Presto
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PRESTO
May 1, 1920.
ing only to find that his brother still slept on. At
dawn the song" was done.
"Decidedly the gem of all song romances of the
records is that of "Robin Adair." The,wonder is
that none has given a musical setting to its charm-
ing story for the stage. This love-story reached its
happy climax in the marriage of Robin Adair, its
Irish hero, to the Lady Caroline Keppel, daughter
of the Earl of Albemarle, in 1758. The romance
was that of a lowly medical student and a high-born
Maywood, 111.—William A. Bennett has purchased
lady. It was vainly frowned at by Lady Caroline's
the store at Eighteenth avenue and Lake street,
family.
Melrose Park, 111., and will remodel it for use as a
Robin Adair.
phonograph shop.
"Trying at last that ancient but ineffectual rem-
The Ringle Furniture Store, Warsaw, Ind., has
edy, stern separation, the young girl was sent a- purchased the Edison Phonograph department^ of
journeying, far from disturbing, youthful Irishmen. the A. H. Keller Company at South Bend.
In one of these enforced separations Lady Caroline
The name of the Grafonola Shop, North Crystal
wrote the poem of 'Robin Adair/ which was to
Lake, 111., has been changed to the K. H. Nelson
make their love immortal.
"It was the sincere, frank outpouring of a devoted Music Co. The purchaser has stores in Harvard,
girlish heart, grieving for the man from whom 111., Delavan and Whitewater, Wis., and Dowagiac,
Fate had torn her. That she was faithful to him Mich.
• through it all is fully proved by the fact that the
The Harris & Mowry Co., Woonsocket, R. I.,
poem 'Robin Adair' was written by Lady Caroline has added the Brunswick line of phonographs to its
Keppell in 1753 or 1754 and her marriage with him offerings.
did not take place until February, 1758. Only then
McVemore & Adams succeed J. A. Dyche in Lon-
was the consent wrung from her parents when the don,
Ky. The firm deals in hardware with a thriv-
girl lingered near death from grief. The melody ing talking
machine department. C. F. Jones is
that Lady Caroline put to her song, and that Robin
himself had taught her, was 'Eileen Aroon.' There manager of the latter.
The Diehl Piano Company. Sterling, 111., moved
are two versions of it, one Irish, the other Scotch.
Its original composer was Carrol O'Daly, who gave last week from the store on East Main street to the
rooms over the Bradley-Boynton store.
it to Ireland in 1385 or 1386, to be primly exact."
BJUR BROS. C
ESTABLISHED 1887
Makers of
Pianos and Players of Quality
Manufacture ft of Bjur Bros. Piancs
705-717 WHITLOCK AVENUE. NEW YORK
HALLET & DAVIS
Grand
Small Grand
Upright
Player Piano
PIANOS
Handled by the
most successful
retailers in the
country.
HOME OFFICE, 146 Boylston St., Boston
WAREROOMS, Boston, New York, Chicago
FACTORY: Boston
FUEHR
Standardized by The Quality
Every Instrument in this Line
&
a Trade Winner because it
STEMMER is possesses
Musical Character-
PIANOS
PLAYERS
AND
PHONOGRAPHS
istics far Exceeding the Price
asked for it.
Write for Catalogues and Particular*.
Fuehr & Stemmer Piano Co.
18-22 E. 24th St.
Chicago, Illinois
The Sign of
Factory
1535 Altgeld Street, CHICAGO
Old Number. 244 Wabash A
New Number, 305 S. Wabash
Two Companies Declare Quarterly Dividends of
Two Per Cent on Preferred Stock.
The Columbia Graphophone Factories Corpora-
tion of Maryland has declared an initial quarterly
dividend of $2 a share on the preferred stock, pay-
able May 1 to holders of record April 24.
The Emerson Phonograph Company, Inc., has de-
clared an initial quarterly dividend of 2 per cent on
the preferred stock, payable May 15 to holders of
record April 30.
Columbia Graphophone Manufacturing Co. is of-
fering its common stockholders of record May 3
the right to subscribe to 192,000 additional shares
of common stock at $27.50 a share.
Don M. Kelley, of Kelley, Drayton & Co., New
York, has been elected a director of the General
Phonograph Corporation.
BLIND TO OPPORTUNITY.
