Music Trade Review
Issue: 1915 Vol. 60 N. 12 - Page 7
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
A. H. HOWES HEADS REORGANIZED DETROIT ASSOCIATION. W. N. GRUNEWALD NOW PRESIDENT
New Blood Represented in New Officers of Association—President a Prominent Detroiter—The
Association to Exercise a Wider Scope as Various Branches of Music Trade Are Represented.
(Special to The Review.)
DETROIT, MICH., March 15.—As predicted in The
W. H. Goldblum made an address on collections,
which was followed by a general discussion, in
Review last week, the reorganized Detroit Music which nearly everyone present took part. It was
Trades Association put forward the new blood in brought out that the majority of the piano contract
its election of officers. Of the six officers four are obligations in the city now are being fairly well
new members. Of the old officers Secretary A. H. paid up. Industrial conditions seem to be steadily
Howes was advanced to the presidency, and Treas- improving, and collections probably will be further
urer A. E. Trebilcock was elected first vice-presi- improved.
dent. F. A. Denison, who was strongly boosted in
Wallace Brown, of the Edison Shop, spoke upon
certain quarters for the presidency, was elected
secretary. The full list of officers, with their trade
connections, is as follows :
President, A. H. Howes, city sales manager of
Hrinnell Bros.; first vice-president, A. E. Tre-
bilcock, manager Detroit Music Co.; second vice-
president, W. H. Goldblum, manager of Story &
Clark's Detroit branch store; third vice-president,
C. A. Gifford, credit man of Crowley & Milner;
secretary, F. A. Denison, manager of the Detroit
branch of the Columbia Graphophone Co.; treas-
urer, Wallace Brown, manager of the Brown Sales
Co., the Edison Phonograph Shop. The selection
of committees was deferred until the next meeting.
Mr. Howes, the new president of the association,
is one of the best-known piano men in Detroit. He
has been with Grinnell Bros, for twenty-two
and one-half years, always as city sales manager.
Prior to that he was with a Peoria (111.) piano
house, the Mark-Ament Co., which has since gone
out of business. The Mark-Ament Co. handled the
Sohmer and the Smith & Barnes, both of which
representations are on the Grinnell Bros.' list,
so that Mr. Howes has been associated with those
two well-known pianos considerably longer than he
has with Grinnell Bros.
When he joined Grinnell Bros., in 1892 there
A. H. Howes.
were only six men in the piano department. Now
there are forty, and the piano business of the com- the policy of sending talking machines and records
pany has increased in about the same ratio as the out on approval. There was a discussion on this
subject also. The members generally were opposed
number of employes.
The meeting of the association was held at the to the practice. Its disadvantages are the resultant
Hotel Charlevoix. After the election of officers damage to records, which are not carefully han-
three applications for membership were presented. dled, and the fact that unscrupulous people take
All were favorably acted upon, the men elected be- this method of providing entertainment for parties
ing E. K. Andrews, manager of he talking ma hine and have not the least intention of buying a ma-
department of the J. L. Hudson Co.; S. E. Lind, chine.
city sales manager of the local branch of the Co-
The selling of talking machines to certain classes
lumbia Graphophone Co., and A. J. Clarke, of the of foreigners was taken up briefly. Many foreign-
Story & Clark Piano Co. The association hopes, ers move so often and so far that it is impossible
at the next meeting, to enroll all of the remaining to keep a line on them, and therefore cash trans-
principal talking machine dealers in the city.
actions are the only really desirable ones.
actuated the business during the last fifty-four
years, and urged them to greater effort. He also
Noted Men of Philadelphia Celebrate the Fifty-
said he believed in local option, while being sorry
fourth Anniversary of the Business Career
for those who are in the liquor business.
of the Great American Merchant.
"I hope," he said, "to see greater things accom-
plished for Philadelphia. I hope to see bridges
(Special to The Review.)
PHILADELPHIA, PA., March 15.—Governor Brum- across the Delaware River, a great railway termi-
baugh, of Pennsylvania, two ex-Governors, Con- nal for the three railroads entering this city, but
gressmen, lawyers, financiers, physicians and men better than all, I hope to encourage the men and
of large affairs in all walks of life paid tribute women of the city to show them it is a better way
to do business along the lines we have started
Friday night to John W'anamaker at a dinner of
the Wanamaker Business Club in the Wanamaker here."
