Presto

Issue: 1920 1767

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PRESTO
June 5, 1920.
L. Schenker, H. and H. Dorfman, 1642 Lexington
avenue.
Century Phonograph Co., Elizabeth, N. J., to man-
Tells About the "Get-at-ableness" of the Filing Cab- ufacture phonographs, etc., $25,000; Joseph Chiavaro, Ohio City to Be Made Production Center by the
Sal Chiavaro, Peter Chiavaro, New York.
inet in the Steger.
United Phonograph Corporation.
R. W. Olsen & Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., to deal in
phonographs,
$75,000.
If possible it's harder to write a good phonograph
Harry N. Hildreth, Jr., of Omaha, Nebr., secre-
The Central Phonograph Co., Elizabeth, N. J., tary-treasurer
adv. than one for the piano. Following is a very
of the United Phonograph corpora-
good one of the Steger phonograph which appeared to manufacture phonographs, $25,000.
tion, was in Marion, O., recently and closed the deal
in last Sunday's Chicago Tribune:
whereby his company becomes the owner of the
NEW PHONOGRAPH EQUIPMENT.
Get-at-able! That is the most pleasing feature
Houghton Manufacturing Company's plant at Lin-
The Keiselhorst Piano Company, Alton, 111., has coln and Farming streets, the preliminary arrange-
of the improved record filing cabinet of the famous
added eight new record rooms. The addition of the ments for the transfer having been completed some
Steger Phonograph.
Easy to put your records away, easier still to find record rooms will make the Keiselhorst store one of time ago. It is the plan of the United Phonograph
the one you want—in a second's time. An alpha- the most completely equipped music houses in the Corporation to curtail manufacturing activities in its
betical guide helps you put your finger on the right city. The company had planned to add a music hall to Grand Rapids, Mich., plant and to centralize produc-
its establishment, but during the difficulties in the tion in Marion.
record instantly.
The Steger plays any disc record correctly. All building situation decided to have record rooms in-
When the operations of the Marion factory are in
stead. Mr. Keiselhorst handles the Victor talking
the greatest artists sing best for the Steger.
machines exclusively. Some time ago he disposed of full swing the company will have a force of 125 peo-
his piano business to facilitate better handling the ple at work and manufacturing there will be con-
ducted on a big scale. The company makes the
talking machines and records.
"Cathedral Phonograph," this name being chosen for
the reason that the completed cabinet resembles a
SAN FRANCISCO SALE MAD.
Growth of Trade and Industry Is Shown By
miniature cathedral.
San Francisco is filled with special sales. That is,
Newcomers in Field.
The Marion plant will be strictly a production
every store, large and small, is having a sale of some
Artitone Talking Machine Co., Manhattan, capi- kind, birthday, anniversary or something suggestive center, as the distribution of the product will still be
tal $5,000; L. Schenker and H. Dorfman.
of opportunity. This pertains to the department carried on from the company's headquarters in
Omaha. The output of the plant will be shipped
Pardee Phonograph Corp., Manhattan, deal in stores principally, but some of the music stores have direct
to Omaha in carload lots.
joined
in.
The
effect
of
so
many
sales
tends
to
property, $1,250,000; M. A. Barrett, M. Gries, M.
slacken the sale of musical merchandise generally.
Elson, 60 Broadway.
Excelsior Phonograph Corp., Manhattan, $300,000;
2469 Third Ave., N. W. Cor. 135th, New York
The Perry Music Co., Portland, Ore., sells the
T. and R. Tigani, J. Schlosser. 537 Linton avenue.
BUY EBE PLAYER PIANOS—
New
Comfort
talking
machines.
Artitone Talking Machine Co., Manhattan, $5,000;
TO MAKE MACHINES IN MARION
A GOOD PHONOGRAPH ADV.
PHONOGRAPH INCORPORATIONS
BJUR BROS. CO. HONEST 1 f f E f LIBERAL
The Sign of
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The Sign of
ESTABLISHED 1887
Makers of
Pianos and Flayers of Quality
Manufactured of Bjur Broi. Pianos
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Grand
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Upright
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PIANOS
Handled by the
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&
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STEMMER is possesses
Musical Character-
PIANOS
PLAYERS
AND
istics far Exceeding the Price
asked for it.
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Fuehr & Stemmer Piano Co.
