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Presto

Issue: 1925 2031

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June 27, 1925.
PRESTO
hall. The desks of Frederick T. Steinway, president;
Friedrich Reidemeister, treasurer, and Hermann
Irion are back of the clerical department. The direc-
States the official opening last week was an event of
supreme importance. The beauty of the interior is
only equalled by its utility. The efforts of the archi-
tects were to provide every modern means to effec-
HELD UP ON STREET
AND PAY ROLL STOLEN
Messenger for F. Radle, Inc., Famous Old
New York Piano Industry, Stopped by
Robbers and Money Taken Away.
THBODORE OASSEBEER.
General Manager.
tive ways to carry on the great business centered in
the structure. Financial strength, artistry in indus-
try and commercial prominence are represented in
the new Steinway Hall.
HERMANN IRION.
Manager, Artists' Department.
tors' room is on the extreme east side and next to
this is the office of Nahum Stetson, secretary of the
company, and then in turn are the offices of Ernest
CHAS. STANLEY EXPECTS TO
RETURN HOME NEXT MONTH
American Piano Expert, Who Has Been in Paris the
Past Year, Sails on July 10.
Charles Stanley, expert American piano man, who
has been in Paris for the past year, rearranging the
mechanical workings and drawing new piano scales
for the famous Paris industry of Gaveau, expects to
leave Paris for England on July 10, and then start
for home on either August 1 or 15. The exact time
for sailing will depend upon what accommodations
may be had on a suitable boat.
Mr. Stanley expresses unbounded satisfaction in
the work he has been doing, and is loud in his praise
of the House of Gaveau, the famous French piano
industry whose factory has been his working place
for the past year. The results of his work have been
so satisfactory that it has been spoken of by those
in authority in terms of the highest appreciation.
Mr. Stanley's wife was expected to arrive at Bou-
logne on the 9th.
HISTORY IN BOOKLET.
The "Test of Time" is the name of a booklet re-
cently issued by the Siegling Music House, Inc.,
Charleston, S. C. The history of the firm, which was
founded in 1819 and claims the distinction of being
the oldest music house in the United States, was out-
lined in an interesting way. At the present time the
business is in the hands of the third generation, with
Rudolph Siegling as president and treasurer.
One of the widely-known and most substantial of
New York's piano manufacturers was the victim of
hold-up men two weeks ago, and the story has just
come to light. It had been hoped that, by keeping
the matter quiet, the thieves might be apprehended and
the large sum of money recovered. But to this time
J. Radle, Jr., treasurer of the company, has not been
able to capture the robber.
The messenger of the piano industry had been to
the bank, where he drew funds for the payroll of the
factory at 609-611 West 36th street, when the hold-up
men approached and managed to surround the Radle
employee and wrench from him the package of cur-
rency. The amount stolen was a considerable sum,
and the incident of course necessitated the withdrawal
of another like amount from the bank. And just now
money is not the most plentiful article about the
offices of the piano factories.
But business with F. Radle, Inc., holds up well
and loyal dealers are ordering in a way that makes the
loss of even a considerable sum but a temporary in-
convenience. Probably, too, the hold-up may stimu-
late Radle dealers to pay their notes, or to remit for
open accounts more readily, and so good may again,
according to scriptural measurement, come out of evil.
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
Thla Trade Mark Is cast
In the plat* and alao ap-
pears upon the fall board
of all genuine Schumann
Pianos, and all infringe™
will be prosecuted. Beware
of Imitations such aa Schu-
mann A Company, Schu-
mann A Son, and also
Shuman. as all stencil
shops, dealers and users of
ilanos bearing a name in
mltatlon of the name
Schumann with the Inten-
tion of deceiving- the public
will be prosecuted to fb«
fullest extent of th« law.
New Catalogue on Bequest.
f
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, III.
BUSY MONTPELIER STORE.
ERNEST URCHS.
General Traveler.
Grover Griffith is proprietor of a busy music store
at Montpelier, Ind., the title of which is the Reliable
Music Music Store, and which will handle a line of
pianos, players, talking machines, rolls, records and
sheet music. Other lines will be added later.
Urchs, of Theodore Steinway and Paul H. Schmidt.
The new Steinway Hall is of interest internation-
ally. To music lovers everywhere in the United
QUALITY
DECKER
in Name and in Fact
m*M EST. 1856 5L SON
Grand, Upright
and
Welte-Mignon
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
(Licensee)
BUSH < LANE CECIUAN PLAYER PIANOS
Reproducing
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
ana value.
(Electric)
Pianos and Players
of Recognized
Artistic Character
M*H I LANE PIANO CO.
