Music Trade Review
Issue: 1916 Vol. 62 N. 12 - Page 6
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
HILL PIANO ESTATE ADJUSTED.
Affairs of Bankrupt Concern Finally Wound
Up at Auction Sale—Leases and Other
., Property Sold—Dividend to Be Small.
A Leader
.j.
(Spedal to The Review.)
.. JAMESTOWN, N. Y., March 13.—Walter H. Ed-
son, trustee of the bankrupt estate of the Hill
Piano Co., sold at auction last week all of the re-
maining piano leases, interests and equities, notes
receivable and accounts payable to the bankrupt
corporation and other personal property of the
£ame. This sale practically winds up the affairs
of the estate, and it is feared that the dividend for
;the creditors will be small. The leases and notes,
pf a face value of about $6,000, were sold to
Mrs-. Laura T. Gathercole for $135, and judg-
ements and claims amounting to $2,910.74 were
sold for $35.
I DENY "OFFICIAL PIANO" CHARGE.
'Milwaukee Auditorium's Management Declares
:
No Artist Was Compelled to Use a Special
.!j Piano on the Stage Against Their Wishes.
(Special to The Review.)
MILWAUKEE, WIS., March 14.—A statement has
just been issued denying the charge, which has
been stirring up local piano circles, that the Audi-
torium management has an "official" piano which
all artists who appear at the Sunday afternoon
concerts given by the Milwaukee Symphony Or-
chestra are required to use, despite their possible
preference for some other instrument. The state-
ment, which is made by one thoroughly familiar
with the situation, refutes the charges recently
made by Alexander MacFayden, well-known Mil-
waukee pianist, that artists are being hampered by
being forced to use this so-called "official" piano
against their wishes.
"Through the generosity of a Milwaukee piano
house as fine a concert grand as can be procured
was offered to the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
gratis, instead of charging cartages, as another
piano house had done. This was quite a saving
to the management and the offer was accepted.
This piano has been used by nearly all of the
artists appearing with the orchestra, and it was
.jthe piano requested by a majority of them. They
all expressed their great admiration for the piano
after the concerts."
STAFF OF CARLTON CO. DINES.
Employes of Music Store Are Given "Loyalty
Supper" at the Alexander Hotel.
at
Grands
Uprights
Players
Home
" and
Abroad
WILLIAM TONK & BRO., Inc.
Tenth Ave., Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Sts., New York
CONGER CO. TO INCORPORATE.
KLEIN AN OFFICER IN BACH CO.
Wichita Agency for the Hallet & Davis Line
Applies for State Charter.
Former Manacer of Piano Store Is Made Sec-
retary and Treasurer Upon Incorporation.
(Special to The Review.)
WICHITA, KAN., March 13.—The Conger Music
Co., of 214 North Main street, has filed application
for a State charter. The concern expects to in-
corporate with a capital of $10,000 to carry on a
general business in pianos and players. The pro-
posed incorporators are C. H. and M. E. Conger,
George Gardner, W. E. Williams and Fred Gray.
As soon as the charter is issued the officers will be
elected. Three months ago the Conger firm took
the local agency for Hallet & Davis pianos, and
the business grew so rapidly that it became neces-
sary to enlarge its store, which is now being en-
tirely remodeled and refurnished, a new front
being put in and the show window space increased.
J. W. NEWTON TOJ)PEN PIANO SHOP.
(Special to The Review.)
SAN PEDRO, CAL., March 13.—J. W. Newton has
leased a large showroom in the Elks' building, at
707 Palos Verdes street, for a long term of years,
and will open a high-class piano store as soon as
(he extensive alterations now being made are com-
pleted. The concern will operate under the name
of Newton's Piano Shop, and only high-grade
pianos and players will be carried.
MAIN MANAGING CANADIAN STORE.
(Special to The Review.)
