Presto

June 6, 1925.
PRESTO
mis, Melostrelle pianos and players made by this
company will be on display.
Chris. G. Steger, president of the company;
Charles E. Byrne, vice-president and sales manager;
Edward J. Duffy, Henry J. Burbank, William O.
Pipenbrink, Lawrence Tsan, Clark F. Gross, Oscar
J. Volkman and Donald V. Steger, all of the sales
department, will be on hand to greet visitors. Trips
to the well known Steger factory will also be
arranged.
Continental to Show.
The Continental Music Co. will have on display in
Room M-7, mezzanine floor, a complete line of Pan-
American band instruments. In addition the com-
pany will also exhibit a line of standard musical
merchandise.
All the company's traveling representatives will be
on hand to greet visitors. They will include A. L.
Mignin, William F. Kaiser, Paul M. Gazlay, and R.
Wood Ryder. John L. Luellen, president of the com-
pany, will also be present.
The Haddorff Exhibit
The Haddorff Piano Co., Rockford, 111., will ex-
hibit several models of grand and upright pianos and
player-pianos in Room 302 of the Drake Hotel and
at 610 South Michigan Avenue during the conven-
tions.
The Clarendon Piano Co. will show grands, up-
rights, player-pianos and reproducing pianos at Room
303 Drake Hotel and at Room 601 Fine Arts Building
during the convention, the week of June 7.
P. C. Weaver at Drake
The E. P. Johnson Piano Co. of Elgin and Ottawa,
111., will feature Style O, four foot six inch P. C.
Weaver player at the Drake Hotel during the conven-
tion. The exhibit will be very complete, including
one each of the styles made by the company. E. P.
Johnson, president of the company, and other officials
will be present at the Drake Hotel to care for vis-
itors.
Straube Plans Big Display
The Straube Piano Co. of Hommand, Ind., will oc-
cupy Suite 324, 325 and 326 at the Drake Hotel dur-
ing the convention with a display consisting of
Straube grands, player-pianos and uprights, as well
as the celebrated Hammond and Gilmore pianos and
player-pianos. The Straube Artronome player action
will be on exhibition.
The Straube exhibit will be in charge of the follow-
ing officials: E. R. Jacobson, president; C. H. J.
Thorby, vice-president; A. T. Schuldes, treasurer; J.
R. Adams, advertising manager, and W. G. Betz, gen-
eral superintendent. Straube wholesale travelers will
also attend the convention. Among the salesmen who
have definitel yarranged to be present are J. N. Eng-
land, James A. Terry, D. L. Sterling and Luther Bar-
nett. Many Straube dealers have also planned to at-
tend the convention.
Big Seeburg Display
The J. P. Seeburg Piano Co.'s display in M—16, the
mezzanine floor of the Drake Hotel, will be one of
the most attractive at the hotel. The company will
show its full line of automatic pianos and orches-
trions and home player-pianos, and three new styles,
all with advanced ideas, will be featured. The in-
struments will be demonstrated throughout the week.
N. Marshall Seeburg, treasurer of the company; W.
H. Collins, sales manager, and E. O. Ball, R. H. Mc-
Cabe, M. Lemenoff and H. O. Ellis of the traveling
sales force will be on hand to welcome visitors.
Packard at Drake
Reproducing pianos, grand pianos and uprights and
players will be shown by the Packard Piano Co. of
Fort Wayne at its display rooms in the Drake Hotel
during the convention. A. S. Bond, president of the
company; R. W. E. Sperry, factory manager, and
other officials of the company plan to attend the con-
ventions.
Schiller Super-Grand
Schiller Super-Grand piano in Gothic period design
will be a feature of the elaborate display to be made
by the Schiller Piano Co. of Oregon, 111., and Chi-
cago.
Edgar B. Jones, president of the company; Frank
M. Hood, vice-president, and Frank Jordan, sales
manager, will be at the display rooms, Suite 854-855,
the Drake, to receive visitors. In addition the com-
pany will keep open house at its Chicago warerooms,
932 Republic Building, where the complete line will
be shown.
New Waltham Players on Display
The Waltham Piano Co. of Milwaukee, Wis., will
exhibit its new styles of Waltham player-pianos,
Waltham Harpenola, the Waltham Tone Resonator
and the new Waltham Ivorlith keyboard, in Suite 135
and 136 at the Drake Hotel during the convention.
