Presto
Issue: 1928 2197 - Page 11
September 8, 1928
11
PRESTO-TIMES
LYON & HEALY OPENS
IN CLEVELAND, OHIO
New Music Store at Huron, Pond and Euclid
Avenue, Is Successor to the
Dreher Piano Co.
The formal opening of the new music store of
Lyon & Healy in Cleveland, successors to the Dreher
Piano Co., on Huron road at Euclid, was held Sep-
tember 1. It is a most complete and beautiful estab-
lishment of its kind, offering everything known in
music in makes of long established reputation.
The line includes pianos, reproducing pianos, or-
gans, harps, radios, phonographs, records, band and
stringed instruments, sheet music, musical literature,
instrument accessories, piano tuning service, repairing
and storage, cameras, developing and printing, and
concert ticket sale service.
local salon of co-ordinated selling, advertising and
display will be considered as fulfilling this require-
ment.
Award: Dealers who fulfill any three of the above
four requirements will be listed in the Bulletin as Gold
Medal Gulbransen Dealers and will receive a token
of recognition from Mr. A. G. Gulbransen.
A. B. SMITH ENTERTAINS
GROUP OF OHIO DEALERS
Akron Music Merchant and Wife Provide
Delightful Time for Guests at
Handsome Home.
A. B. Smith, Akron, O., recently entertained about
twenty-one Cleveland and Akron retail music mer-
chants and their salesmen at his beautiful new home
on Chestnut Ridge road in Fairlawn, a suburb of
Akron. Refreshments were served during the after-
noon under the beautiful trees on the spacious lawn
in the rear of the Smith mansion.
After a most enjoyable afternoon the guests were
taken by Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Smith for a twenty-
four mile automobile drive through the western part
of Summit County and Barberton, arriving at Dewey's
Dealers Forward Successes in Golden Jubilee Inn on Long Lake, where a chicken-fish supper was
Effort to Increase Sales of Pianos
served.
Among those present were the following members
During July and August.
of the Music Merchants Association of Ohio, viz.:
The final report has been made by dealers on the R. E. Taylor, A. L. Maresh, George N. Welsh, M. E.
Gulbransen Golden Jubilee Summer Sales Campaign. Smith, Otto C. Muehlhauser and Rexford C. Hyrc
Contest No. 3—Gold Medal Dealers' Contest—pre- of Cleveland; A. B. Smith, A. B. Smith, Jr.. and H . ' D .
scribed:
Pettv of Akron, and C. M. Alford of Canton.
(1) That dealer shall sell more Gulbransen pianos
by number during July and August than last year
FREE LESSONS IN TEXAS.
for same period; (2) that dealers shall put on during
The J. W. Carter Music Company, Houston, Tex.,
campaign, six or more part-time workers from fol-
lowing list: School teachers, music teachers, minis- is giving a four weeks' free music course in piano to
ters, insurance men, housewives, specialty salesmen, more than one hundred children, ranging in age from
tuners, firemen, janitors, high school girls or boys. 6 to 16 years. These piano classes are being con-
These were other requirements: (3) That dealers ducted by Miss Katherine Bradshaw Morgan, who
shall employ two or more young men to train during was one of the first Americans to study with Tobias
Matthay, London, often considered England's great-
July and August or two or more additional experi-
enced salesmen; (4) that dealers shall put on the est authority of piano teaching for children.
Gulbransen Business Building Program during July
and August or arrange to put it on not later than
The Froebel, Emerson and Horace Mann schools
October, 1928. Dealers who have already put on the in Gary, Ind., are organizing bands and orchestras.
FINAL REPORT ON THE
GULBRANSEN CAMPAIGN
an
LISTING LIABILITIES
OF BUTLER BROS. CO.
Assets of Cincinnati Company Also Included
in Report Made Last Week by
Attorney Lemkuhl.
Listing liabilities at $55,386.80 and assets at $8,-
340.59, the Butler Bros. Piano Manufacturing Com-
pany, 1915 Race street, last week through Attorney
Joseph Lemkuhl, filed its schedules in bankruptcy in
United States District Court.
