Music Trade Review
Issue: 1929 Vol. 88 N. 17 - Page 6
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The Music Trade Review
Gust. Ad. Anderson Dies
After Lingering Illness
VAN WERT, OHIO, April 22.—Gust. Ad. Ander-
son, for many years identified with the piano
industry as a traveling representative, passed
away at his home here last week after a linger-
ing illness. He was in his seventy-fourth year.
Having been connected with several well-known
piano manufacturing concerns for over a period
of more than a quarter of a century Mr. Ander-
son was known to practically every piano deal-
er the country over. He was prominently iden-
tified with the Association activities in the
trade, having been an active member of the
Piano Manufacturers' and Piano Travelers' or-
ganizations.
Ferguson's Music Shoppe, Main street, Baby-
lon, N. Y., suffered severe damage from
smoke and water as the result of a fire in a
neighboring establishment.
B. H. Collins Going Abroad
Byron H. Collins, manager of the retail de-
partment of Steinway & Sons, New York,
sailed for Europe on Saturday, April 20, on the
S. S. "Scythia." Mr. Collins will visit England
Scotland, France and Germany and plans to
visit the Steinway houses in London, Berlin
and Hamburg. Mr. Collins will be joined
abroad later by Paul Schmidt, director of the
company, who sails for Europe on May 5.
APRIL 27, 1929
Three Bacon Junior Pianos
Selected for Akron Church
The Mitten P i a n o Co., of Akron, O., reports
the sale of three F r a n c i s Bacon J u n i o r Pianos
to the T r i n i t y Reformed Church in that citv.
Hold Successful Opening
The Cowman-Hughes Music Co., 106 East
Broadway, Kansas City, Mo., had an informal
opening of their new store, which was well at-
tended. The company will carry a complete
line of records and popular sheet music, and a
stock of Cable pianos, RCA radiolas and phono-
graphs. George A. Smith is manager of the
store.
Trinity Reformed Church of Akron, O., Where
Three Bacon Pianos Have Been Installed
These pianos are to be used in the Sunday
School rooms.
Many dealers report increasing sales of baby
pianos to churches having Sunday Schools and
it is suggested to dealers to look into this new
avenue for additional sales and make the most
of such business opportunities in their own
respective communities.
Wessell, Nickel & Gross
Business Is Not for Sale
Rumors to the effect that Wessell, Nickel &
Gross of New York, manufacturers of the Wes-
sell, Nickel & Gross piano actions, were about
to sell their business were emphatically denied
this week by Arthur L. Wessell, who stated to
a representative of The Review: "We have un-
derstood that certain rumors are afloat to the
effect that we are about to sell our action busi-
ness, but this is decidedly not the case and has
never been thought of. The Wessell, Nickel
& Gross piano action holds a prominent place
in the industry and is used by manufacturers
of quality pianos. Pianos will always be sold
and because we are going through a dull period
there is no reason why the faith in the busi-
ness should be lost. As far as we are concerned
we look forward to better business from now
on. In fact since the first of the year every-
thing has pointed to an increase of business for
us. I wish, therefore, that it be clearly under-
stood that Wessell, Nickel & Gross do not in-
tend to sell their business and will continue to
manufacture actions along that high plane of
quality for which they have gained an enviable
reputation throughout the world."
A
F. J. Heppe Granted Patent
on Piano Tone Reflector
Style A A - Grand
— Early American Design
Brown Mahogany—Dull Finish
A dainty period model—appealing to the eye
with its graceful design—a masterpiece worthy
of the finest setting—a time-proven POOLE
scale—a splendid selling value.
Poole Piano Company
Cambridge A
Boston, Mass.
PHILADELPHIA, PA., April 22.—Letters patent
have been granted to Florence J. Heppe, presi-
dent of the C. J. Heppe & Son Co., 1117 Chest-
nut street, for his latest contribution to the
perfection of the tonal qualities of the piano, a
tone reflector to be used on grand pianos. This
device is already in use as a standard equipment
in a number of prominent makes of pianos. The
Heppe patented tone reflector, it is claimed,
gives to the small piano the rich tonal quality
of a large grand and to the large piano a rich-
ness of tone heretofore unattainable under old
methods of piano construction. The tone re-
flector is only one of the many improvements
to pianos invented by Mr. Heppe and comes on
the sixty-fifth anniversary celebration of tin-
founding of C. J. Heppe & Son. The invention
may also be used in upright instruments. Sev-
eral manufacturers of small grands already have
been granted the rights to use the patented re-
flector by the inventor, and it is in use in all tin-
makes made under the firm's own special
marks.
