Music Trade Review

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MUSIC
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REVIEW
AlIGL'ST 4, 1923
NEW ORLEANS SUMMER BUSINESS BREAKS ALL RECORDS
T r ade Unanimous in Declaring Demand Thus Far Best in Ci ty's History-Junius Hart Remodel­
ing Under Way-Southern Conn Co. to Occupy Part of Building-Other Local News of Trade
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"The first touch tells"
Place Your
Fall Orders
Early­
Weare planning to
be ready for a ~timu­
lated demand but
urge early consider­
ation of Fall require­
ments.
Be sure you are pre­
pared and not sorry
when you need in­
struments t hat you
didn't place your
orders far enough in
advance.
It will be a case
of first come first
served this fall, So
make your arrange­
ments NOW.
"The first touch tells"
( Reglsteted
U.
8.
Pal.
Oft .)
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St., New York
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N,,:w OI~II·:A N'-;, LA .. ,Tuly 30.- ·Suml1ll'r husiness ,
unparalklcd in th e post \var er the distinctive featur e in the Inu s ic trade fiel d
of this c it y aL th e pr esent time . Vi rtuall y every
d (,a ler, jobber o r handler of th e va ri ous and
s undr y make s of instrulllcnt s, records, acces ­
"o ri es or devi ces wi ll corroborate the statement
that this yea r' s warlll weather period is display­
in g a concerte d e ffort 't o eclipse a ll former
Inarks attained, at leas t for the past four or
five yea rs . \Nith a fair mea sure of cntainty,
it rn ay b e said that when a r ec k o ning of the
p e riod, w h ether irOIl1 an offi c ial stan dp o int or
l11 e r el y throu g h idle c uri osity to satisfy one 's
humor, is tak en, it w ill ~how th at g reat e r r e ­
s ul t> \\·ill ha ve bee n obta in ed th an eve r were
antic ipated or even t houg ht of.
Dealers con­
c urr ent ly pass aside e\'c n th e slightest s u g­
gest ion t hat thill g's as they s tand now arc below
no r l11a l for thi s tilllc of the yea r . The busi­
lIess therlllonleter of the llIu s ic trade in New
Orleans regi s ter s a handsome number of de·
grees above that s tandard, it is und erstood.
H.cll1odeling operations, sc h eduled to begin on
thi s date on th e building latel y taken over by
th e Jun iu s Hart 1'ian o House for it s new, mod­
e rn alld pennanellt h 0111e , have bee n somewhat
d e lay e d, due to th e inability o f the pr evious
occ u pant to turn ove r the s tru('llire on time.
Thi s se tback, ho weve r, is 1I0t ex pec te d t o ha\'e
it pr o nounced effec t o n th e plans of the Hart
Co., for as soo n as th e contr;,ctor< ;,rc able to
se t to work on the buildin g the a lt e rations will
be pu s heu to the limit .
Th e Southern office of the C. G. C onn Co .,
lllanufactul'er of band in s trulll e nt s, wi ll occupy
space in the completed buildin g. Manager Harry
M eye rs \ViII tak e over part of the g round floor
for di s play rooms a nd will also be a llott e d
space o n th e fourtll floor for repair and in<:tru c ­
tion rOOIll S. id anager O . H . H eyer, of the talk ­
ing' mach in e department of th e .iunius H a rt
House, ha s b ee n g iving the n ew location th e
once over r eg ulal·ly. The relllOval of th e linn
w ill take it oH of Ca nal s tr ee t, the prin cipal
busines s thorou g h fare of th e c it y, re garde d as
SUCII in the pa s t , but rapidly be in g rivaled by
inl et' s ec tin g o nes . The new hOllle of the firrll
is on Carond e le t s treet, spoken of as the \Vall
s tr eet of tb e South, beca u se oi t h e lIlany uan k­
in g in st itution s that h ave grown up there within
th e pasl coup le of years. Perhaps half a square
will separate th e hOllse from C ana l s tr eet, this
di s t a n ce bein g n eg li g ible. Nil'. He ye r , s impl y
to ha ve lirst-hand information in respect to th c
vo lum e of jled es trian t raffic, as we!1 as other
1 r;" e l pa ss ill g in fro n t of the locedi on, ha s on
seve ral occasions s tationed him se lf in the v icin ­
it y at dill erent periods of th e eI;I " in orc],. ;· to
c hec k at!ainst the c rowds passinf! hither and
thith e r before the ot h e r store. III his estima­
t; OI\ t hl' compari so n is virtuall y th e " 'lll C. .\
fea ture that t enels to Inake the new lo ca tion
1I10re fa vo rabl e is the fa ct that the pros pecti ve
home wiJ] ha ve con s id e rabl ) Jllore 1'00111 and
thrrcfo r e 1I 1a l< (' up for any ot h e r deficiency that
might ex is t. Both illlportant bran c hes of the
hous e a rc h o ldin !! up relllarkabl y well. A flu c­
tuation is no ticeable now and th en, bUl t),:I quickly recovers itself without ca usin g any co n ­
ccrn.
