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Issue: 1924 1982

PRESTO
WARREN M. KING, PRESIDENT
the Smith, Barnes & Strohber Co., 1872 Clybourn
Ave.
Roger S. Brown, widely known as the traveling
representative of the Henry F. Miller & Sons Co.,
will act as wholesale manager for the Continental
Piano Co., with headquarters in Boston.
High Standards Preserved.
The high standards of the merged companies will
be maintained by the Continental Piano Co. The
business of both companies will be expanded. George
H. Hill will have general supervision of the produc-
tion of the Henry F. Miller & Sons Co.'s factory,
Wakefield, Mass.; and the Chicago and Milwaukee
plants of the Smith, Barnes & Strohber Co.
Stanwooci Miller, First Vice-President and General
Manager, Arrives in Chicago and Assumes
New Duties at 1872 Clybourn Ave.
NEW STATE ASSOCIATION
FOR WEST VIRGINIA
THE CONTINENTAL
PIANO COMPANY
Comprehensive Title of Holding Company for
Merged Henry F. Miller & Sons Co.
and Smith, Barnes & Strohber Co.
Suggests Expansion.
The merger of the Smith, Barnes & Strohber Co.,
Chicago, and the Henry F. Miller & Sons Co., Bos-
ton, was completed last week with the incorporation
of the Continental Piano Co., as holding company,
under the state laws of Massachusetts. The com-
pany will occupy the Miller building. 395 Boylston
street, Boston, where all the interests of the company
will be. centered.
Warren M. King, president of the Henry I\ Miller
& Sons Piano Co., is president of the new Consoli-
dated Piano Co.; Stanwood Miller is first vice-presi-
dent and general manager and G. Wilson McDow,
treasurer, all assuming in the new company the posi-
tions which they hold in the Henry F. Miller & Sons
Piano Co.
The New Board
The board of directors of the Continental Piano
Co. is composed of Mr. King, H. H. Rockwell, vice-,
president of the Northern Trust Company, Chicago,
Stanwood Miller, G. Wilson McDow and Harold L.
Perrin, who is a prominent Boston attorney and who
will also act as legal adviser to the new company.
Mr. Miller arrived in Chicago this week to take up
his duties as vice-president and general manager of
the Continental Piano Company. His office will be
at the Smith, Barnes & Strohber Co., 1872 Clybourn
Ave., where he will be permanently located by virtue
of his new office of vice-president and general man-
ager of the new company. He plans an immediate
trip to Kansas City, Mo., Milwaukee, Wis., and
Detroit, Mich.
Mr. Miller in Chicago.
When seen this week Mr. Miller said:
"The three factories will be operated as one, the
Smith, Barnes & Strohber Co.'s factories at Milwau-
kee and Chicago, and the Henry F. Miller & Sons
factory at Wake field, Mass.
"The Continental Piano Co. proposes to increase
the producing capacity and the efficiency of the three
factories. It also hopes to reduce piano prices in
the future by the strong combination presented in
the merger."
Mr. Miller stated that his family would remain in
Boston until next spring and that he had intentions
of purchasing a home on the North Shore section of
Chicago.
H. L. Plummer, assistant treasurer of the Con-
tinental Piano Co., will have his headquarters with
July 19, 1924.
EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN
AIDED BY BALDWIN GRAND
Loren G. Jones, Director, Says It Was Great Inspira-
tion for the Chorus.
The great success from a musical standpoint of
the recent Knoxville City-Wide Evangelistic Campaign
in Knoxville, Tenn., was due in no small part to the
inspiration given the chorus by the Baldwin Concert
Grand, furnished at the request of Loren G. Jones,
Dealers Meeting at Huntington Plan to Expand Or-
ganization Already in Existence.
A state association for West Virginia will result
from the plan formulated at a recent meeting of the
Retail Music Merchants' Association at Huntington and
Charleston, held in Huntington. The purpose to ex-
pand the last named association and invest it with
state wide functions and influences, has frequently
been expressed at the previous meetings. As a re-
sult of the meeting, efforts were begun to organize in
each city of the state a local association, all of which
are to be welded into a statewide organization,
which, in turn, will become affiliated with the national
organization.
