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Issue: 1928 2171 - Page 3
MUSICAL
TIMES
PRESTO
Established
1881
Established
1884
THE AMERICAN MUSIC TRADE WEEKLY
10 Cents a Copy
CHICAGO, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1928
$2 The Year
NEWS OF TRADE IN
PIANO LINES CHANGE
NEW YORK CITY
IN LOS ANGELES
The Baldwin Line Goes to Southern California Music House and in Partial*
larly Strong Newspaper Announcements of the Fact, Association
of the Piano With Famous Operatic Artists Is Told
The important changes in piano agencies and piano
representation in Los Angeles which Presto-Times
has reported and commented upon in recent issues,
have actually been put into effect. The changes in-
volve a realignment of the piano representation; prac-
tically a new map of the piano locations.
The first important result is told to Los Angeles
newspaper readers in announcements by the Southern
California Music House that the firm has been made
exclusive representative of the Baldwin piano. It is
coupled with the fact that the Baldwin is the official
piano of the Chicago Civic Opera Company, which is
filling engagements in Los Angeles this week. On
Monday of this week the following telegram was
received by Presto-Times from its Los Angeles cor-
respondent:
TELEGRAM
Los Angeles, Calif., March 5, 1928.
Southern California Music Company is having a
grand opening this week announcing the Baldwin
piano as its leader and the general Baldwin line
agencies. Their window decorations are superb, em-
bracing a lithographic display of the entire personnel
of the Chicago Civic Opera Company. They make an
elaborate display of Baldwin grands and uprights
which attract unusual attention. President Uhl is
highly gratified with the changes that have taken
place in his house. Uhl, and Vice-President Frank
L. Grannis are en route to Cincinnati and Chicago.
Other indications here are entry of Sherman, Clay
& Co. into the Los Angeles field and possible sale of
the Wiley B. Allen Co. business at Los Angeles.
Breton.
Featuring the Event.
The announcement of the Southern California Mu-
sic Company was impressed in a striking way by the
timely telling of the close association of the Baldwin
with the Chicago Civic Opera Company. This com-
pany, which is filling engagements in important places
in California and other points in the west, announces
the Baldwin as its official piano. All of the artists are
users of the instrument and have at one time or an-
other supplied expert testimony as to the artistic char-
acter of the instrument. This advertisement, headed
"Unequivocal Evidence," was attractively displayed in
Los Angeles newspapers:
"You may be certain that only after the severest of
tests and comparisons was the BALDWIN selected
as the official piano for the Artists of the
CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA COMPANY,
which opens its Los Angeles Season, Monday,
March Fifth.
"The Southern California Music Company, as exclu-
sive representative for the Baldwin, welcomes all
Southland lovers of music to our Salons. You will
quickly learn that the same qualities which make the
Baldwin the master piano for concert and opera use—
likewise make it supreme for the HOME! Musically
infallible are the opinions of the splendid artists whose
names are listed in this announcement—
ALL BALDWIN ENTHUSIASTS.
Edward H. Uhl, President Southern California Music
Company, 806-808 South Broadway.
E. H. Uhl, president, and Frank L. Grannis, vice-
president of the Southern California Music House,
came to Chicago from Cincinnati on Monday and
have been in Chicago this week, where they have
been entertained by Mr. Williams and others of the
force. They met in Chicago M. P. Thompson, gen-
eral Pacific Coast representative of the House of
Baldwin and many important conferences resulted.
Mr. Uhl is happy in his renewed relations with the
House of Baldwin and in securing the Baldwin Piano
and the Baldwin line of pianos for his Los Angeles
and San Diego stores and other places in the extensive
territory of the house in Southern California.
Knows the Baldwin.
Mr. Uhl was for many years a resident of Chicago
where in his activities for the House of Wurlitzer he
realized the competitive strength of the Baldwin.
In recent years in Los Angeles he has recognized
EDWAUD H. UHL.
the Baldwin as a strong competitor of his line. Of
course his earnest desire since acquiring control of the
Southern California Music House was to acquire the
Baldwin for his line. Today he is happy in broad-
casting the realization of his ambitions.
