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PRESTO-TIMES
May 28, 1927.
PIANO FACTORY M STORE SUPPLIES
tion of piano supplies was a prompt response to the company has developed a reputation for reliability in
its products that stands as a safeguard for the pianos
demands of the piano makers.
The American makers of fine piano actions, keys, and organs in which they are placed.
plates, hammers, piano makers' tools and machinery,
Julius Breckwoldt & Son, Inc.
undoubtable aids to piano development today as
Ambitious Industries Created in Response to are
The development of the piano industry has resulted
they have been since the earliest days of the industry.
Necessities of the Piano Manufacturers
In every epoch of piano history the necessities to in the remarkable business of Julius Breckwoldt &
Now Closely Associated with the
achievement in piano making were consistently pro- Son, Inc., whose great factories at Dolgeville, N. Y.,
Fame of the Artistic Instruments.
vided by the supply houses. The growth of the piano and immense lumber mills and forests elsewhere are
industry naturally resulted in the creation of spe- the most convincing indications of importance. The
cialized supply industries whose fame is based on company is a piano supply house with a wide range
fine actions, plates, hammers, keys and other impor- of specialties, piano backs, boards, bridges, bars, trap-
levers and mouldings. It is a line that is so well
tant piano parts.
served that Julius Breckwoldt & Son, Inc., is notable
Wessell Nickel & Gross.
among the distinguished group of piano supply in-
Progressive Supply Houses Which Have Kept Steady
In piano actions specializing has resulted in such dustries.
Pace with the Constant Development
renowned actions as that of the Wessell, Nickel &
The Notable Plate Makers.
of the Piano Industry.
Gross, a typical instance in the situation. The com-
pany started out to make only one grade, and that
The
piano
plate,
from the character of its manufac-
The world-wide fame of some American pianos is the highest. Naturally it had a proper place in the
ture,
early
became
a specialty adopted by the foun-
paralleled by a similarly proud characteristic distin- action requirements of the makers of the finest pianos
guishing some of our piano supply houses. And in and is viewed as a fundamental factor in their pro- dry men. And like true specialists the foundry firms
viewing the position of the pianos and the piano sup- duction. The piano trade and the discriminative adopting piano plate making as an important phase
of their activities, at once showed their understanding
plies, the observant piano man sees the relation of one piano buyer is aware that the Wessell, Nickel & of the problem of the piano builder. The plate pro-
to the other. When the founders of the fine old Gross action is a guarantee of the grade of the in- vides the character of firmness and rigidity, without
American pianos determined to make instruments of
strument in which it is found.
which the task of the piano builder would be futile.
the highest type, they also provided a purpose for
Comstock,
Cheney
&
Co.
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co.
the manufacturers of piano supplies. The pioneers in
As maker of actions, keys and hammers, Comstock,
the piano supply field realized the necessities of the
Any
review
of piano supply makers must include
early piano makers and as the years progressed they Cheney & Co., Ivoryton, Conn., has been associated mention of the piano supply distributors whose busi-
with
the
manufacture
of
pianos
for
close
to
a
cen-
kept constantly in view the consistent requirements
tury. Since 1834, to be exact. It is among the old ness adds to the conveniences of the piano manufac-
of the ambitious piano makers.
piano supply houses whose deserved fame extends to turers, dealers, tuners and repairmen. The name of
Historic Firms
every part of the world. It has a meritorious record, Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., naturally suggests
The older piano supply houses point to a history dating back to the first artistic strivings of the Ameri- itself to every reader. Since 1848 the house has been
which includes association with the piano in its suc- can piano makers. And perhaps the fame of Com- one of the most important factors in supplying the
cessive stages, that of square, upright, grand, player stock, Cheney & Co., may be directly credited to the piano industry with tools peculiar to its purposes.
and reproducing piano and the supply houses kept policy for constant improvement in its products for Today in the great warerooms at Fourth avenue and
pace in the consistently progressive manner of the the use of the piano and the organ builder. Com- Thirteenth street, New York, are stocks of depend-
ambitions piano makers. An analysis of the triumphs stock, Cheney & Co. is one of the most admirable able materials required by the piano maker, tuner and
of piano history shows that efficiency in the produc- examples of successful specializing. In that way 'the repairman; piano and player hardware, felts, tools,
PIANO SUPPLY TRADE
PART OF PIANO HISTORY
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
Manufacturer* of
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 it is found.
FACTORIES:
1\II? \ X 7
45th St., 10th A«. & W 46lb. 1^1 E* W
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Orthophonic Victrolas
Electric Refrigerators
OFFICEi
457 W. 45th S*r«l
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JULIUS BRECKWOLDT & SON, INC.
DOLGEVILLE. N. Y.
Trucks, Hoists, Covers and Special Straps.
Manufactured by
Self-Lifting PianoTruck Co.
Manufacturers of
FINDLAY, OHIO
Piano Backs, Boards, Bridges, Bars,
Traplevers and Mouldings
J BRECKWOLDT, Prea.
W. A. BRECKWOLDT, Sec. & T r o u .
THE O S. KELLY CO.
Manufacturers
PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE
TELLS ALL ABOUT ALL PIANOS
of
Higt-» Oracle
PIANO PLATES
SPRINGFIELD
XH E CO MSTOCK, C HENE T Y
IVORYTON, CONN •
-
-
OHIO
& CO.
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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