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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
BRADFORD CO. STORE REMODELED. NOT TO CLOSE MILWAUKEE STORE.
Milwaukee Piano House Now Has One of the
Finest Establishments in the Northwest—
How the VariouB Departments Are Arranged.
Cable-Nelson Piano Co. Decide to Continue Re-
tail Branch in That City—V. R. McCreery ii.
Charge of Store—Developing Sales Force.
(Special to The Review.)
MILWAUKEE, WIS., Sept. d— The J. B. Bradford
(Special to The Review.)
MILWAUKEE, WIS., September 'J—Officials of the
Piano Co. 411 Broadway, has formally opened the
remodeled portions of its store, transformed into
one of the finest retail piano establishments in the
State. Several thousand dollars have been ex-
pended by this well-known house in entirely
changing the second, third and fourth floors of its
store. The first floor was remodeled and refur-
nished in a sumptous manner only a few months
ago.
The offices, the player roll library and the new
Victrola department, are now located on the first
floor. The roll library has been almost doubled
in size, making it by far the largest in the North-
west. The second floor is now given up to the
Melville Gark. Cable and other makes of players.
Rich rugs and handsome new furnishings have
been placed on this floor. The third floor has been
entirely made over and some unusually rine quart-
ers for the Mason & ilamlin and Sohmer lines
have been arranged. The Shoninger and the Cable
lines occupy the fourth floor, also remodeled and
refurnished at considerable expense.
Hugh W. Randall, manager of the Bradford
player department, reports that business is excep-
tionally good in the player field.
MEETING OF BACON CO. CREDITORS.
Committee Appointed to Co-operate with Of-
ficers to Continue the Business Along Pro-
gressive Lines—Another Meeting of Those
Interested to Be Held September 15.
A meeting of the creditors of the Bacon Piano
Co. was held at its New York retail offices, 505
• Fifth avenue, last Friday afternoon, when C. M.
Tremaine, president of the company, presented the
following statement regarding its financial condi-
tion :
The company has. accounts and bills receivable
of $16,541.28; cash on hand and in. bank, $1,422.37.
The equity in its factory at 138th street and Walton
avenue is estimated at $22,389.72. Scales, patterns,
tools, etc., listed at $3,657.91 and merchandise in-
ventoried at $21,fiO7.63. The total assets are $65,-
018.91.
To offset the liabilities of the company are bills
payable, $15,516.92; accounts payable, including
loans, etc., $28,089.44; a total of $43,656.36.
The foregoing is the actual statement of the
company on July 1, and shows net assets of $22.-
012.55 over the liabilities.
The statement of September 1 is estimated and
does not show a great deal of change from the
above. The creditors seemed to view the condi-
tions optimistically, and a committee was appointed
consisting of George W. Gittins, of the Kohler &
Campbell enterprises; Charles Jacob, of Jacob
Bros., and Anthony Doll, of Wasle & Co., to co-
operate with the officers of ihe company, go oyer
the books and endeavor to create a plan by which
the business may be conducted for the best in-
terests of all concerned. Another meeting will be
held on September 15, when the reports of the
committee will be read.
Among the firms at the meeting were represen-
tatives of the Auto-Pneumatic Action Co., Murphy
Varnish Co.. Jos. Courtade & Sons, S. S. Mapes,
Standard Felt Co., Gulbransen-Dickinson Co.,
Pratt, Read & Co., Wasle & Co., C. F. Goepel &
Co., Berry Bros, and several others.
If you desire a man for any department of
your service, either for your factory or for your
selling department, forward your advertisement
to us and it will be inserted free of charge.
Cable-Nelson Piano Co., finally decided not to
close the Milwaukee branch store on September 1.
After M. H. Greulich had resigned as manager to
accept a position with Emil O. Schmidt, local rep-
resentative of the Kranich & Bach and Seybold
lines, it was announced that the attractive new
store at 304 West Water street would be given up.
It is understood that unusual efforts will be put
forth to make the Milwaukee branch a success.
V. R. McCreery, formerly manager of the Cable-
Nelson branch at Grand Rapids, Mich., has been
placed in charge of the Milwaukee store, and is
now getting a sales force together, preparatory
to push the fall business.
KANSAS DEALERS OPTIMISTIC.
Despite Effects of Continued Drought Martin
& Adams Piano Co. Looks for Good Business.
(Special to The Review.)
WICHITA, KAN., September 8.—The Martin &
Adams Music Co., of this city, report confidence
in the outiook for fall business, in spite of the
fact that continued drought had a very bad effect
on locai crops. The majority of tlie people are
well supplied with money, and consequently are ex-
pected to loosen up for musical instruments.
This marks the fourth year that Messrs. Martin &
Adams Co. have been doing business in Wichita
and have met with flattering success. They, handle
the Chickerin:^, Cable line, Mehlin and other makes
of pianos and player-pianos.
CUTS DOWN LINE IN SPOKANE.
