Music Trade Review
Issue: 1927 Vol. 84 N. 3 - Page 11
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JANUARY 15, 1927
The Music Trade Review
Additional Floor Being Added to the
F. A. North Building in Philadelphia
Additional Space Will Be Devoted to Executive and Accounting Offices—Standard Piano Co.
Reorganized—Hill Piano Co. Closes—Schiller for Herzberg & Son
PHILADELPHIA, l'A., January 10.—While
1020 Walnut street. While the Philadelphia
the trade is resting from the More active territory is a new field for Representative
business period of the holidays, there is at- Fredericks, it is not the first he has covered
tention given to the clearing of stocks in for the Knabe. Formerly he represented the
preparation for the current year's displays and company in various sections of the country.
sales. In summing up the business of the past
Florence J. Heppe Recovered
year, dealers are much gratified with the ac- Trade associates and friends of Florence J.
counting of the piano sales, which so far appear Heppe have been greatly pleased in the wel-
to outclass those of the preceding year, While comed news of his recovery from the recent
the early mouths of the year were not as en- severe illness and the prospects of his return
couraging as the later, there is shown by actual to his duties at the C. J. Heppe & Son Co.,
records that 1926 was a fair year and slightly 1117 Chestnut street. After two months' so-
in advance of 1925. In many stores inventory journ in the hospital he was able to leave for
is not completed, but is sufficiently advanced his home in time for the Christmas holidays
to indicate what may be expected when the and is now recuperating at his residence in the
accounting is completed.
Pelham district of Germantown.
Wholesalers report that the demand for
Death of Rudolph Fackler
string goods and brass instruments was on There passed from trade circles in the week
an average with that of 1925. Small goods Rudolph Fackler, who was one of the former
moved in fair volume, although there was not pioneer piano dealers of the Quaker City and
the activity that could be desired.
an uncle of Florence J. Heppe. Mr. Fackler
F. A. North Co. Enlarges Building
for many years was engaged in business as a
In order to provide for larger building quar- piano dealer, featuring the Heppe makes and
ters there is being added to the main store associated with the firm's staff in later years.
of the F. A. North Co., at 1306 Chestnut street, He retired from active association with the
an additional floor. Building operations were trade a few years ago. He was seventy-five
started this week and will be completed by years of age. His death resulted from pneu-
Maytime. The new floor will give a ninth monia and occurred in Collingswood, N. J.,
story, facing Chestnut street, to the structure, where he had been making his home since his
and will be devoted to the executive offices retirement.
and accounting department, while the space
G. C. Ramsdell to Visit New York
formerly reserved for this end of the business
A trip to the factory and headquarters of
will be given over to display purposes for the the New York "manufacturers of pianos and
Lester pianos and other instruments handled other musical merchandise handled in the local
by the firm.
store of Ramsdell & Son, 127 South Twelfth
street, will be made in the coming week by
Standard Piano Co. Reorganized
With the mid-January days there was added G. C. Ramsdell, head of the company. Mr.
to the Philadelphia piano trade another firm, Ramsdell will be accompanied by Mrs. Ramsdell
to be known as the Standard Piano Co., with and will make a tour of the plants of the
store at 1218 Girard avenue. While the present Laffargue and Milton Piano Cos. and the Dc
firm is an outgrowth of the former Standard Luxe Reproducing Roll manufacturers. The
I'iano Co., it will not have in its ranks the new year's supplies of instruments and acces-
same personnel that formerly controlled the sories will be purchased, as well as the plans
Standard Piano Co. of this city. The new for the business developments discussed with
concern will be a partnership between former those firms.
