Music Trade Review
Issue: 1927 Vol. 85 N. 10 - Page 11
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The Music Trade Review
SEPTEMBER 3, 1927
Plans for Piano Playing Contest Are
Indefinitely Postponed by St. Louis
No Likelihood of Event Being Held in That City During This Fall—Third Annual
St. Louis Radio Show to Be Held During Week of September 19
C T . LOUIS, August 28.—Decision to post-
pone indefinitely any action on the proposal
to hold a piano-playing contest in St. Louis this
Fall was reached at a meeting of the piano and
other music dealers of the city this week. Fail-
ure of certain anticipated plans to materialize
was given as the cause of the decision to defer
action on the contest.
The action of the dealers, which came as a
thunderbolt, was taken at a conference called
for the purpose of completing final details of
the contest. George Kane, secretary of the
Miessner Institute of Milwaukee, and repre-
sentative of the Post-Dispatch, the city's
largest daily newspaper, attended the meeting.
The decision of the dealers, it was said, defi-
nitely removes the likelihood of a contest being
conducted in St. Louis this Fall. While the
door was left open for future negotiations, it
was added that the possibility of any such ac-
tion was remote.
The dealers' decision came at a time when
it seemed definitely assured that a contest
would be held in the city. Plans for the con-
test were initiated immediately after the Chi-
cago Convention and advanced consistently un-
til this week.
The indefinite postponement of the contest
constituted the principal topic of conversation
among the dealers of the city, with opinion as
to its ultimate effects sharply divided.
With the contest out of the way, dealers in
the city began laying plans for other means
tor promoting their products. At the same time
interest was centered upon the twentieth an-
nual convention of the National Association of
Organists, which was held in the city during
the week, in an effort to ascertain its effect in
creating a greater interest in music. More than
100 prominent organists from all parts of the
world attended the meeting, which was held at
the Chase Hotel.
Following a welcome by Acting Mayor Wal-
ter Neun, dean of the local chapter, to the
Organists Association, a series of concert
recitals were given at Graham Memorial Chapel,
Washington University and Christ Church
Cathedral. A feature of the meeting .was the
announcement that Edward H. Pierce, of
Auburn, N. Y., was awarded the Diapason
Prize for the best article of the year on the
use of organs in the church.
Other features of the convention were the
various recitals given throughout the city by
the organists, a meeting with the organ build-
ers, and a dinner at the Hotel Chase on the
ciosing night of the meeting.
Plans also are being formulated in the city
for the third annual radio show and radio deal-
ers' trade convention, under the auspices of the
St. Louis Radio Trades Association, which will
be held in the Coliseum here the week of Sep-
tember 19. Virtually all space in the show has
been taken by leading radio manufacturers,
who will display the latest in radio sets, equip-
ment and cabinets.
One of the features of the show will be a
large plate-glass studio which will be installed
in the Coliseum at an elevation which will per-
mit crowds to see the announcers and artists
before the microphone. Among the announcers
who will be here for the convention will be
Graham McNamee, while the management is
arranging for an elaborate program of enter-
tainment.
Fuhri on Vacation
W. C. Fuhri, vice-president and general sales
manager of Columbia Phonograph Co., is on
his first vacation in eight years. Mr. Fuhri
tried to keep it dark, having always found busi-
ness more fun than any vacation, but the news
leaked out. Accompanied by his son, George,
of the St. Louis branch of the company, he is
motoring from New York to Montreal, via the
Adirondacks, and back through New England.
Opens Eleventh Store
BROCKTON, MASS., August 28.—The United Mu-
sic Co. added the eleventh link to its chain of
music stores with t h e opening of a branch in
You Will Be Interested
in Ludwig Period Qrands
11
Fall River, Mass., at 394 South Main street.
The store, which will handle Hardman, Peck
& Co., Gulbransen and" Cable-Nelson pianos,,
and Victor Orthophonics, "will be under the'
management of Nathan Feldman. On August
3\ all the stores of the chain will be closed for
a general sales conference which will be held
at the Hotel Biltmore, Providence.
