Music Trade Review
Issue: 1913 Vol. 57 N. 8 - Page 9
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
CLOSE MELVILLE CLARK CO. DETROIT BRANCH SEPT. 1.
Stock Being Disposed of at Special Sale to Save Shipping Expenses—Majority of Staff Com-
plete Plans for Future—C. A. Grinnell on Long Auto Trip Through East—Recent Visitors.
(Special to The Review.)
nounce the name. The Toledo store has been
virtually a part of the Detroit branch of the com-
fixed as the day for the closing of the Melville Clark pany.
Piano Co.'s branch store here. The stock is being
C. A. Grinnell left on August 15 for a three weeks'
disposed of at a special sale, in order to avoid the automobile tour of the Hast. He went to Buffalo
expense of shipping back to the factory, or to some on a D. & C. liner, then took to the highways, go-
other store. There are not many new instruments ing first to Albany and Boston. ' After a visit in Bos-
remaining, but there are quite a number of second ton he will take a steamer for New York. He will
hand ones of all varieties which will have to be visit a good many piano factories in the East. The
cashed.
trip from New York to Detroit will be entirely in
L. H. Davis, of the Melville Clark sales corps, his motor car. He is the second prominent Detroit
has decided that he will not go to New York. He piano dealer to take that trail, E. P. Andrews
has been offered a position with the Kimball Com- already being in the East.
pany at the Grand Rapids store, and will go to that
A. H. Howes, city sales manager of Grinnell
city after September 1. He formerly was with Grin- Bros., has returned from two weeks of getting
nell Bros. Roy. T. Davis, C. F. Bielman, Jr., and Gor- tanned at Mackinac Island. He returned with lots
don Laughead, the latter in charge of the store of color and a big smile.
in Tolodo, all have accepted propositions to move
Clarence Gennett, treasurer for the Starr Piano
to New York with the Melville Clark Co., in com- Co., stopped in Detroit on his return from Nan-
pany with Leonard Davis, and the others of the tucket. He is making the rounds of the Starr
sales staff are considering the matter. Some of
branch store in the Middle West.
them prefer to remain in the West.
H- Z. Cram, a piano merchant of Bridgeport,
Arrangements are being made for the transfer Conn., is in the West on his vacation. He visited
of the Apollo agency in Toledo to an established a brother in Detroit, then went to Bay City to call
house there. Mr. Davis is not prepared yet to an- upon J. M. Thayer, a piano merchant in that city.
DETROIT, MICH., August 18.—September 1 has been
BELIEVES IN PIANO SALESLADIES.
Manager Greulich, of Milwaukee, Declares That
the Several Female Members of His Force
Have Made Good Without Difficulty—Even
the Amateur Does Not Get Stage Fright
When Faced with a Prospect.
(Special to The Review.)
MILWAUKEE, WIS., August 18.—M. H. Greulich,
manager of the Milwaukee branch store of the
Cable-Nelson Piano Co., may not be a supporter
of the woman suffrage movement, but 1 he has al-
ways maintained that there are certain members
of the fair sex who make first-class piano sales-
women. At several times during the period that
the Cable-Nelson store has been located in Mil-
waukee, Mr. Greulich has had salesladies on his
force, and all of them have "made good."
Now Mr. Greulich is more convinced than ever
that the ladies can sell pianos, due to the record
which has been made by Miss Rose Schnell, the
attractive and capable young woman who has
charge of the offices at the local Cable-Nelson
store. Miss Schnell found herself in charge of
the store recently when Manager Greulich and
his sales force were out, and during their absence
a prospective buyer came into the store. Miss
Schnell did not contract stage fright or ask the
customer to call again, but immediately showed
him about the store, demonstrated various pianos
and ended up by selling him a Cable-Nelson in-
strument for cash. It seems that this is not the
first time that Miss Schnell has proved her quali-
ties of "salesmanship," as she has several such
sales to her credit.
