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Presto

Issue: 1925 2038

August 15, 1925.
PRESTO
FOLDING ORGAN SALES
Increased Business of the A. L. White Mfg.
Co., Chicago, Shows Music Dealers Have
Realized on Opportunity.
The interesting line of the A. L. White Mfg. Co.,
215 Englewood avenue, Chicago, should invite the at-
tention of every music dealer keen to recognize the
possibilities of profits. The A. L. White Mfg. Co.
makes a line of folding organs, school or-
gans and practice keyboards, which find sale in
every corner of the United States and Canada. The
foreign business of the company is big and continu-
ously growing, a circumstance which should evoke
the curiosity of the dealer here at home.
There is a bigger field for the sale of folding
organs, school organs and practice keyboards in the
United States than elsewhere and music dealers never
have properly worked it. This summer the business
in the folding organs of the A. L. White Mfg. Co.
has shown an immense increase over past years, a
pleasant fact that suggests an awakening to oppor-
tunity by the music dealers. The catalog of the com-
pany should be a valuable suggestion to wideawake
dealers. Folding organ and school organ customers
are everywhere.
Vincent Vilim, New York, N. Y., who represent im-
ported and domestic felt hammers of quality, and
Otto R. Trefz, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pa., piano bass
strings.
VISITS MARTIN PLANT
Among Other Recent Callers, a Big Delega-
tion from Bloomington, 111., See Handcraft
Instruments Made by Experts.
Hearty co-operation existing between manufacturer
and dealer is one of the biggest factors in the develop-
ment of business, is the belief of Gust E. Swanson,
manager of the American Beauty Music House of
Rockford, 111. The Rockford concern is a distributor
for Martin Handcraft band instruments, made by the
Martin Band Instrument Co., Elkhart, Ind., and has
enjoyed an unusual measure of success. And the
firm is ready to give the Martin organization much of
the credit for this success, as is evidenced by the
following letter just received by Fred A. Holtz, sales
manager of the Martin Band Instrument Company:
"We wish to express our thanks for prospects sent
us by mail, and we are glad to state that so far we
have sold all but one. It is very gratifying to call
on these people because they are entirely sold on the
Martin through the kind letters and splendid litera-
ture sent from your office, and making it merely a
matter of closing the sale. We want to assure you
that any prospects that we receive from you will be
followed up immediately.
Former Bush & Gerts Superintendent Represents
"The other day we received a letter from your
More Supplies Than Any Other "On the Road."
office stating that a young man by the name of Mack
M. M. Arnold, former superintendent of the Bush McAllister, who travels with the Wortham Shows,
& Gerts Piano Company's factory in Chicago, is now was interested in a Martin trombone. We wish to
representative for sounding boards, hammers of im- inform you that this sale is now closed and he is
ported and domestic felt, bass strings, etc., at 4312 playing a Martin."
North Albany avenue, Chicago. He represents the
Northwood Sounding Board Company, of St. Paul,
A full line of musical merchandise is now carried
Minn., which manufactures sounding boards of Cana- by Beard's Temple of Music, Paragould, Ark., and
dian white or Sitka western spruce, keyboards and a well stocked department for the lines is included
rib stock; Philip W. Oetting & Son, of New York, in a new branch store opened recently in Walnut
N. Y., who make Weickert hammers a specialty; Ridge in that state.
H. H. ARNOLD'S NEW LINES
FAIRBANKS
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TRUCKS FOR SERVICE
New Circular of the Self-Lifting Piano Truck
Co., Findlay, O., Filled with Good
Suggestions for Dealers.
"Better your service with a new Buckeye Sill," is
the advice to piano dealers printed in an advertising
reminder of the Self-Lifting Piano Truck Co., Find-
lay, Ohio. The new sill named by the company is
designed for both grands and uprights and is the
best device for stair work. Even a printed descrip-
tion will make the last named claim obvious to the
practical music dealer and piano mover.
The products of the Self-Lifting Piano Truck Co.
are well known to music dealers. The trucks now put
on the market are the results of continuous improve-
ment. The new Buckeye Sill is a number in the
company's catalog which in itself marks the Findlay
house as highly progressive. The Buckeye Sill has
practically been rebuilt and improved for longer serv-
ice in handles, center rack, shaft and the uprights of
both ends.
A new circular issued by the company illustrates
and describes eight styles of end trucks, piano hoists,
covers and specially made straps. They are com-
modities that help the dealer's service.
PROTEST ON RUBBER SUPPLIES.
Fourteen British rubber manufacturing firms have
signed a manifesto to the prime minister saying that
they are short of rubber supplies, due to the opera-
tions of the Stevenson restriction scheme, which is
having a serious effect on the British manufacturing
industry. The manifesto demands modifications of
the Stevenson scheme.
