Presto

Issue: 1925 2028

June 6, 1925.
KURTZMANN
Manufactured by
C. KURTZMANN & CO.
Factories and General Offices
526-536 Niagara Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.
WILLIAMS
PIANOS
The policy of the Williams House is and always
has been to depend upon excellence of product
instead of alluring price. Such a policy does not
attract bargain hunters. It does, however, win the
hearty approval and support of a very desirable
•nd substantial patronage.
Maker
« o f Williams Pianos,
Epworth Piano* and Organ*
BRINKERHOFF
-
Reproducing Grands
Player-Pianos
and Pianos
The Line That Sells Easily
and Satisfies Always
BRINKERHOFF PIANO CO.
OFFICES, REPUBLIC BLDG.
209 State Street
STEINWAY ON DISPLAY
AT LYON & HEALY'S
Famous Instruments Will Be Prominently
Shown in Both Warerooms and Show
Windows During Convention Week.
An elaborate showing of Steinway pianos has been
planned by Lyon & Healy, Wabash and Jackson,
Chicago, during convention week, and visiting dealers
are invited to spend some of their time in viewing
the models of the famous instrument.
The large corner window, which has an admirable
location, will be arranged with a beautiful Steinway
piano. World famous artists will be quoted on the
Steinway, among whom the opinion of Paderewski,
giving prominence to the fact that the artist has
chosen the Steinway in preference to all other instru-
ments, as the ideal piano for his art.
An impressive showing of the Steinway will also
be had in the piano department in which the visitors
will find the air of hospitality and refinement that
distinguishes the place.
Grands—Players
Grands
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GERMAN BLACK LIST.
Under the heading "l'rotection (or Warning) List
of the Union of German Pianoforte Dealers," a Ger-
man contemporary publishes a list of German firms
(twenty-seven strong) that are offering pianos too
cheap, selling to private buyers, or are advertising
in unfair terms, etc. The Union of German Piano
Dealers is very active in its movement against
"unfair competition," and has instituted legal proceed-
ings against offenders.
OPENS NEW MUSIC STORE.
J. W. Hill has come to Plainview, Tex., and opened
a branch of the Amarillo Music Co. in the building
formerly occupied by the Quality Bakery at 513
Broadway. Mr. Hill announces that he will handle
24 different makes of pianos and talking machines.
The store was opened Saturday for business.
FAMOUS TENOR PRAISES
WESER BROS. PIANO
Bernardo de Muro, Operatic Artist, Commends
Tone of Instrument Whose Sales
Volume Grows Amazingly.
Bernardo de Muro, the famous Sardinian tenor,
who recently made his debut at the Manhattan Opera
House, New York, chose the Weser piano in prefer-
ence to all others and praised the tone qualities of the
instrument unstintingly. The organization of Weser
Bros., Inc., feels justly gratified that its instrument
was selected for such prominent use, and it is just
another of many increasing evidences of the wonder-
ful improvement which has taken place in the pianos
being produced by this old established firm.
During the past five or six years there has been a
concentrated effort on the part of the management
to produce an instrument which should be second
to none in the commercial grade, and the fact that the
volume of wholesale business being done by Weser
Bros, has grown by leaps and bounds is an indica-
tion that their efforts in this respect have met with
signal success.
During the month of May orders booked by Weser
Bros, were 110 per cent in excess of the business
received during May of the preceding year and every
month thus far during 1925 has shown a very sub-
stantial improvement over the preceding year.
The recent change in the superintendence' of the
Weser factories has been a most beneficial one and
each day's mail brings words of commendation from
the long list of dealers who are now featuring the
Weser piano.
Newman Bros.
Grands and Uprights
Grand and
Reproducing
Grand Pianos
are the last word in
musical perfection.
Lester Piano Co.
1806 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia
The Good Old
SMITH & NIXON
Pianos and Player Pianos
Better than ever, with the same
"Grand Tone In Upright Case."
Guarantee
Quality, Profit and
Satisfaction
Grands and Players that every deal-
er likes to sell, for Satisfaction and
Profit,
Newman Bros. Co.
Smith & Nixon Piano Co.
816 Dix St.
1229 Miller St., Chicago
Tbe Heppe, Marcellus and Edouard Jfuies Piu&
manufactured by the
HEPPE PIANO COMPANY
ere the only pianos In the world with
Three Sounding Boards.
Patented In the United States, Great Brltalfii
France, Germany and Canada.
Liberal arrangements to responsible agents only.
Main Office, 1117 Chestnut Sfc,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Est. 1879
ADAM SCHAAF, Inc.
REp
R°g™ sING
GRANDS AND UPRIGHTS
Established Reputation
EANOS
and Quality Since 1873
FACTORY
OFFICES AND SALESROOMS
1020 So. Central Park Ave.,
319-321 So. Wabash Ave.,
Corner Fillmore Street
CHICAGO, ILL.