CHAS. J. ORTH DIRECTS BAND
Which Renders Two of His Popular Compo-
_' sitions in Milwaukee Parks—Scores Great
Success and Is Requested to Repeat Per-
formance.
clocks and bells of every description, which were
rung by the pressing of a button. The "Salvation
Army Patrol" is a humorous composition, and this
also scored a great hit. The pieces scored such a
success that the Milwaukee Park Board has re-
quested Mr. Orth to repeat them at some of the
other large parks.
THE MASON & HAMLIN IN CONCERT.
Impressive List of Artists Who Will Use That
Instrument During Their Coming Tours Em-
phasizes Importance of Mason & Hamlin
Piano in the Musical Life of the Country.
For over a quarter of a century each musical sea-
son has found the Mason & Hamlin piano very
much in evidence upon the concert stage. The
roster of famous artists who have been heard with
this glorious instrument makes a brilliant galaxy,
including, as it does, such names as Bauer, Gabrilo-
witsch, Kreisler, Kneisel, Rachmaninoff, Sieveking.
Lamond, Stojowski, Szumowska, Paur, D'Indy,
Gebhard and many, many more too numerous to
put down here. Indeed, a history of the Mason &
Hamlin piano for the past thirty years would be
in large degree a history of music in America for
that period. But in no season has the list of world-
famed artists using the Mason & Hamlin equalled
tl:at of the coming season (1913-14), when' so
many great musicians touring America have chosen
the Mason & Hamlin. The list is extraordinary,
and includes Harold Bauer, Mme. Melba, Jan
Kubelik, Clara Butt, Kennerley Rumford, Jacques
Thibaud, Maggie Teyte, Edmond Clement, Sidney
Silver, Eleanor Spencer and many others. As a
result the music-loving public from coast to coast
will hear again and again the coming season the
Mason & Hamlin, which instrument will naturally
occupy a commanding position in the concert
field. "
FIRST HEAD (^PATENT OFFICE.
There hangs in the office of the Commissioner
( Special to The Review.)
of Patents at Washington a portrait of Dr. Wm.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.. August 1!>.—Charles J. Orth, Thornton, the first superintendent of the Patent
enterprising representative of the Strich & Zeidler, Office. The picture was painted by Gil'bert Stuart,
Winter & Co. and other lines, again came into the whose portraits of George Washington are justly
limelight as a composer and director last week, celebrated. The portrait was presented to the^
when he personally directed the Bach band of
Patent Office in 1871 by a niece of Dr. Thornton,
fifty pieces at Washington and Lake parks in the Mrs. Talbot, widow of Hon. Isham Talbot, Unit-
rendition of two of Mr. Orth's best-known pieces, ed States Senator from Kentucky. Dr. Thornton
"In a Clock Store" and the "Salvation Army was an intimate friend of President Washington,
Patrol." More than 20,000 persons attended the who, in 1794 appointed him one of three commis-
concerts and demanded encore after encore on Mr. sioners to survey and lay out the Federal capital.
Orth's compositions.
The Patent Office for the most of the doctor's ad-
In the rendition of the piece "In a Clock Store," minstration was not very extensive, as we are told
Mr. Orth had the entire park wired for each con- it consisted in 181G of three persons: Dr. William
cert so that at the proper moments clocks all over
Thornton, superintendent, at $1,400; William El-
liot, clerk, at $500, and Benjamin Fenwick, mes-
the grounds would strike. There were common
every-day alarm clocks, grandfather clocks, cuckoo senger, at $72.
Victor - Victrola
The greatest of all
musical instruments
By reason of its all-
round perfection and
wonderful tone qualities
the Victor-Victrola is
acknowledged the great-
est of all musical instru-
ments.
A n d this title has
been earned in the
business world as well,
for the Victor-Victrola
has brought a reign of
unequaled prosperity to
the entire musical in-
dustry and placed it on
a higher plane and more
substantial footing.
A n d t h e Victor-
Victrola line as now
presented insures con-
tinued prosperity, larger
sales, and i n c r e a s e d
profits to every Victor
dealer—the volume of
business to be done is
limited only by his in-
dividual efforts.
Victor Talking Machine Co.,
Camden, N. J., U. S. A.
Berliner Gramophone Co., Montreal,
Canadian Distributors.
