1893, the
first Texarkana store was located at
213 East Broad Street on January 1,
1899, by the late H. V. Beasley, father
of the present owners, George and
James Beasley moved his music stre
t 111 East Broad Street where it con-
tinued until 1926, when it was moved
to the present address at 200 East
Broad Street.
The second generation Beasley bro-
thers are enthusiastic about their new
location in the 300 block of the north
side of Broad Street because of the in-
creasing popularity of this East Broad
Street section. With the improvements
already made, being made and planned
the Beasley's expect to be able to serve
better, a larger number of music lovers.
T. R. Huston Elected
Head of Milwaukee Ass'n
T. R. Huston, President of the
Huston-Baldwin Piano Stores was
elected president of the Milwaukee
Piano and Music Dealers' Association
at the organization's annual meeting
at the Plankinton Hotel Jan. 9th. Other
officers named: Herbert Konen, vice
president; Miss Helen Gunnis, secre-
tary; C. C. Oerding, treasurer, and
Hugh Randall, Milton Welke and F.
F. Flanner, new directors.
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