The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-05
BOOSTS FARGO AND.
The TWO DAkOTAS.
c. r. STONE TELLS MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW OF PIANO SELLING IN
FARGO AND THE DAKoTAs AND
OF DEMAND FOR BEST TNsTRU-
MENTS.

The following is a story told to The
Music Trade Review by G. r. Stone
of the Stone Piano Co. of Fargo, dur
ing a recent visit in the east and
which appeared in the current issue
Of The Review:
Fargo, N. D., is the biggest small
Stone, president of the Stone Piano
Co. of that city, who is on a short visit
to the, east. incidentally, Mr.. Stone is
in a good position to judge OF the in
dustrial Importance of his home city,
as he has beer in business there for
the past 10 years, and has made an
emphatic success with a high-grade
line of pianos.
The Stone Piano Co. handles the
following comprehensive and essen
TALLY high-class line of well known
pianos: Steinway, Weber, Sohmer,
Behr Bros, j. & c. Fischer. Laffargue
and Stroud pianos with the entire
Pianola-Piano line as the played divi-
sion of its business. Mr.. Stone left
Fargo the first OF the year, and up to
a week ago was in the south with his
family, enjoying a we'll earned vaCa-
ton. He expects to leave e York
the latter part of this week, and after
stopping at Philadelphia and Chicago
Will be back in Fargo by April 10.
While in the east, MIR. Stone called
on a number of the local wareroomF
including Steinway Hall, Aeolian Hall
Sohmer & Co.'S warerooms and the
handsome factory and offices of BehT
Bros, at Newark, n. ]. He was sur
prlsed at the magnificence of AcolIan
Hall. and remarked that it was Ger
tainly the greatest institution Of its
kind in the world. Before leaving for
home, MI. Stone left substantial Or
ders with the various manufacturers
whose products he handles for instru-
ments totalling several complete car
loads in all.
Mr.. Stone is representative Of that
type of piano merchant who is inter
! ested in the civic, industrial and edu-
c%ational development of the city where
he conducts his business. He has al
ways taken a keen interest in all mat
tiers relative to the betterment Of Far
go, n. D., and in a chat with The Re
view outlined his methods of doing
business, and the general business
outlook In the state Of North Dakota.
n doubt YOU have already been
told of the prosperous condition of the
northwest by returning travellers" stat
ed Mr.. Stone, land / can only reiter-
ate that we are really enthusiastic in
our section of the country, and are
well satisfied with the general outlook.
Crops are good and piano merchants
n dealers in others kinds of mer-
chandise are all looking forward to an
unusually good spring.
About Piano Trade.
The piano trade is better than a
year ago, and the report / received
this morning from my headquarters
shows a substantial gain so far this
month over last March. The trade In
my player business, the Pianola-Pi-
line, is gradually increasing! and
am Of the belief that within the next
five years, fully three-fourths of the
business will be done with players.
THE rapid growth in the demand
for players has naturally Increased the
Importance Of the music-ro problem
I believe that we have solved this
situation in the proper manner, AS We
handle our music rolls on a strictly
business basis. In other words, we dc
not conduct circulating music-roll II.
braries or give away rolls with pur-
chases of players, but merchandise oul