Music Trade Review

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THE:
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
OPENING NEW JENKINS STORE.
evidence of the excellence and durability of the
Krakauer piano.
Large Crowd Attends Reception at St. Joseph
Store—How the Space Is Divided—Large
Concert Hall a Feature.
ESTEY ORGAN CO. WIN OUT.
The handsome new store of the J. W. Jenkins'
Sons Music Co., on Felix street, near Seventh
street, St. Joseph, Mo., was formally opened last
week, a large crowd attending the reception. An
orchestra dispensed music during the afternoon and
evening and at intervals special selections were
;:!;:ycu on the Welte-Mignon. The new store,
which occupies the whole building, is most con-
veniently arranged. The first floor is given over
to the small goods, sheet music and talking ma-
chine departments, the latter including four sound-
proof demonstrating booths. A large concert hall
is located on the second floor, while the third floor
is used as piano warerooms, the various lines being
shown in a dozen or so separate parlors. The
fourth and fifth floors are given over to player-
pianos and organs and square pianos, respectively,
while the repair shops are located on the sixth or
top floor.
PIANO DEALER_ HONORED.
Chas. J. Orth Chosen Pianist for Great Saeng-
erfest—Tribute to His Ability.
Chas. J. Orth, the well-known piano dealer of
Milwaukee, and who handles the Strich & Zeidler
Winter & Co. and other makes of pianos in that
city, has had a great tribute paid to his ability as
a pianist in being chosen the official pianist at the
coming saengerfest to be held in Plymouth, Wis.,
tinder the auspices of the Sangerbund, Northeast-
ern Wisconsin. This is not the first occasion upon
which Mr. Orth's talents as a musician were
brought to public attention.
Capture Order for $8,000 Pipe Organ for St.
Louis Church Against Strong Competition.
The Estey Organ Co. have succeeded in captur-
ing the contract for the new $8,000 pipe organ for
the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, of St.
Louis, Mo. The contract was secured in competi-
tion with most of the largest organ manufacturers
in the country, one of them a local concern who
had been very successful in underbidding competi-
tion in St. Louis in the past. The organ will be
one of the largest and most complete in the city
and will be ready for dedication on Thanksgiving
Dav.
BALTIMORE HOUSE CHANGES HANDS.
The house of Geo. Willing & Co., Baltimore,
Aid., changed hands on Aug. 1, O. C. Ziegfeld and
John D. Farson assuming charge. The official title
under the new management will be "Ziegfeld &
Earson. Successors to Geo. Willing & Co." The
house handles pianos, player-pianos, organs and a
general line of musical goods.
W. A. Philips, who represents the Bjur Bros.
Co.'s pianos and player-pianos, will take posses-
sion of his new building in Rochester, N. Y., about
September 1.
FAIL TO COMPLY WITH LAW.
A number of piano houses throughout the State
of Wisconsin, including three prominent concerns
iiv- Milwaukee, are in a list of corporations that
have failed to comply with the State law requiring
the filing of an annual report from the Secretary
of State.
OLD TIME DEALER DEAD.
According to advices from Los Angeles. Cal.,
Henry C. Wyatt, for a number of years proprietor
of the Richmond Music Emporium, Richmond, Va.,
died in the California city late in July. Mr. Wyatt
had suffered business losses over twenty years ago
while in Richmond and then left for the Pacific
Coast.
PROOF OF KRAKATTER POPULARITY.
"The Best Test" is the title of a neat cata-
lug sent out by the Krakauer Bros., of New York,
which contains a list of conservatories, schools,
lodges, dubs and other institutions using Krakauer
pianos. An imposing roster of these institutions
is presented, and they form the strongest kind of
SPECIAL STORAGE FOR PIANOS.
Louisville Company Provides Room with Even
Temperature Throughout Year.
A storage company of Louisville, Ky., has in-
troduced quite an innovation in the shape of a
special room for the storing of pianos.
In view of the damage that is often done to
pianos through sudden changes in atmospheric con-
ditions, the special room will be kept at an even
temperature throughout the entire year, so that the
instruments therein will remain in perfect condi-
tion. The charges withal are decidedly moderate.
CAMDEN HOUSE EXPANDS.
Closes Small Branch and Greatly Enlarges Main
Store—Largest Music House in City.
The Camden Piano Co., Camden, N. J., have an-
nounced that they will close their present branch
store on Federal street and will confine their efforts
to the headquarters at 02!) Broadway, that city.
The main store will be materially enlarged, and
when alterations are completed will he the largest
of its kind in Camden.
HENDRIX PIANO CO. MOVE.
The Hcndrix Piano Co., Pittsburg, Pa., have
given up their store at CA'.i Smithfield street, owing
to the expiration of the lease, and are now holding
forth at No. fill, on the same street.
SCHULZ
THE PIANO
THAT IS RIGHT
M. SCHULZ CO.
cArrrkDicc j Erie, Curtis, Ohio and Carpenter Streets
FAV>Iunits: ^ a n ( j Morgan and Superior Streets
Office and Wareroom, 711 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, 111.
N. W. Sales Department, 901-903 First Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn.
South Atlantic Sales Department, Room 730 Candler Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
NYSEWANDER
PIANOS
Something above the ordinary.
Quickest Selling Instrument on the
market.
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For prices write to
SELF-LIFTING PIANO TRUCK CO.. FINDLAY, O,
NYSEWANDER PIANO CO.
SaUs OffioM
608-609 SUInway Hall
CHICAGO, ILL.
Ganaral OHIoaa and
faotery
ROCKFORD. ILL.