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Presto

Issue: 1925 2049

Page 9 Text:

October 31, 1925.
C. A. LAURINO NEW
AEOLIAN CO. DIRECTOR
New Honor for Prominent Piano Man Is Ac-
cording to Policy of House to Reward
Conspicuous Ability.
At a meeting of the Aeolian Weber Pianola and
Piano Company, New York (the parent organization
of the Aeolian Company), held Tuesday, October
20, Charles A. Laurino was elected a director. Presi-
dent H. B. Tremaine and William R. Alfring, vice-
president and general manager, in announcing Mr.
PRESTO
John Wanamaker, remaining one and a half years.
It was during this period that the desire to join on
with The Aeolian Company was born, and in Septem-
ber, 1905, he began as an outside Aeolian salesman.
The following July he joined the floor salesman force
and soon showed his high selling ability. He was
given $ho<" -,f the outside department in 1921 and
be-—-^ ^i^sis^aht to Thomas Fletcher. By the sum-
mer of 1923 the business at Aeolian Hall in 42nd
street had.;' „ .sed to such proportions Mr. Laurino
was placed in direct charge as retail sales manager,
reporting to F. M. Young, director of the company's
retail branches and sales in the Metropolitan district.
For twelve years he was organist in one of New
York City's churches. When the pianola was new,
he accompanied Reinald Werrenrath, John Barnes
Wells, Frank Croxtron, Edith Chapman Gould, Olive
Kline and scores of other renowned artists in con-
certs. When the Queen of the Belgians visited
America it was Mr. Laurino who received her at
Aeolian Hall, selling her a Duo-Art reproducing piano,
and he also placed one of those instruments aboard
President Wilson's ship, George Washington, for the
vogages he made to Europe in the war years.
Mr. Laurino's father was an officer in the Italian
Army and his mother, a native of Edinburgh, Scot-
land. He is a member of the Briar Hills Country
Club, a Mason, and active in most of Tarrytown's
organizations. His further recognition by The Aeolian
Company, which now takes him into the Aeolian
directorate is pleasing to all his associates, who de-
light in this new honor.
JESSE FRENCH & SONS
REPRODUCING GRAND
New Baby Grand in Native Walnut Case and
with Welte Mignon Action, Shown
at Factory.
A new reproducing baby grand piano is on display
this week in the factory show room of the Jesse
French & Sons Piano Company, New Castle, Ind.,
and demonstrations of the instrument have made the
visits of New Castle people more enjoyable. The
electric reproducing baby grand pianos, with Welte-
Mignon action have become a permanent feature of
the Jesse French and Sons Piano Company and pro-
duction of them has started on a newer and more
regular basis.
Production of this piano started some nine months
ago and so far six have been completed. By the
end of the year six more will have passed final polish
and the general finishing touches. Their manufacture
is necessarily slow because of the great care and thor-
oughness exercised. "It only stands to reason,"
stated one employe, "that if they are to be made per-
fect in every way, plenty of time must be taken to do
so. We are not striving for quantity, but for quality."
Special care is taken with the veneering and polish-
ing of the cases. Veneer taken from one individual
tree only, is used on a case in order to more perfectly
match the grain and make it symmetrical with the
general decorative combination. When the veneer
is received at the factory it is marked plainly in order
that all from one tree be kept strictly separate from
others. Veneer from one tree seldom covers more
than three or four cases.
Sales Staff to Be Considerably Increased When Re-
In the Display Room on the second floor of the
modeling Plans Are Carried Out.
plant is a magnificent baby grand which because-of
J. W. Jenkins, president of the J. W. Jenkins Sons' its uniqueness has been brought out for public inspec-
Music Co., Kansas City, Mo., was in Tulsa recently tion even before polishing. The reason for this is
and purchased the Rosser Casabeer building on Main because of its almost priceless grain pattern on the
street to be used as a new home for the Tulsa branch top cover. The "permanent waves" on it have no
of the company. Besides the Tulsa branch the com- equal and somehow remind one of the marcelled hair
pany has branches in Oklahoma City, Muskogee and of some attractive blonde. The shade of the finish is
also unequalled, being a golden brown. The public is
Bartlesville in Oklahoma.
