Presto

Issue: 1927 2117

February 26, 1927.
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PRESTO-TIMES
COINOLAS
FUR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
A M U S E M E N T CENTERS
Style C-2
FROM THE BIGGEST
ORCHESTRION
REPELLING THE CUSTOMERS
is unwise because they classify an honest but UM-
thoughtful dealer as a charlatan. People who want to
buy the best usually do not expect it at the cheapest
figure.
Claiming to Sell the Best at the Cheapest Price Is
Stale Bait.
A hopeful and active man opened a music store a
little over a year ago in a prosperous town within a
hundred miles of Chicago. It threw off sparks of A Few Items Interesting to People in Sheet Music
Department Are Printed.
dizzy endeavor for a while and then fizzled out. The
verdict, as pronounced by another dealer who is a
Mrs. Eleanor Everest Freer, of Chicago, whose
bit of a wag, was "too much use of 'best' in alluding hobby for years has been the production of grand
to the goods—and too frequent use of lowest in opera in English, has composed the music for a song
describing- prices."
written by Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick, for
The joint mistakes have caused fatalities galore in years a patron of opera in Chicago.
the musical merchandise business. They are errors
A petition to the Connecticut Legislature asks for
that a man will never make if he understands how the adoption of a state song by Mrs. Mae C. Bassett,
thoroughly the public has accepted the ethical meth- of New Haven.
ods of doing business. Emphasizing the word "best"
Miss Millie Chris-tensen, a teacher in the Omaha,
in the advertising has a strangely repellant effect on Neb., public schools, is the composer of "Are You in
newspaper readers today. It is a word which, from Love with Someone Else," a hit in that city. The
twisted uses, has lost its original meaning. Anyway words are by Mrs. Eva Engel, a vocalist.
the word suggests comparisons that may not be to Louis Mack, well known sheet music dealer of
the advantage of the dealer to evoke. The empha- Portland. Ore., has taken a lease on space in the Mc-
sized "best" is too generally taken as a boast.
Cormack Music Co.
Dwelling on the price element is another tragic
CORRECTION AND APOLOGY.
mistake in the operating of a musical merchandise
store. The idea of cheap prices is conveyed in a great
An item which is liable 'to cause annoyance ap-
many ways, every one of which is hackneyed and peared in last week's Presto-Times. By some unex-
without the snap that is demanded in an impressive plained misunderstanding, reference was made to a
assertion.
Hammacher-Schlemmer & Co. catalog of felts, hard-
"Your cents here count like dollars elsewhere," was ware and tools in a way to imply that it was an
•the utterly silly claim emblazoned recently on a sign entirely new publication. As a matter of fact Ham-
in the Northwest Side of Chicago. It is a region macher-Schlemmer explain that the house "has not
where the bargain sale in stores is a continuous thing, issued a piano supply catalog for fully eighteen
but the announcement quoted caused many a veteran months and that edition has been long exhausted.
Of course the resources of Hammacher-Schlemmer
bargain chaser to gag in the effort of swallowing it.
& Co., and the vast stock in its warehouses is so
Another sign in the same district is a perpetual great that the trade can always depend upon getting
joke: "Closing Out. Everything Must Go Regard- promptly anything that may be required, but it is
less of Price." Within the memory of residents there feared that the item in last week's Presto-Times may
the sign has been washed out and repainted a score lead to a lot of correspondence, entailing loss of 'time
of times. The sign is the price inducement in an- and disappointment. This paper regrets the mistake
other form. Another dramatic old timer is "Sensa- and apologizes.
tional Price-Slashing Sale." and usually no valid rea-
son is given for the slashing of prices. The use of
Lowenstein's Department Store, Memphis, Tenn.,
"best" and "lowest" in alluding to qualities and prices
has installed a piano department on the eighth floor
of the building, in which Knabe pianos and the Am-
pico are featured and the great extent of the Ampico
library is prominently announced in the advertising.
SHEET MUSIC TRADE NOTES
Philip W. Oetting & Son, Inc.
