The Starr Company of Canada Phonograph store, Wholesale & Retail, 265 Dundas St., London, "Merry Christmas / Happy New Year", late December-early January, 1919. The location is on the south side of Dundas close to the corner of Wellington. [courtesy of Alan Noon and Weldon Library, University of Western Ontario]

If we could walk into the Starr store in London between the years 1917 and 1923, we might meet a few young musicians such as the Lombardo brothers who frequented Dundas Street at the time. We might also say hello to Melville Standfield of Toronto, who started as a travelling salesman with Starr, and whose life story led us to London [CAPS News, July-Oct. 2006]. Mel's family was related to Thomas Standfield, the Tolpuddle Martyr who left England in the 1840s and is commemorated today on an Ontario plaque at Fanshawe Park Road East Cemetery. The story of the Standfields in turn led us to Mel's start in the phonograph business with John Croden and Wilfred Stevenson. By inquiring of Guy Lombardo Museum, London Central Public Library and Museum London, we were introduced to the striking photograph of the Starr London store, carefully restored by Alan Noon at the University of Western Ontario, which gives us the best insight into the beginning of Starr in Canada. The photo of the Starr store was taken by Henry (Harry) G. Hines, a commercial photographer whose studio was at 666 Dundas Street during most of his career, between 1906-1933.

John Alexander Croden (Nov. 17, 1866 - Jan. 20, 1950), born in London, Ontario, and Wilfred D. Stevenson (1882 - July 9, 1960) from Ailsa Craig, north of London, had both previously been in the piano business. Croden had managed the London branch of Heintzman Pianos for twenty years, then moved to the Toronto area in 1912. On December 1, 1916, he left his position as vice-president and general manager of the R. S. Williams Piano Company in Oshawa to start in the phonograph business.

Stevenson started with Doherty Piano and Organ in Clinton, Ontario in 1900 and moved to London around 1902-03 to join the Sherlock-Manning Piano Company. There he worked his way up to office manager in charge of advertising and accounting. He then joined the Mendelssohn Piano firm in 1915 as a London agent [CMTJ, April 1917, p. 59]. Although this was a Toronto piano company, Mendelssohn had a strong connection to London. The head of the company, Henry Durke, married Gertrude Wilson, a sister of Stevenson's wife Ethel Wilson [CMTJ, Jan. 1917, p. 65]. On April 1st 1917, Stevenson left Mendelssohn to enter business with John Croden [CMTJ, April, 1917, p. 59].

Croden and Stevenson, both keen on opening their own business, formed a partnership as the Canadian Phonograph Supply Company in March, 1917. They toured the extensive Starr Piano Company facilities in Richmond, Indiana, where they were impressed by the modern equipment, product quality, service and value of that operation. They chose to deal with Starr over all offers from other phonograph factories nearby [CMTJ, April, 1917, p. 59] and arranged, at first, to import Starr machines and records into Canada. They were also the local representatives of Gourlay Pianos and their line of player-pianos. They had a store by May 1917 when they took over the lease of the former Gourlay piano agency in London at 261 Dundas. Here, they proudly displayed ribbons won at the Panama Fair in San Diego by the Starr Indiana firm [CMTJ, July 1917, p. 51].

John Alexander Croden (1866-1950) / Wilfred D. Stevenson (1882-1960) London Advertiser, Thurs., Dec. 13, 1917 [courtesy of Douglas Flood]

Gourlay, Winter & Leeming Pianos, based in Toronto, flourished between 1890 and 1923. The Gourlay Piano factory started operations in 1904 and by 1922 they were also making phonographs. They were also dealers in cabinet organs, made by Mason & Hamlin (Boston), Karn (Woodstock), Berlin (Kitchener), Thomas (Woodstock) and Bilhorn (Chicago). By 1922 they were carrying only Estey organs (Brattleboro, Vermont), which may be the one displayed in the London store window. In 1924 Gourlay was taken over by Sherlock-Manning Piano Company.

As new Starr Phonograph dealers, Croden and Stevenson would have received extensive help from Starr in Indiana in developing their business. Below is text from a Starr Piano Co., Richmond, ad encouraging new dealers for Starr phonographs:

Starr Phonographs and Starr Records are the heritage of long, successful manufacturing experience - So is the selling experience which assists the Starr dealer in developing his business. Everything possible is done to aid him. National advertising - in many of the leading publications, such as Cosmopolitan, Literary Digest, World's Work, Scribner's, Harper's, National Geographic....Regular weekly schedule of large advertisements in over a score of the metropolitan newspapers....The new dealer receives a series of most attractive announcement ads...folders, picture slides, window cards, etc., without cost...he is monthly supplied with ten or a dozen illustrated timely ad-suggestions with copy, which he can easily adapt. Cuts are free. New picture slides, cards, booklets, etc., are frequently offered....[CMTJ, Sept. 1917, p. 56].