The building is four stories in height and measures sincerely invited to inspect it.
Will McKown, the superintendent, states that the
140 x 150 feet. Additional stores are to be built and
tree from which the exquisite grain was taken, con-
it is considered the plans will be carried out by
trary to general belief that it is Circassian walnut
January 1, when the staff will be increased. The first
floor will have the salesrooms and offices and special from Turkey, is in reality a variety of Atlantic black
CHARLES A. LAURINO.
demonstration rooms will be located on the mezza- walnut, from the state of Georgia.
nine floor. Other display rooms will be on the second
Laurino's election, stated that the selection was made floor.
in accordance with the company's policy to recognize
A spacious recital hall and a lecture room will be
conspicuous ability and to appoint to high offices on the third floor and the fourth will be arranged for
men of distinguished record with the company from teachers' studios. The cost is estimated at between
within the Aeolian organization itself.
$25,000 and $30,000. Arlie J. Cripe is manager in
That Mr. Laurino merits the advancement will be Tulsa.
Interesting Address of Milwaukee Piano Man to
generally conceded from his marked success. With
Rockford Convention May Be Had upon Request.
his great ability and the gift of making and holding
PIANO
LIGHTING
DEVICE.
Owing
to the great number of requests coming to
friends, Mr. Laurino has continued to advance in The
The firm of Wilhelm Schimmel, according to the the Miessner Piano Company, Milwaukee, for copies
Aeolian organization to occupy a position of added
Zeitschrift fur Instrumentenbau, has introduced a of W. Otto Miessner's speech at the Rockford con-
responsibility and trust.
Mr. Laurino was born in New York and attended new lighting device for pianos which is only in use vention of the Illinois Music Merchants' Association,
the public schools there. His first work was with when wanted; is turned on with slight pressure of a the company has had the entire address, including
-the publishing house of Harper & Bros., in both the finger, and illuminates only the music and keys, in no the statistical tabulations, printed in the form of a
publishing and art departments. His love of music way dazzling the player. The device is simple in booklet.
It is quite possible that some of Presto's readers
took him to Horace Waters Company as salesman in construction and produces a most engaging impres-
the Fifth Avenue warerooms for eight years, and for sion on those who may be present, which effect is in might be interested in receiving copies of "How to
four more years he was manager of the Waters' itself a valuable acquisition. It is considered particu- Make America Musical," if they know them to be
larly suitable for chamber music, and a good aid to available. A request for the book to the Miessner
branch at 125th street.
selling.
Piano Co. will meet with a quick response.
Next Mr. Lauriuo joined the piano sales staff of
J. W. JENKINS SONS' CO.
BUYS TULSA, OKLA., BUILDING
W. OTTO MIESSNER'S SPEECH
PRINTED IN BOOK FORM
THE BEST PIANO SEASON
is with us. Dealers and salesmen who take advantage of it—and most agree that this season will be a good one—
must have the proper facilities for displaying and delivering the instruments. The only complete equipment is the
latest.fool-proof Loader. It may now be had for only $95. Satisfaction guaranteed.
BOWEN PIANO LOADER CO.,
Winston-Salem, N. C.
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October 31, 1925.
PRESTO
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ACTIVE DETROIT FIRM
ADDS GEO. P. BENT LINE
Artonion Music Company, Talking on the
Louisville Line of Pianos Sees Possibilities
of Increasing Fall Trade.
The Artonion Music Co.. Detroit,, Mich., announces
that it has tasen over the agency in that city for the
Geo. P. Bent Co.'s instruments, manufactured by the
Geo. P. Bent Co., Louisville, Ky.
Dan Pagenta, wholesale representative in the Chi-
cago territory of the Geo. P. Bent Co., 400 South
State street, recently returned from Detroit where he
visited the Artonion Music Co., where he learned that
trade was in excellent shape. The addition of the
Crown pianos, and other instruments of the Geo. P.
