Music Trade Review
Issue: 1908 Vol. 47 N. 18 - Page 10
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THE:
BALTIMORE'S BUDGET OF NEWS.
Pleasing Volume of Sales Reported—Gilbert
Smith Co. Start Prize Contest—Some Knabe
& Co. News—Estey Pipe Organ to be In-
stalled—Personal Items off Interest—Good
Stieff Trade.
(Special to The Review.)
Baltimore, Md., Oct. 26, 1908.
Despite the fact that the election for President
of the United States is only one week off, and
that everybody is on edge as to the outcome of
this great national contest, piano buyers have
been greatly in evidence the past week. This
seems to indicate that the near approach of the
election is having little bad effect upon the
trade. The dealers, however, look for the busi-
ness to become more settled after the election.
At the Kranz-Smith Piano Co., local representa-
tives for the Chickering piano, a special sale is
in progress, and G. Fred Kranz announces that
thus far it has been most successful.
The Gilbert Smith Piano Co. have just started
a contest which will conclude October 31, after
which prizes will be awarded to the lucky ones.
The contestants are required to write the words
"Gilbert Smith Sells Pianos" as many times as
possible on a cardboard the size of an ordinary
postal card. The first prize consists of a $400 ma-
hogany piano; the second, $100 in certificates
and $25 in gold; third prize, $95 certificate and
$10 in gold; $90 certificate and $5 in gold. In
addition to these leading prizes over $9,500 in
additional awards will be distributed.
Manager J. H. Williams, of William Knabe &
Co., spent to-day in Washington on business.
Secretary Charles Keidel, Jr., of the new
American Piano Co., was a visitor for several
days. Ernest Keidel was also in Baltimore for
the first time since his return from Europe.
President G. Wright Nicols, of Sanders &
Stayman, local agents for the Weber pianos and
Estey organs, announced that the work of in-
stalling the new Estey organ in St. David's Epis-
copal Church, Roland Park, will begin within
MUSIC TRADE:
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the next week. Word has been received from the
factory at Brattleboro, Vt, to the effect that the
organ will be shipped here within the next few
days. The inaugural recital on the new $6,000
Estey organ, which was recently installed in the
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Messiah, will
be held next Thursday evening. Lorraine Hol-
loway will be organist, and Lynn M. Hobart,
the new tenor at Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal Church, will be the soloist.
Claude Atzrodt, who was with the Krantz-
Smith Piano Co., has joined the sales staff of
Sanders & Stayman.
Perry Orem, who is well known in local trade
circles, having held positions with a number of
the firms, is now with the Kranz-Smith
Piano Co.
George Stieff, of the Charles M. Stieff con-
cern, states that business has been in fine fettle
the past month. The October business has been
far better than that for the same month last
year. The firm's trade has been especially good
in the South. George Stieff will leave to-morrow
for West Virginia, where he will spend five days
on a business trip.
Claude Roberts has been engaged by the Stieff
house as an outside salesman.
R. Lertz & Co., Baltimore, representatives for
the Steinway piano, look for a big boom after
the presidential election.
' LINDEMAN LIMERICK CONTEST.
New Interest Being Centered in the Lindeman
& Sons Piano Through the Limerick Con-
tests Which They Have Started.
The Lindeman & Sons Piano Co., 137 West
23d street, are conducting an interesting "Lim-
erick contest" through the medium of the Grand
Opera House program, and judging from the
number of Limericks received to date, the ex-
ploitation of the Lindeman pianos is certain
to be augmented. They are offering a piano free
for the best Limerick in which the line, "The
Test of Time" is worked in, and $100 credit
allowance for the next best 12, and thence rang-
ing to a $10 credit—99 grand prizes in all. The
contest cicses Nov. 15, and awards will be made
by a committee of three, December 1. The
rivalry is keen and proves that the advertising
scheme is a good one.
OMAHA A BUSY PIANO CENTER.
Have Less Difficulty in Procuring Pianos Than
in Selling Them.
According to repoits . the piano houses of
Omaha, Neb., are facing the question of how to
obtain pianos rather than how to dispose of them.
The Schmoller & Mueller Music Co. claim to have
ordered three carloads of Steger pianos and one
of Jacob Doll pianos last week, while A. Hospe
& Co. state that they placed orders for two car-
loads of Kimball pianoe and just received a car-
load of Cable-Nelson pianos.
0. K. HOUCK CO. OFFICERS.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders of
the O. K. Houck Piano Co., Memphis, Tenn.,
which was held in Chicago recently, the follow-
ing were elected directors: Jesse French, St.
Louis; Nathan Ford, Chicago; J. C. Houck,
O. K. Houck, W. S. Christian and D. C. Harmon,
Memphis; Jesse F. Houck, Little Rock; Olney
Davies, Nashville, and C. E. Jordan, Chattanooga.
