March 7, 1925.
17
P R E S T O
M. SCHULZ CO.'S BUSINESS
SHOWS BIG INCREASE
Secretary F. P. Bassett Reports Check-up of
Business in February Shows Figures of
31 Per Cent Over Last Year.
The M. Schulz Co., 711 Milwaukee avenue, Chi-
cago, made the report this week that an increase in
business of 31 per cent over last year at this time
had been recorded. The report is indicative of better
conditions in the piano trade as the first month of
spring arrives and reflects upon the activity of M.
Schulz dealers who have found the M. Schulz line a
popular seller among all classes of customers.
The M. Schulz Co.'s officials are believers in pre-
paredness and accordingly have adhered to the pro-
duction policy in keeping abreast of the demand. This
practice is now evident at the company's factory
where there is no abatement of the output of grands
and players.
With the approaching of spring, the Chicago firm
has seen a material increase in the piano trade. Good
weather and roads are the best stimulants for the
spring trade and dealers are aware of this fact as
the orders to the M. Schulz Co.'s wholesale depart-
ment indicate.
NEW STORE OPENINGS
SHOW TRADE PROGRESS
New Piano Ventures, Ownership Transfers
and Location Changes Are Items
of Interest.
The Bowles Music & Jewelry Shop, Bloomington,
111., has been opened under the direction of John C.
Hollingsworth.
W. P. Baynes has opened a music store on East
Third street, Metropolis, 111.
Alterations have been completed in the warerooms
of the McKannon Piano Co., 1620 California street,
Denver, Colo.
Fred Burton has opened an up-to-date music store
on Park square, Marietta, Ga.
A music store has been opened at 264 Second street,
Macon, Ga., by F. A. Guttenberger, featuring Bald-
win pianos.
A new two-story brick building on Reid street,
Amsterdam, N. Y., has been secured as a second
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local branch piano and furniture store for M. Feld-
man & Son.
The Alhambra Music House, Alhambra, Cal., has
taken larger quarters at 18 East Main street.
Larger quarters have been taken by the Crockett
Music Co. in the Peters block on Loring avenue,
Crockett, Cal.
The small goods department of the Platt Music
Co., Los Angeles, Cal., has been remodeled and en-
larged.
The Webster Music Co. has opened in Arcadia,
Ind.
A music department in the new Blumberg store,
Waukegan, 111., was opened recently, featuring the
Brunswick phonograph and Brunswick Radiola.
Clyde Stocking and H. B. Vincent have opened a
new music store in the 200 block of East Ninth street,
Winfield, Kan.
the Denman Bros.' Piano Co., Anniston, Ala.
E. A. Mclntosh, proprietor of the Albermarle
Music Co., Albemarle, N. C, has taken over the music
department of P. J. Huneycutt & Co.
A new small goods department has been opened in
the Dayton Department Store, Minneapolis, Minn.
A new branch of the Griffith Piano Co., operating
stores throughout New Jersey, has been opened at
2850 Hudson County boulevard, Jersey City, N. J.
The New Mexico Piano Co., Albuquerque, N. M.,
at 114 North Second street, with a display of pianos,
headed by the Steinway.
The Crawford-Rutan Co., 1013' Grand avenue, Kan-
sas City, Mo., has opened a special sheet music de-
partment for band instrument selections.
The Bonnel-Schairer Piano Co., Cambridge, O.,
has been incorporated with a capital of $25,000.
The Hyatt Music Co. has taken over the store
adjoining its quarters at 386 Morrison street, Port-
land, and has doubled its former display space.
A new music department has been opened by the
McMillan Bros, store, 1111 Broadway, Tacoma,
Wash., carrying pianos, Brunswick phonographs,
Q R S music rolls and small goods.
A new branch of the Bush & Lane Piano Co. has
been opened at 510 Washington street, Olympia,
Wash., with Paul Kuhl as manager.
A branch of the Tattersill Music House has been
opened at 2629 Westfield avenue, Camden, N. J.
John Tattersill is manager of the new store, which
will handle a complete line of pianos.
