Presto

Issue: 1925 2022

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April 25, 1925.
PRESTO
Dear Mr. Radle:
The style B playerpiano arrived this morning just I I ™
in time for Easter, and I have just put it into the
buyer's home and they are all highly satisfied with
the piano. The case is very beautiful and well
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finished and the tone is just grand—full, round and
sweet and with a clear bell-like singing quality.
Opinions of Dealers and Customers Jointly Nothing 1 have bought in late years satisfies me
as well as this piano.
Expressed in Numerous Letters Received
I have other prospects that I am going to line
by F. Radle, Inc., New York City.
up now that I have one of your instruments here,
The admirable business policy of F. Radle, Inc., so you can expect another order shortly.
Thanking you and wishing you continued suc-
New York, is to make every customer a continuous
one. It is one which dates back to the beginning of cess, I am,
Yours truly,
the industry in 1850. Today the policy is more keen-
C. W. JOHNSON.
ly observed than ever by E. J. Radle, the present pro-
prietor and son of the founder of the house. The
business of F. Radle, Inc., continues to grow steadily
because involved in the main policy referred to is
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the rigid rule to make every product of the factory
of high grade quality in tone, materials and work-
manship.
A frequent pleasure in the sales department of F. Owen O. Scudder Buys Hassler Bros., Inc., Dalton,
Radle, Inc., 609 and 611 West 36th street, is in the
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and Renames it Dalton Music Co.
letters from dealers expressing frank appreciation of
the merits of the F. Radle instrument. It is a species
Owen O. Scudder, who recently purchased the
of spontaneous commendation that manufacturers of business of Hassler Bros., Inc., Dalton, Ga M has
pianos regard as most valuable. A letter of that kind changed the name to the Dalton Music Co. and plans
received last week by F. Radle, Inc., from C. W. expansion of every department of the store.
Johnson, music dealers, of Beresford, South Dakota,
Mr. Scudder was born in Hamilton county, Ten- II
follows:
nessee, and spent most of his early life there. His II
affable nature and courteous manner have made him •
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very popular in Dalton and his store is regarded as II
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the "'musical headquarters" for Dalton.
Wholesale Office*:
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Although it is a Dalton institution, the firm does •
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not confine itself merely to activities in that city alone, • II
as it has branched out and secures a good trade from M
the surrounding districts.
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Graceful lines, rugged construc-
In the development of the mail order business
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tion, moderately priced. It's the
Mr. Scudder provides the advantages of a first-class
music store.
very best commercial piano from
Pianos, phonographs, band instruments, musical
every standpoint.
merchandise, rolls, records, and sheet music are car-
ried.
SPONTANEOUS PRAISE
FOR F. RADLE PIANO
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Ax
ARTISTIC
CHANGE OF OWNERS FOR
OLD GEORGIA MUSIC FIRM
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IN EVERT
DETAIL
HADDORFF PIANO CO.
The Best Yet
CARL NETZOW'S DISAPPEARANCE.
Carl Netzow, 22, son of a wealthy piano manufac-
turer of Milwaukee, whose disappearance in New
York was told last week, is on his way to Europe,
according to later reports which his father, C. F,
Netzow, piano manufacturer, of Milwaukee, has veri-
fied. The detectives caused John Olsen, a sailor,
to be held under $10,000 bail here when it was alleged
he telegraphed the boy's father for $500 after Carl
had sailed for Italv.
SPENCER
Style 32—4 ft. 4 in.
WESER
The Intrinsic Qualities of This
Piano Command Attention
Pianos and Players
A High Grade Instrument at a
Moderate Price
Sell Readily—Stay Sold
Schaff Bros.
Players * ad Pianos have won their stand-
ing with trade and public by 54 years of
steadfast striving to excel. They repre-
sent the
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LARGEST COMPETITIVE VALUE
because of their beauty, reliability, tone
and moderate price. They are profitable
to sell and satisfactory when sold.
