January 22, 1927.
PRESTO-TIMES
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PIANO FACTORY ffl STORE SUPPLIES
SITUATION IN SUPPLIES
turers' Association which will meet this month in
Memphis, Tenn., and at which over one thousand
representatives will attend.
The uprising in Nicaragua has affected the supply Comprehensive Stock and Prompt Methods of Ship-
of mahogany to the United States. Laborers in the
ping the Orders Assure Big, Growing Clientele.
logging camps have been drafted into the rebel
The American Piano Supply Co., 110-112 East
service and the plundering of several camps has been
13th street, New York, justifies its title in its ad-
reported.
herence to admirable policies. It is a supply house
which may be depended upon for a comprehensive
TALKING MACHINE EXPORTS.
stock of the commodities the piano manufacturer,
The exports of American talking machines to Latin piano dealer, piano repairman and piano tuner, con-
American countries for 1926 show a big increase over stantly require. A tried-out system of stock-keeping
the figures for 1925, according to the Bureau of For- prevents any depletion of the lines in any department
eign and Domestic Commerce. The expansion is so that the customer always feels assured that his
over 100 per cent with every country in South and order will be filled on receipt.
Central America included in the buying.
Accompanying this admirable method of stock-
keeping which safeguards the interests of the cus-
tomers, is an equallly admirable set of rules govern-
ANTIQUITY OF THE BUGLE.
Next to the harp the bugle is 'the musical instru- ing shipments. Every order is dispatched in the
ment of greatest antiquity. Many national museums shortest possible time from the receipt of the order.
have models of bugles of various periods of the Repairmen and tuners particularly appreciate that
Roman Empire. There is also in the department of feature of the American Piano Company's system.
prehistoric antiquities in the British Museum, Lon- Often a telegraphed order may be small in size and
don, a fine bugle horn belonging to the bronze age insignificant in amount, but the same time be of big
in Denmark. The tube, which has an accentuated importance to the waiting repairman or tuner.
conical bore, is bent in a semicircle, having on the
inner bend a series of little rings, from which, in all
RADIO'S FIRST INDUSTRIAL CZAR.
probability, were suspended ornaments or cords.
Powel Crosley Jr., created a "Radio General
Running spirally round the whole length of the tube Motors" when he recently added control of the
is an engraved design, which is in an excellent state of De Forest Radio Company to his already tremendous
preservation.
holdings in the industry. The Cincinnati manufac-
turer acquired not only the valuable De Forest basic
patents, but a modern tube plant with a capacity of
ADDS TALKING MACHINE.
Talking machine and radio are now shown in a new 10,000 audions per day and the services of Dr. Lee
Forest, "father of radio," as chief consulting
section recently installed by the Root Department de
engineer.
Store, Terre Haute, Ind. The department, under the
direction of John O'Malley, handles a complete line
Simple advertisements often outsell clever ones.
of records.
AMERICAN PIANO SUPPLY CO.
Pacts in Various Lines of Commodities Which Enter
Into Musical Instrument Manufacture.
Good walnut veneer lumber is growing scarcer in
southern Indiana, according to Bruce Cooper, buyer
of walnut logs for the Hoosier Veneer Co., Indian-
apolis.
Piano throws and bench covers in tapestry are
prominently featured by Denver music houses in
response to a spirited demand for the commodities.
Downey Coleman and Oscar Grimwood, a walnut
expert, are partners in the recently established Amer-
ican Walnut Co., Evansville, Ind.
Philip W. Oetting & Son, Inc., 213 East Nineteenth
street, New York, presents a line of grand and
upright piano hammers made from Weickert felts.
Owing to climatic conditions the Australian wools
suited to felt making are not so fine this year as last,
according to R, A. Ward, general manager of the
Pacific Cooperative Wool Growers Association, Port-
land, Ore.
The A. L. White Mfg. Co., 215 Englewood avenue,
Chicago, reports the continued increase of sales of
practice keyboards desirable specialties in the line
of the company which also includes folding organs
and school organs.
Out-of-town dealers repair work is an important
part in the activities of the Piano Repair Shop, 3390
Wabash avenue, Chicago.
Owing- to rains and bad weather the sources of log
supplies, veneer manufacturers in Evansville, Ind.,
are experiencing a scarcity in logs.
The Period Drapery and Mfg. Co., New Albany,
Ind., announce new illustrated folders of piano scarfs,
bench cushions and covers, which may be had on
request.
Problems of interest to the piano industry will be
discussed at the meeting of the Hardwood Manufac-
WESSELL. NICKEL & GROSS
The (new) Buckeye Sill Piano Truck
Manufacturers of
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PIANO ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
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The New Buckeye Sill
For Grands and Uprights and best for
stair work.
ONE GRADE ONLY
The Wessell, Nickel & Gross action is a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which it is found.
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rock shaft and the uprights of both ends.
Send for circular.
Eight styles of End Trucks, Piano Hoists, Covers and special
made straps.
Manufactured by
Self Lifting Piano Truck Co.
Manufacturers of
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Piano Backs, Boards, Bridges, Bars,
Traplevers and Mouldings
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W. A. BRECKWOLDT, Sec. & Tress.
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Manufacturers
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