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Issue: 1920 1785

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October 9, 1920.
people need to be shown their mistake and told of
the benefit music can bring them.
3. Those who never have tried music in industry
and therefore have no idea of its worth to them.
These people need to be shown what music can do
for them.
North Pacific Coast City Particularly Active in Fine
An Attempt to Learn to What Extent the
It is evident that each of the three classes must
Piano Sales.
be handled in a different way. In order to do this
Industries Have Tried the Stimulating
A Mason & Hamlin upright was sold by Amie
it will be necessary to know to which class each
Influences of Sweet Sound.
person or concern it wishes to reach belongs, and Dugas, of the Wiley B. Allen Co., Portland, Ore.,
In order effectively to carry on its campaign of it asks the music trade of the country to help collect this week to C. K. Benton, of Hood River. There
is a call for Mason & Hamlin grands, but the stock
pushing music in industry, the National Bureau for this information.
The Chamber believes that in this work the music is limited.
the Advancement of Music is in need of complete
information as to what already has and has not industry can be of very great assistance to the E. A. Attlesey, formerly of the Girard Piano Co.,
been accomplished along this line. The field might National Bureau. It is important for the industry of Oakland, Calif., is now with the Bush & Lane
to attempt to do the things which it is equipped Piano Co., Portland, Ore.
be divided into three classes as follows:
1. Those persons who have ..introduced music and to do, and this, according to the Chamber, is one
George J. Dowling, president of The Cable Co..
found it successful. They know the value of music, of them. The trade can aid the Bureau by sending of Chicago, was a Portland, Ore., visitor last week.
so no further action is necessary except to co-t the names of all such persons or concerns within He called at the store of the Wiley B. Allen Piano
operate with them. The Bureau desires, however, its knowledge. Presto will be glad to co-operate Company.
S. H. Johnson has severed his connection with
to know what method they adopted to accomplish and any advice or opinions on the subject of music
as an aid to industry will be gladly received by this the Seiberling-Lucas Music Co., Portland, Ore.,
the end.
2. Those who have tried music and not found it paper and it will be published for the general good where he was in the small goods department, and is
now with the G. F. Johnson Piano Co.
successful. Those people have not found it suc- of the cause.
Miss Dorothy Scott has left the talking machine
cessful because they have not done it right. There
Walter King is manager of the piano department department of the G. F. Johnson Piano Co., Port- ;
is no possible question about this, for the evidence
is too conclusive that those who have handled it in in the United Music Store, 78 Ellis street, San land, Ore., and is now in the Will's Music Store o
Salem Ore.
the right way have found it successful. These Francisco, Cal.
WHAT BUSINESS HOUSES
HAVE EMPLOYED MUSIC
NEWSY NOTES FROM THE
PORTLAND, ORE., TRADE
THE UNUSUAL ATTRACTIONS OF
RADLE PIANOS
Win Sales for Dealers Who Have Them in Stock
The Radle Player Piano
It Equally High-Grade and Has Won Trade Everywhere
£»*"-•«• P . R A D L E , Inc.,
Endorsed by
The Greatest of all Player-Pianos
H. C. BAY
Solo-
Concerto
Pre-eminent in ad-
vanced ideas prac-
tically applied. Not
like the others.
IT IS PLAYED —
NOT "MANIPU-
LATED."
Try it yourself and
you will sell it.
'The SMALL GRAND with » BIG TONE"
Campaninl
Maretzek
Tetedoux
Corradl
S. B. Mills
Mollenhauer
Ole Bull
Dr. Carl Martin
Maude Morgan
Clara E. Thorns
Louise Gerard
Helene Noldi
and hosts of others
James £r» Holmstrom
ARTISTIC
GRANDS, UPRIGHTS
and PLAYER PIANOS
The Tone of the JAMES & HOLMSTROM Baby
Grand is of the rarest beauty. It is the ideal
instrument for all cultured homes. Uprights
with perfect transposing keyboard.
JAMES & HOLMSTROM PIANO CO., Inc.
Factory:
Bluff^on.
Ind.
SECURE THE
AGENCY AT
ONCEAND SEE
YOUR PRO- O fficea, 806 Republic Bldg., 209 S. State St.
FITS GROW.
CHICAGO,
ILLINOIS
Factoryi Cor. Alexander Av*. & 132d St.) M P M T VOX?IT
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CHARACTER
PIANOS
"AdmtrabU Quality: Acknowledged Reputation"—(Standard Dictionary)
DO YOU SELL
Manufactured by
The Fleischer?
SMITH, BARNES & STROHBER CO.
have for 33 yean justified their right to be called
PIANOS OF CHARACTER
F&eterUc
Offie*
If not you are missing a Piano Proposition in which thcr« It
large profit. Now is a good time to start in.
North M U w u k M , Wfc.
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F. RADLE, 609-611 W. 36th St., New York
NEW YORK
433 Fifth Ave.
HARDMAN, PECK & CO. «•")
CHICAGO
Republic Bldg.
Manufacturers of the
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HARDMAN PIANO
For Piano* and Player Piano*
The Official Piano of the Metropolitan Opera Co.
Owning and Operating the Autotone Co. makers of the
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HARRINGTON
(Supreme A mong Moderately Priced PIANO
Instruments)
The Hensel Piano
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The Hardman Autotone
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RESXO
October 9, 1920.
TALKI
tion of the masterpieces now rendered in such
PHONOGRAPH INCORPORATIONS
a wonderfully perfect way.
