Music Trade Review
Issue: 1920 Vol. 71 N. 12 - Page 5
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THE
SEPTEMBER 18, 1920
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
FINE QUARTERS IN DOVER, N. H.
DEALERS OF ELIZABETH ORGANIZE
BUY DECATUR EMERSON PIANO HOUSE
J. E. Lothrop Piano Co. Has a Most Modern
' Establishment in That City
Formal Organization of New Association Com-
pleted by Election of Otto C. Altenberg as
President—Affiliate With National Body
Harry I. Spayd, W. C. Busher, J. E. McDermott
and Rufus Peabody Take Over Business They
Have Built Up—Established There in 1908
DOVER, N. H., September 13.—One of the most
DECATUR, I I I . , September 13.—Harry I. Spayd,
At a meeting on September 9 the formal or-
attractive retail stores in the JState is that now
occupied by the J. E. Lothrop Piano Co., in ganization was completed and name determined W. Curtis Busher, J. E. McDermott, and Rufus
Peabody of the Emerson Piano House Saturday
on of the Music Merchants' Association of
Elizabeth, N. J. It was decided to affiliate with purchased the business from the Emerson Piano
the National Association of Music Merchants Co. of Boston. The consideration was not an-
and to take up as the first association work in nounced but Charles McConville, who repre-
Elizabeth the fourth co-operative advertising sented the Boston company, said the stock and
campaign of the. National Bureau for the Ad- fixtures represented a market value of about
vancement of Music. The following executive $100,000.
The Emerson Piano House was established
board was elected: President, Otto C. Alten-
berg; vice-president, Geo. L. Hirtzel, Jr.; sec- in Decatur in 1908 with Mr. Spayd as manager.
retary, B. McCandless; treasurer, S. Semels. It succeeded the S. M. Lutz music store, where
Directors: J. Zion, F. W. Evans and Harry C. Mr. Spayd was employed for twelve years. The
Emerson Piano House moved to its present lo-
Hadley.
The meeting was attended by E. G. Brown, cation in the Lincoln Square Theatre building
of Bayonne, State commissioner for New Jer- in 1916 and took its place as one of the leading
sey, and C. L. Dennis, secretary of the National business houses of the city.
Mr. Busher was the first of the four to join
Association of Music Merchants.
Headquarters of Lothrop Piano Co.
the business with Mr. Spayd. He has been
this city, which features the Bush & Lane pianos
with the company for six years in charge of the
and Cecilian players, together with talking ma-
PLAN MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN
piano department. Mr. McDermott, in charge
chines, with great success. The company's
quarters have been fitted out with special regard National Association of Music Merchants Holds of the talking machine department, has been
with the company three years and Mr. Peabody,
Conference to Work Out.Plans
for the requirements of the business and are
in charge of the ^office, has seen two years of
A plan of campaign to strengthen the mem- service. All four are well known in Decatur.
bership of the National Association of Music
Merchants and bring about the fullest possible
F. D. D. HOLMES BACK AT DESK
co-operation as members to the Music Indus-
tries Chamber of Commerce through its vari- Manager of Smith Piano Co., Milwaukee, Re-
covers From Long Illness
ous bureaus will be put into active operation
early this Fall. A conference between E. Paul
MILWAUKEE, W I S . , September 13.—Frederick D.
Hamilton, president; M. V. De Foreest, vice-
D.
Holmes, secretary and manager of the Smith
president and chairman of commissioners, and
C. L. Dennis, secretary, of the National Associa- Piano Co., has recovered from a serious illness
t'on of Music Merchants, was held in the of- and is again at his desk at the company's store,
fice of the latter on September 9, when the pro- 274 West Water street. Mr. Holmes was ab-
sent nearly three months. He is receiving the
posed work was discussed and approved.
felicitations of his business associates upon his
to health.