"We are prepared to present the Baldwin in the
strong manner called for by the prominence of the
instrument," said Mr. Uhl this week. The Southern
California Music House has a clientele highly appre-
ciative of an instrument of such excellence in every
phase constituting a high grade piano. I have always
looked upon the Baldwin as possessing individuality
and tonal qualities that appeal to appreciative buyers.
Presenting the Baldwin to the music lovers of South-
ern California will be a joyous task for us."
THE NEW YORK ASSOCIATION.
Glenn L. Chesbro, Syracuse, New York, secretary
of the New York State Music Merchants' Associa-
tion, announces that the annual meeting of that organ-
ization will be held in Syracuse on Tuesday and
Wednesday, May 1 and 2. The officers of the asso-
ciation are now working on a program which will
have many attractive features to draw a large attend-
ance.
JOINS GRINNELL BROS.
Fred N. Goosman, former president and general
manager of the Goosman Piano Co., Toledo, O., has
joined the forces of the firm of Grinnell Bros., dealers
in musical instruments, which bought the Goosman
stock. Mr. Goosman, a past president of the Music
Dealers of Ohio, is a member of the Exchange Club.
Activities of Manufacturers and Retailers Indi-
cate Improved Conditions in All Phases
of the Music Trade—Personal Views
of Prominent Men Quoted.
HERMANN IRION TALKS
President of Music Industries Chamber of Commerce
Addresses Big Radio Audience on Subject of
Arbitration in Business and Industry.
By HENRY MAC MULLAN.
Hermann Irion, president of the Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce and director of the American
Arbitration Society, was the chief speaker last week,
over WRNY during the Industrial Digest Hour of
"Little Journeys Into Great American Industries."
His subject was "Arbitration in Business and Indus-
try." Among other things Mr. Irion said that re-
course to law for the settlement of disputes had not
been necessary for years in the music industry, but
that if such occasion should arise he could see no
better way of adjusting it than by recourse to one
or more arbitrators consisting of a man—or men—
who know the history of the trade and its usages, to
settle it.
"I happen to be connected with the piano industry,"
he continued, "which is one of the very oldest in
our country, and for that reason it can be said to
be a very stable industry. It has its roots in tradi-
tions that were brought here by craftsmen of the Old
World, who established the industry in this country
more than 100 years ago.
Chamber's Action.
"It is possible that because we manufacture an
instrument producing music—the key note of which
is harmony—that we do not have many disputes in
our line. Nevertheless, our Music Industries Cham-
ber of Commerce has whole-heartedly and unreserv-
edly endorsed commercial arbitration and is a sup-
porter of this movement which has gathered such
great momentum in this country within the last
decade."
Concluding his talk Mr. Irion said: "I am far
from claiming that we have arrived at an age where
all disputes can be settled by arbitration and our
association does not claim to, or even attempt to,
settle cases that have their basis of argument in the
law. We do claim, however, that competent arbi-
trators are as well qualified to determine facts and
to see their proper presentation as any judge and any
jury, and in many cases they are more competent
than the latter, particularly when arbitrators are
chosen to decide a case in an industry in which their
own activity lies and where scientific and commercial
knowledge are necessary to a clear understanding of
the facts at issue."
Alex. McDonald Returns.
Alexander McDonald was en route homeward from
the Pacific Coast when Presto-Times representative
called at the Sohmer Building, 31 West 57th street,
this week. But he was expected back at his desk,
where he counts among his duties that of advertising
manager. His trip was full of interest, and his return
was eagerly looked forward to by those in the office
with him.
W. S. Lanz in New York.
W. S. Lanz, general traveler for the Brinkerhoff
Piano Company, Chicago, has been in New York
part of this week and stopped at the Hotel Astor.
Frederick Grebe's Successful Trip.
