Music Trade Review
Issue: 1917 Vol. 64 N. 25 - Page 40
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THE
40
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
$12,000 moving picture theatre to be erected at Pittsburgh.
South Dakota
A. C. Workman has purchased the Fad Theatre at Brook-
ings.
New Motion Picture Theatres, Churches, Hotels and Restaurants in Various Sections of the
M. J». Scrihner is planning to erect a new moving picture
Country That Will Require Orchestrions, Automatic Pianos and Other Musical Equipment
theatre at Lemmon.
B. C. Caldwell has bought the Ruby Theatre at Webster.
Sixth street, near Vine, Cincinnati. It will be operated by
Tennessee
Opportunities to make sales of automatic
the Greater Cincinnati Amusement Co.
The Mutual Amusement Co., Sam E. Reevin president,
will erect a new theatre at Chattanooga.
pianos and orchestrions will be found in this
McKinley Hotel Co., Canton; $100,000; W. S. Langford,
West Virginia
incorporator.
column by piano dealers desirous of develop-
A new moving picture theatre will be erected at Kimball
Langford Hotel Co., Canton; $200,000; W* S. Langford,
by Charles Wagner, of Pocahontas.
incorporator.
ing- these prospects in the respective localities
A new $100,000 church will be erected at Cleveland by
L. II. Miller will erect a new moving picture theatre and
the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist.
store building at Kimball.
mentioned:
Wisconsin
St.
Paul's
Evangelical
Lutheran
Church
will
erect
a
new
California
$40,000 structure at Columbus.
P. J. and Harvey Hanson have obtained a lease on the
The New IT. C. Theatre on University avenue, near
opera house at Antigo and will operate it as a moving
A new $15,000 church edifice will be erected at Wester-
Shattuck, Berkeley, will be opened shortly under the man- ville
picture
theatre.
by
the
Westerville
Evangelical
Church.
agement of A. If. Moore.
The Rex is the name of a new theatre which will be
The M. E. Church at Shawnee will erect a new $20,000
Claude Kennell has opened a new airdome at Taft.
opened
at Chippewa Falls in August.
structure
at
that
place.
C. I-. Shirk is planning to erect a new moving picture
The Unique, a new moving picture theatre, has just been
A new church will be erected at Oxford by St. Mary's
theatre at Taft.
opened
at Greenwood.
Roman
Catholic
Church.
Delaware
W. J. Wilson has purchased James Dailey's moving
A new $85,000 structure will be erected at Carey by the
Karlsbad Hotel Co. of America; $2,500,000; Fred E. Lang,
picture
theatre at Plainneld.
Shrine
of
Our
Lady
of
Consolation
R.
C.
Church.
(iltn Ellyn, 111., incorporator.
The Majestic Theatre at Portage has been purchased by
The Kilpatrick M. E. Church will erect a new $10,000
Idaho
J.
S.
Babcock.
church
at
Marion.
M. Wiegel has opened a new theatre, bearing his name,
Frank Williams has sold his moving picture theatre at
Oregon
at Idaho City.
Turtle Lake to Orvill Busewitz.
The Rialto Theatre, conducted by the Moran-Percy Co.,
Illinois
will be opened at Medford.
George B. Frellsen has leased the Unique Theatre at
The Elmhurst Amusement Co., Elmhurst; $2,500; Frank
Pennsylvania
Waukesha and reopened it.
Meyer, H. II. Johnson, W. A. Robbins, incorporators.
J. A. Koppelberger is erecting a new theatre at La Crosse,
The Brushton Home Building & Realty Co., Oakwood and
The Roseville Amusement Club, of Roseville, has been
incorporated by F. M. Watson, F. C. Johnson and M. C. Inglenook streets, have plans for the erection of a new which will be opened about November 1.
Sparr.
Indiana
connect operatively each pneumatic with its ab-
JOHN WESER^SLAST PATENT
Terre Haute Theatre Co.; $200,000; F. H. Gruneberg,
stract by the engagement of a finger carried on
incorporator.
Patent Issued by Government on Invention Re-
A new $50,000 church and parsonage will be erected at
the movable member of the pneumatic with a
South Bend by the Trinity Presbyterian Church.
lating to Player-Pianos the Last of Many
A new $18,000 church will be erected at North Judson
block nxe"d on the abstract. Such a connection
by the congregation of the Lutheran Church.
