May 15, 1929
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short by saying "There's nothing too good for a suc-
cessful piano man."
A. C. Troup and L. A. Troup make their business
headquarters at this store, and their sales manager,
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W. J. Doyle, declares that business has been fairly
tions. Mr. Stieff added that he preferred the little
good lately, considering all the conditions attaching
hustler in the small town as a business-getter with a
to the changes through which we have been passing.
little profit left over to the flashy dealer on the swell
Troup Bros, handle the Steinway, Starr, Brambach,
avenue, whose overhead absorbed all the margins.
Bradbury, Jacob Doll & Sons, Kranich & Bach, Set-
At the Hub Piano Co.
tergren and Stultz & Bauer pianos; in phonographs
A call at the Hub Piano Co., 304 North Howard
the Victor and Sonora, and the Grebe radio.
street, showed that the line handled here consists of
It was a pleasure for Presto-Times eastern corres-
the Krakauer, Milton, Davenport & Treacy and
pondent to again run across in Harrisburg Eddie
Farrington pianos; the Majestic, R. C. A., Atwater
Kent, Brunswick and Zenith radios; and the Victor, Boothe, general wholesale representative of Jacob Doll
& Sons of New York. This was on Saturday, May
Brunswick and Columbia phonographs. Business is
4. The following day, Sunday, May 5, Mr. Boothe was
fair.
some hundred of miles north of Harrisburg in the
The National's Good Trade.
Allegheny mountains.
E. Hartman is manager at the National Piano Co.,
A Great Victor Promoter.
322 North Howard street, Baltimore, and here I found
the line to consist of Autopianos, Cable & Sons in-
At Harrisburg Eddie Boothe introduced the Presto-
struments, a full line of Lesters, and the Majestic Times man to Miss J. T. McKeough, who is on the
radio. Business was much improved lately.
road at present representing the sales promotion de-
Victor Making Radio.
partment of the Victor Talking Machine Company.
Her office is in the Candler Building, Baltimore, and
Starting on the 6th of May the Victor Talking
she travels all over the old South, giving wonderful
Machine Co. opened an exhibit at the Southern Hotel
demonstration concerts. At one of these concerts
in Baltimore showing its new screen grid machines,
last December her auditors in a southern city included
and this created a lively sensation in the radio trade
Col. Lindbergh and many diplomats, authors, states-
of the city.
men and other celebrities, such as have seldom been
HARRISBURG.
gathered together in one group on the American con-
L. A. Troup Has New $100,000 Residence.
tinent and all took keen interest in the program. Miss
It always pleases Presto-Times to hear of the suc- McKeough is a Green Bay, Wis., woman, but she
cess of men in the piano business, whether the}'- made now resides in Baltimore and likes the Maryland me-
tropolis very much.
all of their money in that line or not. Therefore, it
is a pleasure to note here that L. A. Troup of Troup
Met A. M. Sweetland of the Starr.
Bros. Piano House, 8 North Market street, Harris-
Another
gentleman I met in Harrisburg was A. M.
burg, Pa., has just built a $100,000 home for him-
Sweetland, Starr wholesale traveler. Mr. Sweetland
self and family in this most gorgeously beautiful
state capital. There are no prettier drives in Paris is known all over this country. At one time he was
or in Chicago than those in and around Harrisburg, on the road fourteen years for Newman Bros, of
Chicago. Other Starr wholesale road men at present
and it is beside one of the grandest of these along the
Susquehanna River on North Front street that Mr. are A. L. Jewett, of Boston, and William Klump, of
Troup's new French model mansion stands, adding its Texas. Mr. Sweetland's home is in South Bend, In-
majestic graces and artistic beauty to a most charm- diana
Other Harrisburg Dealers.
ing residential section. The stone in the building is
from the neighboring mountains of the Allegheny
Other piano dealers in Harrisburg are John H.
ranges. The interior is even prettier than the ex- Troup. who has a large store at 21 South Market
terior, including rare balustrades and panelings in square; Yohn Bros., whose store is at 21 North 4th
mahogany and native woods, so we'll cut this story street; Miller's Piano Store, 3rd and Foster streets;
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Steger Bros, at 321 Broad street, and A. E. Spangler,
2112 North 6th street. All are doing some business.
CINCINNATI
D. F. Summey to Attend Convention.
Presto-Times Correspondent had a very pleasant
visit with Dan F. Summey and Phil B. Stanbery, 113
West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, on May 5. This
business is conducted in interests of Hardman and
Conover pianos. Mr. Summey, as the trade well
knows, was a general traveler for many years for
The Cable Company of Chicago and with other con-
cerns. He does not think so much of the player end
of the business, as he does of the hand-played pianos.
He has never sold radios and he thinks he never will.
His territory on the road nowadays is somewhat cir-
cumscribed; but he still travels a little and counts
among his places of call parts of Ohio, and Hunting-
ton and Charleston, West Virginia. It is very likely
that Mr. Summey will be seen at the coming Chicago
convention, and it certainly will be a great pleasure
to him to meet hundreds of old acquaintances there
and renew the friendships of former years.
A Piano Salesmen's Meeting.
A call at the Otto Grau Piano, 222 West 4th Street,
was made. All of the men were upstairs at a meeting
of the piano salesmen, the bookkeeper said. I dis-
creetly avoided disturbing this meeting, for I fully
realize that a meeting to inspire "pep" in piano sales-
men nowadays is a very important incentive to ac-
tion. In addition to pianos, this house handles Vic-
trolas and Brunswick Phonographs.
Phil. Wyman's Successful Trip.
Phil. Wyman of the Baldwin Piano Company had
just returned an hour before my arrival from a ten-
days' trip which took him as far as Dallas, Texas,
He said that things in the Southwest were never bet-
ter. There had been no rain to speak of in Texas,
so farmers have their crops well under way. The
piano business itself, was improving in many of the
cities he visited and he said the outlook was very
bright.
Mr. Wyman Will Be Most Welcome.
One of the gentlemen who will receive the warmest
kind of welcome from his numerous acquaintances
at the piano convention will be Phil. Wyman of the
Baldwin Company, Cincinnati.
A Toyland Now.
The spirit of change was evident at the old Smith
tartk
Pianos and Players
afford to Dealers the most
pronounced triumphs of
the Industry.
We are prepared to meet the
trade in Prices and Terms.
P. A. STARCK PIANO CO.
Manufacturers
CHICAGO
FACTORY:
Ashland Ave. and 39th St.
OFFICES:
228-230 So. Wabash Ave.
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