Music Trade Review
Issue: 1912 Vol. 55 N. 18 - Page 11
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
SLOW DELIVERIES COMPLAINED OF ON PACIFIC COAST.
Due in a Large Degree to the Strike in New York—Conditions Now Improving—Building Activity
Helps City Business—Country Trade Splendid—California Music Co. Organizes in San Jose
—Creditors of Bender Concern in Los Angeles Accept Twenty-five Cents on the Dollar.
(Special to The Review.)
San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 24, 1912.
Some of the local piano houses still complain
of slow deliveries, but the shortage in a few lines
has not caused any great inconvenience, and it is
not expected that the delay will have serious re-
sults. Those whose goods were held back for a
time because of the strike have received assur-
ances that their shipments will be sent with fair
regularity from now on. Business was retarded a
little by a shower this week, but for the last few
days sales have been well up to last week's record.
A slight lull is expected from now until the presi-
dential election, but political matters are really
having much less effect than usual on the local
trade.
Building Activity Helps Trade.
The city is now beginning to get some tangible
benefit from the preparations for the Exposition,
as a large force of workmen is now employed on
the site, and their number will be greatly increased
before the end of the year, as some of the larger
building contracts are to be let next month. It is
evident that next year will be one of great building
activity, as the public work alone includes a new-
city hall, a large auditorium, and a fine building
for the United States Sub-Treasury.
Country
business is uniformly good. Some crops, such as
prunes, raisins and apples, are bringing very poor
prices, but the growers have had several years of
great prosperity, and as the crops are sold dealers
have very little difficulty in closing sales.
Space Saving Now an Object.
Recent developments show a very decided ten-
dency toward the curtailment of expense in han-
dling pianos, particularly the great expense of
prominent ground-floor locations. While the old-
line firms maintain that their expensive quarters
are paying for themselves, the recent unfortunate
experience of Benj. Curtaz & Sons indicates that
this may not always be the case. Moreover, it is
A New Line—
DistinctivefFeatures.
noted that even in the larger houses pianos are not
often sold on the ground floor, and two of the
oldest firms have given this floor over to other pur-
poses, at the same time making increased efforts to
get the maximum profit out of all available space.
Second-floor or side-street locations obviously have
serious disadvantages, but they effect a heavy sav-
ing of expense, and the newcomers evidently be-
lieve that the money can be put to better use in
hiring men to go out ofter the business, a line of
effort that every house must follow to a consider-
able extent. Clark Wise, from whom little has
been heard for the last year, has a growing busi-
ness in a second-floor location, and is now adver-
tising, using his saving in rent as a strong argu-
ment for low prices.
A New Consolidation.
A corporation recently organized at San Jose,
Cal., effects a consolidation of the California Music
Co., of this city, owned by R. A. Daniels, and J.
H. Harrell & Co., of 30 South Second street, San
Jose. The corporation has taken the name of the
California Music Co. and has a paid-up capital of
$25,000, R. A. Daniels, the leading stockholder,
being president and manager. Mr. Daniels still
acts as Coast representative of the Knabe Bros,
factory, whose goods will be handled at both
stores. The consolidation was celebrated at the
San Jose store by a parade of wagons bringing
new stock from the cars on Tuesday of this week.
Mr. Harrell has been in business at San Jose for
eight years, and has long handled the tuning and
repair work for the leading residents of the Santa
Clara valley. He is at- present making a short
visit at the San Francisco store.
To Feature J. & C. Fischer Players.
The Arnovitch Player-Piano House is making
good progress with its present line, which is in-
tended to make room for more J. & C. Fischer
players. A shipment of the latter has been due
for several days and is badly needed, as a good
many inquiries have already been received for these
goods.
L. S. Sherman Homeward Bound.
L. S. Sherman, of Sherman, Clay & Co., is ex-
pected to start on his return trip for the Coast
in a few days. He will make his first stop at
Spokane, Wash., visiting the other Northern cities
on his way home. Sherman, Clay & Co. have
completed the various improvements in their store,
giving them the best facilities they have ever had
in the talking machine and player departments.
