Music Trade Review
Issue: 1927 Vol. 85 N. 10 - Page 4
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The Music Trade Review
Investigates Opportunities for Piano-
Playing Contest on Northwest Coast
President Shirley Walker, of Northern California Association, on Trip Through That
Territory—Okeh Opens Distributing Offices in San Francisco
FRANCISCO, CAL., August 25.—Shirley
S AN
Walker, president of the Music Trades Asso-
ciation of Northern California, is leaving on
Saturday to make a tour of the northwest
branches of Sherman, Clay & Co. in Portland,
Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane. While visiting
the stores of the company he will hold in-
formal meetings with the idea of discovering
the probability of holding piano-playing con-
tests in the various cities. From' Spokane, Mr.
Walker will leave for Cleveland, O., to attend
on September 10 and 11 the meeting of the
Board of Control and of the Executive Board
of the National Association of Music Mer-
chants of which Mr. Walker is a director.
Trade Much Interested in Piano-Playing
Contest
Melody Way is receiving very serious con-
sideration from the trade on the Pacific Coast,
stated James J. Black of the Wiley B. Allen Co.
He said this in conjunction with the statement
that the music merchants of San Diego, Cal.,
are putting on a Melody Way contest. The
Wiley B. Allen Co. has a branch store in San
Diego which is participating in putting on the
contest. Speaking of piano-playing contests
generally, Mr. Black declared that the Western
Music Trades Association as a whole is inter-
ested in any plans that will promote piano play-
ing and stimulate the taking of piano lessons by
children.
Makes Application for Commodity Rates
Frank Bates, traffic expert for Sherman, Clay
& Co., has made application to the West-bound
conference for commodity rates on shipments
of band instruments and musical instrument
cases, west bound via the Panama Canal. The
rates have recently been raised by the steam-
ship companies on, a number of articles of mer-
chandise coming to the Coast via the Canal.
Radio Show Draws Large Crowds
The Pacific Radio Show, which opened last
Saturday and closes with the end of this week,
is drawing large crowds to the Civic Audi-
torium. The show is held under the auspices of
the Pacific Radio Trade Association and all
the broadcasting studios in the Bay region are
assisting in the concert work, which is a fea-
ture of the show. About 300 artists will have
been heard before the end of the week. They
broadcast from a studio on the stage, in full
view of the public. There has been much in-
terest in the new models and in the beauty of
the new cabinets.
Okeh Opens Distributing Offices
The Okeh Phonograph Corp. has opened dis-
tributing offices in San Francisco and also in
Los Angeles, the better to serve the California
trade. Bill Ockenden, former manager of the
Columbia Phonograph Co.'s distributing offices
in Kansas City, is to be in charge. He was for-
merly connected with the Columbia sales staff
in California and is well known here. L. D.
Heater, veteran jobbing merchant of the West,
will continue to distribute Okeh records for
Oregon and Washington. The San Francisco
offices are at 239 Bryant street, where the Co-
iumbia Phonograph Co. is located.
Cornelius Harmann, of Galveston, Texas, won
the prize as the best saxophone player at the
contest held, August 20 and 21, by the Gerber
Silver Saxophone Band at Gerber. The winner
in the saxophone playing Marathon was Al Ger-
main, of Gerber.
SEPTEMBER 3, 1927
Friedman in Australia
Ignaz Friedman, ranking among the major
pianists of the age, has just completed a most
successful Australian tour, under the associate
sponsorship of Columbia Phonograph Co., for
whom he records exclusively. Throughout his
concert appearances in Melbourne, Sydney,
Adelaide and Brisbane, Friedman was stormed
by photographers and invitations to luncheon
and dinner from the chief musicians of the an-
tipodal continent, lionizing an artist and laud-
ing a friend—for Friedman is most affable and
approachable. Columbia's September record
release contains a new Friedman coupling,
Chopin's mazurka in D Major and Moskowski's
serenata, stressing the bell-like clarity and res-
onance of tone for which this artist is famous.
Opens New Store
HELENA, MONT., August 26.—The Sherman
Music Co., Inc., successor to the Curtain Music
House, has opened in its new quarters at 310
North Main street. Under the management of
E. H. Sherman, the company has made rapid
growth and has outgrown its former location
on Sixth avenue. The store handles Steinway,
Baldwin, Sohmer and Milton pianos as well as
the Steinway Duo-Art, phonographs and radio.
Canton Radio Show
CANTON, O., August 28.—Ninety percent of the
exhibit space at the annual Canton Radio Show
to be held in the city auditorium here Septem-
ber 12 and 14 has been reserved by Canton
radio merchants and music stores, according to
H. B. Fisher, manager of the show this year.
Fisher said this week the remaining few booths
will be available to manufacturers.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
Tho Review.
The Cabinet You Have Been Waiting For
Just the Thing to Help Close a Doubtful Sale
A Fine Cabinet to Help Boost Your Sales
It's Just a Natural Sales Leader
Advertise these cabinets in your newspapers. They will
bring customers into your store. Newspaper mats will be
furnished on request.
Order some of these cabinets and be convinced of their
true merits as sales getters.
No. 10
Height, 35*/2 inches; width, 18 inches; depth, 14 inches.
This is a full sized cabinet with a capacity for 70
player >rolls; n^t a miniature.
