Presto

Issue: 1928 2167

February 11, 1928
The Background
A BUSY ROLL
DEPARTMENT
PRESTO-TIMES WANT ADVS.
STORE FOR SALE.
Music store for sale in thriving northwest city. Annual
business, $60,000, $8,000 last year. Invoice, $10,000.
Address Box Q, ' 4 / ( P R E S T O - T I M E S , 417 S. Dearborn
St., Chicago.
STORE FOR S A L E .
FOR SALE—Established music store in heart of Cali-
fornia. Stock and fixtures invoice about $1,000. Every-
thing ideal for successful operation. Store has never
failed to make money. Ill health reason for selling.
Address " G . V., Box 1 , " ')', P R E S T O - T I M E S , 417 S.
Dearborn St., Chicago.
WANTS WHOLESALE MAN.
A middle west piano manufacturer wishes to engage an
experienced wholesale man. Give experience and ref-
erences. Address "Road Man," P R E S T O - T I M E S .
W A N T S OUTSIDE MANAGER.
Experienced piano salesman wanted. Must be a strong
closer and capable of handling outside men. Name
references and experience. Kreiter Piano Co., M i l -
waukee, Wis.
THE NEW
CAPITOL
WORD ROLLS
FEBRUARY RELEASES.
1939 Beautiful—Fox Trot
1936 Dancing Tambourine—Fox Trot
1949 Diane—Marimba Waltz
1929 Did You Mean It?—Fox Trot
1942 Down South—Fox Trot
1961 Dream Kisses—Fox Trot
1938 Everybody Loves My Girl—Fox
Trot
1947 Everywhere You Go—Fox Trot
1946 Four" Walls—Fox Trot
1948 Get 'Em in a Rumble Seat—Fox
Trot
k
1930 Is She My Girl Friend?—Fox Trot
1945 Been Longing for a Girl Like You
—Fox Trot
1932 Mississippi Mud—Fox Trot
1943 My Melancholy Baby—Fox Trot
1944 Oh! Susanna
1933 Old Names of Old Flames—Ma-
rimba Waltz
1934 Our Bungalow of Dreams—Fox
Trot
1931 Rain—Fox Trot
1937 Sh-h ! Here Comes My Sugar—Fox
Trot
1952 Southern Skies—Fox Trot
1950 Surrender—Unified Marimba Bal-
lad
; • •
1941 The Sweetest Story Ever Told—
Marimba
1935—A Rickety Rackety Shack—Fox
Trot
1951 Tin Pan Parade—Fox Trot
1940 When I Was Hikirf With You—
Fox Trot
Extra Choruses
A Longer Roll
Seventy-five cents
Printed Words
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P R E S T 0-TI M E S
Hand Played
Made of the best materials
obtainable.
Will please your trade and
double your sales.
Quality and price make
Capitol rolls the deal-
er's best profit producer
in a roll department.
Capitol Roll & Record Co.
721 N. Kedzie Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.
(Formerly Columbia Music Roll Co.)
TUNER WANTED.
POSITION WANTED—First-class tuner and repairman
with sales experience desires position in mid-western
city of less than 100,000 population. Experience i n -
cludes electrics and reproducers. Address "Tuner,"
Box 4, care P R E S T O - T I M E S .
PIANO S A L E S M E N W A N T E D .
We can use two reliable piano salesmen to work territory
in Central and South Alabama. Salary and expenses
and average commission. State age, experience and
the volume of business you are capable of closing
over a period of twelve months. Address "Box J , "
P R E S T O - T I M E S , 417 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, III.
ELECTR«C PIANOS FOR S A L E .
Eight Style " L " Seeburg electric coin-operated pianos.
Bargains for quick sale. Write or wire Schneider
Music Co., Vincennes, Ind.
SALES POSITION W I T H LARGE P O S S I B I L I T I E S
for the successful piano salesman who feels larger
opportunities would enable him to earn more. We
have a complete line of pianos. Our company has
long been recognized as one of the sound and suc-
cessful houses in the trade. We want a salesman
who wants to sell pianos at retail himself and who
can select, train and manage canvassers and sales-
men. No limit will be placed upon the size of the
organization, so long as it is profitable. Position pays
salary and commission sufficient to attract successful
men. We offer protected territory and factory co-
operation.
Opportunities for future advancement
along several ways with this successful organization.
All applications confidential. Weaver Piano Company,
Inc., York, Penna.
