Music Trade Review
Issue: 1915 Vol. 60 N. 19 - Page 46
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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
from the United States Government, New York
Stafe and city, and other municipal authorities who
The Peerless Phonograph Co. has been organ- April Sales Reach Unprecedented Figures with recognize the importance of the talking machine and
Columbia Co.—Interesting Brochure Devoted records in the classroom and for general school
ized by Ben 11. Janssen, president, the head-
to Columbia Improvements—Graphophones use. The approach of the summer vacation period
quarters being at 132d street and Brown Place,
for Educational Purposes—Other Gleanings. has also influenced the purchase of Columbia school
New York. The company will be distributors for
equipment by many playground heads in various
the Pathe Freres Phonograph Co. and will devote
"We have just closed the best April in our his- parts of the country.
most of its energies to the piano and furniture
tory," said James T. Bradt, sales manager of the
trades.
Columbia Graphophone Co., "our total business NEW EDISON DEALERS IN NEW YORK.
The new company was formally incorporated at
Among the new Edison disc dealers recently
Albany on Monday with a capital stock of $30,000. for the month even exceeding the figures we had
anticipated early in the month. Our factory has signed by the Phonograph Corporation of Man-
been working three shifts a day for many months, hattan, New York, are the following: Phonograph
and, judging from present indications, this condi- Sales Co., Newark, N. J.; George Fennell & Co.,
tion will continue for some time to come. The New York, N. Y.; Stoerr & Fister, Scranton, Pa.;
(Special to The Review.)
progress we have achieved so far this year is well Harlem Furniture Co., New York, N. Y., and
MILWAUKEE, WIS., May 1.—Colonel Peter F.
Piasecki, 441 Mitchell street, another well-known exemplified in the statement we recently published three new dealers in Sullivan County, New York.
south side talking machine dealer featuring the in The Review, wherein we noted that the sales
"How is your daughter getting on with her music
Victor line, has been elected by the circuit, county for the first three months of 1915 exceeded the
and civil judges to fill the position of jury com- total business of the first eleven months of 1914, lessons?"
"She's quit. The piano is all used up."
missioner of Milwaukee to succeed R. C. Miller, and this in spite of the fact that last year was our
recently resigned. Mr. Piasecki, who is a lieuten- record breaker. The demand for Columbia prod-
ant colonel in the Wisconsin National Guard, is ucts is general, there being a decided increase, how-
well known as a military man and has been en- ever, in the proportionate sale of the higher priced
machines. This is evidenced in the fact that our
gaged in the talking machine business since 1907.
'Leader' model, retailing at $75, is selling better
than ever and is even more popular than our pre-
VICTOR=MACY APPEAL LISTED.
vious best seller, the 'Favorite,' at $50. The 'Mig-
"The Artist's Choice"
The appeal in the case of the Victor Talking nonette,' which sells for $100, is also closely ap-
Since 1851
proximating the banner sales of the 'Favorite,'
Machine Co. versus R. H. Macy & Co. appeared on
and the sales of the 'Nonpareil' and 'De Luxe'
the calendar of the United States Circuit Court of
models are gaining rapidly."
Appeals on Monday, and was marked "ready" by
The Columbia Graphophone Co. has just issued
the court. Although there are quite a number of
cases preceding this issue on the calendar, there is an interesting brochure devoted to a list of the
every likelihood of the appeal being argued some company's contributions to the talking machine in-
dustry within the past ten years Among the vari-
t'me next week.
ous Columbia features mentioned in this publica-
tion, all of which are briefly described, are the fol-
lowing: Columbia electric motors, reproducer,
Among the incorporations recorded by the Sec- tone arm, automatic start and stop equipment, auto-
retary of State of New Jersey at Trenton early this matic lid support, individual record ejector, Grafo-
week was that of the Phonograph Sales Co., 31 nola "Grand," Dictaphone, table Gradonolas, dance
instruction records.