Sales ivralla ge r I,cc O utt e n, of the Dugau
j" iano Co. , plan s to t:lk c on one or hvo addi ­
tional sa lesme n for his piano d e partment within
a s hort time. Th ese new men w ill probably b e
assi1!;n c d spec ial work, lhe foundat ions of wh ic h
,VIr. Outte n is mappin g o ut now. T he finll dis ­
posed of a c lub p l:lyer-piano during th e past
\\'eek. Effort s of the piano sa les fo rce w ill prob­
ab ly be centered o n th e r e produ c in g models ,n
t h e ne a r futur e.
Paul S. Fe ld er, sec r e ta r y and treasur e r of
Phi lip Werlein, Ltd ., le ft for Nort h Ca rolin a t o
" pe nd a short tillle w ith r elat ives there. Mr.
Fe lcJ e r wi I] th e n proceed to th e Victor fa c tory
a t Camd e n, N. J" where h e w ill s p e nd so rn e
time v iewing new m atters w ith o ffi c ia ls of the co mpan y.
The
hou se is expecti n g a v is it short ly frolll th e dis­
trict r e pr esentat ive oi th e V ictor Co., who is
on a r eg ular in spect ion t o ur of the t e rritory.
M i,s J ennie Hess, h ead sa les lady in t h e lTlusi c
department of the Mai so n Blanche Co., is
s pend in g a month's vacation with fri e nd s at
1'o rt Ewing, Mich.
'\. . C. Dom, of the Q R S 'Music Co., of
Chicago, s pent some tim e in the cit y recent ly ,
v is itin g a ll th e dealers hand l in g his produ c t a nd
lookin g over th e fie ld in ge neral.
Ee cog ni z in g the features of th e Brunsw ic ].:
IIl achi n e, Professor Maxwe ll , de a n of the New ­
rOlllb (Gi rl s') College. Sc hoo l of Music, ha ~
p ur chased o nc of tlie in:-:truments from H a rry
S. Lo eb , o f th e Ha rr y S. L oe b Piano Co. , to
a"si st him in th e in st ru c tion of hi s c lasses . ]I·fr.
.I .oeb states that S ummer bus in ess ha s r et urned
fi g ur es "lnlOst unbeli evable. T he trad e in hi ,
lin e of pianos , the Baldwin g rand s :Inc! tile
I,yo n &. [-Tea l)' make s . has bee n pleasingly
"xc eptional. · There ha s rea lly been no Illiss 11 "e
In the ll1erry fu nc tioning of th e e ngine of lraele
ill hi s busines;; , Pr es id ent Loeb affi rm s.
WEILER STORE INCORPORATED
QU INCY, ILL., July 3 1.· -T he mus ic busin ess
s tarted at 121 Nod" Fifth st r eet by Jo sep h
\\ eiler, w ho died r ecent lv, ,v iii be contin u ed
a~ a co rp oration i ll th e fut llre .
The ca pital
stoc k is $120,000, which ha s been s ubscrib ed a nd
paid in as follows:
C harl es VV('iler, $S6,00();
\Iice Wei le r, $49,900; L e nore \A/eiler, $10,OO(),
and 'vV . .1.'. Martinda le, $100. The bu s in ess wi ll
be co ndu c ted as h ere to fo re , the corpo l'ati o n
dealing in p ianos, musica l in struments, talki n g
Ill ach in es and jewelry.
SELLS INTEREST IN COMPANY
OWENSBO~O, Ky., .Iul y 30. -T he Samu els-B ittel
Music Co. w ill in the future be carried on b.v
V\. S. Samue ls and Lee Atherto n, th e third
pa rtner, J osep h Bittel, havin g r ecen tl y sold hi s
interest in the firm.
3 Great Pianos
With 3 sounding boards
in each (Patented) have the
greatest talking points in
the trade.
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pmLADELPHIA, PA.