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November 6, 1920.
dampness. Keep them in a dry place. Dry them
out in a warm oven.
Do not wash piano keys with alcohol. Use water
—Sparingly—no soap. Remember—no soap. Noth-
ing injures a fine piano finish quicker. Tune your
piano at least 3 times a year. Play it constantly.
No use is almost as bad as abuse.
DEALER PRINTS RULES
FOR CARE OF THE PIANO
An Important List of Don'ts That Every Owner of
An Instrument Should Know.
No piano will last a lifetime under abuse and a
great source of harm is found in temperature, ac-
cording to the Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, which lays
down certain rules in the newspapers this week:
PIANO NEWS PRINTED BY
THE LOCAL EDITORS
HE'LL STICK TO PIANOS.
"One reason why I like to travel for a piano
house," said a well known road man this week, "is
The one great source of harm comes from temper- that a man in our line is treated with the courtesy
ature. No piano can stand excessive hot and cold due another human being. When the war was at its
temperature and still maintain its fresh new tone
height and piano road men were laid off, I sought
and easy action.
work traveling in another line. The employment
Keep them away from outside walls. Never allow agency's clerk, a cheap-looking skate, shoved me a
them to stand in unheated rooms during cold wea- questionnaire, containing quizzes, as near as I can
ther. Avoid placing them too near the radiators. remember, about as follows: Where were you born
Dampness is something to guard against. The ac- and why? Who was your mother, if any? Was
tion of a piano is mostly wood. Wood swells when your father white, olive or drab? What do you do
damp. Swollen parts bind. Playing becomes diffi- and how do you do it and why do you do it? Do you
cult; keys won't respond. This is easily avoided. belong to the lower classes? If so, declare so in the
A little cloth bag containing about a handful of un- space reserved for the answer in the lower left-hand
slacked lime hung in each end of the piano willj corner. Do you smoke, chew or play cards? If not
absorb all excessive moisture.
guilty of any of these vices, what vice have you?
Keep your player piano closed. Dust is an enemy
State your last seventeen employers and why you
to the delicate air tubes and tracker bar. Auto- left the service of each."
matic trackers fail to work when too much dust
settles in them. Don't pound your piano. It doesn't
like hard and loud playing. Pounding cuts the
hammers, wears the felt and quickly puts the instru-
ment out of tune.
Be careful what you put on the piano to polish it.
Don't use ordinary furniture polish. Get a piano
man's advice. Piano finishes are delicate. They
can't stand sudden changes in temperature, nor the
rough and caustic polishes that are sometimes ap-
plied. The only way to keep a piano finish from
checking is to take care of it. Occasionally rolls
won't track. This is because the rolls swell from
CABLE CO. GETS PREMIER GRAND.
The Premier Grand piano, manufactured in New
York, is now one of the instruments sold at retail
in Chicago by the Cable Piano Company in its main
store at Wabash avenue and Jackson boulevard.
Both the Premier Grand Piano Corporation and the
Cable house are to be congratulated on the new
agency. President Walter C. Hepperla was in Chi-
cago recently and found several large houses ready
to take on the Premier Grand with the result just
announced.
THE UNUSUAL ATTRACTIONS OF
RADLE PIANOS
Win Sales for Dealers WTio Have Them in Stock
The Radle Player Piano
It Equally High-Grade and Has Won Trad* Everywhere
^rftrr-itfln-t-^'—T-r*
OOO t o 613 W. 36th St.
N*w York:
F. RADUB,
Endorsed by
Home Interest in the Buying and Selling Problems
of the Dealer.
Music dealers of Dallas are unable to fill the de-
mand for pianos, according to S. P. Morton, local
piano dealer. Mr. Morton asserts that the demand
for pianos is steadily increasing, and that many of
the finest brands of instruments have been sold here
during recent months.—Journal, Dallas, Tex.
J. H. Dalrymple, the music man, of Clinton, 111.,
has a carload of the famous Strobher and Hoffman
pianos and players on its way to Clinton from Chi-
cago.—Journal, Clinton, 111.
O. G. Hildebrant purchased a new playerpiano of
Emerson & Hiltbrunner, of Cedar Rapids.—Vinton
Times, Vinton, la.
Roy Raub purchased a beautiful A. B. Chase piano
from the Theno music house last week, for use in
the new Colonial Theater. It is a beautiful instru-
ment, quite in harmony with the rest of the building
and equipment. Mrs. Clark Nicholas is to preside
at the instrument when the theater is opened (about
the 1st of October), playing with Rucker's orchestra.
—Press, Osage, la.
Frank Bayles, of near Mechanicsville, presented
his wife with a beautiful M. Schulz playerpiano for
her birthday present last week. Get busy, wives,
don't be afraid to ask hubby for a nice M. Schulz.—
Anamosa, la., Journal.