Business Is Incorporated
H. E. Lindenberger and M. O. Smith, who
have been conducting a piano and radio busi-
ness at 86 East Main street, Patchogue, L. I.,
for a considerable period on a partnership basis,
have incorporated the business with a capital
stock of $25,000.
The McDougall-Frcihcit Music Co., Portland,
Ore., has been incorporated with a capital stock
of $20,000. The officers of the company are W.
A. McDougall, A. C. Freiheit, Jesse M. Mc-
Dougall and Helen Freiheit.
Now is the Time
This is the most opportune time to
interest your customers in buying a
Winter Piano and Player Piano and
here is the desirable and surprising
combination of sales and profit ad-
vantages offered every dealer han-
dling the Winter Prosperity Line.
First:
A variety of models that
meet every individual preference
and price range requirement.
Second: Superlative tone qualities
which alone make the line dis-
tinctive.
Third: Appealing case beauty. An
ever impressive quality of work-
manship through and through.
Every Winter Piano and Player
Piano is a precision instrument
built by Winter & Co. to give a
permanently high-grade and sat-
isfactory service.
Write for our dealers' plan and
sales proposition
L
UDWIG Period Grands have won
unstinted praise from dealers and
music lovers alike. The famed Ludwig
tone finds a fitting complement in case
work of surpassing beauty.
True to
period, expressive of the highest skill of
Ludwig Grand
cabinet craftsmen,
Ludwig Period
Style S
Grands carry an ever-inspiring message
to both eye and ear. You'll be interested
in these grands because your customers will be even more in-
terested. To show a Ludwig Period Grand is to create in the
mind ot your prospect an unforgettable impression.
Makers of Rudolf and Hclicr & C
;ws and Player Pmnos
863 East 141st Street
NEW YORK
-VJTINO
Ludwig & Co*
fe!S5
Willow Ave. and 136th Street
New York
Style "D"—4 ft. 1 in. high
The Music Trade Review
SEPTEMBER 3, 1927
Plans for Piano Playing Contest Are
Indefinitely Postponed by St. Louis
No Likelihood of Event Being Held in That City During This Fall—Third Annual
St. Louis Radio Show to Be Held During Week of September 19
C T . LOUIS, August 28.—Decision to post-
pone indefinitely any action on the proposal
to hold a piano-playing contest in St. Louis this
Fall was reached at a meeting of the piano and
other music dealers of the city this week. Fail-
ure of certain anticipated plans to materialize
was given as the cause of the decision to defer
action on the contest.
The action of the dealers, which came as a
thunderbolt, was taken at a conference called
for the purpose of completing final details of
the contest. George Kane, secretary of the
Miessner Institute of Milwaukee, and repre-
sentative of the Post-Dispatch, the city's
largest daily newspaper, attended the meeting.
The decision of the dealers, it was said, defi-
nitely removes the likelihood of a contest being
conducted in St. Louis this Fall. While the
door was left open for future negotiations, it
was added that the possibility of any such ac-
tion was remote.
The dealers' decision came at a time when
it seemed definitely assured that a contest
would be held in the city. Plans for the con-
test were initiated immediately after the Chi-
cago Convention and advanced consistently un-
til this week.
The indefinite postponement of the contest
constituted the principal topic of conversation
among the dealers of the city, with opinion as
to its ultimate effects sharply divided.
With the contest out of the way, dealers in
the city began laying plans for other means
tor promoting their products. At the same time
interest was centered upon the twentieth an-
nual convention of the National Association of
Organists, which was held in the city during
the week, in an effort to ascertain its effect in
creating a greater interest in music. More than
100 prominent organists from all parts of the
world attended the meeting, which was held at
the Chase Hotel.
