Presto

Issue: 1920 1777

RE§TO
28
August 14, 1920.
Every Tone Pure and True. Will not Injure Rec-
ords. Place on Record Gently."
On the reverse side of the card is the following,
under the heading of "Why Dealers Use Tonofone
Makers of a Famous Phonograph Needle Have Jus- Needles for Demonstrating":
tified Faith in Their Product.
BECAUSE—The point is flexible, therefore pro-
duces clearer, purer and more pleasing
Chicago, Aug. 7, 1920.
tones.
Editor Presto: Thank you for the item in your BECAUSE—It is uniform in size (not tapered);
issue of July 31. We know that we are producing a
therefore makes more accurate repro-
superior needle—more than that, we know that this
duction and less surface noise.
needle TONOFONE is actually benefiting the pho- BECAUSE—Being flexible, it cannot injure records.
nograph industry as a whole, and tha^^f^ery individ- BECAUSE—One needle will play 20 to 50 records,
ual connected with the industry can, if he will, share
avoiding the nuisance of frequent
in that benefit.
changing.
We can only tell them—they must individually BECAUSE—A record well played is more than half
elect whether they will or no. It is a significant
sold.
fact, however, that very many of our better and big- BECAUSE—If people buy needles which prove sat-
ger dealers are using Tonofone in all their demon-
isfactory, they will come back for
strations and letting the people know, by display-
more needles, and, naturally, buy rec-
ing Tonofone cards in their booths and on machines.
ords at the same time.
These dealers say Tonofone helps them sell records BECAUSE—They make satisfied customers—the
and machines—and users tell us Tonofone gives
merchant's greatest asset. "Nuf Sed."
them more real pleasure out of their phonographs
than they ever before knew. Tonofone is different
EFFECTIVE PUBLICITY.
—no other is like it.
Yours very truly,
Handsome folders telling about its fine line of
R. C. WADE & CO.,
pianos and talking machines have been widely dis-
Dorchester Mapes, Secy.
tributed by the Drost Brothers Music House, Med-
The card referred to by Mr. Mapes is a two-color
ford, Wis. The folders carry the music appeal in
display, reading on one side as follows:
a forceful way, that should have immediate results.
"We Use TONOFONE Needles for Demonstrat- The company carries the Schumann, Cable-Nelson
ing. Do Not Remove. One Needle will Play 20 to and Apollo playerpiano, as well as two leading
50 Records. THE POINT IS FLEXIBLE; gets makes of talking machines.
TONOFONE IS DIFFERENT
BENSINGER'S BIG POLICY
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co.'s President Makes
His Employes His Beneficiaries.
Benjamin H. Bensinger, president of the Bruns-
wick-Balke-Collender Company, Chicago, makers o?
the Brunswick phonograph, last week completed
arrangements for a straight life insurance policy
amounting to $1,250,000, naming his corporation as
beneficiary. This in addition to $1,000,000 carried
by Mr. Bensinger for the benefit of his family.
The premium on the $1,250,000 policy, amounting
to $62,500 per annum, will be paid by the corpora-
tion. Eight insurance companies participated in the
joint policy. He was examined physically by more
than twenty doctors.
ECONOMY IN STEINWAY.
Talking of the Steinway piano for which it has
the agency in that section, the Clark & Jones Piano
Co., Birmingham, Ala., Says: "Notwithstanding its
superiority, the Steinway is moderately priced and
is in reality the most economical piano you can buy
for your home. We prepay freight to any point in
our territory and offer terms to those who do not
wish to pay all cash."
E. E. Forbes & Sons, 1922 Third avenue, Birming-
ham, Ala., proposes a test of the Apollo for the
prospective playerpiano buyer.
THE
FINDLAY PIANO TRUCK
Nothing Else Like It
HAVE MONEY IN THEM FOR ANY RESPONSIBLE DEALER
They bear critical comparison with any others, They are beauitifiul
instruments with the winning tone-duality. The new Kreiter Faction h
one of the largest and best equipped in the world, Let Us Hear From Ymtt,
KREITER MFG. CO., Inc
M»5*«t?J, y wi..
The Findlay Truck
is a two-piece-end
truck with lifting
handles and is Self-
Lifting; no lifting
to truck the piano.
You get more
than full value
for every dollar
invested in this
truck.
175-79 THIRD ST.. MILWAUKEE. WIS,
Place that Want Ad in Presto
SCSAffPIANOSIRlNGCO.
Manufacturers of
PIANOS
PLAYER PIANOS
The merits and high value of these trucks are intensely interest-
ing, ask us to tell more about them. You can pay more, but
you can't get as good a one anywhere else for the money.
T5he TTlonualo
The Playe r Piano that it alt but human
Your Money Back If You Want It
FINDLAY PIANO TRUCK CO.
FINDLAY. OHIO
MANUFACTURERS OP
FACTORIES:
Piano-Forte
Bass Strings
19.2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Corner Lewis Street
CHICAGO
CINCINNATI
CHICAGO
offer exceptional ad-
W E vantages
to those who
wish to push the Piano busi-
ness on sound and progres-
sive lines. For all informa-
tion apply to
124 W. Fourth St. 323 S. Wabash Ave.
CINCINNATI
CHICAGO
KRAKAUER BROS.
