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November 21, 1925.
PRESTO
DELAWARE PIANO CO.'S
STOCK IS OFFERED
Muncie Company Organized to Make Grand
Pianos, Issues Report of Appraisal and
Announces Offer cf Preferred Stock.
Piano Co., of Chicago, has been secured by the Dela-
ware Piano Co., as told in Presto previously.
Mr. Houston, who will have charge of the sales de-
partment, has had long experience. The production
will be in charge of Max Richtsteig, w T ho has had
thirty-five years' experience in piano building. Other
officers are Clarence G. Wood, vice-president an'd
R. W. L. Robinson, secretary and treasurer.
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Details of the incorporation, purchase of the fac-
tory, equipment and other particulars have already
appeared in Presto.
The Delaware Piano Company, recently organized
to acquire the property of the Bell Piano Company,
at Muncie, Ind., has announced the offering of $150,-
000 of preferred stock of the company, the sale of
which will assure the permanent location and opera-
tion of the factory there.
Charles Houston, president of the new corporation,
stated that on present estimates, the factory the first
year should employ about 150 employes with a yearly How the Publicity Department of Wana-
payroll of $250,000. The first year's production, Mr.
maker's in New York Catches Attention
Houston estimates, will be ten grand pianos a day or
of the Music-Loving Public.
a total of 3,li(> for the first year. He says that the
plant has facilities for a yearly production o f 6,240
Here's the rather neat manner of Wanamaker ad-
grand pianos. The equipment of the Nordlund Grand vertising in the New York dailies. It is suggestive and
therefore good prospect finding in some circles of
people. Besides the instruments advertised are of the
kind to sustain the pretty suggestions. It is illus-
trated and well displayed.
"A great moment—her grand piano arriving at
last!
WEAVER PIANOS
"Outside—a Wanamaker motor—three brawny
Grand*, Uprights and Player*
men—a large instrument swathed in protective wrap-
Finest and most artistic
ping, moving slowly toward the door.
piano in design,
tone and
g
"Inside, behind the curtain, peering out of the
t t i
t f t can be
b
construction
tfiat
window, a girl, eager, expectant, at the realization
made.
of a lifetime's dream. Her ship has come in. Her
grand piano has arrived at last. In fifteen minutes
YORK PIANO!*
it will be standing in the very spot she picked for
Upright* nnd P'ayer Hanoi
it in her mind's
eye when she took the apartment.
A high grade piano of great
"Dinner w T ill be late for some one tonight!
vaiue and with charming tone quality.
"Music in a home is more precious than jewels—
Livingston Pianos— Upriehti and Player Piano.
for its own inspiring beauty and for the children's
sake. And what music thrills like the ringing elo-
A popular piano at a popular price.
quence of a piano, or brings more of the joy of
creating music to its possessor!
Over 70,000 instruments made by this compnny are iing-
Inv their own praises in all parti of the civilized world.
"Your piano is here. Grands from the H. C. Bay,
Write foi catalogues and itate on what terms you would
that little gem at $475, to those supreme musical
like to deal, and we will make you a proposition if yi a are
instruments, the Knabe, Chickering, Mason & Ham-
located in open territory.
lin, Schomacker, Marshall & Wendell and Franklin.
WEAVER PIANO CO., Inc.
Factory: YORK, P \ .
"The Ampico may be had in the six last named in-
Established 1870
struments. The Ampico in the Franklin upright,
requiring no electricity, is only $695."
PIANO ADVERTISING
IN TRUE STORY STYLE
The LEADING LINE
W. P. GEISSLER MUSIC CO., INC.
KURTZMANN
Grands—Players
A new Indiana incorporation is that of the W. P.
Geissler Music Company, Evansville, Ind. The state
secretary approved the issuance of $15,000 worth of
capital stock. The incorporators of the company are:
Walter P. Geissler, Joseph Wastler and W. W.
Barnes, all of Evansville.
Manufactured by
W. P. Haines & Co.
C KURTZMANN & CO.
Manufacturers of
BRADBURY, WEBSTER
and
W. P. HAINES & CO.
Grand, Upright and Reproducing
Pianos
138th Street and Walton Avenue
NEW YORK
Factories and General Offices
526-536 Niagara Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.
M. SCHULZ COMPANY
SETS NEW RECORD
Its October Business Was the Largest
Month's Selling of Instruments in His-
tory of the Big Chicago House.
"Our October business this year was the very big-
gest month's selling and shipping we have ever done,"
said Fred P. Bassett, treasurer of the M. Schulz Com-
pany, 711 Milwaukee avenue, Chicago, to a represen-
tative of Presto.
"The most encouraging part of it is in the revival
of the trade in the playerpianos. There had been
some talk heard here and there that the playerpiano
was going into the discard; but our orders certainly
tell a different story. One of the most pleasing things
is this sincere confidence in our playerpiano that we
have heard expressed on all sides and also in our
Grand Reproducing Piano.
"Another encouraging feature is that our trade has
been coming from all sections of the country; not
from the farming sections or from the industrial sec-
tions alone, as in some other years, but from all sorts
of people. And our foreign orders are large and
numerous and have been taken care of promptly."
NEW CONN BRANCH.
Daniel Miller, president of the Conn San Fran-
cisco Co., San Francisco, Cal., and the Conn Port-
land Co., Portland, Ore., retail branches of C. G.
Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind., band instrument manu-
facturer, has just opened a new California Conn
store in the Mission district of San Francisco.
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
This Trade Mark ts cast
In the plate and also ap-
pears upon the fall board
of all genuine Schumann
Pianos, and all lnfrlngers
will be prosecuted. Beware
of Imitations such aa Schu-
mann & Company, Schu-
mann & Son, and also
Shuman, as all stencil
shops, dealers and users of
pianos bearing a name In
Imitation of the name
Schumann with the Inten-
tion of deceiving the public
will be prosecuted to the
fullest extent of th« law.
New Catalogue on Request.
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, 111.
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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