Music Trade Review
Issue: 1927 Vol. 85 N. 19 - Page 30
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The Music Trade Review
"The Music Shop" Formally
Opened in Portland, Ore.
W. Bert Stevens and J. L. Bell Proprietors of
New Complete Retail Music Establishment
ALBANY, ORE., October 26.—"The Music Shop"
is the name of the new exclusive music store,
which was opened in this city by W. Bert
Stevens and J. L. Bell, both long residents of
this city and musicians of note. Mr. Stevens
and Mr. Bell took advantage of the Fall open-
ing of the local merchants to open their door
to the public, and on the first day thousands of
visitors entered the shop to inspect the musical
instruments of the new firm. These gentlemen
are both prominent in the musical circles of the
city, Mr. Stevens recently organized a fifty-
piece band for the local American Legian Post
and is its director, while Mr. Bell is the man-
ager of the band. The store is a complete music
shop, carrying all lines, including the Cable and
Mason & Hamlin pianos, Columbia phono-
graphs and records, radios and supplies as well
as a full line of popular, classical and standard
sheet music. The firm will handle the Conn line
of band and orchestra instruments and special
attention will be given to the needs of band
and orchestra musicians. Mr. Stevens reports
the purchase of a nice order of gold-burnished
instruments for the Legion band, which is now
practically Conn-equipped.
Stanley Baylis, sales manager of the Portland
Conn Co., was at the opening of the Music
Shop and took advantage of the occasion to dis-
play a fine line of the C. G. Conn, Ltd., of Elk-
hart, and to explain to the visitors the various
features of this well-known line of band instru-
ments.
McAlpin. He was visited at his headquarters by
buyers for all the big Eastern jobbers and re-
ported that he booked a substantial number of
orders.
New Bacon Catalog
in Vest-Pocket Size
Many Artists Who Play Bacons Are Shown,
Together With the Full Bacon Line Illus-
trated
GKOTON, CONN., October 31.—The Bacon Banjo
Co. has just issued an interesting vest-pocket
catalog covering the entire Bacon line. The
catalog has an artistically colored cover and is
of a size to fit conveniently into the musician's
pocket.
The introduction gives something of the his-
tory of the town of Groton, and tells of the
founding of the company in 1920 by Fred
Bacon, who was joined two years later by D. L.
Day, their united efforts bringing forth many
new improvements in the construction of the
banjo.
The fi/st twenty-three pages are devoted to
photographs of famous banjoists and orchestras
who use Bacon banjos, leading up to a center
spread of the famous No. 9 "Ne Plus Ultra" B &
D Silver Banjo. This instrument sells for $900.
Following are more photographs of players and
illustrations and descriptions of the entire
Bacon line of products.
Nicomede Pick Line
ALTOONA, PA., October 31.—Joseph W. Nico-
mede, head of the Nicomede Music Co., publisher
and manufacturer of musical instrument spe-
cialties, reports, that its line of various picks
has been accepted favorably by the trade. In
order to have a complete assortment of picks
of its own manufacture to meet any demand
it is now going to make an additional assort-
B. R. Hunt, head of the B. R. Hunt Mfg. Co., ment of thirty different picks to be known as
manufacturer of musical instrument cases and the Red Arrow pick. This assortment will be
a number of other accessories, Union City, Ind., packed in high-grade display cabinets. With
spent last week in New York, where he showed the Red Arrow assortment the Nicomede Music
the entire line of Hunt products at the Hotel Co. will be manufacturing 106 different picks.
Hunt Mfg. Go. Line Is
Displayed in New York
OLDEST AND UBGBT HOUSE IN 1 K 1 M K
flepcttdobte
WHOLESALE
ONLY
CATALOG ON
APPLICATION
BRUNO Means SECURITY
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
ESXMUSHCD 1*34
CBruno &$on lac
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
VICTOR
TALKING
MACHINES
Gold Medal Strings
for musical instruments
Gold-plated Steel and
Wound Strings
Gibson Musical String Co.
SEND FOR TRADE PRICE LIST OF
for
Violin, Viola,
'Cello and Bass
National Musical String Co.
New Brunswick, N. J.
