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Issue: 1923 1913

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PRESTO
March 24, 1923
SMALL GOODS AND SUPPLIES
sail Co., $150 in machines and records; S. B. Davega,
a Davega portable talking machine; General Phono-
graph Co., a selection of records; Sonora Phonograph
Co., two Sonora portables; Chas. H. Ditson & Co., a
Trade Organization Gives Material Aid to Fourth
Victrola XXV school machine; The Modernola Com-
Music Week in New York.
pany, a Modernola machine; The Long Island Pho-
The Fourth Music Week in New York is receiving nograph Co., a Sonora portable; The Knickerbocker
the support of all phases of the music trades and the Talking Machine Co., a Victor portable; Aeolian
Talking Machine Men, Inc., striving for a foremost Company, an Aeolian phonograph; The Columbia
place, in the honor list of the promoters. At the Graphophone Co., a Columbia Graphophone; Otto
meeting last week at the Cafe Boulevard Miss Isabel Heineman, a portable phonograph; Mr. Rabus, some
Lowden told members what is contemplated by the record albums; Brilliantone Needle Co., brushes and
Music Week Managers and expressed the pleasure of needles; Ormes, Inc., $150 worth of records and Vic-
the promoters at the active part being taken by the trolas; Otto Goldsmith, a portable phonograph; H.
Talking Machine Men, Inc. The request by the asso- Reinhardt, a Stenola.
ciation for prizes for the Music Memory Contest has
been met in a generous way.
TRIBUTE FROM AUSTRALIA.
The following is the list of prizes offered so far in
From
far
away Australia comes a bit of warm ap-
Music Memory Contest:
Buegeleisen & Jacobson, one violin outfit; Frank H. preciation of the cornets and trumpets made by C. G.
Isaacs, one record cabinet; C. Bruno & Sons, Inc., Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind. It is from Arthur P.
one victrola and a selection of records; Silas E. Pear- Stender, champion cornetist. Richmond, Victoria, one
of the many Australian professional players who
have proved the merits of the Conn instruments.
This from a recent letter of Mr. Stender: "Received
the cornet and trumpet which you sent me some time
ago in perfect order, and I am delighted with both. I
might add that the tonal qualities are unusually fine.
I hold the title of champion cornet soloist of Austra-
lia. I have played many other makes of cornet and
I want to say that your instruments are, indeed, won-
derful."
TALKING MACHINE MEN ACT
The Dealer Favorite
Ludwig Trap Drum Outfits
Judwig
CONN IN THE SOUTH.
Reynolds Clark, manager of the Atlanta Conn Co.,
Atlanta, Ga., branch of C. G. Conn, Ltd., manufac-
turer of Conn saxophones and band instruments,
Elkhart, Ind., reports unusual activity in the Atlanta
territory, He reports that the business of equipping
bands and musical organizations has been excellent.
The Conn display rooms are considered to be the
finest in the South. A most complete stock of all
kinds of musical merchandise is carried at all times.
OUTFITTING LEGION CORPS.
One of the big sources of business at the present
time for the Wilson Bros. Mfg. Co., Chicago, is from
American Legion posts over the country, who are
organizing drum and bugle corps. Among the posts
who ordered complete sets of snare drums, bass
drums, bugles and fifes recently are Sterling Post,
Sterling, 111.; Morris J. Edwards Post, St. Johnsville,
N. Y.; and the Chambersburg Post, Chambersburg,
Pa.
I
I LUDWIG <& LUDWIG
I
Drum Makers to the Profession
NO.1611 LINCOLN ST.
CHICAGO
THE CELEBRATED
(F*lt«n A. Cuill«aum«j
IMPORTED
MUSIC WIRE
in Black, Red and Green
Label Brands is
UNEXCELLED
The "F & G" Blue Label Brand is
again being used by Rudolph C.
Koch in the manufacture of the
Rdnwarth Covered Base Strings.
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.
PIANO and PLAYER, HARDWARE, FELTS and TOOLS
NEW YORK, SINCE 1848
4th Ave. and 13th St.
RADIO FOR MUSIC DEALERS
Zenith Manufacturers Make Radio Instruments to
Interest Music Retailers.
The Chicago Radio Laboratory, manufacturers of
the Zenith radio outfits and supplies, is taking pride
in the efforts made to produce instruments suitable
for sales by music dealers in connection with small
goods departments.
