Presto

Issue: 1920 1781

PRESTO
J. P. SEEBURG PIANO CO.
PIANO AND PLAYER
HARDWARE, FELTS Manufacturers of
COIN-OPERATED ORCHESTRIONS
Ask for Catalog No. Ift4
Phonograph Cabinet Hardware
And Up-to-Date
Ask for Catalog No. 153
PLAYER-PIANOS
Let us quote on your "special" parts—we have
excellent facilities for making all manner of Turn-
ings, Stampings, Small Castings, Wire Goods, Etc.
HANN4CHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.
N«w York Sine* 1845
4th Av« A 13th St.
QUALITY
Money-makers for the trade in which there are Novelty
and High-grade Standardized Merit.
Dealers can not afford to neglect the opportunities
offered by the SEEBURG MIDGET ORCHESTRION.
There are live prospects wherever there are picture
shows or other places of refined indoor entertainment.
Send for Catalogues.
J. P. SEEBURG PIANO CO.
419 West Erie Street
CHICAGO
in Name and in Fact
TONE, MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION, WORKMANSHIP,
DESIGN—all in accord with the broadest experience—are the
elements which give character to Bush & Lane Products.
GOLDSMITH
BUSH & LANE PIANOS
BUSH & LANE CECIL IAN PLAYER PIANOS
take high place, therefore, in any comparison of high grade
pianos because of the individuality of character which distin-
guishes them in all essentials of merit and value.
BUSH & LANE PIANO CO.
Offer Opportunities Surpassing All Others for Dealers
who Appreciate Fine Instruments at Fair Prices.
Holland, Mich.
SMITH & NIXON
PLAYERS
and
PIANOS
We are making these distinctive
leaders as low as any good ones
can be produced. We may sur-
prise you. Investigate and see.
No charge for the name.
Than which few are so well known
GOLDSMITH PIANO CO., 1223-1227 Miller St.,Chicago
Get This Name Clearly in Your Mind
YOU WILL WANT THEM LATER, IF NOT RIGHT
AWAY. SO MAKE YOUR ARRANGEMENTS NOW.
In the field for SO yeart
MORRISON-WATERS PIANO CO.
924 McLean Avenue
Made by Chickering Brothers, Chicago
THE UPRIGHT WITH GRAND QUALITIES—THE GRAND THAT IS
INCOMPARABLY GREAT.
In Every Community a Few People Appreciate
and Will Pay for The Best.
REPRESENT SOMETHING EXCLUSIVE
CINCINNATI, OHIO
Chase-Hackley Piano Co.
OFFICE AND FACTORY*
South Park Avenue and East 23rd Street,
(ESTABLISHED 1863—THE PIONEER PIANO INDUSTRY OF THE WEST)
. S. HOWARD CO
Chase Bros., Hackley and
Carlisle Pianos
Chase Bros. Player de Luxe
Exceltone Player-Pianos
PIANOS and PLAYERS
Wonderful Tone Quality.
Best Materials and Workmanship.
Main Offices: 4S5 East 133rd Street, NEW YORK CITY
Write us for Catatttfnea
A FULL LINE OF FIVE LEADERS FOR THE TRADE
Factory and Main Offices:
MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN
932 Republic Building
State and Adams Sts.
STARR
RICHMOND, VA.
Virginia Power and Railway
Building
PIANOS
Our new designs are models of artistic piano
•asuttruction. More than fifty designs, a
r every need at a price for every purse
find unmatched selling points in the
, RICHMOND, TRAYSER and
HMINtiTON PLAYER-PIANOS
CHICAGO, ILL.
KNOWN THE WORLD OVER
MANUFACTURERS OF
CHICAGO
September 11, 1920.
Kinder & Collins
;*£!£
PLAYER-PIANOS
Correspondence with dealers solicited.
THE STARR PIANO CO.
STARR and RICHMOND ORAND PIANO*
STARR. RICHMOND, TRAYSER and REMINQTftf
>IANOS and PLAYER-PIANOS
Factories :
RICHMOND, INDUNA
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THE PRESTO BUYERS*
GUIDE CLASSIFIES ALL
PIANOS AND PLAYERS
AND THEIR MAKERS
PRESTO
E.tauuh*d 1884 THE AMERICAN MUSIC TRADE WEEKLY
THE PRESTO YEAR BOOK
IS THE ONLY ANNUAL
REVKEW OP
THE MUSIC TRADES
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A SOOTHSAYER WHO MADE GOOD
The moving picture here shown may best be captioned
"The Warning That Proved True." For when Mr.
O'Ryan, Presto's cartoonist, drew the picture, the first
forecast of what the Better Business Bureau has ac-
complished had but just been issued. The newspapers
were filled with the fake allurements of the reckless
class of piano dealers. The coupons were flying thick
and the near-checks were drawing ruralists from far
away to the big cities, only to learn that they had been
misled.
The fortune-teller of the cartoon "had it right." The
law has taken an interest in the advertising falsifiers.
The piano trade has been purged of false pretense and it
is no longer common to find the names of great instru-
ments taken in vain in the printed page. Mr. Dennis,
of the Better Business Bureau, had not yet entered the
arena of How-To-Do-It, or How-Not-To-Do-It, when
Mr. O'Ryan's cartoon was drawn. It is now reproduced
more to show how things once were than to suggest
what they may be—or now have become.
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