Clinton street, Newark, with a capital stock of
Frederic Goodwin, director of the Columbia Co.'s
$50,000. The incorporators are: C. O'C. Sloane,
T. O'C. Sloane, Orange, and J. E. Sloane, New educational department, reports the closing of a
number of important deals during the past fort-
York.
(Div. American Piano Co.)
night whereby Columbia school equipment will ibe
Offices and Factory, EAST ROCHESTER, N. Y.
installed for numerous educational purposes.
ISSUE DESCRIPTIVE CATALOG.
Among the orders received recently were several
THE PEERLESS PHONOGRAPH CO.
COLUMBIA BRIEFLETS.
ELECTED COMMISSIONER OF JURORS.
Have won leadership be-
cause of their superb tone,
fine w o r k m a n s h i p a n d
artistic cases.
ORGANIZE PHONOGRAPH SALES CO.
The Tindale Cabinet Co., 1 West Thirty-fourth
street, New York, manufacturer of sheet music,
music roll and talking machine record cabinets, has
just issued a new descriptive circular featuring
the Tindale music cabinets, which are designed for
music publishers and wholesalers. These cabinets
have met with a favorable reception wherever in-
troduced, and many publishers have equipped -their
filing rooms with numerous units of this Tindale
cabinet.
R. K. Tindale, president of the company, reports
the sale of a number of Tindale talking machine
record cabinets, which have been placed in the
yacht of a prominent financier. These cabinets
have been ibuilt in the various rooms of the yacht
to match the furniture and decorations.
TO DEAL IN TALKING MACHINES.
The W. H. Brelsford Co., Chicago, has (been
incorporated, with capital stock of $2,500, for the
purpose of dealing in talking machines, record
cabinets, etc. The incorporators are H. W. Brels-
ford, C. F. R. Gummerow and M. M. Gliott.
452-456
Tenth AY.
PIAfZO
UNIFORMLY SOOD
NewYork
ALWAYS R E U M l l
ROGART
PIANOS
PIANOS PLAYER
BOQART PIANO CO.
0-11 Canal Place
NEW YORK
Haines Bros, player-pianos
are equipped with a vari-
ety of mechanisms.
FiARDMAIV, PECK fit COMPANY
Manufacturers of
The HARDMAN Grand Piano
The
The HARDMAN Upright Piano
The HARDMAN Autotone
The Parlor Grand, The Baby Grand,
The
Made in three iizei and a Tarietjr
The Perfect Player-Piano
The Small Grand
of artistic cases.
Owning and Controlling E. G. Harrington & Co., Est. 1872, makers of
The HARRINGTON Piano
and
The HENSEL Piano
Supreme among moderately priced instruments
An admirable instrument at a price all can afford
and also owning and controlling the Autotone Co., makers of
The AUTOTONE
The only P.ayer-Piano of reputation made throughout "Flayer" as well as "Piano" by Piano makers of acknowl-
edged reputation. The Autotone has only two Basic Pianos, the Hardman and the Harrington.
433 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK
Founded 1842
724-730 REPUBLIC BUILDING, CHICAGO, ILL.
JBecker JBtm
Grade Pianos and Player Pianos
MEHLIIM
Factory And
Warerooipt:
767-769
10th Are.,
NEW
"A LEADER
AMONG
LEADERS"
PAUL G. MEHLIN & SONS
Factories:
Main Office and Wareroom:
Broadway from 20th to 21st Streets
27 Union Square, NEW YORK
WEST NEW YORK, N. J .
JOHN H. LUDOEN, Western Traveling Representative
6 1 3 8 GREENWOOD AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL.
THE fT
F
ESSENTIALLY A HIGH GRADE PRODUCT
F. RADLE,
... New York City
DE RIVAS & HARRIS
MANUFACTURERS OF
HIGH GRADE UPRIGHT art PUYER PIANOS
Naw Faotory, 134th to 135th Sta. and Willow Ava.
