Presto

May, 1930
PRESTO-TIMES
NEW INCORPORATIONS, FIRMS,
CHANGES, REORGANIZATIONS
NEW STORE AT TERRE HAUTE.
The Brunswick Shop in Terre Haute, Ind., has
moved from 527 Wabash avenue to 829 Wabash
avenue. J. R. Bibb is in charge of the service depart-
ment for phonographs and pianos. An M. Schulz Co.
Baby Grand occupies one display window in the new
store, while the other pianos back in the store are
the Chickering, Packard, Schulz and Knabe makes.
C. G. Conn band instruments, Brunswick and other
radios and Capehart Orchestropes are also handled.
NEW STORE AT LANSDOWNE, PA.
Mort F. Farr has converted the second floor of his
establishment at 7049 Garrett road, Lansdowne, Pa.,
into a beautiful piano salon. Thomas Atkins, an
experienced piano man, is in charge of the store and
his stock consists of a fine lot of Straube pianos from
the factories of the Straube Piano Co. at Hammond,
Ind.
NEW STORE AT WOODWARD, OKLA.
The Alexander Music Co. has opened a store at 610
East Main street. Woodward, Okla. The company,
managed by Ollie Alexander, of Greenville, Tex., is
handling the Starr and Cable-Nelson pianos and
Brunswick and Crown phonographs, as well as phono-
graph records and sheet music.
C. G. Conn, Ltd., the well-known Indiana corpora-
tion, has been incorporated under the New York laws,
"to deal in musical instruments, music rolls, etc."
New York office. 56 Cooper square. Alfred L. Smith,
vice-president; $4,100,000, shares $100 each. Filed by
Henry Uttal, 521 Fifth avenue, New York.
Concessioners Corporation, 3165 Lincoln avenue,
Chicago. Capital, $20,000. Deal in musical supplies
of all kinds. Incorporators: Sylvain VVeel, Nada
Schulich and Joseph J. Ehrlich. Correspondent: Harry
M. Ehrlich, 180 W. Washington street.
A charter has been granted to the Rogers Music
& Radio Co., Inc., Port Arthur, Tex. Capital stock,
$50,000. Incorporators, Karl C. Rogers, John E.
Rogers, Olive R. Williams.
Doolittle & Falkner, Inc.; 7937 South Sangamon
street, Chicago. Capital, 100 shares. Deal in radio
equipment, etc. Incorporators, Edwin M. Doolittle,
Frank B. Falknor and George W. Lorenz.
The opening of the new Brunswick Shop at 829
Wabash avenue, Terre Haute, Ind., was quite a gala
occasion. Roses and other floral decorations were
much in evidence, and the unusually fine display of
musical instruments attracted special attention. One
of the special features of the display was a line of C.
G. Conn Co. band instruments. The M. Schulz
pianos attracted much attention and several first-
class prospects for these instruments were booked.
All in all, the Brunswick opening was one of Terre
Haute's big features of the week.
Wewoka, Okla., is to have a new store to be
known as the Ligon Music Co., owned by J. A. Ligon,
the mayor of the city. The store will be managed
by W. L. James, former proprietor of the James
Music Co., of Holdenville, Okla. Miss Pauline Day,
a musician by profession, will be saleslady in the
sheet music and record department.
H. J. Johnson has been appointed head of the piano
and radio department of the G. A. Crancer Co., at
Lincoln, Neb.
A branch store of the Rialto Music and Art Shop
has been opened by Joe Hemelsten, owner, at 524
South 16th street, Omaha, Neb. Mr. Hemelsten has
two other stores in downtown Omaha and one in
South Omaha. He has signed a new lease on the
1416 Douglas street location.
Durwood W. Cline, president of the Cline Music
Co., is moving his store from 1905 Elm street to 1405
Elm street, Dallas, Tex.
The Sherman Clay & Co. store at Lewistow-n,
Idaho, has been discontinued, or rather taken over by
the Spokane house of Sherman, Clay & Co. Also
their branch at Reno, Nevada, has been discontinued.
A new store which is meeting remarkable suc-
cess, is the Radio Music Store, of Hot Springs, Ark.
This concern deals also quite extensively in phono-
graphs and some other lines of musical instruments
and might be open to put in a line of pianos later
on.
F. S. Smith, head of the Perfection Furniture Co.,
2267 Clybourn avenue, Chicago, is finding trade con-
ditions improving and he has put on some extra help
in the production of cabinets and benches.