Gourlay, Winter & Leeming Ltd letterhead, Toronto, Jan. 21, 1922. This company flourished between 1890-1923. [author's collection]

The Canadian Phonograph Supply Company was renamed The Starr Company of Canada on March 1, 1918, and by September moved their premises from 261 to 265 Dundas Street. Much of London's architecture still retains a Victorian Italianate Renaissance Revival style from the late 19th century. In London, they are able to date many of these buildings to the 1874-1883 period when an architectural firm, Robinson and Tracy, created similar facades along commercial streets [Michael Baker, ed., Downtown London, p. 9]. The downtown area has a charming and unifying use of "white" brick, fashionable in the Victorian era of contrasting colours.

London Advertiser, Thurs. Dec. 13, 1917 [courtesy of Douglas Flood]

In 1918, the Starr Co. of Canada exhibited at the Western Fair, London:

Musical Instrument Display at London Exhibition, 1918
Gourlay Pianos and Starr Phonographs

The first exhibit to the left of the entrance is that of the Starr Company of Canada, who have the local representation of Gourlay and Gourlay-Angelus lines of pianos and players. A representative and attractive range of these were shown. Mr. D.R. Gourlay, vice-president of Gourlay, Winter & Leeming, Ltd., spent a couple of days assisting their London agents, who are doing an extensive and increasing trade with Gourlay lines.

The Starr lines of phonographs, which have been so energetically exploited in Canada since Messrs. John A. Croden and W.D. Stevenson secured the distributing rights for Canada, a little more than a year ago, appeared in full force at the fair, and the Starr company of Canada's success at the Toronto Exhibition was duplicated [CMTJ, Sept. 1918, p. 74].

This company has recently moved their retail store and offices a few doors east of their old stand, giving them a larger, brighter and more attractive store. When a Journal representative called, Messrs. Croden and Stevenson were making necessary alterations for the stocking of a shipment of "His Master's Voice" records. Their record department is on the ground floor, adjoining a series of demonstration booths, with the front or main portion of the floor set apart for general display purposes. A specially constructed front with deep entrance gives roomy show windows on either side of the main entrance. Their new location brings the music houses of London still closer together, they being all within a radius of a few minutes' walk [CMTJ, Sept. 1918, p. 74].

Starr Table Top, Style 1/2 [courtesy of Al Gentry]

Two table-top machines are on the floor, but the grille of the one in the back, left window, is not clear enough to recognize the Starr Style 1/2 machine. These phonographs have the tone arm at centre rear, and a metal knob in the centre of the grille like the Starr, but the plain flat lids with square corners are different. Croden and Stevenson were selling many other makes of table-tops as well. In April 1917, they arranged for three other table-top styles of phonographs to retail at $20, $32.50, and $45 in order to give their dealers a line selling from $20 to $400.

Theatrical window card, The Wanderer, in the store on the left at 267 Dundas, Woolnough's Corsetiers. LFP, Dec. 28, 1918, p. 9

The hanging store sign in the photograph shows a Starr upright machine that may be the Style 3/4 or a Style I, with straight bars on the grille, as shown in a rare comprehensive advertisement of all Starr phonographs available in Canada [Montreal Daily Star, June 26, 1920, p. 14]. Uprights like this appeared in a Starr catalogue of ca.1917-1919, from the Richmond parent company. This catalogue showed about eleven styles of uprights, numbers I - IX, and two larger models, the William & Mary and the Jacobean [Al Gentry]. In April 1917, the CMTJ described eleven styles of Starr machines from $65 to $400. In 1920, a London Free Press ad for Starr's "Big Alteration Sale" mentions other uprights such as Columbia (Toronto), Sonora Baby Grand (Michigan/N.Y./I. Montagnes, Toronto), Mason & Risch (Toronto), Pathé (Montreal/Toronto) and Aeolian Vocalion (Nordheimer's, Toronto / Scythes Vocalion) [LFP, Feb. 20, 1920, p. 14]. The sign also highlights their much applauded Silver Grain Spruce Singing Throat, which was supposed to amplify and improve the tone of the wood horn to resonate like a fine violin.