Always use Victor Machines with Victor Records
and Victor Needles—the combination. There is no
othar way to jet tbe unequaled Victor tone.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
CLOSE MELVILLE CLARK CO. DETROIT BRANCH SEPT. 1.
Stock Being Disposed of at Special Sale to Save Shipping Expenses—Majority of Staff Com-
plete Plans for Future—C. A. Grinnell on Long Auto Trip Through East—Recent Visitors.
(Special to The Review.)
nounce the name. The Toledo store has been
virtually a part of the Detroit branch of the com-
fixed as the day for the closing of the Melville Clark pany.
Piano Co.'s branch store here. The stock is being
C. A. Grinnell left on August 15 for a three weeks'
disposed of at a special sale, in order to avoid the automobile tour of the Hast. He went to Buffalo
expense of shipping back to the factory, or to some on a D. & C. liner, then took to the highways, go-
other store. There are not many new instruments ing first to Albany and Boston. ' After a visit in Bos-
remaining, but there are quite a number of second ton he will take a steamer for New York. He will
hand ones of all varieties which will have to be visit a good many piano factories in the East. The
cashed.
trip from New York to Detroit will be entirely in
L. H. Davis, of the Melville Clark sales corps, his motor car. He is the second prominent Detroit
has decided that he will not go to New York. He piano dealer to take that trail, E. P. Andrews
has been offered a position with the Kimball Com- already being in the East.
pany at the Grand Rapids store, and will go to that
A. H. Howes, city sales manager of Grinnell
city after September 1. He formerly was with Grin- Bros., has returned from two weeks of getting
nell Bros. Roy. T. Davis, C. F. Bielman, Jr., and Gor- tanned at Mackinac Island. He returned with lots
don Laughead, the latter in charge of the store of color and a big smile.
in Tolodo, all have accepted propositions to move
Clarence Gennett, treasurer for the Starr Piano
to New York with the Melville Clark Co., in com- Co., stopped in Detroit on his return from Nan-
pany with Leonard Davis, and the others of the tucket. He is making the rounds of the Starr
sales staff are considering the matter. Some of
branch store in the Middle West.
them prefer to remain in the West.
H- Z. Cram, a piano merchant of Bridgeport,
Arrangements are being made for the transfer Conn., is in the West on his vacation. He visited
of the Apollo agency in Toledo to an established a brother in Detroit, then went to Bay City to call
house there. Mr. Davis is not prepared yet to an- upon J. M. Thayer, a piano merchant in that city.
DETROIT, MICH., August 18.—September 1 has been
BELIEVES IN PIANO SALESLADIES.
Manager Greulich, of Milwaukee, Declares That
the Several Female Members of His Force
Have Made Good Without Difficulty—Even
the Amateur Does Not Get Stage Fright
When Faced with a Prospect.
(Special to The Review.)
MILWAUKEE, WIS., August 18.—M. H. Greulich,
manager of the Milwaukee branch store of the
Cable-Nelson Piano Co., may not be a supporter
of the woman suffrage movement, but 1 he has al-
ways maintained that there are certain members
of the fair sex who make first-class piano sales-
women. At several times during the period that
the Cable-Nelson store has been located in Mil-
waukee, Mr. Greulich has had salesladies on his
force, and all of them have "made good."
Now Mr. Greulich is more convinced than ever
that the ladies can sell pianos, due to the record
which has been made by Miss Rose Schnell, the
attractive and capable young woman who has
charge of the offices at the local Cable-Nelson
store. Miss Schnell found herself in charge of
the store recently when Manager Greulich and
his sales force were out, and during their absence
a prospective buyer came into the store. Miss
Schnell did not contract stage fright or ask the
customer to call again, but immediately showed
him about the store, demonstrated various pianos
and ended up by selling him a Cable-Nelson in-
strument for cash. It seems that this is not the
first time that Miss Schnell has proved her quali-
ties of "salesmanship," as she has several such
sales to her credit.
CHAS. J. ORTH DIRECTS BAND
Which Renders Two of His Popular Compo-
_' sitions in Milwaukee Parks—Scores Great
Success and Is Requested to Repeat Per-
formance.
clocks and bells of every description, which were
rung by the pressing of a button. The "Salvation
Army Patrol" is a humorous composition, and this
also scored a great hit. The pieces scored such a
success that the Milwaukee Park Board has re-
quested Mr. Orth to repeat them at some of the
other large parks.
