Presto
Issue: 1920 1789 - Page 7
PRESTO
November 6, 1920:
it was pointed out that with a prolonged era of pros-
perity'the demand would continue.
The situation today recalls a simiiar one half a
century ago that the veterans in the trade and indus-
try could deduce a moral from if they cared to do
so. Then the great majority of manufacturers
turned out squares. A few makers of artistic dis-
Demand for That Style of Instrument Seems tinction made concert grands. In time the upright
appeared which at first was not particularly success-
to Increase in Volume as Christmas Ap-
ful. But the'favor for them grew and with improve-
proaches and Dealers Are Aware of
ment the uprights became popular. In time, too, the
square was declared passe, but with its disappear-
Joyous Fact.
ance came another candidate for favor—the parlor
''The steady demand for small grands is only the grand that later became the baby grand.
evidence of a remarkable evolution in the piano busi-
Claim for Baby.
ness," was the way a Chicago sales manager com-
Now
some
piano
men claim that the baby grand
mented on a notable trade fact this week. Accord-
ing to the statements of every sales manager the has reached the "popular" stage and if a pronounced
demand for the small grand does more than keep favor for the style by the public entitles the baby
up—it grows. Some manufacturers, too, admit that grand to the classification it certainly is qualified.
in spite of the fact that they are turning out small Mark P. Campbell, president of the Brambach Piano
grands to the best of their ability, the demand is be- Co., stated a little while ago that the Brambach
dealers reported that they were selling more small
yond the capacity to meet it.
From time to time within the past few years grands than playerpianos. The attitude of dealers
Presto has reported such a condition and it was in- generally towards the small grand is a recognition
tended as a wise suggestion to dealers to provide of the its place in the trade.
The J. E. Will Co., Bloomington, 111., have a spe-
for a popular demand that was growing every day.
cial sale this week on its grand pianos. The spe-
cial event is really a means of demonstrating the ad-
vantages of the grand style of piano. In the stock
of the Bloomington house are the Chickering & Son
Ampico grand, Marshall & Wendell Ampico grand,
Chickering baby grand and Kurtzmann baby grand.
The relative prices of the upright and grand are
advantageously presented by the Milliken-White
Music House, Bay City, Mich., in telling of the
merits of the Lyon & Healy Apartment Grand Piano
this week. This is printed: "A small grand—de-
signed to look well in homes where space is precious.
It is an instrument in which all the nobility of form
and tone that distinguish the grand, has been re-
tained in a more convenient size. And it costs
hardly more than an upright."
Owing to special efforts for the Starr grand the
sales force of the Toledo, O., branch of the Starr
Piano Co., achieved several notably fine grand sales
during the month of October. A special drive by
Manager E. J. Austin's alert young men has. been
made on the managers of theaters and halls as well
as schools with the Starr grand as the object of sale.
This effort is in addition to the appeal to the gen-
eral piano buying public to consider the grand as
?. choice for the home.
SMALL GRANDS FOR
THE HOLIDAY TRADE
Hand Played Word Rolls
for NOVEMBER
51526 THE LOVE NEST (Alary)
(Fox-Trot)
Hirsch
Played by J. 'Milton Delcamp
51636 TET.L ME LITTLE GYPSY (Follies 1920)
(Fox-Trot)
Berlin
Played by. J. Milton Delcamp
51726 MY LITTLE. BIMBO DOWN ON THE BAM-
BOO ISLE
(One-Step)
Donaldson
Played by Victor Lane
51826 OLD PAL (WHY DON'T YOU ANSWER ME)
(Ballad)
". .
. . . " . . . .Jerome
Played by Nan Foster
51926 WHEN I LOOKED IN YOUR WONDERFUL
EYES
(Waltz Song)
Jerome
Played by Irene D'Giovanni
52026 IN OLD MANILA
(Novelty Fox-Trot) . .
Mary Earl
Played by Adam Carroll, assisted by C. A.
52126 THERE'S A VACANT CHAIR AT HOME
SWEET HOME
(Ballad)
Hanley
Played by Nan Foster
52226 A YOUNG MAN'S FANCY (What's In a
Name)
(Fox-Trot)
Yellen
Played by J. Milton Delcamp
52326 I'M IN HEAVEN WHEN I'M IN MY MOTH-
ER'S ARMS
(Ballad)
Ager
Playod by Victor L,ane
52436 THE LOVE BOAT (The Folliea)
(Novelty Song)
Hirsch
Played by Nan Foster
52526 TRIPOLI
(Snycopated Waltz)
Dubin
Played by Adrian Rollini. assisted by C. A.
