Music Trade Review
Issue: 1910 Vol. 51 N. 12 - Page 8
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THE: MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
DETROIT'S BUDGET OF NEWS.
Music Trades Association to Establish Clearing
House to Post Members Upon Those Who
Fail on. Payments—To Try to Have News-
papers Refuse Contest Advertising—Other
Matters Taken Up—Piano Houses to Exhibit
at State Fair—Clough & Warren Co. Affairs
—Interesting Personal Items—Other Trade
News of the Week Worth Recording.
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(Special to The Review.)
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Detroit, Mich., Sept. 14, 1910.
Hereafter the members of the Detroit Music
Trades Association will have, a sort of a clearing
house that will be used' for the purpose of keep-
ing the dealers posted on persons failing to pay
their instalments on pianos and organs purchased
on the monthly payment plan. The Detroit Music
Trades Association held its first meeting since the
summer vacation on Tuesday night, September 6,
at the Hotel Griswold. The meeting was one of
the largest and most enthusiastic ever held by the
association. Several of the members reported that
it has been the practice of some persons living in
Detroit to purchase a piano from one dealer, make
the first payment and then keep it as long as the
dealer will stand for it, without making any fur-
ther payments. When the dealer finally becomes
disgusted on the promises to pay not being kept
and sends for his instrument, the citizen then goes
to another dealer and repeats the transaction. This
is not good business for any dealer, but the person
manages to keep a piano in his house pretty much
all of the time by using these methods. The clear-
ing house is for the purpose of preventing anyone
from getting a piano from any member of the asso-
ciation after he once fails to keep up his payments
and his piano is removed from his house.
Another crusade that the Detroit Music Trades
Association will promulgate is to get the Detroit
daily newspapers to refuse to accept advertising
from any piano firm advertising guessing contests.
There are two Detroit firms that the members of
the Detroit association are after. J. Henry Ling,
who was appointed a committee to visit the busi-
ness managers of the Detroit daily papers, re-
ported that he had visited them, but as yet had
not been successful in getting them to promise
to keep guessing contest ads. out of the papers.
Mr. Ling will continue his work with the papers
and report later on his success.
A number of the members discussed collections
and methods of selling pianos. E. P. Andrew,
president of the association; S, B. Smith, of the
S. B. Smith Co.; J. Warren Wright, manager of
Bush & Lane's local branch, and John H. Ludden.
of Paul G. Mehlin & Sons, New York.
who was a specially invited guest of the associa-
tion, led in the discussions.
F. J. Bayley, who has been prominently connected
A. E. Noble, secretary of the Detroit Music
with the so-called independents, has deserted the Trades Association, and F. J. Bayley, the Detroit
independent ranks and joined the association. He dealer, last Sunday entertained Harold S. Holmes,
was voted on at Tuesday night's meeting and was of Henry & S. G. Lindeman, and Charles Collins,
elected unanimously.
of Kohler & Campbell, of New York. They took
Most of the Detroit retail and wholesale piano a trip through the suburban towns in Mr. Bayley's
dealers and manufacturers have secured space to automobile.
exhibit their pianos at the Michigan State Fair that
H. Browning, representing J. & C. Fischer, New
opens in this city on September 19 and continues York, called on the local piano dealers this week.
to September 24. Grinnell Bros, have secured a
A. E. Noble & Co., are looking for a location
space 10 x 50 feet which will be elaborately deco- in the downtown district to establish a branch
rated for the exhibition of pianos, player-pianos, piano and musical instrument store.
musical instruments of all kinds and talking ma-
Thomas Pletcher, sales manager of the Melville
chines. The Farrand Co. have had a gang of men Clark Piano Co., Chicago, was in town on a busi-
working on their booth for a week and it will not ness trip Saturday, September 10.
be ready until the day the fair opens. The floor
Howard Miner, manager of the Wilber Player-
will be carpeted and rugs will then be placed over Piano Co., is visiting friends in London, Ont,
the carpets. Palms and bunting will predominate and taking in the sights at the county fair that
in the decorations. The other dealers to exhibit opened on Sept. 12.
at the fair will be the Detroit Music Co. and the
Ira Markley, representing the Ludwig Piano Co.,
Cable Piano Co.
of New York, spent several days in Detroit this
The Detroit Trust Co., appointed receiver of the week looking after an agent to take the Ludwig
Clough & Warren Co. a week ago, have filed their line of pianos. He left the city Saturday night
bonds with the Wayne Circuit Court and taken without announcing whether he succeeded in secur-
charge of the business of the Clough & Warren ing an agent or not.
Co. One of the first acts of the receiver was to
S. J. Travis, of the Travis Piano Sales Co., Chi-
appoint W. W. Washburn, who was connected cago, is visiting Leonard Davis, sales manager of
with the Detroit Trust Co. until last January, when the Manufacturers Piano Co.
he was made secretary and treasurer of the Clough
E. P. Andrew, manager of the Farrand Co.'s
& Warren Co., to operate under the direction of branch stores, says the player-piano business is
the receiver.
getting better every day as the weather gets colder.
