Presto

October 6, 1923
PRESTO
PHOTO PLAYER COMPANY
ANNOUNCES ITS PLANS
Successor to American Photo Player and
Robert-Morton Company to Liquidate
Liabilities Soon as Possible.
CREDITORS' COMMITTEE ACTS
Unified
Cooperation
The Factory
Durable, Satisfaction-Giv-
ing instruments mean real
profit after the sale. The
Seeburg is always recog-
nized as the standard coin
operated player.
Fourteen styles f r o m
which t o select.
The
smallest to the largest.
The l a r g e s t to t h e
smallest.
The Sales
Organization
A trained force of travel-
ing representatives, en-
tirely experienced in de-
veloping automatic in-
strument sales.
Piano men who under-
stand the dealer's prob-
lems and capable and glad
to extend real co-opera-
tion and assistance.
J. P. SEEBURG
PIANO CO.
Factory
1508-16 Dayton St.
Offices
1510 Dayton St.
CHICAGO, ILL.
The Nationally
Known Line
Asks for Statements of All Accounts Against Two
Companies Involved and Co-operation of Creditors.
The following letter from the Photo Player Com-
pany, successor to the American Photo Player Com-
pany, makers of the "Fotoplayer" and the Robert-
Morton orchestral pipe organ, 109 Golden Gate ave-
nue, San Francisco, Calif., under date of September
18, has been addressed to the creditors of the Ameri-
can Photo Player Company and the Robert-Morton
Company:
As you are probably aware, a creditors' committee
took charge of the affairs of tTie ; American Photo
Player Company and the Robert-Morton Company
on July 3, 1923, and after due consideration it was
decided to form a new company to take over the
assets of the American Photo Player Company and
the Robert-Morton Company, the liabilities remain-
ing on the books of the American Photo Player
Company and a plan for the liquidation of these lia-
bilities to be worked out by the new company.
On August 28, 1923, the Photo Player Company
was incorporated under the laws of the State of
California, and the officers and directors, who are
among the foremost business men on the coast, are
as follows: Geo. F. Detrick, president; Benjamin
Platt, vice-president; Fred F. Ouer, treasurer; J. A.
G. Schiller, secretary and general manager. Direc-
tors—Geo. F. Detrick, Benjamin Platt, Fred F. Ouer,
F. R. Sherman, C. B. Lastreto. L. H. Brownstone,
L. P. Grunbaum.
For your information the Robert-Morton Com-
pany, while a separate corporation, was the organ-
manufacturing department of the American Photo
Player Company, only qualification stock being is-
sued, all of which was owned by the American Photo
Player Company.
We will advise you definitely as soon as possible
what plans have been formulated to liquidate the lia-
bilities of the old corporations. It is necessary for
us to have a statement of all accounts against either
the American Photo Player Company or the Robert-
Morton Company, this statement showing the dates
and amounts of all open charges and credits prior to
July 3rd, 1923, a'so a list of any notes and trade ac-
ceptances unpaid. This statement will be immedi-
ately compared with the records of the companies af-
fected and you will be notified whether they agree
and also that your claim has been duly filed. We
ask your co-operation in this matter and wish you
would mail us statement as quickly as possible.
Very truly vours.
T H E P H O T O PLAYER COMPANY.
J. A. G. Schiller, Secretary.
MUSIC HOUSE OFFERS
PRIZE FOR BEST NAME
New Store to Open in Jacksonville, Fla., Will Pay
Cash for Suitable Christening.
Arnold-Edwards Piano Company announces that it
will give $25 for a name not longer than three
words for its new headquarters, which will open at
172 West Adams street, Jacksonville, Fla., on Octo-
ber 15.
Suggestions, however, except from persons resid-
ing outside Jacksonville, will not be accepted through
the mails and must be dropped in the box provided
for the purpose at the new location—a good local
advertising. The company will select the name it
considers most appropriate and will use it in -the
future.
SOME VERY LATE OPENINGS
IN THE RETAIL MUSIC TRADE
A Few of the New Ventures in the Best Business in
the World.
A new music department has been added by Her-
man White, a Williamsburg, Ky., department store
owner
J. M. Ward, of Clinton, Indiana, has been made
manager in that town of the local branch of the
Pearson Piano Company, of Indianapolis.
The store and business of Fred Teller, Seneca
Falls, N. Y., have been purchased by E., T.. Ryan,
who owns a furniture and music business ar27 State
street.
Rogers & Wilson are making extensive interior im-
provements at its music store in Goshen, Indiana.
This firm, which was established in 1871 by EHas C.
Wilson and the late Charles B. Rogers, has the dis-
tinction of being one of the oldest music houses in
the country.
The sum of $12,000 will be expended in the altera-
tions of the building of the G. A. Barlow Sons Co.,
Trenton, N. J. The contract has been let for a mod-
ern store front and show window in which marble aud
bronze will be the construction materials.
Herman White will add a music department to his
business in Williamsburg, Ky., at the completion of a
new building now under construction. The building
will be the most modern in the city, and the show-
rooms in the new music section will be decorated and
furnished in an attractive way.
The Clark Music Store, Rockwell City, la., has
moved its quarters to a new location in the Brower
building, one door north of the old store.
HE MAKES "TRANSFERS"
FOR YOUR PIANOS
Head of the Big Decalcomania Industry as He
Appears in Cartoon and
Rhyme.
Last Saturday's Chicago Evening Post had a
feature similar to one which brightened Presto sev-
eral years ago. It was a series of clever cartoons
picturing-the special activities of the foremost men of
industry in Chicago. There were several hundreds
of the cartoons and rhymes, most of them accurate
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—From the Chicago Evening Post.
transfers of the energies of the men pictured. Presto's
feature of years ago embraced all of the American
piano manufacturers, east and west. The Post's plan
was broader and especially fine.
Herewith is one of the Post's cartoons showing the
head of The Meyercord Company, makers of most
of the decalcomanias used in the piano industry. It
will be appreciated by Mr. Meyercord's friends and
customers in the trade.
ORCHESTRA BOOKING EXCHANGE.
For the first time the orchestra and band field of
this country has been organized on a booking basis
through the medium of the Consolidated Orchestras
Booking Exchange with offices at 1591 Broadway,
New York City, according to a statement issued this
week. The staff of the new organization includes its
president, J. E. Horn, George J. Riester, office and
booking manager; Dorothy Rose, secretary and treas-
urer; Roy Wilson, manager of band and orchestra
department, and Milt Hager, director of advertising
and publicity, all of wide experience in their respec-
tive fields.
LEASES ENTIRE BUILDING.
The Virginia Building, Columbia, Mo., has been
leased by the Taylor Music House for a period of ten
years. This progressive firm has built up a trade in
pianos and other music goods that extends over a
wide area. L. T. Ralstone is president and J. B.
Ralstone and D. L. Gribble vice-presidents.
NEW INDIANA FIRM.
The Cartright Music Store is a new one for Green-
castle, Ind. John Cartright, the owner, is an experi-
enced piano salesman, and the town is considered one
of the most prosperous in that section of the state.
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