Music Trade Review
Issue: 1918 Vol. 66 N. 2 - Page 7
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JANUARY 12, 1918
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
representative in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and
Tennessee. Arthur Bless, also of the factory
C. B. Lewis, Formerly District Representative, Now Field Manager—W. G. Karmann Appointed sales force, has been given temporary charge of
the Eastern district, comprising the New Eng-
General Traveling Representative—Other Recent Changes and Promotions
land States, New York and New Jersey. W.
CHICAGO, III., January 7.—The Gulbransen-Dick-
Both Mr. Lewis and Mr. Karmann have been M. Price is transferred from Ohio and Penn-
inson Co. announce several changes and promo- filling these positions for some months past but sylvania to Iowa. Nebraska and Colorado. Clark
tions among its staff and representatives becom- the appointments were officially confirmed last F. Gross is appointed district representative in
Missouri, Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Sev-
ing- effective with the New Year. It has been week 4 at the annual sales conference.
announced at the company's offices that C. B.
Other changes in the Gulbransen-Dickinson eral other promotions were made tentatively but
sales force are Geo. B. Nichols, formerly of the details of the same are not yet ready for an-
factory sales staff, who has been made district nouncement.
GULBRANSEN-DICKINSON^O^NNOUNCES STAFF CHANGES
STIEFF WILMINGTON STAFF DINES
TRADE PERIL IN ENGLISH BILL
Annual Get-Together Dinner Proves a Happy
Event—Guests of Honor From Baltimore
Proposed Law Would Remove From Register
Trademark Used as Name of Article
WILMINGTON, DEL., January 7.—The staff of the
local branch store of Chas. M. Stieff, Inc., held
their annual get-together dinner at the Hotel
DuPont, this city, on last Thursday evening,
with Chas. J. Gross, superintendent of the Stieff
factories in Baltimore, and Jacob G. Schnepfe,
assistant treasurer, also of Baltimore, as the
guests of honor. J. Ivy Jessup, manager of
the Wilmington branch, acted as toastmaster,
and an excellent orchestra was on hand to dis-
pense music during the meal.
Like good Americans, before a fork was
touched, a stanza of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
was sung, and then like good fellows a song ot
welcome to the guests was sung. Then the din-
ner went where ail good dinners go. When the
time for speech making arrived Mr. Gross led
off with a talk from the viewpoint of the manu-
facturer, and was followed by Mr. Schnepfe, who
gave those around the board a few pointers from
home—Baltimore.
G. H. Homer, one of the local salesmen, under
the head of "Local Color," next talked on Wil-
C. B. Lewis
mington matters and the set speaking wound up
Lewis, formerly district representative in Iowa, with a vigorous speech on the renewal of energy
Nebraska and Kansas, has been promoted to the for the house during the coming year, by Chas.
position of field manager, and will have super- W. Hopkins, also of the local staff. General dis-
cussion of the things piano men talk about fol-
vision of the other traveling men.
W. G. Karmann has been given the title of lowed and the party broke up singing "Auld
general traveling representative, and in this Lang Syne," which is still another Stieff custom.
And through it all—dinner, speechmaking and
the final parting—rang the cheerful knowledge
in the minds of all that 1917 was the most suc-
cessful year the local branch of the Stieff concern
has had since its establishment eight years ago.
A despatch from London states that repre-
sentatives of ^American manufacturers in Eng-
land are much alarmed over a bill pending in
Parliament providing that if the proprietor of a
word or trademark so uses his mark as to lead
the public to regard it as the name of an article
it shall be removed from the register of trade-
marks. If the bill is passed many American ar-
ticles which have become popularized through
name trademarks will probably be imitated un-
der the same name and Americans will have no
redress, thus entailing untold loss to them finan-
cially if not the ruin of their business in Eng-
land.
Americans here say that cargo space for ling-
land is now so restricted that the trade in many
articles has already become greatly affected, and
that if the bill becomes a law imitators may be
successful in getting control of all the business
before the cargo space is increased and normal
conditions are resumed between the United
States and England commercially.
The attention of the American Consul-Gen-
eral, Robert P. Skinner, has been called to the
seriousness of the situation, and if the repre-
sentations of American representatives and of-
cials here are unavailing. Washington will prob-
ably be asked to intercede with the British Gov-
ernment for the removal of certain objectionable
features of the bill.
KOHLER INDUSTRIES ENTERTAIN
Give Annual Dinner and Entertainment to Ex-
ecutives, Heads of Departments and Guests
C. A. WOODS PIANO CO. IN NEW HOME
W. G. Karmann
position he will give special attention to the
company's interests in certain of the larger cities,
and also cover the States of Ohio, Pennsylvania
and West Virginia.
