Music Trade Review
Issue: 1924 Vol. 79 N. 15 - Page 7
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OCTOBER 11,
1924
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Hyatt Music Co. to Handle the Baldwin
Line in Portland, Ore., in the Future
Well-known Talking Machine House of That City Installs Piano Department—Sherman, Clay &
Co. Show Duo-Art at Jackson County Fair—Big Musical Season Planned for Portland
DORTLAND, ORE., October 1.—The Tort-
land music dealers showed great interest
in the announcement of the Steers-Coman series
of concerts for the season of 1924-25, which
contains some of the world's greatest stars and
probably the most extensive and comprehensive
concert list ever presented to the music lovers
of Portland in one season. According to the
published announcement, the list contains many
stars who are well known by their Victor,
Edison, Columbia and Ampico recordings, in-
cluding Maria Jeritza, Frieda Hempel, the
Flongaley Quartet, Rosa Ponselle, prima donna
of the Metropolitan Opera Company, and
(jraveure, the noted Belgian baritone. The
Ampico is represented by the well-known
composer-pianist, Sergei Rachmaninoff, who is
the only pianist, hundreds being turned away
because there was no more room. The follow-
ing artists will make their first appearance be-
fore a Portland audience: Erna Rubinstein, who
is said to be one of the greatest violinists of
modern tunes, and the de Reszke Singers, who
will appear with Mildred Dilling, harpist. The
Steer-Coman concerts will be presented in the
public auditorium.
continuously at the booth and daily concerts
with special programs were put on from one
to two o'clock and from eight to nine o'clock
in the evening. The exhibit was in charge of
Serge Hahnan, of the piano department of the
Portland branch, who was assisted by Miss
Leona Mourten, contralto, demonstrator of the
Portland store, who sang with Duo-Art accom-
paniment. The concerts were attended by large
audiences. The exhibit was a great success and
the management of the fair showed their appre-
ciation in a letter expressing their thanks to
Sherman, Clay & Co. for their co-operation in
making their 1924 fair a success.
During the week of September 15 the Ore-
gonian conducted a cooking school in the public
auditorium which was attended each afternoon
of the week by over 2,000 of the housewives
of Portland. For a half hour preceding the
cooking demonstrations the G. F. Johnson
Piano Co. gave a concert recital in which the
Ampico in the Chickering was demonstrated.
Miss Phyllis Wolfe, one of Portland's promi-
nent vocalists, assisted, and before singing ac-
companied by the Ampico she gave a brief
recital of the recordings. The programs were
Baldwin Line for Hyatt
varied every day.
The Hyatt Music Co. " is the name under
The McDougall-Conn Music Co., at Park and
which E. B. Hyatt will do business in future Alder streets, the Oregon distributors of the
at 386 Morrison street. The former name of
Conn Band Music Co., of Elkhart, Ind., ha-
me company was ihe Hyatt Talking Machine equipped the Original Serenaders with a com-
Co. and it dealt exclusively in phonographs. plete set of Conn instruments. The Serenaders
The exclusive agency for Portland lor the are one of Portland's prominent orchestras and
Baldwin piano has been secured by Mr. Hyatt play daily at the Winter Garden in this city,
and he is installing a full line of Baldwins in under the direction of Richard Lyons. The
uprights, players and grands. Mr. Hyatt has organization is composed of musicians of the
been in the phonograph business in Portland first rank, who play several different instru-
for the past eighteen years and, although he ments each, and the Conn instruments get ex-
started in a small way, has built up one of the cellent publicity through the organization.
best music businesses in the city. He says that
for years he has had calls for pianos and for
some time past has been considering entering
the piano line in connection with his large
phonograph business.