Frederick Grebe, general sales manager of Kra-
nich & Bach, 235-243 East 23rd street, has just re-
turned from a successful trip into the southwest and
other parts of the country. He found that business
was recovering pretty fast in southern Missouri, for
spring is nearer there than it is at Chicago or New
York, and things are livening up for spring trade in
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TIMES
PRESTO
Established
1881
Established
1884
THE AMERICAN MUSIC TRADE WEEKLY
10 Cents a Copy
CHICAGO, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1928
$2 The Year
NEWS OF TRADE IN
PIANO LINES CHANGE
NEW YORK CITY
IN LOS ANGELES
The Baldwin Line Goes to Southern California Music House and in Partial*
larly Strong Newspaper Announcements of the Fact, Association
of the Piano With Famous Operatic Artists Is Told
The important changes in piano agencies and piano
representation in Los Angeles which Presto-Times
has reported and commented upon in recent issues,
have actually been put into effect. The changes in-
volve a realignment of the piano representation; prac-
tically a new map of the piano locations.
The first important result is told to Los Angeles
newspaper readers in announcements by the Southern
California Music House that the firm has been made
exclusive representative of the Baldwin piano. It is
coupled with the fact that the Baldwin is the official
piano of the Chicago Civic Opera Company, which is
filling engagements in Los Angeles this week. On
Monday of this week the following telegram was
received by Presto-Times from its Los Angeles cor-
respondent:
TELEGRAM
Los Angeles, Calif., March 5, 1928.
Southern California Music Company is having a
grand opening this week announcing the Baldwin
piano as its leader and the general Baldwin line
agencies. Their window decorations are superb, em-
bracing a lithographic display of the entire personnel
of the Chicago Civic Opera Company. They make an
elaborate display of Baldwin grands and uprights
which attract unusual attention. President Uhl is
highly gratified with the changes that have taken
place in his house. Uhl, and Vice-President Frank
L. Grannis are en route to Cincinnati and Chicago.
Other indications here are entry of Sherman, Clay
& Co. into the Los Angeles field and possible sale of
the Wiley B. Allen Co. business at Los Angeles.
Breton.
Featuring the Event.
The announcement of the Southern California Mu-
sic Company was impressed in a striking way by the
timely telling of the close association of the Baldwin
with the Chicago Civic Opera Company. This com-
pany, which is filling engagements in important places
in California and other points in the west, announces
the Baldwin as its official piano. All of the artists are
users of the instrument and have at one time or an-
other supplied expert testimony as to the artistic char-
acter of the instrument. This advertisement, headed
"Unequivocal Evidence," was attractively displayed in
Los Angeles newspapers:
"You may be certain that only after the severest of
tests and comparisons was the BALDWIN selected
as the official piano for the Artists of the
CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA COMPANY,
which opens its Los Angeles Season, Monday,
March Fifth.
"The Southern California Music Company, as exclu-
sive representative for the Baldwin, welcomes all
Southland lovers of music to our Salons. You will
quickly learn that the same qualities which make the
Baldwin the master piano for concert and opera use—
likewise make it supreme for the HOME! Musically
infallible are the opinions of the splendid artists whose
names are listed in this announcement—
ALL BALDWIN ENTHUSIASTS.
Edward H. Uhl, President Southern California Music
Company, 806-808 South Broadway.
E. H. Uhl, president, and Frank L. Grannis, vice-
president of the Southern California Music House,
came to Chicago from Cincinnati on Monday and
have been in Chicago this week, where they have
been entertained by Mr. Williams and others of the
force. They met in Chicago M. P. Thompson, gen-
eral Pacific Coast representative of the House of
Baldwin and many important conferences resulted.
Mr. Uhl is happy in his renewed relations with the
House of Baldwin and in securing the Baldwin Piano
and the Baldwin line of pianos for his Los Angeles
and San Diego stores and other places in the extensive
territory of the house in Southern California.
Knows the Baldwin.
Mr. Uhl was for many years a resident of Chicago
where in his activities for the House of Wurlitzer he
realized the competitive strength of the Baldwin.
In recent years in Los Angeles he has recognized
EDWAUD H. UHL.
the Baldwin as a strong competitor of his line. Of
course his earnest desire since acquiring control of the
Southern California Music House was to acquire the
Baldwin for his line. Today he is happy in broad-
casting the realization of his ambitions.