Bent Co. line will strengthen the fall trade in the
fact that they are extremely popular with the better
class of music lovers, is the belief expressed by the
Detroit firm.
After calling on active music merchants in the
middle west Mr. Pagenta expressed his opinion that
the possibilities of the Crown instruments are good
and he was especially pleased to note the favor being
shown the five foot three Crown Grand and the
four foot four in upright in styles 71 and 73. These
instruments have been strong sellers which is attrib-
uted to their fine tone and construction.
NEW INVENTIONS IN
THE MUSIC TRADE
Pianos, Players and Accessories for the Piano
and Organ Industry Included in
Latest.
1,521,803. Portable band stand. Theodore Dossen-
bach, Rochester, N. Y.
-
1,522,248. Roll for playerpianos. G. M. L. John-
son, Grand Haven, Mich.
1,522,026. Piano accordion. James Palmer, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
1,524,418. Musical instrument such as a piano or
the like. R. F. A. Bergst, Dresden, Germany.
1,524,269. Instruction roll for playerpianos. John
D. Martin, Kansas City, Mo.
66,515. Design, cabinet for playerpiano or the like.
Henry Orsenigo, Mount Vernon, N. Y.
1,524,059. Template for making organ pipes. Ber-
tram P. Scott, Worcester, Mass.
1,524,773. Saxophone. Frank Anstett, Wilkes-
Barre, Pa.
1,524,725. Pneumatically-operating musical instru-
ment. Marie A. Balthasar, Namur, Belgium.
1,525,290. Piano player. Oscar D. Graves, Colum-
bia, Mo.
1,525,868. Method of and apparatus for electrically-
operating tuning forks. Lloyd M. Knoll, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
1,525,430. Adjustable lay for clarinets. Frederick
H. Livingston, Binghamton, N. Y.
1,525,343'. Manufacturing sounding boards for
musical instruments. James F. Veace, Berkeley, Calif.
1,525,497. Expression mechanism for musical in-
struments. Thomas Danquard and A. Young, New
York, N. Y.
1,525,951. Pianoplayer action. Fred I. Raymond,
Evanston, 111.
1,526,181. Sound-producing instrument. De El-
bert A. Reynolds, Yonkers, N. Y.
1,526,626. Electromagnetic sound reproducer. Cecil
E. Brigham, East Orange, N. J.
1,526,319. Piezoelectric loud speaker. Lewis W.
Chubb, Edgewood, Pa.
1,526,778. Thermophone. Lee De Forest, New
York, N. Y.
1,526,840. Typewriter for music notes. Porfiro M.
Diaz and R. M. Diaz, Monterey, Mexico.
1,526,786. Automatic piano. Louis Heitzmann,
Long Island City, N. Y.
1,527,138. Pneumatic unit for playerpiano. Reuben
S. Hoyt, Alexandria, N. H.
1,526,999. Auxiliary adjustable pedal attachment
for piano pedals. S. S. and M. L. Mizner, Sturgis,
Mich.
1,527,002. Piano-action protector. W. H. and H. J.
Morgan, San Francisco, Cal.
66,641. Design, Radiohorn. George Nicklas,
Jamaica Plain, Mass.
1,527,824. Musical instrument device. Nancy A.
Armstrong, New York, N. Y.
66,668. Design, loud speaker for radio reproduc-
tion. Stephen Bourne, New York, N. Y.
1,527,589. Cornet attachment. T. M. Koeder,
Naperville, 111.
NAME OF OLD WEST
VIRGINIA FIRM CHANGED
Hill Piano Company, Huntington, Becomes Miller's
Music Store and Moves to New Quarters.
After operating his music store in Huntington, W.
