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Presto

Issue: 1925 2009

January 24, 1925.
PRESTO
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THURSDAY'S MEETING OF
THE N. P. M. A. COMMITTEE
Important Members Present and Some of the Inter-
ests of Special Moment Discussed.
At the midwinter meeting of the executive commit-
tee of the National Piano Manufacturers' Association
at the Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, Thursday of this
week, the following well-known gentlemen were an-
nounced in advance to he present:
R. W. Lawrence, New York; Col. Hollenberg,
Little Rock, Ark.; C. Alfred Wagner, New York;
Alfred L. Smith, New York; Frank P. Campbell,
New York; E. R. Jacobson, president, Hammond,
Ind.; W. W. Smith, Toledo, president of National
Association of Music Merchants.
Among the important matters discussed by the
committee were amendments to by-laws of the asso-
ciation, the stamp question as a membership condi-
tion, the annual convention, and other problems of
general interest to the industry and trade.
MUSICAL BLUE BOOK
OF CALIFORNIA IS OUT
Valuable Compilation by Alfred Metzger, of San
Francisco, Has Met with Good Demand.
The Musical Blue Book of California, by Alfred
Metzger, for the season 1924-1925 covers every por-
tion of the state. It contains four hundred pages of
valuable information regarding musical conditions,
lists of music teachers, orchestral musicians, artists,
music clubs and their members, musicians' unions
and their members, guarantors of symphony orches-
tras, subscribers to grand opera productions and in-
deed ten thousand names of people directly interested
in concert artists, musical instruments, music schools
and teachers.
When it is considered that it required two years to
compile this work and bring it up to date and that
there is no other book like it published anywhere
the value of the volume is easily realized. Any in-
formation regarding the musical situation in Cali-
fornia may be found in the book. It is an informa-
tion bureau, musical directory and musical history
combined in one volume. It is a reference work
which no library should be without. The demand for
the book has been great and Mr. .Metzger advises
that since only a few hundred books are left it will
be wise to order immediately as there Will be no other
edition of this work.
NEW BUCKEYE SILL
INTERESTS DEALERS
NEW CANADIAN COMPANY.
Self-Lifting Piano Truck Co., Findley, O.,
Assures Better Service for Dealers
with Device.
Newton Conley, Ltd., Toronto, Canada, is the latest
addition to the music industries in the Dominion.
Newton H. Conley, Toronto, who is president and
general manager of the new firm, is particularly well
known to the Canadian trade through his long asso-
ciation with Mason & Risch, Ltd., from which he re-
signed last year. This new organization is special-
izing in the installation of Welte-Mignon (Licensee)
reproducing actions in upright and high grade pianos,
through a special arrangement with the Auto-Pneu-
matic Action Co., of New York.
CANADIAN TUNERS INTERESTED.
Interest in the formation of an association of piano
tuners similar to the National Association of Piano
Tuners in the United States is spreading to all the
important cities of Canada since a group of Toronto
tuners recently held an informal meeting to discuss
the advisability of forming such an association. Their
idea is nothing in the shape of a trade union, but in-
volves a plan of mutual benefit for tuner, dealer and
piano owner.
OPENS IN ST. PAUL, MINN.
The Raudenbush & Sons Piano Co., St. Paul, now
has a retail store located on the first floor of the De-
gree of Honor Building, Sixth and St. Peter streets.
The company has been absent from the retail field
for about ten years. The company recently pur-
chased the Minnesota Phonograph Co., St. Paul re-
tailer of Edison phonographs. For eighteen years
the company has maintained an office in the business
section of St. Paul.
CHANGE IN BOSTON STORE.
The Henry F. Miller Store, Boston, recently
changed the large sales and display room of the sec-
ond floor into four individual demonstrating rooms.
The new rooms are handsomely finished in natural
cherry panels, with light blue and gold trimmings.
These rooms are used for demonstrating Henry F.
Miller baby and lyric grands and Henry F. Miller
and Trowbridge uprights.
The Self-Lifting Piano Truck Co., Findlay, O., has
issued a new circular which should be procured by
every music dealer who values a perfect equipment
for his store. It describes the new Buckeye Sill Piano
Truck, the most up-to-date aid to handling grand
and upright pianos.
The Self Lifting Piano Truck Co. has already
gained a reputation for devices to make the work of
the piano dealer, salesman and mover easier and
safer. The saving of time is a motive which inter-
ests the progressive merchant and the saving of time
and labor are economies which have a pleasant effect
in increasing the amount of the net profits in any
year. The dealer who achieves better service with a
Buckeye Sill, at the same time effects the saving of
time and labor that assures bigger profits..
