Music Trade Review

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MUSIC
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AEOLIANITES SHOW REAL PROFICIENCY ON THE DIAMOND
The Score Keeper Admired the Playing So Much That He Forgot to Keep the Score , So the
Stru ggle Had to Be Officiall y Declared a Tie-Neither Vocalions or Duo- Arts Satisfied
T h c a nnual b,, ~c b al l ga nlC and dinn er of the
sa les s t a~f of th e Acolian Lo. was held on last
Sat urda y arternoon a nd in eve ry way pro ved
one of the most succcssful of the se ri es of such
outings ill which th e saksillcll have participated.
As usual, th e officials in charge of th e Hackley
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th e "V ocalio n Graduo las," made up of Maccar­
ron e, catc hcr; Rienzo, third base; Madelung, first
ba se ; King, le rt field; Kalte nba c h, pitcher; Rich­
mond, sho rt stop; Parkyn, ri g ht field; Clancy ,
seco nd base , and Fox, center field.
The ga m e proceeded for seve n innin gs amid
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e ntire absence of pop bottles and lo ose bri cks.
Practicall y anything th'at GU ile within six fe et
of the bat sma n h e ca ll e d a str ikc and c lun g to
his decision despite the menac in g attitude of
the rooter s.
However, th e re were no cas ualties and arte r
the pl aye rs had e njoyed a refre s hin g dip in th e
Hackl ey ' S~hool pool the entire party proceeded
10 the 'exc lu sive Briarc li ff Lod ge for dinner.
Here it was that Moe S t ein and the B ron x d e le­
gatio n won their reputation as interi or decora­
tors and th ey used no dull finish at that.
During th e dinn e r AI Rien zo and Harry Braun
gave e labo rate ex hibitions of two and four-hand
piano playing, th e rormer favoring th e delega­
tion with a number of his own co mpositi ons.
After a brief s tud y of the dist ant Hudso n by
moonli gh t , th e members of the party, which
numbere9 ove r fift y, proc eede d to t he ir variou.S
homes py m,Otor <;a r and train.
GRINNELL BROS. OPEN NEW STORE
Latest Establishment Makes This Firm's Sixth
Store in the City of Detroit Alone
Annual Outing of Ae olian Co. Sales Organi zati'On
1. Laurin.o sai d the ha g was f ull oi h ~l ~t:ba l l s. hllt baseha ll s don' t jj'n r-.: !L likl' g lass.
2. Paul fink doing so me r ea l work.
3. Cha rlie Br ady ("Umps " ) jus t hefore the moh rushed him . 4. Sunderman t holl!.!ht they were: ]~o illg to p!ay golf.
5. Proudfit 5Wt.'1Ic;: th~ c l·ow d . hut didn ' t play. 6. "Presidcn t o Richter vn:: pared lo show speed . 7. N ic ho ls thoug'ht it
wa:-, a ball , hut "L" II: PS" sal(l "~,;!, jk ,' ," }ll': l Ct.: Ih~ frown.
Illuc h excitemcnt on both side" as home run s
Sc ho o l, at Tarrytown, turned over th e ll~e of
w e re hit and perfect !lie 'i muffed. Eac h s id e camc
th e excel le nt baseball field and the gym nasium
out of the ga ill c with Ihe full confi d e n ce o f being
of the sc hoo l t o thc _"-eolianite s through the
eFfort- of C. \. Laurino, a nd the res ult wa s a. th e victor and then it \\a" di scove r ed thai no
o n e h a d kept <;core. The res ult was that one
baseba ll game worth go in " miles t o sec.
man's g uess was as goo d as a noth er and so
T h e first team was known as th e "D uo-Art
peace was J]laintained by d ec lari n g the game a
Reproducers" a nd consisted
Johnson, third
tie w ith the score 8-8. Charles Bead y, head of
ba ,e; Nichols, second base; Ma rti n, pitcher;
th e shippi n g department, acted as um pirc, an<:1
\!\Ieiss , ca tch cr; Laurino, lir s t base; Richtcr,
the fact t ha I h e was able to report at the Ha ll.
s hort s top; El y, right ficld; Iluckridg-c, left field,
on ' Monday morning, a~ us ua l, was due to the
and Phill ips, center field. Opposed to thcm wcrc
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Uniformly
Good
Reliable
Always
Bogart Tone
the result of nearly 40 years of ex­
perience in tone production, is of
that SUp e rio r quality which im­
mediately commands attention. Dis­
tinctively individual in its character,
it captivates the most critical and is
an ever present sales
asset for the dealer.
