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Issue: 1920 1786

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PRESTO
NEW VENTURES SHARE
FAVOR OF BUYERS
October 16, 1920.
kinson, formerly manager of the Bush & Lane Piano
Co., Portland, Ore.
Frank Pierson will open a new store at 117-19 East
High street, Springfield, O.
M. Rich has opened a new music and jewelry shop
at 210-12 and 215 Main street, Laurinburg, N. C.
The Southern California Music Company, Los An-
geles, Cal., has opened a branch at Long Beach
under the management of H. H. Hoskinson.
The Platt Music Company, Los Angeles, Cal., has
moved the offices from the first to the third floor
in. the rearrangement of departments.
The new premises leased by Chas. C. Adams & Co.,
Peoria, 111., will be occupied about November 1. The
new building is three stories high and located in the
best part of Adams street.
Pianos, playerpianos and talking machines are in-
cluded in the stock of Mayo's Music Store, recently
opened at 450 Alvarado street, Monterey, Cal.
The La Tosca Music Co., Rudolph Polak, proprie-
tor, has been opened at 2924 South Vermont street.
Los Angeles, Cal.
C. E. Young has opened a branch store for the
B. E. Pudney people of Sidney in Candon, N. Y.
He will carry a full line of pianos, phonographs, sew-
ing machines and all supplies.
J. E. and W. H. Nace, Hanover, Pa., who recent-
ly opened a branch store at Hampstead. have formed
a dance orchestra.
Late Additions to Forces of Piano Distribution
Show Liveliness of Trade.
Fred Frame has secured the agency for the Pack-
ard line of pianos and players for West Lebanon, Ind.
A branch of the Butler Music Store has been
opened in Wabash, Ind.
Diehl & Drummond, Janesville, Wis., a department
store, has added a line of pianos and playerpianos.
B. W. Hemmelgram has opened a new piano and
phonograph store in Hampshire, 111.
The Graham Music Co., Pekin, 111., has opened
branches in Astoria and Peoria, 111. The Baldwin
line of pianos will be carried in both new stores.
The Schroeder Music House has opened a store in
the Masonic Temple, Marinettee, Wis. C. J. Dalley
is manager.
Five new administration booths have been added
by the George P. Gross Piano Co., Cincinnnati.
D. G. Pfeiffer, 1210 G street N. W., Washington,
D. C, is now showing the line of Jacob Bros.' player-
pianos.
The Dashiell Music Co., Salisbury, Md., has moved
to new quarters at 234 Main street.
The Colfax Music Co., Colfax, Wash., is now set-
tled in its new store in the Glaser Building, Colfax.
Wash.
Wilkinson Bros, is the name of a new store in
Portland, Ore. The principal owner is Thomas Wil-
The Victor line will be handled by the Baldwin
Piano Co., Cincinnati, in the new talking machine
department just opened.
ALABAMA PIANO BUYERS
SOUGHT WITH SPIRIT
Southern State Well Served By Stores Which Win
with Good Pianos and Excellent Service.
Alabama is one of the Southern states splendidly
supplied with piano stores with the reputation for
excellent service. The state has always been con-
sidered an outlet for fine instruments and alert piano
men in the Alabama cities strive with spirit for the
favor of appreciative musical folk.
Montgomery is the headquarters of the Jesse
French & Sons Piano Co. for all the territory of
the company in the South. All through that region
are numerous families whose faith is firm in the
merits of the pianos and playerpianos made in the
big factory at New Castle, Ind. The Jesse French
& Sons Piano Co. also maintains a branch store in
Mobile. The Smith Piano Co. and the Pruitt Piano
Co. also strive for a share of the excellent business
of the latter place.
From Birmingham the Cable Piano Co. reaches
out for a big share of the piano business of Alabama.
An excellent selling organization daily adds new
customers for the Conover, Cable, Kingsbury and
Wellington pianos and the Conover Carola Inner-
Player, Solo Carola Inner-Player. Carola Inner-
Player, Euphona Inner-Player and the Euphona Solo
Inner-Player. The E. E. Forbes & Son Piano Co. is
located in Birmingham.
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 beautiful
instruments with the winning tone-quality. The new Kreiter Factcwy is
one of the largest and best equipped in the world, Let Us Hear From You,
Factory:
M»rinette.
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.
KREITER MFG. CO.. Inc
8 .
175-79 THIRD ST., MILWAUKEE
Flare that Want Ad in Presto
SCliAFF PlANOSTRlNCiCO.
rot
Manufacturers of
PIANOS
PLAYER PIANOS
Tbe merits and high value of these trucks are intensely interest-
fatf, 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.
?5he TTUmualo
Thm Play* 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 CLYBOLRN
AVENUE
Corner Lewis Street
CINCINNATI
CHICAGO
E offer exceptional ad-
vantages to those who
wish to push the Piano busi-
ness on sound and progres-
sive lines. For all informa-
tion apply to
W
124 W. Fourth St. *23S. Wabash Ave.
CHICAGO
CINCINNATI
KRAKAUER BROS.
Cyprou A T * , 136tb and 137th SU ;
NEW YORK CI1Y
ADAM SCH.AAP
Established 1873
MANUFACTURER OP
QRANB, UPRIQH1 and PLAYER-PIANOS
Office and Salesroom!