employes of the parent company. Those who
Schiller Line for Herzberg & Son
will conduct the business in the new interests
Having for more than fifty-three years been
are J. W. Truesdale, formerly associated with associated with the piano trade in the Quaker
the Standard Music Co., of Atlantic City, and City and within that period featured three of
E. R. Palmer, former associate of the Standard the well-known makes of high-grade instru-
Piano Co., of Bridgeton, N. J., both members ments, the firm of G. Herzberg & Son, 2042
having been for many years connected with the Chestnut street, will in the new year take over
former firms. With the opening of the new the retail distribution here for the Schiller
Standard Piano Co., of Philadelphia, at the pianos, manufactured by the Schiller Piano ( o.,
Girard avenue address, there also will be con- of Oregon, 111. The Herzberg Co. has been
ducted the business at Bridgeton. Mr. Trues- Philadelphia dealer for the Kranich & Bach
dale will look after the Quaker City headquar- for fifty-three years, the Mehlin pianos for
ters, while Mr. Palmer will take care of the thirty-seven years and the BrinkerholT for
Bridgeton branch store. There will be carried twentv-four vears.
a general line of instruments and the firm's
own make.
Hill Piano Co. to Close Its Doors
With the formation of the new Standard
Piano Co., the Hill Piano Co., which within
recent months has been conducting its store Director of Welfare and Safety Work Harry
at Ninth and Walnut streets, will close its
Newton Reports on Progress Made During
doors. The Hill Co. secured the store in late
the Past Year
Fall. It was conducted by Isadore Rosenfeld,
owner of the Standard Music Co., of Atlantic
Progress in the elimination of industrial ac-
City, and formerly head of the Quaker City cidents in the Kohler Industries, New York,
concern, the Standard Piano Co. Witli the was reported by Harry Newton, director of
retirement of Mr. Rosenfeld from the Phila- welfare and safety work in that organization,
delphia trade he will devote his entire time to when interviewed by The Review last week-
his Atlantic City concern, his Bridgeton store relative to results shown by his department
of the Standard Piano Co. having been taken during 1926. Mr. Newton, who is known to
over by the former employes.
the Kohler employes as "Doc" Newton, stated
The Philadelphia headquarters of the Knabe that every effort has been made during the
and Ampico welcomed during the week the new past year to force the workers to realize the
traveling representative for the Eastern ter- importance of safety work as applied to their
ritory when William S. Fredericks called on individual jobs. As a result, the number of
Manager David Jacobs at the Knabe warerooms, machine accidents has been reduced to a mini-
Accidents at Minimum
in the Kohler Plants
11
mum, the equipment being fitted with the latest
guards and safety appliances.
One or two unfortunate accidents were cited
by Mr. Newton to show the hazards resulting
to the individual from carelessness. "There is
no such thing as too much warning against
tampering with another man's machine," said
Mr. Newton, "and our foremen and superin-
tendents are now instructed to report such
violations and also to reprimand any workman
who leaves his machine in operation when go-
ing on an errand in another part of the factory.
We are able to eliminate the customary acci-
dents in the orderly conduct of manufacturing
operations, but we are not able to combat acts
of carelessness of this sort. We are, therefore,
doing all in our power to impress our employes
with the necessity of constant concentration
on accident prevention by means of the poster
campaign of the National Safety Council,
Chicago."
Mr. Newton cited two high spots in the past
year in which the Kohler Industries dis-
tinguished themselves in safety work. One was
the motion picture taken in the Brambach fac-
tory to demonstrate the proper operation of
modern woodworking machinery with "guards"
in place, etc. This picture was shown to groups
of workmen in all of the factories of the Kohler
Industries during the noon hours through a
period of a week or so. The other high spot
of the year took place last October, when Mr.
Newton was sent to Detroit by Kohler &
Campbell as a delegate to the annual confer-
ence of the National Safety Council. Mr. New-
ton submitted his yearly report to the Council,
m which he holds an official capacity, and de-
rived many valuable suggestions from the
addresses and papers read before that body.
Majewski Back From Europe
Roman de Majewski, of the wholesale de-
partment of Steinway & Sons, New York, is
expected to return to the eity on the
"S. S. Scythia," on Sunday, January 16, follow-
ing a two months' trip abroad. Mr. Majewski
has spent a good share of the time visiting
his former home in Warsaw and also called at
the European headquarters of Steinway & Sons,
in Hamburg, Germany.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review.
The Finest
The World's Leading
Automatic Piano
Considered by
Automatic Piano Dealers as
Containing the Most Highly
Developed Mechanical Con-
struction.
