Music Trade Review
Issue: 1925 Vol. 81 N. 20 - Page 9
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NOVEMBER 14,
THE
1925
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
Rudolph H. Schoeppe Piano Co. Holds
Formal Opening of New Chicago Store
Herma Menth, Angelus Artist, Appears in Recital Held at Opening—Marie Morrisey and Jack
Chapman's Orchestra Also Appear—Mehlin, Cable-Nelson and Haddorff Lines Carried
(CHICAGO, ILL., November 7.—The Rudolph
H. Schoeppe Piano Co. held the "grand"
opening of its beautiful new store last month
at 6319-21 South Ashland avenue with an elab-
orate program, which was attended by a num-
ber of the members of the local trade and about
a thousand friends and customers of Rudolph
H. Schoeppe, proprietor.
The special program for the occasion con-
sisted of a recital by Miss Herma Menth, cele-
brated pianist from Vienna, and Angelus artist,
who gave a comparison recital on the Angelus;
a number of songs rendered by Miss Marie
Morrisey, Brunswick artist and noted contralto
singer; and popular selections by Jack Chap-
man's Orchestra and a number of the music
publishers' representatives.
The new home of the Schoeppe Piano Co. is
one of the finest general neighborhood stores
in the city, carrying all lines of musical instru-
ments and embracing the latest ideas in ar-
rangement, fixtures and display. The main
floor, with the exception of the general offices,
is devoted entirely to the display of grands,
reproducing grands and player-pianos. The
mezzanine floor is divided into special private
rooms for the exhibition and demonstration of
radio, talking machines and musical merchan-
dise.
The company was founded by Mr. Schoeppe
twenty-seven years ago, in a small store at West
Sixty-third street near Ashland avenue. On
account of a continual growth in business every
year, the location was changed at various times
to accommodate the demands for additional
space. The present location is one of the larg-
Main Display Room
est stores on the south side and has been re-
modeled lately at a cost of about $20,000.
Mr. Schoeppe was born in Germany and came
to this country in 1893 to visit the World's
Fair held here. He comes from a musical family,
and immediately began his business career as
an orchestra leader, directing orchestras in some
of the leading theatres and developing an ex-
traordinary knowledge of music. A few years
later he engaged in the music business in En-
glewood, where he has become not only one
of the leading business men on the south side,
but also a leader of influence in social and
political circles.
The business from the beginning was built
on the merchandising principle of selling the
highest grade musical instruments at the most
moderate prices and terms. All lines handled
by the company have been selected with unusual
care and, until the present day, Mr. Schoeppe
supervises all purchases so that no instruments
are added without his personal examination and
authorization. The large stock and many lines
carried for all departments is emphasized in
the following list of manufactures the company
represents:
The Mehlin & Sons, Hallet & Davis, Conway,
Highest
Quality
Cable-Nelson, Bush & Gerts and Haddorff com-
prise the line of pianos. The phonograph and
radio departments carry Brunswick, Sonora,
Radiola, Zenith, Howard, Atwater Kent, Garod
and Grebe. The musical merchandise depart-
ment features Conn band instruments and saxo-
phones, Martin band instruments and saxo-
9
few weeks ago he announced that after sixty-
five years the firm would close its store per-
manently. Arrangements have been made with
one of the local banks for the collection of the
remaining moneys due. While the Ling store
was established by his father sixty-five years ago,
Mr. Ling has been active for forty-nine years.
Delaware Piano Go. Gets
Nordlund Go. Property
New Concern Takes Over Patents, Scales and
Other Property of Nordlund Grand Piano
Co., Chicago
CHICAGO, III., November 7.—Charles Houston,
president of the Delaware Piano Co., of Muncie,
Ind., states that his company has purchased
the scales, patents, inventory, presses and all
materials of the Nordlund Grand Piano Co., of
this city.
Gulbransen for Indian Chief
phones,
phones,
Ludwig
also Q
Grand Room
Buescher band instruments and saxo-
Pan-American, Harmony, Ludwig &
drums and supplies, Foster sheet music,
R S rolls.