MULLER & KAPLAN
Flanner-Hafsoos Takes
Selmer Line in Milwaukee
Vesey Walker Free Lesson Campaign Has Total
Enrollment of 1,100 During First Week of
Drive
MILWAUKEE, WXS., November 1.—Band instru-
ment business is very good, Mr. Hafsoos, uf
the Flanner-Hafsoos Music House, Inc., states
the firm has taken over the Selmer agency
formerly held in Milwaukee by the Walker Mu-
sical Exchange. Mr. Hafsoos expects that band
instrument business will receive further impetus
when Sousa comes to Milwaukee on Sunday,
November 6, his birthday anniversary. The
Flanner-Hafsoos Co. is preparing the programs
for the concert, and also will impress on the
public the fact that Sousa favors Conn band
instruments, and has used them for thirty years.
Two new men have been added to the sales staff
of tlie Flanner-Hafsoos company. Floyd Nel-
son is in the band instrument department of
the concern and Roy Hafsoos in the radio de-
partment.
Much interest has been aroused in Milwaukee
in Vesey Walker's project for the promotion of
band instrument business through the oiler of
f.-ee music lessons to large classes of persons,
in any instrument they may wish to take up.
During the first week of the offer 1,100 persons
enrolled for the course, and it is expected that
the total enrollment will come to more than
2,000. The pupils are being assigned to various
classes, and hours and practice rooms are be-
ing announced.
The course consists of ten lessons given free
of charge. At the end of this time all those
who have proven themselves efficient will be
given ten more free lessons, and when the first
twenty lessons are completed the forty who are
most proficient will be formed into a musical
organization which will present a public con-
cert. Mr. Walker states that the heaviest en-
rollments are in saxophone and banjo.
Simson & Frey Circular
A clever little circular to help dealers increase
the sales of Pirazzi Wondertone violin strings
has been issued by Simson & Frey, Inc., dis-
tributors of these strings, New York. The cir-
cular is post-card size and printed on gold
paper. "For best results insist upon the string
of strings" is the slogan which is featured, and
the copy reads: "Your violin will tell you, just
make this experiment: change the old strings
on your instrument for a set of Pirazzi Won-
dertone and then notice the difference in the
responsiveness, clarity and increased volume of
your tone."
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review.
BRUNO MP,?/;? SECURITY
SSJ-3SS FOURTH A V E - N.V.C
NOVEMBER 5, 1927
1S4 £••• 8Bth St., N. Y
30
The Music Trade Review
"The Music Shop" Formally
Opened in Portland, Ore.
W. Bert Stevens and J. L. Bell Proprietors of
New Complete Retail Music Establishment
ALBANY, ORE., October 26.—"The Music Shop"
is the name of the new exclusive music store,
which was opened in this city by W. Bert
Stevens and J. L. Bell, both long residents of
this city and musicians of note. Mr. Stevens
and Mr. Bell took advantage of the Fall open-
ing of the local merchants to open their door
to the public, and on the first day thousands of
visitors entered the shop to inspect the musical
instruments of the new firm. These gentlemen
are both prominent in the musical circles of the
city, Mr. Stevens recently organized a fifty-
piece band for the local American Legian Post
and is its director, while Mr. Bell is the man-
ager of the band. The store is a complete music
shop, carrying all lines, including the Cable and
Mason & Hamlin pianos, Columbia phono-
graphs and records, radios and supplies as well
as a full line of popular, classical and standard
sheet music. The firm will handle the Conn line
of band and orchestra instruments and special
attention will be given to the needs of band
and orchestra musicians. Mr. Stevens reports
the purchase of a nice order of gold-burnished
instruments for the Legion band, which is now
practically Conn-equipped.
Stanley Baylis, sales manager of the Portland
Conn Co., was at the opening of the Music
Shop and took advantage of the occasion to dis-
play a fine line of the C. G. Conn, Ltd., of Elk-
hart, and to explain to the visitors the various
features of this well-known line of band instru-
ments.
McAlpin. He was visited at his headquarters by
buyers for all the big Eastern jobbers and re-
ported that he booked a substantial number of
orders.
New Bacon Catalog
in Vest-Pocket Size
Many Artists Who Play Bacons Are Shown,
Together With the Full Bacon Line Illus-
trated
GKOTON, CONN., October 31.—The Bacon Banjo
Co. has just issued an interesting vest-pocket
catalog covering the entire Bacon line. The
catalog has an artistically colored cover and is
of a size to fit conveniently into the musician's
pocket.
The introduction gives something of the his-
tory of the town of Groton, and tells of the
founding of the company in 1920 by Fred
Bacon, who was joined two years later by D. L.