The directors then elected the following officers:
O. K. Houck, president; Jesse F. Houck, first
vice-president; Olney Davies, second vice-presi-
dent; D. C. Harmon, third vice-president; Nathan
Ford, secretary, and W. S. Christian, treasurer.
J. E. SHELBY RESIGNS.
J. E. Shelby, general manager for the Cable
Company in Alabama, with headquarters in Bir-
mingham, has sent in his resignation to the com-
pany, to take effect in the near future, giving
time for his successor to be chosen. Mr. Shelby
will assume the presidency of a large southern
corporation.
That "Piano Advertising Plan" from Iowa
Pulls Prosperity out of a lean business caused by short-
age of crops, panic, strong competition or bad location.
A WONDERFUL WINNER-NEVER FAILS-CAN'T FAIL.
The piano costs you nothing—your competitors pay the bill and YOU reap the profits—all the way from $500 to $35,000. That's what
my patrons testify. Let me show you their letters—the finest bunch of delighted ginger talks from hard headed business men you ever
read or will read. Merchants, Manufacturers, Publishers—all brilliantly successful.
The Cote Piano.
A Winning Campaign.
I equip you complete with the whole
premium plan—all details worked out—
to WTN
Send me your order and tell me the
competition you want to overcome and
I'll do the rest. I know how. I've done
it for others and don't know what fail-
ure means.
Takes the public by storm—Sets ten
thousand tongues wagging—Starts the
dollars your way and keeps them rolling
in amazingly.
A perfect instrument. I sell it to you at
a moderate price, but no $500 instrument
has richer tone, more perfect action or a
longer life than the Cote. Used in a thou-
sand homes.
Well and favorably known
everywhere. Splendid workmanship through-
out and beautifully finished.
And let me tell you it would be suicidal
for any merchant to give away a cheaply
made, inferior piano to any customer if he
wants to reap a permanent benefit from the
enterprise.
Used by Merchants, Manufacturers and
Publishers, large and small, and always
wins.
Live ones, write me. Needy ones, wake up, I'll show you how it's done.
Salesmen, boys with "grit and go," it's your chance. I want a few reliable salesmen to canvass the
retail trade. Samples in coat pocket. Don't worry trying to revive dead lines. Get one with breath in it
now. Get wise to the "Iowa Idea." Mention this paper.
Boston Piano and Music Company,
W. F. MAIN, Proprietor, Iowa City, Iowa.
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THE:
BALTIMORE'S BUDGET OF NEWS.
Pleasing Volume of Sales Reported—Gilbert
Smith Co. Start Prize Contest—Some Knabe
& Co. News—Estey Pipe Organ to be In-
stalled—Personal Items off Interest—Good
Stieff Trade.
(Special to The Review.)
Baltimore, Md., Oct. 26, 1908.
Despite the fact that the election for President
of the United States is only one week off, and
that everybody is on edge as to the outcome of
this great national contest, piano buyers have
been greatly in evidence the past week. This
seems to indicate that the near approach of the
election is having little bad effect upon the
trade. The dealers, however, look for the busi-
ness to become more settled after the election.
At the Kranz-Smith Piano Co., local representa-
tives for the Chickering piano, a special sale is
in progress, and G. Fred Kranz announces that
thus far it has been most successful.
The Gilbert Smith Piano Co. have just started
a contest which will conclude October 31, after
which prizes will be awarded to the lucky ones.
The contestants are required to write the words
"Gilbert Smith Sells Pianos" as many times as
possible on a cardboard the size of an ordinary
postal card. The first prize consists of a $400 ma-
hogany piano; the second, $100 in certificates
and $25 in gold; third prize, $95 certificate and
$10 in gold; $90 certificate and $5 in gold. In
addition to these leading prizes over $9,500 in
additional awards will be distributed.
Manager J. H. Williams, of William Knabe &
Co., spent to-day in Washington on business.
Secretary Charles Keidel, Jr., of the new
American Piano Co., was a visitor for several
days. Ernest Keidel was also in Baltimore for
the first time since his return from Europe.
President G. Wright Nicols, of Sanders &
Stayman, local agents for the Weber pianos and
Estey organs, announced that the work of in-
stalling the new Estey organ in St. David's Epis-
copal Church, Roland Park, will begin within
MUSIC TRADE:
REVIEW
the next week. Word has been received from the
factory at Brattleboro, Vt, to the effect that the
organ will be shipped here within the next few
days. The inaugural recital on the new $6,000
Estey organ, which was recently installed in the
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Messiah, will
be held next Thursday evening. Lorraine Hol-
loway will be organist, and Lynn M. Hobart,
the new tenor at Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal Church, will be the soloist.
Claude Atzrodt, who was with the Krantz-
Smith Piano Co., has joined the sales staff of
Sanders & Stayman.
