Music Trade Review
Issue: 1923 Vol. 76 N. 6 - Page 8
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The New
EDISON
Umbrian Design
(Italian)
Console
SPECTOR LEASES_LARGER FACTORY
PLANS HEAVYJHJBLICITY DRIVE
Will Shortly Occupy 18,000 Square Feet of
Floor Space in the Old Fischer Factory on
Twenty-eighth Street, New York
G. H. Eucker, of Story & Clark, Visiting East-
ern Stores in Connection With Special Cam-
paign—House Wholesale Business Good
The steadily increasing demand for the in-
struments made by the Spector & Sons Piano
Co., of 1 West Thirty-seventh street, has caused
members of that concern to seek larger manu-
facturing quarters than those located at 281-283
East 137th street, which they now occupy. The
old.Fischer building, at 417 West Twenty-eighth
street, was found to be very suitable for their
purpose, so they have leased some 18,000 square
feet into which they will move their factory
about March 1.
The success of this organization, which was
formed about three years ago, speaks well for
their efforts in turning out a good piano. The
growth of this organization's retail business in
New York City since the opening of its ware-
rooms on Thirty-seventh street some months
ago is one of the causes for seeking a larger
factory. Another cause has been the rapid
development of its wholesale business, which
has left little to be desired since its inception.
A .very successful year is looked forward to
by both Isidor Spector, treasurer of the com-
pany, and his father, Joseph Spector, who is
president.
G. H. Eucker, manager of retail stores of the
Story & Clark Piano Co., was at the New York
store at 12 West Thirty-second street on Mon-
day and Tuesday this week, planning and
arranging a series of advertisements to appear
in the New York newspapers in connection with
the nation-wide advertising campaign being con-
ducted by that concern. Mr. Eucker had just
spent about ten days arranging a similar adver-
tising campaign for the benefit of the Phila-
delphia store and the dealers in that district.
He left New York Tuesday evening for Pitts-
burgh, from where he will go to Detroit and
Chicago to arrange a similar series of adver-
tisements in those cities.
G. H. Beverly, Eastern wholesale sales man-
ager, reports that business continues almost as
heavy as during the month of December last
year. Carload lots seem to be the order rather
than single instruments with his Organization,
Mr. Beverly says.
NOW CONTROL JtfLLINS PIANO CO.
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Tremblay Purchase Con-
trolling Interest in Collins Piano Co., New
Orleans—Both Well Known in the Trade
$350
P > U B L I C , dealer and
-^ critic alike have put
their stamp of approval on
this new console in which
Mr. Edison encases the
superior music reproduc-
ing qualities of his new
phonograph in a cabinet
that follows with unusual
fidelity, the characteristics
of the Umbrian period.
NEW ORLKANS, LA., February 3.-"-Mr. and Mrs.
D. J. Tremblay, formerly connected with the pi-
ano and Victrola departments of the Dugan
Piano Co., of this city, have purchased a con-
trolling interest in the Collins Piano Co. here
and are operating the business at this time.
Mrs. Tremblay, who was, before marriage,
Miss Bernice Jalanack, is one of the best-known
women in commercial circles in New Orleans
and especially among those interested in the
Victor business in this part of the South. She
began some five years ago with the Dugan
Piano Co. and is now in copartnership with her
husband in their own business enterprise. Air.
Tremblay was a salesman with the Dugan Pi-
ano Co. and will unquestionably roll up a big
success along with his wife in the management
of the Collins Piano Co.
Martin W. Crigler, who has been with the
Werlein wholesale Victrola department as trav-
eling representative, has succeeded Mrs. Trem-
blay as manager of the Victrola department at
Dugan's. Mr. Crigler has acquired valuable
knowledge of the Victor business as a result of
his position with Philip Werlein, lAd., and steps
into his new position with much enthusiasm.
COMING PIANO MAN HAS THE PUNCH
Son of E. A. Kieselhorst, Well-known Music
Merchant of St. Louis, Wins the Lightweight
Boxing Championship at Yale University
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Orange, New Jersey
FEBRUARY 10, 1923
ST. LOUIS, MO., February 5.—E. A. Kieselhorst,
president of the Kieselhorst Piano Co., St. Louis,
Mo., has a "punch." He makes things hum in
a piano way in St. Louis and also injects quick
action into any situation that may arise at any
hour of the day or night, week or year.
