Music Trade Review
Issue: 1913 Vol. 57 N. 21 - Page 11
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
11
ATTRACTIVE NEW STORE IN INDIANAPOLIS.
The
Formal Opening of the Wagner Music Co.'s Establishment Reveals Very Attractively
Arranged Quarters Devoted to the Sale of Small Goods and Lyon & Healy Pianos.
plays an important part in adding to the attractive-
ness of the place. The decoration of the interior
and hanging baskets of ferns and flowers tend to
make the store what it should be—a nome wnere
the public may purchase the things that go to make
life brighter and happier.
Paul Wagner, for the last twelve years connected
with Lyon & Healy in Chicago, and before that
with Eastern music houses, is the manager of the
store, which is owned by the Wagner Music Co.,
Inc. Mr. Wagner possesses the characteristics
which will win the hearts of the public in Indian-
apolis. He learned his business in Germany, start-
ing about twenty-five years ago, and the fact that
he is able to speak German, French and English
will be an asset to him i:i his new venture.
Mr. Wagner's chief
assistant is J. L.
Peter,
formerly
with the Wulsch-
ner-Stewart Music
Co. Mr. Peter's ex-
perience
in the
music business has
covered all depart-
ments. He is an
expert
mechanic
and has acquired
superior knowledge
of construction. He
is also a fine musi-
cian, I'.nd made a
record as salesman
when lie was with
t h e
Wul.schlier-
Stewart
Co. K.
E. Stratman, also
Left; J. L. Peter to Right.
formerly with the
Wulschner-Stewart Music Co., is another mem-
ber of the sales force.
Besides Lyon & Healy pianos the Wagner Music
Co. carries a complete line of sheet music, harps,
musical merchandise and Victor-Victrolas.
The opening which was held the past week was
a great success in every respect.
STARR CO. EXPANDING IN DETROIT.
BUILDING PLANS AT ELGIN.
(Special to The Review.)
INDIANAPOLIS, iNj^^ovember 17.—At 27 East
Ohio street, in the Hume-Mansur building, is a
new music store. It is the kind of store the pas-
ser-by desires to enter when he obtains a glimpse
of the inside, for there is an atmosphere of har-
mony in the arrangement of the stock and fixtures
that is striking.
For instance, use of the indirect lighting system
Wagner Music Co.'s Warerooms. P. H. Wagner on
Covering Large Territory with City Salesmen—
Paul Stroup a Visitor—Strong Advocate of
Hand Played Rolls—The Passing of the
Horse for Piano Delivery Purposes.
(Special to The Review.)
DETROIT, MICH., November 18.—The Starr Piano
Co. is gradually extending the field of its local re-
tail activities further up into the State. It is found
that the experienced city salesmen can do better
with the country buyers than the country piano
agents can, and wherever a town is within reason-
able distance of the city, a Detroit salesman is sent
out to handle whatever business turns up there,
instead of establishing a local agency.
E. Morehead, for a number of years agent in
Alexandria, Ind., with his brother, for the Starr
Piano Co., has been brought to Detroit to join the
sales force here.
Clarence Gennett, treasurer of the Starr Piano
Co., has been in Detroit for a day or two, visiting
the local branch store.
Albert Behning, of the Pflueger Piano Co., called
at several piano houses this week, with the object
of placing the agency for his instruments.
Paul Stroup, manager for the Universal Music
Roll Co., also made Detroit.
"Everybody is buying the hand-played rolls now,"
he said. "Of course, the dealers who handle cer-
tain lines of players are-buying more hand-played
rolls than others, but even those who are opposed
to them for business reasons are buying a few.
They'll have to come to it, after a while. Busi-
ness is going ahead' as fast as we can take care
of it."
•
The horse has almost disappeared from the field
of piano delivery in Detroit. The Central Storage
Co. and the Cameron Truck Co., who do prac-
tically all of the piano hauling for the piano mer-
chants except Grinnell Brothers, now use motor
trucks entirely. Grinnell Brothers, because of
their diversified interests, maintain their own de-
livery trucks, and more than half of them now are
motors, the ratio being seven motors to six horse-
drawn vehicles,
F.