"When one becomes disheartened in selling pianos,
just read Presto-Times," says Clement E. Moore,
Springfield, Ohio.
Gibson Bros., who have music stores at Middles-
boro, Corbin and Pineville, Ky., have added Wil-
liamsburgh to their list, according to Wade H. Gib-
son, the owner of the Gibson stores. This house is
the representative of the Baldwin line of pianos.
The William music store at Dayton, Ohio, is now
in charge of Edward Schwartztrauber, formerly of
Miamisburg. Ohio, and more recently connected with
a house in St. Louis, Mo.
Announcement is made of the appointment of H. H.
Rhodes to be manager of the Sioux City store of the
Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co. Mr. Rhodes opened
the first Schmoller & Mueller store in Sioux City at
408 Fourth street, later moving the store to its pres-
ent location at 413 Nebraska street. For the past
two years Mr. Rhodes has been associated with other
music firms of Sioux City.
A class for instruction on the accordion has re-
cently been organized by the Wescott Music Co. at
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Bruno Antonello was en-
gaged for group instruction.
The Harry M. Boxberger Music Shop and the
Cathedral Book Store make a special announcement
of their opening at 1214 South Calhoun street. Fort
Wayne, Ind. Harry M. Boxberger is the president
and Conn J. Sterling the secretary and treasurer of
this new business.
Schmoller & Mueller, 1220 O street, Lincoln Neb.,
make a special announcement of the Steinway, their
leading piano, as follows:
"People who know pianos buy the Steinway. Let
the experience of the leading musical artists guide
you in the selection of the piano for your home. An-
other American concert pianist of note, Lewis Rich-
ards, turns to Steinway as the medium of expression
of his artistry. Mr. Richards w T ill use the Steinway
in his Lincoln appearance Monday before the Mat-
inee Musicale."
The new piano department in connection with the
Mort Farr department store at Lansdowne, Pa ,
opened with interesting exercises and the Straube
piano as their leader, where a fine line of these instru-
ments was on display. The present location of the
Mort Farr Corp. is at 7049 Garrett road. The addi-
tion of the piano business promises to be a valuable
acquisition to Mr. Farr's business. Mr. Farr's busi-
ness has been very extensively along the line of
radios and he is an inventor of a transmitter. Mr.
Farr spent some time recently at the Majestic radio
school in Chicago.
Gladys Olwee's Music Shop is the name of a new
business just started at 33 Monument Circle, Indian-
apolis, Ind.
The salesroom of the Greenville Piano Co. at 529
South Broadway, Greenville, Ohio, reconstructed and
redecorated, makes one of the most interesting houses
in that section of the country.
The P. A. Starck Piano Co. has leased two new
locations for additional branch stores—one at 4102
West Madison street, Chicago, and one at 630 Davis
street, Evanston, 111.
Bankruptcy proceedings have been filed against
Robert A. Kinningham, proprietor of the Kinningham
Temple of Music, Danville, 111.
A fire on May 3 destroyed the stock of the Fergu-
son Music Co. at 2911 Washington avenue, Newport,
News, Va. Manager W. A. Powers estimated the
damage at close to $40,000.
Gordon Laughead, sales manager of the Wurlitzer
Grand Piano Co. of DeKalb, 111., made a trip to
Toronto and other Canadian points in the latter part
of last week, arriving back at his Chicago office on
Saturday, May 17.
Mine. Giulia Pelzer is still teaching the guitar in
London, England, at the remarkable age of 92.
The Galena Pipe Organ Co., Galena, 111., has built
a beautiful organ for the church at Pecatonica, 111.
Foster, Shumaker & Co., who have conducted a
piano store at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, for 25 years,
moved their stock to a modern store room last week.
Columbia Graphophone Co., Ltd., London, Eng-
land, last week declared an interim dividend of 15
per cent on the common stock.
A grand pianoforte made by Bartolomeo Crist-
ofori is said to be still preserved in Florence, Italy.
Mr. Cristofori died in 1731.
The remodeled Eschbach Music House at Ames,
Iowa, was formally opened last week.
A. H. Neimetz has resumed his connection with
the Nortli American Music Shop, 3414 North avenue.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Percy Tonk. head of the Tonk Mfg. Co., piano
stools and benches, 1912 Lewis street, Chicago, is
glad to report that the piano trade is improving at
many points in the United States, consequently his
trade is on the gain.
"Pianos should be tuned at least twice a year" is
the motto on all the stationery used in the corre-
spondence of George F. Hellriegel, tuner, Chaska,
Minn.