His son, Wallace W. Kieselhorst, now of
Yale, has another kind of punch. The story
is told in the following item, coming over the
wires from New Haven on January 31:
"Kieselhorst Wins Lightweight Title at Yale
University
"Wallace W. Kieselhorst, St. Louis, Mo., is
winner of the lightweight boxing championship
of Yale University. The tournament attracted
a big field of entries. Kieselhorst is a sopho-
more and won the title from K. A. Campbell,
a senior. Yale holds tlie intercollegiate boxing
championship."
STIEFF REPORTSJEAVY DEMAND
S. P. Walker, After Trip Through Branches and
Agencies, Finds People Buying Especially the
Stieff Petit Grand
BALTIMORE, MD., February 5.—S. P. Walker,
general manager of Chas. M. Stieff, Inc., stated
in a recent interview with The Review that the
company is making much preparation for good
business during the present year. All reports
received at the headquarters of this well-known
piano manufacturing house, in this city, from
both the fourteen branches of the company and
the many agencies situated in all sections of
the country, are described as splendid. "It is
very gratifying, indeed," said Mr. Walker, "for
us to report to you that the demands for our
instruments are increasing, particularly that for
the Petit grand."
Mr. Walker recently returned from a trip to
the Lancaster and Harrisburg, Pa., branch ware-
rooms of the company and stated that every-
thing seemed encouraging in that section of
the country. Frederick P. Stieff, Jr., vice-presi-
dent of the company, who has charge of the
agency "department, is very enthusiastic about
this part of the business and expects big results
during 1923.
A. B. SMITH PIANO CO. TO MOVE
Main Store of Company in Akron, O., to Occupy
New Location Before April 1
AKRON, O., February 5.—It is announced that
the A. B. Smith Piano Co. plans to move from
its present location in South Main street to.
another building in South Main near Exchange
street. The building in which the Smith store
is located, and which is owned by the Smith
interests, has been leased to another concern,
which has been promised possession about
April 1.
Mr. Smith said this week that the store, in
its new location, would have about the same
floor space as at present, but that it would be
so allotted that the various departments would
be more conveniently arranged. In the new
location the firm expands to give more space
and attention to its talking machine department,
as well as records and player rolls.
FIRE DAMAGES ^ E . OLIVER STORE
FORT HOUSTON, TEX., February 6.—The piano
department of C. E. Oliver, music dealer of this
city, suffered considerable damage in a fire
which started in a restaurant in the building
adjoining. Mr. Oliver is planning to repair the
damage immediately and will carry on his busi-
ness as aggressively as ever.
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The New
EDISON
Umbrian Design
(Italian)
Console
SPECTOR LEASES_LARGER FACTORY
PLANS HEAVYJHJBLICITY DRIVE
Will Shortly Occupy 18,000 Square Feet of
Floor Space in the Old Fischer Factory on
Twenty-eighth Street, New York
G. H. Eucker, of Story & Clark, Visiting East-
ern Stores in Connection With Special Cam-
paign—House Wholesale Business Good
The steadily increasing demand for the in-
struments made by the Spector & Sons Piano
Co., of 1 West Thirty-seventh street, has caused
members of that concern to seek larger manu-
facturing quarters than those located at 281-283
East 137th street, which they now occupy. The
old.Fischer building, at 417 West Twenty-eighth
street, was found to be very suitable for their
purpose, so they have leased some 18,000 square
feet into which they will move their factory
about March 1.
The success of this organization, which was
formed about three years ago, speaks well for
their efforts in turning out a good piano. The
growth of this organization's retail business in
New York City since the opening of its ware-
rooms on Thirty-seventh street some months
ago is one of the causes for seeking a larger
factory. Another cause has been the rapid
development of its wholesale business, which
has left little to be desired since its inception.
A .very successful year is looked forward to
by both Isidor Spector, treasurer of the com-
pany, and his father, Joseph Spector, who is
president.
G. H. Eucker, manager of retail stores of the
Story & Clark Piano Co., was at the New York
store at 12 West Thirty-second street on Mon-
day and Tuesday this week, planning and
arranging a series of advertisements to appear
in the New York newspapers in connection with
the nation-wide advertising campaign being con-
ducted by that concern. Mr. Eucker had just
spent about ten days arranging a similar adver-
tising campaign for the benefit of the Phila-
delphia store and the dealers in that district.
He left New York Tuesday evening for Pitts-
burgh, from where he will go to Detroit and
Chicago to arrange a similar series of adver-
tisements in those cities.
G. H. Beverly, Eastern wholesale sales man-
ager, reports that business continues almost as
heavy as during the month of December last
year. Carload lots seem to be the order rather
than single instruments with his Organization,
Mr. Beverly says.
NOW CONTROL JtfLLINS PIANO CO.
