March, 1932
PRESTO-TIMES
PRESTO-TIMES WANT ADVS
OBITUARY
HARRY WUNDERLICH
The music trade lost one of its most esteemed
PRESTO-TIMES CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS reach thousands of music dealers in all the important
members in the death of Harry Wunderlich at his
centers in the United States. Have you anything you want to buy or sell, barter or trade? Do you want a
home in Kansas City on the 5th inst.
job in the music industry, buy a store or sell the store you own? Put an ad in this column and you will get
plenty of action. The readers of this paper sell hundreds of thousands of copies of sheet music. They also
Many years ago Mr. Wunderlich was with Free-
buy new and used musical merchandise of every description. These classified ads are low in price. All copy
born G. Smith at the Chicago store when J. W.
received is subject to the approval of the publisher. Each ad is payable cash with order.
Hawxhurst was Western manager. After the calamity
RATES: Regular advertisements 10c per word. Ads less than fourteen words are charged at $1.40. Count
in the burning of the Iroquois theater on Dec. 30,
each abbreviation as one word. Count address as part of ad. Inch rates upon application. Ads received for
three issues without change of copy subject to 10% discount. Proof copy sent without charge.
1903, in which holocaust his wife and daughter were
victims. Harry located at Kansas City, establishing
Established 1884
the Wunderlich Music Company, in which business
PRESTO-TIMES 417 South Dearborn Street, Chicago
the late J. V. Steger was an active sponsor. This
Phone Harrison 0234
business ran on quite successfully and some eight
The American Music Trades Journal
years or so ago was purchased by the Wurlitzer Com-
pany and absorbed with the Wurlitzer house at Kan-
sas City.
HELP WANTED
Mr. Wunderlich's home has continued at Kansas
Wholesale Traveler Wants Position
City,
where he has been the possessor of real estate
Man well-acquainted in the piano trade who has been
WANTED—Piano salesman to take charge of branch interests, but he continued to go to his twenty-acre
associated with the piano business all his life, and of a
store
in
city
about
hundred
miles
from
Chicago.
Nation-
music trade family, is open for a position. Learned the
ally known manufacturers with complete line and ample estate in Minnesota almost every summer, and in
piano trade in a factory, then was a piano traveler for
capital. Man must be experienced and able to dig up traveling back and forth would always visit Chicago
sixteen years; understands wholesaling and retailing.
business on the outside, as there will be few drop-ins. for days and often for weeks. In fact, he was a
Not addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors; hard
Wonderful field lor ambitious salesman who is able to
worker, and hard times do not worry him. Can give bond
or any references required. Wants western and Bouth-
meet the highest class prospects and is willing to work. visitor often to Chicago and for two winters resided
western territory. Address, "West and Southwest," care
State experience in full. Address "Manager Branch
here, occupying a friend's furnished flat. Harry's
Presto-Times.
Store," care of Presto-Times.
last visit to Chicago was about three weeks ago when
he met many old-time friends and acquaintances.
POSITIONS WANTED
POSITION WANTED—Piano tuner, all around mechan-
The funeral occurred at Kansas City Wednesday
ic, wants steady position. Will go anywhere; south pre-
afternoon, March 9, at the Stine & McClure chapel,
POSITION WANTED—Eastern representation. Piano ferred. Address Box 102A, Presto-Times.
man of wide acquaintance and experience desires to rep-
the services being conducted by Dr. Burris Jenkins.
resent West or Middle West manufacturers in the East
The pallbearers were Dr. Paul D. Woolley, Homer L.
with headquarters at New York. Would also consider re-
Would
you
like
to
represent
a
new
line
of
merchandise
tail proposition in New York City. Best of references. for your territory? Why not advertise your desire in the Bredouw, W. E. Reed, W. J. Hermann, Boyd W.
Care of Box 100A, Presto-Times.
Harwood and Victor Laedcrich, some of these being
classified section of PRESTO-TIMES?
former associates of Mr. Wunderlich in his music
WANTED—Position as manager or wholesaler. Twenty-
business and other enterprises. Mr. E. B. Jones, pres-
five years in piano business. Have managed factory
branch stores and retail branches for eighteen years in
ident of the Schiller Piano Company, Oregon, 111.,
Illinois and New York for some of the best concerns in
was present at the funeral.
the industry. Can show :t successful record. Best of ref-
erences. Open for position in January 1932. Address
"Y. L..," PRESTO-TIMES.