AN O P P O R T U N I T Y .
Music store for sale in town of 9,000 inhabitants. Bus-
iness established twenty years. Only music store for
miles in northeastern Iowa. For particulars address
" H . M. H . , " care P R E S T O - T I M E S office, 417 S.
Dearborn St., Ciicago, III.
GULBRANSEN TESTIMONY.
The cut shown is a reproduction of an advertise-
ment used by the Tusting Piano Co., Asbury Park,
N. J. The original of this ad was four columns wide
and 18 inches deep, and it will be noticed that over
140 owners of Gulbransen pianos are listed in the
TUSTING'S
MANAGER W A N T E D .
Experienced piano man to take charge of branch store in
active city within 150 miles of Chicago. Handle com-
plete line from the Mason & Hamlin and Ampico to
the most popular Cable Midget. Victor Orthophonic
and Brunswick Panatropes and records. Store is most
prominent in city. Must have proven record of suc-
cess. Apply by letter only. " E . F. N.," Cable Piano
Company, 301 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago.
W I L L G U A R A N T E E PIANO SALES.
Man who can guarantee sales of pianos open to engage-
ment; Can handle product of small factory. Will
work entirely on commission or smaller commission
and expenses. For details of proposition address
"Coast to Coast," Box 2, P R E S T O - T I M E S , 417 So.
Dearborn St., Chicago.
Pen.
Players
THEY BOUGHT A GULBRANSEN
W I L L BUY MUSIC STORE.
am open for the purchase of a music store, invoicing
about $10,000, preferably located in middle west or
south, but am open to good opportunity anywhere.
Store must show good profits for 1927. Address
"Profits," Box 2, P R E S T O - T I M E S , 417 So. Dearborn
St., Chicago.
S A L E S M A N FOR CITY.
WANTED—Good reliable piano salesman for city; also
one for country work. State age, experience and
proposition wanted. A. Hospe Co., Council Bluffs,
Iowa.
TUNER WANTED.
W A N T E D — A high class tuner who thoroughly under-
stands automatic, electric and reproducing pianos of
all types. One with sales ability and knowledge of
radios preferred. Salary $60 per week to begin.
Steady Job to right man. Write or wire. Kallski
Music Company, Ltd., Monroe, La.
Tusting't "JXL
For a
Bigger and Better
Business
There is nothing to compare
with the complete line of
M. SCHULZ CO.
The Players are RIGHT in
everything t h a t means
money to the dealers and
satisfaction to the public
You will never do anything better
than when you get in touch with
M. SCHULZ COo
advertising. This is one of the strongest of adver-
tisements of the testimonial type. The Tusting Piano
Co. is recognized as a house of the very highest type.
Its advertising for many years has been remarkably
tine and dignified.
CLOSES BOSTON OFFICE.
The Brown Bros. Piano Co.. 4 which put out the
Brown Bros, piano, has closed it's Boston office and
will open an office in New York, where the Brown
.piano will be featured. It will continue to be made
for the Brown Bros. Piano Co. in the factory of
W. P. Haines & Co., New York.
. "
The Greenville Piano Co., Dayton, Ohio, has pur-
chased the building formerly occupied by H. P.
Stocker & Sons, at 539 Broadway.
WILLIAMS
PIANOS
711 Milwaukee Avenue
CHICAGO
The policy of th« Williams House is and always
has been to depend upon excellence of product
instead of alluring price. Such a policy does not
attraet.bar£ain hunters. It does, however, win the
hearty approval and support of a very desirable
•nd substantial patronage.
SOUTHERN ARANCH: 730 Candler Bid*., ATLANTA, GA
Makers o* William. Piano.,
Epwortb Piano, and Organ.
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PRESTO-TIMES
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February 11, 1928
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INDEX To Greater Music Trade Advertising Publicity!
A List of Foremost Manufacturers of Musical Instruments and Supplies, Jobbers and Publishers whose
Advertisements appear in Presto-Times and whose Announcements are Guaranteed by this Publication.
PIANOS and PLAYERS
Baldwin Piano Co., The
Bauer & Co., Julius
Bay Company, H. C
Becker Bros
Bond Piano
Brinkerhoff Piano Co
Bradbury Piano
Bush & Lane Piano Co
Bush & Gerts Piano Co
Cable Company, The
Christman Piano Co
Churchill Piano
Conover Piano
De Luxe Player Action
Euphona Inner Player
French & Sons Piano Co., Jesse
Goldsmith Piano Co
Gulbransen Co
Haddorff Piano Co
Haines & Co., W. P
Hallet & Davis Piano Co
Hardman, Peck & Co
Hartford Piano
Heppe Piano Co
Homer Pianos
Hobart M. Cable Co
James & Holmstrom Piano Co.
