Classic Mode

Presto

Issue: 1927 2159

December 17, 1927
P R E S T O-TI M E S
FAIRBANKS PIANO PLATES
Product of Foundries of Fairbanks Co., Springfield,
O., Possesses Desirable Qualities.
The importance of the piano plate is acknowledged
by every manufacturer of pianos. The good plate
provides basic dependence for imparting the charac-
ter of rigidity in the construction of the instrument.
In the American piano industry the piano plates made
by the Fairbanks Company, Springfield, Ohio, are
considered a potent means towards attaining the
character of sturdiness and durability for pianos. It
is a selection prompted by distinctive qualities in the
Fairbanks plates which manufacturers believe to be
essential to the production of high-class pianos.
Fairbanks piano plates are particularly desirable
because they conform to the requirements of the
exacting piano manufacturer and are made from the
finest materials by the most skillful workmen. It is
admitted by dealers, piano makers and piano owners
of a discriminating kind that a Fairbanks p 1 ate in a
piano is a prime factor in dependable construction.
INCREASE IN VIOLIN SALES
Satisfactory Feature of Musical Merchandise Busi-
' :
ness Reported From All Sections.
Reports from the musical merchandise trade dis-
close the fact that the violin is experiencing a revival
in sales, with the result that dealers are giving in-
creased attention to the condition of their violin
stocks. The observant dealers are making the most
of the revival by stocking violins of varied character
to suit different tastes and price requirements.
The stimulation in violin sales is, in a measure, due
to the publicity given to the old-time fiddling contests
which have been featured all over the country by
newspapers desirous to participate in popular move-
ments conducive to an increase in their subscription
lists.
It is considered natural that the interest in the old-
time fiddling should change to a desire in the public
for violin music of a higher kind. It was an oppor-
tunity the music dealer and the music teacher were
quick to see and both have been active in diverting
the aspirations of the prospects to the considerations
MERITS OF FINDLAY TRUCKS
of the large assortment of violin music available to
the pupil. And of course the reawakened interest in
the violin provides a splendid opportunity for the Great Aids to Music Merchants Made by Self-Lifting
musical merchandise trade. It means additional sales
Piano Truck Co., Admitted by Movers.
and, as a rule, sales easily made when the dealer has
a complete stock.
The progressive piano dealer and piano mover is
The Badger Radio Corp,. Burlington, Wis., has naturally interested in every means that will make
labor easier and less expensive, and make service as
been opened by Simon and Joe Holtz.
good as possible. The mover who economizes time
and thereby lessens the overhead in his business,
takes advantage of every device for facilitating work.
For that reason the observant ones recognize the
value of the Selpo trucks, made by the Self-Lifting
Piano Truck Co., Findlay, Ohio. They are clever
devices designed and built by practical men and ac-
cepted by the most experienced movers in the coun-
try. The Selpo trucks are admitted to be up-to-date
devices for the use of the piano mover. The Selpo
trucks are complete and sturdy, with a frame that is
cross braced and riveted so it cannot rock.
The competent piano mover who works with a
213 East 19th Street, New York
dependable hoist like those made and sold by the
Self-Lifting Piano Truck Co., Findlay, Ohio, realizes
the danger he avoids by its use. The devices are of
the kind which have the element of safety to recom-
SOLE AGENTS FOR
mend them, an argument that appeals to the humane
and careful dealer unwilling to take chances with
less dependable hoisting devices.
It is an admitted fact among wise music merchants
that practical piano moving equipment increases the
selling power of their stores. The Self-Lifting Piano
Truck Co. makes dependable piano moving contriv-
ances which are used by large moving firms and
many progressive piano houses throughout the coun-
try. The company makes end trucks, sill trucks,
overs and special straps, as well as dependable hoists.
Philip W. Oetting &
Son, Inc.
Weickert Hammer
and Damper Felts
Grand and
Upright Hammers
Made of Weickert Felt
FINE ACTION BUSHING CLOTHES, ETC.
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
Manufacturers of
LYON & HEALY SAXOPHONE.
Recently, a music house in Vienna, Austria, heard
of the Lyon & Healy new model saxophone, "Artist
Series," and wrote to the Chicago music company for
full particulars. The Austrian concern in question is
one of the largest retail establishments in the world.
Such recognition speaks well for American-made in-
struments and reflects highly upon the great reputa-
tion this particular instrument is rapidly acquiring.
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:
M r i U
Y H R \C
45th St., 10th Ate. & W 46th. 11E* VV
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OFFICE.
4S7 W> 45th
Orthophonic Victrolas
Electric Refrigerators
&,„,
Trucks, Hoists, Covers and Special Straps.
JULIUS BRECKWOLDT & SON, INC.
DOLGEVILLE. N. Y.
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. & Treas.
THE O. S. KELLY CO.
Manufacturers
PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE
TELLS ALL ABOUT ALL PIANOS
of
High Qrad&
PIANO PLATES
SPRINGFIELD
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-
OHIO
XH E CO MSTOCK, C H E NET" 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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December 17, 1927
PRESTO-TIMES
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of comment on the standard of workmanship have
heen received from several of the nations' most
prominent piano dealers. One from the Beckstem
E. A. Bouslog, Inc., Indianapolis, Announces Exten- representative in Portland, Ore., expresses regret
that his native country, Germany, has no such serv-
sion of Efficient Service for Piano Trade.
ice as that of the Bouslog enterprise.
The progressive house of E. A. Bouslog, Inc.. in
The company will gladly send specimens of its