VIOLIN MAKER DIES.
Frederick C. Williams, a well-known violin maker
of South Bend, Ind., died recently after an illness of
several months. He was 48 years old and had prac-
ticed his craft in the Indiana city for the past fifteen
years. He had learned his trade from W. V. Pez-
zoni, a famous Venetian violin maker.
DEALERS and TUNERS!
THE FAIRBANKS CO., Springfield, Ohio
"SUPERIOR" PIANO PLATES
Keys Recovered and Rebushed
All work is done by expert workmen
and modern machinery and you are
assured of correct spacing which is so
important. When keys are replaced they
will appear exactly as when the instru-
ment left the factory.
PRICES FOR PYRALIN IVORY
52 heads and tails
$8.00
52 fronts
2.50
88 keys rebushed
4.00
Express or Parcel Post to
FRIELD MILLER & CO.
3767 N. Illinois Street
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
HOW TO SEND
Remove from frame, number plainly near Capstan,
wrap or bos securely, and ship Parcel Pott or Express.
Manufactured by
SUPERIOR FOUNDRY CO.
Cleveland, Ohio
Please do not remove the old ivories a»
there is danger of the wood being broken.
Ivories) will be returned if desired.
PERFECTION
Benches and Cabinets
The line that sells on sight and satisfies always
Send for catalog and price list
Nationally Priced
Size 14x30, in all
finishes
Full size Bench 15x36
Packed two benches in one crate.
$6.00
7.50
PERFECTION PIANO BENCH MFG. COMPANY
1514-1520 Blue Island Ave.
Chicago, III.
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August 15, 1925.
PRESTO
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LATE LIST OF PATENTS
Inventions and Improvements in Musical Mer-
chandise of All Descriptions Show Ac-
tivity of Men in Factories.
1,479,376. Drum and cymbal heater. Robert C.
Danly, Chicago.
1,480,039. Reed musical instrument Henry Alpers,
Columbus, Nebr.
1,481,132. Method of and means for associating
light and music. Mary H. Greenewalt, Philadelphia.
1,481,072. Hammer for chimes. George L. Smith,
Fort Wayne, Ind.
1,480,788. Music stand. Fortunato Sordillo, Dor-
chester, Mass.
1,481,855. Hand protector for wind instruments.
Hans J. Bach, New York, N. Y.
1,481,988. Snare drum. Robert C. Danly, Chi-
cago.
1,482,620. Bowing mechanism for self-playing
stringed instruments. Henry K. Saudell, Evanston,
111.
1,483,334. Mute holder. Abraham Cherniavsky,
Los Angeles, Calif.
1,483,434. Tuning device for stringed musical in-
struments. Hans O. Hammer, Chicago.
1,484,148. Musical instrument. Philip S. Olt, South
Pekin, 111.
1,483,994. Violin bow. John Stadniczek, Eliza-
beth. N. J.
64,034. Design, harp. W. B. Stoughton, Dubois,
Pa.
1,485,155. Banjo resonator. Albert M. Anderson,
Seattle, Wash.
1,484,985. Fingering mechanism for contrabass
viols. Soren Christensen, Copenhagen. Denmark.
64.064. Design, lamp. H. A. and R. W. Hansen,
Chicago.
64.065. Design, lamp, combination lamp and phono-
graph stand, H. A. and R. W. Hansen, Chicago.
64.066. Design, lamp, phonograph. H. A. and R.
W. Hansen, Chicago.
1,484,777. Drumstick. Wm. J. Hassenpflug, Chi-
cago.
1,484,655. Chimes. John B. Kohler, Chicago.
1,483,733. Treating wood for the manufacture of
musical instruments. Louis Kozekk, Schenectady,
N. Y.
1,479,646. Position rectifying device for the rolls
of playerpianos. Charles E. Cameron, Newark, N. J.
1,479,781. Music leaf turner. A. C. Bartholo and
M. Perry, New Bedford, Mass.
1,479,927. Piano bench. George J. Raupp and D.
Cornfoot, Buffalo.
1,480,818. Piano action flange screw and plate
holder. W. B. Ellsworth, Hudson, Ohio.
1,481,350. Reed organ. Georges
Cloetens, St.
Gille, near Brussels, Belgium.
1,482,682. Music leaf turner. Euclid P. Goodehild,
Spokane, Wash.
1,482,871. Child's music rack. Lulu T. Smith,
Waterloo, Iowa.
1,482,670. Grand piano. James H. Williams, Balti-
more, Md.
1,479,645. Bench for player and other pianos.
Henry B. Bruck, Cleveland, Ohio.
l,483',104. Damper attachment for pianos. David
Mcllwrath, Newcastle, Ind.
1,483,380. Musical notation. Sidney A. Reede,
New Brighton, N. Y.
