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P R E S T O-T I M E S
September, 1930
PACKARD CO. HAS GOOD ORDERS
The Packard Piano Co., although it has been work-
ing in the hands of a receiver for some time past, is
still very much alive and is rapidly returning to its
old stride. If W. B. Marshall, who is in charge of
the factory, continues in his present way of well-doing,
the favorite old company will achieve a high degree
of success. He told a Presto-Times reporter who
was in Fort Wayne on the Saturday preceding Labor
Day, that he had orders for sixty grands that he was
just beginning to manufacture, and that the retail
department at the factory was doing well in the city
of Fort Wayne's local trade. A. S. Bond is now run-
ning a miniature golf business on Jefferson street,
Fort Wayne (the largest one of 20 such establish-
ments in Fort Wayne), and the former superintend-
ent, Mr. Sperry, is now superintending in the cabinet
department of the RCA-Victor plant at Camden, N. J.
The retail store of the Packard company on Calhoun
street, Fort Wayne, was closed some time ago.
MATHUSHEK SHOWS RESULTS OF
60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN HIGH
GRADE PIANO MANUFACTURE
The Toebe-Noble Amplified Music Co., 112 Pine
street, Sheboygan Falls, Wis., recently gave a house
warming and grand opening. The new music house
has been fully equipped with musical instruments and
supplies, and for the installation of public address and
amplified music systems. A special car of the Cape-
hart corporation was here this week demonstrating
the type of amplified music systems that Toebe-Noble
company is handling.
In paying a compliment to B. M. Strub, general
western representative for the Mathushek piano, "The
Retail Music Merchant," the official bulletin of the
Music & Radio Merchants Association of Ohio, has
this to say of the Mathushek piano which Mr. Strub
is representing in the West:
"The art of piano building is an old one yet there
have been but slight variations in the fundamentals
of piano construction. One of the country's oldest
piano manufacturing concerns, having been estab-
lished in 1863, the Mathushek Piano Mfg. Co., of New
York, has kept pace with improvements in piano
building and today continues to hold its position
among the builders of the world's fine pianos. The
high standard of quality and excellence established
by that concern many years back has always been
maintained. If the Mathushek piano is noted for any
one thing more than another it is its durability and
lasting tone qualities.
"One of their finest art style grands is the Floren-
tine model, reflecting the highest degree of period
craftsmanship. This style is made in two sizes, as
are a number of their other styles, five feet two inches
and five feet seven inches long. The Florentine model
is furnished in beautiful burl walnut and fancy figured
mahogany in art finish.
"The Elite Grand is another of their styles having
plain yet dignified lines. It is five feet seven inches
long, and may be had in mahogany or burl walnut,
in polished, dull, satin or lacquer finish.
"One of the most beautiful cases to come from the
Mathushek factories is the Sheraton grand. This in-
strument is made in two sizes, five feet two inches
and five feet seven inches in length, and is furnished
in fancy mahogany and walnut in art finish. The
Sheraton grand is obtainable equipped with the Welte-
Mignon electric reproducing action and represents
one of the outstanding piano products of today truly
representative of the reputation of the Mathushek
name which it bears. '
This same paper, continuing its remarks of Mr.
Strub, says that "Ben expects to continue his habit
this year of never missing an Ohio convention and
will be at the Sinton on Sept. 9th and 10th to meet
his old friends and tell them about the wonderful
Mathushek line of grands and uprights." And Ben
was there.
The Sandee Music Shop was one of two firms at
Fond du Lac, Wis., that suffered in a $45,000 fire on
September 1. The music company's loss was $15,000.
Carson's Music & Radio Stores have taken a lease
for a term of years on a store and basement at 5531
Germantown avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.
Produced by the OBERLIN, KANSAS SCHOOLS
SPONSOR MUSIC STUDY
manufacturers of the
The Gierhart Music Co. of Oberlin, Kans., an-
nounces the purchase of a new 5-foot 4-inch Gulbran-
world renowned
sen Grand by the Decatur Community High School
of Oberlin. This piano was purchased with a fund
school is equipped with eight practice pianos and the
grade school with three, making a total of eleven
pianos in the school system. For music appreciation
classes, the school has two orthophonic phonographs
and a new radio.
Besides the instructor in piano, there is a band and
orchestra instructor who is a graduate of the Vienna
School of Music in Austria. There is also a voca!
teacher in the high school who devotes his full time
to vocal lessons and ensemble work. The grade
school has a full time public school music teacher.
WURLITZER UPRIGHTS GOING WELL
E. H. Peterson, sales manager of the Rudolph Wur-
litzer Manufacturing Co., North Tonawanda, N. Y.,
speaking to a Presto-Times representative last week
of piano business, said: "As far as piano news is con-
cerned, I might say that we are enjoying a very nice
business in our uprights, and from every indication
it looks like September will total up a very satisfac-
tory month. Our dealers' floors are pretty clean and
practically rid of the dead stock, and they will soon
be needing some new fall merchandise. Our Art 8
model is showing a wonderful increase in demand."
....an all electric set
which features great
| range, selectivity and
volume without dis-
tortion in the finest
cabinets offered to the
radio buying public.
JESSE FRENCH & SONS
C. A. JACOB ON VACATION.
C. Albert Jacob, treasurer of the Jacob Bros.' Piano
Co., New York, and his wife are enjoying a well-
earned vacation in the wilds of Maine, where the
hunting and fishing is good. Air. Jacob is a nature
lover and has spent much time in the Adirondacks in
seasons gone by.
ACTIVE CAPEHART AGENCY
contributed to by the graduating classes of the past
several \ ears. This is the third new Gulbransen
PIANO
and worthy of the
" n a m e well known
since 1875"
THE JESSE FRENCH & SONS
PIANO CO.
NEWCASTLE, IND.
COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, OBERLIN, KAXS., WHICH I'SKS GI'LISRAXSKN GRAND.
piano purchased by this institution, as they purchased
previously a style "S" and a Minuet.
For several years music has been emphasized in the
grade school and high school of Oberlin. A piano
teacher, on full time, has sixty private pupils each
week and during the summer months is offering
class instruction to seventy beginners. The high
For three years out of the past four, the Decatur
Community High School has won the Sweepstakes
Cup at the Hays Northwest Kansas Music Festival.
No tax money is used to buy any of these numerous
pianos or other musical instruments. As Oberlin is
a city of only sixteen hundred population, they can
be extremely proud of this accomplishment.
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