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Issue: 1929 2214

January 5, 1929
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PREST 0-T I M E S
Moody St., Waltham, Mass.; A. M. Hume, 196 Boyl-
ston St., Boston; W. E. Ralph Hunt, 21 Forest Ave.,
Portland, Me.; Fred S. Huntley, 356 Main St., Fitch-
burg, Mass.; Horace Jones, 170 Harrison Ave., Bos-
ton; John E. Keller, 302 Water St., Augusta, Me ;
R. G. Kneupfer, 286 Essex St., Lawrence, Mass.;
Theodore J. Kraft, 1291 Washington St., Boston;
Impressive Membership List of New England Harry S. Lefavour, 186 Essex St., Salem, Mass.;
M. N. Levy, 114 Boylston St., Boston.
Music Trade Association Includes Many
And D. D. Luxton.
Men Active in Civic Affairs and Well
D. D. Luxton, 2 School St., Boston; H. H.
Known to Music Trade Everywhere.
McDonald, 261 Tremont St., Boston; Archibald C.
The tercentenary of the founding of the Massa- MacLean, 56 Bristol St., Boston; Wm. P. Marsh,
chusetts Bay Colony is to be celebrated in Boston in vice-president of Mason & Hamlin Co., 146 Boylston
1930. A special commission who shall serve without St., Boston; W. C. W. Marshall, White River Junc-
pay recommends the appropriation by the legislature tion, Vt.; Henry L. Mason, 146 Boylston St., Boston;
of $105,000. It has considered nothing in the way Chas. L. McHugh, president of the Standard Action
of a world's fair. Parades and a big Fourth of July Co., 4 Osborn St., Cambridge, Mass.; E. J. Mclntire,
celebration are to be included. The 300th anniversary 888 Elm St., Manchester, N. H.; Andrew Meiklejohn,
of the General Court falls on October 19, 1930. Of 45 Park Place, Pawtucket, R. I.; Frank A. Merriam,
course the music trade will take an active part in South Acton, Mass.; Geo. A. Moore, 44 Farnsworth
St., Boston; Harold S. Morse, vice-president of
events.
Turner Music Co., Postoffice box A-44, West Palm
New England Music Men.
Beach, Florida; Chas. S. Norris, 181 Tremont St.,
The New England Music Trade Association has Boston; William J. Parker, 120 Boylston St., Boston;
not a history as old as the state but it has been in Morey Pearl, 7 Beals St., Brookline; Clarence H.
existence since May 9, 1896. The only member who Pond, 258 Boylston St., Boston; Ava W. Poole, 84
died during the last year was John L. Cotter, pro- Sidney St., Cambridge, Mass.; W. W. Radcliffe, 120
prietor of the John L. Cotter Piano Co., 120 Boylston Boylston St., room 426, Boston; Geo. E. Richards,
street, Boston.
Boston Post, Boston; Marcellus Roper, 284 Main St.,
The association president is Shepard Pond, the Worcester, Mass.; Ralph P. Russell, 146 Boylston
first vice-president, J. Frank Beal of Brockton; the St., Boston; Geo. L. Schirmer, 18 Boylston St., Bos-
second vice-president, Jerome E. Murphy, the secre- ton; A. E. Schmalzigan, 591 Broad St., Newark,
tary-treasurer, W. F. Merrill.
N. J.; Peter Schwamb, 1171 Massachusetts Ave.,
The other members of the association are Edward Arlington, Mass.; S. B. Schwartz, 261 Tremont St.,
S. Payson, Lexington, Mass., chairman of the execu- Boston; Chandler W. Smith, Glastonbury, Conn.;
tive board; Frank C. Allen, Portland, Me.; Frederick Herman T. Spain, 791 Tremont St., Boston; Harry
T. Anderson, South Middleboro, Mass.; John Ander- L. Spencer, 314 Stuart St., Boston; Chas. F. Spooner,
son, A. J. Archambault, Boston; Edward D. Avery, 836 Purchase St., New Bedford, Mass.; Alexander
Boston; Laurence Barry, 326 Clark road, Brookline, Steinert, 162 Boylston St., Boston; Harry W. Stevens,
Mass.; Chas. P. Blinn, 33 Kenwood street, Brookline, 160 Bovlston St., Boston; Geo. C. C. Sykes, 144
Mass.; Louis R. Bressler, 131 Slate street, Boston; Boylston St., Boston, Mass.; Geo. E. Sylvia, of Chas.