E. E. Forbes & Sons Piano Co., of Birmingham,
Ala., have opened a branch store at 10 South Perrv
21
street, Montgomery, Ala , and placed M. Wesley
Parsons in charge. It carries Mason & Hamlin,
Chickcring & Sons, Knabe and Gulbransen pianos.
Charles M. Stieflf, Inc., is holding a closing-out sale
of its store at Scranton, Pa.
The First National Institute of Violin has just
opened studios at 228 Main street, Peoria, 111. Pat
Watters is manager and Prof. Stafford, of St. Louis,
is teacher.
A new Baldwin store has just been opened at 2222
East Douglas street. Wichita. Kan., by C. E. Harts,
formerly of Lyons, Kan.
Rorabaugh-Wiley Music Co., Dodge City, Kan.,
has just moved to 509 First street, that city.
Albert D. Thomas, violin maker, uses the second
floor of his residence at 1215 Rural street, Rockford,
111., as his workshop.
The Clark & Wilson Music Store has taken a lease
of one of the eleven new stores in the Isel Building
at the southwest corner of North Clark street and
Wilson avenue, Chicago.
The Pilot Radio & Tube Corp., New r York, claims
to be one of the largest manufacturers of radio parts
in the world and one of the largest manufacturers of
radio tubes.
A Mighty Wurlitzer organ has been installed in
the Roller Rink at White City Amusement Park, Chi-
cago, and it is heard at different intervals.
R. E. Canon, 316 Thirteenth street, Franklin, Pa.,
is holding a sale of pianos at his store.
The annual spring sale of pianos of the Aeolian
Co., New York and surrounding towns, is now go-
ing on.
Bizet's opera, Carmen, was sung in English on the
night of April 22 and put on the air at station KFI,
Los Angeles. Distinguished artists took part.
The usual phonograph disc record revolves at 78
revolutions per minute.
Kauffman's Music House, 145 East Market street,
Lewistovvn, Pa., is holding special sales of pianos.
MANUFACTURERS SHOULD
[{ADVANCE THEIR PRICES
Joint Meeting of New York Associations Deem This
Necessary.
The recent election of officers by the New York
Piano Manufacturers' Association resulted as fol-
lows: President, Gordon Campbell; first vice-presi-
dent, Webster Janssen; second vice-president, C.
Albert Jacob, Jr.; secretary-treasurer, Albert Behning.
The New York Piano Merchants' Association on
the same day elected these officers:
President,
Charles Hall Jacob; first vice-president, Major E. J.
Winterroth; treasurer, Valentine J. Faeth; secretary,
Albert Behning; executive committee, J. W. Ackerly,
Milton Weil, Charles W. Paul, Byron Collins, Charles
Schultz.
Charles Hall Jacob, in accepting the honor, made
one of the wittiest speeches of the occasion.
The Manufacturers' Association reported a sub-
stantial cash balance on hand. The Merchants' Asso-
ciation was not equally fortunate.
The two associations combined in discussing prob-
lems confronting them at the present time. This was
both interesting and instructive. In this round table
discussion practically every man took part and con-
tributed something helpful. One idea that was ad-
vanced was that the two associations should merge in
the near future and hold joint meetings.
John J. Glynn of the Mathushek house advanced the
opinion that the time had come when the manufac-
turers should advance their prices. This met with
the approval of the meeting. He stated that two of
the leading houses, Steinway and Mathushek, had
already compiled their new price list and adjusted
their retail prices accordingly.
A resolution was passed by the assemblage that
the manufacturers raise their prices and that due notice
of the resoultion be furnished the trade press and
the public at large.
PUSHING NEW WURLITZER.
In a chat with E. H. Petering, of the Rudolph Wur-
litzer Mfg. Co., North Tonawanda, N. Y., a few days
ago, Mr. Petering said to a Presto-Times representa-
tive: "As far as uprights are concerned, we are enjoy-
ing a very nice business and are very optimistic for
the future of the upright pianos particularly because
Wurlitzer dealers have shown the proper spirit in
pushing new Wurlitzer pianos and paying less atten-
tion to the second-hand upright business. Wurlitzer
dealers know there is permanency behind the Wur-
litzer name and they can depend upon our co-opera-
tion and support not just for today but for the future.
"The only reason why we are so optimistic as far
as our product is concerned is the many new dealers
we have added to our ever increasing list—that is, we
believe, an indication that there is a demand for a
popular priced upright, such as the Wurlitzer."
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