PRESTO
FIRST VICE PRES.
OF THE N. P. T. ASSN.
which Miss Witton was easily the victor, with scores
of 51 and 55. The best Mr. Liljestrom could roll was
48 and 47.
A pleasing feature of the evening's festivities was
the reading of an original poem by Morris J. Lane.
Geo. E. Mansfield, Traveler for C. Kurtzmann
& Co., Buffalo, One of the Most Popular
Men "on the Road."
FIRE BADLY DAMAGED
MARQUETTE PIANO CO.
If the customary order of the Civil Service rulings
carries at the approaching conventions of piano men
and other music men next June, there is good mate-
rial in sight for president of the National Piano Trav-
elers' Association. The portrait herewith will he rec-
Factory Building in Wallace Street, Chicago,
Partly Destroyed, Causing Loss of Nearly
Fifty Thousand Dollars.
Damage to the amount of $50,000 was done by a
fire which started early Wednesday of this week on
the first floor of a four-story brick factory building at
2439 Wallace street, Chicago. A 4-11 alarm was
turned in, but before firemen could get the blaze under
control it had practically destroyed the first two floors
of the building, which were occupied by the Mar-
quette Piano Company.
The Marquette Piano Company has been making
automatic pianos. It is an old industry, having been
started by A. F. Larson and B. C. Waters nearly
twenty-five years ago. Of late it has been making
theater orchestras. The company is controlled by
C. S. Morse, president, and C. A. Scott, secretary and
treasurer. It is understood that the factory will be
restored and manufacture of the "Cremona" automatic
pianos continued.
CLEVER DISPLAY BY
STOUT'S MUSIC HOUSE
U. S. Player Music Roll Featuring "Peter Pan"
Attracted Much Notice in Kirksville,
Missouri, Store Window.
GEO.
E. MANSFIELD.
ognized by a large proportion of piano dealers
throughout the country.
And if there is a more cheerful, trade-inspiring cap-
turer of large orders for fine pianos than is suggested
hy the smiling countenance of Geo. E. Mansfield,
traveler for the C. Kurtzmann & Co., of Buffalo, it
would be good to know where to find him. For real
trade winners, and trade holders, are not too plentiful
at any time.
Mr. Mansfield is first vice-president of the piano
travelers' organization, having served the current
year. He will be present at the convention in Chi-
cago, without a doubt, and when the records of the
association are presented the vote for a new presi-
dent will follow and it will require a mighty good one
to succeed President Plaisted.
MILLER EMPLOYES
AT QET=TOGETHER
Talent Displayed at Pleasing Banquet and En-
tertainment Which Was Greatly Enjoyed
at Y. M. C. A. Recently.
About sixty employes of the Henry F. Miller fac-
tory of the Continental Piano Co., Boston, were pres-
ent recently at the annual "open house" and get-to-
gether at the Y. M. C. A. in that city. An appetising
supper, served by Caterer Grattan, was enjoyed early
in the evening, followed by a splendid entertainment
with O. D. Howlett acting as toastmaster. A com-
mittee was appointed to attend to the details in con-
nection with the outing early in July, and the same
committee will attend to the matter of obtaining
flowers for sick employes or those who pass away.
The music during the banquet was by the Henry F.
Miller Welte-Mignon reproducing upright piano. Fol-
lowing the banquet, the following program was
given :
1. Violin solo, "Bolero," by Bohn, played by Mrs.
Natalie Powell, accompanied on the piano by Miss
Carrie Upton.
2. Recitation by Philip Reynolds.
3. Monologue by Frank Crosby.
4. Violin solo, "Serenade," by Schubert, played by
Mrs. Natalie Powell.
5. Philip Reynolds in comic burlesque on the "Aria
from Trovatore."
Frederick C. Smith, secretary of the Y. M. C. A.,
led the community singing, following the entertain-
ment, and then the members adjourned to the game
rooms, where pool, billiards, volley ball and bowling
were enjoyed. An interesting bowling match took
place between Miss Whitton and Mr. Liljestrom, in
The question that often arises in making window
displays is "Will the display pay?" It is doubtful if
Mr. Stout, of Kirksville, Mo., sold enough copies of
the roll "Peter Pan" to make this display pay, per-
haps in terms of actual dollars and cents received for
the merchandise that was displayed in the window.
But the big thought is this: Isn't it possible that a
great many people were attracted to Mr. Stout's win-
dow by this very good display who might have been
interested in buying anything, from a Jew's harp to a
reproducing piano, and, as a consequence, there is no
doubt but that the display did pay.
The music dealer's window is one of the very best
advertising mediums he has, and, whether he dis-
plays cleverly a ten-cent seller or a grand piano, if he
can attract favorable attention to his window he has
accomplished his purpose. So we think Mr. Stout is
to be complimented upon the very exceptional win-
dow display which is pictured here, particularly when
you consider that Kirksville, Missouri, is a town of
about eight thousand inhabitants and Mr. Stout's dis-
play certainly would do credit to the window of any
metropolitan music house.
