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PRESTO-TIMES
November .26, 1927
ITEMS OF TRADE NEWS
FROM INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
great movement will do much to stimulate not only
interest in the piano but also the actual sale of thou-
sands of instruments.
A Few Brief Facts in Trade of City Shows the Na-
ture of Activities.
Fred Paige of Terre Haute, Indiana, spent a day
in Indianapolis trying to buy up some used pianos.
Evidently used pianos are in demand in Terre Haute,
but most of them have been cleared off the floors of
the local warerooms.
Ray Cpverdill, manager of the Kimball Piano
Store, has just received one of the Kimball pianos in
the Louis the 16th, with several other new arrivals.
The Pearson Piano Company are holding their
Fifty-fourth anniversary sale which started last
Thursday. The sale is meeting with excellent suc-
cess and will, be continued for one week. Mr. George
C. Pearson, founder of the business, is still active and
alert and proud of his achievement.
Visitors in Indianapolis during the past week were
H. Edgar French of the Jesse French Piano Com-
pany, New Castle. Intl.. and Ted Perkins of the Gul-
bransen Piano Company.
The Warner brothers, moving picture magnates,
have selected the Baldwin piano as the official instru-
ment to be used in all the reproducing screen music
on the Vitaphone productions. This means that all
the music accompanying the Warner screen produc-
tions will first be played on the Baldwin grand piano
and then reproduced by the Vitaphone before the audi-
ence. The Baldwin Piano Co. is naturally very proud
of this latest achievement, which was awarded to it
after a spirited competition among all the celebrated
makers. J. J. Griffith, Los Angeles, has lately sold
a Louis XVI grand piano to Jack Warner, to be placed
in his million dollar home in Beverly Hills. The piano
is of special construction in harmony with the furni-
ture and interior decorations and cost upwards of
$5,000.
WARNER SELECTS BALDWIN.
LIMITED PIANO MARKET
IN THE NETHERLANDS
American Pianos Are Admired for Tone and Finish,
but Prices Are Prohibitive.
The Netherlands offers a limited market for'Amer-
ican player pianos, but prices should be somewhat
reduced; the demand for other types of pianos made
in the L T nited States is small, according to U. S.
Consul Edward A. Dow, Rotterdam.
The general economic condition of the Netherlands
is better than it was a few years ago, but high living
costs make it difficult for other than the well-to-do
classes to purchase such articles as pianos.
The import duty assessed upon pianos is 8 per
cent ad valorem. \'o special requirements seem to
be necessary in packing, since importers make no
complaints upon this subject. It is estimated that 75
to 90 per cent of all pianos purchased are bought on
the installment plan. A new line of pianos should be
ORGAN FOR SCHOOL.
extensively advertised before such a conservative
Lindblom high school, 6130 South Lincoln street,
market as that of the Netherlands could be entered
Chicago, this week dedicated a new pipe organ, the with success, and such advertising would be very
gift to the school of Howard W. Elmore, with a
expensive. Competition among Netherland dealers
special program under the direction of Dr. J. Lewis
is marked, and inducements offered to buyers include
Browne, organist. Educators from all over the state
price reductions averaging from 5 to 10 per cent
bave been invited to be present. According to Harry
discount for cash, free tuning and cleaning service,
Keeler, principal of the school, this is the first gift
and allowance for inland freight delivery charges.
of its kind to be presented by an individual to a Chi-
Mahogany finish is not popular in the Netherlands
Winner of First Prize Learned Melody Way System cago public school. Mr. Elmore, whose daughter, —ebony and oak are preferred- American pianos are
Helen, is a graduate of Lindblom school, andw is in- admired for tone and finish, but f. o. b. prices, to-
at Ramsdell & Son's Studio.
terested in the development of musical taste in chil-
gether with higher freight rates as compared with
Twenty-five Melody Way contestants in Wither- dren, paid $22,000 for the organ. It has been installed
European charges are so much higher that they pre-
in
the
school
auditorium.
spoon Hall, Philadelphia, appeared recently for the
vent large sales in the Netherlands. The ,market
. titjal try-out to determine winners of eleven different
for player-pianos might be cultivated if prices could
prizes. The great Philadelphia Melody Way Club is
be somewhat reduced, as American- instruments of
SAFETY IN CONTRACT-MAKING.
composed of 6,000 children, who took up piano les-
Sometimes a minor boy or girl who is earning this type are generally regarded as far superior to
sons some months ago, practicing and playing at money—say one between IK and 21 years—wishes to those made in Germany.
various piano studios throughout the city, week after
purchase a piano on his or her personal responsibility.
week.
That's all right if everything else goes right, but it is
C. W. LINDSAY & CO. CELEBRATES.
George Myers, winner of the first prize of $250, rather hard on the dealer if suit has to be brought
C. W. Lindsay & Co., Montreal, with branches in
learned the Melody Way of piano-playing at the for replevin or to compel payment. It is best to have
Quebec, Ottawa, Three Rivers, Kingston, Cornwall
Ramsdell Studio in the well-known warerooms of
an older member of the family sign the note with
the Ramsdell & Son Piano Company. The Ramsdell
the minor purchaser. It can be explained to the and Chicoutimi, is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary.
organization have been very active in promoting Mel- older person that he will not be held responsible for The business was started by C. W. Lindsay, a piano
tuner, who developed the gift of piano selling.
ody Way classes in Philadelphia and believe this the payments unless the younger purchaser defaults.
HOLD FINALS IN MELODY
WAY CONTEST IN PHILADELPHIA
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