Music Trade Review
Issue: 1919 Vol. 68 N. 19 - Page 5
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MAY
10, 1919
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
P. G. MEHLIN BACK FROM FIRST TRIP
DEATH OF WEBSTER F. MAITLAND
THE MANUFACTURERS' CONVENTION
Secretary of Paul G. Mehlin & Sons Enthusi-
astic Over Experience—Glad to Have Oppor-
tunity to Meet Dealers in Own Territory
Weil-Known Piano Tuner and Repairman of
Philadelphia a Victim of Pneumonia
Business Sessions to Be Held at Congress Ho-
tel, Chicago, on June 3 and 4—Annual Ban-
quet to Be Held on Evening of June 3
Paul G. Mehlin, secretary of Paul G. Mehlin
& Sons, 4 East Forty-third street, New York,
returned from his initial trip for the house of
Mehlin on Friday last, having visited Mehlin
Lieut. Paul G. Mehlin
dealers throughout Pennsylvania and points in
the South and Middle West.
When seen by a representative of The Review
Mr. Mehlin was very enthusiastic over his first
experience jon the road.
"It was a great experience for me," he said,
"and the greatest satisfaction 1 had was the fact
that it was a great pleasure to be representing
a piano with so many individual characteris-
tics, many radically different from the many
pianos which are on the market. Not only did
I find business conditions in splendid shape,
but I brought back a large number of orders for
immediate delivery.
"I am glad to have the opportunity to travel,
as I am anxious to meet the trade in their own
home territories, and also am very pleased at
the prospect of being able to keep on the out-
side."
Mr. Mehlin was recently honorably dis-
charged from the Ordnance Department of the
United States Army, where he served as first
lieutenant, having had the distinction of being-
one of the youngest first lieutenants in the army.
In this respect Mr. Mehlin has followed in the
steps of his grandfather, the late Paul G. Meh-
lin, whose name he bears, and who served with
distinction as an officer during the Civil War.
Among the recent callers at the wholesale
headquarters of the concern last week was B.
Andrews, son of N. C. Andrews, head of the An-
drews Music House, who have been handling
the Mehlin as their leader for several years. Mr.
Andrews was in New York on his honeymoon
and reports business very active, with an increas-
ing demand for the Mehlin Viola grand.
PHILADELPHIA, PA., May 5.—Webster F. Mait-
It has been formally announced that the an-
land, a well-known piano tuner of this city,
died at his home here on April 30 of pneumonia nual convention of the National Piano Manu-
following an attack of influenza. The deceased facturers' Association will be held at the Con-
was the son of George L. Maitland, who is gress Hotel, Chicago, on Tuesday and* Wed-
nesday, June 3 and 4. On Sunday evening, June
prominent as a tuner and piano mechanic.
Mr. Maitland was born in 1886, and learned 1, a joint meeting of the officers, executive com-
tuning and repairing under his father's instruc- mittee and finance committee of the association
tion, being able to tune quite well when only will be held for the purpose of putting the con-
thirteen years old. When he was sixteen years vention program in order.
The annual banquet of the Manufacturers' As-
old he entered the factory of the Lester Piano
sociation
will be held at the Congress Hotel, in
Co. in order to gain a fuller knowledge of his
trade. After some time spent in the Lester the Florentine Room, on Tuesday evening.
factory he joined his father in the business of George J. Dowling, of Chicago, is chairman of
tuning and repairing pianos, and in 1910 de- the banquet committee, and only members of
cided to go into business for himself.
His the Manufacturers' Association are eligible to at-
tend. George W. Pound, general counsel, and
father gave him half of his clientele as a start.
Although the deceased was a very busy man Herbert W. Hill, assistant secretary of the asso-
he found time to help his fellow men. At the ciation, will maintain headquarters at the Con-
time of his death he was president of the board gress Hotel, where information can be secured.
It is stated that there are many matters of
of managers of the Chapin Memorial Home for
Aged Blind. He was also interested in the Sun- importance to come up before the convention,
day Breakfast Association and in mission work. 'and that the policy will be to have the activities
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. of the association threshed put in open conven-
A widow, Florence Stecher Maitland, survives tion rather than in committee.
