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Issue: 1930 2253

December, 1930
PRESTO-TIMES
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Dollars and Sense in Piano Business
How Leading Houses Attract Trade and Bring in
Business and Dollars
BRAMBACH
STEINWAY.
"There are many homes today in which the Stein-
way piano has a definite part in the family tradition,"
says Grunewald's, 123 Carondelet street, New Or-
leans, La. "Purchased years ago, it early won the
regard and affection of both the parents and the chil-
dren. The unusual length of life of the Steinway is
BALDWIN.
Benedict Music Co., 64 South Cherry street, Gales- simply the result of the care which has been taken in
Representatives of Presto-Times have found in
burg, 111., in a pre-Christmas advertisement, says: its manufacture."
"The gift supreme—Baldwin grand."
Mellor's, 1420 Market street, Wheeling, W. Va., has their movements hither and yon in the last ten days
ever so much more activity in the piano business than
"For sixty-eight years Baldwin (the oldest musical this to say about the Steinway: "There is a certain
the trade is given credit for.
house in Kentucky) has been serving your musical satisfaction that goes with the purchase of a Stein-
At one trade group where a Presto-Times man sat
needs," says the Baldwin Piano Co.'s Louisville house, way piano that you will find in no other make. For
in for awhile, a well-known piano salesman told of
years it has been recognized by music lovers and
located at 300 West Broadway, that city. "You can
musicians as the 'best,' and you know there can be taking an order for ten player-pianos. The house
best appreciate Baldwin superiority when you play
only one 'best.' If you are thinking of a new piano that gave this order has been featuring the player-
the instruments yourself."
piano business for many years, and has continued to
this fall, come in and hear the Steinway."
GULBRANSEN.
have a very successful trade in players.
And
this
is
from
Shackleton's,
324
West
Chestnut
"The Gulbransen home study piano is built to a
Another salesman gave out that he had taken an
full size scale which insures reproduction of every street, Louisville, Ky.: "Your present piano and a
order for a car-load of pianos the week before.
degree of tone power from the rich, resonant bass small cash deposit will put a Steinway in your home.
Another man, the head of a piano manufacturing
Balance in three years."
tones to those of the brilliant, bell-like tone quality
company whose plant is located not much over 100
The
Griffith
Piano
Co.,
605-607
Broad
street,
New-
of the treble," is the way a prominent midwestern
miles from Chicago, told the caller of a recent ship-
ark, N. J., says of the Steinway piano: "Pure and
dealer advertises that instrument.
ment from his factory of a car-load of pianos.
glorious of tone, a source of constant pleasure and
KNABE.
A member of the party gave his views on how to
satisfaction,
an
instrument
such
as
the
Steinway
is
The Lehman Piano Co., 1101 Olive street, St. Louis,
sell pianos—how good, new, fresh stock helps to make
an
investment
that
pays
for
itself
many
times
in
Mo., has this to say of the Knabe: "You who con-
any store attractive. He said a modern piano in a
template purchasing a new piano—one that is in ac- enjoyment and cultural inspiration. Yet the Steinway
store window had much more drawing power to get
cord with the finer things of life—have but to play is no more difficult to buy than a good automobile or
the customer inside than any advertising card that
a
worthy
piece
of
furniture.
It
may
be
paid
for
in
and hear the Knabe. Its fame has spread to every
might be stuck up there.
civilized corner of the world where culture prevails. a manner that will not put a strain on even the
The entire party, in the consensus of its outlook,
modest income. Ten per cent down—three years to
It is a mark of distinction to own a Knabe."
is hoping the day will come—and is not far off—when
pay the balance!"
MASON & HAMLIN.
Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co., 1220 O street, the bulk of old pianos will be off the floors of stores
The Corley Co., 214 East Grace street, Richmond,
and that they will be replaced by new. fresh goods,
Lincoln,
Neb., says: "There is a Steinway model
Va., says of the Mason & Hamlin: "Long noted as
at which time dealers will note a wonderful improve-
and price for every home. The terms are remarkably
'the finest piano the world has ever known.' "
ment, for they will find it not only easier to sell
convenient. Any Steinway may be purchased with a
LESTER.
