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Presto

Issue: 1923 1915

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PRESTO
April 7, 1D23
ACTIVITY AT NEW PLANT
Fer. r ection Piano Bench Mfg. Co, Chicago, Purchases
New Machinery for Larger Factory.
The new factory building which is to house the Per-
fection Piano Bench Mfg: Co., at 1514 Blue Island
avenue, Chicago, in a few weeks, is already taking
the appearance of an up-to-date and efficient indus-
trial plant, with the installation of machinery which
has been moved from the old location at 618 Canal
street, and with other equipment which was recently
purchased by F, S. Smith, president of this concern.
The new site at the corner of Blue Island avenue
and Throop street was selected several weeks ago,
because it gives the bench manufacturers a much
larger working and storage space. In addition to
this, the location is on the ground floor, making de-
liveries and shipments easy to handle. This alone is
expected to increase considerably the efficiency of the
factory. The location is convenient to railroads, and
shipments will be speeded up in accord with the in-
creased facilities.
Only a part of the machinery from the old plant
at 618 South Canal street, has been moved to the
larger space, because the benches and cabinets which
are now in process are to be finished before the
moving is completed.
"All the benches and cabinets which are now being
worked on ?.t this location are on the books for ship-
ment,"' said President Smith. "We will finish all that
we have started and ship them immediately. This
will be better than to move them to the Blue Island
factory and finish them there. We will then move
over the last of our machinery and do all our busi-
ness from the new location."
One of the most important additions ^ the ma-
chinery with which the new and enlarged Perfection
factory will be equipped is a Yates endless rubber
bed sander, purchased from the possessions of the
bankrupt Samuel C. Osborn Piano Co., a few weeks
TUNERS"
ffer
BASS STRINGS
Special attention given to the needs of file tuner and
the dealer
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
2110 Fail-mount Avenue
,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
ago. The sander was the largest item in the sale,
and will make a valuable improvement for the bench
company. Other purchases from the Osborn plant
were a cabinet maker's steam coil, and several office
chairs.
"With our larger quarters, increased facilities,
greater conveniences, and improved machinery and
equipment, we expect to give the Perfection bench
dealers even better service than we have in the past,"
said Mr. Smith. "We encourage orders from pro-
gressive dealers who are looking for the utmost in
piano bench possibilities and value, and are prepared
to take care of the most exacting trade."
MAKE BOXES FOR STRINGS.
The paper box department of the National Musical
String Company shipped a motor trainload of boxes
to a New Jersey customer recently. There were four
huge vans on the train. It was the first train ship-
ment for the department. The Musical String Com-
pany's box department is also busy making boxes to
contain musical strings. An order for 600,000 boxes
is in the works now. The export business in strings
is little short of remarkable. The Japanese demands
is almost staggering when it is remembered that the
Japanese are not a particularly musical people. They
are industrious though, and they use the strings on
instruments which they make and ship back to this
country to sell.
FILES PETITION.
Harry R. Schlau, a music merchant, 4715 North
Talman avenue, Chicago, last week filed a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy, listing liabilities of $165,385
and assets of $26,400. A voluntary petition also was
filed by William Irwin Ferguson, 5666 Ridge avenue,
with liabilities of $73,256, assets $295.
PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY.
A petition in bankruptcy has been filed by the
Gaelic Phonograph Record Company, Inc., 40 West
Fifty-seventh street, New York, with liabilities $23,-
220, assets unknown. H. Kevorskian is the principal
creditor, on a claim of $11,350, partly secured.
A FEW NOTES.
A community orchestra for music lovers is a prop-
osition that interests the dealers in musical mer-
chandise in Philadelphia.
A big showing of phonographs will be made at the
Furniture Exposition in April at Evansville, Ind.
The new manager of the phonograph department
of the Davis & Shaw Furniture Co., Denver, 'Colo.,
is N. Krawitz, who last week succeeded O. S. Kelso.
