Music Trade Review
Issue: 1925 Vol. 80 N. 11 - Page 52
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
MARCH 14, 1925
IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC PUBLISHING
Conducted By V. D. Walsh
Conditions Among the Sheet
Music Merchants of Baltimore
SONGS THAT SELL
Maurice Richmond, of the Richmond Music Supply Corp., New York, Tells of the Conditions
Existing Among the Retail Merchants There—Written Exclusively for The Review
B A L T I M O R E , MI), March 8.—Greater Balti-
more is the eighth American city with a
population of over 800,000, the second port in
foreign commerce, the largest city in the South
and with one-half of
the State's population.
It is a place of early
history and a center of
c u l t u r e a n d social
charm.
In 1730
"Charlie" and "Danny"
Carroll b o u g h t the
w h o l e t o w n , sixty
acres, for forty shil-
lings an acre.
Balti-
more claims the first
railroad.
Maurice Richmond
The conservatory of
music, a part of the Peabody Institute, is of
international fame, students coming from all
parts of the world. Historic Charles street is
loved by its people, and the stranger sings
praises about its dignity and character. Many
say it compares with Bond street, London, with
its aristocratic shops. Three immortal poems,
each the best of its kind, were written in Balti-
more. Poe's "Raven," Key's "Star Spangled
Banner" and Randall's "Maryland, My Mary-
land."
G. Fred Kranz Music Co.
The well-known G. Fred Kranz Music Co.,
303 N. Charles street, is a complete music store
in every sense of the word. Its officers are
Charles W. Glaser, president, thirty years in the
line; Joseph Grottendick, secretary, thirty years
in the industry; Wm. F. Vordemberge, treas-
urer, with seventeen years' experience, and
John M. Jacob, vice-president, with over a dozen
years in the line. It is a really intelligent out-
fit of men who know their game. This house
publishes that famous publication entitled
"Hutcheson's Elements of Piano Technic." A
representative stock of Victor phonographs and
records, musical instruments, radio and sheet
music and books for the select as well as the
rank and file is carried. Wm. F. Vordemberge
is very happy with his lot and reports business
good. He gives a good definition of the retail
music man: "He has to put so much time to
earn his money that he has no time to spend
any." This is a good thing from an economical
viewpoint, but the question is how does the
family like it, and how about the Masonic Club
and the Elks? Nevertheless the business is
very interesting because the business has been
successful, and has brought its members the
proper pecuniary returns.
It is timely right now to contradict a state-
ment made by one of the traveling music men,
in which he stated that Baltimore belonged to
the "hick towns" so far as the real requirements
of music are concerned. This person went to
the extent of making unpleasant remarks about
the firm we are now sketching, in one of the
trade papers. From an unbiased opinion I can
say to the contrary that this firm represents
as near completeness in stock and service to the
consumer as the New York retail merchant of
note. The library editions are carried in classic
and standard music of every description and
character; here is also a selected stock of the
up-to-the-minute popular tunes. Mr. Glaser is
of the old school, having had his early train-
ing with the house of Sutro, of this city. A real
congenial type, and the kind that anticipates
and puts it in these words: "The pleasure of
anticipation is often credited with being as great
as the joy of realization, yet there are those
who are always disappointed, because they ex-
pect too much, and others so fearful of disap-
pointment that they do not permit themselves
to indulge in expectation and therefore are
never prepared to be happy. A state of con-
tentment often results in a lack of enterprise.
To be satisfied usually means that you have
ceased to strive. Age may tame our spirits, but
it need not lessen our ardor, and though we
lose the fearless and boldness of youth, we
need not be either timid or weak."
Fred Walker
Fred Walker, an energetic young hustler,
operates two music departments, one at 11
North Howard street, associated with the firm
of A. Burdwise, wholesaler and retailer in mu-
sical instruments of every description. In this
store Mr. Walker, who is not only a walker,
but a runner, for he surely is on the go, car-
ries a modern selected stock to suit every re-
quirement and specializes in band and orchestra
music. The quantities of orchestra music Mr.
Walker carries would lead one to believe that
he was a jobber instead of a retailer, but as he
Listening (New), by Irving Berlin
Yearning (New)
All Alone, by Irving Berlin
Seventeen
Oh, How I Miss You Tonight
Show Me the Way (New)
Ukulele Lady (New)
—
All Aboard for Heaven (New)
Oh, Mabel (New)
Please Be Good to My Old Girl
—
Charley, My Boy
What'll 1 Do?
I Ain't Got Nobody to Love
Hot Tamale Molly
BOOKS THAT SELL
TIDDLE DE UKES — Comic Songs for
the Ukulele
Universal
Dance Folio No. 8
X
Special 1925 Edition
Peterson's Ukulele Method
—
World's Favorite Songs
4th MUSIC BOX REVUE, 1925
—
In the Shade of a Sheltering Tree
Tell Her in the Springtime
Tokio Blues
DIXIE TO BROADWAY
Mandy, Make Up Your Mind
Dixie Dreams
Hits from TOPSY and EVA
Rememb'ring
I Never Had a Mammy
IRVING BERLIN, Inc.
