Music Trade Review
Issue: 1922 Vol. 74 N. 18 - Page 9
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MAY
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
6, 1922
APRIL PROVES EXCELLENT MONTH IN BUFFALO TRADE
Retail Dealers Report Continued Improvement and Manufacturers Are Daily Receiving Good
• Orders for Stocks—Adam & Co. Department to Move—News of the Week
BUFFALO, N. Y., May 2.—A slow but continued
improvement in nearly every branch of the music
industries is reported by manufacturers and
dealers in the Buffalo territory. Manufacturers
report dealers placing good-sized stock orders
as the result of depletion of stocks through
Spring sales. The most gratifying feature of the
demand as evidenced by manufacturers' orders is
that it is general rather than confined to a few
localities. Apparently the improvement is gen-
eral throughout the district which the Buffalo
manufacturers serve.
Dealers did considerably more business in
April than had been anticipated by the majority
of retailers. Well-planned sales were found ef-
fective in moving stocks. There was an espe-
cially good movement of medium-priced player-
pianos and uprights.
In other lines business was fairly good. The
talking machine demand is holding its own, and
record business is showing signs of improve-
ment. Dealers in small goods say business in
this line gives no cause for complaint. Gen-
eral business conditions here indicate a steadily
increasing volume of business during the early
Summer months.
The Artizan Factories, Inc., broke ground on
May 1 for the new building at the junction of
Erie avenue and Division street, North Tona-
wanda. This firm, recently incorporated, plans
to construct woodwork, including cabinets, for
various musical instruments.
Daniel R. Rober, individually and doing busi-
ness under the assumed name of the Song Shop,
of Jamestown, N. Y., filed a voluntary petition
in bankruptcy in the Federal District Court of
Buffalo. Mr. Rober lists assets amounting to
$2,524 and liabilities which total $6,609.
Goold Bros.' music stores here will again be
represented by a baseball team this season. Un-
der the direction of Manager Hartinger, the store
team will play in Class AA of the Buffalo Mu-
nicipal Baseball Leagues. Playing in Class A
company last season, the team won the cham-
pionship of the Garfield League. The Goold
boys hope to repeat their success in faster com-
pany this season.
The music group of the Buffalo Chamber of
Commerce is laying aside business this week to
engage in a membership campaign, through
3 Great Pianos
With 3 sounding boards
in each (Patented) have the
greatest talking points in
the trade.
which it is hoped to ally with the group every
progressive instrument manufacturer, wholesaler
and retailer in Buffalo. The group's campaign
is part of the general membership drive
through which 1,500 new members will be sought
for the Chamber. The music men are working
under direction of the chairman of their group,
C. N. Andrews.
Alterations have been begun on the building
which will be occupied by the new music store
of J. N. Adam & Co. It is expected the new
store, which will occupy three entire floors of
the building, will be opened some time after
May 15.
Suggestions for the planning and equipment
of the store have been made by a number of
men prominent in the piano trade. Among the
recent callers on Stephen Butler, manager of
the J. N. Adam & Co. music department, were
George E. McNally, of the Estey Piano Co.;
George .Beverley, Story & Clark Co.; Guy L.
Mclntyre, Kohler & Campbell, and Clinton Mar-
tin, of the Smith, Barnes & Strohber Co.
Manager Butler has been supplying pianos and
other musical instruments used by McCarthy
Bros, and Ford in their operation of the Buffalo
radiophone broadcasting station. The J. N.
Adam & Co. quartet has been heard in a number
of radio telephone concerts broadcasted from the
Buffalo station since its recent opening.
An attractive program is being arranged for
the opening of the new McClellan Music Shop,
in Main street above Chippewa street. The
"Yankee Six," a popular orchestra, will play and
favors will be distributed. The store room which
the shop will occupy is now being put in shape
for the formal opening, which is soon to take
place.
Removal of the stock of the Kurtzmann retail
store from Main and Goodell streets to the new
Pierce building will soon be begun. It is ex-
pected the new store will be ready for occupancy
the latter part of this month, although the for-
mal opening may be delayed for some time.
Mamie Smith, colored entertainer, whose talk-
ing machine records have a large sale here, ap-
peared recently in a concert in the Broadway
auditorium. Her audience numbered more than
2.000, of whom a number were white persons.