In Chicago, the Zenith set is receiving a good boost
from the Cable Piano Co., which has filled part of
the show windows on the ground floor of the Cable
Building at the corner of Wabash Ave. and Jackson
Boulevard, with displays of the instruments, and of
congratulatory telegrams received. This interest of
such an influential concern as the retail branch of The
Cable Company, demonstrates that the radio as an
adjunct of the music trade is not to be overlooked.
CHINESE TEMPLE BELLS.
The musical merchandise department of the Bush
& Lane Piano Company at Portland, Ore., has re-
ceived a consignment of Chinese temple bells direct
from China, which are creating a great amount of in-
terest among orchestra leaders, who are adding them
to their equipment. Mr. Meyers, manager of the
department, has added Major Kelty to the Holton
line. Major Kelty is assistant director of the Oregon
National Guard band and purchased a gold Holton
trumpet. He was a member of the original Scotch
Kiltie band.
WILSON DRUMS
AND
ACCESSORIES
The Recognized Standard
Drums of distinctive design to retail at a
very moderate price. Each is the fin-
ished result of expert craftsmen work-
ing towards an ideal. Piano dealers find
that the addition of WILSON products
means new customers, greater profits and
more sales.
Send for New 9$ Page Catalog
WILSON BROS. MFG. CO.
Makers of Fine Drums and Accessories
218-20-22 N. May St.
CHICAGO, ILL.
TRUCKS
That Are Labor Savers
Your equipment is not complete without our TRUCKS for handling
Pianos and Talking Machines.
Sill Trucks and End Trucks
for Pianos
With the LEA TALKING MACHINE TRUCK, one man can
handle the Edison Chippendale, Victor No. 17, Cheney No. 6 Queen
Anne, and other large makes, from show-room to any apartment
floor.
Atk for Circular
JULIUS BRECKWOLDT & GO. i s i f f i i .
Manufacturers of
Tuptler Lake
Piano Backs, Boards* Bridges, Bars.
Traplevers and Mouldings
SOLE AGENTS FOR RUDOLF GIESE WIRE
WESTERN REPRESENTATIVE:
119-127 N. Peorla Street,
SELF-LIFTING PIANO TRUCK CO.
FINDLAY, OHIO
THE
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PRESTO
AMERICAN
PIANO SUPPLY
COMPANY
Felts, Cloths, Hammers,Punchings,
Music Wire, Tuning Pins, Player
Parts, Hinges, Casters
A FULL LINE OF MATERIALS for PIANOS and ORGAN
IVhen in Need of
SUPPLIES
Communicate with Us
March 24,
U. S. Music Co.'s Eastern Branch Finds No Surplus
Floor Space After Recent Move.
The eastern branch of the U. S. Music Co., Chi-
cago, recently moved its quarters, occupying three
times as much space at the present location at 122
Fifth Avenue, New York, as at the former place.
This caused no excess of space, however, since every
foot was needed urgently, according to George H.
"Jack" Bliss, manager of the eastern branch.
The U. S. Music Co. has built up an extensive and
profitable branch in New York, since placing Mr.
Bliss in New York with a small staff. This staff
meanwhile has grown in one year (it was February
IS, 1922, that Mr. Bliss opened the New York office)
from five to thirty persons.
Reports from Mr. Bliss are that prospects are
bright, and that indications foretell a continued in-
crease in sales. Mr. Bliss and the home office in
Chicago are co-operating in some high class trade
paper advertising, which to a large degree accounts
for the activity of the branch.
DRUMS IN PHONOGRAPH SHOPS
110-112 E. 13th St.
Talking Machine Dealers Adding Line of Wilson
Drums and Other Small Goods.
An unusual movement among phonograph dealers
to add small goods departments
to their stores is no-
ticed by the Wilson Bros. 1 Mfg. Co., Chicago, which
has been supplying a number of such retail stores
with drums and drum accessories. The largest part
of these dealers are concerns which have never car-
ried any small goods in connection with the phono-
graph line, so that the ordering of small goods indi-
cates a noteworthy extension of interests in the retail
trade.
Three such orders were received from one city
aionc within the last few weeks, according to Tom
Wilson, president and general manager of the Wilson
Bros. Mfg. Co. In these three cases, as well as in
isolated cases, the phonograph dealers had never be-
fore carried the small goods line, so that the Wilson
Bros, drums, traps, xylophones, cymbals, and fifes
will be entirely new ventures.
