June 20, 1925.
PRESTO
which have purchased the famous instrument are also
shown.
The completion of the Baldwin window was effected
this week, which will accord an adequate space to
show the wide line of pianos and players manufac-
tured by the Cincinnati industry. The decoration of
R. B. Oslund, Motors to Chicago Convention the new window makes an appropriate June show-
ing.
and Visits the Brinkerhoff Co. Whose
The fine line of grands and players manufactured
Line He Successfully Represents.
by the C. Kurtzmann & Co., Buffalo, N. Y., are ca-
Selling pianos and fishing are the favorite pastimes pably represented by the Wade-Twitchell Music Co.,
of R. B. Oslund, energetic dealer of Spokane, Wash., S. Wabash avenue, who have had a good trade for
who motored to Chicago from the northwest during Kurtzmann line which is continuously on display in
convention week on a combination business and its warerooms and show windows. A new style up-
pleasure trip. Mr. Oslund when seen at the Brinker- right, which appeared at the recent convention, has
hoff headquarters last week, explained his pastimes made a fine impression in the trade.
and why he was successful in both.
The piano business in the northwest is very good
and particularly good in Spokane, reported Mr. Os-
lund whose methods of exploiting widely known lines,
including the Brinkerhoff has created a steady and
profitable business. The Oslund store is one of the
first to open of mornings and latest to close and has Old House with Headquarters in Cincinnati
given a service unequalled to its patrons.
Has Eight Branches in Flourishing
Prior to his trip to the convention Mr. Oslund pur-
Condition.
chased a Willys-Knight six, which he calls his fish-
ing car. The new automobile will be used on the
Howard Weber, general manager piano division of
piano man's annual motor trip.
the John Church Co., of Cincinnati, announces com-
pletion of reorganization of the personnel of that old
corporation. The John Church Company has stores
in the following locations:
Cincinnati, O., Chicago, Peoria, 111., Detroit, La
Salle, 111., Joliet, III., Danville, 111., Columbia, S. C,
and Chattanooga, Tenn.
appointment of the following men as managers
Progressive Birmingham Music House, Rep- of The
those stores is announced: Arthur Mergott, Cin-
resentative of Steinway Piano, Secures
cinnati; L. G. Becker, Chicago; L. H. Huggins, Pe-
oria; Joseph Osborn, Detroit; DeMill Milton, La
Fine Location for Branch Retail Store.
Salle; H. F. Guy, Joliet; James Sweeney, Danville;
The Clark & Jones Piano Company of Birming- E. H. Bowlby, Chattanooga; Otto Gressing, Colum-
ham, Ala., is looking for a location in Montgomery bia.
with a view to opening one of the most modern pi-
All stores have been thoroughly renovated and re-
ano salons in the south in that city. Pending such decorated during the past sixty days. Mr. Weber re-
time as the company is able to secure suitable quar- ports increased business for month of May over cor-
ters, M. Wesley Parsons, for many years a resident responding month of last week. The officers of this
of Montgomery has been appointed representative company are: President, R. B. Burchard; vice-presi-
there.
dent, W. L. Gibson; treasurer, Augustus Beall.
The business of the John Church Company was es-
The Clark & Jones Piano Company is one of the
up-to-date institutions in the south, the stock in which tablished in 1859 under the control of the late John
is owned by Alabama men, Henry S. Jones and Rob- Church. It was conducted as a partnership until
1881, when it was incorporated and, on the death of
ert J. McDavid, Jr.
Henry S. Jones, the president, was born in Mobile Mr. Church, the house fell to the management of
and started with a capital of $150. From this humble Frank A. Lee, who lopped off several of its branches
start the business grew to become a model south- in order to promote the Everett piano. The house is
financially solid and its future is brighter now than
ern institution.
Robert P. McDavid, Jr., the secretary, acquired before in years.
the interest of Frank Clark six years ago, since which
time he has devoted all his time to the business.
Mr. McDavid is a son of the late Robert P. Mc-
David, former secretary of state and a grandson of
Governor Robert M. Patton.
As state representative of the Steinway and other
leading makes of pianos, the Clark & Jones Piano
Company conduct a progressive campaign for busi- $1,100,000 Loan on Site of New Home for the
ness in the schools, catering to that class of music
Aeolian Co. on Fifth Avenue
lovers who know fine pianos and are willing to pay
Sold.
for them.
Charles B. Van Valen, Inc., New York, has sold
for the William Rockefeller estate a mortgage of
$1,100,000, covering 689 and 691 Fifth avenue, north-
east corner of Fifty-fourth street. The property was
sold by the Van Valen Corporation to Henry Mandel.
