Presto

January 12, 1929
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PRESTO-TIMES
WINTER PIANO DELIVERY
means greater safety, a saving of labor and economy
of time to the user.
The new truck assures better service today than
ever before in its uses by the trade. The han- How the Admirable Device of the Bowen
E. G. Clark, President of the Clark Orchestra dles, center rock shaft and the uprights at
Piano Loader Co. Assures Quick and
both ends have been greatly improved and other
Roll Co., Hears Enlightening Talk
Deliveries in All Seasons.
changes for the further betterment of the truck
While iVsiting South..
are described in the new circular which deal-
The Bowen Piano Loader, made by the Boweu
Combining business with pleasure is, in no small ers and movers may obtain on request. In this inter- Piano Loader Co., Winston-on-Salem, N. C, is now
esting booklet eight styles of end trucks are described considered a necessity to prompt sales and quick
measure, a fundamental principle in the making of
as well as piano hoists, covers and specially made delivery by progressive music dealers. Many dealers
automatic music rolls.
who considered the buying of the first Loader some-
E. G. Clark, president of the Clark Orchestra Roll straps for the piano mover.
what of an experiment, soon were encouraged by the
Company, was recently called to Albany,, Ga., on
improved sales to add a second. One western dealer
business.
who had depended for sales on the visits of people
He took .this opportunity of calling on a number of
to his store, established a new policy when he real-
our dealers and customers from below the Mason-
The Turner Music Co., Inc., of 608 Franklin street, ized that this is a day when the piano dealer must
Dixon line, arid as he puts it:
Tampa, Fla., has filed a voluntary petition in bank-
"I enjoyed a combination of business and pleasure ruptcy in the Federal Court following the bringing go after business.
"Going out with the piano on the Bowen Loader,
with emphasis on the 'pleasure.' "
of suit against the company for $50,000 by American
The music dealers whom Mr. Clark called upon Piano Trading Corp. No schedule of assets or liabili- ready to demonstrate, gives an element of adventure
were unanimous in their opinion that the radio has ties was filed, and the petitioner asked the court to to piano selling that encourages the active young
educated the music-loving public to not only appre- allow him twenty days in which to prepare a final fellows to undertake the job. The number of sales
ciate the most popular musical hits, but to demand schedule. In the petition signed by J. A. Turner, made possible by the Loader makes them stick to
it," said a successful dealer. He is only one of the
the current unes as quickly as they are produced.
president, the company expressed a willingness to hundreds of music merchants who recognize the
To meet the trend toward the demand for popular submit to its unsecured creditors a composition of
programs, it is up to us to produce the musical hits 20 per cent of the amount of claims allow T ed. The Bowen Loader as a great aid to sales.
The problem of roads over which to deliver the
while they are hits, and the dealers and operators Turner Music Co. has long been in business in this
of automatic pianos must necessarily follow in seeing section. J. A. Turner is well known throughout the sold piano does not exist for the music dealer who is
that their patrons are furnished with the latest pop- music trade and has been prominently identified with equipped with a Bowen Piano Loader. On good
roads or poor roads the Bowen Piano Loader makes
ular music. Live-wire dealers realize that it is the various trade association activities.
piano delivery better for the piano dealer. On the
public who demand the latest music and not, as some
good roads the Loader assures faster time on trips;
dealers would imply, a shallow propaganda to sell
on the poor one the device is a necessity in safeguard-
more music rolls.
CELEBRATES IN WASHINGTON.
ing the piano's tonal and constructive qualities which
The "Twenty-sixth Anniversary Week" at the O. J. influenced the customer to buy. On a road of any
DeMoll & Co." store, Twelfth and G streets, N. W., kind the Loader is a boon to the ambitious salesman
Washington, D. C , was celebrated last week. The anxious to demonstrate a piano to a large number of
business was founded in November, 1902, within a prospects in the course of a day.
Improved Sill Piano Truck of Self-Lifting Piano few doors of the present location. The firm today
occupies the largest building devoted to the sale of
Truck Co. Solves Dealers' Problems.
Max Franck & Son, who conduct a music store in
musical instruments in the national capital. The firm
A piano truck that serves the mover well is one is representative there for all Aeolian Company prod- Alameda, Calif., are planning to erect a new building
which makes easier the stair work problems. And ucts and other high-grade instruments, also talking on Park street between Alameda and Central ave-
the most effective assistance to the mover's ingenuity machines, and carries complete stocks of standard nues, at a cost of $40,000.
is found in the new models of the Self-Lifting- Piano radio products and fine furniture. Otto J. DeMoll
Truck Co., Findlay, O. The difficulties of the grand and Emmons S. Smith comprise the firm.
or upright on the stair are minimized when the im-
proved truck of the Findlay manufacturers is ope-
HOLDS FORMAL OPENING.
rated, it is the invention of a man who thoroughly
understands the processes of piano moving. Its use A large crowd attended the formal opening of the
Oschwald Music House, Lawrenceville, 111., last week.
The recently remodeled rooms were made attractive
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with one of the most complete showings of musical
instruments to be found in this section. Visitors were
courteously shown through the beautiful store and
admired the splendid displays. Each visitor was pre-
sented with a rose.
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104-106 East 13th St.
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