(Caaadfr U N Pfaaai par ummm)
NEW YORK CITY
THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
from the United States Government, New York
Stafe and city, and other municipal authorities who
The Peerless Phonograph Co. has been organ- April Sales Reach Unprecedented Figures with recognize the importance of the talking machine and
Columbia Co.—Interesting Brochure Devoted records in the classroom and for general school
ized by Ben 11. Janssen, president, the head-
to Columbia Improvements—Graphophones use. The approach of the summer vacation period
quarters being at 132d street and Brown Place,
for Educational Purposes—Other Gleanings. has also influenced the purchase of Columbia school
New York. The company will be distributors for
equipment by many playground heads in various
the Pathe Freres Phonograph Co. and will devote
"We have just closed the best April in our his- parts of the country.
most of its energies to the piano and furniture
tory," said James T. Bradt, sales manager of the
trades.
Columbia Graphophone Co., "our total business NEW EDISON DEALERS IN NEW YORK.
The new company was formally incorporated at
Among the new Edison disc dealers recently
Albany on Monday with a capital stock of $30,000. for the month even exceeding the figures we had
anticipated early in the month. Our factory has signed by the Phonograph Corporation of Man-
been working three shifts a day for many months, hattan, New York, are the following: Phonograph
and, judging from present indications, this condi- Sales Co., Newark, N. J.; George Fennell & Co.,
tion will continue for some time to come. The New York, N. Y.; Stoerr & Fister, Scranton, Pa.;
(Special to The Review.)
progress we have achieved so far this year is well Harlem Furniture Co., New York, N. Y., and
MILWAUKEE, WIS., May 1.—Colonel Peter F.
Piasecki, 441 Mitchell street, another well-known exemplified in the statement we recently published three new dealers in Sullivan County, New York.
south side talking machine dealer featuring the in The Review, wherein we noted that the sales
"How is your daughter getting on with her music
Victor line, has been elected by the circuit, county for the first three months of 1915 exceeded the
and civil judges to fill the position of jury com- total business of the first eleven months of 1914, lessons?"
"She's quit. The piano is all used up."
missioner of Milwaukee to succeed R. C. Miller, and this in spite of the fact that last year was our
recently resigned. Mr. Piasecki, who is a lieuten- record breaker. The demand for Columbia prod-
ant colonel in the Wisconsin National Guard, is ucts is general, there being a decided increase, how-
well known as a military man and has been en- ever, in the proportionate sale of the higher priced
machines. This is evidenced in the fact that our
gaged in the talking machine business since 1907.
'Leader' model, retailing at $75, is selling better
than ever and is even more popular than our pre-
VICTOR=MACY APPEAL LISTED.
vious best seller, the 'Favorite,' at $50. The 'Mig-
"The Artist's Choice"
The appeal in the case of the Victor Talking nonette,' which sells for $100, is also closely ap-
Since 1851
proximating the banner sales of the 'Favorite,'
Machine Co. versus R. H. Macy & Co. appeared on
and the sales of the 'Nonpareil' and 'De Luxe'
the calendar of the United States Circuit Court of
models are gaining rapidly."
Appeals on Monday, and was marked "ready" by
The Columbia Graphophone Co. has just issued
the court. Although there are quite a number of
cases preceding this issue on the calendar, there is an interesting brochure devoted to a list of the
every likelihood of the appeal being argued some company's contributions to the talking machine in-
dustry within the past ten years Among the vari-
t'me next week.
ous Columbia features mentioned in this publica-
tion, all of which are briefly described, are the fol-
lowing: Columbia electric motors, reproducer,
Among the incorporations recorded by the Sec- tone arm, automatic start and stop equipment, auto-
retary of State of New Jersey at Trenton early this matic lid support, individual record ejector, Grafo-
week was that of the Phonograph Sales Co., 31 nola "Grand," Dictaphone, table Gradonolas, dance
instruction records.