The Smith entertainment was enthusiastically
received.
Talking machine dealers report an increased
demand for operatic numbers as the result of
Buffalo's week of grand opera, the programs
being presented by the San Carlos Opera Com-
pany. The Scotti Grand Opera Company will
appear here later in the season in repertoire.
T. A. Goold, of Goold Bros.' music stores,
has arrived in England, where he is visiting
his boyhood home with his father.
VOSE PIANO FOR MARILYNN MILLER
Style V Vose Grand Installed in Hotel Suite of
Popular Musical Comedy Star During Her
Stay in Boston—Praises the Vose Tone
We fix " o n e p r i c e " —
wholesale and retail.
The Heppe Piano Co.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
BOSTON, MASS., May 1.—Marilynn Miller, the
star of "Sally," now playing in this city, is the
toast of the town and therefore the display of
Miss Miller's autographed photograph and a let-
ter of endorsement for the Vose piano displayed
in the show window of Vose & Sons' retail store
on Boylston street is attracting much attention.
The presence of Miss Miller's photograph and
autographed letter is due to the energy of Fred
W. Jackson, head salesman of the Vose ware-
rooms, who arranged with Miss Miller as soon as
she reached Boston to have a Style V Vose grand
installed in her suite at the Copley-Plaza Hotel.
Shortly after the grand was delivered Miss Mil-
ler wrote: "My Vose grand arrived and I am
most pleased with its beautiful tone and respon-
sive action and want to thank you for your kind-
ness, etc. With all best wishes (signed), Mari-
lynn Miller."
tt
The first touch tells"
What greater satisfac-
tion can be experienced
than to have a prospect
come into your store
and tell you he has
come to purchase the
piano you handle be-
cause through the ex-
perience of his friends
he k n o w s w e l l its
intrinsic worth.
This is happening every
day where
Christman
Grands Uprights
Players
are being represented.
The Christman agency,
which i n c l u d e s the
famous "Studio Grand,"
has proved i t s e l f a
valuable asset.
"The first touch tells"
(RtQlttcred
U. 8. Pal. Off.)
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St., New York
MAY
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
6, 1922
APRIL PROVES EXCELLENT MONTH IN BUFFALO TRADE
Retail Dealers Report Continued Improvement and Manufacturers Are Daily Receiving Good
• Orders for Stocks—Adam & Co. Department to Move—News of the Week
BUFFALO, N. Y., May 2.—A slow but continued
improvement in nearly every branch of the music
industries is reported by manufacturers and
dealers in the Buffalo territory. Manufacturers
report dealers placing good-sized stock orders
as the result of depletion of stocks through
Spring sales. The most gratifying feature of the
demand as evidenced by manufacturers' orders is
that it is general rather than confined to a few
localities. Apparently the improvement is gen-
eral throughout the district which the Buffalo
manufacturers serve.
Dealers did considerably more business in
April than had been anticipated by the majority
of retailers. Well-planned sales were found ef-
fective in moving stocks. There was an espe-
cially good movement of medium-priced player-
pianos and uprights.
In other lines business was fairly good. The
talking machine demand is holding its own, and
record business is showing signs of improve-
ment. Dealers in small goods say business in
this line gives no cause for complaint. Gen-
eral business conditions here indicate a steadily
increasing volume of business during the early
Summer months.
The Artizan Factories, Inc., broke ground on
May 1 for the new building at the junction of
Erie avenue and Division street, North Tona-
wanda. This firm, recently incorporated, plans
to construct woodwork, including cabinets, for
various musical instruments.
Daniel R. Rober, individually and doing busi-
ness under the assumed name of the Song Shop,
of Jamestown, N. Y., filed a voluntary petition
in bankruptcy in the Federal District Court of
Buffalo. Mr. Rober lists assets amounting to
$2,524 and liabilities which total $6,609.
Goold Bros.' music stores here will again be
represented by a baseball team this season. Un-
der the direction of Manager Hartinger, the store
team will play in Class AA of the Buffalo Mu-
nicipal Baseball Leagues. Playing in Class A
company last season, the team won the cham-
pionship of the Garfield League. The Goold
boys hope to repeat their success in faster com-
pany this season.
