Music Trade Review
Issue: 1917 Vol. 64 N. 16 - Page 13
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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PROSPERITY PREVAILS IN BUFFALO
Local Dealers Replenishing Stocks—Steinway
Grands at Many Concerts—Wurlitzer Co.
Seeking More Help—H. C. Rice to Address
Credit Men—Personals of Interest
BUFFALO, N. Y., April 16.—A shortage of men
and a superabundance of work is the rule in
Buffalo during these stirring days, and the pres-
ent industrial prosperity promises to be stim-
ulated still greater when this city receives its
share of the government's. $7,000,000,000 for mu-
nitions and various other requirements. From
all these features local piano dealers draw the
conclusion that their trade will not suffer any
slump this season. Orders for more stock are
being placed, and the piarios, players and talking
machines, which are arriving daily, are com-
manding a ready sale.
J. H. Hackenheimer, secretary of C. Kurtz-
mann & Co., has returned with his family from
Washington, D. C , where they spent their
Easter vacation. Mr. Hackenheimer was im-
pressed with the tension which marks the cap-
ital during this history-making period.
He
called on Frank Shue, a Kurtzmann dealer in
that city. The itinerary of the Buffalo party
included Old Point Comfort and other places of
interest.
Steinway grands, furnished by Denton, Cot-
tier & Daniels, are to be used at these concerts;
Buffalo Orpheus, Elmwood Music Hall; John
McCormack, Elmwood Music Hall; here and in
Erie, Pa.; Mrs. MacDowell, in Warren, Pa., and
Jamestown, N. Y. Mr. Scott, advertising man-
ager of Denton's, is using a large picture of an
American eagle in his advertisements.
Mr.
Scott drew the pen picture from which the cut
was made.
In keeping with the times, the
Buffalo firm is advertising Victor records and
player rolls of "The Star Spangled Banner,"
"Dixie" and other "grand American tunes."
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Mfg. Co. is con-
stantly looking for more piano workers, key
layers and other mechanics .for its plant at
North Tonawanda.
Two youths, charged with breaking into the
talking machine store of W. D. and C. N. An-
drews, and other places, are under arrest here.
The season's course of the Buffalo Associa-
tion of Credit Men will close on April 24, with
a general review. According to a printed an-
nouncement, the speakers who are yet to appear
before the association include H. C. Rice, rep-
resenting C. Kurtzmann & Co.
The Buffalo Ad Club, to which representatives
of some of the local piano firms belong, was
recently addressed by William C. Freeman of
New York. The essence of his remarks was
that Buffalo retailers did not advertise enough.
Edward Hengerer has been appointed presi-
dent of the William Hengerer Co.'s depart-
ment store. This store has an up-to-date Vic-
trola department. Mr. Hengerer, a former Buf-
falonian, has arrived from New York City,
where he was vice-president of Lord & Taylor.
Buffalo piano dealers have frequently pro-
tested against the circus appearance of the down-
town business section during national conven-
tions, such as the Shriners' conclave, which at-
tracted many thousands here in July. During
Awarded first prize in many world compe-
titions during the past sixty years, the
Schomacker Piano is now daily receiving
first prizes of preference won by its superb
tone, wonderful breadth of expression and
structural beauty.
SCHOMACKER PIANO CO.
23d and Chestnut Sts.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
LIVELY
o ttio AQ\) Amoricaiv.
Plaijor Action, tkoro is a
l ^ M k snap and gta
tfiat must be £>lt t o b o
appreciated
AmericanPlayerAction Co.
437 Fifth Avenue-NewYorkCitij
such meetings the city grants licenses to side
shows, and vendors of every description, who
turn the business section into a midway. Trade
in the piano stores and other establishments
downtown are so seriously disturbed by the
pandemonium from the shows, etc., that the
Buffalo Retail Merchants' Association has ap-
pealed to the Buffalo Councilmen not to grant
any more licenses to such concessions in the
strictly business district.
Ralph C. Hudson, president of the J. N. Adam
Co.'s department store, is a member of a com-
mittee working to establish a base hospital for
the American Red Cross in Buffalo.
The Press Club's frolic will be held at the Ma-
jestic Theatre on April 29. There will be a
vaudeville show of eight feature numbers.
Robert L. Loud, Buffalo piano dealer, has agreed
to contribute piano selections, and will use a
Mason & Hamlin grand.
Mr. Loud has not
played at a public performance in fifteen years.
The news writers are giving Mr. Loud wide pub-
licity since he volunteered his services.
Reed C. Schermerhorn, manager of Mr.
Loud's store, is on a vacation in New York,
where he is enjoying grand opera.
The Albert Schuler Piano Co. is spreading
broadcast the news that it will open a new store
shortly at 767-769 Main street.
