September, 1931
13
PRESTO-TIMES
the Winter Building at Neodesha, Kan. Mr. Thomas
is placing in stock a general line of musical merchan-
dise, radios, and will take a piano agency.
The Cable Piano Co. branch store at 13 East 6th
street, St. Paul, Minn., has been having persistent
and continued player piano sales.
In the matter of the K. C. Rogers Music Co., bank-
rupt, Port Arthur, Tex., second-hand pianos inven-
toried at $340, store furniture and fixtures at $195,
notes and accounts scheduled at $1,879 were offered
at auction recently.
Kempf Bros., 227 Genesee street, Utica, N. Y., are
still advertising the McPhail piano, now one of the
Kohler Industries line, but which instrument they
The great Heppe Music House of 1300 North 6th Fred Waring and two pianists, Charles Henderson have handled for many years.
Burden Smith & Co., 318 Third street, Macon, Ga..
street, Philadelphia, Pa., use the slogan, "The House and Frank Hower, vaudeville artists, playing on the
that Heppe Built." A good catch line and "well put." Baldwin grand pianos in the new Muehlhauser ware- are described as "Macon's Best Music Store." They
Cluett & Sons, Monument square, Troy, N. Y., rooms recently completed. A Muehlhauser slogan are representatives in that territory for the Baldwin
Steinway representatives, say in much of their adver- says, "Fine pianos since 1891; locally owned and line of pianos.
The Chickering & Sons advertisements in the Bos-
tising: "The ability to play the piano and give self operated."
expression at the keyboard is a valuable accomplish-
Thomas Music Stores, Inc., 101 North Pearl street, ton and surrounding papers read "Boston's Oldest
Piano House; Established 1823."
ment—one to be prized and fostered."
Albany, N. Y., emphasize this statement in their
From the Lyon & Healy Cleveland store, in an-
Hudson's, Detroit, piano department, is now han- newspaper advertising: "Yon want two things when
nouncing the Krakauer piano, they say: "Let them
dling with success the Edward B. Healy grand piano you buy a piano—lowest price and the assurance that
the store is going to be on the job to make good its play the songs of childhood on a Krakauer." Their
and "Invite you to sit down and try its tone."
guarantee if necessary.
Krakauer advertising is nicely displayed, showing a
The Grinnell Bros.' establishment at Detroit, Stein-
child on a piano bench before a Krakauer grand.
The
Carnahan
Music
Co.
of
Ravenna,
Ohio,
has
way representatives, is known as the "musical center
of Detroit." This house has branch stores in Michi- moved to its new location, 434 South Chestnut street,
There are jobs open for able men with experience to
that city. This business was established by Mr. and
gan, Ohio, Ontario.
produce results. Advertise for such positions in the
The J. M. Hoffmann Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., make Mrs. Carnahan twenty-five years ago, first at their PRESTO-TIMES classified ads.
this announcement of their agency for the Gulbran- home and then to a well established music store. The
sen line of pianos: "Made by Gulbransen and that is business was at first devoted entirely to pianos, but
all you need know of its quality. * * * A. G. Gul- other instruments and radios were added later on.
bransen, the maker of this piano, is one of the few A son of Mr. and Mrs. Carnahan, Franklin, is a well
pioneers in the piano industry still at the head of this known pianist and teacher in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr.
Carnahan died in 1928, since when the business has
business."
been conducted by Mrs. Carnahan, assisted by her
Muehlhauser's Music House, styled "Pioneer Qual- son, Sydney Carnahan, who is practically the manager
PIANOS and PLAYER PIANOS
ity Piano House of Cleveland,' say of the Baldwin: of the business.
GRANDS and UPRIGHTS
"Today's best piano." Muehlhauser also handles
The Wurlitzer House, 1031 Chestnut street, Phila-
Schiller, Brinkerhoff and others.
delphia, are announcing a removal sale, making room
Have no superior* in appearance, ton*
The Neal Clark Neal Music House, 473 Main street, for their new conservatory of music.
power
or other essentials of strictly
Buffalo, N. Y., finds the new line of Gulbransen
The Lindsay Piano Co., Rochester, Minn., has
grands good sellers and money makers. They say
leaders
in
the trade.
"no red tape in handling, free delivery, and bench leased fine quarters in the M. C. Lawler store build-
in
g-
included in all sales."
The Milner Music Co., 40 West Sixth street, Cin-
The Minneapolis branch store of the W. W. Kim-
Tala Trad* Mark la eaat
ball Co. say in their announcements, "For only $1 cinnati, Ohio, in its "special sale of the season" of
In the plat* and also ap-
down delivers a player or upright piano to families pianos and players makes the statement, "everyone a
paara upon tba fall board
of all genuine Scaumaan
who have one or more children who will take piano certified bargain."
Planoa, and all lntrlngara
The Arcadia Music Store, Brooksville, Fla., has
lessons," and to this they add, "This is your oppor-
will
ba proaaeutad. Bawara
moved to larger and better quarters in the Schloss-
tunity to start your child's musical education."
of Ixnltatlona aucb aa Scbu
berg
Arcade.
maan & Company. Schu-
The Maria Schaeffer Music House at Desplaines,
mann * Boa. and alao
The Nussbaum-Kring Music Co. has been incor-
111., located at 1436 Miner street, and known as "The
Shuman. aa all aUaell
porated
at
Richmond,
Ind.,
with
a
capital
stock
of
akopa, dealara and uaara of
One-Price House," is out with a special announce-
planoa bearing a naxna In
100 shares at $50 each. The charter reads to deal
ment and reading notice of their ability to serve that
Imitation of tha nama
in musical instruments and engage in music business
community.