1,483,685. Mechanism for automatically rewinding
the music rolls of playerpianos and the like. J. L.
Scott, Melbourne, Australia.
1,484,308. Combined music leaf holder and turner.
Matti Niemi, Seattle, Wash.
1,485,063. Pneumatically played piano. W. M. Bauer,
Chicago.
1,484,774. Device for cleaning player pianos. Al-
fred P. Groves, Charleston, S. C.
1,484,795. Color piano. A. E. O. Munsell, New
York.
1,485,008. Flute organ pipe. George J. Zimmer,
Waltham, Mass.
his bass strings and also a personal interest in the
proper filling of every order within the shortest pos-
sible time. In fact, it is the promptitude with
which urgent orders are filled as much as the high
quality of the strings that keeps on adding to his
loyal clientele.
STANDARDIZATION OF BANJOS
Favorable Report to That Effect Made by Committee
Acting on Answers to Questionnaire.
At its recent meeting during the Chicago conven-
tion of the music trade associations the National As-
sociation of Musical Instrument and Accessories
Manufacturers considered the subject of standardiza-
tion and received a report of a committee appointed
at a previous meeting. The report of the committee
was based on the replies to a questionnaire sent to
the members of the association, the response to which
was very satisfactory. The present inquiry was con-
fined to the tenor banjo, but it is planned to extend
this work to the other fretted instruments and acces-
sories made by the members of the association.
After a thorough discussion of the answers received
to the questionnaire, it was decided, as an initial step,
to adopt specific designations for banjo parts. In
future these are to be considered the authoritative
designations of these parts, and in the interest of the
trade as a whole, it is earnestly hoped that they will
lie universally adopted.
OTTO R. TREFZ BUILDS TRADE
IN SMALL GOODS DEPARTMENT
Personal Attention to Every Order for Bass Strings
and Prompt Shipments Adds to Loyal Clientele.
Greater Interest in Musical Merchandise Shows in
New Stores and Old Ones.
In addition to the well established bass string busi-
ness with manufacturers, Otto R. Trefz, Jr., 2110
Fairmount avenue, Philadelphia, has a fast-growing
trade in piano repair supplies with dealers, tuners and
repairmen. The liveliness of this phase of his busi-
ness is an indication of activity in the retail piano
business. When dealers show interest in the rebuild-
ing and repairing of pianos in any degree over the
normal, it is a sign that the new pianos are leaving
the store for the customers' houses, according to Mr.
Trefz.
Mr. Trefz takes pride in the quality character of
The Adam, Meldrum & Anderson Co., Buffalo, is
preparing to move its music department from the
mezzanine floor of the Walbridge Building, which has
been operated as an annex to the department store, to
the furniture department in the main building.
Close to one hundred bands and orchestras were
gathered in Boston this week as part of the plans of
the New England Band Conclave held in connection
with the Boston Civic Music Festival. The assem-
blage includes boys' and girls' bands and orchestras,
school, college, Boy Scotu bands and other non-pro-
fessional organizations.
HIGH GRADE
SLINGERLAND
Folding Organs
School Organs
May Bell
Practice Keyboards
Dealers' Attention Solicited
A. L. WHITE MFC CO.
215 Engiewood Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.
Slingerland Banjos
VIOLIN, CELLO AND DOUBLE
BASS WOUND STRINGS
OF SUPERIOR QUALITY
Guaranteed for thirty days after they are aold
SEND FOR CATALOG
S. SIMON
S106 Chappell Avenue,
CHICAGO, ILLS.
are sold the country over because
they are Highest quality and sold
at a reasonable price.
Over 40 Styles of Banjos, Banjo Mandolins, Tenor Banjos
and Banjo Ukuleles, to select from.
Write for Catalogue
SLINGERLAND BANJO CO.
1815 Orchard Street
CHICAGO
The Piano Repair Shop
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
reftnished or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
C. D. GREENLEAF, Pres.
J. F. BOYER, Sec'y
World's largest manufacturers of High Grade Band and Orchestra Instruments. Employs 1,000
expert workmen.
All of the moit celebrated Artists use and endorse Conn Instruments.
Famous Bandmasters and Orchestra Directors highly endorse and recommend the use of the
Conn Instruments in their organizations.
Conn Instruments are noted for their ease of playing, light and reliable valve or key action;
quick response, rich tonal quality, perfect intonation, tone carrying quality, artisticness of design,
beautiful finish and reliable construction.
Conn Instruments are sent to any point in th U. S. subject to ten days free trial. Branch store
or agencies will be found in all large cities. Write for catalogues, prices, etc.
339 South Wabash Ave.
C. G. CONN, Ltd.
Chicago
C. G. CONN, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind.
DEPT. MS.
ELKHART, IND.
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