PLATT CO. LEASES NEW QUARTERS
Prominent Los Angeles Piano House Will Oc-
cupy Building at 622 Broadway Early in Sep-
tember—To Increase Lines Handled
Los ANGELES, CAL., April 13.—The Platt Music
Co., located at present at 312 West Seventh
street, and which has been established in this
city for nearly eleven years, closed a lease dur-
ing the past week on the entire Doll Building
at 622 South Broadway.
The lease extends
over a period of ten years, and involves the pay-
ment of approximately $200,000. The new quar-
ters are centrally located, and places the house
in the Broadway "music row." B. Platt, presi-
dent of the company, stated yesterday that the
move was being made for the purpose of secur-
ing more room for the growing buisness of the
concern.
The new store will be opened some time in
September, contracts having now been let for
decorating and interior alterations.
It is
planned to devote the ground floor to small in-
struments, sheet music and talking machines.
On the second floor will be located the piano
department, while the third floor will be devoted
to an auditorium for demonstrations and con-
certs, the rear end being occupied by the re-
finishing and rebuilding department. The base-
ment will be used for the exclusive sale of used
pianos. In the store the Platt Music Co. will
have about 27,000 square feet of floor space.
The company at present deals exclusively in
pianos and Columbia talking machines.
Mr.
Platt states that he will depart for the East
within the next few days for the purpose of
purchasing a line of small musical merchan-
dise, sheet music, and so forth, to stock his new
departments.
J. E. MEAGHER MARRIED
MADISON, WIS., April 17.—J. E. Meagher, presi-
dent of the Forbes-Meagher Music Co., of this
city, was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Braun
on Tuesday, April 17, at nuptial mass in the St.
Paul's Chapel. The bride was formerly a resi-
dent of Sheboygan, Wis., where she was edu-
cated, and was a prominent member of younger
society. Mr. Meagher is well known in the trade,
as he was for a number of years employed as a
traveler for Lyon & Ilealy.
AWARDED
Supreme Award
of Merit
American Steel &
Wire Company
Maker of
Perfected
and Crown
Piano Wire
Highest Standard of
Acoustic Excellence
Chicago, New York, Worcester, Cleveland, Pitts-
burgh, Denver. Export representative: U. S. Steel
Products Co., New York. Pacific Coaat representa-
tive: U. S. Steel Products Co., San Francisco, Lot
Angeles, Portland, Seattle.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
13
PROSPERITY PREVAILS IN BUFFALO
Local Dealers Replenishing Stocks—Steinway
Grands at Many Concerts—Wurlitzer Co.
Seeking More Help—H. C. Rice to Address
Credit Men—Personals of Interest
BUFFALO, N. Y., April 16.—A shortage of men
and a superabundance of work is the rule in
Buffalo during these stirring days, and the pres-
ent industrial prosperity promises to be stim-
ulated still greater when this city receives its
share of the government's. $7,000,000,000 for mu-
nitions and various other requirements. From
all these features local piano dealers draw the
conclusion that their trade will not suffer any
slump this season. Orders for more stock are
being placed, and the piarios, players and talking
machines, which are arriving daily, are com-
manding a ready sale.
J. H. Hackenheimer, secretary of C. Kurtz-
mann & Co., has returned with his family from
Washington, D. C , where they spent their
Easter vacation. Mr. Hackenheimer was im-
pressed with the tension which marks the cap-
ital during this history-making period.
He
called on Frank Shue, a Kurtzmann dealer in
that city. The itinerary of the Buffalo party
included Old Point Comfort and other places of
interest.
Steinway grands, furnished by Denton, Cot-
tier & Daniels, are to be used at these concerts;
Buffalo Orpheus, Elmwood Music Hall; John
McCormack, Elmwood Music Hall; here and in
Erie, Pa.; Mrs. MacDowell, in Warren, Pa., and
Jamestown, N. Y. Mr. Scott, advertising man-
ager of Denton's, is using a large picture of an
American eagle in his advertisements.
Mr.
Scott drew the pen picture from which the cut
was made.
In keeping with the times, the
Buffalo firm is advertising Victor records and
player rolls of "The Star Spangled Banner,"
"Dixie" and other "grand American tunes."
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Mfg. Co. is con-
stantly looking for more piano workers, key
layers and other mechanics .for its plant at
North Tonawanda.
Two youths, charged with breaking into the
talking machine store of W. D. and C. N. An-
drews, and other places, are under arrest here.
The season's course of the Buffalo Associa-
tion of Credit Men will close on April 24, with
a general review. According to a printed an-
nouncement, the speakers who are yet to appear
before the association include H. C. Rice, rep-
resenting C. Kurtzmann & Co.
