Music Trade Review

O crOBER
THE
27, 1923
WORK
BE~INS
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TR A D E
R EVI E V\T
ON FIRST UNIT OF OPERATORS FACTORY
Ground Broken for Fi rst Unit at 713-737 N ort h Kedzie A ve nu e, Chica go-F irst Unit Will C o ntain
A p prox imately 50,000 Squar e Feet o f S pace a nd Will C os t A pp rox imat el y $290,000
CH ICAGO, II;L., Oc tobe r 22. -G round 'lias broke n
las t we ek a t 713-737 No rth K ed z ie Ave uu e i o r
t he e re c ti o n of the fi rs t u nit o f a la r ge n e VI
fa ctory t ha t w ill be bu il t b y th e () pc rat ors l-'i a n o
its d irec t ors' expect ation s a n d n ow wh e n th e
new p lant h as been made read y b o th t h e Genoa
facto ry an d t h e o ld s h o p at 16 So u th Pe o ria
<..t rec t \\·ill b e give n up . Th r l-':e d z ie ave nu e
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LATEST ISSUE OF DUO·ART MONTHLV
Attrac t ive Vo lum e Presents the N ew Duo -Art
R e cordi ngs fo r N ovem ber
The seco nd iss ue o f the Duo- A rt tvI on th ly,
i,, rece n t ly, fo r til e p u rpose o f pr escn t ing t h e ne w
I)u o· ."'- rt reco rdin gs to t he.; cus t o m e r m os t at ­
t rac t ive ly, ha,.: j us t ma d e it s app ea ra nce an d
rovcrs t h c r eco rdi ngs io r No v emG e r, incl udin g
se le c ti o ns p laye d by Sti c h n o t ed art is t s as Pa d ­
c r cIV"k i, w h o r eco rd s hi s ow n " C ha n t s d u Vo y­
ag nl r"; Hac ha us, 1'owc ll, H o fm a n n, Ganz,
Ha ll e r a nd ot h crs, amo n g th c m r ecog ni ze d ex­
pe rt s in th e inter pr e ting of jazz.
Th e' new mo nt h ly has bee n received w it h pa r­
Licu la r (avor b o th by dea lers a nd t he p u bl ic for
t h e reas on th at it pr cse nt s th e m ore impo rta nt
n u mbe rs w it h full desc ri ptive d e t ail , an d is in a
~CJlSc a lll illi a lllr e JTIu sica i Inagaz in e, ea c h i~s u e
b e ing ;Id o rn cd wit h a n d fcctive c over.
JANSSEN HOME FROM NEW ENGLAND
Presi d ent of J a n ssen Pian o C o . Declares Deal­
e r s Are W ell Prepared t o H andle Cur r ent
B u si n e ss Durin g C o m ing M o nth s
Plant of the Ope ra t o rs P iano Co ., Chica go
Co. , of thi s c ity, m a nu fact u re r s o f coin -ope r a ted
ins tr ul il e nt s, now loca te d at 16 Sout h Pe o ri a
s tr eet.
vor s o me tim e p;.,, ! t hc Opera l o r s f 'i a n o Co.
h as fcl t the nee d for large r ma n ufac l urin g" space
a s t he bu s in ess h a<; out g r ow n its p rese nt ph ys i­
ca l equ ip m e nt. l 'Ja ns w e re fi n a ll y co ns ull1m a t ed
an d a n att ra c t ive s it e was chose n a t 713 No rth
Ke d z ie a v e n ue, wh ic h is a lso n ea r Chicago a vc­
nue a nd a h a lf bl oc k a wa y from t he la r ge Gul ­
bra nse n-Di c kin s on p lant. T he first unit o f th e
pla n t, whi ch wi ll c o n tai n ab o ut 50,000 sq ua re
fee t, wi ll be eq uipped w it h t h e fin es t m ac hi nery
in a ve ry mode rn s tr uc tu r e a ffording eve ry co n ­
veni e n c e. The cos t of t he bu ild in g w h en c o m­
p le ted wi ll b e a bo u t $290,000. A d d it io ns m ay
be mad e from t im c to t im e as th e b us in ess
g ro ws. T h is pl a n of bui ldin g expa ns ive l) indi­
ca t es a co nfid e n ce in th e futul·e, j us ti fied b y
th e compa ny 's hi s t o ry ~ince it was founded in
1904.
