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P R E S T O-T I M E S
October, 1930
TRADE_PICKUPS
New Firms, Changes, Incorporations, Personal News, Removals,
Piano Sales, Excerpts from Dealers' Advertisements,
and Other Bits of News
A demonstration of interesting and entertaining
music was given by Harold Eckert at a Rotary Club
luncheon given at Hotel Saranac at Saranac Lake,
New York. Mr. Eckert's demonstrations were made
on one of the new electric-phone instruments of the
Capehart variety, put out by the Capehart Orches-
tropc concern at Fort Wayne, Ind.
Andrew Benson and Harry Shurtleff of the Benson
Music Shop, Chicago, were recently visitors at Syca-
more, 111., with a view to opening a branch store at
that place.
The Van Pickerill Music Co. of Montgomery, Ala.,
is advertising a bankrupt sale, saying that "A Ten
Dollar Bill will deliver one of these fine pianos in
your home—a Knabe, Chickering, Gulbransen, Wur-
litzer. Haddorff or Steinway." The Van Pickerill
Music Co. business is now controlled by the E. E.
Forbes Piano Co., the Montgomery manager of which
is M. W. Parsons.
The Lindsey Piano Co. succeeds the Lindsey-Bach
Piano Co.. located in the Metropolitan Theater build-
ing at Rochester, Minn. The firm under the new
name has been conducting a reorganization and fac-
tory co-operative sale of pianos.
Maplewood, N. J., has a new music store to be
known as the Wilson Music House, owned and man-
aged by George W. Wilson, whose musical interests
are well known in and about Maplewood. The store
will be located, at 165 Maplewood avenue and will be
ready to open next Wednesday. Mr. Wilson was
associated with Lyon & Healy for a number of years.
Tunes Music Co., Innes building, Wichita, Kan.,
offer "a beautiful new Packard Grand piano for $790;
artistic in its tone quality, handsomely finished in
choicest lacquered mahogany—an ideal instrument
for the musician."
United States Music Co., which operates a dozen
or more stores throughout New England had a formal
opening last month at New Bedford, Mass., which
promises to become one of their best branches. The
New Bedford branch, which is located at 718 Pleasant
street, is under the personal supervision and man-
agement of Maurice Feldman, who has a number of
years' experience in the music field.
In making an assignment of the Elite Music Co.,
116 South High street, Columbus, Ohio, Carl S.
Williams, the president of that company, said that the
company had accounts receivable of $29,346.30, but
that assets were "frozen."
Joseph Hagler, who has been associated with vari-
oue radio selling agencies in Danville, 111., during the
last few years, has accepted a position as salesman
for the Smith Music Shoppe, 16 North street, that
city.
The J. P. Boyle Music Co., Magnolia, Ark., has
moved its stock to a home on West Monroe street,
that town, and its salesmen are now working sales
from a truck.
The Wewoka, Qkla., Democrat says that remodel-
ing work to provide for a more expansive display of
musical instruments is under way at Hie Ligon
Music Co.
Again the Crown piano is being advertised—this
time at Los Angeles, Calif., by the May Co., whose
music department is on the fourth floor. It is a baby
grand, in mahogany, with duet bench to match, the
action built by Pratt, Read & Co. of Deep River,
Conn. It has ivory keys; the case is finished in duco
lacquer, and the customer's old piano will be accepted
in exchange as part payment.
Agencies Broadcasting Bureau, Ltd., 502 North
Michigan avenue, Chicago. Capital, 5,000 shares non
par value. To engage in the business of radio adver-
tising and broadcasting. Incorporators: P. O. Palmer,
B. I. Salinger, Jr., H. J. Stanhope. Correspondent:
B. I. Salinger, 333 North Michigan avenue, Chicago.
The Yitaphone Distributing Corporation (New York
corporation); objects, motion pictures and phono-
graph records exchange. Indiana agent, Jacob S.
White, Merchants Bank building, Indianapolis. Cap-
ital stock represented in Indiana, 8.19 shares.
The Charles E. Wells Music Co. of Denver an-
nounces at Leadville, Colo., that Mrs. McMorrow's
Home Furniture Store, 212 East Tenth street, Lead-
ville, is now representing the Wells line of used pianos
and also the popular-priced new line of Gulbransen
upright and grand pianos.