The Buffalo Ad Club, to which representatives
of some of the local piano firms belong, was
recently addressed by William C. Freeman of
New York. The essence of his remarks was
that Buffalo retailers did not advertise enough.
Edward Hengerer has been appointed presi-
dent of the William Hengerer Co.'s depart-
ment store. This store has an up-to-date Vic-
trola department. Mr. Hengerer, a former Buf-
falonian, has arrived from New York City,
where he was vice-president of Lord & Taylor.
Buffalo piano dealers have frequently pro-
tested against the circus appearance of the down-
town business section during national conven-
tions, such as the Shriners' conclave, which at-
tracted many thousands here in July. During
Awarded first prize in many world compe-
titions during the past sixty years, the
Schomacker Piano is now daily receiving
first prizes of preference won by its superb
tone, wonderful breadth of expression and
structural beauty.
SCHOMACKER PIANO CO.
23d and Chestnut Sts.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
LIVELY
o ttio AQ\) Amoricaiv.
Plaijor Action, tkoro is a
l ^ M k snap and gta
tfiat must be £>lt t o b o
appreciated
AmericanPlayerAction Co.
437 Fifth Avenue-NewYorkCitij
such meetings the city grants licenses to side
shows, and vendors of every description, who
turn the business section into a midway. Trade
in the piano stores and other establishments
downtown are so seriously disturbed by the
pandemonium from the shows, etc., that the
Buffalo Retail Merchants' Association has ap-
pealed to the Buffalo Councilmen not to grant
any more licenses to such concessions in the
strictly business district.
Ralph C. Hudson, president of the J. N. Adam
Co.'s department store, is a member of a com-
mittee working to establish a base hospital for
the American Red Cross in Buffalo.
The Press Club's frolic will be held at the Ma-
jestic Theatre on April 29. There will be a
vaudeville show of eight feature numbers.
Robert L. Loud, Buffalo piano dealer, has agreed
to contribute piano selections, and will use a
Mason & Hamlin grand.
Mr. Loud has not
played at a public performance in fifteen years.
The news writers are giving Mr. Loud wide pub-
licity since he volunteered his services.
Reed C. Schermerhorn, manager of Mr.
Loud's store, is on a vacation in New York,
where he is enjoying grand opera.
The Albert Schuler Piano Co. is spreading
broadcast the news that it will open a new store
shortly at 767-769 Main street.
PLATT CO. LEASES NEW QUARTERS
Prominent Los Angeles Piano House Will Oc-
cupy Building at 622 Broadway Early in Sep-
tember—To Increase Lines Handled
Los ANGELES, CAL., April 13.—The Platt Music
Co., located at present at 312 West Seventh
street, and which has been established in this
city for nearly eleven years, closed a lease dur-
ing the past week on the entire Doll Building
at 622 South Broadway.
The lease extends
over a period of ten years, and involves the pay-
ment of approximately $200,000. The new quar-
ters are centrally located, and places the house
in the Broadway "music row." B. Platt, presi-
dent of the company, stated yesterday that the
move was being made for the purpose of secur-
ing more room for the growing buisness of the
concern.
The new store will be opened some time in
September, contracts having now been let for
decorating and interior alterations.
It is
planned to devote the ground floor to small in-
struments, sheet music and talking machines.
On the second floor will be located the piano
department, while the third floor will be devoted
to an auditorium for demonstrations and con-
certs, the rear end being occupied by the re-
finishing and rebuilding department. The base-
ment will be used for the exclusive sale of used
pianos. In the store the Platt Music Co. will
have about 27,000 square feet of floor space.
The company at present deals exclusively in
pianos and Columbia talking machines.
Mr.
Platt states that he will depart for the East
within the next few days for the purpose of
purchasing a line of small musical merchan-
dise, sheet music, and so forth, to stock his new
departments.
J. E. MEAGHER MARRIED
MADISON, WIS., April 17.—J. E. Meagher, presi-
dent of the Forbes-Meagher Music Co., of this
city, was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Braun
on Tuesday, April 17, at nuptial mass in the St.
Paul's Chapel. The bride was formerly a resi-
dent of Sheboygan, Wis., where she was edu-
cated, and was a prominent member of younger
society. Mr. Meagher is well known in the trade,
as he was for a number of years employed as a
traveler for Lyon & Ilealy.
AWARDED
Supreme Award
of Merit
American Steel &
Wire Company
Maker of
Perfected
and Crown
Piano Wire
Highest Standard of
Acoustic Excellence
Chicago, New York, Worcester, Cleveland, Pitts-
burgh, Denver. Export representative: U. S. Steel
Products Co., New York. Pacific Coaat representa-
tive: U. S. Steel Products Co., San Francisco, Lot
Angeles, Portland, Seattle.
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