Presto
Issue: 1920 1756 - Page 10
PRESTO
10
March 18, 1920.
STORE PLANS OF PORTLAND
DEALERS SIGNIFICANT
has been obliged to quit work for a while, and has
gone to the Portland Convalescent Hospital for a
rest cure. Miss Bynerson is in charge of the depart-
ment during Miss Bennett's absence.
GULBRANSEN FACTORY IS
RISING VERY RAPIDLY
Sherman, Clay & Co., Will Add Nine Thousand
Square Feet of Space to Warerooms.
At least $50,000 will be spent in enlarging and al-
tering the music store of Sherman, Clay & Co., at
Sixth and Morrison streets, in the near future. A
new lease has been consummated, which will give
the present occupants of the building eight more
years at its present location. Nine thousand square
feet of floor space will be added and the new ar-
rangement will give the Sherman, Clay company
nearly the whole building. The hallway, which is
now used as the Sixth street elevator entrance, will
be thrown into the main display and salesroom.
George Darrell, of the Wiley B. Allen Co., and
his wife, sailed for San Francisco on the 24th of
February. From San Francisco they will motor to
Los Angeles. Mrs. Darrell is in poor health and
will remain in southern California for a while. Mr.
Darrell will return to Oregon and will go to Pen-
dleton, where he will handle the Wiley B. Allen in-
struments.
The Bush & Lane Piano Co. has a beautiful win-
dow display this week. White Corinthian pillars
form an effective background. Rose colored lights
and beautiful pianos, espeically a handsome Bush &
Lane grand, altogether make a charming and artistic
display.
The business in the Wiley B. Allen talking ma-
chine department is increasing so fast that two more
salesmen have been engaged. They are Donald E.
Brown and Edward Austin. Paul B. Norris, in
charge of the department, says stock is moving faster
than has been the case for several weeks.
Miss Madeline Larson has resigned her position as
manager of the phonograph department of Meier &
Frank, and taken charge of the record department.
Lester Schroeder, who has been in the talking ma-
chine department of the Bush & Lane Piano Co., has
been made manager of the Meier & Frank phono-
graph department.
"We must have more records," said Miss Ryner-
son of Oregon Filers Music House. "The 'Venetian
Moon' is coming by express, but we can't get any-
thing like enough popular records. As for 'Dar-
danella' we could sell hundreds and hundreds of
them if we had them."
Miss Acevia Bennett, manager of the talking ma-
chine department of Oregon Eilers Music House,
GREAT CALL FOR GRANDS
OF REPRODUCING TYPE
Service From This House Is Secured Through
Advertising and Loyalty.
The daily growth of the new Gulbransen-Dickin-
son factory at Kedzie and Chicago avenues, Chi-
cago, is typical of the growth of that playerpiano
industry. The company is busy both in the factory
and in the field.
J. Picha, who is in charge of the finishing" depart-
ment of the Gulbransen works, is so busy in his part
of the work that he says State and Madison streets,
Chicago—the busiest "corner in the world—becomes
like a deserted field by comparison. Mr. Picha's
enthusiasm and energy is communicated to the men
who work there, and he is one of the causes of the
great success of the institution. A certain amount
of congestion is caused in his department on account
of the work that is going on at the new* factory.
New improvements are arriving for the new factory,
and their installation is temporarily crowding the
space. But the great increase in room that is com-
ing soon fills all hands with joy.
Below the second story at the corner of Kedzie
avenue and Chicago avenue appears a stone plate
with the baby at the pedals, and several Gulbransen
babies will be placed in positions of view throughout
the walls of the structure.
The Saturday evening Post of March 20 will have
a full-page advertisement of the Gulbransen to
appear on page 153. This shows a home scene, and
explains that the principle of the Gulbransen is
direct, natural control of expression through the
pedals instead of indirect control, through "devices."
The Gulbransen company sends to each of its
customers a copy of the Saturday Evening Post, so
that they may know what is going on.
Hazelton Dealers Will Soon Be Able to See Fine
Instrument at Chicago.
