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ness is not going to follow the election. All
Republicans believe so and all others hope so.
Maybe these others are a little cynical about it,
but they will be willing to accept all the better
Majority of Retailers Report That Business Has business that comes along and after a while
Shown Some Improvement Since November may be willing to give the election some credit
for it. But it takes time.
4—Another Veteran Steinway Piano
C. E. Storer, after taking a rest from the
strenuous duties of retail sales manager of the
ST. LOUIS, MO., November 10.—Perhaps too
Baldwin Piano Co., is again in full charge of
much was expected of the election, or perhaps it
was expected to be realized too quickly. A that department and the well-drilled sales force
week is such a little while. Anyway, the results of the Baldwin organization is functioning with
which some predicted if the election went thus 100 per cent efficiency.
McKendree College, Lebanon, 111., has a new
and so have not become manifest, even though
the election went thus and so. This is not say- Steinway grand, replacing the old one which
ing that there was no improvement last week. had done service there for thirty-odd years. The
There was at some of the stores. But the credit new one was supplied by the Aeolian Co. of
for it was due to the hard licks that were put in Missouri.
by the selling outfits. It could not be traced
Remodeling the second floor of the Kiesel-
definitely, at any rate, to the election. At other horst store into Ampico re-enacting studios is
stores the honesty which animates all St. Louis about complete.
piano men compelled the admission that there
Art models of Behr Bros, pianos are on the
had been no improvement. All of which, how- way from New York to be displayed in the
ever, does not necessarily mean that better busi- piano department of the Famous & Barr Co.
Passing an Election Helps
Music Trade in St. Louis
NOVEMBER 15, 1924
Fractman Opens New Store
in Chicago Loop District
Original Ideas on Handling Business Prove So
Successful in First Loop Store That Second
Establishment Is Opened
CHICAGO, I I I . , November 10.—One of the most
notable leases recorded in this trade for some
lime came to light with the announcement that
Rudolph Fractman, proprietor of the Rialto
Music Shop, 330 South State street, has leased
the store at 168 North State street in the Butler
Building, for ten years, at an aggregate rental
of $165,000.
The new store, which is but fifteen feet in
width, will be opened the middle of November.
Like the present Rialto Shop it will run daily
from 8 o'cleck in the morning until midnight.
The two stores will be devoted entirely to the
merchandising of talking machine records,
music rolls, sheet music and small goods. The
new store is near the State-Lake Theatre, across
the street from the Chicago Theatre, and thus
will benefit greatly from the night trade of the
theatre patrons.
Mr. Fractman opened the Rialto Shop two
and one-half years ago, this being his first ven-
ture on his own account, and he has made a
success which is the talk of the trade. He will
specialize very largely in foreign records, as
he has already built up a business on Mexican
records alone which must reach annually a very
high figure.
Fred Foster, Troy Piano
Man, Dies Suddenly
They Think of You
as They Work
will never find uneven, saggy
spots in felts that bear the mark of
the sandaled foot.
Experts with years of experience in
estimating felts know that you are de-
pending upon them. They endeavor
to deserve your confidence.
That is why American Felt Com-
pany's felts are so dependable.
American Felt
Company
TRADE,
MARK
President-Treasurer of Foster Piano Co. Found
Dead at His Home After Several Months of
Ill-health—Twenty Years in the Trade
TROY, N. Y., November 8.—Fred Foster, presi-
dent and treasurer of the Foster Piano Co., this
city, was found dead at his home, Rock Cliff,
Snyders Lake, N. Y., Saturday, November 1,
about 3 o'clock.
Mr. Foster had not been in good health since
July, but was active and came to business fre-
quently, until Friday before his death.
He was born in Sand Lake, Rensselaer
County, N. Y., November 29, 1876, and was edu-
cated in Troy schools. In 1903 he entered the
piano business and became associated with his
uncle, George G. Foster, president of the Amer-
ican Piano Co. Through the twenty years of
his connection with the Foster Piano Co. Mr.
Foster tended to practically all of the business.
Under his direction the firm expanded and the
venture proved profitable. Mr. Foster was a
man of sterling character, being prominent in
civic and fraternal circles.
Mr. Foster is survived by his father, Egbert
Foster, and two uncles, George G. Foster, of
Greenwich, Conn., and John F. Foster, of
Schenectady, N. Y.
Funeral services were conducted at Troy on
Wednesday afternoon, November S, and were
largely attended.
New Store in Emlenton, Pa.
EMLENTON, PA., November 10.—A new music
store is being opened by J. H. Rupert in the
Gossler Block, and will handle pianos, phono-
graphs and radio. The quarters are bring re-
modeled in an attractive manner.
100 USED UPRIGHT PIANOS
30 USED PLAYERS
BOSTON
211 Congress St.
NEW YORK
114 East 13th St.
CHICAGO
325 South Market St.
Steinway, Checkering, Weber, Mason & Hamlln,
Henry V. Miller, Vose, Gabler, L.auter, Pease,
Wissner. Doll, Hardman, Mathushek, Sterling:,
Connor, and every other make you can think of
$25.00 up. F. O. B. Newark, N. J.
Chance for dealers to make a big profit on a
small investment
SAMUEL ORR, 390 Washington Street, Newark, N. J .
Phone. Mitchell 1502