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December 26, 1925.
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This is a scene in the interior d f ^ j f beautiful store
of Lee S. Roberts, Inc., at 230 gosi^street, San Fran-
cisco, Calif. Notice the Q R $ rolls piled up for
display, and the arrangement of the O R S advertis-
ing girls on large cards that are standing about; and
the advertisement of the dickering- in the back-
ground, with announcements about the Ampico, the
music rolls and the radio that the house represents.
'It's a fine picture, and Presttr is pleased to call at-
tention to it.
JESSE FRENCH GRAND
FOR CONCERT COURSE
thoroughly aroused enthusiasm of those in the audi-
ence found expression in a practically unprecedented
number of encores, to all of which, the three artists
responded with promptness, grace and a smiling
acquiescence that plainly indicated their appreciation
of an assemblage so attentive and responsive.
Through their program, they and the Montgomery
Concert Course scored another triumph.
Fine Concert Grand of New Castle, Ind., In-
dustry Shares in Triumphs of Mont-
gomery, Ala., Music Movement.
The Montgomery Concert Course presented an-
other claim to the approbation of Montgomery, Ala.,
December 14, when the Cheniavsky Trio of artists
was presented at the Municipal Auditorium. The oc-
casion, like preceding ones of the course, was an-
other opportunity of the management to show the
tonal beauties of the concert grand piano of the Jesse
French & Sons Piano Co., New Castle, Ind.
Jan Cheniavsky, the pianist of the trio, in three
numbers by Chopin, "Nocturne," "Studies" and
"Scherzo," proved his own art and the art in the
splendid Jesse French grand. That he is perhaps the
most remarkable of these three remarkable musicians,
Jan Cheniavsky demonstrated in the rendition of the
three pianoforte solos that appeared on the printed
program and the two encores that followed. His
technique is perfect, and his mastery of the instru-
ment he plays is extraordinary.
The Montgomery Concert Course is a most potent
means towards the better appreciation of fine music
in the Alabama city. The city has always been re-
markable for its response to efforts for music en-
couragement and perhaps the steady increase in
musical taste there is best measured by the growth of
sales of high grade pianos reported by the Jesse
French & Sons Piano Co., of Alabama, whose store
is the radiating center of things musical in Mont-
gomery.
At the Cheniavsky Trio concert the genuine and
KURTZMANN
Grands—Players
Veteran Member of Old New York House
Passed Away Last Week in
Brooklyn.
Edward Stuart Cragin, a director and part owner
of the old music house of Charles H. Ditson Com-
pany, of New York, with which he had been con-
nected for fifty-eight years, died Thursday of last
week, December 7, at his home, 84 Willow street,
Brooklyn. He was 77 years old.
Mr. Cragin joined the music house in his youth and
for many years was manager of the firm. He was
formerly treasurer of the Music Publishers' Associa-
tion of America and an active member of the Fifth
Avenue Association. He is survived by a son, Dr.
Horace Stuart Cragin.
Mr. Cragin was a favorite employe of the late
Oliver Ditson, of Boston, who established the great
music house of which the new York establishment
was originally a branch. It was often said that Mr.
Cragin was the best posted sheet music man in the
l T nited States.
CHANGE IN TEXAS FIRM.
The South Texas Music Co., Travis and Husk
streets. Houston, Tex., has been purchased by the
(ioode)l Piano Co. (formerly the Pierce-Cioodell
Piano Co.), of Beaumont, Tex. The Houston busi-
ness will be in charge of the president, E. S. (ioodell.
The company's store in Beaumont will be in charge
of L. l.\ Bargarry. secretary and treasurer.
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.
Last week the Ackerman Piano Co., Marion, Ohio,
moved into its additional new rooms on the second
floor of its new annex building, which has been
erected at the rear of the present store. The first
floor of the new structure will not be read}' for use
until about February 1.
With the additional quarters, the display rooms for
pianos will extend from Main street to the alley in
the rear or a distance of about 165 feet. The new
quarters will accommodate over 50 pianos, O. H.
Boyd, the manager, said this week. Besides the dis-
play of pianos, the rooms are to be used for recitals
and piano demonstrations.
When the new building is completed the company
will have enlarged offices, player-roll demonstration
room, radio demonstration department and a Victrola
department on the first floor. The first floor of the
present quarters will be used also for phonographs.
An electric elevator will be installed to take the
place of the present hand-operated elevator. At the
rear of the new building will be a large warehouse.
Executive offices, phonograph and radio displays
will be arranged on the mezzanine floor in the new
quarters, Boyd said. Private rooms for piano demon-
stration will also be located on this floor.
Joseph F. Hickey and Frederick Willcox, of
Hickey's Lyceum Music Store, Ithaca, N. Y., recently
demonstrated the Orthophouic Victrola at the weekly
meeting of the Ithaca Rotary Club.
The LEADING LINE
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Finest and most artistic
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construction tnat can be
made.
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Schumann
PIANOS and PLAYER PIANOS
GRANDS and UPRIGHTS
Have no superiors in appearance, tone
power or other essentials off strictly
leaders in the trade.
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Title Trade Mark la o»*t
In the plate and also ap-
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Mew Catalogue on Bequest.
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