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Presto

Issue: 1925 2023

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May 2, 1925.
PRESTO
the marvelous qualities for which it has become
famous generation after generation. Thus in its
longer life it becomes the most economical. The
hundreds of educational institutions that have chosen
the Starr gives adequate proof of those essential
qualifications—tone and sturdy construction—inher-
New Folder for Distribution by Dealers De- ent in all Starr instruments.
Two important numbers in the Starr school line
scribes Merits of Pianos and Photographs
are Starr phonographs Style Y* and Style XXVII.
Suited for Use in Schools.
"Style Y* > s sturdy, compact easy-to-movc, an ideal
A new folder has been prepared for distribution by instrument well adapted for any requirement of
dealers by the Starr Piano Co., Richmond, Ind., that school work. Complete in every respect. Easily
should prove very effective. It describes and pic- carried up or downstairs or out-of-doors. Has a
tures Starr musical instruments for the school room, strong, clear and rich tone made possible by the use
physical culture and other educational classes, which of silver grain spruce for the amplifying horn. Elim-
include Starr upright and grand pianos, and Starr ination of all metallic, nasal and discolored tone is
phonographs. The uses of Gennett records are also immediately noticed. Built to last a lifetime," says
the folder, which goes on to describe Style XXVII:
covered in the new booklet.
"Style XXVII is the latest Starr model phono-
Starr Style D upright designed for schools is a
piano of small measurements and with the tone and graph especially designed for educational purposes.
beauty of the standard size instrument it becomes a It can be pushed about the room by touch of the
hand. Construction is foolproof. Like Style Yi it
delight and inspiration in any school room.
"Its full 88-notc scale is accurate, the action light has a silver grain spruce horn, the 'music wood of
and responsive. It has regular size keys, the bass centuries' and the tone is clear, rich and strong and
strings, copper wound. It has a full metal plate and far-carrying. Complete with own stand. Unobtru-
is essentially correct in every detail. Thus it em- sive and durable, its obvious qualities command it as
bodies the same precision of construction and tonal the most popular school model available. Floor space
quality pre-eminent in all Starr made instruments. required is negligible. Extremely light in weight.
Can be moved from room to room with the greatest Has movable shelf for records, nickel plated hard-
case. It especially appeals to children and is ideally ware and made for rigorous use. An instrument of
suited to their needs. Withal it marks an epoch in genuine merit built to meet the approval of those
musical progress and is an achievement in the field who want the very best in school room equipment."
Of Gennett records, made by the Starr Piano Co.,
of musical triumphs," says the new folder, which
continues to describe another strong instrument in this is said: "Gennett educational records represent
the highest attainment in the art of sound recording
the line:
"The Starr Princess Grand, designed for the recital and have an appeal of more than especial interest to
hall, the conservatory, and the studio, possesses a children.
"Among the numbers especially adapted for and
rare, colorful, unapproachable tone and is a beautiful
instrument as near perfection as skill can attain. best suited to the school room curriculum are songs,
Graceful in contour, with matchless hand wrought stories, exercises, dances, selections from the operas,
finish it is an instrument of surpassing superiority, and bird records all of incalculable value as an aid in
built to withstand the rigor of concert use. Retains developing the growing child's ideals, tastes and gen-
eral musical appreciation."
STARR PIANO CO.'S
EDUCATIONAL LINE
E. Leins Piano Co,
Makers of Pianos and
Player Pianos That Are
Established L e a d e r s .
Correspondence from Reliable
Dealers Invited
Facfory and Offices, 304 W. 42nd Si
NEW YORK
There's Money
for the Dealer in
Automatic Pianos
Fine Electric Self-Players of eye-
catching design and perfect perform-
ance. Also
COIN OPERATED
SOME LATE DOINGS IN
THE RETAIL TRADE
Items of General News Value from the Field
Throughout the Country.