Albert T. Briggs. 1270 Massachusetts avenue, Cam- F. Wing Co., New Bedford, Mass.; Fred H. Reed,
bridge, Mass.; Clarence E. Briggs, Park Sq. Blvd., president Prince-Walter Co., 110 Merrimack St.,
Boston; Martin Brown, 131 State St., Boston; Roger Lowell, Mass.; John H. Wilson, Boston Transcript;
S. Brown, Park Sq. Bldg., Boston; John E. Carter, E. B. Wood, 181 Tremont St., Boston.
200 Dartmouth St.. Boston; Jack Coles, 270 Hunt-
ington Ave., Boston; Wm. H. Cook, 64 Broadway.
F. F. STORY IN CALIFORNIA.
Boston; Ernest A. Cressey, 144 Boylston St., Boston:
F. F. Story, vice-president of the Story & Clark
Harry W. Crooker, 2150 Washington St., Boston;
Mason P. Currier, 144 Boylston St., Boston; Herbert Piano Company, Grand Haven, Mich., left the Chi-
L. Davis, 84 Sidney St., Cambridge, Mass.; W. S. cago office at 173 N. Michigan avenue, this week for
Denison, treasurer Denison Organ Pipe Co., Read- a two-months' trip to California. Mr. Story will
ing, Mass.; Philip Eberhardt. president of Theodore spend a large part of the time at the Pasadena home
Schwamb Co., manufacturers of piano cases, 1171 of his brother, E. H. Story, head of the Story &
Massachusetts Ave., Arlington, Mass.; Bradford C. Clark Piano Company.
Edmonds, 791 Tremont St., Boston.
EXHIBIT OLD VIOLIN.
List Continues.
The Chicago branch of the Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.
D. E. Fabyan, 105 Grover Ave., Winthrop High-
lands, Mass.; Almor J. Fairbanks, 120 Boylston St., this week made a special display of a violin made at
Boston; A. J. Fisher, 258 Boylston St., Boston; Milan, Italy, in 1752, by J. B. Cuadagnini. The dis-
Edward J. Fitzgerald, 635 W. 50th St., New York; play commanded the attention of the many who
Harry E. Folger, 170 Harrison Ave., Boston; Walter pass the large store daily. The price of the famous
Gillis, 144 Boylston St., Boston; J. C. Gossman, Geo. instrument was marked at $8,000.00. Other famous
Steck & Co., Hilltop St., Boston; Fred C. Harlow, violins were featured in the interesting display.
2 School St., Watertown, Mass.; Lyman K. Harvey,
43 Eastern Ave., St. Johnsbury, Vt.; Winthrop A.
Harvey, 144 Boylston St., Boston; Abram J. Hindes,
144 Boylston St., Boston; Menzo L. Howard, 515
NEW ENGLAND
ASSN. GROWS
STUDY SONG'S POPULARITY.
Music teachers, meeting in Cleveland, Ohio,, re-
cently in the fiftieth convention of their national as-
sociation, spent a day trying to find what makes a
popular song popular—why, for instance, a song like
"Suwanee River" should live and a similar one like
"Banks of the Wabash" die.
BANG!—WE'RE OFF!
Over 1000 orders were filled the past month to
Professional Artist for this "Song." In every
State of U. S. A.
THE MAN THAT CATCHES ME MUST
HAVE THE GOOD HARD CASH
(Comic with Extra Verses)
Regular Trade Price—Retails at 35c
Write for Special Introductory Rates
(Unsold copies can be exchanged.)
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through their sales agents in Barcelona, London, or
Paris.
Many American exporting houses have found it
satisfactory and efficient to arrange for a central
agent in either Barcelona or London where stocks
are carried and distribution is made. The agent also
Interesting Facts About Conditions of Trade handles continental sales through his sales agents and
by traveling representatives, and he investigates
There Told in Letter from Consul
credits, attends to collections, adjustments, etc., and
Kemp of Las Palmas.
makes remittances direct to manufacturers in the
Vice Consul Percy G. Kemp, Las Palmas, writes United States.
Advertising, in a small way, is resorted to occa-
that most wealthy families in the Canary Islands own
pianos as well as other musical instruments. Dealers sionally by the insertion of notices in local news-
estimate that there are approximately 1,500 pianos in papers. This added sales effort is more particularly
the Las Palmas district and even more in the Tenerife applied to phonographs and pianos.
Dealers in musical instruments are usually granted
district. Ten per cent of the number are said to be
60 to 90 days credit, according to the size of the order
of the automatic or player-piano type.
