Presto
Issue: 1920 1777 - Page 12
PRESTO
12
WILL GERMAN EXPORT
SUPREMACY COME BACK?
Question Easily Suggests Itself When Economic
Policies Fallen Flat are Considered.
In the months following the signing of the armis-
tice Germany's foreign piano business appeared as
a negligible quantity. It was the fashion for writ-
ers to allude to German export trade in the past
tense. If anything was said about German piano
exports it generally was an expression of the hope-
lessness of German foreign piano trade revival
within any reasonable period. But is German ex-
port a thing of the past; something hard to revive
when all the circumstances are considered? In
view of what has occurred since the war ended,
how vain appear not only the predictions made
while it was in progress but also the studied poli-
cies solemnly determined to be put into effect when
peace came! This is especially the case as regards
the matter of economic policy, which was regarded
as most important because of the revelations of the
manner in which the Germans had been dominating
in certain great and essential lines of industry and
trade.
It is worth recalling that a little more than a year
after the war began there was held the famous
Paris Economic Conference, which was attended by
statesmen, economists and leaders of opinion of the
allied nations. After much discussion and delibera-
tion a carefully drawn up course of procedure was
mapped out for the reciprocal conduct of the nations
participating and their future relations to the Cen-
tral Powers. A great feature of it was the manner
in which it was proposed to cripple the latter. Not
a single feature of this has been found to be feas-
ible.
Later on a distinguished and able body of Brit-
ish statesmen, economists and leaders in various in-
dustries spent months in formulating for the em-
pire what was called a "commercial and financial
policy after the war." In this the period of recon-
struction and the subsequent period were separately
and elaborately treated and provision made for each.
Practically not a single suggestion of all those
made has been put into operation. The unforeseen
and unforeseeable change in events made all pre-
vision worthless.
PUBLICITY MEN MOVE.
Owing to alterations being carried out in the
quarters of the American Piano Co., 437 Fifth ave-
nue, New York, the Publicity Department has been
removed to temporary quarters. F. H. B. Byrne and
his department staff are now loacted at 129 East
Thirty-ninth street.
LOOMIS NOW MANAGER.
William L. Loomis of Baltimore has assumed his
duties as manager of the piano department of the
Gewehr Piano Co., Wilmington, Del. He is well-
known to the piano trade of the East, and for three
years has been manager of the piano department of
Cohen & Hughes of Baltimore, Md.
BJUR BROS. CO.
ESTABLISHED 18*7
Makers of
Fiancs and Players of Quality
Manufacturer! cf Fjur Brce. Piems
705-717 WH1TLO(K AVENUE. NEW YOF
HALLET & DAVIS
Grand
Small Grand
Upright
Player Piano
Handled by the
most successful
retailers in the
country.
PIANOS
HOME OFFICE, 146 Boylston St., Boston
WAREROOMS, Boston, New York, Chicago
August 14, 1920.
FACTORY: Boston
ACTIVITY NOTED
AT VARIOUS POINTS
Little Items Telling of Activity of Live Ones in
Selling Field.
R. O. Boes, formerly with the Wurlitzer Co., Day-
ton, O., is a new man in the sales department of
Sherman, Clay & Co., Sacramento, Cal.
C. M. Sigler, Inc., is the "Home of the Steinway"
in Harrisburg, Pa. The main store is at 30 N. Second
street. A branch in Millersburg, Pa., is located in
the Brubaker block. The firm is one of the earliest
in the trade to adopt the one-price system. Of
its line it says: "Every one an honest instrument—
honestly sold."
Friedrich's, Grand Rapids, Mich., guarantee to
sell pianos "that live a lifetime." The instruments
offered have qualities that guarantee the economy in
their selection by the years of good service they will
render.
The music stores of Waterbury, Conn., close
every Wednesday afternoon during the summer
months. The rule will continue until September 1.
Benjamin L. Rich, proprietor of B. L. Rich &
Co., Fitchburg, Mass., died suddenly recently.
