Presto

Issue: 1923 1913

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PRESTO
March 24, 1923
Knees, Blowing Bubbles All Day Long, Bobbsy,
Burning Sands, Sweetheart Lane, Sweet Lovin'
Mama, Sweet Man o' Mine, That Da-Da Strain, The
Fox-Trots, Waltzes in Word Rolls and Fine List of Thief, Teddy Bear Blues, 'Till My Luck Comes
Rolling Along.
Ballads in New Presentations.
The Bluebird Ballads are: Believe Me If All Those
The following Word Roll waltzes arc included in Endearing Young Charms, Blest Christmas Morn,
the April bulletin of the Q R S Music Co., Chicago: Day by Day the Manna Fell, Eternal Mind the Pot-
Faded Love Letters, The First Waltz Belong to Me, ter Is, God Is the Life, the Truth, the Way, He
Honolulu Lullaby, I'll Take You Home Again, Pal That Has God His Guardian Made, I'm a Pilgrim
O' Mine, I'm Just a Little Blue For You, Let Me and I'm a Stranger, Imp-March, In a Monastery Gar-
Call You Sweetheart, Lovely Lucerne, Mother's Love, den, In Atmosphere of Love Divine, In Heavenly
My Old Hawaiian Home, Panorama Bay, Red Moon, Love Abiding, I Passed by Your Window, I Wor-
Sweet Anabel, Waltzing the Blues, You Ask Me ship Thee Sweet Will of God, Little Town in Our
Why I Love You, You Know You Belong to Some- Country Down, Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses,
body Else.
O'er Waiting Harpstrings of the Mind, O Gentle
The following Word Roll fox-trots are included in Presence, 'O Sole Mio! Plume of Purity, Sally Roses,
the April bulletin: Falling, Fate, Four o'Clock Blues, Saw Ye My Saviour? Shepherd, Still, Still With Thee
Gee! I'll Miss You When You're Gone, Georgia When Purple Morning Breaketh, That Tumble-Down
Cabin Door, Got to Cool My Doggies Now, Haunting Shack in Athlone, That Song of Songs, What Is Thy
Blues, I've Got Another Lovin' Mama, Ivy, Journey's Birthright, Man.
End, Just a Breath of Hawaii, Just as Long As You
Hand Played Rolls—Spanish Memories, Greenwich
Have Me, A Kiss in the Dark, Kiss Mama, Kiss Witch, one-step; Trinidad Carnival—1922, The
Papa, Lady of the Evening, LesfYou Forget, Little O'Brien Girl.
Rover, Liza, Lost, Louisian', Mister Gallagher and
An arranged roll is Top-Notch—March.
Mister Shean, My Serenade, Navajo Joe, Oh Harold,
One Night in June, Open Your Arms My Alabamy,
Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil, Rose of
SITUATION IN SUPPLIES
the Rio Grande, Runnin' Wild, Silver Swanee, Some
Day the Sun Will Shine, Again, Sugar Blues, Swanee
Smiles, When Your Castles Come Tumbling Down, Facts in Various Lines of Commodities Which Enter
When Hearts Are Young, When the Leaves Come
Into Musical Instrument Manufacture.
Tumbling Down, When You and I Were Young
The Waverly Musical Products Co., New York,
Maggie, Who Cares, Who Did You Fool After All,
You've Got to See Mama Every Night, Carry manufacturers of metal hardware for string instru-
Me Back to My Carolina H o m e , C h a n s o n - ments and drums, has withdrawn present prices for
nette, Choo-Choo Blues, Crinoline Days, Don't Be products in a letter sent to the trade.
Too Sure, Don't Forget Me When You're Gone,
For the purpose of exporting manufactures of rub-
Don't Say Good-Bye, Down in Maryland, Every- ber and commodities allied with the rubber industry,
body Likes the Same Sweet Girl, Aggravatin' Papa, the U. S. Rubber Export Company of New York, the
All Muddled Up, Any Place Where I Make Money, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, O., and
Away Down East in Maine, Baby Blue Eyes, Bees the Miller Rubber Export Company, New York, have
organized the Rubber Export Association, and filed
papers with the Federal Trade Commission for in-
corporation under the Webb-Pomerene export trade
act.