FARIBAULT, MINN., March 13.—The R. H. Bach
Piano Co., incorporated March 1, a notice of
which appeared in last week's Review,- is a branch
of the Bach concern which has been doing busi-
ness in several Southern Minnesota cities for sev-
eral years. Irving H. Klein, who has been man-
ager of the Bach store here for the past eighteen
months, is secretary and treasurer of the new in-
corporation, R. H. Bach, of Owatonra, being presi-
dent, and R. M. Bach, of Rochester, being vice-
president. The Bach store has enjoyed an espe-
cially good trade since it has been doing business
here, and the recent incorporation .was effected to
enable a more efficient and satisfactory administra-
tion of the affairs of the company. The new
corporation is capitalized at $25,000 and handles
many well-known lines of instruments, among
them being the A. B. Chase, Kurtzmann, Crown,
Hobart M. Cable, Brinkerhoff, Brambach, the
Acoustigrande, the Autopiano, the Chase & Baker,
the Seeburg Electric and other instruments.
WATKIN CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY.
Texas Piano Concern
Has Completed Its
Thirty-Fourth Year of Business Life.
(Special to The Review.)
DALLAS, TEX., March 13.—Style show festivities
are
being used by the Will A. Watkin Co. to give
Jl
(Special to The Review )
an impetus to the celebration of its thirty-fourth
|j LONG BEACH, CAL., March 13.—A "Loyalty Sup-
H. H. Main, manager of the piano firm of Cross, anniversary of business in Dallas. The show
jjper" was given the staff of the Carlton Music Co.
ijand their friends at the Alexander Hotel last Goulding & Skinner, Ltd., of Winnipeg, Man., re- rooms at 1623 Elm street were viewed by many in-
;jweek, the firm acting as host. After the supper ceived his knowledge of the business while em- terested visitors, and large numbers visited the
•the evening was spent in a discussion of different ployed as a tuner for Chickering & Sons, Boston, first and second floors. The office of the com-
' suggestions made by the employes regarding the Mass., where he was engaged for several years. pany has been removed from the first floor to the
business of the store, including window decora- The Weber, the Melville Clark Solo-Apollo and the balcony and the space left by it is being utilized
tions, the arrangement of the displays and the han- Wurlitzer automatic musical instruments are being by a newly constructed phonograph department.
dling of the merchandise. As a result of the eve- featured by Manager Main. The Q R S Autograph Many pianos and talking machines, in style show
i
ning's discussion a number of innovations will be music rolls and a full line of Victor, Edison and appearance, formed an attractive display.
Columbia talking machines are also carried.
• put into effect in the conduct of the business.
Former Employe of Chickering & Sons, Boston,
Now in Retail Trade.
WERNETT ENTERTAINS STAFF.
AMERICAN PIANO SUPPLY COMPANY
Successors to
PIANO AND ORGAN DEPARTMENT
AMERICAN FELT COMPANY
FELTS
MUSIC WIRE
HINGES
CLOTHS
TUNING PINS
CASTERS
PUNCHINGS
PLAYER PARTS
TOOLS
A Full Line of Materials for Pianos and Organs
Employes of Keboch & Meyers Given Luncheon
by Manager of Sheet Music Department.
(Spefi.-il to The Review )
ALLENTOWN, PA., March 13.—John W. Wernett,
manager of the sheet music department of Keboch
& Meyers, music dealers, entertained the employes
of the store at a luncheon given at his home last
week. Ways and means of continuing and increasr
ing the present good trade enjoyed by the store
was discussed. A double elevator has recently
been installed in the store, and the basement was
enlarged to provide a talking machine department,
CALL AND SEE US WHEN IN NEW YORK
CHAS. C. CARLISLE IN CHARGE.
Please note our NEW Address
110-112 EAST 13th STREET
(Once Alfred Dolge & Son)
NEW YORK
Charles C. Carlisle, formerly with the Indianapo-
lis store of Steinway & Sons, is in charge of th#
new store recently opened at Richmond, Ind., and,
is featuring the Steinway, Kohler & Campbell
Autopiano and the Pianista.
