July IS, 1929
TRADE NEWS FROM
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Trade News from State of Wisconsin Activi-
ties in Badger State Followed by
Good Piano Sales.
Miss Elmira Kruse, who has been employed at the
Buckheim Music Company store at Sheboygan for
the past, ten years, has taken a similar position at
the Eichholz Music store, Milwaukee. She has ap-
peared on numerous musical programs in the past and
was a member of the Sheboygan Music Club.
The Ward-Brodt Music Co.. Madison, formerly
located at 328 State street, his moved to the newly
acquired quarters which have rtoused the Hook Bro-
thers Piano Co. on State street. The new store will
be the most completely equipped musical merchandise
centers in Madison. Two years ago T. Lane Ward
and Cecil D. Brodt, owners of the Ward-Brodt Music
Co., were employed by Hook Brothers when they
decided to launch their own enterprise for the sale of
sheet music and band instruments. So rapidly has
this concern grown that last year it transacted busi-
ness in sheet music with people living in twenty-six
states. For the time being, Floyd Hook will continue
with the Ward-Brodt Music Co. as manager of its
piano department.
The Milwaukee Piano Company's newly remodeled
home makes possible a new type of service to music
lovers. Three floors are superbly fitted for the dis-
play of the new model Waltham piano. The Mil-
waukee Piano Co. is located at 270 West Water
street, and the president is Paul F. Netzow, and
Elmer G. Netzow is treasurer.
A large addition is being erected at the Edison
Wood Products, Inc., plant at New London, Wis.
New woodworking machinery reinforcing present
equipment to secure larger output is being installed.
The employes now number 300 and it is expected to
reach a total of 500 by July 1. The business outlook
is declared good and many orders are ahead for radio
cabinets.
The Mann-Foster Music Co., successors to the Van-
denberg Music Co., Green Bay, has announced formal
opening. The new company is under the manage-
ment of O. F. Mann, who has,been in full control of
this business for the past' fifteen years! and J. M.
Foster, who has been in active service for this same
company for the past three and ^one-half years.
Syncopation was defined as^the progressive move-
ment from bar to bar, by Dr. Shailer Mathews, dean
of the University of Chicago divinity school, speaking
on "Music and Morals." at the formal banquet of the
North Central Music Supervisors' conference at the
Schroeder Hotel, Milwaukee.
The Mann-Foster Music Company is the newly
adopted name of the Green Bay, Wisconsin, firm
which has done business for 25 years as the Vanden-
berg Music Co., However, there has been no one by
the name of Yandenberg connected with the business
since the firm was incorporated, fifteen years ago.
Oscar Mann has been in complete charge of
the business for the past fifteen years and will con-
tinue to manage the business, as senior partner of the
Mann-Foster Music Co.
James Foster has been connected with the firm
for the past three years as manager of the Victrola
Department, and is now junior partner in the firm,
which is incorporated, owned and controlled by mem-
bers of the Mann and Foster families.
The Geo. E. Richter Piano Co. of Madison has an-
nounced its appointment as exclusive representative
for the Emerson piano and the A. B. Chase piano in
the city of Madison and the counties of Sauk, Rock,
Green. Dane and Richland.
CONTEST IN MADISON
A piano playing contest has been promoted by the
Forbes-Meagher Music Co., Madison, Wis., cooper-
ating with the Wheeler Conservatory of Music and a
local newspaper. The contest is for young and ad-
vanced students and a main award is a one-year schol-
arship under Max von Schuldt of the Wheeler Con-
servatory staff. In addition to the instruction the
Forbes-Meagher Music Co. offers free use of a piano
to the winner during the duration of the scholarship.
WHITTINGTON AT THE BALDWIN.
Dorsey Whittington, internationally known pianist,
who was the featured artist "at the Baldwin" Sunday,
July 14, over WJZ and associated N. B. C. stations,
is one of the few American musicians who has been
able to establish a place for himself in the musical
life of two continents. He recently had the distinc-
tion of winning the Schubert memorial award. He
has taught in the New York Institute of Musical Art
of the Julliiard Foundation for three seasons and
also had conducted private classes in Berlin, Paris
and New York.
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P R E S T 0-T I M E S
DU BARRY'S S. O. S.
Count George Hay du Barry, the humorist of the
music trade of Seattle, Wash., has a scheme to make
no end of millions and he has patented it in all seri-
ousness. He points owi^how dangerous it is for the
driver of the stalled car to stand in the roadway
waving for approaching motorists to stop. It is an
invitation to a shower of bullets.
"But think of the convenience when you have a flag
that you can display, without getting out of your
stalled, dar in the rain^a flag that states, your par-
ticular trouble in big letters,'.' he explains.
There are four flags. One . says: "SOS SEND
TIRE." And the others: "SOS SEND MECHANIC"
and "SOS' SEND WRECKER." .
