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Presto

Issue: 1923 1908

PRESTO
February 17, 1923
CHRISTMAN
A Matchless Line
for Live Dealers
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The First Touch Tells
9 9
Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.
CHRISTMAN
STUDIO GRAND
Wonderful Little Piano but 5
feet long but as powerful as a
Parlor Grand. Your trade will
be delighted with it.
CHRISTMAN
REPRODUCING PIANOS
Remarkable in their distinctive
qualities of master interpreta-
tion, case designs and exclu-
sive features. Made in both
Grands and Uprights.
Enhance Your Future Prosper-
ity By Investigating
the
Irresistible Appeal of
CHRISTMAN
GRANDS, UPRIGHTS
PLAYERS
and
REPRODUCING PIANOS
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St.
New York
MEHLIN PIANOS WITH
GROSVENOR, LAPHAM CO.
Fine Old Chicago House on Michigan Boule-
vard Secures Representation of Full Line
of the Artistic New York Instruments.
Here is an item of trade news in which an artistic
line of New York pianos is linked with one of the
cleanest and most successful of the retail piano houses
of Chicago. It tells of the association of the Mehlin
& Sons pianos with the active retail Chicago house
of Grosvenor, Lapham & Co. And the announce-
ment is one which means a great deal to the Meh-
lin & Sons Piano Co., as it does also to the Fine
Arts Piano House, on Michigan Boulevard, in Chi-
cago.
George Grosvenor and E. F. Lapham have been
in their present location from the start of their busi-
ness, nearly thirty years ago. Both of the partners
and founders of the house are expert piano men
whose entire business careers have been devoted to
fine'instruments.
Neither Mr. Grosvenor nor Mr.
Lapham have any taste for mediocrity. They have
from the first devoted their energies, and their ack-
nowledged skill as salesmen, to selling artistic pianos.
They intend to continue along that line. And, to
sustain their business along the ideals upon which
they have built their business, the two gentlemen
recently went to New York for the sole purpose of
investigating the industry of Mehlin & Sons, with a
view to satisfying themselves that the noted manu-
facturers could supply the Chicago house with in-
struments as they might be wanted. They had long
been aware of the special and peculiar merits of the
Mehlin pianos. They had known those instruments
for a great many years, and had hoped some day to
be in position to represent them as they should be
represented in the nation's second city.
The opportunity finally presented itself, and the
house of Grosvenor, Lapham & Co. grasped it, this
announcement being the result. The handsome ware-
rooms in the Fine Arts Building, Chicago, will soon
display a fine line of the famous Mehlin pianos—
grands-, reproducing, players and uprights. It will
be such an array as any music lover who understands
what the name of Mehlin stands for will expect to
find there.
Piano dealers generally know of the special Mehlin
features which have been worked out by years of
careful scientific effort. The result of those years is
made clear in the Mehlin piano of today. Grosvenor,
Lapham & Co. congratulate themselves upon the
acquisition of the Mehlin to their line. And Presto
no less congratulates Mehlin & Sons, and the piano
buying public of Chicago and vicinity. The first
shipment of Mehlin instruments will be in the Fine
Arts warerooms within two weeks—or possibly three
weeks, when an announcement will be made.
SOME LATE DOINGS IN
THE RETAIL TRADE
Items of General News Value from
Throughout the Country.
the
Field
Wood Bros., piano dealers, Pittsfield, Mass., will
erect a new building, plans for which have just been
accepted by the company.
The piano and playerpiano stock of C. E. Oliver,
Fort Houston, Tex., was damaged in a recent fire.
But business was resumed in a few days.
Grinnell Bros., Detroit, Mich., have made ar-
rangements with the Chas. F. Bursch Specialty Shop,
Lapeer, Mich., for the use of portion of its store for
the display of the Grinnell line.
The O. K. Houck Piano Co., Memphis, Tenn., re-
cently increased its capital from $400,000 to $499,000.