The cause of music generally will be served by the
enlarged organization, but a primary object will be
to help the trade and individual members by cor-
recting various misleading and harmful business ac-
tivities which members say exist.
Charleston was represented by R. A. McKee, presi-
dent of the Kanawha Association; Joe McKee, Jr.,
Simon Galperin, J. H. Lopin, S. B. Holmes and W.
A. Burke. Huntington was represented by C. V.
Miller, the president; J. M. Kenney, secretary and
treasurer; J. W. Pool, R. W. Taylor, O. A. Myers,
T. B. Newhouse and L. M. Holton.
INCREASED EXPORT TRADE
OF HINNERS ORGAN CO.
CAMPAIGN LEADERS.
Reading from left to right: Mrs. Loren G. Jones.
Pianist and Director Women's and Young People's Work
—Loren G. Jones, Soloist and Chorus Director—John
Edward Brown, Evangelist.
the director, who writes as follows to the Baldwin
Piano Co.:
"The Baldwin you sent here is a wonderful instru-
ment, and I hope some arrangements may be made
whereby I can have a Baldwin in all of our meetings.
Mrs. Jones says it is the best piano she has ever used.
"The local Committee appreciate so much your
kindness in furnishing this instrument and personally
I appreciate more than I can tell the great interest
you have shown in this meeting by making it possi-
ble for the music to be a success."
The store of Fred W. Bolender, the Eldridge
Building, Vuba, N. Y.. was damaged by fire recently.
-
Shipments to Russia and China Among Those Re-
ported This Week.
The Hinners Organ Co., Peoria, 111., reports a
busy condition in its export business and orders are
coming from customers in Europe and Asia. While
it is not a new thing for the factory to make shipment
to a distant country it may be of interest to learn
that the Hinners Organ Co. last week packed five
large chapel organs for shipment to Petrograd,
Russia. They are for the Methodist mission at that
point.
To Sienyu, China, this week will go one chapel
organ. This is for the Isabel Hart Girls' Board
School. A large pipe organ was shipped last week
to San Francisco, it being for St. Matthew's
Lutheran Church.
rH
*fiftardman
R. K. MAYNARD TRAVELS.
"Built on Family Pride"
Doll & Sons
Represent the Artistic
in Piano and Player Piano
Construction
JACOB DOLL & SONS
STODART
WELLSMORE
R. K. Maynard, Pacific Coast representative of the
M. Schulz Co., Chicago, who has been at his home
in South Pasadena for the past ten days or so, leaves
there for San Francisco this week Friday to be pres-
ent at the Western Music Trades Convention in San
Francisco next week, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.
Southern Boulevard, E. 133rd St.
E. 134th St. and Cypress Ave.
NEW YORK
is a complete line
It comprises a range of artisti-
cally worthy instruments to
please practically every purse:
The Hardman, official piano of
the Metropolitan Opera House;
the Harrington and the Hensel
Pianos in which is found that in-
builtdurabilitythatcharacterizes
all Hardman-made instruments;
the wonderful Hardman Repro-
ducing Piano; the Hardman
Autotone (the perfect player-
piano); and the popular Playo-
tone.
LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW.
In a displayed advertisement last week Ashby L.
Payne, manager of Martin Bros. Piano Co., Jefferson
City, Mo., said he took pleasure "in announcing that
they have added to their selling force Paul Eveler,
of this city. Mr. Eveler will be glad to have his
friends call upon him."
Becker Bros.
Manufacturers
Jacob Doll & Sons, Inc.
The ^Hardman £ine
•
of
HIGH GRADE PIANOS
and PLAYER PIANOS
c
Factory and Warerooms
767-769 Tenth Avenue, New York
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PRESTO
July 19, 1924.
CREATING
A
SENSATION
IN
THE PIANO
WORLD
Never has there been cre-
ated a line of automatic
pianos so e s p e c i a l l y
adapted for handling by
the regular piano trade
as the
WHERE DOUBTS ARE DISPELLED
Under This Head Presto Will Answer Any Question Pertaining to Pianos, or
Other Subjects of Direct Interest to the Trade and Musical Public
Inquiries must bear the signature and address of
writer in order to receive attention. Answers thought
to be of general trade interest will be Published. If an
answer is not of general interest it will be mailed pro-
vided stamp is inclosed.