"We are prepared to present the Baldwin in the
strong manner called for by the prominence of the
instrument," said Mr. Uhl this week. The Southern
California Music House has a clientele highly appre-
ciative of an instrument of such excellence in every
phase constituting a high grade piano. I have always
looked upon the Baldwin as possessing individuality
and tonal qualities that appeal to appreciative buyers.
Presenting the Baldwin to the music lovers of South-
ern California will be a joyous task for us."
THE NEW YORK ASSOCIATION.
Glenn L. Chesbro, Syracuse, New York, secretary
of the New York State Music Merchants' Associa-
tion, announces that the annual meeting of that organ-
ization will be held in Syracuse on Tuesday and
Wednesday, May 1 and 2. The officers of the asso-
ciation are now working on a program which will
have many attractive features to draw a large attend-
ance.
JOINS GRINNELL BROS.
Fred N. Goosman, former president and general
manager of the Goosman Piano Co., Toledo, O., has
joined the forces of the firm of Grinnell Bros., dealers
in musical instruments, which bought the Goosman
stock. Mr. Goosman, a past president of the Music
Dealers of Ohio, is a member of the Exchange Club.
Activities of Manufacturers and Retailers Indi-
cate Improved Conditions in All Phases
of the Music Trade—Personal Views
of Prominent Men Quoted.
HERMANN IRION TALKS
President of Music Industries Chamber of Commerce
Addresses Big Radio Audience on Subject of
Arbitration in Business and Industry.
By HENRY MAC MULLAN.
Hermann Irion, president of the Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce and director of the American
Arbitration Society, was the chief speaker last week,
over WRNY during the Industrial Digest Hour of
"Little Journeys Into Great American Industries."
His subject was "Arbitration in Business and Indus-
try." Among other things Mr. Irion said that re-
course to law for the settlement of disputes had not
been necessary for years in the music industry, but
that if such occasion should arise he could see no
better way of adjusting it than by recourse to one
or more arbitrators consisting of a man—or men—
who know the history of the trade and its usages, to
settle it.
"I happen to be connected with the piano industry,"
he continued, "which is one of the very oldest in
our country, and for that reason it can be said to
be a very stable industry. It has its roots in tradi-
tions that were brought here by craftsmen of the Old
World, who established the industry in this country
more than 100 years ago.
Chamber's Action.
"It is possible that because we manufacture an
instrument producing music—the key note of which
is harmony—that we do not have many disputes in
our line. Nevertheless, our Music Industries Cham-
ber of Commerce has whole-heartedly and unreserv-
edly endorsed commercial arbitration and is a sup-
porter of this movement which has gathered such
great momentum in this country within the last
decade."
Concluding his talk Mr. Irion said: "I am far
from claiming that we have arrived at an age where
all disputes can be settled by arbitration and our
association does not claim to, or even attempt to,
settle cases that have their basis of argument in the
law. We do claim, however, that competent arbi-
trators are as well qualified to determine facts and
to see their proper presentation as any judge and any
jury, and in many cases they are more competent
than the latter, particularly when arbitrators are
chosen to decide a case in an industry in which their
own activity lies and where scientific and commercial
knowledge are necessary to a clear understanding of
the facts at issue."
Alex. McDonald Returns.
Alexander McDonald was en route homeward from
the Pacific Coast when Presto-Times representative
called at the Sohmer Building, 31 West 57th street,
this week. But he was expected back at his desk,
where he counts among his duties that of advertising
manager. His trip was full of interest, and his return
was eagerly looked forward to by those in the office
with him.
W. S. Lanz in New York.
W. S. Lanz, general traveler for the Brinkerhoff
Piano Company, Chicago, has been in New York
part of this week and stopped at the Hotel Astor.
Frederick Grebe's Successful Trip.
Frederick Grebe, general sales manager of Kra-
nich & Bach, 235-243 East 23rd street, has just re-
turned from a successful trip into the southwest and
other parts of the country. He found that business
was recovering pretty fast in southern Missouri, for
spring is nearer there than it is at Chicago or New
York, and things are livening up for spring trade in
(Continued on next page.)
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).
Additional enhancement, optimization, and distribution by the International Arcade Museum. An extensive collection of Presto can be found online at http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).