Pianos have been added to the music stock of the
Plumer's Furniture Co., Santa Monica, CaL
The Peabody Piano Co., 407 Howard street, Balti-
more, Md., occupies three floors in its new building
recently occupied.
Ida A. Roberts has brought suit against Henry
Olendorf asking for the return of her capital of
$3,000 which she invested in the Bay View Music
Co., at 1293 Kinnickinnic avenue, Milwaukee, in
June, 1922, and appointment of a receiver for the
business.
\
The Vernon Piano Co.i Alliance, O., is now in
possession of handsome new quarters at 211 East
Main street. The house is! known as an "Everything
in Music" one.
\
A. small C. Kurtzmann girand piano was the notable
object in a window displajy last week by the Chas.
E. Wells Co., Denver, Colo.
J. Edwin Butler, music dealer, Marion, O., and
president of the National Association of Music Mer-
chants, is enjoying a winter vacation together with
his family on a ranch owned by his father near
Tampa, Fla.
T. L. Lewis, piano salesman, has been transferred
from the St. Louis branch of the P. A. Starck Piano
Co. to the management of the Detroit branch.
NEW FOLDER ON TW0=T0NE
FINISH FROM SCHAFF BROS. CO.
Huntington, Ind., Manufacturers Tell of Great En-
thusiasm Manifested for New Method.
A folder mailed to dealers by the Schaff Bros. Co.,
Huntington, Ind., shows a picture of New Style 40
Schaff Bros. Co. piano with the two-tone finish in
the case. Styles 4, 5, 20 as well as Style 40 can be
procured in that finish. The method affords innu-
merable combinations of colors and assures a lasting
finish and is applicable to walnut, mahogany and oak.
This is said by the company in the folder:
A finish absolutely new to the piano trade. A
finish that promises wide popularity from the enthu-
siasm already manifested among the dealers.
A
finish that appeals to everyone on account of its
beauty.
A finish which gives the effect of rich inlaid work.
A finish which will appeal to the very artistic. With
the two-tone finish you have positively solved the
problem of varnish checking, hair-lining or chipping
—a finish unusually durable.
You can enlarge your profits with the Schaff Bros,
line as your leader. Adopt the two-tone finish. Our
new models in the Venetian or Monticello finish are
now ready.
ANOTHER "POICK" SINGS OF
THE POOR OLD STENCIL
Inspired by Wareroom Warbles, He Offers to Send
Scintillating Stanzas for $1 Per Word.
Okmulgee, Okla., Feb. 10, 1923.
Editor Presto: As part owner and manager of this
store I could not keep a secret hidden from you any
longer.
We have a go-getter piano salesman here who is
also some Poick.
His name is P. L. Ingalls, and every time he reads
your Wareroom Warbles he raises H—11 at such
punk stuff, and finally. I had to consent to let him
send you some of his art. If you can use more he
said he would gladly furnish same for $1.00 a word.
Yours in Fun,
T H E BALDWIN MUSIC S H O P P E .
Per E. B. Stern.
THE POOR OLD STENCIL.
(With apologies to the Presto Poick.)
I heard,the anvil chorus
Ring on the lonely Stencil,
Led by the "Presto Poick,"
And I had to grab my pencil
And say a word regarding it,
This Stencil meek and lowly.
What could they use to win them—
The firm of Grab and Skinthem?
What could they sell for two-eight-nine,
A dollar down, the rest on time—
If not for this, the helpless one,
This forlorn, maligned Stencil?
Think of the poor repair man,
The tuner man so humble,
Who's called, within a month or two,
When the tone begins to crumble!
On this would be upright, noble grand—
This groaning sound-sick Stencil!
So let's not speak so harshly,
For the man has cares enough,
Who tries to put it over
With the cut-price, cut-throat
He'll hang himself, just give him
With his thump box, poor old
—P. L.
stuff!
time
Stencil.
INGALLS.
JOINS DAYTON STEINWAY STORE.
