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Issue: 1927 2128

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May 14, 1927.
PRESTO-TIMES
LATE TRADE NEWS
FROM SALT LAKE CITY
The Daynes-Beebe Music Co. Offers Course
of Music Lessons to Every Piano Pur-
chaser—Other Interesting Items.
The Daynes-Beebe Music Company of Salt Lake
City, Utah, has offered a six months' course of music
lessons free to each purchaser of a piano, to com-
memorate Music Week there.
The Granite High School has just purchased a con-
cert size Sohmer Grand from the Daynes-Beebe
Music Co., it is reported.
Two K P O radio artists have just been employed
by the Daynes-Beebe Music Co. to entertain for one
hour, from the Daynes-Beebe radio studio, and all
special announcements will be made in this manner
as well as the featuring of special musical numbers.
A new concert and recital hall has just been com-
pleted by the company, as well as several new studios
on the second floor of its building. An Estey organ
and a Sohmer Grand piano are being used in this
recital hall.
Dean R. Jaynes, manager of the band instrument
department at the Consolidated Music Company, had
charge of the boys' parade which took place here
during Boys' Week, and which employed forty-two
bands, this being seven more than were used in the
parades during the past five years.
Frederick Dickson, distinguished American pianist,
has been playing in concert at the Salt Lake Taber-
nacle, and also in Ogden, Utah, under the auspices
of the Beesley Music Company of Salt Lake City.
He uses the Mason & Hamlin piano.
NOTES OF THE TRADE
IN INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Representative of "Melody Way" Explains
Famous Method, and Other Piano Visitors
Are Seen in Piano Warerooms.
On Monday, May the 9, the Indianapolis music
merchants had the pleasure of having Mr. Cain, treas-
urer of the Miessner Piano Company, as a luncheon
guest at their regular weekly meeting at the Columbia
Club. Mr. Cain explained the method of newspaper
publicity on the Melody Way piano instruction. The
matter has been favorably received by members of
the association, and has been presented to the press
for consideration. Mr. Wert, in commenting on the
method, said:
"It is just what Indianapolis needs to stimulate in-
terest in music, and the association will do all in their
power to put the feature over." Mr. Cain was accom-
panied by Charles Bretzloff, of the Kohler Campbell
industries.
George H. Dowd, salesmanager of The Cable Com-
pany of Chicago, spent Saturday in the city and called
on his friend Harry Wert, of the Pearson Piano Com-
pany. Mr. Wert and Mr. Dowd were working Ne-
braska territory seventeen years ago, and haven't seen
each other since then. The visit was spent in re-
calling many happy events during that period of their
career.
Hermann Spain was a recent visitor in Indianapolis,
calling on the Christena-Teague Piano Company, rep-
resentatives for the Chickering piano. Mr. Spain jusi
returned from the South.
Geo. Schaefer, representing the Lester Piano Com-
pany, spent some time in Indianapolis during the
past week.
Frank Wilking. of the Wilking Music Company, at-
tended the funeral of the lamented Jesse French at
New Castle on Monday.
FORT WAYNE, IND., ENJOYS
ONE ENTIRE MUSIC WEEK
City Given Over to Magic of Sweet Sounds in Which
Music Trade Joins.
National Music Week was celebrated in Fort
Wayne, Intl., by a united effort of all organizations
and all individual music lovers to bring the joy and
sunshine of music into the lives of all the people. The
Music Week Committee consisted of Mrs. C. R.
Moores, chairman; Mrs. W. H. W. Peltier, president,
The Morning Musical; Mrs. J. F. Moring, president,
the Fort Wayne Woman's Club; R. R. Shirk, presi-
dent, the Fort Wayne Radio Trades Association;
George W. Jacobs, Jr., president, The Fort Wayne
Music Merchants' Association; O. E. Richard, repre-
senting The Fort Wayne Civic Music Association.
Programs and other helps were furnished by the
following Fort Wayne Music dealers: The Duesler
Music House, the Jacobs Music House, the Melody
Shoppe, the Packard Music House, the Will A. Young
Music House.
Fine programs were contributed by the Fort
Wayne Lutheran Choral Society, Ramon P. Yauqua,
soloist, and other organizations. An address was
made by Rev. Arthur J. Folsom on "Give More
Thought to Music." The entire week was filled with
music and, in the words of the official program, "the
citizens of Fort Wayne unite in thanking all directors
and artists who so kindly donated their services for
all Music Week programs, and thanks is also due
all owners of auditoriums, and also for the use of the
court house where programs are held."