PHONOGRAPHS
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Chicago, IHinois
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JULIUS BAUER (St COMPANY
Factory
1535 Altgeld Street. CHICAGO
Office and W&rerooma
Old Number, 244 Wab&ah A«
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will be furnished p i a n e
merchants on application.
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ority of the SWAN Reti
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in the absolute mechanitm
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Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
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TThe K o h l e r C C a m p b e l l PiaiXOis theBestPiano in theWorld for theMoney
Everybody says so /Why ? Because their enormous output permits the manufacture of
an instrument it is impossible to equal For the money on any lesser scale of production^
Kohler ^Campbell. 50th. Street Gilth.Avenue.NewYbrk City
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PRESTO
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June 5, 1920.
Schumann
STAR=SPANGLED JAZZ
SURPRISES AMERICANS
PIANOS and PLAYER PIANOS
Have no superiors in appearance, tone
power or other essentials of strictly
leaders in the trade.
How Chief of Red Cross Discovered Gipsy Or-
chestra's Idea of How National Hymn
Should Be Played.
Warning to Infringers
%V9 E MARK
This Trade Mark is cast
in the plate and also ap-
pears upon the fall board
of all genuine Schumann
Pianos, and all infringers
will be prosecuted. Beware
of imitations such as Schu-
mann & Company, Schu-
mann & Son, and also
Shuman, as all stencil
shops, dealers and users of
pianos bearing a name in
imitation of the • name
Schumann with the inten-
tion of deceiving the public
will be prosecuted to the
fullest extent of the law.
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, 111.
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
Manufacturer of
PIANO
BASS STRINGS
21st St. and Fairmount Ave.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Franklin P. Adams once said that nobody but a
boy whose voice was changing could sing "The Star
Spangled Banner." However that may be, it is cer-
tain that only a Roumanian gipsy band could so
jazz the national anthem as to make it unrecogniz-
able to American ears.
Col. Gideon Wells, of Chicago, chief of the Amer-
ican Red Cross Commission to Roumania, before
starting on one of his tours of inspection along the
Danube, had expressed a desire to hear a real gipsy
orchestra play some real gipsy music. A govern-
ment official 'phoned the mayor of the towns the
American was to visit, asking him to arrange a din-
ner for the visitor with real gipsy music. Col.
Wells and his companions were agreeably surprised.
One of the numbers especially drew their praise.
It had all the fire, the weird fancifulness of a gipsy
dance. Some of the peasants in the restaurant
danced to it, kicking and flourishing their arms, to
the accompaniment of raucous hazzahs.
After dinner the restaurant manager stepped up
to Col. Wells and his party, his face wreathed in a
proud smile.
"How you like 'Ze Star Spangle Banner?'" he
queried.
The gipsies will have nothing to do with written
music. They play by ear. When their leader wants
to try a new one on his audiences, he simply plays
it over on his violin or whistles it, and the band is
then ready to begin. Foreign visitors in Roumania
flock to the cafes and restaurants that can give the
best gipsy music with the best dinner. The Dar-
danella success has nothing on the fox-trots per-
formed by the gipsies of Bucharest cafes. For cen-
turies the gipsies have played their violins against
time. As long ago as the second century of out-
era, when the Roman Emperor Trajan invaded the
forests of Pannonia to subdue the Dacians, the
gipsies were making their peculiar music, and no
doubt played to Trajan himself, jazzing the Roman
Imperial hymn, whatever that was, beyond recog-
nition.
KNABE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
Leopold Godowski used the Knabe piano in a
concert given in Minneapolis, Minn., on May 21.
The important fact to music lovers of the Twin
Cities has been utilized to excellent effect by the
Foster & Waldo Co. Special featuring of the
Knabe piano provided many pleasurable events in
the store for the past two weeks.
/IDDRESS-
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CHICAGO U S A
Price & Teeple Piano Co.
218 South Wabash Avenue
CHICAGO
A LIVE LINE FOR LIVE DEALERS
WEBSTER
PIANOS AND PLAYERS
Fulfill Every Promise of
Profit to the Dealer
and Satisfaction to
His Customers.
NOTHING BETTER FOR YOUR TRADE
Manufactured by
THE WEBSTER PIANO CO.
450 Fifth Ave., NEW YORK CITY
"Built on Family Pride"
Doll & Sons
Represent the Artistic
in Piano and Player Piano
Construction
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WELLSMORE
Jacob Doll & Sons, Inc.
Southern Boulevard, E. 133rd St.
E. 134th St. and Cypress Ave.
NEW YORK
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