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Tremblay Purchase Con-
trolling Interest in Collins Piano Co., New
Orleans—Both Well Known in the Trade
$350
P > U B L I C , dealer and
-^ critic alike have put
their stamp of approval on
this new console in which
Mr. Edison encases the
superior music reproduc-
ing qualities of his new
phonograph in a cabinet
that follows with unusual
fidelity, the characteristics
of the Umbrian period.
NEW ORLKANS, LA., February 3.-"-Mr. and Mrs.
D. J. Tremblay, formerly connected with the pi-
ano and Victrola departments of the Dugan
Piano Co., of this city, have purchased a con-
trolling interest in the Collins Piano Co. here
and are operating the business at this time.
Mrs. Tremblay, who was, before marriage,
Miss Bernice Jalanack, is one of the best-known
women in commercial circles in New Orleans
and especially among those interested in the
Victor business in this part of the South. She
began some five years ago with the Dugan
Piano Co. and is now in copartnership with her
husband in their own business enterprise. Air.
Tremblay was a salesman with the Dugan Pi-
ano Co. and will unquestionably roll up a big
success along with his wife in the management
of the Collins Piano Co.
Martin W. Crigler, who has been with the
Werlein wholesale Victrola department as trav-
eling representative, has succeeded Mrs. Trem-
blay as manager of the Victrola department at
Dugan's. Mr. Crigler has acquired valuable
knowledge of the Victor business as a result of
his position with Philip Werlein, lAd., and steps
into his new position with much enthusiasm.
COMING PIANO MAN HAS THE PUNCH
Son of E. A. Kieselhorst, Well-known Music
Merchant of St. Louis, Wins the Lightweight
Boxing Championship at Yale University
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Orange, New Jersey
FEBRUARY 10, 1923
ST. LOUIS, MO., February 5.—E. A. Kieselhorst,
president of the Kieselhorst Piano Co., St. Louis,
Mo., has a "punch." He makes things hum in
a piano way in St. Louis and also injects quick
action into any situation that may arise at any
hour of the day or night, week or year.
His son, Wallace W. Kieselhorst, now of
Yale, has another kind of punch. The story
is told in the following item, coming over the
wires from New Haven on January 31:
"Kieselhorst Wins Lightweight Title at Yale
University
"Wallace W. Kieselhorst, St. Louis, Mo., is
winner of the lightweight boxing championship
of Yale University. The tournament attracted
a big field of entries. Kieselhorst is a sopho-
more and won the title from K. A. Campbell,
a senior. Yale holds tlie intercollegiate boxing
championship."
STIEFF REPORTSJEAVY DEMAND
S. P. Walker, After Trip Through Branches and
Agencies, Finds People Buying Especially the
Stieff Petit Grand
BALTIMORE, MD., February 5.—S. P. Walker,
general manager of Chas. M. Stieff, Inc., stated
in a recent interview with The Review that the
company is making much preparation for good
business during the present year. All reports
received at the headquarters of this well-known
piano manufacturing house, in this city, from
both the fourteen branches of the company and
the many agencies situated in all sections of
the country, are described as splendid. "It is
very gratifying, indeed," said Mr. Walker, "for
us to report to you that the demands for our
instruments are increasing, particularly that for
the Petit grand."
Mr. Walker recently returned from a trip to
the Lancaster and Harrisburg, Pa., branch ware-
rooms of the company and stated that every-
thing seemed encouraging in that section of
the country. Frederick P. Stieff, Jr., vice-presi-
dent of the company, who has charge of the
agency "department, is very enthusiastic about
this part of the business and expects big results
during 1923.
A. B. SMITH PIANO CO. TO MOVE
Main Store of Company in Akron, O., to Occupy
New Location Before April 1
AKRON, O., February 5.—It is announced that
the A. B. Smith Piano Co. plans to move from
its present location in South Main street to.
another building in South Main near Exchange
street. The building in which the Smith store
is located, and which is owned by the Smith
interests, has been leased to another concern,
which has been promised possession about
April 1.
Mr. Smith said this week that the store, in
its new location, would have about the same
floor space as at present, but that it would be
so allotted that the various departments would
be more conveniently arranged. In the new
location the firm expands to give more space
and attention to its talking machine department,
as well as records and player rolls.
FIRE DAMAGES ^ E . OLIVER STORE
FORT HOUSTON, TEX., February 6.—The piano
department of C. E. Oliver, music dealer of this
city, suffered considerable damage in a fire
which started in a restaurant in the building
adjoining. Mr. Oliver is planning to repair the
damage immediately and will carry on his busi-
ness as aggressively as ever.
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