The talking machine world (July-Dec 1922)

December 15, 1922 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD 167 PORTLAND, ORE. Many Changes in Trade — Hold Edison Tone Test — Starr Co. Moves Offices — Seiberling & Lucas to Move — Other Trade Activities Portland", Ore., December 8. — The first Edison tone test of the season was held recently in the Municipal Auditorium when the Dann Trio and Harvey Hindermyer, tenor, were presented under the auspices of the Reed-French Piano Co. of this city. The artists presented a very interesting program that served to demonstrate most impressively the reproducing qualities of the Edison to an enthusiastic audience. Harry Marshall, district manager for Oregon of the Edison company, entertained with a dinner for the artists during their visit, inviting all Portland Edison dealers to meet them. The Starr Piano Co. has moved its offices and warerooms from 320 Blake-McFall Building to 22 North Tenth street, near Burnside. Charles Soule, wholesale representative, says: "We made the move primarily to have a more convenient location for our shipping purposes and to be in a more accessible location for our dealers. Our motto is 'service' and in our new location on the main floor we are able to make a shipment at any hour of the day, where before we were at the mercy of the elevator man supplied by the building, who did not work after hours under any circumstances." Mr. Soule announces good business in Starr phonographs and says the Gennett record business is going ahead by "leaps and bounds." The Seiberling & Lucas Music Co., for the past eight years at 125 Fourth street, will move on the first of the year to 151 Fourth street, where they have secured a ten-year lease on the fourstory Greenfield Building, formerly occupied by the Graves Music Co. The building is rein forced concrete and will be remodeled and made modern in every way to suit the needs of the music company, who expect to have the finest and most complete music house in the city. Ernest Stitts, formerly with the WyckoffVerriender Co., of Pasadena, Cal., has been added to the sales force of the Meier & Frank phonograph department. How to keep physically fit by the use of the phonograph was demonstrated in a splendid way by Charlotte Chesley, "champion" health record sales girl of the phonograph department of Meier & Frank Co. Miss Chesley and a corps of attractive and athletic assistants recently held full sway in one of the main windows on Sixth street, going through all the exercises to the strains of the Wallace reducing records, all guaranteed to keep one "young," "slender" and "beautiful." Placards announcing the benefit to be derived from such exercises were displayed and interested crowds were in attendance all day watching these attractive, healthy-looking maidens. M. Davis, district manager of the BrunswickBalke-Collender Co., has been so busy keeping up with his out-of-town business and supplying orders of his Portland dealers that he is harder to get in touch with than the President of the United States. However, Brunswick dealers in the city, viz., Wiley B. Allen, Edwards Furniture Co., Powers Furniture Co., and others, all report excellent business and say the new model "York" is a "knockout." G. F. Johnson, of the G. F. Johnson Piano Co., reports excellent business in the Cheney phonograph. Mr. Johnson reports advance sales for Christmas very good and anticipates that a record will be set by the end of the month. Arthur Stein, manager of the Victrola department of Sherman, Clay & Co., reports November business far beyond last year and believes the December sales will be far in excess of business done during the holiday season of last year. Vancouver Barracks were furnished last month with two beautiful electric Victrolas 300, by this department, one to the headquarters company and one to Company F. School marches have also gone strong during last month, according to Mr. Stein, who says that the Music Week activities and the coming music memory contest are partly responsible for the added interest. "Everything in Talking Machines" is the motto of the Hyatt Talking Machine Co., dealers in Brunswick, Columbia, Victor and Edison phonographs, and from reports received business in all lines is more than good and getting better all the time. E. B. Hyatt, president of the Oregon Music Dealers' Association, extended invitations to dealers of the Association and their friends to attend a dance to be given December 16. Elmer Hunt, wholesale manager of Sherman, Clay & Co., announces the change of the Victor account from the Owl Drug Co., of Astoria, Ore., John T. Ray, proprietor, to the Astoria Drug Co., Inc., consisting of P. Paulsen, G. A. Hellberg and F. O. Berg, who bought out the interest of Mr. Ray, who retired. A complete music store is being installed at Tillamook, Ore., by J. E. Berry, who will carry the Victor line. H. L. Stoner, who for the past year has been connected with the G. F. Johnson Piano Co., has gone to San Francisco and joined the forces of Kohler & Chase. 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