Music Trade Review

AUGUST
11, 1923
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
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FIRST OF AUGUST SALES ARE GOOD IN PHILADELPHIA
Jul y, Just Completed, Best Similar Month Since the War-time Period-New Local Piano Trade
Association Being Discussed iby the Dealers-Ramsdell Removal is Delayed
PH1LADELPHIA, PA., A ugust 7.- Experiences of
leases t".. o rnore years. Near ly ,til acc.epted.
t h e trade during the first weck of '\ugust
One of the ex·cept ions was tile CUJlni ngham
brouo;ht with them full realization of the rather
Co:, now engaged in e r ect in g its own bu ildin g
large eXI,ectations formed during July. There
and which ·· it hopes to occupy Apri l I of t il e
coml11g year.
is consensus of opinion among the dealers con­
fining their sa les on ly to new and Iligh-grade
. An association of th e piano trade in this c.ity
p ianos as we ll as among those annually making
informally was discussed by dealers during the
sacrific e sa les of traded-in and shop-worn l11­
week, more, however, in the sense of regret t.hat
s trum ent s that the Jul y ju st past was Quit e the
the organization conducted until a few years ago
best s in ce the r us h of wa rtimes and that its
was 110 longer functioning than in the hope
compariso n with a s imil ar period of a yea r ago
that a new body coul d be erfected to take its
is most satisfactory. T he h ab it ua l Augus t sa les
p lace. There unqu estion ably are many matters
a r e now on in full force in both th e re g ular
of dir ect co ncern w hi ch properly could be con­
t rade and in nearly a ll th e department stores
s id ered and some evi ls w hich cou ld be elirni­
and bu yi ng is most active.
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luted throu g h a n act iv~ wOI:k);g organization.
There was virtua ll y la id at re st durin g th e
There is , however, the feeling that t h e time is
week the repo rt ex tc ns ive ly circulated in trad e
not again ripe for t he s uc cessful la un c hin g of
circles not occupan ts o f P iano Row that th e a new tr ade body.
Girard Estate, its owner, again had in mind
Mrs. Theresa Quinby, h ea d of th e talking
the razing of the present bui ldin gs and th e
machine departlllent, accoll lpanied b y h e r so n,
erection of a modern structure to s upplant thent~ -'Gerald Quinby, ia charge of the radio dcpart­
Inquiry shows that leases of the Ill a jorit y, at
ment of the Estey Phoilograph Co., is on a
least, of the piano establishlllents on the north
three weeks' vaca tion trip to Detroit and Great
side of Chestnut street between Eleventh and
L ake points.
Twelfth streets run for aiJnost three years, gen­
Unexpected de lays ha ve defe rr ed the remova l
nally until April, 1926. More than two years
of the Ramsdell business to its ne w hOllle, J27
back lenants welT given opportunity to sig n
South Twelfth stree t, but the finn still is rOil
three-year leases, but after a large department
ficlent of heing in occupanC) beiore the Inonl It
store at Eleventh street was opened, a five-year
closes. Several promises of earlier completion
lease havin~~ heen secured by it, the piano folks
had been made. but unforeseen riiffi("\1 lti c" ;no,<~
we re given the prt vilc gc of extending their
to pr CI'(;l1t their realization.
BUFFALO DEALERS ARE SATISFIED
LENOX PIANO CO. NAME CHANGE
High-grade Instruments, Especially , Moved
Well During July-Goold Entertains Buffalo
Newspaper Men-Many Visitors at the Fac­
to ry of the Kurtzmann Co.
N ow Known as the Ch r istena-Teague Piano Co.
-Starr Piano Co. Reports Increase-Many
Manufacturers' Representatives Visit Dealers
BUFFALO. N. Y., A ugust 7.- Piano dealers in
Buffalo and western New York repor t July as
having been a fai rly good month. Sales in the
higher-pric ed instruments have more th an met
t lt eir expeclations. Co llec tions have been better
than usual.
