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Presto

Issue: 1922 1897

PRESTO
DU BARRY PIANO CO.
RETIRES IN SEATTLE
Count Du Barry, Head of the Firm, in An-
nouncing Fact, Says He Has a "Call"
to Millinery.
The Du Barry Piano Co., Seattle, Wash., is hold-
ing its first and last special sale. "A sale that is a
gale," according to the report of Count Du Barry,
head of the business, and everything must go, for
the Du Barry Piano Co. will be discontinued at the
conclusion of the epochal sale.
Count Du Barry says in his newspaper announce-
ment that he "is called to bigger things,' 1 which is
''setting the millinery style for the world." In tell-
ing about his international millinery undertaking, he
says:
"When we become foot-loose of heavy musical re-
sponsibilities, Du Barry, with the spirit of art as a
Du Barry understands it, gives to womankind the
adornment of beauty her own heart so desires as her
head is held erect, seeing the beauties of the world
about her. Women understand Du Barry—who be-
lieves in little fairies and the gentler things of life,
ever mindful of little sweethearts facing the great
world before them to find their happy place.
"Man has left no written history of an event in
piano disposals that releases to friends and music
lovers a beauty stock of thoughtfully selected pianos
as can be found at Du Barry's—going to stand as our
last work in the erection of a musical monument for
ourselves as we part from the spirit of music with
tears in our heart. But it seems as if the world is
calling.
"The incidents that made the ancient ancestral
name of Du Barry famous and to live for evermore
occurred at the illustrious court of Louis XV, who was
the king that carried luxury to its furthermost limits.
History records his remark, 'After me comes the
deluge,' which came thundering from heaven, charg-
ing from the very lightning of the revolution that fol-
lowed the sweet name Du Barry with a light of
brilliancy and an aroma that permanently through the
ages to come sweetly perfumed the beauty of Du
Barry inspirations.
So it will be found we must
work with the world and give to France the great
historical advantage her romantic courts of the past
have favored her in artistic recollections of which
it can be said Du Barry stands uppermost."
So the conclusion of the sale that is a gale will be
the end of the Du Barry Piano Co., in Seattle, al-
though an office will be maintained for the collection
of installment accounts. The sale is one of easy
terms as well as of alluring prices. Count Du Barry
calls it "the offer of a lifetime" and assures prospec-
tive customers that:
' Du Barry is with you, heart and soul, to the last
in the wonderful uplifting cause of music; to the
last with sympathetic and reverent understanding.
Cash if you have it—credit if you want it, but. have
music for your child if it takes the sweat of your
brow and your hands bleed to possess it. We shall
SWAN PIANOS
axe of the highest grade
t h a t c a n be obtained
through over .50 years of
p r a c t i c a l experience in
piano and organ building.
Illustrations a n d c a t a -
logues of various styles
will be furnished p i a n c
merchants on application.
be with you with guaranteed leniency should sickness
come or work be scarce. Tell my dear old daddy
your troubles should they ever come, for he will
stand guard at our small store we shall maintain in
the back of Mr. Tucker's Sheet Music Store, 1404
First avenue, for from three to five years, liquidat-
ing the hundreds of installment accounts we have
already on our books, of which we would feel com-
plimented to have you as one of our last friends
among music lovers in my home town."
/""\
WAREROOM WARBLES
(A New One Every Week.)
By The Presto Poick.
FISHER ALSO PROVES
ABILITY IN HUNTING
STILL
SHOW THE
Southeastern Representative of M. Schulz Company
Has Fifteen Years of Service to His Credit.
G0005
F. B. Fisher, of Atlanta, Ga., southeastern repre-
sentative of the M. Schulz Company, Chicago, wos a
very welcome visitor at the general office in Chi-
cago last week, especially since he brought with him
.some partridges from Michigan, where he has spent a
very successful hunting trip.
Partridges or no partridges, however, the M.
Schulz Company thinks highly of Mr. Fisher, who
has a record of fifteen years of enviable service in
Atlanta as representative of the same piano manu-
facturing company. His business has always been
more than satisfactory, both his handling of the
wholesaling interests of the southeast, and his serv-
ice to the retailers in that section.