New Adam Schaaf Building,
CHICAGO
RADLE TONE
The Musician's Delight
Whenever you hear the name RADLE you immediately
think of a wonderful tone quality, durability and design.
Musicians insist on RADLE
F. RADLE, Inc.
Est. 1850.
609-11 W. 36th St., New York City
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June 6, 1925.
PRESTO
LEXINGTON, KY., HOLDS
SESQUICENTENN1AL
And Among Visiting Music Men Taking in
the Thrills of the Celebration Is
J. P. Simmons, Piano Traveler.
Lexington, Ky., celebrated its sesquicentennial
this week and a good many of the business men
there have been able to reproduce advertisemnets of
long ago. Notable among the reproductions is a
music store ad reproduced from the Kentucky
(iazette of September, 1818. It is that of George
(iieb's Music Store, next door to Postlethwaite Inn,
which told the public that he had "elegant patent and
common pianofortes, bassoons, flageolets, violins,
fifes, clarionets, flutes" to sell.
The Postlethwaite Inn, which figures considerably
in Lexington history, was located next door to the
present Phoenix Hotel.
The George Gieb music store ad was reproduced
in the Sunday edition of the Lexington Leader, which
is the afternoon paper there and also issues a Sunday
morning edition. The old ad was printed in connec-
tion with the display of The Music Shop, 216 East
Main street, which said:
"The advertisement above convevs an idea of
The Best Yet
Graceful lines, rugged construc-
tion, moderately priced. It's the
very best commercial piano from
every standpoint.
musical merchandising of 100 years ago. Compare
it with our copy in the Lexington papers of today.
"We do not carry some of the peculiar titles listed
above, but we do have numerous instruments that
were unknown in Gieb's day: saxophones, French
horns, trumpets, trombones and every modern in-
strument for band or orchestra; pianos, Victrolas,
records. Royal phonographs and radio, C. G. Conn
band and orchestra instruments, Ludwig drums."
J. P. Simmons was a visitor to Lexington this
week and enjoyed the thrills of the centennial in the
intervals between orders for pianos, benches and
U. S. music rolls. Mr. Simmons recently finished
his annual trip through the South, covering eleven
states. He is heading north and looks forward to
the pleasure of meeting all his old friends and new
friends at the convention.
FORTHCOMING DIRECTORY OF
THE WORLD'S MUSIC TRADE
We are informed by the publishers of the "Uni-
versal Music Trades Directory" that the work is
now nearing completion. It must not be overlooked
that the labor involved in the production of a book
of this kind must be carried out with extreme care
and exactness in order to make it a reliable guide to
the music trade of the world.
It is gratifying to be able to state once again that
this volume will contain the addresses of music
dealers in all countries without exception. This could
hardly be otherwise in a universal directory wherein
nearly 60,000 names and addresses of manufacturers
and merchants in this branch of the world's trade are
collected.
The numerous subscribers to the work will certain-
ly not regret having to wait somewhat longer than
was expected for the appearance of the directory. It
will be the more complete and accurate for the delay.
It may, furthermore, be of interest to readers of
Presto to realize that the forthcoming directory of
the world's music industries and trade will be the
first of its comprehensive kind since the Universal
Music Trades Directory which was nut forth by the
publishers of the American Music Weekly twenty
years ago.
Style 32—4 ft. 4 in.
SPENCER
WESER
The Intrinsic Qualities of This
Piano Command Attention
Sell Readily—Stay
A High Grade Instrument at a
Moderate Price
Sold
Send to-day for catalogue, prices and
details of our liberal financing plan
520 to 528 W. 43rd St., New York
HADDOREF PIANO CO.
ROCKFORI>,ILL.
Wholesale Offices:
New York CM
I30W. 42nd S»
Chicago
410 S. Micm«an A T .
San Franr.«r.
SI 1 California Si.
Schaff Bros.
Players « nd Pianos have won their stand-
ing with trade and public by 54 years of
steadfast striving to excel. They repre-
sent the
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.
First Class Factory and Equipment
Ample Production and Service
SPENCER PIANO COMPANY, Inc.
Weser Bros., Inc.
IN EVERY
DETAIL
Universal Music Trades Directory Approaches Com-
pletion by Enterprising Publishers in
Paris, France.
G. Gaines is the manager of the Baldwin Music
Shop recently opened at 717 Travis street., Houston,
Tex.
Pianos and Players
AN
ARTISTIC
FACTORY: Thirty-First St. and First Ave.
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 Piano
Jesse French & Sons Style BB
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.
Write today fci catalog and prices
giving you the
Unequaled Grand
at
Unequaled Price
Already being sold by leading dealers
throughout the country
"They are the one best buy on the market"
Write today—tell us your next year's re-
quirements and we will meet your demands
with p ompt and efficient service.
NEW CASTIF,
INDIANA
Nordlund Grand Piano Co.
JESSE FRENCH & SONS PIANO CO,
400 W. Erie St.
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