Presto
Issue: 1922 1897 - Page 11
December 2, 1922.
LATE TRADE NEWS IN
THE RETAIL DEPARTMENT
Items of General Interest from Correspondents and
Exchanges in Various Sections.
Orange County has a prominent division of the
Music Trades Association of Southern California,
and the division held a meeting in Santa Ana re-
cently.
Frederick Gallant recently opened a music store in
North Attleboro, Mass.
D. D. Rupert will open a new music store in
Mahaffey, Pa., as soon as a building he is erecting
is finished.
That piano sales have improved in an assuring
way since- the beginning of the month was stated
last week by Frank Anrys, general manager of the
Wiley R. Allen Co., San Francisco, Cal. Mr. Anrys
based his beliefs on actual sales and not on mere
prospects. He said everything promises w~U for a
lively fall and winter business in San Francisco and
the Bay cities.
The Ampico film "Imortalized" was shown at the
Liberty Theater in New Orleans recently in a cam-
paign inaugurated by Philip Werlein, Ltd. Concert
was broadcasted, and was heard by the vast audience
made possible through the wonders of radio trans-
mission.
M. O. Matlin, who opened a new music store at
5102 Euclid avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, carries the entire
Wm. Knabe & Co. line. Special facilities for featur-
ing the Ampico have been provided and the arrange-
ments generally are in accordance with the require-
ments for the showing of a fine line of instruments.
Mr. Mattlin is one of the widely known men in the
music trade of Ohio, where he has been actively
engaged in the retail distribution of pianos for many
years.
The Bush & Lane Piano Company, of Portland,
The P. A. Starck Piano Company is advertising
extensively in St. Louis, Mo., a sale of grand pianos.
The Lyon & Healy Reproducing piano is being
featured in the present advertising of Kellogg, Drake
& Company, Galesburg. 111.
Ore., has recently placed several Bush & Lane grands
in the homes of several of Portland's most promi-
nent musicians. Among them one was placed in the
home of Henri Keates, master organist and a brilliant
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pianist and composer of many splendid popular selec-
tions, and in the home of Mischa Pelz, who is the
director of several of Portland's best orchestras.
The New Concerto Playerpiano of the H. C. Bay
Company is featured by the Pearson Piano Com-
pany's Kokomo, Ind., branch store.
A. J. Kirby & Co., music dealers of Gastonia, N. C,
is in its own new building on West Main avenue.
Kirby's music house is an old business and has grown
steadily.
Thomas Mee, Jr.. opened his new music store
recently in Clinton, 111.
The R. C. Bollinger Music Company, Fort Smith,
Ark., says: "Buy an Ampico and own the music
the whole world loves."
The Myers Music House, Mt. Vernon, 111., of
which W. B. Myers is proprietor, advises prospective
buyers to select only "pianos of character." This is
printed by the Mt. Vernon firm this week:
"When you buy a piano, buy one that you will be
proud of its name, proud to have it occupy an im-
portant place in your home. All of our pianos are
made by old, reliable manufacturers—their worth has
been proven by the most exacting buyers for years
and years."
One of the active music houses which have made
the state of Pennsylvania familiar with the pianos
and players manufactured by the Chase-Hackley
Piano Co., Muskegon, Mich., is that fine old firm,
the Dawson Brothers Piano Co., 957 Liberty avenue,
Pittsburgh. The house has represented the Chase-
Hackley line for nearly sixteen years and shows
greater energy in the featuring of the instruments
with the passing of time.
RESPONSE TO FAVOR
FOR SMALL GRAND PIANOS
Efforts of Premier Grand Piano Corporation Finds
Warm Appreciation with Dealers.
The widespread interest in small grand pianos is
well met by the policies of the Premier Grand Piano
Corporation, New York.
The selling and advertising plan of the corporation
is considered most comprehensive and effective by
dealers who appreciate a practical scheme for creat-
ing that kind of interest in the public which leads to
sales. The Premier Grand Piano Corporation manu-
factures baby grand pianos exclusively and the
strength of the selling plan is in focusing effort on
these instruments.
The attitude of the progressive dealers towards
the Premier Grand Piano Corporation has made
1922 a banner baby grand sales year by means of
its effective publicitw plan is exemplified in the fol-
lowing letter from one of the largest and most
prominent dealers in the state of Pennsylvania:
"That's great Premier Grand literature that you
have provided. We hope conditions will soon make
it possible for us to use some of it. We congratulate
you on having such forceful publicity."
