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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
EXPOSITION CITY
GETTING RESULTS FROM EXPOSITION EXHIBITS.
Those in Charge of Booths Show Much Energy in Working Up New Schemes—Daily Pipe Organ
Recitals in Eiiers Booth—Silver Medal for Japanese Drums—Other Exposition News.
part of the performance Mr. Johnston circulates
about among the crowd locating "prospects," and
excitement incident to the talking machine and getting them into the small rooms for further
piano merchants' conventions, it might be expected piano demonstration. In this way quite a lot of
.-ales have been made. Mr. Grannis reports great
that things would seem rather tame at the various
musical and talking machine exhibits. In fact, interest in his music-roll machine on the part of
however, the average attendance at most of the visiting piano men, several of whom have left
exhibits is running about as large as ever, and the orders for the machine.
managers of the various exhibits are working out
Silver Medal for Japanese Exhibit of Drums.
many new schemes to attract attention or to ger
The Japanese exhibit of drums in the Palace
the greatest possible practical results from their
of Liberal Arts has been awarded a silver medal.
displays and demonstrations. This is keeping all
A similar award was given the Japanese instru-
hands busy, and in many cases is resulting in a
ment string exhibit.
considerable amount of new business. From all
Frank E. Morton's Visit.
indications the exhibitors feel that the next two
Frank E. Morton, acoustic engineer of the
or three months will be the best and busiest time
American Steel & Wire Co., has left for the East,
of the whole exposition period, as the Eastern
after spending a week or more in San Francisco,
{Special from Review Exposition Headquarters)
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., August 7.—After all the
Instruments in American
people are beginning to realize how well worth
seeing it is, while country people from California
and near-by States will be coming in larger num-
bers after the crops are harvested.
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Happenings at the Eiiers Booth.
'
E. O'Callaghan, who has been in charge of the
Eiiers collective exhbiit at the exposition, has
gone on a vacation, and for the present E. S. John-
ston, an old Eiiers man who has been for the
last few years in the pipe organ manufacturing
business at Los Angeles, is looking out for the
exhibit. P. G. Bretland, organist, is now per-
forming on the pipe organ in the Eiiers recital
hall every afternoon, an interesting feature being
his playing in accompaniment of Edison records.
The system of handling the people at the Eiiers
booth has been worked out in good shape. The
Edison and pipe organ recitals always draw a
crowd in the hall, and the people are then switched
over to a demonstration of the Masterole dupli-
cating machine by F. L. Grannis. During this
Steel & Wire Co. Exhib : t.
making his headquarters at the recital hall in the
Palace of Mines. Henry Spiller, organist, per-
forming on the Wurlitzer-Hope-Jones Unit
Orchestra, and Miss Zhay Clark, performing on
the Wurlitzer harp, have been a greater attrac-
tion than ever lately. While a great many of
the visiting piano men inspected this exhibit and
attended the recitals during the convention period,
this was really only an incident, as the place is
crowded to overflowing nearly every afternoon.
While many of the people are merely looking for
amusement, the demonstration has secured a num-
ber of live prospects for the various instruments
shown. The instruments in the American Steel
& Wire Co.'s hall are shown in the accompanying
photo. At the left is the console of the big Wur-
litzer-Hope-Jones Unit Orchestra, the organ pipes
appearing at the rear; in the foreground the
Steinway concert grand, in which the American
Steel & Wire Co.'s products are used; to the right,
a Wurlitzer upright piano; adjoining it, a Welte
Mignon, and directly in front of the organ pipes
a Mignon installed in a Wurlitzer piano. The
Wurlitzer harp also is a conspicuous figure. The
awards won by this exhibit include medals of
honor for the Mignon, the Unit Orchestra and
the harp, and a gold medal for the Wurlitzer
piano.
Visitors at the Cheney Booth.
M. L. Willard, secretary of the Cheney Talking
Machine Co., has been making his headquarters at
this company's booth for the last week. He ar-
rived via the Northwest, and will leave in a few
days for southern California and the East. Mr.
Willard was in charge of the construction and
opening of the Cheney exhibit, leaving soon after
•its completion, and is delighted at the way the
exposition has turned out and the interest that the
display is arousing. Geo. H. Bent, who has been
looking after the booth for the last few months,
has gone back to Chicago.
Two Noted Victor Workers.
The accompanying cut shows Everett Worthing-
toii, manager of the Victor Temple at the Panama-
I'acitic Exposition, and Mrs. Clark, superintendent
of educational work for the Victor Co., standing
before the beautiful classic entrance to the Victor
Temple. Mr. Worthington and Mrs. Clark shar^
between them the credit for the beautiful an.I
harmonious design of the Victor Temple, and for
the successful working out of the various at-
tractions connected with it. In the picture the
Everett Worthington and Mrs. Frances E. Clark
Before the Victor Temple.
entrance is decorated for the jobbers' convention
with specially-grown hydrangeas.
Many Bands Visit Conn Booth.
Carl D. Bethel, manager of the C. G. Conn
band instrument exhibit, has been kept busy by
the visit of several bands. The Ford'Motor Co.
band, Harry Phillips leader, has just left after
being here four days. Among the recent visitors
at the Conn booth were: R. A. Braniger, of the
Holmes Music Co., Los Angeles agents for the
Conn instruments; Anton Hospe, president of the
A-. Hospe Co., musical dealers of Omaha, Neb.;