October 15, 1927
PRESTO-TIMES
ILLINOIS MUSIC
MERCHAMTS MEET
(Continued from page 4)
"We've got to look beyond tbc individual view-
point," said Mr. Hanger. "We must do to the other
fellow as we'd have him do to us. We are here back
of this movement for you dealers in Chicago as much
as for the rest of us down state. I believe the Illi-
nois Music Merchants' Association will become the
very best state organization in the United States."
C. L. Dennis, of the National Bureau for the Ad-
vancement of Music, gave an interesting talk of the
work that is being done by C. M.'Tremaine, and of
his own work in various parts of the United States.
He referred to little booklets which the dealers all
ought to read. He said that school boards were gen-
erally coming over in favor of the i dea of group
instruction in music.
Outlook in Illinois Fair.
E. E. Hanger, president of the Illinois Music Mer-
chants' Association, said to a Presto-Times repre-
sentative: "Conditions are improving in our district,
as the mines are opening up. We are in the midst of
the corn belt, as you are aware, corn being the staple
product and source of income for the majority of
the people. Corn is not as good this year as it
should have been, unseasonable weather militating
against its full development; too many wet and cold
spells. When real summer did come it was well
along in September—too late to produce full long
ears of rich Illinois corn. Of course, there i s a crop,
but not the great crop for which our section is
famous. We'll get business, although we may have
to work a little harder this year than formerly to
secure it."
Convention Notes.
Miss Tilo Jones was registration clerk of the con-
vention, and proved herself most efficient and
obliging.
H. J. Lajoie, traveler out of Xew York for the
Auto-Pneumatic Action Company, of which W. C.
Heaton is president, was in attendance at the Cheese
Hounds buffet feast on Wednesday evening, Room
10, Palmer House, Chicago. Mr. Lajoie had been
at Milwaukee within a day or two, where he found
business conditions improving.
Henrv Gearman, traveler for the Kohler Industries
out of Chicago, who was at the Cheese Hounds fes-
tivities, Chicago, and whose home is in that city,
said he had just returned from a very successful
southern trip. He thinks that the South gives prom-
ise of wonderful development and that it has already
begun.
Henry G. Behrens, traveler for the Tonk Mfg. Co., Artistic Design and Finish Combined with
Chicag, was one of the roadmen who attended the
Rare and Distinctive Tonal Qualities
convention this week. Mr. Behrens told about the
Make the Pianos Appreciated.
great interest of the dealers in the Period line of
Tonkbenches prepared by his company. "The variety
The J. Bauer & Co. grand, size 6 ft. 1 in., made
of the presentations in Tonkbenches and their artistic by Julius Bauer & Co., Chicago, is shown in an
design attracts every observant dealer," he said.
accompanying cut, which makes plain the beauties
The address of John Parnham on "Period Models"
was of a highly inspiring character and impressed
his own view r s of the potentialities of the Period
styles to interest the piano buyers.
The "Melody Way" method of piano class instruc-
tion was most fittingly presented by W. Otto Miess-
ner, who detailed its processes and summed up the
very satisfactory results of the method as used by
music merchants.
BEAUTIES OF THE
J. BAUER & CO. GRANDS
TRADE NEWS FROM
SOUTHERN INDIANA POINTS
Evansville Music Firm Moves to Larger Quarters
and Activities of Dealers Elsewhere Are Noted.
The Schneider-Jordan Music Company has left
its quarters at 220 South First street, Evansville, Ind.,
and now is located at 223 South Third street. The
change was made necessary to take care of the grow-
ing business of "the biggest little music store in the
world," the owners say. Ralph Jordan, in addition to
his work in the store, is the clarinetist for the Grand
Theater in Evansville. Phil Schneider, too, is well
known in music circles there as a teacher and player
of the saxophone.
Henry Hudson, of the Hudson Music House at
Boonville, Ind., and his wife have become members
of the Boonville Philharmonic Music Club, one of
the leading musical organizations in southern Indiana.
W. B. Miller, head of the firm of the Harding &
Miller Music Company at Evansville, Ind., has been
elected as one of the stewards of the Trinity Meth-
odist Episcopal Church at Evansville to serve the
ensuing year.
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OTTO LESTINA VISITS CHICAGO.
grand, which arrived at the warerooms on Monday
Otto Lestina, superintendent of the piano factories evening of this week.
of the H. C. Bay Company, Bluffton, Ind., was in
Chicago on Thursday of this week and spent some
time at the company's headquarters, 305 South
Wabash avenue in conference with the heads of the
house. It goes without saying that the company is
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The Bears Furniture Co., South Main street,
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