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Issue: 1928 2182

May 26, 1928
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PRESTO-TIMES
AT THE BELMONT AND ELSEWHERE
Mason & Hamlin Co., studios, 313 Sth avenue, and
The Schiller Piano Co., Oregon, 111., will have a
Atnpico Towers, 584 5th avenue; grand pianos and
display of models of its entire line at the Belmont
Hotel, New York, during the week of the convention. Ampicos. Henry L. Mason, Wm. P. Marsh, J. Milton
Delcamp.
The great feature of the show will be the exhibition
of the "most sensational grand piano in the world,"
according to the announcements. President E. B. The Jesse French & Sons Piano Co., New Castle,
Jones, Frank M. Hood traveling representative, B. F. Ind., will have a unique display at the Hotel Belmont,
Shelly and others of the executive and selling force
New York, during convention week. The company
will be present.
will show its grand Period Ensembles, the latest sam-
ples of artistic work from the customs building de-
Hallet & Davis Piano Co. wholesale warerooms, 6 partment of the factory. Effective methods of aid-
East 39th street, grand and upright pianos, players ing sales of three Period styles of grand pianos will
be shown,
and reproducing pianos.^
H. Edgar French, president; Jesse French III, sec-
Hardman-Peck & Co., warerooms 433 5th avenue, retary, and Eary May will attend the convention
grand and upright pianos. Special showing of "Mod- from the factory. The sales representatives from
some of the surrounding states, that is, Massachu-
crnique" pianos.
setts, Pennsylvania and New York will also attend.
President French has secured a large space on the
James & Holmstrom Piano Co., Inc., warerooms
37 West 37th street; grand, player, upright and re- mezzanine floor of the Belmont and is planning to
feature the Grand Ensemble and the new Style F (a
producing pianos. John J. Glynn.
40-ich upright), as well as the old stand-bys.
W. W. Kimball Co.. Landay Hall, 6th avenue and
42nd street. Kimball, Whitney, Hinze and Harrison
grand, upright, player and reproducing pianos. Kim-
ball phonographs. James V. Sill, Commodore Hotel.
F. Radle, Inc., 609 West 26th street, will have a
line display at the warerooms; player and reproducing
pianos; Eugene J. Radle, M. Drucker.
The Gulbransen Co., Chicago, will have a display
Laffargue Co., suite 1452, 1453, 1454; pianos. Max of its entire line at the Hotel Belmont during the
de Rochemont, Joseph Octavec.
week of the annual convention in New T York from
June 4 to 9. Lack of adequate display space at the
The Baldwin Piano Co. will have displays in suite official convention hotel led to the choice of the Hotel
Belmont, where Palm Garden has been obtained for
1901 and retail warerooms, 20 East 54th street; new
Baldwin Period models in regular and Period de- the salon of Gulbransen pianos. This is on the main
signs; new Howard grand, 4 feet 7 inch in Modern floor, just off 42nd street; no elevator to take.
The Golden Jubilee Salon of Gulbransen pianos
and Period designs; Ellington, Hamilton grand and
Monarch pianos. Philip Wyman, Wm. B. Murray, will be open to the public of New York, as well
as to the dealers. Several instruments representing a
Commodore; Geo. A. Pelling, 20 East 54th.
distinct innovation will be on display as part of the
Gulbransen salon.
Bradbury Piano Co. will show its line at the ware-
Gulbransen wholesale salesmen present at the con-
rooms, 396 5th avenue; grand, reproducing and up- vention will include G. C. Girardin, C. W. Ruby,
right pianos and players. T. L. Floyd-Jones, Chas. A. W. Musser and Howard Weber, John S. Gorman,
T. Carter.
vice-president and sales manager, and Walter Kiehn,
advertising manager, will come from the Chicago
Jacob Doll & Sons, Inc., wholesale warerooms, 6 headquarters,
East 39th street; grand, upright, player and repro-
ducing pianos. Otto Doll, president; Geo. Doll, treas-
Paul G. Mehlin & Sons, New York, will have an
urer; Frederick Doll, vice-president; Jacob Doll, Jr., exhibit during the convention at the New York ware-
secretary.
,
j, , ; fj rooms, 509 Fifth avenue, at 42nd street. It will
A CITY STOPS TO LOOK!
This piano stopped
11,371 people in one day
Comment
of the Trade
"This achievement of
Hardraan,Peck & Com-
pany would teem to be
the furthest step in the
direction of design un-
dertaken by any piano
manufacturing house
up to the present time."
Music Trade Indicator,
April 1 tfh issue.
