Presto

February 7, 1925.
PRESTO
as a piano salesman with such prominent Canadian
houses as J. J. H. McLean, Ltd., Winnipeg, and
Fletcher Bros, of Vancouver.
A. B. Sauer's Preparation.
A. B. Sauer, head of the new A. B. Sauer Piano
Co., Lorain, O., was born in Buffalo, N. Y., was grad-
Interesting Personal Mention of Some of the uated from Madison Park high school and attended
Syracuse university.
Successful Ones Who Continue to Add
He studied pipe organ at the New England con-
to the Glory and Profit of Piano
servatory of music, Boston, and also studied the the-
ory of music at Harvard university. He has been
Trade.
organist in churches in Buffalo, Syracuse, Boston and
Cleveland.
Mr. Sauer moved to Cleveland in 1913 and started
to work with the Columbia Phonograph Co. there.
Later he worked for the W. F. Frederick Piano Co.,
West and East Provide Latest Examples of the
talking machine department of the William Tay-
Acknowledgement of Meritorious Work in
lor Sons & Co., and the McMillan Music Co., all of
Sales Field.
Cleveland.
In the fall of 1918, he went to Lorain with the
The appointment of Frank M. Case as manager of
A. Clark Co., in the phonograph department.
the Portland, Ore., store of Sherman, Clay & Co., is George
a pleasant recognition of his fitness for the position. He was first president of the Lions club and is at
The successor to John H. Dundore has had sixteen present a director of the Better Business Bureau.
Rise of Joseph Fink.
years' experience in the music trade of Portland and
The purchase recently announced of the piano busi-
for the past fourteen years has been manager of the
Wiley B. Allen store in that city. Mr. Case com- ness of Sanders & Stayman, Inc., Baltimore, Md., by
bines ability as a business man and charm of person- Joseph Fink, president of the Kranz-Smith Piano
ality. His responsibilities will be big in a field that Co. in the same city, draws attention to the energetic
includes Oregon and portion of Washington, but his qualities of the head of the Kranz-Smith, Sanders &
Stayman, Inc., by which unwieldly title the merged
power to achieve is already proven.
When Mr. Case was mustered out of the service of firms will be known.
Exactly fifteen years ago this week Mr. Fink was
the United States, at the close of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war, he chose the field of piano sales as an outlet a new and confessedly green hand in the Kranz-
for his energies. It was with the Knight-Campbell Smith Piano Co. When he asked C. Fred Kranz for
Music Co., Denver, that he showed his ability to a job (not a position) he made no claims to a knowl-
sell pianos. After over five years in the Colorado edge of the music trade, but frankly admitted he
city he sought the wider field of the Pacific Coast. wanted to "learn the business." He evidently made
He has remained there since and during the time good use of the opportunity Mr. Kranz gave him.
San Francisco, Portland and Tacoma were the scenes When the firm added a talking machine department
Mr. Fink backed his enthusiasm for the line by
of his activities.
acquiring an interest in it. He later purchased it
J. W. Major's Appointment.
outright, and in time bought the firm.
Another change in the Portland field gives new
responsibilities and honors to J. W. Major, who has
been appointed sales manager of the G. F. Johnson
Piano Co. Mr. Major has been state representative
of the company for the past two years where he has
done splendid work in piano sales.
Mr. Major's experiences have been interesting and
varied and at various times he has shown his value Kranz-Smith, Sanders & Stayman, Inc.,
PIANO MEN WHO
HAVE ACHIEVED
MERIT BRINGS REWARD
IMPORTANT MERGER
IN BALTIMORE TRADE
Headed by Joseph Fink, Handles Steinway
and Duo-Art Lines.
J | | | onduring'
THE
fHardman
The Yardman £ine
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.
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The business of Sanders & Stayman, Inc.. Balti-
more,, has been bought by Joseph Fink, president of
the Kranz-Smith Piano Co., who has merged the
interests of the two concerns under the title of the
Kranz-Smith, Sanders & Stayman, Inc., in the build-
ing at Charles and Fayette streets.
Sanders & Stayman was founded forty-five years
ago and for twenty-five years has been the Steinway
& Sons and Aeolian Co.'s representative there. Since
the death of the founders the business has been
owned by Charles H. Dickey and for the last twelve
years has been managed by William B. Turlington.
The Kranz-Smith Piano Co. was formed by G.
Fred Kranz and Freeborn G. Smith twenty-six years
ago. Following the death of Mr. Kranz a few years
ago, it was purchased by Mr. Fink.
LIVELY ABILENE, TEX.
FIRM IS INCORPORATED
Hall Music Company, Established in Small Way
Twelve Years Ago, Now Grown Big.
The Hall Music Company, Abilene, Tex., was
granted a charter of incorporation recently at Austin,
with a capital of $50,000. Mrs. Ozie Hall is president
and W. J. Young 'active manager in charge.
This company was established by E. E. Hall about
12 years ago and has steadily grown from a small
commission business to one of the most successful
music concerns in Texas with salesmen in all the
principal West Texas towns.
The new business will carry out as near as possible
the policies established by E. E. Hall, Mr. Young
said, and will be continued in the same location in
Abilene.
NEW BRUNSWICK MANAGER.
F. F. Dawson, formerly sales manager of the
Texas-Oklahoma Phonograph Co., Dallas, Tex., and
for many years with the Columbia Co. in Cincinnati,
has been made special representative of the Bruns-
wick district headquarters at Dallas. W. H.
Humphries is manager of the district office of the
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., Dallas.
Adam Schaaf, Inc., has removed from 1303 Elm
street to 1908 Main street, Dallas, Tex. C. L.
Mahaney is manager.
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"Built on Family Pride"
Doll & Sons
Represent the Artistic
in Piano and Player Piano
Construction
JACOB DOLL & SONS
STODART
WELLSMORE
Jacob Doll & Sons, Inc.
Southern Boulevard, E. 133rd St.
E. 134th St. and Cypreu Ave.
NEW YORK
Becker Bros.
Manufacturer* of
HIGH GRADE PIANOS
and PLAYER PIANOS
Factory and Wareroom*
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
la the plato and also ap-
pears upon the fall board
of all genuine Schumann
Pianos, and all Infringers
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 th« law.
New Catalogue on Bequest.
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, 111.
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