52626 DOWN THE TRAIL TO HOME SWEET
HOME
(Ballad)
Ball
Played by Nan Foster
52726 IT'S THE WAY YOU DO I T
(Fox-Trot)
'
Gottler
Played by Adam Carroll and Adrian Rollini
52826 OH GEE! SAY GEE!
(Fox-Trot)
Von Tilzer
Piayed by Adrian Rollini
52926 TIRED OF ME
(Ballad)
Donaldson
Played by Irene D'Giovanni, assisted by C. A.
53026 HONOLULU EYES
"(Waltz Song)
Vio'.insky
Played by J. Milton Delcamp and Adam Carroll
53126 MY MOTHER
(Ballad)
Polla
Played by Nan Foster
53226 IF A BABY WOULD NEVER GROW OLDER
(Waltz Song)
Meyer
Played by Victor Lane
53326 BROADWAY ROSE
(Novelty Song)
_ . .Spencer
Played by Victor Lane
'
'
53426 SOMEBODY'S EYES (Look Who's Here)
(Fox-Trot)
. .Clair
Played by J. Milton Delcamp
Republic Player Roll Corp.
Paul B* Klugh, Pres.
75th St. a t Broadway
New York
VIGILANT EXPORT HEAD
LOOKS INTO CONDITIONS
Miss M. Boyd, Chief of Important Depart-
ment in Jesse French & Sons Piano
Co., Goes East.
The export department of Jesse French & Sons
Piano Co., New Castle, Ind., has beaten all records
this year, and has branched out more extensively than
at any time in the history of the New Castle indus-
try. The department is under the careful supervision
of a young lady, Miss M. Boyd, who has had valua-
ble experience in the handling of export shipments
to all parts of the globe.
Even though a great many export shipments
move westward, and leave the U. S. A. through the
Eastern gateway) yet perhaps ninety per cent of all
shipments leave this country through the port of
New York. New York terminals have been very
badly congested during the past few months, and in
order to appreciate conditions as .they actually exist
in New York, the export manager of the Jesse
French & Sons Piano Co. made a two weeks' so-
journ there and in other Eastern cities, becoming
acquainted with various methods and procedures in
export shipping and loading.
Miss Boyd was very fortunate in being able to go
aboard the S'.S. Glenetive, where she watched the
MISS BOYD ABOARD THE S; S. GLENETIVE.
huge derricks as they slowly lifted various pieces of
cargo from the lighters and carefully placed each
piece in its respective space.
The cut printed herewith shows the young lady
aboard the vessel. She was also taken on a tour
over the many steamship piers of Weehawken, N.
J., Brooklyn, and other parts of the New York
harbor. She not only got a very good conception
of export shipping and loading, but also got a clear
Advertisements of Dallas Piano Houses Grace insight of export financing in all its phases.
Magazine of Times-Herald.
Miss Boyd says it is very essential that exporters
The Texas State Fair from October 9 to 24 was should go to New York to see just how their ship-
the occasion of considerable advertising for pianos ments are handled, from the time they enter New
and talking machines. One of the evidences of the York until they are placed aboard the vessel. Not
advertising activity was the Music. Supplement of only can they see the routes used, but can under-
the Dallas Times-Herald, Oct. 10. The magazine stand the importance of having the merchandise se-
of fourteen pages contained an interesting array of cuiely packed before it leaves the factory, so as to
articles on musical topics interspersed with hand- reach the destination in perfect condition. She re-
some advertising displays by Dallas music houses. ports shipping conditions as greatly improved since
Among the advertisements were those of the fol- the early summer, and rapidly getting back to nor-
mal. From the improvement made, it seemingly
lowing piano houses:
Bush & Gerts Piano Co. of Texas, Leyhe & Co., will only be a question of a short time until condi-
which carries the Baldwin line; The Whipple Music tions in the export shipping world will be back to
Co., Will A. Watkin Co., Field-Lippman Co., Thos. pre-war times.
The vigilant export manager of the Jesse French
Goggan & Bros., Sanger Bros., and C. H. Jackson.
The talking machine dealers and the music & Sons Piano Co. returned via Niagara Falls, where
schools of Dallas were also well represented in the .she spent a short time sightseeing, thence to Chi-
creditable music feature section of the enterprising cago, and then to New Castle, greatly pleased over
the results of her trip East.
