Music Trade Review
Issue: 1894 Vol. 18 N. 34 - Page 13
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
In 1872 he located at Ogden, and at once entered
the music business. In this he has done well,
and he has built and owns the present building
where he conducts his business. In secret so-
ciety matters he is prominent, and occupies
they handle a few outside lines from time to
time. Their plan of conduct of their business
is on a conservative basis. We are enabled to
present the likeness of the general manager of
the concern, Mr. Elmon Armstrong. The firm
was established in 1885 and incorporated in
the construction of pianos and organs. There-
fore he is a recognized authority, and as an ex-
pert his judgment is unquestioned. The Stein-
way and Fischer pianos he has sold continu-
ously for eighteen years, and during that time
1890.
WILL A. WATKIN.
several official positions. He also has held the
appointment of TJ. S. Commissioner since 1886.
COLLINS & ARMSTRONG COHPANY,
Ft. Worth, Tex.
In the new South can be found few business
establishments which have shown a greater
ratio of increase in business during the past few
years than that of Collins & Armstrong Com-
pany, Ft. Worth, Tex. It is a stock concern,
doing business in Texas and throughout the
South. The officers of the company are James
F. Ellis, president ; H. D. Cable, vice-presi-
dent ; Warren Collins, secretary ; Elmon Arm-
strong, treasurer and general manager. In
pianos they carry the Hallet & Davis, Hazel -
ton, McCammon, Conover, Mathushek and the
Pease principally ; in organs the Chicago Cot-
WILL A. WATKIN HUSIC CO.,
Dallas, Tex.
Probably there is not a piano house in the
northern half of Texas, or in the State, for that
matter, that is better known or whose trade
lies more exclusively among the wealthy and
most cultivated Texans than the firm of Will A.
Watkin Music Co., of Dallas, Tex. They also
do a good business in South Texas, Indian Ter-
ritory, Arkansas and New Mexico. They have
sold and shipped pianos to the old States, Ten-
nessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois, still
they work especially the northern half of Texas,
which they cover thoroughly and S3'Stematic-
ally. Their line of instruments embraces the
Steinway, J. & C. Fischer and Newby & Evans
pianos, and Farrand & Votey and Hillstrom or-
gans. This firm make the proud boast that they
sell more grand pianos than any other two firms
combined in the State. They also do a con-
siderable business in pipe organs, and have fur-
nished several of the most extensive and largest
pipe organs ever shipped to the Southwest. The
JOHN M. M 'COY.
has furnished thousands of homes in Texas and
other States. Their warerooms are generally
recognized as headquarters for the artists who
visit Dallas. For eight years successively they
have exhibited at the Dallas Exposition and the
Texas State Fair, and for seven successive years
have secured seventeen premiums out of a total
of eighteen. Their warerooms, if not the largest,
are the finest in appointment of any music house
in Texas; they are elegantly fitted, and the solid
oak floors which run throughout gives an air of
aesthetic refinement to their establishment.
ORTON BROS.,
Butte City, Mont.
The founder of this business, Mr. Will C.
Orton, is a thorough Western man both by
training and experience. He was born in 1864
WILL. C. ORTON.
JOHN A. FETTERLY.
tage and the Packard. They are practically the
representative agents of the trade for the Chi-
cago Cottage Organ Co. in Texas and its ad-
jacent territory, and they rank as one of the
largest wholesale houses south of St. L,ouis.
Aside from the instruments mentioned above
Odell organ was furnished by them to the Fir»t
Baptist Church at Dallas at a cost of $7,500.
The firm was located in Dallas in 1882 under
the name of Will A. Watkin & Co. In 1889
they were incorporated under the laws of Texas,
since which time there has been no change in
the firm or in its officers. They are as follows :
Will A. Watkin, president; J. M. McCoy, vice-
president ; John A. Fetterly, secretary, and
Brook Mays, treasurer. Portraits of the officers
appear in this issue. Mr. Will A. Watkin,
president of the concern, began in the music
business of the old firm of D. E. Faulds, of
Louisville, Ky., since which time he has been
continuously in the music line; in fact, all his
life has been passed in this business. He has
given the matter careful study, not only from
the business standpoint of the dealer, but has
given close study to the scientific principles of
BROOK MAYS.
