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Presto

Issue: 1927 2155

November 19, 1927
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P R E S T O-T I M E S
ALL HANDS HUSTLING
AT STORY & CLARK'S
President E. H. Story Gets Back on American
Soil—F. F. Story in the East—Orders
Make Activity.
E. H. Story, president of the Story & Clark Piano
Company, 173 North Michigan avenue, Chicago, ar-
rived on Saturday, Novemher 12, on the Pacific
Coast from his pleasant trip to Australia.
F. F. Story of Chicago is in the East at the pres-
ent time and E. M. Love has just arrived. at the
office from the West. Mr. Burke is still in the South.
The Story & Clark factories at , Grand Haven,
Mich., are now so busy that they are running nights.
The demand for uprights is increasing and this is
also true of the players.
The foreign correspondence department is busy
taking care of orders from other lands, particularly
European countries, for Repro-Phraso pianos.
So, taking it all in all, everybody connected with
the big manufacturing house of Story & Clark is
active, happy and looking forward to better and bet-
ter work.
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ciation of the State of New York, more than $2,000,-
000,000 of additional funds available for investment
have been gathered by the savings banks in the last
five years, of which amount $300,000,000 was accumu-
lated last year. The first six months of this year
produced $170,000,000.
"Vast savings taken out of circulation is one in-
stance where money is diverted from piano buying,"
said Mr. Doyle. "It shows the value and the power
of advertising. Some years ago it was considered
unethical for banks to advertise, but now they ad-
vertise their Christmas Savings Clubs, and so forth,
and get business; deposits in these clubs and in sav-
ings accounts that they would not get if they did not
advertise."
DISCOURAGE USE OF
W0RN=0UT INSTRUMENTS
Mme. F. Kurth-Sieber, Distinguished New
York Vocal Teacher, Adds Her Telling
Protest Against Them.
The following suggestive letter from a prominent
music teacher of New York city to W. F. McClellan,
secretary of the National Association of Piano
Tuners, points out a way in which the teaching guild
may help the cause of the elimination of the worn-
out piano:
Chickering Hall Studio,
New York City, Nov. 11, '27.
Mr. W. F. McClellan, Chicago, 111.
My Dear Mr. McClellan:
In the recent issue of the Tuners' Journal, I read
great interest your very enlightening and really
Old Boston Industry, Founded in 1837, Has Always with
helpful article on the subject of "Worn Out Pianos."
Been Associated with Fine Pianos.
From a very sad and personal experience, I can
testify to the sound judgment regarding the subject
The A. M. McPhail Piano Co., Boston, has de- as
propounded by you.
clared itself financially embarrassed and has recorded
Perhaps you may remember I had a few moments'
liabilities in the insolvent court at $83,905.41, with
conversation with you at the recent convention in
assets at $11,470,67. The~,€9pipany was organized in
New York, as a representative of "The Guild of Vocal
1837 and since that time has been associated with Teachers of New York." I had become very much
the manufacture of fine pianos.
interested in the cause of the N. A. of P. T., our
The following are listed as creditors: American attention having been drawn to your organization by
Piano Supply Co., New York; Auto Pneumatic Ac- the series of lectures given at different times before
society, by Mr. F. E. Lane of the New York
tion Co., New York; the Cornwall & Patterson Mfg. our
division.
Co., Bridgeport, Conn.; Hammacher & Schlemmer
Since the Guild has heard these very instructive
Co., New York; O. S. Kelly Co., Springfield, O.;
Advertising Manager Doyle of the Kohler Industries, National Rockland Bank, Boston; Pratt, Read & Co., addresses, the members have unanimously voted to
emphasize the importance of students using only well
Deep River, Conn.; Richardson Piano Case Coj., conditioned pianos, that arc properly tuned and also
New York, Comments on a Bank Report.
Leominster, Mass.; Theo Schamb Co., Arlington,
the use of worn-out instruments, as being
Mr. Doyle, advertising manager of the Kohler In- Mass.; Wessell, Nickel & Gross, New York; Staib- discourage
destructive to progress and understanding of true
dustries, New York, thinks piano dealers are not Abendschein Co., of New York.
pitch.
aggressive enough, and points out that the music trade
Your article, therefore, is extremely important and
has not kept pace with other lines; has not kept pace
apropos. Respectfully,
KRAKAUERS SELLING WELL.
with the natural increase in population. "The piano
(Signed) iMME. F. KURTH-SIEBER.
trade ought to be making and selling many more
"There is good call for Krakauer pianos just now,"
Chickering Hall, New York City.
pianos today than it does. It 'has not even kept up said Ralph B. Waite, head of the Ralph B. Waite
with the increase in population."
Piano Company, 218 South Wabash avenue, Chicago,
The University of Alabama has purchased for its
The savings bank situation, as summed up by on Monday of this week. "Fall trade has been accel-
John J. Pulleys, president of the Emigrant Industrial erated lately by activities of men in the field and by music department a Gulbransen piano. The sale
was made by the C. W. Lewis Furniture Co. of Tus-
Savings Bank of New York, was commented upon cooler weather; but those who want their share of
by Mr. Doyle. According to the Savings Bank Asso- the business must simply get out and hustle for it." caloosa, Ala.