For the most part, uprights were available in Canada but long console cabinets, such as the Style XVIII, were made by Starr Richmond [Fabrizio & Paul, A World of Antique Phonographs, p. 202].

We can actually date the photograph of the Starr store from a theatrical poster in the window of Woolnough's Corsetiers, next door at 267 Dundas Street [Vernon's City of London Directory, 1917]. The poster announces the play The Wanderer, the Biblical story of the Prodigal Son, which was staged at the Grand Theatre between Dec. 28, 1918 and Jan. 8, 1919 [LFP, Dec. 28, 1918, p. 9; ibid. Jan. 8, 1919, p. 10]. This would be a memorable production, as it was billed as "the biggest spectacle ever brought to London with a flock of real sheep, dogs and goats, and a large ballet of dancing girls" [LFP, Wed. Jan. 8, 1919, p. 10]. Staged by David Belasco, Written by Maurice Samuels, Music by Anslem Goetzl, Presented by William Elliot, Ray Comstock, and Morris Gest...the Magnificence of the Orient in the time of King Solomon.... [LFP, Fri., Jan. 3, 1919, p. 12] David Belasco was the same impresario who gave Toronto's Gladys Smith her stage name of Mary Pickford.

The business on the right was the Dominion Café, at 263 Dundas, listed in the London City Directories between 1917 and 1923.

Starr Company of Canada Chronology

March 1, 1917 The Canadian Phonograph Supply Company founded in London, Ont., by John A. Croden and Wilfred D. Stevenson, importing goods from the Starr Piano Co., Richmond, Indiana. Stevenson mentioned their Starr warerooms at 261 Dundas, April 1917 Fall 1917 Starr dealerships secured in western Ontario, Montreal, Quebec City, and the Maritimes; exclusive wholesale and retail rights to Starr products in Canada August 1, 1917 Wilder's Ltd in Montreal stocked Starr phonographs with manager George S. Pequegnant December 6, 1917 Purchased the Gourlay Piano Store and agency at 261 Dundas Street March 1, 1918 Company name changed to The Starr Company of Canada May 1918 Dominion government imposed tax on imports of player pianos, player organs, records and talking machines, leading Croden and Stevenson to negotiate with Fred and Harry Gennett to plan Starr phonograph manufacturing in Canada September 1918 The Starr store moved from 261 to 265 Dundas Street November 1918 Melville Standfield developed Starr agencies in Western Canada Late 1918 to early 1919 Starr-Gennett records pressed by Herbert Berliner's new Compo Company in Lachine; labels marked, "Made by Starr Co. of Canada, London, Ont." Romeo Beaudry distributed Francophone records on Starr and Compo labels in Quebec province (from 1919-1920 until 1959) May 1919 Lateral Cut Gennett Records pressed in Lachine, bringing increased sales by August February 1920 Fred Gennett and production manager A.F. Mayer spent several days in London, visiting three factories that were now producing Starr phonographs in Canada. Mr. Gennett was highly pleased with the organization in Canada and with the facilities for taking care of Starr and Gennett interests [CMTJ, Feb. 1920, p. 57] March 1920 Stevenson arranged for a dealer in Winnipeg, a warehouse in Regina, and a distributor in Vancouver September 6, 1920 Charter for The Starr Company of Canada Limited, granted, Toronto March 1922 Advertisement showed 101 music dealers for Starr-Gennett records in Toronto alone, at the height of the company's record distribution April 28, 1922 Disastrous fire at Starr warerooms, 197-199 Dundas Street, resulting in a massive sell-off of damaged London stock at Quality Music Store in Toronto [Toronto Daily Star, May 19, 1922, p. 10], and at 195 Dundas Street London [LFP, May 13, 1922, p. 4] 1923 The Starr Company of Canada, Limited, changed from a private to a public company [IHS, John H. MacKenzie Collection / Richard Green] 1923 Croden began a real estate company in London, J. A. Croden and Sons [LFP, Jan. 20, 1950, p. 21 / LCPL] 1924 The Starr Company of Canada, Limited, started liquidation of stock and assets [letter from George Welsh, Starr Richmond, Jan. 26, 1926 / Companies Branch] February 1924 Stevenson briefly became Vice-President of Starr Piano Co. in Richmond [CMTJ, Feb. 1924, p. 78 / Richard Green] 1925 Starr in Richmond, Indiana, discontinued the Starr label. 1926-1929 John E. Roberts moved Starr of Canada from 265 Dundas to a smaller office at 410 Rectory Street and was in charge while stock was sold off January 1926 Stevenson took over from R. H. Murray as manager of Sun Records, Toronto [CMTJ, Jan. 1926, p. 24 / Richard Green]. Later he was founder and president of Stevenson & Hunt General Insurance Ltd, London [LFP, Sat. July 9, 1960, p. 4 / LCPL]