The speakers included Joseph H. Appel, of the
store. Over 600 persons, 5fiO o.f wh )tn were em-
ployes of the store, both in this city and in New New York store; Alfred G. Clay, who presided;
York, extolled the virtues of the founder of the Governor Brumbaugh, Job E. Hedges, New York;
Representative George S. Graham, Alba B. John-
Wanamaker business, and who is now so largely
son and John C. Bell.
identified with the piano trade, both as manufac-
turer and retailer.
W. B. LINCOLN CO., INCORPORATED.
The occasion was the fifty-fourth anniversary
The W. B. Lincoln Piano Co., Taunton, Mass.,
of Mr. Wanamaker's embarkation on the mercan-
tile sea and the thirty-eighth anniversary of the has been incorporated with capital stock of $6,000.
starting of the present business at Thirteenth and
The incorporators are W. B. Lincoln, president;
Market streets.
Alfred L. Lincoln, treasurer, and R. L. Lincoln.
Mr. Wanamaker in an address told the younger The corporation will take over the business of the
members of his store family it was their duty to W. B. Lincoln Piano Co., which has been located
do the work of carrying on the ideals which have
in Taunton for a number of years.
GIVE BANQUET TOJOHN WANAMAKER
WINTER & CO.
220 SOUTHERN BOULEVARD, N E W YORK
Manufacturers of
tn
e Grunewald Co., Ltd., New Orleans, Sue-
ceeding His Father, Who Recently Died.
(Special to The Review.)
NEW ORLEANS, LA., March 15.—At a meeting of
the board of directors of the L. Grunewald Co.,
Ltd., held in this city late last week, W. N. Grune-
wald was unanimously elected president of the
company, succeeding his father, who recently died.
It will be remembered that Mr. Grunewald was
called home from Florida, where he had been re-
cuperating, by the sudden illness of his father.
The new president of the Grunewald Co. is a
practical piano man who knows every phase of
the business and who is destined to carry along
its fortunes to even higher achievements than in
the past.
ANNOUNCES CHANGE OF CONTROL.
The Piano and Victrola Departments of the
Anthony & Cowell Co., Providence, R. I.,
Taken Over by Musical Instrument Sales Co.
The Musical Instrument Sales Co., New York,
announced this week that on March 1 it had taken
over the piano and Victrola departments of the
Anthony & Cowell Co., Providence, R. 1., and will
operate these departments in the future.
C. Walter Fraleigh, formerly connected with
the Bridgeport, Conn., store of the M. Steiuert &
Sons Co., has been appointed manager of the An-
thony & Cowell piano department, and R. A. Sea-
ger, late manager of the Victrola department of
the Powers Mercantile Co., Minneapolis, Minn.,
has been placed in charge of the Anthony & Cowell
Victrola business.
The line to be handled in the piano warerooms
is a comprehensive one, including the high-grade
Chickering piano as its leader, together with the
Vose and Marshall & Wendell pianos, the Chick-
ering-Angelus, Emerson-Angelus, Marshall &
Wendell-Angelus, Vose player, Brambach line and
the popular Autopiano.
EXPORT TRADE IN FOTOPLAYERS.
Shipment of These Instruments to Argentine
Republic and Melbourne, Australia.
M. J. Samuels, general manager of the American
Photo Player Co., b'2 West Forty-fifth street, New
York, in discussing general business conditions,
commented on the fact that the company had been
enjoying quite a little export trade the past week.
Two large Fotoplayers were shipped to Argentine
Republic on Saturday, while a third Fotoplayer
started Monday on a long journey to Melbourne,
Australia. Judging from the inquiries the com-
pany has been receiving from Central America the
past few weeks, there is a steadily growing de-
mand for instruments of the Fotoplayer class for
foreign countries.
A. N. BROOKS RESIGNS AS MANAGER.
(Special to The Review.)
TERRE HAUTE, IND., March 13.—A. N. Brooks,
manager of, the piano department of the Root Dry
Goods Co., this city, resigned from this position
this week, to take effect immediately. Mr. Brooks
has not definitely announced his plans for the
future, although he has two or three offers under
consideration at the present time. His successor
has not yet been appointed.
THE CHICKERINGJN MONTREAL.
Layton Bros., the prominent piano dealers of
Montreal, Can., have secured tine agency for the
Chickering & Sons pianos in that territory. This
house already handles the Aeolian Co. line with
great success.