MAJE.SJIC RADIO DEALERS
; : : i : ^ V "CANADIAN CONVENTION
I t Is Being Held Today and Tomorrow in Royal
York Hotel, Toronto.
Toronto has been chosen as the 1929 convention
city of the Rogers and Majestic radio dealers in the
Dominion.
Five hundred merchants will gather for the annual
conclave. This announcement is made by B. A.
Trestrail, vice-president of the Q. R. S. Canadian
Corporation Limited, who distribute radio products
to the retail trade.
Headquarters of the convention will he in the Royal
York Hotel. Business meetings, dinners and enter-
tainment are being arranged for Monday and Tuesday,
July 15 and 16.
The plans being made for feting the visitors are
very elaborate and complete. Among the men of
prominence who will be there for this event will be
Wendell Hall, the red-headed music maker; B. J.
Grigsby, president, and Herbert Young, salesman-
ager of the Grigsby-Grunow Company, manufactur-
ers of Majestic radios in Chicago; Madame Sturkow-
Ryder, internationally famous pianist, and others.
The convention will be coincident to the opening
of the big new factory in which the Canadian out-
put of Rogers and Majestic radios will be manufac-
tured.
MATHUSHEK MADE WITH CARE.
Established in 1863, the Mathushek piano, the slogan
of which is "Known for Tone," is one of the oldest
makes in the United States. It contains features not
found in any other instrument. In a little folder
recently issued by the Mathushek Piano Mfg. Co.,
132nd street and Alexander avenue, New Yofk, these
statements appear: "A good piano is not the product
of a mechanic but of a master craftsman. The
Mathushek establishment is not operated on mass
production principles. Each part of the Mathushek
is made with infinite care by master builders—the
cream of the industry's craftsmen!"
DELIGHTED WITH GULBRANSEN.
The Riverside Glee Club of Riverside, 111., appeared
recently in concert at Fourth Congregational Church,
2621 North Talman avenue, Chicago. This organi-
zation does very effective assemble work. Following
their successful concert at Fourth Congregational
Church, Mr. Muncie penned the following: "I am
delighted with the round, rich, full tone of the Gul-
bransen piano. I find in group singing that it gives
perfect support; it is sympathetic, vibrant and re-
sponsive. I am especially pleased when I find that
some one has thoughtfully provided a Gulbransen
piano when we appear in concert."
A New
UPHOLSTERED
BENCH
Radios
Midget Uprights
Small Grands
Without Music Compartment
J f X E R E is The Tonkbench Shop's
answer to the demand for a correctly
proportioned bench, for small, low-*
keyboard pianos.
It is 18 inches high.
The top size is 12 inches by 23 inches.
The standard finishes for the base are
Mahogany and Walnut but these benches "
may be ordered unfinished, for painting
or lacquering in colors/'
The upholstered tops are offered in Red,
Green, Blue, Brown or Taupe—Figured
Velours.
Originally designed as a Radio Bench,
this model has attained unusual popu-
larity; not only in the Radio Field but
in its new role as a bench, which in style,
proportion, comfort and color-harmony,
matches perfectly the new ideas in small
piano construction and decoration.
In ordering specify
No. 42J/ 2
Mahogany, Walnut or Unfinished
Red, Blue, Brown or Taupe Tops.
ZENITH ROCHESTER DISTRIBUTOR.
Zenith Radio Corporation announces the appoint-
ment of Thomas J. Northway, Inc., as Zenith dis-
tributor for Rochester, N. Y., and territory. Thomas
J. Northway, Inc., whose business address is 100
Exchange street, Rochester, have been successful
distributors of automotive and electrical supplies for
over thirty years, having established in 1895. The
last four years have seen radio added to the business
and today they are recognized as the most aggres-
sive distributors of radio in the territory. Thomas
J. Northway is president, Chas. W. Frisbie vice-
president and treasurer, and Roy M. Smith, manager
of sales and radio division.
As the shipping weight of this bench is
only 12 pounds, we suggest ordering in
lots of 12 or including other benches in
order to take full advantage of the 100-
pound minimum freight rate.
TRANSITONE OPENS CHICAGO BRANCH.
The Automobile Radio Corporation, whose head-
quarters is in Long Island City, N. Y., announces the
opening of a branch office and installation department
at 3913 South Michigan avenue, Chicago. The transi-
fbne is a radio receiver designed to be installed in an
automobile, which is manufactured at the Long
Island plant.
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Company
POSTAGE STAMP-HONORS EDISON.
LOS ANGELES BRANCH
Furthering the honors being heaped upon Thomas
A. Edison in this, the fiftieth year since his produc-
tion of the first incandescent lamp, the United States
Government has issued a new 2-cent postage stamp in
commemoration of this great electrical achievement.
4627 East 50th St.,
Los Angeles, Calif.
1912 Lewis Si.
CHICAGO
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