Perry Orem, who is well known in local trade
circles, having held positions with a number of
the firms, is now with the Kranz-Smith
Piano Co.
George Stieff, of the Charles M. Stieff con-
cern, states that business has been in fine fettle
the past month. The October business has been
far better than that for the same month last
year. The firm's trade has been especially good
in the South. George Stieff will leave to-morrow
for West Virginia, where he will spend five days
on a business trip.
Claude Roberts has been engaged by the Stieff
house as an outside salesman.
R. Lertz & Co., Baltimore, representatives for
the Steinway piano, look for a big boom after
the presidential election.
' LINDEMAN LIMERICK CONTEST.
New Interest Being Centered in the Lindeman
& Sons Piano Through the Limerick Con-
tests Which They Have Started.
The Lindeman & Sons Piano Co., 137 West
23d street, are conducting an interesting "Lim-
erick contest" through the medium of the Grand
Opera House program, and judging from the
number of Limericks received to date, the ex-
ploitation of the Lindeman pianos is certain
to be augmented. They are offering a piano free
for the best Limerick in which the line, "The
Test of Time" is worked in, and $100 credit
allowance for the next best 12, and thence rang-
ing to a $10 credit—99 grand prizes in all. The
contest cicses Nov. 15, and awards will be made
by a committee of three, December 1. The
rivalry is keen and proves that the advertising
scheme is a good one.
OMAHA A BUSY PIANO CENTER.
Have Less Difficulty in Procuring Pianos Than
in Selling Them.
According to repoits . the piano houses of
Omaha, Neb., are facing the question of how to
obtain pianos rather than how to dispose of them.
The Schmoller & Mueller Music Co. claim to have
ordered three carloads of Steger pianos and one
of Jacob Doll pianos last week, while A. Hospe
& Co. state that they placed orders for two car-
loads of Kimball pianoe and just received a car-
load of Cable-Nelson pianos.
0. K. HOUCK CO. OFFICERS.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders of
the O. K. Houck Piano Co., Memphis, Tenn.,
which was held in Chicago recently, the follow-
ing were elected directors: Jesse French, St.
Louis; Nathan Ford, Chicago; J. C. Houck,
O. K. Houck, W. S. Christian and D. C. Harmon,
Memphis; Jesse F. Houck, Little Rock; Olney
Davies, Nashville, and C. E. Jordan, Chattanooga.
The directors then elected the following officers:
O. K. Houck, president; Jesse F. Houck, first
vice-president; Olney Davies, second vice-presi-
dent; D. C. Harmon, third vice-president; Nathan
Ford, secretary, and W. S. Christian, treasurer.
J. E. SHELBY RESIGNS.
J. E. Shelby, general manager for the Cable
Company in Alabama, with headquarters in Bir-
mingham, has sent in his resignation to the com-
pany, to take effect in the near future, giving
time for his successor to be chosen. Mr. Shelby
will assume the presidency of a large southern
corporation.
That "Piano Advertising Plan" from Iowa
Pulls Prosperity out of a lean business caused by short-
age of crops, panic, strong competition or bad location.
A WONDERFUL WINNER-NEVER FAILS-CAN'T FAIL.
The piano costs you nothing—your competitors pay the bill and YOU reap the profits—all the way from $500 to $35,000. That's what
my patrons testify. Let me show you their letters—the finest bunch of delighted ginger talks from hard headed business men you ever
read or will read. Merchants, Manufacturers, Publishers—all brilliantly successful.
The Cote Piano.
A Winning Campaign.
I equip you complete with the whole
premium plan—all details worked out—
to WTN
Send me your order and tell me the
competition you want to overcome and
I'll do the rest. I know how. I've done
it for others and don't know what fail-
ure means.
Takes the public by storm—Sets ten
thousand tongues wagging—Starts the
dollars your way and keeps them rolling
in amazingly.
A perfect instrument. I sell it to you at
a moderate price, but no $500 instrument
has richer tone, more perfect action or a
longer life than the Cote. Used in a thou-
sand homes.
Well and favorably known
everywhere. Splendid workmanship through-
out and beautifully finished.
And let me tell you it would be suicidal
for any merchant to give away a cheaply
made, inferior piano to any customer if he
wants to reap a permanent benefit from the
enterprise.
Used by Merchants, Manufacturers and
Publishers, large and small, and always
wins.
Live ones, write me. Needy ones, wake up, I'll show you how it's done.
Salesmen, boys with "grit and go," it's your chance. I want a few reliable salesmen to canvass the
retail trade. Samples in coat pocket. Don't worry trying to revive dead lines. Get one with breath in it
now. Get wise to the "Iowa Idea." Mention this paper.
Boston Piano and Music Company,
W. F. MAIN, Proprietor, Iowa City, Iowa.
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