The talking machine world (Jan-June 1922)

February IS, 1922 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD s 71 THE TRADE IN BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND — (Continued from page 70) AT YOUR COMMAND ANYWHERE IN NEW ENGLAND TEINERT ERVICE E R V E S Our Unswerving Policy for 1922 To Protect — to Develops — to Serve To the Limit of Our Ability The Victor Retailers of New England Already Established Our Entire Stocks and Personnel At Your Disposal 72% of Domestic Records in the Victor Catalog now in our stock M. STEINERT & SONS 35 Arch Street New England Victor Wholesalers BOSTON "HIS MASTERS VOICE' with inscriptions in bold lettering such as "You'll know them by their color," or "Vocation records play on all phonographs," or "You'll buy them for their tone," or "Vocalion records wear longer." These are attracting a great deal of attention from passers-by on this thoroughfare. Manager Wheatley reports that the January business was very good, which in part was due to the clever way that some export models were advertised and which found quick purchasers. To Establish Central Display Rooms Kraft, Bates & Spencer, Inc., which have their Brunswick wholesale headquarters at 1265 Boylston street, which is quite a ways out from the downtown business section, are about to establish a display room in the heart of the retail section, and it will be a joy to Harry Spencer to again get back into the old atmosphere with which he is so familiar. Which is to say that quarters have been leased in the Vose building, 160 Boylston street, and these are now being prepared for occupancy, the interior being repainted and new draperies and carpets put in. There will be no retail business done here, the idea being to have Brunswick dealers bring their customers so that they may inspect the wide variety of styles of machines that will be kept on hand. Mr. Spencer will make this his headquarters and later he may have someone to assist him. He expects to have the quarters ready for occupancy inside of a week. Herbert Shoemaker Visits Victor Plant Herbert Shoemaker, of the Eastern Co., was over at the factory toward the latter part of January, relative to some record matters, and also to inspect the new console models of Victors, which should be shipped here within the next few weeks. Mr. Shoemaker plans to make periodic trips over to the factory every three or four weeks. He says that the January business was excellent. C. C. Harvey Repair Men Dine The repair men of the C. C. Harvey Co., who devote their attention especially to talking ma chines, were a part of the large company that dined a few nights ago at the Hotel Victoria, the others being the polishers and truckmen of the house. But the party was not confined to the workers from the Boston warerooms, for there were those from the Brockton, Quincy and Lynn establishments of the company, too. Manager White says that the Edison, Brunswick and Victor business was unusually good during January, and even exceeded January of 1921. Interested in City Betterment Several of the talking machine dealers who are members of the Boylston Street Retail Merchants' Association were in attendance at the annual meeting of that body, which was held at the Hotel Brunswick on the evening of January 30, the election of officers following dinner. This organization has been in existence for several years and it has done a good deal in furthering the business interests of the various concerns located on this popular thoroughfare. D. Stuart Pope Takes Charge at Henderson's Henderson's, at 156 Boylston street, which is more officially known as Henderson's Brunswick Shop, has a new manager in the person of D. Stuart Pope, who has long been identified with the music business of Boston, though more with the piano end. Mr. Pope is a man of highly musical tastes, and has been an organist and choir director in his spare time, but this he gave up more than a year ago when new duties necessitated his traveling more or less. Mr. Pope is popular in the trade, has a wide acquaintance locally and there is every assurance he will make good in his new undertaking. He will likely renew his identity in a more pronounced form with the New England Music Trade Association, of which in the days when it was the Boston Association he was a very active member. Close Many Good Contracts January appears to have been a very good month for the Puritan product according to Manager John W. Ellsworth of the Boylston street headquarters, and several good contracts have lately been signed up for representation of this instrument. Benjamin F. Drake, who is associated with Mr. Ellsworth, has been making a canvass of the Maine and New Hampshire territory lately, and he has been able to interest a great many people in the Puritan proposition. Some Trade Brieflets Miss Mabel Aulson, formerly in the talking machine department of the R. H. White Co., has associated herself with Henderson's, where she is making many new friends. 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