The new Buckeye Sill has been improved and de-
signed for longer service in the handles, center rock
shaft and the uprights of both ends. The music
dealer has eight styles of end trucks to select from.
The line includes piano hoists, covers and straps
made specially for the piano trade. Every dealer
should have the catalog of the Self Lifting Piano
Truck Co. in his file.
LOCATES IN RACINE, WIS.
William J. Pearson, formerly of Berkeley, Cal., and
now in Racine, Wis., recently opened a music and
radio business in that city. Mr. Pearson expects to
start manufacturing radio sets in the near future, and
htates that his business will employ only a few men
at the beginning, but he hopes to make additions as
the business grows.
GEO. W. GITTENS COMING WEST.
It is expected that Geo. W. Gittens will be in Chi-
cago very soon—possibly for this week's meeting of
the N. P. M. A. committees. Anyway, he is due, on
business of the Estey and Welte-Mignon, some time
this month.
The Remarkable Quality of Tone in all
MATHUSHEK PIANOS
Is based upon the inventions of Frederick Mathushek
WHO CREATED THE O VERSTRINGING SYSTEM.
The enormous strain from the strings is borne by the
iron plate instead of the wood pin block, thus eliminating
the effect of climatic changes.
This is but one of the several original features which
make the Mathushek
THE MOST DURABLE PIANO IN THE WORLD
M A T H U S H E K P I A N O MFG. CO.
132nd St. and Alexander Ave.
NEW YORK
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January 24, 1925.
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PRESTO
AMERICAN PIANOS
TO FOREIGN LANDS
In the Nine Months of Last Year $8,722,000
Worth of Musical Instruments Were
Exported Against Imports
!
.
of $3,252,000.
CANADA BEST BUYER
Australia and Mexico Were the Largest Customers
for Pianos and Germany Is Still Best Source
of Supplies.
'"Our exports of musical instruments for the first
nine months of 1924," says the Foreign Commerce
Department of the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, "amounted to $8,722,000, a slight in-
crease over those for the same period of the preced-
ing year. Pianos and phonographs constituted the
greater part of this trade. During the three-quarters
of 1924 we shipped abroad 7,932 playerpianos, having
a total value of $2,488,000, and 3,890 other pianos,
with a value of $932,000. Both quantity and value
were somewhat less than during the same part of
1923.
"Nearly one-half of. these exports went to one
country—Australia—which purchased 5,817 pianos,
worth $1,650,000. Mexico was our next best market
for pianos, taking 1,385 pianos, valued at $410,000.
Cuba purchased 1,014, valued at $258,000; Canada 912,
value $197,000; Argentina 388, value $130,000, and
Spain 276, value $90,000.
Pianos and Music Rolls.
"Our trade in piano actions, parts and perforated
music rolls amounted to $482,000. We also exported
1,089 organs, valued at $111,000, the chief markets
being Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand and
the Philippine Islands.
Exports of phonographs and records for the nine
months of 1924 were valued at $3,346,000, as com-
pared with $2,843,000 for the same period of 1923—a
onduringf-
The ^Hardman £ine
is a complete line
It comprises a range of artisti-
cally w o r t h y 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.
gain of 18 per cent. We shipped abroad 52,240
phonographs, valued at $1,985,000, and 2,800,000 rec-
oids, valued at $1,361,000. Both quantity and value
were larger than in the nine months of 1923.
Canada a Good Market.
"Canada, our principal market, bought 8,471 phono-
graphs, having a value of $338,000, from us during
the three-quarters of 1924. Our second best market
for phonographs was Japan, which bought 6,054,
valued at $249,000. Australia purchased 4,718, valued
at $237,000; Argentina 2,690, valued at $112,000;
Mexico 2.869, value $95,000; Cuba 2,385, value $83,000;
Chile 2,291, value $76,000; New Zealand 1,455, value
$65,000; United KiKngdom 748, value $63,000; Philip-
pine Islands 1,911, value $63,000; and Central America
2J72, value $62,000.
"In the same period of 1924 we also exported 6,680
b-nd instruments, valued at $244,000, and 24,989 string
instruments, valued at $127,000. The exports of both
oi these lines were greater than the previous year.
Other musical instruments, parts and accessories
were shipped in smaller quantities than 1923, the total
for the nine months of 1924 amounting to 1,665,000
r.ounds, valued at $992,000, as compared with 2,157,-
000 pounds, value $1,094,000, for the corresponding
three-quarters of 1923. Most of our band, string and
miscellaneous instruments were exported to Canada,
Australia, England, New Zealand, Mexico, Argentina.