Just now there is an extraordinary demand among
Hazelton dealers in the small cities and the towns ot
the Central West for the Hazelton Welte Grand Re-
producing instruments. This demand is showing up so
strong in many of the richer small cities, and so many
of the dealers are seeking stock that Kenneth W. Cur-
tis, Chicago and Mid-West manager, has put in a
requisition for more of the desired instruments to be
manufactured.
Mr. Curtis expects to have a fine sample instrument
at his Chicago office soon, where any visiting dealer may
see it and try it out at his pleasure. Production at the
Koliler & Campbell indvistries in New York is out-
stripping all older records.
S. A. LEGG VISITS CHICAGO.
S. A. Legg, one of the star traveling wholesale repre-
sentatives of the Bush & Gerts Piano Company, of Chi-
cago, has been in Chicago for the last three days. Mr.
Legg came to the city direct from his Omaha office,
at which he has spent considerable time lately. His
headquarters are in Kansas City, but he travels exten-
sively over a large territory about the two cities named.
He says he could sell twice as many Bush & Gerts in-
struments as he has been getting, but is glad that the
factory is doing so well in producing as many as it
does.
PACKARD TRAVELERS TO MEET.
A general meeting of the Packard piano travelers is
to be held at the Packard Piano Company's factory of-
fices in Fort Wayne, Ind., on March 30. These meet-
ings are instructive, and much service is given the men
of the road in the interchange of experiences and
methods.
A CHAIN OF SALES BUILDINGS.
In addition to the Bush Terminal International
Sales Building, to be erected in London, a site has
also been selected by Irving Bush for a similar
building in Paris. Sales buildings of the same char-
acter will also be erected in South America, Buenos
Aires, Argentina, being the first city considered.
K. C. Kennedy, the Dixon, 111., dealer, whose
H. A. Grimsdick, managing director of the Bell
store was burned up recently resulting in the en-
tire loss of his music goods stock, has secured a Piano & Organ Co., Ltd., Toronto, visited England
recently.
lease on a good location and will soon reopen.
BJUR BROS. CO
ESTABLISHED 1887
Makers of
Pianos and Players of Quality
Manufacfurert of Bjur Bros. Fiancs
705-717 WHITLOCK AVENUE. NEW YORK
KRE1TER PBANOS
The Sign of
C
\A
I 1 T 1 /"P
T h e Sig
" ° f
HONEST W C T LIBERAL
PIANOS f \ M / u A L U E S
NEW YORK
WESERBROUnc.
HAVE MONEY IN THEM FOR ANY RESPONSIBLE DEALER
They bear critical comparison with any others, They are beautifaiii
instruments with the winning tone-duality. The new Kreiter Factory k
one of the largest and best equipped in the world, Let Us Hear From You.
KREITER MFG. CO.. Inc
Factory*
Marine"*, Wls.
175-79 THIRD ST.. MILWAUKEE, WIS»
Place that Want Ad in h*resto
FUEHR
&
STEMMER
PIANOS
PLAYERS
AND
PHONOGRAPHS
Standardized by The Quality
Every Instrument in this Line
is a Trade Winner because it
possesses Musical Character-
istics far Exceeding the Price
asked for it.
Write for Catalogues and Particulars.
Fuehr & Stemmer Piano Co.
18-22 E. 24th St.
Chicago, Illinois
HALLET & DAVIS
Grand
Small OranJ
Upright
PIANOS
B»»tt •MUUMdW
irataflera l a th«
HOME OFFICE, 146 BoyUton S t . Boston
WAREROOM& B*«4«a. N«w Ywk. €U«a««.
FACTORY*
SWAN PIANOS
SWAN ORGANS
are of the highest grade
t h a t c a n be obtained
through over 50 years of
p r a c t i c a l experience in
piano and organ building.
Illustrations a n d c a t a -
logues of various styles
will be furnished pi a n a
merchants on application.
The tremendous superi-
ority of the #WAM Reed
Organs over all others lies
in the absolute mechanism
and scientific perfection is
the bellows action and stop
action, making it the best
value in modern o r g a n
building.
1 N . SWAN & SONS, « — • « * FREEPORT, ILL
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10
March 18, 1920.