The F. A. North Co., 1306 Chestnut street, Phila- cash deposit of ten per cent of the total cost, and pianos, but will sell a great many more of them.
delphia, Pa., says: "Only through proper co-operation the balance will be extended over a period of three
ONE LINE OF EACH.
between men and management can fine pianos such years. Used pianos are accepted in partial exchange."
VOGUE.
as the Lester be produced."
The Mann-Foster Music Co. of Green Bay, Wis.,
Mickel's, corner of 15th and Harney streets, Omaha, succeeding to the old-established Vandenburg Music
STARCK.
Neb., says of the Vogue baby grand: "Best buy in Co., go in for one line of pianos and one line of
In advertising the Starck new upright piano the
P. A. Starck Piano Co.'s St. Louis store at 1018 Olive the piano world. It contains exclusive features sel- radios. Their letter heads say in bold type' "Schulz
street, St. Louis, Mo., says: "Just the size for small dom found in pianos even in the $1,000 class. What pianos; Victor radios," to which is added, "Every-
apartments. Has full keyboard, 7^3 octaves. The an ideal gift it would make!"
thing musical."
very latest in piano construction, 5 ft. ]/ 2 in. wide, 4 WURLITZER.
The Wurlitzer store at 1006 Olive street, St. Louis,
ft. high, 2 ft. deep, built especially for small apart-
GREAT LINE OF WAGNER & LEVIEN.
ments, yet with all the quality and tone volume of a Mo., says of its new model small size grand piano:
In the list of pianos handled by the great music
large piano. This wonderful instrument is the piano "Absolutely the finest grand piano value we have ever house of A. Wagner & Levien, Sues., of the Republic
offered.
Just
to
see
it
and
play
upon
it
will
convince
sensation of St. Louis. Nothing like it ever offered
of Mexico, with headquarters at Mexico City, the
before."
] you that here is an instrumenet of far more than Steinway is placed as the leader. Then, of other
average
quality.
To
compare
it
point
by
point
will
STECK.
American pianos, comes the Estey, the Aeolian, the
substantiate your convictions."
Of the Steck grand pianos, Schmoller & Mueller
Gulbransen, the Welte-Mignon; and, radios, the
Piano Co., 1514-1518 Dodge street, Omaha, Neb., has
Brunswick and the Gulbransen. This concern deals
this to say: "From its first inception the Steck grand
very extensively in German-made pianos.
piano has won the approval and admiration of the
public because of its great durability and beautiful
DOING WELL SELLING GULBRANSENS
tone quality."
Frank Weiser, who recently joined the Gulbransen
STARR.
Both W. N. Van Matre, Jr., and J. D. Hurst of the Co. selling department, as was recently mentioned in
Kops Music House, Great Falls, Mont., speaks of
Schumann Piano Co., Rockford, 111., are greatly
Presto-Times, has been very active since joining the
the Starr grand piano as follows: "This grand piano encouraged over the present outlook and recent sales
Gulbransen Co. and is pleased with the results of his
has been made by the oldest builders of small grands of Schumann pianos. The company's plan, strictly work. For the orders he has secured and the outlook
in the country. The materials are of the highest
adhered to, is and always has been to tie up with
are much more encouraging than he had anticipated
quality and the tone is full and resonant. Fully reliable dealers.
with so much "poor-mouthing" throughout the nation.
guaranteed—hand rubbed, lacquer finish—small in
In a chat with a Presto-Times representative a few
In fact, he has done an excellent business.
size, only 4 feet 8 inches—just the thing for your
days ago in the factory office in Rockford W. N.
home."
Van Matre, Jr., accounted for this cheerful aspect of
LEISURELY TRIP SOUTHWARD.
