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Presto

Issue: 1927 2125

PRESTO-TIMES
April 23, 1927.
PIANO FACTORY OT STORE SUPPLIES
intention to do everything that is humanly possible
•to give you the kind of service and prices to merit a
continuance of your confidence and patronage.
MERGER IN SUPPLIES
Business of American Piano Supply Co., New
York Consolidated with Hammacher, Schlem-
mer & Co., and New Name Announced.
Famous Industry at South Haven, Mich., Keeps
AGE OF PERIOD BENCHES
The following letter from Hammacher, Schlemmer
& Co., New York, gives the complete facts of the
consolidation of piano supply interests to be known as
the American Piano Supply Co. Division of Ham-
macher, Schlemmer & Co.:
We take pleasure in announcing to our friends the
consolidation of 'the business of The American Piano
Supply Company with Hammacher, Schlemmer &
Co., effective as of May 1, 1927.
The consolidation of the business of the two com-
panies will be known as the "American Piano Supply
Co., Division of Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co."
We have acquired by purchase, the physical assets,
the name and the good-will of the American Piano
Supply Company, and the bringing together of these
two old-line supply houses should result in benefits
mutual to the piano trade and to the new organiza-
tion.
Mr. William C. Hess, who has been associated with
the piano supply industry for the past twenty-seven
years, will remain in charge of the sales department
and our Mr. Louis Schmidt who, for thirty years has
been supervising the sales in conjunction with pur-
chases of piano materials in the Hammacher, Schlem-
mer organization, will devote all of his time and ener-
gies to the purchase of raw and finished materials.
The new organization will continue to operate in
the same building which has been occupied by the
American Piano Supply Company at 110 and 112 East
13th street, New York, N. Y., and all orders after
April 30, 1927, will be executed at this address.
Our traveling staff has been augmented by the
consolidation which brings together the traveling rep-
resentatives of both houses, and they will continue to
call on you personally as heretofore.
In closing, we want to assure you that it is our
Abreast of the Decorative Piano Designs.
The S. E. Overtoil Company, manufacturers of the
celebrated Overtoil piano benches, make special study
in the matter of "surroundings in the music room,"
which are being manifested in all lines of furniture,
but especially in pianos which are purchased now
with regard to the case quite as much as the tone and
the touch. In fact, the piano in period motif is com-
ing rapidly into its own, and wherever placed in the
scheme of room decoration it tends to dominate the
entire motif.
It is safe to say that no concern in this, or any
other, country is better prepared to supply the de-
mand for benches in keeping with the latest furniture
and furnishings, than the Overtoil Company, of South
Haven, Mich.
RUBBER GROWING REGIONS.
The investigations of the possibilities of rubber
plantation development in foreign countries, con-
ducted by the Department of Commerce, have
aroused much interest wherever conditions generally
suitable for rubber growing exist. An immediate
result of this interest has been the issuance of
treatises on the subject bu countries climatically
suited for rubber growing. Brazil, Indo-China and
Burma have been suggested as favorable to rubber
growing in recent published reports.
"Music that Pays as It Plays" is the new slogan
of the Western Electric Piano Co., Chicago, used in
featuring its line of coin-operated instruments.
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
Manufacturers of
A VENEER REFERENCE BOOK
Plywood Manufacturers' Association Issues Reference
Book for Industries and Technical Schools.
The Plywood Manufacturers' Association has
issued a new reference book called "Veneers and Ply-
wood," the purpose of which are set forth in 'the
foreword. The editors are Meinrad Wulpi, commis-
sioner for the association, and E. Vernon Knight, of
the New Albany Veneering Company, New Albany,
Indiana.
The book has 372 pages with 200 illustrations, and
gives the history of veneer from the earliest civiliza-
tion to the present 'time. "Interwoven with the
romance of veneer is the significant fact that when-
ever settled economic and social conditions encour-
aged artistic expression and true craftsmanship, the
art of veneering—of plywood—prevailed, is the state-
ment."
The book is an exhaustive study of the subject and
discusses the history of veneer, processes of manu-
facture and uses and should prove invaluable to the
wood using industries and manual training schools.
