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PRESTO-TIMES
PRESTO-TIMES WANT ADVS
OPEN FOR POSITION
ALL-AROUND MAN thoroughly competent to superin-
tend piano or piano-radio factory; manage a busi-
ness; establish a trade and produce satisfactory re-
sults, is open for engagement after Sept. 15. .Ad-
dress Piano-Radio Man; Care Presto-Times, Chi-
cago, III.
PIANO MAN
EXPERIENCED PIANO MAN is open for position as
salesman, manager, or traveller. Address: S M T,
Box 1, Care Presto-Times, Chicago, III.
WANTS CARLOADS OF PIANOS.
An old established piano company in the middle west is
in the market for a few carloads of attractive, used
straight and player pianos. We might also consider
a quantity of new instruments at clean-up prices.
Address J. K. L., care Presto-Times, giving descrip-
tion and prices of what you have to offer.
TRAVELER WANTS POSITION.
WANTED—Experienced traveler wishes to connect with
piano manufacturer. Can work in any territory. Best
of references furnished. Address "Experienced Trav-
eler," car© PRESTO-TIMES, Chicago.
WANTS PLACE IN LARGE TOWN.
Piano salesman with his own highly efficient advertising
system wants position with respectable music house
in some large industrial center. Address "Piano Sales-
man,"
Box 4, care PRESTO-TIMES.
SALESMAN WANTED.
Salesman for country music house carrying good line of
instruments. Not over 35 years of age, with good
references and his own automobile. One who knows
how to sell pianos in the country. Leads furnished;
no canvassing necessary. Pianos, radios, phonographs.
Salary and commission or any way the man wishes
to work. Address "Country Salesman," care PRES-
TO-TIMES, 417 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
PiANO TUNER WANTED.
POSITION WANTED—A1 piano tuner; player mechanic.
Experienced in all lines of tuning and repairing. A d -
dress " A - 1 , " % PRESTO-TIMES.
TO TAKE OVER RADIO.
WANTED—Man to take over radio department on his
own hook in established music store in fine county
seat town in central California. Established business
and very best agencies. About $2,500 necessary. A d -
dress Graber Music House, Visalia, Calif.
OPEN FOR POSITION
Sales executive and manager, 42 years of age, married,
and with excellent music business record for the past
18 years will be open for position about April 15th.
Prefer connection with large manufacturer in a lo-
cality where honest effort and ability can have a real
outlet. Address O. F. P., Box 2-9, Presto-Times, 417
S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
SALES MANAGER WANTED.
TUNER-MECHANIC WANTS PLACE.
High class piano tuner and mechanic desires position as
combination tuner and salesman. Better than average
selling ability. 25 years' experience. Address "Tuner-
Mechanic," care PRESTO-TIMES.
OPEN FOR POSITION—Experienced organizer and sales
manager. Competent to handle any size music store.
Twenty years' experience. Can furnish best reference
as to honesty, sobriety and ability. Right age for
business. Address "O-K, Box 11," PRESTO-TIMES,
417 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, III.
WANTED A MANAGER-SALESMAN.
WANTED—Manager, Salesman who means business and
can deliver results. Position open in largest music
store on Chicago's exclusive North Shore. Address
"North Shore Manager," care of PRESTO-TIMES.
TO WORK WITH DEALER.
Combination tuner, phonograph repairman and salesman
wants position or hook-up with dealer. Twelve years'
experience. Excellent reference. Address "Experi-
ence," PRESTO-TIMES, 417 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
NEW INCORPORATIONS
IN MUSIC GOODS TRADE
R. O. FOSTER'S POETRY.
New and Old Concerns Secure Charters in Various
Places.
R. O. Foster, of Minneapolis, is a piano man by
occupation and a poet for the pleasure of it. Here
is the last verse of his poem, "Immortal Long-
ings":
O, harmonious voice of nature!
Matter, motion, darkness, light,
Time and space and change unending
Mingling in the infinite,
Wake anew immortal longings,
As the centuries onward roll,
In the deep subconscious chambers
Of the all-aspiring soul.
Mr. Foster is residing at his home, Woodside, at
Lake Minnetonka, Minn.
United Hawaiian Studios, Incorporated, Michigan
City, Ind.; capital stock of $1,000; objects, establish-
ing of a school for the teaching- and instruction of the
use of all kinds of musical instruments; incorpora-
tors, Julius Dobeski, Victoria Dobeski, Neil S.
Richards.