THE MASON & HAMLIN IN CONCERT.
Impressive List of Artists Who Will Use That
Instrument During Their Coming Tours Em-
phasizes Importance of Mason & Hamlin
Piano in the Musical Life of the Country.
For over a quarter of a century each musical sea-
son has found the Mason & Hamlin piano very
much in evidence upon the concert stage. The
roster of famous artists who have been heard with
this glorious instrument makes a brilliant galaxy,
including, as it does, such names as Bauer, Gabrilo-
witsch, Kreisler, Kneisel, Rachmaninoff, Sieveking.
Lamond, Stojowski, Szumowska, Paur, D'Indy,
Gebhard and many, many more too numerous to
put down here. Indeed, a history of the Mason &
Hamlin piano for the past thirty years would be
in large degree a history of music in America for
that period. But in no season has the list of world-
famed artists using the Mason & Hamlin equalled
tl:at of the coming season (1913-14), when' so
many great musicians touring America have chosen
the Mason & Hamlin. The list is extraordinary,
and includes Harold Bauer, Mme. Melba, Jan
Kubelik, Clara Butt, Kennerley Rumford, Jacques
Thibaud, Maggie Teyte, Edmond Clement, Sidney
Silver, Eleanor Spencer and many others. As a
result the music-loving public from coast to coast
will hear again and again the coming season the
Mason & Hamlin, which instrument will naturally
occupy a commanding position in the concert
field. "
FIRST HEAD (^PATENT OFFICE.
There hangs in the office of the Commissioner
( Special to The Review.)
of Patents at Washington a portrait of Dr. Wm.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.. August 1!>.—Charles J. Orth, Thornton, the first superintendent of the Patent
enterprising representative of the Strich & Zeidler, Office. The picture was painted by Gil'bert Stuart,
Winter & Co. and other lines, again came into the whose portraits of George Washington are justly
limelight as a composer and director last week, celebrated. The portrait was presented to the^
when he personally directed the Bach band of
Patent Office in 1871 by a niece of Dr. Thornton,
fifty pieces at Washington and Lake parks in the Mrs. Talbot, widow of Hon. Isham Talbot, Unit-
rendition of two of Mr. Orth's best-known pieces, ed States Senator from Kentucky. Dr. Thornton
"In a Clock Store" and the "Salvation Army was an intimate friend of President Washington,
Patrol." More than 20,000 persons attended the who, in 1794 appointed him one of three commis-
concerts and demanded encore after encore on Mr. sioners to survey and lay out the Federal capital.
Orth's compositions.
The Patent Office for the most of the doctor's ad-
In the rendition of the piece "In a Clock Store," minstration was not very extensive, as we are told
Mr. Orth had the entire park wired for each con- it consisted in 181G of three persons: Dr. William
cert so that at the proper moments clocks all over
Thornton, superintendent, at $1,400; William El-
liot, clerk, at $500, and Benjamin Fenwick, mes-
the grounds would strike. There were common
every-day alarm clocks, grandfather clocks, cuckoo senger, at $72.
Victor - Victrola
The greatest of all
musical instruments
By reason of its all-
round perfection and
wonderful tone qualities
the Victor-Victrola is
acknowledged the great-
est of all musical instru-
ments.
A n d this title has
been earned in the
business world as well,
for the Victor-Victrola
has brought a reign of
unequaled prosperity to
the entire musical in-
dustry and placed it on
a higher plane and more
substantial footing.
A n d t h e Victor-
Victrola line as now
presented insures con-
tinued prosperity, larger
sales, and i n c r e a s e d
profits to every Victor
dealer—the volume of
business to be done is
limited only by his in-
dividual efforts.
Victor Talking Machine Co.,
Camden, N. J., U. S. A.
Berliner Gramophone Co., Montreal,
Canadian Distributors.
Always use Victor Machines with Victor Records
and Victor Needles—the combination. There is no
othar way to jet tbe unequaled Victor tone.
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