PRESTO
May 12, 1923
CHRISTMAN
REPRODUCING GRANDS
Englis, hcisst das wenn cs Ihnen recht ist, zu wieder-
hilen.
Tn Ewartung dcs Gewucnschten zeichnenich inz-
wishen mit Hochachtung.
CHRIST ZUERCHER.
While there have been several attempts to estab-
lish accordion industries in this country, we find but
one in our records and that is Guerrini Co., 279 Co-
lumbus Ave.. San Francisco, Calif. Ands. Koch,
Inc., 220 Fifth Ave., New York City, also professes
to manufacture them, though we believe he is an
importer only.
It seems to us that an industry such as you have
established should prove successful.
About accordion makers' supplies, we regret that
we cannot cite you to any special industries, though
we understand that Georgi & Vitak, 1540 W. 47th
St., Chicago, who are manufacturing concertinas,
produce parts of instruments. The Piano & Organ
Supply Co., Chicago, may also be in condition to
furnish supplies, and without doubt they can cite
you to suitable reed makers.
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THE "VOIGHT" PIANO.
Alva, Okla., May 7, 1923.
Editor Presto: You have the Voight piano listed
in one of your publications wherein you list all makes
of pianos and advise that you can furnish the name
of the manufacturer.
I am very anxious to get in touch with the. manu-
facturers of the Voight, if you can locate them.
J. W. MONFORT.
3 Great Pianos
with 3 sounding boards
in each (patented) have
the greatest talking
points in the trade.
Christman
Pianos
have scales that
insure tone qual-
ity of remarkable
purity, sweetness
a n d of g r e a t
volume.
We find that a good many years ago the "Voight"
was advertised by a number of retail dealers through-
out the Middle West and the Southwest. Of late we
have heard nothing from it and, according to our
records, it was manufactured by a Chicago industry
which has not been producing these pianos for some
time past. Tn fact, the house which at one time
manufactured instruments bearing that name is now
out of business; consequently we do not know how
to advise you, though it is probable any good repair
man could put the instrument about which you write
in condition. We suggest that you address the Piano
Repair Shop, 425 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago.
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THE "DE KALB" GRAND.
Wausa, Nebr., May 4, 1923.
Editor Presto: I've been requested to handle the
De Kalb grand piano and, as I don't see it listed in
Presto Buyers' Guide, am curious to know w T hat it
is. etc. Will appreciate the information.
A. F. W I T T .
The De Kalb grand is of the popular kind. It is
made in large quantities for the general trade, and
Matt J. Kennedy, of Chicago, can tell you all about
it. There arc several instruments of the same or
similar design which are profitable to the dealer.
Among them are the Nita grand, a comparatively
recent addition to the line of the H. C. Bay Co., of
Chicago, with great factories at Bluffton, Ind. The
Premier grand of New York City is a good small
one at reasonable price, and so is the Goldsmith of
Chicago. There are many more, however. The
"Do Kalb" is controlled by the Apollo Piano Co., of
De Kalb, 111.
INVITATIONS TO BANQUET.
Enhance Your Future Prosper-
ity By Investigating
the
Irresistible Appeal of
CHRISTMAN
GRANDS, UPRIGHTS
PLAYERS
and
REPRODUCING PIANOS
"The First Touch Tells"
Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St.
New York
The invitations for the banquet of the Music Mer-
chants at the Drake, Wednesday evening, June 6, are
being sent out this week. The invitation reads:
"The National Association of Music Merchants in-
vites yourself and ladies to attend its Twenty-second
Annual Banquet on Wednesday evening, June 6, ai
half past six o'clock. The plates are Eight Dollars
each and remittances should be sent to James T.
Bristol, treasurer, 1408 Kimball Bldg., 25 E. Jack-
son Blvd., Chicago."
"CLOSING OUT" SALE.
The Bruce S. M. Co., Decatur. 111., is holding a
"Closing Out Sale" that the manager, Harry V.
Taylor says is "the talk of the town and the sur-
rounding country." The playerpianos and talking
machines offered in the sale are represented as the
combined stocks of Geo. W. Davidson and Calhoun's
Music House.
PROGRESSIVE PENNSYLVANIA FIRM.
J. M. Burns & Son, Washington, Pa., music dealers,
have removed their business to the east room in
their new building in West Main street, which has
just been completed. The room is 35x100 feet and
has two large show windows and is well lighted from
the front and rear. The firm now has an increased
stock of all kinds of mtfsical instruments.
