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April 15, 1929
P R E S T O-T I M E S
LATE MUSIC TRADE NOTES
Carlin attributes the increase in sales to the adver-
tising done by the National Association of iPano
Manufacturers. He declares that the general public
H. A. Weymaiin & Son, Philadelphia, in turning are displaying more interest in the piano today than
over their Chestnut street building to the American they have for some years past.
Piano Co. recently retired from the retail field to de-
The Marion Music Company continues to place
vote its entire energies to the wholesaling of Victor Schumann pianos in some of the best homes of the
talking machine and radio combinations and to the city. A recent sale was one of the I'eriod models,
manufacture of the well-known Weymann banjos and El Bacco, in Italian Renaissance style. At the recent
string instruments.
convention of the Indiana Photoplay Endorsers, held
The building at 1108 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, at the Claypool Hotel, the Schumann piano was used
recently taken over by the American Piano Co. for exclusively.
retail warerooms, is a five-story structure in the heart
The Brinkerhoff piano, in the hands of the Marion
of the business district and will be entirely remodeled Music Company, especially the grand, is making many
to meet the needs of the company in the display and new friends in Indianapolis, and the sales of this in-
sale of the American Piano Company's line.
strument are increasing rapidly.
Miss Eleanor Desmond, former assistant to Mrs.
Frank O. Wilking, president of the Wilking Music
Lucia Carmine, head of the record department of
Company, who spent several days in Chicago last
Strawbridge & Clothier's department store, Phila- week, went to De Kalb to see the new styles of the
delphia, has succeeded the latter as manager of the Wurlilzer pianos. The company reports the sale of
record division. Airs. Carmine is the new head of the a Jesse French & Sons style "G" to the Memorial
record department of J. Ralph Wilson Co., 1710 Presbyterian Church. Business with the company
Chestnut street.
is excellent.
Visitors in Indianapolis recently were: Mr. Har-
ris one of the Packard Piano Company, Fort Wayne,
Ind.; Mr. Rauworth of the Rauworth Grand Piano
The Pearson Piano Company, Indianapolis, reports Company, Bellevue, Iowa; Clyde C. Holcombe of the
business satisfactory and the prospects for the future Kohler industries, W. C. Hess of the B. K. Setter-
pronv'sing. One of the outstanding features of this gren Company, and R. Janney of the Aeolian
Company.
house, is the increasing calls for Steinway pianos, in
which the sales are gradually increasing. A recent
sale worthy of mention was style"D" Steinway Con-
cert Grand, to the Shortridge high school, for use
in the auditorium of the Caleb Mills Hall.
B. A. May, who for the past thirty years has been
The Starr Piano Company, Sales Corporation, has
closely identified with the retail piano business of
added the entire line of Graybar electric appliances
The addition of the line will not interfere in any Columbus, O., has joined the organization of the Otto
way with the piano sales division. It will be con- B. Heaton music store, there, as a special representa-
ducted and operated as a separate unit under sep- tive.
The business of the Can field Piano Co., Cincinnati.
arate management, and sales force. The record de-
partment of the company lias been moved to the Ohio, which was declared bankrupt last February, has
second Moor of the building, and the space will be been discontinued by Charles J. Meinberg, receiver,
occupied by the new electric line. The piano busi- who sold all of its stock at auction.
The M. O'Neil Company of Akron, Ohio, recently
ness is very good, according to reports and has
shown a very marked improvement in the last thirty sold a Marshall & Wendell Louis XVI Period Model
days. H. G. Hook, manager, has been elected presi- to Evan Williams, Jr., music critic of the Akron
dent of the Majestic Radio Dealers' Club, a newly Times Press, and a son of the late J. Evan Williams,
organized club in the city composed of radio dealers internationally known singer. Mr. Williams' mother
has a Mason & Hamlin in her home which was like-
handling the Majestic line.
Frank Carlin of the Carlin Music Company, re- wise bought from M. O'Neil Company. The same
ports a big improvement in the piano business. Mr. dealer recently sold a J. & C. Fischer piano to The
Portage, leading hotel in Akron.
The Background
PHILADELPHIA
INDIANAPOLIS
OHIO
DISTINCTIVE
TONE QUALITY
For generations Poehlmann
Music Wire and Fly Brand
Tuning Pins have made
many pianos famous for
their r e n o w n c d tonal
qualities.
The continued prestige of Fly Branc
Pins and Poehlmann Wire is clue solely
to quality. Every detail is watched
minutely. Made from special drawn wire
by men who have done nothing else fo" a
lifetime, they embody every kno^n
requisite for quality. That is why many
manufacturers of high grade pianos de-
mand Poehlmann W i r e a n d Flu
Brand Pins.
SOLE AGENT, U.S.A.
AMERICAN PIANO SUPPLY CO.
Division of
HAMMACHER-SCHLEMMER & CO.
104-106 East 13th St.
New York, N. Y.
ST. LOUIS
The American Piano Company opened a new
Ampico Hall at 1005 Olive street, St. Louis, on April
1. In keeping with the traditions and prestige of
Ampico Hall the new store is one of the most attrac-
tive piano show rooms in the Middle West and
carries the full line of American Piano Company
pianos as well as the famous Ampico. The latest
ideas in piano display have been embodied in the St.
Louis Ampico Hall and a background of culture and
distinction was designed by an eminent firm of in-
terior decorators. R. W. Elam is the manager.
Ampico Hall Manager.
Mr. Elam is a native St. Louisan and started his
career with the old Bollman Brothers Piano Com-
pany. He had a wide experience in the selling and
merchandising of pianos with the Barr Company; the
Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney Company, where he
was for two years manager of the piano department;
the Massey Piano Company, which he also managed.
The Name
STRICH & ZEIDLER
on a piano
is a guarantee of
QUALITY
Expert piano makers of distinction
strive to preserve the reputation for
thoroughness achieved by the Up-
rights and Grands bearing the
STRICH & ZEIDLER NAME
Th© Homer Piano, also made by
Strich & Zeidler, Inc., has the guar-
antee of dependability which dis-
tinguishes all the products of the
house.
STRICH & ZEIDLER, INC.
740*742 East 136th Street,
NEW YORK CITY, U. S. A.
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