Music Trade Review

JUNE
'THE
21, 1919
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
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HOT WEATHER HAS LITTLE EFFECT ON ST. LOUIS TRADE
Why Not
Retailers Report Sales Averages' Bein.g> Maintained-Harry A . Kieselhorst Joins the Benedicts­
Piano Moving Charges Take a Jump---Aeolian Hall Redecorated-Estey Line With Wurlitzer
ST. LoUIS, Mo., June 16.- The pian o business
of St. Louis is in its lirst grapple with S t.
Louis summ e r weather, and whi le it wou ld not be
correct t o say tha t b usines s is having all the
b es t of th e a rgum ent it can be said that it
is holding its own pretty well. While most
dealer s admit that ther e has been a slackening,
as is ex pected at this season, man y sa y that, a t
that, business is be tter than it was last month.
'Willi am P. Chris ler, m anage r of the Aeo lian
Co., is one who has no fault to lind with what
June is bri nging hi s way . T his is th e last
m ont h of the Aeolian lisca l year and it is very
gratifying t o Mana ge r Chr isler to find tha t it
is holding up the rec ord which has been made
every month thi s liscal year uy r un ning ah ea d
oi the corresponding month of th e year be­
fore and running farther ahe ad th a n any of
th e others. Whil e each mon th has excee ded its
mate in the year before the June reco rd, h e
says, is close to 100 per cent. ahe ad of t hat o f
June, 1918.
\1 ana ger J. B. Moran. o f th e 'vV urlit zer Co.,
is in cr eas ing hi s lines. He has taken the agency
for SI. Louis of the Estey pianos and play ers.
Two car load s ha ve arr ive d and are on t he 'vVur­
litze r fl oo rs. The V,'urlitzer sto re is ge ttin g
to look more like a p iano sto re e very day. Prior
t e. Mr. Moran's adv ent in th e managerial ca­
pacity pian os wen~ not greatly fea tur ed. The
Este y -l ine wa s formerly handled by the Famous
& Barr Co.
A . N. Engberg, man ager of the Thi ebes
P ian o Co., next doo r to Aeo lian Ha ll, is an ­
ot h er who is not mourning that summer days
have com e. Mr. En gb erg is 1i 1Ied with the en­
thusiasm as one may be who has recen tl y taken
on e nlarged respon sib iliti es and is getting re­
s ult s.
He says h e has every r easo n to be
satisfied with the business that lias been done
at th e Thiebes house so far thi s month , and
what is more h e does n o t ex pect any s umm e r
dulness this year.
He has an antidote for
it. He ca ll s it ju st p lain hard work and with
t he co-operation of his sa les fo rce h e expec ts
t o make it work. A. E . John so n, presiden't of
th e Haddorff P iano Co., Rockf ord, Ill. , which
recently took over th e Th ie bes bu siness, spent
two days here dur ing th e week and expressed
him self a s well pleased w ith the showing th at
is being made und e r the new contro l.
Joy b ell s a r e ringing at th e K iese lh orst store.
Harry A. Kiese lhorst, vice-president of the fir m,
took unto hi m self a w ife last Tuesday in the
person of Mi ss Lotti e E. Reinh ardt, daughter
oi Mr. and Mrs. F. Reinhardt, o f 3888 Utah
plac e. T he ceremony was performed by the
Rev. F. H. Magill, paster of the Oa k Hill Pres ­
byterian C hurch , at the parsonage.. Charles O.
Thompson, of the Kie selh orst s taff, was best
man and ' Miss G ertr ude D eyer was maid of
h onor.
Following the ceremony a w edding
breakfast was served at the Rein hardt h ome ,
attend ed by th e imme dia t e relati ves, including
Mr. and Mrs. E, A. Ki ese lhorst, o f SI. Louis,
and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kieselhorst , of Alton,
Ill. The couple de parted on a wedding trip
to the Paci lic Coast t o last si x weeks. On their
return they will make their h o nle for th e pres,
ent with the bride's pa r e nts.
