Music Trade Review
Issue: 1925 Vol. 81 N. 11 - Page 46
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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
SEPTEMBER 12, 1925
IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC PUBLISHING
Conducted By V. D. Walsh
Richmond Visits the Fair Cities of
Portland, Me., and of Danbury, Conn.
SONGS THAT SELL
Head of the Richmond Music Supply Corp., New York, Completes His Trip Through Canada
and New England—Music Dealers in These Two Well-known Centers
Yearning
DORTLAND, Maine, is splendidly equipped
with churches, schools, theatres, clubs and
other institutions representing* the finer side of
life and ranks high as a home city. It is the
largest city in the State,
with a population of
about 70,000. Situated
on a peninsula less
than a mile in width
and rising to a height
of 175 feet above sea
level its healthfulness
has attracted m a n y
from less favored sec-
tions. Located at the
head of beautiful Cas-
co Bay with its diversi-
Maurice Richmond fied shores and pictur-
esque islands, Portland is the gateway to the
vacationland of Maine, its lakes, mountains,
shore and woodland. Here, near the shore of
the bay, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the
great American poet, was born. The home in
which Longfellow lived is now a museum,
where, for a small fee, tourists may look upon
various articles of interest. If they search real
hard, they may find the taximeter which in-
spired the poem "Tell Me Not in Mournful
Numbers."
Portland's new city hall seats over 3,000 peo-
ple and here is the Kotzschmar Memorial Or-
gan, the gift of Cyrus H. K. Curtis to the citi-
zens. Charles R. Cronham is the municipal or-
ganist and, in addition to the regular Winter
concert schedule, a series of Summer recitals
are given during July and August which attract
many tourists. The instrument possesses nearly
six thousand pipes. In reality it contains six
separate organs; great, swell, orchestral, solo,
echo and pedal.
Kemball Music Co.
The Kemball Music Co. is located at Stein-
ert's, 517 Congress street (the "Main street" of
Portland). Mr. Kemball, the owner, is a Bos-
tonian, and for fifteen years was associated with
the Boston Music Co. He has been in Port-
land for the past five years and two years ago
took over the music department at Steinert's
for himself. Kemball's sales talk to the public
is that he is equipped to give "service" to the
most exacting. Long experience is the founda-
tion of his equipment and he is constantly build-
ing up his business on his reputation.
The stock of the department constitutes a
representative line of all the standard music
publishers as well as a goodly assortment of
popular music. He does a considerable octavo
business, notwithstanding the fact that his
octavo stock amounts to less than $100. It is
merely his sample; the customer selects the
numbers desired and they are ordered for him.
A big asset of Mr. Kemball's is his mail order
business, which, like the department, is improv-
ing all the time. Mr. Kemball was rightfully en-
thusiastic about his prospects. He likes Port-
land; he finds the people liberal buyers and
gives them all the credit they want because
they appreciate the responsibility of an I. O. U.
It was interesting to hear Mr. Kemball tell
of the attention music receives in the schools
in Portland, through the efforts of Raymond
Crawford, the supervisor of music.
Cressey & Allen
Cressey & Allen is one of the leading music
houses in the State. Location to this house is
"secondary" to the extent that it is on the
second floor of a prominent building on Con-
gress street. Everyone is familiar with the
name of Cressey & Allen through its reputation
for quality and its efforts to promote music
among the people in Maine. From a violin
string to a concert grand piano, their merchan-
dise is the finest. Like Tiffany, their name is
stamped on every purchase.
Mr. Cressey, the senior member of the firm,
has been the pilot for many years and has
steered them far beyond the sight of any rocks.
He is always happy and cheerful and not only
willing to help his own crew, but, like a retired
sea captain, he gives advice to all. He has
associated with him a number of the younger
generation so that he can take it easy now and
"let George do it."
Frank Allen assumes the role of "George."
He is a hard worker, with his firm, determined
jaw; he's the kind of guy who won't let go
until he has "put it over." Since I have known
Frank Allen (and that dates back to the Battle
of Bunker Hill) his policy has been to "avoid
idleness." The devil is always on the lookout
for the idle fellow, he thinks. Don't sleep too
much or you may miss something—and it may
be a "sweet little miss." One of his mottoes is
"Early to bed and early to rise, may make a
man healthy, wealthy, but not wise." Mr. Allen
is the active managing director of the business,
but besides that, he has been doing a lot for
Masonry. He sat in the East, being a past
master, and is active in the higher degrees as
well as in the Shrine. In every local function
of any importance to the community, Frank
Allen has always worked with his sleeves rolled
up. He attributes the success and reputation of
the firm to the confidence it has been able to
inspire in its patrons, having each customer
know that he can depend upon its judgment to
receive the best its money can purchase.
