29
May 1, 1920.
AUDIT SHOWS AMAZING
INCREASE IN BUSINESS
business reputation in that part of the state. He
has been before the piano buying public for over 20
years.
Other able aids to success are Chas. Riley, head
salesman, who has been associated with Mr. Baker
since the business was started in a modest way a
number of years ago. Lester Lints, in charge of
the talking machine repair department has a record
of four years with each the Edison, Victor and Co-
lumbia talking machine companies. J. S. MacBain
recently discharged from the army with the rating
of lieutenant, is in charge of the refinishing and pol-
ishing department.
The new equipment of the company includes two
new touring cars purchased for the convenience of
their customers and a delivery truck which assures
prompt and careful delivery service.
Baker Music House, Albany, N. Y., Exhibits Pro-
gressiveness in Every Department.
Baker Music House, 52 North Pearl Street, Al-
bany, N. Y., which has been recently remodeled and
redecorated, is now one of the most tasteful and
best equipped piano and talking machine houses in
that section of the state. The improvements just
completed include new lighting display and general
re-arrangement of the main salesrooms. New talking
machine booths are handsomely furnished with reed
furniture, rugs, floor lamps and other furnishings
and decorations. Among these demonstrating rooms
the Oriental Player Piano Room is perhaps the
most attractive. New and increased facilities for
handling player roll and record customers have
likewise been provided. These include large new
stocks of both records and rolls.
The business of the Baker Music House had
made wonderful strides in recent months. A cer- New and Old Concerns Secure Charters in Various
tified audit of the books of the company made re-
Places.
cently by a registered public accountant, revealed
Floyd
Piano
Company,
126 Monroe avenue, Mem-
an increase for January, February and March this phis, Tenn. The incorporators
L. H. Floyd,
year over the corresponding months of a year ago O. R. Bowman, W. H. Dilatush, are:
Myrtle
Davis and
of $18,582.00.
John H. Poston. The capital is placed at $125,000.
The wonderful growth in the business of this
Welte-Mignon Studios, Inc., Manhattan, deal in
company has been achieved under the new manage-
ment of Rox A. Powers, formerly with the Math- pianos, organs, phonographs; capital, $500,000. In-
ushek Piano Mfg. Co., who has had 15 years of ex- corporators: J. F. Dempsey, New York City.
Yale Music House, Manhattan; $20,000; Y. Levine
perience in the piano field. For some time Mr. Pow-
ers was general manager of the Maryland Piano Co., and A. and H. Holland.
of Baltimore.
The Merlon Corp., Newark, N. J., to manufacture
Clinton F. Baker, president, is a man of wide playerpianos, and talking machines. The capital is
$125,000.
QUALITY FIRST
AND
FIRST QUALITY
Jesse French & Sons Piano Co.
NEW INCORPORATIONS
IN MUSIC GOODS TRADE
AUSTRALIAN OFFICE:
94 Pitt St., Sydney, N. S. W.
"A Name Well Known Since 1175"
STEINWAY DURABILITY.
Established 1867
Strauch Bros
All Well-posted Piano
Dealers and Salesmen
recognize the value of this name on a
Piano Action.
For more than 50 years it has been associ-
ated with the best products of the Piano
industry. It has always represented
Quality and Merit
The durability of the Steinway piano and the de-
pendability of its tone were topics included in an
effective advertisement of the J. W. Jenkins Son's
Music Co., in the Muskogee, Okla.. newspapers last
week. "The Steinway lasts a lifetime," was the state-
ment. We frequently have Steinway pianos from
30 to 40 years old which could be sold for new,
and for all purposes are quite as good as new. The
world of music bows to the matchless Steinway
piano. In tone, action and wearing quality it is
supreme—the Standard of the world. Ask to see the
Steinway VERTEGRAND, an upright piano that
for tone and action is equal l-.o most grand pianos
of other makes."
YORK, PA., BRANCH CLOSED.
When a Piano Action bears the name of
Strauch Bros, it is an additional guarantee
of the quality of the instrument containing it.
STRAUCH BROS.
Piano Actions, Hammers and Repairs
22 to 30 Tenth Avenue
FACTORIES at New Castle, Ind.
New York
The closing of three York, Pa., branch of Troup
Brothers will create a void in the music business in
that city. For eight years the Troup Brothers'
store at 208 Market street has been a consistently
lively place of business. Other locations were oc-
cupied siflce 1905, when Abraham C. and Louis A.
Troup first opened a branch under the firm title of
Troup Brothers. The headquarters of the firm is at
Harrisburg, where a six-story building at 8 Market
square is occupied. The branches in Lewiston and
Carlisle, Pa., and Martinsburg, W. Va., will be con-
tinued.
STEGER
Steger & Sons
Leads
Others Follow
STEGER BUILDING
The
Jackson and Wabash
Piano Center of America
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
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