The annual "Get-Together Dinner" was held
on Saturday evening by the executives and heads
The C. A. Woods Piano Co., formerly located of the departments of the Kohler Industries,
at 1323 St. Nicholas avenue, New York, recent- New York, at the Welfare Building, West Fifty-
ly moved to new and larger quarters at num- first street.
ber 1327 in the same block. The new ware-
The hall was tastefully decorated with national
rooms have been entirely redecorated, and a emblems, as well as the service flags of the
number of alterations were made to adapt them various organizations in the Kohler Industries.
for talking machine as well as piano retailing.
The entertainment of the evening consisted
The company, of which Claude A. Woods is
the head, feature especially the Schubert pho- of music by a jazz orchestra, a monologist and
the singing of various popular selections.
nograph.
A feature of the evening was the rendering of
several selections by the Livingston quartet, a
W. STEBBINS WITH STRAUBE CO.
member of which was F. H. Patton. Mr. Patton
and his associates received enthusiastic applause.
HAMMOND, IND., January 7.—Walter Stebbins, a
The guests were furnished with paper caps and
well-known piano man, has become connected
with the Straube Piano Co., of this city, as various kinds of horns and rattles, but by the
traveling representative. Mr. Stebbins was con- noise of the singing and cheering promoted by
nected with the W. C. Gross Piano Co. for sev- the good time, which all enjoyed, it was proved
that they were not absolutely necessary.
eral, years past.
The spirit of the occasion was good fellow-
ship from start to finish, and everyone went
MIDMER & SON INCORPORATE
home with the idea that he had at least started
A certificate of incorporation was issued last the New Year right.
week to Reuben Midmer & Son, Inc., of Brook-
lyn, N. Y., for the purpose of manufacturing
Luther D. Crook, a veteran piano and organ
pianos. The capitalization of the concern is salesman in Maine, died at his home in Brewer,
$200,000, the incorporators being H. Woodstock, Me., last week. He was seventy years old, and
E. F. Licome and J. G. Light.
had been in the trade for over forty years.
WINTER & CO.
RUDOLF
PIANOS AND PLAYER-PIANOS
PIANOS AND PLAYER-PIANOS
22O SOUTHERN BOULEVARD, N E W YORK
JANUARY 12, 1918
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
representative in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and
Tennessee. Arthur Bless, also of the factory
C. B. Lewis, Formerly District Representative, Now Field Manager—W. G. Karmann Appointed sales force, has been given temporary charge of
the Eastern district, comprising the New Eng-
General Traveling Representative—Other Recent Changes and Promotions
land States, New York and New Jersey. W.
CHICAGO, III., January 7.—The Gulbransen-Dick-
Both Mr. Lewis and Mr. Karmann have been M. Price is transferred from Ohio and Penn-
inson Co. announce several changes and promo- filling these positions for some months past but sylvania to Iowa. Nebraska and Colorado. Clark
tions among its staff and representatives becom- the appointments were officially confirmed last F. Gross is appointed district representative in
Missouri, Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Sev-
ing- effective with the New Year. It has been week 4 at the annual sales conference.
announced at the company's offices that C. B.
Other changes in the Gulbransen-Dickinson eral other promotions were made tentatively but
sales force are Geo. B. Nichols, formerly of the details of the same are not yet ready for an-
factory sales staff, who has been made district nouncement.
GULBRANSEN-DICKINSON^O^NNOUNCES STAFF CHANGES
STIEFF WILMINGTON STAFF DINES
TRADE PERIL IN ENGLISH BILL
Annual Get-Together Dinner Proves a Happy
Event—Guests of Honor From Baltimore
Proposed Law Would Remove From Register
Trademark Used as Name of Article
WILMINGTON, DEL., January 7.—The staff of the
local branch store of Chas. M. Stieff, Inc., held
their annual get-together dinner at the Hotel
DuPont, this city, on last Thursday evening,
with Chas. J. Gross, superintendent of the Stieff
factories in Baltimore, and Jacob G. Schnepfe,
assistant treasurer, also of Baltimore, as the
guests of honor. J. Ivy Jessup, manager of
the Wilmington branch, acted as toastmaster,
and an excellent orchestra was on hand to dis-
pense music during the meal.
Like good Americans, before a fork was
touched, a stanza of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
was sung, and then like good fellows a song ot
welcome to the guests was sung. Then the din-
ner went where ail good dinners go. When the
time for speech making arrived Mr. Gross led
off with a talk from the viewpoint of the manu-
facturer, and was followed by Mr. Schnepfe, who
gave those around the board a few pointers from
home—Baltimore.