Echophone Distributors, Inc., 553 West Randolph
street, Chicago. Capital, $25,000. Sale and distribu-
tion of radios, toys, hardware and cutlery. Incorpora-
tors: Arthur Watts, Jr., Arthur G. Watts, Robert E.
Mary. Correspondent: Echophone, 553'W. Randolph
street.
R. C. Bishop, well-known piano tuner of Enid,
Okla., states to his customers and the trade that he
is a "graduate of Chicago Conservatory of Piano
Tuning with 30 years of practical experience as tuner
and artisan in shops, factories and homes. The past
£0 years in Oklahoma. Not in the employ of any
concern, consequently can give your interests my
undivided attention."
Marck C. Marks, who has been connected with the
Milner Musical Co., 40 West Sixth street, Cincinnati,
Ohio, for the past eight years, has been advanced
to the position of manager. He is a resident of Cov-
ington, Ky., and is widely known as an athlete.
The Redline Piano Co., Mitchell. S. D., has re-
modeled its store.
Grunewald's, 123 Carondelet street, New Orleans,
purchased outright the pick of the remaining stock of
the Junius Hart Piano House, and made a sale of the
goods.
J. W. Jenkins Sons Music Co., 323 East Dbuglas
street, Wichita, Kan., has just dosed the Jenkins 33rd
annual clearance sale in that city. It was combined
with the "great Aeolian cooperative sale."
Alton S. Mygrant, director of the Chamber of Com-
merce band at Kokomo, Ind., has just opened a band
and orchestra store in West Mulberry street, that city.
The Aeolian Co. of Missouri, W. P. Chrisler presi-
dent, 1004 Olive street, St. Louis, Mo., says it is
specializing in grand pianos noted for dependability
and purity of tone. It heads its list with the Stein-
way.
The Gewehr Piano Co., Inc., 216 West 9th street.
Wilmington, Del., says: "Your choice of a piano is
a reflection of your character."
The new Vogue piano of the Howard B. Morenus
make, LaPorte, Ind., is being introduced at Los An-
geles by the Southern California Music Co., Edward
H. Uhl president, 806 South Broadway.
W. L. Womack has been appointed as a representa-
tive of the Baldwin Piano Co. at Pine Bluff, Ark.,
and is working there in conjunction with the Kahn &
Kahn Co. selling Baldwin pianos.
John Graybill, 82 years old, of Milwaukee, Wis.,
devotes his spare time to making violins, a line of
work he has followed for 65 years.
A "coastwide, storewide prosperity sale" of pianos :
radios, talking machines, band and orchestra instru-
ments is being carried on by Sherman, Clay & Co.,
14th and Clay streets, Oakland, Calif.
H. M. Holmes, the new manager of the Milwaukee
branch of the Baldwin Piano Co. at 434 Broadway,
says that prospects for an autumn and winter piano
trade are encouraging.
The Lauter Piano Co.. 591-593 Broad street, New-
ark. N. J., is announcing the Llewellyn Studio size
upright piano as "just the piano for your newly dec-
orated home." The company is exclusive agent for
the Knabe and the Knabe Ampico in Newark.
In the schedule filed for petition in bankruptcy
Charles L. Wilson, Clinton, Iowa, unsecured debts are
listed at $6,707.55 and assets $250, the assets con-
sisting mainly of household goods which are exempt
from sale for benefit of creditors.
In period grands the Jenkins Music Co., 323 East
Douglas avenue, Wichita, Kan., is giving a special
showing from Vose, Everett, Starr and other old-time
piano makers, hilited mahogany and walnut in duco
with period benches to match.
The Sohmer Piano Co. of New York is having
a two-story building erected for its use on Central
avenue, East Orange, N. J., having taken a lease.
Harry Edward Freund has an interesting article
in the September issue of the School Musician, Chi-
cago, anent music study in the public schools.
"Play square with the customer" is the new slogan
of the Will A. Watkin Piano Co., Dallas, Tex.
Kelley Music Co., 710 Cherry street, Chattanooga,
Teun., Straube piano representative in that section,
has for its motto, "If It's Kelley's, It's Music." The
Kelley house has enjoyed a fairly good season in
pianos and anticipates increased sales during the com-
ing autumn and winter months.
W. G. Magness, "The Piano Man," Forest City,
N. C, sent invitations far and wide for visitors at the
Rutherford County Fair to visit his booth and see
the display of Majestic radios and "a fine line of
pianos."
