Presto

Issue: 1924 1987

20
August 23, 1924.
P R E S T O
Orleans, La.; Conn Mobile Co., 5 St. Emanuel St.,
Mobile, Ala.; Conn San Francisco Co., 47 Kearney
street, San Francisco, Cal.; Conn Portland Co., 360
Repair Department in Branch Stores Particularly Alder street, Portland, Ore.; Conn Seattle Co., 1609
Third avenue, Seattle, Wash.
Appreciated by Traveling Musicians.
The Boston, Mobile, Brooklyn and San Francisco
Dealers in and users of the instruments made by branches have been opened recently and are enjoying
C. G. Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind., appreciate the service a patronage far beyond our expectations. All Conn
afforded by the Conn branch stores. Traveling musi- branches are under the management of practical in-
cians find the branch stores particularly beneficial. strument men and offer the most courteous attention.
All the branches are equipped with repair depart-
ments where prompt service is assured. Each branch
NEW ROCKFORD MANAGER.
takes care of the demands of the surrounding terri-
The
Schumann
Piano Company, State and Wyman
tory most efficiently and offers prompt delivery of
orders and attention to repairs. Branches are now streets, Rockford, 111., last week announced the ap-
pointment of E. H. Jackson, as manager of the Victor
located in the following cities:
Talking Machine department with Miss Ethel Ander-
Conn New York Co., 119 West 46th street, New son as his assistant. Mr. Jackson and Miss Anderson
York City; Conn Brooklyn Co., 105 Court street, need no introduction to Rockford as both were iden-
Brooklyn, N. Y.; Conn Boston Co., 488 Boylston tified for several years with The Jackson Talking
St., Boston, Mass.; Conn Cleveland Co., 1220 Huron Machine Shop there.
Road, Cleveland, Ohio; Conn Detroit Co., 2221
Woodward avenue, Detroit, Mich.; Conn Chicago
INVITED TO GENNETT STUDIO.
Co., 62 East Van Buren street, Chicago, 111.; Conn
Atlanta Co., Corner Auburn and Ivy, Atlanta, Ga.;
Curtis Hitch and his orchestra, known as Hitch's
Conn New Orleans Co., 125 Carondelet street, New Happy Harmonists, Evansville, Ind., have received a
request from the Gennett record company to come
to Richmond, Ind., and make records for them. Sev-
eral months ago the orchestra made four records,
the selections being: "Cruel Woman," "Ethiopian
Nightmare," "Baptisttown Crawl" and "Home Brew
Blues."
SERVICE FOR CONN PATRONS
HIGH GRADE
Folding Organs
School Organs
WORKRITE PLANT IN CHICAGO
New Factory Added to Those Already Established
by WorkRite Mfg. Co., of Cleveland.
To take care of the rapidly increasing sales of the
new WorkRite Super-Neutrodyne radio sets, the
WorkRite Manufacturing Company of Cleveland has
opened a Chicago factory in addition to its factories
at Cleveland and Los Angeles.
The company has also taken out export licenses
under the Hazeltine Patents for the manufacture and
sale of the new WorkRite Super-Neutrodyne sets in
foreign countries.
".Neutrodyne sets are practically the only ones
which fully comply with the British law prohibiting
the use of radiating radio receivers. In neutrodyne
sets this is impossible, and consequently no squeals
or howls distort reception, or interfere with the sets
of other listeners," says the company.
"This feature, combined with unusual selectivity
and ease in receiving distant stations, makes Work-
Rite sets particularly valuable for use abroad."
FEATURES RADIO.
The Smith Piano Co., Milwaukee, Wis., is featuring
the products of the Radio Corporation of America
in a fine window display. A Radiola in an attractive
setting gives character to the display.
SLINGERLAND
Practice Keyboards
DvaUra' Attention Solicited
May Bell
A. L. WHITE MFG. CO.
215 Engiewood Av«., CHICAGO, ILL.
Slingerland Banjos
While our surplus stock of Loaders lasts
your check for,
$60—SIXTY DOLLARS—$60
Gets One "BILGER" Loader
Satisfaction, or Money Back
Trucks, Hoists, Covers etc.
Address
are sold the country over because
they are Highest quality and sold
at a reasonable price.
Over 40 Styles of Banjos, Banjo Mandolins, Tenor Banjos
and Banjo Ukuleles, to select from.
Write for Catalogue
SLINGERLAND BANJO CO.
1815 Orchard Street
CHICAGO
Piano Movers Supply Co.
Manufacturers
Lancaster, Penna.
P0LK*S
DEALERS and TUNERS!
Keys Recovered and Rebushed
All work is done by expert workmen
and modern machinery and you are
assured of correct spacing which is so
important. When keys are replaced they
will appear exactly as when the instru-
ment left the factory.
PRICES FOR PYRALIN IVORY
52 heads and tails
$8.00
52
fronts
2.50
88 keys rebushed
4.00
Express or Parcel Post to
TUNING
The Only
Completely
Equipped
School in the
United States
Twenty-Third Year of Successful
Operation — 20,000 Graduates
LEATHER
FOR.
PLAYERS
ORGANS
PIANOS
Every branch taught, including Repairing,
Regulating and Voicing—All Player Actions,
with Demonstrating Specimens to work with.
Diplomas awarded and positions secured. Pri-
vate and class instructions. Both sexes.
School all year. Catalogs on request
PNEUMATIC LEATHERS A SPECIALTY
Packing, Valves, All Special Tanned
Bellows Leather
POLK'S TUNING SCHOOL
T. L. LUTKINS, Inc.
WnXASD B. POWELL. President
VALPARAISO, IND.
