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Issue: 1939 2289

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WALNUT
VENEER
THE SENSATION
OF 1939
CONVENTION
OF MUSIC
MERCHANTS
SUPERTQNE CONSOLES
Gulbransen presents the sensation of the 1939 Convention of Music
Merchants for the "star" attraction in your Fall sales campaign.
Predicted by foremost dealers to he a leader in style appeal with
a brilliant future as the most salable piano of the year, fl Gul-
bransen's Supertone Piano is truly another of America's smartest
piano fashions, designed and built by Gulbransen's master crafts-
men. Its stunning modern styling oi the contemporary period em-
ploys the new colorful luxurious Du Pont Fabrikoid in a number of
harmonious combinations with fine walnut, mahogany or ivory or
wood alone. % As interior decorators praise the perfection of the
Supertone design, musicians attest its sparkling brilliant and richly
abundant tone created mainly by Gulbransen's new oversized 38"
scale and other exclusive fine points of construction. To see, to hear,
to play this new Gulbransen Supertone Console is to recognize its
exceptional musical worth, its tremendous sales possibilities. Write
for complete information.
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FABRIKOID
MAHOGANY
PRESTO
MUSIC
TIMES
The American Music Trades Journal
N l ' M B E R 22
SEPTEMBER, i(
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T A B L E
OF
C O N T E N T S
Page
FEATURES:
GREETINGS T O T H E TRADE!
by William Howard Bcasley
7
TRADE ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES
Echoes from the Clinics and Conventions
8
PIANOS IN T H E MAKING
by Robert P. Miller
9
AMERICAN YOUTH AND MUSIC
by Homer W. Anderson
11
WHAT T O DO TILL T H E PROSPECT COMES
Presto Music Time's Business Clinic
13
SELLING-AND NOT OVERSELLING-YOUR PROSPECT.. 15
by Mace Wolff
DEPA R TMEN TA L FEA T URES :
FROM T H E EDITOR'S DESK
16
INFORMATION PLEASE!
18
THE SALESMAN CORNER
20
Don't Be Alarmed!
NEWS AND NOTES
23
MANUFACTURERS POINT T H E WAY
24
J. BRADFORD PENGEI.IY, Publisher
D. ABBOTT, Editor-in-Cliief
LEONARD BRIDGES, Managing Editor
332 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Harrison 0234
FRANK
Published monthly by I- Bradford Pengelly, 332 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago.
Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of
March 3, 1879. Price 25 cents. Yearly subscriptions $1.50—foreign $2.50. Six month
subscriptions 75 cents. Advertising rates on application. Copyright 1939 by Presto Music
Times Company, Chicago, Illinois.
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