STROUD.
trade by speaking of recent good sales of grands;
E. A. Francis, proprietor of the Francis Piano Co.,
The Aeolian Co. of Missouri, 1004 Olive street, St. so the company finds itself much busier than it had
Galesburg, 111., is preparing to again spend the winter
Louis, Mo., says of the Stroud small grand piano: "In been recently.
somewhere
in the South. Mr. and Mrs. Francis pro-
form and style the Stroud is the perfect living-room
Mr. Van Matre expressed a belief that before the
appointment; in musical quality it will bring com- middle of the new year piano trade will assume a pose to start on this trip by motor car heading for
Florida. They will take along the trailer, the same
plete satisfaction even to the most accomplished. livelier pace. He is in touch with the pulse of busi-
There are many attractive designs, all of one quality, ness in a broader sense than mere piano fields could as they did on the Pacific coast trip last winter, and
the best to be had at the price."
post him, for he is associated with the management will travel leisurely to Florida, through Nashville,
Birmingham, Mobile, and on the old Spanish trail
M. SCHULZ
of a number of theaters of the best talking-picture
The Sampson Music House, 905 Main street, Boise, sort, playing in a chain of 36 cities in northwestern
from Mobile to Jacksonville. They intend to camp
Idaho, in speaking of the M. Schulz piano in connec-
Illinois—a region known as one of the richest farm- along the beaches under the "shade of some shelter-
tion with public school piano teaching, says that "the ing and manufacturing sections of the United States. ing palm," and let the surf sing a song to sleep. As
future of your children means everything to you
Mr. Francis puts it, "Life is too short at the best, and
parents, and the piano is the basic instrument of all
one is dead a long, long time, so why worry and fret?"
musical educations, so give your children the advan-
Many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Francis will wish them
PAY ENOUGH; GET GOOD PIANO.
tages of a piano education."
Walter D. Moses & Co., 103 East Broad street. a pleasant journey and safe return. By the way, the
SCHILLER
Francis Piano Co. is carrying an "Off to the South
Richmond, Va., which claims to be the oldest music
Schiller dealers throughout the country are using house in Virginia and North Carolina, says: "It is for Winter" advertisement, offering their stock of
the following paragraph as part of their local adver- good judgment to consider economy in buying a
pianos at reduced prices.
tising: "Musicians and all classes of prospective piano piano, but there is a danger line in price. It costs
purchasers fall in love with the musical superiority something to build a worthwhile piano and buying on
The D. C. Lint Music Shop, Kankakee. 111., has
of the Schiller piano the moment they hear it, for, as price alone is sure to lead to disappointment. The purchased the entire stock of band and orchestra
one expert pianist put it, 'the Schiller Super Grand
Moses store has specialized for fifty years in reliable instruments of the Kankakee Piano & Music Store, as
has a tone strikingly individual in character, with such pianos from the lowest priced that it is safe to buy the latter is discontinuing this line and will hereafter
beautiful singing quality that it enables musicians to up to the matchless Steinway."
handle only radio, pianos and refrigerators.
materialize new heights of musical imagination.'"
The Kapps Piano House, Great Falls, Montana,
makes this reference to one of its leading pianos:
"We have many makes to choose from—we recom-
mend the Brambach studio model (illustrated) at
$675."
CAR=LOAD LOTS, PLAYER=
PIANOS, STRAIGHT NEW MODEL
PIANOS ARE ALL GOING WELL
SCHUMANN HEADS
FORESEE BIGGER TRADE
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December, 1930
TRADE PICKUPS
New Firms, Changes, Incorporations, Personal News, Removals,
Piano Sales, Excerpts from Dealers' Advertisements,
and Other Bits of News
The Innes Music Co., Wichita, Kan., of which John
Campbell is the head, has been staging a big sale of
Wurlitzer pianos. Spanish, Sheraton, Heppelwhite,
Duncan Phyfe, Marie Antoinette and Colonial pianos
were among the offerings. "Remember, these well-
known makes—Innes leaders for years—are included
in this sale: Hardman, Packard, Apollo, Wurlitzer,
Cable-Nelson and Schulz." Charles Howe of Chi-
cago, Wurlitzer factory representative, was present
at the opening of the sale, assisting.
The Carder Piano Co., 27 Pryor street, N. E..
Atlanta, Ga., has been getting orders for instruments
through its Christmas piano club.
The E. E. Forbes Piano Co., W r . Wesley Parsons,
manager at its store, 205 Dexter avenue, Montgomery,
Ala., announces that it carries the Mason & Hamlin,
Chickering, Knabe, Wurlitzer, Story & Clark, Gul-
bransen, Forbes, Cable and other famous makes of
pianos.