C. E. Jackson, wholesale sales manager of The
Cable Company, Chicago, has been spending his
summer vacation at Belvedere Beach, Mich.
The Sign of
The Sign of
HONEST
PIANOS
LIBERAL
VALUES
WESERBSOUnc.
NEW YORK
BRINKERHOFF
Player-Pianos and Pianos
rhe Lin* That S*ll« Easily and Satisfies AI way.
BRINKERHOFF PIANO CO. ' " M S 1 " ' CHICAGO
Not An Every Day Proposition
SWAN PIANOS
You can liven things up with the enthusiasm of the "Right Goods"
if you sell the high class
are of the highest grade
t h a t c a n be obtained
through over 50 years of
practical experience in
piano and organ building.
Illustrations and cata-
logues of various styles
will be furnished piane
merchants on application.
trauh?
PIANOS AND PLAYER-PIANOS
If your line is already a strong one you can make it still stronger
bv adding the ^traubf. LET US HEAR FROM YOU.
STRAUBE PIANO CO,
General Offices and Factory:
HAMMOND, IND.
BAUER PIANOS
JULIUS BAUER @ COMPANY
factory
t>33 A It geld Street. CHICAGO
Office and Warerooms
Old Number, 244 Wab&ah A*
New Number, 305 S. W&bash Ai
SWAN ORGANS
% fla 4~\
The tremendous superi-
ority of the SWAN Reed
Organs over all others li«s
in the absolute mechanism
and scientific perfection i»
the bellows action and stop
action, making it the best
value in modern organ
building.
SWM « SMS, "~~-..i FIEEMIT, ILL
E. Leins Piano Company
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
NEW FACTORY. 304 W. 42nd St.. NEW YORK
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 theMoneu
Everybody says so /Why ? Because their enormous output permits the manufacture or
an instrument it is impossible to equal for the money on any lesser scale of production i
Kohler £,Campbell. 50th. Street &11 th. Avenue. Nev/Ybrk City
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12
WILL GERMAN EXPORT
SUPREMACY COME BACK?
Question Easily Suggests Itself When Economic
Policies Fallen Flat are Considered.
In the months following the signing of the armis-
tice Germany's foreign piano business appeared as
a negligible quantity. It was the fashion for writ-
ers to allude to German export trade in the past
tense. If anything was said about German piano
exports it generally was an expression of the hope-
lessness of German foreign piano trade revival
within any reasonable period. But is German ex-
port a thing of the past; something hard to revive
when all the circumstances are considered? In
view of what has occurred since the war ended,
how vain appear not only the predictions made
while it was in progress but also the studied poli-
cies solemnly determined to be put into effect when
peace came! This is especially the case as regards
the matter of economic policy, which was regarded
as most important because of the revelations of the
manner in which the Germans had been dominating
in certain great and essential lines of industry and
trade.
It is worth recalling that a little more than a year
after the war began there was held the famous
Paris Economic Conference, which was attended by
statesmen, economists and leaders of opinion of the
allied nations. After much discussion and delibera-
tion a carefully drawn up course of procedure was
mapped out for the reciprocal conduct of the nations
participating and their future relations to the Cen-
tral Powers. A great feature of it was the manner
in which it was proposed to cripple the latter. Not
a single feature of this has been found to be feas-
ible.
Later on a distinguished and able body of Brit-
ish statesmen, economists and leaders in various in-
dustries spent months in formulating for the em-
pire what was called a "commercial and financial
policy after the war." In this the period of recon-
struction and the subsequent period were separately
and elaborately treated and provision made for each.
Practically not a single suggestion of all those
made has been put into operation. The unforeseen
and unforeseeable change in events made all pre-
vision worthless.
PUBLICITY MEN MOVE.
Owing to alterations being carried out in the
quarters of the American Piano Co., 437 Fifth ave-
nue, New York, the Publicity Department has been
removed to temporary quarters. F. H. B. Byrne and
his department staff are now loacted at 129 East
Thirty-ninth street.
