Music Trade Review
Issue: 1918 Vol. 67 N. 6 - Page 11
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AUGUST 10, 1918
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
11
REVIEW
with the good, reputable piano manufacturer,
is sure to make a success of his business. The
By Working in Close Harmony Manufacturers merchant who is contentious, dilatory, indif-
and Merchants Can Best Develop the Inter- ferent and evinces a spirit of selfishness, sel-
ests of Both Departments of the Industry, De- dom gets the generous support and the helping
As I look back
clares C. B. Garritson, of Kroeger Piano Co. hand of the manufacturer.
over the many years of our business I know
There are few, if any, active piano manufac- of many dealers who started in with us in a
turers in the trade who have had more exten- small way, were loyal in representing our
sive personal experience with piano merchants goods, energetic, economical, careful and
in all sections of the country than C. B. Garrit- evinced a spirit of consideration and co-opera-
Most of these dealers have made a
son, president of the Kroeger Piano Co., who tion.
has always been a strong advocate of close co- marked success.
"The conditions that prevail now are such
that the prices of pianos are going up. The
purchasing public are paying more for their
musical instruments and they are learning to
appreciate them more.
Dealers are able to
sell for bigger cash payments to-day and for
shorter terms than they have ever been able
since I have had anything to do with the in-
dustry. But, notwithstanding these conditions,
there are times when the piano merchant will
need the help of a broad gauged manufacturer.
Therefore, 1 believe it the duty of manufacturer
and dealer to cultivate a spirit of co-operation
and a friendly feeling for each other."
CO-OPERATION IN THE PIANO TRADE
NEWS FROM THE TWIN CITIES
Trade Is Somewhat Inactive, But Sales Are
Ahead of Same Season Last Year—Dyer &
Bro. Association Holds Annual Outing
MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL, MINN., August 5.—
"This is the luxury of music. It touches every
key or" memory and stirs all the hidden springs
of sorrow and of joy. I love it for what it
makes me forget, aud for what it makes me re-
member."
THE KROEGER
PLAYER-PIANO
brings to you a mastery of the technical
and interpretative possibilities of musical
expression.
The possessor of such an
equipment may well be described as "an
artist with eighty-eight fingers," in fine, the
supreme
MUSIC MASTER
KROEGER
PLAYER-PIANOS
are shown below in architectural grace and
beauty of superlative degree. Let us tell
you about them and you will wish to learn
of the fundamentals that make the
"Captain" Raudenbush explains that he feels
something like Captain Jinks, with a military
title stuck on him. He has circularized the
trade in Minnesota in behalf of the Music
Trades Preservation Fund and will call in per-
son on the dealers in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
He is sanguine that the dealers of the Twin
Cities will contribute their quota, as the Twins
rarely, very rarely stop when they have set out itself a synonym for the phrase,
on a mission.
I^oster & Waldo are specializing in talking
machines during the summer spell and are mak-
ing a most attractive offer, which is bringing
business. The piano trade is not specially live-
ly with this old house, and the same may be
said for all the other houses.
In spite of the lack of activity, it is only fair
to repeat that the monthly sales without ex-
ception for some time past have exceeded the
corresponding 1917 figures. A better class of
instruments also is demanded.
Saturday, August 3, marked the annual picnic
of the W. J. Dyer & Bro. Employes' Association.
More than a hundred people rode out to White
Bear Lake in chartered cars and took posses-
sion of Sauer's Park for the afternoon and eve-
ning. In addition to dancing, boating, bathing
and other amusements, there was a most im-
posing sports program, with Thrift Stamps as
prizes.
C. B. Garritson
operation between the manufacturer and the re-
tailer, as a direct means for furthering the busi-
ness interests of both. In discussing the re-
lation between the manufacturer and the deal-
er, Mr. Garritson said to The Review this week:
"i believe that all business is co-operative and
especially does this apply to the relation that
exists between the piano manufacturer and the
piano merchant. As I look over the years of
business in my experience and in my observa-
tion, I have noticed that where the piano manu-
facturer and the dealer co-operated together for
their mutual interests that in most instances it
has terminated successfully.