The music group of the Buffalo Chamber of
Commerce is laying aside business this week to
engage in a membership campaign, through
3 Great Pianos
With 3 sounding boards
in each (Patented) have the
greatest talking points in
the trade.
which it is hoped to ally with the group every
progressive instrument manufacturer, wholesaler
and retailer in Buffalo. The group's campaign
is part of the general membership drive
through which 1,500 new members will be sought
for the Chamber. The music men are working
under direction of the chairman of their group,
C. N. Andrews.
Alterations have been begun on the building
which will be occupied by the new music store
of J. N. Adam & Co. It is expected the new
store, which will occupy three entire floors of
the building, will be opened some time after
May 15.
Suggestions for the planning and equipment
of the store have been made by a number of
men prominent in the piano trade. Among the
recent callers on Stephen Butler, manager of
the J. N. Adam & Co. music department, were
George E. McNally, of the Estey Piano Co.;
George .Beverley, Story & Clark Co.; Guy L.
Mclntyre, Kohler & Campbell, and Clinton Mar-
tin, of the Smith, Barnes & Strohber Co.
Manager Butler has been supplying pianos and
other musical instruments used by McCarthy
Bros, and Ford in their operation of the Buffalo
radiophone broadcasting station. The J. N.
Adam & Co. quartet has been heard in a number
of radio telephone concerts broadcasted from the
Buffalo station since its recent opening.
An attractive program is being arranged for
the opening of the new McClellan Music Shop,
in Main street above Chippewa street. The
"Yankee Six," a popular orchestra, will play and
favors will be distributed. The store room which
the shop will occupy is now being put in shape
for the formal opening, which is soon to take
place.
Removal of the stock of the Kurtzmann retail
store from Main and Goodell streets to the new
Pierce building will soon be begun. It is ex-
pected the new store will be ready for occupancy
the latter part of this month, although the for-
mal opening may be delayed for some time.
Mamie Smith, colored entertainer, whose talk-
ing machine records have a large sale here, ap-
peared recently in a concert in the Broadway
auditorium. Her audience numbered more than
2.000, of whom a number were white persons.
The Smith entertainment was enthusiastically
received.
Talking machine dealers report an increased
demand for operatic numbers as the result of
Buffalo's week of grand opera, the programs
being presented by the San Carlos Opera Com-
pany. The Scotti Grand Opera Company will
appear here later in the season in repertoire.
T. A. Goold, of Goold Bros.' music stores,
has arrived in England, where he is visiting
his boyhood home with his father.
VOSE PIANO FOR MARILYNN MILLER
Style V Vose Grand Installed in Hotel Suite of
Popular Musical Comedy Star During Her
Stay in Boston—Praises the Vose Tone
We fix " o n e p r i c e " —
wholesale and retail.
The Heppe Piano Co.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
BOSTON, MASS., May 1.—Marilynn Miller, the
star of "Sally," now playing in this city, is the
toast of the town and therefore the display of
Miss Miller's autographed photograph and a let-
ter of endorsement for the Vose piano displayed
in the show window of Vose & Sons' retail store
on Boylston street is attracting much attention.
The presence of Miss Miller's photograph and
autographed letter is due to the energy of Fred
W. Jackson, head salesman of the Vose ware-
rooms, who arranged with Miss Miller as soon as
she reached Boston to have a Style V Vose grand
installed in her suite at the Copley-Plaza Hotel.
Shortly after the grand was delivered Miss Mil-
ler wrote: "My Vose grand arrived and I am
most pleased with its beautiful tone and respon-
sive action and want to thank you for your kind-
ness, etc. With all best wishes (signed), Mari-
lynn Miller."
tt
The first touch tells"
What greater satisfac-
tion can be experienced
than to have a prospect
come into your store
and tell you he has
come to purchase the
piano you handle be-
cause through the ex-
perience of his friends
he k n o w s w e l l its
intrinsic worth.
This is happening every
day where
Christman
Grands Uprights
Players
are being represented.
The Christman agency,
which i n c l u d e s the
famous "Studio Grand,"
has proved i t s e l f a
valuable asset.
"The first touch tells"
(RtQlttcred
U. 8. Pal. Off.)
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St., New York
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