LOOMIS NOW MANAGER.
William L. Loomis of Baltimore has assumed his
duties as manager of the piano department of the
Gewehr Piano Co., Wilmington, Del. He is well-
known to the piano trade of the East, and for three
years has been manager of the piano department of
Cohen & Hughes of Baltimore, Md.
BJUR BROS. CO.
ESTABLISHED 18*7
Makers of
Fiancs and Players of Quality
Manufacturer! cf Fjur Brce. Piems
705-717 WH1TLO(K AVENUE. NEW YOF
HALLET & DAVIS
Grand
Small Grand
Upright
Player Piano
Handled by the
most successful
retailers in the
country.
PIANOS
HOME OFFICE, 146 Boylston St., Boston
WAREROOMS, Boston, New York, Chicago
August 14, 1920.
FACTORY: Boston
ACTIVITY NOTED
AT VARIOUS POINTS
Little Items Telling of Activity of Live Ones in
Selling Field.
R. O. Boes, formerly with the Wurlitzer Co., Day-
ton, O., is a new man in the sales department of
Sherman, Clay & Co., Sacramento, Cal.
C. M. Sigler, Inc., is the "Home of the Steinway"
in Harrisburg, Pa. The main store is at 30 N. Second
street. A branch in Millersburg, Pa., is located in
the Brubaker block. The firm is one of the earliest
in the trade to adopt the one-price system. Of
its line it says: "Every one an honest instrument—
honestly sold."
Friedrich's, Grand Rapids, Mich., guarantee to
sell pianos "that live a lifetime." The instruments
offered have qualities that guarantee the economy in
their selection by the years of good service they will
render.
The music stores of Waterbury, Conn., close
every Wednesday afternoon during the summer
months. The rule will continue until September 1.
Benjamin L. Rich, proprietor of B. L. Rich &
Co., Fitchburg, Mass., died suddenly recently.
C. E. Jackson, wholesale sales manager of The
Cable Company, Chicago, has been spending his
summer vacation at Belvedere Beach, Mich.
The Sign of
The Sign of
HONEST
PIANOS
LIBERAL
VALUES
WESERBSOUnc.
NEW YORK
BRINKERHOFF
Player-Pianos and Pianos
rhe Lin* That S*ll« Easily and Satisfies AI way.
BRINKERHOFF PIANO CO. ' " M S 1 " ' CHICAGO
Not An Every Day Proposition
SWAN PIANOS
You can liven things up with the enthusiasm of the "Right Goods"
if you sell the high class
are of the highest grade
t h a t c a n be obtained
through over 50 years of
practical experience in
piano and organ building.
Illustrations and cata-
logues of various styles
will be furnished piane
merchants on application.
trauh?
PIANOS AND PLAYER-PIANOS
If your line is already a strong one you can make it still stronger
bv adding the ^traubf. LET US HEAR FROM YOU.
STRAUBE PIANO CO,
General Offices and Factory:
HAMMOND, IND.
BAUER PIANOS
JULIUS BAUER @ COMPANY
factory
t>33 A It geld Street. CHICAGO
Office and Warerooms
Old Number, 244 Wab&ah A*
New Number, 305 S. W&bash Ai
SWAN ORGANS
% fla 4~\
The tremendous superi-
ority of the SWAN Reed
Organs over all others li«s
in the absolute mechanism
and scientific perfection i»
the bellows action and stop
action, making it the best
value in modern organ
building.
SWM « SMS, "~~-..i FIEEMIT, ILL
E. Leins Piano Company
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
NEW FACTORY. 304 W. 42nd St.. NEW YORK
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 theMoneu
Everybody says so /Why ? Because their enormous output permits the manufacture or
an instrument it is impossible to equal for the money on any lesser scale of production i
Kohler £,Campbell. 50th. Street &11 th. Avenue. Nev/Ybrk City
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).