PRESTO
March 29, 1924.
TRADE OUTLOOK GOOD
ON PACIFIC COAST
IT IS A FACT
That SEEBURG ELECTRIC
PIANOS can always be
relied upon.
IT IS A FACT
Geo. J. Dowling, President of The Cable Co.,
Visited New Stores, and Says California
Is All Right.
George J. Dowling, president of The Cable Com-
pany, Chicago, who has just returned to his office in
Chicago after nearly a month spent in California,
spent much of the time while out there in traveling
about and visiting the fine new stores that the Wiley
B. Allen Company has just fitted out. These new
stores are in Oakland, Sacramento, Fresno, San Jose
that SEEBURG ELECTRIC
PIANOS are dependable.
June 2.
"You should address Mr. J. B. Morrow, D. P. A.,
Frisco Lines, 118 Field street, Dallas, Texas, for
reservations on the through Pullman car which will
be run from Dallas to New York for our party."
Mr. Watkin advocates the running of similar spe-
cials from all parts of the country to New York for
the convention. He urges delegates from different
sections to arrange among themselves to meet at a
designated nearby place and proceed to New York
together.
REMODELING PLANS FOR
TERRE HAUTE, IND., STORE
W. H. Paige & Co., One of the Oldest Music Firms
in That Section Beg'ns Improvements.
IT IS A FACT
As the oldest and also one of the best known music
stores in Indiana, the house of W. H. Paige & Co.,
of Terre Haute, is showing progress. The house has
secured a long-time lease on the building it now
occupies at 642 Wabash avenue.
The Paige house possesses the distinction of being
the oldest music store in that section, having served
the public for the past 52 years, 30 years of which has
been spent in their present location in Terre Haute.
The Paige house is remodeling and redecorating
the interior of the store. The plans include the re-
moval of the stairway leading to the second floor,
which has always marred the effect of the entrance.
I his new stairway will be a very artistic and elaborate
one in the rear, leading to a mezzanine floor. The
record department will be moved farther toward the
front of the store. New and latest improved equip-
ment will be added to this department and when com-
pleted it will compare favorably with anything in the
larger cities. Record demonstrating booths of the
very latest type will be installed.
In addition to record demonstrating booths, a bat-
tery of audaxs will be added. A radio department
will be added, occupying the new mezzanine floor.
that SEEBURG ELECTRIC
PIANOS are durable.
IT IS A FACT
that SEEBURG ELECTRIC
PIANOS when sold on in-
stallments bring back the
money quicker than any
other piano sale.
IT IS A FACT
Gilo. J. DOWLING.
that SEEBURG ELECTRIC
PIANOS are real pianos,
' built to stand the hard
usage a c o i n - o p e r a t e d
piano gets.
IT IS A FACT
that your stock is incom-
plete without SEEBURG
ELECTRICS.
IT IS A FACT
that you ought to write
to-day for catalogue and
particulars.
Doit!
J. P. SEEBURG
PIANO CO.
CHICAGO
can travel eastward together. It has been suggested
that we use the Katy-Frisco 'Texas Special' to St.
Louis and Pennsylvania Lines from St. Louis to New
York, and we have decided to do this, concentrating
at Dallas on May 31, leaving at 4:10 p. m., arriving
at St. Louis at 11:25 the following morning, leaving
St. Louis on the Pennsylvania Lines' 'New Yorker' at
12:02 p. m., arriving at New York at 1:50 p. m.,-
ILLINOIS
and San Diego. Of course, the Wiley B. Allen Com-
pany has had stores in these cities for many years,
but these are new ones of which Mr. Dowling speaks.
"These stores impress me as the most beautiful
chain of piano stores in the United States," said Mr.
Dowling to a Presio representative on Tuesday of
this week. "I saw all of these stores, which repre-
sent the expenditure of a great deal of money, and I
will say that they are complete in every way and
modern. They have phonograph departments, repro-
ducing player departments and all other departments
of a music store, fully equipped, producing results
that are simply beautiful."
Mr. Dowling said that dealers had a good winter
and that there seems to be a good outlook for trade
this season. The only fear anybody had was due to
a shortage of rain in the south half of California.
There had been plenty of rain in the northern half of
the state, and it even rained on one day when Mr.
Dowling was in Los Angeles—a good rain.
There seemed to be nothing to worry about, Mr.
Dowling thought, over the outlook for good business
in California.
TEXAS PLANS FOR
CONVENTION TRIP
President Watkin of National Association of
Music Merchants Organizes Dealers for
Journey to New York.
Steps already have been taken by Robert N.
Watkin. president of the National Association of
Music Merchants, to concentrate Texas music dealers
at Dallas on May 31 in order that they may travel to
New York together on through Pullman cars for the
National Music Industries Convention the week of
June 1. Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri
merchants will join the Texas delegation at St. Louis
June 1st and the delegation from the five states will
descend upon New York in one group on June 2.
"Naturally we all want to attend the National Con-
vention of the music merchants in New York in
June," Mr. Watkin wrote the Texas dealers. "It is
to be a business convention and everyone there will
receive valuable ideas about his own business and
the promotion thereof.
"It will be more pleasant and agreeable if many
NEW INCORPORATIONS
IN MUSIC GOODS TRADfc
New and Old Concerns Secure Charters in Various
Places.
The Brunswick Shop, Waterville, Me.; $20,000; to
deal in phonographs; O. A. Perry and Carroll S.
Chopin.
Singer Music Store, Ritzville, Wash.; $5,000; an
old concern.
Nyrad Distributing Co., New York City; $5,000;
Emanuel Fichandler and others.
Brown Talking Machine Co., Newark, N. J.;
$30,000; to sell phonographs and accessories.
Duckman Music Store, Jersey City, N. J.; $20,000;
.Philip Duckman and others. This is an old concern.
Badger Music Co., Fond du Lac, Wis.; $25,000; to
deal in talking machines and accessories. An old
firm.
The Violin Shop, of John Hornsteiner, Inc., Chi-
cago; $35,000; Carl G. Becker and others.
Standke's Phonograph Shop, Inc., Kansas City,
Mo.;
$27,000. Incorporators: Otto D. Standkc,
Grover Near, Carolyn Falls, Samuel Kenny.
A CHICAGO REMOVAL.
Meyer & Weber, Chicago representatives of the
Chas. M. Stieff piano, are moving to their new
home, 174 North Michigan avenue, this week, where,
they believe, they have one of the handsomest and
most commodious piano salesrooms in the entire coun-
try. Daily informal concerts are a feature of the
week and a formal opening will probably be given,
with appropriate entertainment, some evening during
the coming month.
MEXICO AS PIANO CUSTOMER.
Pianos and players to the combined number of
2,551 valued at $747,164 were exported from the
United States to Mexico during the year 1823, ac-
cording to news given out by the Mexican Consulate
General, 7 Dey street, New York, and published by
the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
The Nevada Music Co., Reno, Nev., is actively fea-
turing Packard reproducing pianos. The manage-
ment reports a good business in the instruments.
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