E. E. Leaverton, who formerly conducted a piano
store in Dayton, Ohio, has recently accepted a posi-
tion on the sales force of Steinway & Sons branch
house in the same city. Mr. Leaverton has a host of
friends in Dayton, and will prove a strong acquisition
to the Steinway warerooms at 205 North Main street.
TO TAKE REST IN FLORIDA.
William H. Price, president of the Price & Teeple
Piano Co., Chicago, is spending several weeks in
Florida, having gone south for a rest and to regain
control of himself after the shock of Mrs. Price's
death early last week. Mr. Price intends to spend
two weeks or more in his resting trip. .
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PRESTO
February 17, 1923
small case. It possesses the resonant and peculiarly
winning tone for which Mr. Haddorff has been striv-
ing for years. He could not be satisfied until the
small grand could produce a large volume of really
musical tone; he has succeeded even beyond his best
hopes. The small Haddorff grand is the result.
Of course, the average dealer is most attracted
One of the Distinct Triumphs Among the
from two points of view. He wants as good a piano
Small Grands Is the Little Beauty
as he can get for the money; or he wants the best
That Comes from Rockford.
he can get for any money. If the piano is really a
When some one in the piano business called the great one, the enthusiastic salesman can convince any
Haddorff "the aristocrat of pianos" he probably did prospect that it is worth whatever may be its price.
not have the latest product of the skill of C. A. But it is not often that a piano like the Haddorff can
Haddorff in mind. But when the new small grand— be had for the cost of the new small grand. It is an
the representative of the very small instruments in instrument that may be sold at what some might
call a high figure, but it is usually sold at a price so
moderate that the public buys readily with the full
knowledge that the purchase is one of special oppor-
tunity.
Haddorff pianos long ago won their place among
the fine instruments. They are sold by the very best
class of houses, and they are promoted as leaders.
They are sold for just what they are, and no dealer
ever expects to find them in competition with any
but the highest grades. Nevertheless, the dealer is
usually surprised to find that he can handle even the
Haddorff on terms that insure just what he is in
business for—profit and the kind of satisfaction that
builds business.
This new small Haddorff possesses several unique
features peculiar to itself. It is a rarely beautiful
piano. It is an instrument of remarkable power and
clarity of tone. There are no blemishes in the nius'-
cal scale. Tt satisfies the most exacting. Added to
this, the new small Haddorff at once suggests what
it is—a substantial "aristocrat" of a piano. Mr.
Haddorff and the Haddorff Piano Co. have created
another triumph, and it is natural that they should
be proud of it, as are also the travelers who repre-
sent the big industry at Rockford, 111., and find a
ready reception in the stores where good instruments
are sold.
THE LATEST MEMBER OF
THE HADDORFF FAMILY
NEW HENRY F. MILLER HEAD.
A HADDOKFF WITH IMSTIXCTION.
LjTand form—came forth from the industry at Rock-
ford, 111., it proved a distinct triumph. It at once
suggested that were the late Alfred Dolge still alive,
in the interests of the instruments from Rockford,
he would now be sounding its praises in his peculiarly
scientific and forceful manner. For the little Had-
dorff is in every sense a remarkable instrument. It
has already made an impress upon the trade, and
with the piano-buying public. And the reasons are
not hard to find.
In the first place, the case design is distinctive.
It is graceful and at once suggests what the piano
really is—a full-grown instrument in a remarkably
At a recent meeting of the Henry F. Miller & Sons
Piano Co., Boston, Warren M. King was elected
president to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Burton R. Miller. Stanwood Miller was elected
vice-president and general manager. G. Wilson
Me Dow, treasurer of the Equitable Corp. of Boston,
which bought the common stock holdings in the com-
pany of Burton R. Miller and his sister, and assumed
the vacancy on the directorate formerly filled by Mr.
Miller, was elected treasurer of the Henry F. Miller
& Sons Piano Co. Mr. King is president of the
Northampton National Bank of Northampton, Mass.