Write for Particulars to
Western Electric
Piano Company
429 W. Superior St.
CHICAGO
JANUARY 15, 1927
The Music Trade Review
Additional Floor Being Added to the
F. A. North Building in Philadelphia
Additional Space Will Be Devoted to Executive and Accounting Offices—Standard Piano Co.
Reorganized—Hill Piano Co. Closes—Schiller for Herzberg & Son
PHILADELPHIA, l'A., January 10.—While
1020 Walnut street. While the Philadelphia
the trade is resting from the More active territory is a new field for Representative
business period of the holidays, there is at- Fredericks, it is not the first he has covered
tention given to the clearing of stocks in for the Knabe. Formerly he represented the
preparation for the current year's displays and company in various sections of the country.
sales. In summing up the business of the past
Florence J. Heppe Recovered
year, dealers are much gratified with the ac- Trade associates and friends of Florence J.
counting of the piano sales, which so far appear Heppe have been greatly pleased in the wel-
to outclass those of the preceding year, While comed news of his recovery from the recent
the early mouths of the year were not as en- severe illness and the prospects of his return
couraging as the later, there is shown by actual to his duties at the C. J. Heppe & Son Co.,
records that 1926 was a fair year and slightly 1117 Chestnut street. After two months' so-
in advance of 1925. In many stores inventory journ in the hospital he was able to leave for
is not completed, but is sufficiently advanced his home in time for the Christmas holidays
to indicate what may be expected when the and is now recuperating at his residence in the
accounting is completed.
Pelham district of Germantown.
Wholesalers report that the demand for
Death of Rudolph Fackler
string goods and brass instruments was on There passed from trade circles in the week
an average with that of 1925. Small goods Rudolph Fackler, who was one of the former
moved in fair volume, although there was not pioneer piano dealers of the Quaker City and
the activity that could be desired.
an uncle of Florence J. Heppe. Mr. Fackler
F. A. North Co. Enlarges Building
for many years was engaged in business as a
In order to provide for larger building quar- piano dealer, featuring the Heppe makes and
ters there is being added to the main store associated with the firm's staff in later years.
of the F. A. North Co., at 1306 Chestnut street, He retired from active association with the
an additional floor. Building operations were trade a few years ago. He was seventy-five
started this week and will be completed by years of age. His death resulted from pneu-
Maytime. The new floor will give a ninth monia and occurred in Collingswood, N. J.,
story, facing Chestnut street, to the structure, where he had been making his home since his
and will be devoted to the executive offices retirement.
and accounting department, while the space
G. C. Ramsdell to Visit New York
formerly reserved for this end of the business
A trip to the factory and headquarters of
will be given over to display purposes for the the New York "manufacturers of pianos and
Lester pianos and other instruments handled other musical merchandise handled in the local
by the firm.
store of Ramsdell & Son, 127 South Twelfth
street, will be made in the coming week by
Standard Piano Co. Reorganized
With the mid-January days there was added G. C. Ramsdell, head of the company. Mr.
to the Philadelphia piano trade another firm, Ramsdell will be accompanied by Mrs. Ramsdell
to be known as the Standard Piano Co., with and will make a tour of the plants of the
store at 1218 Girard avenue. While the present Laffargue and Milton Piano Cos. and the Dc
firm is an outgrowth of the former Standard Luxe Reproducing Roll manufacturers. The
I'iano Co., it will not have in its ranks the new year's supplies of instruments and acces-
same personnel that formerly controlled the sories will be purchased, as well as the plans
Standard Piano Co. of this city. The new for the business developments discussed with
concern will be a partnership between former those firms.
employes of the parent company. Those who
Schiller Line for Herzberg & Son
will conduct the business in the new interests
Having for more than fifty-three years been
are J. W. Truesdale, formerly associated with associated with the piano trade in the Quaker
the Standard Music Co., of Atlantic City, and City and within that period featured three of
E. R. Palmer, former associate of the Standard the well-known makes of high-grade instru-
Piano Co., of Bridgeton, N. J., both members ments, the firm of G. Herzberg & Son, 2042
having been for many years connected with the Chestnut street, will in the new year take over
former firms. With the opening of the new the retail distribution here for the Schiller
Standard Piano Co., of Philadelphia, at the pianos, manufactured by the Schiller Piano ( o.,
Girard avenue address, there also will be con- of Oregon, 111. The Herzberg Co. has been
ducted the business at Bridgeton. Mr. Trues- Philadelphia dealer for the Kranich & Bach
dale will look after the Quaker City headquar- for fifty-three years, the Mehlin pianos for
ters, while Mr. Palmer will take care of the thirty-seven years and the BrinkerholT for
Bridgeton branch store. There will be carried twentv-four vears.
a general line of instruments and the firm's
own make.
