Presto
Issue: 1920 1783 - Page 28
PRESTO
28
September 25, 1920.
ENTER THE SUPERIOR.
The "Superior" phonograph is the latest addition
to the ranks of talking machines manufactured in
Wisconsin, strengthening still further the rank of
the Badger State as one of the principal producers
of these instruments. The Superior Manufacturers,
Inc., is the name of the corporation formed to
handle the enterprise. A factory has been opened
at First street and Hughitt avenue, in Superior, and
quantity production is now under way. A distribut-
The Scranton Talking Machine Co. is one of the ing organization has been built up reaching east
liveliest phonograph houses in that section. The to New York and west as far as Montana. Officers
handsome warerooms are at 215 Lackawanna avenue. of the company are: President, Lief Larson; vice-
Thall, the furniture dealer, Titusville, Pa., sells president, C. T. Robinson; secretary and treasurer,
the Player-Tone Phonograph. "At the opening of Oliver W. Johnson.
school, jrour tho.ughts naturally turn to the educa-
tion of your children. No education is complete
DEALER TO MANUFACTURER.
without music. Bring your youngsters in contact
J. K. Morgan, proprietor of a music store in the
with not only the world's best musicians, but with Leiter Building, Chicago, plans to begin the manu-
the great educators and entertainers," says the C. J. facture of phonographs, limiting his product to a
Schmidt Piano Co., Tiffin, O.
particular cabinet style. Through advertising and
The Pathe line is featured by Cappel's, Dayton, an efficient sales force Mr. Morgan has established
a prosperous business in the building at the corner
Ohio.
of State and Van Buren streets which once housed
Indianapolis talking machine dealers may have Siegel, Cooper & Co.
another and bigger association if desire and talk
ever crystalizes.
H. K. Mance, formerly manager of the piano de-
John McKenna is the new manager of the Chicago partment of the Stewart Dry Goods Co., Louisville,
branch of the Columbia Graphophone Co. He was Ky., has joined the sales forces of E. Paul Hamilton
formerly manager of the St. Louis branch.
in Baltimore, Md.
The Platt Music Company, Los Angeles, Calif.,
which formerly carried the Columbia line, will in
"After a weary day—the Euphona Inner-Player,"
says B. S. Porter & Son, Lima, O.
future handle the Victor line exclusively.
PATHE NOTES OFFERED
Phonograph Company's Authorized Issue to Be
Convertible Into Common Stock.
Montgomery & Co., Frazier & Co., and Cassatt
& Co. are offering at 98]/ 2 and interest, to yield over
81-2 per cent, $1,500,000 Pathe Freres Phonograph
Co. three year 8 per cent sinking fund notes dated
Aug. 2, 1920, and due Aug. 1, 1923. They are part
of an authorized issue of $2,000,000.
The notes are convertible into common stock at
$35 a share. Net current assets of the company are
$3,686,296 or 245 per cent of the outstanding notes,
and net tangible assets, without deducting these
notes, are $6,166,007 or 411 per cent of the outstand-
ing notes. The company has no bonds or mort-
gages, except one real estate mortgage of $5,000
which can not now be paid off.
The fiscal agent for the sale of the Pathe gold
notes is the firm of Dangler, Lapham & Co., 1101
Harris Trust Building. Mr. Lapham, of the firm,
is a son of one of Chicago's most active piano men
and he has many friends in the trade who will gladly
"take his word for it" that the phonograph invest-
ment is a good one.
EXPLAINS USE OF LONG HAIR.
George—"Why do musicians generally wear long
hair?"
Mary—"I suppose they think it is necessary to
have plenty of locks to match their keys."
—Indianapolis Star.
THE
FINDLAY PIANO TRUCK
Nothing Else Like It
HAVE MONEY IN THEM FOR ANY RESPONSIBLE DEALER
They bear critical comparison with any others, They are beautiful
instruments with the winning tone-tjuality. The new Kreiter Factory k
•oe of the largest and best equipped in the world, Let Us Hear From You
KREITER MFG. CO.. Inc
Faotory:
M&rinette. Wls.