Superior Pianos
and Player Pianos
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
A. H. HOWES HEADS REORGANIZED DETROIT ASSOCIATION. W. N. GRUNEWALD NOW PRESIDENT
New Blood Represented in New Officers of Association—President a Prominent Detroiter—The
Association to Exercise a Wider Scope as Various Branches of Music Trade Are Represented.
(Special to The Review.)
DETROIT, MICH., March 15.—As predicted in The
W. H. Goldblum made an address on collections,
which was followed by a general discussion, in
Review last week, the reorganized Detroit Music which nearly everyone present took part. It was
Trades Association put forward the new blood in brought out that the majority of the piano contract
its election of officers. Of the six officers four are obligations in the city now are being fairly well
new members. Of the old officers Secretary A. H. paid up. Industrial conditions seem to be steadily
Howes was advanced to the presidency, and Treas- improving, and collections probably will be further
urer A. E. Trebilcock was elected first vice-presi- improved.
dent. F. A. Denison, who was strongly boosted in
Wallace Brown, of the Edison Shop, spoke upon
certain quarters for the presidency, was elected
secretary. The full list of officers, with their trade
connections, is as follows :
President, A. H. Howes, city sales manager of
Hrinnell Bros.; first vice-president, A. E. Tre-
bilcock, manager Detroit Music Co.; second vice-
president, W. H. Goldblum, manager of Story &
Clark's Detroit branch store; third vice-president,
C. A. Gifford, credit man of Crowley & Milner;
secretary, F. A. Denison, manager of the Detroit
branch of the Columbia Graphophone Co.; treas-
urer, Wallace Brown, manager of the Brown Sales
Co., the Edison Phonograph Shop. The selection
of committees was deferred until the next meeting.
Mr. Howes, the new president of the association,
is one of the best-known piano men in Detroit. He
has been with Grinnell Bros, for twenty-two
and one-half years, always as city sales manager.
Prior to that he was with a Peoria (111.) piano
house, the Mark-Ament Co., which has since gone
out of business. The Mark-Ament Co. handled the
Sohmer and the Smith & Barnes, both of which
representations are on the Grinnell Bros.' list,
so that Mr. Howes has been associated with those
two well-known pianos considerably longer than he
has with Grinnell Bros.
When he joined Grinnell Bros., in 1892 there
A. H. Howes.
were only six men in the piano department. Now
there are forty, and the piano business of the com- the policy of sending talking machines and records
pany has increased in about the same ratio as the out on approval. There was a discussion on this
subject also. The members generally were opposed
number of employes.
The meeting of the association was held at the to the practice. Its disadvantages are the resultant
Hotel Charlevoix. After the election of officers damage to records, which are not carefully han-
three applications for membership were presented. dled, and the fact that unscrupulous people take
All were favorably acted upon, the men elected be- this method of providing entertainment for parties
ing E. K. Andrews, manager of he talking ma hine and have not the least intention of buying a ma-
department of the J. L. Hudson Co.; S. E. Lind, chine.
city sales manager of the local branch of the Co-
The selling of talking machines to certain classes
lumbia Graphophone Co., and A. J. Clarke, of the of foreigners was taken up briefly. Many foreign-
Story & Clark Piano Co. The association hopes, ers move so often and so far that it is impossible
at the next meeting, to enroll all of the remaining to keep a line on them, and therefore cash trans-
principal talking machine dealers in the city.
actions are the only really desirable ones.
actuated the business during the last fifty-four
years, and urged them to greater effort. He also
Noted Men of Philadelphia Celebrate the Fifty-
said he believed in local option, while being sorry
fourth Anniversary of the Business Career
for those who are in the liquor business.
of the Great American Merchant.
"I hope," he said, "to see greater things accom-
plished for Philadelphia. I hope to see bridges
(Special to The Review.)
PHILADELPHIA, PA., March 15.—Governor Brum- across the Delaware River, a great railway termi-
baugh, of Pennsylvania, two ex-Governors, Con- nal for the three railroads entering this city, but
gressmen, lawyers, financiers, physicians and men better than all, I hope to encourage the men and
of large affairs in all walks of life paid tribute women of the city to show them it is a better way
to do business along the lines we have started
Friday night to John W'anamaker at a dinner of
the Wanamaker Business Club in the Wanamaker here."