ENQUIRY FROM EXPORTERS.
A firm in Madras, India, seeks connectionsw ith
American firms desiring .to import tanned cow and
buffalo hides, tanned sheep and goat skins, and dry
salted goatskins from India. Further information on
this opportunity may be had by requesting the Hide
and Leather Division for Import Trade Request
No. 58.
Phillip Fleisher, who recently bought the E. A.
Koons Music & Furniture Co., Monroe, N. Y., has
added a musical merchandise department.
MOVING TRUCKS
for
PIANO ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
PIANOS
ONE GRADE ONLY
The Wessell, Nickel & Gross action is a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which tt is found.
FACTORIES:
1\IF\A/
45th St., 10th Are. & W 46th. * 1 E - W
Y H R I f
I \JMX I V
Orthophonic Victrolas
Electric Refrigerators
OFFICEi
457 w. 45th Street
write ior catalog ano. prices ior XJ/UQ iruCKS, oin
JULIUS BRECKWOLDT & SON, INC.
DOLGEVILLE. N. Y.
Trucks, Hoists, Covers and Special Straps.
Manufactured by
Self-Lifting PianoTruck Co.
Manufacturer* of
FINDLAY, OHIO
Piano Backs, Boards, Bridges, Bars,
Traplevers and Mouldings
J BRECKWOLDT, Prea.
W. A. BRECKWOLDT. Sec. & Treat.
THE O. S. KELLY CO.
Manufacturers
PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE
TELLS ALL ABOUT ALL PIANOS
of
High Grade
PIANO PLATES
SPRINGFIELD
-
-
OHIO
TH E CO MSTOCK, C HENTET Y & CO.
IVORYTON, CONN •
IVORY CUTTERS SINCE 1834
MANUFACTURERS OF
Grand Keys, Actions and Hammers, Upright Keys
Actions and Hammer , Pipe Organ Keys
Piano Forte Ivory for the Trade
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April 23, 1927.
PRESTO-TIMES
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of the National Association of Broadcasters will offi-
ciate as toastmaster, and in addition to introducing
Secretary Hoover will also introduce the newly
Pacts in Various Lines of Commodities Which Enter elected officers of the R. M. A. and Mr. Merlin H.
Aylesworth of the National Broadcasting Company
Into Musical Instrument Manufacture.
will also address the banquet.
The Superintendents' Club, of the New York Piano
On Thursday morning there will be the open tech-
Manufacturers' Association, visited the factory of
nical meeting of the newly organized engineering
Krakauer Bros., Cypress avenue and 136th street, the division under the direction of H. B. Richmond of
Bronx, this week.
the General Radio Corporation of Cambridge, Mass.
Virginia, with a total of 578,509 acres of national This will constitute the first time that the engineers
forests, leads the list of the states, followed by New of the industry and the dealers and jobbers are
Hampshire, with 408,949, and North Carolina, with brought together. The standards which the R. M. A.
378,032 acres. In their order, the other states in has been working on for more than a year, 'the ma-
which large areas have been set aside are Florida, jority of which are in practice at the present time
342,771 acres; Georgia, 238,538 acres; Pennsylvania, by its members, will come before this meeting for
170,102 acres; Alabama, 120,884 acres, and South a final revision and adoption.
Carolina, 58,101 acres.
The general open meeting will be featured by dis-
In these days of time saving, labor saving and over- cussion of new and further merchandising plans. Fred
Woods, head of the statistical department of the
head reducing, the "one-man" character of the Bowen
Hearst organization, will lead the program. Mr.
Piano Loader is appreciated. One man can perform
Woods is an acknowledged authority .on market
the operations of putting the piano on the loader and
analysis.
taking it off.
"If you haven't received your copy of the new The R. M. A., comprising as it does virtually all
illustrated catalog of Otto Trepz, jr., let us know" of the outstanding manufacturers in the radio indus-
is the reminder in the advertising of the alert supply try, expects a full attendance of their members, which
house for piano tuners and repairmen at 2110 Fair- number close to 500, while the Federated Radio
Trades Association, of which Harold J. Wrape of
mount avenue, Philadelphia.