While an additional floor in the building is re-
garded as desirable, this plan has been dropped for
the time being.
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day from an automobile trip to Los Angeles, where
he expects to start a sale before long.
The Oakdale Music Co. will open a new store
next week at Oakdale, Cal.
H. V. Herman and his sister, Rose Herman,
under the name of Herman & Herman, have start-
ed a store at Red Bluff, Cal., handling the Kohlcr
& Chase lines.
Wm. Thomasson is starting a music store ;..
Hollister, Cal., and is handling the lines of Sher-
man, Clay & Co.
The B. Platt Music Co., of Los Angeles, an-
nounces the purchase of the bankrupt piano stock
of the Bender Piano Co., and put the goods on sale
last Wednesday. It is announced that the Bender
creditors have agreed on a settlement at 25 cents
on the dollar.
CANAL TO OPEN IN OCTOBER, 1913.
First Ship Will Then Go Through, but Formal
Exercises Later.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, Oct. 28, 1912.
The passing of the first ship through the Panama
Canal a year from to-day will be a momentous
event in all parts of the world, except possibly in
Panama itself. It is not probable that there will
be any ceremonies connected with the first actual
demonstration of the working of the big ditch,
according to the Isthmian canal officials to-day.
The formal celebration of the opening of the water-
way will be postponed until the canal is thrown
open to public use about January 1, 1914—a year
ahead of the date originally set.
It has been urged that the battleship "Oregon"
have the honor of the first passage, but because
it is a big vessel and the men who will operate
the canal mechanism have not yet learned their
work, it may be that a small gunboat will be the
first to be "tried out" in the waterway. To the
"Oregon" certainly will go the credit of being the
first battleship to make the passage in honor of her
famous trip around the Horn during the Spanish-
American War.
From October 28, 1913, to January 1, 1915, when
the canal will be open informally to commerce,
the men who will operate the canal mechanism—
the lock controls, electric towing engines, etc.—
will be ceaselessly drilled in their work so that
they will be absoutely familiar with their duties.
G. B. Read, the piano dealer of Arctic, R. I., has
moved to larger quarters in that town.
Move Into New Store.
The Hauschildt Music Co. has moved into its
new store in Oakland, which adjoins the former
quarters, but business is now being done under
difficulties, as there was no time to install the
necessary fixtures before moving in. The store,
which is larger than the old one, consists of a
ground floor, gallery and basement, and the entire
front is being remodeled.
News Brieflets of Interest.
No. M 107.
Write for Prices.
The Geo. A. Long Cabinet Co.
Hanover, Pa.
Address Clement Beecroft, Sales Mgr.
309 W. Susquehanna Avenue
Philadelphia.
Visitors to the local trade this week included
Lemuel Kline, of the Kline Piano Co.; Theo.
Pfafflin, the Haddorff representative from Los
Angeles, and Jesse Montgomery, of the Boston
Piano Co., of Los Angeles.
Kohler.& Chase are just completing the rear-
rangement of the Curtaz sheet music stock, which
has been put out on sale under the management of
Carl Fuhrmann.
Mr. Macdonald, traveling for the Hallet & Davis
Co., reports, large sales at both Seattle and Spo-
kane, Wash. The local store is increasing its force
of outside solicitors, and Mr. Finch is well satis-
fied with the results of his first few weeks' work.
Hugh Foley, who has been traveling in the
northern part of the State for the Heine Piano
Co., is back at the local store, but Mr. Heine still
has several salesmen on the road with consign-
ments of players. Mr. Heine returned last Satur-
THIS IS IT!
The Christman
Attachable Player
which can be installed in any grand or
upright piano, regardless of size or style,
without altering the case.
Write us for Further Information.
CHRISTMAN PIANO CO.
