Music Trade Review

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MARCH 9,
1918
THE
MUSIC TRADE
SATISFACTORY FEBRUARY BUSINESS IN SAN FRANCISCO
Agricultural Conditions Help Give Impetus to Retail Trade—Mark P. Campbell Enthusiastic Over
the Coast—Mauzy Sale Very Successful—Visitors and News of the Week
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., March 2.—The music
dealers of San Francisco express themselves as
well satisfied with their February business.
While the month started in with a great lack
of rain in the State, this condition was remedied
by later rainfalls in quantity sufficient to assure
the success of the crops of the State. This
change from drought conditions to ample mois-
ture reacted immediately on the music trade,
both in direct orders and psychologically on the
minds of the local dealers, who were becoming
worried over conditions in the interior. L. S.
Sherman, who has just returned from a short
trip to Los Angeles, says that he never saw the
country looking better and that everywhere a
spirit of optimism prevails. Letters from other
sections of the State confirm this feeling. There
has been a shortage of certain pianos and high-
grade talking machines, notably of Steinway
pianos and Victrolas. That the former shortage
has been eased up by the arrival of Steinways
for Sherman, Clay & Co., indicates that the
freight congestion is gradually dissolving in the
Fast, and shows the value of the personal touch
in business, for it was only recently that Perry
Clay went back to the Steinway factory to urge
the shipment. The shortage in Victrolas is un-
derstood here to be factory inability to meet
the demand rather than freight conditions, and
not much hope is expressed that this will be
remedied for some time, at least.
Mark P. Campbell Visits California
Mark P. Campbell, president of the Brambach
Piano Co., of New York, is on his first visit to
California. He says that not one-quarter of the
truth of the charm of this State has been told
by its boosters. While in San Francisco Mr.
Campbell is making his headquarters with Wal-
ter S. Gannon, and before he leaves the Coast
lie will probably visit practically every dealer
handling his piano in all the larger centers.
O. S. Walter, of the Heine Piano Co., says
that his company sold more small grand pianos
during the month of February than in any pre-
vious month.
Columbia Co. in New Quarters
The Columbia Graphophone Co. has secured
quarters in the new "Daylight" building at 130
Sutter street, and will move there as soon as
the place can be fitted up for it. The floor space
of the company will be doubled by this move
and in every way a better display of goods can
be made.
Byron Mauzy Busy
Byron Mauzy reports that the fourth week
of his sale shows it gaining momentum. The
recent auto show brought a number of visitors
to the city and many of. them were attracted
to the store by the ads in the daily papers.
According to Charles Mauzy the Ampico at-
tracted especial attention among these visitors.
Byron Mauzy has been on a committee to
bring the orphan children of the city-together
on Saturday morning, March 2, for an enter-
tainment at the Orpheum Theatre. The chil-
dren will gather in Union Square Park, oppo-
site the piano salesrooms and headed by a band
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.
SCHOMA.CKER PIANO CO.
23d and Chestnut Sts.
Philadelphia, Pa.
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will march to the theatre under the personal
direction of Byron Mauzy.
Byron Mauzy will soon leave for Dallas, Tex.,
where he will take charge of probating the will
of his brother who recently died there. Mr.
Mauzy is executor of the estate.
Further Eilers Troubles
11y Kilers 1 troubles seem to multiply as time
goes on. Just as everything seemed settled
down to a receivership and probable readjust-
ment of the business, an attorney named H. G.
W. Dinkclspiel offers objection for certain
creditors to the bankruptcy proceedings and
asks that the petition be denied. This action
will prevent the sale of goods for some time,
or until it can be threshed out in court, and as
a consequence the store has been closed and
the stock removed to a warehouse, there to re-
main until the courts decide what disposition
shall be made of them.
The Soloelle in Concert
Harold Pracht, of Kohler & Chase, will go to
Stockton next week where he will play the
Soloelle at a concert to be given on the 6th
inst. A number of such concerts are being ar-
ranged to take place in different parts of the
State and in a majority of them Hugh Allen
is acting as soloist.
