Presto

January 22, 1920.
COINOLA
THE DEPENDABLE LINE
FOR THE
PROGRESSIVE TRADE
U n m a t c h e d for
t h o r o u g h n e s s of
const ruction, re-
sponsiveness of ac-
tion and appeal to
dealers and the
public.
THE
COINOLA
P a y s for i t s e l f .
Especially adaptible
for confectionery
stores, cafes, cigar
stores, pool rooms
and theatres.
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OPERATORS
PIANO CO.
I .OUtS M. SEVERSON, Pr»*
16 South Peoria Street
29
PRESTO
THE SERENADE MADE
POSSIBLE BY H. S. DICKEY
Newton, Kan., Piano Dealer Provides Stock of
Harps for Romeos.
Tell the people what you have and tell 'em in a
way they'll understand, is the adertising policy of
H. S. Dickey, the Newton, Kan., piano man. Every
week he tells the readers of Newton papers that
the H. S. Dickey Piano Store is "next door to the
postofYice." He also tells them it is '"a reliable place
to buy your piano, playerpiano, phonographs, and
musical instruments,"' so that the facts are so well
known no citizen of Harvey County mistakes it for
a drug store or something.
Last week Mr. Dickey had a new fact for cir-
culation and this is how he set it forth on the ad
pages:
HEY BILL, NOTICE THIS?
Did you ever sit out on a summer night
In the big front yard where the skeeters bite,
When the moon was shining up in the sky
And a locust sang shrilly in a tree close by?
And you had a mouth harp and you played for Kate
And she said, "Play it again, that piece is great!"
While her old dad, upstairs in his room,
Turned over in bed and wished you'd die soon?
Well it's been a long time since those things hap-
pened, but you can start to play all over again NOW,
as we've gotten in a lot of "GENUINE HOHNER
HARPS." Some folks call 'em mouth harps, mouth
organs, French harps, etc., etc. We don't care what
you call 'em. The main idea is "kin you play 'em?"
If you can, and want to get a dandy, come early as
our supply won't last forever.
HARRIS ESTATE MUST PAY
FOR FULTON THEATER PIANO
Claim That Advertising Possibilities Covered Pay-
ment Set Aside by Supreme Court Jury.
An allegation made on behalf of the estate of the
late William Harris, theatrical manager, New
York, that a contract entered into by Mr. Harris
for the purchase of a $4,000 piano to be used in the
Fulton Theater had been intended merely for adver-
tising purposes, has failed to induce the Appellate
Division to reverse a judgment rendered by a Su-
preme Court jury in favor of John Stenek & Sons,
assignees, as to the cause of action of Ernest
Bocker.
The defendant, through Joseph P. Bickerton, Jr ,
one of its executors and also its attorney, alleged
that it was represented to Harris that "if he would
take and use the said musical instrument in the Ful-
ton Theater, the said act, in view of his powerful
influence and importance in the theatrical profes-
sion, would greatly benefit the plaintiff's assignor
and enable him to make a large number of sales."
The Apellate Division, after listening to argument
and considering the briefs submitted by Blauvelt &
Warren, attorneys for the plaintiff, affirmed the
judgment against the defendant, which amounts to
$5,560, including interest and costs.
SOLACE OF THE WELTE MIGNON.
The Jordan Music Company, of which F. Jordan
is president, Isaac DeC. Porcher is vice-president
and Douglas S. Cone is secretary and treasurer,
Charleston, S. C, says: "The golden tone of the
Welte Mignon Reproducing Playerpiano brings a
solace in a wealth of lovely music, old songs, waltzes,
ballads of a bygone day, bringing a flood of tender
memories and renewing the days of their youth,
•making happy the twilight of their life together.
For with this wonderful instrument is the playing
of all the great pianists. It is more than a piano;
it is music itself—Padarewski, Godowsky, Hoffman,
Greig. These and a hundred other master pianists
are at your command, waiting to play for you in
your own home whenever you wish. We invite
you to hear this instrument at our show rooms and
be convinced of its superior merit."
QUALITY FIRST
AND
FIRST QUALITY
Jesse French & Sons Piano Co.
FACTORIES at New Castle, Ind.
AUSTRALIAN OFFICE:
94 Pitt St., Sydney, N. S. W.
"A Name Well Known Since 1875"
STEGER
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Steger & Sons
Leads
Others Follow
STEGER BUILDING
Jackson and Wabash
The Piano Center of America
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
AMERICAN
PIANO SUPPLY
COMPANY
Felts, C l o t h s , H a m m e r s ,
Punchings, Music Wire, Tun-
ing Pins, Player Parts, Hinges,
Casters.
FEATURES THE CHICKERING.
Ludden & Bates, Atlanta, Ga., quotes Charles
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Hackett, the American tenor who alluded to the
Organs.
Chickering pianos as "the piano of all pianos." The
singer used the instrument for accompaniments at
his concert in the Auditorium recently. Speaking
When In Need of Supplies
of the Chickering in a newspaper display the At-
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lanta firm said: "The very name of the word
Chickering suggests the sturdiness of a house of
musical genius and craftsmanship, dating back to
the workshop in which Jonas Chickering made his
first piano. You will find that your ambition to
New York
possess a Chickering will not be discouraged by any J 110-112 E. 13th St.
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undue stringency of our terms."
American Piano Supply Co.
CHICAGO, ILL.
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