FINANCIAL TROUBLES OF
A. M. M'PHAIL PIANO CO
SAVINGS DIVERT MONEY
FROM THE PIANO TRADE
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
Manufacturers 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 tt 2s found.
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OFFICE.
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Trucks, Hoists, Covers and Special Straps.
JULIUS BRECKWOLDT & SON, INC.
DOLGEVILLE. N. Y.
Manufactured by
Self-Lifting PianoTruck Co.
Manufacturer* of
FINDLAY, OHIO
Piano Backs, Boards, Bridges, Bars,
Traplevers and Mouldings
J BRECKWOLDT. Pres.
W. A. BRECKWOLDT. Sec. & TTMU.
THE O S. KELLY CO.
Manufacturers of t-Hlghi Orads
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MANUFACTURERS OF
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PRESTO-TIMES
November 19, 1927
shores of Erie's unsalted sea, an infant organization
was born, and the wise men of our profession came
from afar to pay tribute and pledge their allegiance to
this organization that was to lead the brethren of
the tuning profession out of darkness and into the
light of better times.
This aforesaid infant organization has grown to
In His Call for Cleveland Convention Secre- be a mighty factor among the organizations of the
piano industry and has caused much rejoicing among
tary McClellan Uses Some Very
the brethren in this land. Many blessings have been
conferred upon us by the constructive.policies of this
Choice Language.
association and much oppression that did exist has
W. C. McClellan, secretary of the National Associa- been overcome and greatly reduced.
The evil of free tuning has been greatly reduced
tion of Piano Tuners, Inc., has mailed the following
letter to the officers and members of the association. and the unjust policy of charging the tuning depart-
ment for services rendered to the sales and renting
The letter following is not a chapter out of the New departments,
is gradually being remedied.
Great
Testament, or from the writings of Josephus, but blessings have been conferred on the inhabitants of
merely an invitation by the talented secretary of the our land at the present time through the system of
National Association of Piano Tuners, Inc., W. F. having their pianos tuned from two to four times
McClellan, not to miss the convention to be held in a year, etc.
And as the "Silver Jubilee Convention" of the
August in Cleveland, Ohio. Read it and judge for
N. A. of P. T., Inc., will take place in Cleveland,
yourself:
Ohio, on August 13, 14, 15 and 16, 1928, the birth-
As foretold by the prophets of ancient times, as place of the association, all true followers of the
well as in the writings of Josephus and other great cross and circle are urged to make due preparations
philosophers, and lo, it came to pass that in the first to attend this meeting of the faithful and to once
week of the month of August in the third quarter of
more pledge their loyalty and support to this, the
the moon, of the .year of our Lord, 1913, in the House greatest and most successful organization of piano
of Gilsey, in the city of Cleveland, situated on the tuners in the world.
TUNERS ARE CALLED
TO JUBILEE MEETING
MAHOGANY IMPORTS GAIN.
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
Cabinet wood log imports to the United States
this year included 51,599 M feet of mahogany, 4,481
M feet of Philippine logs, 3,502 M feet of Spanish
cedar, and 4,582 M feet of other logs—being a de-
crease for Spanish cedar logs and a gain for ma-
hogany and Philippine logs, and logs of other species.
Last year's imports were 42,921 M feet of mahogany
logs, 1,177 M feet of Philippine logs, 4,701 M feet of
Spanish cedar and 5,286 M feet of other species. The
imports of mahogany from Central America—mainly
from British Honduras and Nicaragua—have in-
creased from 18,444 to 28,317 M feet. Imports from
other sources have shown comparatively slight varia-
tions.
Greater Beauty
and Greater
SCARFS,
CUSH-
IONS,
COVERS
CASTLETON, N. Y.
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
Manufacturers of
Comfort
Bench Cushions, Piano Throws, Bags
(or Small Instruments, Upholstered
Bench Tops.
OPERATORS' PIANO CO.
HAS BUSY SEASON
This Year's Business So Far Is Abreast of
That of the Last Five Years, Records
of Company Show.
There has been a great deal of activity all this fall
at the factories of the Operators' Piano Company and
the Capitol Roll & Record Company, 721 North
Kedzie avenue, Chicago.
Any doubt of this statement can be dispelled by
the checking of averages that have been kept by
Advertising Manager Stadler, who on Friday told
a Presto-Times representative that this year's busi-
ness with their house is on the average with that
of the last five years. Figures do not lie and as Mr.
Stadler is a reliable record keeper, with an actuary's
precision and a statistician's love of comparisons, no
one is going to doubt him.
Caters to the Demand.
The Operators' company has had a good season,
that's granted. Its line places of public entertainment, and it manufactures
a variety of styles and sizes of coin-operated instru-
ments to suit the purse and the tastes of the buyers
and their patrons.
ENCOURAGING BANDS.
The beautiful prizes donated by the National As-
sociation of Band Instrument Manufacturers, have
done much to make possible the success of the band
tournaments and to increase the interest among the
school people. Although this branch of the trade has
contributed generously to the support of the contests
it should be remembered that the expense of the host
cities in entertaining the bands and the traveling ex-
pense of the visiting bands has aggregated some-
thing like $300,000.
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refinished or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
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We begin work on your keys the minute they
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Chicago
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Benches
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