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PRESTO
January 26, 1924.
John McCormack
f a m o u s tenor, says,
"The Mietsner Piano certainly fills a ong-felt want, the
want of a small piano with a splendid action and lovely tone"
Writ* Today for Mietmntr catalogue, prioea an ' full
information
•^MIESSNER
Th« Little Piano with th« Bis Ton*
MIESSNER PIANO CO.
General Office* & Factory, 126 Reed St.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
STR1CH & ZEIDLER, Inc.
GRAND, UPRIGHT and PLAYER
AND
HOMER PIANOS
740-742 East 136th Street
NEW YORK
GRAND PIANO
5» Inches Long
Tha beat • u o a e n t of th« present Baby Grand Af«.
IM tooa— i\m lin«i — ttt restricted *p*c« requfownuat and
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MAKE IT THE PREMIER AGENCY
(let full details of this valuable selling franchise NOW.
Premier Grand Piano Corporation
Largest Institution in the World Building Grand
Pianos Exclusively
V.UTU C. HBPTEBU
rVesfleat
JUSTUS HATTBMCt
Vice-Piwi*Wt
510-532 West /3rd Street
NEW YORK
AUTOS AND PIANOS KEEP
MONEY BUSY AND BUILD CREDIT
New York Banker Says Buying Machines Strains
People's Resources, But Is Good Thing.
Another of the numberless arguments by which
piano salesmen may increase business was presented
by a New York banker in a speech at the annual
"Pay Your Bills" meeting. And, while what the
financier said may seem to bear upon the automobile
trade, by inference it boosts the piano "game." For
while the auto may be an extravagance in some in-
stances, pianos are essential to home and education.
The large number of motor cars bought on credit
in the United States is straining the credit resources
of the country, according to Herbert K. Twitchell,
president of the Seaman's Bank for Savings, of New
York.
Mr. Twitchell nevertheless found good factors in
the buying of automobiles, since the sums spent for
them were being offset by deposits in savings banks,
which were increasing at the rate of a billion dollars
a year.
"With such enormous sums being saved in such
tremendously accelerating volume, some outlet must
be found to keep it in circulation," said Mr. Twitchell.
"Fortunate, indeed, it is for the savings banks that
such large numbers of people have taken up the craze
for automobiles without the ability to make cash pay-
ments. Some of us have to put our money in the
bank so that the rest can buy motor cars, and the car
users have to buy machines so that the rest of us can
deposit our savings in sound institutions that can find
an outlet for them."
A WISCONSIN MERGER.
The Albert E. Smith Music Store, Madison, Wis.,
and Hook Bros. Piano Co. were recently merged
• under the firm title of "Hook Bros. Piano Co. & Al-
bert E. Smith, Consolidated." The company occu-
pies the Hook Bros. Piano Co.'s quarters, State and
Mifflin streets. F. B. Hook is president and A. E.
Smith secretary. Hook Bros. Piano Co., which han-
dles the Steinway, started in a small store at the
corner of Butler and Wilson streets in 1913. Albert
E. Smith came to Madison seventeen years ago from
Chicago, where he had been for five years with The
Cable Co. as wholesale eastern representative.
ROLL BUSINESS GROWS.
The music roll department of Sherman, Clay &
Co., San Francisco, continues to make a steady gain
in business and is keeping well abreast of the other
departments of the house, according to Manager A. D.
Duclos of this department. This house is increasing
the manufacturing facilities of the roll department,
the making of rolls to order having become quite a
feature of the business. A new cutting machine, pur-
chased from the Filmusic Co. has been installed. A
marking machine is also used for individual record-
ings, the rolls being cut later by hand.
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ARTISTIC
JPIAMO
IN EVERY
DETAIL
HADDORFF PIANO CO.
ROCKFORD.ILL.
WholetaU Offices;
Naw f««4 O V
I » W . «adSt.
San fancne*
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Schaff Bros.
Players and Pianos have won their stand-
ing with trade and public by 54 years of
steadfast striving to excel. They repre-
sent the
LARGEST COMPETITIVE VALUE
because of their beauty, reliability, tone
and moderate price. They are profitable
to sell and satisfactory when sold.
Brighten Your Line with the
SCHAFF BROS.
The Schaff Bros. Co.
Established 1868
S. W. MILLER PIANO CO.
The Good Old
SMITH & NIXON
Pianos and Player Pianos
Better than ever, with the same
"Grand Tone In Upright Case."
Grands and Players that every deal-
er likes to sell, for Satisfaction and
Profit.
Smith & Nixon Piano Co.
1229 Miller St., Chicago
Makers of
S. W. MILLER
PIANOS and PLAYERS
Dealers who Sell Them are
Satisfied with Results and
are Profit-makers.
Do not confuse our Pianos
with the Boston Miller.
New Catalog Ready
S. W. MILLER PIANO CO.
SHEBOYGAN, WIS.
GRAND PIANOS
EXCLUSIVELY
One Style—One Quality
giving you the
Unequaled Grand
Unequaled Price
at
HIGH GRADE
Folding Organs
School Organs
Practice Keyboards
When in doubt refer to
PRESTO BUYERS GUIDE
Huntington, Ind.
Dealers' Attention Solicited
A. L. WHITE MFG. CO.
215 Enelewood Av*., CHICAGO, ILL.
Already being sold by leading dealers
throughout the country
Write today—tell us your _next year's re-
quirements and we will meet your demands
with prompt and efficient service.
Columbian Grand Piano Mfg. Co.
400 W. Erie St.
CHICAGO
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