Small Goods and Sheet Music Departments Dis-
posed of by Eilers' House and Pianos and
Talking Machines Will Be Handled Exclu-
sively by This Establishment Hereafter.
SPOKANE,
(Special to The Review.)
WASH., September 6.—The
Eilers
Music House in this city has closed out its lines of
small goods and sheet music, selling the latter to
the Graves Music Co., and in the future will handle
pianos and talking machines exclusively. Through
the discontinuance of the two departments the
space devoted to the piano department has been
increased by about a third, and the talking ma-
chine department one-half. G. A. Heidinger, the
manager, has had charge of the changes.
MORE ROOM FOR SANGER BROS.
Big Twelve-Story Warehouse to Be Built for
Dallas, Tex. f Department Store—Robert N.
Watkin and J. C. Phelps on Committee to
Welcome Senator La Follette.
(Special to The Review.;
DALLAS, TEX., September (i.—Plans have been
approved and contracts let for the erection of a
large twelve-story warehouse and wholesale de-
pot for Sanger Bros., the prominent department
store of this city, which also handles pianos and
acts as distributer for Victor talking machines.
The building will cover a lot llX) x 200 feet at the
southeast corner of Austin and Wood streets, the
ground alone having cost $85,000. The new build-
ing will be ready for occupancy late in the winter.
Robert N- Watkin, secretary of the Will A. Wat-
'vin Co., and J. C. Phelps are among the piano men
who have been appointed members of the commit-
tee to represent the Dallas Press Club in receiving
and welcoming to Dallas Senator R. M. La Follette,
who will speak in this city on November 4.
NEW PIANO DEPARTMENT HELD UP.
Plans for Handling Pianos in Espenhain Dry
Goods Co. Store, Milwaukee, Postponed.
(Special to The Review.)
MILWAUKEE, WIS., September ( J.—Indications are
that the Espenhain Dry Goods Co., operating a
large department store at Grand avenue and Fourth
street, has postponed for a time its plan of open-
ing a new piano department in its store. B. H.
Axman, secretary and treasurer of the company,
says that the plan has been abandoned only tem-
porarily and that before many months the store
will be selling pianos. It had been reported some
time ago that the Espenhain people would feature
a line of pianos manufactured in Chicago.
The Boston Store, Gimbel Bros, and Leflys have
long maintained successful piano departments, but
Chapman's and Espenhain's have never gone into
the piano field.
E. S. Conway, vice-president of the W. W. Kim-
ball Co., Chicago, was the guest of N. W. Mason,
manager of the Kimball Co.'s local branch store,
last week.
The Apostle Bros. Co., Taylorville, 111., who for
over ten years handled pianos as an adjunct to
another line of business, since January 1 have de-
voted their entire attention to piano selling with
flattering success. The company handles the Cable
Company and Price & Teeple lines of pianos and
piayers and W. A. Johnson Co.'s electric pianos.
DEVELOP BUSINESS BUILDING PLANS IN DETROIT.
Chamber of Commerce Interests the Various Branches of the Manufacturing Industries to the
End—C. A. Grinnell Appointed Chairman Music Trades Committee—Boosting Has Begun.
week, which is to be an annual feature. He is
also an influential member of the executive com-
of Detroit is to be "boosted" from one year's end mittee.
to another hereafter. This comes about through
Under his decisive methods nearly a thousand
the Detroit Board of Commerce. In the city show windows have been obtained for manufactur-
there are about seventy different varieties of man- ing exhibits. The exhibit in one of Grinnell's
ufacturing industries. For a boosting campaign, windows is analagous to the piano trade varnishes,
the Board of Commerce has selected a committee the line of the famous Berry Bros. In the adjoin-
of several hundred members, with a chairman for ing window is Grinnell Bros.' own factory exhibit,
each industry. C. A. Grinnell is the chairman for
showing the various steps in making a piano. Sev-
the music, trades. His campaign in behalf of the eral skilled workingmen will put in their entire
industry he represents will be vigorous.
week's time there, at their customary occupations.
Grinnell Bros, also will have a factory exhibit in
It begins the week of September 8, "Made in
one of the windows of their Monroe avenue branch.
Detroit" week, and the State Fair week immedi-
ately following will give it a continued impetus. The other has been relinquished to a cigar company.
Mr. Grinnell, as chairman of the music trades
Mr. Grinnell is chairman of two important com-
mittees of fhe Board of Commerce, the music committee, contributed an interesting article to
trades committee and the window space committee, The Detroiter, the Board of Commerce publica-
the latter being the one on which depends for tion, setting forth the history and prospects of the
the most part the success of "Made in Detroit" piano business in Detroit.
(Special to The Review.)
DETROIT, MICH., September 8.—The music trade
WINTER & CO.
220 SOUTHERN BOULEVARD, NEW YORK
Manufacturers of
Superior Pianos
and Player Pianos