Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1941 June

LEFT: Bud Parr, owner of General Music Co., seated at his desk ready to write
and bigger orders for BucHey Music Units. ABOVE: Impressive front of
Music's Los Angeles offices. BELOW: Showrooms in the Los Angeles and San
headquarters are equally inviting and operators will find on hand a wide variety
Used Phonographs available on term payments.
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General Music Company Establishes
San Francisco Olfice .ith Parr as Chief
SAN FRANCISCO - "It's great to be
back home!" was the first thing William
Parr of the General Music Company said
upon arriving here May 1st to take over the
jobbing and distributing business of WiI·
liam Corcoran, at 1157 Post Street. For the
past three years, Parr has been in Southern
California in the jobbing and distributing
field and he promises that the new office,
operating under the name of the General
Music Company, "will feature the same in·
dividual attention, the same dependable
service to phonograph operators in my
home town that I give in Southern Cali·
fornia." He will divide his time between
San Francisco and Los Angeles.
William Corcoran, who will devote his
time exclusively to his duties as Pacific
Coast District Sales Manager for Buckley
Music System, says, "I'm surely pleased
to see Bud Parr take over my business in
San Francisco. He's been associated with
me for a number of years and I've always
admired his business methods, his integrity
and conscientious ideas regarding service.
Operators will enjoy working with him as
much as I have, I know."
Acting as Parr's right hand man is
Ernie Brennan, manager of the San Fran·
cisco office, who began his career as book·
keeper with the Rowe Manufacturing Com·
pany when they started making cigarette
vending machines 15 or more years ago.
Parr says of his associate, "Ernie has spent
all his busine s life in the coin machine
industry. He's well·known and well· liked
and his sound, practical experience is go·
ing to be a real help to Northern Califor·
nia operators. Ernie is the kind of man who
always has his door open, is always glad to
see anyone who wants to talk over operat·
ing problems. And that includes all prob·
lems. From time to time, an operator may
find himself in need of a small loan because
of sickness or unexpected financial drains
upon his budget. He will find, then, that
General Music Company offers real friend·
liness in cooperating on small loans, for
General Music Company has earned a repu·
tation of always taking care of its operator·
customers in any emergency."
Both the San Francisco and Los Angeles
offices of the General Music Company spe·
cialize in the Buckley Music System and in
the sale of reconditioned phonographs on
the time payment plan. Both take pride in
top· notch service departments, expertly
trained mechanics, skilled sound techni·
cians who are always ready to give depend·
able technical and installation advice and
an ace·high stock selection with complete
parts for immediate service in any emer·
gency.

Pla-Mor
MUSIC SELECTORS LEAD I
To our customers In the eleven Western States we say Thank
You for your orders representing thousands of PLA-MOR
Selectors.
While our factory is literally swamped with PLA-MOR orders
raw material conditions are improving and we will fill each and
everyone of those orders at the earliest possible date.
Your patience and co-operation at this time are greatly appre-
ciated by the Packard Manufacturing Corporation and myself,
and you may rest assured that your orders will be taken care of.

E. SIMMONS
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Western Regional Manager for Packard Mfg. Corp.
1025 N. Highland Ave.
GRanite 4148
Wired Music Tax
Bill Shelved
Esquire Music In
New L. A. Quarters
LOS ANGELES - The first of June saw
Esquire Music Company pull stakes at their
former stand at 2646 South Hill Street and
move, bag and baggage, to new and larger
quarters at 1870 West Washington Boule·
vard.
In the new spot Esquire will cont inue to
feature the products of the Packard Manu·
facturing Corporation and the Filben rapid
record changing units.
"In our new spot we are eq uipped to
give operators better service than we ever
have before," declared Jack Gutshall, owner
of Esquire. "We have added an amplifier
and sound technician to our staff and our
repair department has been enlarged con·
siderably. We invite operators to use our
place of busi nes as thei r West W as hi ngton
entrance to Decca, for Decca is just across
the alley from us and our rear door will be
open at all times for the convenience of
the boys."

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - All pending
legislation affecting the wired music in-
dustry was reported back to the commit-
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Hollywood, Calif.
tee and was not reported out to the Aoor
of the Cal ifornia State Assembly.
The Legislature, adjo urning early in
June, devoted the balance of the session
to enactin g the new budget.

Riddell Participates
In Golf Tourney
PASADENA - Bob Riddell, associated
with his father, Arch C. Riddell, in the
wired music system, Harmony Hostess, was
recently invited by the Southern Cali fornia
Golf Assn. to participate in an elimination
which was staged at the Annandale Co un-
try Club.
Bob is very well known in golf ci rcles and
posses es over ten cups which he has won
in different tournaments.

Andrews Sisters exclusively
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H. W . Pearson, of Harrisonburg , Virginia, was so impressed with the increase in collection in
several locations where he had made installations of Packard Pia-Mar remote control units
that he and R. L. Litton made a special trip to the factory, at Indianapolis , Indiana, to make
a large purchase of Packard Pia-Mar equipment. During his "isit, Pearson said that he was
going 100% Packard, because it was the finest remote control equipment he had ever seen.
Left to Right: D. V. Kennedy , H. W. Pearson , R. L. Litton, and Homer E. Capehart, President
Packard Mfg. Corp.
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