Music Trade Review
Issue: 1922 Vol. 74 N. 15 - Page 7
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APRIL IS,
1922
THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
STEADY IMPROVEMENT REPORTED BY BUFFALO DEALERS
QOLF TOURNAMENT DATES NAMED
Volume of Sales Steadily Increasing, With Medium-priced Players Leading in Demand—McClellan
Music House to Move—Steinway Duo-Art Featured—News of the Week
Annual Tournament of National Golf Associa-
tion of Piano Trade to Be Held at Sea View
Club, Absecon, N. J., on June 12 and 13
BUFFALO, N. Y., April 11.—Trade continues to
sliow the slow but steady improvement by which
it has been characterized for some time past.
Live dealers report their volume of sales during
the first three months of 1922 as being in excess
of those of the corresponding period of 1921, and
there is every reason to believe that the margin
between the sales of this year and last will be
steadily widened-as 1922 progresses.
Piano dealers report medium-priced player-
pianos the leaders in their line to-day. Some
high-grade reproducing pianos are also being
sold. Low-priced and used instruments are not
in great demand. Talking machine dealers re-
port most of their business being done in ma-
chines selling at $100 to $200. Record business
is fairly good and showing improvement.
Dealers' stocks are only fair, as a rule, and in
many instances are low, but there is little dispo-
sition to crowd floors with instruments at this
time.
The McClellan Music House, which now occu-
pies the second floor of the building at 732 Main
street, will move to new ground-floor quarters
at 678 Main street some time next month. The
new quarters will be larger than the old and have
the advantage of being on the ground floor.
A general moving-day scene will be enacted by
instrument dealers in the block between Tupper
and Chippewa streets about the first of the month.
In addition to the McClellan store others which
will move about that time are the Kurtzmann
retail store, which will move to the new Pierce
Building, and the Schuler Piano Co. store, which
will move out of this block to its new location
at 16 Emerson place.
Royal C. Daynes, of Salt Lake City, Utah,
was among the recent visitors at the plant of
C. Kurtzmann & Co. here. Mr. Daynes also
visited points of interest on the Niagara frontier.
Otto Muehlehauser, Cleveland retailer, and J. J.
Bell, Port Huron, Mich., music store proprietor,
were also recent visitors at the Kurtzmann plant,
each placing a substantial stock order.
The Steinway Duo-Art piano was featured on
the program of Shea's Hippodrome, the leading
exclusive motion picture house of Buffalo, during
the week of April 2. Following the overture by
the Hippodrome Orchestra the curtain was raised
at each performance to reveal the piano, a grand
model, in a cozy setting. Numbers by leading
artists were played and in every instance were
given an ovation by the audience. It is esti-
mated that between 35,000 and 40,000 persons
heard the piano during the week.
A new corporation has just been formed here
to manufacture supplies for musicians. The firm
is known as the Buffalo Musicians' Service Corp.
and is incorporated for $10,000. Stephen C. Bab-
cock, leader of an orchestra at Hamburg, N. Y.,
a suburb of Buffalo, is one of the organizers of
the new firm.
The annual opening of the Hutchens Music
House, at Lockport, N. Y., was held on April 1.
Many music lovers visited the store during the
opening day.
At the next meeting of the music group of the
Buffalo Chamber of Commerce a combination
speaking and entertainment program will be
given. Chairman C. N. Andrews is making ar-
rangements to have a prominent speaker discuss
a topic of special interest to the music industries.
The furniture and music store of C. B. Beach
& Son, at Corfu, has been moved from the former
location in the Sloat Building to new and larger
quarters in the Stevens Building of that com-
munity.
Musical instrument dealers of northern Penn-
sylvania are planning to make the most of the op-
portunity which will be presented by ; 'Music
Week," which has been officially proclaimed by
Governor Sproule for the week beginning April 30.
Plans to co-operate in the week's activities are
now being made by dealers of this region.
Manager Stephen J. Butler, of the J. N. Adam
& Co. music department, is beginning to make ar-
rangements for removal of the department to its
new quarters in the building now occupied by the
U. S. Rubber Co. The rubber company expects
to vacate its quarters by May 1 and alterations
preparatory to the removal of the Adam Co.'s
department will be begun on that date and com-
pleted as soon as possible.
J. A. ALBERTSON RECUPERATING
TOLEDO, O., April 7.—J. A. Albertson, wholesale
representative of the Chase-Hackley Co., Muske-
gon, Mich., has been confined to his home, 2631
Franklin avenue, Toledo, O., for the past several
weeks, where he has undergone several minor
operations. Mr. Albertson has been recuperating
rapidly and expects to be back on the road within
a few days.
The Tournament Committee of the National
Golf Association of the piano trade announces
that the annual tournament will be held at the
Sea View Golf Club, Absecon, N. J., near Atlantic
City, on Monday and Tuesday, June 12 and 13.
The piano men have played over the Sea View
course for the past two years and the selection
of the same course again is an indication of its
popularity.
The tournament schedule calls for a medal play
handicap Monday morning and match play start-
ing Monday afternoon and finishing Tuesday
afternoon. There will also lie a medal play handi-
cap Tuesday afternoon. It is stated that the
prizes this year will be as numerous and as
elaborate as has been the case in the past.
The annual dinner and election of officers will
be held at the Sea View Golf Club June 13.
Single valve
Good materials
Good workmanship
Guaranteed
Over 48,000 Pratt Reads in use
Over 60 piano makers install them
The Pratt Read Player Action Co.
Main Office and Factory, Deep River, Conn.