Following a welcome by Acting Mayor Wal-
ter Neun, dean of the local chapter, to the
Organists Association, a series of concert
recitals were given at Graham Memorial Chapel,
Washington University and Christ Church
Cathedral. A feature of the meeting .was the
announcement that Edward H. Pierce, of
Auburn, N. Y., was awarded the Diapason
Prize for the best article of the year on the
use of organs in the church.
Other features of the convention were the
various recitals given throughout the city by
the organists, a meeting with the organ build-
ers, and a dinner at the Hotel Chase on the
ciosing night of the meeting.
Plans also are being formulated in the city
for the third annual radio show and radio deal-
ers' trade convention, under the auspices of the
St. Louis Radio Trades Association, which will
be held in the Coliseum here the week of Sep-
tember 19. Virtually all space in the show has
been taken by leading radio manufacturers,
who will display the latest in radio sets, equip-
ment and cabinets.
One of the features of the show will be a
large plate-glass studio which will be installed
in the Coliseum at an elevation which will per-
mit crowds to see the announcers and artists
before the microphone. Among the announcers
who will be here for the convention will be
Graham McNamee, while the management is
arranging for an elaborate program of enter-
tainment.
Fuhri on Vacation
W. C. Fuhri, vice-president and general sales
manager of Columbia Phonograph Co., is on
his first vacation in eight years. Mr. Fuhri
tried to keep it dark, having always found busi-
ness more fun than any vacation, but the news
leaked out. Accompanied by his son, George,
of the St. Louis branch of the company, he is
motoring from New York to Montreal, via the
Adirondacks, and back through New England.
Opens Eleventh Store
BROCKTON, MASS., August 28.—The United Mu-
sic Co. added the eleventh link to its chain of
music stores with t h e opening of a branch in
You Will Be Interested
in Ludwig Period Qrands
11
Fall River, Mass., at 394 South Main street.
The store, which will handle Hardman, Peck
& Co., Gulbransen and" Cable-Nelson pianos,,
and Victor Orthophonics, "will be under the'
management of Nathan Feldman. On August
3\ all the stores of the chain will be closed for
a general sales conference which will be held
at the Hotel Biltmore, Providence.
Business Is Incorporated
H. E. Lindenberger and M. O. Smith, who
have been conducting a piano and radio busi-
ness at 86 East Main street, Patchogue, L. I.,
for a considerable period on a partnership basis,
have incorporated the business with a capital
stock of $25,000.
The McDougall-Frcihcit Music Co., Portland,
Ore., has been incorporated with a capital stock
of $20,000. The officers of the company are W.
A. McDougall, A. C. Freiheit, Jesse M. Mc-
Dougall and Helen Freiheit.
Now is the Time
This is the most opportune time to
interest your customers in buying a
Winter Piano and Player Piano and
here is the desirable and surprising
combination of sales and profit ad-
vantages offered every dealer han-
dling the Winter Prosperity Line.
First:
A variety of models that
meet every individual preference
and price range requirement.
Second: Superlative tone qualities
which alone make the line dis-
tinctive.
Third: Appealing case beauty. An
ever impressive quality of work-
manship through and through.
Every Winter Piano and Player
Piano is a precision instrument
built by Winter & Co. to give a
permanently high-grade and sat-
isfactory service.
Write for our dealers' plan and
sales proposition
L
UDWIG Period Grands have won
unstinted praise from dealers and
music lovers alike. The famed Ludwig
tone finds a fitting complement in case
work of surpassing beauty.
True to
period, expressive of the highest skill of
Ludwig Grand
cabinet craftsmen,
Ludwig Period
Style S
Grands carry an ever-inspiring message
to both eye and ear. You'll be interested
in these grands because your customers will be even more in-
terested. To show a Ludwig Period Grand is to create in the
mind ot your prospect an unforgettable impression.
Makers of Rudolf and Hclicr & C
;ws and Player Pmnos
863 East 141st Street
NEW YORK
-VJTINO
Ludwig & Co*
fe!S5
Willow Ave. and 136th Street
New York
Style "D"—4 ft. 1 in. high
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