Jewett Piano Co
Kingsbury Piano
Kohler Industries
Kreiter Mfg. Co
Cincinnati
Chicago
Chicago
New York
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Chicago
New York
Holland, Mich.
Rockford, 111.
Chicago
New York
Chicago
Chicago
New York
Chicago
New Castle
Chicago
Chicago
Rockford, 111.
.New York
New York
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
.La Porte, Ind.
New York
Boston
Chicago
New York
Milwaukee
Krakauer Bros
Leins, h., Piano
Ludwig & Co
Mason & Hamlin Co
Mathushek Piano Mfg. Co
Miessner Piano Co
Operator's Piano Co., The
Packard Piano Co., The
Poole Piano Co
Radle, Inc., F .
Schaeffer Piano Mfg. Co
Schaaf, Adam
Schiller Piano Co
Schulz Co., M
Schumann Piano Co
Settergren Co., B. K
Smith & Nixon Piano Co
Starck Piano Co., P. A
Starr Piano Co
;
Steihway & Sons
Steinert & Sons, M
Straube Piano Co
Strich & Zeidler
Tonk & Bro., Inc., William
Vose & Sons Piano Co
Weaver Piano Co., Inc
Webster Piano
Wellington Piano
Werner Piano Co
Western Electric Piano Co
Williams Piano Co
New York
New York
New York
Boston
New York
Milwaukee
Chicago
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Boston
New York
Chicago
Chicago
Oregon, 111.
Chicago
Rockford, 111.
Bluffton, Ind.
Chicago
Chicago
Richmond, Ind.
New York
Boston
Hammond, Ind.
New York
New York
Boston
York, Pa.
,
New York
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
SMALL INSTRUMENTS and SUPPLIES
BAND INSTRUMENTS:
Conn, C. C, Ltd
BENCHES AND CABINETS:
Perfection Piano Bench Co
Period Drapery & Mfg. Co
Overton Company, S. E
Tonk Manufacturing Co
ENGRAVERS & PUBLISHERS:
Remick & Co., J. H
Rayner, Dalheim & Co
Presto Buyers' Guide
Zimmerman & Son Co
MUSIC ROLLS:
Capitol Roll & Record Co
Clark Orchestra Roll Co
PIANO ACTIONS:
A. C. Cheney Action Co
Comstock, Cheney & Co
Wessell, Nickel & Gross
PIANO LOADERS & MOVERS:
Bowen Piano Loader Co
Self Lifting Piano Truck Co
Elkhart, Ind.
Chicago
New Albany, Ind.
South Haven, Mich.
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Cincinnati
Chicago
De Kalb, 111.
.Castleton, N. Y.
Ivoryton, Conn.
.New York
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Findlay, O.
PIANO PLATES:
Fairbanks Co., The
Springfield, O.
Kelly Co., The, O. S..
Springfield, O-
PIANO STRINGS:
Schaff Piano String Co
Chicago
Trefz, Otto R., Jr
Philadelphia
PIANO REPAIRS:
Bouslog, Inc., E. A
Indianapolis
Frield Miller & Co
Indianapolis
Leins Piano Co. (Fine Pianos Rebuilt)
New York
McMackin Piano Service
Des Moines, Iowa
Piano Repair Co., The
Chicago
ALL SUPPLIES & MISCELLANEOUS:
Breckwoldt & Son, Inc., J
Dolgeville, N. Y.
Crossman Lumber Co
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co
New York
Oetting & Son, Inc., Philip W
New York
Polk's School of Piano Tuning
La Porte, Ind.
Trefz, Jr., Otto R
Philadelphia
White Mfg. Co., A. L. (Portable Organs)
Chicago
New Edition for 1928 In Preparation
PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE
Will Contain Full Lists with Concise Classification and Description of all
American Pianos, Players and Reproducing Pianos, with Sketches of their
Makers. Essential to All Salemen. Price 50 cents, post paid.
NO PIANO DEALER OR PROSPECT CAN AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT IT.
PRESTO PUBLISHING CO.
417 S. Dearborn St., CHICAGO
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