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P R E S T O-T I M E S
November, 1930
SPENCER SELLS CARLOADS OF Schumann
STARR GRAND PIANOS
Charles H. Spencer, whose
piano store is at 522 Davis street,
Kvanston, 111., a city which is
separated from Chicago by How-
ard street,—a city whose educa-
tional institutions have long
caused it to be known as "the
Athens of America"—has re-
cently sold two carloads of Starr
Grand pianos and another car-
load has been ordered.
Mr. Spencer and his son, who
is with him in the business, are
just finding lots of piano cu^
tomers in Evanston and other
north shore cities and towns, but
their territory is unlimited, for as
Mr. Spencer, Sr., said to a
Presto-Times representative who
called at the store one day last
week, "we recently sold a piano
to a customer at Portland, Ore."
Mr. Spencer is an all-round
piano man. He is from Balti-
more, Md., where he worked for
some years in the Knabe piano
INTERIOR VIEW OF THE SPENCER STORE, EVANSTON, ILL
factory. Later he sold pianos in
Indiana. He has been in Evanston for several years
and has familiarized himself with the piano needs
and tendencies of that wealthy and cultured com-
munity to such a degree that his great success can-
not be considered an accident, but rather because he
was wise enough to get hold of the line of pianos
Lucien Wulsin, president of the Baldwin Piano Co.,
that would give satisfaction musically while at the
same time satisfying the artistic tastes of the people Cincinnati, in his message to the trade, published in
the Baldwin Keynote, house organ of the big cor-
as something that would grace their homes.
poration,
says in part:
And here is a rare feature of Mr. Spencer's line of
"The House of Baldwin enters this new season in a
merchandising—he is strictly a piano man; he deals
in pianos alone—no.radio, no small goods. He has strong position. We know exactly where we're going
succeeded by sticking to the piano as his sole line, and how we're going to get there.
"Our faith in the future of the piano is boundless.
and his work has proven to him, and to those who
know of it, that the piano business is there for the Our plans for its increasing sale are definite. There
hustler who will go after it—and it is there in plenty. will be no rush of buyers for any commodity this fall.
In handling Starr-made instruments he has a good But pianos are going to be sold this season in larger
friend and adviser in the person of C. R. Hunt, gen- numbers than for many months."
An article in the Keynote says: "Educators are
eral representative at Chicago for the Starr Piano Co.
of Richmond, Ind. Mr. Hunt likes to make an occa- beginning to recognize the fact that the study of music
sional visit at the Evanston store of the Charles H. is not only a valuable thing in itself, but that it tends
to aid the student in all of his other courses as well.
Spencer Piano Co.
Tests made over long periods prove that music stu-
dents carry off most of the scholastic honors, and fre-
SOME TRADE SETBACKS.
quently the athletic prizes as well.
Among recent failures in the music trade are the
"No longer is the music student looked upon as
following: The Wolfe Music Co., 2112 Euclid avenue, an oddity. Today he is very apt to be the president
Cleveland, Ohio, listing debts of $69,814.71 and assets of his class. And in after life he enjoys an entree
of $124,877.64; the Music Shop. Inc., 2139 Broadway, into the best homes of his community that may easily
New York, assets not stated, liabilities about $2,000; be denied to those less fortunate.
the Davis Industries, Inc., of Kokomo, Tnd., manu-
"W T hile modern methods of piano teaching make it
facturer of cabinets for radios and phonographs, which easily possible for one to begin to study at any age,
went into the hands of receivers last mouth. The music students in the colleges are usually well ad-
Davis Industries is a large concern which Elmon Arm- vanced, and therefore require pianos of the highest
strong represented at wholesale in the Southwest artistic merit.
some years ago. Efforts are being made to re-organ-
"It is here that the Baldwin finds a splendid field
ize it. A petition in bankruptcy has been filed in the
for service. More and more are beautiful Baldwin
federal district court in Virginia against the Hanson
Concert Grands to be found in the assembly halls of
Music Co., of Covington, Va.; liabilities, $18,684.85;
our colleges and universities, while in the practice
assets, $4,967.74. The Kelley Automatic Music Co.,
rooms and in fraternity and sorority houses, the
Inc., of Albany, N. Y., filed a voluntary petition in
smaller sizes of grands and of uprights increase in
bankruptcy last month: listed liabilities, $156,537, as-
numbers yearly."
sets. $154,641. Judge Percy Sandel has ordered an
inventory and sale of the assets of the Kaliski Music
Co., Monroe, La. The company has been in the hands MORTON MANAGER AT LITTLE ROCK.
D. A. Morton, who for four years past has been
of T. O. Bunn as receiver since May 1.
manager of the O. K. Houck piano store at Shreve-
Ruocco Bros., radios, have been chartered as a port, La., has returned to Little Rock, Ark., to man-
corporation. Their place of business is at 2324 Hoff- age the piano department of the Little Rock store.
man street, the Bronx, New York.
He has been with the Houck company for 25 years.
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PIANOS Midi PLAYER PIANOS
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This Trade Mark li oast
In the plate and alao ap-
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