MANAGER HOFFER WILL
VACATION IN FAR WEST
Baldwin Manager at Indianapolis Will Follow
Old Stage Trails, Rest and Fish Till
Middle of September.
A. C. Hoffer, general manager of the Indianapolis
Branch of the Baldwin Piano Company, will leave
about May 15 for a much needed rest and vacation
trip to the Western coast. He plans to be gone about
four months and will motor by easy stages following
the National Old Trails Road" through Illinois, Mis-
KNABE FOR OMAHA INSTITUTIONS.
The important institutions of Omaha, Neb., are
getting to be indelibly associated with the Knabe
piano. The activities of Mickel Music House are well
known and the latest of Omaha's fine buildings to
be equipped are the splendid building of the Knights
of Columbus, the beautiful Riviera Theater, just
opened, and -the great Live Stock Building, one of
Omaha's largest structures devoted to commercial
pursuits. For all three of these new buildings the
best has been demanded and the Mickel Music House
report that the Knabe more than met the exacting
requirements of the specifications to the complete
satisfaction of the owners.
A. C. HOFFER.
souri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona,
taking in all points of interest en route.
After spending a month in Los Angeles he will re-
turn by northern route through Oregon, Washington,
Idaho and Montana, spending a week or two in Yel-
lowstone National Park.
Mr. Hoffer will spend August fishing in the moun-
tain streams north of Denver, returning about Septem-
ber 15. When asked concerning the trip he said,
"This is the first vacation I have had in five years.
I need a good rest. My physician has demanded it,
and I am planning to make it a real one." He will
be accompanied by Mrs. Hoffer and their daughter
PLAN GRUNEWALD CELEBRATION.
La Verne.
The L. Grunewald Co., Inc., New Orleans, one of
Mr. Hoffer also intends to renew some of his old
•the oldest Steinway representatives in the United
acquaintances
among the dealers in several of the
States, is already making plans for the celebration in
states
en
route,
having traveled through them several
the early fall of the seventy-fifth anniversary of its
founding. The house was founded in 1852 by the late years ago in the interest of the Baldwin Piano Com-
Louis Grunewald who ten years later acquired the pany while at the St. Louis branch.
coveted agency of Steinway & Sons. B. M. Grune-
wald, head of the company today, is of the third
The Schmidt Music Co., Davenport, la., recently
generation since 'the Grunewald family became a fac- sold five Cable pianos to the new Bettendorf Taber-
tor in the sale of music goods in New Orleans.
nacle in that city.
BOWEN PIANO LOADER HELPS SALESMEN
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men by furnishing them with the New Bowen Piano Loader, which serves as a wareroom far from the store. It is the only safe
delivery system for dealers, either in city or country. It costs little. Write for particulars.
BOWEN PIANO LOADER CO M
Winston-Salem, N. C
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May 14, 1927.
PRESTO-TIMES
FINDING CHAMPION
PIANIST IN DETROIT
Arthur L. Wessell of Wessell, Nickel & Gross,
New York, Interested Observer of
Reports from School Tests.
The keenness of interest in the second annual contest
of Detroit is simply amazing.
The elementary parochial is to be held this week;
thus this contest represents little more 'than half of
one of the three grades and less than one-half of all
schools entered. With this as a basis of ratio for
the whole contest, a conservative estimate is arrived
at 15,300 entries when complete.
Thomas Chilvers, Supervisor of Music in Detroit
public schools, states over his signature: "I con-
sider the piano as primary in a child's education."
A cordial invitation is extended to every man in
the music industry to attend the third annual conven-
tion of Michigan Music Merchants' Association, in
Detroit August 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th, to study
the plan and examine the records, and to join with
the city of Detroit in celebrating the civic event of
acclaiming the champion school girl or boy piano
player.
The World's Leading Small
Electric Piano
TAKES UP SMALL SPACE
MAKES LARGE EARNINGS
Your territory may be open
Frank Cody, Superintendent of Schools, Praises In-
fluence of Piano Study on Children.
The following telegram sent to the Baltimore Board
of Education by Frank Cody, Superintendent of
Schools, accounts for much of the stimulation which
characterizes the piano playing contest being pro-
moted in the Maryland city.
