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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
First Year of New Ghickering Hall Is
Marked With Real Artistic Achievement
148 Concerts Given in the Intimate Recital Hall in This Building During the Past Musical Season
With a Number of Leading Artists Taking Part Therein
' I *HE wisdom of Chickering & Sons in includ-
ing in the new Chickering Hall on Fifty-
seventh street, New York, the Chickering Music
Salon has been amply substantiated during the
musical season recently closed and the first dur-
ing which the new salon was in use. From
October with an initial series of three notable
concerts, in which appeared Josef Lhevinne, the
Lenox String Quartet, Dorothy Moulton, Leo
Sowerby, Ruth Rodgers, Hans Kindler, Helen
Davis, Victor Young and Vincent Lopez and
his orchestra, several prominent musical orgaji-
JULY 11, 1925
New Orleans Retail
Salesmen Organize
New Association in That City Is Headed by
Howard Hill, Other Officers Including H. W.
Coutourie, Jr., and H. C. Martin
NEW ORLEANS, LA., July 6.—Musical instrument
salesmen of this territory have formed an asso-
ciation. Officers chosen are Howard Hill, of
the music department of D. H. Holmes & Co.,
Ltd., president; H. W. Coutourie, Jr., of \he
Junius Hart Piano House, vice-president; and
H. C. Martin, of the Hart Piano House, secre-
tary-treasurer. Directors are W. P. Brickell,
of Philip Werlein, Ltd., Music Store; R. Frank
Byrne, of Grunewald's; H. N. Crozat, of Dwy-
er's, and W. R. Sibley, of Collins' Music Store.
The degree of interest shown in the organiza-
tion in the trade indicates, charter members
say, the remainder of the year will show a big
increase in membership.
McDowell & Castator Co.
Headquarters in Enid
Oklahoma Concern Establishes Executive Of-
fices in That City, Where New Store Was
Opened Recently—Carries an Excellent Line
ENID, OKLA., July 3.—The McDowell & Castator
Music Co. of this city announces that, effective
July 6, the company's general offices will be
maintained at 110 South Independence avenue,
Enid.
Frank Castator will be in direct charge of the
new Enid store recently opened by the com-
pany, and John Cantrell, formerly of the Can-
trell & North Music Co. of Enid, has joined
the concern as sales manager. H. R. GHdden,
who has been connected with the company at
its Ponca City office, will be transferred to the
Enid store.
The McDowell & Castator Co. carries an in-
teresting line of instruments, including the
Knabe and Franklin with the Ampico, A. B.
Chase, Straube, Premier, Starr, Strohber and
other makes of pianos and players, as well as
talking machines, musical merchandise, sheet
music, etc.
Recital Hall in the New Chickering Hall, New York
October until late this Spring there were given izations in New York being represented on the
in the salon. 148 concerts, many of them of a committee in charge of the initial events.
distinctly notable character. They included two
In every respect the new Chickering Music
recitals of romantic music by Germaine Schnit- Salon has met a definite want in New York's
zer; an opera lecture by Clarence Gustlin, un- music life and it is probable that in the future
Fred Gardner's Temple of Music, located at
der the auspices of the American Federation of many other artists and organizations will take 379 Essex street, Lawrence, Mass., was se-
Music Clubs; a lecture on quarter-tone music, advantage of the opportunity for using an audi- riously damaged by smoke and water in a re-
by E. Roberts Schmitz, and the Franco-Amer- torium so desirable for recitals and musicales cent fire. A large piano stock, including Stein-
ican Music Society; a reception to Marguerite of the intimate type.
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way, Gulbransen, Hardman and Janssen pianos,
Sylva; a recital by Coenraed V. Bos, and Pen-
was partially destroyed but was protected by
elope Davies; a series of educational concerts
insurance.
on the music of all nations, by Hans Barth, and
many other events of similar calibre.
ALMA, MICH., July 3.—C. Durkee has leased
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The significant fact is that the Chickering the Baker Building on Superior street, and will The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
Music Salon has, during its first season, become open an up-to-date music store there.
free of charge for men who desire positions.
established as a music center and the prelimi-
nary bookings for next season hold promise of
a great number of important functions, among
them recitals by artists of international reputa j
A COMPLETE LINE
tion.
The Chickering Music Salon was incorporated
in Chickering Hall to meet a recognized de-
mand for a small concert hall in New York and
was built and equipped primarily with the com-
fort of the members of its audiences in mind.
The hall has a seating capacity of close to 200,
and the auditorium is equipped with individual
upholstered arm chairs in the Louis XIV style.
The walls are decorated in delicate tints, rose
draperies grace the doorways, and two painted
panels, one at each side of the stage, lend a de-
Factories—New York and
sirable touch of color. The rear wall is hidden
L'eotninster
by a handsome and valuable tapestry. Through-
out the salon simple elegance is the rule.
Divisions — Bradbury Pianos
The salon is equipped with the necessary
Webster Piano Co
post-recital reception room, finished in Spanish
style, and a comfortable apartment for the use
of the artists together with the office of the
salon director. It was formally opened last
Fire Damages Music Store
New Store in Alma, Mich.
Grands, Uprights, Player Pianos
Reproducing
Pianos