The Music Trade Review
Gust. Ad. Anderson Dies
After Lingering Illness
VAN WERT, OHIO, April 22.—Gust. Ad. Ander-
son, for many years identified with the piano
industry as a traveling representative, passed
away at his home here last week after a linger-
ing illness. He was in his seventy-fourth year.
Having been connected with several well-known
piano manufacturing concerns for over a period
of more than a quarter of a century Mr. Ander-
son was known to practically every piano deal-
er the country over. He was prominently iden-
tified with the Association activities in the
trade, having been an active member of the
Piano Manufacturers' and Piano Travelers' or-
ganizations.
Ferguson's Music Shoppe, Main street, Baby-
lon, N. Y., suffered severe damage from
smoke and water as the result of a fire in a
neighboring establishment.
B. H. Collins Going Abroad
Byron H. Collins, manager of the retail de-
partment of Steinway & Sons, New York,
sailed for Europe on Saturday, April 20, on the
S. S. "Scythia." Mr. Collins will visit England
Scotland, France and Germany and plans to
visit the Steinway houses in London, Berlin
and Hamburg. Mr. Collins will be joined
abroad later by Paul Schmidt, director of the
company, who sails for Europe on May 5.
APRIL 27, 1929
Three Bacon Junior Pianos
Selected for Akron Church
The Mitten P i a n o Co., of Akron, O., reports
the sale of three F r a n c i s Bacon J u n i o r Pianos
to the T r i n i t y Reformed Church in that citv.
Hold Successful Opening
The Cowman-Hughes Music Co., 106 East
Broadway, Kansas City, Mo., had an informal
opening of their new store, which was well at-
tended. The company will carry a complete
line of records and popular sheet music, and a
stock of Cable pianos, RCA radiolas and phono-
graphs. George A. Smith is manager of the
store.
Trinity Reformed Church of Akron, O., Where
Three Bacon Pianos Have Been Installed
These pianos are to be used in the Sunday
School rooms.
Many dealers report increasing sales of baby
pianos to churches having Sunday Schools and
it is suggested to dealers to look into this new
avenue for additional sales and make the most
of such business opportunities in their own
respective communities.
Wessell, Nickel & Gross
Business Is Not for Sale
Rumors to the effect that Wessell, Nickel &
Gross of New York, manufacturers of the Wes-
sell, Nickel & Gross piano actions, were about
to sell their business were emphatically denied
this week by Arthur L. Wessell, who stated to
a representative of The Review: "We have un-
derstood that certain rumors are afloat to the
effect that we are about to sell our action busi-
ness, but this is decidedly not the case and has
never been thought of. The Wessell, Nickel
& Gross piano action holds a prominent place
in the industry and is used by manufacturers
of quality pianos. Pianos will always be sold
and because we are going through a dull period
there is no reason why the faith in the busi-
ness should be lost. As far as we are concerned
we look forward to better business from now
on. In fact since the first of the year every-
thing has pointed to an increase of business for
us. I wish, therefore, that it be clearly under-
stood that Wessell, Nickel & Gross do not in-
tend to sell their business and will continue to
manufacture actions along that high plane of
quality for which they have gained an enviable
reputation throughout the world."
A
F. J. Heppe Granted Patent
on Piano Tone Reflector
Style A A - Grand
— Early American Design
Brown Mahogany—Dull Finish
A dainty period model—appealing to the eye
with its graceful design—a masterpiece worthy
of the finest setting—a time-proven POOLE
scale—a splendid selling value.
Poole Piano Company
Cambridge A
Boston, Mass.
PHILADELPHIA, PA., April 22.—Letters patent
have been granted to Florence J. Heppe, presi-
dent of the C. J. Heppe & Son Co., 1117 Chest-
nut street, for his latest contribution to the
perfection of the tonal qualities of the piano, a
tone reflector to be used on grand pianos. This
device is already in use as a standard equipment
in a number of prominent makes of pianos. The
Heppe patented tone reflector, it is claimed,
gives to the small piano the rich tonal quality
of a large grand and to the large piano a rich-
ness of tone heretofore unattainable under old
methods of piano construction. The tone re-
flector is only one of the many improvements
to pianos invented by Mr. Heppe and comes on
the sixty-fifth anniversary celebration of tin-
founding of C. J. Heppe & Son. The invention
may also be used in upright instruments. Sev-
eral manufacturers of small grands already have
been granted the rights to use the patented re-
flector by the inventor, and it is in use in all tin-
makes made under the firm's own special
marks.
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