Clinton street, Newark, with a capital stock of
Frederic Goodwin, director of the Columbia Co.'s
$50,000. The incorporators are: C. O'C. Sloane,
T. O'C. Sloane, Orange, and J. E. Sloane, New educational department, reports the closing of a
number of important deals during the past fort-
York.
(Div. American Piano Co.)
night whereby Columbia school equipment will ibe
Offices and Factory, EAST ROCHESTER, N. Y.
installed for numerous educational purposes.
ISSUE DESCRIPTIVE CATALOG.
Among the orders received recently were several
THE PEERLESS PHONOGRAPH CO.
COLUMBIA BRIEFLETS.
ELECTED COMMISSIONER OF JURORS.
Have won leadership be-
cause of their superb tone,
fine w o r k m a n s h i p a n d
artistic cases.
ORGANIZE PHONOGRAPH SALES CO.
The Tindale Cabinet Co., 1 West Thirty-fourth
street, New York, manufacturer of sheet music,
music roll and talking machine record cabinets, has
just issued a new descriptive circular featuring
the Tindale music cabinets, which are designed for
music publishers and wholesalers. These cabinets
have met with a favorable reception wherever in-
troduced, and many publishers have equipped -their
filing rooms with numerous units of this Tindale
cabinet.
R. K. Tindale, president of the company, reports
the sale of a number of Tindale talking machine
record cabinets, which have been placed in the
yacht of a prominent financier. These cabinets
have been ibuilt in the various rooms of the yacht
to match the furniture and decorations.
TO DEAL IN TALKING MACHINES.
The W. H. Brelsford Co., Chicago, has (been
incorporated, with capital stock of $2,500, for the
purpose of dealing in talking machines, record
cabinets, etc. The incorporators are H. W. Brels-
ford, C. F. R. Gummerow and M. M. Gliott.
452-456
Tenth AY.
PIAfZO
UNIFORMLY SOOD
NewYork
ALWAYS R E U M l l
ROGART
PIANOS
PIANOS PLAYER
BOQART PIANO CO.
0-11 Canal Place
NEW YORK
Haines Bros, player-pianos
are equipped with a vari-
ety of mechanisms.
FiARDMAIV, PECK fit COMPANY
Manufacturers of
The HARDMAN Grand Piano
The
The HARDMAN Upright Piano
The HARDMAN Autotone
The Parlor Grand, The Baby Grand,
The
Made in three iizei and a Tarietjr
The Perfect Player-Piano
The Small Grand
of artistic cases.
Owning and Controlling E. G. Harrington & Co., Est. 1872, makers of
The HARRINGTON Piano
and
The HENSEL Piano
Supreme among moderately priced instruments
An admirable instrument at a price all can afford
and also owning and controlling the Autotone Co., makers of
The AUTOTONE
The only P.ayer-Piano of reputation made throughout "Flayer" as well as "Piano" by Piano makers of acknowl-
edged reputation. The Autotone has only two Basic Pianos, the Hardman and the Harrington.
433 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK
Founded 1842
724-730 REPUBLIC BUILDING, CHICAGO, ILL.
JBecker JBtm
Grade Pianos and Player Pianos
MEHLIIM
Factory And
Warerooipt:
767-769
10th Are.,
NEW
"A LEADER
AMONG
LEADERS"
PAUL G. MEHLIN & SONS
Factories:
Main Office and Wareroom:
Broadway from 20th to 21st Streets
27 Union Square, NEW YORK
WEST NEW YORK, N. J .
JOHN H. LUDOEN, Western Traveling Representative
6 1 3 8 GREENWOOD AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILL.
THE fT
F
ESSENTIALLY A HIGH GRADE PRODUCT
F. RADLE,
... New York City
DE RIVAS & HARRIS
MANUFACTURERS OF
HIGH GRADE UPRIGHT art PUYER PIANOS
Naw Faotory, 134th to 135th Sta. and Willow Ava.
(Caaadfr U N Pfaaai par ummm)
NEW YORK CITY
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