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PRESTO
March 25, 1920.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE STARR
Mr. Dealer—
This Syndicate is a cure for dis-
advantages under which Music
Merchants have struggled, without
recourse, for years. It offers ad-
vantages in the way of purchasing
power, quick delivery of worth-
while merchandise, service, mer-
chandising counsel, financing of in-
stallment paper, etc.
Never before has so comprehen-
sive an organization for the mutual
benefit of Music Merchants been
proposed. The Syndicate is far
reaching, sound in plan and purpose,
and backed by men who know the
business from every angle of manu-
facturing and selling. For further
information write.
THE AMALGAMATED PHONOGRAPH
SYNDICATE of AMERICA
Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Importance of the Tone in a Talking Machine
Told by Ohio Dealer.
The Schoch Studio, Alliance, O., which has the
agency there for the Starr phonograph, tells talking
machine prospects to learn something about the
construction of a phonograph. This is said in the
newspapers this week:
"One of the first things you should learn is that
the tone of a phonograph—its most important qual-
ity—is dependent upon the throat through which
the sound is sent.
"The most wonderful violins in history were those
made by Stradivarius and Amati two centuries ago,
now preserved as priceless treasures. These violins
were made of Silver Grain Spruce, the wood which
gives perfect tone qualities.
"The throat of the Starr phonograph is also made
of silver grain spruce, the wonder wood. Its tones
are so remarkable, compared with those of other
phonographs, that it has been called 'the singing
throat' of the Starr."
flat surfaces, the inventors claiming improved tones
result, says the Brooklyn Eagle.
A get-together meeting and luncheon of the
northeastern Pennsylvania representatives of the
Columbia Graphophone Company was held recently
at the Redington Hotel, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in an ef-
fort to co-operate in a spring drive.
The General Phonograph Corporation of New
York reports the most successful year in its history,
both as respects earnings and volume, during 1919.
The net sales were approximately $7,000,000, with
net profits of $917,000.
William H. Lawton is the new manager of the
Columbia branch in Buffalo, succeeding F. A. Deni-
son, who retired to go into business as a Columbia
dealer in San Francisco.
E. M. Shute is the new assistant manager of the
Columbia branch in Cincinnati.
Presto acknowledges the receipt of a copy of the
Mickel Fair Folder from Mickel Bros., distributors
of Victor Talking Machines, records and supplies
at Des Moines, Iowa. The company says that one
of these advertising sheets has been sent to every
dealer in the state of Iowa. It is well illustrated
and interestingly presents various claims for the
goods. H. B. Sixsmith is the sales manager.
COLUMBIA ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Columbia Graphophone Company will be held in
Bridgeport, Conn., on March 29.
FOR GERMAN STANDARDIZATION.
The Smith Electric Co., Denison, Tex., has a well-
managed talking machine department.
Bernhard Benson of Merrill, Lynch & Co., New
York, has been elected vice-president and a director
of the General Phonograph Corporation, and W. G.
Pilgrim, formerly its assistant secretary, treasurer
and assistant manager of the corporation.
One new phonograph has a sound chamber in the
shape of a concave plate at the end of the tone arm,
while all sound-conveying portions of another have
The Zeitschrift fur Instrumentenbau urges piano
makers in Germany to standardize. It contends
that the individual makers produce too many
models. It thinks makers might group and con-
cord their types, which do not generally differ ma-
terially. This, if done, would simplify production
on a large scale, and reduce cost, and could be fol-
lowed by the adoption of uniform screws, springs,
pedals, etc. The proposition naturally includes
purchase of raw material and accessories for com-
mon account, besides which a limited system of
joint sales is recommended.
"Hear That Tone"
A MOTTO JUSTIFIED BY
ACHIEVEMENT
The remarkable clarity of tone re-
production which characterizes all
FUEHR & STEMMER
PHONOGRAPHS
is due to the PERFECTED TONE
CHAMBER which, with the in-
genious TONE MODIFIER lifts
these instruments far above other
talking machines.
Write for particulars.
BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL CABI-
NETS WITH PIANO FINISH.
Make your Talking Machine De-
partment pay.
ADDS TO KOHLER & CAMPBELL FACTORIES
FUEHR & STEMMER PIANO CO.
Chicago, III.
"Guesswork Won't Do"
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scope."
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the drag of the needle throughout
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revolutions.
Made by
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1622 Fulton St.
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CHICAGO
R. W. Lawrence, president of Kohler & Campbell,
Inc., New York, has purchased for that company a
tract of land 22,500 square feet in area, immediately
adjoining the main factories. This was bought
during the partition sale of the Henry Astor Estate,
conducted on Tuesday, March 9, 1920, in New York
City. The accompanying cut is from a photograph
of the lot which will enlarge the company's prop-
erty holdings.
This and other extensive land properties in the
immediate vicinity of the Kohler & Campbell fac-
tory, valued at over $5,000,000, were sold at this
sale. This property marked the site of part of the
Astor farm, famous in our Colonial days, which
through the development of New York City became
the foundation of the immense Astor fortune. It
has been handed down through the succeeding gen-
erations of the Astor family and held intact until
now by the deed of trust of Henry Astor executed
Feb. 15, 1869.
The parcel of land concerned in the Kohler &
Campbell purchase extends 100 feet on 11th avenue
south from 51st street, and 225 feet on West 51st
street, west from the corner of 11th avenue.
Several Kohler & Campbell buildings already oc-
cupy this property. The corner, 51st street and
11th avenue, is the site of the new Kohler & Camp-
bell veneer storage and shipping department, which
was constructed last fall. At 604 to 608 West 51st
street is a three-story building occupied by the Koh-
ler & Campbell garage, housing on the second and
third floors the offices of the factory superintend-
ents and the new enlarged medical clinic recently
installed by the Kohler Industries. The remainder
of this property is being used as a lumber storage.
The acquisition of this property is without a
doubt a farsighted purchase. Adjoining, as it does,
the main factories of Kohler & Campbell, Inc., it
offers an opportunity of extending the manufactur-
ing facilities of this progressive concern.
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