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BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND
John H. Wilson, Representative, 324 Washington St., Boston, Mass.
B
OSTON, MASS., November 30.—A cam-
paign for the boosting of New England
products is about to be launched from
Washington. It will be a "flying trip" of six di-
v'sional chiefs of the Department of Commerce
who will shoot into New England cities be-
tween December 3 and December 10. Local
chambers of commerce are co-operating with
the department in making plans for meetings
between local business men and the visiting di-
visional chiefs. Those locally who will be
drawn into the conferences are manufacturers,
bankers and business men generally. And why
may not the piano business benefit in the long
run from this "flying trip"? Any desired in-
formation, it is stated, may be had from the
district office of the bureau of foreign and do-
mestic commerce, room 801 Custom House
tower, Boston.
Seeks More Association Members
Secretary Billy Merrill, of the New England
Music Trade Association, just now is engaged
in the laudable task of revising the member-
ship list of the organization and he presently
will send to each member a folder giving a his-
tory of the Association, what it stands for, and
other desired information, together with the
member's own name and address and enquiring
if that is correct, the letter winding up with an
appeal for more members and a word of in-
struction as to how to go about increasing the
roster. A laudable undertaking, this. It is a
happy fact to chronicle that only a half-dozen
or so of the members are in arrears in their
dues and these obligations will, no doubt, be
shortly discharged.
Ivers & Pond Grands for Elks' Club
In the new Elks' Club house, in Tremont
street, in the heart of the theatre district, there
now repose two magnificent Ivers & Pond
grands which were selected by the committee
on furnishings against a number of competing
piano houses. One of these grands is in the
big reception room of the club and the other is
in the lounge. This makes the second club
house to have lately been furnished with Ivers
& Pond instruments, the other lately mentioned,
having been the new University Club.
Oldest Ditson Employe Drops Dead
Charles Briggs Donovan, the oldest employe
of the Oliver Ditson Co., dropped dead at his
work a few days ago, having been in the em-
ploy of the company fifty-six years. Mr.
Donovan, who was in his seventy-second year,
had been in his usual good health most of the
day, but just before closing hour he fell to tlu
floor, dying almost instantly of a hemorrhage.
In his earlier years he was with C. H. Ditson
Co. in New York, remaining there for ten years,
then coming to Boston where he had been with
this'house the remainder of his life. Mr. Dono-
van lived in West Roxbury and is survived by
his wife, a son and a daughter. At the Boston
warerooms he was in charge of the stock de-
partment.
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A Baldwin piano gave a good account of itself
last evening in Symphony Hall when Louis Cor-
nell played in conjunction with Madame Maria
Kurenko, singer, the two giving a joint recital.
To-night a Baldwin will be used at a recital in
Memorial Hall, Melrose, when Elmer Wilson
will be the soloist.
Doing Well With Cable-Nelson
W. W. Radcliffe, local representative for the
Cable-Nelson line, was down in Connecticut last
week and this week he is in Northern Massa-
chusetts, Lowell in particular, where he is help-
ing to stage a big sale. It looks as though
Rad's 1926 business is going to make a highly
creditable showing.
New Steinert Quarters in Brockton
The Brockton warerooms of M. Steinert &
Sons have got pleasantly located in new quar-
ters in Main street right in the centre of the
business section. This Brockton store, which is
under the management of "Pop" Signor, was
located at the old stand for more than twenty
years.
E. D. Couts, of the Sonora Co., is a visitor in
Boston making his headquarters with J. H.
Burke & Co. in Columbus avenue.
Cotter Co. Moves Upstairs
The sixth floor of the Walker building, at 120
Boylston street, is now the headquarters of the
John L. Cotter Piano Co., lately on the fifth
floor of the same building.
Stieff Grands for Theatre
Two Stieff pianos have recently been in-
stalled in the new University Theatre in Har-
vard Square, Cambridge. One Stieff grand is in
the theatre pit for orchestral use, the other, a
Stieff Welte Mignon (Licensee), is in the lobby
of the house.
Nikolai Orloff, the Russian pianist, is to ap-
pear here at Jordan hall on the evening of De-
cember 7 when he will use a Knabe grand fur-
nished by the C. C. Harvey Company.
Steinway Conceit Grand Is Placed
in the Louisiana State University
Gxunewald Co., New Orleans Representative for Steinway Piano, Places Instrument in Above
Institution, One of the Leading of the South
ORLEANS, LA., November 27.—The
N EW
L. Grunewald Co., Steinway representative of
the students. The University is one of the most
prominent in this section of the South and the
this city, recently installed in the Department of accompanying illustration shows the building
Music at the Louisiana State University a housing the music department with a group of
Steinway concert grand piano for the use of students gathered on the steps.
Opens New Store in Akron
AKRON, O., December 1.—Howson's Music Store
has been opened at 24 West Bowery street,
with Mrs. V. J. Howson as proprietress. This
store has taken on the Holton line of band
instruments and is making a specialty of cater-
ing to bands and orchestras in the greater
Akron territory.
The store also represents the Deagan Xylo-
phones and song bells, band and orchestra
drummers' equipment.
L^UTEH
NEWARK, N. J.
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