WILKES=BARRE STORE REMODELED restoration
The Bush & Lane Piano Department
On Sunday Mr. Holmes' baby boy was chris-
commodious enough to provide space for a most C. S. Yetter Installs Battery of Eight Sound- tened Charles John, the patronymic' of the pres-
substantial stock of instruments. There are
ident of the Smith Piano Co., whose godson he
proof Booths in His Establishment
special rooms devoted to Bush & Lane uprights,
is. Mr. Holmes says the kidlet manifests un-
Cecilian players and talking machines.
Clarence S. Yetter, an energetic music dealer mistakable evidence of becoming a wonderful
The company occupies a large three-story of 36 West Market street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., musician.
building which is pictured herewith. There are has just completed the remodeling of his quar-
also shown views of the second floor, lobbv and ters, in which have been installed a battery erf
MAKES FALSE REPRESENTATION
eight soundproof booths for the demonstration
ot music rolls and talking machine records. Mr.
Warning against a man giving the name Jos.
Yetter handles the Lauter and Bush & Lane B. Flatow, who represented himself as vice-
pianos and players as well as Starr phonographs president of the Lester Piano Co. in several
and Gennett and Okeh records.
Western States and passed worthless checks to
music merchants and others, was sent out re-
JOSEF HOFMANN GOES TO EUROPE cently by C. L. Dennis, secretary of the Na-
tional Association of Music Merchants, to all
Josef Hofmann, the famous pianist, who has members west of the Mississippi River, and to
been so long and favorably identified with the the trade press.
Steinway piano, left for Europe this week by
The Lester Piano Co. does not know the man
the "Nieu Amsterdam," bound for a concert tour and has had reports of his fraudulent trails-
in Great Britain. It will be his first appearance actions from the Clive Music Co., Blackfoot,
there in sixteen years. He plans to return to the Ida.; La Junta Music Co., La Junta, Col.; Eccles
Where Talking Machines Are Displayed
United States in December.
Hotel Co., Logan, Utah; Nielsen Jones Furni-
the talking machine department. The Lothrop
ture Co., Montpelier, Ida.; American Hotel As-
Piano Co. is optimistic regarding trade pros-
sociation, Chicago, 111., and David Schwartz,
INCORPORATED IN FLORIDA
pects for the coming months, and in anticipa-.
Green River, Wyo.
tion of the holiday demand has placed in stock
The Kelly-Miller Music Co., Gainesville, Fla.,
a substantial number of instruments.
has been incorporated with capital stock of
$25,000 to manufacture, repair and deal in all
ALLAN WELBURN FORMS COMPANY kinds of musical instruments. The officers of
George A. Georgi, who for a number of years
the corporation are: Philip Miller, president; conducted a piano factory at Jamestown, N. Y.,
Former O. K. Houck Co. Manager to Enter Austin Miller, vice-president, and G. H. Kelly, died at his home in that city recently. He was
Retail Field in Nashville, Tenn.
secretary and treasurer.
ninety years old and came to the United States
from Germany in 1850. He is survived by a
NASHVILLE, TENN., September 13.—Allan Wel-
widow, two sons and two daughters.
DEMAND
FOR
"TUNER'S
FRIEND"
burn, who recently resigned as local manager for
the O. K. Houck Piano Co., has organized the
George W. Braunsdorf, president of George
NEW INCORPORATION
Welburn Piano Co. here and will open a store W. Braunsdorf, Inc., New York, reports that
on or about October 1. The new company is the demand for the "Tuner's Friend," his pat- The T. A. Haney Co., New York, has been
capitalized at $100,000, the incorporators in- ented all-leather bridle strap, is continuing very incorporated with capital stock of $5,000 to
cluding, besides Mr. Welburn, Frank Bell, of strongly. Repeat orders are not only being re- deal in sheet music and musical instruments.
Springfield, Tenn.; W. H. Levine, of Nashville, ceived from tuners who have used this strap, The incorporators are T. A. Desmond, M. J.
and H. Scott.
but many new tuners are ordering it.
Fallon and T. A. Haney.
DEATH OF GEORGE A. GEORGI
THE BEST KNOWN
MUSICAL NAME
IN THE. WORLP.
