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PRESTO-TIMES
March 1, 1929
CAPEHART AUTOMATIC
PHONOGRAPH CO. MOVES
Arrangements Made for Removal of Factory
from Huntington, Ind., to Fort Wayne,
Where Accommodations Have Been
Secured.
It was expected last week that contracts would be
signed within a few days which will bring to Fort
Wayne another new industry. The announcement
was made by J. B. Wiles, manager and industrial
commissioner of the Fort Wayne Chamber of Com-
merce. Negotiations have been completed which will
ing from coast to coast, including Canada, of 300 dis-
tributors. In this dealers' organization are some of
America's oldest and most progressive music houses.
The product made by the Capehart Automatic
Corporation is the Capehart automatic orchestrope,
a continuous playing automatic electric phonograph,
playing 28 records, 56 selections, continuously, on
both sides, changing and turning the records auto-
matically and without attention. The Capehart or-
chestrope utilizes the latest design of three stage
amplification and dynamic speaker to achieve life
like rendition of the world's best music.
Headed by H. E. Capehart, the executive personnel
of the Capeheart Automatic Phonograph Company is
as follows:
J. E Broyles, secretary and office manager; W. R.
Deaton, general sales manager; E. D. Lashbrook,
INTERESTING ITEMS
FROM NEW YORK
And the Cheeriest Ones Are the Expressions
of Satisfaction at Improving Trade Voiced
by Prominent Men in Various Phases
of the Music Business.
Activity continues at Jacob Doll & Sons' factory,
Cypress avenue and East 133rd street, New York.
Trade has increased to a noticeable degree since the
first of February. George Doll, who has charge of
the manufacturing end of the business, thinks the
worst of the depression passed by several months
ago. Anyway, Jacob Doll and Sons are lining up for
a long period of continued prosperity.
Trade Gaining at Weser Bros.
Weser Bros., Inc., piano manufacturers at 520-528
West 43rd street, New York, are keeping as busy as
the trade justified. They could do more, but they
are doing more than they did three months ago. In
other words, orders are coming in a little more freely.
F. Radle, Inc., Keeps At It.
F. Radle, Inc., manufacturing the Radle and Fleis-
cher piano at 609-611 West 36th street, New York,
have been finding enough trade to keep the factory
going. Mr. Radle puts out the best line of instru-
ments that he can, although he says he could make
a cheaper instrument as well as the next man, but
he is not going to do it, as he cannot afford to lower
the reputation that his instruments have borne for so
many years past.
Lively Sales at Wm. Tonk & Bros., Inc.
At Wm. Tonk & Bros., Inc., Tenth avenue between
35th and 36th streets, New York, is evident a consid-
erable spirit of general cheerfulness. This was due
to their selling activity and the success that has been
attending it. Edwin G. Tonk said they have quite a
force out securing orders at retail in the greater
metropolitan district. The Tonk salesmen are hus-
tlers.
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THE CAPEHART SALES DIRECTORS. LEFT TO RIGHT THEY ARE: TOP ROW, J. A. DARWIN, F .
\V. BARNHOLDT, G. A. HITCHCOCK. I. C. HUNTER. BOTTOM ROW, J. E. BROYLES. SECRETARY,
H. K CAPEHART, VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER, AND W. R. DEATON, GENERAL
SALES MANAGER.
insure to Fort Wayne another large nationally known
industry in the procuring of the Capehart Automatic
Phonograph Corporation, which will move its general
office and factory from Huntington to this city.
The Capehart Automatic. Phonograph Company
has had a splendid growth. Under the able guidance
and leadership of H. E. Capehart, the company has,
in less than a year, through adhering to its sales pol-
icy of selling through recognized and established
music dealers, built up a dealers' organization stretch-
Schumann
PIANOS and PLAYER PIANOS
GRANDS and UPRIGHTS
Have no superiors in appearance, tone
power or other essentiab of strictly
leaders in the trade.
Warning to Infringers
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In the plate and alao ap-
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of all genuine Sckumaan
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will be proaeouted. Beware
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advertising manager; E. O. Hobbs, sales promotion
manager; H. L. Stark, service manager; R. E. Gir-
ton, credit manager; J. F. Ratliff, assistant sales man-
ager; W. H. Bell, auditor; E. E. Collison, factory
manager and chief engineer; Raymond Wade, produc-
tion superintendent; E. Ncyman, chief draftsman.
The directors of the Huntington, Ind., Factory
Fund Association held a meeting last week and
adopted the following resolution concerning the Cape-
hart Automatic Phonograph Company, which will
leave Huntington for Fort Wayne in the near future:
"Be it resolved by the board of directors of the Fac-
tory Fund Association that we deeply regret the
loss of the Capehart Automatic Phonograph industry
to the city of Huntington.
"Our citizens have looked forward to this industry
with great anticipation.
"Mr. Capehart, in employing the financial and exec-
utive support of such men as J. W. Caswell and Win-
fred Runyan and the administrative support of men
of exceptional quality and ability, has shown a re-
markable foresight, and while the removal of the
industry from our city is a matter of deep regret,
they go with our hearty good will and best wishes
for the high success which they and their product so
richly deserve."
E. O. Hobbs, formerly advertising manager, and
more recently sales promotion manager for the Cape-
liart Automatic Phonograph Corporation, Hunting-
ton, Ind., is no longer connected with this organi-
zation.
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From the Advance Piano Company, Miami, Fla.,
conies the following instructions to Presto-Times:
"Have gone out of business. Please discontinue mag-
azine.". This is one of the satisfactory reasons for
stopping the trade paper.
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