Brighten Your Line with the
SCHAFF BROS.
The Schaff Bros. Co.
Established 1868
Huntington, Ind.
Send to-day for catalogue, prices and
details of our liberal financing plan
Weser Bros., Inc.
First Class Factory and Equipment
Ample Production and Service
SPENCER PIANO COMPANY, Inc.
520 to 528 W . 43rd St., New York
FACTORY: Thirty-First St. and First Are.
OFFICES: 338 East 31st Street, New York, N. Y.
GRAND PIANOS
EXCLUSIVELY
One Style—One Quality
The True Test
Compare the new Jesse French & Sons Hano
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.
Jesse French & Sons Style BB
Write today (a catalog and prices
"They arc the one best buy on the marker*
JESSE FRENCH & SONS PIANO CO.
NEW CASTIE,
INDIANA
giving you the
Unequaled Grand
Unequaled Price
at
Already being told by leading dealers
throughout the country
Write today—tell us your next year's re-
quirements and we will meet your demands
with prompt and efficient service.
Nordlund Grand Piano Co.
400 W. Erie S t
CHICAGO
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PRESTO
April 25, 1925.
RAT HWIN PIANO FOR COII FfiE
BALUWUN flAl>U rUK tULLCUC
INTERESTING TRADE
ITEMS FROM DENVER
Giant Drum for the Shriners, a New Music
Store, Knight-Campbell Co. Election
and Other Local Happenings.
C. G. Campbell of the Knight-Campbell Music
company, of Denver, Colo., was elected president of
the Retail Merchants bureau, relieving Ernest J.
Nathan, of
Nathan Brothers. The election is good
for one 3 r ear, the bureau representing the leading re-
tail business of Denver.
The Royal Music company, with Irving Hershey,
president, and Milton L. Leve, associate, has opened
for business at 1643 California street, Denver. All
kinds of musical instruments, radio, phonographs, etc.,
Two Baldwin grand pianos made by the Baldwin the studios, which I trust will prove of value to you, will be handled, and Mr. Leve, who is an expert in
and
I
am
giving
happily
and
conscientiously
all
the
Piano Co., Cincinnati, were recently installed in the
both string and wind instruments, promises help to
piano department of Howard Payne College, Brown- encouragement I can to Mr. Eubanks' customers in those who need it in their preparation to become
recommending the Baldwin line of pianos. Hoping musicians.
wood, Tex.
"The old axiom, 'A good workman needs good you arc closing a very successful year."
El Jebel Shriners, of Denver, are going to the
The accompanying cut was made from photographs
tools,' applies just as much in piano instruction as in
Shriners convention at Los Angeles, California, in
any other activity," is the opinion of Lyman Stanley, taken during the installation of two Baldwin grands June
and when they do they are going to carry
director, who has been untiring in his efforts to place in the School of Fine Arts, Howard Payne College, with them
a drum weighing 225 pounds, said to be
Brownwood,
Texas.
Lyman
Stanley,
director,
is
the piano department of the college in the foremost
one
of
the
largest
in the world. It measures six feet
rank of musical institutions in the southwest. "You seated at his Baldwin Grand (right).
in height, two and one-half feet thick. It was pur-
can expect a piano student to acquire sympathetic
chased through the Charles E. Wells Music company,
touch, facile technique and above all, proper appre-
locally. The inscription is: "El Jebel Shrine Band,
ciation of tonal values only when the piano on which
Denver, Colorado, One Mile High."
the student plays responds to artistic endeavor."
Just how much the purchase of two Baldwin grands
has meant to the artistic development of the school is
Beach & Greene, for many years operating retail
best presented by Mr. Stanley himself in a letter to Piano Dealers and Salesmen Make Arrange- musical instrument warerooms on Market street,
the Baldwin Piano Company, Dallas, Texas, in which
Philadelphia, Pa., has recently opened a store on
ments for Term at Polk's Tuning School,
he says;
North Howard street, Baltimore.