BUSHING THE KEYS.
Indianapolis, July 8, 1924.
Editor Presto: Is the bushing in piano keys done
by machinery? If so can you give us the name of a
firm building or selling such a machine?
PAUL MILLER.
While it is customary with some industries to do
that work by hand, most of it is done by machinery.
We believe that your better source of information
would be:
C. F. Goepel & Co., 137 East 13th street, New
York; Piano & Organ Sup. Co., 2132 North Racine
avenue, Chicago; Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co.,
13th street and 4th avenue, New York.
The Elgin Metal Works of Elgin, 111., makes a
specialty of piano machinery and tools, as does also
the Nilson Machine Co.. Bridgeport, Conn.
We know of no machine especially adapted to the
work, but makers of piano working tools may give
you some information.
* * *
TWO GOOD LINES.
Arlington, Tex., July 5, 1924.
Editor Presto: I am thinking of handling the
Smith, Barnes & Strohber pianos this summer at
College View, Neb.
Will you kindly give me the rating of all the pianos
they make—that is, under the classification given in
Presto Buyers' Guide," namely, commercial, medium
and high-grade?
Do you consider the pipe organ made by the
Operators Piano Co., of Chicago, a high-grade organ?
O. J. GRAF.
SEEBURG
Pianos of genuine musical
merit, a pneumatic mech-
anism of exceptional reli-
ability and durability and
art case designs which
mark a new departure in
this class of instruments.
Style U K T" with its
many musical combina-
tions is meeting with
remarkable favor.
Let us give you
ticulars.
par-
J. P. SEEBURG
PIANO CO.
CHICAGO
General Offices: 1510 Dayton St.
Factory 1508-16 Dayton St.
The Smith, Barnes & Strohber Co. is one of the
largest in the American piano industry. It has fac-
tories at Chicago and North Milwaukee, Wis. The
leading piano is the Smith & Barnes; they also make
the very admirable Strohber pianos, of which the
Strohber Diminutive is just now very popular. This
industry also produces the Hoffman, Lessing and
Willard pianos and players. The Lessing and Willard
are of the popular grade, but they are thoroughly re-
liable instruments.
About the Operators Piano Co. instruments, there
is no question about their character. The Operators
pipe organ is thoroughly made, and we have never
heard any least discontent on the part of trade or
individual buyers.
* * *
PLAYERPIANO PARTS.
Gary, Ind., July 10, 1924.
Editor Presto: Can you give us the names of a
few firms who manufacture hardware for electric
pianos 1 —namely, the pumps and reroll and spool box
mechanism.
We rebuild electric pianos and have several we
will need these parts for, and, as these pianos were
not built by any of the leading manufacturers, we
will need to buy said parts from an independent
company.
FITCH & SANDBERG.
The following concerns are in the hardware supply
line:
American Industrial Co., 811 Rees street, Chicago;
American Piano Supply Co., 110 East 13th street,
New York; Blake & Johnson Co., Waterbury, Conn.;
Chicago Brass Works, 220 West Ohio street, Chi-
cago; Chicago Hardware Foundry Co., 1000 Hard-
ware avenue. Chicago; Cornwall, Patterson Mfg. Co.,
Bridgeport, Conn.; Elgin Metal Novelties Co., Elgin,
111.; Stant Machine Works, Connersville, Ind.
There are a number of others, and a very complete
list appears in Presto Trade Lists No. 3, which is a
music supplies directory the price of which is 25c.
* * *
COIN-OPERATED INSTRUMENTS.
Wenatchee, Wash., July 4, 1924.
Editor Presto: I am looking for a coin-operated
instrument that is not just the regular piano. It is
for a small restaurant where there is hardly room for
a piano. There used to be an instrument called the
Gable Entertainer; also, about four years ago, Lem
Kline had some kind of coin-operated box which, if
I recall correctly, played phonograph records and re-
tailed for about $700. These are the sort of instru-
ment I am looking for. Can you give me any
information?
SCOTT B. P R O W E L L .
