Music Trade Review
Issue: 1928 Vol. 87 N. 7 - Page 7
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AUGUST 18, 1928
The Music Trade Review
Cincinnati Dealers Find
Growing Piano Demand
General Consensus of Opinion Among Local Piano Merchants Is
That Summer Generally Has Been Good—Local Bruns-
wick Branch Demonstrating New Phonograph
soles and socket power sets, will be widely
exemplified in the exhibits. Inquiries received
by the show committee indicate that dealers
from all parts of California and from many
other Coast and Western States will attend the
show.
Hamilton Handling Baldwin
in Southern California
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., August 9.—Earl Hamil-
ton, who has been connected with the Baldwin
organization here for a number of years, is
now in charge of the wholesale business of
the Baldwin Piano Co. in Southern California
and resides in Los Angeles. Morley P. Thomp-
son, Coast representative for the Baldwin Piano
Co., stated to-day that Mr. Hamilton's long
experience makes him especially well qualified
to serve the trade. Mr. Thompson also said
that the Baldwin organization on the Coast
is featuring the new Howard grand, recently
put out by the factories, which comes in period
models, William & Mary, Sheraton and Queen
Anne designs and the Pacific Coast is taking
very kindly to the Howard.
INCINNATI, August 11.—"Business has been astonishingly good the past few days," is
the cheerful report of George P. Gross, head of the George P. Gross Piano Co. "We
have sold a number of grands and also a number of players, and the Midsummer demand
has very agreeably surprised us. I suppose this is due to the fact that there has been no let-up
in our sales efforts, and especially to the fact that we have the entire American line, which offers
the prospect a large range of choice. Talking machines arc moving fairly well and there is a fine
demand for records." Due to the fact that
—
—
they are busy developing prospects for the Fall bungalows. In the Baldwin show window there
trade, neither Mr. Gross nor Carl J. Rist, man- is a piano that is attracting more than usual
attention, a Baldwin Model R reproducing in-
ager, will take a vacation until later.
That the Canfield Piano Co. is not having strument that is a duplicate of one which has
a Summer slump is shown by the fact that it just been placed in the seagoing yacht, "Cam-
just has received and, placed on display many argo," owned by Julius Fleischman, Jr., of this
Ampico Music for
new pianos, consisting of Cable-Nelson players, city.
William R. Graul, head of the piano company
A. B. Chase grands and Lindeman & Son
British Radio Programs
grands. "We have had a good Summer—the that bears his name, who has been on an en-
best we have had in years," stated Walter Can- forced vacation for several weeks, due to a
The British Broadcasting Corp. has decided
field, head of the company. "As a matter of threatened nervous breakdown, has fully re-
to
use the Ampico for a series of Musical In-
fact," he continued, "business has been good covered, it is reported, and will be back to busi-
terludes on three or four evenings each week
every month this year so far, and we expect ness in a very few days.
Charles J. Meinberg, manager, and G. E. from Station 2LO, London, England, between
to show a gain in the last half. We confine
our efforts largely to player-pianos, for several Hunt, retail manager, of the Starr Piano Co. the hours of 6 and 7.30 o'clock, British time.
reasons, and we devote the greater part of our Sales Corporation, will spend the week of News of this arrangement was received this
effort to persons of the 'well-to-do' class, by August 13 at the factory in Richmond, Ind., week by the Ampico Corp., New York, from
Ampico, Ltd., 233 Regent street, London. Due
which I mean persons who can afford to have in conference with other sales executives.
to
regulations governing broadcasting in Great
a good instrument."
Biddle Brothers, of Reading, a suburb, dealers
Britain the name of the instrument will not
Mr. Canfield's philosophy in regard to the in musical instruments, who also operate the
be announced at the recitals. The only an-
player-piano is something like this, and as he Biddle Brunswick and R. C. A. Shop in the
nouncement will be to the effect that the play-
is a man of broad experience it seems to be store of the Starr Piano Co., have a fine exhibit
ing
of Moiseiwitsch or another artist has just
worthy of consideration: "Let us take Mrs. of pianos, talking machines and radio in the
been heard through the medium of a reproduc-
Smith as an example. She cannot play a piano, Carthage Fair this week.
