Classic Mode

Presto

Issue: 1924 1995

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Octdber 18, 1924.
PRESTO
BALDWINS FOR LITTLE ARTISTS
hour Baldwin pianos were part of an in-
teresting number on the program of a recent
recital in Mcdford, Okla. The other actors
are seen in the accompanying cut. These
tiny pianists, ranging in age from five to ten
years, are the students of Mary McRaven
Cottier at her studio in Medford, Okla.
In a recent recital before a large and en-
thusiastic audience, they demonstrated a
training and aptitude that was most amazing.
Not only did each child display splendid
tcchnic and a line interpretation, but there
was throughout a sense of perfect rhythm
and inner comprehension remarkable to the
highest degree.
The feature of the program was a demon-
stration by twelve pupils, playing at the same
time on four Baldwin pianos. These instru-
ments were furnished through the courtesy
of Ed. F. Pishny, Baldwin representative at
Medford and Deer Creek, Okla.
Mary McRaven Cotner says, "'1 have found
the tone of such beauty and endurance that
1 am especially delighted with the splendid
results on my Baldwin and pianos of the
Baldwin manufacture."
INTERESTING GKUl'l 1 ON THE STAGE.
SOME VERY LATE OPENINGS
IN THE RETAIL MUSIC TRADE
A Few of the New Ventures in the Best Business in
the World.
Johnstown, Pa., has just been opened at Windbar,
I'a. A full line of pianos and music goods is carried.
W. S. Rice recently opened warerooms at 172
Xortli Church street, Spartanburg, S. C, under the
title of the W. S. Rice Music House.
An additional showroom has been added to the
music store of O. F. Anderson, at 320 South Sixth
street, Springfield, 111.
Kohler & Chase. San Francisco, has rented a store-
room in the Minetti Block, Ukiah, and George David
is in charge of the new branch.
A branch was opened in Ukiah, Cal., by Kohler &
Chase recently.
A new music store has been opened at 193 Utica
Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., by Morris Kinker, who
carries a general line of pianos and musical mer-
chandise.
The Curran-Wooster Music Co. is a new business
at 62 State street, Sharon, Pa. Pianos, phonographs
and musical merchandise are carried.
Mrs. M. C. Fisher has opened a music, stationery
and news shop in Fillmore, Cal.
A new store was opened on West Main street,
Byesville, Ohio, recently by the C. A. House Co.
The C- D. Thomas Music Co. has been formed at
New Bern, N. C. R. X. Scott and others of Xew The A. B. Sauer Music Co. Succeeds to Business of
Bern arc the incorporators.
George A. Clark Co.
Williams' Music Store was opened recently on Main
The A. B. Sauer Music Co., Lorain, O., has been
street, Edwardsville, 111.
Louis H. Ahaus has opened a music shop at 532 incorporated with a capital stock of $45,000, with
Walnut street, Cincinnati. Mr. Ahaus was formerly A. B. Sauer. A. II. Pistel, A. F. Schneider and S. L.
manager of the talking machine department of the Sauer as incorporators.
Sometime ago George A. Clark, who has been
Xew lines of pianos and musical merchandise have
been added to the lines of the White Music Shoppe, owner of the George A. Clark Co., conducting a
Inc., Main street, Danbury, Conn., which has en- music and jewelry business, announced his intention
of retiring after 44 years of business activity.
larged its store.
At the time he stated that he would turn the phono-
The formal opening of the new store of the
Mueller Music Shops at 506-508 South Third street. graph department over to A. R. Sauer, who has been
manager for some time. The jewelry business was
Baltimore, Md., was held recently.
A branch of the W. F. Fredericks Piano Co., of to become the property of A. H. Pistel and A. E.
Schneider, also employees of Clark.
Mr. Clark was foremost in the recent Mardi Gras
celebration to advertise the return of the Lorain mer-
chants to the normal condition before the tornado
which destroyed the city on June 28. The event was
to "show the world that Lorain is not dead as a re-
sult of the disaster." People within a radius of
twenty miles flocked to the celebration and showed
their goodwill in many ways.