The Claude P. Street Piano Company, Nashville,
Tenn., has opened a branch store at Columbia, Tenn.
T. W. Rains is manager.
The complete stock of musical instruments of the
Kellingham Music Company, Bellingham, Wash., has
been purchased by M. N. and F. O. Power.
Henry S. Hall, of South Farms, Middletown, Conn.,
is opening a new music store in the Bank Block.
J. E. Baldwin is now manager of the Rudolph Wur-
litzer Company's branch store at Columbus, Ohio.
R. R. Bland, Troy, N. C, has opened a music store
in High Point, in that state.
Tull & Gibbs, of Spokane, Wash., have opened a
branch store in Moscow, Idaho. I. A. Cook is
manager.
The Decatur Music Company has opened its store
at Decatur, 111.
Flocks of admiring friends attended the opening of
the Blanton-Walker Music Shop, Little Rock, Ark.,
earlv in March.
The Good Old
SMITH & NIXON
for places of entertainment, Theatres,
Movies, Ice Cream Parlors, Etc., Etc.
The best line including the famous
Pianos and Player Pianos
"PIAN-O-GRAND"
"BANJ-O-GRAND"
and "HARP-O-GRAND"
Better than ever, with the same
"Grand Tone In Upright Case."
Wide-awake Piano D e a l e r s find
them easy sellers in every community.
Grands and Players that every deal-
er likes to sell, for Satisfaction and
Profit
Send for illustrated
descriptive circulars.
Nelson -Wiggen Piano Co.
Smith & Nixon Piano Co.
1731 Belmont Ave.,
CHICAGO
1229 Miller St., Chicago
COMPOSERS AND ARTISTS
FAVOR TONK PIANO
Fine Instrument of William Tonk & Bro., Inc.,
New York, Highly Appreciated by Pub-
lishers and Others.
Beauty of tone and durability are characteristics
of the Tonk piano made by William Tonk & Bro.,
Inc., New York, that render it greatly appreciated by
many composers, artists, publishers' clubs, restau-
rants, and stores where the Tonk piano or player is
used for demonstrating sheet music and rolls. The
Tonk piano has a peculiarly sweet and sonorous tone
that is highly valued by composers and the excellence
of the construction makes it a dependable instrument
for the publisher's offices, where the services of a
piano are almost continuous.
Here is a list of music publishing houses in New
York City where Tonk pianos are in use:
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder (in all their studios),
Stark & Cowan," Shapiro Bernstein & Co., E. B.
Marks Music Co., J. H. Remick Music Co., Broad-
way Music Co., Clark & Leslie Songs, Kallmer-I'uck,
Van Alstync & Curtis, Richmond Music Co., B. A.
Music Co., Melrose Bros., and Bernard-Scheib.
Following is a list of composers and stage favorites
who are appreciative owners of Tonk pianos :
Henry Waterson, Sr., Henry Waterson, Jr., Ted
Snyder, Van & Schenk, all four also using them in
their own homes.
Al. Jolson, Con Conrad, Al. Jockers, Herman
Ruby, Pete Wendling, W. C. Rumsey, Mai. Hallett,
Sophie Tucker, Harry De Costa, Dorothy Bernard,
Ernest Brewer, R. E. Hall.
New York restaurants where the Tonk gives excel-
lent service pleasing to patrons and the proprietors:
Silver Slipper Restaurant, Exclusive Supper Club,
ricadilly-Rcndezvous, Buchanan Restaurant Co.,
Stanley Food Co., Woodmansten Inn.
Two popular dancing schools in New York where
the dependable Tonk provides music are Morris &
Bernard and Cinderella Dancing Academy.
Syndicate stores for demonstrating sheet music
and music rolls—W. T. Grant Stores, McCrory 5 and
10c Stores, F. & W. Grand 5-10-25c Stores, S. S.
Kresge Co., B. & A. Goode 5-10-25c Stores.