"Welcome winter with music in your home," is the
advice of the Humes Music Co., 1132 Broadway,
Columbus, Ga., which is handling the Mason &
Hamlin, Knabe, Chickering, Fischer, Mathushek,
Kurtzmann, Brambach, Ivers & Pond, Gulbransen
and other makes of pianos. "Musical—decorative—
there can be no argument as to the appropriateness
of a baby grand piano in the home."
The C. A. House Co., 1141 Market street, Wheeling,
W. Va., has been holding a piano sale which it de-
scribes as "the greatest sale in our history," due, it
was explained, to a "cancelled export order."
A "special clearing sale" of used and rebuilt pianos
has been held this month by the Outlet Co., Provi-
dence, R. I.
Claude Korby has joined the staff of W r . J. Dyer
& Bros., piano dealers, 211 East First street, Duluth,
Minn., in a sales promotion capacity.
"Steinway, Duo-Art and other fine pianos," is an
advertising announcement by Jenkins Music House,
313 North Penn street, Independence, Kan.
A close-out sale of pianos has been conducted this
month by the Glass Music House, Suring, Wis.
The Meyer Music House, 17 West Eighth street,
Holland, Mich., is holding a piano sale at reductions
"for lack of floor space."
The Sanborn Music Co., Erie, Pa., has been granted
a state charter. Capital, $1,000. Proprietor, Vernon
J. Sanborn.
"Why buy an old or used piano when you have this
opportunity to purchase a new upright piano or
player-piano at bargain prices?" asks the Dwyer
Piano Co., 131-133 Carondelet street, New Orleans.
La., in speaking of a sale it is closing.
"Hurry, folks—don't delay. Come in at once and
get that piano you have been wishing for," announces
the Spence Piano Co., 21 North Fourth street, Zanes-
ville, Ohio.
"Never before have we offered such outstanding
grand piano values," says the Starr Piano Co. Sales
Corporation, corner Tenth and Main streets, Rich-
mond, Ind.
In a $50,000 fire at Suffolk, Va., last month, one
of the firms damaged was the R. L. Gaskins Music
Store.
The Cory Music House, 506 Central avenue, Great
Falls, Mont., advertises itself as "the home of the
Baldwin."
The Thearle Music Co., 640 Broadway, San Diego,
Cal., is holding a pre-holiday sale of all used pianos.
The Young & Chaffee Furniture Co., 122-128
Ottawa avenue, N. W., Grand Rapids, Mich., is
keeping its store open until 9 p. m. these days in
conducting what it terms as a "sensational sale of
pianos."
Ten music lessons free are offered by Galperin's
store, 17 Capitol street, Charleston, W. Va., to each
purchaser of a piano. The people are advised: "Shop
now for Christmas."
A factory-to-home sale of player-pianos is being
conducted by the W. W. Kimball Co., 622 Main street,
Peoria, 111. The store is open evenings.
An "educational piano sale" is being conducted by
Grunewald's, 123 Carondelet street, New Orleans,
La., and also at its branch store in Jackson, Miss.
The Dodge City Music Co., Dodge City, Kan., is
in a new location at Chestnut street and First ave-
nue. John Myers is the proprietor.
The Oliver H. Ross Piano Co., "home of the Stein-
way," says: "We have set a quota of $98,000 between
now and Christmas, and we must make it."
"Trade in your old piano—we will gladly arrange
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terms to suit you," says the Frederickson-Kroh Music
Co., 407 West Main street, Oklahoma City, Okla.
"We will accept your present piano, radio, phono-
graph or other musical instrument as part payment,"
is the offer made by the Wurlitzer store, 1015 Grand
avenue, Kansas City, Mo.
The Innes Music Co., Innes building, Wichita, Kan.,
offers a "liberal trade-in allowance on your old up-
right piano," in announcing a sale of grands.
The Jenkins Music Co. says: "Your old piano is
now worth just $200 on a beautiful Louis XVI Vose
baby grand."
The assets and good will of the Stone Piano Co.,
Fargo, N. D., were sold last month to Stone's Music
Store, a newly organized firm.
Withdrawal of the J. W. Jenkins Music Co.'s Fort
Smith, Ark., store has been announced, and L. A.