The delegates from the Manufacturers' Asso-
him.
ciation to the Chamber of Commerce will be ap-
pointed at the meeting of the executive commit-
GUY L. McINTYRE BACK
tee on Sunday evening.
Eastern Representative of Kohler & Campbell,
Inc., Returns Home After Extensive Trip
Guy L. Mclntyre, Eastern representative of
Kohler & Campbell, Inc., New York, returned
home last week after his initial trip, which has
extended over a period of four weeks.
Mr. Mclntyre made a close canvass of the
business lying in New York, Ohio and Penn-
sylvania and reports a very satisfactory condi-
tion generally throughout his territory.
The
actual business obtained and prospects for fu-
ture business are exceptionally favorable.
It is undecided as to just when Mr. Mcln-
tyre will make his next trip. He will attend
the convention at Chicago in June.
AMERICAN TRAD1EMETH0DS FEARED
The American Chamber of Commerce in Lon-
don reports uneasiness among British manufac-
turers over their Scandinavian markets due to
the rapid way in. which American exporters are
developing their activities there.
A manufacturer's agent who-has just returned
from a trip through these countries says that the
well-developed American Consular system, as
compared with the British, in Norway, Sweden
and Denmark is largely responsible for this con-
dition. He also attributes the success of Amer-
ican advances in these markets to the commis-
sions there investigating possible openings,
which not only report to the Government but
also put importers into immediate and direct
touch with the United States exporter.
STARR PIANO BRANCH IN FLORIDA
In view of the rapid growth of all commercial
industries in Florida, the Starr Piano Co. has
opened a wholesale distributing warehouse at
15 North Ocean street, Jacksonville, and all
Florida territory will be supplied from this
point.
Seeber & Hofheins, Inc., Buffalo, N. Y., has
been incorporated to deal in musical instru-
ments and talking machines at a capital of $15,-
000. The incorporators are G. R. Hofheins, P.
P. and E. P. Seeber, Buffalo.
"CHICKERING HALL" TO OPEN SOON
The Glen Bros.-Roberts Piano Co., Salt Lake
City, Utah, has taken a lease on the street floor
and basement of the Bamberger Building, 161
South Main street, and the new quarters will'
be open for business about July 1. Many spe-
cial features for the display of pianos and
player-pianos will be added and the store will
probably be called "Chickering Hall."
C. O. Mize, of Chicago, has opened a new
music store in Hobart, Ind.
STRAUCH
PIANO
ACTION
——-ss^—-—=-—
THE
ACTION OF
PLANS TO BEAUTIFY WASHINGTON
Frank M. Low Proposes Permanent Exposition
to Beautify Nation's Capital—Plans Were
Subject of Favorable Editorial Comment
Plans for the development of Washington as
the most beautiful city in the world, with a
group of forty-eight individual State buildings
containing a permanent exposition of natural,
educational and industrial resources, have been
presented in Washington by Frank M. Low,
owner of the Parker-Bridget Co. A full dis-
cussion of the plans appeared in all Washing-
ton papers last Monday, and Mr. Low's ideas
were the subject of much favorable editorial
comment. Such a plan to beautify our capital
would not only benefit the city of Washington
itself, but would also benefit every State and
the people as a whole. Each State would have a
particular interest in its own special building,
would want its own architects to draw the plans,
its own material to be used in construction and
its own contractors to do the work.
This
would furnish a worth-while business activity
for every State while the exposition was being
built. Mr. Low is the brother of Wm. A. Low,
assistant treasurer of The Review.
. •**
APPOINTED ASS'T SUPERINTENDENT
Thomas A. Perrott Fills This Position at Hazel-
ton Bros. Factory
Announcement was made this week by Wm.
M. Plaisted, vice-president of Hazelton Bros.,
542 West Fortieth street, New York, of the
appointment of Thomas A. Perrott, as assistant
superintendent of the Hazelton factory.
Mr. Perrott was formerly connected with the
Technola Piano Co., where he remained for
seven years, leaving there to enter the army.
He served eighteen months with the Twenty-
seventh Division, and has now returned to busi-
ness life.
I. N. Boggs, of O'Neil, Neb., has leased space
for a new music store and will carry a good
stock of pianos.
QUALITY and MERIT
STRAUCH BROS., Inc.