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JANSSEN
The Most Talked About
Piano in the Trade
BEN H. JANSSEN
Manufacturer
82 Brown Place
New York
E. C. Storer, sa les ma nager of the Bald win
Co., is a memb e r of the flotilla committee which
is welcoming to St. Lo uis a fleet of s ubmarin es,
subma rin e chasers a nd hydr op lanes which ar­
rived in SI. Louis Friday to stimulate recruiting.
He repre se nt s the Advertising Club of St.
Lou is,
E , A. Kies e lh o r s t, pres ident of the Kiese l­
hor s t Piano Co., has a pocketful of railr oad
ticket s for the flight of the Kieselhorst famil y
next Friday to Santa Fe, N. M. M r. and Mrs.
Kieselhors t will stay there three week or a
month an d w ill th en go to Ca liforni a fo r the
r es t of th e sum mer.
The advanced wages won last week by t he
pi ano haulers by a thr ea t to strike a r e bein g co l­
lected from th e dealers. The advance cha rged
to the dealers is 50 cent s for each instrument
handl ed in the city and $1 add ed to the coun ­
ty hauling charge·. This has result ed in a
co rrespon d ing in creas e in the c harge for each
hand ling of a rente d instrum ent.
G. H. Day, manager of the S t a rck Pian o Co.,
left Friday night on a business tr ip to Chicago
to be gone a few days.
Fred Coleman, of 5747 Eas ton avenue, ha s
bee n appointed chairman of the Rec ord Trans­
fer Bureau of th e Victor Tri-State Dealers'
f\ sso ciation.
T he red ecora tion of Aeolian Hall in brighter
tints than have b een known before at that
seda te hous e has bee n co mplet ed a nd the im­
provement effected in the inte ri or appearance
is very grea t.
A. H. Di ckhau s, o f th e Famo us 8;: Ba rr CO.'5
piano department, is spending his vaca tion in
\1 ichigan.
S I. Loui s is fasts advanc in g to fir st pl ac e as a
convention ci ty and its advance in the future
will be mor e rapid by reason of t he libera lity
oi the Associated Retailers, w ith whi ch most
of th e p iano ni erch ants are connected. Th e as ­
sociati on has subscribed $34,250 t owa rd th e
$ 100,000 be ing ra ised by the Conventions Bu­
reau for t he purpose of mor e thor oug hly ad­
vertising the city an d bringing more an d large r
conve nti ons here.
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Vv. E. Po tter, of Lyon & Healy, rec e n tly took
a trip to the Paci fic Coa st.
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FREE STORAGE IN SWEDEN OFFERED
T he Daynes- Beebe Music Co. , Sa lt Lak e City,
Utah, rec en tly open ed it s new a nne x in that
city. The op en ing was an elaborate affair 'an d
the store was decorated with many fl ow ers and
plants w hi ch added gre a tl y to th e artistic in­
terior of the estab lishment.
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Prohibition
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Dr. J osep h M. Go ldstei n, professor of po ­
liti ca l econo my o f the H igh Institute of Trad e
and Econ omy of th e L niver sity of Moscow, ha s
prepared a survey o f the condi ti on s in Russia,
whic h ha s been issu ed by the R ussian Bureau
of Information here, to show tb e financial as­
sistance wb :ch will be r eq uir:ed to rehabilitate
H.ussi a after Bolshevism has died out. This
survey s hows that a great n umber o-f musical
in s trum ents of a ll kinds wi ll be required dur~
ing this period to supply the na tional need for
music.
UTAH STORE OPENS NEW ANNEX
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR RUSSIA
It is learned that th e city of Stockholm,
Swed en, has notilied the l.' nit ed Stat es Depa rt ­
ment of Commerce that Amer;can exporters of
musical in st rum en ts m ay store their goo ds in
the free port wa r eho uses w hi c h were o pened
about the fi rst OIf this mont h . This is done
because of the expected demand fo r musical
instruments in Russia as soon as conditions
improve.
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J. P. Seeburg
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PianoCompany
Leaders in the Automatic Field
Republic Building. 209 Soutb State Street
Factories,Seebw:g Building, 419 Wed Erie Street
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