213 East 19th Street, New York
HIGH GRADE
Sole Agents for
Folding Organs
School Organs
WEICKERT
Hammer
and Damper
Felts
Practice Keyboards
Grand and Upright Ham-
mers Made of Weickert Felt
Dealers' Attention Solicited
Fine Action Bushing Cloths, etc
A. L. WHITE MFG. CO.
215 Englewood Ave., CHICACO. ILL.
KEYS RECOVERED AND REBUSHED
FRIELD MILLER & COMPANY
Samples of Work on Request
Prompt and Efficient Service
3355 North Illinois Street, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
THE CELEBRATED WICKHAM—
QUALITY FIRST
—PIANO PLATES
Tiny Coinola
THE SMALLEST
KEYLESS
The Wickham Piano Plate Co.
Springfield, Ohio
Manufactured by
The Operators Piano Co.
715-721 N. Kedzie Ave.
CHICAGO
FAIRBANKS
PIANO PLATES
THE FAIRBANKS CO., Springfield, Ohio
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February 26, 1927.
PRESTO-TIMES
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PRESTO-TIMES WANT ADVS.
STORE FOR SALE.
Advertiser will sell complete music store; well-
established business, in a County Seat town in heart
of greatest valley in California; or will take in part-
ner who is a REAL Piano man; a Piano Salesman,
who has $12,000 to equal my investment. Can give
highest references and expect same.
Address
"California," care Presto-Times, 417 So. Dearborn
St., Chicago, 111.
FOREMAN WANTED.
Foreman, experienced and capable, to take contract
for sounding board department, for both grands and
upright pianos. Exceptional opportunity with a
large, high grade piano company in middle west.
Address Foreman, Box 11, Presto-Times office, 417
So. Dearborn St., Chicago.
E X P E R I E N C E D PIANO M A N .
A piano salesman and experienced manager with national
acquaintance in the retail trade is open for an e n -
gagement. Has the energy and understanding of the
business to prove of value to any piano manufacturer.
Will manage branch house or market factory output
—anything where experience and proved ability is
needed. Knows the piano business from factory to
delivery truck. Address "Energy," Box 10, P R E S T O -
T I M E S Office, 417 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, III.
MUSIC STORE FOR SALE.
Owing to illness I offer my music store for sale. City of
12,000 inhabitants. Established eight years. For all
particulars address "Rare Chance," Box 17, PRESTO-
T I M E S , 417 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, III.
GOING FACTORY O P P O R T U N I T Y .
Contemplating retiring from active business, the control
of one of the livest and most successful piano fac-
tories will consider change of ownership. Will stand
the closest scrutiny. Is making money and has been
doing so from the start many years ago. One of the
conspicuously successful American pianos. Fine fac-
tory and perfect working organization. Not a small
investment, but a good one, paying large dividends.
If sincerely interested address "Rare Chance," Box 1,
P R E S T O - T I M E S Office, 417 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
A G E N U I N E PIANO M A N .
Energetic piano salesman of character with plenty of a m -
bition for success in this business. One of largest
houses in the country in very large city in Middle
West. Finest lines in the trade, including the A m -
pico. You must produce on your own initiative and
be competent to handle house leads. If you qualify
you will never need another position. Salary, expenses
with attractive bonus features.
Address "Piano
Man," Box 3, P R E S T O - T I M E S Office, 417 S. Dearborn
St., Chicago.
POSITION W A N T E D .
A1 tuner, voicer and all-around mechanic on pianos, or-
gans and all makes of players and reproducers wants
to make a change. Can also sell. May consider sales-
manship position, but must be high grade goods. A d -
dress "Salesman-Tuner," care P R E S T O - T I M E S , 417
S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
POSITION W A N T E D .
Experienced piano traveler of proven ability, backed by
years of comprehensive experience, desires a perma-
nent wholesale connection. Address "Permanent,"
Box 6, P R E S T O - T I M E S O F F I C E , 417 S. Dearborn
St., Chicago.
SALESMEN W A N T E D .
Excellent opportunity for two retail piano salesmen in
northwest. Permanent position with opportunity for
advancement for the right men. Mr. J. A. Duffy,
Rainbow Hotel, Great Falls, Mont.
ATTENTION, MANUFACTURERS!
Most wonderful musical instrument. Ready for quantity
production. Will sell or put out on royalty basis. Con-
fidential. Address "Novelty," Box 7, P R E S T O - T I M E S
Office, 417 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
SOUTHEAST SALESMAN W A N T S LINE.
