June 27, 1925.
PRESTO
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RECALLS FIFTY YEARS
OF PACKARD PROGRESS
Letter to Fort Wayne Industry Tells of Half-
Century's Continuous Selling of "Packard"
by Guest Piano Company.
An unusual letter from a prominent retail house,
and which will be of general interest to the trade, was
this week received by the Packard Piano Co., of Fort
Wayne, Ind. The Guest Piano Company has sold
the Packard product for fifty years, and it has played
no small part in the great success of the Fort Wayne
institution. What the Guest Piano Company thinks
of Packard pianos after one-half century of selling
them, is summed up in the unsolicited letter of which
the following is a copy:
Burlington, Iowa, June 17, 1925.
The Packard Piano Company,
Fort W«yne, Indiana'.
Attention: Mr. A. S. Bond.
Dear Mr. Bond: Under separate cover, we are
sending you a Burlington Hawkeye of date of Sun-
day, June 14, and we have marked a display adver-
tisement of the Packard piano.
Just after reading this we noticed, in the column
"Fifty Years Ago," that on date Mr James A. Guest
left on a business trip to Fort Wayne, Ind., and this
trip of course was made for the purpose of calling
on your good company. We thought this would be
of interest to you.
Surely this house has been handling your excellent
product for a very long time, and we take this oppor-
tunity of expressing our customers' and our own
satisfaction with the Packard instruments, and also
to thank you for the many courtesies extended to us.
With best wishes, we remain.
Yours very truly,
THE GUEST PIANO COMPANY.
(Signed)
L. D. GUEST.
TUNERS NOTE MERIT OF
REPRO ART ACTION
Exhibit at Drake Hotel of the Peerless Pneu-
matic Action in Mehlin Grand Reproduc-
ing Piano Impresses Association Heads.
The Repro Art Artistic Action of the Peerless
Pneumatic Action Co., Inc., 469-485 East 133rd street,
New York, was a big sensation at the recent conven-
tion in Chicago. Dealers, manufacturers and heads
of the National Association of Piano Tuners, were
greatly enthused over the product of the company.
The Repro Art, reproducing action in the Mehlin
Grand, made a deep impression on account of its
simplicity, durability, and compactness.
Tolbert F. Cheek, president of the Peerless Pneu-
matic Action Co., who has always been a worker
among players and tuners, was elated upon being
visited by the heads of the piano tuners' national as-
sociation. The Peerless Pneumatic Action Co. is
heart and soul with this organization, which has done
such wonderful work in the west and middle west.
As sales manager of the Peerless Pneumatic Action
Co. J. B. Birdsong has taken a great interest in this
work, and sees a great future from its efforts in the
field. The Peerless Pneumatic Action Co. has plans
to carry this work on among the tuners and give all
possible assistance towards further achievements by
individuals and local state and national organizations
of tuners.
"I was greatly surprised to note the progress made
by the tuners' association during the past few years,
and upon its inevitable expansion to the east, we can
be depended upon to give a helping hand," said Mr.
Birdsong this week.
STRICTLY PERSONAL
TO TRADE PUSHERS
What Some Members of Trade Are Doing, Where
They Are Doing It, and With the When and Why.
Alvin A. Beesley, of the Beesley Music Co., Salt
Lake City, Utah, recently attended the annual con-
vention of the American Federation of Musicians at
Niagara Falls, N. Y., and to his credit is due the
selection of Salt Lake City for the convention of the
association in 1926.
R. A. Trussell is the new manager of the South
Plains Music Co., Lubbock, Tex., owned by O. V.
Wray, who formerly managed the store. In future
Mr. Wray will devote his entire attention to his stores
in Amarillo, Tex.
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.
C. N. Wilson, of the Richards Piano Co., Hot
Springs, Ark., recently opened a branch at Benton,
Ark.
Henry Krug, Jr., well known in the trade, was re-
elected president of the St. Joseph Music Festival
Association, St. Joseph, Mo.
K. J. Ferguson, manager of the Ferguson Music
House, San Jose, Cal., recently entertained the San
Jose Kiwanis Club with a number of vocal selections.
He was accompanied at the piano by LeRoy V.
Bryant, director of the Institute of Music.
Mrs. Irving Fakes, of Clarendon, Ark., has joined
the sales force of the O. K. Houck Piano Co., Mem-
phis, Tenn.
W. P. Fowler, proprietor of the Fowler Music
House of Duncan, Ok!a., and Mrs. Lola Bennet, of
Chickasha, Okla., were married recently.
H. R. Markau, formerly representing the Colum-
bia Co. in the New England territory, has resumed
his duties as buyer for the music section of Butler's
Department Store, Boston.
Orion E. Nobles, of the advertising department of
the Thearle Music Co., San Diego, Cal., and Miss
Marguerite Barkelew, popular organist and choir
leader in that city, have announced their engagement
to marry this month.
SOME SALESMAN.
He started out along the road
To sell the things of joy,
His samples just a little load—
Too little to annoy;
He sold from catalogues and cuts
And, though they said 'twas dull,
He heard no blubbering nor buts
Until his book was full.
BIG POSTER CAMPAIGN.
The Frazclle Piano Co, Toledo, O., has begun an
extensive sales campaign on Gulbransen instruments
for which outdoor advertising is used. Thirty-two
posters, in addition to a number of painted signs, are.
employed to feature the instruments. This is a tie-
up with the Gulbransen national publicity, in which
the Gulbransen one-price policy is emphasized.
KNABE FOR FINE NEW HOTEL.
The beautiful Chauteau Hotel at Lake Louise, the
wonder spot in the Canadian Rockies, has just been
equipped with a Knabe concert grand, the instrument
having been supplied by Willis & Co., Canadian
agents for the Knabe.
are the last word in
musical perfection.
Lester Piano Co.
1806 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia
For a
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Business
There is nothing to compare
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The Players are RIGHT in
everything t h a t means
money to the dealers and
satisfaction to the public
You will never do anything better
than when you get in touch with
M. SCHULZ CO.
711 Milwaukee Avenue
CHICAGO
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