December 15, 1928
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P R E S T 0-T I M E S
ADVANTAGES OF
TUNING INSTRUCTION
Polk's School of Piano Tuning at La Porte,
Ind., Stands Ready to Instruct Any and
All Who Would Like a Wider Knowl-
edge of World's Master Instrument.
There is no need for any young man of musical
proclivities to flounder around any longer in doubt as
to what branch of the music industry to specialize
in in order to meet with permanent and sure success.
Polk's School of Piano Tuning at La Porte, Ind.,
stands ready to receive into its classes any or all of
the men who are desirous of learning the technique
and the practical principles of tuning pianos, player-
pianos or reproducing instruments.
The College Spirit Helps.
Here at the greatest college of the kind in the
country are the facilities, the faculty, the books, the
instruments of various makes to practice upon, the
class comaraderie, the rivalry which makes for com-
petition, the esprit borne, the college fraternalism—
all of which tend to perfection and more enthusiasm
in the work than one can find in any home town.
Work Is Fascinating.
The college work is very fascinating, because it is
practical. It is one of the newest sort of schools,
for it sets the pupil on the high road to a well-paid
specialty in the world's work. It is in a sense similar
to the great special technical schools of Detroit where
young men are taught the practical construction of
automobiles and the engineering principles governing
their motivation.
Profitable, Too.
As to profits, a student of Polk's School of Piano
Tuning in less than six months after entering would
be earning a good income. This is practically as-
sured, as facts available at the school will show.
Many a young man is thankful today for this edu-
cation, as it has proved his means of making a good
living.
Who are suitable candidates for a course in piano
tuning? Why, any young man who has musical in-
clinations. Any young man whose father is asso-
ciated with the music business would be a good sub-
ject. Many piano salesmen who have not been pros-
pering as well as they would like to, would find that a
course in piano tuning would so increase their knowl-
edge of pianos that it would be a great aid in selling
pianos after such a schooling as they would get at
Polk's.
Go To It, Young Men.
W'ho'll be the next one? Who'll be the next dozen
to enter Polk's doors at La Porte and register for
the most promising career that a young man in the
piano trade could wish for? It's adventure. It's a
step in the direction toward sure success and satis-
faction. It's a course that assures dividends in knowl-
edge gained and in a purse well-lined for many years
to come—years that might be lean ones without this
technical knowledge to fall back upon to keep the
pot boiling.
NEW INDIANA BUSINESS.
The Brunswick Music Shop is the name of the
store opened last week by Ira C. Serriu and Clyde W.
York, in West National avenue, Brazil, Ind. Mr.
Serrin, previous to the opening of the new establish-
ment, was the local representative of the Starr Piano
Company in North Franklin street, and Mr. York
was formerly connected with the C. S. York Piano
Company.
OPENS KENTUCKY BRANCH.
Gibson Bros., Middlesboro, Ky., the largest musical
house in that section, has opened a branch music
house in Pineville, Ky, in which will be carried a
full line of musical instruments. W. H. Gibson is the
manager and for the past twenty-five years has
pushed this business forward until he now has a
music concern that will compare favorably with most
houses in the large cities.
NEW OGDEN STORE.
The Lassen-Card Music Co., in the W. H. Wright
& Sons' department store of Ogden, Utah, is opening
a new store at 2452 Washington avenue, that city.
The business in the department store was started two
or three years ago by the Beesley Music Co., of Salt
Lake City, with Mr. Card as manager, the Beesley
people disposing of their interests in it to the Lassen-
Card Co. not long ago.
MASTERS PLAY CONN TROMBONE
F. RADLE SMALL GRAND
FAVORED IN MANY SALES
Admirable Qualities of Construction and
Tone of the Instrument Makes It One
of the Easy Sellers in the Trade.
The F. Radle Baby grand is one of the small pianos
which preserves a steadiness of favor that is a trib-
ute to the merits of the instrument and an eloquent
endorsement of its makers, F. Radle, Inc., which has
occupied the busy factory at 609-611 West 36th street,
New York, for the past forty-five years. The begin-
ning of the industry dates back to 1850 and the pres-
ent proprietor, E. J. Radle, a son of the founder, has
followed the admirable policies that have achieved
success for the F. Radle instruments.