The speakers included Joseph H. Appel, of the
store. Over 600 persons, 5fiO o.f wh )tn were em-
ployes of the store, both in this city and in New New York store; Alfred G. Clay, who presided;
York, extolled the virtues of the founder of the Governor Brumbaugh, Job E. Hedges, New York;
Representative George S. Graham, Alba B. John-
Wanamaker business, and who is now so largely
son and John C. Bell.
identified with the piano trade, both as manufac-
turer and retailer.
W. B. LINCOLN CO., INCORPORATED.
The occasion was the fifty-fourth anniversary
The W. B. Lincoln Piano Co., Taunton, Mass.,
of Mr. Wanamaker's embarkation on the mercan-
tile sea and the thirty-eighth anniversary of the has been incorporated with capital stock of $6,000.
starting of the present business at Thirteenth and
The incorporators are W. B. Lincoln, president;
Market streets.
Alfred L. Lincoln, treasurer, and R. L. Lincoln.
Mr. Wanamaker in an address told the younger The corporation will take over the business of the
members of his store family it was their duty to W. B. Lincoln Piano Co., which has been located
do the work of carrying on the ideals which have
in Taunton for a number of years.
GIVE BANQUET TOJOHN WANAMAKER
WINTER & CO.
220 SOUTHERN BOULEVARD, N E W YORK
Manufacturers of
tn
e Grunewald Co., Ltd., New Orleans, Sue-
ceeding His Father, Who Recently Died.
(Special to The Review.)
NEW ORLEANS, LA., March 15.—At a meeting of
the board of directors of the L. Grunewald Co.,
Ltd., held in this city late last week, W. N. Grune-
wald was unanimously elected president of the
company, succeeding his father, who recently died.
It will be remembered that Mr. Grunewald was
called home from Florida, where he had been re-
cuperating, by the sudden illness of his father.
The new president of the Grunewald Co. is a
practical piano man who knows every phase of
the business and who is destined to carry along
its fortunes to even higher achievements than in
the past.
ANNOUNCES CHANGE OF CONTROL.
The Piano and Victrola Departments of the
Anthony & Cowell Co., Providence, R. I.,
Taken Over by Musical Instrument Sales Co.
The Musical Instrument Sales Co., New York,
announced this week that on March 1 it had taken
over the piano and Victrola departments of the
Anthony & Cowell Co., Providence, R. 1., and will
operate these departments in the future.
C. Walter Fraleigh, formerly connected with
the Bridgeport, Conn., store of the M. Steiuert &
Sons Co., has been appointed manager of the An-
thony & Cowell piano department, and R. A. Sea-
ger, late manager of the Victrola department of
the Powers Mercantile Co., Minneapolis, Minn.,
has been placed in charge of the Anthony & Cowell
Victrola business.
The line to be handled in the piano warerooms
is a comprehensive one, including the high-grade
Chickering piano as its leader, together with the
Vose and Marshall & Wendell pianos, the Chick-
ering-Angelus, Emerson-Angelus, Marshall &
Wendell-Angelus, Vose player, Brambach line and
the popular Autopiano.
EXPORT TRADE IN FOTOPLAYERS.
Shipment of These Instruments to Argentine
Republic and Melbourne, Australia.
M. J. Samuels, general manager of the American
Photo Player Co., b'2 West Forty-fifth street, New
York, in discussing general business conditions,
commented on the fact that the company had been
enjoying quite a little export trade the past week.
Two large Fotoplayers were shipped to Argentine
Republic on Saturday, while a third Fotoplayer
started Monday on a long journey to Melbourne,
Australia. Judging from the inquiries the com-
pany has been receiving from Central America the
past few weeks, there is a steadily growing de-
mand for instruments of the Fotoplayer class for
foreign countries.
A. N. BROOKS RESIGNS AS MANAGER.
(Special to The Review.)
TERRE HAUTE, IND., March 13.—A. N. Brooks,
manager of, the piano department of the Root Dry
Goods Co., this city, resigned from this position
this week, to take effect immediately. Mr. Brooks
has not definitely announced his plans for the
future, although he has two or three offers under
consideration at the present time. His successor
has not yet been appointed.
THE CHICKERINGJN MONTREAL.
Layton Bros., the prominent piano dealers of
Montreal, Can., have secured tine agency for the
Chickering & Sons pianos in that territory. This
house already handles the Aeolian Co. line with
great success.
Superior Pianos
and Player Pianos
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