Presto
Issue: 1920 1761 - Page 28
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PRESTO
STRICH & ZEIDLER, Inc.
GRAND, UPRIGHT and PLAYER
AND
HOMER PIANOS
740-742 East 136th Street
NEW YORK
.
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
Manufacturer of
PIANO
BASS STRINGS
21st St. and Fairmount Ave.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
"Built onfamily Pride"
Doll & Sons
Represent the Artistic
in Piano and Player Piano
' Construction
JACOB DOLL & SONS
STODDART
WELLSMORE
Jacob Doll & Sons, Inc.
Southern Boulevard, E. 133rd St.
E. 134th Strand Cypress Ave.
NEW YORK
April 24, 1920.
THE HAPPY LOT OF THE
INDEPENDENT TUNERS
W. C. Swan, One of the Fortunate Kind, Cites
Some Situations and Draws Conclusions.
"Of all the artisans in the trade the tuner can
be the most independent,"' says W. C. Swan, the
Dover, N. H., turner, who also believes that the
independent tuner—the tuner not allied with any
house—can be the most independent of all. "Sup-
pose you are an -attached' tuner and the house
sends you out to look over a piano that is not giv-
ing satisfaction," is the hypothetical situation he
suggests. "Perhaps you find something radically
wrong with the piano. What can you do?" asks
Mr. Swan. "You are supposed to work for the in-
terest of your employer, yet if you told the truth
you might lose your job. If you don't tell the
truth you lose your reputation. So there you are.
This is the predicament the employed tuner is al-
ways in. Personally, I don't believe it is the busi-
ness of the tuner to misrepresent the facts just to
shield the dealer. The owner has paid his good
money and is entitled to justice. So much for the
employed tuner.
"Now what about the independent? What should
he do in the above case? Simply tell the truth and
let the owner take it up with the dealer where he
bought the piano. When the employed tuner hesi-
tates to tell the truth for fear he might get 'in bad'
with the house the independent can tell the truth
and save his repuation. The tuner is asked to give
advice on pianos because the public believes that
the tuner knows or ought to know the business.
In this case by tuner I mean the legitimate tuner,
not the kind that puts soap on the abstracts to stop
a squeak, kerosene on tuning pins to prevent rust,
or soaks the action with oil to make it work easy.
Fred Stinson, a well-known Chicago expert on
special piano sales, has joined the sales staff of
the Sioux City Furniture Co., Sioux City, la., for
an active spring and summer campaign in the Iowa
field. The company has a piano department in each
store in a chain that covers a large section of the
state. Mr. Stinson was considered one of the most
successful salesmen in Piano Row, Chicago, before
the allurements of the thrilling special sales got a
grip on him. Now the quiet life palls on him. Be-
fore going to the Sioux City firm he was with the
Werner Piano Co., Chicago.
The LEADING LINE
WEAVER PIANOS
Grands, Uprights and Players
Finest and most artistic
piano in design, tone and
construction that can be
made.
Y O R K PIANOS
A high grade piano of great
value and with charming tone quality.
Livingston Pianos— Uprights and Player Pianos
A popular piano at a popular price.
Factory: YORK, PA.
Established 1S70
SCHUMANN PIANO COMPANY
218 South Wabash Avenue
CHICAGO
A LIVE LINE FOR LIVE DEALERS
WEBSTER
PIANOS AND PLAYERS
Fulfill Every Promise of
Profit to the Dealer
and Satisfaction to
His Customers.
NOTHING BETTER FOR YOUR TRADE
Manufactured by
THE WEBSTER PIANO CO.
450 Fifth Ave., NEW YORK CITY
W. P. HAINES & CO.
(INCORPORATED)
PLAYERS and PIANOS
138th Street and Walton Avenue
NEW YORK CITY
PRESTO
Paragon Piano Plates
Buyers' Guide
Absolutely Dependable
Best of Service
Indispensable t o
dealers and salesmen
Western manufacturers find that our facilities
and experience afford the best source of supplies.
TRADE MAMC
This Trade Msj-k it cast in the plate mod aj*o
B M upon tbe fall board ol aU Mourns
Pianos, and ail uriringer* wwl be
o
Bewajre of fcnitattons such, at
^ n u m i n n «V Company, sduftnann « Son,
and also Shu ( msui. as all stood! sb^p, diialcrs
axxd users of pianos bearing a 110034 u utntatioii
rf the name sctuujjann frith to* u tc&wn of
aeqamng the pubic mil be prosecu tea to the
fuO«rt extent 01 the law.
CHICAGO USA.
Uprights and Player Pianos
WEAVER PIANO CO- Inc.
Warning to Infringes
ADDRESS.
PRICE & TEEPLE PIANO CO.
Price & Teeple Piano Co.
TO WAKE UP IOWA.
Over 70,000 instruments made by this company are sing-
ing their own praises in all parts of the civilised world.
Write for catalogues and itate on what terms you would
like to deal, and we will make you a proposition if yor are
located in open territory.
Factory and Geitral Offices: ROCKFORD, ILL
CMCAGO WAKI04MS, NOITB AMERICA* ILD€.
HORNER PIANO CO. MOVES.
The Horner Piano Company will move on April
21 to its beautiful new warerooms at 631 W. North
Ave., Chicago, where a fine new line of pianos,
playerpianos, phonographs, player-rolls and records
will be carried. A formal opening reception will be
held on April 22, 23 and 24.
50 cts.the copy
Get Your Plates From Oregon
PARAGON FOUNDRIES COMPANY
OREGON, ILL.