Patents Which Recently Deceased Piano
precludes the provision of any appreciable lever-
The First Brethren Church will erect a new $15,000
Manufacturer Had Obtained
structure at Huntington.
age between the pneumatic and the jack, and the
The Kirkwood Avenue Christian Church will erect a new
bulk and positions of the blocks on the abstracts
$75,000 church at Bloomington.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 18.—Patent No. 1,-
Kentucky
require that a considerable space within the
A new $20,000 structure will be erected at Louisville by
229,362 was last week granted to John Weser,
the Third Avenue Baptist Church.
case of the piano be devoted to the actions. In
Louisiana
(who recently died), for a player-piano.
accordance with the present invention each
The Josiah Pearce & Sons Co. have taken over the Lafay-
This invention relates to player-pianos and is
ette Theatre at New Orleans.
pneumatic is operatively connected to its ab-
Mftaouiet
concerned particularly with the construction of
The new Empire Theatre, which is being built at Fall
stract through a rocker arm which serves to
the actions therefor and the disposition of
River by A. A. Spitz, of Providence, R. I., will open in
support the jack and abstract and at the same
September.
these actions with respect to each other and to
Michigan
time serves as a lever arm through which the
Napoleon and Frank Ongie will erect a new $30,000 the- the actuating player pneumatics whereby space
force of the pneumatic is transmitted to the
atre at Hancock which will be known as the New Savoy.
is economized and each hammer is caused to
L F. Wuerth .has just opened the new Wuerth Theatre
jack. This rocker arm is of equal length for-
at Ann Arbor.-
strike a blow of an intensity equal to the blow
North Dakota
each pneumatic so that, no matter where the
Arthur Miller and George Jenkins will operate a moving
struck by every other hammer. A further ob-
pneumatic may be positioned with respect to any
picture show at To.Iley.
ject of the invention is to mount the player pneu-
Ohio . . . .
other pneumatic, the blow delivered by its ham-
The Majestic Findlay Co. has been incorporated at Cleve-
matics in series or banks, one above another,
land with a capital stock of $2,000, for the purpose of oper-
mer is as great as that delivered by any other
ating theatres, by Maurice W. Brume and others.
and yet so to connect each pneumatic to its
hammer. A further object of the invention is to
A. M. Bielawski is preparing plans for a new moy^ffg
abstract as to insure the impressing of the force
picture theatre to be erected at Toledo.
provide an improved finger piece or key lever
The Warren Hippodrome Co. has been organized and
of each pneumatic on its abstract through a
will convert the old First Methodist Church at Warren into
which is so mounted in the piano, with respect
lever arm of equal length to all of the other
a theatre building.
to the pneumatics and actions, and is so con-
McMahan S; Jackson, a company organized for the pur- lever arms. By the last named construction it
pose of erecting a new theatre, will start its construction at
structed, as to permit it to be removed readily
becomes possible to economize space and insure
without disturbing any of the parts of the in-
the, delivery, of blows by the hammers on the
strument.
respective strings, of equal intensity. Tn for-
mer constructions it is the common practice to
SELLING "TIPS" FOR DEALERS IN MOTION PICTURE PLAYERS
'INDEMW
THE
BEST
PROPOSITION
SCHENCKE
PIANO AND
PLAYER-PIANOS
d/ic
Exclusive
producers* oT
B t G d
Built to a Standard and not to a Price
IN THE
BRAMBACH
PIANO
COMPANY—
.,
SCHENCKE PIANO CO., 273-275 Rider Ave., N.Y.
6 3 9 - 64-3 WEJT 4 . 9 ~ , / T .
/NEW YORK CITY
MAR* P CAMPBMLL
Lindeman#SonsPianoG>
M l
45= St.&llESAve., New York.
Always Reliable
Uniformly Good
ROGART
PIANOS
BROS. CO.
Makers
Pianos and Player-Pianos of Quality
PLAYER
PIANOS
if
BOGART PIANO CO.
9-11 Canal Place
PBCT.
JYEPtiAN BflAMBAUt Mc£P**r.
MARKET
705-717 Whlllock Avenue, New Vorfc
NEW YORK
Christman SBONINGER PIANOS » PLAYERS
THE
Pianos
F. P A P T F PIANO
FACTORY AND OFFICES. NEW HAVEN. CONN.
The Most Artistic made for the Price
Exceptional in TONE a n d FINISH
Write for details
"The first touch telU"
597 E. 137th Street, NEW YORK
g _ i ••• ^ ^ J £**+ W W •
r
ESSENTIALLY A HIGH GRADE PRODUCT
Manufactured by F . R A D L E . we.. 6 . 0 !.* 1 !.™.. N e w Y o r k
n C P f V A Q JPT H A D D I Q
I J I j
M* mm 1 1 1 ff A l l /
* n
J. & C. Fischer
,
High
| \ I W H l l C V r i r V l m l m l f t •
1 » * - • 1 1 JtLi K .
Established In 1840
WAREROOMS. SOS FIFTH AVENUE. NEW YORK
Nei/V Y o r k
Wfe
l
U
U
U
t
l
M
Stands lor the best in
Citv
GrairUpn^t ^rPlaTer-Pianos
New Factory. 134tk t. 135th Sti. Md Wil ow AY*.