THE HARDMAN in a series of extraordinary
cases designed by America's leading modern
artists has created a sensation! Known as the
Modernique, it is the piano news event of the
season, another example of Hardman leadership.
We most cordially invite you to see the Mod-
ernique Hardman in the special exhibition at
our Fifth Avenue show-rooms during your visit
to the convention. There may be a Hardman
franchise open in your territory. Wire or write
today for the Hardman proposition.
Comment
of the Trade
"Hardman, Peck &
Company... hag made
a notable step forward
in the development of
the piano industry and
in so doing has contrib-
uted a very important
chapter to the history
of the piano."
— The Music Trades,
April 14th issue.
Hardman, Peck & Co.
433 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK
KOK
OVER-
The Christman Piano Co., Inc., New York City,
will hold an exhibit of its pianos during convention
week at the Metropolitan Studio, 200 West 57th
street. Those in charge will be 11. Elliot Christman
and Frank Fielding. The pianos to be exhibited will
be reproducing grands, period model studio grand,
players and small studio uprights. A special enter-
tainment feature, namely, a soprano singer and an
accompanist, will be provided.
LATE TRADE NEWS
FROM INDIANAPOLIS
Jubilee Singers Feature Jesse French & Sons
Piano in Two Events in Theaters—
Other News of Week.
Jesse French Jubilee Singers, specializing in negro
spiritual songs and sponsored by the Jesse French
Sons' Piano Company of New Castle, Ind., will ap-
pear next week at the Zaring Egyptian Theater,
Indianapolis. After the appearance at Zaring's Thea-
ter they will appear at the new Fountain Square
Theater.
The Wilking Music Company is at present in the
midst of a grand piano contest, endeavoring to sell
forty grand pianos during the month of May. Ac-
cording to information from an authorative source,
the contest up to date is a little beyond schedule. Mr.
Howe of the House of Wurlitzer opened the contest
early in the month.
On the evening of May 16 the Jesse French grand
was used in Hollenbeck Hall in the Y. W. C. A.
Building by Miss Tolin, a prominent musician of
this city. Miss Mary Francis Cray, who took part
in the program, had never played on one of the
instruments before, but became so enamored with the
instrument that she decided to purchase one, and
selected the Louis XV model in duco finish mahogany.
The pupils of Mrs. Jessie Clapp gave a recital at
the Tabernackel Presbyterian Church, where the
Jesse French grand was used.
The Carlin Music Company reports business im-
proving, and during the past week's sales one of the
special Premier reproducing grands was sold. An-
other sale was one of the Cable Midget's with several
other of the Cable Company's makes. One of the
features worthy of mention is the fact that more of
the sales are being madew ith larger down payments
and shorter time, not overlooking some sales for cash.
Willard McGregor gave a musicale on Tuesday last
at the Woodstock Country Club under the auspices
of the Junior League, where the Steinway concert
grand was used.
Mrs. Margaret Baihle Steinhart appeared ni concert
with the Steinway concert grand at Crumps Audi-
torium at Columbus, Ind.
A-l SALESMEN WANTED
Made by
C.RAKTHMKN
The W. P. llaines & Co., New York, wil have a
big display of its instruments at the warerooms, 396
Fifth avenue, where dealers are invited to call.
Sweeney, Cox & Toothman, Weston, W. Va., is
the successor to McKinlev & Toothman.
HARDMAN • STANDARD • HARRINGTON
PIANO
consist of the new styles of grand, upright and repro-
ducing pianos, together with Period models, which
will contain the very latest improvements, such as the
suspension ribbing, etc. Paul G. Mehlin, Charles
Mehlin and Alfred B. Spoerl will be in attendance.
We want EIGHT competent
men who- can handle a Ford
truck with loader to help our
dealers in
WISCONSIN
TERRITORY
And also, in some instances, to
work direct for our stores and
agencies.
WE FURNISH CARS
and pay on a commission and
expense basis in co-operation
w r ith our newly - developed
SALES PLAN, which has pro-
duced excellent results.
Write direct to
WALTHAM PIANO CO.
1623 Island Ave.
Milwaukee, Wis.
»O YEARS,
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May 26, 1928
PRESTO-TIMES
14
DISPLAYS AT COMMODORE
(.Continued from page 7.)
tries. Harry Holmes, Charles H.' Burtzloff and Guy
L. Mclntyre in charge.
Rudolph Wurlitzer Mfg. Co., suite 704, 706, Com-
modore; upright and player pianos. Farny R. Wur-
litzer, E. R. Petering, Stephen Battner.
