Presto

Issue: 1920 1773

PRESTO
28
Schumann
PIANOS and PLAYER PIANOS
Have no superiors in appearance, tone
power or other essentials of strictly
leaders in the trade.
Warning to Infringers
TRtDE MtftK
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.
July 17, 1920.
will receive them through the Kohler & Campbell
dealers, they have but to turn over to the second
page—and this brings them not only the answer, but.
also brings them into direct contact with the inter-
esting little story about the Kohler & Campbell
piano, the picture of it, and a vivid word picture of
New York Manufacturers Supply Their Deal- the joys it will bring to their homes.
The front cover of each booklet is in brilliant
ers With Ammunition. That Is Sure to
colors against a background of black, with the title
Score a Center Hit With the Kiddies.
standing out boldly in white. On the back page is
The late Charles A. Dana, dean of American a paragraph informing the recipient of each folder
journalism, would chuckle if he could see the pe- that it is one of a series and telling him where he
culiar application made of his famous golden rule can obtain the others, the local advertisement of
each dealer being printed neatly and in generous
for reporters, in a series of stuffers just completed
space before the stuffers are delivered to him by
by Kohler & Campbell, Inc., New York. The great
editor laid down this cardinal principle for all his the Kohler & Campbell sales division.
reporters in writing a newspaper story: "Relate
These clever little trade boosters are now being
your facts in this order: 'Who, what, where, when, sent out by Kohler & Campbell, Inc., to reach the
how, why.' "
dealers at a time when excellent use can be made
Taking these six words as his cue, the Kohler & of them. They will be in hand in ample time to
Campbell director of sales promotion, himself a catch the big and profitable circulation they can be
KOHLER & CAMPBELL
AIDS TO PIANO SALES
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, 111.
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
Manufacturer ot
PIANO
BASS STRINGS
handles the most .keys- a
locksmith or a turnkey ?
Lets see, who does handle
the- most keys a locksmith
or A turnkey?
ttttt
21st St. and Fairmount Ave,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
"Built on Family Pride"
Doll & Sons
Represent the Artistic
in Piano and Player Piano
Construction
JACOB DOLL & SONS
STODDART
WELLSMORE
Jacob Doll & Sons, Inc.
Southern Bouleyard, E. 133rd St.
E. 134th St. and Cypress Ave.
NEW YORK
W. P. HAINES & CO.
(INCORPORATED)
PLAYERS and PIANOS
I38th Street and Walton Avenue
NEW YORK CITY
is the best man at a wedding
like tHe bride's sister-in-law?
Well,
o
wh\j is the
best ma.uat a
1
wedding like the, bride's
sister- m-law 9
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BLOCK REPRODUCTION OF COVERS.
veteran newspaper man, wove them into a series of
riddles, each asking a pert and pertinent question
concerning the piano, and each having an answer
that leads deftly and naturally into an interesting
little discourse upon the instrument that will be
certain to prove attractive to the children. They
arc designed to arouse in them a desire to have in
their own homes this purveyor of all the good times
they read about, and start them upon the course
of household discussion and persuasion that so often
ends in the purchase of a piano.
Here are the riddles: " W H O handles the most
keys, a locksmith or a turnkey?" "WHAT kind of
a picture would you draw to illustrate music?"
" W H E R E do the folks put on the most airs?"
" W H E N is the best time of year for the ragpicker?"
" H O W can you pass notes around in school with-
out fear of getting caught?" "WHY is the best man
at a wedding like the bride's sister-in-law?"
If you are curious to know the answers Kohler &
Campbell, Inc., will be glad to send you a set of
these handsome and brightly colored little booklets
on request. As for the thousands of kiddies who
given through the county fairs of the early fall, and
\t can be safely predicted that the youngsters, and
not a few of their elders, will quickly demonstrate a
demand for them that will more than equal the
supply.
WHERE MONEY IS WORTHLESS.
Piano salesmen in this country need not complain
about it being hard to sell pianos in this country
when they are informed that there is a region in
Europe where money is reported to be valueless.
This is the Volga district of Russia. The condition
of the rural population in that part of Russia is
excellent, owing to the fact that much which was
formerly sold is now consumed, because money is
useless, the peasants being unable to purchase agri-
cultural implements, seeds, clothing, or the various
manufactured articles that they were wont to use
formerly.
In the majority of the villages the
peasants own the land, it having been equally dis-
tributed among the adult inhabitants.
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July 17, 1920.
