Presto

Issue: 1925 2015

Pianos That Are Trade-Advertised Are Easier to Sell—Read Presto Ads
Busy
Men Never
Know
Dull Trade
Think
Success And
It's
Half Won
Established 1884
AMERICAN MUSIC TRADE WEEKLY w <*,», $2.00„
NUMBER 2015. Entered as second class matter Jan. 29, 1896, at
Post Office, Chicago, under Act of Mar. 3, 1879.
CHICAGO MARCH 7 1 Q2*>
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"THE ROLL
(TRADE MARK
Published weekly by Presto Publishing
Co., 417 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, VS.
41ST
HONOR"
RECJ. y. S* AND CANADA)
If you believe players are
bought to play rolls—not to
serve as furniture, then ad-
minister your Roll Depart-
ment as a creative force for
player sales. Choose U. S.
ROLLS for this vital service
— you can rely on their
constructive influence.
Your Player Sales Can
Only Be as Great as You
Make Your Roll Trade.
UNITED STATES MUSIC COMPANY
2934-2938 West Lake Street, Chicago
122 Fifth Avenue, New York,
THE
PLAYER
Sell US. Rolls -YoifiySen More Players/
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March 7, 1925.
PRESTO
This full page Straube advertisement in the Saturday Evening Post helped Straube dealers build bigger
business. The Straube franchise is worth money—is your territory open? Write.
Music for every Mood
every place and every occasion*
to please every member of the Jamily
WITH A STRAUBE
T
REASURES of the world's music,
classical and popular, are at your in-
stant and easy command with a
Straube, America's finer player piano.
Come to the Straube in what mood you
will, its ready response delights you. A
long cherished tune sends memory winging;
the swift, compelling rhythm of the newest
fox'trot sets the pulse a-tingle.
Here is an instrument so easy to play it's
instinctive; so dependable you forget all
but the pleasure of the music.
The MekyHarp, brought into play at
will by the touch of a button, provides a
r
Anyone Can Play It. The Straube is
so easy to pedal you are conscious of
no effort; even a child can operate the
player. And it's so easy to play express
sively, for just a touch on the pedals is
reflected in the music, and the pneu-
matic control buttons at your finger tips
give you complete mastery of the music.
pleasing variation of tone color, a feature
available only on the Straube.
Straube produces a complete line of
pianos—small upright models for use where
space is limited, larger uprights, foot power
and expression players, grands and repro'
ducing grands. All products of Master
Craftsmen, unfailing and unvarying in en'
during quality.
Send coupon or write for catalog and name
of nearest Straube dealer.
STRAUBE PIANO COMPANY
Dept. A
Hammond, Indiana
When Fellows Qet Together at the Club, Legion Home,
Lodge or at home, it's the Straube that puts the life in the party.
No need to wait for someone who can play; just sit down, slip
on the latest roll, and begin pedaling. Here's music with a lift-
ing lilt that brings out all the voices in a good old'fashioned
"sing." And with the ease and expressiveness there is the beau'
tiful tone of the Straube; the tone which emphasizes the fact that
^Straube Pianos Sing Their Own Praise."
Your Present Piano Will Be Accepted by any
Straube de;iler as part payment on a new Straube
of any model. Straube instruments are nationally
priced f. o. b. Hammond, Ind., as follows:
PLAYERS: THE DOMINION
$550
THE
THE
THE
THE
$595
$6i5
$675
$750
PURITAN
COLONIAL
IMPERIAL
ARCADIAN
UPRIGHT PIANOS
CONSERVATORY GRAND
traube
$395, $4^5, $5^5
$950
Convenient terms readily arranged
GRAND S ~ PLAYERS ~ UPRIGHTS
STRAUBE P I A N O C O . ,
Dept. A, Hammond, Indiana
Please send your catalog and complete information regarding Upright Pianos
Players { } Grands f J (Check one which interests you.)
This Beautiful Qrand, the Straube
Conservatory model, combines the vol-
ume and quality of true grand tone and
exquisiteness of touch with rare beauty
of design and finish. Its compactness
makes it equally convenient for home,
studio or concert hall.
Dependability in the Straube Player is an out-
standing feature. Day in and day out through the
years it is ready on the instant to give you the
kind of music you like best. Chief of the exclusive
features responsible for this dependability is this
Patented Pendulum Valve, the heart of the
Artronome action. Ask your dealer about it.
}{ame
Street
City, State
Check here if you own a Piano f } or Player [ J
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