Lester Piano Co., suite 1204, 1206, 1208; upright,
Ludwig & Co., piano manufacturers, with extensive
player, grand, reproducing, Period and special style factories in the Bronx, New York, will have a splen-
pianos; G. Laurence Miller, Jacob, Schiller, C. C. did exhibit of their pianos in Rooms 1800. 1801, 1802
Adler, Herman Roemer, George Miller.
and 1803 in the Commodore Hotel during the coming
national conventions in New York. These rooms
Lyo.n & llealy, Inc., suite 804, 806; pianos, harps, will be in charge of W. T. Brinkerhoff, F. E. Edgar,
hand instruments and Washburn stringed instru- Charles Stanley and L. D. Perry. They will show
ments; W. P. Roche, Mr. Veatch, Mr. Keenly, Mr. beautiful styles of Ludwig & Co. and Strich & Zeid-
Short, Mr. DeCeault. Musical entertainment on Lyon ler makes.
& Healy instruments.
"Our business is gaining," said Will T. Brinkerhoff,
genera) manager of Ludwig & Co., to Presto-Times
Packard Piano Co., suite 1104, 1106; Packard and
correspondent on Thursday. "Mr. Edgar has just
liond upright and grand pianos; A. S. Bond, R. S. footed up the figures, which show that May so far
Hill, H. B. Harris, J. T. Norris, R. W. E. Sperry, (and today only the 17th) has been our biggest
W. B. Marshall, Commodore.
month this year. And our business has been good
since January 1."
Perfection Furniture Co., Chicago, will be repre-
sented at the Hotel Commodore by Burton Calver.
The M. Schulz Co., Chicago, will have something
new in its convention exhibit, at the Hotel Commo-
Milton Piano Company. Rooms 1700-1701-1702. dore, New York, during convention week. The Mari-
George W. Allen, A. Wensley, A. E. Schmalzigan, onette Aria Divina Grand, and the Marionette straight
Charles H. Burtzloff and Guy L. Mclntyre will fea- grand will be featured.
ture several new models baby upright pianos, also
These diminutive instruments, measuring only 3 feet
several new Period model uprights and players in 8 inches by 46 inches, although but recently an-
addition to complete display of uprights, players, elec- nounced to the trade, have already created a sensa-
tion among Schulz dealers.
trics, Welte-Mignon (Licensee) upright pianos.
In addition, the M. Schulz Co. has arranged to
Q R S Company, Chicago, will occupy suite 752, exhibit some of the most recent creations in upright
754 of the Commodore, showing rolls, combination pianos, player pianos, grands and Aria Divina Grands
movie cameras and projectors, and portable phono- in new and special finishes.
graphs, including the new electric portable; Jack
Other features will be the hand carved "Old
Bliss, Harvey Roemer.
World" grands with a new Italian Art model to make
its debut.
B. K. Settergren Co., Inc., will occupy room 608
Rooms 900, 901 and 902 have been reserved by the
of the Commodore, showing grand pianos; B. K. Set- company at the Commodore, with F. P. Bassett,
tergren, W. C. Hess and E. B. Fox will be present.
secretary and treasurer; Otto M. Heinzman, eastern
The Straube Piano Co., in suite 652, 654; pianos; representative, and H. D. Hewitt, salesmanager, in
E. R. Jacobson, H. A. Stewart. Capt. J. A. Bryan, attendance.
J. N. England, W. G. Betz.
The Mathushek Piano Co., New York, will be pre-
Stultz & Bauer Piano Company, Rooms 100-1101- pared to show the dealers attending the annual con-
1102. H. B. Pattison, Charles H. Burtzloff and Guy vention at the Hotel Commodore, New York, the
L. Mclntyre will present complete display upright, week of June 4, its great line of pianos. A complete
players, electrics and reproducing pianos; will also display will be made in Room 1004 of the headquar-
ters hotel.
present several new Period cases.
Those who will meet dealers during the week will
Standard Pneumatic Action Company, Room 1002. be J. Albert Jacob, John H. Gettell and many of the
Complete technical display for Standard Pneumatic travelers of the company.
Action Company dealers. Exhibit in charge of W. A.
Mennie, Herbert E. Lawrence, Ben Strube and
C. Kurtzman & Co., suite 2000, 2001, 2002; pianos,
A. Gutsohn.
including a new 5-foot 3-inch William and Mary Art
grand, introducing new features in design and finish.
Western Electric Piano Co., Chicago, in room 907;
Howard C. Rice, president; Ralph E. Becker, sales
Autophone, Selectra and Mascot coin-operated elec- manager; Wm. L. Longacre, eastern representative:
tric pianos and phonographs. B. C. Waters, sales Geo. P. Shaffer, mid-west representative.
manager; James E. Johnson representative.