W. R. Farrand, treasurer and general manager He says the Farrand Co. received 38 orders for
of the Farrand Co., who has been spending his Farrand-Cecilian player-pianos last Thursday to
vacation at the Snow Islands, returned to Detroit be shipped to different parts of the State. While
this week and is again at his desk at the Farrand the player-pianos are being sold rapidly, Mr. An-
drew says the collections are not as good as the
Co.'s factory.
F. R. Milner, agent of the Clough & Warren sales.
The Farrand Co.'s retail store this week sold a
Co. in Cleveland, was in Detroit this week. He
reports business unusually good in the Forest City Cecilian player-piano, style H, finished in mission,
and says he looks for a record breaking trade be- to the Detroit Yacht Club. Another Cecilian was
sold by Manager Andrew, dull finish, style V, to
tween now and Christmas.
W. B. Williams, traveling representative of the C. Howard Crane, the well-known Detroit architect.
A. E. Noble, of the A. E. Noble Co., says he has
Sterling Co., was visiting the local dealers this
week. He has been traveling through the South sold every player-piano he has in his store. He
and says business was never better in that sec- says the player-piano business has been unusually
good with him. Mr. Noble says he expects a car-
tion of the country.
N. T. Lucia, Port Huron agent for the Clough load of player-pianos to arrive next week from
& Warren Co., was a visitor at the Clough & Henry & S. G. Lindeman, and a number of other
Warren Co.'s offices this week. He came to De- player-pianos from Bjur Bros.
tioit to select his stock for his fall trade.
Simon Bersin, Inc., New York, has been incor-
Fred Harlow, representing the Poole Piano Co.,
porated
for the purpose of carrying on a business
Boston, was in Detroit this week.
A. E. Noble, of the A. E. Noble Co., says his in pianos, player-pianos and other musical instru-
delivery men made a record-breaking trip to Red- ments.
ford, Mich., 24 miles out of Detroit, to deliver a
The Martin Adams Music Co., Wichita, Kan.,
piano to John Gitten, a resident of Redford, and have secured a lease of the new building, 219 East
return in three hours. The delivery men used A. Douglas avenue, to which they will remove as soon
E. Noble's auto truck, and say they could have as extensive remodeling is completed. The build-
made better time than they did had they attempted ing is centrally located and a large stock of pianos
t i break any records.
will be carried.
Constant and Rapid Progress
have placed
Winter & Co. Pianos
on a higher level than has previously been achieved in generations.
WINTER & CO.
220 Southern Boulevard
New York City
THE: MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
DETROIT'S BUDGET OF NEWS.
Music Trades Association to Establish Clearing
House to Post Members Upon Those Who
Fail on. Payments—To Try to Have News-
papers Refuse Contest Advertising—Other
Matters Taken Up—Piano Houses to Exhibit
at State Fair—Clough & Warren Co. Affairs
—Interesting Personal Items—Other Trade
News of the Week Worth Recording.
* .
!
.'
(Special to The Review.)
'
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 14, 1910.
Hereafter the members of the Detroit Music
Trades Association will have, a sort of a clearing
house that will be used' for the purpose of keep-
ing the dealers posted on persons failing to pay
their instalments on pianos and organs purchased
on the monthly payment plan. The Detroit Music
Trades Association held its first meeting since the
summer vacation on Tuesday night, September 6,
at the Hotel Griswold. The meeting was one of
the largest and most enthusiastic ever held by the
association. Several of the members reported that
it has been the practice of some persons living in
Detroit to purchase a piano from one dealer, make
the first payment and then keep it as long as the
dealer will stand for it, without making any fur-
ther payments. When the dealer finally becomes
disgusted on the promises to pay not being kept
and sends for his instrument, the citizen then goes
to another dealer and repeats the transaction. This
is not good business for any dealer, but the person
manages to keep a piano in his house pretty much
all of the time by using these methods. The clear-
ing house is for the purpose of preventing anyone
from getting a piano from any member of the asso-
ciation after he once fails to keep up his payments
and his piano is removed from his house.
Another crusade that the Detroit Music Trades
Association will promulgate is to get the Detroit
daily newspapers to refuse to accept advertising
from any piano firm advertising guessing contests.
There are two Detroit firms that the members of
the Detroit association are after. J. Henry Ling,
who was appointed a committee to visit the busi-
ness managers of the Detroit daily papers, re-
ported that he had visited them, but as yet had
not been successful in getting them to promise
to keep guessing contest ads. out of the papers.
Mr. Ling will continue his work with the papers
and report later on his success.
A number of the members discussed collections
and methods of selling pianos. E. P. Andrew,
president of the association; S, B. Smith, of the
S. B. Smith Co.; J. Warren Wright, manager of
Bush & Lane's local branch, and John H. Ludden.
of Paul G. Mehlin & Sons, New York.
who was a specially invited guest of the associa-
tion, led in the discussions.