WHEN BIZ IS BAD.
When business doesn't want to biz,
And selling's lost its sell.
SALES TAX CONDEMNED.
When nothing seems to be what is,
Unanimous opposition to a sales tax in any form
And trade seems gone to—well!—
and resolutions to oppose any future attempt to rush Xo matter where it's gone, we know
such a bill through Congress was voiced by the Na-
There's plenty of it here,
tional Grange at its meeting in Wichita, Kans, last
If only we could- learn to throw
week.
The bill defeated a few months ago was
Away the thought of fear.
partly beaten through the efforts of the Washing-
When business doesn't want to biz,
ton representative of the grange, but it is regarded
And luck seems indisposed,
by the grange as anything but killed. Grange senti-
It's time to get up steam and sizz
ment is that the bill is unjust, in that it puts an unfair
Through ways that may seem closed;
burden on the people and lets off the war profiteer.
The world's not built for just a few,
Such taxation is "socially, financially and economi-
It's big for all alike
cally unsound and indefensible," T. C. Atkenson.
And fickle fortune beckons you
legislative representative of the National Grange, told
To amble down her pike.
the body today.
LUCORE WITH FREDERICKS.
C E. Lucore, who until recently was active in the
Chicago piano trade, is now with the Pittsburgh
house of Fredericks. Mr. Lucore was formerly in
the special sales Work and later acted as Chicago
manager of the Schiller Piano Co. offices. The
Fredericks house is a large one and will afford Mr.
Lucore ample scone for his salesmanship abilities.
Don't let your business lose its biz,
Don't quail at fortune's frown,
Just look and smile, and put the quiz
Of why she'd throw you down;
Look danger squarely in the face,
And fix your gear in speed,
Without a thought of what your pace.
Till you can take the lead.
It's fear makes business lose the biz,
And brings about ill luck;
ADDS LYON & HEALY LINE.
Where doubting hesitation is
There's also lack of pluck;
The entire line of pianos of Lyon & Healy, Chicago,
is now represented by the Benner Piano House 33 The victors in life's bitter fight
Are those who know their strength,
East San Antonio street, San Jose, Calif. S. H. Ben-
ner is proprietor of this lively store, which features And, daring chance, with main and might,
Push on and win at length.
the reproducing piano in a special and notable way.
SWAN ORGANS
V"\ A B &
December 2, 1922.
The tremendous superi-
ority of the SWAN Reed
Organs over all others lies
in the absolute mechanism
and scientific perfection in>
the bellows action and stop
action, making it the best
value in modern o r g a o
building.
S. N. SWAN & SONS, • — a ™ . FREEPORT. ILL
The Greatness of a Piano should be Measured
by its Scale, not by the name on the Fallboard.
The scales from which we build
are designed and originated by C. C. Chickering who
commands a fund of piano tradition and experience reach-
ing back into the very beginnings of the piano industry.
CHICKERING BROTHERS
Office and Factory:
South Park Avenue and 23rd Street
Chicago
WESER BROS., Inc.
WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DETAILS
OF TERRITOR Y A VAIL A BLE
520 to 528 W. 43rd St., New York
Manufacturers Pianos—Player-Pianos
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A
December 2, 1922.
P R E S T O
Christman
"The
First
Touch
Tells"
(Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.)
That The Artistic Line Of
UPRIGHTS
GRANDS
and PLAYERS
of the CHRISTMAN PIANO
CO. are Different in Tone,
in Touchy in Appearance, and
in all that makes a piano
beautiful.
And the Christman
REPRODUCING GRAND
stands alone in its class,
which is th3 highest.
The Famous
Studio Grand
Only 5 feet Long
Wins Critical Appreciation at once.
(e
The
First
HITS TRAIL OF TWO
SPORTIVE PIANO MEN
In Michigan Woods Otis Bigelow Found Evi-
dences of Beguiling Behavior by Pair of
Detroit Piano Salesmen.