Clinton Graffam is the sheet music man of
this concern and has been with them for more
than fifteen years. While I don't know if he
ever graduated from the New England Con-
servatory of Music, he certainly knows a lot
about music—at least, he talks it well. He has
lots of work to keep him busy in Portland, but
every so often he makes a trip to Manhattan
Isle, walks in on Father Knickerbocker without
Oh, How I Miss You Tonight
When You and I Were Seventeen
Ukulele Lady
—
Yes,
Sir! That's My Baby
Silver Head
Sonya (Yup Alay Yup)
Cecilia
On a Night Like This
The Whole World Is Dreaming of Love
Summer Nights
My Sweetie Turned Me Down
Suite Sixteen
So That's the Kind of a Girl You Are
—
Waitin' for the Moon
Say, Arabella
Alone at Last
—
Sing Loo
One Smile
BOOKS THAT SELL
—
STRUM IT WITH CRUMIT—Songs for
Ukulele
TIDDLE DE UKES—Comic Songs for
the Ukulele
Universal Dance Folio No. 9 (New)
Peterson's Ukulele Method
World's Favorite Songs
Hits from TOPSY and EVA
Rememb'ring
I Never Had a Mammy
IRVING BERLIN, Inc.
1607 Broadway* New York
knocking, and leaves without giving him a good-
by. Usually his reason for being down in the
big city is that he is buying a "jew's-harp" or
a drum-stick. His music department is second
to none in the State of Maine. It is a haven
for the music teacher, the professional musician
or seeker of the latest tune coming through the
air.
Clinton is short of stature and if his gray-
matter could actually be taken out and weighed,
he would be found "top-heavy." He was telling
me that he is a participant in a lot of out-door
MOST POPULAR
are quality-made for the people who are tired
of the extravagance of Cheap Music Books
Write for descriptive catalog—Order from jobber or direct from publisher
Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge, Inc., Publishers, New York City
<5b< MOST POPULAR
CABINET ORGAN PIECES
'•
-
9HITBBI
46
THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
SEPTEMBER 12, 1925
IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC PUBLISHING
Conducted By V. D. Walsh
Richmond Visits the Fair Cities of
Portland, Me., and of Danbury, Conn.
SONGS THAT SELL
Head of the Richmond Music Supply Corp., New York, Completes His Trip Through Canada
and New England—Music Dealers in These Two Well-known Centers
Yearning
DORTLAND, Maine, is splendidly equipped
with churches, schools, theatres, clubs and
other institutions representing* the finer side of
life and ranks high as a home city. It is the
largest city in the State,
with a population of
about 70,000. Situated
on a peninsula less
than a mile in width
and rising to a height
of 175 feet above sea
level its healthfulness
has attracted m a n y
from less favored sec-
tions. Located at the
head of beautiful Cas-
co Bay with its diversi-
Maurice Richmond fied shores and pictur-
esque islands, Portland is the gateway to the
vacationland of Maine, its lakes, mountains,
shore and woodland. Here, near the shore of
the bay, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the
great American poet, was born. The home in
which Longfellow lived is now a museum,
where, for a small fee, tourists may look upon
various articles of interest. If they search real
hard, they may find the taximeter which in-
spired the poem "Tell Me Not in Mournful
Numbers."
Portland's new city hall seats over 3,000 peo-
ple and here is the Kotzschmar Memorial Or-
gan, the gift of Cyrus H. K. Curtis to the citi-
zens. Charles R. Cronham is the municipal or-
ganist and, in addition to the regular Winter
concert schedule, a series of Summer recitals
are given during July and August which attract
many tourists. The instrument possesses nearly
six thousand pipes. In reality it contains six
separate organs; great, swell, orchestral, solo,
echo and pedal.
Kemball Music Co.
The Kemball Music Co. is located at Stein-
ert's, 517 Congress street (the "Main street" of
Portland). Mr. Kemball, the owner, is a Bos-
tonian, and for fifteen years was associated with
the Boston Music Co. He has been in Port-
land for the past five years and two years ago
took over the music department at Steinert's
for himself. Kemball's sales talk to the public
is that he is equipped to give "service" to the
most exacting. Long experience is the founda-
tion of his equipment and he is constantly build-
ing up his business on his reputation.