Louis Frcy, Inc., Carlstadt, N. J., is erecting a
building at 410-12 Hackensack street, which it will
occupy on May 1.
KREITER
The Leading and Most Popular
Pianos and Players
Grands, Players, Uprights and
Reproducing Pianos
The Results of Over Forty Years'
of Experience.
Kreiter Pianos Cover the Entire Line
and no Piano Dealer who tries these in-
struments would supplant them by any
others. A trial will convince.
Kreiter Mfg. Co., Inc.
310-312 W. Water St., Milwaukee, Wis.
Factory: Marinette, Wis.
The Lyon & Healy
Reproducing Piano
A moderate priced reproducing piano,
beautiful in design and rich in tone.
Write for our new explanatory Chart,
the most complete and simple treat-
ment of the reproducing action.
Wabash at Jackson - - - Chicago
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May 2, 1925.
13
PRESTO
ARTISTS AND DUO=ART
AT BUSONI CONCERT
Famous Group of Pianists with Reproducing
Piano Provide Program at Memorial
Recital at Aeolian Hall.
Five famous pianists
and the Duo-Art Re-
producing Piano col-
laborated in an impres-
sive memorial concert
to the late Italian mas-
ter, Ferruccio Busony,
on Monday afternoon,
April 13, in Aeolian
Hall, New York. Wil-
liam Bachaus, M a r i a
Carreras, Ossip Gabrilo-
witsch, Ernest Hutche-
son and Ernest Schel-
ling offered their serv-
ices at the concert, the
proceeds of which were
applied to a fund for
t h e p l a c i n g of a
bronze bust of Busoni FERRUCCIO BUSONI.
in the Liceo Musicale in Bologna, Italy. The Duo-
Art Reproducing Piano, for which Busoni recorded
exclusively during his lifetime, assisted at the concert
by playing Busoni's own recording of his famous
transcription of Bach's "Chaconne."
The program was opened by Gabrilowitsch who
played another noted Busoni-Bach transcription, the
Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue. He was followed by
Messrs. Hutcheson and Schelling, performing the
Saint-Saen's Variations and Fugue on a Beethoven
theme, on two pianos.
"Busoni is dead," said the account of the concert
in the New York Herald-Tribune, "but he was the
next to take part, through a record of the Bach Cha-
conne, played by the Duo-Art." The performance of
the roll was one of the most impressive moments of
the afternoon. It is a work rich in contrasts of color
and rhythm, reaching climaxes of tremendous power
and dignity. These effects, of which Busoni was an
undisputed master, were preserved in the recording.
Many of those present who were intimately familiar
with the great Italian's playing declared that only the
empty piano stool bespoke of the absence of the man
himself.
Maria Carreras, a devoted friend of Busoni, paid
Grand and
Reproducing
Grand Pianos
are the last word in
musical perfection.
Lester Piano Co.
1806 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia
tribute to the memory of her compatriot with a per-
formance of Chopin's B-Flat Minor Sonata, with the
funeral march. Mr. Bachaus closed the program
with more Chopin, the C-Minor Ballade, Berceuse,
and C-sharp Minor Scherzo.
The concert had been initiated by Mine. Carreras,
who has been active in securing funds for the memo-
rial to Busoni in the Bologna institution. The Liceo
Musicale is the oldest school of music in the world
and has been a cradle of the art for centuries.
Wolfgang Mozart studied composition there as a
child. The Conservatorie has a custom of placing in
its historic Concert Hall portraits of the musicians
who have been its Directors. Busoni acted in that
capacity in 1913 and a few months ago, after his
death, Mme. Carreras commissioned a well known
Italian sculptor to mold a bust of the master in
bronze, to be placed among the other memorials.
The expense has been met by generous contribu-
tions from many of the foremost musicians of the
world. The Memorial Concert in Aeolian Hall was
an added tribute of the five artists who performed.