There was little to remind Otis Bigelow of pianos
in the solitudes of the northern Michigan woods,
where the Dowagiac, Mich., dealer enjoyed a calm
vacation last summer.
His problems concerned
canoes and bait and tackle, but they weren't very
perplexing. There are no piano prospects up where
he was, so he didn't give a thought 10 possible sales.
But he couldn't get away entirely from the considera-
tions that incidentally concern the music goods trade.
The owner of the commissary and boarding house
at Missahauk Portage solicited h's professional ad-
vice. It was this way:
Last winter the chow provider at that place added
to the gaiety of the lumber region thereabouts by
opening a moving picture show. His machine and
lantern were second-hand but good, and the old films
sent to him by a Chicago distributor had the proper
pictorial kick, but the show failed to satisfy the lum-
berjack patrons. The weirdly silent dramas and
comedies got on their high-strung nerves until every
patron had the jimjams from the counteracting stimu-
lation of the benzined bootleg booze of lumber camp
commerce.
For relief the owner of the show bought a roll-
operated instrument, found useful by showmen else-
where. It was old and wheezy, but the music helped
some. It made noise anyway, so that the pictures
did not look so ghostly. But not yet were the first-
nighters, every-nighters and get-tighters satisfied.
They wanted the song features found in every well-
regulated movie show and they told the harassed pro-
prietor so. This brought the latter to the limit of
his ability to satisfy. No vocalist was forthcoming,
so the disappointed patrons boycotted the show and
found a thrill for spare hours in hootch hunting.
This was the situation when the Missahauk Portage
impresario told his troubles to Mr. Bigelow.
"Maybe you know of a good s : nger who might take
the job," was the hopeful inquiry. Mr. Bigelow re-
membered a number of singers he would like to see
exiled to some jumping-off place, but he mentioned
no names.
"How much will you pay?" he asked.
'There's twenty-five dollars a month in it. board
inc'uded. I'd even go as far as th'rty for a sober
singer who would take a hand at waitin" at table in
the daytime," was the alluring offer.
"H-m that ought to fetch a good one."' encouraged
Mr. Bige'ow.
•'Well, it hasn't so far," was the rueful reply. "A
few weeks ago two dandy singers from Detroit were
here on-a vacation, but none of 'em would take me
up. They worked' at sellin' planners in a store as a
regu'ar job."'
"I think they ought to have considered your offer.
j r s t nothing to do but s'ng and double in china.
Thirty a month! My, but they were fooMsh."
"\o;:c not a take. But they give me the name of a
f.i:\ they was sure wcrld jump at it. I wrote to her
hut she never rnswered. She's a Chicago dame and
maybe you know her. They put the name here on
the look," continued the disappointed seeker for
talent*, pointing a nobby forefinger at the name in-
scribed:
"Miss Mary Garden,
"c/o Chicago Civic Opera Company,
"Auditorium Theater,
"Chicago."
formance of the Gulbransen, and the inability to dis-
tinguish between its music and hand-playing, in spite
of the difficult character of the selections played.
REPRODUCING PIANOS' PART
IN SUNDAY MUSICAL
Acoustigrande and Other Instruments Have Promi-
nent Part in Milwaukee Event.
Invitations have been sent out by the Noll Piano
Company, Milwaukee, for its winter series of Sun-
day musicales, to be held at the company's music
studios. The program is made up of piano, violin
and vocal solos, in which Mrs. Edna Bodden Hahn,
piano; Jack Unertle, tenor; Miss Mildred Jammer,
soprano, and Miss Mildred Hahmann, piano, will
appear.
Two makes of reproducing pianos will be used in
the first Sunday musicale of the Noll Piano Co. The
methods of demonstration are given in the program:
H. W. Noll, baritone solo, accompanied by Bush
& Lane reproducing grand piano. Acoustigrande
reproducing grand, made by Chickering Bros., Chi-
cago, "Rustles of Spring.'' Miss Alma Glueck, violin
solo, accompanied by Cecilian player piano, made by
the Bush & Lane Piano Co., Holland, Mich.
SCHAFF BROS. CO. ANNOUNCES
NEW VENETIAN MODEL
Ambitious Huntington, Ind., Piano Manufacturers
Report Big Order for Handsome New Style.
