Music Trade Review
Issue: 1929 Vol. 88 N. 3 - Page 13
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CHICAGO AND THE MIDDLE WEST
Frank W. Kirk, Manager, 333 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago
Grinndi Bros. Managers
Many Sales of Kimball Pianos Are
Hold Annual Convention
^
George P. Bent's New Book
Is Now Off the Press
Prominent Members of Industry Among Con-
tributors to "Four Score and More" Pub-
lished by Former Piano Man
George P. Bent's new book, "Four Score and
More" is now off the press and will no doubt
appeal to the members of the music trade for
it contains interesting bits of biography and
humorous history about the music industry and
its members.
It is perhaps the only book published whose
contributors are persons nearing or over 80
years of age, for Col. Edward Saxton Payson,
to whom the book is dedicated, is well over the
four score line, and many others are near it.
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1
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I#/ .
Reported by Dealers in California
Sixty Executives of Main and Branch Stores
of Company Gather in Detroit for Yearly
Conference
DETROIT, MICH., January 12.—The annual con-
vention of branch store and department man-
agers of Grinnell Bros, music house opened
Monday, January 7 and lasted four days. Ses-
sions were held morning and afternoon. The
purpose of the yearly convention is to review
the business of the previous year and to discuss
various phases of operation and planning for
the future.
About sixty members of Grinnell Bros, organ-
ization were in attendance, representing stores
in Ann Arbor, Bay City, Flint, Grand Rapids,
Hillsdale, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Pon-
tiac, Port Huron, Saginaw, Birmingham, Tra-
verse City, Wyandotte, Monroe and Ypsilanti,
Mich. Also Windsor, Ont., and Toledo, Find-
lay and Lima, O., in addition to nine Detroit
stores. All told, Grinnell Bros, operate in
twenty-one cities.
S. E. Clark, vice-president and secretary of
Grinnell Bros., acted as chairman of the busj-
ness sessions. This year one entire session was
given over to talks by outsiders—manufacturers
and their representatives. Among those who
appeared were Hermann Irion, of Steinway &
Sons Piano Co., New York, and president of the
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce; C.
Alfred Wagner, vice-president of the Aeolian
Co., New York; E. R. Jacobson, president of
the Straube Piano Co., Hammond, Ind.; D. D.
Luxton, vice-president of Vose & Sons Piano
Co., Boston; Henry Hewitt, wholesale sales
manager of M. Schulz Piano Co., Chicago; Geo.
E. Mansfield, vice-president of the Everett
Piano Co., Chicago; C. A. Earl, assistant sales
manager and others from the Freshman Radio
Co., New York; A. A. Trostler, sales manager
of the Freed-Eisemann Radio Corp., Brooklyn,
N. Y.; F. W. Lorenz, sales manager of the Kel-
logg Radio Corp., Chicago, 111.; and H. E.
Grubb, vice-president of the Victor Talking Ma-
chine Co., Camden, N. J.
The social part of the convention was the
annual banquet given at the Hotel Statler, with
E. W. Grinnell, vice-president of Grinnell Bros,
acting as toastmaster. A number of manufac-
turers from out of the city were called upon to
speak.
Speaking for the directors of his company,
S. E. Clark, vice-president, reports a very satis-
factory business during 1928 and feels there
is every reason to expect a splendid increase
during the year just starting.
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An Embryo
j
Pianist and Her §
New Kimball
|
Grand
-
"C^VIDENCE that California dealers are sell-
ing Kimball pianos to discriminating buy-
ers is found in a number of recent sales.
The Mack Music Co. of Monrovia, Cal., re-
cently sold a Kimball Chippendale period grand
to John B. McBratney. The instrument is
shown in the accompanying photograph with
the young artist who is to use it. The Chip-
pendale Kimball grand combines grace, sim-
plicity and richness, and refinement of the
Such persons have a fund of interesting in-
formation and they all write in an entertaining
manner.
Another important feature of the book is the
survey of the advance that has been made in
scientific discoveries, inventions and business
developments in the last hundred years, and
particularly within the last thirty or forty years.
Mr. Bent himself traces this development in a
special chapter interestingly written.
"Four Score and More" will have a special
appeal to the music industry inasmuch as its
author, George P. Bent, is known throughout
the music world and also because twenty-three
music men contributed to it, all of whom are
outstanding figures in the industry.
Now Tonk Bench Go.
Following the recent merger of the Tonk
Mfg. Co. with the Overton bench business and
the Logansport Furniture Co., the Tonk Mfg.
Co. has changed its name to Tonk Bench Co.
The Portland, Ore., piano trade was visited
recently by Peter S. Wick, president of the P.
S. Wick Piano Co., of St. Paul, Minn.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review.
L
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style lends itself to modern home furnishings.
The Mack Music Co. also sold a Kimball con-
cert grand to the Monrovia High School in
December.
The San Gabriel High School at San Gabriel,
Calif., selected two Kimball grands, style 31,
through the Fitzgerald Music Co., of Los
Angeles.
The Hancock Music Co. of Pasadena sold
two style 31 Kimballs to the exclusive Vista
del Arroyo Hotel at Pasadena.
We are
saving money for
Manufacturers of
Period Pianos
who come to us for their period
benches and get service, quality and
details identical with all that is
offered by the best custom cabinet
makers.
fA.MERRIAM(S
SO. ACTON, MASS.
