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January 8, 1927.
PRESTO-TIMES
YEAR JUST PAST
Victor Talking Machine Co. was sold to banking
concerns at price said to involve in the neighborhood
of forty million dollars.
Welte-Mignon Corp. announced plans for artistic
new home at 695 Fifth avenue, New York, to be
occupied in March, 1927.
Mathushek Piano Manufacturing Co. in New York
adopted plan of group piano instruction in factory
and enrolled one hundred children.
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elected president for the coming, year and Cleveland
selected as convention city for 1927.
Julius Breckwoldt & Sons, Inc., announced that
work has begun on construction of extensive modern
sawmill at Dolgeville, N. Y.
That piano dealers in Europe were hopeful of bet-
•ter times was the report of Frederick T. Steinway,
president, and Paul H. Schmidt, executive assistant,
of Steinway & Sons, on their return from European
trip.
The Illinois Music Merchants Association held an-
nual convention at Decatur, 111., and elected E. E. The Demand Is More and More for the Better
Hanger, of Lincoln, president.
Class of Instruments in All
OCTOBER.
The beautiful new warerooms of Chickering &
Lines of Trade.
Sons in Boston were opened with delightful concert.
By JACK WILLIAMS.
Carl E. Peck, president of Hardman, Peck & Co ,
The music trade of Salt Lake City has experienced
returned from European trip.
Otto Schulz was reelected president of Chicago a notable increase over last year's business, according
to reports received from all houses, with a very
Piano Manufacturers' Association.
Business of C. D. Potter Co., Stamford, Conn., was optimistic feeling as to the outlook for the coming
acquired by the Cornwall & Patterson Co., Bridge- season. This is also the case in the surrounding terri-
tory.
port, Conn.
Baby grand pianos have been especially big sellers
Gordon Laughead was elected president of Piano
here this year, as well as the reproducing grands, and
Club of Chicago.
Starr Piano Co., Richmond, Ind., marketed new from all indications and reports a big winter season is
product—a silent portable piano keyboard—an as aid in store. The Daynes-Beebe Music Company of this
city has stocked up with a large number of baby
to group piano instruction movement.
grands in accordance with their expectations as have
Indiana music merchants formed State association other local houses.
and elected Joel P. Ryde of Indianapolis president.
It is stated here that a growing taste on the part
Annual outing of New England Music Trades As-
of the public for the finer and better musical instru-
sociation held at Methuen, Mass.
ments is very apparent in all lines of musical instru-
NOVEMBER.
ments, as well as in the grade of pianos being called
"Business as usual" was brave cry of S. Ernest for.
Philpitt, opening seventh Florida store in wake of
According to Manager G. C. Spratt of the local
great storm.
branch for The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company,
The Stevens Hotel in Chicago was selected as offi- who has just returned from a trip through Idaho,
cial hotel for national music industries conventions conditions there are very favorable, with exceedingly
to be held June 6 to 10, 1927.
good prospects for next year being apparent.
The Q R S Music Co.', Chicago, purchased the
The O'Laughlin Music Company reports a better
U. S. Music Roll Co., of the same city.
holiday season than ever before experienced and,
Directors of American Piano Co. voted to place according to Mr. O'Laughlin, great expectations are
common stock of business on 10 per cent basis.
had for the coming year.
Wisconsin music merchants organized state asso-
The sale of pianos in this section has been unusu-
ciation and elected W. Otto Miessner of Milwaukee ally good in spite of the fact that the beet crop of
as president.
Utah was somewhat impaired the past season, but
with the early snow which has just been had, great
DECEMBER.
Early in December the announcement was made things are anticipated.
The combination phonograph and radio has been a
that Holland Piano Co. would manufacture western
big seller here with a growing interest in the radio.
lines of Continental Piano Co., Boston, Mass.
The various ward chapels of this city and the
surrounding country have purchased a large number
of grand pianos during the past year.
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O'Daniel & Reid is a hustling firm of music dealers
in Clinton, S. C, which is building up a big business.
In addition to the heads of the company the active
selling force consists of A. B. Stribble, E. M. Sweat,
O. B. Dennis and Prof. H. J. Tomkinson, who also
is a professional tuner and piano technician.
That is a corps of earnest salesmen. Newberry
county is a prosperous one. and the Gulbransen line
is the one sold by the house named.
