PRESTO
10
THE PEACE LEAGUE AND
OUR FOREIGN TRADE
How Failure to Ratify the Versailles Pact May
Have Affected the National Trade Mark
of "Made in U. S. A."
A very significant and interesting communication
to Presto from one of the large piano industries,
seems to throw a new light upon the possible effect
of the refusal of the legislators at Washington to
have the United States become participators in the
Peace League as formulated by President Wilson.
Without comment either way, it must be of value to
the piano industry to read the following extract
from the letter alluded to, which comes from one of
the most influential of American piano industries:
We are in receipt of rather a peculiar letter from
our Australian traveler, which will give you some
idea of the feeling in Australia caused by the action
of our Senate and Congress regarding the Peace
Treaty. We have made it a practice to put on all
goods going out of the factory, the transfer, "Made
in U. S. A.," and we received a letter from our Aus-
tralian traveler, in which he casually mentions the
fact that he thought it would be better if we did not
use this "Made in U. S. A." to any great extent for
some time to come, as he said the feeling in Aus-
tralia against the United States was not the best in
the world, and said this feeling was caused by the
action of our Congress and Senate in not ratifying
the Peace Treaty, which, in turn, would have af-
fected the exchange between foreign countries and
the U. S. Now that Congress has declared the war
over, we will undoubtedly sign a separate peace
with Germany, and this may effect the exchange.
We have not felt any effects from the great differ-
ence in exchange as yet. In fact, our foreign or-
ders are increasing by leaps and bounds, but the
letter from our Australian traveler goes to show
what would be the result if it were possible for our
foreign customers to secure goods from other coun-
tries. In other words, they are buying from us now
because they have to, not because they want to.
The writer of the foregoing letter did not intimate
that his words were to be used at all, or that he did
not want them to appear. It is, however, easy to
understand the situation in Australia, but there is
no doubt that the advantages of the American piano
will offset any prejudices and maintain the place it
has already established in many foreign countries.
April 17, 1920.
MAN WHOSE SKILL HAS
MADE A FAMOUS PIANO
New Portrait of Chas. A. Haddorff, Acousti-
cian and .Expert Whose Genius Has Added
to the Lists of Fine Instruments.
When the Haddorff Piano Co., of Rockford, 111.. '
was established, in 1900, the name of the pianos
which are now known everywhere was strange in
the world of music. The trade in some places
knew that there existed somewhere a skilled piano
maker of the name, who had charge of the creative
TALKS TO SALES FORCE.
Kay A. Stone, manager of Kohler & Chase, San
Francisco, called a meeting of the entire Kohler &
Chase forces and told them of the plans of the
company for this year. His talk was divided over
two evenings, one being devoted to remarks con-
cerning the Soloelle and the other to the Ampico.
Among the factories which Mr. Stone visited during
his recent visit East were the Hobart M. Cable
Company, the Gulbransen, the Ampico, and the
Foster-Armstrong.
E, C. COON RUNS LIBRARY.
E. C. Coon who, for many years was with the
Hobart M. Cable Company as special salesman on
the road, and later was connected with WabasU
avenue retail house in Chicago, is now running a
music roll library in Oak Park, 111. Mr. Coon
makes a specialty of the U. S. music rolls and his
business is called the Oak Park Roll Library and
is at 641 Taylor street, Oak Park, a suburb of
Chicago.
CHASE BROTHERS
REPRODUCING PIANO
C. A. HADDORFF.
departments of a large industry. But up to that
time C. A. Haddorff had not put forth his best ef-
forts, and the instruments which were to bear his
name and fame had not become known to the
trade or to the music loving public.
In the twenty years since the establishment of
the big plant at Rockford, the Haddorff piano has
been steadily improving and gaining a place among
the instruments of recognized quality and beauty.
Mr. Haddorff has kept close to his work, and so his
personality has been comparatively little known out-
side the factory to which his skill and industry have
been devoted.
It is safe to say that today the name of Haddorff
is known wherever fine pianos are appreciated. The
Rockford industry has consistently sustained Mr.
Haddorff in his highest ambitions. And he has
succeeded in producing instruments of such quality
that trlere is no longer any question about the char-
acter of the standing or the values of Haddorff
pianos.
In a conversation with George Grosvenor, of the
Fine Arts Building, Chicago, one of the established
judges of fine pianos, that gentleman recently said
to a Presto representative:
"The Haddorff is not only one of the finest in-
struments within my knowledge. It is also one of
the most satisfactory to represent and sell."
The house of Grosvenor, Lapham & Co., is doing
a large retail busines with the Haddorff. "If yoii
are not familiar with the new Haddorff small grand,"
added Mr. Grosvenor, "you owe it to yourself to get
acquainted."
It is certain that the new portrait of C. A. Had-
dorff will be welcome to every dealer who sells the
instruments from Rockford, and others will be
equally interested in it.
TO BUILD IN ROCHESTER.
One of the remarkable products of the West is
the Chase Brothers Reproducing Piano, which has
won its way to a good demand among the buyers
of high-grade instruments. The Chase Brothers, as
the leading product of one of the oldest piano in-
dustries in the West, has had a quality standing for
about fifty years'. It has always been a leader and
it stands higher today than ever before.
The Chase Brothers Reproducing Piano possesses
all of the phenomenal powers of other instruments
of its kind. It is all of the great pianists in one
powerful and handsome instrument. Tt is not
strange that Charles Cadman, the American com-
poser, whose Indian opera recently created an ar-
tistic furore in San Francisco, declared that "all I
have wished for, and all that is satisfying musically,
is embodied in the Chase Brothers piano."
That is a commendation worthy of the fine instru-
ments from Muskegon, Mich., and the Chase-Hack-
ley Piano Co., and its representatives, are justified
in prizing it highly.
The Bernard-Scheib Music Co., Rochester, N. Y.,
will soon build an eight-story store on the site
of the old Y. M. C. A. building at South avenue
and Court street. The structure will be known as
the Music Building, on the first floor of which the
Bernard-Scheib Music Co. will have its warerooms.
The upper floors will be devoted to music studios.
The Styles Music House, Oakland, Cal., is making
extensive alterations in its store at 381 Twelfth
street.
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