The Findlay Truck
is a two-piece-end
truck with lifting
handles and is Self-
Lifting; no lifting
to truck the piano.
You get more
than full value
for every dollar
invested in this
truck.
175-79 THIRD ST.. MILWAUKEE. WIS
Blace that Want Ad in Presto
SC9AFFPIANOSTR1NGC0.
Manufacturers of
MANUFACTURERS OP
PIANOS
PLAYER PIANOS
Tbe merits and high value of these trucks are intensely interest-
lutf, a 3 k us to tell more about them. You can pay more, but
you can't get as good a one anywhere else for the money.
15he Ularuialo
Th* Play* r Piano that i« all but human
FACTORIES:
Your Money Back If You Want It
FINDLAY PIANO TRUCK CO.
FINDLAY. OHIO
Piano-Forte
Bass Strings
CINCINNATI
CHICAGO
E offer exceptional ad-
vantages to those who
wish to push the Piano busi-
ness on sound and progres-
sive lines. For all informa-
tion apply to
W
19-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Corner Lewis Street
CHICAGO
124 W. Fourth St. 823 S. Wabash Ave.
CINCINNATI
CHICAGO
KRAKAUER BROS.
NEW YORK CITY
ADAM SCHAAF
Established 1873
MANUFACTURER OP
GRANB, UPRIQH1 and PLAYER-PIANOS
Factory
Park Ave. and Fillmore St.
*nd B. & O. C. T. R. R.
m
m
CHICAGO
Office and Salesroom*
700-702 West Madison Str**
321 Wabash Avenu*
PIANOS
Tfc« H«ppe, Marcellus and Edouard Jules PitM
manufactured by the
HEPPE PIANO COMPANY
•re the only pianos in the world with
Three Sounding Boards.
Patented In the United States, Great Britain*
France, Germany and Canada.
Liberal arrangements to responsible agents calf*
Main Office, H17 Cbeataut •*.
Presto Want Ads
Bring Quick Returns
"~
PHILADELPHIA. FA.
ORGANS
E 5 T E Y PIAND COMPANY • NEW YCI1K CITY
c7fte best profit
producer for the
dealer in tneTfflde
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28
September 25, 1920.
ENTER THE SUPERIOR.
The "Superior" phonograph is the latest addition
to the ranks of talking machines manufactured in
Wisconsin, strengthening still further the rank of
the Badger State as one of the principal producers
of these instruments. The Superior Manufacturers,
Inc., is the name of the corporation formed to
handle the enterprise. A factory has been opened
at First street and Hughitt avenue, in Superior, and
quantity production is now under way. A distribut-
The Scranton Talking Machine Co. is one of the ing organization has been built up reaching east
liveliest phonograph houses in that section. The to New York and west as far as Montana. Officers
handsome warerooms are at 215 Lackawanna avenue. of the company are: President, Lief Larson; vice-
Thall, the furniture dealer, Titusville, Pa., sells president, C. T. Robinson; secretary and treasurer,
the Player-Tone Phonograph. "At the opening of Oliver W. Johnson.
school, jrour tho.ughts naturally turn to the educa-
tion of your children. No education is complete
DEALER TO MANUFACTURER.
without music. Bring your youngsters in contact
J. K. Morgan, proprietor of a music store in the
with not only the world's best musicians, but with Leiter Building, Chicago, plans to begin the manu-
the great educators and entertainers," says the C. J. facture of phonographs, limiting his product to a
Schmidt Piano Co., Tiffin, O.
particular cabinet style. Through advertising and
The Pathe line is featured by Cappel's, Dayton, an efficient sales force Mr. Morgan has established
a prosperous business in the building at the corner
Ohio.
of State and Van Buren streets which once housed
Indianapolis talking machine dealers may have Siegel, Cooper & Co.
another and bigger association if desire and talk
ever crystalizes.
H. K. Mance, formerly manager of the piano de-
John McKenna is the new manager of the Chicago partment of the Stewart Dry Goods Co., Louisville,
branch of the Columbia Graphophone Co. He was Ky., has joined the sales forces of E. Paul Hamilton
formerly manager of the St. Louis branch.
in Baltimore, Md.