At the store of the E. M. Abbott Piano Co. ing piano.
but she bought a straight piano for the use of
her only daughter, who was about fifteen. In it was reported that this year the Summer
a few years the daughter was married, and then trade has held up better than usual, especially Louis F. Goelzlin on
there was a 'silent piano' in the Smith home. with the talking machine and the radio lines,
Visit to New York
For a while it remained there, merely as a use- to which it is paying special attention.
less piece of furniture, and then it was sold to
The local branch of the Brunswick-Balke-
Louis F. Goelzlin, of the Pacific Music Co,,
somebody, thus blocking the sale of a new Collender Co. is now demonstrating a very at-
San
Francisco, Pacific Coast distributors of the
instrument. Here is the point: If Mrs. Smith tractive new mechanical talking machine, known
had been sold a player-piano in the beginning, as No. 15-8 and retailing at $150. Other new De Luxe Reproducing Roll Corp., spent several
she would have formed the habit of using it, instruments that soon will be ready for deliv- days in New York last week and was enter-
and she would not have had a 'silent piano' ery are the new radio outfits, Console K. R. O. tained by Jack Gibson, of the De Luxe Co.
Mr. Goelzlin reported that there was every
when her daughter married and left home. A and Table Model K. R.
prospect on the Coast for a marked improve-
player-piano would have given Mrs. Smith last-
ment in business during the Fall.
ing satisfaction and pleasure, which the straight Will Show Interesting
piano did not."
W. F. Rossman Bankrupt
The Baldwin Piano Co. is now offering to
Trends in Radio Exhibits
all who may desire them free floor patterns, or
FRANKLIN, PA., August 13.—Following the fil-
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., August 9.—Sherman, Clay
plans, showing how much space a small
Howard piano occupies. The floor patterns & Co. will have a booth, showing their leading- ing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in
show the manner in which the little piano can radio lines, at the Pacific Radio Exposition the United States District Court at Pittsburgh,
be fitted in with other furnishings in a har- which will open on Saturday, August 18, in the William F. Rossman, music dealer at Frank-
monious and convenient way, solving a problem Civic Auditorium. The show, which is being lin, was adjudicated a bankrupt. The schedules
that may be perplexing to those who want a given by the Pacific Radio Trade Association, filed show assets $55,840.68 and liabilities
piano but are not sure that they have room. is expected to present the most complete array $79,038.36.
They are especially helpful to persons who of radio equipment ever assembled by the in-
expect to move into homes with small rooms, dustry. Dynamic speakers, furnished with re-
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
such as efficiency apartments and compact ceivers, the combination of phonograph con- The Review.
C
ince
8
cAmaricsCs
c
Fbremost
'Piano
^ S T I E F F PIANO
Will attract tkc attention of those
wko know and appreciate tone guality
CHAS.M.STIEFF Inc.
Stieff
Hall ^~
Baltimore
c
Jhe oldest
Piano"fbrte in
(America. to~day
owned and con"
trolled by the
direct decendents
of the founder
c
AUGUST 18, 1928
The Music Trade Review
Cincinnati Dealers Find
Growing Piano Demand
General Consensus of Opinion Among Local Piano Merchants Is
That Summer Generally Has Been Good—Local Bruns-
wick Branch Demonstrating New Phonograph
soles and socket power sets, will be widely
exemplified in the exhibits. Inquiries received
by the show committee indicate that dealers
from all parts of California and from many
other Coast and Western States will attend the
show.
Hamilton Handling Baldwin
in Southern California
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., August 9.—Earl Hamil-
ton, who has been connected with the Baldwin
organization here for a number of years, is
now in charge of the wholesale business of
the Baldwin Piano Co. in Southern California
and resides in Los Angeles. Morley P. Thomp-
son, Coast representative for the Baldwin Piano
Co., stated to-day that Mr. Hamilton's long
experience makes him especially well qualified
to serve the trade. Mr. Thompson also said
that the Baldwin organization on the Coast
is featuring the new Howard grand, recently
put out by the factories, which comes in period
models, William & Mary, Sheraton and Queen
Anne designs and the Pacific Coast is taking
very kindly to the Howard.
INCINNATI, August 11.—"Business has been astonishingly good the past few days," is
the cheerful report of George P. Gross, head of the George P. Gross Piano Co. "We
have sold a number of grands and also a number of players, and the Midsummer demand
has very agreeably surprised us. I suppose this is due to the fact that there has been no let-up
in our sales efforts, and especially to the fact that we have the entire American line, which offers
the prospect a large range of choice. Talking machines arc moving fairly well and there is a fine
demand for records." Due to the fact that
—
—
they are busy developing prospects for the Fall bungalows. In the Baldwin show window there
trade, neither Mr. Gross nor Carl J. Rist, man- is a piano that is attracting more than usual
attention, a Baldwin Model R reproducing in-
ager, will take a vacation until later.
That the Canfield Piano Co. is not having strument that is a duplicate of one which has
a Summer slump is shown by the fact that it just been placed in the seagoing yacht, "Cam-
just has received and, placed on display many argo," owned by Julius Fleischman, Jr., of this
Ampico Music for
new pianos, consisting of Cable-Nelson players, city.
