Music Trade Review
Issue: 1917 Vol. 65 N. 15 - Page 9
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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
9
DETROIT PIANO DEALERS DOING EXCELLENT FALL TRADE
Local Piano Men Holding Sales of Used Instruments—Prospects for Coming Business Very Bright
—Second Liberty Loan Being Well Supported—Detroit Is Now the Fifth City in the Country
will be hurried for the establishment of the
DETROIT, MICH., October 9.—Detroit piano deal-
ers are not worrying in the least as to whether factory.
they will be able to sell new pianos and players
From subscriptions already made it looks as
this fall—they feel mighty certain that there will if Detroit will easily reach her quota of $45,000,-
be the normal brisk demand during November 000 in connection with the New Liberty Loan.
and December for new instruments, so at this One bank subscribed for $2,000,000 worth. Quite
time practically every dealer is giving his best a number of piano dealers and salesmen are
efforts to the disposing of used instruments. working on committees to sell the bonds. R. H.
Grinnell Bros, are holding their fourteenth an- Webber, of the J. L. Hudson Co., is chairman of
nual summer resort sale; J. L. Hudson Co. has the Finance Committee, and although every em-
been holding a sale of used instruments; Bush ploye of the piano and Victrola departments sub-
& Lane Co. has been pushing used instruments scribed for the first loan assurance has been
as never before, and so has every piano dealer. given Mr. Webber that they will also subscribe
New goods on the floor are always worth full for the new loan.
value, and dealers always feel that they can
The writer heard of an instance the other day
readily dispose of them, but it's the second-hand where a large mail order concern in Chicago
instruments that prove the stumbling block. And had men in Michigan soliciting orders for the
it's true that dealers are finding it more difficult piano department.
than ever to dispose of used instruments. People
Hardy Williamson, noted tenor of the Century
are demanding brand new instruments and would Opera Co., personally appeared at the Detroit
much rather have them. Just the idea that the Edison Shop Recital Hall, 256 Woodward ave-
instrument has been used in somebody's home nue, last Saturday. The hall was crowded at all
prior to their getting it makes it undesirable. performances.
Not only do local dealers realize this but already
J. L. Hudson Co. last week announced the sale
the suggestion has been made several times and of twelve old square pianos at $10 each. Yes,
the prediction too that the time is not far off they sold a few of them.
when legitimate piano dealers will eliminate the
A Hillgreen-Lane organ has been installed at
trading-in policy. In other words, people will the New Colonial Theatre, Detroit, which opened
have to take it upon themselves to dispose of yesterday.
their old instrument if they want a new one—
either by advertising it or by selling it to some
BOND COMMITTEE APPOINTED
dealer who makes a specialty of buying and sell-
ing used instruments.
Executive Committee of New York Piano Manu-
facturers' Association Meets and Discusses
Officials of Grinnell Bros, say that the first
Means of Selling Bonds in Piano Trade
week of the summer resort sale resulted in ex-
cellent business, every salesman having some
An important meeting of the executive com-
sales, to his credit. It will last another week at mittee of the New York Piano Manufacturers'
least.
Association and others was held at the Hotel
We feel mighty proud of the fact that the Astor last Thursday afternoon at which the sale
latest city directory just off the press absolutely of Liberty Bonds in the piano industry was acted
assures Detroit of a population slightly over upon.
900,000, and making it positively the fifth city in
G. N. Lindsay, representing Benjamin Strong,
population, being exceeded only by New York, governor of the Federal Reserve Board, ad-
Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston.
dressed the committee, setting forth in a practical
Another matter that is encouraging is the an- manner the plan of the Liberty Loan Committee
nouncement that leading local business men have to organize the piano trade as other trades have
organized a $2,000,000 corporation to manufac- been organized 1 to do their duty in contributing
ture ordnances for the Government. Contracts to the loan. A resolution was therefore adopted
aggregating millions of dollars are assured the providing for a general committee composed of
new company by the Government, so that plans the heads of each corporation or firm who are
members of the New York Piano Manufacturers'
Association to act-as a committee of the whole
in making a special drive during the campaign.
The resolution also provided for a governing
committee consisting of Julian T. Mayer, of J.
& C. Fischer, chairman; R. B. Aldcroft, president
of DeRivas & Harris Mfg. Co.; L. D. Perry,
treasurer of Ludwig & Co.; Mark P. Campbell,
president of the Brambach Piano Co.; Fred Kra-
nich, of Kranich & Bach. These men will act
as captains.