The Platt Music Company, Los Angeles, Calif.,
which formerly carried the Columbia line, will in
"After a weary day—the Euphona Inner-Player,"
says B. S. Porter & Son, Lima, O.
future handle the Victor line exclusively.
PATHE NOTES OFFERED
Phonograph Company's Authorized Issue to Be
Convertible Into Common Stock.
Montgomery & Co., Frazier & Co., and Cassatt
& Co. are offering at 98]/ 2 and interest, to yield over
81-2 per cent, $1,500,000 Pathe Freres Phonograph
Co. three year 8 per cent sinking fund notes dated
Aug. 2, 1920, and due Aug. 1, 1923. They are part
of an authorized issue of $2,000,000.
The notes are convertible into common stock at
$35 a share. Net current assets of the company are
$3,686,296 or 245 per cent of the outstanding notes,
and net tangible assets, without deducting these
notes, are $6,166,007 or 411 per cent of the outstand-
ing notes. The company has no bonds or mort-
gages, except one real estate mortgage of $5,000
which can not now be paid off.
The fiscal agent for the sale of the Pathe gold
notes is the firm of Dangler, Lapham & Co., 1101
Harris Trust Building. Mr. Lapham, of the firm,
is a son of one of Chicago's most active piano men
and he has many friends in the trade who will gladly
"take his word for it" that the phonograph invest-
ment is a good one.
EXPLAINS USE OF LONG HAIR.
George—"Why do musicians generally wear long
hair?"
Mary—"I suppose they think it is necessary to
have plenty of locks to match their keys."
—Indianapolis Star.
THE
FINDLAY PIANO TRUCK
Nothing Else Like It
HAVE MONEY IN THEM FOR ANY RESPONSIBLE DEALER
They bear critical comparison with any others, They are beautiful
instruments with the winning tone-tjuality. The new Kreiter Factory k
•oe of the largest and best equipped in the world, Let Us Hear From You
KREITER MFG. CO.. Inc
Faotory:
M&rinette. Wls.
The Findlay Truck
is a two-piece-end
truck with lifting
handles and is Self-
Lifting; no lifting
to truck the piano.
You get more
than full value
for every dollar
invested in this
truck.
175-79 THIRD ST.. MILWAUKEE. WIS
Blace that Want Ad in Presto
SC9AFFPIANOSTR1NGC0.
Manufacturers of
MANUFACTURERS OP
PIANOS
PLAYER PIANOS
Tbe merits and high value of these trucks are intensely interest-
lutf, a 3 k us to tell more about them. You can pay more, but
you can't get as good a one anywhere else for the money.
15he Ularuialo
Th* Play* r Piano that i« all but human
FACTORIES:
Your Money Back If You Want It
FINDLAY PIANO TRUCK CO.
FINDLAY. OHIO
Piano-Forte
Bass Strings
CINCINNATI
CHICAGO
E offer exceptional ad-
vantages to those who
wish to push the Piano busi-
ness on sound and progres-
sive lines. For all informa-
tion apply to
W
19-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Corner Lewis Street
CHICAGO
124 W. Fourth St. 823 S. Wabash Ave.
CINCINNATI
CHICAGO
KRAKAUER BROS.
NEW YORK CITY
ADAM SCHAAF
Established 1873
MANUFACTURER OP
GRANB, UPRIQH1 and PLAYER-PIANOS
Factory
Park Ave. and Fillmore St.
*nd B. & O. C. T. R. R.
m
m
CHICAGO
Office and Salesroom*
700-702 West Madison Str**
321 Wabash Avenu*
PIANOS
Tfc« H«ppe, Marcellus and Edouard Jules PitM
manufactured by the
HEPPE PIANO COMPANY
•re the only pianos in the world with
Three Sounding Boards.
Patented In the United States, Great Britain*
France, Germany and Canada.
Liberal arrangements to responsible agents calf*
Main Office, H17 Cbeataut •*.
Presto Want Ads
Bring Quick Returns
"~
PHILADELPHIA. FA.
ORGANS
E 5 T E Y PIAND COMPANY • NEW YCI1K CITY
c7fte best profit
producer for the
dealer in tneTfflde
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).