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February 21, 1925.
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street. The main store, 521 Main street, has been
remodeled and many improvements made.
The Baldwin Piano Co., Seattle, Wash., recently
moved from its old location on Stuart street, between
Fourth and Fifth avenues, to the location formerly
occupied by the Woods Music House on Third
avenue.
Tonk Bros. Co. is now settled in its new quarters
(Continued from page 15.)
equal to the sum of all its parts." He is notably in the Brunswick Building, 623-633 South Wabash
opposed to personal advertising. Such meagre ref- avenue, Chicago.
The E. H. Gleason Music House of Bath, N. Y.,
erence as has been made to his individual work in this
article, is based on information supplied by his co- has opened a branch store in Clifton Springs, N. Y.,
workers. All Mr. Friestedt would say concerning the under the management of J. A. Edwards.
The J. H. Johnson's Sons Co., Alliance, Ohio,
twentieth anniversary of the United States Music
moved to its new three-story building in the down-
Company, was this:
"Our sole aim and purpose has always been to pro- town district. In its new quarters the firm has more
duce the best possible player roll at the lowest uni- space for the display of pianos, talking machines and
form price (for player sales can only be as great as records.
The interior of the music house of O. J. DeMoll &
the roll trade makes them). The best roll at the low-
est uniform price stimulates roll sales, and increases Co., Twelfth and G streets, Washington, D. C, is to
the demand for players. The two must co-operate be remodeled, according to plans accepted by the
at all times; they are inseparable. The welfare of the firm.
playerpiano has always been uppermost in our policy.
One cannot get away from the fact that people buy
players to play rolls. Player rolls provide the means
to realize greater player profits."
U. S. MUSIC CO'S.
20TH ANNIVERSARY
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ARTISTIC
IN EVERT
DETAIL
PORTLAND, ORE., MUSICAL
EVENTS FEATURE PIANOS
PAT. HENRY'S DAY AT
PIANO CLUB LUNCHEON
Energetic Member Keeps Promise to Provide Unus-
ual Entertainment Attractions at Weekly Meeting.
At the meeting of the Piano Club of Chicago Feb-
ruary 16, at the Illinois Athletic Club. Patrick Henry
acted as chairman and as usual kept his promise of
splendid entertainment. He personally conducted to
the luncheon several theatrical stars now appearing
in the Chicago theaters. Being known as Pat's own
day everybody tried to be early in order to secure
a good seat.
Ray Reilly gave a party for the club Monday
night of this week at the Trocadero Cafe, Grace and
Broadway. There was dancing, music by two or-
chestras, and vaudeville entertainment.
NEWSY FACTS ABOUT THE
MEN WHO RETAIL PIANOS
Steinway and Mason & Hamlin Provide Music at
Two Notable Events.
A splendid and difficult program was given by
David Campbell, head of the Ellison-White Conserv-
atory of Music of Portland, Ore., February 4, in the
Women's Club building, to an appreciative audience.
Mr. Campbell has a very pleasing technic and empha-
sized his excellent skill with a Steinway Concert
grand, furnished for the concert by Sherman, Clay
& Co.
Playing a remarkable program of the works of
Rachmaninoff, Chopin and Liszt, Brune Steinwach,
virtuoso of the piano and delver into ancient music,
captivated his audiences when he appeared recently
at the Orpheum theater. He used a Mason & Ham-
lin Concert grand, which was furnished for him by
the Wiley B. Allen Co., the Portland representatives
of the Mason & Hamlin.
Portland is to have another Light Opera company,
composed of a group of local musicians, who will
give their first public appearance March 12, 13 and
14 in the Public auditorium under the auspices of
the Parent-Teachers' association. They have chosen
H. Goodell Boucher, head of the vocal department
of the Ellison-White Conservatory of Music as the
director of the new organization and it is the plan
of the association to give three or four weeks of light
opera each season. The business manager is Charles
L. Stitt and the orchestra director, John C. Britz.
Items gathered From Various Sources Relate Inci-
dents in. the Trade Activities.
A Packard piano was recently installed in the East-
ern Star Temple of the Martha Washington Chapter
in Portland, Ore, by the G. F. Johnson Piano Co.
L. D. Newman, credit manager for several years
FINE EXCLUSIVE GRAND TRADE,
for the George S. Dales Co., Akron, O., resigned
Jt
is a good sign of the piano business when such
recently.
A radio department has been added by the F. & F. an industry as that of Florey Bros., of Washington,
N. J., grows steadily and develops a demand through-
Music Store, 1449 Pleasant street, Fall River, Mass.