A special meeting of the Piano Club of New York
was held at the club rooms of the organization last
Saturday at 1:30 p. m. for the purpose of considering
and voting upon an amendment to Article III, Sec-
tion 1, of the by-laws. Charles W. Bowers is secre-
tary of the club.
The Greatest of all Player-Pianos
H. C. BAY
Solo-
Conoerto
Pre-eminent in ad-
vanced ideas prac-
tically applied. Not
like the others.
IT IS PLAYED —
NOT "MANIPU-
LATED."
Try it yourself and
you will «U it.
'The SMALL GRAND with • BIG TONE"
Campanlnl
Maretxek
Tetedoux
Corradl
9. B. Mills
Mollenhauer
Ol* Bull
Dr. Carl Martin
Maud* Morgan
Clara E. Thorns
Louisa Gerard
Halana Noldi
and hoats of others
James £r» Holmstrom
ARTISTIC
GRANDS, UPRIGHTS
and PLAYER PIANOS
The Tone of the JAMES & HOLMSTROM Baby
Grand is of the rarest beauty. It is the ideal
instrument for all cultured homes. Uprights
with perfect transposing keyboard.
JAMES ft HOLMSTROM PIANO CO., Inc.
F««totr< Cor.
Factory
Bluffton, Ind.
SECURE THE
AGENCY AT
ONCE AND SEE
YOUR PRO-
Offices, 806 Republic Bid*.,
FITS GROW.
g. State St.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
» . } N E W YORK
OAMAddnwi
CHARACTER
PIANOS
"Admirable Quality; Acknowledged Reputation"—(Standard Dictionary)
DO YOU SIJUL
The Fleischer?
If not you ar«
large pr
nzf Piano
row Is a
Manufactured by
SMITH, BARNES & STROHBER CO.
have for 33 years justified their riffht to be called
PIANOS OF CHARACTER
in which thoro |g
fb start in.
Mil
F. RADLE, 609-611 W. 36th St., New York
ru.
HuiiHiiiMimiiiiiuiiriiuiiiiiiNnimi^
STANDARD PLAYER ACTIONS
I
.
STANDARD PNEUMATIC A C T I O N C O .
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It
November 6, 1920.
dampness. Keep them in a dry place. Dry them
out in a warm oven.
Do not wash piano keys with alcohol. Use water
—Sparingly—no soap. Remember—no soap. Noth-
ing injures a fine piano finish quicker. Tune your
piano at least 3 times a year. Play it constantly.
No use is almost as bad as abuse.
DEALER PRINTS RULES
FOR CARE OF THE PIANO
An Important List of Don'ts That Every Owner of
An Instrument Should Know.
No piano will last a lifetime under abuse and a
great source of harm is found in temperature, ac-
cording to the Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, which lays
down certain rules in the newspapers this week:
PIANO NEWS PRINTED BY
THE LOCAL EDITORS
HE'LL STICK TO PIANOS.
"One reason why I like to travel for a piano
house," said a well known road man this week, "is
The one great source of harm comes from temper- that a man in our line is treated with the courtesy
ature. No piano can stand excessive hot and cold due another human being. When the war was at its
temperature and still maintain its fresh new tone
height and piano road men were laid off, I sought
and easy action.
work traveling in another line. The employment
Keep them away from outside walls. Never allow agency's clerk, a cheap-looking skate, shoved me a
them to stand in unheated rooms during cold wea- questionnaire, containing quizzes, as near as I can
ther. Avoid placing them too near the radiators. remember, about as follows: Where were you born
Dampness is something to guard against. The ac- and why? Who was your mother, if any? Was
tion of a piano is mostly wood. Wood swells when your father white, olive or drab? What do you do
damp. Swollen parts bind. Playing becomes diffi- and how do you do it and why do you do it? Do you
cult; keys won't respond. This is easily avoided. belong to the lower classes? If so, declare so in the
A little cloth bag containing about a handful of un- space reserved for the answer in the lower left-hand
slacked lime hung in each end of the piano willj corner. Do you smoke, chew or play cards? If not
absorb all excessive moisture.
guilty of any of these vices, what vice have you?
Keep your player piano closed. Dust is an enemy
State your last seventeen employers and why you
to the delicate air tubes and tracker bar. Auto- left the service of each."
matic trackers fail to work when too much dust
settles in them. Don't pound your piano. It doesn't
like hard and loud playing. Pounding cuts the
hammers, wears the felt and quickly puts the instru-
ment out of tune.
Be careful what you put on the piano to polish it.