Wurlitzer Go. Buys Site
for New Detroit Home
Secures Choice Location for Branch in That
City—Noted Ban joists Appear at Grinnell's—
Ling Piano House Quits Business
DETROIT, MICH., November 7.—An important an-
nouncement was- made last week to the effect
that the Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., now operating
a Detroit retail store in the Lincoln Building,
had purchased thirty feet of vacant property on
the west side of Broadway, between John R.
and Witherell streets, and would immediately
proceed to erect a building to be occupied solely
by the Detroit branch. The price paid for the
property was approximately at the rate of $7,000
per foot. It is one of the choicest locations in
the downtown section of Detroit, on a thor-
oughfare that is getting better for business all
the time, just a stone's throw from Grand Cir-
cus Park, close to two of the leading first-run
picture houses and in close proximity to at
least a half dozen other music stores in the
same section. William Sweeney, manager of
the Detroit branch of the Wurlitzer Co., says it
will be laid out to suit the increasing require-
ments of the business and will be absolutely
modern and up to date to the letter.
Detroit was recently visited by three of the
leading musicians of the country—Herb Wied-
oeft, Harry Reser and Frank Banta. While in
the city they gave a concert over one of the
leading radio broadcasting stations and were
special soloists one afternoon at a concert given
in the music room of Grinnell Bros., by special
arrangements with Percy Guest, manager of
Grinnell Bros, music department. A packed
audience greeted them at the concert. Mr.
Reser, in addition to his banjo recital, lectured
on the banjo as an instrument for home enter-
tainment.
The J. Henry Ling Piano House, for many
years located at 1266 Library avenue, Detroit,
has discontinued business entirely. Some years
ago J. Henry Ling, proprietor, stated that he
would give up doing a general retail business,
but would maintain an office for the collection
of outstanding accounts and kept several of his
old lines to accommodate his large clientele. A
The Ellas Marx Music Co., Sacramento, Cal.,
recently took occasion to run an attractive
advertisement to call attention to the fact that
Chief Silver Eagle of the Tuscarora Tribe has
purchased the Gulbransen White Horse model
player from that company.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions*
OUR
piano keys
piano ivory
piano actions
player actions
known near and far as
Pratt Read
Products
stand for
Quality and Service
in the piano industry.
PRATT, READ & CO.
Established in 1 8 0 6
The PRATT READ PLAYER ACTION CO.
Deep River, Conn.
Highest
Quality
NOVEMBER 14,
THE
1925
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
Rudolph H. Schoeppe Piano Co. Holds
Formal Opening of New Chicago Store
Herma Menth, Angelus Artist, Appears in Recital Held at Opening—Marie Morrisey and Jack
Chapman's Orchestra Also Appear—Mehlin, Cable-Nelson and Haddorff Lines Carried
(CHICAGO, ILL., November 7.—The Rudolph
H. Schoeppe Piano Co. held the "grand"
opening of its beautiful new store last month
at 6319-21 South Ashland avenue with an elab-
orate program, which was attended by a num-
ber of the members of the local trade and about
a thousand friends and customers of Rudolph
H. Schoeppe, proprietor.
The special program for the occasion con-
sisted of a recital by Miss Herma Menth, cele-
brated pianist from Vienna, and Angelus artist,
who gave a comparison recital on the Angelus;
a number of songs rendered by Miss Marie
Morrisey, Brunswick artist and noted contralto
singer; and popular selections by Jack Chap-
man's Orchestra and a number of the music
publishers' representatives.
The new home of the Schoeppe Piano Co. is
one of the finest general neighborhood stores
in the city, carrying all lines of musical instru-
ments and embracing the latest ideas in ar-
rangement, fixtures and display. The main
floor, with the exception of the general offices,
is devoted entirely to the display of grands,
reproducing grands and player-pianos. The
mezzanine floor is divided into special private
rooms for the exhibition and demonstration of
radio, talking machines and musical merchan-
dise.
The company was founded by Mr. Schoeppe
twenty-seven years ago, in a small store at West
Sixty-third street near Ashland avenue. On
account of a continual growth in business every
year, the location was changed at various times
to accommodate the demands for additional
space. The present location is one of the larg-
Main Display Room
est stores on the south side and has been re-
modeled lately at a cost of about $20,000.
Mr. Schoeppe was born in Germany and came
to this country in 1893 to visit the World's
Fair held here. He comes from a musical family,
and immediately began his business career as
an orchestra leader, directing orchestras in some
of the leading theatres and developing an ex-
traordinary knowledge of music. A few years
later he engaged in the music business in En-
glewood, where he has become not only one
of the leading business men on the south side,
but also a leader of influence in social and
political circles.