H. Ackemann Tells of Additions to the
Plant of the Newly Organized Engelhardt-
Seybold Co. in Elgin Early Next Spring to
Provide Needed Manufacturing Facilities.
(Special to The Review.)
CHICAGO, ILI. V November 15,—F. H. Ackemann,
treasurer of the newly organized Engelhardt-Sey-
bold Co., said when seen in Chicago this week that
while the plans were not yet drawn, work would
begin in the early spring on a substantial plant at
Elgin, which would, provide needed facilities tor
the increased demand for Seybold pianos and
players, as well as for the construction of pianos
for the Peerless automatic products. The Seybold
plant, had an exceptionally busy October and
November is more than maintaining last month's
record. The new Seybold catalog is now in
preparation, which will show three handsome new
styles of pianos, including a dainty model 4 feet G
inches in height and two new player styles.
Remember,
Mr. Piano
Merchant,
The Sweetness of
Low Price does
not equalize the
Bitterness of Low
Quality*
Investigate the
Price & Teeple
Piano Company
lines of pianos and
particularly player-
pianos* Remark-
able values and
on terms that are
elastic*
ANOTHER AUCTION IN MILWAUKEE.
Mayor Shank Again Officiating—This Time It
Is Part of the Stock of the Story & Clark Co.
That He Is Disposing Of to the Public.
(Special to The Review.)
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., November 15.—Mayor Sam-
uel Lewis Shank engaged in selling pianos to-day
at his warerooms, 227-20 North New Jersey street.
This is the second time in the last few months that
the Mayor has turned his hand, or rather his voice,
to selling pianos. He sold part of the stock of the
Wulschner-Stewart Music Co. at auction several
weeks ago. One hundred pianos were offered for
sale. They were a part of the stock of the Story
& Clark Piano Co., and were sold to the highest
bidders on payments.
KURTZMANN PIANOS FOR THEATER.
(Special to Tlie Review.)
CLEVELAND, O., November 18.—The Caldwell Pi-
ano Co., has just received the contract to supply
two Kurtzmann pianos, a grand and an upright for
used in the new Miles Theater to be opened soon.
Send for cata-
logues to
Price & Teeple
Piano Co.
Chicago
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
11
ATTRACTIVE NEW STORE IN INDIANAPOLIS.
The
Formal Opening of the Wagner Music Co.'s Establishment Reveals Very Attractively
Arranged Quarters Devoted to the Sale of Small Goods and Lyon & Healy Pianos.
plays an important part in adding to the attractive-
ness of the place. The decoration of the interior
and hanging baskets of ferns and flowers tend to
make the store what it should be—a nome wnere
the public may purchase the things that go to make
life brighter and happier.
Paul Wagner, for the last twelve years connected
with Lyon & Healy in Chicago, and before that
with Eastern music houses, is the manager of the
store, which is owned by the Wagner Music Co.,
Inc. Mr. Wagner possesses the characteristics
which will win the hearts of the public in Indian-
apolis. He learned his business in Germany, start-
ing about twenty-five years ago, and the fact that
he is able to speak German, French and English
will be an asset to him i:i his new venture.
Mr. Wagner's chief
assistant is J. L.
Peter,
formerly
with the Wulsch-
ner-Stewart Music
Co. Mr. Peter's ex-
perience
in the
music business has
covered all depart-
ments. He is an
expert
mechanic
and has acquired
superior knowledge
of construction. He
is also a fine musi-
cian, I'.nd made a
record as salesman
when lie was with
t h e
Wul.schlier-
Stewart
Co. K.
E. Stratman, also
Left; J. L. Peter to Right.
formerly with the
Wulschner-Stewart Music Co., is another mem-
ber of the sales force.
Besides Lyon & Healy pianos the Wagner Music
Co. carries a complete line of sheet music, harps,
musical merchandise and Victor-Victrolas.
The opening which was held the past week was
a great success in every respect.
STARR CO. EXPANDING IN DETROIT.
BUILDING PLANS AT ELGIN.
(Special to The Review.)
INDIANAPOLIS, iNj^^ovember 17.—At 27 East
Ohio street, in the Hume-Mansur building, is a
new music store. It is the kind of store the pas-
ser-by desires to enter when he obtains a glimpse
of the inside, for there is an atmosphere of har-
mony in the arrangement of the stock and fixtures
that is striking.