BADGER STATE DEALERS IN CHICAGO
Jesse and Al Drost, of Drost Bros., Medford, Wis.,
visited Chicago last week. They are preparing for
a brisk summer business, and left a substantial order
with the J. P. Seeburg Piano Company, whose line
Drost Bros, represents in northern Wisconsin.
GREAT ACTIVITY AT
HADDORFF FACTORY
Rockford Industry Is Kept Busy by Steadily
Growing Demand for the Fine Instru-
ments There Produced.
One of the large industries which reports activity
in keeping with the general prosperity movement
throughout the country, is that of the Haddorff
Piano Co., at Rockford, 111. Salesmanager E. W.
Furbush returned to his Chicago offices, in the Fine
Arts Building, after a few days successful trip, with
cheering reports of conditions. The Haddorff repre-
sentatives arc keeping the Haddorff at the front and
the artistic result of C. A. Haddorff's skill is con-
stantly widening its influence as an artistic instru-
ment in which the dealers find pride and the steady
growth which follows the r.ight kind of effort. The
new small Haddorff Grand has already made itself
secure and the demand for it grows rapidly.
The Clarendon pianos and players, also, are more
than "holding their own" in the trade. This product
of the Clarendon Piano Co., a division of the Had-
dorff Piano Co., has made one of the most pronounced
successes in the trade. It is a remarkably beautiful
and refined instrument, and many houses are promot-
ing it as their leader.
It is probable that not a large proportion of the
dealers who have never visited Rockford have any
adequate idea of the producing capacity of the Had-
dorff Piano Company. The factories are among the
most extensive in the American industry, and the
volume of the product is surpassed by only a few
in this country. Considering the high character of
the Rockford instruments, this statement is a signifi-
cant one. The Haddorff display during the June
convention will be one of the most comprehensive.
MATT KENNEDY'S ILLNESS
DOES NOT STOP WORK
Convention Head Does Not Allow Illness to Inter-
fere with His Preparations.
Matt Kennedy, in charge of the coming convention,
is ill. He left Chicago for Milwaukee on Sunday,
May 6th, and has entered a hospital there for obser-
vation. The exact nature of his ailment is not defi-
nitely known.
However, Mr. Kennedy's illness is not so serious
as to prevent him from retaining personal super-
vision of the convention preparations. Through his
secretary, Miss H. Fretter, he is pushing his plans
through, and arrangements for the big convention
are going ahead as if Matt were at his office in the
Republic Building every day.
As evidence that Mr. Kennedy is not allowing his
temporary disability to interfere with his convention
work, he announces that the program for the con-
vention is about ready for publication. The full pro-
gram, says Miss Fretter, will be given out in a day
or two. It will be printed in next week's Presto.
Mr. Kennedy's health was not at its best for some
days before he decided to stay away from his office.
Sunday, May 6th, he determined to visit his brother-,
in-law, who is a surgeon in Milwaukee, and enter a
hospital there before his illness would become seri-
ous. There is no reason to believe that the trouble
is critical, and it is hoped he will Vie back at his desk
in a few days. Certainly he will be entirely recov-
ered by convention time.
PROMOTES SPECIAL SALES.
Special piano sales service for dealers is the inter-
esting work undertaken by John M. Barnhart, with
headquarters at 6950 Harvard avenue, Chicago. Ar-
rangements were made last week by Mr. Baruhart to
promote a series of special sales for the Stranburg
Music Mouse, Jamestown, X. Y., with stores in Hor-
nell, N. Y., Bradford, Franklin, Titusville, Oil City,.
Meadville and W'arren, Pennsylvania, and Conneaut,
O. The Stranburg Music House is an active repre-
sentative of the Schiller ipano, but Mr. Barnhart is
not exclusively associated with the special sales de-
partment of the Schiller Piano Co., as erroneously
conveved in an item last week.
H. ELMORE, MANAGER.
Announcement of the appointment of H. Elmore,
recently of Sacramento, as manager of the piano de-
partment of Winters' Music and Flower Shop, was
made last week by Adolph Winters, proprietor. Mr.
Elmore, who has had fifteen years' experience in a
piano factory and in business for himself, is an ex-
perienced salesman as well as an expert repair man
and tuner.
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