Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

LEFT: Bud Parr, owner of General Music Co., seated at his desk ready to write
and bigger orders for BucHey Music Units. ABOVE: Impressive front of
Music's Los Angeles offices. BELOW: Showrooms in the Los Angeles and San
headquarters are equally inviting and operators will find on hand a wide variety
Used Phonographs available on term payments.
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
56
FOR
JUNE
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General Music Company Establishes
San Francisco Olfice .ith Parr as Chief
SAN FRANCISCO - "It's great to be
back home!" was the first thing William
Parr of the General Music Company said
upon arriving here May 1st to take over the
jobbing and distributing business of WiI·
liam Corcoran, at 1157 Post Street. For the
past three years, Parr has been in Southern
California in the jobbing and distributing
field and he promises that the new office,
operating under the name of the General
Music Company, "will feature the same in·
dividual attention, the same dependable
service to phonograph operators in my
home town that I give in Southern Cali·
fornia." He will divide his time between
San Francisco and Los Angeles.
William Corcoran, who will devote his
time exclusively to his duties as Pacific
Coast District Sales Manager for Buckley
Music System, says, "I'm surely pleased
to see Bud Parr take over my business in
San Francisco. He's been associated with
me for a number of years and I've always
admired his business methods, his integrity
and conscientious ideas regarding service.
Operators will enjoy working with him as
much as I have, I know."
Acting as Parr's right hand man is
Ernie Brennan, manager of the San Fran·
cisco office, who began his career as book·
keeper with the Rowe Manufacturing Com·
pany when they started making cigarette
vending machines 15 or more years ago.
Parr says of his associate, "Ernie has spent
all his busine s life in the coin machine
industry. He's well·known and well· liked
and his sound, practical experience is go·
ing to be a real help to Northern Califor·
nia operators. Ernie is the kind of man who
always has his door open, is always glad to
see anyone who wants to talk over operat·
ing problems. And that includes all prob·
lems. From time to time, an operator may
find himself in need of a small loan because
of sickness or unexpected financial drains
upon his budget. He will find, then, that
General Music Company offers real friend·
liness in cooperating on small loans, for
General Music Company has earned a repu·
tation of always taking care of its operator·
customers in any emergency."
Both the San Francisco and Los Angeles
offices of the General Music Company spe·
cialize in the Buckley Music System and in
the sale of reconditioned phonographs on
the time payment plan. Both take pride in
top· notch service departments, expertly
trained mechanics, skilled sound techni·
cians who are always ready to give depend·
able technical and installation advice and
an ace·high stock selection with complete
parts for immediate service in any emer·
gency.
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