Music Trade Review
Issue: 1915 Vol. 61 N. 20 - Page 9
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
NOW SETTLED IN DAYTON.
SELECT THE BOARDMAN & GRAY.
Local Branch of Aeolian Co. Occupies Corwin
Building in That City—Handsomely Fitted
Up—Much More Room for Growing Business.
Springfield, Mass., Board of Education Buys
Concert Grand and Three Uprights for
Public Schools of That City—Business Good
with the Old Established Albany Firm.
(Special to The .Ktview i
DAYTON, O., November 8.—The local branch of
the Aeolian Co. is now fully settled in its new
quarters in the Corwin Building, 114 North Main
street, this city, to which it moved from its old
location on West Third street on November 1.
In the Corwin Building the company occupies
all four floors. The first is devoted to the general
offices, a display of the company's new phonograph,
the Vocalion, and sound-proof booths for the try-
ing out of talking machine records. The second
floor is devoted to the display of pianos and
houses what is declared to be the largest music
roll library in the city, containing a complete stock
or the eighty-eight-roll music manufactured by the
company. The third floor is the main piano display
room, where can be seen instruments valued all the
way from $250 to $1,800. The fourth floor is a
refinishing shop, to take care of the rebuilding and
repairing of pianos.
In its new home the company has practically
t.iree times the room at its disposal as in its former
location.
The Springfield, Mass., Board of Education has
purchased one concert grand and three upright
models of Boardman & Gray pianos for use in the
public schools of that city. These were purchased
in competition, and the officers of Boardman &
Gray, Albany, N. Y., are highly elated at this singu-
lar testimonial to the high qualities of Boardman
& Gray pianos. This company also sent another
concert grand to San Angelo, Tex.
James S. Gray, treasurer of the company, states
that business is in excellent shape, with the pros-
pects being ripe for an unusually brisk fall and
winter trade.
PIANO TRADE IN GREAT BRITAIN.
Retail Dealers Enjoying Wave of Prosperity,
According to Report in London Daily Chron-
icle—Cash Buying the Rule.
The Daily Chronicle, of London, sums up con-
ditions in the retail piano trade in Great Britain
at the present time, as follows :
PRIZE FOR CHASE=HACKLEY LINE.
"While the musicians all over the country are
( Special to T h e k . view )
feeling the pinch of the war, it is interesting to
MUSKEGON, MICH., November <^.—The Chase- find that some members of, at any rate, one branch
Hackley Piano Co. has been advised by its repre- of the profession have no cause to complain. Pia-
sentative in Dallas, Tex., the Leyhe Piano Co., noforte dealers in certain manufacturing towns,
that it has been awarded first premiums at the and in centers where government munition works
Texas State Fair, held in Dallas recently. The in- are situated, say that they are enjoying a time of
struments displayed and which were awarded a unexampled prosperity. In normal days they sup-
prize were the Chase Bros, pianos, Chase Bros. De ply cheap pianos to workingmen on the instal-
Luxe players, Exceltone players and Hackley and ment system. Nowadays their humbler customers
Carlisle pianos.
come into their shops, produce rolls of notes and
pay cash. The picture, however, has its tragic side.
ENTERTAINS EMPLOYES AND WIVES. Cheap pianos are not so easy to procure as they
The J. \V. Greene Co., Toledo, O., recently en- were and, to supply the demand, the dealers at-
tertained its employes and their wives to the tend sales at seaside towns, there to buy the pianos
number of fifty-four at a banquet at the Toledo of lodging house keepers who are being "sold up,"
Yacht Club. The Greene Co. makes it a point to ruined by the war."
provide entertainment for its employes every three
months.
"OPEN HOUSE" AT BRADBURY'S.
If you desire a man fo* any department of
your service, either for your factory or for your
selling department, forward your advertisement
to us and it will be inserted free of charge.
Retail Patrons and Friends of
F.
G-
Smith
House Elaborately Entertained.