Player, Upright and Grand
F* I a n O S
^^^
^"^
THE
40
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
$12,000 moving picture theatre to be erected at Pittsburgh.
South Dakota
A. C. Workman has purchased the Fad Theatre at Brook-
ings.
New Motion Picture Theatres, Churches, Hotels and Restaurants in Various Sections of the
M. J». Scrihner is planning to erect a new moving picture
Country That Will Require Orchestrions, Automatic Pianos and Other Musical Equipment
theatre at Lemmon.
B. C. Caldwell has bought the Ruby Theatre at Webster.
Sixth street, near Vine, Cincinnati. It will be operated by
Tennessee
Opportunities to make sales of automatic
the Greater Cincinnati Amusement Co.
The Mutual Amusement Co., Sam E. Reevin president,
will erect a new theatre at Chattanooga.
pianos and orchestrions will be found in this
McKinley Hotel Co., Canton; $100,000; W. S. Langford,
West Virginia
incorporator.
column by piano dealers desirous of develop-
A new moving picture theatre will be erected at Kimball
Langford Hotel Co., Canton; $200,000; W* S. Langford,
by Charles Wagner, of Pocahontas.
incorporator.
ing- these prospects in the respective localities
A new $100,000 church will be erected at Cleveland by
L. II. Miller will erect a new moving picture theatre and
the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist.
store building at Kimball.
mentioned:
Wisconsin
St.
Paul's
Evangelical
Lutheran
Church
will
erect
a
new
California
$40,000 structure at Columbus.
P. J. and Harvey Hanson have obtained a lease on the
The New IT. C. Theatre on University avenue, near
opera house at Antigo and will operate it as a moving
A new $15,000 church edifice will be erected at Wester-
Shattuck, Berkeley, will be opened shortly under the man- ville
picture
theatre.
by
the
Westerville
Evangelical
Church.
agement of A. If. Moore.
The Rex is the name of a new theatre which will be
The M. E. Church at Shawnee will erect a new $20,000
Claude Kennell has opened a new airdome at Taft.
opened
at Chippewa Falls in August.
structure
at
that
place.
C. I-. Shirk is planning to erect a new moving picture
The Unique, a new moving picture theatre, has just been
A new church will be erected at Oxford by St. Mary's
theatre at Taft.
opened
at Greenwood.
Roman
Catholic
Church.
Delaware
W. J. Wilson has purchased James Dailey's moving
A new $85,000 structure will be erected at Carey by the
Karlsbad Hotel Co. of America; $2,500,000; Fred E. Lang,
picture
theatre at Plainneld.
Shrine
of
Our
Lady
of
Consolation
R.
C.
Church.
(iltn Ellyn, 111., incorporator.
The Majestic Theatre at Portage has been purchased by
The Kilpatrick M. E. Church will erect a new $10,000
Idaho
J.
S.
Babcock.
church
at
Marion.
M. Wiegel has opened a new theatre, bearing his name,
Frank Williams has sold his moving picture theatre at
Oregon
at Idaho City.
Turtle Lake to Orvill Busewitz.
The Rialto Theatre, conducted by the Moran-Percy Co.,
Illinois
will be opened at Medford.
George B. Frellsen has leased the Unique Theatre at
The Elmhurst Amusement Co., Elmhurst; $2,500; Frank
Pennsylvania
Waukesha and reopened it.
Meyer, H. II. Johnson, W. A. Robbins, incorporators.
J. A. Koppelberger is erecting a new theatre at La Crosse,
The Brushton Home Building & Realty Co., Oakwood and
The Roseville Amusement Club, of Roseville, has been
incorporated by F. M. Watson, F. C. Johnson and M. C. Inglenook streets, have plans for the erection of a new which will be opened about November 1.
Sparr.
Indiana
connect operatively each pneumatic with its ab-
JOHN WESER^SLAST PATENT
Terre Haute Theatre Co.; $200,000; F. H. Gruneberg,
stract by the engagement of a finger carried on
incorporator.
Patent Issued by Government on Invention Re-
A new $50,000 church and parsonage will be erected at
the movable member of the pneumatic with a
South Bend by the Trinity Presbyterian Church.
lating to Player-Pianos the Last of Many
A new $18,000 church will be erected at North Judson
block nxe"d on the abstract. Such a connection
by the congregation of the Lutheran Church.
