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PRESTO-TIMES
November, 1931
CLIPPINGS FROM THE BEST ADS
NEW INCORPORATIONS, FIRMS,
CHANGES, REORGANIZATIONS
The former home of the W. F. Frederick Piano Co.,
of Wheeling, W. Va., located at 1416 Market street,
that city, has been sold by the Frederick Company,
who are the owners. The purchasers, the Zee-Rad
Company, are manufacturers and dealers in radios.
A list of second-hand pianos advertised by W. J.
Dyer & Bro., St. Paul, includes quite a number of
rather old and "dilapidated" piano names.
Kranich & Bach in their metropolitan paper adver-
tising refer to their grand as the "World's Finest
Salon Piano."
The R. E. Winsett Music Co., Dayton, Ohio, has
filed articles of incorporation with the Secretary of
State. The incorporators are R. E. Winsett, Ruth
Winsett and William Winsett. Capital stock, $5,000.
The Northside Piano Exchange, 112 E. Ohio
street, Pittsburgh, Pa., is now in its twentieth year
of business and has occupied the same location all
these years. In fact, for several years it w r as the
only north side music store.
The Levis Music Store, 412 E. Main street, Roches-
ter, N. Y., broadcasts Sunday evenings over Station
WHAM. The Levis is the Steimvay House of
Rochester and handles also the Aeolian line and the
Kohler & Campbell line of pianos.
Kane's Music & Radio Shop was opened last month
at Pueblo, Colo., the location being at 106 W. Third
street. The proprietor, Mr. O. R. Kane, has been
well known in the music business in and about Pueblo
for more than fifteen years.
Mayo Williams, proprietor of the Music Shop at
112 E. Main street, Ottumwa, la., has established an
excellent trade in its repair department and has work
coming in from various towns around about Ottumwa.
On the eve of his debut in New York, Harry
Braun. 22-year-old violinist, dropped his $25,000
viol'n in front of a truck, totally destroying it. Made
in 1691, the violin was the gift of August Heckscher.
Although in tears at the loss of his treasure. Braun
refused to sue the truck driver, and sought to borrow
another violin.
The Saltville Music Co., at Allison's Gap, Va., has
moved to larger and more commodious quarters in
the Brown building. J. W. Kestner is the proprietor.
The old-time piano manufacturing concern, Gib-
bons & Stone, Rochester, N. Y.. the factory of which
was at 11-15 Industrial street, has entirely discon-
tinued piano making. Notwithstanding the business
was bought up by the Levis Music House some fin-
ishing up was done at the factory, but now the busi-
ness is entirely discontinued, so far as operations at
the factory are concerned.
SELF-LIFTING PIANO TRUCK CO. BUSY
A correspondent of Presto-Times writes that he
recently visited the plant of the Self-Lifting Piano
Truck Co. at Findlay, Ohio, and found it a very busy
place. He states that the company has many orders
for delivery between now and the first of the year
and more are coming in right along. Of course the
trade are familiar with the piano truck made by them.
The new refrigerator truck, along the same lines and
designed to meet requirements in transporting the
new model refrigerators to the home, has been mak-
ing additional demands upon the factory's facilities,
for they are going fast. It is the old story—a good,
practical article made to meet a certain demand and
doing so perfectly.
MR. SOLBERG LOANS FAMOUS WASHING-
TON PAINTING
Members of the Chicago piano trade will readily
recognize the picture of Marshall Solberg, assistant
State's attorney and Piano club member, in the view
given in the Chicago Tribune a few days ago, show-
ing the presentation of a famous Gilbert Stuart por-
trait of George Washington for exhibition during the
Washington bicentennial celebration. The presenta-
tion is to William G. Thon, chairman of the com-
mission.
The Starr Piano Co. has recently had a piano sale
in the Dearborn Bank Building at llawrenceburg, Ind.
Dependable
LESTER
Small Grand
MORE NONDELIVERIES
The list of names of firms and individuals that have
recently changed location or discontinued business, as
Here is a new Steinway commendation. It heads published in recent issues of Presto-Times, has been
a column advertisement of Mellor's Music House, 604 found to be an interesting feature so, accordingly,
Wood street, Pittsburgh, and reads: "It will pay for another row of names that have been marked "moved,
itself many, many times over." Continuing, the ad- left no address," "discontinued business," or "unable
vertisement reads: "The first short years that you
to locate," is herewith given of non-deliveries, of
own a Steinway are but a promise of the delight and
Presto-Times:
pleasure that will come. The Steinway is built to
Grim Music Co., Beatrice, Neb., "gone, no order."
last. Thirty, forty, or even fifty years will not see
Thos. Aguilar, Temple, Tex.
the end of its service."
A. N. Grimes, 214 W. Adams street, Sandusky,
Gene's Music Shop has been opened at Plymouth,
Ind., by Eugene Mogle, and the location is at the Ohio, "moved, left no address."
W. W. Sunn, 1961 Grand River W., Detroit, Mich.,
corner of La Porte and Michigan streets.
The Cunningham Piano Co., Philadelphia, adver- "changed, no new address."
tise that they carry in stock the largest assortment
Lopez Music Organization, 3922 Garrison avenue,
of Reproducing, Upright and Grand Pianos of any and J. A. Lopez, 5200 Harrison avenue, Baltimore,
one store in America.
Maryland.