Label, Starr Table Top, Style 1/2 "From the Canadian Phonograph Supply Co. Exclusive Canadian Distributors London Canada". This label has an early date, between March 1917 and March 1918 [CMTJ, March 1918, p. 85], before the company changed its name to The Starr Company of Canada. [courtesy of Al Gentry]

Label, The Starr Company of Canada, dated after March, 1918. Upright, Style I, showing Gothic Revival arches on grille. This model was advertised in Canadian newspapers. [courtesy of Douglas Flood]

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Mike Bryan CAPS President and Auctioneer

You’ve got to admit that our hobby is quite specialised. If you are not a seasoned collector, the world of antique phonographs, parts, records and related items would likely be a complete mystery to you. Remember when you first started, when you didn’t know what it was, what is was worth, and couldn’t spot the repro parts or the bodged repairs. It’s easy when you’ve developed your knowledge and an eye for such things, but most non-collectors would find it hard to discern things like value, rarity and desirability, let alone be able to correctly name each item. To the non-cognoscenti an early 7" Berliner record may be considered worthless because of its rough condition, while a shiny 78rpm record from the 40s might appear to have value and perhaps be worth keeping. At the other extreme, a strange-looking tinfoil machine might be considered less valuable than a Victrola IX with its nice cabinet and ability to play those old records so well. Such ignorance can benefit the collector as a buyer, but can be detrimental to the preservation of antique items left in the wrong hands. Ignorance would certainly be a negative in the disposal of a collection, triggered by the death of a collector, whether it be from old age, illness or untimely accident.

In this article we’ll look at why we need to face up to our mortality and how we can make life a little easier for those that we might leave behind. I accept that there are more important things than phonograph and record collections to worry about when a loved one passes away. However, at the risk of sounding over-dramatic, I am suggesting that your collection could become a far larger burden than you might ever imagine.

Somehow it just kept on growing

Every phonograph collector has a story about how they acquired their first machine, never believing they would ever find the need to own another…and another… In antique shops and at shows they start taking closer looks at previously unnoticed phonographs or records, but don’t admit to actually seeking more machines. It doesn’t matter though; they’re hooked. Over the years they manage to find a few real bargains, restore some junk machine to their original glory and pay fair market price for certain “must have” phonographs. While collectors may regularly buy and sell machines, most would not give serious thought to ever selling their collection in its entirety. Why not? Because they enjoy their collections and have no intention of parting with what has become part of their identity. Apart from that, they would recognize it as a somewhat daunting task to list and value each item. Also, some of the projects are still not finished, some parts are missing and, anyway, it could be difficult to find a buyer for the whole lot at once.

You might want to just stop at this point and consider a few things:-

1.	Do you keep an inventory list of every item in your collection and does it show current values, i.e. the price at what you could realistically sell each item today?
2.	Are you aware of the total value of your collection?
3.	Have you consulted your insurance broker for guidance on how to make sure your items are adequately insured?
4.	What does your nearest and dearest know about your collection and its value?

I can hear all the excuses, e.g. the list would be a chore to keep updated as I buy and sell all the time… I’d have to remember to change the value after restoration…I’m not sure what it’s worth today, etc. OK, but if it’s hard for you to do, what sort of challenge would it be for a non-collector to value and dispose of your collection? I’m sure you can see where I’m going with this; sooner or later we are all going to pass on. At the time of our passing our spouse or other family member will not only have to deal with their grief, but with financial and administrative matters, too. As if that’s not hard enough, they will have to face the emotional challenge of what to do with your personal items. Anything out of the ordinary, anything that was special to you, anything on which friends and relations are unable to give advice, will become a major burden. One part of them will want to keep your phonograph collection, because they know it meant so much to you, while another part of them will recognize the need to be free of this stuff that is preventing them from moving on with their life.