"I heartily approve the piano contest conducted in
the Detroit public schools through the cooperation
of the Detroit Music Trades Association and the
Detroit Times. The contest as conducted last year
had great educational value and we considered it a
great success. Many children with musical talent
were interested in the piano. It substituted good
DIFFERENCE IN MERCHANTS.
music for bad music. We consider the playing of
"One of the surest and quickest ways to tell a the piano as basic in our musical education. It is a
good merchant from a poor one is to ascertain the home instrument and as such has not only educa-
amount of dead or slow-moving stock there is on his tional value but is a home builder."
selves," says the Electrical Record. "In the present-
Not only does he cooperate one year, but the sec-
day scheme of things neither of these has any place, ond time just puts the whole school machinery in
for success in selling necessitates a high rate of .turn-
motion to make it a grand success and further,
over and a stock selection that is forever new and when asked, he does not hesitate in endorsing, unqual-
interesting. Both of the latter are more or less ifiedly, the piano playing contest to other city
impossible when his store is cluttered with merchan- educators.
dise that has been there too long. It is well to dis-
tinguish between stock that is only 'slow-moving' and
that which is actually 'dead.' Dead stock is obsolete
stock and, as such, had far better be discarded in its
entirety than passed on 'to customers at any price.
Strange as it may seem, however, slow-moving stock
frequently is only a state of mind on the part of the
Music Houses Conduct Booths at Exposition; Piano
dealer himself."
Expert Returns; Piano in Schools.
Arthur L. Wessell, of Wessell, Nickel & Gross,
New York action manufacturers, spent one entire
morning- recently in the headquarters of the
Greater Detroit Piano Playing Contest, listening
to reports being made by teachers and examining the
complete records of contest. He was especially in-
terested in noting 'that the name and address of every
child is carefully listed, that besides the champion
of a school, also a first, second, and in many cases a
third, fourth and fifth in standing is reported, a fea-
ture that is consolation to many children and their
parents. Mr. Wessell was deeply impressed with the
list that he himself casually selected and which indi-
cates how the interest is continuously built up
through the remarkable cooperation of the principal
and teachers of each school.
Each principal has printed instructions from the
Board of Education headquarters, the school papers
have all given the contest publicity and each teacher
has invited all the pupils to attend the contest which
is held in the school auditorium in every instance
under the management of the principal. They have
gone even further in that in most cases they have
even provided the judges. Good attendance and in
some cases over 5,000 children are striving in 165
public schools of Detroit for the honor of school
champion piano player.
In the Winterhalter School there were 155 entered
on the records of the contest headquarters, but so
many in excess of this number showed up that the
FEATURES M. SCHULZ LINE.
contest was continued Friday afternoon, Saturday
J. M. Dickson, who sold out his music business in
morning last week. report came into headquar-
ters from a school in Birmingham, which is 18 miles Clarksville, Tenn., in 1924 has returned to the sale
out, where they held a contest all their own so as of music and has opened the Dickson Book & Music
to send a contender to Detroit for the semi-finals. Co. in that place. In the new store in which his son,
James W. Dickson, is a partner, the line of the M.
Schulz Co., Chicago, will be handled. Musical mer-
chandise, phonographs and sheet music will also be
carried. A formal opening is announced for May 18.
MASCOT
BALTIMORE SCHOOL HEAD
BACKS PIANO PLAYING CONTEST
TRADE SHOWS ENTERPRISE
IN EVANSV1LLE, INDIANA
At 'the sixth annual Home Complete Exhibition in
Evansville, Ind., May 3rd to 7th, there were fifty
booths, and among them those of Harding & Miller
Company, the W. P. Geissler Music Company, the
Galloway Music Company, the Stahlschmidt Piano
Company, and others. Four orchestras, the 55-piece
Indiana University Military Band and the Tri-State
Band under the direction of Professor J. R. Massie,
furnished music during the week of the show.
Louis Winterman, expert piano repair man and
tuner, has returned to the piano department of the
BOOKLET HELPS SALES.
"How to Sell More Pianos" is the title of a new Harding & Miller Music Company in Evansville,
booklet just issued by Hardman, Peck & Co., New where his previous connection dated back eighteen
York. It contains reproduction of retail advertise- years prior to 1925.
Classes in piano are being inaugurated in the grade
ments which are furnished free in mats for dealers
schools of the Central high school district of Evans-
appreciative of up-to-date sales messages. It is filled
ville, Ind., by Miss Helen Wilkinson, supervisor of
with suggestions for the Hardman dealer.
that district. Each child is provided with a card-
board piano key-finder. In the class they have an
opportunity to play the piano.
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