The Nevada Music Co., Reno, Nev., is planning for
a big business this year in portable talking machines.
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
rehnished 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.
IN SMALL GOODS DEPARTMENT
Growth of the Musical Merchandise Business Shown
by New Stores and Extensions.
The Fargo, N. D., branch of the Stone Piano Co. is
pushing its line of musical merchandise in a very-
effective way.
The Brooks Band Service Co., Chicago, has opened
a retail department in the Davidson Talking Machine
Shop, 235 S. Wabash avenue, in that city.
Harrison G. Prentice recently delivered a lecture
on "Violin Making" before the Worcester Historical
Society in Worcester, Mass.
Portland, Ore., will hold a Music Week this sum-
mer under the auspices of the Portland Community
Service, Inc.
Forty school bands are already entered for the band
contest during the music trade convention at the
Drake Hotel in June.
The Clarksburg, W. Va., city council is considering
p. petition to levy one-half cent upon each $100 valu-
ation to finance a municipal band.
Small goods business in Utah is in excellent shape,
according to E. T. Hughes, manager of the musical
merchandise department of the O'Loughlin Music
Co., Salt Lake City.
The Consolidated Music Co., Salt Lake City, Utah,
is creating a big demand for the band instruments of
C. G. Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind.
The Gem Musical Instrument Co., is the title of
a new business opened by George Mann at 73 West
Forty-fifth street, New York.
LEATHER
FOR
PLAYERS
ORGANS
PIANOS
PNEUMATIC LEATHERS A SPECIALTY
•••*' Packing, Valves, All Special Ta^n^d-f
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.
Chicago
MAG0SY & BUSCHER
PERFECTION
PLAYER ROLL CABINET
Furnished in 5 ply veneered 1 3 / 1 6 stock in
Mahogany, Oak and Walnut
Designed and
Manufactured
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
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.
CHICAGO
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PRESTO
PHONOGRAPH TRADE ROMANCE
Achievements of Philip J. Mann, Worcester, Mass.,
Dealer Theme of Newspaper Story.
The Worcester (Mass) Telegram prints a good
feature story about Philip J. Mann, successful talk-
ing machine dealer at 310 Main street, in that city.
It is an interesting story of achievement in phono-
graphs after a failure at pills. When he was a
healthy, robust boy, he was taken ill with hip disease
and was confined to bed tor nine years. He came out
of his illness deformed for life. This did not destroy
the ambitions of the boy. When eighteen he learned
to walk all over again. He went through college
and at twenty-five, just when he considered himself
strong enough to go out and hustle, he inherited sev-
eral thousand dollars.
For five years he manufactured homeopathic rem-
edies in Norwich, Conn. The business was paying,
but with the ambition to expand it he moved to Wor-
cester. It didn't expand, but blew up with the loss
of his $14,000.
One night while pondering over his next move, he
was' pleasurably distracted by one of his favorite
records played by his wife on a phonograph he had
just bought. That time the music was a greater com-
fort than ever to him and on the occasion he got his
"hunch."
He decided there must be hundreds of others in
Worcester greatly interested in phonographs and new
records, and he asked himself: "Why not engage in
the phonograph business?" The answer was plain.
"Why not?" Next day he went to New York, made
HARP-O-GRAND
Small Keyless Piano
producing
Maximum Profits n Minimum Space
arrangements with a Victor wholesaler and returned
a talking machine dealer. In a week he had opened
a store at 24 Pearl street.
The business grew and for seven years Mr. Mann
looked about for a suitable store. Three years ago
he secured a lease on the store at 310 Main street and
moved there. He has six employes and seven demon-
strating booths in the new store. It has handsome
fixtures and is one of the best appointed music stores
in Worcester. His Victrola business is one of the
largest in New England.
ACCEPTS RADIO SUGGESTIONS
Send for Descriptive Circular
NELSON-WIGGEN PIANO CO.
CHICAGO, ILL.
