April 14, 1923
PRESTO
ence. He was for four years in the sales department
of the Victor Talking Machine Company and for the
past six years has been associated with Arthur D.
Geissler, president of the New York & Chicago Talk-
ing Machine Company, extensive Victor distributors.
Popular Man of Extensive Trade Experience Heads In his latter connection he has been in charge of the
intensive development of the retail department of
St. Louis Music Department.
Victor dealers who are customers of the New York &
Walter P. (icisslcr. the new manager of the piano Chicago Talking Machine Company.
and talking machine department of the Famous-Barr
Mr. Geissler assumed charge of the Famous-Barr
Company Department Store, St. Louis, is a member Company's music department on Monday of this
of a famous music trade family. One brother, Louis week and he carried with him the best wishes of the
entire music trade fraternity. The Famous-Barr
Company operates one of the largest and most suc-
cessful piano and talking machine departments in St.
Louis, with a particularly strong line of pianos and
Victor talking machines and records. •
WALTER P. GEISSLER, NEW
FAMOUS & BARR MANAGER
RETURNS FROM FLORIDA.
T. U. Weber, of Meyer & Weber, Chicago, has
returned from, as he terms it, "a delightful play-
time" in Florida. He spent some time at St. Peters-
burg and Tampa, and motored from St. Petersburg
across the state to the east coast. Mr. Weber en-
joyed visits with S. Ernest Philpitt, of the S. Ernest
Philpitt Music Co., with stores at Tampa and Miami,
and with Mr. Chase the manager of the Turner Music-
House at Miami. Mr. Weber says business in gen-
eral is good in Florida and that there is a real estate
boom in numerous places.
CHICAGO'S MERCHANTS' WEEK.
The second Spring Merchants' Week opened in
Chicago last monday (April 9) with buyers from all
sections of the Midwest attending. It continued to
April 14. The week was arranged by the Chicago
Association of Commerce for buyers who wish to
visit the local market while early stocks and large as-
sortments are available. Reduced fares were in ef-
fect for the buyers on Western Passenger Association
lines, from Midwest points.
WALTER P. (iKISSI.ER.
F. Gcissler, some years ago was a department head
and official of Sherman, Clay & Co., of San Fran-
cisco, and afterwards for several years general man-
ager and director of the Victor Talking Machine
Company, Camden, X. J. Another brother, Edward
A. Geissler, is the vice-president and general man-
ager of the George J. Birkel Company, retail music
merchants, Los Angeles, Cal.
Mr. Geissler has had extensive music trade experi-
PROUD OF STARR LINE.
Frank Talmadge, proprietor of the Northern Cali-
fornia Music Co., Dunsmuir, Cal., is one of the most
enthusiastic proponents of the Starr Piano Co.'s
line of pianos, players and talking machines. In the
prosperous country up close to the Oregon line, Mr.
Talmadge has developed a big and profitable busi-
ness in the Starr pianos, phonographs and Gennet
records.
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are 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-
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The tremendous superi-
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Organs over all others lies
in the absolute mechanism
and scientific perfection i&
the bellows action and stop
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WILL AND CAN'T.
I Will was prancing down the road.
His eyes raised to the sky,
His feet were light, although his load
Rose o'er his head on high;
And as he turned to climb a hill,
As hard as adamant,
He met a stranger who seemed ill
Who said he was 1 Can't.
"You're looking weary,'' said I Will,
"Perhaps you'd better rest;
Before we start to climb the hill,
Pause here and be my guest."
But I Can't sighed and, with a groan,
Declared he could not wait,
Nor could he travel on alone—
The distance was too great.
I Will then said, "We both will go,
If you will take my hand."
"But what's the use of toiling so?"
Was I Can't's weak demand:
"We're here at last, and why not stay;
We nev'r'll reach the top,
And so I think the wisest way
Will be to simply stop."
I Will went on and left I Can't
Down at the foot of hill,
And passed on up where sowers plant
And blossoms bud and fill;
And when I Will went back again,
His fruitful journey won,
He heard I Can't, still there, complain
Of what could not be done!
FIRE IN COLUMBUS.
The store of the Blatt Music Co., 133 South High
street. Columbus, O., was destroyed by fire last week
with a loss to the owners of $80,000 covered by in-
surance. The Blatt Music Co., was established about
a year ago by R. F. Blatt and the company had
planned to remodel the store to make expansion of
the business possible.
KROEGER
(Established ISS2)
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 1 zve it.
KROEGER PANO CO.
NEW YORK. N. Y.
and
STAMFORD. COMA.
BRINKERHOFF
Player-Pianos and Pianos
The Line That Sells Easily and Satisfies Always
Quick Sales and
Satisfied Customers
BRINKERHOFF PIANO CO. O f F I C £ , = E r CHICAGO
That's what you want and that's what you i?et when you sell 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 tell you about our interesting
dealef proposition.
STRAUBE PIANO CO., Hammond, Ind.
Kindler & Collins
Pianos
520-524 W. 48th S
NEW YORK
For QUALITY, SATISFACTION and PROFIT
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PIANOS
NEWMAN BROS. CO.
Established 1870
Factories, 816 DIX ST., Chicago, I)
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Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
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