NEW COMPANY REPLACES
OLD ONE IN LORAIN, 0.
JOHN L. COTTER HEADS
HALLET & DAVIS RETAIL
Former Vice-President of the Company in Charge of
Warerooms at 661 Boylston Street.
John L. Cotter, formerly vice-president of the
Hallet & Davis Piano Co., Boston, who has taken
over the retail handling of the TIallct & Davis line
of pianos in that city, entered upon his new duties
at 661 Boylston street this week. A full line of the
Hallet & Davis pianos, Virtuola players and Angelns
Reproducing pianos has been installed in the spacious
studios.
Mr. Cotter's retirement from the wholesale division
to effect the important retail connection was com-
memorated by fifteen members of the Hallet & Davis
Piano Co. by a dinner to Mr. Cotter at the Engi-
neer's Club. C. C. Conway, who presided, presented
the guest with a silver water pitcher and tray on
which a commemorative motto was engraved.
LOUIS DEDERICK WILL
REMAIN IN VANCOUVER
Former Knabe Studios Manager in Baltimore Will
Continue in British Columbia.
Louis Dederick, formerly treasurer of the Knabc
Studios, Baltimore, who went to Vancouver, B. C,
several weeks ago to visit a son who resides there,
likes that country and has decided to remain in Van-
couver for a few months at least. A man of Mr.
Dederick's activities, and one who has been long asso-
ciated with music and the music industries, could
not remain long inactive, and he has arranged to do
some special work in the development of the Ampico
interests in that section. Mr. Dederick's headquar-
ters at present arc with the Bowes Music House,
Limited. 506 Dunsnniir street, Vancouver.
The True Test
Compare the new Jesse French & Sons Piano
Cincinnati Factories of The Baldwin Pianr. Oompanv
SUCCESS
is assured the dealer who takes advantage o{
THE BALDWIN CO-OPERATION PLAN
which offers every opportunity to represent
under the most favorable conditions a com-
plete line of high grade pianos, players and
reproducers.
Fat injormaiion Wrilt
Palbtmn
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CINCINNATI
INDIANAPOLIS
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CHICAGO
ST. LOUIS
DALLAS
NEW YORK
DENVER
SAN FBANCMCO
Jesse French &. Sons Stvle BB
with any other strictly high grade piano in tone,
touch and general construction, and you will be
convinced at once that t h e y offer the most
exceptional v a l u e s to be found anywhere.
Write today fa catalog and prices
"They are the one best buy on the market"
JESSE FRENCH & SONS PIANO CO,
NEW CASTLE,
INDIANA
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October 18, 1921.
PRESTO
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DEPENDABLE QUALITIES
OF BAUER BABY GRAND
Pleased Owner in Nanking, China, Writes of
Instrument's Ability to Keep Tuneful
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Players i nd Pianos have won their stand-
ing with trade and public by 54 years of
steadfast striving to excel. They repre-
sent the
LARGEST COMPETITIVE VALUE
because <«f their beauty, reliability, tone
and moderate price. They are profitable
to sell and satisfactory when sold.
Brighten Your Line with th«
SCHAFF BROS.
The Schaff Bros. Co.
Established 1868
Huntington, Ind.
To make a tine piano, not only pleasing to the
customer at home, hut also of proved dependability
in the most rigorous of foreign climates, is naturally
a matter of pride to the American piano manufac-
turer. There are extremely dry, intensely cold or
excessively moist places on the earth which rigidly
test the construction of the instruments. Climates
continuously moist are common in the Far East, and
when the American musician resident there is fortu-
nate in the possession of an American instrument
which gives reliable, tuneful service all the year
round he is glacl to place credit where it belongs.
It is onJy natural, too, that the professional musi-
cian or enthusiastic amateur so fortunate in owning
such a tried instrument should wish to express his
feelings to the manufacturer. Prof. Clarence H.
