Presto

Issue: 1924 1968

April 12, 1924.
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PRESTO
John McCormack
f a m o u s tenor* says*
"The Mieuner Piano certainly fills a >ong-fe!t want, the
want of a small piano with a splendid action and lovely tone"
Writ* Today for Mieimnmr catalog*—, price* an I full
information
^MIESSNER
The Iittl* Piano with th« Bis Tone
MIESSNER PIANO CO.
General Offices & Factory, 126 Reed St.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
FACTORIES SPECIALIZE
ON SMALL GRANDS
Big Baldwin Industries at Cincinnati Have
Reorganized Productive Methods and
Increased Output in All Lines.
The Small Grand has become the popular ideal for
the home. There is a grace of line, a response of
action, and a freedom of tone in a Small Grand, and
there is a great demand for the new Howard Small
Grand, as well as the Ellington and Hamilton. The
Baldwin is especially active and the Cincinnati in-
dustry is giving prompt service to Baldwin dealers.
Methods of Small Grand production in the Baldwin
STRICH & ZEIDLER, Inc.
GRAND, UPRIGHT and PLAYER
AND
HOMER PIANOS
740-742 East 136th Street
NEW YORK
NEW "STERLING" HEADQUARTERS.
The executive offices of the Sterling Piano Corpora-
tion have been transferred from the factory at Derby,
Conn., to the New York showrooms at 81-87 Court
street, Brooklyn, New York. W. C. Mallory has
been made the manager in charge of both the whole-
sale and the retail branches of the business.
The Winterroth Music Co., Newburgh, N. Y., re-
cently purchased the stock of the Vitti Music Shop
in that place.
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musical instruments and emphasizes approval of this
type of protection by such employers.
The payment of death claims is but one of the
manifold benefits offered to the insured by the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, with which
the policy was placed. The company maintains a
Welfare Division whose nursing service will be avail-
able to all the insured Felsberg workers in the event
of illness. In addition to this, instructive literature is
distributed at frequent intervals, so that the advice of
experts on health conservation and disease preven-
tion always is available to those who come under the
provisions of the policy.
N^y *t
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WEBSTER PIANOS
Noted for Their Musical Beauty
of Tone and Artistic Style
ATTRACTIVE
A SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT DEVOTED TO
GRAND ACTION INSTALLING AND REGULATION.
factories have been completely reorganized according
to modern factory methods of quantity production.
Increased output means the employment of more
skilled workmen and greater specialization. Speciali-
zation enables a workman to work faster and with
PRICES
Factory
Executive Officti
Leomin.ter,
138th St. and Walton Are.
Mat..
N«w York
Division W. P. HAINES * CO, Inc.
BRINKERHOFF
GRAND-PIANO
58 Inches Long
The best exponent of the present Bsby Grand Age.
Its tone — its tinea — its restricted space requirement and
Attractive price—
Player-Pianos
and Pianos
MAKE IT THE PREMIER AGENCY
Get full details of this valuable selling franchise NOW.
Premier Grand Piano Corporation
Largest Institution in the World Building Grand
Pianos Exclusively
WALTER C HEPPERLA
PmMcat
The Line That Sells Easily
and Satisfies Always
JUSTUS BATTEMER
Vka-Prtiiflcut
510-532 West /3rd Street
NEW YORK
The Good Old
ONE OP THE SERIES OF PRESSES MAKING CASES
FOR SMALL GRANDS.
greater skill on his particular operation. The Bald-
win floor plan is used to good advantage by sales-
men canvassing, to show prospects how little space a
Small Grand will actually occupy in the living-room.
BRINKERHOFF PIANO CO.
OFFICES, REPUBLIC BLDG.
209 State Street
CHICAGO
GROUP LIFE INSURANCE
FOR FACTORY EMPLOYEES
Becker Bros.
Manufacturers of
Pianos and Player Pianos
Felsberg Co., Newark, N. J., One of Several Indus-
tries Adopting Metropolitan Life Plan.
Better than ever, with the same
"Grand Tone In Upright Case."