The po li c ies o f t he O pe ra t o rs P ia no Co . :\r e
d ir ec te d b y L. M . Seve rson, preside nt a nd gen­
e ra l m a nage r; Alfre d L iv in gs t o n, sccreta ry­
lr eas urer, a nd .\ . C. S t a dl e r, sa les man ager . In
J u ne, 192 1, th e com pa ny lea se d t he exte ns ive
buildin gs o f t h e Ge noa Mf g . Co. a t G enoa , I II. ,
wh e n t h e m a nufac t ur c o f pl aye r-p iano s was
ad d ed t o th e lin e o f ''Coi n o la '' aut o m atic pianos,
orc hes t r ions a nd m o v in g picL ur e orc he's tra s a n (~
t h ea tr e pipe or ga ns. Th e p la nt com p r is e s a
tw o -s to ry-an d-b ase lll c nt br ick b uildin g, 200 feet
lo n g a n d fif ty fcet w ide. Th e SllCCCSS o f th e
O pe ra t or s P ia no Co. h as , ho weve r, s u rpas USED PIANOS
Repaired-Ready to Retail
All Makes from
l, uartns will b e r ead y fo r occupancy in Fe b­
r uary or Ma rc h o f next. yea r.
T he cO lll p le ti on o f t h e new fac t o r y w ill ell­
able J\-lr. Seve rso n a nd hi s ;lssoc i;J \ c.< t o o ff e l·
in c rc;\s<:d co-ope ra Li o n a n d sen i c\~ to t he mu ~ic
dea lers. T h is po licy has bee n s tri ct ly ad h e rc d
Lo duri n g th e li fe o f th e cO lllpan y a nd w ill co n­
t inu e t o ru le.
A s ixty-sevc n th a nni ve r sary sa le b ega n t his
week at th e N ew York s how ro o m s o f thc S to r y
8.. Cla rk Pia n o Co. a nd was u s h e r ed in, M o n­
d a \' , w ith an e x ce ll e nt s h ow ing o n th e fl oo r
of late s tyles.
Il. H . Ja nsse n, prt:sident.o f th e J a nssen Pian o
Co., I nc., "\l ew Yo r k, ,,·h o re tu rned r ec e nt ly
[r o m a tri p covering t he tra d e in ~ew En g la nd ,
spea k , most op t im is ti ca ll y of pia no t ra d e co n­
diti o ns in th at s e c ti o n. "Our de a le r s are n o w
reap in g t he b e ne lit s o f th e pre pa r edn ess we
ha ve b.:cn preac hin g t o th em t hi s S umm e r.
Til ey haVf' a m p le s t ock in h a n d at pre sen t fo r
lh e seaso na l in c r ea,e in b u ~ine ss, whi c h leaves
the iac to ry in a s u itab le p os iti on t o take ca re
of th em w h e n th e C hris tm as ' rus h s ta rt s. Our
lac tory is wo r k in g o n ord e r s n ow a nd we a re
l"A. perie n c in ~ n o t roub le w ith (" ith er labo r o r
m ate ri a ls. I wo uld ea ll thi s a ve ry p ro s pe ro us
s ca so n fo r th r p ia n o bu s in ess."
Consult the Uni ver s al Want Dire cto ry of
The Review. In it adv ertisements are ins erted
fr ee of charge for men who desire pos itions.
4 Feet, 4 Inches of Quality
D is tin ctly a s up er i o r
pl aye r in every par tic ula r.
M a d e ca refully, without
has~e .
Eve r y H oll a nd
d ea ler is ent hu siasti c over
the
Geo. B. Norris
" 400"
F our F eet, Four In ches.
Equal Tension Scale.
S liding Fall B oard.
$40 up
F. O. B. Brooklyn, In carloa d s or 12 or m or e.
Any Qua ntity. L ess tha n ca rload lots a lso.
HILL & SONS
Pbone
Ever~re e n
8180
1316-1375 Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn. N. y,
Address
Holland Piano Mfg. Co.
Metropolitan Bank Bldg.
Minneapolis, Minn.
F ac tory. M e nomoni e, Wi s ~
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