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show a complete line of the instruments manufac-
tured at the Richmond, Ind., plant. The latest mod-
els and styles will he the main attraction. Just
what will be given away as souvenirs has not as yet
been decided on.
H. G. Hook, manager of the Starr Piano Company,
was called to Johnsville, Ky., recently on account of
the dealh of a relative.
Roy Coverdill, manager of the Kimball Piano Com-
pany, will be represented at the State Fair with the
complete Kimball line of pianos and phonographs.
Business, according to Air. Coverdill, is very sat-
isfactory.
Rapp & Lennox have just completed the sign work
on its spacious windows which is very attractive,
giving the entire line they se'.l plenty of publicity.
Business is improving, especially the demand for high
grade instruments.
Ned Clay, sales manager of the Starr Piano Com-
pany, has promised to thrill the readers of Presto-
Times with a fish story which he expected to prove
by an actual photograph. It appears that from his
story that it was the biggest fish caught in Minne-
sota in years and the picture was to subs'autiate
his statement. However, it now comes to light that
Mrs. Clay, not being an expert photographer, took
the photograph and overlooked an obs'ruction be-
tween the camera and the fish, so when the nega-
tive was developed it showed some underbrush where
the fish should have been. Mr. Clay sincerely hopes
that none of the readers of Presto-Times will be
disappointed, and agrees to make his word good by
returning to the same place next .year and trying his
luck again, after giving his wife instructions in trick
photography during the coming winter.
PIANO CONTEST
FOR BALTIMORE
September 3, 1927
MUSIC SCHOOL BUYS BALDWIN
Views of the Building and Faculty of A
' 'eachers at the Metropolitan School of Music.
The Metropolitan School of Music, affiliated with
Butler University, shown in the accompanying cut
is the oldest school of music in the state of Indiana.
It was founded in 1895 and has so steadily grown,
that today it is the largest and most active music
school in Indiana.
The instructors all have years of successful ex-
perience and are capable of producing results with
their pupiis.
Board of Education Joins with Dealers and
Local Music Merchants' Association to
Make Event the Occasion of Great
Value to Music Education.
and that indications were business would continue
good for the remainder of the year. Mr. Roberts is
optimistic about the future of the business of the
company and of musical instruments in general, par-
ticularly in the piano, which is the main feature of
the business of Charles M. Stieff Company.
The headquarters of the Charles M. Stieff Com-
pany at 315 North Howard street are interesting
Governor of State, Mayor of City and Other Prom- in many respects—in the architecture of the building,
its musical atmosphere, in the type of musical instru-
inent Officials and Public Men to
ments housed thtre, including the Stiefl pianos in
Attend Exercises.
their many, interesting and attractive designs. The
C. R. Roberts, general manager of the Charles building is generally referred to in Baltimore as
M. Stieff Co., Baltimore, said this week he hoped Stieff Hall. The Stieff Hall has been the scene of
the piano playing contest to be staged in Baltimore many brilliant musicales, many of the world's famous
in September under the auspices of the Baltimore piano artists having made their local appearance
Music Trades Association would be great and suc- in it.
cessful. He saw no reason why it should not, as the
The opening of Lee's Music Shop at 625 West Lex-
local music instrument merchants are doing all in ington street makes another addition to the retail
their power to make it a successful event. The piano musical instrument field of Baltimore. Musical in-
playing contests are regarded by Mr. Roberts as the struments of various kinds are being featured.
most practical thing with which to repopularize the
piano.
A meeting will be held this week with the members
of the Baltimore Board of Education to arrange for
the use of school buildings for holding the various
neighborhood preliminary contests. A number of
well-known local musicians have agreed to officiate
as judges. Following the neighborhood tryouts, the Displayed Advertisement in All Chicago Dailies An-
district semi-finals will be held, in which the winners
nounce Important Fact in Chicago Trade.
of the preliminary neighborhood contests will par-
In a prominently displayed announcement in the
ticipate. After the semi-finals will come the grand
finals when the three city-wide champions will be Chicago daily newspapers of Wednesday of this
week, the H. C. Bay Company tells of the formal
chosen.
opening on Thursday of its new store at 305-307 S.
The Exercises.
Present plans ca'l for elaborate exercises for the Wabash avenue. The advertisement, which is made
holding of the finals. Albert C. Ritchie, governor of more attractive by a cut of Style A, Scale 90 Grand,
Maryland; William F. Broening, mayor of Baltimore, which is the culmination of years of continuous de-
and other state and civic leaders, as well as musicians velopment in manufacture.