A producer desires to represent some manufacturer of a
medium grade piano. Territory, North Carolina and
Virginia. References, any bank in Pittsburgh. A d -
aress "Producer," Box 1, P R E S T O - T I M E S Office, 417
S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
SIDE L I N E FOR S A L E S M E N .
WANTED—Traveling salesman in music trade to take on
a side line of unquestionable attractiveness and
popularity in all music stores. Any commission sales-
men in the trade can make money with small effort.
Wide territory and liberal terms. Address "Special
Line," Box 11, P R E S T O - T I M E S Office, 417 S. Dear-
born St., Chicago, III.
FOR SALE A T SACRIFICE.
Owing to failing health will sell my music business, in-
cluding all plates and copyrights. List of composi-
tions furnished upon request. Publishers will es-
pecially be interested. Address "Publisher," Box 16,
P R E S T O - T I M E S Office, 417 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
POSITION W A N T E D .
Manager of refinishing department for piano repair shop;
young man, age 37, married, capable and efficient,
with broad vision,to take charge of repair shop. A
man with proven ability who is broad enough to
shoulder real responsibility is looking for a change.
Address "Refinisher," Box 14, P R E S T O - T I M E S , 417
S. Dearborn St., Chicago, III.
TALKS TO SUPERINTENDENTS.
William Schaff, of the Schaff String Co., was the
principal speaker at the regular monthly meeting and
dinner of the Superintendents' Cluh of the New York
Piano Manufacturers' Association, held at 34 West
Thirty-third street, on Wednesday of this week. It
was announced that at the March meeting addresses
will be made by prominent superintendents in the
radio industry.
Becker Bros.
Manufacturer* ot
HIGH GRADE PIANOS
and PLAYER PIANOS
For a
Bigger and Better
Business
There is nothing to compare
with the complete line of
M. SCHULZ CO.
The Players are RIGHT in
everything t h a t means
money to the dealers and
satisfaction to the public
You will never do anything better
than when you get in touch with
M. SCHULZ COo
711 Milwaukee Avenue
CHICAGO
SOUTHERN BRANCH: 730 Candler Bldg., ATLANTA, GA.
DECKER
mJ
EST. 1856 & SON
Grand, Upright
and
Welte-Mignon
(Licensee)
Reproducing
(Electric)
Factory and Wareroomw
Pianos and Players
767-769 Tenth Avenue, New York
of Recognized
Artistic Character
Made by a Decker Since 1856
699-703 East 135th Street
New York
The LEADING LINE
THE KOHLER INDUSTRIES
of NEW YORK
AFFILIATED
COMPANIES
"anufacturing for the trade
Upright and Grand Pianos
Plaver Pianos
Welte Mignon (Licensee) Repro-
ducing Pianos.
De Luxe Player Actions
Standard Player Actions
Welte Mignon (Licensee) Repro-
ducing Actions
Expression Player Actions
Piano Hammers
Bass Strings
Wholesale Chicago Office and Service
'Departments
KOHLER INDUSTRIES
San Francisco Office
462 tPhelan ^Building
1222 KIMBALL B U I L D I N G
CHICAGO
WEAVER PIANOS
Qrandu, Uprights and Players
Finest and most artistic
piano in design, tone and
construction that can be
made.
YORK PIANOS
Uprights »rd Player Pianos
A high grade piano of great
value and with charming tone quality.
Livingston Pianos— Uprights an* Player Pianos
A popular piano at a popular price.
Over 70,000 instrument* made by thii company are ilng-
tng their own praises in all parts o( the civilised world.
Write lor catalogues and state on what terms you would
like to deal, and we will make you a proposition if you are
located in open territory.
WEAVER PIANO CO., Inc.
Factory: YORK, PA.
Established 1870
WILLIAMS
PIANOS
The policy of the Williams House is and always
has been to depend upon excellence of product
instead of alluring price. Such a policy does not
attract bargain hunters. It does, however, win the
hearty approval and support of a very desirable
and substantial patronage.
M*fc«" of Williams Pi.no,.
Epworth Pi.no. .nd Or,.n.
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