•tOIMfrv,
Becker Bros.
Manufacturers
of
HIGH GRADE PIANOS
and PLAYER PIANOS
Factory and Warerooms
767-769 Tenth Avenue, New York
WILLIAMS
PIANOS
The policy of the Williams House is and always
hem 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
and substantial patronage.
U/IIIIAItK Makers of William* Pianos.
WILLIAMS Epworth Piano, and Organs
Made by a Decker Since 1866
099-703
Street
New by
York
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June 27, 1925.
PRESTO
CHRISTMAN
The First Touch Tells
A SCORE OR MORE
New Representatives
Were Added to the
List of Live Dealers Who
Sell The Famous
CHRISTMAN
Line of Pianos, Including the
Studio Grand
(only 5 ft. long)
It will Fascinate any Discriminat-
ing Customer and Insure the Sale.
And in the List of Modern Musical
Marvels there is no more satisfying
than the
CHRISTMAN
Reproducing Grand
Equipped with
)Uft flANO
Action
It is a marvel of tone and expressive
interpretation of all classes of com-
position, reproducing perfectly the
performances of the world's great-
est pianists.
"The Fint Touch Telia 99
fl. U. t. Pat. Of.
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St.
New York
OF INTEREST TO THE
SWAN CO. CREDITORS
Plant of Bankrupt Industry at Freeport, 111.,
Will Be Sold and Finished Goods Put
Upon the Market.
The creditors committee of the S. N. Swan Sons
Co., of Freeport, 111., has sent the following state-
ment to all interested in the affairs of the embar-
rassed industry:
Deeds and bill of sale to Creditors' Committee, for
all the property have been executed and are on rec-
ord. Messrs. Jno. W. Henney, W. J. Trevilian and
W. F. Freidag have in charge the selling of the plant
and they are working on this.
Your committee do not feel justified to make any
effort to operate the plant and, therefore, closed the
plant immediately following the creditors' meeting
We are employing watchmen to conform to insur-
ance requirements.
Some of the creditors have not sent in complete
statement of their accounts and, therefore, we have
not been able to compile an accurate account of in-
debtedness, but it is from $75,000.00 to $80,000 00.
There is some merchandise on hand, finished, and
some partly finished. We are employing labor to
varnish and finish what merchandise requires this
work to make it ready for market. We are now ar-
ranging to put on a factory sale and turn this mer-
chandise into money. Out of sales we have secured
sufficient money to pay the taxes, amounting to $435.
Your committee has been obliged to borrow $1,000
to pay ltbor and necessary upkeep expenses. We are
hoping that sale of merchandise will yield sufficient
money to carry the necessary expenses until such
time as the plant can be sold, and thus avoid borrow-
ing any more money.
LATEST ADDITION TO
CLEVELAND PIANO TRADE
Robert L. White Music Co. to Sell the Instru-
ments of Three Industries Which Were
Selected at Chicago Convention.
Pitparations are being made by the Robert L.
White Music Co. of Cleveland, to install a fine show-
room and booths for the lines of pianos selected by
them at the Chicago convention. Three makes of
pianos will be sold—the Gulbransen, Poole and Nord-
lund. These well-known instruments are expected to
go over big, as the Robert L. White Music Co. have
a fine sales organization. They will put the same
merchandising efforts behind the pianos as they do
behind the phonographs, and they are credited with
being the leading Brunswick dealers in Cleveland.
Q R S rolls are to be handled in connection with
the pianos, and twelve booths are to be built for
demonstration purposes.
Negotiations are now under way that will give the
firm considerable additional space, which they badly
need. In fact until this space is secured, the line of
pianos cannot be offered to the public despite the
fact that the company already occupies three adjoin-
ing stores.
A good example of the progressiveness of this
concern is shown by their leasing a large house on
the lake, at stop \44Vz; and this is to be used for the
sole benefit of employes, who will be given free
accommodations, bathing privileges, etc., all free.
During the past week M. Click, the sales manager,
closed a contract with the Cleveland Portable Pho-
nograph Co. for their entire season's output.
The store is one of the busiest in the city, and has
been in the same location for over thirty years, and
has a wonderful reputation for square dealing. Many
novel stunts are used to attract attention of the pub-
lic, and Friday, June 26th, Herb Weidoeft and his
band were engaged to give a concert in the Arcade,
in which the store is located. On similar occasions
of this kind in the past, police have had to be called
to regulate the crowds and this time a larger one
than ever was expected.
THE C0RLEY COMPANY TO
OPEN NEW BRANCH STORE
Widely Known House of Richmond, Va.,
Again Extends Its Operations, Repre-
senting Entire Cable Company Line.