Va., for more than seven years under the name of
the Hill Piano Company, C. V. Miller has secured a
ten-year leare on-a first floor location in the Vinson
building, 810 Fourth avenue, and has reopened under
the name of Miller's Music store, it was announced
last we,ek. "
, The.firm is now well established in its new location
and music lovers of the city find it a most modern
and attractive music store, dealing exclusively in
quality instruments and musical supplies and with the
slogan, "Help Make Huntington Musical" as its
motto.
The store opened with all new stock, the instru-
ments being of the very latest styles. The salesroom
is spacious and attractively decorated. There are
three attractively furnished booths for demonstration
purposes in addition to a rest room for patrons.
"The aim of our store is to sell music lovers the
best instrument available at standard prices," Mr.
Miller stated, explaining the firm employed no out-
side salesman, paid no commissions and offered the
leading lines of stocks at standard prices.
SCHAEFFER DARLING
MODEL WINS APPROVAL
Liberal Orders for This Small Piano Indicates
That Dealers Find Greater Opportunities
in This Interesting Field.
The "Darling Model," one of the wide line manu-
factured by the Schaeffer Piano Mfg. Co., 209 South
State street, Chicago, has met with instant favor in
the trade and orders of liberal size are arriving with
greater frequency than anticipated by the company.
Wholesale travelers of the Schaeffer company who
recently reported to the Chicago headquarters are
enthusiastic over the fine possibilities of the little
piano.
The demand for the tiny Schaeffer model is attrib-
uted to its unusual volume of tone which ordinarily
is not found in pianos of its size. Its tone is suffi-
ciently strong for the large auditoriums and halls of
schools in which it is almost a necessity. Other fea-
tures characterize the "Darling Model," one of the
most prominent being its excellent construction,
which makes it a very practical piano in the fact that
it can be moved around with ease and without fear
of injury.
The success of the small piano rests in its dura-
bility and tone and those two qualities have been the
paramount object of the Schaeffer company in the
production of the "Darling Model."
GRAND PIANOS
EXCLUSIVELY
One Style—One Quality
giving you the
Unequaled Grand
Unequaled Price
at
GEORGE P. BENT RETURNS.
After several weeks in the East, Geo. P. Bent,
ex-Crown maker, fast traveler, author and ready
speaker, arrived in Chicago from New York on Tues-
day. He is, so report goes, at work on a new book
and will return to Los Angeles within two weeks. It
is regrettable that Mr. Bent's search for "Mike, the
Mover," in the jungles of New York, was fruitless,
though Ben Janssen, the "poet lariat of the trade,"
suggested that he is hiding in a trade paper office—
which no one can believe.
TEXAS FIRM MOVES.
The Westlaco Music Store, Westlaco, Tex., has
been moved to new quarters, where larger space for
showing the pianos is available. The owners are
Carl W. Moeller and Ray Hartness. The former
manages the piano department and the latter the
phonograph and radio sections.
FOR TWO WEEKS' REST.
A. G. Gulbransen, president of the Gulbransen Com-
pany, and C. Gulbransen, vice-president and factory
superintendent, left Chicago Monday night to spend
a couple of eweks at Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
Already being sold by leading dealers
throughout the country
Write today—tell us your next year's re-
quirements and we will meet your demands
with p ompt and efficient service.
Nordlund Grand Piano Co.
400 W. Erie Si.
CHICAGO
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
Piano Salesmen Wanted
Men of energy and ambition, with some piano
experience, for retail selling. Best agencies, best
advertising and best helps to increase sales, in-
come and promotion. Confidential dealings.
Write for information to
"Ambition" Box 7, Presto Publishing Co.
417 So. Dearborn St., Chicago
This Trade Mark is oast
In the plat* and also ap-
pear* upon th« fall board
of all genuine Schumann
Pianos, and all Infrlngers
will be proseouted. Beware
of Imitations such as Schu-
mann A Company, Schu-
mann A Son, and also
Shuman, as all stencil
shops, dealers and users of
pianos bearing a name ID
Imitation of the name
Schumann with the inten-
tion of deceiving the public
will be prosecuted to tfie
be prosecuted to
fulle it extent of the law.
New Catalogue on Bequest.
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, I1L
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