Don't use ordinary furniture polish. Get a piano
man's advice. Piano finishes are delicate. They
can't stand sudden changes in temperature, nor the
rough and caustic polishes that are sometimes ap-
plied. The only way to keep a piano finish from
checking is to take care of it. Occasionally rolls
won't track. This is because the rolls swell from
CABLE CO. GETS PREMIER GRAND.
The Premier Grand piano, manufactured in New
York, is now one of the instruments sold at retail
in Chicago by the Cable Piano Company in its main
store at Wabash avenue and Jackson boulevard.
Both the Premier Grand Piano Corporation and the
Cable house are to be congratulated on the new
agency. President Walter C. Hepperla was in Chi-
cago recently and found several large houses ready
to take on the Premier Grand with the result just
announced.
THE UNUSUAL ATTRACTIONS OF
RADLE PIANOS
Win Sales for Dealers WTio Have Them in Stock
The Radle Player Piano
It Equally High-Grade and Has Won Trad* Everywhere
^rftrr-itfln-t-^'—T-r*
OOO t o 613 W. 36th St.
N*w York:
F. RADUB,
Endorsed by
Home Interest in the Buying and Selling Problems
of the Dealer.
Music dealers of Dallas are unable to fill the de-
mand for pianos, according to S. P. Morton, local
piano dealer. Mr. Morton asserts that the demand
for pianos is steadily increasing, and that many of
the finest brands of instruments have been sold here
during recent months.—Journal, Dallas, Tex.
J. H. Dalrymple, the music man, of Clinton, 111.,
has a carload of the famous Strobher and Hoffman
pianos and players on its way to Clinton from Chi-
cago.—Journal, Clinton, 111.
O. G. Hildebrant purchased a new playerpiano of
Emerson & Hiltbrunner, of Cedar Rapids.—Vinton
Times, Vinton, la.
Roy Raub purchased a beautiful A. B. Chase piano
from the Theno music house last week, for use in
the new Colonial Theater. It is a beautiful instru-
ment, quite in harmony with the rest of the building
and equipment. Mrs. Clark Nicholas is to preside
at the instrument when the theater is opened (about
the 1st of October), playing with Rucker's orchestra.
—Press, Osage, la.
Frank Bayles, of near Mechanicsville, presented
his wife with a beautiful M. Schulz playerpiano for
her birthday present last week. Get busy, wives,
don't be afraid to ask hubby for a nice M. Schulz.—
Anamosa, la., Journal.
A special meeting of the Piano Club of New York
was held at the club rooms of the organization last
Saturday at 1:30 p. m. for the purpose of considering
and voting upon an amendment to Article III, Sec-
tion 1, of the by-laws. Charles W. Bowers is secre-
tary of the club.
The Greatest of all Player-Pianos
H. C. BAY
Solo-
Conoerto
Pre-eminent in ad-
vanced ideas prac-
tically applied. Not
like the others.
IT IS PLAYED —
NOT "MANIPU-
LATED."
Try it yourself and
you will «U it.
'The SMALL GRAND with • BIG TONE"
Campanlnl
Maretxek
Tetedoux
Corradl
9. B. Mills
Mollenhauer
Ol* Bull
Dr. Carl Martin
Maud* Morgan
Clara E. Thorns
Louisa Gerard
Halana Noldi
and hoats of others
James £r» Holmstrom
ARTISTIC
GRANDS, UPRIGHTS
and PLAYER PIANOS
The Tone of the JAMES & HOLMSTROM Baby
Grand is of the rarest beauty. It is the ideal
instrument for all cultured homes. Uprights
with perfect transposing keyboard.
JAMES ft HOLMSTROM PIANO CO., Inc.
F««totr< Cor.
Factory
Bluffton, Ind.
SECURE THE
AGENCY AT
ONCE AND SEE
YOUR PRO-
Offices, 806 Republic Bid*.,
FITS GROW.
g. State St.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
» . } N E W YORK
OAMAddnwi
CHARACTER
PIANOS
"Admirable Quality; Acknowledged Reputation"—(Standard Dictionary)
DO YOU SIJUL
The Fleischer?
If not you ar«
large pr
nzf Piano
row Is a
Manufactured by
SMITH, BARNES & STROHBER CO.
have for 33 years justified their riffht to be called
PIANOS OF CHARACTER
in which thoro |g
fb start in.
Mil
F. RADLE, 609-611 W. 36th St., New York
ru.
HuiiHiiiMimiiiiiuiiriiuiiiiiiNnimi^
STANDARD PLAYER ACTIONS
I
.
STANDARD PNEUMATIC A C T I O N C O .
G38 - 652 WEST 52 ^STREET
mm...................
-
. I
IIIHII
-
NEW YORK CITY
»W'»ffl»'llH««l»^^^
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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/
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