In addition to these displays the company will have
on exhibition eight Waltham player-pianos in new
styles. Paul F. Netzow, president of the company,
and J. S. Lamb, district sales manager, will be on
hand to greet visitors.
The Cable Co.'s Display
The Cable Co. will display a complete line of
grands, reproducing grands, player-pianos and stand-
ard and midget upright pianos at their warerooms,
W'abash Avenue and Jackson Boulevard, Chicago. In-
cluded in the display will be the Conover and Con-
over Solo Inner-Player pianos; Euphona Solo and
Euphona Inner-Player pianos.
Special trips to the Cable Co. factories at St.
Charles, 111., and Chicago will be open for all who
care to avail themselves of the opportunity to go
through a piano manufacturing plant. Officials and
employes of the Cable Co. will keep open house.
SOCIAL JOYS OF
GREAT CONVENTION
Premier at Drake.
The Premier Grand Piano Corp., New York, will
have an unusually interesting and comprehensive ex-
hibit at the Drake, the display to consist of the Pre-
mier Model R, 5-foot 10-inch model, the Aristocrat
5-foot 3-in. model, the William and Mary Period
model, the shrdlucf, the Premier Reproducing Grand
and the Oriental Period model, the first showing be-
ing at Chicago.
Walter C. Hepperla, president of Premier Grand
Piano Corp.; Matt J. Kennedy of the Chicago head-
quarters, and other officials will be in attendance at
the Premier exhibit at the Hotel Drake.
The Settergren Exhibit
The B. K. Settergren Co., Inc., manufacturers of
the Settergren baby grand piano, will display at the
Drake Hotel, where space has been reserved for an
exceptionally interesting display. B. K. Settergren,
president of the company and the designer of the
grand piano bearing his name, will be on hand to
receive visitors and tell them about his product. Mem-
bers of the sales force will also be at the Drake.
Annual Breakfasts, Luncheons, Dinners, Theater
Parties, Boat Trips on a Joyful Schedule That
Will Make Next Week Memorable Period.
Hardman, Peck & Co. in Loop.
ITardman, Peck & Co., New York, have arranged
to display their general lines in the warerooms of the
Cable Piano Co., 301 South Wabash avenue. Ashley
B. Cone, vice-president, and John A. Krumme, trav-
eler for Hardman, Peck & Co., who inakes his head-
quarters in the Wesa, will both attend the convention.
Steinway Representative at Convention.
Steinway & Sons, New York, will be represented
at the convention by Roman de Majewski of the
wholesale department, who will be located at the
Drake Hotel, convention headquarters, and where he
will meet Steinway representatives from all over the
country.
Bush & Lane Exhibit.
The Bush & Lane Piano Co., Holland, Mich., will
have a display at the Drake which will be the most
elaborate ever put on exhibition by this company.
Two large display rooms will beu sed and the entire
line will be shown and demonstrated.
A full line of grand pianos, player-pianos and up-
rights, which will include the Bush & Lane Victor
and Farrand models; the Bush & Lane Cecilian play-
ers; the Bush & Lane Cecilian reproducers Welte-
Mignon (Licensee) will be shown. In addition the
company will have on display one of its multi-repro-
ducers and two exceptionally beautiful Duo-Vox
radio-phonograph cabinets. Both of the cabinets that
will be on display were made by Walter Lane, pres-
ident of the company, personally. They are made
entirely of matched veneers and represent the high-
est art of cabinet making.
All the officers of the company, including Walter
Lane, president; W. H. Beach, treasurer; C. L.
Beach, secretary; W. F. Clevey, sales manager; Les-
lie I. King, Ohio representative, and R. A. Buttell
and William L. Bush will be in attendance at the
exhibits.
Mason & Hamlin Display.
The exhibit of the Mason & Hamlin Co., Boston,
will be at the warerooms of the Cable Co., Wabash
avenue and Jackson boulevard. The Mason & Ham-
'in with the Ampico will be featured.
Jesse French Line.
The Jesse French & Sons Pian Co. will have an
elaborate display of its line of pianos and player-
pianos at the convention.
The styles on display will include the Jesse French
& Sons reproducing grand Welte-Mignon (Licensee)
in extra fancy Circassian walnut; Jesse French & Son
Style A in brown polished mahogany; Jesse French
& Sons CC player-piano with the Standard Acton and
finished in extra fancy walnut, and Lagonda Style
45 player-piano in dull brown mahogany.