The Spencer Piano Co., Evanston, 111., is adver-
tising the Krell piano. The Krell product is now a
part o( the Starr Piano Co. line.
Barker Bros, of Los Angeles, at their Hollywood
store, 6834 Hollywood boulevard, are advertising a
"Mason" piano, the "Mason Florentine" grand.
The Hopper & Kelly Co. of 945 Broadway. Ta-
coma. Wash., is advertising a line of Gulbransen
grands and uprights.
Pendleton's Music Store, at Shelby, N. C, give
notice to their trade that their place of business is the
center of musical activities at Shelby. A Rutherford,
N. C, paper says of this house that those who
purchase an instrument from Pendleton's Music Store
have this assurance, that the instrument they buy is
dependable in every way, pure and sweet in tone and
true in scale and register. This concern features Gul-
bransen and Mehlin pianos, Victor and Majestic ra-
dios, and other lines of nationally recognized merit.
Sir Landon Ronald, the famous composer and con-
ducton. London, is to become a director of His Mas-
ter's Voice Gramophone Co. He strongly advocates
the phonograph as a means of musical education.
Austin A. Howard Corporation, 222 West Adams
street, Chicago. Capital, $75,000 common. General
radio business. Incorporators: Austin A. Howard.
Edwin J. Buckley and Charlotte Barthel. Corres-
pondent: John J. Kelly, 100 N. La Grange street.
The P. A. Starck Piano Co.'s St. Louis store at
1018 Olive street, is offering its Art Model Grand
piano on 30 days' trial, saying "We do not ask you
to risk one cent."
The Griffith fall sale of fine grand pianos is now
in full swing at the Griffith Piano Co.'s stores, 605-07
Broad street, Newark, and Irvington Center, N. J.
Jenkins Music Co., 323 East Douglas avenue,
Wichita, Kansas, is conducting a sale of baby grands
and new uprights.
Gordon Laughead of the Wurlitzer Grand Piano
Co. stopped in Indianapolis last week, on his way
south on a business trip.
Paul A. Schmidt, assistant to President Theodore
E. Steinway and a director in Steinway & Sons, 109
West 57th street, New York, recently back from a
trip to Europe, says the United States is in much
better business shape than most of the countries of
Europe.
E. A. Francis, hustling piano dealer of Galesburg,
111., is a Chicago visitor this week. He was in Rock-
ford visiting friends and looking up piano business and
motored to Chicago Monday.
The Bergman Piano Store of Fort Madison, Iowa,
has installed a radio display store in the Entler build-
ing on the west side of the park.
Russell Baker of Boonville, Ind., was appointed
receiver of the assets of Henry and Thelma Hudson,
doing business as Hudson & Son Music Co., Boon-
ville, by Judge Union W. Youngblood in circuit
court. Charges of forgery had been filed against
Hudson and wife by a New York finance company.
Kops Piano House, for forty years a Montana in-
stitution, 508 Central avenue, Great Falls, Mont., is
doing a fine business in Brambach baby grand
pianos.
The Slingerland Banjo & Drum Co., 1325 Belden
avenue, Chicago, has been fairly busy all through
the summer season. As trade is now on the gain,
H. H. Slingerland, the president, looks for many new
orders.
Harvey and "Doc" Veal, proprietors of the Millcdge-
ville Music Store at Milledgeville, Ga., have had the
place rebuilt and now claim to have one of the most
up-to-date stores in the state.
A. A. Friestedt of the QRS-De Vry Co., Chicago,
was one of the excursionists who saw the yacht race
series between the Shamrock and the Enterprise at
Newport, R. I., last week.
The Canipe Music Co. opened a music store on
September 2 at 913 Scott avenue, Wichita Falls, Tex.
C. A. Canipe is manager and J. V. Williams is his
partner.
Federal Judge Nields has continued the government
suit against the RCA and other radio concerns.
PLATT MUSIC CO.'S LINE.
The Platt Music Co., Los Angeles, Calif., in adver-
tising their line of musical instruments, speak of the
following: In pianos the Knabe, the Kranich &
Bach, the Fischer, the Marshall & Wendell, the
Straube, the Ludwig, the Estey, the Wegman, the
Settergren, the Winter and the Ampico. In radios
Grebe. Bosch, Majestic, Atwater Kent, RCA Radiola,
Philco, Victor, Radiettc. Holton band instruments,
Gibson string instruments, Victor, Brunswick, Colum-
bia records, sheet music and musical accessories.
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