William R. Graul, head of the piano company
A. B. Chase grands and Lindeman & Son
British Radio Programs
grands. "We have had a good Summer—the that bears his name, who has been on an en-
best we have had in years," stated Walter Can- forced vacation for several weeks, due to a
The British Broadcasting Corp. has decided
field, head of the company. "As a matter of threatened nervous breakdown, has fully re-
to
use the Ampico for a series of Musical In-
fact," he continued, "business has been good covered, it is reported, and will be back to busi-
terludes on three or four evenings each week
every month this year so far, and we expect ness in a very few days.
Charles J. Meinberg, manager, and G. E. from Station 2LO, London, England, between
to show a gain in the last half. We confine
our efforts largely to player-pianos, for several Hunt, retail manager, of the Starr Piano Co. the hours of 6 and 7.30 o'clock, British time.
reasons, and we devote the greater part of our Sales Corporation, will spend the week of News of this arrangement was received this
effort to persons of the 'well-to-do' class, by August 13 at the factory in Richmond, Ind., week by the Ampico Corp., New York, from
Ampico, Ltd., 233 Regent street, London. Due
which I mean persons who can afford to have in conference with other sales executives.
to
regulations governing broadcasting in Great
a good instrument."
Biddle Brothers, of Reading, a suburb, dealers
Britain the name of the instrument will not
Mr. Canfield's philosophy in regard to the in musical instruments, who also operate the
be announced at the recitals. The only an-
player-piano is something like this, and as he Biddle Brunswick and R. C. A. Shop in the
nouncement will be to the effect that the play-
is a man of broad experience it seems to be store of the Starr Piano Co., have a fine exhibit
ing
of Moiseiwitsch or another artist has just
worthy of consideration: "Let us take Mrs. of pianos, talking machines and radio in the
been heard through the medium of a reproduc-
Smith as an example. She cannot play a piano, Carthage Fair this week.
At the store of the E. M. Abbott Piano Co. ing piano.
but she bought a straight piano for the use of
her only daughter, who was about fifteen. In it was reported that this year the Summer
a few years the daughter was married, and then trade has held up better than usual, especially Louis F. Goelzlin on
there was a 'silent piano' in the Smith home. with the talking machine and the radio lines,
Visit to New York
For a while it remained there, merely as a use- to which it is paying special attention.
less piece of furniture, and then it was sold to
The local branch of the Brunswick-Balke-
Louis F. Goelzlin, of the Pacific Music Co,,
somebody, thus blocking the sale of a new Collender Co. is now demonstrating a very at-
San
Francisco, Pacific Coast distributors of the
instrument. Here is the point: If Mrs. Smith tractive new mechanical talking machine, known
had been sold a player-piano in the beginning, as No. 15-8 and retailing at $150. Other new De Luxe Reproducing Roll Corp., spent several
she would have formed the habit of using it, instruments that soon will be ready for deliv- days in New York last week and was enter-
and she would not have had a 'silent piano' ery are the new radio outfits, Console K. R. O. tained by Jack Gibson, of the De Luxe Co.
Mr. Goelzlin reported that there was every
when her daughter married and left home. A and Table Model K. R.
prospect on the Coast for a marked improve-
player-piano would have given Mrs. Smith last-
ment in business during the Fall.
ing satisfaction and pleasure, which the straight Will Show Interesting
piano did not."
W. F. Rossman Bankrupt
The Baldwin Piano Co. is now offering to
Trends in Radio Exhibits
all who may desire them free floor patterns, or
FRANKLIN, PA., August 13.—Following the fil-
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., August 9.—Sherman, Clay
plans, showing how much space a small
Howard piano occupies. The floor patterns & Co. will have a booth, showing their leading- ing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in
show the manner in which the little piano can radio lines, at the Pacific Radio Exposition the United States District Court at Pittsburgh,
be fitted in with other furnishings in a har- which will open on Saturday, August 18, in the William F. Rossman, music dealer at Frank-
monious and convenient way, solving a problem Civic Auditorium. The show, which is being lin, was adjudicated a bankrupt. The schedules
that may be perplexing to those who want a given by the Pacific Radio Trade Association, filed show assets $55,840.68 and liabilities
piano but are not sure that they have room. is expected to present the most complete array $79,038.36.
They are especially helpful to persons who of radio equipment ever assembled by the in-
expect to move into homes with small rooms, dustry. Dynamic speakers, furnished with re-
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
such as efficiency apartments and compact ceivers, the combination of phonograph con- The Review.
C
ince
8
cAmaricsCs
c
Fbremost
'Piano
^ S T I E F F PIANO
Will attract tkc attention of those
wko know and appreciate tone guality
CHAS.M.STIEFF Inc.
Stieff
Hall ^~
Baltimore
c
Jhe oldest
Piano"fbrte in
(America. to~day
owned and con"
trolled by the
direct decendents
of the founder
c
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