Music Trade Review
Issue: 1928 Vol. 86 N. 16 - Page 20
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MUSICAL MERCHANDISE
Conducted By Thomas W. Bresnahan
Lyons Band Instrument Co. Opens
New Store and Salesrooms in Chicago
Firm Carries, Among Other Lines, Martin Band Instruments, Leedy Drums — Vega
and Bacon Banjos, Cundy-Bettoney, and Martin Instruments
/CHICAGO, ILL., April 16.—The latest addi-
^~' tion to Chicago's retail musical instrument
stores is the opening of the Lyons Band Instru-
ment Co. with offices and salesrooms in the
State-Lake Building, 17 East Lake street.
This company, while only recently organized,
Howard R. Lyons, vice-president, and John
Thomas, secretary, were also associated with
Mr. Lyons previously as retail sales manager
and assistant retail sales manager.
C. L. McCrerry, treasurer and studio man-
ager, is nationally known as a saxophone and
with automatic ventilation, are one of the main
features of this modern store. A great deal of
attention is given to group instruction, which is
included with the private lessons. Dance or-
chestra rehearsals are held every Monday eve-
ning, beginners' band rehearsals every Tuesday,
and banjo club rehearsals every Wednesday
evening.
Holton & Go. Pay in Silver
to Mark Anniversary
824 Pounds of Silver Dollars Required to Meet
Factory Payroll on Silver Anniversary of
Company's Business
ELK HORN, Wis., April 16.—Pockets are now
Wm. H.
Lyons
Officers of the Lyons Band Instru-
ment Co., Chicago
Howard R.
Lyons
C. L.
McCrerry
is already well and favorably known to Chicago
musicians, and, in catering to the professional
as well as the amateur, great care has been
taken in selecting the lines of merchandise. The
company represents Martin saxophones and
band instruments, Leedy drums, Vega and
Bacon banjos, Cundy-Bettoney, Wm. S. Haynes
and Buffet woodwinds and flutes, C. F. Martin
and National String instruments and a complete
stock of accessories.
Wm. H. Lyons, president of the new com-
pany, has had many years of experience in the
music industry. He has served for the past
five years as treasurer of one of Chicago's well-
known music houses, and for ten years previous
in the wholesale and retail phonograph business.
being reinforced in Elkhorn. The cause of this
movement is that in order to demonstrate what
the band instrument plant of the Frank Holton
& Co. means in Elkhorn, officials of the plant
observed the tenth anniversary of the com-
pa'ny's removal to Elkhorn by paying off the
employes in silver dollars.
A shipment of 824 pounds of silver dollars,
14,000 in all, was obtained from Chicago, and
as each employe stepped to the paymaster's
window he was handed a canvas sack containing
his pay in coin.
The face of the employes registered bewilder-
ment as they received the odd "pay envelope,"
and most of them opened the sack at once to
see if they were not victims of an April fool
joke. The sight of the silver caused many ob-
jections, but officials of the company had antic-
ipated this and were at hand to urge the men
to spend the dollars in Elkhorn and demon-
strate the value of the presence of the Holton
plant in that city.
The employes caught the spirit of the idea
and advanced on the business district with their
"ammunition." All day the clink of silver
dollars was heard in business houses, and cash
drawers were overflowing with the unusual
medium of exchange.
Holton & Co. moved into a plant at Elkhorn
on April 1, 1918. The plant had been built with
a $40,000 fund raised in Elkhorn by subscrip-
tion. The population of the town in 1918 was
1,750, while with the Holton plant located here
in has increased to 2,300.
clarinet soloist and instructor. He has had
wide experience in theatre and dance organiza-
tions and appeared recently with the Chicago
Symphony orchestra in John Alden Carpenter's
"Skyscrapers." Austin Edwards, nationally
known as a cornet soloist and a member of the
new WGN broadcasting orchestra, is in charge
of the brass instrument department. G. E. Van
Ness, saxophone and flute instructor, also has
had wide experience in theatre and dance or-
chestras. D. O. C. Pilsen, instructor of banjo,
was formerly with WBBM staff orchestra, and
Harold Beach, instructor on drums and tym-
The Associated Musical Instrument Dealers
panii, is at present with the Little Symphony of New York are now making arrangements to
Orchestra of Chicago.
take in the smaller dealers of the Metropolitan
Specially constructed sound-proof rooms, district and invitations for membership have
already been sent out. The smaller dealer
in the future will receive a poster every month
to display in his window, which will advertise
some particular musical instrument. This pos-
Trade
ter service is looked upon as being a very
Mark
unique and valuable piece of advertising.
New York Association
Invites Smaller Dealers
ERETSCH
$9*
MUSICAL MERCHANDISE
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAKEBS
SINCE 1883
The Fred Gretsch
6O Broadway Bi
20
Elkington Is Featuring
Elton Harmonica Holder
L A. Elkington, manufacturer of musical in-
strument hardware and accessories, 220 East
Thirty-fourth street, New York, is featuring
the Elton harmonica holder, which, he reports,
is enjoying an excellent demand right now in
most music stores. It is made of nickel-plated
brass and plated wire to fit the neck.