,
D W I G
Grands—Uprights—Player Pianos—Reproducing Pianos
of the Highest Quality in Straight and Period Models
Ludwig & Co M 136th St- and Willow Ave-, New York
CHICAGO AND THE MIDDLE WEST
Frank W. Kirk, Manager, 333 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago
Grinndi Bros. Managers
Many Sales of Kimball Pianos Are
Hold Annual Convention
^
George P. Bent's New Book
Is Now Off the Press
Prominent Members of Industry Among Con-
tributors to "Four Score and More" Pub-
lished by Former Piano Man
George P. Bent's new book, "Four Score and
More" is now off the press and will no doubt
appeal to the members of the music trade for
it contains interesting bits of biography and
humorous history about the music industry and
its members.
It is perhaps the only book published whose
contributors are persons nearing or over 80
years of age, for Col. Edward Saxton Payson,
to whom the book is dedicated, is well over the
four score line, and many others are near it.
~
1
^
I#/ .
Reported by Dealers in California
Sixty Executives of Main and Branch Stores
of Company Gather in Detroit for Yearly
Conference
DETROIT, MICH., January 12.—The annual con-
vention of branch store and department man-
agers of Grinnell Bros, music house opened
Monday, January 7 and lasted four days. Ses-
sions were held morning and afternoon. The
purpose of the yearly convention is to review
the business of the previous year and to discuss
various phases of operation and planning for
the future.
About sixty members of Grinnell Bros, organ-
ization were in attendance, representing stores
in Ann Arbor, Bay City, Flint, Grand Rapids,
Hillsdale, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Pon-
tiac, Port Huron, Saginaw, Birmingham, Tra-
verse City, Wyandotte, Monroe and Ypsilanti,
Mich. Also Windsor, Ont., and Toledo, Find-
lay and Lima, O., in addition to nine Detroit
stores. All told, Grinnell Bros, operate in
twenty-one cities.
S. E. Clark, vice-president and secretary of
Grinnell Bros., acted as chairman of the busj-
ness sessions. This year one entire session was
given over to talks by outsiders—manufacturers
and their representatives. Among those who
appeared were Hermann Irion, of Steinway &
Sons Piano Co., New York, and president of the
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce; C.
Alfred Wagner, vice-president of the Aeolian
Co., New York; E. R. Jacobson, president of
the Straube Piano Co., Hammond, Ind.; D. D.
Luxton, vice-president of Vose & Sons Piano
Co., Boston; Henry Hewitt, wholesale sales
manager of M. Schulz Piano Co., Chicago; Geo.
E. Mansfield, vice-president of the Everett
Piano Co., Chicago; C. A. Earl, assistant sales
manager and others from the Freshman Radio
Co., New York; A. A. Trostler, sales manager
of the Freed-Eisemann Radio Corp., Brooklyn,
N. Y.; F. W. Lorenz, sales manager of the Kel-
logg Radio Corp., Chicago, 111.; and H. E.
Grubb, vice-president of the Victor Talking Ma-
chine Co., Camden, N. J.
The social part of the convention was the
annual banquet given at the Hotel Statler, with
E. W. Grinnell, vice-president of Grinnell Bros,
acting as toastmaster. A number of manufac-
turers from out of the city were called upon to
speak.
Speaking for the directors of his company,
S. E. Clark, vice-president, reports a very satis-
factory business during 1928 and feels there
is every reason to expect a splendid increase
during the year just starting.
7 1
An Embryo
j
Pianist and Her §
New Kimball
|
Grand
-
"C^VIDENCE that California dealers are sell-
ing Kimball pianos to discriminating buy-
ers is found in a number of recent sales.
The Mack Music Co. of Monrovia, Cal., re-
cently sold a Kimball Chippendale period grand
to John B. McBratney. The instrument is
shown in the accompanying photograph with
the young artist who is to use it. The Chip-
pendale Kimball grand combines grace, sim-
plicity and richness, and refinement of the
Such persons have a fund of interesting in-
formation and they all write in an entertaining
manner.
Another important feature of the book is the
survey of the advance that has been made in
scientific discoveries, inventions and business
developments in the last hundred years, and
particularly within the last thirty or forty years.
Mr. Bent himself traces this development in a
special chapter interestingly written.
"Four Score and More" will have a special
appeal to the music industry inasmuch as its
author, George P. Bent, is known throughout
the music world and also because twenty-three
music men contributed to it, all of whom are
outstanding figures in the industry.
Now Tonk Bench Go.
Following the recent merger of the Tonk
Mfg. Co. with the Overton bench business and
the Logansport Furniture Co., the Tonk Mfg.
Co. has changed its name to Tonk Bench Co.
The Portland, Ore., piano trade was visited
recently by Peter S. Wick, president of the P.
S. Wick Piano Co., of St. Paul, Minn.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review.
L
U
style lends itself to modern home furnishings.
The Mack Music Co. also sold a Kimball con-
cert grand to the Monrovia High School in
December.
The San Gabriel High School at San Gabriel,
Calif., selected two Kimball grands, style 31,
through the Fitzgerald Music Co., of Los
Angeles.
The Hancock Music Co. of Pasadena sold
two style 31 Kimballs to the exclusive Vista
del Arroyo Hotel at Pasadena.
We are
saving money for
Manufacturers of
Period Pianos
who come to us for their period
benches and get service, quality and
details identical with all that is
offered by the best custom cabinet
makers.
fA.MERRIAM(S
SO. ACTON, MASS.
,
D W I G
Grands—Uprights—Player Pianos—Reproducing Pianos
of the Highest Quality in Straight and Period Models
Ludwig & Co M 136th St- and Willow Ave-, New York
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