It is announced by Frank W. Corley, general man-
ager of the Corley Coinpany, Richmond, Va., that
they will open a new branch store at Greensboro,
N. C. In addition to the Mason & Hamlin pianos,
they will have an entire line of instruments manufac-
tured by The Cable Company, of Chicago.
This new store is well located on one of the prin-
ciple streets, and will give Greensboro a very attrac-
tive general music store, as Victrolas, band instru-
ments and other musical merchandise will be carried.
Mr. Cavedo, present manager of the Corley Com-
pany at Durham, N. C, will supervise the operation
of this branch, which expects to open about July 1st.
The Corley Company has branch stores located at
Richmond, Petersburg, Newport News and at
Durham.
NEWS OF PROMINENT MEN
IN RETAIL MUSIC TRADE
Activities of Some Leading Figures in Important
Branch of the Business.
Herbert Garr Reed, of the Reed-French Piano Co.,
Portland, Ore., entertained the Portland Musicians'
Club at a recent meeting at the Hotel Sovereign, with
Walter Henry Rothwell, conductor of the Los An-
geles Philharmonic Orchestra; Edgar Stillman Kelly,
composer of Cincinnati, and George J. Bohen, Pacific
Coast representative of the Kimball Piano Co., as
guests of honor.
Mrs. W. P. Wheeler, of Oshkosh, Wis., has been
appointed principal of the Miessner "Melody Way"
method of piano instruction for that city and adjoin-
ing territory.
BALDWIN FOR OLDEST CHURCH.
A Baldwin piano, Style H, has been installed in
the oldest church in North Carolina, the Mount Zion
Presbyterian Church of Rose Hill, a place of worship
built more than seventy-five years ago. The piano
was sold to the congregation by N. B. Sellars, local
representative of the Baldwin Grand.
LATE PATENTS OF INTEREST
1461596, Resonance device for banjos, Franz R. L.
Berge, Port Angeles, Wash.
1461381, Damping device for instruments, F. F.
Dorsey, Rochester, N. Y.
1461241, Means for instruction with respect to
musical instruments, James C. Hagey, and T. E.
Kavanaugh, Chicago.
1461096, Bow for musical instruments, Charles D.
Rigg, Altoona, Pa.
1461070, Pick for stringed instruments, Peter M.
Rudesyle, Passaic, N. J.
1461636, Attachment for stringed instruments,
F.lmer S. Tanquary, Lawrenceville, 111.
1461298, Cinematographic apparatus for the per-
formance of musical films, Cipriano Vische, Genoa,
Italy.
1462161, Whistle, Harry G. Balthasar, St. Louis.
1462444, Electrum piano action, Giuseppe Casciotta,
New York.
1461867, Stencil making, Sterling Elliott, deceased,
Cambridge, Mass.
1461729, Forming sheet metal barrel chimes, Henry
J. Foster, and O. Thomas, Cleveland, Ohio.
1462006, Mechanical orchestra, George W. Hall,
Topeka, Kans.
1461920, Musical instrument, Robert E. Larson,
San Diego, Calif.
1462305, Apparatus for applying heads to music-
roll tubes, Walter Snyder, Newark, N. J.
1462429, Adjustable combination stop action for or-
gans, Edmond Verlinden, Milwaukee, Wis.
1462359, Banjo tailpiece, Ernest O. Winship and
F. J. Bacon, New London, Conn.
1462715, Music leaf turner, Frank Mash, Detroit.
1463509, Foot-operated musical instrument, F. T.
Ingersoll, Omaha, Nebr.
1463166, Pedal device for pianos and for other pur-
poses, B. H. Jefferson and W. L. Kirk, Chicago.
1463288, Music cue sheet for motion pictures,
Moses J. Mintz, New York.
1463234, Expression device for playerpianos, Or-
mond E. Wall, Honolulu, Hawaii.
1463275, Pneumatic control device for playerpianos,
Ormond E. Wall, Honolulu, Hawaii.
1463235, Automatic stop record, James W. Whalen,
Richmond, Ind.
1464279, Musical instrument support, Charles T.
Hindley, New York.
1464890, Music cabinet, Mack M. Swain, Los An-
geles, Cal.
1465418, Stop-actuating device for pipe organs, etc.,
George H. Chapman, Chicago.
1465879, Musical note indicating machine, G. W.
Stewart, New York.
1466427, Acoustical diaphragm, Wm. H. Drum-
mond, Belleville, N. J.
1466623, Adjustable vibration tuning fork, W. A.
Houghtaling, Dunellen, N. J.
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