Tndianapolis, which has made so many friends among work and prices, on application, to any piano dealer
tuners and repairmen throughout the country, by seeking efficient service of the highest possible
giving prompt service and excellent work in piano standard.
key recovering, has added another feature which will
interest every tuner and repairman connected with
CRYSTAL SETS CAUSE TROUBLE.
the industry. It is that of repairing and recovering
That
crystal receiving sets and those of the old
air motors, governors, expression devices and lower
regenerative type are among reasons for some of the
bellows.
complaints regarding broadcasting and poor radio
The service might be called service de luxe as the reception has been emphasized recently to the Fed-
workmanship is of the highest quality. Mr. Bouslog eral Radio Commission. According to advices to the
has devoted much time and attention to this branch
Radio Manufacturers' Association from the commis-
of his enterprise and assures his patrons of efficient sion, a large volume of the complaints regarding
work of the highest possible quality.
radio reception would end if thousands of listeners-in
Work from coast to coast has come to the Bouslog would "junk" their old crystal and regenerative sets,
concern, and even from places in Latin America and replacing them with up-to-date apparatus. A striking
Mexico. Mrs. Bouslog, a woman of wide experience instance of the information regarding crystal and
and education, is capable of translating all the foreign regenerative sets which has reached the commission,
correspondence and writing letters in French and the R. M. A. is informed, is that in one northwestern
Spanish to the foreign palrons of the house. Letters city of about 250,000 population, it has been found
that there are 12,000 crystal sets in use.
ADDS TO BOUSLOG SERVICE
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
Information Concerning Manufacture to Be Compiled
by Department of Commerce.
For the first time in the history of the radio indus-
try, official information regarding radio manufactur-
ing is to be made available to the public and to the
industry through cooperation of the United States
Government and the Radio Manufacturers' Associa-
tion. The Federal Government, through the Depart-
ment of Commerce, has accepted a plan proposed by
the Radio Manufacturers' Association to gather sta-
tistics from the nation's manufacturers of radio re-
ceiving sets, accessories and parts. Reliable and
official statistical information as to the radio manu-
facturing industry will be issued quarterly.
With the assistance of the Radio Manufacturers'
Association the manufacturing statistics will be gath-
ered, compiled and published by the Electrical Equip-
ment Division of the Bureau of Foreign and Domes-
tic Commerce, Department of Commerce, of which
Marshall T. Jones is chief. Comprising as it dots
more than 300 or virtually all of the leading manu-
facturers of radio of the country, the Radio Manufac-
turers' Association is fortunately in a position to give
the utmost service to the Government in securing
manufacturing data hitherto unobtainable.
The Department of Commerce is now engaged in
MUSIC FOR SUPERVISOR.
sending to manufacturers a. questionnaire showing in
At the music section of the Southeastern District detail their factory shipments for the last three
New York State Teachers' Association, which held months of 1927. The information will be published
its annual session at Milbank Chapel, Teachers' Col- by the Department of Commerce early in January.
lege, Columbia, with J. Dale Diehl, of White Plains, This and subsequent quarterly publications of manu-
as chairman, Dr. Frank Damrosch stressed the point facturing statistics will inform the public regarding
that the supervisor of music in schools should be a the progress of the radio industry and be a valuable
born musician, not necessarily a great artist of course, guide to manufacturers in determining their produc-
but one imbued with the spirit of music that is tion. The information is to be given in strict confi-
bound to be communicated to the pupils; a well dence by the manufacturers to the Government with
trained musician, a good pianist, a good sight reader, the expectation of wide cooperation by the manufac-
and should have a good voice and correct phrasing turers.
and interpretation.
Herbert H. Frost, Chairman of the Statistics Com-
mittee of the Radio Manufacturers' Association, has
just completed the arrangements at Washington with
Greater Beauty and Greater Comfort
the Department of Commerce for institution of the
plan to compile manufacturing figures.
SCARFS,
CUSH-
IONS,
COVERS
CASTLETON, N. Y.
SCHAFF
Piano String Co,
Manufacturers of
FACTS OF RADIO INDUSTRY
Bench Cushions, Piano Throws, Bags
for Small Instruments, Upholstered
Bench Tops.
Illustrated Folders On Request
"PEAKS OF DESTINY" PREMIERE.
"Peaks of Destiny," probably the greatest film pro-
duced by the famous U. F. A. company of Germany
during the past year, will have its Chicago premiere
at the Playhouse, 410 South Michigan avenue, Chi-
cago, during the week beginning Sunday, December
18. Against a background formed by the beautiful
Alps, the film reveals an unusual tale of love and
adventure in a manner that has become peculiarly
identified with the major works of the German
school of motion pictures.
Period Drapery and Mfg. Co.
NEW ALBANY, IND.
Philip W. Oetting & Son, Inc.
PIANO KEYS RECOVERED
Heaviest grade Pyralin Ivory, beveled
and polished to look like the finest ivory
keyboards built. Beautiful work, guaran-
teed. Sharps ebonized, bushings, etc.
Piano Bass Strings
We begin work on your keys the minute they
arrive. Write for New Price List.
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
McMACKIN PIANO SERVICE
Cor er Lewis Street
Factory: 1721-3 Mondamin Avenue
DES MOINES, IA.
CHICAGO
213 East 19th Street, New York
Sole Agents for
WEICKERT
Hammer
and Damper
Felts
Grand and Upright Ham'
mer* Made of Weickert Felt
Fine Action Bushing Cloths, etc.
FOR REAL QUALITY
PERFECTION
Benches
There is no piano built so fine that we cannot make a bench
of equal quality.
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