Cjtrttt Ate., 136tl> and 137th St*
YORK a n
ADAM SCHAAF
Established 1873
MANUFACTURER OP
GRAND, UPRIGHT and PLAYER-PIANOS
Factory
Park Ave. and FHImore St.
undB.&O.C.T.R.R.
Zshe 2>estknoa)fz
mzuricafname
in the World.
Office and Salesrooms
700-702 West Madison S
321 Waba.h Avenu*
PIANOS
Tha H«ppe, Marcellus and Edouard Jules Piaao
manufactured by the
HEPPE PIANO COMPANY
are the only pianos in the world with
Three Sounding Boards.
Patented In the United States, Great BritalStt
France, Germany and Canada.
Liberal arrangements to responsible agents oaift
Main Office. 1117 Chertaut 8t.
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
ORGANS
E 5 T E Y PIAND COMPANY - NEW YORK CITY
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Bring Quick Returns
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PRESTO
August 14, 1920.
APOLLO
9k Suppose "-'APOLLO
does cost us both
a little
PL4NO COMB4NY
HIGH GRADE
Folding Organs
School Organs
Practice Keyboards
Attention Solicited.
A. L. WHITE MFG. CO.
315 West 6S4 Place, CHICAGO, ILL.
6 7 Years of Improved Effort Are
Behind Every 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—Directory 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?
EXPORTERS LAUGHED AT
ONE SHIPPERS MISTAKE
Box of Music Rolls for Amazon River Points Had
Wrong Choice in Colors.
Ignorance is not blissful where export matters
are concerned. In a variety of ways the exporter
may "fall down'" in his methods of packing or
shipping. Gossip at a recent gathering of Ameri-
can business men connected with the export end
of American trade, evoked a laugh at one of the
exporter's mistakes cited. It occurred when a box
of player music rolls and talking machine records
were shipped from New York to a country up the
Amazon River in South America. The natives in
that section had their usual share of superstitious
beliefs, among which was the one that green was
the color of evil spirits. Of all the shades of pack-
ing cloth the exporter might have used, he made
the unfortunate choice of green and when the
trader received the goods after their long journeying
he was forced to return them or face the atlerna-
tive of having his store burned down over his head.
The story was told to illustrate how much sutdy
has to be devoted to the peculiar kinks of a country
and its inhabitants before business can be done
with them. Perhaps there was more need for citing
examples and driving home the necessity of study-
ing foreign markets when the domestic exporters
were newer to the business, but even now those who
see constant mistakes being made believe that the
lesson has not been fully learned.
Just because this country was the only one that
had goods to deliver, foreign agents testify, is no
guarantee of future success for American products
in other markets. In fact, it is. pointed out that
many objections which foreign buyers had to Amer-
ican merchandise were waived because of circum-
stances that prevented supplies being obtained from
accustomed sources. Efforts should be redoubled,
it is stated, to learn the requirements of export
markets if the progress that has been made is going
to count.
POLISHER BREEDS FINE STOCK.
John Repp, who is foreman of the polishing de-
partment of Byron Nauzy, San Francisco, Calif., is
also a farmer and prize stock raiser. Mr. Repp
owns a ranch in Burlingame, a suburb of San Fran-
cisco, situated about 40 miles south, to which he
commutes each day. Mr. Repp is raising chickens
and ducks in a large commercial way and his latest
acquisition is raising prize cattle. He was enabled
this year to raise sufficient vegetables to supply his
table the entire season and from his cows obtains
enough cream for his own needs and supplies a
portion of the neighborhood with milk, cream and
butter.
THIS LINE MEANS
%
PRICE&-TEEPLZ
TEEPLE PIANO CO
Price & Teeple Piano Co.
218 South Wabash Avenue
CHICAGO
Your Prospective Customers
Send Them Sales Letters
You can produce sales or inquiries with per-
sonal letters. Many concerns all over U. S.
are profitably using Sales Letters we write.
Send for free instructive booklet, "Value of
i Sales Letters."
Ross-Gould
_ ^flailing
S*. Louis
Quality—Supt*macy--EBE—New York
WILLIAMS
PIANOS
The po&cy of the Williams House is and ah/ays
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
an.d substantial patronage.
WITIIAMS M.ker. of Williams Pianoi.
WILLIAMS E p w o r t h PI . BO1 , n d organ.
A LIVE LINE FOR LIVE DEALERS
WEBSTER
Published by
PIANOS AND PLAYERS
Fulfill Every Promise of
Profit to the Dealer
and Satisfaction to
His Customers.
Presto Publishing Co.
NOTHING BETTER FOR YOUR TRADE
Manufactured by
407 So. Dearborn St.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
THE WEBSTER PIANO CO.
-
•re listed in our Catalog of 99% guaranteed Mailing
Lists. It also contains vital suggestions how to ad-
vertise and sell profitably by mail. Counts and
prices given on 9000 different national Lists, cover-
ing ail classes; for instance. Farmers, Noodle Mfrs..
Hardware Dealers, Zinc Mines, etc. This valuable
reference book frre. Write for it.
450 Fifth Ave., NEW YORK CITY
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