Capital Furniture Manufacturing Company
NOBLESVILLE, INDIANA
The Music Trade Review
Investigates Opportunities for Piano-
Playing Contest on Northwest Coast
President Shirley Walker, of Northern California Association, on Trip Through That
Territory—Okeh Opens Distributing Offices in San Francisco
FRANCISCO, CAL., August 25.—Shirley
S AN
Walker, president of the Music Trades Asso-
ciation of Northern California, is leaving on
Saturday to make a tour of the northwest
branches of Sherman, Clay & Co. in Portland,
Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane. While visiting
the stores of the company he will hold in-
formal meetings with the idea of discovering
the probability of holding piano-playing con-
tests in the various cities. From' Spokane, Mr.
Walker will leave for Cleveland, O., to attend
on September 10 and 11 the meeting of the
Board of Control and of the Executive Board
of the National Association of Music Mer-
chants of which Mr. Walker is a director.
Trade Much Interested in Piano-Playing
Contest
Melody Way is receiving very serious con-
sideration from the trade on the Pacific Coast,
stated James J. Black of the Wiley B. Allen Co.
He said this in conjunction with the statement
that the music merchants of San Diego, Cal.,
are putting on a Melody Way contest. The
Wiley B. Allen Co. has a branch store in San
Diego which is participating in putting on the
contest. Speaking of piano-playing contests
generally, Mr. Black declared that the Western
Music Trades Association as a whole is inter-
ested in any plans that will promote piano play-
ing and stimulate the taking of piano lessons by
children.
Makes Application for Commodity Rates
Frank Bates, traffic expert for Sherman, Clay
& Co., has made application to the West-bound
conference for commodity rates on shipments
of band instruments and musical instrument
cases, west bound via the Panama Canal. The
rates have recently been raised by the steam-
ship companies on, a number of articles of mer-
chandise coming to the Coast via the Canal.
Radio Show Draws Large Crowds
The Pacific Radio Show, which opened last
Saturday and closes with the end of this week,
is drawing large crowds to the Civic Audi-
torium. The show is held under the auspices of
the Pacific Radio Trade Association and all
the broadcasting studios in the Bay region are
assisting in the concert work, which is a fea-
ture of the show. About 300 artists will have
been heard before the end of the week. They
broadcast from a studio on the stage, in full
view of the public. There has been much in-
terest in the new models and in the beauty of
the new cabinets.
Okeh Opens Distributing Offices
The Okeh Phonograph Corp. has opened dis-
tributing offices in San Francisco and also in
Los Angeles, the better to serve the California
trade. Bill Ockenden, former manager of the
Columbia Phonograph Co.'s distributing offices
in Kansas City, is to be in charge. He was for-
merly connected with the Columbia sales staff
in California and is well known here. L. D.
Heater, veteran jobbing merchant of the West,
will continue to distribute Okeh records for
Oregon and Washington. The San Francisco
offices are at 239 Bryant street, where the Co-
iumbia Phonograph Co. is located.
Cornelius Harmann, of Galveston, Texas, won
the prize as the best saxophone player at the
contest held, August 20 and 21, by the Gerber
Silver Saxophone Band at Gerber. The winner
in the saxophone playing Marathon was Al Ger-
main, of Gerber.
SEPTEMBER 3, 1927
Friedman in Australia
Ignaz Friedman, ranking among the major
pianists of the age, has just completed a most
successful Australian tour, under the associate
sponsorship of Columbia Phonograph Co., for
whom he records exclusively. Throughout his
concert appearances in Melbourne, Sydney,
Adelaide and Brisbane, Friedman was stormed
by photographers and invitations to luncheon
and dinner from the chief musicians of the an-
tipodal continent, lionizing an artist and laud-
ing a friend—for Friedman is most affable and
approachable. Columbia's September record
release contains a new Friedman coupling,
Chopin's mazurka in D Major and Moskowski's
serenata, stressing the bell-like clarity and res-
onance of tone for which this artist is famous.
Opens New Store
HELENA, MONT., August 26.—The Sherman
Music Co., Inc., successor to the Curtain Music
House, has opened in its new quarters at 310
North Main street. Under the management of
E. H. Sherman, the company has made rapid
growth and has outgrown its former location
on Sixth avenue. The store handles Steinway,
Baldwin, Sohmer and Milton pianos as well as
the Steinway Duo-Art, phonographs and radio.
Canton Radio Show
CANTON, O., August 28.—Ninety percent of the
exhibit space at the annual Canton Radio Show
to be held in the city auditorium here Septem-
ber 12 and 14 has been reserved by Canton
radio merchants and music stores, according to
H. B. Fisher, manager of the show this year.
Fisher said this week the remaining few booths
will be available to manufacturers.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
Tho Review.
The Cabinet You Have Been Waiting For
Just the Thing to Help Close a Doubtful Sale
A Fine Cabinet to Help Boost Your Sales
It's Just a Natural Sales Leader
Advertise these cabinets in your newspapers. They will
bring customers into your store. Newspaper mats will be
furnished on request.
Order some of these cabinets and be convinced of their
true merits as sales getters.
No. 10
Height, 35*/2 inches; width, 18 inches; depth, 14 inches.
This is a full sized cabinet with a capacity for 70
player >rolls; n^t a miniature.
Capital Furniture Manufacturing Company
NOBLESVILLE, INDIANA
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