MUSICAL MERCHANDISE
Conducted By Thomas W. Bresnahan
Lyons Band Instrument Co. Opens
New Store and Salesrooms in Chicago
Firm Carries, Among Other Lines, Martin Band Instruments, Leedy Drums — Vega
and Bacon Banjos, Cundy-Bettoney, and Martin Instruments
/CHICAGO, ILL., April 16.—The latest addi-
^~' tion to Chicago's retail musical instrument
stores is the opening of the Lyons Band Instru-
ment Co. with offices and salesrooms in the
State-Lake Building, 17 East Lake street.
This company, while only recently organized,
Howard R. Lyons, vice-president, and John
Thomas, secretary, were also associated with
Mr. Lyons previously as retail sales manager
and assistant retail sales manager.
C. L. McCrerry, treasurer and studio man-
ager, is nationally known as a saxophone and
with automatic ventilation, are one of the main
features of this modern store. A great deal of
attention is given to group instruction, which is
included with the private lessons. Dance or-
chestra rehearsals are held every Monday eve-
ning, beginners' band rehearsals every Tuesday,
and banjo club rehearsals every Wednesday
evening.
Holton & Go. Pay in Silver
to Mark Anniversary
824 Pounds of Silver Dollars Required to Meet
Factory Payroll on Silver Anniversary of
Company's Business
ELK HORN, Wis., April 16.—Pockets are now
Wm. H.
Lyons
Officers of the Lyons Band Instru-
ment Co., Chicago
Howard R.
Lyons
C. L.
McCrerry
is already well and favorably known to Chicago
musicians, and, in catering to the professional
as well as the amateur, great care has been
taken in selecting the lines of merchandise. The
company represents Martin saxophones and
band instruments, Leedy drums, Vega and
Bacon banjos, Cundy-Bettoney, Wm. S. Haynes
and Buffet woodwinds and flutes, C. F. Martin
and National String instruments and a complete
stock of accessories.
Wm. H. Lyons, president of the new com-
pany, has had many years of experience in the
music industry. He has served for the past
five years as treasurer of one of Chicago's well-
known music houses, and for ten years previous
in the wholesale and retail phonograph business.
being reinforced in Elkhorn. The cause of this
movement is that in order to demonstrate what
the band instrument plant of the Frank Holton
& Co. means in Elkhorn, officials of the plant
observed the tenth anniversary of the com-
pa'ny's removal to Elkhorn by paying off the
employes in silver dollars.
A shipment of 824 pounds of silver dollars,
14,000 in all, was obtained from Chicago, and
as each employe stepped to the paymaster's
window he was handed a canvas sack containing
his pay in coin.
The face of the employes registered bewilder-
ment as they received the odd "pay envelope,"
and most of them opened the sack at once to
see if they were not victims of an April fool
joke. The sight of the silver caused many ob-
jections, but officials of the company had antic-
ipated this and were at hand to urge the men
to spend the dollars in Elkhorn and demon-
strate the value of the presence of the Holton
plant in that city.
The employes caught the spirit of the idea
and advanced on the business district with their
"ammunition." All day the clink of silver
dollars was heard in business houses, and cash
drawers were overflowing with the unusual
medium of exchange.
Holton & Co. moved into a plant at Elkhorn
on April 1, 1918. The plant had been built with
a $40,000 fund raised in Elkhorn by subscrip-
tion. The population of the town in 1918 was
1,750, while with the Holton plant located here
in has increased to 2,300.
clarinet soloist and instructor. He has had
wide experience in theatre and dance organiza-
tions and appeared recently with the Chicago
Symphony orchestra in John Alden Carpenter's
"Skyscrapers." Austin Edwards, nationally
known as a cornet soloist and a member of the
new WGN broadcasting orchestra, is in charge
of the brass instrument department. G. E. Van
Ness, saxophone and flute instructor, also has
had wide experience in theatre and dance or-
chestras. D. O. C. Pilsen, instructor of banjo,
was formerly with WBBM staff orchestra, and
Harold Beach, instructor on drums and tym-
The Associated Musical Instrument Dealers
panii, is at present with the Little Symphony of New York are now making arrangements to
Orchestra of Chicago.
take in the smaller dealers of the Metropolitan
Specially constructed sound-proof rooms, district and invitations for membership have
already been sent out. The smaller dealer
in the future will receive a poster every month
to display in his window, which will advertise
some particular musical instrument. This pos-
Trade
ter service is looked upon as being a very
Mark
unique and valuable piece of advertising.
New York Association
Invites Smaller Dealers
ERETSCH
$9*
MUSICAL MERCHANDISE
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAKEBS
SINCE 1883
The Fred Gretsch
6O Broadway Bi
20
Elkington Is Featuring
Elton Harmonica Holder
L A. Elkington, manufacturer of musical in-
strument hardware and accessories, 220 East
Thirty-fourth street, New York, is featuring
the Elton harmonica holder, which, he reports,
is enjoying an excellent demand right now in
most music stores. It is made of nickel-plated
brass and plated wire to fit the neck.
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