A by-product of corncobs will be available for the
manufacture of talking machine records, according to
an announcement of the U. S. Department of Agri-
Special attention given to the needs of the tuner and
culture. Government chemists have succeeded in ex-
the dealer
tracting furfural, a highly expensive resinous sub-
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
stance useful in record-making, from the cobs.
Q R S APRIL BULLETIN
TUNERS"—
BASS STRINGS
2110 Full-mount Avenue
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
RIVIERA PHONOGRAPH DESTROYED.
Last Friday morning fire destroyed the factory of
the Riviera Talking Machine Company at 124 North
Halstcd street, Chicago. Officials of the concern re-
ported stock and plant a total loss.
The Piano Repair Shop
PRACTICAL PIANO MO ING SUPPLIES
INCREASE SELLING POWER
One-Man Steel Cable Hoist; Two-in-One
Loaders, Trucks, Covers, etc.
,
Get Our New Circulars and Price*
PIANO MOVERS SUPPLY COMPANY
BUCKINGHAM, PA.
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
refinished or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
425 South Wabash Ave.
Chicago
PRIDE IN STRING PRODUCT
Spirit of the Schaff Piano String Co., Chicago, Results
in Manufacture of Reliable Product.
A piano manufacturer, in selecting the materials
and parts from which he will make his finished prod-
uct, has in mind the realization that a piano is no
stronger than its weakest part, nor no better than its
poorest part. It is for this reason that he takes care
that strings should be of the best quality obtainable.
This accounts for the demand for strings from the
Schaff Piano String Co., Chicago, which is increasing
in business by leaps and bounds. The Schaff Piano
String Co. specializes in bass strings, and is turning
out a serviceable, high-class product.
The manufacture of a specialty creates a corps of
specialists in any plant. The Schaff Piano String Co.
is an interesting instance. Most of the men who
make the strings in the factory at 2009-2021 Lewis
street learned their craft there. They inbibed the
spirit of the place—pride in the product, love of per-
fection in the materials that piano manufacturers con-
sider of such vital importance. Most of the em-
ployees of the Schaff Piano String Co. are master
craftsmen and not a few have worked in the factory
since it was established. New men are selected with
care and constantly impressed with the fact that only
the most careful work is accepted.
Mrs. W. B. Almen is the proprietor of a new music
store at 244 Cabot street, Beverly, Mass.
LEATHER
FOR
PLAYERS
ORGANS
PIANOS
PNEUMATIC LEATHERS A SPECIALTY
Packing, Valves, All Special Tanned
Bellows Leather
T. L. LUTKINS, Inc.
40 Spruce Street
NEW YORK
DEALERS AND TUNERS!
Big Cut in Prices Piano Key Repairing
Celluloid, Complete Tops, Set Keys
$7.00
Ivorine (grained), Complete Tops, Set Keys 8.00
Composition, Complete Tops, Set Keys... 10.00
Sole manufacturers and distributors of H. P.
& O. K. Co. famous Ivory White Glue. Needs
no Heating. Applied Cold. Sent anywhere in
U. S. P. P. $1.00 can.
HARLEM PIANO & ORGAN KEY CO.
121-123 E. 126th St.
New York City, N. Y.
MAGOSY & 6USCHER
PERFECTION
PLAYER ROLL CABINET
Furnished in 5 ply veneered 13/16 stock in
Mahogany, Oak and Walnut
Designed and Manufactured
By
Capacity, 150 Rolls
First Class
OVAL AND ROUND METAL
SPINNERS
Makers of high-grade hammered Cym-,
bals in Brass and German Silver, from 2
to 18 inches; Brass Mutes for Cornets,
Trombones, French Horns.
Our Hammered Cymbals are as Good as Turk-
ish Cymbals in Sound, and they don't cost as
much.
