Presto

10
October 25, 1924.
PRESTO
DISPLAY AT MILWAUKEE
BY U. S. MUSIC COMPANY
Main Arena and All Halls at Exposition
Needed for Exhibits of Which U. S.
Rolls Will Be Prominent.
The annual show of the Milwaukee Journal, Mil-
waukee, Wis., will open October 27, at the Milwau-
kee Auditorium. The Journal's show, which is re-
garded as one of the biggest events of the year in
the Cream City, will be bigger and better than ever.
Preparations are now under way to accommodate
more exhibits and larger crowds and it is looked
forward to as a big success.
One of the exhibits that will be of importance will
be that of the U. S. Music Co., 2934 West Lake
street, Chicago, which has arranged a display that
will be perfect in detail. Artists of the company,
who are also salesmen and who co-operate with U.
S. dealers in the matter of window decorating, will
make the U. S. Music Co.'s booth one of unusual at-
tractiveness.
The predominating colors of the display will be
orange and blue, the trade mark colors of the com-
pany, which makes a beautiful combination that
contrasts perfectly. It will be advertised during the
show that U. S. Rolls are only seventy-five cents and
are better than ever.
A good force of U. S. Music Co.'s representatives
will be present at the big event, among whom will be
George Ames, vice-president.
ICHIGAN
Mr. L. A. PROCTOR
R. D. Mpcoira. Flint
EXCLUSIVE FEATURES
OF A CHRISTMAS CLUB
In an Announcement This Week, the Kesselman-
O'Driscoll Co., Milwaukee, Enumerates the List.
The Kesselman-O'Driscoll Co., Milwaukee, has a
"Bank Christmas Savings Club," which has many
exclusive features that interest the playerpiano pros-
pect. In an advertisement this week they are enumer-
ated:
"Bridge lamp free immediately upon joining. In-
dividual lessons to some member of the family to
play by hand. Large selection of rolls of your own
choice delivered with instrument. New rolls every
month, through our 'New Rolls Every Month Club,'
given free to player purchasers. Duet bench with
music compartment. Guaranteed by manufacturer
and ourselves. Scarf of your own choice. Free de-
livery. Free service and adjustments. No choice limi-
tations, choose any brand new player in our stock
from $285 up, all marked in plain figures."
HAZELTON PIANO TELLS
STORY OF ACHIEVEMENT
Family Tradition Exemplified in the Continuous.
Effort in the Factory to Make the Best.
At the factory of Hazelton Bros., Inc., 637 West
55th street, New York, floor space has been increased
and many added facilities installed. The plant is now
a fine example of modern piano construction methods,
equipped to the smallest detail, and lacks nothing to
facilitate the work of maintaining the established ex-
cellence of the Hazelton.
The Hazelton piano is typically American, and tells
a story of enterprising achievement so characteristic
of American business. It was back in 1849 that
Frederick and Henry Hazelton, pioneers of the piano
industry in America, built the first piano that bears
their name. In those early days pianos were made
almost entirely by hand, and the piano-maker was a
superior craftsman. Then every part of the piano
was laboriously made, and the work was a long and
arduous task. But they made superior pianos, and
some of their methods have never been surpassed.
Many of the Hazeltons made at that time are as good
today, after all the years of service, as the day they
left the shop. Hazeltons are still to be found in the
house of many of the old families of the country
where they have been handed down for generations as
treasured heirlooms.
With all the modern improvements in piano manu-
facture that have been added from time to time, the
production of the Hazelton has never entirely gotten
away from the personal element of workmanship that
the founders put into it. In fact, the family is still
represented, after three-quarters of a century, by an
actual worker. William Hazelton can be seen about
the factory every day, working with careful interest
in maintaining what has long since become a family
tradition. No artificer in the days of the guilds ever
labored more painstakingly to preserve the pride of
CONNECTICUT
Mf. PAUL DESMOND
NEW YORK
Mr. DANIEL J. TACKNEY
Pease-Behning Co.. Inc.. New York
The accompanying cut shows the first group of
winners in the "Beat the Summer Slump" campaign
in which Gulbransen Registering Pianos were the
means to the desirable end. Others will be presented
in pictures later. The list of winners is a long one
and that winning by a salesman involved work is
made plain by a rule of the contest which was that
sales reported would have to be the result of outside
sales work and solicitation, not "drop-in" trade nor
regular sales made on the floor.