Schumann with tha Inten-
generally. Incorporators: R. L. Nusbaum, C. W.
tion of decelTlng the public
The Sampson Music Co.'s store at Payette, Idaho, Nusbaum, Paul W. Kring, Pauline Kring.
will bt «>-aa*«ijit*£ .i,
has combined with the Weiser store under the man-
fulleat extant of th* law.
A
late
advertisement
put
out
by
W.
J.
Dyer
&
agement of Everett Smith, who had been located at
Maw
G
a
t
a
l
c
n
* • • ••ajuaai.
Payette. George A. Pully, formerly manager of the Bro., St. Paul, Minn., starts like this: "Tomorrow is
Weiser store, has resigned and may enter another line 'Living Music Day.' The love of good music will
always live. Naturally the moral is to give children
of business.
G. J. Smith and Harry W. Albert have opened a an opportunity of enjoying it throughout their lives
W. N. VAN MATRE, Presidmt
music store in the residence at 4127 Main street, Kan- by giving them a musical education.
Rockford, I1L
Another
recent
incorporation
is
Goldberg's
Interna-
sas City, Mo., which has been converted into a mod-
ern store building. The firm will be known as the tional Music Shop of Paterson, N. J.
Smith & Albert Piano Co.
A "sweeping removal" sale by the Imfeld Music
Fred W. Pfuetze, an electric and radio expert, has Store, Hamilton, Ohio, was in progress prior to the
purchased an interest in the Brown Music Co. of removal of the business to their new home, 203
Manhattan, Kan., and the business will be enlarged Court street, opposite the Paramount Theater.
by giving more attention to radios than heretofore.
In making a local item concerning the C. C. Keys
The Brown Music Co. recently completed its ninth Music Store at Salem, Va., a local paper adds: "In
year of business in Manhattan.
making this review we are glad to compliment C. C.
A GREAT NAME—A GREAT PIANO
Grinnell Bros, at their Jackson, Mich., store, 152 Keys' Music Store upon their activities and the high
Michigan avenue, West, have been doing some spe- quality of the stock and the service rendered for the
cial advertising on the Wheelock, which they specify accommodation of the public of the community."
as being "A quality-built apartment grand at a new
Will A. Watkins Co., Dallas, Tex., announce that
Makes Friends, Makes Customers, Makes
and startlingly low price."
the following music teachers have taken studios in
Money, for the Dealer
Jenkins Music Co. from their Bartlesville, Okla., the Watkins Building: Mrs. Walter J. Fried, Mrs.
Super-Grands,
Medium Grands, Small
store use this paragraph in their advertisement: "The Amma P. Baker, Miss Myrtle McKay, Miss Julia
Grands.
Full
Plate
Uprights; Medium
Graham
Charlton,
Mrs.
Sam
Harwell,
Mrs.
Mary
piano is the shrine of the most beautiful art in the
Uprights; Small (3:7) Uprights.
world, before which the great masters have written Todd Pallaria, Mrs. Frances Foster Courtwright, and
compositions which brought and will continue to Ivan Dneproff.
Reproducing Grands, Uprights and
bring unending joy to all mankind." And further:
The Danz Piano Co. of Anaheim, Calif., have
Playert
"Piano study trains your ears, your brain, your adopted this slogan: "Let the kiddies learn," and
Grands with the Famous Bauer
hands—those wandering servants of self-expression! with it an attractive picture showing two little ones
Give your child musical training! Whatsoever it will "carrying" their piano to a practice room.
Patented Construction
undertake in later years will be done with more pre-
Conrad & Son Piano Co. and the Frank W. Shire-
The
SCHILLER
PIANO challenges
cision—with finer understanding and assurance—and man & Son Music House, of Corydon, Ind., exhib-
superiority
in
tone
quality
as in construc-
with more kindly attitude."
ited samples of their pianos and general music goods
tion, workmanship, finish and appearance.
The Mushalt Music House, Quincy, 111., invite the at the seventy-second annual County Fair last month.
public to modernize their homes with one of the
For Agency Proposition and All
The Ligon Furniture & Music Co., No. 2, of We-
small studio upright pianos which they are handling. woka, Okla., has been reopened at 113 South We-
Particulars, address
"You will be surprised at their full rich tone. Equal woka avenue., and the store re-habilitated throughout.
in volume to pianos of much larger size."
The head of this concern is J. A. Ligon, formerly
Schroeder's Music House of Pittsburgh, Pa., men- mayor and an extensive property owner of that
Factory and General Offices:
tion the Kurtzmann as their money maker and which city, and H. M. Ligon, his son, is the manager.
OREGON, ILLINOIS
Miss Pansy Elfers has opened a sheet music store
instrument, by the way, is named in all their news-
CHICAGO OFFICE:
NEW TOKK OFFlOBl
at Burley, Idaho.
paper advertising.
180 W. 4>nd St.
State and Adama 8te.
Bnata Tcnnlasl Bid*.
Ml
Bepnbil*
BUg.
Heeseler
Thomas
has
given
up
his
position
in
an-
Muehlhauser's Music House. 1739 Euclid avenue.
Cleveland, Ohio, present half-tone plates showing other line of business and opened a music store in
Glances and Observations
Schumann
Warning to Infringe™
Schumann Piano Co.
SCHILLER
THE SCHILLER
SCHILLER PIANO COMPANY
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