Presto
Issue: 1920 1769 - Page 28
PRESTO
Schumann
PIANOS and PLAYER PIANOS
Have no superiors in appearance, tone
power or other essentials of strictly
leaders in the trade.
Warning to Infringers
fR40BMIRK
This Trade Mark is cast
in the plate and also ap-
pears upon the fall board
of all genuine Schumann
Pianos, and all infringers
will be prosecuted. Beware
of imitations such as Schu-
mann & Company, Schu-
mann & Son, and also
Shuman,
as
all
stencil
shops, dealers and users of
pianos bearing a name In
imitation
of
the
name
Schumann with the inten-
tion of deceiving the public
will be prosecuted to the
fullest extent of the law.
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, 111.
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
Manufacturer ot
PIANO
BASS STRINGS
21st St. and Fairmount Ave.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
June 19, 1920.
WHEN PROFESSIONAL
SHOPPER IRRITATES
Irrepressible Female Who Makes Life an Irritant
for Clerks, Plagues Phonograph Salesmen.
Of course the professional shopper, the woman who
shops forever and never buys, occasionally encum-
bers the overstuffed chairs in the talking machine
store. She is among the continuous stream of
visitors at which the demonstrations are directed.
But no matter how tempting the talking machine
concert "may be, the irritating party whose con-
genial diversion it is to discover the price of things,
she has not the remotest intention of buying, is not
held long by its thrall. In the talking machine store
she is off her trail and soon gets back to the big
department store where there is a limitless field for
collecting her statistics.
For this party there is no thrill in listening to a
persuasive salesman telling nineteen necessary facts
about a phonograph she has not the ghost of a no-
tion of buying. In the same time spent in the
flufferies of the lingerie department in the next
block she can learn 640 different ways in which a
dollar seventy-five may be squandered.
In the talking machine store the keen zest of
warfare is missing for the professional shopper.
There the obliging salesman will demonstrate any
machine her haphazard fancy may fix on. In the
department store, on the contrary, the saleswomen
have long declined, except under the pressure of
the floorwalker, any necessity for obliging Mrs. Pro-
fesh. The talking machine salesman is trusting and
in the matter of patience Job was a grouch com-
pared to him. And blind! Why any little Flossie at
the ribbon counter can give him pointers in
perspicacity.
ADDRESS-
PRICE & TEEPLE PIANO CO.
CHICAGO U S A .
Price & Teeple Piano Co.
218 South Wabash Avenue
CHICAGO
CELEBRATES CONSOLIDATION.
Dinner was served to forty officials and employes
of the D. L. Whittle Music Company, Dallas, Tex.,
recently at the Oriental Hotel, celebrating the con-
solidation of the Marley Music Company, carrying
the whole Aeolian-Vocalion line, with the Whittle
Music Co. Among the speakers were A. P. Doty
of the Aeolian-Vocalion Co., New York City; A. P.
Cowand, H. D. Gupton, A. M. Belcher, Phil H.
Pierce, D. L. Whittle, Miss Hazel Corby and Mrs.
Frances Bates, and others. Mr. Whittle told of the
development of the San Antonio house, which, he
said, has shown progress since the day it was
opened. He told also of plans for the opening of a
store in Fort Worth early next year. Mr. Cowand,
third man in the organization, referred to the in-
crease in the number of employes from twenty-six
last year to fifty-four this year. Mr. Doty compli-
mented Mr. Whittle on the splendid organization
and predicted wonderful progress for it.
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
"Built on Family 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 St. and Cypress Ave.
NEW YORK
W. P. HAINES & CO.
Your Prospective Customers
APOLLO
9h Suppose tt *>4POLLO
docs cost us both
a little
Send Them Sales Letters
You can produce sales or inquiries with per-
sonal letters. Many concerns all over U. S.
are profitably using Sales Letters^we write.
Send for free instructive booklet, "Valut of
.Sales Lettert."
Ross-Gould
_ K^d i I in£»
Si*. Louis
PL4NO COMB4NY
PRESTO
Paragon Piano Plates
Buyers' Guide
Absolutely Dependable
Best of Service
Indispensable to
dealers and salesmen
Western manufacturers find that our facilities
and experience afford the best source of supplies.
(INCORPORATED)
PLAYERS and PIANOS
138th Street and Walton Avenue
NEW YORK CITY
50 cts.the copy
Get Your Plates From Oregon
PARAGON FOUNDRIES COMPANY
OREGON, ILL.
