Music Trade Review
Issue: 1929 Vol. 88 N. 28 - Page 76
Music Trade Review -- © mbsi.org, arcade-museum.com -- digitized with support from namm.org
74
Musical Merchandise Section oi The Music Trade Review
Brooklyn Factory of Fred Gretsch
Mfg. Co. a Most Modern Plant
T ^ H E Fred Gretsch Mfg. Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.,
A
have now been serving the musical mer-
chandise industry for over forty-five years. This
business, which was started in rather a small
manner in 1883, has grown to institutional pro-
portions which is manifested by the modern
ten-story fireproof building, known as Gretsch
Building No. 4 where the Gretsch factory and
wholesale wareroorris are located.
Further manifestation of the institutional lay-
out of this company is the fact that they rriain-
kind of an instrument either wood or brass,
nickel, silver or gold, no time is lost in giving
the maximum service to a cUstonief.
Regarding their ability to serve, Emerson E.
Strong, of the company, stated to the Review:
"We believe we have an organization here
A View of the Wood Shop
which is prepared to give its customers a serv-
ice which can be furnished by no other Ameri-
can wholesaler. Facing to-day's keen competi-
tion the retailer deserves from his wholesale
Making Rims
supplier practical selling assistance to help him
move his goods from his shelf. This we are
prepared to give in many ways and are always
Expert Regulators at Work
tain buying offices in Paris, France, and
Markneukirchen, Germany, which are operated
by resident buying forces.
One of the factors which have contributed to
the success of this house has been the twenty-
four-hour service in which the company takes
great pride. Reasons for this embody the fact
that owing to the capacity of (heir factory and
ready to co-operate with our dealers to tfie
fullest extent."
The Gretsch factory in Brooklyn is excep-
tionally modern in every respect, being equipped
with the latest woodworking devices, moulding
machines, kilns, etc., and a complete electro-
plating plant, all of which are elements which
give the company great opportunities for service.
Offers Prizes for Essays
on Value of Harmonica
In order to ascertain just what effect the
playing of the harmonica has had upon the
musical activities of the young people of the
country, M. Hohner, Inc., the prominent har-
monica manufacturers, have launched a nation-
wide contest with prizes aggregating over $1,250
for essays from boys and girls under eighteen
years of age on their experiences with the har-
monica. In writing the essays the contestants
are urged to tell why they decided to play the
harmonica, whether it increased their interest
in and knowledge of music and whether they
have studied any other musical instrument as
the result of learning to play the harmonica.
Special blank forms are provided for con-
testants upon which space is provided for a num-
ber of pertinent questions, the answering of
which will give M. Hohner, Inc., a vast amount
of practical information regarding the use of
the harmonica and its influence, musically.
There are 520 prizes in all ranging from a
grand prize of $200 in cash, to harmonicas, and
embracing various types of music. The con-
test closes on January 15, 1930, at midnight,
and the judges will be Lieut. Commander John
Philip Sousa, the noted band leader; Peter W.
Dykema, professor of music education, Columbia
University; Nat Shilkret, conductor of the
Victor Salon Orchestra; C. M. Tremaine, direc-
tor of the National Bureau for the Advancement
of Music; and Major Arthur W. Procter, secre-
tary of the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater
New York.
Announcing
A NEW BRIDGE ASSORTMENT
Representing
the Qreatest Value
Ever Offered
GROVER
Bridge Assortment No. 3
CONTENTS
12 doz. Nontip Bridges
!4
doz. Nontip
!
4 doz. Nontip
>4 doz. Professional
1 doz. Leader
2 doz. Perfection
No. 3
No.
No. 5
No. 15
No. 30
No.
Retail Value
@ 25c $1.50
@25c 1.50
@25c 1.50
@25c 1.50
@35c 4..20
10c 2.40
TOTAL VALUE
The Plating Department
storage facilities they are able to keep on hand
at all times three thousand different instruments
and accessories. The company are also unique
in the fact that they are not only jobbers of
musical instruments, but also maintain a manu-
facturing plant where banjos, ukuleles, drums
and many other instruments are being manufac-
tured daily.
