PRESTO MUSIC TIMES
The American Music Trades Journal
ISSUED
MONTHLY
Founded 1881
Number 2287
May, 1939
CONTENTS
Page
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Cartoon
By Graham Hunter
The Battle for Bigger Business
9
Television—A New Field for Music Dealers
10
Advances in Piano Promotion
13
Saturday Afternoon
14
By George E. Wainwright
Howell-Aretta System Speeds Accordion Sales
16
No Place for a Piano ? Nonsense !
17
High Schools Reveal Growth of the Band Idea
21
By John Mace
The National Child Culture Contest
22
The Salesman's Corner
23
Manufacturers Point the Way
24
Band, Orchestra and Small Goods Merchandising
28
Are You Covering All Your Prospects ?
By J. Bradford Pengelly
Echoes from the Music Industries
31
J. Bradford Pengelly, Publisher
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Frank D. Abbott. Editor-in-Chief
Leonard Bridges, Associate Editor
Robert Slusser, Circulation Manager
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Copyright, 1939, by Presto Music Times Company, Chicago, Illinois.
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