Music Trade Review
Issue: 1928 Vol. 86 N. 25 - Page 4
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The Music Trade Review
of merchandise by featuring large and up-to-
date stocks. Building up the department in this
way, a great volume of business was secured
and attention was then turned to the develop-
Resigns as Manager of Music and Radio De- ment of the piano department. Mr. Boothe
partments of Barker Bros, to Take Similar again displayed originality by placing the first
large orders for baby grands—Brambachs—and
Post With Los Angeles Store
he followed this up by introducing period de-
Los ANGELES, CAL,, June 19.—John W. Boothe, sign grands into this section of the country, pre-
who has been general manager of the music vailing upon Sohmer & Co. to construct special
and radio departments of Barker Bros, since cases for this purpose. Both of these innova-
1912, has resigned his position in order to take tions met with unqualified success and drew a
over the management of the music and radio great deal of public attention to his department.
The business mounted from small figures to
departments of the May Co.
Mr. Boothe has for some time enjoyed a na- over a million dollars a year. He also estab-
tional reputation as one of the most progressive lished one of the first radio sections in a music
retail music heads in the country. When he store.
Mr. Boothe assumes his new duties as man-
originally entered Barker Bros, the department
was a tiny side line of the great furniture house, ager of the music and radio departments in the
and although most of his previous training had May Department Store, July 1.
been in the piano departments of music stores,
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
he recognized the advantages of featuring
phonographs and very quickly established a The Review. I n it advertisements are inserted
strong following with the public for this kind free of charge for men who desire positions.
John W. Boothe Joins
May Co. Organization
MAKE MOIEY
in Europe this Summer
JUNE 23, 1928
New Merging of Interests
in Radio-Phonograph Field
Reorganized DeForest Radio Co. to Work
Closely With Acoustic Products Co. and
Sonora Co.
Following the recapitalization and reorganiza-
tion of the DeForest Radio Co., as made public
last week, it is announced that that company
will be closely associated with the Acoustic
l'roducts Co. and the Sonora Phonograph Co.,
Inc., in the production of radio receivers, phono-
graphs, and accessories.
P. L. Deutsch, president of the Acoustic
Products Co. and the Sonora Phonograph Co.,
Inc., an executive with over twenty years' ex-
perience in the industry, becomes a member of
the board of the DeForest Radio Co.
The president and general manager of the
DeForest Co. is James W. Garside, a man long
experienced in production and merchandising
activities. The board of directors is as follows:
A. J. Drexel Biddle, Jr., trustee of the Duke En-
dowment and director of the Acoustic Products
Co., chairman of the board; Wiley R. Reynolds,
chairman of the board of the Reynolds Spring
Co.; James I. Bush, vice-president of the Equit-
able Trust Co.; Harris Hammond, chairman of
the board of the Acoustic Products Co. and
president of the Mexican Seaboard Oil Co.;
Arthur B. Westervelt, vice-president of the
American Trust-Co.; P. L. Deutsch, president of
the Acoustic Products Co. and Sonora Phono-
graph Co., Inc.; Victor C. Bell, vice-president
of A. D. Mendes & Co.; and Orlando P. Met-
calf, of Metcalf, Mclnnes, Allen & Hubbard.
An advisory board, comprising men long
prominent in the radio and allied industries,
reporting directly to and consulting with the
president, will shortly be announced.
With the possession of the numerous De-
Forest basic patents and important patent rights,
the associated companies plan the production of
a complete line of radio receivers and phono-
graphs, accessories and perfected vacuum tubes,
representing the utmost in research and engi-
neering. Production will begin at an early date.
Dealers' Board of Control
to Meet in October
Only One Mid-Year Session Scheduled to
Come to tbe Leipzig Trade Fair, August 26
Discuss Convention Plans and New Consti-
tution and By-laws
1770 American buyers visited the last trade exposition at Leipzig,
Germany. They found new ideas, and new business-building mer-
chandise. They made money. They made friends. They had a
good time.
More of them are coming for the Fall showing—August 26th to
September 1st. They will find a greater list of profitable purchases
than ever before. They will see the wares of over 10,000 exhibi-
tors from 21 countries. In your line there will be more than
200 exhibitors.
At a final meeting of the Board of Control
of the National Association of Music Merchants
held on the closing day of the convention, it
was determined to hold but one meeting of the
Board of Control between now and the next
convention, departing from the usual custom of
holding one meeting in the Fall and one the
latter part of January. The board meeting will
take place in Chicago, Sunday, October 21, and
Monday, October 22.
At the October meeting of the board a num-
ber of matters of importance will be discussed,
among them plans for the next convention,
which, as previously announced will take place
in Chicago probably during the week beginning
June 3. Another matter of much importance
will be a discussion by the board of the new
constitution and by-laws. I-t is expected that
the By-law Division Committee of which Par-
ham Werlein is chairman, will be prepared to
make a preliminary report to the board, and it
is probable that by that time the committee
will have prepared a new constitution and by-
laws.
Plan now to come. Let us help you make your trip abroad more
profitable and pleasurable. Let us tell you about special travel
rates, air transportation, free visa, and special accommodations.
Write us right aivay. Leipzig Trade Fair, Inc.,
11 West 42nd Street, Neir York
LEIPZIG TRADE FAIR
For 70© Year** —The Market Place of Europe
Dreazen Shop Chartered
The Dreazen Music Shop, New York, has
been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,-
000 to operate a retail music store. W. C.