Hamilton, of the Department of Philosophy and
Psychology in the University of Nanking, China,
owns a J. Bauer & Co. small grand, made by Julius
Bauer & Co., Chicago. His delight in the depend-
able instrument, which has remained unaffected by
the moist, hot climate of that place for three years,
is expressed in the following letter just received by
the Chicago company:
'"Gentlemen: Three years have now passed since
I brought our Bauer Baby Grand to China, and I
am writing to tell you that it is standing the stress
and strain of this damp climate beautifully. The
keys do not stick, and, while the toiial quality varies
somewhat in wet and dry seasons, it never becomes
unpleasing. I am in the habit of giving informal
recitals in our home every Thursday afternoon and
so bring in a large number of our foreign community
to enjoy it with us.
"You will be interested to know that the represen-
tatives of the English firm, Moutrie & Co., in
Shanghai, have looked with astonishment and ad-
miration at the interior construction of the instru-
ment. They pride themselves on building a piano
'especially constructed for the climate' and generally
intimate to their customers that of course any instru-
ment from abroad cannot stand it. The Bauer, how-
ever, is for them a poser. My own guess is that it
will outdc theirs in wearing quality.
"We do not have a key for our piano and I would
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Over 7O.JOO instruments made by this, company are sing-
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Write foi catalogues and *tate on what terms you would
like to deal, aqd we will make you a proposition if yt o are
located in open territory.
WEAVER PIANO CO.. Inc
r.ctorj: YORK, » \ .
be greatly obliged if you would send me one. Some-
times I wish to lock it. I would like to add that I
think it is remarkable that the action stood the long
journey without anything getting at least a little bit
out of gear. In Nanking the piano was hauled three
miles from the railroad station to our home on a
springless, two-wheeled cart by ignorant coolies who
had no device for saving it from jolts.
"Cordially yours,
'CLARENCE H. HAMILTON."
ATLANTA MUSIC STORE
MOVES TO NEW QUARTERS
Four Times the Space in Old Location Secured in
New Building at 61 North Pryor.
Adequate space for the proper showing of its lines
of llardman, C. C. Kurtzmann, Mallet & Davis and
Milton pianos by the Carder Piano Co., Atlanta, Ga.,
has been secured in the new store at 61 North Pryor
street, where the company has about four times the
Moor space that it had at the old quarters at 103
North Pryor street.
The Carder Piano Co. is widely known in that
section of the state and has continued to grow in
a satisfactory way since it was established eleven
years ago by William Carder, who has had twenty-
seven years experience in the music business in that
city. Fred Scriven, one of the partners in the com-
pany has sold his third interest to Mr. Carder and
A. S. Calley.
The new store has been completely remodeled,
decorated and furnished and every accessory for
making buying pleasant for customers has been pro-
vided. The object of Manager Carder is to make
it the most popular music store in Atlanta.
THE GROTRIAN STEINWWEG PIANO.
Jn describing a new piano invention, a Berlin dis-
patch in the New York Times of June 8 referred to
Cirotrian Steinweg of Brunswick, the linn owning the
invention as simply "Steinweg." That name belongs
to another firm, and the proprietors write to say that
their registered trade mark is Grotrian Steinweg and
the abbreviation should not be used in connection
with the invention in question. The matter was dis-
cussed in Presto several weeks ago.
NEW MANAGER APPOINTED.
George D. Noel has been appointed manager of the
Willimantic, Conn., store of the United Music Co.,
of Boston, and assumed his new duties this week.
Mr. Noel has been assistant manager of the New
London branch for the past four months, where he
was connected with the sales force for several years.
WEBSTER PIANOS
Noted for Their Musical Beauty
of Tone and Artistic Style
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at
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Already being sold by leading dealers
throughout the country
KURTZMANN
Grands—Players
Manufactured by
C. KURTZMANN & CO.
Write today—tell us your next year's re-
quirements and we will meet your demands
with prompt and efficient service.
Factories and General Offices
Columbian Grand Piano Mfg. Co.
526-536 Niagara Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.
400 W. Erie St.
CHICAGO
The Heppe, Marcellua and Edouard Jules Plaoo
manufactured by the
HEPPE PIANO COMPANY
are the only pianos In the world with
Three Sounding Boards.
Patented Jn the United States. Great Britain.
France, Germany and Canada.
L'beral arrangements to responsible agents only.
Main Office, 1117 Chestnut St.
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
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