5 9 7 6 0 1 East 137th St., New York
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
SLOW DELIVERIES COMPLAINED OF ON PACIFIC COAST.
Due in a Large Degree to the Strike in New York—Conditions Now Improving—Building Activity
Helps City Business—Country Trade Splendid—California Music Co. Organizes in San Jose
—Creditors of Bender Concern in Los Angeles Accept Twenty-five Cents on the Dollar.
(Special to The Review.)
San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 24, 1912.
Some of the local piano houses still complain
of slow deliveries, but the shortage in a few lines
has not caused any great inconvenience, and it is
not expected that the delay will have serious re-
sults. Those whose goods were held back for a
time because of the strike have received assur-
ances that their shipments will be sent with fair
regularity from now on. Business was retarded a
little by a shower this week, but for the last few
days sales have been well up to last week's record.
A slight lull is expected from now until the presi-
dential election, but political matters are really
having much less effect than usual on the local
trade.
Building Activity Helps Trade.
The city is now beginning to get some tangible
benefit from the preparations for the Exposition,
as a large force of workmen is now employed on
the site, and their number will be greatly increased
before the end of the year, as some of the larger
building contracts are to be let next month. It is
evident that next year will be one of great building
activity, as the public work alone includes a new-
city hall, a large auditorium, and a fine building
for the United States Sub-Treasury.
Country
business is uniformly good. Some crops, such as
prunes, raisins and apples, are bringing very poor
prices, but the growers have had several years of
great prosperity, and as the crops are sold dealers
have very little difficulty in closing sales.
Space Saving Now an Object.
Recent developments show a very decided ten-
dency toward the curtailment of expense in han-
dling pianos, particularly the great expense of
prominent ground-floor locations. While the old-
line firms maintain that their expensive quarters
are paying for themselves, the recent unfortunate
experience of Benj. Curtaz & Sons indicates that
this may not always be the case. Moreover, it is
A New Line—
DistinctivefFeatures.
noted that even in the larger houses pianos are not
often sold on the ground floor, and two of the
oldest firms have given this floor over to other pur-
poses, at the same time making increased efforts to
get the maximum profit out of all available space.
Second-floor or side-street locations obviously have
serious disadvantages, but they effect a heavy sav-
ing of expense, and the newcomers evidently be-
lieve that the money can be put to better use in
hiring men to go out ofter the business, a line of
effort that every house must follow to a consider-
able extent. Clark Wise, from whom little has
been heard for the last year, has a growing busi-
ness in a second-floor location, and is now adver-
tising, using his saving in rent as a strong argu-
ment for low prices.
A New Consolidation.
A corporation recently organized at San Jose,
Cal., effects a consolidation of the California Music
Co., of this city, owned by R. A. Daniels, and J.
H. Harrell & Co., of 30 South Second street, San
Jose. The corporation has taken the name of the
California Music Co. and has a paid-up capital of
$25,000, R. A. Daniels, the leading stockholder,
being president and manager. Mr. Daniels still
acts as Coast representative of the Knabe Bros,
factory, whose goods will be handled at both
stores. The consolidation was celebrated at the
San Jose store by a parade of wagons bringing
new stock from the cars on Tuesday of this week.
Mr. Harrell has been in business at San Jose for
eight years, and has long handled the tuning and
repair work for the leading residents of the Santa
Clara valley. He is at- present making a short
visit at the San Francisco store.
To Feature J. & C. Fischer Players.
The Arnovitch Player-Piano House is making
good progress with its present line, which is in-
tended to make room for more J. & C. Fischer
players. A shipment of the latter has been due
for several days and is badly needed, as a good
many inquiries have already been received for these
goods.
L. S. Sherman Homeward Bound.
L. S. Sherman, of Sherman, Clay & Co., is ex-
pected to start on his return trip for the Coast
in a few days. He will make his first stop at
Spokane, Wash., visiting the other Northern cities
on his way home. Sherman, Clay & Co. have
completed the various improvements in their store,
giving them the best facilities they have ever had
in the talking machine and player departments.
