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acquainted with the appearance of the Baby-at-the-
Pedals. One or more of the following officials of
the company were present in the exhibit rooms at all
hours during the week: A. C. Gulbransen, presi-
dent; Walter Kiehn, advertising manager; John Mar-
tin, and B. E. Gossett, of the Martin Music Co., Los
Angeles, and Travelers H. C. Dinmore, C. W. Ruby,
A. W. Musser and W. E. Brown.
W. P. Haines & Co. Display.
W. P. Haines & Co., New York, had an exhibit of
the W. P. Haines, Bradbury and Webster grands,
uprights, players and reproducing pianos during con-
vention week at the warerooms of the New York
factory at 138th street and W r alton avenue. Dealers
attending the convention were quick to avail them-
selves of the opportunity to visit the factory when
the means to get there via the subway and an express
train at Grand Central station going direct to Mott
Haven station, were learned. Prominent in the con-
vention assemblage at the Waldorf-Astoria were T.
L. Floyd Jones, president, and Charles T. Carter,
vice-president and treasurer, both of whom are
widely known in the trade.
M. Schulz Co. Early.
At the McAlpin Saturday and Sunday the third and
fourth floors were made active with the preparation
of the early ones. The M. Schulz Co.'s beautiful
suite, at the southwest corner of the McAlpin
b u i l d i n g , corner of Thirty-fourth street, at
B r o a d w a y , was practically made ready. The
array of pianos, players, reproducing uprights and
grand pianos, and the M. Schulz reproducing grands
(Welte-Mignon Licensee) was an impressive one.
The M. Schulz Co.'s display was in charge of Otto
M. Heinzman, the eastern representative of the Chi-
cago company, and the honors were performed by
that gentleman and Fred P. Bassett, secretary; Otto
Schulz, Jr., vice-president of the company; A. P.
Gustafsen, technical expert, and Henry D. Hewitt,
traveler. It was a force of genial piano men who
made things pleasant and instructive for the dealers
in Rooms 361 and 363.
Bush & Lane Display.
The Bush & Lane Piano Co.'s quarters were di-
rectly across the hall from the M. Schulz Co.
Three large rooms, light and looking out to the north
and west, provided a splendid display place for the
Holland, Mich., industry. One of the rooms was de-
voted to the fine . array of grands made by the
company, and the character of the instruments was
shown to inquiring dealers. It was a labor of love
for Walter Lane, president, to explain to successive
groups the structural reasons for the power and
sweetness of tone of Bush & Lane grands.
The Bush & Lane uprights were shown by them-
selves. The Duo-Vox phonographs occupied a space
that also showed the importance of this feature of
Bush & Lane activities.
With Mr. Lane were F. J. Congleton, eastern rep-
resentative of the company, who enjoyed meeting his
western friends; C. L. Beach, secretary; William F.
Clevey, sales manager, and Charles H. Kennedy and
W. D. Montgomery travelers, the latter more closely
associated with the exploiting of the Bush & Lane
Duo-Vox Phonograph in the eastern field.
Unette Surprises Visitors.
A little further along is Thompson Unette Piano
Co., Chicago, with two or three pianos; "The Unette"
on fallboard. In Room 368 Mr. Thompson showed
old friends and new acquaintances his novelty in
grand pianos. Mr. Thompson has the enthusiasm of
the man who makes a project succeed, and the quiet
eloquence to point out to visiting dealers the good
looking, easy playing and closely priced allurements
of the Unette. The footpower model and the latest
product of the company—the drawer type, tone-shad-
ing model of the Unette.
Admire Schaff Bros.' Two-Tone.
The line of pianos, players and Solotone Reproduc-
ing Pianos of the Schaff Bros. Co. provided dealers
with attractions that account for the rapid develop-
ment of the ambitious industry at Huntington, In-
diana. The two-tone finish, which the company has
recently associated with its products, was a special
attraction for the dealers.
The Schaff Bros. Co. was one of the first to intro-
duce the two-tone finish for pianos and players, and
the spirit with which the trade received the novelty
urged the company to produce a distinctive and
artistic effect. In the exhibit at the McAlpin the two-
tone Venetian walnut case, and the two-tone Monti-
cello mahogany case in pianos and players were
shown. Manager C. S. Miller had his greatest con-
June 7, 1924.
CABLE MIDGET UPRIGHTS
R. Ritchie Robertson, director of music in the city schools of
Springfield, Missouri, has just written most enthusiastically of the
Cable Midget uprights sold to him by the Martin Bros. Piano Co.,
Cable representatives at Springfield, Mo.:
"We use the Cable Midget Upright in two of our high school
buildings and I find it gives ample support to my chorus of one
hundred and fifty voices. We also use it for piano solo work with
excellent results. The tone is clear and true; the action sensitive.
To my mind the Cable Midget upright fulfills with absolute satis-
faction every requirement of a school piano."
Since the coming of Mr. Robertson in 1916 Springfield has rapidly
developed a remarkable leadership in music. Mr. Robertson per-
sonally directs six of Springfield's most important musical organiza-
tions and is the inspiration of a great part of this recently developed
interest in better music.