The check-up on sales reports indicates that the
following men were the winners in their respective
states:
Thomas L. Bumpass, of the R. C. Bollinger Music
Co., Fort Smith, Ark.; D. J. Short, of the Martin
Music Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; E. E. Saricks, of the
Chas. E. Wells Music Co., Denver, Colo.; Paul
Desmond, of the William B. Stevens Co., Deep River,
Conn.; W. C. Carnes, of the Sampson Music Co.,
Boise, Idaho; Jerry F. Justin, of Justin Bros., Cicero,
111.; H. F. Beck, of the Lehman Music Store, Nap-
panee, Ind.; W. A. Miller, of the Fannen Piano Co.,
Marysville, Kans.; H. O. Lewis, of the Alfred Wiley
Piano House, Ashland, Ky.; R. F. Byrne, of the L.
Grunewald Co., Inc., New Orleans, La.; Louis Dahl-
mer, of the Hammann-Levin Co., Inc., Baltimore,
Md.; Gerard Dupuis, of the Lawrence Music Co.,
Lewiston, Me.; J. A. Proctor, of the R. D. Malcolm
Music Co., Flint, Mich.; Fred N. Gardner, of the Fred
Gardner's Temple of Music, Lawrence, Mass.; F. A.
Hurd, of the Parks Music House Co., Hannibal, Mo.;
J. M. Hedges of the Parks Music Co., Louisiana, Mo.;
R. J. Barber, of the Barber Music House, Great
Falls, Mont.; J. K. Berg, of the Zona Berg Music
Co., Superior, Nebr.; E. C. Sherwood, of the Wilson
Bates Furn. Co., Ely, Nev.; H. W. Gardner, of the
Dodge & Gardner Co., Littleton, N. H.; Daniel J.
Tackney, of the Pease-Behning Co., Inc., Brooklyn,
N. Y.; A. L. Sain, of W. A. Pendleton, Shelby, N. C ;
Don F. Smith, of the Smith & Phillips Music Co.,
East Liverpool, O.; A. F. Bradfield, of A. F. Brad-
field, Hobart, Okla.; Earl A. Jones, of the G. W. P.
Jones Music Co., Washington, Pa.; A. O'Daniel, of
O'Daniel & Reid, Clinton, S. C ; W. H. Wallace, of
the Wallace Music Co., Athens, Texas; W. D. Barter,
of E. E. Clarkson & Co., Rutland, Vt.; Geo. P. Car-
ter, of Carter the Music Dealer, Charlotteville, Va.;
C. C. Keys, of C. C. Keys, Salem, W. Va.; J. J.
Slusser, of the Forbes-Meagher Music Co., Madison,
Wis.
Among all the salesmen from all over the country
the high man was Earl A. Jones, of G. W. P. Jones
Music Co., Washington, Pa.
the family name. Every single Hazelton made is per-
sonally tone regulated by Mr. Hazelton himself.
This unusual personal touch that has never been lost
by modern quantity production with machinery, and
that is reflected in the attitude of every workman in
the factory, is the chief factor in Hazelton quality
today.
To be sure, the Hazelton has to be made more
plentifully today than ever before to meet a consist-
ently growing demand, but this increase of produc-
tion is not accomplished by any sacrifice in the char-
acter of the Hazelton. A great many parts formerly
made by hand are, of course, turned out more rapidly
today by machinery. But these various elements are
assembled by workmen who have worked from boy-
hood in the Hazelton organization, and who take a
personal pride in the finished product. That is where
the original high standard is preserved. Then, again,
they have better tools, and every facility a modern
factory affords, to enable them to do better work.
And playing an important part in the Hazelton
achievement, is the tested high quality of all the
materials used.
NEWARK, O., DEALER DIES.
Everet R. Francis, member of the firm of R. L.
Francis & Son, Newark, O., who was injured when
the automobile in which he was riding was struck
by a street car, died recently at the City Hospital in
that place. He was thirty-four years old.
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