Drum Major Batons in Wood and Metal.
Perfection Piano Bench Mfg. Co.
Makers of the BESTONE Banjo Reso-
nators
We Can Manufacture Any Specialty in
Our Line to Order.
614-618 So. Canal St.
232 Canal St. and 118 Walker St., NEW YORK
CHICAGO
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PRESTO
sound advice given to dealers by The Vocalstyle
Music Co., Cincinnati, which adds:
Revise your mailing list; take the name and address
Unprecedented Calls for Playerpiano and Organ Pur- of every customer that comes to your department.
Check up any returned mail from your department.
poses a Feature of the Business.
Show the musical qualities of your merchandise; call
to sensible musical selling features of such
One of the plain indications of the big improve- attention
makes of rolls as you may handle. Do not allow your
ments in the piano industry is the constantly in- customers to leave with the impression that a player
creasing demand for leathers for playerpianos no- piano is entirely mechanical. Put human interest into
ticed by T. L. Lutkin, Inc., 40 Spruce street, New your work. Let your customers see that you are tak-
York. The improvement in the business of piano ing a personal' interest in them. Play your best.
leathers has necessitated an expansion of that de- Don't "pump" the player. "Play" it.
Take special note of expressions offered by your
partment in the well known leather house.
"The demand for leathers for playerpianos and or- customers and cater in every way possible to their
gans has been unprecedented in its volume for the desires. This covers a vast field. Remember you
music to satisfy all tastes.
past few months," said T. L. Lutkin, president of the have
A great many prospective sales for playerpianos
company, this week. "And there seems no let-up in may
be secured in the roll department. Buyers often
the orders, a fact significant of a pleasant condition bring friends with them when making roll purchases.
in the piano and organ trade."
Ask questions. Find out if their friends have a
T. L. Lutkin, Inc., makes pneumatic leathers for player. If not, when do they expect to buy. Take
players, organs and pianos a specialty. The house is the names and addresses, or call the floor salesman.
renowned in the trade and industry for its admirable Secure from your customers names of those who are
line of packing, valve, and specially tanned bellows thinking of buying a playerpiano. Boost business in
all departments as well as your own. Be an optimist.
leathers.
Remember—the Public buys tunes and melodies.
Inform your customers you can supply them with any
title procurable. By following these suggestions we
SOUND ADVICE TO DEALERS
know you will be greatly benefited. Try them; they
will positively build up your music roll business.
Don't Lose Touch With Customers, Says Vocalstyle
SIGNS FREE TO DEALERS.
Music Co. Comprehensive Sales Plan.
Large metal signs advertising the U. S. Music
"Use the telephone often to call regular custom- Rolls and local dealers are being supplied to retailers
ers, also to keep in touch with those who' have not free of charge, by the U. S. Music Co., Chicago, as a
been purchasing. It is dangerous to allow a player further step in the campaign to get in tune with the
owner to lose interest in his player-piano. A regular dealer and offer him all the co-operation possible.
customer appreciate a little special attention," is the The signs are 3 by 6 feet in size, and are all metal
with a wooden frame. The face of the sign is painted
in a handsomely designed combination of colors, and
with a well-arrayed combination of words to adver-
tise the rolls and the dealer who erects the sign.
More than one are supplied in case the dealer has a
big field to cover. The signs are suitable for vacant
Small Keyless Piano producing
lots, highways, crossroads, and the like.
March 24, 1923
LUTKIN LEATHERS IN DEMAND
The Background
A BUSY ROLL
DEPARTMENT
COLUMBIA
WORD ROLLS
HARP-O-GRAND
Maximum Profits in Minimum Space
HELPFUL BENCH SUGGESTIONS.