G. H. Homer, one of the local salesmen, under
the head of "Local Color," next talked on Wil-
C. B. Lewis
mington matters and the set speaking wound up
Lewis, formerly district representative in Iowa, with a vigorous speech on the renewal of energy
Nebraska and Kansas, has been promoted to the for the house during the coming year, by Chas.
position of field manager, and will have super- W. Hopkins, also of the local staff. General dis-
cussion of the things piano men talk about fol-
vision of the other traveling men.
W. G. Karmann has been given the title of lowed and the party broke up singing "Auld
general traveling representative, and in this Lang Syne," which is still another Stieff custom.
And through it all—dinner, speechmaking and
the final parting—rang the cheerful knowledge
in the minds of all that 1917 was the most suc-
cessful year the local branch of the Stieff concern
has had since its establishment eight years ago.
A despatch from London states that repre-
sentatives of ^American manufacturers in Eng-
land are much alarmed over a bill pending in
Parliament providing that if the proprietor of a
word or trademark so uses his mark as to lead
the public to regard it as the name of an article
it shall be removed from the register of trade-
marks. If the bill is passed many American ar-
ticles which have become popularized through
name trademarks will probably be imitated un-
der the same name and Americans will have no
redress, thus entailing untold loss to them finan-
cially if not the ruin of their business in Eng-
land.
Americans here say that cargo space for ling-
land is now so restricted that the trade in many
articles has already become greatly affected, and
that if the bill becomes a law imitators may be
successful in getting control of all the business
before the cargo space is increased and normal
conditions are resumed between the United
States and England commercially.
The attention of the American Consul-Gen-
eral, Robert P. Skinner, has been called to the
seriousness of the situation, and if the repre-
sentations of American representatives and of-
cials here are unavailing. Washington will prob-
ably be asked to intercede with the British Gov-
ernment for the removal of certain objectionable
features of the bill.
KOHLER INDUSTRIES ENTERTAIN
Give Annual Dinner and Entertainment to Ex-
ecutives, Heads of Departments and Guests
C. A. WOODS PIANO CO. IN NEW HOME
W. G. Karmann
position he will give special attention to the
company's interests in certain of the larger cities,
and also cover the States of Ohio, Pennsylvania
and West Virginia.
The annual "Get-Together Dinner" was held
on Saturday evening by the executives and heads
The C. A. Woods Piano Co., formerly located of the departments of the Kohler Industries,
at 1323 St. Nicholas avenue, New York, recent- New York, at the Welfare Building, West Fifty-
ly moved to new and larger quarters at num- first street.
ber 1327 in the same block. The new ware-
The hall was tastefully decorated with national
rooms have been entirely redecorated, and a emblems, as well as the service flags of the
number of alterations were made to adapt them various organizations in the Kohler Industries.
for talking machine as well as piano retailing.
The entertainment of the evening consisted
The company, of which Claude A. Woods is
the head, feature especially the Schubert pho- of music by a jazz orchestra, a monologist and
the singing of various popular selections.
nograph.
A feature of the evening was the rendering of
several selections by the Livingston quartet, a
W. STEBBINS WITH STRAUBE CO.
member of which was F. H. Patton. Mr. Patton
and his associates received enthusiastic applause.
HAMMOND, IND., January 7.—Walter Stebbins, a
The guests were furnished with paper caps and
well-known piano man, has become connected
with the Straube Piano Co., of this city, as various kinds of horns and rattles, but by the
traveling representative. Mr. Stebbins was con- noise of the singing and cheering promoted by
nected with the W. C. Gross Piano Co. for sev- the good time, which all enjoyed, it was proved
that they were not absolutely necessary.
eral, years past.
The spirit of the occasion was good fellow-
ship from start to finish, and everyone went
MIDMER & SON INCORPORATE
home with the idea that he had at least started
A certificate of incorporation was issued last the New Year right.
week to Reuben Midmer & Son, Inc., of Brook-
lyn, N. Y., for the purpose of manufacturing
Luther D. Crook, a veteran piano and organ
pianos. The capitalization of the concern is salesman in Maine, died at his home in Brewer,
$200,000, the incorporators being H. Woodstock, Me., last week. He was seventy years old, and
E. F. Licome and J. G. Light.
had been in the trade for over forty years.
WINTER & CO.
RUDOLF
PIANOS AND PLAYER-PIANOS
PIANOS AND PLAYER-PIANOS
22O SOUTHERN BOULEVARD, N E W YORK
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