;i
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
HILL PIANO ESTATE ADJUSTED.
Affairs of Bankrupt Concern Finally Wound
Up at Auction Sale—Leases and Other
., Property Sold—Dividend to Be Small.
A Leader
.j.
(Spedal to The Review.)
.. JAMESTOWN, N. Y., March 13.—Walter H. Ed-
son, trustee of the bankrupt estate of the Hill
Piano Co., sold at auction last week all of the re-
maining piano leases, interests and equities, notes
receivable and accounts payable to the bankrupt
corporation and other personal property of the
£ame. This sale practically winds up the affairs
of the estate, and it is feared that the dividend for
;the creditors will be small. The leases and notes,
pf a face value of about $6,000, were sold to
Mrs-. Laura T. Gathercole for $135, and judg-
ements and claims amounting to $2,910.74 were
sold for $35.
I DENY "OFFICIAL PIANO" CHARGE.
'Milwaukee Auditorium's Management Declares
:
No Artist Was Compelled to Use a Special
.!j Piano on the Stage Against Their Wishes.
(Special to The Review.)
MILWAUKEE, WIS., March 14.—A statement has
just been issued denying the charge, which has
been stirring up local piano circles, that the Audi-
torium management has an "official" piano which
all artists who appear at the Sunday afternoon
concerts given by the Milwaukee Symphony Or-
chestra are required to use, despite their possible
preference for some other instrument. The state-
ment, which is made by one thoroughly familiar
with the situation, refutes the charges recently
made by Alexander MacFayden, well-known Mil-
waukee pianist, that artists are being hampered by
being forced to use this so-called "official" piano
against their wishes.
"Through the generosity of a Milwaukee piano
house as fine a concert grand as can be procured
was offered to the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
gratis, instead of charging cartages, as another
piano house had done. This was quite a saving
to the management and the offer was accepted.
This piano has been used by nearly all of the
artists appearing with the orchestra, and it was
.jthe piano requested by a majority of them. They
all expressed their great admiration for the piano
after the concerts."
STAFF OF CARLTON CO. DINES.
Employes of Music Store Are Given "Loyalty
Supper" at the Alexander Hotel.
at
Grands
Uprights
Players
Home
" and
Abroad
WILLIAM TONK & BRO., Inc.
Tenth Ave., Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Sts., New York
CONGER CO. TO INCORPORATE.
KLEIN AN OFFICER IN BACH CO.
Wichita Agency for the Hallet & Davis Line
Applies for State Charter.
Former Manacer of Piano Store Is Made Sec-
retary and Treasurer Upon Incorporation.
(Special to The Review.)
WICHITA, KAN., March 13.—The Conger Music
Co., of 214 North Main street, has filed application
for a State charter. The concern expects to in-
corporate with a capital of $10,000 to carry on a
general business in pianos and players. The pro-
posed incorporators are C. H. and M. E. Conger,
George Gardner, W. E. Williams and Fred Gray.
As soon as the charter is issued the officers will be
elected. Three months ago the Conger firm took
the local agency for Hallet & Davis pianos, and
the business grew so rapidly that it became neces-
sary to enlarge its store, which is now being en-
tirely remodeled and refurnished, a new front
being put in and the show window space increased.
J. W. NEWTON TOJ)PEN PIANO SHOP.
(Special to The Review.)
SAN PEDRO, CAL., March 13.—J. W. Newton has
leased a large showroom in the Elks' building, at
707 Palos Verdes street, for a long term of years,
and will open a high-class piano store as soon as
(he extensive alterations now being made are com-
pleted. The concern will operate under the name
of Newton's Piano Shop, and only high-grade
pianos and players will be carried.
MAIN MANAGING CANADIAN STORE.
(Special to The Review.)