Edward L. Felsberg, president of the Felsberg Com-
pany, of Newark, N. J., manufacturers of musical in-
struments, has arranged a group life insurance policy
for his sixty employees under which each worker's
life is protected for $1,000.
This group policy providing for insurance totaling
$60,000 is one of several held by manufacturers of
SMITH & NIXON
Grands and Players that every deal-
er likes to sell, for Satisfaction and
Profit.
Smith & Nixon Piano Co.
1229 Miller St., Chicago
HIGH GRADE
Folding Organs
School Organs
Practice Keyboards
When in doubt refer to
PRESTO BUYERS GUIDE
Dealer*' Attention Solicited
A. L. WHITE MFG. CO.
215 Enelewood Av«., CHICAGO, ILL.
HIGH GRADE PIANOS
and PLAYER PIANOS
•Factory and Warerooms
767-769 Tenth Avenue, New York
WILLIAMS
PIANOS
The policy of the Williams House is and always
has been to depend upon excellence of produet
instead of alluring price. Such a policy does not
attract bargain hunters. It does, however, win the
hearty approval and support of a very desirable
and substantial patronage.
Maker* of Williams Pi.no..
E p w o r t h Pilino , - B d
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PRESTO
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April 12, 1924.
SMALL GOODS, SUPPLIES AND RADIO
W . W. SHAILER IN CHICAGO
tor April 11th issue. We are quite sure that during
the close of the Lenten season you will get calls for
the numbers listed. These rolls are exchangeable
for other rolls, should you find yourself overstocked
at any time."
CURBS AMATEUR BROADCASTER
Actions of Unlicensed Radio Sender of St. Louis
Stimulates Federal Supervisor to End Pest.
The
amateur radio broadcaster can't get too gay
W. W. Shailer, Ivoryton, Conn., is at present in
on the ether and clutter it up at any time of the day
Chicago visiting his son, Lawrence Shailer, whose
or night he feels like it. Ether wave stuff that would
place of business is at 20 East Jackson boulevard.
Another son, William M. Shailer, secretary of Philip T. M. Pletcher Condemns Methods of Dealers in Ad- not be all right for the folks in the parlor would be
equally so for the listeners in with the receiving sets.
W. Oetting & Son, jobbers in felts and piano mate-
dress Before Electric Club, Philadelphia.
All of which is according to a ruling made in Chicago
rial, New York, is also in Chicago this week and the
Price-cutting among radio dealers was scored last last week by E. A. Beane, chief federal radio super-
three attended the Piano Club frolic at the Hotel Bel-
week by Thomas M. Pletcher, president of Q R S visor for the Middle West, in revoking the license of
mont, last Monday night.
Mr. Shailer, senior, is connected with Comstock, Music Company and vice-president of the Zenith Station 9ABQ, of St. Louis, the owner of which was
Cheney & Co., Ivoryton, Conn., with which concern Edgewater Beach Radio Company of Chicago, in an William A. Lippeman, St. Louis.
Lippeman, from the evidence gathered by Mr.
he has been associated upwards of fifty years, mainly address before the Electric Club in the Hotel Adel-
Beane, was a chronic interrupter. Sweet music and
in the ivory cutting department. Mr. Shailer is a phia, Philadelphia.
"Since radio broadcasting became popular there singing of the scheduled programs provoked him and
very interesting man to meet, especially by any one
has been a sellers' market for supplies," he said. "In made him cut in with his outbursts. Polite station
connected with the piano trade.
spite of this fact dealers have been slashing prices. owners protested, but it had no effect.
Mr. Lippeman came right back at his critics with a
The greatest competitors the radio dealer has are not
other dealers, but the sporting goods houses and miscellany of wave lengths, static and what not,
automobile manufacturers. Radio dealers are en- which threatened to burn out every aerial in town.
