Music Trade Review
Issue: 1923 Vol. 76 N. 24 - Page 9
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JUNE 16, 1923
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
9
PITTSBURGH TRADE TO PAY HONOR TO STEPHEN FOSTER
Delegation to Attend Dedication of "Old Kentucky Home" as Memorial to American Composer
—Pittsburgh Dealers Praise Convention—Shirk Music Co. in Bankruptcy
PITTSBURGH, PA., June 12.—Music merchants,
musicians and music lovers, together with
prominent business men of Pittsburgh, mem-
bers of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce,
as well as the Pittsburgh municipal govern-
ment, are planning for the participation of
Pittsburgh in the formal dedication of the "Old
Kentucky Home" at Federal Hill, near Bards-
town, Ky., where Stephen Collins Foster wrote
the famous song.
Foster was born in Pittsburgh and had his
home here and the Foster family still reside
in Pittsburgh, which preserves the old Foster
homestead on Penn avenue as a memorial. But
Foster wrote "My Old Kentucky Home" at
Bardstown in 1852 while there on a visit and
the State of Kentucky, which acquired the prop-
erty as a Foster memorial, has invited Pitts-
burgh to participate in the ceremonies signaliz-
ing its official opening.
The celebration will be held on Wednesday,
July 4. Title to the Bardstown Home is held
by a commission for and in behalf of the State
of Kentucky and an act of the Legislature pro-
vides for its maintenance. The State Commis-
sion comprises the following persons:
Governor Edwin P. Morrow, Mrs. A. T. Hert,
Young E. Allison, Mrs. Thurston Ballard, Judge
Robert W. Bingham, A. H. Pulliam, C. Lee
Cook, O. W. Stanley and Marvin H. Lewis.
The City of Pittsburgh is donating to the Ken-
tucky Commission a bronze plaque which has
been purchased by public funds and which will
be presented by the city's official representa-
tives.
The painting of Stephen Collins Foster, now
in the Carnegie Art Gallery, has been dupli-
cated by a Pittsburgh artist and will be present-
ed by the Chamber of Commerce to the Bards-
town Commission for the home. A special com-
mittee has been appointed by the Chamber of
Commerce and a suitable appropriation has
been made for participation in the dedication
program. The committee is composed of Wil-
liam H. Stevenson, Robert Garland, William H.
Davis, Thomas A. Dunn and General Albert J.
Logan, all of them directors of the Chamber
of Commerce.
A large party of Pittsburgh' citizens, includ-
ing representatives of the municipal govern-
ment, the Chamber of Commerce, the Foster
family, the Piano Merchants' Association of
Pittsburgh and others interested are expected
to go to Bardstown in special Pullman cars.
The several Pittsburgh music merchants who
attended the National Piano Merchants' Asso-
ciation convention at Chicago are back home
again and are high in their praise of the big
meeting. Theodore Hoffmann, an inveterate
convention-goer, said that "it was the best
meeting in years." Much pleasure was mani-
fested among the music trade here over the
choice of Wm. C. Hamilton, of the S. Hamilton
Co., and the former president of the Piano Mer-
chants' Association of Pittsburgh, as first vice-
president of the National Music Merchants' As-
sociation. Word from New York states that
Mr. Hamilton had left the hospital and was re-
cuperating at a quiet spot. He expects to re-
turn to Pittsburgh about the end of June and,
very likely, will sail for Europe in July for a
brief visit overseas and to obtain the benefit
of a long ocean voyage.
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed
in the United States District Court here on
June 11 by J. D. Shirk, trading as the J. D.
Shirk Music Co., of New Castle, Pa. The state-
ment filed shows liabilities, $4,191.55; assets,
$1,400.
The J. M. Hoffmann Co. sold a handsome
Sohmer grand piano to the Wrights Methodist
Episcopal Church, at Venetia, Pa.
Burt Hengeveld, sales manager of the S.
Hamilton Co., in referring to piano business,
said; "If the piano business for the remain-
der of June keeps up as well as it has for the
first ten days of the month I will be more than
satisfied. Our sales of high-grade instruments
have been very satisfactory."
Paul S. Mechling, of the Dawson Bros. Piano
Co., said: "Business has been good in our re-
spective lines and, even though warm weather
is at hand, our sales of pianos have been much
larger than for the same period a year ago."
Fred H. Groves, of the Groves Piano Co., has
been elected president of the High-Noon Club,
a Masonic organization w T ith 5,000 members in
this city-
Arthur O. Lechner, of the Lechner & Schoen-
berger Co. and president of the Piano Mer-
chants' Association of Pittsburgh, with his
family, is spending his vacation at Northeast,
Pa., on Lake Erie.
KNABES FOR ST^LOUIS SCHOOLS
Two Concert Grands of That Make Just Placed
in High Schools by Conroy Piano Co.