ATTENDED OPENING.
H. D. Hewitt, general traveler for the M. Schulz
Company, Chicago, has returned from a trip to St.
Louis and vicinity. While in St. Louis, he was a
guest at the opening of the Raymond Music Com-
pany at the opening of their new store building.
FROM GREEN BAY.
D. W. Goulx, a music dealer of Green Bay, Wis.,
reports that conditions in Green Bay are continually
on the increase and that he is having a hard time to
supply the demand. Mr. Goulx was in Chicago last
week, calling on piano manufacturers.
Taking advantag of June and its romantic im-
pulses, the old O. K. Houck Piano Co., of Nash-
ville, Tenn., pubilshes a large advertisement, with
handsome picture of a bride with this suggestion:
"An always pleasing and lasting wedding remem-
brance. A dainty Steinway Baby Grand piano."
MILWAUKEE PROSPERING.
Conditions in Milwaukee are on the upturn, and
are expected to be for some time yet, according to
C. N. Gether, of the Gether Music Co., of that Wis-
consin city, who was in Chicago this week. Mr.
Gether called on Chicago manufacturers to place or-
ders for replenishing his stock.
El Heraldo, of Madrid, Spain, announces that
Manuel Relugo has invented a machine for writing
music. It is similar to a typewriter and produces
every sign and combination used in music.
INVISIBLE MUSIC ROLL COMPARTMENT
FOR PLAYERS
Here is a new Player, with new features and new
usefulness. Somebody was sure to do it. Everybody
knew it was coming. Billings was-farsighted—that's all.
Very Convenient for Demon-
strating Rolls
Compartment holds Twenty-four (24) Rolls with space
for 100 Sheets of Music—just enough for all demonstrat-
ing purposes, and within easy reach even for children,
without leaving the bench. Customers can. readily help
themselves, should the salesman be busy.
Exclusive Features, Always
Attractive
In the Player Piano business, for example, competitors
have Players that are so similar that prospective buyers
do not remember one from the other and often wander
away without making a purchase. For further informa-
tion, write
F. C. BILLINGS
1815 Prairie St., Milwaukee, Wis.
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LATE TRADE NEWS IN
THE RETAIL DEPARTMENT
Items of General Interest from Correspondents and
Exchanges in Various Sections.
Orange County has a prominent division of the
Music Trades Association of Southern California,
and the division held a meeting in Santa Ana re-
cently.
Frederick Gallant recently opened a music store in
North Attleboro, Mass.
D. D. Rupert will open a new music store in
Mahaffey, Pa., as soon as a building he is erecting
is finished.
That piano sales have improved in an assuring
way since- the beginning of the month was stated
last week by Frank Anrys, general manager of the
Wiley R. Allen Co., San Francisco, Cal. Mr. Anrys
based his beliefs on actual sales and not on mere
prospects. He said everything promises w~U for a
lively fall and winter business in San Francisco and
the Bay cities.
The Ampico film "Imortalized" was shown at the
Liberty Theater in New Orleans recently in a cam-
paign inaugurated by Philip Werlein, Ltd. Concert
was broadcasted, and was heard by the vast audience
made possible through the wonders of radio trans-
mission.
M. O. Matlin, who opened a new music store at
5102 Euclid avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, carries the entire
Wm. Knabe & Co. line. Special facilities for featur-
ing the Ampico have been provided and the arrange-
ments generally are in accordance with the require-
ments for the showing of a fine line of instruments.
Mr. Mattlin is one of the widely known men in the
music trade of Ohio, where he has been actively
engaged in the retail distribution of pianos for many
years.
The Bush & Lane Piano Company, of Portland,
The P. A. Starck Piano Company is advertising
extensively in St. Louis, Mo., a sale of grand pianos.
The Lyon & Healy Reproducing piano is being
featured in the present advertising of Kellogg, Drake
& Company, Galesburg. 111.
Ore., has recently placed several Bush & Lane grands
in the homes of several of Portland's most promi-
nent musicians. Among them one was placed in the
home of Henri Keates, master organist and a brilliant
11
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pianist and composer of many splendid popular selec-
tions, and in the home of Mischa Pelz, who is the
director of several of Portland's best orchestras.
The New Concerto Playerpiano of the H. C. Bay
Company is featured by the Pearson Piano Com-
pany's Kokomo, Ind., branch store.