The stock of the department constitutes a
representative line of all the standard music
publishers as well as a goodly assortment of
popular music. He does a considerable octavo
business, notwithstanding the fact that his
octavo stock amounts to less than $100. It is
merely his sample; the customer selects the
numbers desired and they are ordered for him.
A big asset of Mr. Kemball's is his mail order
business, which, like the department, is improv-
ing all the time. Mr. Kemball was rightfully en-
thusiastic about his prospects. He likes Port-
land; he finds the people liberal buyers and
gives them all the credit they want because
they appreciate the responsibility of an I. O. U.
It was interesting to hear Mr. Kemball tell
of the attention music receives in the schools
in Portland, through the efforts of Raymond
Crawford, the supervisor of music.
Cressey & Allen
Cressey & Allen is one of the leading music
houses in the State. Location to this house is
"secondary" to the extent that it is on the
second floor of a prominent building on Con-
gress street. Everyone is familiar with the
name of Cressey & Allen through its reputation
for quality and its efforts to promote music
among the people in Maine. From a violin
string to a concert grand piano, their merchan-
dise is the finest. Like Tiffany, their name is
stamped on every purchase.
Mr. Cressey, the senior member of the firm,
has been the pilot for many years and has
steered them far beyond the sight of any rocks.
He is always happy and cheerful and not only
willing to help his own crew, but, like a retired
sea captain, he gives advice to all. He has
associated with him a number of the younger
generation so that he can take it easy now and
"let George do it."
Frank Allen assumes the role of "George."
He is a hard worker, with his firm, determined
jaw; he's the kind of guy who won't let go
until he has "put it over." Since I have known
Frank Allen (and that dates back to the Battle
of Bunker Hill) his policy has been to "avoid
idleness." The devil is always on the lookout
for the idle fellow, he thinks. Don't sleep too
much or you may miss something—and it may
be a "sweet little miss." One of his mottoes is
"Early to bed and early to rise, may make a
man healthy, wealthy, but not wise." Mr. Allen
is the active managing director of the business,
but besides that, he has been doing a lot for
Masonry. He sat in the East, being a past
master, and is active in the higher degrees as
well as in the Shrine. In every local function
of any importance to the community, Frank
Allen has always worked with his sleeves rolled
up. He attributes the success and reputation of
the firm to the confidence it has been able to
inspire in its patrons, having each customer
know that he can depend upon its judgment to
receive the best its money can purchase.
Clinton Graffam is the sheet music man of
this concern and has been with them for more
than fifteen years. While I don't know if he
ever graduated from the New England Con-
servatory of Music, he certainly knows a lot
about music—at least, he talks it well. He has
lots of work to keep him busy in Portland, but
every so often he makes a trip to Manhattan
Isle, walks in on Father Knickerbocker without
Oh, How I Miss You Tonight
When You and I Were Seventeen
Ukulele Lady
—
Yes,
Sir! That's My Baby
Silver Head
Sonya (Yup Alay Yup)
Cecilia
On a Night Like This
The Whole World Is Dreaming of Love
Summer Nights
My Sweetie Turned Me Down
Suite Sixteen
So That's the Kind of a Girl You Are
—
Waitin' for the Moon
Say, Arabella
Alone at Last
—
Sing Loo
One Smile
BOOKS THAT SELL
—
STRUM IT WITH CRUMIT—Songs for
Ukulele
TIDDLE DE UKES—Comic Songs for
the Ukulele
Universal Dance Folio No. 9 (New)
Peterson's Ukulele Method
World's Favorite Songs
Hits from TOPSY and EVA
Rememb'ring
I Never Had a Mammy
IRVING BERLIN, Inc.
1607 Broadway* New York
knocking, and leaves without giving him a good-
by. Usually his reason for being down in the
big city is that he is buying a "jew's-harp" or
a drum-stick. His music department is second
to none in the State of Maine. It is a haven
for the music teacher, the professional musician
or seeker of the latest tune coming through the
air.
Clinton is short of stature and if his gray-
matter could actually be taken out and weighed,
he would be found "top-heavy." He was telling
me that he is a participant in a lot of out-door
MOST POPULAR
are quality-made for the people who are tired
of the extravagance of Cheap Music Books
Write for descriptive catalog—Order from jobber or direct from publisher
Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge, Inc., Publishers, New York City
<5b< MOST POPULAR
CABINET ORGAN PIECES
'•
-
9HITBBI
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