ST. LOUIS, MO., June 12.—The Conroy Piano
Co., representative for the Knabe piano in this
city, reports the sale of Knabe concert grand
pianos to the Yateman High School and the
Soldan High School, this city, two of the most
important high schools in St. Louis. The Knabe
concert grands have for some time been used
regularly in a number of the leading institu-
tions in this city, all of them having been sup-
plied by the Conroy Piano Co.
T. W. TERWILLIGER DIES
Victrola No. 220
$200
Electric, $240
Mahogany or walnut
Victor supremacy
is the supremacy
of performance
O f performances p a s t
and present. Just as the
V i c t o r has occupied its
position of leadership for a
quarter-century, so it con-
tinues to lead the way in
the talking m a c h i ne in-
dustry.
The New York retail department of the Story
& Clark Piano Co. grieves the loss of Torrence
W. Terwilliger, one of the local salesmen, who
died recently at the home of his parents in
Troy, N. Y., as a result of a prolonged illness.
Deceased had been attached to the Story &
Clark sales force in New York City about a
year and was with the Knabe Warerooms in
Washington, D. C, prior to that time. Mr.
Terwilliger was a Mason and a member of Har-
mony Lodge No. 17, New York.
F. G. SMITH jNJHIDDLE WEST
F. G. Smith, of W. P. Haines & Co., New
York, has taken a roundabout route in return-
ing from the Chicago convention and is calling
on trade in the Middle West. While the execu-
tives of this company were out of town at the
convention recently a large boom in business
struck the factory office and the plant will be
required to take on extra help to turn out the
orders.
Victrola No. 300
$250
Electric, $290
Mahogany, oak or walnut
Other styles $25 to $1500
THE CHICKERINGJN PORTO RICO
The Checkering piano has been heard recent-
ly at a series of concerts in Porto Rico included
in the tour of Mine. Alma Simpson, soprano.
These concerts were broadcasted by radio and
were heard as far afield as Honolulu and Seat-
tle. In each of her concerts Mme. Simpson in-
troduced the Ampico as accompanist from
recordings played by Bozka Hejtmanek.
PIERCE OPENS IN NORTH ADAMS
June 13.—A branch pho-
nograph and piano store has just been opened
at 30 State street by the L. M. Pierce Co. This
firm has been in business several years at 305
Bridge street, Springfield. F. W. Edwards has
been made manager of the new North Adams
branch.
NORTH ADAMS, MASS.,
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
*H!S MASTER'S VOICE"
Victrola
REG U.S.PAT OFF.
Look tinder the lid and on the labels
for these Victor trade -marks
Victor Talking
Machine Co.
Camden,N.J.
JUNE 16, 1923
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
9
PITTSBURGH TRADE TO PAY HONOR TO STEPHEN FOSTER
Delegation to Attend Dedication of "Old Kentucky Home" as Memorial to American Composer
—Pittsburgh Dealers Praise Convention—Shirk Music Co. in Bankruptcy
PITTSBURGH, PA., June 12.—Music merchants,
musicians and music lovers, together with
prominent business men of Pittsburgh, mem-
bers of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce,
as well as the Pittsburgh municipal govern-
ment, are planning for the participation of
Pittsburgh in the formal dedication of the "Old
Kentucky Home" at Federal Hill, near Bards-
town, Ky., where Stephen Collins Foster wrote
the famous song.
Foster was born in Pittsburgh and had his
home here and the Foster family still reside
in Pittsburgh, which preserves the old Foster
homestead on Penn avenue as a memorial. But
Foster wrote "My Old Kentucky Home" at
Bardstown in 1852 while there on a visit and
the State of Kentucky, which acquired the prop-
erty as a Foster memorial, has invited Pitts-
burgh to participate in the ceremonies signaliz-
ing its official opening.
The celebration will be held on Wednesday,
July 4. Title to the Bardstown Home is held
by a commission for and in behalf of the State
of Kentucky and an act of the Legislature pro-
vides for its maintenance. The State Commis-
sion comprises the following persons:
Governor Edwin P. Morrow, Mrs. A. T. Hert,
Young E. Allison, Mrs. Thurston Ballard, Judge
Robert W. Bingham, A. H. Pulliam, C. Lee
Cook, O. W. Stanley and Marvin H. Lewis.
The City of Pittsburgh is donating to the Ken-
tucky Commission a bronze plaque which has
been purchased by public funds and which will
be presented by the city's official representa-
tives.
The painting of Stephen Collins Foster, now
in the Carnegie Art Gallery, has been dupli-
cated by a Pittsburgh artist and will be present-
ed by the Chamber of Commerce to the Bards-
town Commission for the home. A special com-
mittee has been appointed by the Chamber of
Commerce and a suitable appropriation has
been made for participation in the dedication
program. The committee is composed of Wil-
liam H. Stevenson, Robert Garland, William H.
Davis, Thomas A. Dunn and General Albert J.
Logan, all of them directors of the Chamber
of Commerce.