20-30 Tenth Avenue
New York
MAY
10, 1919
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
P. G. MEHLIN BACK FROM FIRST TRIP
DEATH OF WEBSTER F. MAITLAND
THE MANUFACTURERS' CONVENTION
Secretary of Paul G. Mehlin & Sons Enthusi-
astic Over Experience—Glad to Have Oppor-
tunity to Meet Dealers in Own Territory
Weil-Known Piano Tuner and Repairman of
Philadelphia a Victim of Pneumonia
Business Sessions to Be Held at Congress Ho-
tel, Chicago, on June 3 and 4—Annual Ban-
quet to Be Held on Evening of June 3
Paul G. Mehlin, secretary of Paul G. Mehlin
& Sons, 4 East Forty-third street, New York,
returned from his initial trip for the house of
Mehlin on Friday last, having visited Mehlin
Lieut. Paul G. Mehlin
dealers throughout Pennsylvania and points in
the South and Middle West.
When seen by a representative of The Review
Mr. Mehlin was very enthusiastic over his first
experience jon the road.
"It was a great experience for me," he said,
"and the greatest satisfaction 1 had was the fact
that it was a great pleasure to be representing
a piano with so many individual characteris-
tics, many radically different from the many
pianos which are on the market. Not only did
I find business conditions in splendid shape,
but I brought back a large number of orders for
immediate delivery.
"I am glad to have the opportunity to travel,
as I am anxious to meet the trade in their own
home territories, and also am very pleased at
the prospect of being able to keep on the out-
side."
Mr. Mehlin was recently honorably dis-
charged from the Ordnance Department of the
United States Army, where he served as first
lieutenant, having had the distinction of being-
one of the youngest first lieutenants in the army.
In this respect Mr. Mehlin has followed in the
steps of his grandfather, the late Paul G. Meh-
lin, whose name he bears, and who served with
distinction as an officer during the Civil War.
Among the recent callers at the wholesale
headquarters of the concern last week was B.
Andrews, son of N. C. Andrews, head of the An-
drews Music House, who have been handling
the Mehlin as their leader for several years. Mr.
Andrews was in New York on his honeymoon
and reports business very active, with an increas-
ing demand for the Mehlin Viola grand.
PHILADELPHIA, PA., May 5.—Webster F. Mait-
It has been formally announced that the an-
land, a well-known piano tuner of this city,
died at his home here on April 30 of pneumonia nual convention of the National Piano Manu-
following an attack of influenza. The deceased facturers' Association will be held at the Con-
was the son of George L. Maitland, who is gress Hotel, Chicago, on Tuesday and* Wed-
nesday, June 3 and 4. On Sunday evening, June
prominent as a tuner and piano mechanic.
Mr. Maitland was born in 1886, and learned 1, a joint meeting of the officers, executive com-
tuning and repairing under his father's instruc- mittee and finance committee of the association
tion, being able to tune quite well when only will be held for the purpose of putting the con-
thirteen years old. When he was sixteen years vention program in order.
The annual banquet of the Manufacturers' As-
old he entered the factory of the Lester Piano
sociation
will be held at the Congress Hotel, in
Co. in order to gain a fuller knowledge of his
trade. After some time spent in the Lester the Florentine Room, on Tuesday evening.
factory he joined his father in the business of George J. Dowling, of Chicago, is chairman of
tuning and repairing pianos, and in 1910 de- the banquet committee, and only members of
cided to go into business for himself.
His the Manufacturers' Association are eligible to at-
tend. George W. Pound, general counsel, and
father gave him half of his clientele as a start.
Although the deceased was a very busy man Herbert W. Hill, assistant secretary of the asso-
he found time to help his fellow men. At the ciation, will maintain headquarters at the Con-
time of his death he was president of the board gress Hotel, where information can be secured.
It is stated that there are many matters of
of managers of the Chapin Memorial Home for
Aged Blind. He was also interested in the Sun- importance to come up before the convention,
day Breakfast Association and in mission work. 'and that the policy will be to have the activities
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. of the association threshed put in open conven-
A widow, Florence Stecher Maitland, survives tion rather than in committee.