He lias secured the services of Allen McLean Necessary to Enlarge Eastern Headquarters
to take charge of his piano and phonograph
Materially in Order to Take Care of Steady
department. Mr. McLean has for the past three
Increase in Business in This Territory
years been with the Reed-French Piano Co., of
tins city, coming here from Great Falls, Mont.,
The rapid increase in the business being handled
wnere he was manager of the Great Falls Music
by
the Eastern headquarters of the United States
L,o. While in Great Falls he also managed an
artists' course, bringing to that city many ot the Music Co. at 122 Fifth avenue, New York, has
world's greatest artists. He was also State.Kep- made it again necessary to enlarge the local ware-
resentative of the National Bureau for the Ad- rooms, this making the third time in two years
vancement of Music and conducted the first it has been necessary for the company to secure
extra space.
Music Week ever held in that State.
The company was fortunate through the re-
wm. liartlett, who has been with Mr. Hyatt moval of a neighboring tenant in being able
for tlie past ten years, has been made saics to take over a lease that practically doubles the
manager tor his radio department, in which he former floor space, which now approximates
has a full line of Brunswick Radiola, the Ken- 8,000 square feet.
nedy and the Atwater Kent receivers.
A full stock of rolls is kept on hand in New
U. A. Berger, the traveling representative of York at all times in order to provide prompt
the Baldwin for the Pacific Coast, who has Ins service for Eastern dealers and special arrange-
headquarters in Seattle, came to Portland and ments have been made with the American Ex-
assisted Mr. Hyatt in arranging the placing of press Co. whereby new stocks of rolls shipped
the Baldwin line with him.' Mr. Hyatt says from the Chicago factory reach New York the
that business is very good and that he looks second day from date of shipment.
forward to an increase during the Fall and
George H. Bliss, vice-president of the com-
Winter months.
pany, and in charge of the Eastern headquarters,
Duo-Art at Jackson County Fair
is enthusiastic over the results that have been
Sherman, Clay & Co. were handsomely repre- realized since the price reduction announced by
sented at the annual Jackson County Fair, which the company last Spring.
was held at Medford, Ore., September 10 to 13,
inclusive. Weeks & Orr, the Medford repre-
sentatives of the firm, were assisted in the
exhibit by the Portland branch. Their booth
was conspicuously placed in the new Mer-
Attractive programs announcing the October
chants' Building. The Duo-Arts, uprights and series of musicales to be held in the concert
grands, were placed on an elevated platform salon of the Story & Clark Piano Co., 33 West
that was artistically decorated, the background Fifty-seventh street, New York, were mailed
of the exhibit being handsome Turkish rugs. to patrons of that company last week. The
Demonstrations of the Puo-Art were given artist department, under the direction of Frank
U. S. Music Go. Again
Doubles New York Space
Story & Clark Musicales
C. Barber, is devoting every effort toward sur-
passing last year's recitals in excellence and
attendance, and some delightful programs have
been arranged. The first musicale was held
Thursday, October 2, at 2.45 o'clock, and in-
cluded a specially selected program from Wag-
ner's "Ring," given by members of the English
Grand Opera Co., New York, which is using the
Story & Clark piano exclusively.
Superior Music Go. Moves
AKRON, O., October 6.—Announcement is made
of the removal of the Superior Music Co. from
its original location at 87 South Howard street
to a larger store in the same block at 91 South
Howard street. In the new quarters the store
wili have almost twice its former floor space,
including a basement department, which the
management plans to utilize when business war-
rants.
O. E. Kellogg a Stieff Manager
O. E. Kellogg, for some time past connected
in an official capacity with Cluett & Sons, prom-
inent music house, of Albany, N. Y., has been
appointed manager of the Lynchburg, Va.,
branch of Chas. M. Stieff, Inc., and has already
taken up his new duties in that city.
The Angelus for Gimbel Bros.
PHILADELPHIA, PA., October 4.—The piano
department of Gimbel Bros., this city, has se-
cured the agency for this territory for the
Angelus reproducing piano, and is featuring
that instrument most aggressively in its news-
paper advertising.
Pratt Read
Products
Piano Ivory
P i a n o Keys
Piano Actions
Player Actions
Established in
1806
at Deep River, Conn.
Still There
Standard Service and Highest Quality
Special Repair Departments
Maintained for Convenience
of Dealers
PRATT, READ & CO.