New quarters at 221 Main street, Danbury, Conn., out the country. Florey Bros, small grand pianos
have been taken by Heim's Music Store, which has are the high grade products of the pioneer industry
for several years been located at 270 Main street. of its kind. Another "kind" is the exclusive manu-
This company has branches in Brewster, N. Y., and facture of small grand pianos. The business was
established in 1909, and it has continued, with steady
Ridgefield, Conn.
ever since. Today there are other exclusive
The branch store of Charles Elliott at 505 Main growth piano
factories, but the Florey Bros, have the
street, Little Rock, Ark., has been closed owing to grand
of being the first. And dealers who have tried
vacating the site, on which a new building is to be credit
instruments from Washington, N. J., are enthu-
erected at the address, Capital avenue and Main the
siastic in their praise.
ESTABLISHED 1*54
THE
BRADBURY PIANO
FOR ITS
ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE
FOR ITS
INESTIMABLE AGENCY VALUE
THE CHOICE OF
Representative Dealers the World Over
Now Produced in Several
New Models
The Good Old
SMITH & NIXON
Pianos and Player Pianos
Better than ever, with the same
"Grand Tone In Upright Case."
Grands and Players that every deal-
er likes to sell, for Satisfaction and
Profit.
WRITE FOR TERRITORY
Factory
Leominster,
Mass.
Executive Office*
138th St. and Walton Ave.
New York
DiTi.ion W. P. HAINES & CO., Ine.
Smith & Nixon Piano Co.
1229 Miller St., Chicago
HADDORFF PIANO CO.
ROCKFORD,ILL.
N.w Uxfc Ch
130 W. ttmlS'
Wholesale Office*:
CMraf.
410 S. Mkh^n A,..
Ill feliforni. * .
Schaff Bros.
Players • nd Pianos have won their stand-
ing with trade and public by 54 years of
steadfast striving to excel. They repre-
sent the
LARGEST COMPETITIVE VALUE
because <«f their beauty, reliability, tone
and moderate price. They are profitable
to sell and satisfactory when sold.
Brighten Your Line with the
SCHAFF BROS.
The Schaff Bros. Co.
Established 1868
Huntington, Ind.
GRAND PIANOS
EXCLUSIVELY
One Style—One Quality
giving you the
Unequaled Grand
Unequaled Price
Already being sold by leading dealer*
throughout the country
Write today—tell us your next year's re-
quirements and we will meet your demands
with prompt and efficient service.
Nordlund Grand Piano Co.
400 W. Erie S t
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CHICAGO
February 21, 1925.
P R E S T O
street. The main store, 521 Main street, has been
remodeled and many improvements made.
The Baldwin Piano Co., Seattle, Wash., recently
moved from its old location on Stuart street, between
Fourth and Fifth avenues, to the location formerly
occupied by the Woods Music House on Third
avenue.
Tonk Bros. Co. is now settled in its new quarters
(Continued from page 15.)
equal to the sum of all its parts." He is notably in the Brunswick Building, 623-633 South Wabash
opposed to personal advertising. Such meagre ref- avenue, Chicago.
The E. H. Gleason Music House of Bath, N. Y.,
erence as has been made to his individual work in this
article, is based on information supplied by his co- has opened a branch store in Clifton Springs, N. Y.,
workers. All Mr. Friestedt would say concerning the under the management of J. A. Edwards.
The J. H. Johnson's Sons Co., Alliance, Ohio,
twentieth anniversary of the United States Music
moved to its new three-story building in the down-
Company, was this:
"Our sole aim and purpose has always been to pro- town district. In its new quarters the firm has more
duce the best possible player roll at the lowest uni- space for the display of pianos, talking machines and
form price (for player sales can only be as great as records.
The interior of the music house of O. J. DeMoll &
the roll trade makes them). The best roll at the low-
est uniform price stimulates roll sales, and increases Co., Twelfth and G streets, Washington, D. C, is to
the demand for players. The two must co-operate be remodeled, according to plans accepted by the
at all times; they are inseparable. The welfare of the firm.
playerpiano has always been uppermost in our policy.
One cannot get away from the fact that people buy
players to play rolls. Player rolls provide the means
to realize greater player profits."
U. S. MUSIC CO'S.
20TH ANNIVERSARY
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3
Si
ARTISTIC
IN EVERT
DETAIL
PORTLAND, ORE., MUSICAL
EVENTS FEATURE PIANOS
PAT. HENRY'S DAY AT
PIANO CLUB LUNCHEON
Energetic Member Keeps Promise to Provide Unus-
ual Entertainment Attractions at Weekly Meeting.
At the meeting of the Piano Club of Chicago Feb-
ruary 16, at the Illinois Athletic Club. Patrick Henry
acted as chairman and as usual kept his promise of
splendid entertainment. He personally conducted to
the luncheon several theatrical stars now appearing
in the Chicago theaters. Being known as Pat's own
day everybody tried to be early in order to secure
a good seat.