German pianos predominate, although American and the financial standing of the buyer. The greatest
instruments are gaining in popularity. Retail prices care should be exercised in extending credit to local
of pianos vary between $200 and $500. The German houses—and credit should be granted only after thor-
piano prevails over the American in the ratio of about ough investigation and upon the highest recommenda-
tion of local bankers.
10 to 1. There are but few organs sold.
A list of dealers in the Canary Islands in musical
Phonographs Sell Well.
instruments may be obtained upon request from the
Phonographs of American manufacture are in good Commercial Intelligence Division, Bureau of Foreign
demand. Retail prices of this instrument range from and Domestic Commerce.
$35 to $200, according to size and equipment. The
THE BIG SCHILLER OUTPUT.
smaller instruments are purchased in greater num-
bers, the most important being, in order of demand,
A gratifying fact for the Schiller Piano Co., Ore-
guitars, violins, and mandolins. Guitars sell at $2.50 gon, 111., is that Schiller grands have exceeded the
to $8, violins, $4 to $30; and mandolins, $4 to $8. production in 1928 by units and greatly in excess in
Clarinets and violincellos are sold in smaller numbers volume of dollars and cents over the output of 1927.
at prices ranging from $15 to $30. The total sales of
The year 1929 promises still better period grand
these five small instruments aggregate approximately business and a fair production of uprights. The com-
$2,500 annually. Guitars are used widely by the labor- pany is not giving much attention now to upright
ing classes and country peasants.
player piano business but will meet all demands re-
quired in the manufacture of reproducing pianos.
Sales Methods.
The Schiller Piano Company will have important an-
Phonographs, pianos, and stringed instruments are nouncements to make early in the new year.
carried in stock by local dealers. These instruments
are usually purchased direct from manufacturers or
MUSIC GOODS SALES IN
THE CANARY ISLANDS
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
PIANO BASS STRINGS —PIANO REPAIR SUPPLIES
TUNERS AND REPAIRERS
Our new Illustrated Catalogue of Piano
and Player Hardware, Felt* and Tools
is now ready. If you haven't received
your copy let us know.
1305-09 North 27th St.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Philip W. Oetting & Son, Inc.
Worry Over Player Details
is avoided by the manufac-
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In his products. He knows
everything is all right and
that the best musical quali-
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213 East 19th Street, New York
Sole Agent* for
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The market for phonographs in Gautemala has
been steadily improving, according to U. S. Consul
General G. K. Donald at Guatemala City, and the
United States has been supplying about 83 per cent
of the total imports. Few radio sets are sold, owing
to certain climatic conditions that make radio recep-
tion difficult throughout the greater part of the year.
Phonograph sales, however, are good and portable
phonographs of all types are in great demand. Com-
petition between the dealers handling American
makes is keen and new stores handling phonographs
and records have been opened recently in the princi-
pal business street of Guatemala City, which is the
capital, commercial center and chief city of the
republic.
RALPH B. WAITE WITH CABLE CO.
Ralph B. Waite, wel-known Chicago piano man,
is now associated with The Cable Piano Company,
having joined that house on Monday, this week.
WINS PADEREWSKI PRIZE.
Hans Levy Heniot, Chicagoan, has been awarded
the Paderewski prize of $1,000 granted for the best
work for orchestra by an American composer. An-
other prize of $500 for the best piece of chamber
music was awarded to Homer C. Humphrey of
Boston. Mr. Heniot is connected with the American
conservatory in Chicago. Mr. Humphrey is organist
of the Second Unitarian church of Boston and is a
teacher of organ and harmony at the New England
Conservatory of Music. The Paderewski Trust was
established May 15, 1900, with Henry L. Higginson
and William B. Blake as trustees. Both having died
since that time, in June, 1922, Mr. Paderewski ap-
pointed Arthur D. Hill and Joseph Adamoski, both
of Boston, as trustees. The judges in this season's
contest were Henry Hadley, Frederick S. Converse,
and Wallace Goodrich.
PIANO KEY REPAIRING
KEYS RETURNED IN 24 HOURS
BEST GRADE IVORINE
RECOVERING
$8.00
BUSHING
3.50
SHARPS
2.50
NEW FRONTS
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PLAYER ACTIONS REPAIRED
Prompt and efficient sen-Ice
Striking Pneumatic*
Air Motors, Governors, etc.. Recovered
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Good Market Is Reported with Great Favor for
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PIANO ACTION COMPANY
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PHONOGRAPHS FOR GAUTEMALA
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Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
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Playei-actions installed. Instruments
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Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
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