PIANO MAN of middle age who has traveled and made
good customers in every State of the Union would like
to associate with reliable piano manufacturer. Has good
and valuable clientele and can bring good results for a
reliable piano. Address Reliable, Box 21, care Presto-
Times.
PIANO SALESMAN.
POSITION WANTED with progressive piano manu-
facturer by experienced traveler who has sold a thou-
sand pianos at retail through securing prospects, closing
and making personal deliveries, all without the loss of a
piano or an account. Has sold pianos from the Mis-
sissippi to the Pacific and prefers western territory. Will
establish agencies and do service with them and keep
accounts well up. Would work on commission and part
expense. Can make money for enterprising manufac-
turer. Address Box 1196, Minot, N. Dak.
ACCORDIONS
Made to Order—Repaired
THE FAMOUS
CLARK
ORCHESTRA ROLLS
of De Kalb, Illinois
The Best for Automatic Playing Pianos
Organs and Orchestrions
Whether you sell automatic playing in-
struments or not, it will pay you to
handle and be able to furnish
CLARK ORCHESTRA ROLLS
Monthly bulletins of new records. Write
for lists, folders and FULL PARTICU-
LARS.
Many of the Foremost Artists Are
Using Our Instruments
Clark Orchestra Roll Company
Ask about our Accordions for Beginners
De Kalb, Illinois
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760 Taylor Street
CHICAGO
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IVORY REPAIR WORK
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52 Standard weight tops
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52 Plain tops
6.50
52 Imitation old ivory, fine job
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Write for full particulars and for samples
Note 5% reduction on all repair work.
Cash with order.
MCMACKIN PIANO SERVICE
1719-21 Mondamin Ave.
Des Moines ,Iowa
THE LATE CLAYTON F. SUMMY
Clayton F. Summy, who passed away last month
and whose death is mourned by many in the music
trade and the music public in general, lived, when
a young man, at Sterling, 111., to which city he came
in his early boyhood with his parents. His father
was employed as tailor for a number of years in the
D. M. Crawford store, which was conducted in a
building on the corner now occupied by the Hen-
dricks Drug Company.
Clayton Summy as a boy showed natural talent
for music. In his early teens he accepted a position
as clerk in the music store of C. S. Mills, who was
also a music instructor. Clayton took music lessons
and later became a teacher of music. He entered the
Boston Music School, after which he was employed
as an instructor in the Hershey Music School in Chi-
cago, where he taught from 1877 to 1879. He later
became connected with Lyon & Healy, which posi-
tion he held until 1888, when he resigned to enter the
sheet music business for himself. In 1895 he founded
the Clayton F. Summy Company, of which he was
president up to the time of his death.
CASPER JELLY DECEASED
Casper Jelly, age 66, and for the last ten years
superintendent of the factory of the Starr Piano Com-
pany, Richmond, Ind., died at his home in Richmond
last month. Mr. Jelly had been an employee in the
Starr Piano Company for over forty years. The de-
ceased was a prominent member of Saint Andrew's
Catholic Church and active in the church organiza-
tions, having served as president of the Saint Joseph
Benevolent Society several years ago. He was also
a charter member of the Young Men's Institute, a
member of the Knights of Saint John and the Cath-
olic Knights of America.
THE LATE THADEUS BUTLER
Thadeus Butler, head of the Butler Music Com-
pany, Marion, Ind., who died last month at Tampa,
Fla., had resided there for several years, where he
had large real estate holdings. In the early days of
natural gas wells Mr. Butler was much interested in
that line of development.
The death is announced of Philip K. Clark at his
home in Oneonta, N. Y. Years ago Mr. Clark trav-
eled for the Kroeger Piano Company when the fac-
tory was at Stamford, Conn. Phil had been out of
the trade for about six years. He was a lovable
character, a good friend to his friends and, so far as
anybody knows, without enemies. The funeral was
at Oneonta on the 27th of last month.
The many friends of F. G. Johnson will regret to
learn of his demise at his home in Milwaukee last
month at the age of 50 years. Mr. Johnson was an
efficient and conscientious piano tuner and techni-
cian. He was a charter member of Milwaukee N. A.
P. T. and is survived by his wife, one son, and his
mother, who resides in Michigan, where the bodj
was sent for burial. Mr. Johnson had been a reader
and subscriber of Presto-Times for more than twenty
years.
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