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November 28, 1925.
PRESTO
GRATIFYING PROGRESS OF
B. K. SETTERGREN CO.
Growth of Small Grand Industry at Bluffton
Presents an Almost Remarkable Phase
of Present-Day Trade.
A recent visit to the piano making town of Bluff-
ton, Indiana, proved something of a surprise, even to
a Presto representative who has been frequenting the
piano factories for a good many years. At the plant
of the B. K. Settergren Company the new addition,
which extends the length of an entire city block, is
completed and filled with workers. The original
building, in which the offices are located, is no less
active and the steady shipments of pianos create much
of the industrial movement at the local railroad
station.
The industry established by Mr. Settergreu has
proved something of a phenomenon to experienced
piano men. It was launched at a time when things
industrial, in nearly all lines, were at a rather low
ebb. It required push and a lot of energy to get a
new piano industry of large kind established. But
Mr. Settergren was the man to do it, and he has suc-
ceeded probably even beyond his own anticipations.
When it is remembered that the first instruments
from the factory of the B. Settergren Co. appeared in
the fall of 1923 the strides of the company, apparent
in the activities in the plant, are almost amazing to
those who are not aware of the experiences and abili-
ties of the men who manage and direct the company.
An infallible proof of a piano's success in the judg-
ments of experienced experts, is seen in the class of
dealers who handle the particular piano.
It is probable that it would surprise many leaders
in the trade to know just where a good many of the
Settergren grands are going in quantities, for the list
includes some of the leading piano houses all over the
country. In some instances they are concerns headed
by recognized experts who before giving orders thor-
oughly inspected the instruments from Bluffton, even
in comparison with other and much older instruments.
The result was so satisfactory that the B. K. Setter-
gren Company gained lasting customers of the right
kind.
In a recent issue of a local newspaper the Setter-
gren plant was given an intelligent descriptive article,
from which the following is an extract:
A walk through the B. K. Settergren factories
shows the company is busy and hard pressed to fill
The LEADING LINE
WEAVER PIANOS
Qrandi, Uprights and Playeri
Finest and most artistic
piano in design, tone and
construction tnat can be
made.
YORK PIANOS
Uprights and Player Pianos
A high grade piano of great
vaiue and with charming tone quality.
Livingston Pianos— Uprights and Player Piano*
A popular piano at a popular price.
Over 70.000 instruments made by this company are ling-
Ing their own praises in all parts of the civilized world.
Write for catalogues and state on what terms you would
like to deal, and we will make you a proposition i( yea are
located in open territory.
WEAVER PIANO CO., Inc.
Factory: YORK. P \ .
Established 1870
KURTZMANN
Grands—Players
orders that are coming in. The institution is a new
enterprise in this city, practically, and the fact that
it is doing well, hetter than expected, is good news
to the community.
The Settergren plant is .practically doubled in
capacity. The west wall of the mill room has been
taken down to enlarge this department more than
one-third. This completed, the Settergren factory
will turn out ten grand pianos a day.
The sprinkling system, which proved very expen-
sive on account of a low pressure in that part of the
city, has been contracted for and will be installed
at once.
All departments now have plenty of room, men
can work to better advantage and Mr. Settergren is
justly proud of his factory.
Death of His Wife, Mrs. Lucy Craig Campbell,
in New York, November 19, Evokes Mes-
sages of Sympathy from Many.
Mrs. Lucy Craig Campbell, wife of Mark P. Camp-
bell, president of the Brambach Piano Co., New York,
died Nov. 19 at her residence, 460 Riverside Drive,
New York City. Funeral services were from the
Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas, Fifth avenue and
Forty-eighth street, on Sunday afternoon, November
22. Interment was at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Boston,
Mass.
The music trade was well represented in the con-
gregation which filled the church, with a great num-
ber from all departments of the Brambach Piano Co.
and the Kohler Industries. Paul B. Klugh was one
of the four ushers, the other three being from the
Brambach Piano Co. Among prominent men of the
trade in attendance were: W. B. Heaton, H. B.
Simpson, W. P. H. Bacon, Albert Behning, Charles
and Albert Jacob, Ben Janssen, A. W. Johnston, A. L.
Smith, Ed. Droop, Washington, and others.
Mrs. Campbell was an active worker in the church,
a fact feelingly commented upon by the officiating
clergyman, who took "The Lord is my Shepherd" as
a text in recounting her works. There was no music
in the impressive Episcopal service. The great num-
ber and variety of the floral offerings showed the feel-
ings of regret, love and esteem of the wide circle of
Mrs. Campbell's friends.
The sympathy of the trade in his bereavement was
conveyed to Mr. Campbell in the form of messages
from individuals, business firms and trade
associations.
Among others the Chicago Piano & Organ Associa-
tion and the Piano Club of Chicago sent Mr. Camp-
bell telegrams of condolence, as did also several in-
dividuals in Chicago's piano industry and trade. Mrs.
Campbell was a woman of education and refinement,
whose activities at church and in charities and socially
will be missed in several circles.
FINE PERIOD MODEL OF
BAUER REPRODUCING GRAND
Duplicate of the Artistic Instrument Recently Made
for Prominent Grand Rapids Manufacturer.
Julius Bauer & Company, 305 South Wabash ave-
nue, Chicago, noted for making many special design
instruments, now have on their floor a duplicate of
the grand instrument that they made for a prominent
manufacturer of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
This new piano is not made on any customer's
order, as the other was. It is a style Louis XV Re-
producing Grand. The carvings are the work of A.
Zettler, a master carver in wood employed at the
Julius Bauer & Company factory in Chicago. The
case is in Sheraton mahogany, or brown mahogany,
as some piano dealers call it.
The original cost of such an instrument need not
cause a sigh to the man of means, for he probably
has discovered that the best of any manufactured
articles are always the least expensive in the long
run.
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
526-536 Niagara Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.
Widely-Known Piano Man of Long Experience Has
Host of Friends in the Trade.
Paul J. Stroup, well known in the music trade, has
joined the wholesale selling division of Chickering &
Sons, Boston.
MUSIC TRADE CONDOLES
WITH MARK P. CAMPBELL
Manufactured by
Factories and General Offices
PAUL J. STROUP JOINS ROAD
FORCE OF CHICKERINQ & SONS
PAUL J. STROUP.
Mr. Stroup's long and successful association with
musical enterprises has won a popularity that ensures
for him a host of good wishes for continued success
in his work with the Boston organization.
MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR.
There was much to be thankful for on Thursday of
this week, without considering even the turkey. When
we look back into the drab age in which we were
born, we're thankful that that event is in the past.
We are sorry, of course, that there is so much to see
in this world of ours and just one short life in which
to see it. We are thankful to be living in this age;
for there are no more small railway stations on
branch lines; the auto develops the most obscure
places, making of them the prettiest residential vil-
lages or resorts.
More space has been added to the sheet music de-
partment in the store of C. W. Daram, Brazil, Ind.
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 Is cast
in the plate and also ap-
pears upon the fall board
of all genuine Schumann
Pianos, and all Infringers
will be prosecuted. Beware
of Imitations such as 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 the law.
New Catalogue on Request.
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, 111.
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