19
PRESTO
June 27, 1925.
SMALL GOODS AND SUPPLIES
the best device of the kind for stair work. More
efficient service is assured by the use of the sill.
The Self Lifting Piano Truck Co. announces that
the sill has been improved in an effective way. The Wonderful Spirit of Mutual Helpfulness Be-
Julius Breckwoldt, Head of Great Dolgeville, handles, center rock shaft and the uprights of both
tween the C. G. Conn Company, Ltd.,
ends have been made available for longer service.
N. Y., Industry, Says Signs Point to
The new catalog of the company is filled with valu-
and Its Dealers Expressed at Meeting.
Busy Fall for Piano Trade.
able suggestions for the piano dealer and mover.
The
spirit of co-operation between C. G. Conn,
Conditions of activity in the factories of Julius Eight styles of end trucks, piano hoists, covers and
Breckwoldt & Son, Inc., Dolgeville, N. Y., are signs straps specially made for the piano trade are de- Ltd., and its dealers is one of the features of the busi-
ness made plain in the recent Conn Dealers' Home
assuring a busy fall for piano manufacturers and in scribed therein.
Coming Week celebrated in the factory in Elkhart,
turn for piano dealers. The circumstances were
Ind., in which over one hundred Conn dealers, repre-
pointed out to friends in the industry by Julius
EXPERT KEY COVERING.
senting all parts of the country, took part. It was a
Breckwoldt during the days of the recent trade
The
quality
of exactness is an admirable feature of
meeting for the review and discussion of business
convention in Chicago. The head of the great sound-
matters—finance, advertising and selling, in which
ing board plant naturally has a great many friends the work on recovered and rebrushed keys performed
in the piano industry and his circle of acquaintances by Frield Miller & Co., 3767 North Illinois street, dealers and officials and workers in the Conn indus-
among the dealers is also very large. He is invari- Indianapolis. All such work from dealers, tuners and try took part.
The harmonious feeling throughout the three days
ably present at the annual conventions where he is repairmen is done by expert workmen operating with
modern machinery. Correct spacing is guaranteed of the convention was characteristic of the associa-
always a notable figure.
and when the keys are replaced they will appear tion of the Conn manufacturing and Conn retailing
Every piano dealer is aware that a piano built with exactly as when the instrument left the factory.
activities. The frankness of free discussion in one
a Breckwoldt back and sounding board looks differ-
way expressed the enthusiasm which is a character-
ent, sounds different and is in reality different from
BAND INSTRUMENT EXPORTS.
istic of the Conn worker in every capacity. It is a
other pianos. It impresses the observer with its
The export of American made band instruments common belief that misunderstandings are more
strong, sturdy •construction, careful workmanship
quickly ironed out by plain talk.
and the splendid materials used in making it. The for the month of April, 1925, just published by the
That the Conn dealer is all the better equipped for
Foreign
and
Domestic
Commerce
department,
artist instantly recognizes the high quality of the
Breckwoldt sounding board made from clear, even- amounted to $39,016. The exports of string instru- his work at sales when he has a complete under-
ments for the same periods totaled $27,568. The standing of the construction of the instruments, their
grained Adirondack stock, carefully matched for
grain. The dealer knows that he has an impressive value of all other instruments of the musical merchan- merits and advantages over other lines, is a belief
sales argument when he shows his prospect a Breck- dise variety and parts thereof for April amounted to of the Conn company. Every dealer had the free-
dom of the factory and at intervals throughout the
$146,428.
woldt sounding board.
convention period, groups of dealers were shown the
accuracy and efficiency with which production is
FELT WOOL SUPPLIES.
carried on in the great plant. Marvelous special
With the wool market inactive, more wool is com- machinery and the expert character of the employes
ing to Portland for storage this year than would be assure dependable Conn instruments.
Better Service for Piano Movers Guaranteed by Use the case if buyers were busy in the country. Already
The promotion of sales is a desirable activity in
over 1,000,000 pounds of wool have been received at the Conn dealer which is encouraged by the com-
of Improved Device Appreciated by Trade.
the Western Wool Warehouse, and it is expected that
pany. They are aided in this by the Conn national
"Better your service with a new Buckeye sill," is between 4,000,000 and 5,000,000 pounds will be stored advertising, cleverly designed to sell the music idea
there
later.
a suggestion in the advertising of the Self Lifting
by creating more players and encouraging artists,
Piano Truck Co., Findlay, O., that sounds like a
thereby proving a background for the dealers' ad-
pretty good slogan. Piano dealers and movers who
Oscar Feinberg, manager of Miller's Musk Shop, vertising.
have acted on the suggestion admit it is excellent 240 Main street, Ansonia, Conn., has added musical
advice. The new Buckeye sill piano truck is for instruments and sheet music and reports very good
R. R. Bland, Troy, N. C, has opened a music store
grands and uprights and is generally admitted to be sales.
in High Point, in that state.
CONN SALES CO-OPERATION
BRECKWOLDT PRODUCTS
IMPROVES BUCKEYE SILL
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
The (new) Buckeye Sill Piano Truck
Manufacturers of
The New Buckeye Sill
PIANO ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
For Grands and Uprights and best for
stair work.
ONE GRADE ONLY
The Wessell, Nickel & Gross action is a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which it is found*
FACTORIES:
T\IC\17
OFFICEi
7 W. 45th Start
If. lOfhAT.
45th SL,
10th Are. &W46lh.
&W 46th. l " I - i TT
Comstock, Cheney & Co.
Better your SERVICE with a new Buckeye Sill. We have re-
built and greatly improved, for longer service, the handles, center
rock shaft and the uprights of both ends.
Send for circular.
Eight styles of End Trucks, Piano Hoists, Covers and special
made straps.
Ivory Cutters and Manufacturers
Manufactured by
Piano Keys, Actions and Hammers
Self Lifting Piano Truck Co.
FINDLAY, OHIO
IVORY AND COMPOSITION-COVERED ORGAN KEYS
Th« only Company Furnishing the Keys, Actions, Hammers and Brackets Complete
Telegraph and R. R. Station: Essex, Conn.
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Office and Factories: Ivory ton, Conn.
THE O. S. KELLY CO.
Manufacturers
of
High
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JULIUS BRECKWOLOT & SON, ING.
Manufacturers of
™ ^
and
Tupper Laky
Piano Backs, Boards, Bridges, Bars*
Traplevers and Mouldings
SOLE AGENTS FOR RUDOLF GIESE WIRE
WESTERN REPRESENTATIVE:
Grade
PIANO PLATES
SPRINGFIELD
saaa;
OHIO
CENTRAX STEEL & WIRE CO.,
119-127 N. Peoria Street,
J BRECKWOLDT, Prea.
Chicago. III.
W. A. BKEGKWOLDT. Sec & Tr*
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