The Keykurd Banjo Company of Toledo, Inc.,
Toledo, Ohio; 250 shares no par; Ralph D. Smith,
Russell B. Johns and William C. Rowe.
The Concert-Trope Company, Indianapolis, has in-
MAHOGANY FROM AFRICA.
corporated to engage in manufacturing, selling, own-
Mahogany for veneers comes mainly from the west
ing and producing musical and radio instruments and coast of Africa. Small quantities come from Cuba
reproducing musical and radio instruments. Its cap- and Mexico. The Cuban and Mexican veneers are
ital stock consists of 15,000 shares, no par value com- fine-textured but usually have very little figure. The
mon, and $50,000 preferred. Officers are George finest figure is found in the African wood. On the
Watts, Knightstown, president; W. P. Loomis, Ft. other hand, the Central American wood is best for
Wayne, vice-president; C. O. Gooding, Indianapolis, solid mahogany parts. In addition to these veneers,
treasurer, and Toner M. Overly, Indianapolis, secre- small quantities of many other woods are used, but
tary.
the quantity used by the piano trade is small.
The Steiger Radio Company, Cleveland., $12,500;
Tom A. Ryan, Irving K. Saks and Louis P. Hallaran.
ORCHESTRA OF 1,000 INSTRUMENTS.
The Chicago Music Instrument Co. has increased
Arling Schaeffer, of Chicago, says: "I am thinking
its stock from $100,000 to $200,000 and changed its of an orchestra for different instruments at the
name to Chicago Musical Instrument Co.
World's Fair in Chicago of one thousand instruments
i The Gus Phonograph & Radio Shop of Knoxville, in one orchestra; one thousand banjos, all playing.
Tenn., has increased its capital stock from $15,000 The banjo is the only American instrument we have.
to $35,000.
This would be an incentive to push it as far as pos-
sible. Every one would like it; think of the thrill each
player would get to play, with one hundred thousand
A CORRECTION.
people listening to it. We seated that many at the
In Presto-Times of August 15 in an item about
Dempsey fight. This would be a wonderful promo-
Henry L. Mason's speech in booklet form, this paper
tion." ;
mentioned him as president of the Mason & Hamlin
Co., of Boston. This was an error, as Mr. Mason
GOLDKETTE ORGAN AT THE DRAKE.
resigned as president of that company on May 11,
this year, after an association with it covering forty
One of the four new radio studios just completed
years. He has no connection now with the Mason & for WGN, the Chicago Tribune station on the Drake
Hotel, Chicago, is equipped with the Goldkette model
Hamlin Co. or the piano industry.
organ, a pipe organ especially designed for use with
a dance orchestra.
GERMANY'S PIANO "CHAMP."
A special radio to the Chicago Daily News on
August 26 says that Heinrich Arntz, of Dusseldorff,
had just broken the world's record in uninterrupted
piano playing. He played for 82 hours, beating the
record made last year by Jack Vanderbilt in Phila-
delphia—72 hours. In making these records, players
arc allowed 15 minutes' rest everv three hours.
Cat Mascot Drunk on Player-Piano.
Michael, the cat, on July 12 was found dead drunk
on top of the player-piano in the Second Ward Dem-
ocratic Club of Jersey City, where he works as a
mascot. Club members exonerated Michael of a
liquor law , violation. Some one, it seems, upset a
bottle of bay rum and part of it trickled into a saucer
of milk which Michael drank. A restorative was
administered and Michael soon was able to resume
his duties with proper feline dignity.
Police Commissioner Grover A. Whalen of New
York has vetoed radio sets as features of new cabs
devised by General Motors.
September 1, 1929
ANALYZING PROGRAMS
It was disclosed that jazz constituted 15 per cent
of broadcast programs during one month of this
year. The largest percentage devoted to any one class
of entertainment is that given to classical music, 28;
what are known as balanced varied programs occupy
14 per cent of the time; folksongs and sentimental
melodies are given 10 per cent; women's features, 7
per cent; educational, 7 per cent; military band
music, 4 per cent; physical features, 4 per cent; re-
ligion, 3 per cent; radio drama, 2 per cent, and the
balance to miscellaneous classifications, such as dra-
matic readings, book reviews, art talks, sports discus-
sions, economics and humor.
NEW RADIO EVERY TWELVE SECONDS.
A complete radio every twelve seconds for the re-
mainder of the year will be needed to supply the
estimated public demand for 3,000,000 new sets in
1929, according to Richard E. Smiley, vice-president
of the Bremer-Tully Manufacturing Company, Chi-
cago.
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