20
PRESTO
February 2, 1924.
SMALL GOODS AND SUPPLIES
him in the dull years, interspersed through a busi-
ness career.
How to provide customers for future years is to
"catch 'em young." The place to find 'em young is As Usual, President of the Q R S Music Co. Has
The Musical Merchandise Dealer Who Fosters Musi- the school room. The children today will be the
Something Interesting to Say to Dealers.
cal Taste in Children Is Wise.
adults in the years to come and if the love of music
and the ability to play some form of music is planted
"Will you please tell me what you don't like about
Every music dealer who establishes his business in the young, the future years will be made pleasanter
the enclosed full page ad appearing in the Saturday
according to the proper principles £>l merchandising by its effects.
proceeds to build for the future. The dealer who is
It is a very backward community where the music Evening Post, issue of February 9th?" asks T. M.
only interested in the deals of today is not providing studies in the schools are neglected. It is a blind Pletcher, president of the Q R S Music Co., Chicago,
for the future. He may make money in the so-called music dealer who is indifferent to the effects of such in a letter to dealers dated January 25. "After all—
good or fat years but there is a lean time ahead of a course on the part of school boards. More music you, as one of our 8,000 dealers, should have some-
study in the schools means more music sales now and thing to say about our publicity, because you are one
in the future. The part of the music dealer in en- of the family. I'll be glad to hear from you at any
couraging the establishing of music classes in the time on the subject. We are increasing our appre-
school curriculum and the formation of orchestras priation this year and this is the start of the largest
and bands is building well for the future, both for his campaign we have ever inaugurated."
own profit as well as for the welfare of the children.
Q R S Music Co.'s advertising will appear shortly
It is safe to say that the boy or girl who learns tb in the following national magazines: Spur, Metro-
play some instrument while in school never loses the politan, Atlantic Monthly, American Review of Re-
love for that instrument. A band made up of rich views, Century, Scribner's, Harper's and World's
business men in Chicago is a case in point. The band Work. The metropolitan newspapers will also carry
was worth hearing even from the first day of its the Q R S messages prominently.
HANDCRAFT
formation because the members had lovingly re-
"We feel confident that our constant suggestion to
sumed a study relinquished in leaving school or col- 'buy a playerpiano,' by reaching every part of the
INSTRUMENTS
lege.
country is bound to help you from time to time,"
. OFFER dealers a
says Mr. Pletcher. "Your own ad appearing at the
BRITISH LUMBER PROBLEM.
same time should be doubly affective, and your men-
splendid opportun-
Major R. D. Furze, of the British Colonial Office, tioning Q R S in it will be much appreciated."
ity for increased
who was a visitor recently to Washington, said his
profit. Our sales ef-
department was trying to develop a market for hard-
forts are all directed
SERVICE FIRST IN THIS STORE.
woods now going to waste in British tropical colonies.
to help the dealer.
Service, quality and Satisfaction—these are the
Large areas of high grade hardwoods, he told the
representatives of lumber journals, are destroyed by points upon which the music department of the
WRITE FOR PARTICULARS
the colonists who use the land for only a year or two, Denecke Store, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, prides itself.
finding it easier to clear new areas in the virgin forest Situated in an attractive corner of the fourth floor,
than to fight against the encroaching jungle. The especially cool and airy, now that the comfort of the
timber from the clearing is now a total loss and it prospective buyer must be considered, this department
is hoped to develop markets for it. Mahogany and is proving to be one of the most popular of the entire
ELKHART, IND.
walnut are included in the timber, according to Major store. Opened three years ago as a part of the
Denecke Store, it has now become a valuable asset
Furze.
to the organization and a source of great convenience
F. S. Auty has been appointed advertising manager and pleasure to lovers of music. A complete stock
of the Drying Systems, Inc., manufacturer of drying of upright, console, cabinet and portable models is
kept on hand.
equipment, 11-17 South Desplaines street, Chicago.
LETTER FROM T. M. PLETCHER
CUSTOMERS OF THE FUTURE
MARTIN
Martin Band Instrument Co.
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
Manufacturers of
PIANO ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
ONE GRADE ONLY
The Wessell, Nickel & Gross action is a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which it is found.
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OFFICE:
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46th St.
Comstock, Cheney & Co.
TRUCKS
That Are Labor Savers
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Pianos and Talking Machines.
Sill Trucks and End Trucks
for Pianos
With the LEA TALKING MACHINE TRUCK, one man can
handle the Edison Chippendale, Victor No. 17, Cheney No. 6 Queen
Anne, and other large makes, from show-room to any apartment
floor.
Atk for Circular
Ivory Cutters and Manufacturers
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IVORY AND COMPOSITION-COVERED ORGAN KEYS
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Telegraph and R. R. Station: Essex, Conn.
Office and Factories: Ivoryton, Conn.
THE
O S. KELLY CO
Manufacturers of High Or«d«
PIANO PLATES
SPRINGFIELD
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OHIO.
Mills
SON, INC. Saw
Fulton Chain
Factory and Offica
DOLGEVILLE,N.Y
Manufacturer* of
and
Tupper Lake
Piano Backs, Boards, Bridges, Bars,
Traplevers and Mouldings
SOLE AGENTS FOR RUDOLF GIESE WIRE
WESTERN REPRESENTATIVE:
CENTRAL STEEL & WIRE CO.,
119-127 N. Peorla Street,
J. BRECKWOLDT, Pres.
Chicago, 111.
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