Ferron & Kroeplin, Kimball Hall, Chicago, 111.,
Harvey E. Albright, tuner, 1531 Montcalm street,
dealers in fine violins, say in a circular letter recently
Indianapolis, Ind., left this location.
sent out: "A violin from the hands of Stradivari,
Grandt Piano Co., 4106 W. North avenue, Chicago;
Guarneri and other Italian masters is as fine a work
business discontinued several months ago.
of art as a canvas of Angelo, a portrait of Rembrandt
Smith Music Co., Richlands, Va., moved to Bris-
or a piece of sculpture of Donatello. Within the last
few decades they have so greatly increased in value tol, Va.
that they are not within the reach of one of ordinary
W. H. Baldwin, tuner, 2125 Spencer street, Omaha,
means. There are, however, many fine makers, less Neb., moved to 935 Redick-Toner building, Omaha,
celebrated, whose violins are much sought after by Nebraska.
connoisseurs and collectors."
Claypool-Lacey Music Co., Crawfordsville, Ind.,
now out of business.
R. P. Curtis Co., Lincoln, Neb., not delivered.
East Texas Phonograph Co., Tyler, Tex.
MUSIC FOOD FOR THE SOUL
The address is requested of E. E. Blake, formerly
Seated in a 42nd street restaurant, New York, one
day recently, one a Presto-Times correspondent, the with the Rauworth Piano Co., at Bellevue, Iowa.
other Edwin Jarrett, now connected with Mehlin &
Clark Orchestra Roll Co. Give Names
Sons, piano manufacturers, that gentleman's atten-
The
Clark Orchestra Roll Co., De Kalb., 111., re-
tion was called to a Sohmer advertisement in a cur-
rent issue of the New York Times, and reading the ferring to the Presto-Times non-delivery matter,
first paragraph, "They have a phonograph and a radio write stating that their list of comebacks may be
but listening isn't enough. They long to have their interesting to add to the names Presto-Times is pub-
child learn something they never learned—to make lishing. Among this list we take the following as
music for herself," remarked:
"Apparently our being particularly identified, one way or another, with
Sohmer friends must be added to the small number the music business:
Edward A. Baker, Peshtigo, Wis.
who have discovered that 'man cannot live by bread
alone,' and that music (the expression of it) is an
J. E. Black, 305 E. 40th street, Savanna, Ga.
emotional outlet, and that it has a distinct relation to
Silas Croutch, Wauzeka. Wis.
the piano industry."
L. C. Dewees, 309 Washington street, Houston, Tex.
Dudley Music Store, Fremont, Nebr.
Then Mr. Jarrett read another paragraph fully sub-
Henry's Music Store, Blairsville, Pa.
stantiating the reference he had made to the great
John Lupaz, 145 High street, Newark, N. J.
and conservative house of Sohmer, which paragraph
H. L. Pennington, Eldon, Mo.
reads as follows: "If you can play the piano even
C. Quadt, 249 Main street, Tottenville. N. Y.
haltingly, you have discovered the most marvelous
Sherman, Clay & Co.. Fresno, Calif.
release for your emotions. You speak in music; you
West Texas Piano Co., Midland, Tex.
create your mood. And in the piano you have the
Stahlschmidt Piano Co., Evansville, Ind.
basic instrument for musical culture."
N. C. Miller, Muskogee, Okla.
Mr. Jarrett informed the Presto-Times correspond-
T. J. Rees Music Store, 142 W. Main street,
ent that he has just visited William Strich, w 7 ho was
convalescing from two successful eye operations. Girardville, Pa.
The Clark Orchestra Roll Co. give us many other
"Praise be," said Mr. Jarrett, and so say a multi-
names that are not directly identified with the music
tude of persons in the trade who have known for
many years Mr. Strich, one of the founders of the business.
Strich & Zeidler piano; a man loved and honored in
Cable Piano Co., Saginaw, Mich., mail now goes to
the music trades and industries. "A lovable charac- Cable Piano Co., Detroit.
ter," adds Mr. Jarrett.
J. M. Crawford, Mesa, Ariz., mail not now deliv-
ered.
MAKE ONLY THE KURTZMANN
Melion & Bilbeu, 70 Dacey street, Newark, N. J.,
Some time ago an inquiry was received by Presto- left this location; no new address given.
Powell & McFetridge, 218 North College avenue,
Times about a certain piano which was on the mar-
ket years ago and, he understood, was now being Salem, HI., left this location; no new address.
Sherman. Clay & Co. branch at Reno, Nev., has been
made by C. Kurtzmann & Co. of Buffalo. N. Y. This
impression is a wrong one, for the Kurtzmann con- discontinued and mail is to be forwarded to Sacra-
cern has never turned out any other piano than the mento, Calif.
one bearing its own name, all the facilities of its
QRS Music Co., 9-15 Third street, Cincinnati, Ohio,
plant being devoted exclusively to the production of
moved to 2457 Hudson avenue, that city.
the C. Kurtzmann & Co. piano.
J. M. HOFFMAN
The death is announced of Julius Hoffman, presi-
dent of the J. M. Hoffman Music Co., Pittsburgh,
Pa., who passed away at his home, 3463 Forbes street,
Pittsburgh. At the age of eighteen he joined his
father in the Hoffman Music Co. and had been con-
nected with the business up to the time of his death.
A considerable string of assignments, liquidations,
failures and discontinuances in the music business
is reported within the past thirty days. Among
these are: Chubb & Steinberg Music Shop. 17 East
Sixth street. Cincinnati, Ohio, J. W. Hueber, receiver;
Tuggle Radio & Music Shop, Mamaroneck, N. Y.,
filed voluntary petition for bankruptcy; Stahlschmidt
Piano Co.. 15 S. E. Fourth street. Evansville, Ind.;
Bean Brothers Music Co., 219 W. Capitol avenue,
Little Rock, Ark., O. K. Houck Piano Co. was one
of the petitioners for bankruptcy; The Hiltbrand Mu-
sic Co., Colorado Springs, Colo., has given up its
charter of incorporation.
The report that Ricca & Son, New York, had pur-
chased the stock, material and name of the defunct
Premier Grand Piano Co. was an erroneous report,
according to advices by Ricca & Son.
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