FARIBAULT, MINN., March 13.—The R. H. Bach
Piano Co., incorporated March 1, a notice of
which appeared in last week's Review,- is a branch
of the Bach concern which has been doing busi-
ness in several Southern Minnesota cities for sev-
eral years. Irving H. Klein, who has been man-
ager of the Bach store here for the past eighteen
months, is secretary and treasurer of the new in-
corporation, R. H. Bach, of Owatonra, being presi-
dent, and R. M. Bach, of Rochester, being vice-
president. The Bach store has enjoyed an espe-
cially good trade since it has been doing business
here, and the recent incorporation .was effected to
enable a more efficient and satisfactory administra-
tion of the affairs of the company. The new
corporation is capitalized at $25,000 and handles
many well-known lines of instruments, among
them being the A. B. Chase, Kurtzmann, Crown,
Hobart M. Cable, Brinkerhoff, Brambach, the
Acoustigrande, the Autopiano, the Chase & Baker,
the Seeburg Electric and other instruments.
WATKIN CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY.
Texas Piano Concern
Has Completed Its
Thirty-Fourth Year of Business Life.
(Special to The Review.)
DALLAS, TEX., March 13.—Style show festivities
are
being used by the Will A. Watkin Co. to give
Jl
(Special to The Review )
an impetus to the celebration of its thirty-fourth
|j LONG BEACH, CAL., March 13.—A "Loyalty Sup-
H. H. Main, manager of the piano firm of Cross, anniversary of business in Dallas. The show
jjper" was given the staff of the Carlton Music Co.
ijand their friends at the Alexander Hotel last Goulding & Skinner, Ltd., of Winnipeg, Man., re- rooms at 1623 Elm street were viewed by many in-
;jweek, the firm acting as host. After the supper ceived his knowledge of the business while em- terested visitors, and large numbers visited the
•the evening was spent in a discussion of different ployed as a tuner for Chickering & Sons, Boston, first and second floors. The office of the com-
' suggestions made by the employes regarding the Mass., where he was engaged for several years. pany has been removed from the first floor to the
business of the store, including window decora- The Weber, the Melville Clark Solo-Apollo and the balcony and the space left by it is being utilized
tions, the arrangement of the displays and the han- Wurlitzer automatic musical instruments are being by a newly constructed phonograph department.
dling of the merchandise. As a result of the eve- featured by Manager Main. The Q R S Autograph Many pianos and talking machines, in style show
i
ning's discussion a number of innovations will be music rolls and a full line of Victor, Edison and appearance, formed an attractive display.
Columbia talking machines are also carried.
• put into effect in the conduct of the business.
Former Employe of Chickering & Sons, Boston,
Now in Retail Trade.
WERNETT ENTERTAINS STAFF.
AMERICAN PIANO SUPPLY COMPANY
Successors to
PIANO AND ORGAN DEPARTMENT
AMERICAN FELT COMPANY
FELTS
MUSIC WIRE
HINGES
CLOTHS
TUNING PINS
CASTERS
PUNCHINGS
PLAYER PARTS
TOOLS
A Full Line of Materials for Pianos and Organs
Employes of Keboch & Meyers Given Luncheon
by Manager of Sheet Music Department.
(Spefi.-il to The Review )
ALLENTOWN, PA., March 13.—John W. Wernett,
manager of the sheet music department of Keboch
& Meyers, music dealers, entertained the employes
of the store at a luncheon given at his home last
week. Ways and means of continuing and increasr
ing the present good trade enjoyed by the store
was discussed. A double elevator has recently
been installed in the store, and the basement was
enlarged to provide a talking machine department,
CALL AND SEE US WHEN IN NEW YORK
CHAS. C. CARLISLE IN CHARGE.
Please note our NEW Address
110-112 EAST 13th STREET
(Once Alfred Dolge & Son)
NEW YORK
Charles C. Carlisle, formerly with the Indianapo-
lis store of Steinway & Sons, is in charge of th#
new store recently opened at Richmond, Ind., and,
is featuring the Steinway, Kohler & Campbell
Autopiano and the Pianista.
;i
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