Mr. Mandel resold to Charles A. Gould, who leased
it to the Aeolian Company until 1989 for occupancy
Special June Displays in Which Are Featured after improvement.
Complete particulars of the plans of the Aeolian
Leaders in Pianos and Other Merchandise
Company for the new building, to be erected next
Have Kept Retail Sales on a High Level.
year, have already appeared in Presto. The loan of
The activity of Chicago merchants at this time is more than a million dollars on the land alone is an
exemplified by the window displays and other indication of the great value of the property which
methods of attracting public attention. Special June will be improved with social reference to the con-
sales have appealed to a good class of customers with venience and splendor of the new Aeolian offices and
warerooms.
satisfactory results.
The Cable Piano Company, Wabash and Jackson,
NEW BROCKTON BRANCH.
is featuring the Cable Midget this week in two of its
show windows. Six Cable Midgets, Style A, and of
A formal opening was recently held of the United
various finishes, comprise the largest and most im- Music Co.'s branch in the new Bigelow Building,
pressive display of these little instruments seen in Brockton, Mass. The store is very well lighted, fur-
many days. The demand for the little upright is nished and decorated and has all the facilities for
steadily growing and in connection with the display doing a big business. The lines featured are the Gul-
of this instrument The Cable Piano Co. takes pride bransen, Lester and Leonard pianos; Victrolas,
in announcing that over 100 Cable Midgets have been Brunswick and Sonora phonographs, and Atwater
placed in the public schools of Pittsburgh.
Kent and Stromberg-Carlson radio receivers.
A window of unusual drawing power is that of
Lyon & Healy's this week, in which is shown the
BUSY RECORD DEPARTMENT.
Steinway Duo-Art piano and its. popularity with the
The Cable Piano Co., Chicago, has many methods
world's largest steamship companies. The Steinway of increasing sales in the phonograph and record
Duo-art has been chosen for the well-appointed salons departments. The record exchange plan which was
of forty large ocean liners, the largest and most elab- formerly considered unprofitable to the music mer-
orate being the Leviathan.
chant has proven a successful method of stimu-
A huge sectional diagram of the Leviathan, in lating record sales. The active Chicago store has
Lyon & Healy's corner window, attracts large informed its patrons of this service as well as the
crowds, who also see the beautiful Steinway Duo-Art fact that red seal single Victor records have been
instrument. Pictures showing forty ocean liners reduced in price.
SPOKANE DEALER
MAKES GOOD REPORT
Schumann
PIANOS and PLAYER PIANOS
GRANDS and UPRIGHTS
Have no superiors in appearance, tone
power or other essentials of strictly
leaders in the trade.
Warning to Infringers
This Trade Mark li eaat
In the plat* and also ap-
pears upon the fall board
of all genuine Schumann
Pianos, and all Infringe™
will be prosecuted. Bfcware
of Imitations such as Schu-
mann A Company, Schu-
mann * Son, and also
Shuman, as all stencil
shops, dealers and users of
pianos bearing a name In
Imitation of the name
Schumann with the Inten-
tion of deceiving the public
will be prosecuted to the
fullest extent of tha law.
THE JOHN CHURCH CO.
WHOLLY REORGANIZED
CLARK & JONES BRANCH
FOR MONTGOMERY, ALA.
RECENT SALE SHOWS
AEOLIAN SITE VALUES
ACTIVITY ALONG
CHICAGO PIANO ROW
New Catalogue on Request.
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, 111.
QUALITY
in Name and in Fact
TONE. MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION,
WORKMANSHIP, DESIGN—all in ac-
cord with the broadest experience—are
the elements which give character to
Bush & Lane Products.
BUSH&LANE PIANOS
BUSH ft LANE CECILIAN PLAYER PIANOS
take high place, therefore, in any com-
parison of high grade pianos because of
the individuality of character which dis-
tinguishes them in all essentials of merit
and value.
BUSH ft LANE PIANO CO.
Holland, Mich.
DECKER
M^
EST. 1856
& SON
Grand, Upright
and
Welte-Mignon
(Licensee)
Reproducing
(Electric)
Pianos and Players
of Recognized
Artistic Character
Made by a Decker Since 1856
699-703 East 135th Street
New York
Becker Bros.
Manufacturer* of
HIGH GRADE PIANOS
and PLAYER PIANOS
Factory and Warerooms
767-769 Tenth Avenue, New York
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