A man connected with a piano factory says that
many retailers do not seem to recognize to its full-
est extent the opportunities created by the present
conditions. "The consumer," he said, "is better
posted on the situation than the average merchant.
The retail customer is willing to buy a better class
of merchandise, and yet we have some storekeepers
offering him bargains. Some manufacturers are hav-
ing the hardest time in their lives trying to con-
vince their retail patrons thai now is the time to
feature high-priced merchandise, and to buy liber-
ally of the better grades of goods."
CT"\
HONEST W
f t t t
/""p
»
The Sign of
LIBERAL
PIANOS r X f l f l / ^ VALUES
WESERBROS.,lnc.
NEW YORK
BRINKERHOFF
Player-Pianos ' and Pianos
rhe Lln« That Sell* Easily and Satisfiea Always
BRINKERHOFF PIANO CO. 0 F F I C zS^S E ? t D i CHICAGO
SWAN PIANOS
SWAN ORGANS
are of the highest grade
The tremendous superi-
t h a t c a n be obtained %k $. t *- svv * * - ority of the SWAN R M d
through over 50 years of % ^ Q ^ \ # Organs over all others li«t
practical experience in 1 JLEH 4 8
piano and organ building. JfiUj / Jf
Illustrations a n d c a t a- (^3§5i*j 5gj5)
logues of various styles ^ciwSej .IAH&>
will be furnished pi a n a
merchants on application.
in the absolute mechanism
and scientific perfection is
the bellows action and stop
action, making it the fast
value in modern org&a
building.
S. N. SWAN & SONS, M.™ ...cure,,, FREEPORT, ILL
BAUER PIANOS
JULIUS BAUER ® COMPANY
Office and Wareroomi
NEWS OF THE INDUSTRIES
Leins Piano Company
NEW
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
F A C T O R Y . 3 0 4 W. 4 2 n d St.. NEW YORK
*Uhe K o h l e r C C a m p b e l l P i a n o is thoBest Piano in theWorldfor theMoney
Everybody says so !Why ? Because their enormous output permits the manufacture of
an instrument it is impossible to equal for the money on any lesser scale of production^
Kohler ^Campbell. 50th.Street e>llth.Avenue.NewYbrkCity "
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PRESTO
May 1, 1920.
ing only to find that his brother still slept on. At
dawn the song" was done.
"Decidedly the gem of all song romances of the
records is that of "Robin Adair." The,wonder is
that none has given a musical setting to its charm-
ing story for the stage. This love-story reached its
happy climax in the marriage of Robin Adair, its
Irish hero, to the Lady Caroline Keppel, daughter
of the Earl of Albemarle, in 1758. The romance
was that of a lowly medical student and a high-born
Maywood, 111.—William A. Bennett has purchased
lady. It was vainly frowned at by Lady Caroline's
the store at Eighteenth avenue and Lake street,
family.
Melrose Park, 111., and will remodel it for use as a
Robin Adair.
phonograph shop.
"Trying at last that ancient but ineffectual rem-
The Ringle Furniture Store, Warsaw, Ind., has
edy, stern separation, the young girl was sent a- purchased the Edison Phonograph department^ of
journeying, far from disturbing, youthful Irishmen. the A. H. Keller Company at South Bend.
In one of these enforced separations Lady Caroline
The name of the Grafonola Shop, North Crystal
wrote the poem of 'Robin Adair/ which was to
Lake, 111., has been changed to the K. H. Nelson
make their love immortal.
"It was the sincere, frank outpouring of a devoted Music Co. The purchaser has stores in Harvard,
girlish heart, grieving for the man from whom 111., Delavan and Whitewater, Wis., and Dowagiac,
Fate had torn her. That she was faithful to him Mich.
• through it all is fully proved by the fact that the
The Harris & Mowry Co., Woonsocket, R. I.,
poem 'Robin Adair' was written by Lady Caroline has added the Brunswick line of phonographs to its
Keppell in 1753 or 1754 and her marriage with him offerings.
did not take place until February, 1758. Only then
McVemore & Adams succeed J. A. Dyche in Lon-
was the consent wrung from her parents when the don,
Ky. The firm deals in hardware with a thriv-
girl lingered near death from grief. The melody ing talking
machine department. C. F. Jones is
that Lady Caroline put to her song, and that Robin
himself had taught her, was 'Eileen Aroon.' There manager of the latter.