While an additional floor in the building is re-
garded as desirable, this plan has been dropped for
the time being.
11
day from an automobile trip to Los Angeles, where
he expects to start a sale before long.
The Oakdale Music Co. will open a new store
next week at Oakdale, Cal.
H. V. Herman and his sister, Rose Herman,
under the name of Herman & Herman, have start-
ed a store at Red Bluff, Cal., handling the Kohlcr
& Chase lines.
Wm. Thomasson is starting a music store ;..
Hollister, Cal., and is handling the lines of Sher-
man, Clay & Co.
The B. Platt Music Co., of Los Angeles, an-
nounces the purchase of the bankrupt piano stock
of the Bender Piano Co., and put the goods on sale
last Wednesday. It is announced that the Bender
creditors have agreed on a settlement at 25 cents
on the dollar.
CANAL TO OPEN IN OCTOBER, 1913.
First Ship Will Then Go Through, but Formal
Exercises Later.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, Oct. 28, 1912.
The passing of the first ship through the Panama
Canal a year from to-day will be a momentous
event in all parts of the world, except possibly in
Panama itself. It is not probable that there will
be any ceremonies connected with the first actual
demonstration of the working of the big ditch,
according to the Isthmian canal officials to-day.
The formal celebration of the opening of the water-
way will be postponed until the canal is thrown
open to public use about January 1, 1914—a year
ahead of the date originally set.
It has been urged that the battleship "Oregon"
have the honor of the first passage, but because
it is a big vessel and the men who will operate
the canal mechanism have not yet learned their
work, it may be that a small gunboat will be the
first to be "tried out" in the waterway. To the
"Oregon" certainly will go the credit of being the
first battleship to make the passage in honor of her
famous trip around the Horn during the Spanish-
American War.
From October 28, 1913, to January 1, 1915, when
the canal will be open informally to commerce,
the men who will operate the canal mechanism—
the lock controls, electric towing engines, etc.—
will be ceaselessly drilled in their work so that
they will be absoutely familiar with their duties.
G. B. Read, the piano dealer of Arctic, R. I., has
moved to larger quarters in that town.
Move Into New Store.
The Hauschildt Music Co. has moved into its
new store in Oakland, which adjoins the former
quarters, but business is now being done under
difficulties, as there was no time to install the
necessary fixtures before moving in. The store,
which is larger than the old one, consists of a
ground floor, gallery and basement, and the entire
front is being remodeled.
News Brieflets of Interest.
No. M 107.
Write for Prices.
The Geo. A. Long Cabinet Co.
Hanover, Pa.
Address Clement Beecroft, Sales Mgr.
309 W. Susquehanna Avenue
Philadelphia.
Visitors to the local trade this week included
Lemuel Kline, of the Kline Piano Co.; Theo.
Pfafflin, the Haddorff representative from Los
Angeles, and Jesse Montgomery, of the Boston
Piano Co., of Los Angeles.
Kohler.& Chase are just completing the rear-
rangement of the Curtaz sheet music stock, which
has been put out on sale under the management of
Carl Fuhrmann.
Mr. Macdonald, traveling for the Hallet & Davis
Co., reports, large sales at both Seattle and Spo-
kane, Wash. The local store is increasing its force
of outside solicitors, and Mr. Finch is well satis-
fied with the results of his first few weeks' work.
Hugh Foley, who has been traveling in the
northern part of the State for the Heine Piano
Co., is back at the local store, but Mr. Heine still
has several salesmen on the road with consign-
ments of players. Mr. Heine returned last Satur-
THIS IS IT!
The Christman
Attachable Player
which can be installed in any grand or
upright piano, regardless of size or style,
without altering the case.
Write us for Further Information.
CHRISTMAN PIANO CO.
5 9 7 6 0 1 East 137th St., New York
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