Music Trade Review
Issue: 1913 Vol. 56 N. 9 - Page 9
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
MUSICAL PROGRESS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS
TO OPEN NEW STORE IN MACON, GA.
Demonstrated in the Success of the Series of Concerts Given Under the Auspices of the J. W.
Carter Music Co., of Houston—Knabe Piano Highly Praised.
Handsome Quarters in That City Being Pre-
pared for Phillips & Crew Co.
(Special to The Review.)
Houston, Texas, Feb. 21, 1913.
The accompanying illustration is exhibited with
considerable pride by the J. W. Carter Music Co.,
of this city, as concrete evidence of the musical
tendencies of the people of Houston Texas. The
photograph was taken during the recent series of
shoppers' concerts which was given by the J. W.
J W. Carter, president of the company, was uni-
versally commended on the musical qualities and
graceful appearance of the Knabe concert grand,
the instrument used.
These free concerts for shoppers are a fair ex-
ample of the pro'gress-iveness and activity of the
J W. Carter Music Co. in developing high-class
trade in its territory. It goes without saying
(Special to The Review.)
Macon, Ga., Feb. 24, 1913.
The Phillips & Crew Co., the prominent piano
dealers of Atlanta, Ga., will hold the formal open-
ing of the new store of the company in Macon
early in March, with B. B. Crew, the head of the
house, looking after the details. The new build-
ing where the store will be located, at 169 Cot-
ton street, is rapidly nearing completion and will
soon be ready for occupancy. A large and hand-
some new line of pianos and player-pianos will be
ready for the opening of the store.
W. E. FOX BUYSJHJT J. W. TROUT
And Becomes Proprietor of Long Established
J. W. Trout Piano Co. in Fond du Lac, Wis.
(Special to The Review.)
Fond du Lac, Wis., Feb. 24, 1913.
J. W. Trout, who for the past thirty years has
been proprietor of the J. W. Trout Music House,
this city, has sold his interest in that concern to
Walter E. Fox, formerly of Chicago, and who has
been identified with Mr. Trout in the business here
for the past seven years. Although Mr. Fox is
now head of the business, Mr. Trout proposes to
retain his active connection with the house for
some time to come.
TO RE-ENTER PIANO BUSINESS.
Howard Bros. & Co., Atlanta, Ga., who some
time ago sold out to the Weatherholt Piano Co.,
have planned to open a new store in that city on
March 1, with the Decker & Son piano as their
leader.
J. A. Eckman, who handles the Mehlin, Daven-
port & Treacy, Becker Bros., R. S. Howard and
other pianos in Jamestown, N. Y., leaves New
York for Florida on March 2. He will be gone
three or four weeks, spending the time in visiting
the principal resorts in tha salubrious State.
J. W. Carter Music Co.'s Concert Given in Prominent Department Store.
Carter Music Co. in the prominent department
store of the Levy Bros. Dry Goods Co.
These concerts, which lasted for four successive
days, were successful to a marked degree, and gave
the residents of this city a splendid opportunity to
hear and enjoy the music of the pianos the J. W.
Carter Music Co. handles, in connection with ex-
cellent concerts on the Victrola. That these
shoppers' concerts were appreciated is evidenced
by the enthusiastic audience in attendance at the
time this portrait was taken. The company con-
templates holding these concerts in several other
prominent department stores in the near future.
The Carter Music Co.'s leader in the piano end
of their business is the celebrated Knabe, which
played a prominent part in the concerts given this
month. Prominent local musicians and music-
loving Houston people were enthusiastic and sin-
cere in their praise of the tone of the Knabe, and
TWO CENTS A MILE WANTED
By the National Association of Traveling Men—
Apply to Interstate Commerce Commission
for Uniform Mileage Rates.
The National Association of Traveling Men,
which has its headquarters in this city, has taken
up the subject of uniform mileage rates on the
railroad with the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion. A rate of two cents a mile is wanted.
"We are working to have a two-cent rate estab-
lished throughout the country for the benefit of
the traveler on railroads," declared O. W. Ware,
secretary of the committee in charge of this mat-
ter. "There are some States where the two-cent
rate now holds good, and there are various pas-
senger associations on which mileage books are
sold at reduced rates, but we want to have the
two-cents-a-mile rate become a fact throughout
the country.
"With this end in view we have taken up the
that the company did not overlook any possible
opportunities for receiving valuable publicity from
the inauguration of these concerts, and the fact
that this venture was a new one in this city was
advertised extensively in its concert propaganda.
The daily newspapers of this city gave adequate
space to the series of concerts, and in many in-
stances pictures accompanied lengthy stories on
the plans of the J. W. Carter Music Co. for the
ensuing year.
The J. W. Carter Music Co. has achieved much
success in its cultivation of a high-grade clientele
that appreciates the merits and value of high-class
intruments such as the Knabe. That its publicity
plans and general business activity are bringing
excellent results is proven by the fact that they
sell a splendid assortment of Knabe instruments
each season, with the total Knabe sales growing
jear after year.
subject with the Interstate Commerce
sion, and we have received a reply from
we have progressed further in getting
ject in shape for proper presentation we
Washington to plead our cause."
Commis-
it. After
the sub-
will visit
JAMESON ELECTED PRESIDENT.
The Well-known Piano Man Heads New Organi-
zation Formed in Philadelphia and Entitled
"The City Business Club."
(Special to The Review.)
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 24, 1913.
To encourage reciprocal relations between the
trades, an organization to be known as the City
Business Club has just been organized at a meet-
ing held at the Colonnade Hotel, this city. Henry
E. Jameson, of the Jameson-Allen Piano Co., 1715
Chestnut street, was elected president; Maurice
W. Beckhardt, vice-president; S. R. Kirkpatrick,
treasurer, and C. W. Summerfield, temporary sec-
retary.