The Diehl Piano Company. Sterling, 111., moved
are two versions of it, one Irish, the other Scotch.
Its original composer was Carrol O'Daly, who gave last week from the store on East Main street to the
rooms over the Bradley-Boynton store.
it to Ireland in 1385 or 1386, to be primly exact."
BJUR BROS. C
ESTABLISHED 1887
Makers of
Pianos and Players of Quality
Manufacture ft of Bjur Bros. Piancs
705-717 WHITLOCK AVENUE. NEW YORK
HALLET & DAVIS
Grand
Small Grand
Upright
Player Piano
PIANOS
Handled by the
most successful
retailers in the
country.
HOME OFFICE, 146 Boylston St., Boston
WAREROOMS, Boston, New York, Chicago
FACTORY: Boston
FUEHR
Standardized by The Quality
Every Instrument in this Line
&
a Trade Winner because it
STEMMER is possesses
Musical Character-
PIANOS
PLAYERS
AND
PHONOGRAPHS
istics far Exceeding the Price
asked for it.
Write for Catalogues and Particular*.
Fuehr & Stemmer Piano Co.
18-22 E. 24th St.
Chicago, Illinois
The Sign of
Factory
1535 Altgeld Street, CHICAGO
Old Number. 244 Wabash A
New Number, 305 S. Wabash
Two Companies Declare Quarterly Dividends of
Two Per Cent on Preferred Stock.
The Columbia Graphophone Factories Corpora-
tion of Maryland has declared an initial quarterly
dividend of $2 a share on the preferred stock, pay-
able May 1 to holders of record April 24.
The Emerson Phonograph Company, Inc., has de-
clared an initial quarterly dividend of 2 per cent on
the preferred stock, payable May 15 to holders of
record April 30.
Columbia Graphophone Manufacturing Co. is of-
fering its common stockholders of record May 3
the right to subscribe to 192,000 additional shares
of common stock at $27.50 a share.
Don M. Kelley, of Kelley, Drayton & Co., New
York, has been elected a director of the General
Phonograph Corporation.
BLIND TO OPPORTUNITY.
A man connected with a piano factory says that
many retailers do not seem to recognize to its full-
est extent the opportunities created by the present
conditions. "The consumer," he said, "is better
posted on the situation than the average merchant.
The retail customer is willing to buy a better class
of merchandise, and yet we have some storekeepers
offering him bargains. Some manufacturers are hav-
ing the hardest time in their lives trying to con-
vince their retail patrons thai now is the time to
feature high-priced merchandise, and to buy liber-
ally of the better grades of goods."
CT"\
HONEST W
f t t t
/""p
»
The Sign of
LIBERAL
PIANOS r X f l f l / ^ VALUES
WESERBROS.,lnc.
NEW YORK
BRINKERHOFF
Player-Pianos ' and Pianos
rhe Lln« That Sell* Easily and Satisfiea Always
BRINKERHOFF PIANO CO. 0 F F I C zS^S E ? t D i CHICAGO
SWAN PIANOS
SWAN ORGANS
are of the highest grade
The tremendous superi-
t h a t c a n be obtained %k $. t *- svv * * - ority of the SWAN R M d
through over 50 years of % ^ Q ^ \ # Organs over all others li«t
practical experience in 1 JLEH 4 8
piano and organ building. JfiUj / Jf
Illustrations a n d c a t a- (^3§5i*j 5gj5)
logues of various styles ^ciwSej .IAH&>
will be furnished pi a n a
merchants on application.
in the absolute mechanism
and scientific perfection is
the bellows action and stop
action, making it the fast
value in modern org&a
building.
S. N. SWAN & SONS, M.™ ...cure,,, FREEPORT, ILL
BAUER PIANOS
JULIUS BAUER ® COMPANY
Office and Wareroomi
NEWS OF THE INDUSTRIES
Leins Piano Company
NEW
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
F A C T O R Y . 3 0 4 W. 4 2 n d St.. NEW YORK
*Uhe K o h l e r C C a m p b e l l P i a n o is thoBest Piano in theWorldfor theMoney
Everybody says so !Why ? Because their enormous output permits the manufacture of
an instrument it is impossible to equal for the money on any lesser scale of production^
Kohler ^Campbell. 50th.Street e>llth.Avenue.NewYbrkCity "
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).