PRATT READ PLAYER ACTION CO.
Oldest and Best
OCTOBER 11,
1924
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Hyatt Music Co. to Handle the Baldwin
Line in Portland, Ore., in the Future
Well-known Talking Machine House of That City Installs Piano Department—Sherman, Clay &
Co. Show Duo-Art at Jackson County Fair—Big Musical Season Planned for Portland
DORTLAND, ORE., October 1.—The Tort-
land music dealers showed great interest
in the announcement of the Steers-Coman series
of concerts for the season of 1924-25, which
contains some of the world's greatest stars and
probably the most extensive and comprehensive
concert list ever presented to the music lovers
of Portland in one season. According to the
published announcement, the list contains many
stars who are well known by their Victor,
Edison, Columbia and Ampico recordings, in-
cluding Maria Jeritza, Frieda Hempel, the
Flongaley Quartet, Rosa Ponselle, prima donna
of the Metropolitan Opera Company, and
(jraveure, the noted Belgian baritone. The
Ampico is represented by the well-known
composer-pianist, Sergei Rachmaninoff, who is
the only pianist, hundreds being turned away
because there was no more room. The follow-
ing artists will make their first appearance be-
fore a Portland audience: Erna Rubinstein, who
is said to be one of the greatest violinists of
modern tunes, and the de Reszke Singers, who
will appear with Mildred Dilling, harpist. The
Steer-Coman concerts will be presented in the
public auditorium.
continuously at the booth and daily concerts
with special programs were put on from one
to two o'clock and from eight to nine o'clock
in the evening. The exhibit was in charge of
Serge Hahnan, of the piano department of the
Portland branch, who was assisted by Miss
Leona Mourten, contralto, demonstrator of the
Portland store, who sang with Duo-Art accom-
paniment. The concerts were attended by large
audiences. The exhibit was a great success and
the management of the fair showed their appre-
ciation in a letter expressing their thanks to
Sherman, Clay & Co. for their co-operation in
making their 1924 fair a success.
During the week of September 15 the Ore-
gonian conducted a cooking school in the public
auditorium which was attended each afternoon
of the week by over 2,000 of the housewives
of Portland. For a half hour preceding the
cooking demonstrations the G. F. Johnson
Piano Co. gave a concert recital in which the
Ampico in the Chickering was demonstrated.
Miss Phyllis Wolfe, one of Portland's promi-
nent vocalists, assisted, and before singing ac-
companied by the Ampico she gave a brief
recital of the recordings. The programs were
Baldwin Line for Hyatt
varied every day.
The Hyatt Music Co. " is the name under
The McDougall-Conn Music Co., at Park and
which E. B. Hyatt will do business in future Alder streets, the Oregon distributors of the
at 386 Morrison street. The former name of
Conn Band Music Co., of Elkhart, Ind., ha-
me company was ihe Hyatt Talking Machine equipped the Original Serenaders with a com-
Co. and it dealt exclusively in phonographs. plete set of Conn instruments. The Serenaders
The exclusive agency for Portland lor the are one of Portland's prominent orchestras and
Baldwin piano has been secured by Mr. Hyatt play daily at the Winter Garden in this city,
and he is installing a full line of Baldwins in under the direction of Richard Lyons. The
uprights, players and grands. Mr. Hyatt has organization is composed of musicians of the
been in the phonograph business in Portland first rank, who play several different instru-
for the past eighteen years and, although he ments each, and the Conn instruments get ex-
started in a small way, has built up one of the cellent publicity through the organization.
best music businesses in the city. He says that
for years he has had calls for pianos and for
some time past has been considering entering
the piano line in connection with his large
phonograph business.
He lias secured the services of Allen McLean Necessary to Enlarge Eastern Headquarters
to take charge of his piano and phonograph
Materially in Order to Take Care of Steady
department. Mr. McLean has for the past three
Increase in Business in This Territory
years been with the Reed-French Piano Co., of
tins city, coming here from Great Falls, Mont.,
The rapid increase in the business being handled
wnere he was manager of the Great Falls Music
by
the Eastern headquarters of the United States
L,o. While in Great Falls he also managed an
artists' course, bringing to that city many ot the Music Co. at 122 Fifth avenue, New York, has
world's greatest artists. He was also State.Kep- made it again necessary to enlarge the local ware-
resentative of the National Bureau for the Ad- rooms, this making the third time in two years
vancement of Music and conducted the first it has been necessary for the company to secure
extra space.