in Springville, Utah. His parents moved to
Montana the following summer, and he has
lived in that State ever since. It is claimed
that he established the first exclusive music
store ever opened in Montana, which was ready
for business in Butte City September, 1886.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
In 1872 he located at Ogden, and at once entered
the music business. In this he has done well,
and he has built and owns the present building
where he conducts his business. In secret so-
ciety matters he is prominent, and occupies
they handle a few outside lines from time to
time. Their plan of conduct of their business
is on a conservative basis. We are enabled to
present the likeness of the general manager of
the concern, Mr. Elmon Armstrong. The firm
was established in 1885 and incorporated in
the construction of pianos and organs. There-
fore he is a recognized authority, and as an ex-
pert his judgment is unquestioned. The Stein-
way and Fischer pianos he has sold continu-
ously for eighteen years, and during that time
1890.
WILL A. WATKIN.
several official positions. He also has held the
appointment of TJ. S. Commissioner since 1886.
COLLINS & ARMSTRONG COHPANY,
Ft. Worth, Tex.
In the new South can be found few business
establishments which have shown a greater
ratio of increase in business during the past few
years than that of Collins & Armstrong Com-
pany, Ft. Worth, Tex. It is a stock concern,
doing business in Texas and throughout the
South. The officers of the company are James
F. Ellis, president ; H. D. Cable, vice-presi-
dent ; Warren Collins, secretary ; Elmon Arm-
strong, treasurer and general manager. In
pianos they carry the Hallet & Davis, Hazel -
ton, McCammon, Conover, Mathushek and the
Pease principally ; in organs the Chicago Cot-
WILL A. WATKIN HUSIC CO.,
Dallas, Tex.
Probably there is not a piano house in the
northern half of Texas, or in the State, for that
matter, that is better known or whose trade
lies more exclusively among the wealthy and
most cultivated Texans than the firm of Will A.
Watkin Music Co., of Dallas, Tex. They also
do a good business in South Texas, Indian Ter-
ritory, Arkansas and New Mexico. They have
sold and shipped pianos to the old States, Ten-
nessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois, still
they work especially the northern half of Texas,
which they cover thoroughly and S3'Stematic-
ally. Their line of instruments embraces the
Steinway, J. & C. Fischer and Newby & Evans
pianos, and Farrand & Votey and Hillstrom or-
gans. This firm make the proud boast that they
sell more grand pianos than any other two firms
combined in the State. They also do a con-
siderable business in pipe organs, and have fur-
nished several of the most extensive and largest
pipe organs ever shipped to the Southwest. The
JOHN M. M 'COY.
has furnished thousands of homes in Texas and
other States. Their warerooms are generally
recognized as headquarters for the artists who
visit Dallas. For eight years successively they
have exhibited at the Dallas Exposition and the
Texas State Fair, and for seven successive years
have secured seventeen premiums out of a total
of eighteen. Their warerooms, if not the largest,
are the finest in appointment of any music house
in Texas; they are elegantly fitted, and the solid
oak floors which run throughout gives an air of
aesthetic refinement to their establishment.
ORTON BROS.,
Butte City, Mont.
The founder of this business, Mr. Will C.
Orton, is a thorough Western man both by
training and experience. He was born in 1864
WILL. C. ORTON.
JOHN A. FETTERLY.
tage and the Packard. They are practically the
representative agents of the trade for the Chi-
cago Cottage Organ Co. in Texas and its ad-
jacent territory, and they rank as one of the
largest wholesale houses south of St. L,ouis.
Aside from the instruments mentioned above
Odell organ was furnished by them to the Fir»t
Baptist Church at Dallas at a cost of $7,500.
The firm was located in Dallas in 1882 under
the name of Will A. Watkin & Co. In 1889
they were incorporated under the laws of Texas,
since which time there has been no change in
the firm or in its officers. They are as follows :
Will A. Watkin, president; J. M. McCoy, vice-
president ; John A. Fetterly, secretary, and
Brook Mays, treasurer. Portraits of the officers
appear in this issue. Mr. Will A. Watkin,
president of the concern, began in the music
business of the old firm of D. E. Faulds, of
Louisville, Ky., since which time he has been
continuously in the music line; in fact, all his
life has been passed in this business. He has
given the matter careful study, not only from
the business standpoint of the dealer, but has
given close study to the scientific principles of
BROOK MAYS.
in Springville, Utah. His parents moved to
Montana the following summer, and he has
lived in that State ever since. It is claimed
that he established the first exclusive music
store ever opened in Montana, which was ready
for business in Butte City September, 1886.
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