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Schumann
PIANOS and PLAYER PIANOS
Have no superiors in appearance, tone
power or other essentials of strictly
leaders in the trade.
Warning to Infringers
fR40BMIRK
This Trade Mark is cast
in the plate and also ap-
pears upon the fall board
of all genuine Schumann
Pianos, and all infringers
will be prosecuted. Beware
of imitations such as Schu-
mann & Company, Schu-
mann & Son, and also
Shuman,
as
all
stencil
shops, dealers and users of
pianos bearing a name In
imitation
of
the
name
Schumann with the inten-
tion of deceiving the public
will be prosecuted to the
fullest extent of the law.
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, 111.
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
Manufacturer ot
PIANO
BASS STRINGS
21st St. and Fairmount Ave.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
June 19, 1920.
WHEN PROFESSIONAL
SHOPPER IRRITATES
Irrepressible Female Who Makes Life an Irritant
for Clerks, Plagues Phonograph Salesmen.
Of course the professional shopper, the woman who
shops forever and never buys, occasionally encum-
bers the overstuffed chairs in the talking machine
store. She is among the continuous stream of
visitors at which the demonstrations are directed.
But no matter how tempting the talking machine
concert "may be, the irritating party whose con-
genial diversion it is to discover the price of things,
she has not the remotest intention of buying, is not
held long by its thrall. In the talking machine store
she is off her trail and soon gets back to the big
department store where there is a limitless field for
collecting her statistics.
For this party there is no thrill in listening to a
persuasive salesman telling nineteen necessary facts
about a phonograph she has not the ghost of a no-
tion of buying. In the same time spent in the
flufferies of the lingerie department in the next
block she can learn 640 different ways in which a
dollar seventy-five may be squandered.
In the talking machine store the keen zest of
warfare is missing for the professional shopper.
There the obliging salesman will demonstrate any
machine her haphazard fancy may fix on. In the
department store, on the contrary, the saleswomen
have long declined, except under the pressure of
the floorwalker, any necessity for obliging Mrs. Pro-
fesh. The talking machine salesman is trusting and
in the matter of patience Job was a grouch com-
pared to him. And blind! Why any little Flossie at
the ribbon counter can give him pointers in
perspicacity.
ADDRESS-
PRICE & TEEPLE PIANO CO.
CHICAGO U S A .
Price & Teeple Piano Co.
218 South Wabash Avenue
CHICAGO
CELEBRATES CONSOLIDATION.
Dinner was served to forty officials and employes
of the D. L. Whittle Music Company, Dallas, Tex.,
recently at the Oriental Hotel, celebrating the con-
solidation of the Marley Music Company, carrying
the whole Aeolian-Vocalion line, with the Whittle
Music Co. Among the speakers were A. P. Doty
of the Aeolian-Vocalion Co., New York City; A. P.
Cowand, H. D. Gupton, A. M. Belcher, Phil H.
Pierce, D. L. Whittle, Miss Hazel Corby and Mrs.
Frances Bates, and others. Mr. Whittle told of the
development of the San Antonio house, which, he
said, has shown progress since the day it was
opened. He told also of plans for the opening of a
store in Fort Worth early next year. Mr. Cowand,
third man in the organization, referred to the in-
crease in the number of employes from twenty-six
last year to fifty-four this year. Mr. Doty compli-
mented Mr. Whittle on the splendid organization
and predicted wonderful progress for it.
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
"Built on Family 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 St. and Cypress Ave.
NEW YORK
W. P. HAINES & CO.
Your Prospective Customers
APOLLO
9h Suppose tt *>4POLLO
docs cost us both
a little
Send Them Sales Letters
You can produce sales or inquiries with per-
sonal letters. Many concerns all over U. S.
are profitably using Sales Letters^we write.
Send for free instructive booklet, "Valut of
.Sales Lettert."
Ross-Gould
_ K^d i I in£»
Si*. Louis
PL4NO COMB4NY
PRESTO
Paragon Piano Plates
Buyers' Guide
Absolutely Dependable
Best of Service
Indispensable to
dealers and salesmen
Western manufacturers find that our facilities
and experience afford the best source of supplies.
(INCORPORATED)
PLAYERS and PIANOS
138th Street and Walton Avenue
NEW YORK CITY
50 cts.the copy
Get Your Plates From Oregon
PARAGON FOUNDRIES COMPANY
OREGON, 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).