Their facilities are such that should special
engraving or a special finish be desired on any
$12.60
Dealer's Price $5.00
Sold by Leading Jobbers
A. D. GROVER & SON, INC.
Long Island City
NEW YORK
74
Musical Merchandise Section oi The Music Trade Review
Brooklyn Factory of Fred Gretsch
Mfg. Co. a Most Modern Plant
T ^ H E Fred Gretsch Mfg. Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.,
A
have now been serving the musical mer-
chandise industry for over forty-five years. This
business, which was started in rather a small
manner in 1883, has grown to institutional pro-
portions which is manifested by the modern
ten-story fireproof building, known as Gretsch
Building No. 4 where the Gretsch factory and
wholesale wareroorris are located.
Further manifestation of the institutional lay-
out of this company is the fact that they rriain-
kind of an instrument either wood or brass,
nickel, silver or gold, no time is lost in giving
the maximum service to a cUstonief.
Regarding their ability to serve, Emerson E.
Strong, of the company, stated to the Review:
"We believe we have an organization here
A View of the Wood Shop
which is prepared to give its customers a serv-
ice which can be furnished by no other Ameri-
can wholesaler. Facing to-day's keen competi-
tion the retailer deserves from his wholesale
Making Rims
supplier practical selling assistance to help him
move his goods from his shelf. This we are
prepared to give in many ways and are always
Expert Regulators at Work
tain buying offices in Paris, France, and
Markneukirchen, Germany, which are operated
by resident buying forces.
One of the factors which have contributed to
the success of this house has been the twenty-
four-hour service in which the company takes
great pride. Reasons for this embody the fact
that owing to the capacity of (heir factory and
ready to co-operate with our dealers to tfie
fullest extent."
The Gretsch factory in Brooklyn is excep-
tionally modern in every respect, being equipped
with the latest woodworking devices, moulding
machines, kilns, etc., and a complete electro-
plating plant, all of which are elements which
give the company great opportunities for service.
Offers Prizes for Essays
on Value of Harmonica
In order to ascertain just what effect the
playing of the harmonica has had upon the
musical activities of the young people of the
country, M. Hohner, Inc., the prominent har-
monica manufacturers, have launched a nation-
wide contest with prizes aggregating over $1,250
for essays from boys and girls under eighteen
years of age on their experiences with the har-
monica. In writing the essays the contestants
are urged to tell why they decided to play the
harmonica, whether it increased their interest
in and knowledge of music and whether they
have studied any other musical instrument as
the result of learning to play the harmonica.
Special blank forms are provided for con-
testants upon which space is provided for a num-
ber of pertinent questions, the answering of
which will give M. Hohner, Inc., a vast amount
of practical information regarding the use of
the harmonica and its influence, musically.
There are 520 prizes in all ranging from a
grand prize of $200 in cash, to harmonicas, and
embracing various types of music. The con-
test closes on January 15, 1930, at midnight,
and the judges will be Lieut. Commander John
Philip Sousa, the noted band leader; Peter W.
Dykema, professor of music education, Columbia
University; Nat Shilkret, conductor of the
Victor Salon Orchestra; C. M. Tremaine, direc-
tor of the National Bureau for the Advancement
of Music; and Major Arthur W. Procter, secre-
tary of the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater
New York.
Announcing
A NEW BRIDGE ASSORTMENT
Representing
the Qreatest Value
Ever Offered
GROVER
Bridge Assortment No. 3
CONTENTS
12 doz. Nontip Bridges
!4
doz. Nontip
!
4 doz. Nontip
>4 doz. Professional
1 doz. Leader
2 doz. Perfection
No. 3
No.
No. 5
No. 15
No. 30
No.
Retail Value
@ 25c $1.50
@25c 1.50
@25c 1.50
@25c 1.50
@35c 4..20
10c 2.40
TOTAL VALUE
The Plating Department
storage facilities they are able to keep on hand
at all times three thousand different instruments
and accessories. The company are also unique
in the fact that they are not only jobbers of
musical instruments, but also maintain a manu-
facturing plant where banjos, ukuleles, drums
and many other instruments are being manufac-
tured daily.
Their facilities are such that should special
engraving or a special finish be desired on any
$12.60
Dealer's Price $5.00
Sold by Leading Jobbers
A. D. GROVER & SON, INC.
Long Island City
NEW YORK
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).