A. W. Johnston, of the Standard Pneumatic
Action Co., was appointed captain of the supply
trade on this committee. The chairman of the
governing com'mittee announced that he would
delegate to each member of his committee a cer-
tain number of factories represented in the com-
mittee of the whole, the member to report to him
the progress made in this work by the factories
within his responsibility.
Pianos of
Character
Smith, Barnes
and
Other styles $15 to $400
"Will there be a
Victrola in your home
this Christmas?"
We do the questioning
—in our advertising which
reaches every part of the
country.
People do the answering
—by going to the stores of
Victor r e t a i l e r s every-
where.
You do the business—
demonstrate the Victrola
and turn the prospect into
a customer.
This is going to be a big
Victrola Christmas. Be
sure to get your share.
Victor Talking Machine Co.
Camden, N. J., U. S. A.
Berliner Gramophone Co.. Montreal,
Canadian Wholesalers
Important Notice.
Victor Records and
Victor Machine! are scientifically co-ordinated and
synchronized by our special processes of manufacture,
and their use, one with the other, is absolutely essential
to a perfect Victor reproduction.
" V i c t r o l a " i, the Registered Trade-mark of the
Victor Talking Machine Company designating ths
products of this Company only.
W a r n i n g : The use of the word Victrola upon
or in the promotion or sale of any other talking machine
or Phonograph products is misleading and illegal.
FORT WAYNE, IND., October 8.—A. A. Mahan, of
Strohber Go.
Established 1884
FACTORIES
DEATH OF M0THER_0F A. A. MAHAN
Was Widow of Alexander Mahan, for Many
Years a Piano Merchant in Cortland, N. Y.
Victrola XVI, $200
Victrola XVI, electric, $250
Mahogany or oak
GEN. OFFICE
Chicago, 111.
1872 Clybourn Ave.
N. Milwaukee, Wis.
CHICAGO, ILL.
the Packard Piano Co., is receiving the sym-
pathy of his friends in the trade upon the death
of his mother, Mrs. Mary Armstrong Mahan,
who passed away at her home in Cortland, N. Y.,
last week in her seventy-first year. Mrs. Mahan
has been ill for several years,' and took to her
bed finally about three weeks before her death.
She was the widow of Alexander Mahan, who
conducted a piano store in Cortland, N. Y., from
1868 to 1905.
HIS MASTERS VOICE'
THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
9
DETROIT PIANO DEALERS DOING EXCELLENT FALL TRADE
Local Piano Men Holding Sales of Used Instruments—Prospects for Coming Business Very Bright
—Second Liberty Loan Being Well Supported—Detroit Is Now the Fifth City in the Country
will be hurried for the establishment of the
DETROIT, MICH., October 9.—Detroit piano deal-
ers are not worrying in the least as to whether factory.
they will be able to sell new pianos and players
From subscriptions already made it looks as
this fall—they feel mighty certain that there will if Detroit will easily reach her quota of $45,000,-
be the normal brisk demand during November 000 in connection with the New Liberty Loan.
and December for new instruments, so at this One bank subscribed for $2,000,000 worth. Quite
time practically every dealer is giving his best a number of piano dealers and salesmen are
efforts to the disposing of used instruments. working on committees to sell the bonds. R. H.
Grinnell Bros, are holding their fourteenth an- Webber, of the J. L. Hudson Co., is chairman of
nual summer resort sale; J. L. Hudson Co. has the Finance Committee, and although every em-
been holding a sale of used instruments; Bush ploye of the piano and Victrola departments sub-
& Lane Co. has been pushing used instruments scribed for the first loan assurance has been
as never before, and so has every piano dealer. given Mr. Webber that they will also subscribe
New goods on the floor are always worth full for the new loan.
value, and dealers always feel that they can
The writer heard of an instance the other day
readily dispose of them, but it's the second-hand where a large mail order concern in Chicago
instruments that prove the stumbling block. And had men in Michigan soliciting orders for the
it's true that dealers are finding it more difficult piano department.
than ever to dispose of used instruments. People
Hardy Williamson, noted tenor of the Century
are demanding brand new instruments and would Opera Co., personally appeared at the Detroit
much rather have them. Just the idea that the Edison Shop Recital Hall, 256 Woodward ave-
instrument has been used in somebody's home nue, last Saturday. The hall was crowded at all
prior to their getting it makes it undesirable. performances.