The interest of the trade in the Wilson Bros, line
is ascribed to trade paper advertising and to .the great
amount of circularizing which has been done. A
number of new instruments in the "Acme" line have
recently been perfected, and a circular prepared to
advertise their qualities and their reasonable prices.
The drums have taken so well that some of the stores
which took the Wilson goods for the first time have
already sent in increased re-orders.
New York
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
Manufacturers of
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Cor er Lewis Street
CHICAGO
ing investigation the fundamentals of a great dimen-
sion program—dimensions in the piece. The pro-
oosed basic grades for hardwoods and other factory
lumber will define cut-up dimensions within the
board. These determining size factors must be the
ordinary size factors encountered in factory
utilization."
CAN FILL TRIPLED SPACE
American Piano Supply Co.
MAKING OVER TRADE-INS.
Many dealers over a wide territory are finding the
Piano Repair Shop, 425 S. Wabash avenue, Chicago,
a reliable aid to solving their trade-in problems. Sales
of pianos and players are becoming more numerous
and the trade-in instruments are often in equal ratio
to the sales. Collecting them in back rooms to oc-
cupy valuable space and gather dust is not a sensible
or business-like proceeding. Scrapping them is fool-
ish, while there is a means to make over the instru-
ments and give them a new value. The Piano Repair
Shop installs actions, repairs keys, and remodels and
refinishes all makes of pianos or players. Write for
details and terms.
A NEW Q R S ROLL.
Pete Wendling has made a wonderful Q R S player
roll of "Sweet Lovin' Mamma," a Phil Ponce publi-
cation, and a special release on the Q R S list this
month.
Favish's Novelty and Sporting Goods Store, re-
cently established at 167 Main street, New Martins-
ville, W, Va., carries a line of musical instruments.
A QUARTER CENTURY OF
Quality, Service and Value
TUNING PIN MANUFACTURING MEANS
Used in the World's Finest Pianos
AMERICAN MUSICAL SUPPLY CO.
451 Communipaw Ave.
AT
C.F. GOEPEL&CO
137 EAST
I3 T -£ ST.
NEWYORK
Strauch Bros,
All Well-posted Piano Dealers, Sales-
men, and the Piano Buying Public
recognize the value of this name on a
Piano Action,
For more than 55 years it has been associ-
ated with the best products of the Piano
industry. It has always represented
Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute Collecting Data
to Form Lists of Preferable Standards.
In its effort to further the standardization policy
of the lumber business the Hardwood Manufacturers'
Institute, with offices in Chicago, is collecting data
about the cut-up requirements of the various indus-
tries. The music goods manufacturers, among others,
have been asked to state their wants in cut lengths of
lumber in order to aid the Institute in forming its
lists of preferable standard requirements. In the an-
nouncement about the collection of data this is said:
"The sort of data upon which to base factory
grades, fundamentally involves dimensions of pre-
vailing cut-up sizes and the quality of lumber required
in those sizes. In this respect the data from a can-
vass of hardwood factory requirements will be radi-
cally different from anything fornd in the yard lum-
ber and structural timbers already made.
"The advocates of dimension stock production at
the sawmill recognize in th'-s hardwood data gather-
Comstock, Cheney & Co.
Quality and Merit
When a Piano Action bears the name of
Strauch Bros, it is an additional guarantee
of the quality of the instrument containing it.
STRAUCH BROS.,Inc.
Piano Actions, Hammers and Repairs
327 to 347 Walnut Ave., at 141?t Street
NEW YORK
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
Ivory Cutters and Manufacturers
Piano Keys, Actions and Hammers
IVORY AND COMPOSITION-COVERED ORGAN KEYS
The only Company Furnishing the Keys, Actions, Hammers and Brackets Complete
Telegraph and R. R. Station: Essex, Conn.
Office and Factories: Ivoryton, Conn.
JERSEY CITY, N. J.
Established 1867
ASKS FOR CUT UP DIMENSIONS
PERFECT PUNCHINGS
1923
Manufacturers of
PIANO ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
ONE GRADE ONLY
The Wesseli, Nickel & Gross action is a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which it is found.
FACTORIES:
MCW
45th St.,
46th
IK. 10th
toth Ave.
A™. &W
&w4fi*h
l^l l-i VV
YORK"
I Vyl\l\.
OFFICE:
457 W. 45th Street
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