Dallas newspaper.
MUSIC SUPPLEMENT A
COMMENDABLE FEATURE
ONEONTA FIRM ASSIGNS.
The G. B. Shearer Co., which for some time op-
erated a music store in Oneonta, N. Y., has made
an assignment for the benefit of creditors, Julian B.
Jackson being named as assignee. The company
has numerous creditors and the assets are not large.
It is not probable that any effort wi'l be made to en-
force collection from individual stockholders. George
B. Shearer, recently- manager of the concern, has
removed to Pittsburgh, Pa., where he has a position
with a music house. Mr. Shearer is well known in
the trade by having traveled for several industries
and having also for a brief time been engaged in
piano manufacture in the Bronx, New York. His
father at one time owned the famous old McCammon
piano, now the property of William Tonk & Bros.,
Inc., of New York.
REORGANIZES IN SEATTLE.
Wallace & Freed, Inc., Seattle, Wash., the active
distributors of the Q R S music rolls in that city
has been reincorporated under the title of Oliver
G, Wallace, Inc. Oliver G. Wallace is president and
H, J. Caldwell. treasurer of the reorganized com-
pany.
ANNUAL HEPPE MEETINGS.
At the recent meeting of the Heppe Piano Co.
of Philadelphia, held recently in Camden, N. J., a
6 per cent dividend was declared and the following
officers were elected: President and treasurer,
Florence J. Heppe; vice-president, R. F. Lehman;
secretary and assistant treasurer, George W. Wit-
ney. The following directors were appointed in ad-
dition: M. F. McDowell Heppe, Walter C. Harper,
and L. A. H. Shewell. The old officers of C. J.
Heppe & Son held on the same date were re-elected,
as follows: Florence J. Heppe, president and trea-
surer; M. F. McDowell Heppe, vice-president;
Gecrge W. Witney, secretary.
MUSIC WEEK FOR BALTIMORE.
Baltimore, Md., will have a Music Week early in
the spring of 1921 and plans to carry the scheme
to success are already receiving the attention of the
Music Dealers' Association of Baltimore. The mat-
ter was formally introduced to-a meeting of the
association last week by the president, C. J. Rob-,
crts. The co-operation of C. M. Tremaine, director
ofs the National Bureau for the Advancement of
MAISic has been requested. ,
, •
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/
November 6, 1920:
it was pointed out that with a prolonged era of pros-
perity'the demand would continue.
The situation today recalls a simiiar one half a
century ago that the veterans in the trade and indus-
try could deduce a moral from if they cared to do
so. Then the great majority of manufacturers
turned out squares. A few makers of artistic dis-
Demand for That Style of Instrument Seems tinction made concert grands. In time the upright
appeared which at first was not particularly success-
to Increase in Volume as Christmas Ap-
ful. But the'favor for them grew and with improve-
proaches and Dealers Are Aware of
ment the uprights became popular. In time, too, the
square was declared passe, but with its disappear-
Joyous Fact.
ance came another candidate for favor—the parlor
''The steady demand for small grands is only the grand that later became the baby grand.
evidence of a remarkable evolution in the piano busi-
Claim for Baby.
ness," was the way a Chicago sales manager com-
Now
some
piano
men claim that the baby grand
mented on a notable trade fact this week. Accord-
ing to the statements of every sales manager the has reached the "popular" stage and if a pronounced
demand for the small grand does more than keep favor for the style by the public entitles the baby
up—it grows. Some manufacturers, too, admit that grand to the classification it certainly is qualified.
in spite of the fact that they are turning out small Mark P. Campbell, president of the Brambach Piano
grands to the best of their ability, the demand is be- Co., stated a little while ago that the Brambach
dealers reported that they were selling more small
yond the capacity to meet it.
From time to time within the past few years grands than playerpianos. The attitude of dealers
Presto has reported such a condition and it was in- generally towards the small grand is a recognition
tended as a wise suggestion to dealers to provide of the its place in the trade.
The J. E. Will Co., Bloomington, 111., have a spe-
for a popular demand that was growing every day.
cial sale this week on its grand pianos. The spe-
cial event is really a means of demonstrating the ad-
vantages of the grand style of piano. In the stock
of the Bloomington house are the Chickering & Son
Ampico grand, Marshall & Wendell Ampico grand,
Chickering baby grand and Kurtzmann baby grand.