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
MUSICAL PROGRESS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS
TO OPEN NEW STORE IN MACON, GA.
Demonstrated in the Success of the Series of Concerts Given Under the Auspices of the J. W.
Carter Music Co., of Houston—Knabe Piano Highly Praised.
Handsome Quarters in That City Being Pre-
pared for Phillips & Crew Co.
(Special to The Review.)
Houston, Texas, Feb. 21, 1913.
The accompanying illustration is exhibited with
considerable pride by the J. W. Carter Music Co.,
of this city, as concrete evidence of the musical
tendencies of the people of Houston Texas. The
photograph was taken during the recent series of
shoppers' concerts which was given by the J. W.
J W. Carter, president of the company, was uni-
versally commended on the musical qualities and
graceful appearance of the Knabe concert grand,
the instrument used.
These free concerts for shoppers are a fair ex-
ample of the pro'gress-iveness and activity of the
J W. Carter Music Co. in developing high-class
trade in its territory. It goes without saying
(Special to The Review.)
Macon, Ga., Feb. 24, 1913.
The Phillips & Crew Co., the prominent piano
dealers of Atlanta, Ga., will hold the formal open-
ing of the new store of the company in Macon
early in March, with B. B. Crew, the head of the
house, looking after the details. The new build-
ing where the store will be located, at 169 Cot-
ton street, is rapidly nearing completion and will
soon be ready for occupancy. A large and hand-
some new line of pianos and player-pianos will be
ready for the opening of the store.
W. E. FOX BUYSJHJT J. W. TROUT
And Becomes Proprietor of Long Established
J. W. Trout Piano Co. in Fond du Lac, Wis.
(Special to The Review.)
Fond du Lac, Wis., Feb. 24, 1913.
J. W. Trout, who for the past thirty years has
been proprietor of the J. W. Trout Music House,
this city, has sold his interest in that concern to
Walter E. Fox, formerly of Chicago, and who has
been identified with Mr. Trout in the business here
for the past seven years. Although Mr. Fox is
now head of the business, Mr. Trout proposes to
retain his active connection with the house for
some time to come.
TO RE-ENTER PIANO BUSINESS.
Howard Bros. & Co., Atlanta, Ga., who some
time ago sold out to the Weatherholt Piano Co.,
have planned to open a new store in that city on
March 1, with the Decker & Son piano as their
leader.
J. A. Eckman, who handles the Mehlin, Daven-
port & Treacy, Becker Bros., R. S. Howard and
other pianos in Jamestown, N. Y., leaves New
York for Florida on March 2. He will be gone
three or four weeks, spending the time in visiting
the principal resorts in tha salubrious State.
J. W. Carter Music Co.'s Concert Given in Prominent Department Store.
Carter Music Co. in the prominent department
store of the Levy Bros. Dry Goods Co.
These concerts, which lasted for four successive
days, were successful to a marked degree, and gave
the residents of this city a splendid opportunity to
hear and enjoy the music of the pianos the J. W.
Carter Music Co. handles, in connection with ex-
cellent concerts on the Victrola. That these
shoppers' concerts were appreciated is evidenced
by the enthusiastic audience in attendance at the
time this portrait was taken. The company con-
templates holding these concerts in several other
prominent department stores in the near future.
The Carter Music Co.'s leader in the piano end
of their business is the celebrated Knabe, which
played a prominent part in the concerts given this
month. Prominent local musicians and music-
loving Houston people were enthusiastic and sin-
cere in their praise of the tone of the Knabe, and
TWO CENTS A MILE WANTED
By the National Association of Traveling Men—
Apply to Interstate Commerce Commission
for Uniform Mileage Rates.
The National Association of Traveling Men,
which has its headquarters in this city, has taken
up the subject of uniform mileage rates on the
railroad with the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion. A rate of two cents a mile is wanted.
"We are working to have a two-cent rate estab-
lished throughout the country for the benefit of
the traveler on railroads," declared O. W. Ware,
secretary of the committee in charge of this mat-
ter. "There are some States where the two-cent
rate now holds good, and there are various pas-
senger associations on which mileage books are
sold at reduced rates, but we want to have the
two-cents-a-mile rate become a fact throughout
the country.
"With this end in view we have taken up the
that the company did not overlook any possible
opportunities for receiving valuable publicity from
the inauguration of these concerts, and the fact
that this venture was a new one in this city was
advertised extensively in its concert propaganda.
The daily newspapers of this city gave adequate
space to the series of concerts, and in many in-
stances pictures accompanied lengthy stories on
the plans of the J. W. Carter Music Co. for the
ensuing year.
The J. W. Carter Music Co. has achieved much
success in its cultivation of a high-grade clientele
that appreciates the merits and value of high-class
intruments such as the Knabe. That its publicity
plans and general business activity are bringing
excellent results is proven by the fact that they
sell a splendid assortment of Knabe instruments
each season, with the total Knabe sales growing
jear after year.
subject with the Interstate Commerce
sion, and we have received a reply from
we have progressed further in getting
ject in shape for proper presentation we
Washington to plead our cause."
Commis-
it. After
the sub-
will visit
JAMESON ELECTED PRESIDENT.
The Well-known Piano Man Heads New Organi-
zation Formed in Philadelphia and Entitled
"The City Business Club."
(Special to The Review.)
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 24, 1913.
To encourage reciprocal relations between the
trades, an organization to be known as the City
Business Club has just been organized at a meet-
ing held at the Colonnade Hotel, this city. Henry
E. Jameson, of the Jameson-Allen Piano Co., 1715
Chestnut street, was elected president; Maurice
W. Beckhardt, vice-president; S. R. Kirkpatrick,
treasurer, and C. W. Summerfield, temporary sec-
retary.
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