W. C. DIERKS RETURNS.
W. C. Dierks, treasurer and general manager of
the C. C. Mellor Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., recently re-
turned from a two months' tour of Europe, on which
he was accompanied by Mrs. Dierks and their
daughter Elizabeth. The main purpose of the trip
was to visit the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dierks, Barry C.
Dierks, who is a prominent young architect of Paris,
where he makes his home.
April 25, 1925.
MASON & HAMLIN TO
CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY
Famous Instrument of Boston Will on May
First Mark Completion of Seventy
Year's Progress.
Friends of, and dealers in, Mason & Hamlin pianos,
as well as other lovers of artistic pianos outside the
trade and profession have received a handsomely en-
graved invitation reading as follows:
The Mason & Hamlin Co. cordially invites Presto
to attend a celebration marking the completion of its
seventieth year, and in recognition of those who have
served for periods ranging from five to fifty-six years
its a'ms and ideals, on Friday evening, May the first,
nineteen hundred and twenty-five, at a quarter after
eight o'clock, Jordan Hall, Boston, Massachusetts.
Pianoforte sclori, Harold Bauer. Overture, the
Mason & Hamlin Orchestra.
Kindly reply to the Mason & Hamlin Co., 146
Boylston street.
"Seventieth year!" Here is one of the oldest of the
American pianos, which has sustained its place by
adhering to the highest type of artistic attainment
possible. The Mason & Hamlin maintains the unique
position of having never stepped aside from the line
originally laid out, which was to create the perfect
piano. And at the beginning of ith seventieth year
the Mason & Hamlin stands higher in the world of
art than ever before, if that is possible.
The indicated character of the celebration of the
seventieth birthday of the famous Boston instrument
is in keeping with the quality of the Mason & Hamlin
piano, and all who attend will have occasion to con-
gratulate themselves.
And the Mason & Hamlin piano will, without doubt,
be the same artistic product seventy years hence that
it is today.
MUSIC INTERESTS LIKE
PATENT OFFICE CHANGES
Department of Commerce Now Has Charge of
Patent Office Work and Promises Pro-
testion to Americans Abroad.
The recent transfer of the U. S. Patent Office from
the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior to
the Department of Commerce, thereby placing it
under the control of Secretary Hoover, is commended
by music trade interests.
The Department of Commerce organization act
vests the President with authority to transfer certain
bureaus whose work is related to commerce to that
department, and it was under such authority that the
executive or-der was issued today.
In announcing the change Secretary Hoover de-
clared that he intended to undertake a vigorous cam-
paign for the removal of present injustices toward
American patentees and American manufacturers.
"At the present time," said Mr. Hoover, "an Ameri-
can patentee is required in many foreign countries to
continuously manufacture in that country under his
patent or lose his patent rights. We make no such
requirements in the United States. The consequence
is that our inventors and manufacturers, in order to
protect their inventions, have been driven to the
establishment of a large number of factories abroad,
whereas foreign patentees have been able to use their
patents in the United States to actually prevent manu-
facture here."
STONER WITH LEE S. ROBERTS.
PROGRESSIVE ROCHESTER FIRM.
H. L. Stoner, for the past four years manager of
the retail Ampico department of Kohler & Chase,
San Francisco, has resigned, to join Lee S. Roberts,
Inc., and he is already taking part in the preliminary
work of opening the new piano store. Mr. Stoner is
one of the best-known piano men on the Pacific Coast,
and successfully managed the artists' department in
conjunction with the Ampico, while managing the re-
tail Ampico department for Kohler & Chase.
The Gibbons & Stone music store, Rochester, N. Y.,
at 172 Main street, East, for the past sixty-four years,
moved to new quarters at 94 Clinton avenue, North,
recently. The business was originally established in
the Main street address and has remained under the
same name and under the management of the original
owners. The move was necessitated by the growth
of business in recent years. Added floor space and
the advantage of entrances from two streets in a sec-
tion that is rapidly finding favor as a retail center
have been secured.
GROWS IN POMONA, CAL.
The Ressler Music Co., formerly located at 365
West Second street, has taken new quarters in the
Investment Building. The piano wareroom and re-
cital hall have been prepared for the display of pianos.
In addition to pianos, up-to-the-minute sheet music
and phonograph departments have been created, the
latter featuring the Brunswick Radiola as the leader
of its line.
J. E. Bennett and E. I. Simmons are partners in a
general music store in the Jones Building at Cordell,
Okla, They are carrying pianos, phonographs, rec-
ords, rolls and sheet music.
BIG STARR DISPLAY.
In the combined exhibition of the Starr Piano Co.
and the Witlin Musical Instrument Co., Starr repre-
sentative, opened at the Ben Franklin Hotel, Phila-
delphia, the week beginning April 27, the music trade
of Philadelphia and territory supplied by the local
distributors will have an opportunity to view all the
Starr products of the piano, talking machine and radio
lines. This most comprehensive of Starr exhibits will
include a dual display of the Starr uprights, grands,
reproducers and playfrs and Starr phonographs and
radio loud speakers.
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