Music Trade Review
Issue: 1928 Vol. 87 N. 16 - Page 10
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The Music Trade Review
George M. Ott to Cover
Ohio for the Hardman
Cleveland Dealer to Cover Entire State for
Hardman, Peck & Co.—Sokoloff Says Phono-
graph and Radio Do Not Compete With Or-
chestra—Muehlhauser Bros. Anniversary
CLEVELAND, O., October 15.—George M. Ott has
been appointed traveling representative for
Hardman, Peck & Co., of New York, for Ohio.
Mr. Ott is widely known in the trade and is one
of the pioneer piano men of the State. He con-
ducts a store on Euclid avenue near East 19th
street and has been agent for the Hardman line
for many years. It is understood that the
store will be continued.
The Sonora line of radio has just been added
and this is the first time in the past five years
that radio has been carried. The advent of the
new all-electric sets and the many calls from
customers were the factors in changing the
policy of not handling radio on account of the
servicing that it had to have in the past years.
Nikolai Sokoloff, director of the Cleveland
Symphony Orchestra, has returned from abroad
to resume charge of the organization and in a
public statement replied to a question of wheth-
er he was afraid of radio or the phonograph as
competitor for the orchestra. Mr. Sokoloff
said: "Each has its sphere and people will al-
ways go to concerts because thiy
forming. There is a personal bond between
audience and orchestra. The phonograph has
a place which the radio cannot usurp, because
the phonograph supplies the particular tune at
the instant its owner wants to hear it. Both
the radio and the phonograph have done much
to stimulate interest in music. The Cleveland
Orchestra likes to make phonograph records
as naturally as we like to hav« a permanent
record of our performance."
>>,•
The Starck Piano Co. has remodeled its
storeroom on Euclid avenue and has enlarged
its radio department.
The Muehlhauser Bros., 1737 Euclid avenue,
"The Logical Leader for the Retail Piano
Merchant Who Sells Quality"
Jfrebertck
OCTOBER 20, 1928
are celebrating their thirty-seventh anniversary
by holding a sale which is the second in their
history. In their advertising they call atten-
tion to the fact that: "Thoughtful people are
now buying pianos as they realize it is the
foundation of all musical education. Talking
machines and radio are all fine, but the kiddies
cannot learn music by listening to the radio
any more than one can be an auto mechanic
or learn to drive by simply sitting in the rear
seat and letting dad drive the car." Muehl-
hausers are agents for the Baldwin, Hallet &
Davis, Hazelton Bros., Schiller, Milton and
other lines.
A trio of thieves visited the factory of the
H. N. White Co., makers of "King" band instru-
ments, during 'the early hours of the morning
and smashed one of the large show windows
and took several saxophones and other instru-
ments. A motorist saw them get into a waiting
auto and drive hurriedly away. He notified the
police.
Music Dealer Bankrupt
Dennis A. Harnett, doing business as Har-
nett's Music Shop, 114 East 125th street, New
York, has filed a petition in bankruptcy, giving
his liabilities as $27,974 and assets as $16,029.
The principal creditors are given as Mary
O'Neill, F. F. Proctor Theatrical Enterprises
and Mary Moroney.
New Music Department
YOUNGSTOWN, O., October 15.—With the open-
ing this week of the Bolotin-Drabkin Furniture
Co., Federal and Walnut streets, another radio
and talking machine department came into ex-
istence. This store will merchandise radio and
the Brunswick line of Panatropes.
Death of Mrs. L. A. Ellis
UNIONTOWN, PA., October 13.—Mrs. Laura A.
Ellis, wife of A. I. Ellis, veteran of the Civil
War and owner of the Ellis Music House, died
at her home here on October 4, aged eighty-
three years. Infirmities of age caused her
death. Her husband, three sons and three
daughters survive, as well as thirteen grand-
children.
Fordyce Store Reopened
HE name Charles Frederick Stein on a grand immediately places
that grand in a class by itself and gives it a mark of distinction which
is not possessed by any other piano.
T
For there is no other grand in the world like the Charles Frederick
Stein. What other piano do you know of which possesses such soul
stirring tone? What other piano can you mention which is constructed
individually by a master piano builder of thirty-five years' experience in
making fine grands? How many pianos can you enumerate which are
produced exclusively on the basis that they must be the best in the world,
irrespective of cost?
The home that has a Charles Frederick Stein owns a masterpiece in
tone. The dealers who handle these superb grands realize that the
music-loving public knows tone quality and wants tone quality. Thus
they never experience any difficulties in selling the Charles Frederick Stein.
Cfjarle* Jfreberttfe
Maker of Fine Grand Pianos Exclusively
3047
CARROLL AVENUE
CHICAGO, I I I .
YOUNGSTOWN, O., October 15.—The department
store of the George L. Fordyce Co., here, swept
by fire several days ago with loss in excess of
$30,000, was reopened this week and more than
200 employes returned to work. Goods slightly
damaged by smoke and water are now on spe-
cial sale.
Baldwin Grand for Yacht
The Baldwin Piano Co., Cincinnati, O., re-
cently used some large advertising space in the
newspapers of that city to advise the public of
the fact that Julius Fleischmann had selected
a Baldwin reproducing grand for his palatial
seagoing yacht, the "Camargo."
Browning With Columbia
The recent addition to the ranks of exclusive
artists recording for the Columbia Phonograph
Co. is Joe Browning, a well-known comedian,
who. has been appearing in vaudeville for the
past quarter of a century and who recently
made a very successful Vitaphone film that is
now being shown.
The Welch Music Co., Bluefield, W. Va., for-
merly the Galliett and Burdette Music Co., re-
cently held the formal opening of its store in
a new location on Bank street. The business
is under the management of Cecil Johnson.
