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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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FEATURES FRANCIS BACON INSTRUMENTS IN WINDOW.
HOW COOPERATION PAYS.
The Effective Window Display Made by the Duffy-Powers Co., of Rochester, the Subject of
Much Admiration and Praise—The Full Francis Bacon Line Displayed.
Piano Men of Milwaukee Join in Map of the
Piano Trade in the Local Papers.
(Special to The Review.)
ROCHESTER, N. Y., December 28.—The Duffy-
Powers Co., of this city, has been making a feature
of the Francis Bacon grand, upright and player-
(Special to The Review.)
the window of the company as it appeared last
MILWAUKEE, WIS., December 29.—A spirit of
week. At the left may be seen a Francis Bacon
upright piano, while a grand is in the center and co-operation among the piano houses located in the
a new-style Francis Bacon player-piano on the piano section of the Milwaukee east side was
shown recently when these houses were represented
in an interesting advertisement in the local news-
papers showing a complete map of the piano center
and the exact location of the various houses and
the car lines leading near the establishments.
The map, designated as "the piano buyers' center
of Milwaukee, where the high-grade pianos arc
sold,"' was followed by the advertisements of the
Edmund Gram Piano House, featuring the Stein-
way, Edmund Gram, Weber, Everett and Hard-
man; the J. B. Bradford Piano Co., handling the
Mason & Hamlin, Sohmer, Shoninger, Cable, Mel-
ville Clark and Price & Teeple goods; the Ross,
Schefft & Weinman Piano Co., carrying the Knabe,
Bchning, Kurtzmann and McPhail instruments; the
Flanner-Hafsoos Piano House, selling the A. B.
Chase, Estey, Lauter, Wegman, Christman, Lyon &
Healy and Brinkerhoff; the Milwaukee branch of
the W. W. Kimball Co., featuring the Kimball, and
the Smith Piano Co., selling the Bradbury, Stroh-
ber, Hoffman, Willard, Webster and Henning
pianos and players.
CONDITIONAL SALES SITUATION
In
The Duffy-Powers Co. Window Display of Francis Bacon Pianos.
pianos in its window displays recently, and has
been doing a good business with this line of instru-
ments. In the accompanying illustration is shown
the
State of Washington
Completely
Changed by Decision Recently Handed Down
in That State—Of Interest to Piano Men.
(Special to The Review.)
right. This window served to attract the crowds
OLYMPIAJ WASH., December 28.—A decision of
of Christmas shoppers which passsed by, and be- the highest court of the State of Washington is to
sides had its effect on making prospects.
the effect that a conditional sales contract is good
as against general creditors, whether filed or not,
though the law clearly calls for filing. Previous to
his decision, unless a conditional sales contract
Leading Houses Report Exellent Business During Holiday Period—This, Combined with Season-
was filed, it was not effective against creditors, a
able Weather, Created an Atmosphere That Put Everybody in Good Spirits.
claim of a conditional sales creditor in such case
(Special to The Review.)
All previous December records for volume of
only participating ratably with general creditors in
MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL, December 28.—The
business is reported by the old house of Foster & the distribution of an insolvent estate.
holiday season is over, but it left a pleasant taste
Waldo.
This decision will force creditors to ascertain by
in the mouths of the piano men of St. Paul and
other means than through files of the proper
SUFFERS LOSS FROM FIRE.
Minneapolis while it lasted. It was like a touch
officials whether or not certain goods in the pos-
of old times, particularly when the snow came and
session of a buyer or debtor are held by him un-
The
piano
warerooms
of
Adam
Ruchstuhl,
lo-
left a mantle nearly six inches over the ground and
conditionally or under a conditional sales contract.
gave a really Christmas appearance to the country. cated on the ground floor of the old Odd Fellows'
Members desiring it will be furnished an opinion
The winter is awaited witli considerable confidence, Hall, lloboken, N. J., suffered a loss of over
upon the- situation rendered by the association
although it is certain to be dull as usual, and noth- $4,000 as a result of a fire in the hall above last
counsel.
week. The loss resulted from damage to stock
ing else reasonably could be expected.
HOLIDAY PIANO TRADE IN TWIN CITIES LIKE OLD TIMES.
The day before Christmas was one of bustle and
"hurry. W. J. Dyer & Bro. had their delivery men
going until nearly midnight, with Christmas gifti
of pianos and Victrolas, and other dealers were
forced to extra effort to care for their patrons.
The big surprise of the week, however, was the
appearance of a representative of the Lawson
Piano Co.. New York. Piano memory hardly fails
to recall the appearance of a traveling man in the
Twin Cities during the holiday season. He had
been down South and took a swing into the North-
west to see how matters are progressing, and he
arrived in time to see things moving.
The Watson-Lister Piano Co., at 18 Eigh:h street,
South, will locate in new quarters about January
15 in the W. A. French block at Eighth street and
Marquette avenue. In the meantime a stock reduc-
tion sale is taking place in the old quarters. The
location is believed to have advantages over the
present one, as Marquette avenue already is the
home of five piano houses, and rapidly is develop-
ing as a retail street.
The holidays were observed as usual and the peo-
ple seemed to have as much money as ever. The
post-offices, the express companies and the other
machinery for the distribution of gifts had to exert
itself to the utmost to keep up with the rush, and
as far as external evidences indicate, the season
was as big as ever.
W. J. Dyer & Bro., among their other sales for
the past week, report the sale of a Fotoplayer to a
motion pic'.ure theater in St. Paul, and a Fotolyre
to another in North Dakota,
HERE will be ample reason for the success of your
moderate priced player business if you are advocating
and selling the Wilfred Player this year.
We are not basing this prediction upon our natural interest in
our own player product, but a resume of the results actually
accomplished in 1914 by Wilfred dealers can bring no other
conclusions.
T
It's a safe, sensible, simple player-piano built along common-
sense lines with our own player action,—certainly the most
remarkable achievement of the year in value for the money.
YOU SHOULD HAVE FULL INFORMATION.
The Wilfred Company
Whitlock Avenue at 156th Street
New York City