Dealers everywhere are interested in the announce-
ment of the new two-tone finish pianos from the
factory of the Schaff Bros. Co., Huntington, Ind. The
model is called the Venetian and it is a charming
addition to a handsome line of which Manager Mil-
ler is justificdly proud. Already the calls for the
instrument assure a busy time in the factory for that
particular model. The plant is now running at full
time and capacity in turning out orders for the old
favorite styles in uprights, grands and players.
The new Venetian model is another mark in the
development of the progressive Huntington industry.
It is an instrument of handsome case design and cx-
ce'lcnt tone quality. Like all the instruments of the
Schaff Bros. Co.'s line it is in the best sense, durable
and reliable. The new model is another attractive
piano for dealers to praise, it is the eloquent result
of highly improved methods and large ambition.
CHANGE IN TAMPA, FLA.
T i e stock and good will of Ye Music Shoppe,
Miami, F!a., have been purchased by the Gourlie
Music Co., Tani'a, and the business will in future
be kno".\n as the GourUe Music Co.. of Miami. Hugh
E. Willia, formerly manager of Ye Music Shoppe, has
been retained as manager of the new Gourlie Music
Co.'s branch. A feature of the new branch will be
a musical merchandise department in which a full
line of band ?.nd orchestra instruments wi 1 be car-
ried.
FRED. G. THEARIE'S P,EATH.
Fred G. Thearle, a national figure in the wholesale
jewelry industry., last week Friday was buried' from
the Englew T ood Baptst church, Chicago. A member
of the C. H. Knight-Thearle Company, he was also
president of the National Wholesale Jewelers' Asso-
ciation. He was at one t me prominent in the piano
trade, and the late J. L. Byrne, of Chicago, was in-
terested with him in the jewelry business.
NEWMAN BROS. BUSY.
Touch
Tells"
[Reg. U.S. Pal. Off.)
And Now is the Best Time to
Begin to win trade which will
insure Better Business next
year.
Write to-day for
particulars.
Christman Piano Co.
597 E. 137th Street
New York
C. R. GULBRANSEN SHOWS
MERIT OF PLAYERPIANO
Head of Service Promoton in Gulbransen-Dickinson
Co. Demonstrates White House Model.
The Gulbransen playerpiano was heard in concert
in connection with the annual bazaar and dintui of
St. Barnabas' Church, 4245 Washington botilevard,
Chicago, on the evening of November 22.
Three
splendid musical numbers were played by C. R. Gul-
bransen, who is in charge of the Service Promo'ion
Department of the Gulbransen-Dickinson Co., Chi-
cago: Concert Etude (MacDowell); Polka de Con-
cert (Bartlctt): Moon Dreams (Roberts).
The White House Model Gulbransen playerpiano
was furnished through courtesy of the Gulbransen-
Dickinson Co., originally for the sole purpose of fur-
nishing dance mus'c. But a member of the church
and owner of a Gulbransen playerpiano requested
that a Gulbransen concert be given before the dance,
which request was complied with. Many favorable
comments were heard as to the artistic musical per-
The Chicago factory of the Newman Bros. Mfg.
Co, makers of pianos and reproducing pianos, is
working nights regularly now to fill all orders. The
work is being facilitated by the addition of new ma-
chines in the plant, but the demand is so heavy that
this offers little relief. The reproducing piano is
proving a very heavy seller, it is reported.
DAY AND NIGHT NOW.
The Chase-Hackley Piano Co.. of Muskegon,
Mich., is working day and night to fill the demand for
pianos, it is reported from the Chicago branch. The
Chase-Hackley factory is now turning out a repro-
ducing grand which is proving the best seller. The
rush will probably last until the last of this year, it
is predicted.
VISITOR FROM PEORIA.
Guy Hornish, of Peoria, 111., was a caller at the
Chicago piano factories during the past week. Mr.
Hornish. who operates a music store under his own
name in Peoria, is well known among the manufac-
turers for the amount of retail business he draws
from his city and vicinity.
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