L. H. West, manager of the retail warerooms of
F. G. Smith at GO Flatbush avenue, Brooklyn, on
Thursday evening of this week turned over the
entire four-story building to the entertainment of
the customers and friends of the house, and at-
tracted a crowd that practically filled the building
and were most enthusiastic over the preparations
made for their entertainment.
Among the entertaining features was the appear-
ance of the Bradbury Quartet, assisted by Irwin
Hassell, pianist, and Kathryne Plat-Gunn, violin-
ist, on the fourth floor. The third floor was given
over entirely to dancing, the second floor to re-
freshments, which were served in unlimited quan-
tities, and the main floor to smoking and music.
The invitations read, "Come at 8.30; go home when
you like," and many took advantage of the op-
portunity.
The "open house" is one of the methods used by
Manager West for keeping the Bradbury family
together and expanding it, and has proven very
successful.
MUST REPORT REMOVALS.
The Christman
Attachable Player
which can be installed in any grand or
upright piano regardless of size or style,
without altering the case.
Write us for Further Information.
CHRISTMAN PIANO CO.
597-601 East 137th St, New York
Louisville Authorities Take Steps to Enforce
Local Ordinance.
The piano dealers of Louisville, Ky., are much
pleased over the manner in which the city au-
thorities are enforcing the removal notice ordin-
ance, which provides that the removals of all
householders must be reported, together with their
old and new addresses. There has been some laxity
in the observance of the ordinance recently, but
this is now being remedied. The ordinance pro-
vides special protection for merchants doing an
instalment business.
Victrola XVI, $200
Victrola XVI, electric, $250
Mahogany or oak
Other styles $15 to $350
"Will there be a
Victrola in your home
this Christmas?"
The big question that
gives impetus to your
holiday business.
An all-important
question for thousands
of people all over the
country—and for you.
Back of it is the force
of Victor advertising,
creating the greatest
Victor holiday business
ever known.
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 i» no
other way to get the unequaled Victor tone.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
NOW SETTLED IN DAYTON.
SELECT THE BOARDMAN & GRAY.
Local Branch of Aeolian Co. Occupies Corwin
Building in That City—Handsomely Fitted
Up—Much More Room for Growing Business.
Springfield, Mass., Board of Education Buys
Concert Grand and Three Uprights for
Public Schools of That City—Business Good
with the Old Established Albany Firm.
(Special to The .Ktview i
DAYTON, O., November 8.—The local branch of
the Aeolian Co. is now fully settled in its new
quarters in the Corwin Building, 114 North Main
street, this city, to which it moved from its old
location on West Third street on November 1.
In the Corwin Building the company occupies
all four floors. The first is devoted to the general
offices, a display of the company's new phonograph,
the Vocalion, and sound-proof booths for the try-
ing out of talking machine records. The second
floor is devoted to the display of pianos and
houses what is declared to be the largest music
roll library in the city, containing a complete stock
or the eighty-eight-roll music manufactured by the
company. The third floor is the main piano display
room, where can be seen instruments valued all the
way from $250 to $1,800. The fourth floor is a
refinishing shop, to take care of the rebuilding and
repairing of pianos.
In its new home the company has practically
t.iree times the room at its disposal as in its former
location.
The Springfield, Mass., Board of Education has
purchased one concert grand and three upright
models of Boardman & Gray pianos for use in the
public schools of that city. These were purchased
in competition, and the officers of Boardman &
Gray, Albany, N. Y., are highly elated at this singu-
lar testimonial to the high qualities of Boardman
& Gray pianos. This company also sent another
concert grand to San Angelo, Tex.
James S. Gray, treasurer of the company, states
that business is in excellent shape, with the pros-
pects being ripe for an unusually brisk fall and
winter trade.
PIANO TRADE IN GREAT BRITAIN.
Retail Dealers Enjoying Wave of Prosperity,
According to Report in London Daily Chron-
icle—Cash Buying the Rule.