Factory
l Park
P r k Ave.
ve. and
d FMmore St.
und 8. * O. C. T. R. R.
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700-702 West Madison Str»o*
321 Wabash Avenue
PIANOS
The Heppe, Marcellus and Edouard Jules Ptaae
manufactured by the
HEPPE PIANO COMPANY
are the only pianos in the world with
Three Sounding Boards.
Patented in the United States, Great Britain,
France, Germany and Canada.
Liberal arrangements to responsible agents
Main Office, 1117 Chestnut t t .
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
ORGANS
E S T E Y PIAND COMPANY • NEW YORK CITY
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PRESTO
October 16, 1920.
....
APOLLO
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does cost us B
a little
Tn^POLLO PL4NO COMB4NY
HIGH G R A D E
Folding Organs
School Orsans
Practice Keyboards
WORK EVIDENCE THAT THE
HIGH COST IS FALLING
Flivver-maker Ford Isn't Only One to Lift Burden
from Poor Man's Back.
The skies are brightening and the drift of prices
is downward, says the Los Angeles Times. We are
now informed that it is possible to buy a slide trom-
bone for $25. One should be able to strike a cheery
note with a thing like that.
A trombone may not be one of the necessaries of
life, but even a child watching a trombone perform-
er at his fascinating work would be satisfied that
it was filling a long-felt want. It seems that a trom-
bone can enter into the human face farther than
anything possible could save a pickax. A trombone
comes nearer being physical nourishment than any
other musical instrument known to man.
At least that is the way it will strike the careless
observer, and it is easy to see where the bony part
comes from. But with trombones going at $25 per
each our beloved country is once more reasonably
safe. It is a great improvement when people turn
from the bazoo and take to practicing on the trom-
bone. A man who has played with the plunger on
the bicycle pump ought to be able to work one fine.
Dealers' Attention Solicited.
A. L. WHITE MFC. CO. MAKES PROFESSION OF
MS West 6&t Place, CHICAGO, ILL.
ADVISING PROSPECTS
Expert Player Man Who Guides Purchasers in the
Way They Should Go.
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
The custom of advising prospective buyers as to
piano qualities is nothing new. It has been done
ever since the pin-money music teachers hung out
their shingles. But making a profession of doing
it, and openly advertising to sell the expert advice
is rather a novelty. That is what is being done by
a gentleman of San Francisco whose card reads as
follows:
With a Playerpiano the knowledge and enjoy-
ment of the world of music is available to everyone;
for without any training you can play Popular Airs,
Dance Music or the finest Classics. The greatest
teachers admit the importance of the Playerpiano.
The fascinating charm of the Playerpiano creates
a personal familiarity with the unlimited produc-
tions of musical talent, which is shared by every
member of the family. The necessary peculiarities
and complications of the Playerpiano construction
give rise to certain problems, hence the importance
of securing the services of a strictly impartial
Playerpiano Expert and Adviser in making your
choice and selection. The judicious selection of a
Playerpiano will result in a lifetime of pleasure;
otherwise your instrument may prove a continuous
annoyance and expense.
It would be unfair to classify Mr. Waterhouse
with the old-fashioned "commission fiends/' who
flourished in days agone. Members of that tribe
worked in gumshoes and pretended to give their
expert advice gratis and for the exclusive and con-
fidential benefit of the dear pupils and their parents.
The commission evil grew so annoying to the trade
that many prominent houses advertised' that they
would pay no commissions. Notably was this the
case with the several houses of the Wurlitzer Com-
pany, and it helped to clear the atmosphere.
But Mr. Waterhouse does his expert advising
openly and, without doubt, he earns every fee that
comes to him. He is, in other words, an animated
edition of Presto Buyers' Guide.
MISS BOYD, EXPORT EXPERT.
The big industry of the Jesse French & Sons
Piano Co., New Castle, Ind., has adopted the prin-
ciples of the suffragettes and a bright young lady
is in charge of the export department. And Miss
M. Boyd is making a success of her important du-
ties. The young lady was in Chicago Wednesday
of this week, passing on her way home from New
York where she made some good contracts with
representatives of foreign houses. It doesn't take
much of an interview with the young "piano lady"
from New Castle to realize that the Jesse French
& Sons Piano Co. has a well directed export depart-
ment. President Jesse French, of the New Castle
industry, is expected home from his European trip
some time this month.
LESLEY'S
PATCHING
VARNISH
dries in 10 seconds, flows without showing the
lap. With it damaged varnish can be repaired
invisibly and permanent.
Complete Repair
Outfit, $3.50; 1 Qt., $1.90; 1 Pt. $1.00. LESLEY'S
CHEMICAL CO., Mfr., 10 So. New Jersey St.,
Tndianapolis, Ind.
DISTRIBUTORS
Mooney-JIueller-Ward Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Baldwin-Miller Co.,
Dallas, Texas
Sonora Distributing: Co.,
Boston 11, Mass.
Lansing: Sales Co.,
LESLEY CHEMICAL CO., Indianapolis, Ind.
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—rDirectory 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.
PBRFECT PUNCHINGS
AT
GEGOEPELftCO.
137 E A S T I3 T -* ST.
NE.WYORK
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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