At the recent Newberry County Fair at Clinton,
the booth of O'Daniel & Reid was an attractive affair
that showed the sincerity of the dealers' purposes in
exploiting the Gulbransen.
DEATHS IN MUSIC
TRADE DURING 1916
Record of Some of the Prominent Ones in
All Phases of the Business Who
Passed Away in Year
Just Closed.
JANUARY.
Julius A. J. Frederick, well known music dealer of
Grand Rapids, Mich., died early in January.
Mrs. H. L. Story, wife of the founder of the
Story & Clark Piano Co., Chicago, died at Los
Angeles, Calif.
Adam B. Miller, founder of the Miller Organ &
Piano Co.
Robert Lindenberg, aged 43, vice-president of the
Lindenberg Piano Co. of Columbus.
FEBRUARY.
Henry Hauschildt of Hayward, Cal., owner of
three music stores in northern California, died sud-
denly from heart trouble.
L. Yosco, president of the Yosco Mfg. Co., manu-
facturers of string instruments, New York, died at
his home in that city.
William E. Dyrenforth, widely known in music and
music trade circles, died in Chicago.
A. H. Taylor, a well known member of the New
York retail trade, died suddenly at his home, New
York city.
MARCH.
John D. Wheelan, president of the J. D. Wheelan
Pipe Organ Co., Dallas, Tex., died. Other deaths
during March were:
John O'Shea, dean of piano merchants in Holyoke,
Mass.
Leonard J. Sweet, music merchant of Ravenna and
a member of the Music Merchants Association of
Ohio.
Harry Campbell Braden, general manager of Fitz-
gerald Music Co., Los Angeles.
APRIL.
G. Howard Freed, prominent musician and music
merchant died in Lansdale, Pa.
L. S. Sherman, founder of Sherman, Clay & Co.,
San Francisco, died in that city after a short illness.
Eugene A. Groff, treasurer of the Conway Co. and
Conway Securities Co., died in New York.
C. J. Scheiman, treasurer of the Packard Piano Co.,
Fort Wayne, Ind., died.
MAY.
George H. Madison of the sales staff of the Wiley
B. Allen Co., San Francisco, Calif., died in that city.
Henry Gatena, for forty years a piano dealer, Du-
buque, la., died at his home there.
L. S. Parson, proprietor of the' Parsons Music
Store, Waterloo, la., died.
Herbert J. Shea, forty-nine years old, well known
music merchant, died in Oak Park, 111., a suburb of
Chicago.
JUNE.
S. S. Hackett, head of the Hackett-Cowan Music
Co., Fresno, Calif., died.
Harmon G. Wilson, manager of the Denver, Colo.,
Baldwin Co. branch, died in that city.
JULY.
Nevin T. Hulin, for many years connected with the
J. W. Jenkins Sons' Music Co., died July 3.
Frank H. Hewitt, of the M. Schulz Co., Chicago,
father of Henry Hewitt, sales manager of the com-
pany and president of the Piano Club of Chicago,
died of pneumonia July 3.
Stillwell R. Harcourt, sixty-four years old, a mem-
ber of the Chicago Piano and Organ Association and
•the inventor of several expression devices for player-
piano actions in Chicago, sales promotion depart-
ment for The Story & Clark Piano Co., Chicago, died
at his home there.
AUGUST—SEPTEMBER.
Norman P. Stahl, well known in Trenton, N. J.,
trade, died.
Bob Selander, Pacific Coast traveling man for the
W. H. Price, long associated with pipe organ de-
Slingerland Banjo Co., Chicago, was a visitor to the partment of Aeolian Co., New York, died.
C. A. Woodman, director-manager of the Oliver
Portland, Ore., trade last week.
Ditson Co., Boston.
OCTOBER.
William D. Meister, superintendent of the Adam
Schaaf Piano Factory, Chicago.
NOVEMBER—DECEMBER.
Julius Winter, retired New York piano manufac-
turer, died in Pelham, N. Y.
William P. Van Wickle, music dealer in Wash-
Makers of Pianos and
ington, D. C.
John Rossi, president of the United Piano String
Player Pianos That Are
Corp., New York.
James Frederick Powers, long identified with piano
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industry, died in Boston.
Frederick Neil Innes, president of the Conn Na-
tional School of Music and for many years a famous
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