Of the liabilities $39,627.94 represent unsecured
claims. The larger unsecured creditors are Auto
Pneumatic Action Company, New York, $27,766.31;
Comstock, Chene}' & Co., Ivoryton, Conn, $1,835;
Simplex Player Action Company, New York, $2,181;
Wickham Piano Plate Company. Springfield, Ohio,
$1,323; the Earls-Blain Company, Fourth National
Bank Building, $569, and W. T. Wagner's Sons Com-
pany, 1920 Race street, $700.
The assets include stock in trade, $1,000; machin-
ery, etc., $1,000; equity in notes and chattel mort-
gages discounted by the Cincinnati Discount Com-
pany, $5,130; debts due on open accounts, $562; per-
sonal property, $600, and cash on hand, $148.27.
Alfred L. Smith, William C. Heaton and John H.
Wickham, New York, hold a chattel mortgage on
stock, etc., to secure indebtedness for $10,270 and are
said to be the only creditors holding security.
The bankruptcy of the Butler Bros. Company fol-
lowed receivership proceedings in the State Court and
an involuntary bankruptcy petition filed by creditors
in Federal Court three weeks ago.
FRANK BAYLEY ON PROGRAM.
One of the interesting talks to be heard at the con-
vention in Toledo next week will be that of Frank
J. Bayley, president of the Michigan Retail Music
Merchants' Association, who has chosen as his sub-
ject, "Is the Piano Coming Back?"
Mr. Bayley, who is a member of the Music Mer-
chants' Association of Ohio, will be called to the
rostrum by President Taylor on Wednesday after-
noon, September 12, to talk as the representative of
the Michigan organization.
o
ACTIONS, KEYS and ORGAN KEYS
Piano and Organ Manufacturers, Piano
Tuners and Repair Men Rely for prompt
Service and Perfect Satisfaction on the
House which has Built up Character
for Reliability.
The Piano & Organ Supply Company
2100 No. Racine Ave.
CHICAGO
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11
PRESTO-TIMES
LYON & HEALY OPENS
IN CLEVELAND, OHIO
New Music Store at Huron, Pond and Euclid
Avenue, Is Successor to the
Dreher Piano Co.
The formal opening of the new music store of
Lyon & Healy in Cleveland, successors to the Dreher
Piano Co., on Huron road at Euclid, was held Sep-
tember 1. It is a most complete and beautiful estab-
lishment of its kind, offering everything known in
music in makes of long established reputation.
The line includes pianos, reproducing pianos, or-
gans, harps, radios, phonographs, records, band and
stringed instruments, sheet music, musical literature,
instrument accessories, piano tuning service, repairing
and storage, cameras, developing and printing, and
concert ticket sale service.
local salon of co-ordinated selling, advertising and
display will be considered as fulfilling this require-
ment.
Award: Dealers who fulfill any three of the above
four requirements will be listed in the Bulletin as Gold
Medal Gulbransen Dealers and will receive a token
of recognition from Mr. A. G. Gulbransen.
A. B. SMITH ENTERTAINS
GROUP OF OHIO DEALERS
Akron Music Merchant and Wife Provide
Delightful Time for Guests at
Handsome Home.
A. B. Smith, Akron, O., recently entertained about
twenty-one Cleveland and Akron retail music mer-
chants and their salesmen at his beautiful new home
on Chestnut Ridge road in Fairlawn, a suburb of
Akron. Refreshments were served during the after-
noon under the beautiful trees on the spacious lawn
in the rear of the Smith mansion.
After a most enjoyable afternoon the guests were
taken by Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Smith for a twenty-
four mile automobile drive through the western part
of Summit County and Barberton, arriving at Dewey's
Dealers Forward Successes in Golden Jubilee Inn on Long Lake, where a chicken-fish supper was
Effort to Increase Sales of Pianos
served.
Among those present were the following members
During July and August.
of the Music Merchants Association of Ohio, viz.:
The final report has been made by dealers on the R. E. Taylor, A. L. Maresh, George N. Welsh, M. E.