NEW EDITION OF A
GULBRANSEN BOOKLET
Fifth Printing of "Good Times with Your Gul-
bransen" Has a Big Variety of New
and Interesting Features.
"Good Times With Your Gulbransen" is the title
of a booklet of the Gulbransen Co., Chicago, in dis-
tributing which the dealers achieve effective public-
ity results. The edition now ready for the trade and
owners of Gulbransen Registering Pianos is the fifth
printing, with the contents brought up to date. In
the new edition is printed the first list of Gulbransen
Registering Piano Rolls.
"This book has a two-fold purpose," says a fore-
word.
"To acquaint Gulbransen owners with the variety
of music, available.
"To give, briefly and interestingly, a suggestion of
the inspiration on which good music is founded, and
to increase your appreciation of it.
"We hope it will merit a permanent place in your
library."
Excellent suggestions are given about the selec-
tion of player music rolls. Music for dancing parties
being an important consideration with Gulbransen
owners a very valuable "don't" is printed: "As a
suggestion for your own enjoyment, do not limit
your library to the popular rolls of the moment. You
will tire of them and have a lot of rolls which you
never play." A list of dance music with well-
marked rhythm and qualities that assure the continu-
ance in favor for the numbers for some time is
printed.
Singing parties are provided with a fine range of
selections in the new edition of the book. The songs
indicated have the words printed on the rolls. They
include songs of the A. E. F., Civil War songs,
American patriotic songs, Southern, old sentimental
and lodge songs, blues, stag songs, and Hawaiian
songs. For the little folk are suggested game songs,
Mother Goose rhymes and slumber songs. In the
religious song list are gospel hymns, Catholic hymns,
sacred solos and Christian Science hymns.
A varied list of songs in all keys and accompani-
ments of songs suitable for cQncerts and recitals is
provided in the book. Included are songs in foreign
languages. In opera music are excellent lists of
overtures, intermezzos, and selections are provided.
How a Gulbransen Registering Piano differs from
other playerpianos is told, and the Martin metl^l of
interpretation made clear. Brief but valuable sugges-
tions on the study of music are important features of
the book which names the elements of music and
gives examples of melody, harmony, descriptive
music and music expressive of the emotions.
The Gulbransen Programs department is an en-
lightening one, telling the requirements of a program
and giving suggestions for the making up of special
programs, such as "Classical Music," "Children's
Day," "School," "Old Times," "Americanization,"
"Christmas" and other kinds.
The Palmer Piano House, Medford, Ore., has just
opened a branch store at Ashland in the new Lithia
Hotel.
A QUALITY PRODUCT
FOR OVER
QUARTER. OFA CENTURY
POOLE
^BOSTON--
ALEX NORDLUND SAILS
FOR SWEDEN THIS WEEK
Head of Nordlund Grand Piano Co., Chicago,
Will Spend Three Months of Summer
in Vacation Traveling.
Alex Nordlund, president of the Nordlund Grand
Piano Co., 400-412 West Erie street, Chicago, left
this week for Sweden, where he will spend the sum-
mer.
After having a successful winter and spring season,
in which the Nordlund Grand made rapid strides in
the trade, the head of the Chicago industry made
plans for an extensive trip abroad. Sailing from New
York on the Ss. Stockholm, Mr. Nordlund will go
direct to Sweden, where he will spend the greater
part of his time while in Europe.
Mr. Nordlund is a close observer of things pertain-
ing to the music industry, and while in Sweden will
study conditions and methods of piano making, com-
paring them with American methods.
PIANO MEN CHOSEN.
In a campaign to raise $250,000 for financing the
conventions to be held in Portland, Ore., during the
coming summer and in part to defray the expenses of
the annual Rose Festival in June, the captains of the
music division are E. B. Hyatt, of the Hyatt Music
Co.; Ernest Crosby, business manager of the G. F.
Johnson Piano Co., and W. A. McDougall, of the
McDougall-Conn Music Co.
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