Music Week ever held in that State.
The company was fortunate through the re-
wm. liartlett, who has been with Mr. Hyatt moval of a neighboring tenant in being able
for tlie past ten years, has been made saics to take over a lease that practically doubles the
manager tor his radio department, in which he former floor space, which now approximates
has a full line of Brunswick Radiola, the Ken- 8,000 square feet.
nedy and the Atwater Kent receivers.
A full stock of rolls is kept on hand in New
U. A. Berger, the traveling representative of York at all times in order to provide prompt
the Baldwin for the Pacific Coast, who has Ins service for Eastern dealers and special arrange-
headquarters in Seattle, came to Portland and ments have been made with the American Ex-
assisted Mr. Hyatt in arranging the placing of press Co. whereby new stocks of rolls shipped
the Baldwin line with him.' Mr. Hyatt says from the Chicago factory reach New York the
that business is very good and that he looks second day from date of shipment.
forward to an increase during the Fall and
George H. Bliss, vice-president of the com-
Winter months.
pany, and in charge of the Eastern headquarters,
Duo-Art at Jackson County Fair
is enthusiastic over the results that have been
Sherman, Clay & Co. were handsomely repre- realized since the price reduction announced by
sented at the annual Jackson County Fair, which the company last Spring.
was held at Medford, Ore., September 10 to 13,
inclusive. Weeks & Orr, the Medford repre-
sentatives of the firm, were assisted in the
exhibit by the Portland branch. Their booth
was conspicuously placed in the new Mer-
Attractive programs announcing the October
chants' Building. The Duo-Arts, uprights and series of musicales to be held in the concert
grands, were placed on an elevated platform salon of the Story & Clark Piano Co., 33 West
that was artistically decorated, the background Fifty-seventh street, New York, were mailed
of the exhibit being handsome Turkish rugs. to patrons of that company last week. The
Demonstrations of the Puo-Art were given artist department, under the direction of Frank
U. S. Music Go. Again
Doubles New York Space
Story & Clark Musicales
C. Barber, is devoting every effort toward sur-
passing last year's recitals in excellence and
attendance, and some delightful programs have
been arranged. The first musicale was held
Thursday, October 2, at 2.45 o'clock, and in-
cluded a specially selected program from Wag-
ner's "Ring," given by members of the English
Grand Opera Co., New York, which is using the
Story & Clark piano exclusively.
Superior Music Go. Moves
AKRON, O., October 6.—Announcement is made
of the removal of the Superior Music Co. from
its original location at 87 South Howard street
to a larger store in the same block at 91 South
Howard street. In the new quarters the store
wili have almost twice its former floor space,
including a basement department, which the
management plans to utilize when business war-
rants.
O. E. Kellogg a Stieff Manager
O. E. Kellogg, for some time past connected
in an official capacity with Cluett & Sons, prom-
inent music house, of Albany, N. Y., has been
appointed manager of the Lynchburg, Va.,
branch of Chas. M. Stieff, Inc., and has already
taken up his new duties in that city.
The Angelus for Gimbel Bros.
PHILADELPHIA, PA., October 4.—The piano
department of Gimbel Bros., this city, has se-
cured the agency for this territory for the
Angelus reproducing piano, and is featuring
that instrument most aggressively in its news-
paper advertising.
Pratt Read
Products
Piano Ivory
P i a n o Keys
Piano Actions
Player Actions
Established in
1806
at Deep River, Conn.
Still There
Standard Service and Highest Quality
Special Repair Departments
Maintained for Convenience
of Dealers
PRATT, READ & CO.
PRATT READ PLAYER ACTION CO.
Oldest and Best
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