Recommendations adopted by the second national
radio conference, which has been in session in Wash-
ington, D. C, were accepted this week by the United
States Department of Commerce. Secretary Hoover,
in announcing the acceptance of the recommenda-
tions intimated that, owing to certain difficulties
which must be overcome, some delay might be ex-
pected in putting them into effect.
In this connection he pointed out, first, the hard-
ship that it may cause to various stations to adjust
themselves arbitrarily to new wave lengths, and, sec-
end, the difficulties introduced by the ship-to-shore
communication stations now working on 300 or 450
meter wave lengths, which the conference recom-
mends be used for broadcasting.
STADLER ASTONISHES HIMSELF
Business in Columbia Electric Rolls Increases Week
by Week, Month by Month, Etc.
"No one has been more surprised than I have been
to see the rapid increase in the business we have been
doing in electric rolls," asserts A. C. Stadler, of the
Columbia Music Roll Co., 22 South Peoria street,
Chicago, when asked about the condition of business.
"The rolls are keeping us busy, even busier than we
expected."
"Of course, the Columbia is a good roll," continued
the manager of the concern. '"We admit that it is a
good roll, but I actual'y am surprised that business
is holding on so well. We have kept account of the
business done in the electric rolls for the past several
years, and find that the year 1923 is running far ahead.
We are glad to see that the roll is so popular, and
want our friends, the dealers, to keep en with their
brisk ordering."
OPENS IN BALTIMORE.
Abraham Quail has opened a musical merchandise
jobbing bus'ness at 319 West Baltimore street, Balti-
more, Md. Mr. Quail, who carries a general line, is
well known in the music trade of the Maryland city.
He was formerly connected with.the sales depart-
ment of A. Burdwise. His store is well located in
the wholesale district.
•
RUSHING CABINET BUSINESS.
The cabinets of the Q R S Music Co., Chicago, are
1 eing sold in large numbers, proving-almost as popu-
lar as the ever-selling Q R S rolls. The cabinets are
receiving much of the attention of the officials of the
company, and have been developed to a high state
of perfection. The cabinets form a pleasing part of
the musical furnishing of any home.
The Muss Mfg. Co., Harrisburg, Pa., has opened
replating and repair shop for band instruments.
C G. CONN, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind.
C. D. GREENLEAF, Pres.
j . E . B O Y E R > S e e >
Worlds largest manufacturer, of High Grade Band and Orchestra Instruments. Employs
1,009
r
expert workmen.
'
'
All of the most celebrated Artists use and endorse Conn Instruments.
famous Bandmasters and Orchestra Directors highly endorse and recommend the use ol tke
Conn Instruments in their organizations.
Conn Instruments are noted for their ease of playing, light and reliable ralve or key action;
quick response, rich tonal quality, perfect intonation, tone carrying quality, artisticness of design,
beautiful finish and reliable construction.
Conn Instrument, are sent to muy point in the U. S. subject to ten or agencies will be found in all large cities. Writ e for catalogues, prices, etc.
C. G. CONN, Ltd.
The Background
A BUSY ROLL
DEPARTMENT
United States Department of Commerce Agrees to
Propositions of Radio Conference.
ROLL TRADE-INS.
A roll exchange plan with limitations has been
tried and reported satisfactory by the Goosman Piano
Co., Toledo, O. It is the application of the piano
trade-in plan for the music rolls and with the aid of
newspaper advertising tel'ing its advantages. Only a
small allowance is made on the old rolls when taken
in exchange on a bill of new rolls. The used rolls
are disposed of at special sales.
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.
April 7, 1923
DEPT. MS.
ELKHART, IND.
COLUMBIA
WORD ROLLS
ADVANCE APRIL LISTINGS
551
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556
557
558
559
560
561
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
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 Trot
Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses. .Ballad
Carolina Mammy
Fox Trot
Burning Sands
Fox Trot
Everyone Is Beautiful in Some-
one's Eyes
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 Batter.
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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