Ray Reilly gave a party for the club Monday
night of this week at the Trocadero Cafe, Grace and
Broadway. There was dancing, music by two or-
chestras, and vaudeville entertainment.
NEWSY FACTS ABOUT THE
MEN WHO RETAIL PIANOS
Steinway and Mason & Hamlin Provide Music at
Two Notable Events.
A splendid and difficult program was given by
David Campbell, head of the Ellison-White Conserv-
atory of Music of Portland, Ore., February 4, in the
Women's Club building, to an appreciative audience.
Mr. Campbell has a very pleasing technic and empha-
sized his excellent skill with a Steinway Concert
grand, furnished for the concert by Sherman, Clay
& Co.
Playing a remarkable program of the works of
Rachmaninoff, Chopin and Liszt, Brune Steinwach,
virtuoso of the piano and delver into ancient music,
captivated his audiences when he appeared recently
at the Orpheum theater. He used a Mason & Ham-
lin Concert grand, which was furnished for him by
the Wiley B. Allen Co., the Portland representatives
of the Mason & Hamlin.
Portland is to have another Light Opera company,
composed of a group of local musicians, who will
give their first public appearance March 12, 13 and
14 in the Public auditorium under the auspices of
the Parent-Teachers' association. They have chosen
H. Goodell Boucher, head of the vocal department
of the Ellison-White Conservatory of Music as the
director of the new organization and it is the plan
of the association to give three or four weeks of light
opera each season. The business manager is Charles
L. Stitt and the orchestra director, John C. Britz.
Items gathered From Various Sources Relate Inci-
dents in. the Trade Activities.
A Packard piano was recently installed in the East-
ern Star Temple of the Martha Washington Chapter
in Portland, Ore, by the G. F. Johnson Piano Co.
L. D. Newman, credit manager for several years
FINE EXCLUSIVE GRAND TRADE,
for the George S. Dales Co., Akron, O., resigned
Jt
is a good sign of the piano business when such
recently.
A radio department has been added by the F. & F. an industry as that of Florey Bros., of Washington,
N. J., grows steadily and develops a demand through-
Music Store, 1449 Pleasant street, Fall River, Mass.
New quarters at 221 Main street, Danbury, Conn., out the country. Florey Bros, small grand pianos
have been taken by Heim's Music Store, which has are the high grade products of the pioneer industry
for several years been located at 270 Main street. of its kind. Another "kind" is the exclusive manu-
This company has branches in Brewster, N. Y., and facture of small grand pianos. The business was
established in 1909, and it has continued, with steady
Ridgefield, Conn.
ever since. Today there are other exclusive
The branch store of Charles Elliott at 505 Main growth piano
factories, but the Florey Bros, have the
street, Little Rock, Ark., has been closed owing to grand
of being the first. And dealers who have tried
vacating the site, on which a new building is to be credit
instruments from Washington, N. J., are enthu-
erected at the address, Capital avenue and Main the
siastic in their praise.
ESTABLISHED 1*54
THE
BRADBURY PIANO
FOR ITS
ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE
FOR ITS
INESTIMABLE AGENCY VALUE
THE CHOICE OF
Representative Dealers the World Over
Now Produced in Several
New Models
The Good Old
SMITH & NIXON
Pianos and Player Pianos
Better than ever, with the same
"Grand Tone In Upright Case."
Grands and Players that every deal-
er likes to sell, for Satisfaction and
Profit.
WRITE FOR TERRITORY
Factory
Leominster,
Mass.
Executive Office*
138th St. and Walton Ave.
New York
DiTi.ion W. P. HAINES & CO., Ine.
Smith & Nixon Piano Co.
1229 Miller St., Chicago
HADDORFF PIANO CO.
ROCKFORD,ILL.
N.w Uxfc Ch
130 W. ttmlS'
Wholesale Office*:
CMraf.
410 S. Mkh^n A,..
Ill feliforni. * .
Schaff Bros.
Players • nd Pianos have won their stand-
ing with trade and public by 54 years of
steadfast striving to excel. They repre-
sent the
LARGEST COMPETITIVE VALUE
because <«f their beauty, reliability, tone
and moderate price. They are profitable
to sell and satisfactory when sold.
Brighten Your Line with the
SCHAFF BROS.
The Schaff Bros. Co.
Established 1868
Huntington, Ind.
GRAND PIANOS
EXCLUSIVELY
One Style—One Quality
giving you the
Unequaled Grand
Unequaled Price
Already being sold by leading dealer*
throughout the country
Write today—tell us your next year's re-
quirements and we will meet your demands
with prompt and efficient service.
Nordlund Grand Piano Co.
400 W. Erie S t
Enhanced content © 2008-2009 and presented by MBSI - The Musical Box Society International (www.mbsi.org) and the International Arcade Museum (www.arcade-museum.com).
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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