Gulbransen Golden Jubilee Summer Sales Campaign. Smith, Otto C. Muehlhauser and Rexford C. Hyrc
Contest No. 3—Gold Medal Dealers' Contest—pre- of Cleveland; A. B. Smith, A. B. Smith, Jr.. and H . ' D .
scribed:
Pettv of Akron, and C. M. Alford of Canton.
(1) That dealer shall sell more Gulbransen pianos
by number during July and August than last year
FREE LESSONS IN TEXAS.
for same period; (2) that dealers shall put on during
The J. W. Carter Music Company, Houston, Tex.,
campaign, six or more part-time workers from fol-
lowing list: School teachers, music teachers, minis- is giving a four weeks' free music course in piano to
ters, insurance men, housewives, specialty salesmen, more than one hundred children, ranging in age from
tuners, firemen, janitors, high school girls or boys. 6 to 16 years. These piano classes are being con-
These were other requirements: (3) That dealers ducted by Miss Katherine Bradshaw Morgan, who
shall employ two or more young men to train during was one of the first Americans to study with Tobias
Matthay, London, often considered England's great-
July and August or two or more additional experi-
enced salesmen; (4) that dealers shall put on the est authority of piano teaching for children.
Gulbransen Business Building Program during July
and August or arrange to put it on not later than
The Froebel, Emerson and Horace Mann schools
October, 1928. Dealers who have already put on the in Gary, Ind., are organizing bands and orchestras.
FINAL REPORT ON THE
GULBRANSEN CAMPAIGN
an
LISTING LIABILITIES
OF BUTLER BROS. CO.
Assets of Cincinnati Company Also Included
in Report Made Last Week by
Attorney Lemkuhl.
Listing liabilities at $55,386.80 and assets at $8,-
340.59, the Butler Bros. Piano Manufacturing Com-
pany, 1915 Race street, last week through Attorney
Joseph Lemkuhl, filed its schedules in bankruptcy in
United States District Court.
Of the liabilities $39,627.94 represent unsecured
claims. The larger unsecured creditors are Auto
Pneumatic Action Company, New York, $27,766.31;
Comstock, Chene}' & Co., Ivoryton, Conn, $1,835;
Simplex Player Action Company, New York, $2,181;
Wickham Piano Plate Company. Springfield, Ohio,
$1,323; the Earls-Blain Company, Fourth National
Bank Building, $569, and W. T. Wagner's Sons Com-
pany, 1920 Race street, $700.
The assets include stock in trade, $1,000; machin-
ery, etc., $1,000; equity in notes and chattel mort-
gages discounted by the Cincinnati Discount Com-
pany, $5,130; debts due on open accounts, $562; per-
sonal property, $600, and cash on hand, $148.27.
Alfred L. Smith, William C. Heaton and John H.
Wickham, New York, hold a chattel mortgage on
stock, etc., to secure indebtedness for $10,270 and are
said to be the only creditors holding security.
The bankruptcy of the Butler Bros. Company fol-
lowed receivership proceedings in the State Court and
an involuntary bankruptcy petition filed by creditors
in Federal Court three weeks ago.
FRANK BAYLEY ON PROGRAM.
One of the interesting talks to be heard at the con-
vention in Toledo next week will be that of Frank
J. Bayley, president of the Michigan Retail Music
Merchants' Association, who has chosen as his sub-
ject, "Is the Piano Coming Back?"
Mr. Bayley, who is a member of the Music Mer-
chants' Association of Ohio, will be called to the
rostrum by President Taylor on Wednesday after-
noon, September 12, to talk as the representative of
the Michigan organization.
o
ACTIONS, KEYS and ORGAN KEYS
Piano and Organ Manufacturers, Piano
Tuners and Repair Men Rely for prompt
Service and Perfect Satisfaction on the
House which has Built up Character
for Reliability.
The Piano & Organ Supply Company
2100 No. Racine Ave.
CHICAGO
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/
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