W. M. VAN NATVK,
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PRESTO
STRICH & ZEIDLER, Inc.
GRAND, UPRIGHT and PLAYER
AND
HOMER PIANOS
740-742 East 136th Street
NEW YORK
.
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
Manufacturer of
PIANO
BASS STRINGS
21st St. and Fairmount Ave.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
"Built onfamily Pride"
Doll & Sons
Represent the Artistic
in Piano and Player Piano
' Construction
JACOB DOLL & SONS
STODDART
WELLSMORE
Jacob Doll & Sons, Inc.
Southern Boulevard, E. 133rd St.
E. 134th Strand Cypress Ave.
NEW YORK
April 24, 1920.
THE HAPPY LOT OF THE
INDEPENDENT TUNERS
W. C. Swan, One of the Fortunate Kind, Cites
Some Situations and Draws Conclusions.
"Of all the artisans in the trade the tuner can
be the most independent,"' says W. C. Swan, the
Dover, N. H., turner, who also believes that the
independent tuner—the tuner not allied with any
house—can be the most independent of all. "Sup-
pose you are an -attached' tuner and the house
sends you out to look over a piano that is not giv-
ing satisfaction," is the hypothetical situation he
suggests. "Perhaps you find something radically
wrong with the piano. What can you do?" asks
Mr. Swan. "You are supposed to work for the in-
terest of your employer, yet if you told the truth
you might lose your job. If you don't tell the
truth you lose your reputation. So there you are.
This is the predicament the employed tuner is al-
ways in. Personally, I don't believe it is the busi-
ness of the tuner to misrepresent the facts just to
shield the dealer. The owner has paid his good
money and is entitled to justice. So much for the
employed tuner.
"Now what about the independent? What should
he do in the above case? Simply tell the truth and
let the owner take it up with the dealer where he
bought the piano. When the employed tuner hesi-
tates to tell the truth for fear he might get 'in bad'
with the house the independent can tell the truth
and save his repuation. The tuner is asked to give
advice on pianos because the public believes that
the tuner knows or ought to know the business.
In this case by tuner I mean the legitimate tuner,
not the kind that puts soap on the abstracts to stop
a squeak, kerosene on tuning pins to prevent rust,
or soaks the action with oil to make it work easy.
Fred Stinson, a well-known Chicago expert on
special piano sales, has joined the sales staff of
the Sioux City Furniture Co., Sioux City, la., for
an active spring and summer campaign in the Iowa
field. The company has a piano department in each
store in a chain that covers a large section of the
state. Mr. Stinson was considered one of the most
successful salesmen in Piano Row, Chicago, before
the allurements of the thrilling special sales got a
grip on him. Now the quiet life palls on him. Be-
fore going to the Sioux City firm he was with the
Werner Piano Co., Chicago.
The LEADING LINE
WEAVER PIANOS
Grands, Uprights and Players
Finest and most artistic
piano in design, tone and
construction that can be
made.
Y O R K PIANOS
A high grade piano of great
value and with charming tone quality.
Livingston Pianos— Uprights and Player Pianos
A popular piano at a popular price.
Factory: YORK, PA.
Established 1S70
SCHUMANN PIANO COMPANY
218 South Wabash Avenue
CHICAGO
A LIVE LINE FOR LIVE DEALERS
WEBSTER
PIANOS AND PLAYERS
Fulfill Every Promise of
Profit to the Dealer
and Satisfaction to
His Customers.
NOTHING BETTER FOR YOUR TRADE
Manufactured by
THE WEBSTER PIANO CO.
450 Fifth Ave., NEW YORK CITY
W. P. HAINES & CO.
(INCORPORATED)
PLAYERS and PIANOS
138th Street and Walton Avenue
NEW YORK CITY
PRESTO
Paragon Piano Plates
Buyers' Guide
Absolutely Dependable
Best of Service
Indispensable t o
dealers and salesmen
Western manufacturers find that our facilities
and experience afford the best source of supplies.
TRADE MAMC
This Trade Msj-k it cast in the plate mod aj*o
B M upon tbe fall board ol aU Mourns
Pianos, and ail uriringer* wwl be
o
Bewajre of fcnitattons such, at
^ n u m i n n «V Company, sduftnann « Son,
and also Shu ( msui. as all stood! sb^p, diialcrs
axxd users of pianos bearing a 110034 u utntatioii
rf the name sctuujjann frith to* u tc&wn of
aeqamng the pubic mil be prosecu tea to the
fuO«rt extent 01 the law.
CHICAGO USA.
Uprights and Player Pianos
WEAVER PIANO CO- Inc.
Warning to Infringes
ADDRESS.
PRICE & TEEPLE PIANO CO.
Price & Teeple Piano Co.
TO WAKE UP IOWA.
Over 70,000 instruments made by this company are sing-
ing their own praises in all parts of the civilised world.
Write for catalogues and itate on what terms you would
like to deal, and we will make you a proposition if yor are
located in open territory.
Factory and Geitral Offices: ROCKFORD, ILL
CMCAGO WAKI04MS, NOITB AMERICA* ILD€.
HORNER PIANO CO. MOVES.
The Horner Piano Company will move on April
21 to its beautiful new warerooms at 631 W. North
Ave., Chicago, where a fine new line of pianos,
playerpianos, phonographs, player-rolls and records
will be carried. A formal opening reception will be
held on April 22, 23 and 24.
50 cts.the copy
Get Your Plates From Oregon
PARAGON FOUNDRIES COMPANY
OREGON, ILL.
W. M. VAN NATVK,
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).