May 9, 1925.
PRESTO
SMALL GOODS AND SUPPLIES
NEW FACTORY PIANO TRUCKS
Self-Lifting Piano Truck Company of Findlay, Ohio,
to Have Larger Building.
Increased business has resulted in the formation of
plans for erection of new building on North Main
street, Findlay, Ohio, as the home of the Self-Lifting
Piano Truck Company. Frank D. Lea, manager of
the industry, had part of the former home of the
plant razed and construction work will start at once.
Greatly increased floor space will be available. The
office of the company will be in the front part, while
the machine shop will occupy the rear portion. A
building in the rear which is now the home of the
plant during the erection of the new building will
be used for a ware room and a shipping department.
The two-story frame building which the company
had occupied since 1903 was wholly inadequate for
the expanding business, according to Mr. Lea. The
company moved to Findlay from Lima in 1903, hav-
ing been organized two years previously.
New equipment and additional machinery will be
installed in the factory and the steadily increasing
demand for Self-Lifting piano trucks will have more
prompt attention than ever before.
mental rules of musical composition, is "on its way."
But tamed jazz will continue to exert an influence on
musical compositions of a certain order for some
time.
But anyway the composers and the orchestra lead-
ers are satisfied that the saxophone and other wind
instruments, the banjo and the drums and traps, are
too useful for desirable effects to be neglected. The
demand for the clarinet has noticeably increased
within the past six months, and the calls for the saxo-
phones are the surprise of the business. Never be-
fore in the history of the small goods business has
the banjo created such interest. There is a decline
in the request for the weirder contrivances that keep
the drummers occupied, but the trade in drums and
the conventional traps continues good.
NEW EASTERN ASSN.MEETS
Musical Merchandise Manufacturers' Associa-
tion Adopts Constitution and By-Laws and
Pres. Grover Names Special Committees.
The Musical Merchandise Manufacturers' Associa-
tion, Eastern District, the newly formed organization
of manufacturers of string instruments and acces-
sories, adopted a constitution and by-laws at a meet-
ing held in New York City last week. The officers
were elected at a previous meeting.
The following committees were appointed by
President Grover: Membership—G. F. Chapin, Wal-
ter Schmidt, E. E. Falsberg, J. P. Grant and D. L.
Day. Entertainment and Meetings—H. C. Lomb, A.
Houdlett, and E. Stathapoula. Standardization—J. G.
FOR MUNICIPAL BAND LAW.
Sparkes, M. Liften, and F. Gibson. Publicity—H. C.
A movement to aid band instrument sales is now Lomb. Frank Gibson, and Walter Schmidt. Conven-
on foot in New York state for the Municipal Band tion—M. Liften, L. A. Elkington, F. Theiss, C. F.
or Concert Law. Pat Conway, the famous band- Martin and J. P. Grant. Misrepresentation in Ad-
master of Ithaca, N. Y., has consented to act as state vertising—E. E. Felsberg, F. Theiss and S. Dreneki.
chairman in this movement, which he is carrying for-
Considerable enthusiasm was evinced by the mem-
ward with the assistance of the National Bureau for bers at the purposes expressed in the new constitu-
the Advancement of Music. President Joseph N. tion and by-laws whose main design is for the im-
Weber and Secretary William J. Kerngood of the provement of better business relations among mem-
American Federation of Musicians, have given their bers and in the trade generally; for progressive meth-
hearty endorsement to the plan to take the municipal ods in manufacturing and for the fostering of move-
concerts out of the charity class.
ments creating interest in musical goods.
The concert given by the Serenaders at Aeolian
Hall, May 2, was in line with the project of the
Jazz Music Declines, But Favor for Things Associ-
MAKE RECORDS FROM RADIO.
association towards encouraging the furtherance of
ated with It Continues.
The British phonograph companies will introduce a fretted instrument music. The concert was endorsed
into parliament soon in an effort to punish the by the association at its recent meeting and the mem-
Dealers who say they observe a decline in the bill
pirating
of phonograph records by radio. It is bers individually took large blocks of tickets. The
favor of the jazzy roll and record, a decrease in claimed that
listeners in are making phonograph rec- concert last Saturday night was the first of a series
supply of sheet music frankly jazzy, also say they ords
the voices of well known artists as they sing already planned.
see no effect on the instruments associated with the over of
radio. While radio records do not compare
production of jazz music in the orchestras. The call with the
real
records, there are many excellent results.
ORGAN COMPANY BUILDS.
for banjos, saxophones, clarinets, and drums con-
Exeter engineer recently secured a remarkable
tinues to increase even in the face of admitted in- An
The Geneva Organ Co., Geneva, 111., is erecting
record
of
the
Savoy
Hotel
band
broadcasting
from
difference or disfavor for jazzy music.
a warehouse and loading station at the east end of
Of course there are several ways in which they ac- London.
the factory in that town. Heretofore the heavy
count for the satisfactory condition of sales of the
freight has been handled from temporary platforms,
goods named in the musical merchandise department.
The heirs of Peter Bacigalupi, pioneer music man but from now on, all incoming and outgoing freight
The extreme jazz, that which required strange and of San Francisco, Cal., who died recently, are con- will be lifted from factory to car door and from car
barbarous noises and which fractured the funda- tinuing the business at 111 Golden Gate avenue.
door to factory.
NOTED IN SMALL GOODS FIELD
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
THE SELPO TRUCKS
Manufacturers of
FOR PIANO MOVERS
PIANO ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
ONE GRADE ONLY
The Wessell, Nickel & Gross action la a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which it is f ourwcL
FACTORIES:
NEW
OFFICE:
4J7 W. «
Comstock, Cheney & Co.
Ivory Cutters and Manufacturers
Piano Keys, Actions and Hammers
The last word in END TRUCKS. Make your service the best.
These trucks are most complete and sturdy. The frame is cross
braced and riveted, so it can not rack.
The bail has been lengthened to increase its leverage. Also, Sill
Trucks, Piano Hoists, Covers and special made straps.
Manufactured by
SELF LIFTING PIANO TRUCK CO.
FINDLAY, OHIO
IVORY AND COMPOSITION-COVERED ORGAN KEYS
Th« only C t m p m y Fumfehlng tfw Kays, Actlans, Hammmv and B>M«k*t« Gampiete
Telegraph and R. R. Station: Eatex, Conn.
Office and Factories: Ivoryton, Conn.
CO.
THEO S. KELLY
of High Grade
Manufacturers
PIANO 1 PLATE :s
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SPRINGFIELD
OHIO
JULIUS BRECKWOLOT & SON, ING.
Manufacturers of
Saw Mills
Fulton Chain
and
Tuppcr Lakt
Piano. Backs, Boards, Bridges, Bars,
Traplevers and Mouldings
SOLE AGENTS FOR RUDOLF GIESE WIRE
WESTERN REPRESENTATIVE:
CENTRAL STEEL & WIRE CO.,
119-127 N. Peorla Street,
J BRECKWOLDT. Prea.
Chicago, 111.
W. A. B KECKWOLDT. S a c ML Tra
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