Chief Beane was summoned and dashed to St. Louis
deavoring to keep the consumer indoors with his re-
Special Poster for Dealers Provided by Manufac- ceiving set while the other competitors are. trying from Chicago. The chief prodded Lippeman a bit
,
turers to Aid in Sales.
over the air anonymously. Mr. Beane says he heard
to force him to seek entertainment outdoors.
plenty, so he ordered 9AQB dismantled. A drive
"As
soon
as
sets
are
sold
at
a
legitimate
price
the
The Q R S Music Co., Chicago, has distributed to
has been started on unlicensed amateur broadcasters
dealers an order card with the following selected list selling end of radio will become a sport rather than in Chicago.
a
daily
grind
from
which
you
must
eke
out
a
living."
pf Christian Science hymns: Day by Day the Manna
Fell, Eternal Mind the Potter Is; God Is the Life,
GOOD BANJO ADVERTISING.
PHONOGRAPH IN CLASS WORK.
the Truth, the Way; He That Has God His Guardian
"Judged by the Company They Keep," is the title
Eleanor Gray, New York State Supervisor of Spe-
Made, I'm a Pilgrim and I'm a Stranger, In Atmos-
phere of Love Divine, In Heavenly Love Abiding; I cial Classes, and Mabel Rich, a specialist in musical of a very aggressive bit of advertising that is being
Worship Thee, Sweet Will of God; O'er Waiting education by means of the talking machine, have pre- furnished to small goods dealers by Lyon & Healy,
Chicago. It contains pictures of great banjo stars of
Harpstrings of the Mind, O Gentle Presence, Saw pared a booklet which deals with the education of
Ye My Saviour? Shepherd; What Is Thy Birthright, the mentally deficient by means of music. "The Use the present day who are playing the Washburn banjo,
also pictures of the famous Duncan Sisters, and Jen-
Man? Still, Still with Thee When Purple Morning of the Phonograph in Special Classes" is the title.
nie Durkee with her Washburn ukulele.
Breaketh.
HELPS MAKE SALES.
A special poster has been provided for dealers to
IOWA IS WINNER.
The saxophone, banjo, piano accordion, and the
enable them to properly feature the list of Christian
Science hymns reproduced in music rolls. A letter King Tut ukulele, are specially featured in the current
At the annual picnic of the Federation of State So-
issue of "Musical Jazz," an interesting little magazine cieties held recently in Pepper Grove, San Diego,
to dealers says:
"Our increasing demand for Christian Science furnished dealers by Lyon & Healy, Chicago. The
Cal., the state of Iowa was awarded the prize in the
player rolls suggests our co-operating with you by number also contains an interesting sketch of Paga-
State Song Contest. The prize was a replica of the
placing the enclosed ad in the Christian Science Moni- nini, besides many other attractive features.
Angelus bell of the San Gabriel Mission.
Veteran Ivory Expert Meets Members of Music
Trade at Piano Club Dinner.
PRICE=CUTTING OF RADIO
Q R S CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ROLLS
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.
YORK
45th St.
OFFICE:
457 W. 45th Sbmt
Comstock, Cheney & Co.
TRUCKS
That Are Labor Savers
Your equipment is not complete without our TRUCKS for handling
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 apartmeni
floor.
Ask for Circular
Ivory Cutters and Manufacturers
MADE ONLY BY
Piano Keys, Actions and Hammers
SELF-LIFTING PIANO TRUCK CO.
FINDLAY, OHIO
IVORY AND COMPOSITION-COVERED ORGAN KEYS
Th« only Company Furnishing th« Keys, Actions, Hammers and Brackets Complete
Telegraph and R. R. Station: Els sex, Conn.
Office and Factories: Ivoryton, Conn.
THE O S. KELLY CO.
Manufacturers
of
High
-
JULIUS BRECKWOLDT & SON, ING,
Manufacturers of
-
OHIO
Saw Mills
Fulton Chain
and
Tupper Lake
Piano Backs, Boards* Bridges, Bars,
Traplevers and Mouldings
SOLE AGENTS FOR RUDOLF GIESE WIRE
Grade
PIANO PLATES
SRRirslOFIELD
Factory and Office
DOLGEVILLE,N.Y
WESTERN REPRESENTATIVE:
CENTRAL STEEL & WIRE CO.,
119-127 N. Peorla Street,
J. BRECKWOLDT. Pres.
Chicago, III.
W. A. BRECKWOLDT, Sec. & Tress.
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