Bertrand, the local manager, is disposing of the stock.
The branch has been maintained at Fort Smith for
more than 20 years.
"Forty years of satisfactory service," is the claim
made by the Claude P. Street Piano Co., 717 Church
street, Nashville, Tenn., which is holding a pre-
Christmas sale of pianos.
The Dwyer Piano Co., 131-133 Carondelet street,
New Orleans, La., is conducting a sale "to close out
stock."
The Humes Music Co., 1132 Broadway, Columbus,
Ga., says: "We represent the following" well-known
makes: Mason & Hamlin, Knabe, Chickering, Fischer,
Mathushek, Ivers & Pond, Kurtzmann, Brambach,
Wurlitzer, Gulbransen."
The Hartford Music Co. at Hartshorne, Okla., has
been taken over by E. M. Bartlett of Hartford, Ark.
The Robert H. Williams Music Co., Macon, Ga., is
conducting a Christmas piano sale. In the store are
Mathushek, Straube, Crown, Hobart M. Cable, Mil-
ton, McPhail, Kohler & Campbell and many other
makes of pianos.
Grunewald's, 123 Carondelet street, New Orleans,
La., in carrying on an educational piano sale, offer
one month's free lessons at the New Orleans Con-
servatory of Music or by any teacher the customer
may select.
"If your child has talent of any order, he should be
taught on a Steinway," is a declaration by Jenkins
Music Co., 323 East Douglas street, Wichita, Kan.
"We are sole representatives for the Hardman,
Packard, Apollo, Wurlitzer, Cable-Nelson and M.
Schulz Co. pianos," says the Innes Music Co.,
Wichita, Kan.
"Music is the gift eternal, and Sherman, Clay & Co.
is the logical place to select such a gift," says an ad
of that house emanating from its Sacramento, Cal.,
store, Ninth and J streets. Its line includes the Stein-
way, Weber, Steck, Stroud, Duo-Art, Brambach and
Estey in uprights and grands.
An offer of $10 cash free is made by L. C. Tiller,
piano dealer at- 206 Capitol boulevard, Nashville,
Tenn. The ad says: "We will pay $10 cash to anyone
who will write or 'phone us, giving the name of some
one to whom we can sell a piano. No obligation and
your name will not be mentioned."
The Marshal] & Wendell Ampico is being featured
in pre-Christmas advertising by Galperin's, 17 Capitol
street, Charleston, W. Va.
Thos. Goggan & Bros., the great Texas music
house, speak of their record as "the best in music
since 1866," and further, "no home is home without a
piano."
The Gewehr Piano Co., of Wilmington, Del., speak-
ing of its Steinway agency, says: "True thrift is a
matter of value received—not merely of the price you
pay."
The Corley Piano Co., Richmond, Va., says in its
advertisements headed "Corley's Pre-Holiday Sale"
that "dull care and depression roll away before the
sunshine of sweet piano music. What other invest-
ment could yield so much to all the family?"
The Will A. Watkin Co., Dallas, Texas, in adver-
tising grand pianos from $385 upward, adds these
lines: "Quality considered, our prices are always the
lowest."
The Lehman Piano Co., 1101 Olive street. St. Louis,
in its advertisement of the Knabe piano says: "Its
fame has spread to every civilized corner of the world
where culture prevails. It is a mark of distinction to
own a Knabe."
Grunewald's Music House, 123 Carondelet street,
New Orleans, says: "No talented child should be
denied a Steinway."
The Simon Piano Co., Spokane, Wash., Henry G.
Johnson, sales director, is advertising in big display
space: "Retiring from business," with the statement
that "after successful retailing of the highest grades
of pianos for the past 32 years in Spokane, we are
retiring from business."
"This piano will complete the picture in the well-
furnished home," says the Schmoller & Mueller Piano
Co., 413 Nebraska street, Sioux City, Iowa, under-
neath a cut and description of a Brambach baby
grand in the Sioux City Tribune.
Greenleaf Music Co. of Syracuse, N. Y., has liabili-
ties of $26,394 and assets of $16,422, according to
schedule filed.
The United Radio Stores Corporation, 1514 Broad-
way, Detroit, Mich., has been incorporated; 1,000
shares; no par value.