General Manager Stanwood Miller says the well
known policies of the house will not be changed.
BRINKERHOFF
Player-Pianos and Pianos
The Line That Sell* Eaally and Satisfies Always
BSINKERIiOf F PIANO CO. " S S , "
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CHICAGO
STULTZ & BAUER
Grand—Upright—Player Pianos
A WORLD'S CHOICE PIANO
334-340 Ea«t 31st Strtrt
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NEW YORK
When In Doubt See Presto Buyers 9 Guide
Quick Sales and
Satisfied Customers
That's what you want and that's what you get when you self Straube-
made players and pianos.
The constant and growing demand for Straube-made instruments is
due to their high quality which is indicated by the kind of people
who buy them. You can see that they are being selected by those
who choose most carefully.
As a dealer you know the advantage of selling a line of instruments
with a standing of this sort. Let us toll you about our interesting
dealer proposition.
STRAUBE PIANO CO., Hammond, Ind.
POPULAR WILL L. BUSH
CREATES A FINE FLAPPER
Pushing Piano Man of Chicago and Dallas Designs a
Beauty in Statuary.
The race of Kupos, good luck images and the like
has a rival in which there is real art. It is the cre-
ation of Will L. Bush's active mind. That gentleman
thought of a new statuette, fit for any place in office
or home, and secured the best sculptor available to
make the model of the new "Flapper," which will
eventually be found in practically art stores and else-
where.
The 'Flapper" is produced in plain white plastic
and also decorated with colors. It is as natural as
life, and the effect upon the eye is really charming.
Fortunes have been made with miniature figures pre-
senting much less merit.
Mr. Bush was in New York and Chicago recently
and displayed samples of the "Flapper," of which he
will soon be producing great quantities. He also
spoke, with his usual enthusiasm, of trade conditions
in Texas.
Mr. Bush has succeeded in building a great busi-
ness in Dallas. His general music house there would
be a credit to the largest city in the nation, and it is
doing an astonishingly large business. And the in-
genuity by which Mr. Bush has wrought his near-
mirables in the Texas music trade have scarcely been
equalled in any other city than Dallas. During his
brief stay in the North Mr. Bush p'aced large orders
for pianos, and he went South again on Saturday last,
having accomplished a great deal of business in
several cities, including, of course, New York and
Chicago.
The "Flapper," by the way. has been celebrated in
song. Scores of verses were written by contestants
for the honor of writing the best "Flapper" song, and
the winner's production will be published by the Bush
& Gerts Piano Co. of Texas.
EXPANDS IN CINCINNATI.
The George P. Gross Co., 1324 and 1328 Main
street, Cincinnati, has purchased the intervening
store, 1326, and purposes extending its music busi-
ness. The house carries pianos, players, reproducing
pianos, Seeburg automatic pianos and musical mer-
chandise.
A CHICKERING AMPICO.
Among the sales the last week by the G. F. John-
son Piano Company, Portland, Ore., was an Ampico
in a Chickering grand, which was installed in one of
Portland's homes on Portland Heights. The sale
was for $4,000.
For QUALITY, SATISFACTION and PROFIT
NEWMAN BROTHERS PIANOS
NEWMAN BROS. CO.
Established 1870
Factories, 816 DIX ST., Chicago, II
Leins Piano Company
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
NEW FACTORY, 304 W. 42nd St.. NEW YORK
BAUER PIANOS
JULIUS BAUER ®. COMPANY
Office nnd Warerooma
Factory
!fS5 Altgeld Street. CHICAGO
Old Number. 244 Wabash A»
New Number. 505 S. Wabash Ai
KROEGER
(Established 1852)
The name alone is enough to suggest to dealers the Best
Artistic and Commercial Values.
The New Styl« Players Are F-'nest Yet. If you can
get the Agency you ought to / zve it,
KROEGER PJANO CO.
MEW YORK. N. V.
and
STAMFORD. CONK
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