APOLLO
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HP APOLLO P M N O C O M M N Y
HIGH G R A D E
Folding Organs
School Organs
Practice Keyboards
Dealers' Attention
A. L. WHITE MFG. CO.
215 West 6£i Place, CHICAGO, ILL.
6 7 Years of Improved Effort Are
Behind Everjy Piano Turned Out by
CABLE&SONS
THE OLD RELIABLE
ESTABLISHED 1852
Factory and Offices t
550-552 West 38th Street
NEW YORK
EVERY MAN. WHETHER
Directly or Indirectly Interested in
Pianos, Phonographs or the General
Music Trade
Should have the three booklets compris-
ing
PRESTO TRADE LISTS
No. 1—rDirectory of the Music Trades—
the Dealers List.
No. 2—The Phonograph Directory—the
Talking Machine List.
No. 3—Directory of the Music Industries
(Manufacturers, Supplies, etc., of
all kinds).
Price, each book, 25 cents.
The three books combined contain the
only complete addresses and classified
lists of all the various depart-
ments of the music indus-
tries and trades.
Choice of these books and also a copy of
the indispensable "Presto Buyer's Guide,"
will be sent free of charge to new sub-
scribers to Presto, the American Music
Trade Weekly, at $2 a year.
You want Presto; you want the Presto
Trade Lists. They cost little and return
much. Why not have them?
Published by
Presto Publishing Co.
407 So. Dearborn St.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
TWO MORE NEWSPAPERS
ADD MUSIC DEPARTMENTS
Paper Shortage Can't Keep Beaumont Enterprise
and Greenville Record from Good Thing.
The Beaumont Enterprise was induced to adopt
Music has induced two more newspapers to inaug-
urate music pages. One is the Beaumont, Tex., En-
terprise, a prominent daily, owned and edited by
W. P. Hobby, governor of the state.
The other is the Greenville, Ky., Record, a weekly
edited by Orien L. Roark, who is also a music dealer
in Greenville. Mr. Roark wrote to the National
Bureau in his capacity as editor of the Record, as
follows:
''The Booklet, 'The Progressive Newspaper and
the Democratic Music Movement,' which you kindly
sent me, is very inspiring. While we have always
given considerable prominence to music, we have
not had a department; but are desirous of so doing
and ask that you place the Record on your mailing
list for the service you supply. And we shall be glad
to have a two-column and also a three-column head
for use in this connection. We will use every effort
to make the department snappy, with your help."
Writing as a music dealer, Mr. Roark said he had
read a copy of "Music in Industry" sent him by the
bureau, and added: "I will go to work on this
along the lines you suggest and shall be glad to avail
myself of your proffered aid on this and other things
as they develop."
The eBaumont Enterprise was induced to adopt
the music feature by the Pierce-Goodel! Piano Co.,
in co-operation with the bureau.
PRICE & TEEPLE PIANO CO
Price & Teeple Piano Co.
218 South Wabash Avenue
CHICAGO
RAILROAD FARES.
At a hearing before the state utilities commission
in Chicago July 7, an attempt was made by the rail-
roads to have the 3-cent-per-mile passenger fares
continued in effect in Illinois after September 1,
when the roads emerge from, all government con-
trol. The state authorities contended that after the
date named the 2-cent-per-mile statute automatically
becomes effective. During the war all passenger
fares throughout the country, intrastate as well as
interstate, were advanced to an average of 3 cents
per mile. The railroad attorneys endeavored to
convince the utilities commission that the Esch-
Cummins law continues the present rates until
changed by a new law. New tariffs quoting 2 cents
per mile have been ordered by the state board and
it is this ruling the carriers are protesting. Tariffs
to become effective September 1 must be filed before
August 1.
Your Prospective Customers
book free.
Write for it.
Send Them Sales Letters
an produce sales or inquiries with per
Post-war organs in Germany have been increased
400 per cent in price, and the scale has been fixed,
by agreement of the Association of Master Organ
Builders of Germany at so much per stop.
Quality—Sup*«sina WILLIAMS
PIANOS
The poMcy of the Williams House is and always
has been to depend upon excellence of product
instead of alluring price. Such a policy does not
attract bargain hunters. It does, however, win the
hearty approval and support of a very desirable
anjd substantial patronage.
WILLIAMS
Makers of Williams Piiaoi,
Epworth Pianos and Organs
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
Manufactured by
TRADE
THE WEBSTER PIANO CO.
450 Fifth Ave., NEW YORK CITY
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