I have always
been inclined to lend a helping hand to the
worthy dealer, the loyal representative of our
line. We have many customers on our books
who have been handling our instruments for
many years and their course has proved that
they are worthy. In some of these times we
have had panics and hard financial conditions
to confront, and I cannot recall a single instance
where a deserving dealer has not had the gen-
erous support of the Kroeger Piano Co. In
the end I have found it mutually beneficial. My
observation has been that the manufacturers
who have achieved a marked success have also
as a rule adopted the same policy. The dealer
Letter's are being sent to members of the
who is prompt in his business, responsive in his American Manufacturers' Export Association
correspondence and keeps thoroughly in touch telling them that arrangements have been com-
pleted by association executives whereby they
can entertain their foreign customers at the Old
Colony Club when they are in this market. The
privileges to be extended include the general
facilities of the club, embracing food and lodg-
ing. With several hundred foreign buyers now
coming to this city from all parts of the world
every season, the entertainment that can be
provided for them through the arrangement in
question is expected to go a long way in
strengthening commercial relations between
them and the concerns from which they buy.
Awarded first prize in many world compe-
titions during the past sixty years, the
Schomacker Piano is now daily receiving
APPOINTED MANAGER
first prizes of preference won by its superb
tone, wonderful breadth of expression and
Gilbert J. Sinclair, formerly connected with
structural beauty.
the W. W. Kimball Co., Chicago, 111., is now
SCHOMACKER PIANO CO.
manager of the piano department of the Gewehr
23d and Chestnut Sts.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Piano Co., Wilmington, Del.
Kroeger Player-Piano
"The Music Master"
STYLE 47
TO ENTERTAIN FOREIGN BUYERS
STYLE 48
Kroeger Piano Co.
New York, N. Y., and Stamford, Conn.
AUGUST 10, 1918
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
11
REVIEW
with the good, reputable piano manufacturer,
is sure to make a success of his business. The
By Working in Close Harmony Manufacturers merchant who is contentious, dilatory, indif-
and Merchants Can Best Develop the Inter- ferent and evinces a spirit of selfishness, sel-
ests of Both Departments of the Industry, De- dom gets the generous support and the helping
As I look back
clares C. B. Garritson, of Kroeger Piano Co. hand of the manufacturer.
over the many years of our business I know
There are few, if any, active piano manufac- of many dealers who started in with us in a
turers in the trade who have had more exten- small way, were loyal in representing our
sive personal experience with piano merchants goods, energetic, economical, careful and
in all sections of the country than C. B. Garrit- evinced a spirit of consideration and co-opera-
Most of these dealers have made a
son, president of the Kroeger Piano Co., who tion.
has always been a strong advocate of close co- marked success.
"The conditions that prevail now are such
that the prices of pianos are going up. The
purchasing public are paying more for their
musical instruments and they are learning to
appreciate them more.
Dealers are able to
sell for bigger cash payments to-day and for
shorter terms than they have ever been able
since I have had anything to do with the in-
dustry. But, notwithstanding these conditions,
there are times when the piano merchant will
need the help of a broad gauged manufacturer.
Therefore, 1 believe it the duty of manufacturer
and dealer to cultivate a spirit of co-operation
and a friendly feeling for each other."
CO-OPERATION IN THE PIANO TRADE
NEWS FROM THE TWIN CITIES
Trade Is Somewhat Inactive, But Sales Are
Ahead of Same Season Last Year—Dyer &
Bro. Association Holds Annual Outing
MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL, MINN., August 5.—
"This is the luxury of music. It touches every
key or" memory and stirs all the hidden springs
of sorrow and of joy. I love it for what it
makes me forget, aud for what it makes me re-
member."