The Daily Chronicle, of London, sums up con-
ditions in the retail piano trade in Great Britain
at the present time, as follows :
PRIZE FOR CHASE=HACKLEY LINE.
"While the musicians all over the country are
( Special to T h e k . view )
feeling the pinch of the war, it is interesting to
MUSKEGON, MICH., November <^.—The Chase- find that some members of, at any rate, one branch
Hackley Piano Co. has been advised by its repre- of the profession have no cause to complain. Pia-
sentative in Dallas, Tex., the Leyhe Piano Co., noforte dealers in certain manufacturing towns,
that it has been awarded first premiums at the and in centers where government munition works
Texas State Fair, held in Dallas recently. The in- are situated, say that they are enjoying a time of
struments displayed and which were awarded a unexampled prosperity. In normal days they sup-
prize were the Chase Bros, pianos, Chase Bros. De ply cheap pianos to workingmen on the instal-
Luxe players, Exceltone players and Hackley and ment system. Nowadays their humbler customers
Carlisle pianos.
come into their shops, produce rolls of notes and
pay cash. The picture, however, has its tragic side.
ENTERTAINS EMPLOYES AND WIVES. Cheap pianos are not so easy to procure as they
The J. \V. Greene Co., Toledo, O., recently en- were and, to supply the demand, the dealers at-
tertained its employes and their wives to the tend sales at seaside towns, there to buy the pianos
number of fifty-four at a banquet at the Toledo of lodging house keepers who are being "sold up,"
Yacht Club. The Greene Co. makes it a point to ruined by the war."
provide entertainment for its employes every three
months.
"OPEN HOUSE" AT BRADBURY'S.
If you desire a man fo* any department of
your service, either for your factory or for your
selling department, forward your advertisement
to us and it will be inserted free of charge.
Retail Patrons and Friends of
F.
G-
Smith
House Elaborately Entertained.
L. H. West, manager of the retail warerooms of
F. G. Smith at GO Flatbush avenue, Brooklyn, on
Thursday evening of this week turned over the
entire four-story building to the entertainment of
the customers and friends of the house, and at-
tracted a crowd that practically filled the building
and were most enthusiastic over the preparations
made for their entertainment.
Among the entertaining features was the appear-
ance of the Bradbury Quartet, assisted by Irwin
Hassell, pianist, and Kathryne Plat-Gunn, violin-
ist, on the fourth floor. The third floor was given
over entirely to dancing, the second floor to re-
freshments, which were served in unlimited quan-
tities, and the main floor to smoking and music.
The invitations read, "Come at 8.30; go home when
you like," and many took advantage of the op-
portunity.
The "open house" is one of the methods used by
Manager West for keeping the Bradbury family
together and expanding it, and has proven very
successful.
MUST REPORT REMOVALS.
The Christman
Attachable Player
which can be installed in any grand or
upright piano regardless of size or style,
without altering the case.
Write us for Further Information.
CHRISTMAN PIANO CO.
597-601 East 137th St, New York
Louisville Authorities Take Steps to Enforce
Local Ordinance.
The piano dealers of Louisville, Ky., are much
pleased over the manner in which the city au-
thorities are enforcing the removal notice ordin-
ance, which provides that the removals of all
householders must be reported, together with their
old and new addresses. There has been some laxity
in the observance of the ordinance recently, but
this is now being remedied. The ordinance pro-
vides special protection for merchants doing an
instalment business.
Victrola XVI, $200
Victrola XVI, electric, $250
Mahogany or oak
Other styles $15 to $350
"Will there be a
Victrola in your home
this Christmas?"
The big question that
gives impetus to your
holiday business.
An all-important
question for thousands
of people all over the
country—and for you.
Back of it is the force
of Victor advertising,
creating the greatest
Victor holiday business
ever known.
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 i» no
other way to get the unequaled Victor tone.
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