ESTEY PIANO CO * P I A N O S t NEW-YORK-C1XY
THE BEST PROFIT
PRODUCER FOR THE
DEALER IN THE TRADE:
THE
SEPTEMBER 18, 1920
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
FINE QUARTERS IN DOVER, N. H.
DEALERS OF ELIZABETH ORGANIZE
BUY DECATUR EMERSON PIANO HOUSE
J. E. Lothrop Piano Co. Has a Most Modern
' Establishment in That City
Formal Organization of New Association Com-
pleted by Election of Otto C. Altenberg as
President—Affiliate With National Body
Harry I. Spayd, W. C. Busher, J. E. McDermott
and Rufus Peabody Take Over Business They
Have Built Up—Established There in 1908
DOVER, N. H., September 13.—One of the most
DECATUR, I I I . , September 13.—Harry I. Spayd,
At a meeting on September 9 the formal or-
attractive retail stores in the JState is that now
occupied by the J. E. Lothrop Piano Co., in ganization was completed and name determined W. Curtis Busher, J. E. McDermott, and Rufus
Peabody of the Emerson Piano House Saturday
on of the Music Merchants' Association of
Elizabeth, N. J. It was decided to affiliate with purchased the business from the Emerson Piano
the National Association of Music Merchants Co. of Boston. The consideration was not an-
and to take up as the first association work in nounced but Charles McConville, who repre-
Elizabeth the fourth co-operative advertising sented the Boston company, said the stock and
campaign of the. National Bureau for the Ad- fixtures represented a market value of about
vancement of Music. The following executive $100,000.
The Emerson Piano House was established
board was elected: President, Otto C. Alten-
berg; vice-president, Geo. L. Hirtzel, Jr.; sec- in Decatur in 1908 with Mr. Spayd as manager.
retary, B. McCandless; treasurer, S. Semels. It succeeded the S. M. Lutz music store, where
Directors: J. Zion, F. W. Evans and Harry C. Mr. Spayd was employed for twelve years. The
Emerson Piano House moved to its present lo-
Hadley.
The meeting was attended by E. G. Brown, cation in the Lincoln Square Theatre building
of Bayonne, State commissioner for New Jer- in 1916 and took its place as one of the leading
sey, and C. L. Dennis, secretary of the National business houses of the city.
Mr. Busher was the first of the four to join
Association of Music Merchants.
Headquarters of Lothrop Piano Co.
the business with Mr. Spayd. He has been
this city, which features the Bush & Lane pianos
with the company for six years in charge of the
and Cecilian players, together with talking ma-
PLAN MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN
piano department. Mr. McDermott, in charge
chines, with great success. The company's
quarters have been fitted out with special regard National Association of Music Merchants Holds of the talking machine department, has been
with the company three years and Mr. Peabody,
Conference to Work Out.Plans
for the requirements of the business and are
in charge of the ^office, has seen two years of
A plan of campaign to strengthen the mem- service. All four are well known in Decatur.
bership of the National Association of Music
Merchants and bring about the fullest possible
F. D. D. HOLMES BACK AT DESK
co-operation as members to the Music Indus-
tries Chamber of Commerce through its vari- Manager of Smith Piano Co., Milwaukee, Re-
covers From Long Illness
ous bureaus will be put into active operation
early this Fall. A conference between E. Paul
MILWAUKEE, W I S . , September 13.—Frederick D.
Hamilton, president; M. V. De Foreest, vice-
D.
Holmes, secretary and manager of the Smith
president and chairman of commissioners, and
C. L. Dennis, secretary, of the National Associa- Piano Co., has recovered from a serious illness
t'on of Music Merchants, was held in the of- and is again at his desk at the company's store,
fice of the latter on September 9, when the pro- 274 West Water street. Mr. Holmes was ab-
sent nearly three months. He is receiving the
posed work was discussed and approved.
felicitations of his business associates upon his
to health.
WILKES=BARRE STORE REMODELED restoration
The Bush & Lane Piano Department
On Sunday Mr. Holmes' baby boy was chris-
commodious enough to provide space for a most C. S. Yetter Installs Battery of Eight Sound- tened Charles John, the patronymic' of the pres-
substantial stock of instruments. There are
ident of the Smith Piano Co., whose godson he
proof Booths in His Establishment
special rooms devoted to Bush & Lane uprights,
is. Mr. Holmes says the kidlet manifests un-
Cecilian players and talking machines.