THE KROEGER
PLAYER-PIANO
brings to you a mastery of the technical
and interpretative possibilities of musical
expression.
The possessor of such an
equipment may well be described as "an
artist with eighty-eight fingers," in fine, the
supreme
MUSIC MASTER
KROEGER
PLAYER-PIANOS
are shown below in architectural grace and
beauty of superlative degree. Let us tell
you about them and you will wish to learn
of the fundamentals that make the
"Captain" Raudenbush explains that he feels
something like Captain Jinks, with a military
title stuck on him. He has circularized the
trade in Minnesota in behalf of the Music
Trades Preservation Fund and will call in per-
son on the dealers in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
He is sanguine that the dealers of the Twin
Cities will contribute their quota, as the Twins
rarely, very rarely stop when they have set out itself a synonym for the phrase,
on a mission.
I^oster & Waldo are specializing in talking
machines during the summer spell and are mak-
ing a most attractive offer, which is bringing
business. The piano trade is not specially live-
ly with this old house, and the same may be
said for all the other houses.
In spite of the lack of activity, it is only fair
to repeat that the monthly sales without ex-
ception for some time past have exceeded the
corresponding 1917 figures. A better class of
instruments also is demanded.
Saturday, August 3, marked the annual picnic
of the W. J. Dyer & Bro. Employes' Association.
More than a hundred people rode out to White
Bear Lake in chartered cars and took posses-
sion of Sauer's Park for the afternoon and eve-
ning. In addition to dancing, boating, bathing
and other amusements, there was a most im-
posing sports program, with Thrift Stamps as
prizes.
C. B. Garritson
operation between the manufacturer and the re-
tailer, as a direct means for furthering the busi-
ness interests of both. In discussing the re-
lation between the manufacturer and the deal-
er, Mr. Garritson said to The Review this week:
"i believe that all business is co-operative and
especially does this apply to the relation that
exists between the piano manufacturer and the
piano merchant. As I look over the years of
business in my experience and in my observa-
tion, I have noticed that where the piano manu-
facturer and the dealer co-operated together for
their mutual interests that in most instances it
has terminated successfully.
I have always
been inclined to lend a helping hand to the
worthy dealer, the loyal representative of our
line. We have many customers on our books
who have been handling our instruments for
many years and their course has proved that
they are worthy. In some of these times we
have had panics and hard financial conditions
to confront, and I cannot recall a single instance
where a deserving dealer has not had the gen-
erous support of the Kroeger Piano Co. In
the end I have found it mutually beneficial. My
observation has been that the manufacturers
who have achieved a marked success have also
as a rule adopted the same policy. The dealer
Letter's are being sent to members of the
who is prompt in his business, responsive in his American Manufacturers' Export Association
correspondence and keeps thoroughly in touch telling them that arrangements have been com-
pleted by association executives whereby they
can entertain their foreign customers at the Old
Colony Club when they are in this market. The
privileges to be extended include the general
facilities of the club, embracing food and lodg-
ing. With several hundred foreign buyers now
coming to this city from all parts of the world
every season, the entertainment that can be
provided for them through the arrangement in
question is expected to go a long way in
strengthening commercial relations between
them and the concerns from which they buy.
Awarded first prize in many world compe-
titions during the past sixty years, the
Schomacker Piano is now daily receiving
APPOINTED MANAGER
first prizes of preference won by its superb
tone, wonderful breadth of expression and
Gilbert J. Sinclair, formerly connected with
structural beauty.
the W. W. Kimball Co., Chicago, 111., is now
SCHOMACKER PIANO CO.
manager of the piano department of the Gewehr
23d and Chestnut Sts.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Piano Co., Wilmington, Del.
Kroeger Player-Piano
"The Music Master"
STYLE 47
TO ENTERTAIN FOREIGN BUYERS
STYLE 48
Kroeger Piano Co.
New York, N. Y., and Stamford, Conn.
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