St. Louis is president, anticipate an attendance of
over 2,000 jobbers and dealers. All exhibition space
in the trade show has been reserved for more than
sixty days.
SITUATION IN SUPPLIES
Our large stock is very seldom depleted, and your
order, whether large or small, will receive Imme-
diate attention. In addition, you get the very
best of
Felts; Cloths; Hammers; Punching*;
Music Wire; Tuning Pins; Player
Parts; Hinges; Castings; etc.
We have In stock a full line of material! for
Pianos and Organs.
AMERICAN PIANO
SUPPLY COMPANY
110-112 EAST 13A STREET
NEW YORK
D
Worry Over Player Details
is avoided by the manufac-
turer who uses the
A. C. Cheney Player Action
in his products. He knows
everything is all right and
that the best musical quali-
ties of his pianos are develop-
ed by the use of this player
mechanism.
A. C. CHENEY
PIANO ACTION COMPANY
CASTLETON, N. Y.
SCHAFF
Piano String Co,
Manufacturers of
RADIO MEETINGS IN CHICAGO
Manufacturers and Dealers to Meet at Hotel Stevens,
Chicago, June 13 to 17.
During the week of June 13 to 17 the annual con-
ventions of the Radio Manufacturers' Association,
the Federated Radio Trade Association and the First
Annual Radio Trade Show will be held simultane-
ously at the new Hotel Stevens, Chicago. Reduced
fares on a fare and a half certificate plan have been
granted by the western and central passenger asso-
ciations, and already more than five special trains
have been sold out on the several railroads which
were first to organize such services.
Among prominent personages who will take part
in the two conventions will be Herbert H. Hoover,
Secretary of Commerce, who will be the guest of
honor and principal speaker at the R. M. A. ban-
quet on Thursday evening, July 16. Paul B. Klugh
GENERAL PIANO KEY
REPAIRING
24-HOUR
CHOICE CROSSMAN MAPLE.
End-dried white maple, quartered maple and wide
maple are specialties of the Grossman Lumber Com-
pany, Grand Rapids, Mich., which invites the atten-
tion of manufacturers of pianos and piano actions.
All thicknesses of this lumber, in the fine grades
required in the piano industry, are found in the stock
of the Grossman yards.
A WOOD PRESERVATIVE.
"Powellizing" is a process of preserving wood said
to be employed to some extent in England. The
wood is impregnated with a poisonous ingredient
that renders it proof against 'the ravages of wood-
destroying insects. Lumber cut only two months
can be used for the manufacture of musical instru-
ments if it has been treated by the Powell process, is
the claim of the discoverer.
Greater Beauty and Greater Comfort
SCARFS,
CUSH-
IONS,
COVERS
SERVICE
RECOVERING
BUSHING
SHARPS
E. A. BOUSLOG, Inc.
2106 Boulevard Place
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Bench Cushions, Piano Throws, Bags
for Small Instruments. Upholstered
Bench Tops.
Illustrated Folders On Request
PIANO KEYS RECOVERED
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Cor' er Lewis Street
CHICAGO
Heaviest grade Pyralin Ivory, beveled
and polished to look like the finest ivory
keyboards built. Beautiful work, guaran-
teed. Sharps ebonized, bushings, etc.
We begin work on your keys the minute they
arrive. Write for New Price List.
McMACKIN PIANO SERVICE
Factory: 1721-3 Mondamin Avenue
DES MOINES, IA.
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.
PIANO and PLAYER
HARDWARE, FELTS, TOOLS,
RUBBERIZED PLAYER FABRICS
New York, Since 1848
4th Ave. and 13th St.
Period Drapery and Mfg. Co.
NEW ALBANY, IND.
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
PIANO BASS STRINGS —PIANO REPAIR SUPPLIES
TUNERS AND REPAIRERS
Our new Illustrated Catalogue of Piano
and Player Hardware, Felts and Tools
is now ready. If you haven't received
your copy let us know.
2110 Fairmount Ave.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
The Piano Repair Shop
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
rennished or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
leasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
339 South Wabash Ave.
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