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DECEMBER 5, 1925
THE MUSIC TRADE
Waverly Co. to Open
Chicago Branch Office
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REVIEW
SLINGERLAND
New Quarters Will Be Located in Lytton Build-
ing, 14 East Jackson Boulevard, That City
"MAY-BELl
John J. D. Taylor, secretary of Waverly
Musical Products Co., Inc., in charge of sales,
left New York this week to open a branch
office for his firm in Chicago. He will be
located in the Lytton Building, 14 East Jackson
boulevard, in the heart of the musical district,
where he will be pleased to welcome the many
friends he has already made in his frequent
visits to Chicago.
Slingerland Banjos—Sold by practi-
Mr. Taylor and his associates in the Waverly
Co. are fully convinced that the keystone of
cally all leading dealers. Over forty
modern business lies in the rendering of prompt
styles to select from. Instruments of tone quality and dur-
and adequate service to one's customers. The
ability. Sold at moderate price. Write for catalog and dealer's
business of this firm in Chicago and mid-
Western territory has grown so rapidly of late
proposition.
that it has become increasingly difficult to ren-
der such service, and in fairness to its Western
customers the establishment of a Chicago office
was decided upon. No merchandise or stock
will be carried but the presence of a personal
I8I5 Orchard Street
Chicago, 111.
representative will make possible a constant and
intimate contact with the requirements of the
trade and lead to more satisfactory and bene- force has been added to in an effort to keep up
Some New Patents
ficial relations for all concerned.
with the extra work of attending to the increas-
The Waverly Musical Products Co., Inc., ing orders for all styles of instruments. An
WASHINGTON, D. C, November 28.—Recent pat-
manufactures a complete line of metal parts and attractive reception and display room has- been
accessories for fretted instruments and many of installed and furnished handsomely for the use ents of interest to the musical merchandise
its products have been adopted as standard of dealers and musicians who call at the Lange trade include Patent No. 1,562,091, issued No-
equipment by the leading instrument makers offices. The complete line of Lange-made instru- vember 17, 1925, to M. B. Howard, of San Fran-
of the country. The company's plant is located ments will be on display here and there is an cisco, Cal., for a pitch-lowering device for mu-
in Long Island City in the principal manufac- electric Victrola which is used for banjo dem- sical instruments of the saxophone type; Pat-
ent No. 1,562,062, issued November 17, 1925, to
turing district of Greater New York, adjacent onstration.
Lilly Schmidt, Dresden, Germany, guide for vio-
to all markets both of materials and of labor.
There is also a new inspection room adjacent
The most modern types of production ma- to Mr. Lange's private office through which all lin bows; Patent No. 1,562,038, issued Novem-
chinery have been installed and the executives instruments must pass before the final ship- ber 17, 1925, to J. J. Neumann, Chicago, saxo-
of the company are constantly on the alert to ment is made so that each receives Mr. Lange's phone mouthpiece; Patent No. 1,561,566, issued
November 17, 1925, to B. T. Purdy, Brockley,
discover and utilize the latest devices and personal inspection. The stockroom in the rear
methods of good engineering practice. In this of the office floor has been rearranged with the England, for a tuning peg for stringed musi-
cal instruments which is available for all of
way it plans to meet the most exacting demands result that the storage of parts and supplies
them.
of its customers and to do its share in the up- now makes possible much greater efficiency in
building of the music industry.
handling and management. There are several
new rows of bins for the storage of several
thousand banjo cases so that each banjo has a
Lange Has Increased
case to protect it in shipment as soon as it
comes down from the factory. It was signifi-
Morris Tenor Banjo Method,
Facilities in Factory cant
Art Horn's Saxophone Method,
to the reporter that the long rows of
Loar's Ukulele, Ukulele Banjo (tenor banjo uku-
lele tuning) Method,
Rearrangement of Offices and Storage Space bins for the storage of banjos impressed him
Armstrong's Plectrum Banjo Method,
with their emptiness, Mr. Lange explaining that
The J a n Folio for Tenor Banjo,
Means Better Service for Firm's Customers
for several years he had never been able to get
The Banjo-Saxo Folio for Saxophone and Banjo,
Wonder Song Book—comic songs playable In
a stock of banjos on hand sufficient to make
different combinations,
William L. Lange, manufacturer of Paramount,
The Star Folio for Plectrum Banjo.
use of this storage room. He stated humorously
Langstile and Orpheum banjos, 225 East
Sold by All Jobbers—Order Now.
that he was going to use this space for the
Twenty-fourth street, New York, has just com-
storage of accumulating back orders which are
NICOMEDE MUSIC CO., Altoona, Pa
pleted a series of important improvements at
rapidly piling up.
the Lange offices and factory which is ex-
pected to increase the production facilities of
the plant and aid in the important business of
rendering better service to banjo dealers and
players.
The offices have been enlarged and the office
Slingerland Banjo Co.
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