The Pioneer in City Class.
"I am writing you to express my thorough satis-
faction of the Baldwin pianos in the music studios in
The courses of instruction in Polk's Tuning School,
Howard Payne College and I assure you they have soon to be located at La Porte, Ind., extend through-
established a very great improvement in the music de- out the year, a fact w T hich permits the ambitious piano
partments. Personally, I have always been fortunate salesman to choose a period of the year suited to his
in having good pianos at my disposal in my profes- own convenience. Many alert dealers who desire to
WEAVER PIANOS
sional work and can truly state that the Baldwin has more fully equip themselves for their business, and
Grand«, Uprights and Players
surpassed any of them I have used.
salesmen witshing to increase their scope of usefulness
Finest and most artistic
"We gave our faculty recital a few weeks ago, have already made plans to have their summer vaca-
piano in design, tone and
construction that can be
which was well attended. All of our programs state tion coincide with a term at Polk's Tuning School.
made.
that the Baldwin pianos are used on the stage and in
The fame of this school has now spread to every
corner of the United States and Canada and at all
YORK PIANOS
times the classes are made up of men from widely
Uprights and Player Pianos
separated places. The coming line of the students is
A high grade piano of great
an enjoyable and valuable phase of education. The
vaiue and with charming tone quality.
school is now in its twenty-third year of successful op-
Livingston Pianos— 'Jprleht* and Player Pianos
eration and its more than twenty thousand graduates
A popular piano at a popular price.
are
a
most
effective
means
of
publicity.
-JlH ondurni""
The comprehensive character of the instruction and
Over 70.000 instruments made by this company are sing-
its highly practical nature appeals to the serious
Ing their own praises in all parts of the civilised world.
Hill
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minded young men in the piano trade. A course in
Write (or catalogues and state on what terms you would
like to deal, and we will make you a proposition if yen are
the old school founded at Valparaiso, gives the grad-
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located in open territory.
uate a desirable standing in the trade. Every branch
WEAVER PIANO CO., Ine.
Factory: YORK, PA.
is taught there, including repairing, regulating and
Established 1870
voicing. The school is provided with demonstrating
specimens of every player action made and instruction
is of the personal kind that assumes the best results
in the students. The arrangements allow private and
class instruction.
The school is open to both sexes and the number
of fair students throughout any year shows the allure-
ment in the tuning and repair field for women. The
ability to tune pianos is a valuable asset for the piano
.saleswoman in the smaller cities.
Willard R. Powell, president of Polk's Tuning
School will head a force of school representatives at
the trade convention beginning June 9 at the Drake
Hotel, Chicago, and in the usual impressive way the
value of the course and the facilities for instruction
is a complete line
will be convincingly shown.
There is nothing to compare
PLAN VACATIONS
IN TUNING SCHOOL
The LEADING LINE
THE
For a
Bigger and Better
Business
^Hardman
The Yardman £ine
It comprises a range of artisti-
cally w o r t h y instruments t o
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.
c JiardmanPeck &Co,
NEW YORK.
CHURCHES INSTALL BACON PIANO.
The North Hill Evangelical Church, of Akron,
Ohio, newly erected at an expenditure of over $80,000,
has purchased through the Mitten Piano Co. a Francis
Bacon piano. This instrument, bearing a history that
dates back to Washington's first administration, seems
to be the choice of church and other organizations
that demand quality and service.
W. P. Haines & Co.
Manufacturers of
BRADBURY, WEBSTER
and
W. P. HAINES & CO.
Grand, Upright and Reproducing
Pianos
138th Street and Walton Avenue
NEW YORK
with the complete line of
M. SCHULZ CO.
The Players are RIGHT in
everything t h a t means
money to the dealers and
satisfaction to the public
You will never do anything better
than when you get in touch with
M. SCHULZ CO.
711 Milwaukee Avenue
CHICAGO
OUTHHtM BRANCH' 790 Gtndtar Bid*. ATLANTA, GA
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