The literature issued by the Tonk Mfg. Co., Chi-
cago, makers of piano benches, is excedingly terse
and well arranged, yet in its compactness it gives
many useful suggestions. One of the most helpful
suggestions is in indicating the kind of piano for
which the bench is intended, and with which it will
look its best and serve longest. Thus in the Tonk
folder which we have before us, there is a little line
under the cut of each style, reading "For your rea-
sonable priced upright," "Use this with your finest
grand," "For your moderate priced players," and so
on. Everyone has been studied and designed for use
with a particular kind of piano, and the Tonkbench
list places this information before the purchaser in
an unusually clear and concise manner.
Small in Size—Big in Results
Only SO in. high; 35 in. wide.
A Triumph in Compactness and Efficiency;
Powerful as .Full-sized Piano.
Plays Standard 65-note Music Rolls.
Large Coin Box; Harp Attachment; Beau-
tiful Cabinet.
Dealers Can Make Money Selling This Per-
fect Music-Maker for Small Theatres and
Other Public and Private Purposes.
Send for Descriptive Circular
NELSON-WIGGEN PIANO CO.
CHICAGO, ILL.
AWAIT CHICAGO EDITION.
The Chicago Edition of Musical Truth, published
by the C. G. Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind., publicity de-
partment, has been promised for some time, and will
appear shortly, is the assertion of J. D. Henderson,
manager of the Conn Chicago Co., retailers of the
Conn instruments. This special edition has been de-
layed for a while because of the enormous work of
compiling all the data and illustrations necessary to
make it a review of musical activities in Chicago, and
especially Conn activities. The edition is awaited
with interest, because of the expectations for a bigger
and even better publication than the previous num-
bers of the Conn organ.
SHIPPING FROM COAST TO COAST.
Col. W. B. Brinkerhoff is covering the country in
his campaign to sell Standard benches, and is making
a success of his activity. The colonel has an office
at 209 South State street, Chicago, from which he
directs his sales, and where he receives orders "from
coast to coast," he said. The Standard Piano Bench
Mfg. Co., Chicago, is selling an extraordinary num-
ber of fine benches through the office of the veteran
salesman.
The Capital Music Co. recently opened a store at
1181 N. High street, Columbus, O.
C. G. CONN, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind.
C. D. GREENLEAF, Pres.
J. E. BOYER, Sec'y
World's largest manufacturers of High Grade Band and Orchestra Instruments. Employs 1,000
expert workmen.
,.
All of the most celebrated Artists use and endorse Conn Instruments.
Famous Bandmasters and Orchestra Directors highly endorse and recommend the use of the
Conn Instruments in their organizations.
Conn Instruments are noted for their ease of playing, light and reliable valve or k»y action;
quick response, rich tonal quality, perfect intonation, tone carrying quality, artisticnass of design,
beautiful finish and reliable construction.
Cortn Instruments are sent to any point in th» U. S. subject to ten <5ays free trial. Branch store
or agencies will be found in all larg* cities. Write for catalogues, prices, etc.
C. G. CONN,
DEPT. MS.
ELKHART, IND.
ADVANCE APRIL LISTINGS
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Hawaiian Slumber Tune
Fox Trot
Love's Paradise
Waltz
Runnin' Wild
Fox Trot
Crying for You
Waltz
Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time. .Fox Trot
Little Pal of Long Ago
Waltz
Sweet Lovin' Mama
Fox Trot
On a Saturday Night
Waltz
Mellow Moon
Marimba Waltz
Peggy Dear
Fox Trot
I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise . Fox Trot
Lady Butterfly
Fox Tfot
Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses. .Ballad
Carolina Mammy
Fox Trot
Burning Sands
Fox Trot
Everyone Is Beautiful in Some-
one's Eye*
Ballad
571 Underneath a Chinese Moon
Fox Trot
572 When Will the Sun Shine for Me Fox Trot
573 Crinoline Days
Fox Trot
To Retail at
Why Pay More?
75
None Better.
Made of the best materials
obtainable.
Will please your trade and
double your sales.
Quality and price make
Columbia rolls the deal-
er's best profit producer
in a roll department.
A trial order will con-
vince you.
Columbia Music Roll Co.
22 S. Peoria St.
CHICAGO
ILL.
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