March 11, 1920.
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PITHY NEWS OF PIANO MEN
RELATED IN BRIEF ITEMS
Trade Members from Various Sections of the Coun-
try Shown "Hard at It"
QUALITY FIRST
The L. A. Russell Piano Co., Augusta, Ga., re-
cently sold an A. B. Chase piano to the Woman's
Music Club of that city.
A vigorous sale of used pianos was concluded
at the store of the F. A. North Piano Co., Trenton,
N. Y., last week.
F. E. Ehlers is the proprietor of a new music
store at Pomona, Calif.
The Pathe Studio, Meriden, Conn., has secured
the agency for the Q R S music rolls.
Weeks & Dickinson has opened a music store at
Johnson City, N. Y. The firm, which succeeds the
Barrett Music House, will carry a general line.
The McDougal Music Co., Portland, Ore., is
scoring a success with its new venture, the manu-
facture of oils and polishes for musical instruments.
The new manager of the phonograph department
of the Blcdsoe Co., Los Angeles, Calif., is T. T
Stricklin.
M. W. Davis is general manager for the Bruns-
wick Talking Machine Co. in Portland, Ore., terri-
tory.
The Imperial Talking Machine Co., 2308 W. Mad-
ison street, Chicago, has added a number of new
booths.
Cohen & Hughes. Victrola distributors, Wash-
ington, D. C, has taken possession of the new
structure at 1221-1233 E street, especially built for
the uses of the firm. H. F. Harris is the manager.
The Iowa Victor Dealers' Association held a get-
together meeting recently at the Russell-Larnson
Hotel, Waterloo. There was a larger attendance
of dealers from Northwestern Iowa. Among those
present were R. W. Anderson, Charles City; Chris-
topher Hanson, Oelwein; E. W. Stroebel, Waterloo;
George E. Mickel, of Omaha, and others.
AND
OPERATORS
PIANO GO.
GETTING ACQUAINTED.
Announcement that the American Bankers' Asso-
ciation is forming a public relations committee, for
the purpose of promoting a closer relationship be-
tween the banker and his customer, was made by
Richard S. Hawes, president of the association, this
week at the weekly luncheon of the Chicago Asso-
ciation of Commerce in the Hotel La Salle. "We
want closer personal contact with our customers—
a good, friendly understanding," Mr. Hawes said.
"Too much distrust exists and too much ill-founded
criticism is thrown at the bankers." Mr. Hawes
asserted the excess profits tax is a contributing
factor to the high cost of living and is a detriment
to our economic system.
The property at 122 East Long street, Columbus,
Ohio, has been leased to M. Hauser and E. Ballah,
who will operate a piano and talking machine store.
The gentlemen are experienced in piano selling and
will carry a good line of instruments, though what
it will be has not yet been fully decided.
Your Prospective Customers
LOUIS M. SBVmSON, Prw.
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HADDORFF CAPTURES CHICAGO.
Grosvenor, Lapham & Co., the Fine Arts piano
dealers, on Michigan Boulevard, Chicago, are doing
a good business in the high-grade Haddorff pianos.
It is always a hazardous experiment to change the
line of a well-established house in a large city. But
when quality supplants quality, and the advertising
of the older instruments has been characteristic of
their merits, it is possible to make the change with-
out much risk. And in taking on the Haddorff the
Fine Arts dealers have found their trade ready to
consider and buy the instruments from Rockford
with every confidence. Already the Haddorff has
captured Chicago and is one of the instruments
steadilv called for.
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