Foreign Office, 21 Mincing Lane, London.
APRIL IS,
1922
THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
STEADY IMPROVEMENT REPORTED BY BUFFALO DEALERS
QOLF TOURNAMENT DATES NAMED
Volume of Sales Steadily Increasing, With Medium-priced Players Leading in Demand—McClellan
Music House to Move—Steinway Duo-Art Featured—News of the Week
Annual Tournament of National Golf Associa-
tion of Piano Trade to Be Held at Sea View
Club, Absecon, N. J., on June 12 and 13
BUFFALO, N. Y., April 11.—Trade continues to
sliow the slow but steady improvement by which
it has been characterized for some time past.
Live dealers report their volume of sales during
the first three months of 1922 as being in excess
of those of the corresponding period of 1921, and
there is every reason to believe that the margin
between the sales of this year and last will be
steadily widened-as 1922 progresses.
Piano dealers report medium-priced player-
pianos the leaders in their line to-day. Some
high-grade reproducing pianos are also being
sold. Low-priced and used instruments are not
in great demand. Talking machine dealers re-
port most of their business being done in ma-
chines selling at $100 to $200. Record business
is fairly good and showing improvement.
Dealers' stocks are only fair, as a rule, and in
many instances are low, but there is little dispo-
sition to crowd floors with instruments at this
time.
The McClellan Music House, which now occu-
pies the second floor of the building at 732 Main
street, will move to new ground-floor quarters
at 678 Main street some time next month. The
new quarters will be larger than the old and have
the advantage of being on the ground floor.
A general moving-day scene will be enacted by
instrument dealers in the block between Tupper
and Chippewa streets about the first of the month.
In addition to the McClellan store others which
will move about that time are the Kurtzmann
retail store, which will move to the new Pierce
Building, and the Schuler Piano Co. store, which
will move out of this block to its new location
at 16 Emerson place.
Royal C. Daynes, of Salt Lake City, Utah,
was among the recent visitors at the plant of
C. Kurtzmann & Co. here. Mr. Daynes also
visited points of interest on the Niagara frontier.
Otto Muehlehauser, Cleveland retailer, and J. J.
Bell, Port Huron, Mich., music store proprietor,
were also recent visitors at the Kurtzmann plant,
each placing a substantial stock order.
The Steinway Duo-Art piano was featured on
the program of Shea's Hippodrome, the leading
exclusive motion picture house of Buffalo, during
the week of April 2. Following the overture by
the Hippodrome Orchestra the curtain was raised
at each performance to reveal the piano, a grand
model, in a cozy setting. Numbers by leading
artists were played and in every instance were
given an ovation by the audience. It is esti-
mated that between 35,000 and 40,000 persons
heard the piano during the week.
A new corporation has just been formed here
to manufacture supplies for musicians. The firm
is known as the Buffalo Musicians' Service Corp.
and is incorporated for $10,000. Stephen C. Bab-
cock, leader of an orchestra at Hamburg, N. Y.,
a suburb of Buffalo, is one of the organizers of
the new firm.
The annual opening of the Hutchens Music
House, at Lockport, N. Y., was held on April 1.
Many music lovers visited the store during the
opening day.
At the next meeting of the music group of the
Buffalo Chamber of Commerce a combination
speaking and entertainment program will be
given. Chairman C. N. Andrews is making ar-
rangements to have a prominent speaker discuss
a topic of special interest to the music industries.
The furniture and music store of C. B. Beach
& Son, at Corfu, has been moved from the former
location in the Sloat Building to new and larger
quarters in the Stevens Building of that com-
munity.
Musical instrument dealers of northern Penn-
sylvania are planning to make the most of the op-
portunity which will be presented by ; 'Music
Week," which has been officially proclaimed by
Governor Sproule for the week beginning April 30.
Plans to co-operate in the week's activities are
now being made by dealers of this region.
Manager Stephen J. Butler, of the J. N. Adam
& Co. music department, is beginning to make ar-
rangements for removal of the department to its
new quarters in the building now occupied by the
U. S. Rubber Co. The rubber company expects
to vacate its quarters by May 1 and alterations
preparatory to the removal of the Adam Co.'s
department will be begun on that date and com-
pleted as soon as possible.
J. A. ALBERTSON RECUPERATING
TOLEDO, O., April 7.—J. A. Albertson, wholesale
representative of the Chase-Hackley Co., Muske-
gon, Mich., has been confined to his home, 2631
Franklin avenue, Toledo, O., for the past several
weeks, where he has undergone several minor
operations. Mr. Albertson has been recuperating
rapidly and expects to be back on the road within
a few days.
The Tournament Committee of the National
Golf Association of the piano trade announces
that the annual tournament will be held at the
Sea View Golf Club, Absecon, N. J., near Atlantic
City, on Monday and Tuesday, June 12 and 13.
The piano men have played over the Sea View
course for the past two years and the selection
of the same course again is an indication of its
popularity.
The tournament schedule calls for a medal play
handicap Monday morning and match play start-
ing Monday afternoon and finishing Tuesday
afternoon. There will also lie a medal play handi-
cap Tuesday afternoon. It is stated that the
prizes this year will be as numerous and as
elaborate as has been the case in the past.
The annual dinner and election of officers will
be held at the Sea View Golf Club June 13.
Single valve
Good materials
Good workmanship
Guaranteed
Over 48,000 Pratt Reads in use
Over 60 piano makers install them
The Pratt Read Player Action Co.
Main Office and Factory, Deep River, Conn.
Foreign Office, 21 Mincing Lane, London.
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