Last year Mr. Robertson made a trip to California witp. his Boy
Scout Band of 275 pieces, the largest Boy Scout band in the world.
Everywhere his scores of khaki-clad boy musicians were greeted with
the greatest enthusiasm.
Mr. Robertson has given, with remarkable artistic success, works
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seldom attempted before with high school boys and
girls. In only a few years' time, he had built up a
high school symphony orchestra, of over one hun-
dred pieces, that gives performances equal in quality
and technique to the work of the best professional
orchestras. His high school chorus of 150 voices re-
cently gave the "Creation" in a most pleasing manner.
vention pleasure in showing the types to the visitors.
With the vice-president at the McAlpin exhibit were
Julius M. Martin, secretary and treasurer; A. B.
Hart, eastern representative, and H. A. Griffin, trav-
eler.
Perfection Benches.
The Perfection benches and cabinets made by the
Perfection Piano Bench Mfg. Co., Chicago, are shown
in the line of goods exhibited by Frank A. Meter
on the fourth floor of the McAlpin. Mr. Meter
is now associated with A. S. Seville, Room 900,
Republic Building, Chicago. His exhibit at the
McAlpin includes many handsome types of Perfec-
tion benches with Smith's Patented Interlocking
Mitre Joint. Another display of the cabinets and
benches of the Perfection Piano Bench Mfg. Co. was
at the wareroom of C. H. Ditson & Co., 8-12 East
Thirty-fourth street.
FOUR BUESCHER=EQU1PPED
ORCHESTRAS AT CONVENTION
Peerless Pneumatic Action Co.
The Peerless Pneumatic Action Co., New York,
has an interesting exhibit of its two grades of actions
which vary in price but are both characterized by
special qualities that appeal to the buyers of pneu-
matic actions. A considerable amount of the value of
the exhibit is due to the ability of T. F. Gheek and
M. C. Lorini to explain the merits of the actions
which are shown in an Estey grand and two up-
rights.
Mr. Cheek, president of the company, has had long
and valuable experience in the action phase of the
piano industry and Mr. Lorini has benefited by equal
experience. Both being experts in the production of
pneumatic actions their demonstrations to visiting
dealers and manufacturers were particularly effective
in impressing the meritorious facts about the prod-
ucts of the Peerless Pneumatic Action Co.
Good Speakers.
The noonday luncheons at the Waldorf-Astoria
during convention week were made additionally en-
joyable by the selection of special speakers.
Frank W. Murphy, of the Minnesota Farm Bureau
Federation, was the principal speaker at the noonday
luncheon Wednesday. His topic was "Outlook for
the Farmer and Its Effect on Business."
Musical Features Augmented by Instruments from
the Industry at Elkhart, Indiana.
Chairman Heaton of the Musical Features Com-
mittee secured very substantial co-operation from
the Buescher Band Instrument Company in his ef-
forts to provide for the convention the best that New
York had to offer. The Buescher Company was
largely instrumental in getting on to the program:
Waring's Pennsylvanians—down for the noon-day
luncheon on Wednesday and for the Frolic on Thurs-
day night.
George Olsen and His Orchestra (starring in the
Dillingham show, "Kid Boots")—down for the
Thursday night Frolic.
S. S. Flotilla Orchestra—down for the Thursday
night Frolic.
Little Sousa—the Boy Saxophone Prodigy—down
for a speech at one of the luncheons and to play
several solos and direct one of the orchestras at the
Frolic Thursday night. Little Sousa is the youngest
member of the Music Merchants' Association, and is
an accomplished speaker, though but seven years of
age.
Two Hoosiers Blues Artists from the Buescher fac-
tory—a saxophonist and pianist of the Steimrich
Orchestra—down for a vaudeville turn at the Thurs-
day night Frolic.
A TRIP ABROAD.
Linton Floyd-Jones, president of the W. P.
Haines & Co., New York, has a son who is now in
his second year at Dartmouth. He is in his eight-
eenth year and displays characteristically brilliant
promise intellectually and as a student. This month
the young man will go on a special Cunard Steam-
ship Co.'s trip to Europe with some 120 other stu-
dents, to be gone three months. He will make quite
a tour of the continent of Europe, educational and
recreational.
HANDSOME TACOMA STORE.
AIR IN DRY KILN.
The beautiful new store of the Silvers Piano Com-
pany, Tacoma, Wash., was formally opened recently
at the handsome new quarters at Broadway and 13th.
The store, which includes two large rooms, presents
a most attractive appearance with its new stock of
piano's, phonographs and band instruments.
The large show window, 12x30 feet, is said to be
the largest single window on Broadway, and the main
floor is well arranged for pianos and players. The
balcony is devoted to the phonographs.
Never before in the history of the sheet music busi-
ness have there been so many artistic and elaborate
window displays as have been shown the past season.
During the winter months there seemed to be no let-
up in the number of window displays, and many of
these have been arranged at an unusual expense.
Seemingly, the retailer realizes that window displays
bring business, and this being so any additional sales
that are created during the winter months through
effective windows are a good investment.
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