STORE PLANS OF PORTLAND
DEALERS SIGNIFICANT
has been obliged to quit work for a while, and has
gone to the Portland Convalescent Hospital for a
rest cure. Miss Bynerson is in charge of the depart-
ment during Miss Bennett's absence.
GULBRANSEN FACTORY IS
RISING VERY RAPIDLY
Sherman, Clay & Co., Will Add Nine Thousand
Square Feet of Space to Warerooms.
At least $50,000 will be spent in enlarging and al-
tering the music store of Sherman, Clay & Co., at
Sixth and Morrison streets, in the near future. A
new lease has been consummated, which will give
the present occupants of the building eight more
years at its present location. Nine thousand square
feet of floor space will be added and the new ar-
rangement will give the Sherman, Clay company
nearly the whole building. The hallway, which is
now used as the Sixth street elevator entrance, will
be thrown into the main display and salesroom.
George Darrell, of the Wiley B. Allen Co., and
his wife, sailed for San Francisco on the 24th of
February. From San Francisco they will motor to
Los Angeles. Mrs. Darrell is in poor health and
will remain in southern California for a while. Mr.
Darrell will return to Oregon and will go to Pen-
dleton, where he will handle the Wiley B. Allen in-
struments.
The Bush & Lane Piano Co. has a beautiful win-
dow display this week. White Corinthian pillars
form an effective background. Rose colored lights
and beautiful pianos, espeically a handsome Bush &
Lane grand, altogether make a charming and artistic
display.
The business in the Wiley B. Allen talking ma-
chine department is increasing so fast that two more
salesmen have been engaged. They are Donald E.
Brown and Edward Austin. Paul B. Norris, in
charge of the department, says stock is moving faster
than has been the case for several weeks.
Miss Madeline Larson has resigned her position as
manager of the phonograph department of Meier &
Frank, and taken charge of the record department.
Lester Schroeder, who has been in the talking ma-
chine department of the Bush & Lane Piano Co., has
been made manager of the Meier & Frank phono-
graph department.
"We must have more records," said Miss Ryner-
son of Oregon Filers Music House. "The 'Venetian
Moon' is coming by express, but we can't get any-
thing like enough popular records. As for 'Dar-
danella' we could sell hundreds and hundreds of
them if we had them."
Miss Acevia Bennett, manager of the talking ma-
chine department of Oregon Eilers Music House,
GREAT CALL FOR GRANDS
OF REPRODUCING TYPE
Service From This House Is Secured Through
Advertising and Loyalty.
The daily growth of the new Gulbransen-Dickin-
son factory at Kedzie and Chicago avenues, Chi-
cago, is typical of the growth of that playerpiano
industry. The company is busy both in the factory
and in the field.
J. Picha, who is in charge of the finishing" depart-
ment of the Gulbransen works, is so busy in his part
of the work that he says State and Madison streets,
Chicago—the busiest "corner in the world—becomes
like a deserted field by comparison. Mr. Picha's
enthusiasm and energy is communicated to the men
who work there, and he is one of the causes of the
great success of the institution. A certain amount
of congestion is caused in his department on account
of the work that is going on at the new* factory.
New improvements are arriving for the new factory,
and their installation is temporarily crowding the
space. But the great increase in room that is com-
ing soon fills all hands with joy.
Below the second story at the corner of Kedzie
avenue and Chicago avenue appears a stone plate
with the baby at the pedals, and several Gulbransen
babies will be placed in positions of view throughout
the walls of the structure.
The Saturday evening Post of March 20 will have
a full-page advertisement of the Gulbransen to
appear on page 153. This shows a home scene, and
explains that the principle of the Gulbransen is
direct, natural control of expression through the
pedals instead of indirect control, through "devices."
The Gulbransen company sends to each of its
customers a copy of the Saturday Evening Post, so
that they may know what is going on.
Hazelton Dealers Will Soon Be Able to See Fine
Instrument at Chicago.
Just now there is an extraordinary demand among
Hazelton dealers in the small cities and the towns ot
the Central West for the Hazelton Welte Grand Re-
producing instruments. This demand is showing up so
strong in many of the richer small cities, and so many
of the dealers are seeking stock that Kenneth W. Cur-
tis, Chicago and Mid-West manager, has put in a
requisition for more of the desired instruments to be
manufactured.