A. J. Kirby & Co., music dealers of Gastonia, N. C,
is in its own new building on West Main avenue.
Kirby's music house is an old business and has grown
steadily.
Thomas Mee, Jr.. opened his new music store
recently in Clinton, 111.
The R. C. Bollinger Music Company, Fort Smith,
Ark., says: "Buy an Ampico and own the music
the whole world loves."
The Myers Music House, Mt. Vernon, 111., of
which W. B. Myers is proprietor, advises prospective
buyers to select only "pianos of character." This is
printed by the Mt. Vernon firm this week:
"When you buy a piano, buy one that you will be
proud of its name, proud to have it occupy an im-
portant place in your home. All of our pianos are
made by old, reliable manufacturers—their worth has
been proven by the most exacting buyers for years
and years."
One of the active music houses which have made
the state of Pennsylvania familiar with the pianos
and players manufactured by the Chase-Hackley
Piano Co., Muskegon, Mich., is that fine old firm,
the Dawson Brothers Piano Co., 957 Liberty avenue,
Pittsburgh. The house has represented the Chase-
Hackley line for nearly sixteen years and shows
greater energy in the featuring of the instruments
with the passing of time.
RESPONSE TO FAVOR
FOR SMALL GRAND PIANOS
Efforts of Premier Grand Piano Corporation Finds
Warm Appreciation with Dealers.
The widespread interest in small grand pianos is
well met by the policies of the Premier Grand Piano
Corporation, New York.
The selling and advertising plan of the corporation
is considered most comprehensive and effective by
dealers who appreciate a practical scheme for creat-
ing that kind of interest in the public which leads to
sales. The Premier Grand Piano Corporation manu-
factures baby grand pianos exclusively and the
strength of the selling plan is in focusing effort on
these instruments.
The attitude of the progressive dealers towards
the Premier Grand Piano Corporation has made
1922 a banner baby grand sales year by means of
its effective publicitw plan is exemplified in the fol-
lowing letter from one of the largest and most
prominent dealers in the state of Pennsylvania:
"That's great Premier Grand literature that you
have provided. We hope conditions will soon make
it possible for us to use some of it. We congratulate
you on having such forceful publicity."
ATTENDED OPENING.
H. D. Hewitt, general traveler for the M. Schulz
Company, Chicago, has returned from a trip to St.
Louis and vicinity. While in St. Louis, he was a
guest at the opening of the Raymond Music Com-
pany at the opening of their new store building.
FROM GREEN BAY.
D. W. Goulx, a music dealer of Green Bay, Wis.,
reports that conditions in Green Bay are continually
on the increase and that he is having a hard time to
supply the demand. Mr. Goulx was in Chicago last
week, calling on piano manufacturers.
Taking advantag of June and its romantic im-
pulses, the old O. K. Houck Piano Co., of Nash-
ville, Tenn., pubilshes a large advertisement, with
handsome picture of a bride with this suggestion:
"An always pleasing and lasting wedding remem-
brance. A dainty Steinway Baby Grand piano."
MILWAUKEE PROSPERING.
Conditions in Milwaukee are on the upturn, and
are expected to be for some time yet, according to
C. N. Gether, of the Gether Music Co., of that Wis-
consin city, who was in Chicago this week. Mr.
Gether called on Chicago manufacturers to place or-
ders for replenishing his stock.
El Heraldo, of Madrid, Spain, announces that
Manuel Relugo has invented a machine for writing
music. It is similar to a typewriter and produces
every sign and combination used in music.
INVISIBLE MUSIC ROLL COMPARTMENT
FOR PLAYERS
Here is a new Player, with new features and new
usefulness. Somebody was sure to do it. Everybody
knew it was coming. Billings was-farsighted—that's all.
Very Convenient for Demon-
strating Rolls
Compartment holds Twenty-four (24) Rolls with space
for 100 Sheets of Music—just enough for all demonstrat-
ing purposes, and within easy reach even for children,
without leaving the bench. Customers can. readily help
themselves, should the salesman be busy.
Exclusive Features, Always
Attractive
In the Player Piano business, for example, competitors
have Players that are so similar that prospective buyers
do not remember one from the other and often wander
away without making a purchase. For further informa-
tion, write
F. C. BILLINGS
1815 Prairie St., Milwaukee, Wis.
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All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
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