Clarence S. Yetter, an energetic music dealer mistakable evidence of becoming a wonderful
The company occupies a large three-story of 36 West Market street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., musician.
building which is pictured herewith. There are has just completed the remodeling of his quar-
also shown views of the second floor, lobbv and ters, in which have been installed a battery erf
MAKES FALSE REPRESENTATION
eight soundproof booths for the demonstration
ot music rolls and talking machine records. Mr.
Warning against a man giving the name Jos.
Yetter handles the Lauter and Bush & Lane B. Flatow, who represented himself as vice-
pianos and players as well as Starr phonographs president of the Lester Piano Co. in several
and Gennett and Okeh records.
Western States and passed worthless checks to
music merchants and others, was sent out re-
JOSEF HOFMANN GOES TO EUROPE cently by C. L. Dennis, secretary of the Na-
tional Association of Music Merchants, to all
Josef Hofmann, the famous pianist, who has members west of the Mississippi River, and to
been so long and favorably identified with the the trade press.
Steinway piano, left for Europe this week by
The Lester Piano Co. does not know the man
the "Nieu Amsterdam," bound for a concert tour and has had reports of his fraudulent trails-
in Great Britain. It will be his first appearance actions from the Clive Music Co., Blackfoot,
there in sixteen years. He plans to return to the Ida.; La Junta Music Co., La Junta, Col.; Eccles
Where Talking Machines Are Displayed
United States in December.
Hotel Co., Logan, Utah; Nielsen Jones Furni-
the talking machine department. The Lothrop
ture Co., Montpelier, Ida.; American Hotel As-
Piano Co. is optimistic regarding trade pros-
sociation, Chicago, 111., and David Schwartz,
INCORPORATED IN FLORIDA
pects for the coming months, and in anticipa-.
Green River, Wyo.
tion of the holiday demand has placed in stock
The Kelly-Miller Music Co., Gainesville, Fla.,
a substantial number of instruments.
has been incorporated with capital stock of
$25,000 to manufacture, repair and deal in all
ALLAN WELBURN FORMS COMPANY kinds of musical instruments. The officers of
George A. Georgi, who for a number of years
the corporation are: Philip Miller, president; conducted a piano factory at Jamestown, N. Y.,
Former O. K. Houck Co. Manager to Enter Austin Miller, vice-president, and G. H. Kelly, died at his home in that city recently. He was
Retail Field in Nashville, Tenn.
secretary and treasurer.
ninety years old and came to the United States
from Germany in 1850. He is survived by a
NASHVILLE, TENN., September 13.—Allan Wel-
widow, two sons and two daughters.
DEMAND
FOR
"TUNER'S
FRIEND"
burn, who recently resigned as local manager for
the O. K. Houck Piano Co., has organized the
George W. Braunsdorf, president of George
NEW INCORPORATION
Welburn Piano Co. here and will open a store W. Braunsdorf, Inc., New York, reports that
on or about October 1. The new company is the demand for the "Tuner's Friend," his pat- The T. A. Haney Co., New York, has been
capitalized at $100,000, the incorporators in- ented all-leather bridle strap, is continuing very incorporated with capital stock of $5,000 to
cluding, besides Mr. Welburn, Frank Bell, of strongly. Repeat orders are not only being re- deal in sheet music and musical instruments.
Springfield, Tenn.; W. H. Levine, of Nashville, ceived from tuners who have used this strap, The incorporators are T. A. Desmond, M. J.
and H. Scott.
but many new tuners are ordering it.
Fallon and T. A. Haney.
DEATH OF GEORGE A. GEORGI
THE BEST KNOWN
MUSICAL NAME
IN THE. WORLP.
ESTEY PIANO CO * P I A N O S t NEW-YORK-C1XY
THE BEST PROFIT
PRODUCER FOR THE
DEALER IN THE TRADE:
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