40 Spruce Street
FRIELD MILLER & CO.
112 W. 30th Street
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
HOW TO SEND
Remove from frame, number plainly near Capstan,
wrap or boK securely, and ship Parcel post or Express.
Please do not remove the old ivories as
there is danger of the wood being broken.
Ivories will be returned if desired.
FAIRBANKS
NEW YORK
PIAN0 PLATES
THE FAIRBANKS CO., Springfield, Ohio
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August 23, 1924.
PRESTO
SPREAD OF BROADCASTING
Growth of Interest in Radio Naturally Has
Resulted in Demand for Additional
Stations.
The spread of broadcasting stations naturally
keeps pace with the growth of interest in radio and
the figures are interesting. Five years ago there
were only two broadcasting stations in the United
States and no one listened to them except a handful
of amateurs who were delving into this new science.
Today, according to E. F. McDonald., Jr., president
of the Zenith Radio Corporation, and also president
of the National Association of Broadcasters, there
are six hundred broadcasting stations in the country.
"Listening-in has become a national pastime," said
Mr. McDonald this week. "It is today the world's
greatest mechanical source of education. In the
light of this universal interest, the wishes of the
radio listening public must be considered. The orig-
inal receiving set was an inefficient, short-distance
piece of apparatus, capable of use only in the immedi-
ate vicinity of a broadcasting station. Broadcasting
stations themselves did not reach out very far. Popu-
lar craving for long distance reception gave rise to
the need of increasingly powerful broadcasting sta-
tions, and better receivers. Development of both
receivers and transmitters progressed simultaneously.
"For very evident reasons, broadcasting stations
sprang up in the big cities. Most of the available
radio talent was in the big cities. Most of the money
available for the new enterprise was in the big cities.
But the presence of broadcasting stations in the big
cities developed difficulties.
"Interference became the spoil-sport of the radio
fan. Quite true, there are a few localities especially
favored by geological and artificial structural condi-
tions, where a broadcasting station in the heart of the
residence section might cause only slight local inter-
ference. Such cases are rare, however.
"Our new station will be located in a small com-
munity, where broadcasting can be done with the
least possible interference. The main studio will be
near Chicago's center, in the Gold Coast district, at
the Club Chez Pierre, and in the exquisitely beautiful
studio of Pierre Nuyttens, the artist, where the atmos-
phere is so uniquely impressive as to inspire any one
of artistic temperament."
BAND PLAYS FOR VETERANS.
W. A. McDougall, manager of the musical mer-
chandise department of the McDougall-Conn Music
Co., Portland, Ore., is leader of the Elks Band of
that city, which formerly was known as the Mult-
nomah Guards Band. An admirable series of con-
certs has been begun by Mr. McDougall at the United
States Veteran's Hospital. Last week more than a
hundred veterans wounded in the Great War listened
with delight to the first concert of the series.
AN EDISON MERGER.
Effective September 1, the Edison Phonograph
Works and Thomas A. Edison, Inc., Orange, N. J.,
will be consolidated under the name of Thomas A.
Edison, Inc. The purpose of the merger is to bring
about greater co-operation between the manufactur-
ing and selling divisions of Edison's phonograph busi-
Imports of mahogany from the Philippines into the
United States during May, 1924, consisted of 26,000
feet of logs and 2,432,000 feet of sawed woods, ac-
cording to the Department of Commerce.
DEALER AIDS BAND SPIRIT
Julius A. Schmidt, Head of Davenport Firm, Has Big
Schemes for Music There.
Julius A. Schmidt, head of the Schmidt Music Co.,
Davenport, la., is leader in a movement to expand the
scope of the Tri-City Symphony Orchestra following
plans presented at the meeting of the board of direc-
tors at the Le Claire Hotel recently. Mr. Schmidt
favors an extension of the orchestra's activities to
include concerts for children in leading theaters at
intervals. In this he has the support of Ludwig
Becker, the conductor.
Plans for the formation of a junior symphony or-
chestra were discussed at the meeting of the board of
directors. This would be composed of the best per-
formers among the pupils of the local high schools
and would be a good training school from which the
Tri-City Symphony Orchestra could obtain talent.
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
PIANO BASS STRINGS
PIANO REPAIR SUPPLIES
2110 Fairmounl Ate.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
STANDARD
(CAMBRIDGE)
Piano Actions
"SUPERIOR" PIANO PLATES
She Standard Action Company
Cambridge, ^Massachusetts
Manufactured
SUPERIOR FOUNDRY CO.
by
Cleveland, Ohio
The Piano Repair Shop
TRAVELPHONE PORTABLE
The outstanding phonograph for any occasion. Enables
you to retail a PORTABLE of QUALITY as low as $25.00.
Size 11^2x14; weight 13 pounds.
Built of QUALITY and SERVICE
There will be a greater demand for Portables this season
than ever before. Don't delay in sending in your orders.
The Specialty Phonograph and Accessories Company
210-212 East 113th Street, NEW YORK, N. Y.
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
refinished or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
339 South Wabash Ave.
Chicago
PERFECTION
Benches and Cabinets
The line that sells on sight and satisfies always.
The only solid walnut benches built and sold at
regular prices.
Send for catalog and price
No. 25
Perfection Benches with Smith's Patented Interlock-
ing mitre joint.
list.
PERFECTION PIANO BENCH MFG. COMPANY
1514-1520 Blue Island Ave.
Chicago, 111.
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