Music Trade Review
Issue: 1919 Vol. 69 N. 12 - Page 5
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SEPTEMBER 20, 1919
5
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
TRAVELS 200 MILES IN AIR TO CLOSE AMPICO SALE
MASON P. CURRIER WITH LANDAY
John E. Yuncker, Sales Manager of Fitzgerald Music Co., Los Angeles, Uses Airplane to Call
on and Sell Prospect in Santa Barbara During Recent Railroad Strike
Prominent Piano Man Made Manager of Piano
Department Conducted by Landay Bros.—E.
F. Harwood to Manage Sixth Ave. Store
Los ANGELES, CAL., September 12.—New uses
for the ajrplane in the business world are con-
stantly being found, but it is believed that John
E- Yuncker, sales manager of the Fitzgerald
Music Co., this city, is the first piano man to
use the airplane for carrying him to a prospect
Barbara in an airline is about 100 miles, yet
Mr. Yuncker made the round trip and sold a
piano in each city before noon. The successful
carrying out of the project was due to the en-
terprise and ingenuity of H. C. Braden, vice-
president and genera! manager of the Fitz-
gerald Music Co.
Not only did the unusual stunt serve to bring-
in the order for the Knabe Ampico, but it of-
fered the Fitzgerald Music Co. the opportunity
for some unusually striking publicity, of which
full advantage was taken. Full-page advertise-
ments were run in the local papers, showing pic-
tures of Mr. Yuncker about to start on his
unique trip and calling attention to the impor-
tance of the occasion through the medium of
well-conceived text.
Mason P. Currier, one of the best known
piano men in the East and formerly manager of
the warerooms of Chickering & Sons, Boston,
has been appointed general manager of the n«w
piano departments opened by Landay Bros, in
New York and Newark, N. J. Mr. Currier's
ADAMS=FLANNIGAN PIANO DEPT.
Doll & Sons to Have Exclusive Piano Ware-
rooms in New York Department Store—No
Manager Has Been Chosen at Present Time
Just Before the Trip Began
in order to close a sale. Incidentally Mr.
Yuncker's progressiveness won for him a
signed order for a $3,300 Knabe Ampico repro-
ducing piano.
During the recent railroad strike Mr. Yunck-
er received a request from Frank Tuhten, a
A new piano department is being installed in
the Adams-Flannigan department store, 149th
street and Third avenue, New York, by Doll &
Sons. Fred Doll, of the retail Doll store on
Forty-second street, is looking after the details
of the new department and hopes to have it in
running order by the first of next week. This
new piano section of the Adams-Flannigan store
is on the third floor adjacent to the furniture
section. The well-known Doll pianos will be
featured exclusively and the Doll & Sons, Wells-
more and Stodart pianos will be on display.
Up to the time of going to press no manager
for the new department had been chosen, but
it is expected that an announcement will be
made within a short time.
CALLERS ON P. G. MEHLIN & SONS
Braden Greeting Yuncker on His Return
wealthy real estate operator from Santa Bar-
bara, for some details regarding the Knabe
Ampico. Faced with the uncertainty of train
service and the necessity of taking as little time
Among the prominent dealers, all of whom
handle the Mehlin line in their territory, who
called at the offices of Paul G. Mehlin & Sons.
4 East Forty-third street, New York City, dur-
ing the past week were: Frank C. Clark, of
Clark & Jones, Knoxville and Chattanooga,
Tenn.; Leon N. Walthall, of the Walthall Co.,
San Antonio, Texas, accompanied by L. T.
Webb, manager of his piano department; L. S.
Jacobi, manager piano department, Kaufmann
Bros. Co., The Big Store, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Harry
Mason P. Currier
wide experience in the trade places him in an
excellent position to handle the many details
involved in the conduct of the Landay depart-
ments.
The new piano warerooms opened by Landay
Bros, on Sixth avenue, New York, have been
placed under the direct supervision of Edward
F. Harwood, who has been connected with
prominent piano concerns in the past, at one
time having been manager of the piano depart-
ment of the Kaufmann Bros, store in Pittsburgh.
