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PRESTO
May 22, 1920.
"Truly an achievement that hrings a new and
greater interest and a keener delight in music."
The two-page center of the booklet is peculiarly
attractive pictorially because it contains an artisti-
cally reproduced painting, the colors of which are
faithfully presented. It presents an operatic scene
with the Apollo-Phone in the foreground to "play
with the world's great artists." There is also a
page in which a remarkable development of the com-
bined piano and phonograph is described—the
unique accomplishment by which a single instrument
is made to accompany itself—to produce the vocal
solo accompanied by the piano parts, or even the
orchestral parts, without the aid of the human hand.
Here is the page:
Accompanying Great Artists.
Rarely is the piano accompaniment of a phono-
graph selection distinguishable. This is for the rea-
son that the accompaniment is subordinated to give
prominence to the artist's solo performance.
This difficulty is entirely overcome by the Apollo-
Phone, and an adequate accompaniment provided.
The pianist may of course play the accompani-
ment manually, but those who are not thus accom-
plished may play the accompaniment by means of
accompaniment rolls.
Perfectly synchronized accompaniment rolls have
been played for the records of such prominent
BUY EBE PLAYER PIANOS—
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singers as Caruso, Galli-Curci, John McCormack, as
well as the playing of Kreisler, Elman, Heifetz and
other prominent instrumentalists.
These are some of the delightful musical possi-
bilities of the Apollo-Phone.
The brochure contains twelve pages and covers
and sets forth more interesting and sales compelling
suggestions, and points for prospective buyers, than
almost any similar sized publication associated with
the trade.
W. W. GRIGGS RECOVERING.
News comes to Presto from St. Francis Hos-
pital, Evanston, that W. W. Griggs is getting along
nicely, after amputation of his right leg at the
knee. He will be ready for business in a week or
two and will continue his work for The Cable
Piano Co. along the north lake shore, and is an-
ticipating a big month's business for June. Mr.
Griggs' present home address is 7004 North Clark
street, Chicago.
Q R S NINE WINS.
The second week of the Chicago Industrial Ath-
letic League saw all the games scheduled played
before enthusiastic crowds. One of the best con-
tested games was played at Sherman Park on
diamond No. 2 between the Q R S Music Company
and Morris & Company, the former winning by a
score of 8 to 4. The feature of the game was the
playing of Magowski at shortstop and Gibson pitch-
ing for the Q R S Music Company.
KOHLER INDUSTRIES MEN
TRAVEL FOR BUSINESS
K. W. Curtis Visits Big Cities, and W. A. Lund
Makes Trip Through Michigan.
Kenneth W. Curtis, manager in Chicago and the
Mid-West for the Kohler & Campbell Industries,
of New York, called on the trade in St. Louis, Mo.,
and Evansville, Ind., last week. This week he went
to Milwaukee, Wis., where he found trade very
good with the Milwaukee dealers. One leading
dealer has already sold as much as he did last year
up to July. Next week Mr. Curtis goes to Detroit,
Mich., and Toledo, Ohio.
W. A. Lund, traveler out of the Chicago office of
the Kohler & Campbell Industries, has returned
'from a two-weeks' trip in Michigan. Mr. Lund said
that he found business conditions very good in the
state of Michigan. Dealers were all looking ahead
for a continuance of the present good times in trade,
and none of them talked pessimistically. They all
expressed their belief that prices of pianos will keep
up to their present scale, if not go higher.
AN AMPICO CAMPAIGN.
Mr. Higginbottom, of Byron Manzy's Ampico De-
partment, in San Francisco, and Miss Bertha Snobel
are planning a;n active campaign on Ampico and Ryth-
modik Rolls. Both are experts in their line and big
results are expected.
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BAUER PIANOS
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