The Tusting Piano Co., 609 Mattison avenue, As-
bury Park, N. J., has installed a radio department.
The H. H. Thompson Piano Co., 151 Fourth street,
Portland, Ore., features Gulbransen pianos.
A new radio department has been added by the
Palmyra Music House, Palmyra, Pa.
A piano department, handling the Bush & Lane
Cecilian player and other instruments, has been
opened by Pomeroy's department store, Harrisburg,
Pa.
The Basscl Shively Music Co. has taken new
quarters in the Eagle Building on Graham avenue,
Windber, Pa.
The East Tennessee Music Co., Knoxvillc, Tenn.,
has taken new quarters at 719-21 South Gay street.
A clearance sale of the stock of Sanders & Stay-
man, 319 North Charles street, Baltimore, is being
held preparatory to consolidation with the Kranz-
Srnith Piano Co. Louis Haebler is in charge of the
sale for the merged organization.
Ralph Storms has bought the Mooresville music
store at Mooresville, Ind., of Mrs. Kate Douglas.
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Significant Fact Is That Many Poole Pianos
Are Found in Homes of Dealers, Man-
agers and Salesman.
One of the pleasing features in sales by the Poole
Piano Company, Boston, is the great number of Poole
instruments selected for personal use by piano deal-
ers, their store managers and salesmen. That this
class of purchasers so directly connected with the
piano business, buying as they do an instrument of
which there are many different makes, all of which a
piano man is more or less familiar with, should in so
many cases decide in favor of a Poole instrument is,
to say the least, quite complimentary to the Poole,
snd the makers of that instrument.
It is a form of testimony for Poole quality and
value that requires no detailed explanation. The
Poole Company points with considerable pride to the
selection of Poole pianos by many Poole representa-
tives, not only for personal use of that dealer, man-
ager or salesman, but recommended by them to close
relatives, or given as presents to sons and daughters.
The following letter was received by the Poole
Piano Co. from the manager of the Desautels' Music
House, Manchester, N. H. It is interesting, and of
most recent date, and adds another name to the long
list of this class of purchasers:
Manchester, N. H., February 23, 1925.
Poole Piano Company,
Boston, Mass.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly accept my most sincere thanks for
your fine selection of a playerpiano for my home.
I am more than pleased with the tone, and find the
case very beautiful. All my family are pleased with
it. I am sure we will all enjoy it.
Thanking you for past favors, and especially for
the last one, I beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
USULA N. GRENIER,
Manager for Desautels' Music House.
Poole instruments, being of high quality and repre-
senting value that is recognized and personally ap-
proved through selection by members of the trade,
must make an ideal instrument for members of the
retail trade to recommend to their prospective cus-
tomers sufficiently intelligent to appreciate quality
and the economy it represents, especially as same ap-
plies to the piano, an instrument that the average per-
son expects to purchase but once or twice in a life-
time.
FEATURES HADDORFF GRANDS.
The Haddorff Music House, Galesburg, 111., is
specially featuring Haddorff grands made by the
Haddorff Piano Co., Rockford, 111. The Galesburg
music lovers are continuously reminded of the
beauties of tone in the Haddorff grand. Grand sales
show a big increase.
CANADIAN COMPANY MEETS.
At the annual meeting of Willis & Co., Ltd., Mon-
treal, Que., the following officers were re-elected:
President, A. P. Willis; vice-president, Robert A.
Willis; secretary, W. D. Willis; treasurer, G. L. Dun-
can. Directors: C. D. Harrison, A. S. Benoit, F. G.
Sharpe and A. Desjardins. At the annual meeting it
was announced that the company was working on the
production of a new parlor grand, with the ambition
of developing the best instrument of its kind in the
Canadian market.
CLEARANCE SALE IN BALTIMORE,
Style 32—4 ft. 4 in.
DEALERS BUY POOLES
FOR PERSONAL USE
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M. SCHULZ CO.
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satisfaction to the public
You will neper do anything better
than when you get in touch with
M. SCHULZ CO.
711 Milwaukee Avenue
CHICAGO
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