PRESTO
May 19, 1923
The Frank H. Brown Co., Logansport, Ind., has
opened a branch store in Monticello, Ind. The Story
& Clark and Packard pianos are carried.
The Bellingham Music Co. was opened recently in
Bellingham, Wash., by Miller & Bauer, Seattle.
F. T. Clinton recently opened a music store in
New Piano Ventures, Ownership Transfers South Tacoma, Wash.
The Vernon Piano Co., Alliance, O., has moved
and Location Changes Are Items
from the Public square to Main street.
of Interest.
Williams & Burns has succeeded Gualano Bros, in
Ralph C. Nelson, Manchester, Conn., has opened a Alhambra, Cal.
A.
S. Taylor is manager of a new branch of the
branch store in Bristol, Conn.
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The D. L. Bittner Co. is the title of a new music W iley B. Allen Co., in Santa Cruz, Cal.
The store of the Don C. Preston Co., Bakersfield,
business at 208 Baldwin street, Elmira, N. Y.
Cal., has been remodeled.
A music goods department has been added by Her-
West L. Scott recently opened a new music store
man Wolkowsky, furniture dealer, Duval and South- in Bremerton, Wash.
ard streets, Key West, Fla.
Archibald & Brokaw is the title of a new music
E: C. Malarkey, the Shamokin. Pa., music dealer, firm in DuQuoin, 111.
is carrying out important remodeling plans in his Frank H. Brown & Co. recently moved into the
store.
White House Building in Monticello, Ind.
Manard, Johnson & Co., music dealers, Knoxville,
The Wright Music Co., Johnson City, Tenn., has
Tenn., has been purchased by the Henry E. Trent been succeeded by the G. E. Gate Co.
Furniture Co., in that city.
The Miller Piano Co., Coatesville, Pa., has moved
The Empire Music Co., recently opened at 66 to larger quarters at 144 E. Lincoln Highway.
Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga.
The Hardy Music Co., Bay City, Mich., has leased
M. L. Lasker will open a music store this week in new quarters in the Elks Building.
Paris, Ark.
The Chase Music Co., Astoria, Ore., will move this
A general music goods line is carried by Gerth & week to its new building now completed.
Bankett in new warerooms in the Jackson building,
Shaw Bros, has opened in Kirksville, Mo., present-
Memphis, Mo.
ing a general line of music goods.
A rearrangement of the departments has resulted
The Harmony Music Co. has opened a new music
in more space for pianos in the store of Ehrlicher store in Morristown, N. J.
Bros., Pekin, 111.
The Drake-Kappham Piano Co. will move this
TOO MANY ACTION BRACKETS.
week from 219 Sixth street, Pittsburgh, Pa., to tht
At a meeting last week of the Superintendents'
Magee building.
Myers & Mooney is the name of a new music store Club of the New York Piano Manufacturers' Associa-
tion, William Hausler, the president, invited discus-
opened recently in Mt. Sterling, 111.
G. B. Rowe has opened a music store in Warsaw, sion of the standardization of the action bracket. In
an able presentation of the action bracket situation
Va.
The Pioneer Music Co. opened a store last week at Fred Abendschein, of the Staib-Abendschein Co.,
suggested the points for standardization and stated
421 Commercial street, Emporia, Kans.
The newly remodeled store of the L. A. Murray that the amazing number of 300 action brackets now
in use could be reduced to six or eight sizes. A mo-
Co., Davenport, la., was formally opened recently.
The Martin Bros. Piano Co., Springfield, Mo., has tion for such a reduction was made by Ernest Bacon
and carried.
opened a branch store in Kirksville, Mo.
NEW STORE OPENINGS
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Illustrations and cata-
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The tremendous superi-
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By The Presto Poick.
THE MODERN ARTIST.
He never was a student
Of Rubinstein or Liszt,
He never thought it prudent
To give old Bach a twist,
But, just the same, his playing
Bewildered some old friend,
And oft he heard them saying
His genius had to end.
His repertoire was boundless,
His art seemed superfine,
And all around was soundless
When he fell into line;
He tackled all the masters,
From Mozart down to Strauss,
And never met disasters
Or failed to fill the house.
He never skipped or blundered,
His nuances were great,
And all his neighbors wondered,
He played so long and late;
And there's no harm in saying
He never used his hands,
But did his matchless playing
On Reproducing Grands!
A LOGANSPORT, IND., CHANGE.
Collins & Six, Logansport, Ind., which firm has
been operating a music shop on Broadway, near the
Murdock Hotel, has moved into new quarters at 310
Pearl street recently. The new store will b
the same management, but the name has been
changed to the Melody Shop.
The name of the Herbert Piano Co., Bronx, New
York, has been changed to Herbert Stuart Piano Co.
Grand. Upright and Player Pianos
New Haven and New York
Mathushek Piano Manufacturing Co.
132nd St. and Alexander Ave.,
NEW YORK CITY
KROEGER
Quick Sales and
Satisfied Customers
(Established 13S2)
That's what you want and that's what you get when'you sel? 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
dealer proposition.
STRAUBE PIANO CO., Hammond, Ind.
Leins Piano Company
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
NEW FACTORY, 304 W. 42nd St.. NEW YORK
Kincller & Collins
WAREROOM WARBLES
Pianos
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The New Styl« Players Are F/nest Yet. If you can
get the Agency you ought to 1 zve it.
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Factories, 816 DIX ST., Chicago, II
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