As was announced some time ago, George En-
gelbrecht has been made manager of the Lan-
day piano warerooms in Newark, N. J.
H. C. BAY CO. TO BUILD OFFICES
BLUFKTON, IND., September 15.—The H. C. Bay
Piano Co., of this city, has purchased a location
at the corner of Main and Washington streets in
tliis city in the heart of the business district,
and announcement is made that the company
will erect a handsome office building and dis-
play room of two and three stories, although the
exact plans have not been adopted. The erec-
tion of the new building will replace the row
of old wooden structures that were among the
early business rooms in Bluffton.
STEINWAY OFFICIALS IN DAYTON
DAYTON, O., September 15.—Paul H. Schmidt,
secretary to Charles H. Steinway, of Steinway
& Sons, together with Theodore Steinway, Fred
Steinway and R. E. Wells, general manager of
the Western branch stores of Steinway & Sons,
with headquarters in Cincinnati, were in Dayton
on Friday of last week visiting the local store.
The quartet are on a tour of the branches for
the purpose of studying existing conditions.
JOINS LOESER & CO. STAFF
The Start of the Trip to Santa Barbara
as possible from his work at headquarters here Wunderlich, Wunderlich Piano Co., Kansas City,
Mr. Yuncker conceived the idea of traveling by Mo.; W. O. Black, manager piano department,
airplane, with the result that he was in Santa Hahne & Co., Newark, N. J.; Arthur Dunker-
Barbara and talking to the prospect before the ky, Dunkerley & Co., Passaic, N. J.; Chas. Hart,
first train had left Los Angeles.
Hart Bros., New Brunswick, N. J. Business with
The distance between Los Angeles and Santa the Mehlin house is very active.
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Joseph F. Weil, a piano salesman well known
in the New York field, has joined the floor staff
of Loeser & Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. Weil
was formerly connected with the retail ware-
rooms of Krakauer Bros.
MOVING TO NEW STORE
The Phillips Piano Co., El Dorado, Kan., will
scon move into new and spacious quarters at
216 West Central avenue, that city.
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SEPTEMBER 20, 1919
5
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
TRAVELS 200 MILES IN AIR TO CLOSE AMPICO SALE
MASON P. CURRIER WITH LANDAY
John E. Yuncker, Sales Manager of Fitzgerald Music Co., Los Angeles, Uses Airplane to Call
on and Sell Prospect in Santa Barbara During Recent Railroad Strike
Prominent Piano Man Made Manager of Piano
Department Conducted by Landay Bros.—E.
F. Harwood to Manage Sixth Ave. Store
Los ANGELES, CAL., September 12.—New uses
for the ajrplane in the business world are con-
stantly being found, but it is believed that John
E- Yuncker, sales manager of the Fitzgerald
Music Co., this city, is the first piano man to
use the airplane for carrying him to a prospect
Barbara in an airline is about 100 miles, yet
Mr. Yuncker made the round trip and sold a
piano in each city before noon. The successful
carrying out of the project was due to the en-
terprise and ingenuity of H. C. Braden, vice-
president and genera! manager of the Fitz-
gerald Music Co.
Not only did the unusual stunt serve to bring-
in the order for the Knabe Ampico, but it of-
fered the Fitzgerald Music Co. the opportunity
for some unusually striking publicity, of which
full advantage was taken. Full-page advertise-
ments were run in the local papers, showing pic-
tures of Mr. Yuncker about to start on his
unique trip and calling attention to the impor-
tance of the occasion through the medium of
well-conceived text.
Mason P. Currier, one of the best known
piano men in the East and formerly manager of
the warerooms of Chickering & Sons, Boston,
has been appointed general manager of the n«w
piano departments opened by Landay Bros, in
New York and Newark, N. J. Mr. Currier's
ADAMS=FLANNIGAN PIANO DEPT.
Doll & Sons to Have Exclusive Piano Ware-
rooms in New York Department Store—No
Manager Has Been Chosen at Present Time
Just Before the Trip Began
in order to close a sale. Incidentally Mr.
Yuncker's progressiveness won for him a
signed order for a $3,300 Knabe Ampico repro-
ducing piano.