T he !\ rnpi co re ig ns supremc in the sto re of
Goo ld Bros., Inc. "We hav e had a number of
goo d sa les in the J\mpico this S umm er," said
George Goo ld , "so we a r e not in the least con ­
cerned in s low mo veme nt of th e lower-priced
instruments,"
The appearance in B uffalo a nd Niagara Fa ll s
of Bennie Krueger and hi s band great ly s timu­
lated sales in Buesch er band instruments, d eal­
ers report. Denton, Cottier & Daniels featured
a very attractive w in dow display of Buescher
instruments and h onore d the band w ith a la r ge
picture of the group in the window.
J. 1\1.. Waterbury, who makes a business of
lliarathon piano playing, who rece ntl y gave
an exhibition in the window of Robert L oud's
tdusic Store in Buffalo, had his th irty -six hours
and fifty minutes of playing brought to a sud­
den end when his wife, whom he had no t seen
in twenty years, appeared in front of the s tore .
"I was a littl e agitaterl at sigh t of h er," he
said, "which so up set me th at I had to stop
playin g."
George Goo ld, of Goold Bros., I nc., recently
entertained Buffalo newsp ape r men at the Tran­
s it Valley Country Club, where a golf tourna­
ment was be ing cond u cted. They a ll voted :vIr.
Goold an ideal host. He is pres ident of the
club.
C. D. Martin, of Smith, Barnes & Strohbcr,
and Gordon I.aughcad, of DeKalb Piano Co.,
were r ecent ly ca ll ers at the Hoffman Piano Co.
H. j. Hackenhcimer, president of the C.
Kurtzmann Co., recently conducted the fo ll ow­
ing visitors through the factory: :Mr. and Mrs.
.\dolph ~vILtehlhauser, of Cleveland; Mr. and
Mrs. [ J' ea rso n Piano Co, Indianapolis, and Mr. and
Mrs. Stout, of the Pearson Pia no Co.
INDL\NAl'OJ.lS, 1Nl)., A ug ust 7.- Local dealers,
a lthough they have not pushed their re'pecti,·"
lines, hav e experienced a very profitable bu,i­
ness in the clos in g days of July. Some adver­
tising has been done through the press, but in
cvery in stance it has prove n a complete loss,
provinf[ tllat goo ds arc solei rather than bought
dur ing- this period.
The past week marked the changing of the
E. L. Lennox P iano Co., of this city, to the Chris­
t ena-Teague P iano Co. TIle company has been
capita li zed at $200,000, with ;vIr. H. J. Teague as
president and iVIr. \ p r esident a nd secretary. ~1r. Chri,tena has been
associated for severa l ye ars with the E. L. L en­
nox· Co. . Mr. Teague was forme rl y with the
Aeolian Co. a nd thc Pearso'R Piano Co., of this
city. Til is firm has ex perienced ve ry good sales
in th e A mpico grands and the higher-grade
1)ianos.
The l'earson Piano Co. is h avin g a very good
sa le in player,. It is continuing to offer somc
very unusua l bar ga ins, w hi ch have pro ved a
stimu lant. It s branch storcs, particularly those
in th e rural districts, cont inu e to do we ll.
The Starr Piano Co. s howed an increase for
Jul y bl'siness over the sa me period oi las t yea r.
Buying has been confined la r ge ly to mcdiulll­
priced players.
The fuller-Rydc Music Co . con tin ues a goo d
sale in small instruments, especially in tenor
banjo,; and ukuleles. A great deal of planning
is being done by musical organizations for F a ll
and \Vinter work and they are aided by the
Fuller-Ryde Co. This has proved quile a suc­
cessfu l method for this store.
Visitors during the past week \I·ere Frank
Jord a n, sales manager, ;Inc! John Barnhardt, or
the Sc hilln lJiano Co .• of Chica go; Charic,
Span ier, of the Paul G.. Mehlin & Sons Co., and
Perry C hrisler, of the Aeolian Co., of St. r .ouis,
Mo .
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
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