"For many years H. C. Bay Company have lim-
of prominence, piano merchants and musical instru-
ment dealers in general, are expected to be present. ited their activities to the wholesale trade only. The
The three champions will be chosen from the ele- largest and most representative dealers from coast
mentary, intermediate and senior high school grades. to coast are successfully retailing our pianos and are
There will be one champion from each division. ready to stamp their approval of guarantee as to the
This plan has been deemed fairer than if one cham- musical quality of these excellent instruments," is
pion were chosen, as children of the lower grades the statement which is followed by a list of dealers
could not be expected to compete successfully with of Chicago and surrounding towns who handle the
pupils of the intermediate or high school classes. H. C. Bay Company's lines.
Three prizes will be awarded, the firs .a $1,500 piano,
Murray M. Harrison, an experienced piano sales-
the second an $800 instrument and the third a $400 man, has been added to the sales force of the new
piano.
retail store.
Excellent Stieff Report.
The Charles M. Stieff Company, manufacturers and
H. H. FLEER SCORES.
retailers of the Stieff piano and the Shaw piano, as
well as retailers of other musical instruments, includ-
H. H. Fleer, manager of the piano department of
ing the Orthophonic Victrola. is experiencing a good Lvon & Healy, Chicago, got a score of 80 in answer-
demand for its various instruments, according to ing questions propounded by the Chicago American.
C. R. Roberts, general manager of the company. Mr. The newspaper selects some prominent man each
Roberts said the business of the company, to date, day for the test, which provides an interesting and in-
was ahead of that for the same period of last year structive feature for the paper.
NOTABLES AT FINALS
FORMAL OPENING OF
H. C. BAY COMPANY'S STORE
This school, recently equipped with Baldwin and
Ellington Pianos took the opportunity ot expressing
their pleasure and satisfaction with the instruments
by the following message 1o the House of Baldwin:
"I take great pleasure in saying that the twenty-
rive Baldwin and Ellington Pianos we purchased from
the Baldwin Piano Company are more than satisfac-
tory in every detail."
(Signed) EDWARD NELL,
President.
LATE NEWS OF THE
TRADE OF WISCONSIN
Interesting Items Gathered at Many Points Tell of
Activities of Firms and Individuals in Music Field.
The Uhen Music Company at Kenosha, Wis., will
move to new and larger quarters in the Bain building
this month, according to H. W. Uhen, manager of
the firm. The Uhen company has been in business in
Kenosha for a number of years, and is moving to
larger quarters to accommodate the growth of the
business.
Ellis Franklin Carroll, 60, who for ten years
conducted the Carroll Music store at Appleton, Wis.,
passed away last week following a paralytic stroke.
Mr. Carroll sold the business several years ago to
William Nolan who in turn sold it to Irving Zuehlke
who is operating it today as the Irving Zuehlke
Music Co. Mr. Carroll, who was survived by his
widow, was buried in Milwaukee.
Bruno Dalwig, former Manitowoc man, will be in
charge of the music at the Wisconsin State Fair,
according to Fred C. Borcherdt.
The Fifth Wisconsin Radio Music exposition, which
will be held at the Milwaukee Auditorium October
4 to 9, is making an innovation in that it is taking the
music dealers of the state into the show. Reports
to date are that the affair will be a tremendous suc-
cess since all of the space at the auditorium has
already been sold and twice as much as last year
has been sold. Leading music merchants from all
over the state will display the latest in pianos and
phonographs, co-operating with the radio dealers who
will show the latest in their lines.
CABLE COMPANY AT DETROIT
GETS BUSINESS WITH VIM
Its Watchword Is Service and Its Deals Make Addi-
tional Friends for House.
Walter S. Jenkins, head of the Cable Piano Co,
1264 Library avenue, Detroit, having just returned
from his vacation, is very busy this week getting
things into a business swing for early fall trade. He
said the men of his staff work hard for the business
they get, but they are faithfully plugging away. And
it is his expressed belief that no business worth while
is secured nowadays without going after it.
Those in his office work just as hard and as
earnestly as the men on the floors and in the field,
with the result that the Cable Piano Co. of Detroit
is landing its share of the business of that city, as
well as that of several other cities not far away. In
the Detroit house, as in all Cable stores throughout
the country, service to the customer is more than a
motto—it is a watchword.
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