October 8, 1927
PRESTO-TIMES
KREITER
AMPICO AT OXFORD
UNIVERSITY
The Leading and Most Popular
Pianos and Players
Grands, Players, Uprights and
Reproducing Pianos
The Results of Over Forty Years'
of Experience.
Kreiter Pianos Cover the Entire Line
and no Piano Dealer who tries these in-
struments would supplant them by any
others. A trial will convince.
Kreiter Mfg. Co., Inc.
310-312 W, Water St., Milwaukee, Wis.
Factory: Marinette, Wis.
E. Leins Piano Co.
Makers of Pianos and
Player Pianos That Are
Established L e a d e r s .
Correspondence from Reliable
Dealers Invited
Factory and Offices, 304 W. 42nd St
NEW YORK
The illustration shows the Ampico on the stage
of historic Holywell Music Room at Oxford Univer-
sity, England. The instrument was used in the ses-
sions of the Oxford Summer School, just closed,
during which lectures have been given by most of
England's best musical authorities. Oxford Summer
School is attended by students from all over the
country, and the Holywell Music Room is one of
the most celebrated in the world. It was opened in
the year 1748 and is rich in musical association.
EVERYTHING SET FOR
ILLINOIS CONVENTION
nois Music Trade Association at the Palmer House,
Chicago, next week will be the conclave of the
Ancient and Honorable Association of Cheese
Hounds. Chas. Brctzloff, of the Kohler Industries, is
the Head Cheese, the highest office, but which any
Cheesehound may reach. The Cheesehounds were
originally organized in Illinois, but the membership
has spread to all sections of the country. The con-
clave next week will be a species of homecoming.
Dealers of the State Assured of a Record Time
October 12 to 14 at the Palmer
House, Chicago.
The Heppe, Marcellus and Edouard Jules Piano
manufactured by the
HEPPE PIANO COMPANY
are the only pianos in the world with
Three Sounding Boards.
Patented in the United States, Great Britain,
France, Germany and Canada.
Liberal arrangements to responsible agents only.
Main Office, 1117 Chestnut St.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
The LEADING LINE
WEAVER PIANOS
Grand*, Uprights and Playeri
Finest and most artistic
piano in design, tone and
construction that can be
made.
YORK PIANOS
Uprights 9Pd Player Pianos
A high grade piano of great
value and with charming tone quality.
Livingston Pianos— Uprights and Player Pianos
A popular piano at a popular price.
Over 70,000 instruments made by thii company are sing-
ing their own praises in all parts of the civilised world.
Write f 01 catalogues and state on what terms you would
like to deal, and we will make you a proposition if yon are
located in open territory.
WEAVER PIANO CO., I K .
Factory: TORK, P \ .
Established 1870
CHRISTMAN
UPRIGHTS, GRANDS, PLAYERS
AND REPRODUCING PIANOS
THE FAMOUS "STUDIO GRAND"
"The First Touch Tells"
(Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.)
CHRISTMAN PIANO CO., Inc.
597 East 137th Street.
NEW YORK
The Illinois Music Merchants' Association, which
meets at the Palmer House, Chicago, October 12 to
14, will be a record convention held by dealers from
all parts of the state.
Various music clubs and organizations in Chicago
are prepared to make the event long remembered by
the visitors. The convention committee, as selected
by Chairman Fleer, consists of the following: Harry
D. Hewitt, assistant chairman; Eugene Whalen, Mat
Kennedy, Frank Whitmore, Henry Weissert, James
T. Bristol, Charles E. Byrne, G. R. Brownell, Walter
Kiehn and Harry B. Bibb.
Registration will open early Wednesday morning,
October 12. At noon of the same day, the Piano
Club of Chicago will preside at convention luncheon
in the Palmer House. Business sessions will open
in the afternoon with reports of officers and com-
mittees.
On Thursday morning, at the program discussions,
Edward C. Boykin, executive secretary of the Na-
tional Piano Manufacturers' Association, will talk on
piano promotion work. Otto Miessner, president of
the Miessner Piano Co., Milwaukee, will discuss
"Group Piano Instruction." Charles E. Byrne, vice-
president of Steger & Sons, will talk on "Piano Play-
ing Tournaments"; John Parnham, president of The
Cable-Xelson Co., will discuss "Period Models";
James T. Bristol, president of the piano company
of the same name, will talk on the "Financial Prob-
lems of the Music Dealer," and Matt Kennedy, Chi-
cago advertising executive, will address the conven-
tion on the subject of "Direct Mail Advertising," with
particular emphasis on its application to the music
business.
Luncheon, the second day, in the Palmer House,
will be another important semi-social event of the
convention. At the afternoon session the annual elec-
tion of officers will take lpace, to be followed in the
evening by the annual banquet and entertainment.
The Cheesehounds.
An important event of the convention of the Illi-
WILLIAMS
PIANOS
The policy of the Williams House ia 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
•nd substantial patronage.
WIIIIAMS Maker, of Williams Piano,.
WILLIKITI3 Epworth Piano, and Organ.
LATE NEWS NOTES FROM
THE NEW YORK FIELD
Sudden Illness of H. Paul Mehlin Shocks His
Friends—New Division Manager of
Aeolian Co.—Other News.
Members of the trade throughout the country will
undoubtedly be shocked by the news that H. Paul
Mehlin, of the Paul G. Mehlin & Sons, New York,
suffered a paralytic stroke last week at the factory
in West New York, N. J. He was removed to his
home in Maywood, N. J., where his conditions is
reported to he serious. Mr. Mehlin recently returned
from a tour of the Pacific Coast, following his at-
tendance at the sessions of the convention of the
National Association of Piano Manufacturers in Chi-
cago, in June.
Mr. Mehlin is one of the best known members of
the New York piano trade, having been president of
both the New York and the national associations of
piano manufacturers, and always actively interested
in association affairs. He is the oldest son of Paul
G. Mehlin, founder of the house of Paul G. Mehlin
& Sons, and for many years the executive head of
this concern.
Mark P. Campbell, president of the Brambach
Piano Co., New York, returned this week from a
trip through the middle west.
John H. Gettell, secretary of the Mathushek Piano
Mfg. Co., New York, was the winner in a tennis
singles tournament held at the New York Athletic
Club on Saturday night last. Mr. Gettell reported
business as being steadily improving. He will start
on a southern trip in the near future.
W. H. Alfring. vice-president and general manager
of the Aeolian Company, has announced the appoint-
ment of Robert Pier Elliot as manager of the church
and concert organ division. Frank Taft continues as
managing director of the Aeolian Company's organ
department. The large demand for Aeolian organs,
according to Mr. Alfring, has resuted in the estab-
lishment of a special division for church and concert
organs, under the direction of Mr. Elliot.
Arthur J. Thompson, associated with Mr. Elliot in
the Welte Company, will be his chief assistant.
Paul Fink, vice-president of the George Steck &
Co., New York, has been appointed assistant director
of wholesale sales of the Aeolian Company, according
to an announcement made by C. B. Amorous, director
of wholesale sales.
The Winter Haven Music & Radio Co., in the
Broadway Arcade, Erie, Pa., held its formal opening
recently.
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