Not only do local dealers realize this but already
J. L. Hudson Co. last week announced the sale
the suggestion has been made several times and of twelve old square pianos at $10 each. Yes,
the prediction too that the time is not far off they sold a few of them.
when legitimate piano dealers will eliminate the
A Hillgreen-Lane organ has been installed at
trading-in policy. In other words, people will the New Colonial Theatre, Detroit, which opened
have to take it upon themselves to dispose of yesterday.
their old instrument if they want a new one—
either by advertising it or by selling it to some
BOND COMMITTEE APPOINTED
dealer who makes a specialty of buying and sell-
ing used instruments.
Executive Committee of New York Piano Manu-
facturers' Association Meets and Discusses
Officials of Grinnell Bros, say that the first
Means of Selling Bonds in Piano Trade
week of the summer resort sale resulted in ex-
cellent business, every salesman having some
An important meeting of the executive com-
sales, to his credit. It will last another week at mittee of the New York Piano Manufacturers'
least.
Association and others was held at the Hotel
We feel mighty proud of the fact that the Astor last Thursday afternoon at which the sale
latest city directory just off the press absolutely of Liberty Bonds in the piano industry was acted
assures Detroit of a population slightly over upon.
900,000, and making it positively the fifth city in
G. N. Lindsay, representing Benjamin Strong,
population, being exceeded only by New York, governor of the Federal Reserve Board, ad-
Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston.
dressed the committee, setting forth in a practical
Another matter that is encouraging is the an- manner the plan of the Liberty Loan Committee
nouncement that leading local business men have to organize the piano trade as other trades have
organized a $2,000,000 corporation to manufac- been organized 1 to do their duty in contributing
ture ordnances for the Government. Contracts to the loan. A resolution was therefore adopted
aggregating millions of dollars are assured the providing for a general committee composed of
new company by the Government, so that plans the heads of each corporation or firm who are
members of the New York Piano Manufacturers'
Association to act-as a committee of the whole
in making a special drive during the campaign.
The resolution also provided for a governing
committee consisting of Julian T. Mayer, of J.
& C. Fischer, chairman; R. B. Aldcroft, president
of DeRivas & Harris Mfg. Co.; L. D. Perry,
treasurer of Ludwig & Co.; Mark P. Campbell,
president of the Brambach Piano Co.; Fred Kra-
nich, of Kranich & Bach. These men will act
as captains.
A. W. Johnston, of the Standard Pneumatic
Action Co., was appointed captain of the supply
trade on this committee. The chairman of the
governing com'mittee announced that he would
delegate to each member of his committee a cer-
tain number of factories represented in the com-
mittee of the whole, the member to report to him
the progress made in this work by the factories
within his responsibility.
Pianos of
Character
Smith, Barnes
and
Other styles $15 to $400
"Will there be a
Victrola in your home
this Christmas?"
We do the questioning
—in our advertising which
reaches every part of the
country.
People do the answering
—by going to the stores of
Victor r e t a i l e r s every-
where.
You do the business—
demonstrate the Victrola
and turn the prospect into
a customer.
This is going to be a big
Victrola Christmas. Be
sure to get your share.
Victor Talking Machine Co.
Camden, N. J., U. S. A.
Berliner Gramophone Co.. Montreal,
Canadian Wholesalers
Important Notice.
Victor Records and
Victor Machine! are scientifically co-ordinated and
synchronized by our special processes of manufacture,
and their use, one with the other, is absolutely essential
to a perfect Victor reproduction.
" V i c t r o l a " i, the Registered Trade-mark of the
Victor Talking Machine Company designating ths
products of this Company only.
W a r n i n g : The use of the word Victrola upon
or in the promotion or sale of any other talking machine
or Phonograph products is misleading and illegal.
FORT WAYNE, IND., October 8.—A. A. Mahan, of
Strohber Go.
Established 1884
FACTORIES
DEATH OF M0THER_0F A. A. MAHAN
Was Widow of Alexander Mahan, for Many
Years a Piano Merchant in Cortland, N. Y.
Victrola XVI, $200
Victrola XVI, electric, $250
Mahogany or oak
GEN. OFFICE
Chicago, 111.
1872 Clybourn Ave.
N. Milwaukee, Wis.
CHICAGO, ILL.
the Packard Piano Co., is receiving the sym-
pathy of his friends in the trade upon the death
of his mother, Mrs. Mary Armstrong Mahan,
who passed away at her home in Cortland, N. Y.,
last week in her seventy-first year. Mrs. Mahan
has been ill for several years,' and took to her
bed finally about three weeks before her death.
She was the widow of Alexander Mahan, who
conducted a piano store in Cortland, N. Y., from
1868 to 1905.
HIS MASTERS VOICE'
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