Patents Which Recently Deceased Piano
precludes the provision of any appreciable lever-
The First Brethren Church will erect a new $15,000
Manufacturer Had Obtained
structure at Huntington.
age between the pneumatic and the jack, and the
The Kirkwood Avenue Christian Church will erect a new
bulk and positions of the blocks on the abstracts
$75,000 church at Bloomington.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 18.—Patent No. 1,-
Kentucky
require that a considerable space within the
A new $20,000 structure will be erected at Louisville by
229,362 was last week granted to John Weser,
the Third Avenue Baptist Church.
case of the piano be devoted to the actions. In
Louisiana
(who recently died), for a player-piano.
accordance with the present invention each
The Josiah Pearce & Sons Co. have taken over the Lafay-
This invention relates to player-pianos and is
ette Theatre at New Orleans.
pneumatic is operatively connected to its ab-
Mftaouiet
concerned particularly with the construction of
The new Empire Theatre, which is being built at Fall
stract through a rocker arm which serves to
the actions therefor and the disposition of
River by A. A. Spitz, of Providence, R. I., will open in
support the jack and abstract and at the same
September.
these actions with respect to each other and to
Michigan
time serves as a lever arm through which the
Napoleon and Frank Ongie will erect a new $30,000 the- the actuating player pneumatics whereby space
force of the pneumatic is transmitted to the
atre at Hancock which will be known as the New Savoy.
is economized and each hammer is caused to
L F. Wuerth .has just opened the new Wuerth Theatre
jack. This rocker arm is of equal length for-
at Ann Arbor.-
strike a blow of an intensity equal to the blow
North Dakota
each pneumatic so that, no matter where the
Arthur Miller and George Jenkins will operate a moving
struck by every other hammer. A further ob-
pneumatic may be positioned with respect to any
picture show at To.Iley.
ject of the invention is to mount the player pneu-
Ohio . . . .
other pneumatic, the blow delivered by its ham-
The Majestic Findlay Co. has been incorporated at Cleve-
matics in series or banks, one above another,
land with a capital stock of $2,000, for the purpose of oper-
mer is as great as that delivered by any other
ating theatres, by Maurice W. Brume and others.
and yet so to connect each pneumatic to its
hammer. A further object of the invention is to
A. M. Bielawski is preparing plans for a new moy^ffg
abstract as to insure the impressing of the force
picture theatre to be erected at Toledo.
provide an improved finger piece or key lever
The Warren Hippodrome Co. has been organized and
of each pneumatic on its abstract through a
will convert the old First Methodist Church at Warren into
which is so mounted in the piano, with respect
lever arm of equal length to all of the other
a theatre building.
to the pneumatics and actions, and is so con-
McMahan S; Jackson, a company organized for the pur- lever arms. By the last named construction it
pose of erecting a new theatre, will start its construction at
structed, as to permit it to be removed readily
becomes possible to economize space and insure
without disturbing any of the parts of the in-
the, delivery, of blows by the hammers on the
strument.
respective strings, of equal intensity. Tn for-
mer constructions it is the common practice to
SELLING "TIPS" FOR DEALERS IN MOTION PICTURE PLAYERS
'INDEMW
THE
BEST
PROPOSITION
SCHENCKE
PIANO AND
PLAYER-PIANOS
d/ic
Exclusive
producers* oT
B t G d
Built to a Standard and not to a Price
IN THE
BRAMBACH
PIANO
COMPANY—
.,
SCHENCKE PIANO CO., 273-275 Rider Ave., N.Y.
6 3 9 - 64-3 WEJT 4 . 9 ~ , / T .
/NEW YORK CITY
MAR* P CAMPBMLL
Lindeman#SonsPianoG>
M l
45= St.&llESAve., New York.
Always Reliable
Uniformly Good
ROGART
PIANOS
BROS. CO.
Makers
Pianos and Player-Pianos of Quality
PLAYER
PIANOS
if
BOGART PIANO CO.
9-11 Canal Place
PBCT.
JYEPtiAN BflAMBAUt Mc£P**r.
MARKET
705-717 Whlllock Avenue, New Vorfc
NEW YORK
Christman SBONINGER PIANOS » PLAYERS
THE
Pianos
F. P A P T F PIANO
FACTORY AND OFFICES. NEW HAVEN. CONN.
The Most Artistic made for the Price
Exceptional in TONE a n d FINISH
Write for details
"The first touch telU"
597 E. 137th Street, NEW YORK
g _ i ••• ^ ^ J £**+ W W •
r
ESSENTIALLY A HIGH GRADE PRODUCT
Manufactured by F . R A D L E . we.. 6 . 0 !.* 1 !.™.. N e w Y o r k
n C P f V A Q JPT H A D D I Q
I J I j
M* mm 1 1 1 ff A l l /
* n
J. & C. Fischer
,
High
| \ I W H l l C V r i r V l m l m l f t •
1 » * - • 1 1 JtLi K .
Established In 1840
WAREROOMS. SOS FIFTH AVENUE. NEW YORK
Nei/V Y o r k
Wfe
l
U
U
U
t
l
M
Stands lor the best in
Citv
GrairUpn^t ^rPlaTer-Pianos
New Factory. 134tk t. 135th Sti. Md Wil ow AY*.
Player, Upright and Grand
F* I a n O S
^^^
^"^
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