During the recent railroad strike Mr. Yunck-
er received a request from Frank Tuhten, a
A new piano department is being installed in
the Adams-Flannigan department store, 149th
street and Third avenue, New York, by Doll &
Sons. Fred Doll, of the retail Doll store on
Forty-second street, is looking after the details
of the new department and hopes to have it in
running order by the first of next week. This
new piano section of the Adams-Flannigan store
is on the third floor adjacent to the furniture
section. The well-known Doll pianos will be
featured exclusively and the Doll & Sons, Wells-
more and Stodart pianos will be on display.
Up to the time of going to press no manager
for the new department had been chosen, but
it is expected that an announcement will be
made within a short time.
CALLERS ON P. G. MEHLIN & SONS
Braden Greeting Yuncker on His Return
wealthy real estate operator from Santa Bar-
bara, for some details regarding the Knabe
Ampico. Faced with the uncertainty of train
service and the necessity of taking as little time
Among the prominent dealers, all of whom
handle the Mehlin line in their territory, who
called at the offices of Paul G. Mehlin & Sons.
4 East Forty-third street, New York City, dur-
ing the past week were: Frank C. Clark, of
Clark & Jones, Knoxville and Chattanooga,
Tenn.; Leon N. Walthall, of the Walthall Co.,
San Antonio, Texas, accompanied by L. T.
Webb, manager of his piano department; L. S.
Jacobi, manager piano department, Kaufmann
Bros. Co., The Big Store, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Harry
Mason P. Currier
wide experience in the trade places him in an
excellent position to handle the many details
involved in the conduct of the Landay depart-
ments.
The new piano warerooms opened by Landay
Bros, on Sixth avenue, New York, have been
placed under the direct supervision of Edward
F. Harwood, who has been connected with
prominent piano concerns in the past, at one
time having been manager of the piano depart-
ment of the Kaufmann Bros, store in Pittsburgh.
As was announced some time ago, George En-
gelbrecht has been made manager of the Lan-
day piano warerooms in Newark, N. J.
H. C. BAY CO. TO BUILD OFFICES
BLUFKTON, IND., September 15.—The H. C. Bay
Piano Co., of this city, has purchased a location
at the corner of Main and Washington streets in
tliis city in the heart of the business district,
and announcement is made that the company
will erect a handsome office building and dis-
play room of two and three stories, although the
exact plans have not been adopted. The erec-
tion of the new building will replace the row
of old wooden structures that were among the
early business rooms in Bluffton.
STEINWAY OFFICIALS IN DAYTON
DAYTON, O., September 15.—Paul H. Schmidt,
secretary to Charles H. Steinway, of Steinway
& Sons, together with Theodore Steinway, Fred
Steinway and R. E. Wells, general manager of
the Western branch stores of Steinway & Sons,
with headquarters in Cincinnati, were in Dayton
on Friday of last week visiting the local store.
The quartet are on a tour of the branches for
the purpose of studying existing conditions.
JOINS LOESER & CO. STAFF
The Start of the Trip to Santa Barbara
as possible from his work at headquarters here Wunderlich, Wunderlich Piano Co., Kansas City,
Mr. Yuncker conceived the idea of traveling by Mo.; W. O. Black, manager piano department,
airplane, with the result that he was in Santa Hahne & Co., Newark, N. J.; Arthur Dunker-
Barbara and talking to the prospect before the ky, Dunkerley & Co., Passaic, N. J.; Chas. Hart,
first train had left Los Angeles.
Hart Bros., New Brunswick, N. J. Business with
The distance between Los Angeles and Santa the Mehlin house is very active.
Z77ie J>eit/cttou)M
mur/cal name
mfheWor/d.
Joseph F. Weil, a piano salesman well known
in the New York field, has joined the floor staff
of Loeser & Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. Weil
was formerly connected with the retail ware-
rooms of Krakauer Bros.
MOVING TO NEW STORE
The Phillips Piano Co., El Dorado, Kan., will
scon move into new and spacious quarters at
216 West Central avenue, that city.
t
PIANOS
ORGANS
EETEY PIAND CHMPANY • NEW YORK CITY
c7hepestpfvfrt
producer' '
dealer mtfie
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