For instance, use of the indirect lighting system
Wagner Music Co.'s Warerooms. P. H. Wagner on
Covering Large Territory with City Salesmen—
Paul Stroup a Visitor—Strong Advocate of
Hand Played Rolls—The Passing of the
Horse for Piano Delivery Purposes.
(Special to The Review.)
DETROIT, MICH., November 18.—The Starr Piano
Co. is gradually extending the field of its local re-
tail activities further up into the State. It is found
that the experienced city salesmen can do better
with the country buyers than the country piano
agents can, and wherever a town is within reason-
able distance of the city, a Detroit salesman is sent
out to handle whatever business turns up there,
instead of establishing a local agency.
E. Morehead, for a number of years agent in
Alexandria, Ind., with his brother, for the Starr
Piano Co., has been brought to Detroit to join the
sales force here.
Clarence Gennett, treasurer of the Starr Piano
Co., has been in Detroit for a day or two, visiting
the local branch store.
Albert Behning, of the Pflueger Piano Co., called
at several piano houses this week, with the object
of placing the agency for his instruments.
Paul Stroup, manager for the Universal Music
Roll Co., also made Detroit.
"Everybody is buying the hand-played rolls now,"
he said. "Of course, the dealers who handle cer-
tain lines of players are-buying more hand-played
rolls than others, but even those who are opposed
to them for business reasons are buying a few.
They'll have to come to it, after a while. Busi-
ness is going ahead' as fast as we can take care
of it."
•
The horse has almost disappeared from the field
of piano delivery in Detroit. The Central Storage
Co. and the Cameron Truck Co., who do prac-
tically all of the piano hauling for the piano mer-
chants except Grinnell Brothers, now use motor
trucks entirely. Grinnell Brothers, because of
their diversified interests, maintain their own de-
livery trucks, and more than half of them now are
motors, the ratio being seven motors to six horse-
drawn vehicles,
F.
H. Ackemann Tells of Additions to the
Plant of the Newly Organized Engelhardt-
Seybold Co. in Elgin Early Next Spring to
Provide Needed Manufacturing Facilities.
(Special to The Review.)
CHICAGO, ILI. V November 15,—F. H. Ackemann,
treasurer of the newly organized Engelhardt-Sey-
bold Co., said when seen in Chicago this week that
while the plans were not yet drawn, work would
begin in the early spring on a substantial plant at
Elgin, which would, provide needed facilities tor
the increased demand for Seybold pianos and
players, as well as for the construction of pianos
for the Peerless automatic products. The Seybold
plant, had an exceptionally busy October and
November is more than maintaining last month's
record. The new Seybold catalog is now in
preparation, which will show three handsome new
styles of pianos, including a dainty model 4 feet G
inches in height and two new player styles.
Remember,
Mr. Piano
Merchant,
The Sweetness of
Low Price does
not equalize the
Bitterness of Low
Quality*
Investigate the
Price & Teeple
Piano Company
lines of pianos and
particularly player-
pianos* Remark-
able values and
on terms that are
elastic*
ANOTHER AUCTION IN MILWAUKEE.
Mayor Shank Again Officiating—This Time It
Is Part of the Stock of the Story & Clark Co.
That He Is Disposing Of to the Public.
(Special to The Review.)
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., November 15.—Mayor Sam-
uel Lewis Shank engaged in selling pianos to-day
at his warerooms, 227-20 North New Jersey street.
This is the second time in the last few months that
the Mayor has turned his hand, or rather his voice,
to selling pianos. He sold part of the stock of the
Wulschner-Stewart Music Co. at auction several
weeks ago. One hundred pianos were offered for
sale. They were a part of the stock of the Story
& Clark Piano Co., and were sold to the highest
bidders on payments.
KURTZMANN PIANOS FOR THEATER.
(Special to Tlie Review.)
CLEVELAND, O., November 18.—The Caldwell Pi-
ano Co., has just received the contract to supply
two Kurtzmann pianos, a grand and an upright for
used in the new Miles Theater to be opened soon.
Send for cata-
logues to
Price & Teeple
Piano Co.
Chicago
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