F. J. Bayley, who has been prominently connected
A. E. Noble, secretary of the Detroit Music
with the so-called independents, has deserted the Trades Association, and F. J. Bayley, the Detroit
independent ranks and joined the association. He dealer, last Sunday entertained Harold S. Holmes,
was voted on at Tuesday night's meeting and was of Henry & S. G. Lindeman, and Charles Collins,
elected unanimously.
of Kohler & Campbell, of New York. They took
Most of the Detroit retail and wholesale piano a trip through the suburban towns in Mr. Bayley's
dealers and manufacturers have secured space to automobile.
exhibit their pianos at the Michigan State Fair that
H. Browning, representing J. & C. Fischer, New
opens in this city on September 19 and continues York, called on the local piano dealers this week.
to September 24. Grinnell Bros, have secured a
A. E. Noble & Co., are looking for a location
space 10 x 50 feet which will be elaborately deco- in the downtown district to establish a branch
rated for the exhibition of pianos, player-pianos, piano and musical instrument store.
musical instruments of all kinds and talking ma-
Thomas Pletcher, sales manager of the Melville
chines. The Farrand Co. have had a gang of men Clark Piano Co., Chicago, was in town on a busi-
working on their booth for a week and it will not ness trip Saturday, September 10.
be ready until the day the fair opens. The floor
Howard Miner, manager of the Wilber Player-
will be carpeted and rugs will then be placed over Piano Co., is visiting friends in London, Ont,
the carpets. Palms and bunting will predominate and taking in the sights at the county fair that
in the decorations. The other dealers to exhibit opened on Sept. 12.
at the fair will be the Detroit Music Co. and the
Ira Markley, representing the Ludwig Piano Co.,
Cable Piano Co.
of New York, spent several days in Detroit this
The Detroit Trust Co., appointed receiver of the week looking after an agent to take the Ludwig
Clough & Warren Co. a week ago, have filed their line of pianos. He left the city Saturday night
bonds with the Wayne Circuit Court and taken without announcing whether he succeeded in secur-
charge of the business of the Clough & Warren ing an agent or not.
Co. One of the first acts of the receiver was to
S. J. Travis, of the Travis Piano Sales Co., Chi-
appoint W. W. Washburn, who was connected cago, is visiting Leonard Davis, sales manager of
with the Detroit Trust Co. until last January, when the Manufacturers Piano Co.
he was made secretary and treasurer of the Clough
E. P. Andrew, manager of the Farrand Co.'s
& Warren Co., to operate under the direction of branch stores, says the player-piano business is
the receiver.
getting better every day as the weather gets colder.
W. R. Farrand, treasurer and general manager He says the Farrand Co. received 38 orders for
of the Farrand Co., who has been spending his Farrand-Cecilian player-pianos last Thursday to
vacation at the Snow Islands, returned to Detroit be shipped to different parts of the State. While
this week and is again at his desk at the Farrand the player-pianos are being sold rapidly, Mr. An-
drew says the collections are not as good as the
Co.'s factory.
F. R. Milner, agent of the Clough & Warren sales.
The Farrand Co.'s retail store this week sold a
Co. in Cleveland, was in Detroit this week. He
reports business unusually good in the Forest City Cecilian player-piano, style H, finished in mission,
and says he looks for a record breaking trade be- to the Detroit Yacht Club. Another Cecilian was
sold by Manager Andrew, dull finish, style V, to
tween now and Christmas.
W. B. Williams, traveling representative of the C. Howard Crane, the well-known Detroit architect.
A. E. Noble, of the A. E. Noble Co., says he has
Sterling Co., was visiting the local dealers this
week. He has been traveling through the South sold every player-piano he has in his store. He
and says business was never better in that sec- says the player-piano business has been unusually
good with him. Mr. Noble says he expects a car-
tion of the country.
N. T. Lucia, Port Huron agent for the Clough load of player-pianos to arrive next week from
& Warren Co., was a visitor at the Clough & Henry & S. G. Lindeman, and a number of other
Warren Co.'s offices this week. He came to De- player-pianos from Bjur Bros.
tioit to select his stock for his fall trade.
Simon Bersin, Inc., New York, has been incor-
Fred Harlow, representing the Poole Piano Co.,
porated
for the purpose of carrying on a business
Boston, was in Detroit this week.
A. E. Noble, of the A. E. Noble Co., says his in pianos, player-pianos and other musical instru-
delivery men made a record-breaking trip to Red- ments.
ford, Mich., 24 miles out of Detroit, to deliver a
The Martin Adams Music Co., Wichita, Kan.,
piano to John Gitten, a resident of Redford, and have secured a lease of the new building, 219 East
return in three hours. The delivery men used A. Douglas avenue, to which they will remove as soon
E. Noble's auto truck, and say they could have as extensive remodeling is completed. The build-
made better time than they did had they attempted ing is centrally located and a large stock of pianos
t i break any records.
will be carried.
Constant and Rapid Progress
have placed
Winter & Co. Pianos
on a higher level than has previously been achieved in generations.
WINTER & CO.
220 Southern Boulevard
New York City
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