Day, their united efforts bringing forth many
new improvements in the construction of the
banjo.
The fi/st twenty-three pages are devoted to
photographs of famous banjoists and orchestras
who use Bacon banjos, leading up to a center
spread of the famous No. 9 "Ne Plus Ultra" B &
D Silver Banjo. This instrument sells for $900.
Following are more photographs of players and
illustrations and descriptions of the entire
Bacon line of products.
Nicomede Pick Line
ALTOONA, PA., October 31.—Joseph W. Nico-
mede, head of the Nicomede Music Co., publisher
and manufacturer of musical instrument spe-
cialties, reports, that its line of various picks
has been accepted favorably by the trade. In
order to have a complete assortment of picks
of its own manufacture to meet any demand
it is now going to make an additional assort-
B. R. Hunt, head of the B. R. Hunt Mfg. Co., ment of thirty different picks to be known as
manufacturer of musical instrument cases and the Red Arrow pick. This assortment will be
a number of other accessories, Union City, Ind., packed in high-grade display cabinets. With
spent last week in New York, where he showed the Red Arrow assortment the Nicomede Music
the entire line of Hunt products at the Hotel Co. will be manufacturing 106 different picks.
Hunt Mfg. Go. Line Is
Displayed in New York
OLDEST AND UBGBT HOUSE IN 1 K 1 M K
flepcttdobte
WHOLESALE
ONLY
CATALOG ON
APPLICATION
BRUNO Means SECURITY
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
ESXMUSHCD 1*34
CBruno &$on lac
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
VICTOR
TALKING
MACHINES
Gold Medal Strings
for musical instruments
Gold-plated Steel and
Wound Strings
Gibson Musical String Co.
SEND FOR TRADE PRICE LIST OF
for
Violin, Viola,
'Cello and Bass
National Musical String Co.
New Brunswick, N. J.
MULLER & KAPLAN
Flanner-Hafsoos Takes
Selmer Line in Milwaukee
Vesey Walker Free Lesson Campaign Has Total
Enrollment of 1,100 During First Week of
Drive
MILWAUKEE, WXS., November 1.—Band instru-
ment business is very good, Mr. Hafsoos, uf
the Flanner-Hafsoos Music House, Inc., states
the firm has taken over the Selmer agency
formerly held in Milwaukee by the Walker Mu-
sical Exchange. Mr. Hafsoos expects that band
instrument business will receive further impetus
when Sousa comes to Milwaukee on Sunday,
November 6, his birthday anniversary. The
Flanner-Hafsoos Co. is preparing the programs
for the concert, and also will impress on the
public the fact that Sousa favors Conn band
instruments, and has used them for thirty years.
Two new men have been added to the sales staff
of tlie Flanner-Hafsoos company. Floyd Nel-
son is in the band instrument department of
the concern and Roy Hafsoos in the radio de-
partment.
Much interest has been aroused in Milwaukee
in Vesey Walker's project for the promotion of
band instrument business through the oiler of
f.-ee music lessons to large classes of persons,
in any instrument they may wish to take up.
During the first week of the offer 1,100 persons
enrolled for the course, and it is expected that
the total enrollment will come to more than
2,000. The pupils are being assigned to various
classes, and hours and practice rooms are be-
ing announced.
The course consists of ten lessons given free
of charge. At the end of this time all those
who have proven themselves efficient will be
given ten more free lessons, and when the first
twenty lessons are completed the forty who are
most proficient will be formed into a musical
organization which will present a public con-
cert. Mr. Walker states that the heaviest en-
rollments are in saxophone and banjo.
Simson & Frey Circular
A clever little circular to help dealers increase
the sales of Pirazzi Wondertone violin strings
has been issued by Simson & Frey, Inc., dis-
tributors of these strings, New York. The cir-
cular is post-card size and printed on gold
paper. "For best results insist upon the string
of strings" is the slogan which is featured, and
the copy reads: "Your violin will tell you, just
make this experiment: change the old strings
on your instrument for a set of Pirazzi Won-
dertone and then notice the difference in the
responsiveness, clarity and increased volume of
your tone."
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review.
BRUNO MP,?/;? SECURITY
SSJ-3SS FOURTH A V E - N.V.C
NOVEMBER 5, 1927
1S4 £••• 8Bth St., N. Y
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