The F. Radle instruments are, therefore, the results
of long experience and a consistent ambition to attain
to eminence. They are high grade in every particular,
and the F. Radle grands and uprights have assumed
a conspicuous place by reason of their unchallenged
merits. They are made upon the most approved prin-
ciples and they possess improvements of peculiar
power in their appeal to both public and the trade.
F. Radle case designs are new and always original,
and they are the special work of E. J. Radle him-
self. Some of the most prominent pianists and critics
have given the Radle instruments unstinted praise.
The F. Radle grand has musical qualities that com-
mend it to musicians and discriminative musical peo-
ple. Piano merchants throughout the country com-
mend the F. Radle pianos as leaders and the instru-
ments fully justify all that is said of them.
Mr. Radle's intimate knowledge of the supply busi-
ness and the estimate of the value of thoroughly sea-
soned piano parts, made him determined to keep at
all times such a sufficient stock of parts that he could
insure a thorough drying and seasoning of the same
on his own premises, under his own eye. Accord-
ingly, after he has built a great stock of cases, sound-
ing boards, actions, keys, frames and other piano
parts, they are stored in the Radle plant, sometimes
for a long time before they are used; hence, there is
little shrinkage, if any, when the piano is completed.
The details of the Radle construction show" a care-
ful attention to the smaller but important items that
lift some pianos out of the rut of the usual system
of construction. The scale is the work of one of the
best draughtsmen in the trade, and is remarkable for
its singing, sympathetic quality, its power, and its
brilliancy.
A NEW QULBRANSEN
CATALOG IS ISSUED
Pianos of Fine Line Admirably Shown in Col-
ored Cuts Depicting the Natural Tint
of the Woods.
The Gulbransen Company, Chicago, issued a very
remarkable piano catalog, illustrating the Gulbransen
line in full colors and in black and white.
The new book is 9 by 12 inches in size and has
an extremely handsome cover in maroon, black and
gold. Full color reproductions are given on the
outside of the Louis XVI Grand, the Gulbransen
Triano and the Art Model Minuet in deep verde green.
All of the twenty-three Gulbransen styles are illus-
trated in an attractive two-color, two-page spread in
the center of the book. The catalog states that this
book exemplifies the great achievements in beauty,
style and tone in Gulbransen pianos. One page is
entirely devoted to the price list of Gulbransen pianos,
giving the national prices of each instrument in the
line.
AUSTRIA'S EXPORT TRADE.
RALPH COKEY.
The fame of the best known trombonists is con-
tinuously associated with that of the trombone trade
by C. G. Conn. Ltd., Elkhart, Ind. Satisfying the
artists is an attribute of the Conn trombone that con-
vinces the music dealers and the buyers generally.
Naturally the identity of the artists using the Conn is
interesting to the music profession and the music
trade.
Clay Smith, music critic and well known writer on
music subjects, names the six greatest living trom-
bonists in his opinion and every one of them is a
user of the Conn trombone. Smith's honor roll is as
follows: Jaroslav Cimera, G. Simons, Carroll Mar-
tin, Charles Randall, Leo Zimmerman, Ralph Corey.
Of these six, Smith rates Cimera as greatest of
them all. This decision is based on consideration of
his ability. "Without hesitation, I name J. Cimera
as heading the list because he possesses the greatest
number of qualifications," says Smith.
The selection made carries a great deal of weight
from the fact that Clay Smith is himself an accom-
plished trombonist. He has played alongside of a
great many of the greatest trombonists and knows
many of their weak and strong points.
In 1927 Austria exported 3,163 grand pianos and
imported 24; exported 704 uprights and imported 7;
exported 101 harmoniums and imported 53. Exporta-
tion of grands was much greater than in 1926. Im-
port business in grands was chiefly with Germany.
Exports were mainly to Hungary, Rumania, Yugo-
slavia, Great Britain, Poland, Italy, Egypt and Argen-
tina. There was a decline in both importation and
exportation of uprights. Most of those imported
were from Germany. The chief buyers of uprights
were Rumania, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Poland, Italy,
Greece and Great Britain.
CHANGE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
J. Milton Brown and G. T. Rabe have purchased
the Albemarle Music Store, Albemarle, N. C. E. A.
Mclntosh, former owner, has not announced as yet
what his plans for the future are. However, it is
understood that he does not contemplate leaving
Albemarle. The Albemarle Music Store deals in
radios, pianos and sundry musical instruments.
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