The uses of the talking machine like the
The undeniable favor for the machines Growth of Trade and Industry Is Shown By
uses of the moving picture have become world everywhere and among all classes has its les-
Newcomers in Field-
wide. There is no portion of the globe, civ- son for the music dealer, for the jeweler, for
Pioneer Phonograph Co., Manhattan, phono-
ilized or half civilized, where the two modern the furniture dealer and for all retailers who graphs and accessories, $20,000; S. and B. Pudlin, A.
creators of pleasure are unknown. In every can see the advantage of handling an easy Singer, 810 East 178th St., Bronx.
Keystone Music Co., Brooklyn, make graphanolas,
country where the comfort and conveniences selling commodity. The piano dealers who $20,000, S. C, I. N. and I. A. Levine, 573 Eastern
of life are appreciated the talking machine has ignore the talking machine are becoming fewer Parkway, Brooklyn.
Elite Phonograph Corp., Manhattan, $250,000; L.
become one of the absolute requirements for every day that passes. Wheie they exist they
Horr, L. Eisner, J. Rosenstein, 308 East 72nd St.
pleasant existence. Certain prejudices against are frankly considered narrow in their preju-
Keystone Music Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. To manu-
the machines in the earlier days are no longer dices and painfully out-of date in their meth- facture talking machines. $20,000. S. C, I. N. and
expressed nor are they felt to any degree to be ods. To every variety of retailer named it is 1. A. Levine, Brooklyn.
important. Leading artists in the music world important that the talking machine is being
FINE BUSH & LANE SALE.
obtain great satisfaction from the reproduc- bought more largely than ever for use in
One of the best sales made this month in the
homes, schools, colleges and everywhere talking machine department of the Bush & Lane
Piano Co., Portland, Ore., was a $700 phonograph
when cultural entertainment is the object. by H. Ben Street, a young salesman, an eastern man,
The consideration of this spells opportunity who is becoming thoroughly westernized and has
for the dealer. Prospective buyers are being made up his mind that Portland is a town in a class
by itself, and at that a very high class. Business is
created every minute. That is why the man- picking up in all departments of the store.
Well Made and Finished Cabinets,
attractive designs. Supplied also
ufacture of talking machines does not keep
as Complete Phonographs.
The Pathe line has been added by the Barre
pace with the sales.
Dry Goods Co., Inc., Barre, Vt.
Let Us Quote You Our Jobbers' and Dealers' Prices.
GEO SEIFFERT'S NEW MOVE.
E. H. STAFFORD MFG. CO., - Chicago
Among the New York City phonograph enter-
prises none seems to give better promise of expan-
sion than that of the Eastern Phonograph Co.,
which is the evolution or ourgrowth of George Seif-
fert's energetic management. The Eastern Phono-
graph Corporation now has the New England rep-
Talking Machines
resentation of the Pathe phonographs, and is doing
Challenge
Comparison in
a large business in these, machines. The company
every point from cabinets to
j THE SHAKESPEARE OF PHONOGRAPHS i
also retains the "Modernola," the elegant phono-
tonal results.
graph-lamp which has grown into favor with a large
S Shakespeare, born at Stratford on Avon,
Prices attractive for fine
number of dealers. The new location of the East-
was the world's greatest poet, so is the
goods. Write us.
ern Phonograph Corporation is at 100 West Twenty-
STRATFORD the world's finest phonograph, says
first street, New York. •
'
one of America's great Bachelors of Music.
Deterling Mfg. Co., Inc.
TRATFORD instruments are noted for their
VITANOLA'S
NEW
FACTORY.
TIPTON, IND.
supremely designs, finish, motor, method of
The Vitanola Talking. Machine Co. is now estab-
amplification and natural uuality of tone.
lished in its new and large factory at 501-509 West
TRATFORD will live forever. Why?
35th street, Chicago. The plant is probably one
Because of Quality.
of
the most extensive in the talking machine indus-
TRATFORD dealers are furnished artistic cata-
THE WONDERFUL
try and the output seems to be sufficient to keep a
logues, newspaper matrices and window display
small army of .salesmen hustling. Samuel S. Schiff
cards.
"FAIRY" Phonograph Lamp
Demign»—Adam, LouU XVI,
will do the honors if you happen to call there.
THE DEALER'S OPPORTUNITY
Phonograph Cabinets
DETERLING
A
S
S
S
Sheraton, and Queen Anne
Prices consistent with Quality—Catalogue furnished upon request.
"She Stratford Phonograph Co.
MANUFACTURERS
ASHLAND,
OHIO
GENERAL PHONOGRAPH BONDS.
General Phonograph first mortgage 7 per cent
serial gold bonds of 1919 series A, maturing last
week, will be paid at the Harriman National Bank,
New York City.
Truly a Work of Art. Scientifically
Contracted
Saiet Unprecedented. Secure Agency Now.
T h e greatest
practical nov-
elty offered to
the Phonograph
trade—
The
"FAIRY"
NOW READY
Phonograph Directory and Guide
The first complete Lists of all departments of the
industry and trade — manufacturers, supplies,
dealers and distributers — with descriptions of
the foremost instruments.
184 Pages===YOU WANT IT—25 Cents
PRESTO
PUBLISHING
407 South Dearborn Street
CO.
CHICAGO
Phonograph
Lamp
"looks" and
" s p e a k s " for
Itself. In ap-
pearance luxur-
ious, It achieves
Its g r e a t e s t
triumph in its
tone.
A newly pat-
ented s o u n d
amplifying
chamber, radi-
cally differing
from the con-
ventional de-
signs, gives a
true m e l l o w
tone of volume
equalling that
of most ex-
pensive instru-
ments.
Electrically operated and equipped with a specially
designed invisible switch, regulator and tone modifier.
Let us tell how sales of the "FAIRY" have re-
quired our maximum output ever since Its appear-
ance in 1918.
FNDLESSGRAPH MANUFACTURING COMPANY
4200-02 West Adams Street
CHICAGO, ILL.
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