A large party of Pittsburgh' citizens, includ-
ing representatives of the municipal govern-
ment, the Chamber of Commerce, the Foster
family, the Piano Merchants' Association of
Pittsburgh and others interested are expected
to go to Bardstown in special Pullman cars.
The several Pittsburgh music merchants who
attended the National Piano Merchants' Asso-
ciation convention at Chicago are back home
again and are high in their praise of the big
meeting. Theodore Hoffmann, an inveterate
convention-goer, said that "it was the best
meeting in years." Much pleasure was mani-
fested among the music trade here over the
choice of Wm. C. Hamilton, of the S. Hamilton
Co., and the former president of the Piano Mer-
chants' Association of Pittsburgh, as first vice-
president of the National Music Merchants' As-
sociation. Word from New York states that
Mr. Hamilton had left the hospital and was re-
cuperating at a quiet spot. He expects to re-
turn to Pittsburgh about the end of June and,
very likely, will sail for Europe in July for a
brief visit overseas and to obtain the benefit
of a long ocean voyage.
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed
in the United States District Court here on
June 11 by J. D. Shirk, trading as the J. D.
Shirk Music Co., of New Castle, Pa. The state-
ment filed shows liabilities, $4,191.55; assets,
$1,400.
The J. M. Hoffmann Co. sold a handsome
Sohmer grand piano to the Wrights Methodist
Episcopal Church, at Venetia, Pa.
Burt Hengeveld, sales manager of the S.
Hamilton Co., in referring to piano business,
said; "If the piano business for the remain-
der of June keeps up as well as it has for the
first ten days of the month I will be more than
satisfied. Our sales of high-grade instruments
have been very satisfactory."
Paul S. Mechling, of the Dawson Bros. Piano
Co., said: "Business has been good in our re-
spective lines and, even though warm weather
is at hand, our sales of pianos have been much
larger than for the same period a year ago."
Fred H. Groves, of the Groves Piano Co., has
been elected president of the High-Noon Club,
a Masonic organization w T ith 5,000 members in
this city-
Arthur O. Lechner, of the Lechner & Schoen-
berger Co. and president of the Piano Mer-
chants' Association of Pittsburgh, with his
family, is spending his vacation at Northeast,
Pa., on Lake Erie.
KNABES FOR ST^LOUIS SCHOOLS
Two Concert Grands of That Make Just Placed
in High Schools by Conroy Piano Co.
ST. LOUIS, MO., June 12.—The Conroy Piano
Co., representative for the Knabe piano in this
city, reports the sale of Knabe concert grand
pianos to the Yateman High School and the
Soldan High School, this city, two of the most
important high schools in St. Louis. The Knabe
concert grands have for some time been used
regularly in a number of the leading institu-
tions in this city, all of them having been sup-
plied by the Conroy Piano Co.
T. W. TERWILLIGER DIES
Victrola No. 220
$200
Electric, $240
Mahogany or walnut
Victor supremacy
is the supremacy
of performance
O f performances p a s t
and present. Just as the
V i c t o r has occupied its
position of leadership for a
quarter-century, so it con-
tinues to lead the way in
the talking m a c h i ne in-
dustry.
The New York retail department of the Story
& Clark Piano Co. grieves the loss of Torrence
W. Terwilliger, one of the local salesmen, who
died recently at the home of his parents in
Troy, N. Y., as a result of a prolonged illness.
Deceased had been attached to the Story &
Clark sales force in New York City about a
year and was with the Knabe Warerooms in
Washington, D. C, prior to that time. Mr.
Terwilliger was a Mason and a member of Har-
mony Lodge No. 17, New York.
F. G. SMITH jNJHIDDLE WEST
F. G. Smith, of W. P. Haines & Co., New
York, has taken a roundabout route in return-
ing from the Chicago convention and is calling
on trade in the Middle West. While the execu-
tives of this company were out of town at the
convention recently a large boom in business
struck the factory office and the plant will be
required to take on extra help to turn out the
orders.
Victrola No. 300
$250
Electric, $290
Mahogany, oak or walnut
Other styles $25 to $1500
THE CHICKERINGJN PORTO RICO
The Checkering piano has been heard recent-
ly at a series of concerts in Porto Rico included
in the tour of Mine. Alma Simpson, soprano.
These concerts were broadcasted by radio and
were heard as far afield as Honolulu and Seat-
tle. In each of her concerts Mme. Simpson in-
troduced the Ampico as accompanist from
recordings played by Bozka Hejtmanek.
PIERCE OPENS IN NORTH ADAMS
June 13.—A branch pho-
nograph and piano store has just been opened
at 30 State street by the L. M. Pierce Co. This
firm has been in business several years at 305
Bridge street, Springfield. F. W. Edwards has
been made manager of the new North Adams
branch.
NORTH ADAMS, MASS.,
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
*H!S MASTER'S VOICE"
Victrola
REG U.S.PAT OFF.
Look tinder the lid and on the labels
for these Victor trade -marks
Victor Talking
Machine Co.
Camden,N.J.
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