Japan, Cuba and the Philippines.
Imports Quite Large.
"Our total imports of musical instruments during
the first nine months of 1924 amounted to $3',252,000,
as compared with $2,874,000 for the same period of
1923. Imports of pianos and organs, principally from
Canada and Germany, amounted to $191,000, more
than double the $84,000 worth imported during the
same part of 1923.
On the other hand, imports of phonographs and
parts, chiefly from Germany, Switzerland and
Canada, dropped from $554,000 to $296,000. Imports
of band instruments and violins, principally from Ger-
many, Czechoslovakia and France, increased from
$446,00 Oto $525,000, while all other musical instru-
ments, imported from Germany, France, Czechoslo-
vakia, Italy and England, also increased from $1,790,-
000 to $2,240,000."
ANNUAL DINNER OF
CHICAGO ASSOCIATION
Excellent Program Marked with Entertain-
ment, Talks and Dinner Is Enjoyed by
Chicago Piano and Organ Association.
The twenty-sixth annual donner of the Chicago
Piano and Organ Association was held at the Illinois
Athletic Club, Chicago, on Thursday evening of this
week. The affair was a brilliant event from every
standpoint and was one of the best on record of the
association.
The reception began at 6:00 o'clock, with fourteen
past presidents serving as the reception committee.
Definite arrangements had been made providing for
the serving of the dinner promptly at 7 o'clock so
that valuable time was saved for the features.
Eugene Whelan, E. V. Galloway, P. A. Tonk, R.
O'Conner and Albert N. Page comprised the enter-
tainment committee, which proved its capacity in fine
arrangement of the program.
Music to the occasion was supplied by Fred Renk
Trio. Heniot Levy gave choice selections on the
piano with Miss Margery Maxwell as soprano. E.
Allen Frost gave a forceful talk, taking as his subject
"The Dominant Influence."
The following gentlemen, widely known in the
Music Industry, comprised the Reception Committee:
P. P. Gibbs, George P. Bent, C. C. Chickering, W T m.
L. Bush, E. B. Bartlett, H. L. Draper, Otto Schulz.
H. C. Dickinson. Edgar C. Smith, James T. Bowers,
Adam Schneider, Eugene Whelan, W. E. Guylee,
James T. Bristol.
...
E. H. STORY IN CHICAGO.
President E. H. Story, of the Story & Clark Piano
Co>, arrived in Chicago on Wednesday of this week.
He had not reached the state of calm which would
permit of an interview, and Presto's representative,
who had called at the house on Wabash avenue, did
not attempt it. But Mr. Story looks in perfect con-
dition for the rapid but hard work he always puts in
when on his visits to headquarters. He displayed
courage to leave beautiful Pasadena for chilly Chi-
cago at this season of the year.
The Strawbridge & Clothier Department Store, 8th
and Market streets, Philadelphia, has added a musical
merchandising section with a complete assortment of
small goods, wind and string instruments with
accessories.
.
.
"Built on Family Pride"
Doll & Sons
Represent the Artistic
in Piano and Player Piano
Construction
JACOB DOLL & SONS
ST0DART
WELLSMORE
Jacob Doll & Sons, Inc.
Southern Boulevard, E. 133rd St.
E. 134th St. and Cypress Ave.
NEW YORK
Becker Bros.
Manufacturer*
of
HIGH GRADE PIANOS
and PLAYER PIANOS
Factory and Wareroomi
767-769 Tenth Avenue, New York
STRICH & ZEIDLER, Inc
GRAND, UPRIGHT and PLAYER
AND
HOMER PIANOS
740-742 East 136th Street
NEW YORK
Schumann
PIANOS and PLAYER PIANOS
GRANDS and UPRIGHTS
Have no superiors in appearance, tone
power or other essentials of strictly
leaders in the trade.
Warning to Infringers
This Trade Mark Is cast
in the plato and also ap-
pears upon the fall board
of all genuine Schumann
Planoa, and all Infringe™
will be prosecuted. Beware
of Imitations such as Schu-
mann & Company, Schu-
mann & Son, and also
Shuman, as all stencil
shops, dealers and users of
pianos bearing a name In
imitation of the name
Schumann with the Inten-
tion of deceiving; the public
will be prosecuted to the
fullest extent of tha law.
New Catalogue on Request.
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, 111.
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