1607 Broadway, New York
.
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
MARCH 14, 1925
IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC PUBLISHING
Conducted By V. D. Walsh
Conditions Among the Sheet
Music Merchants of Baltimore
SONGS THAT SELL
Maurice Richmond, of the Richmond Music Supply Corp., New York, Tells of the Conditions
Existing Among the Retail Merchants There—Written Exclusively for The Review
B A L T I M O R E , MI), March 8.—Greater Balti-
more is the eighth American city with a
population of over 800,000, the second port in
foreign commerce, the largest city in the South
and with one-half of
the State's population.
It is a place of early
history and a center of
c u l t u r e a n d social
charm.
In 1730
"Charlie" and "Danny"
Carroll b o u g h t the
w h o l e t o w n , sixty
acres, for forty shil-
lings an acre.
Balti-
more claims the first
railroad.
Maurice Richmond
The conservatory of
music, a part of the Peabody Institute, is of
international fame, students coming from all
parts of the world. Historic Charles street is
loved by its people, and the stranger sings
praises about its dignity and character. Many
say it compares with Bond street, London, with
its aristocratic shops. Three immortal poems,
each the best of its kind, were written in Balti-
more. Poe's "Raven," Key's "Star Spangled
Banner" and Randall's "Maryland, My Mary-
land."
G. Fred Kranz Music Co.
The well-known G. Fred Kranz Music Co.,
303 N. Charles street, is a complete music store
in every sense of the word. Its officers are
Charles W. Glaser, president, thirty years in the
line; Joseph Grottendick, secretary, thirty years
in the industry; Wm. F. Vordemberge, treas-
urer, with seventeen years' experience, and
John M. Jacob, vice-president, with over a dozen
years in the line. It is a really intelligent out-
fit of men who know their game. This house
publishes that famous publication entitled
"Hutcheson's Elements of Piano Technic." A
representative stock of Victor phonographs and
records, musical instruments, radio and sheet
music and books for the select as well as the
rank and file is carried. Wm. F. Vordemberge
is very happy with his lot and reports business
good. He gives a good definition of the retail
music man: "He has to put so much time to
earn his money that he has no time to spend
any." This is a good thing from an economical
viewpoint, but the question is how does the
family like it, and how about the Masonic Club
and the Elks? Nevertheless the business is
very interesting because the business has been
successful, and has brought its members the
proper pecuniary returns.
It is timely right now to contradict a state-
ment made by one of the traveling music men,
in which he stated that Baltimore belonged to
the "hick towns" so far as the real requirements
of music are concerned. This person went to
the extent of making unpleasant remarks about
the firm we are now sketching, in one of the
trade papers. From an unbiased opinion I can
say to the contrary that this firm represents
as near completeness in stock and service to the
consumer as the New York retail merchant of
note. The library editions are carried in classic
and standard music of every description and
character; here is also a selected stock of the
up-to-the-minute popular tunes. Mr. Glaser is
of the old school, having had his early train-
ing with the house of Sutro, of this city. A real
congenial type, and the kind that anticipates
and puts it in these words: "The pleasure of
anticipation is often credited with being as great
as the joy of realization, yet there are those
who are always disappointed, because they ex-
pect too much, and others so fearful of disap-
pointment that they do not permit themselves
to indulge in expectation and therefore are
never prepared to be happy. A state of con-
tentment often results in a lack of enterprise.
To be satisfied usually means that you have
ceased to strive. Age may tame our spirits, but
it need not lessen our ardor, and though we
lose the fearless and boldness of youth, we
need not be either timid or weak."
Fred Walker
Fred Walker, an energetic young hustler,
operates two music departments, one at 11
North Howard street, associated with the firm
of A. Burdwise, wholesaler and retailer in mu-
sical instruments of every description. In this
store Mr. Walker, who is not only a walker,
but a runner, for he surely is on the go, car-
ries a modern selected stock to suit every re-
quirement and specializes in band and orchestra
music. The quantities of orchestra music Mr.
Walker carries would lead one to believe that
he was a jobber instead of a retailer, but as he
Listening (New), by Irving Berlin
Yearning (New)
All Alone, by Irving Berlin
Seventeen
Oh, How I Miss You Tonight
Show Me the Way (New)
Ukulele Lady (New)
—
All Aboard for Heaven (New)
Oh, Mabel (New)
Please Be Good to My Old Girl
—
Charley, My Boy
What'll 1 Do?
I Ain't Got Nobody to Love
Hot Tamale Molly
BOOKS THAT SELL
TIDDLE DE UKES — Comic Songs for
the Ukulele
Universal
Dance Folio No. 8
X
Special 1925 Edition
Peterson's Ukulele Method
—
World's Favorite Songs
4th MUSIC BOX REVUE, 1925
—
In the Shade of a Sheltering Tree
Tell Her in the Springtime
Tokio Blues
DIXIE TO BROADWAY
Mandy, Make Up Your Mind
Dixie Dreams
Hits from TOPSY and EVA
Rememb'ring
I Never Had a Mammy
IRVING BERLIN, Inc.
1607 Broadway, New York
.
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