The delegates from the Manufacturers' Asso-
him.
ciation to the Chamber of Commerce will be ap-
pointed at the meeting of the executive commit-
GUY L. McINTYRE BACK
tee on Sunday evening.
Eastern Representative of Kohler & Campbell,
Inc., Returns Home After Extensive Trip
Guy L. Mclntyre, Eastern representative of
Kohler & Campbell, Inc., New York, returned
home last week after his initial trip, which has
extended over a period of four weeks.
Mr. Mclntyre made a close canvass of the
business lying in New York, Ohio and Penn-
sylvania and reports a very satisfactory condi-
tion generally throughout his territory.
The
actual business obtained and prospects for fu-
ture business are exceptionally favorable.
It is undecided as to just when Mr. Mcln-
tyre will make his next trip. He will attend
the convention at Chicago in June.
AMERICAN TRAD1EMETH0DS FEARED
The American Chamber of Commerce in Lon-
don reports uneasiness among British manufac-
turers over their Scandinavian markets due to
the rapid way in. which American exporters are
developing their activities there.
A manufacturer's agent who-has just returned
from a trip through these countries says that the
well-developed American Consular system, as
compared with the British, in Norway, Sweden
and Denmark is largely responsible for this con-
dition. He also attributes the success of Amer-
ican advances in these markets to the commis-
sions there investigating possible openings,
which not only report to the Government but
also put importers into immediate and direct
touch with the United States exporter.
STARR PIANO BRANCH IN FLORIDA
In view of the rapid growth of all commercial
industries in Florida, the Starr Piano Co. has
opened a wholesale distributing warehouse at
15 North Ocean street, Jacksonville, and all
Florida territory will be supplied from this
point.
Seeber & Hofheins, Inc., Buffalo, N. Y., has
been incorporated to deal in musical instru-
ments and talking machines at a capital of $15,-
000. The incorporators are G. R. Hofheins, P.
P. and E. P. Seeber, Buffalo.
"CHICKERING HALL" TO OPEN SOON
The Glen Bros.-Roberts Piano Co., Salt Lake
City, Utah, has taken a lease on the street floor
and basement of the Bamberger Building, 161
South Main street, and the new quarters will'
be open for business about July 1. Many spe-
cial features for the display of pianos and
player-pianos will be added and the store will
probably be called "Chickering Hall."
C. O. Mize, of Chicago, has opened a new
music store in Hobart, Ind.
STRAUCH
PIANO
ACTION
——-ss^—-—=-—
THE
ACTION OF
PLANS TO BEAUTIFY WASHINGTON
Frank M. Low Proposes Permanent Exposition
to Beautify Nation's Capital—Plans Were
Subject of Favorable Editorial Comment
Plans for the development of Washington as
the most beautiful city in the world, with a
group of forty-eight individual State buildings
containing a permanent exposition of natural,
educational and industrial resources, have been
presented in Washington by Frank M. Low,
owner of the Parker-Bridget Co. A full dis-
cussion of the plans appeared in all Washing-
ton papers last Monday, and Mr. Low's ideas
were the subject of much favorable editorial
comment. Such a plan to beautify our capital
would not only benefit the city of Washington
itself, but would also benefit every State and
the people as a whole. Each State would have a
particular interest in its own special building,
would want its own architects to draw the plans,
its own material to be used in construction and
its own contractors to do the work.
This
would furnish a worth-while business activity
for every State while the exposition was being
built. Mr. Low is the brother of Wm. A. Low,
assistant treasurer of The Review.
. •**
APPOINTED ASS'T SUPERINTENDENT
Thomas A. Perrott Fills This Position at Hazel-
ton Bros. Factory
Announcement was made this week by Wm.
M. Plaisted, vice-president of Hazelton Bros.,
542 West Fortieth street, New York, of the
appointment of Thomas A. Perrott, as assistant
superintendent of the Hazelton factory.
Mr. Perrott was formerly connected with the
Technola Piano Co., where he remained for
seven years, leaving there to enter the army.
He served eighteen months with the Twenty-
seventh Division, and has now returned to busi-
ness life.
I. N. Boggs, of O'Neil, Neb., has leased space
for a new music store and will carry a good
stock of pianos.
QUALITY and MERIT
STRAUCH BROS., Inc.
20-30 Tenth Avenue
New York
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