Hill Piano Co. to Close Its Doors
With the formation of the new Standard
Piano Co., the Hill Piano Co., which within
recent months has been conducting its store Director of Welfare and Safety Work Harry
at Ninth and Walnut streets, will close its
Newton Reports on Progress Made During
doors. The Hill Co. secured the store in late
the Past Year
Fall. It was conducted by Isadore Rosenfeld,
owner of the Standard Music Co., of Atlantic
Progress in the elimination of industrial ac-
City, and formerly head of the Quaker City cidents in the Kohler Industries, New York,
concern, the Standard Piano Co. Witli the was reported by Harry Newton, director of
retirement of Mr. Rosenfeld from the Phila- welfare and safety work in that organization,
delphia trade he will devote his entire time to when interviewed by The Review last week-
his Atlantic City concern, his Bridgeton store relative to results shown by his department
of the Standard Piano Co. having been taken during 1926. Mr. Newton, who is known to
over by the former employes.
the Kohler employes as "Doc" Newton, stated
The Philadelphia headquarters of the Knabe that every effort has been made during the
and Ampico welcomed during the week the new past year to force the workers to realize the
traveling representative for the Eastern ter- importance of safety work as applied to their
ritory when William S. Fredericks called on individual jobs. As a result, the number of
Manager David Jacobs at the Knabe warerooms, machine accidents has been reduced to a mini-
Accidents at Minimum
in the Kohler Plants
11
mum, the equipment being fitted with the latest
guards and safety appliances.
One or two unfortunate accidents were cited
by Mr. Newton to show the hazards resulting
to the individual from carelessness. "There is
no such thing as too much warning against
tampering with another man's machine," said
Mr. Newton, "and our foremen and superin-
tendents are now instructed to report such
violations and also to reprimand any workman
who leaves his machine in operation when go-
ing on an errand in another part of the factory.
We are able to eliminate the customary acci-
dents in the orderly conduct of manufacturing
operations, but we are not able to combat acts
of carelessness of this sort. We are, therefore,
doing all in our power to impress our employes
with the necessity of constant concentration
on accident prevention by means of the poster
campaign of the National Safety Council,
Chicago."
Mr. Newton cited two high spots in the past
year in which the Kohler Industries dis-
tinguished themselves in safety work. One was
the motion picture taken in the Brambach fac-
tory to demonstrate the proper operation of
modern woodworking machinery with "guards"
in place, etc. This picture was shown to groups
of workmen in all of the factories of the Kohler
Industries during the noon hours through a
period of a week or so. The other high spot
of the year took place last October, when Mr.
Newton was sent to Detroit by Kohler &
Campbell as a delegate to the annual confer-
ence of the National Safety Council. Mr. New-
ton submitted his yearly report to the Council,
m which he holds an official capacity, and de-
rived many valuable suggestions from the
addresses and papers read before that body.
Majewski Back From Europe
Roman de Majewski, of the wholesale de-
partment of Steinway & Sons, New York, is
expected to return to the eity on the
"S. S. Scythia," on Sunday, January 16, follow-
ing a two months' trip abroad. Mr. Majewski
has spent a good share of the time visiting
his former home in Warsaw and also called at
the European headquarters of Steinway & Sons,
in Hamburg, Germany.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review.
The Finest
The World's Leading
Automatic Piano
Considered by
Automatic Piano Dealers as
Containing the Most Highly
Developed Mechanical Con-
struction.
Write for Particulars to
Western Electric
Piano Company
429 W. Superior St.
CHICAGO
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