Funk, 291 Broadway, is sole incorporator.
The Music Trade Review
of merchandise by featuring large and up-to-
date stocks. Building up the department in this
way, a great volume of business was secured
and attention was then turned to the develop-
Resigns as Manager of Music and Radio De- ment of the piano department. Mr. Boothe
partments of Barker Bros, to Take Similar again displayed originality by placing the first
large orders for baby grands—Brambachs—and
Post With Los Angeles Store
he followed this up by introducing period de-
Los ANGELES, CAL,, June 19.—John W. Boothe, sign grands into this section of the country, pre-
who has been general manager of the music vailing upon Sohmer & Co. to construct special
and radio departments of Barker Bros, since cases for this purpose. Both of these innova-
1912, has resigned his position in order to take tions met with unqualified success and drew a
over the management of the music and radio great deal of public attention to his department.
The business mounted from small figures to
departments of the May Co.
Mr. Boothe has for some time enjoyed a na- over a million dollars a year. He also estab-
tional reputation as one of the most progressive lished one of the first radio sections in a music
retail music heads in the country. When he store.
Mr. Boothe assumes his new duties as man-
originally entered Barker Bros, the department
was a tiny side line of the great furniture house, ager of the music and radio departments in the
and although most of his previous training had May Department Store, July 1.
been in the piano departments of music stores,
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
he recognized the advantages of featuring
phonographs and very quickly established a The Review. I n it advertisements are inserted
strong following with the public for this kind free of charge for men who desire positions.
John W. Boothe Joins
May Co. Organization
MAKE MOIEY
in Europe this Summer
JUNE 23, 1928
New Merging of Interests
in Radio-Phonograph Field
Reorganized DeForest Radio Co. to Work
Closely With Acoustic Products Co. and
Sonora Co.
Following the recapitalization and reorganiza-
tion of the DeForest Radio Co., as made public
last week, it is announced that that company
will be closely associated with the Acoustic
l'roducts Co. and the Sonora Phonograph Co.,
Inc., in the production of radio receivers, phono-
graphs, and accessories.
P. L. Deutsch, president of the Acoustic
Products Co. and the Sonora Phonograph Co.,
Inc., an executive with over twenty years' ex-
perience in the industry, becomes a member of
the board of the DeForest Radio Co.
The president and general manager of the
DeForest Co. is James W. Garside, a man long
experienced in production and merchandising
activities. The board of directors is as follows:
A. J. Drexel Biddle, Jr., trustee of the Duke En-
dowment and director of the Acoustic Products
Co., chairman of the board; Wiley R. Reynolds,
chairman of the board of the Reynolds Spring
Co.; James I. Bush, vice-president of the Equit-
able Trust Co.; Harris Hammond, chairman of
the board of the Acoustic Products Co. and
president of the Mexican Seaboard Oil Co.;
Arthur B. Westervelt, vice-president of the
American Trust-Co.; P. L. Deutsch, president of
the Acoustic Products Co. and Sonora Phono-
graph Co., Inc.; Victor C. Bell, vice-president
of A. D. Mendes & Co.; and Orlando P. Met-
calf, of Metcalf, Mclnnes, Allen & Hubbard.
An advisory board, comprising men long
prominent in the radio and allied industries,
reporting directly to and consulting with the
president, will shortly be announced.
With the possession of the numerous De-
Forest basic patents and important patent rights,
the associated companies plan the production of
a complete line of radio receivers and phono-
graphs, accessories and perfected vacuum tubes,
representing the utmost in research and engi-
neering. Production will begin at an early date.
Dealers' Board of Control
to Meet in October
Only One Mid-Year Session Scheduled to
Come to tbe Leipzig Trade Fair, August 26
Discuss Convention Plans and New Consti-
tution and By-laws
1770 American buyers visited the last trade exposition at Leipzig,
Germany. They found new ideas, and new business-building mer-
chandise. They made money. They made friends. They had a
good time.
More of them are coming for the Fall showing—August 26th to
September 1st. They will find a greater list of profitable purchases
than ever before. They will see the wares of over 10,000 exhibi-
tors from 21 countries. In your line there will be more than
200 exhibitors.
At a final meeting of the Board of Control
of the National Association of Music Merchants
held on the closing day of the convention, it
was determined to hold but one meeting of the
Board of Control between now and the next
convention, departing from the usual custom of
holding one meeting in the Fall and one the
latter part of January. The board meeting will
take place in Chicago, Sunday, October 21, and
Monday, October 22.
At the October meeting of the board a num-
ber of matters of importance will be discussed,
among them plans for the next convention,
which, as previously announced will take place
in Chicago probably during the week beginning
June 3. Another matter of much importance
will be a discussion by the board of the new
constitution and by-laws. I-t is expected that
the By-law Division Committee of which Par-
ham Werlein is chairman, will be prepared to
make a preliminary report to the board, and it
is probable that by that time the committee
will have prepared a new constitution and by-
laws.
Plan now to come. Let us help you make your trip abroad more
profitable and pleasurable. Let us tell you about special travel
rates, air transportation, free visa, and special accommodations.
Write us right aivay. Leipzig Trade Fair, Inc.,
11 West 42nd Street, Neir York
LEIPZIG TRADE FAIR
For 70© Year** —The Market Place of Europe
Dreazen Shop Chartered
The Dreazen Music Shop, New York, has
been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,-
000 to operate a retail music store. W. C.
Funk, 291 Broadway, is sole incorporator.
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