Bogart Piano Co.
E. B. Bogart, Pres.
13Sth St. and Willow Ave.
New York City
Factory of the Bogart Piano Co.
DETROIT, ~.JlCH., July 2. · -With the month of June
g one piano dealer s are not lookin g forward to
anythin g ve r y exc itin g in a business way for
July and August.
These are the vacat ion
months-the warm weather months-and peo­
ple in var ia bl y have their mind s on other things
bes id es buying' pianos Or players. Of co ur se ,
the sales departments of the variou s concerns
will n ot let up in th eir effo rts and at le as t many
goo d pro s pects ca n be secured that will make
good timber to work on in the Fall months.
VVe do find, in ta lking with retail e rs, that
ther e is a big s horta ge of high-priced m e rchan­
dise, a brisk d e mand for it, but no dem a nd in a
bi g wa) fo r the c he ape r s tuff. For instance,
ove r at G rinn e ll Bros. they simp ly cannot ge t
e nou g h I)uo -. \rt p layers or Steinway grands.
This con ce rn ha s many unfilled ord ers on its
books and ca nnot get the merchandi se in rast
enou g h, which s ho ws Ihat the wealthier peop le
buildin g new h omes want qualit y in the way of
lllu sical merchandise. Ove r at the Hud so n :Vlu­
sic Store pra ct ica ll y the sa me is true on the
C hickerin g and th e Ampico pian os. Janney­
Bow man Co. is in the same fix on t he Knab e,
as well as the Ampico, which it handl es.
Almost every piano d ea ler the past few weeks
ha s been boosti n g some make of baby gran d
p iano for the June bride and th e bulk ' of the
busines s durin g the mon th of June was done
on thi s type of instrument, showing that th e
baby gran d is comi n g int o its own for th e small
hou se and small apar tm e nt s. The 1- L Hud son
Store goes so far as to furni s h a !loor plan,
showin g th e befit lo ca tion for the bab y g ra nd
and where it fits in moq attractively. The s u c­
cess or the baby gra nd is just another proof
of what constant advertising will do.
T he
writer can reca ll, not so many years ago, whe n
a ce rtain De troit dealer exp re ssed th e v iew that
th e baby gra nd was a mcr e toy and that, as a
nov e lt y, it wou ld take ror a while, but th at peO­
ple would not take to them ge ncra ll y. It is
needless to say ho w wrong hi s co nt cntion has
proved out.
Grinn e ll Bros., of Detroit, continue to open
new stores in a nd a round Detroit a s new sec ­
tions buil d lip. They now have the followin g
r e tail plac es in the Motor City: Headqu a rt e rs at
ISIS Woodward aven u e ; Broadway, near Mon ­
ro e s treet; East Jefferson avenue, in Fairview
distri ct; Jo seph Campa u, near Yemans; Mi chi­
g an avenue, at Thirty-second st reet; West J e f­
fe r son ave nll e, near the River Rou ge post office,
an d the newest store is on -Grand River avenue.
half a bl ock a bo ve Jo y road . Add to this th eir
c hai n of r etai l stores in the State, as we ll as
O hio a nd Ontar io, yo u ca n readily see that Grin­
nell Bros. probab ly ope rate mOre retail estab­
lishm e nts than a ny other co ncern in the e ntire
co unt ry.
'.N. H. Hutti e, ma nage r of the Starr Piano
Co..' states that business the first six mont h s of
1923 exceeds th e same period of 1922.
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