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PRESTO
May 12, 1923
OUR PHONOGRAPHS IN INDIA
Demand for American Machines Good, But Market
Is Neglected, Says U. S. Trade Commissioner.
C. C. Batchcldor, U. S. Trade Commissioner in
India, reports to the Bureau of Foreign and Domes-
tic Commerce that American talking machines of the
better kinds sell freely in British India, but that no
systematic drive for the business is made by Ameri-
cans. "It is rather astonishing that American manu-
facturers have neglected this promising field, espe-
cially in view of the success which has attended those
who have exploited it intelligently.
''This failure to take advantage of our opportunities
is perhaps due to the lack of information which ex-
ists about India; the use of the suitable selling
methods; and to the feeling that, as a British colony,
it is a British commercial preserve. This, however,
is far from the case, for the Germans and Japanese
have cut deeply into British trade in India. Customs
duties are the same for all nations, with the exception
of 15 per cent preferential export duty on hides and-
skins."
NEWS OF SMALL GOODS FIELD
Many New Names Appear in Musical Instrument
Business and Old Ones Continue in Activities.
Small music goods have been added to a furniture
line by Long & Co., East High street, Waynesburg,
Pa.
The Grand Music Co. will open a store this week
at 345 Grand River avenue, Detroit.
The business of Hill & Sons, Sierra and Second
streets, Reno, New, has been bought by H. E.
Saviers & Son.
The music business of Phillip Lannigan, Newman
Grove, Neb., has been bought by Albert and Lucy
Hinman.
A. J. Oldewurtel and John A.'Oldewurtel are prin-
cipal owners of the Vocalion Record Co., of Mary-
land, 305-307 N. Howard street, Baltimore, Md.,
which has been made state distributor of Vocalion
records.
Dealers handling Okeh records will hold a meeting
at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, during the trade con-
ventions, June 4 to 7.
Martin G. Chandler, a Chillicothe, O., dealer in
talking machines and small goods, will retire from
active business June 1. when he will leave for Cali-
fornia, where he purposes making his home. The
business will be continued by Jay G. Robinson, of
Martinsville, Ind.
Ideal methods of stocking and demonstrating music
rolls are displayed by the C. C. Baker Music Store
in its new location at 43 S. High street.
More space for the music roll department has been
allotted by the Walter S. Gray Co., 942 Market street,
San Francisco.
The Mclntyre Radio Corp., manufacturing radio
equipment and music rolls, has been incorporated in
St. Louis, Mo. Ralph and Maude E. Mclntyre and
Florence S. and R. H. Cone, Jr., are the incorpo-
rators.
HARD WOODS AND SOFT WOODS
They Belong to Different Botanical Groups, Each
with Characteristics to Distinguish Them.
Hardwood is not always hard nor is soft wood al-
ways soft, according to the Hardwood Record. To
the lumber expert the terms are used in dividing trees
into groups, botanically identified as Angiosperms
and Gymnosperms. Oak, hickory and maple belong
to the former. They are admittedly hard.
In the botanical division trees with broad leaves are
counted in the Angiosperms and trees with needles
or with scale-like leaves belong to the Gymnosperms.
A big difference is in the cellular structure of the
trees. This is understood by the lumber men and is
a very reliable way for distinguishing the difference
between the two groups. The hardwoods are called
porous and the softwoods non-porous. The large
cells in the Angiosperms which conduct sap from the
root to the leaves are not present in the other group,
which use their fibres to elevate sap.
REMODELING PIANO PLATE PLANT.
A contract was recently awarded to a Springfield,
O., firm by the O. S. Kelly Co., manufacturer of
piano plates, for remodeling its plant. One of the
purposes of the work is providing space for the com-
pany's offices in the factory building. At the present
time the offices are in a separate building, but a
larger space is available in the factory. Every de-
partment in the plant is busy.
TUNERS"
BASS STRINGS
Special attention given to the needs of the tuner and
the dealer
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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Broadcast Program from Edgewater Beach Hotel,
Chicago, Declared "Best Ever" by Fans.
A radio program described by thousands of list-
eners as "the greatest ever heard from any station
in the United States" was broadcasted last Sunday
(May 6) from the Zenith Radio Station of the Edge-
water Beach Hotel, Chicago.
Although the program was for test purposes only,
to determine correct modulation for the regular con-
certs, several hundred telegrams were received from
many parts of the country complimenting the station
on the excellence of the numbers. Hugh Marshall,
tenor, sang several, selections and was "encored" by
telegraph and long-distance telephone. Paul Biese
and his orchestra played everything from jazz to
classical music. Mr. Biese gave saxophone and violin
solos.
The wave length of the Zenith station is 360 meters.
It is believed the modulation is perfect after the test.
NAME OF BUILDING CHANGED.
Because the title of the Builders' Exchange Build-
ing, Court and Pearl streets, Buffalo, N. Y., was
misleading the name has been changed to the An-
drews Building. The owner is C. N. Andrews, head
of the C. N. Andrews Co., wholesale dealers in talk-
ing machines. The business of the tenants of the
building which is modern office structure is varied
and not as erroneously considered by many, devoted
largely to building supplies.
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keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
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THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
425 South Wabash Ave.
Chicago
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.
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PERFECTION
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Furnished in 5 ply veneered 13/16 stock in
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Our Hammered Cymbals are as Good as Turk-
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Makers of the BESTONE Banjo Reso-
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