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The Music Trade Review
George M. Ott to Cover
Ohio for the Hardman
Cleveland Dealer to Cover Entire State for
Hardman, Peck & Co.—Sokoloff Says Phono-
graph and Radio Do Not Compete With Or-
chestra—Muehlhauser Bros. Anniversary
CLEVELAND, O., October 15.—George M. Ott has
been appointed traveling representative for
Hardman, Peck & Co., of New York, for Ohio.
Mr. Ott is widely known in the trade and is one
of the pioneer piano men of the State. He con-
ducts a store on Euclid avenue near East 19th
street and has been agent for the Hardman line
for many years. It is understood that the
store will be continued.
The Sonora line of radio has just been added
and this is the first time in the past five years
that radio has been carried. The advent of the
new all-electric sets and the many calls from
customers were the factors in changing the
policy of not handling radio on account of the
servicing that it had to have in the past years.
Nikolai Sokoloff, director of the Cleveland
Symphony Orchestra, has returned from abroad
to resume charge of the organization and in a
public statement replied to a question of wheth-
er he was afraid of radio or the phonograph as
competitor for the orchestra. Mr. Sokoloff
said: "Each has its sphere and people will al-
ways go to concerts because thiy
forming. There is a personal bond between
audience and orchestra. The phonograph has
a place which the radio cannot usurp, because
the phonograph supplies the particular tune at
the instant its owner wants to hear it. Both
the radio and the phonograph have done much
to stimulate interest in music. The Cleveland
Orchestra likes to make phonograph records
as naturally as we like to hav« a permanent
record of our performance."
>>,•
The Starck Piano Co. has remodeled its
storeroom on Euclid avenue and has enlarged
its radio department.
The Muehlhauser Bros., 1737 Euclid avenue,
"The Logical Leader for the Retail Piano
Merchant Who Sells Quality"
Jfrebertck
OCTOBER 20, 1928
are celebrating their thirty-seventh anniversary
by holding a sale which is the second in their
history. In their advertising they call atten-
tion to the fact that: "Thoughtful people are
now buying pianos as they realize it is the
foundation of all musical education. Talking
machines and radio are all fine, but the kiddies
cannot learn music by listening to the radio
any more than one can be an auto mechanic
or learn to drive by simply sitting in the rear
seat and letting dad drive the car." Muehl-
hausers are agents for the Baldwin, Hallet &
Davis, Hazelton Bros., Schiller, Milton and
other lines.
A trio of thieves visited the factory of the
H. N. White Co., makers of "King" band instru-
ments, during 'the early hours of the morning
and smashed one of the large show windows
and took several saxophones and other instru-
ments. A motorist saw them get into a waiting
auto and drive hurriedly away. He notified the
police.
Music Dealer Bankrupt
Dennis A. Harnett, doing business as Har-
nett's Music Shop, 114 East 125th street, New
York, has filed a petition in bankruptcy, giving
his liabilities as $27,974 and assets as $16,029.
The principal creditors are given as Mary
O'Neill, F. F. Proctor Theatrical Enterprises
and Mary Moroney.
New Music Department
YOUNGSTOWN, O., October 15.—With the open-
ing this week of the Bolotin-Drabkin Furniture
Co., Federal and Walnut streets, another radio
and talking machine department came into ex-
istence. This store will merchandise radio and
the Brunswick line of Panatropes.
Death of Mrs. L. A. Ellis
UNIONTOWN, PA., October 13.—Mrs. Laura A.
Ellis, wife of A. I. Ellis, veteran of the Civil
War and owner of the Ellis Music House, died
at her home here on October 4, aged eighty-
three years. Infirmities of age caused her
death. Her husband, three sons and three
daughters survive, as well as thirteen grand-
children.
Fordyce Store Reopened
HE name Charles Frederick Stein on a grand immediately places
that grand in a class by itself and gives it a mark of distinction which
is not possessed by any other piano.
T
For there is no other grand in the world like the Charles Frederick
Stein. What other piano do you know of which possesses such soul
stirring tone? What other piano can you mention which is constructed
individually by a master piano builder of thirty-five years' experience in
making fine grands? How many pianos can you enumerate which are
produced exclusively on the basis that they must be the best in the world,
irrespective of cost?
The home that has a Charles Frederick Stein owns a masterpiece in
tone. The dealers who handle these superb grands realize that the
music-loving public knows tone quality and wants tone quality. Thus
they never experience any difficulties in selling the Charles Frederick Stein.
Cfjarle* Jfreberttfe
Maker of Fine Grand Pianos Exclusively
3047
CARROLL AVENUE
CHICAGO, I I I .
YOUNGSTOWN, O., October 15.—The department
store of the George L. Fordyce Co., here, swept
by fire several days ago with loss in excess of
$30,000, was reopened this week and more than
200 employes returned to work. Goods slightly
damaged by smoke and water are now on spe-
cial sale.
Baldwin Grand for Yacht
The Baldwin Piano Co., Cincinnati, O., re-
cently used some large advertising space in the
newspapers of that city to advise the public of
the fact that Julius Fleischmann had selected
a Baldwin reproducing grand for his palatial
seagoing yacht, the "Camargo."
Browning With Columbia
The recent addition to the ranks of exclusive
artists recording for the Columbia Phonograph
Co. is Joe Browning, a well-known comedian,
who. has been appearing in vaudeville for the
past quarter of a century and who recently
made a very successful Vitaphone film that is
now being shown.
The Welch Music Co., Bluefield, W. Va., for-
merly the Galliett and Burdette Music Co., re-
cently held the formal opening of its store in
a new location on Bank street. The business
is under the management of Cecil Johnson.
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