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FALL ORDERS FOR
BUSH & LANE STYLE 32
Factory at Holland, Mich., Keeps Up Produc-
tion Capacity and Looks Forward to a
Busy Fall Season.
trhc Bush & Lane Piano Co., Holland, Mich., is
centering much of its production activity on its small
grand upright, Style 32, which is recognized through-
out the trade as a great little piano with an unusual
volume of tone. At present the trend of orders arriv-
ing at the Bush & Lane headquarters indicate a
growing demand for the new upright style. Orders
for fall delivery also point to a good husiness for the
small upright when the piano trade is at its best.
While there has been no startling spurts in the
trade this summer, there has been a consistent arrival
of orders at the Bush & Lane offices. This has
caused much optimism among the Bush & Lane offi-
cials, who are strong in their belief that the coming
fall season will see renewed activity among piano
merchants and a bigger and wider demand for the
Rush & Lane products.
Sufficient material for a steady production is al-
ready on hand at the Bush & Lane factory, and ideal
working conditions in the large, light factory has
aided materially in keeping alive the spirit of the
force of skilled technicians employed by the com-
pany.
The Bush & Lane grand styles arc also enjoying a
good, steady demand, said C. L. Beach, secretary,
this week, who expressed the opinion that this fall
would be a fine one for the Bush & Lane line.
LOUIS DEDERICK JOINS
LEE ROBERTS IN FRISCO
U. S. Chamber of Commerce and vice-president of
the Champion Spark Plug Company, of Toledo; A. L.
Gifford, chairman of the board of the Worumbo Com-
pany, New York; C. Mahlon Kline, president, Smith
Kline & French Co., Philadelphia; Dr. Lee Galloway,
vice-president of the American Fair Trade League
and professor of commerce and industry at New York
University; Mason Trowbridge, general counsel, Col-
gate & Company; W. H. Crichton Clarke, of the law
firm of Duell, Anderson & Duell, of New York; J.
Newcomb Blackman, president of the Blackman Talk-
ing Machine Company, New York; W. L. Crounse,
Washington representative of the National Whole-
sale Druggists' Association, and Edmond A. Whjttier,
secretary-treasurer, American Fair Trade League.
A MISSING PIANO LINK.
The pantalon has been revived in Florence, Italy,
by a musician-inventor named Wotitschenko. The
pantalon, according to the Deutsche Instrumentenbau
is a stringed instrument resembling a dulcimer which,
notwithstanding its small size, released a sound twice
as strong as the modern piano, to which instrument
in its later developments it is said to have opened
the way. He used the finest steel wire for the clavi-
chord effect, copper wire for the clavicembalo and
harp music, silver wire for the spinet tone, and deep
bass wires for the impressive organ
effect.
Wotitschenko has just executed a programme in
Florence on the revived pantalon.
KANSANS HOLD PICNIC.
The combined forces of the J. W. Jenkins Sons'
Music Co.'s Wichita and Hutchinson, Kan., branches
held a picnic recently in Halstead, a point convenient
to both crowds. A baseball game resulted in a score
of 23 to 17 in favor of the Hutchinson team.
August 1, 1925.
PIANO INDUSTRY FEELS
RICH HARVEST OUTLOOK
Schiller Piano Co., of Oregon, 111., Is Busy on
Orders from Territory Which Has Been
Especially Quiet.
A short stop en route with a motor party at Ore-
gon, 111., famous as the location of the Schiller Piano
Company's factories, the home of an ex-president of
the Musical Supply Association of America and of
a former governor of the state of Illinois, enabled a
Presto representative to make a few moments' call
at the Schiller plant. The factories were very active,
especially in the production of grands.
Just now the Schiller Piano Co. is working on sev-
eral large orders for the new Schiller Gothic Grand,
a model that is to be one of the regular catalogued
styles. E. B. Jones, president of the Schiller Piano
Company, says that the reports of good crops com-
ing to his office every day, and the general assurance
of a rich harvest, are being reflected in good orders.
"In fact," says Mr. Jones, "we have recently been
getting orders from territory which in the past has
been practically dormant."
KANSAS MANAGER MARRIED.
John A. Campbell, manager of the Innes-Cosgrove
Music Co., Wichita, Kans., was married recently to
Miss Amelia Gililand, of the Wichita College of
Music, at the First Presbyterian Church, by the Rev.
Harrison Ray Anderson. On their return from a
motor honeymoon in Colorado the couple will reside
at 632 North Topeka avenue, Wichita.
DISPLAY SEEN IN MANY PLACES
Recently Established Chickering Representa-
tion Is Building Up a Great Business in
Its Pacific Coast Territory.
Louis Dedcriek, formerly of the Knabe Studios,
Baltimore, Md., and who went to the Pacific Coast
something over a year ago, has joined the forces of
the Lee S. Roberts, Incorporated, at the Chickering
Warerooms, controlled by the Lee S. Roberts, Incor-
porated, concern, located at 230 Post street, San
Francisco.
As the story goes, Mr. Dederick, as soon as he
learned of the arrangements of Lee S. Roberts to
open a Chickering salesroom, got in touch with that
gentleman and offered his services, while, on the
other hand, it is said that Mr. Roberts was desirous
of securing the services of Mr. Dederick, a man who
knows the Chickering line and the Chickering ways
of selling and exploiting to well-nigh perfection.
It scarcely need be added that Mr. Dederick is very
happy in his new position. Mr. Roberts has already
done very much with the Chickering in his territory.
A fine store and splendid location were at once se-
cured and right now, in the middle of summer, they
are having a remarkably good business. An eastern
piano man who recently visited San Francisco says
that the Chickering-Ampico establishment is forg-
ing ahead rapidly toward a leading place in the piano
business of the California metropolis and the Bay
cities adjoining.
CONGRESS TO GET
RESALE PRICE BILL
Two important Bodies Sponsor New Measure
to Legalize Standardization Plan to
Be Introduced.
A bill sponsored by both the Chamber of Com-
merce of the United States and the American Fair
Trade League, and designed to legalize the stand-
ardization of resale prices, will be introduced at the
next session of Congress, according to the announce-
ment made this week by the joint committee ap-
pointed to draft this measure. The committee met
July 20 at the New York office of the United States
Chamber of Commerce and after an all-day session
gave out word that the text of the proposed bill
probably would be made public within two or three
weeks.
R. R. Ellis, of Memphis, director of the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States and a prominent
wholesale drug manufacturer, presided at the meet-
ing. The other members present were: Charles H.
Ingersoll, president of the American Fair Trade
League and president of C. H. Ingersoll Pen Co., of
Newark; F. B. Caswell, national counsellor of the
The accompanying cut shows the use of the stand-
ardized Gulbranseu June window display in several
places all over the United States.
The Butler Music Co., Marion, Ind., window had a
white crepe paper panel background with pink crepe
paper stretched across to form a lattice work.
McLogan Pearce Music Co. of Iron Mountain,
Mich., produced an unusual effect by throwing a pink
light on the lower half of the bride figure. The back
drape was of turquoise blue velvet. Peonies were
used in the vase.
The City Music Co. devoted two of its windows to
Gulbransen display. An attractive lattice work back-
ground was used. The Corson Music Store of The
Dalles, Oregon, made a good display in small space.
This progressive house will shortly occupy enlarged
warerooms.
Additional photographs are coming in every day
showing wide acceptance of the idea.
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