A positive outcome, but it could have been so different

All of this came home to me a couple of years ago when the wife of a CAPS member called me to ask for advice on how she might dispose of her deceased husband’s collection. She had been struggling with the decision on what to do with the collection for several months and it had clearly become a burden, both emotionally and physically. As far as I could tell, her husband had left no instructions regarding disposal, so she was struggling with what he would have wanted as well as trying to decide what she wanted to do with the collection that loomed large in her living room. I asked a few questions and ascertained that there might be a dozen or so items for disposal.

Based on previous examples set by CAPS colleagues, I suggested that one option would be to redistribute the collection among fellow CAPS members by selling them at our regular auctions. The lady agreed to this, so I made an appointment to see the collection, make a list of all items and provide at least a rough valuation for her.

Although the collection was quite small, it was deceptive. It would have been so easy to dismiss items of little apparent value and that were difficult to describe. On that point, it occurred to me that for a non-collector, even the task of properly naming all the items would be a major challenge, e.g. "thick records, Edison phonograph with big horn." Anyway, my list that started with a dozen or so main items, soon grew to well over 100 items. As CAPS auctioneer, I knew very well that a price could be had for every single one of them, if I correctly assembled them into lots and spread them over several CAPS auctions. In fact, this "small" collection, initially perceived as such because there were only four phonographs, yielded 60 lots that were auctioned over four meetings, achieving a value of 50% more than the guesstimate I’d made at first sight.

There were several positive aspects to all this:-

•	The widow of the deceased CAPS member was relieved of the daunting task of disposing of her husband’s collection.
•	The "true" value of the collection was realized through the transparent auction process and delivered in full to the widow.
•	The collection of a CAPS member was disbursed in the fairest way among fellow CAPS members. His widow believed that he would have wanted it so.
•	CAPS members benefitted from the recycling of the deceased member’s collection.
•	At a time of need CAPS was able to provide a solution beneficial to all parties.

Although my story had these positive outcomes, it could have been very different if the lady had not called CAPS and made the right contact. With no inventory list, no idea of values, but with a desire to dispose of the collection with minimum hassle, the lady was vulnerable to those who would take advantage of such a situation. Sometimes we can be aware that our own ignorance leaves us vulnerable, but we still feel unable to do anything about it. That leaves us with resentment and a bitter taste. In this case, apart from the distressing ordeal of facing unknown potential buyers, it is doubtful that the full value of the collection would have been achieved by trying to sell the collection privately.

Avoid your collection becoming a burden

This story identifies one option for disposing of a phonograph collection, or any collection for that matter, but there are obviously more, which I’ll come to later. The key point, though, is to make your wishes known to someone and empower them with the knowledge and tools to handle the disposal of your treasures. It is important to understand the size and nature of the burden you may be imposing if you don’t do this. Don’t mistake polite interest on the part of your friends and family as knowledge. They most likely don’t have a clue. So here are some suggestions on what you should do to avoid your collection becoming a burden to your family:

1.	Make a detailed inventory of every single item, using full descriptions that will identify each item to fellow collectors. Include layman’s descriptions of items that do not carry identifying words, e.g Columbia machines and my previous example, Diamond Discs. Indicate the approximate realistic value at which you could sell each item today.
2.	Write a note with contact details of collectors, clubs or professionals who you believe to be trustworthy, knowledgeable and potentially helpful in the event of your passing. You may even choose to consult them about this.
3.	In the same note, and probably in your Will, too, state exactly what you would like to happen with your collection. Do not assume that your family will wish to keep it and please don’t consider that "No instructions" is a viable option.

The disposal choices are endless, but some common ones might be:-

A)	Ask, and get a clear answer from family and friends, if they would like to have any particular item from your collection as a bequest.
B)	State that you would like your collection sold through a professional auction house. Name the auction house if you have one in mind.
C)	Provide the names of fellow collectors who you know would be interested in acquiring all or part of your collection.
D)	If you live within driving distance of Toronto, provide the name of a contact at CAPS with a request that they take your collection for auction to fellow members at one or more CAPS meetings.
E)	State that you would like your collection to remain untouched in memory of you.
F)	State that you would like your collection to be advertised for sale in this publication, Antique Phonograph News.

This may seem like a bit of a chore, but it’s nothing compared to the chore that others would have to handle if you take no action. Once you’ve considered your options, decided on your disposal choice and compiled your inventory list, you’ll only have to remember to make the occasional addition or deletion to keep the list current…..for as long as you live.