Presto

January 24, 1925.
PRESTO
MANY DEALERS
IN NEW LOCATIONS
Unusual Number of Music Merchants Moving
to Larger Quarters Considered Significant
of Marked Revival of Business All
Over the Country.
MANY BUY BUILDINGS
Incidents Told in News Items from Many Places Are
Individual Examples of Ambition
Realized.
The first weeks of the new year resulted in many
removals to larger and better quarters by music deal-
ers. The facts are considered evidences of the am-
bition of the dealers and of the general revival of
business in music goods. In a great many cases the
shrewd dealers made the strenuous act of moving
headquarters an occasion for publicity leading to
sales. The joyous beginning is always a good one.
Opening day is a good one in which to make friends
and to show the neighbors the merits of the music
goods line. Of course, a program of music was a
feature of the events in the greater number of cases
reported by the local papers or reported direct to
Presto by the firms.
Buys in Philadelphia.
A building for a new branch store has been pur-
chased by the Lang Piano Co., Philadelphia, but the
moving from the old store at 2140 Ridge avenue to
the new location a few doors away will not take
place until the latter has been remodeled. Max Lang
is owner of the company, with a main store at 1204
Columbia avenue. He now operates three stores in
which pianos are included in the general stocks.
Steinway Representative Moves.
The movement to the new store of the New Mexico
Piano Co., in Albuquerque, N. M., recently was made
a great occasion for the display and demonstration of
the extensive line of Steinway and other high class
pianos carried by the company. A fine line of phono-
graphs and musical merchandise is also carried by
the enterprising house, the proprietor of which is
H. A. Maisen. Lewis Clark is the active manager of
the handsome store at 114 North Second street.
Moves Next Week.
Next week the East Tennessee Music Company,
Knoxville, Tenn., will move to new quarters, 719-721
South Gay street. The location at 606 South Gay
street has long been considered inadequate for the
growing business of the firm, of which George Brown
is manager. The new store has many facilities for
the better showing of an attractive line of music
goods, including spacious show windows.
Corson, the Music Man of the Dalles, Oregon, re-
cently took newer and larger salesrooms. One of the
teatures of the new store is a hall for recitals, con-
certs and social events.
Prosperous California Firm.
The continuous success of the Crockett Music Com-
pany, Crockett, Cal., since it was established a few
years ago by R. A. McMillan and Mrs. McMillan
long ago resulted in the necessity for more space to
show and store pianos and other music goods. The
necessity is now satisfied, and in the fine, commodious
warerooms in the Peter's Block the line is shown in
the desired attractive manner.
The Cline Music Company, Stanton, Va., has
moved to newer, commodious quarters at 126 W.
Main street.
The Seth Laraway Music Store, Eugene, Ore., has
moved into new quarters at 968 Willamette street.
Grows in St. Louis.
The rapid increase of the business of the Hunleth
Music Company, 516 Locust street, St. Louis, is
shown in the latest development of the company.
Last week the company took over the five-story
building adjoining its present quarters, which will be
occupied when the necessary alterations and im-
provements are made. When the new. building is
occupied a total of 22,000 square feet will be at the
'lisposal of the enterprising firm.
Expands in Miami, Fla.
The S. Ernest Philpitt Music Co , Miami, and other
cities in Florida has purchased a site for a new branch
store at Jefferson and Lincoln avenue in the city
named. The deal involved a consideration of $35,000
and plans for a building to cost $25,000 have been
accepted by Mr. Philpitt. The news is further evi-
dence of the progressive character of the company
headed by a man who is nationally known and who
has done much to raise the standard of music retail-
ing in a wide section.
The P. A. Starck Piano Co., Minneapolis, Minn.,
now located at 800 Nicollet avenue, will move to
larger quarters February 1. The new location will
be in the Yeates Building, at Nicollet avenue and
Ninth street.
The Denver Music Co., 1532-38 Stout street, Den-
ver, Colo., has secured a lease on the house at 1540
Stout street, which it will occupy as soon as exten-
sive alterations have been made. In its new quar-
ters the concern will have 18,000 square feet of floor
MANUFACTURERS' OUTLET
STORES ADD NEW STORE
Third of Chain of Chicago Houses Is Located at 812
West Sixty-third Street.
The Manufacturers' Outlet Piano Stores, Inc., are
now operating a chain of three stores in Chicago,
having just opened the latest branch at 812 West
Sixty-third street.
The new branch store is to be operated under the
supervision of J. J. Ferris as manager. Mr. Ferris
formerly was a floor salesman at the Milwaukee
avenue store and received his promotion as a result
ot his energy, perseverance, executive ability, and
hard work. The showing made by Mr. Ferris at the
Milwaukee avenue store was phenomenal and he ex-
pects to make his new charge the largest branch of
the company's stores.
The corporation was formed a few years ago by
J. H. Sullivan and H. A. Falvey. Their success in
the piano business passed expectations considering
the short time in business. The reason for the suc-
cess is found in the firm's belief that the customer
must get value received for money spent. Service is
their watchword. Complaints are taken care of
almost the day they are received. A policy of this
kind is bound to be successful if carried through to
the letter.
L. G. Reisener, manager of the Lincoln avenue
store, enjoyed a large business during the year 1924
and expects it to be larger during 1925, by at least
$100,000.
The Manufacturers' Outlet Piano Stores carry the
Baldwin line of pianos exclusively, and they are
staunch promoters for the Baldwin pianos, the com-
pany and its officers. Mr. Sullivan, some years ago,
was a retail salesman in the Baldwin organization.
Thinking so much of their pianos, he is naturally
selling them today as a dealer.
space. A feature in the new location will be an at-
tractive salon for the demonstration of pianos.
Peter Bacigalupi, San Francisco music merchant,
recently moved from quarters on upper Market
street to 107 Golden Gate avenue.
The Miller Music Co. of Salem and Boston re-
cently leased one of the stores in the new block on
High street, Salem, Mass.
Reifsynder's Music House of Lebanon, Pa., re-
cently purchased property at 119 North Sixth street,
Reading, Pa., where a music house will be opened.
Hathway Bros , Grantsville, Va., is enlarging its
stock of musical instruments.
TWO NEW MODELS FROM BALDWIN PIANO CO.
BALDWIN GRAND, STYLE K.
ELLINGTON PIANO, STYLE 391.
Two new grands of artistic finish and design pro-
duced by the Baldwin Piano Company, Cincinnati,
?re shown on this page, the Baldwin Grand Style
"K" and Ellington Grand Style "391." Both are made
in brown mahogany, and with the degree of finish
that distinguishes the instruments of the big Cincin-
nati industry.
The length of the Baldwin Grand shown is 6 feet
2 inches, with the individual high character of grands
of that name. Pianos of this model are splendid ex-
amples of the high quality and artistic appearance of
the instruments bearing the Baldwin name.
The Ellington Grand shown in the picture is 5 feet
6 inches long and the model is finished in a veneer of
great richness in the marking, a fact suggested in the
photograph from which the cut was made. The trade
is aware of the durability of Ellington pianos, a
quality possessed by the new model shown.
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