The business from the beginning was built
on the merchandising principle of selling the
highest grade musical instruments at the most
moderate prices and terms. All lines handled
by the company have been selected with unusual
care and, until the present day, Mr. Schoeppe
supervises all purchases so that no instruments
are added without his personal examination and
authorization. The large stock and many lines
carried for all departments is emphasized in
the following list of manufactures the company
represents:
The Mehlin & Sons, Hallet & Davis, Conway,
Highest
Quality
Cable-Nelson, Bush & Gerts and Haddorff com-
prise the line of pianos. The phonograph and
radio departments carry Brunswick, Sonora,
Radiola, Zenith, Howard, Atwater Kent, Garod
and Grebe. The musical merchandise depart-
ment features Conn band instruments and saxo-
phones, Martin band instruments and saxo-
9
few weeks ago he announced that after sixty-
five years the firm would close its store per-
manently. Arrangements have been made with
one of the local banks for the collection of the
remaining moneys due. While the Ling store
was established by his father sixty-five years ago,
Mr. Ling has been active for forty-nine years.
Delaware Piano Go. Gets
Nordlund Go. Property
New Concern Takes Over Patents, Scales and
Other Property of Nordlund Grand Piano
Co., Chicago
CHICAGO, III., November 7.—Charles Houston,
president of the Delaware Piano Co., of Muncie,
Ind., states that his company has purchased
the scales, patents, inventory, presses and all
materials of the Nordlund Grand Piano Co., of
this city.
Gulbransen for Indian Chief
phones,
phones,
Ludwig
also Q
Grand Room
Buescher band instruments and saxo-
Pan-American, Harmony, Ludwig &
drums and supplies, Foster sheet music,
R S rolls.
Wurlitzer Go. Buys Site
for New Detroit Home
Secures Choice Location for Branch in That
City—Noted Ban joists Appear at Grinnell's—
Ling Piano House Quits Business
DETROIT, MICH., November 7.—An important an-
nouncement was- made last week to the effect
that the Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., now operating
a Detroit retail store in the Lincoln Building,
had purchased thirty feet of vacant property on
the west side of Broadway, between John R.
and Witherell streets, and would immediately
proceed to erect a building to be occupied solely
by the Detroit branch. The price paid for the
property was approximately at the rate of $7,000
per foot. It is one of the choicest locations in
the downtown section of Detroit, on a thor-
oughfare that is getting better for business all
the time, just a stone's throw from Grand Cir-
cus Park, close to two of the leading first-run
picture houses and in close proximity to at
least a half dozen other music stores in the
same section. William Sweeney, manager of
the Detroit branch of the Wurlitzer Co., says it
will be laid out to suit the increasing require-
ments of the business and will be absolutely
modern and up to date to the letter.
Detroit was recently visited by three of the
leading musicians of the country—Herb Wied-
oeft, Harry Reser and Frank Banta. While in
the city they gave a concert over one of the
leading radio broadcasting stations and were
special soloists one afternoon at a concert given
in the music room of Grinnell Bros., by special
arrangements with Percy Guest, manager of
Grinnell Bros, music department. A packed
audience greeted them at the concert. Mr.
Reser, in addition to his banjo recital, lectured
on the banjo as an instrument for home enter-
tainment.
The J. Henry Ling Piano House, for many
years located at 1266 Library avenue, Detroit,
has discontinued business entirely. Some years
ago J. Henry Ling, proprietor, stated that he
would give up doing a general retail business,
but would maintain an office for the collection
of outstanding accounts and kept several of his
old lines to accommodate his large clientele. A
The Ellas Marx Music Co., Sacramento, Cal.,
recently took occasion to run an attractive
advertisement to call attention to the fact that
Chief Silver Eagle of the Tuscarora Tribe has
purchased the Gulbransen White Horse model
player from that company.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions*
OUR
piano keys
piano ivory
piano actions
player actions
known near and far as
Pratt Read
Products
stand for
Quality and Service
in the piano industry.
PRATT, READ & CO.
Established in 1 8 0 6
The PRATT READ PLAYER ACTION CO.
Deep River, Conn.
Highest
Quality
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