Small automatic instruments suitable for places of
entertainment are made by the following industries:
Operators Piano Co., 16 South Peoria street, Chi-
cago; Nelson-Wiggen Piano Co., 224 North Sheldon
street, Chicago; J. P. Seeburg Piano Co., 419 West
Erie street, Chicago; Mills Novelty Co., 122 South
Green street, Chicago.
It is our impression that the instrument which you
refer to, as having been recommended by Mr. Kline,
was manufactured by the J. P. Seeburg Piano Co..
and we understand that house is still producing such
instruments.
* * *
TAMPA MUSIC HOUSES.
Portsmouth, O., July S, 1924.
Editor Presto: Would you please let me know the
headquarters of the Turner Music Co., in the South,
and all the music houses in Tampa, Florida.
D..F. CREEKBAUM.
The Turner Music Co. is quite an extensive con-
cern, one of the officers of which has been prominent
in the Music Dealers' Association. It is located at
Tampa, Fla. A list of all Tampa music stores may
be found in Presto Trade List No. 3.
SMALL P I P E ORGANS.
Loma Linda, Calif., July 9, 1924.
Editor Presto: I have a call from the college from
which I was graduated for a Vocalion or small pipe
organ. Please give me the names and addresses of
several companies that make good Vocalions and
pipe organs.
O. J. GRAF.
r
W e suggest that the Operators Piano Co. of Chi-
cago is producing such instruments as you seem to
have in mind. The Estey Organ Co., of Brattleboro,
Vt., is making fine small organs. We believe also
that Lyon & Healy, Chicago, are now producing
such instruments at their recently acquired factoVy.
The word "Vocalion" is a trade-mark owned by The
Aeolian Company, of New York.
* * *
PIANOS MADE SINCE 1906.
Boston, July 7, 1924.
Editor Presto: We are endeavoring to get to-
gether some data relative to the manufacture and sale
of upright and grand pianos in this country since
1906. Can you furnish us with these figures from
your records? If you can separate the grand from
the upright, please do so; if you cannot, it will be
satisfactory if you will furnish them as one figure.
Any information you may give us will be very much
appreciated.
T H E PARKER YOUNG COMPANY.
It is certain that some of the years since 1906 have >
been much more productive, in the piano industry,
than normal. The average from the year named until
last year was approximately 260,000 pianos and
playerpianos per annum. 1920 was probably the
most productive, and in that year the American piano
industries produced somewhat in excess of 300,000
instruments. Some statisticians have estimated that
the output reached 350,000, but that is excessive.
Back as far as 1906 the grand piano was not espe-
cially active. The small, or baby grand, had not yet
been developed to anything like its present stage,
but it is fair to say that about 12 per cent of the in-
struments manufactured within the seventeen years
in question have been grands—largely "parlor"
grands.
Within the past three years the baby grand has
taken a leap upward, and it is safe to say that the
present output of "straight" pianos—that is, pianos
without player actions—is fully 25 per cent as com-
pared with the regular uprights. For a number of
years the upright pianos experienced a decline in
favor of the playerpiano, and during the period in
question the output of players has been approxi-
mately 60 per cent of the total and during the past
four years more than that, reaching perhaps 75 per
cent.
PORTLAND MANAGER RETURNS.
Frank M. Case, manager of the Portland, Ore.,
branch of the Wiley B. Allen Co., has returned from
a month's visit in the east during which time he
attended the national music trade convention and
visited Chicago, Buffalo, Boston, New York, Philadel-
phia, Washington, D. C, The Victor factory at Cam-
den, N. J., The Cable Co.'s plant at Chicago and St.
Charles, 111., The Ludwig Co.'s factory in New York,
and the Mason & Hamlin Co.'s factory in Boston.
All were visited by Mr. Case.
PIANO CLUB DINNER.
The Piano Club of Chicago has announced an in-
formal dinner and dance to be given at the Rainbo
Gardens, Tuesday, July 29th, at 6:30 p. m., for mem-
bers, their wives and sweethearts. The club has ar-
ranged this dinner and dance in place of the custom-
ary picnic. The price of $2.00 per plate will cover the
dinner, dance and entertainment and members ?re
invited to bring special talent if they care to.
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