Listing the Steinway, Knabe, Chickering, J. & C.
Fischer, Marshall & Wendell, Gulbransen and The
Ampico in one advertisement, the Thearle Music Co.,
of 640 Broadway, San Diego, Cal., says: "Side by
side! The greatest array of noted pianos in any Cali-
fornia music store."
H. Buchbinder Music Co., 515 North Eighth street,
Sheboygan, Wis., has dissolved.
Sylvan Auto Radio Co., 2620 South Michigan ave-
nue, Chicago. Capital, $10,000. Deal in auto equip-
ment of all kinds. Incorporators: Ralph Wexler,
Sophie Lesser and George H. Sylvan. Correspondent:
Abner G. Rosenfeld, room 1425, 127 North Dearborn
street, Chicago.
The Irving Trust Co., New York, has been design-
ated as receiver for the Bronx Radio Co., 1026 East
163rd street. Liabilities, about $4,500; assets, about
$2,700.
Thomas Goggan & Bros., Broadway at Travis
street, San Antonio, Texas, in speaking of the Lester
pianos which they are handling, mention that they
are equipped with Wessell, Nickel & Gross actions.
C. Hadley of Freeport, 111., has rented a store in
Elizabeth, 111., and installed a stock of pianos and
other musical instruments.
John S. Finck music publishing business has been
incorporated; 854 Buhl building, Detroit; capital,
$25,000.
McKee's annual Christmas sale of pianos is going
on at the McKee Music Co., 712 State street, Charles-
ton, W. Va. Gulbransen uprights are featured as
leaders by this house.
The A. Hospe Co., 15th and Farnam streets, Omaha,
Neb., is selling new Richmond grand pianos on a
pre-Christmas co-operative club plan.
Weaver's Music Store, Lewiston, Idaho, formally
opened last month in a new location at 720 Main
street, that city.
The Pearson Piano Co., 238 Main street, Worcester,
says of the Vose piano, its leader: "In this piano,
economy is well served without sacrificing worth,"
"A piano at Christmas time brings joy into the
home," is the declaration of the Cote Piano Co., 271
Union street, New Bedford, Mass.
The Benedict Music Co., 64 South Cherry street,
Galesburg, 111., announces in big letters in the Gales-
burg Mail: "Follow the crowds to Benedict's gigantic
music sale. Yes, it is true we are offering bargains
that Galesburg has never witnessed before!"
The Phoenix Starr Piano Co., L. M. Sorenson man-
ager, 524 South Central avenue, Phoenix, Ariz., has
on sale Steinway, Starr, Richmond and other fine
pianos.
The Grand Piano Co., Inc., G. R. Hash, president,
309 South Jefferson street, Roanoke, Va., publishes
a coupon with its advertising of which it says: "We
will accept this $50 coupon as part payment on any
new grand, upright or player piano in our store. Only
one to a customer."
In its pre-Christmas sale of pianos the C. A. House
Co., 1141 Market street. Wheeling, W. Va., declares
that the "famous makes of pianos and players in the
sale include Knabe, Chickering, Autopiano and Kurtz-
mann instruments."
A sale of pianos is being conducted at Knabe's, 584
Fifth avenue. New York, at what the company calls
"amazing price adjustments to meet today's economic
trend."
Sherman, Clay & Co.. Kearny and Sutter streets,
San Francisco, Cal., calls itself the "Home of the
Steinway."
Mrs. Clifford R. Frye has taken a position in charge
of the phonograph record department in The Music
Store of Jerome at Jerome, Ariz.
Six thousand employes of the 107 branches of the
General Motors Acceptance Corporation throughout
the world heard an address simultaneously one night
last month by John J. Schumann, Jr., president,
through the use of electric phonographs.
With terms of $10 down and $2 weekly, the Oliver
H. Ross Piano Co., 316 Houston street, Fort Worth,
Tex., is carrying on what it. terms a $98,000 piano
sale."
The Devendorf Music Shop, 125 East Kearsley
street, Flint, Mich., places the Schumann in its list of
"finest pianos made."
A. Hospe Company, Omaha, Neb., is advertising
its regular "Christmas Co-operative Club" for piano,
buyers.
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