Werner Piano Co. will welcome convention visitors
Wurlitzer Grand Piano Co., suite 704, 706; Com- in Suite 900-901-902 at the Commodore during con-
modore; Wurlitzer and Apollo grand and reproducing vention week, where will be displayed an assortment
grand pianos. Farny R. Wurlitzer, Cyril Farny, Gor- of new models in upright pianos and player pianos,
don Laughead, J. C. Henderson.
together with a five-foot grand, and a reproducing
grand, all in modern finishes. A 3 foot 8 inch upright
will be featured. Also an upright Aria Divina repro-
ducing piano.
H. D. Hewitt, salesmanager; F. P. Bassett, secre-
THE LATEST JESSE
tary and treasurer, and Otto M. Heinzman, eastern
FRENCH PRODUCTIONS
representative, will be in charge of the displays.
play during the week will include H. K. Bretzfelder,
Arthur Hahn and S. C. Lubin. Many of the Kra-
kauer Bros, roadmen will also be in attendance.
Everett Piano Co., suite 600, 601, 602; Everett
grands and Period model grand pianos. First show-
ing of the new Everett Artists' grand, 6 feet 2 inches,
John H. Parnham, president; James L. Barron and
Geo. E. Mansfield, vice-presidents; O. C. Stone, sales
manager; A. Dalrymple, New York representative;
W. W. Radcliffe, New England representative.
The Straube Piano Company, Hammond, Ind., will
have an exhibit of its extensive line of pianos, players
and reproducing pianos In Suite 652-654, Hotel Com-
modore, during the week of the convention. Among
those who will be present to greet dealers will be
E. R, Jacobson, president of the company, and H. A.
Stewart, sales manager. A fine range of period
models will be shown, including the Florentine, Span-
ish, Dominion, Queen Anne, Louis XVI and Italian.
A special invitation to visit the convention display
has been mailed to the trade.
The Premier Grand Piano Co. will have two ex-
hibits during the week of the convention, one at the
Hotel Commodore and a bigger one at the spacious
warerooms at 6 East 39th street, corner of Fifth
avenue.
"Our place of business is so close to the convention
that it takes only a few steps to reach us, and our
warerooms are so expansive that we can show the
entire line and all our styles," said Walter C. Hep-
perla, president of the company.
The Western Electric Piano Co., 840-852 Black-
hawk street, Chicago, makes the announcement that
it will exhibit four of its leading styles at the Com-
modore Hotel, June 4-7.
The instruments to be seen by convention visitors
are the style B-selector, Derby, the straight Auto-
phone and the amplified Autophone. The company
is looking forward to much success with the Auto-
phone, which has attracted attention throughout the
trade. Dealers have been notified that a surprise,
something new, awaits them at Room 907, Hotel
Commodore.
B. C. Waters and James E. Johnson will be on
hand to greet the trade visitors and explain the fea-
tures of the wide line of instruments produced by the
active Chicago industry.
The Ivers & Pond Piano Co., New York, will have
Rooms 2152 and 2154 at the Hotel Commodore for
its display of pianos during the national convention.
Clarence H. Pond, president; Shepard Pond, Alexis
A. Mahan, Ralph Henry Day, A. Evan Stone and W.
Harcourt Evans will attend.
The Ivers & Pond line will be on exhibition at the
warerooms of the Manhattan dealers representing the
line, C. H. Ditson & Co., 8 East 34th street.
The latest firm to take space for an exhibit in the
Commodore Hotel at convention time was the Kel-
logg Switchboard Works of Chicago, whose repre-
sentative signed up for display rooms at the hotel on
Monday of this week. Kellogg's will display radio
and attachments of their own manufacture.
The J. P. Seeburg Piano Co., Chicago, will be
represented in a display at the Hotel Commodore
during convention week. The following instruments
will be shown: Style K, Special Orchestrion; Style
C, small piano with orchestrion; Greyhound Auto-
phone (automatic phonograph): New Style H. O.
House pipe organ; regular M. O. combination organ
and piano.
The comprehensive display of Krakauer Bros., New
The following will be in attendance: J. P. See-
York, at the Hotel Commodore during convention
week will be in Rooms 908, 910, 912, 914 and 972. burg, N. M. Seeburg, R. N. Malmquist, C. A. Stan-
Those who will meet the visiting dealers at the dis- ley, Jr., M. Lemonoff and Robt. McCabe.
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