Jesse French, Sr., president; Jesse French, Jr., sec-
retary; H. Edgar French, vice-president and general
manager; W. R. McKown and Earl May will be in
Chicago during the week to greet visitors.
To Show Duo-Arts.
The Aeolian Co., New York, will show one of the
largest groups of Duo-Art reproducing pianos in
decorative cases ever assembled. Visitors to the Chi-
cago vonvention are invited to view this interesting
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In Addition to Numerous Banquets Planned
by the National Associations and Chicago
Trade Bodies Are Many Social Functions
Arranged by Individuals and Firms.
WORK MIXED WITH PLAY
The noonday luncheons promise to be exceedingly
interesting. The following honorary chairmen will
preside: Tuesday, Pacific Coast day, Ed H. Uhl;
Wednesday, Southern day, Parnham Werlein; Thurs-
day, Eastern day, C. Alfred Wagner. On Monday
the entire male chorus of the "Student Prince of
Heidelbtirg," will sing the popular drinking song
from that opera and other selections from that play
now at the Great Northern Theater.
The luncheons will be Piano Club affairs and the
entertainment features will be under the auspices of
that club, as has been the case in the previous two
Chicago conventions. The committee in charge of
the entertainment is headed by Harry Bibb, of the
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company.
American Piano Co.'s Party
Following an old custom, the American Piano Co.,
New York, will give a theater party, supper and
dance for its representatives attending the convention.
The supper and dance will be at the Hotel Black-
stone.
Knabe Breakfast
Representatives of William Knabe & Co. attending
the Chicago conclave are to be guests of its presi-
dent, R. K. Paynter, at a breakfast at the Drake Ho-
tel on Tuesday morning, June 9. The House of
Knabe will have an exhibit at the warerooms of the
Raymond Music Co., 300 North Michigan Avenue.
The Seeburg Dinner
The J. P. Seeburg Piano Co., Chicago, will hold its
third annual dinner to its dealers at the Drake Hotel
the evening of June 8. N. Marshall Seeburg, treas-
urer of the company, will preside, and other repre-
sentatives of the company present will be R. H.
Malmquist, secretary; W. H. Collins, sales manager;
E. H. Brattle, advertising manager; E. O. Ball, sales
representative in the North and West; R. H. Mc-
Cabe, Southern; M. LemenofF, Eastern; H. O. Ellis,
Central, and K. Craft, Chicago.
The Bent Dinner
Old songs will be sung at the "dinner to and for
the aged" which George P. Bent is giving at the
Drake Hotel June 9 for his many friends. It is
planned to have all the guests "old timers" or men
of the music industry who have been in it a score or
more years. Invitations have been sent to nearly
all the older piano men in the country, and it is ex-
pected Mar. Bent will be host to at least 200 guests.
Breakfast for Gulbransen Dealers
The Gulbransen Co., which will have an extensive
display of its line on view in Rooms 311 to 314 at
the Drake Hotel during the convention, will also give
a special breakfast to Gulbransen dealers June 11 at
8:45 in the Grill Room of the Drake.
The Seebury Dinner.
The third annual Seeburg piano merchants' dinner
will be given at the Drake hotel Monday, June 8
(next Monday) at 6:30 p. m. The guests will all
meet at the special Seeburg display room on the
mezzanine floor of the Drake, room M-16.
The cards of invitation urge prompt acceptance
that arrangements may be forwarded quickly. In
accordance with previous custom, the Seeburg dinner
will be a stag affair and informal. It promises to be
one of the enjoyable events of the week and a good
attendance is certain—as always before.
The Cable Breakfast
The annual breakfast of The Cable Co. will be
given in the Grill Room of the Hotel Drake at 8:45
a. m., June 10. This will be the twentieth convention
event of the kind. The breakfast is given by the
company every year during the convention to enter-
tain visiting Cable dealers. Preparations are being
made to care for 200 guests. This number will in-
clude The Cable Co. officials and their wives. One
of the after breakfast features will boe a visit to The
Cable Co.'s Chicago plant.
J. E. Baldwin is now manager of the Rudolph Wur-
litzer Company's branch store at Columbus, Ohio.
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