A. P. Dalrymple, of the Estey Piano Co., and
J. Hackenheimer, of C. Kurtzmann & Co.,
were among the piano salesmen who visited San
Francisco during the past week. The fact that
salesmen from the factories are now becoming
very much more numerous is taken as an indi-
cation that the eastern houses are beginning to
see daylight ahead and is regarded as a very
good sign here.
The Emporium Department Store has gone
out of the music roll business and has closed
down that department.
Alfred Dolge in Town
Alfred Dolge, who is known from coast to
coast in the music trade as a piano manufac-
turer and backer of the musical business, came
up from Los Angeles this week and was given
affectionate greeting by his old friends. Mr.
Dolge is now handling the Haddorff piano on
the Coast, and his personal popularity as well
as the merits of the instrument makes his way
easy.
Installs New Roll Rooms
The Hale Department Store is reconstructing
its sheet music and music roll department under
the management of Arthur Reese. Rooms for
trial of rolls are being installed and the depart-
ment generally enlarged.
Closed Some Big Steger Accounts
George A. Heidinger, who represents the
Steger & Sons Piano Mfg. Co. on the Pacific
Coast and spends most of his time going over
his territory, was in San Francisco a few days
this week and then left again for the north.
He reports that he has been very successful
and that he found business conditions every-
where much better since the rains of the last
two weeks.
Some Personals
Phil Otis, manager of professional depart-
ment on the Pacific Coast for Jerome H. Rein-
ick, is dead. He was born in New York City
thirty-seven years ago but spent many years
of his life on this Coast, where he had a host
of friends.
James Mahoney, salesman for the Brunswick-
Balke-Collender Co., recently injured his ankle
at Fresno so badly that he had to discontinue
his trip. It is too early to know the full ex-
tent of his injury as the ankle is too swollen
to make sure, but it is hoped that he will soon
be back again on the job.
William S. Wheeler, formerly assistant man-
ager of the player roll department of Lyon &
Healy, is in San Francisco to take charge of
the Kohler & Chase player roll department,
which he says is about to be created.
J. A. Stitt, representing the American Piano
Co., left for the northwest this week to be gone
about four weeks. This is the first trip Mr.
Stitt has made through this territory since the
American Piano Co. appointed Mr. Stitt to
represent them in his new capacity.
CLARK MUSIC CO. HOLDS MEETING
Well-Known Syracuse Concern Reports Most
Successful Year in Its History
SYRACUSE. N. Y., March 4.—The annual meet-
ing of the stockholders of the Clark Music
Co. was held recently at the offices of the
concern here. The following-named directors
were elected to serve for the ensuing year:
George W. Clark, Mrs. L. L. Clark, Melville
A. Clark, Sidney H. Morecroft and Virgil H.
Clymer.
The president's and treasurer's re-
ports were submitted at this meeting, and re-
ceived expressions of confidence and optimism
from the stockholders. It was shown that the
year's business was again the largest in the
company's history, and that the net earnings
were four times the amount paid out during
the year for preferred stock dividends.
The annual directors' meeting followed that
of the stockholders, at which time the following-
named officers were elected: President, George
W. Clark; vice-president and general manager,
Melville A. Clark; secretary and treasurer, S. H.
Morecroft. Inspectors of election were Dr. W.
K. Wicks and G. L. Chesbro.
AWAPDCD
Supreme Award
of Went
American Steel &
Wire Company
Maker of
Perfected
and Crown
Piano Wire
Highest Standard of
Acoustic Excellence
Chicago, New York, Worcester, Cleveland, Pllts-
burgh, Denver. Export representative: U. S. 8te«l
Products Co., New York. Pacific Coast representa-
tive: U. S. Steel Products Co., Sam Frandsw, U i
Angeles, Portland, Seattle.