Mr. Curtis expects to have a fine sample instrument
at his Chicago office soon, where any visiting dealer may
see it and try it out at his pleasure. Production at the
Koliler & Campbell indvistries in New York is out-
stripping all older records.
S. A. LEGG VISITS CHICAGO.
S. A. Legg, one of the star traveling wholesale repre-
sentatives of the Bush & Gerts Piano Company, of Chi-
cago, has been in Chicago for the last three days. Mr.
Legg came to the city direct from his Omaha office,
at which he has spent considerable time lately. His
headquarters are in Kansas City, but he travels exten-
sively over a large territory about the two cities named.
He says he could sell twice as many Bush & Gerts in-
struments as he has been getting, but is glad that the
factory is doing so well in producing as many as it
does.
PACKARD TRAVELERS TO MEET.
A general meeting of the Packard piano travelers is
to be held at the Packard Piano Company's factory of-
fices in Fort Wayne, Ind., on March 30. These meet-
ings are instructive, and much service is given the men
of the road in the interchange of experiences and
methods.
A CHAIN OF SALES BUILDINGS.
In addition to the Bush Terminal International
Sales Building, to be erected in London, a site has
also been selected by Irving Bush for a similar
building in Paris. Sales buildings of the same char-
acter will also be erected in South America, Buenos
Aires, Argentina, being the first city considered.
K. C. Kennedy, the Dixon, 111., dealer, whose
H. A. Grimsdick, managing director of the Bell
store was burned up recently resulting in the en-
tire loss of his music goods stock, has secured a Piano & Organ Co., Ltd., Toronto, visited England
recently.
lease on a good location and will soon reopen.
BJUR BROS. CO
ESTABLISHED 1887
Makers of
Pianos and Players of Quality
Manufacfurert of Bjur Bros. Fiancs
705-717 WHITLOCK AVENUE. NEW YORK
KRE1TER PBANOS
The Sign of
C
\A
I 1 T 1 /"P
T h e Sig
" ° f
HONEST W C T LIBERAL
PIANOS f \ M / u A L U E S
NEW YORK
WESERBROUnc.
HAVE MONEY IN THEM FOR ANY RESPONSIBLE DEALER
They bear critical comparison with any others, They are beautifaiii
instruments with the winning tone-duality. The new Kreiter Factory k
one of the largest and best equipped in the world, Let Us Hear From You.
KREITER MFG. CO.. Inc
Factory*
Marine"*, Wls.
175-79 THIRD ST.. MILWAUKEE, WIS»
Place that Want Ad in h*resto
FUEHR
&
STEMMER
PIANOS
PLAYERS
AND
PHONOGRAPHS
Standardized by The Quality
Every Instrument in this Line
is a Trade Winner because it
possesses Musical Character-
istics far Exceeding the Price
asked for it.
Write for Catalogues and Particulars.
Fuehr & Stemmer Piano Co.
18-22 E. 24th St.
Chicago, Illinois
HALLET & DAVIS
Grand
Small OranJ
Upright
PIANOS
B»»tt •MUUMdW
irataflera l a th«
HOME OFFICE, 146 BoyUton S t . Boston
WAREROOM& B*«4«a. N«w Ywk. €U«a««.
FACTORY*
SWAN PIANOS
SWAN ORGANS
are of the highest grade
t h a t c a n be obtained
through over 50 years of
p r a c t i c a l experience in
piano and organ building.
Illustrations a n d c a t a -
logues of various styles
will be furnished pi a n a
merchants on application.
The tremendous superi-
ority of the #WAM Reed
Organs over all others lies
in the absolute mechanism
and scientific perfection is
the bellows action and stop
action, making it the best
value in modern o r g a n
building.
1 N . SWAN & SONS, « — • « * FREEPORT, ILL
Enhanced content © 2008-2009 and presented by MBSI - The Musical Box Society International (www.mbsi.org) and the International Arcade Museum (www.arcade-museum.com).
All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
Additional enhancement, optimization, and distribution by the International Arcade Museum. An extensive collection of Presto can be found online at http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).