The relative prices of the upright and grand are
advantageously presented by the Milliken-White
Music House, Bay City, Mich., in telling of the
merits of the Lyon & Healy Apartment Grand Piano
this week. This is printed: "A small grand—de-
signed to look well in homes where space is precious.
It is an instrument in which all the nobility of form
and tone that distinguish the grand, has been re-
tained in a more convenient size. And it costs
hardly more than an upright."
Owing to special efforts for the Starr grand the
sales force of the Toledo, O., branch of the Starr
Piano Co., achieved several notably fine grand sales
during the month of October. A special drive by
Manager E. J. Austin's alert young men has. been
made on the managers of theaters and halls as well
as schools with the Starr grand as the object of sale.
This effort is in addition to the appeal to the gen-
eral piano buying public to consider the grand as
?. choice for the home.
SMALL GRANDS FOR
THE HOLIDAY TRADE
Hand Played Word Rolls
for NOVEMBER
51526 THE LOVE NEST (Alary)
(Fox-Trot)
Hirsch
Played by J. 'Milton Delcamp
51636 TET.L ME LITTLE GYPSY (Follies 1920)
(Fox-Trot)
Berlin
Played by. J. Milton Delcamp
51726 MY LITTLE. BIMBO DOWN ON THE BAM-
BOO ISLE
(One-Step)
Donaldson
Played by Victor Lane
51826 OLD PAL (WHY DON'T YOU ANSWER ME)
(Ballad)
". .
. . . " . . . .Jerome
Played by Nan Foster
51926 WHEN I LOOKED IN YOUR WONDERFUL
EYES
(Waltz Song)
Jerome
Played by Irene D'Giovanni
52026 IN OLD MANILA
(Novelty Fox-Trot) . .
Mary Earl
Played by Adam Carroll, assisted by C. A.
52126 THERE'S A VACANT CHAIR AT HOME
SWEET HOME
(Ballad)
Hanley
Played by Nan Foster
52226 A YOUNG MAN'S FANCY (What's In a
Name)
(Fox-Trot)
Yellen
Played by J. Milton Delcamp
52326 I'M IN HEAVEN WHEN I'M IN MY MOTH-
ER'S ARMS
(Ballad)
Ager
Playod by Victor L,ane
52436 THE LOVE BOAT (The Folliea)
(Novelty Song)
Hirsch
Played by Nan Foster
52526 TRIPOLI
(Snycopated Waltz)
Dubin
Played by Adrian Rollini. assisted by C. A.
52626 DOWN THE TRAIL TO HOME SWEET
HOME
(Ballad)
Ball
Played by Nan Foster
52726 IT'S THE WAY YOU DO I T
(Fox-Trot)
'
Gottler
Played by Adam Carroll and Adrian Rollini
52826 OH GEE! SAY GEE!
(Fox-Trot)
Von Tilzer
Piayed by Adrian Rollini
52926 TIRED OF ME
(Ballad)
Donaldson
Played by Irene D'Giovanni, assisted by C. A.
53026 HONOLULU EYES
"(Waltz Song)
Vio'.insky
Played by J. Milton Delcamp and Adam Carroll
53126 MY MOTHER
(Ballad)
Polla
Played by Nan Foster
53226 IF A BABY WOULD NEVER GROW OLDER
(Waltz Song)
Meyer
Played by Victor Lane
53326 BROADWAY ROSE
(Novelty Song)
_ . .Spencer
Played by Victor Lane
'
'
53426 SOMEBODY'S EYES (Look Who's Here)
(Fox-Trot)
. .Clair
Played by J. Milton Delcamp
Republic Player Roll Corp.
Paul B* Klugh, Pres.
75th St. a t Broadway
New York
VIGILANT EXPORT HEAD
LOOKS INTO CONDITIONS
Miss M. Boyd, Chief of Important Depart-
ment in Jesse French & Sons Piano
Co., Goes East.
The export department of Jesse French & Sons
Piano Co., New Castle, Ind., has beaten all records
this year, and has branched out more extensively than
at any time in the history of the New Castle indus-
try. The department is under the careful supervision
of a young lady, Miss M. Boyd, who has had valua-
ble experience in the handling of export shipments
to all parts of the globe.
Even though a great many export shipments
move westward, and leave the U. S. A. through the
Eastern gateway) yet perhaps ninety per cent of all
shipments leave this country through the port of
New York. New York terminals have been very
badly congested during the past few months, and in
order to appreciate conditions as .they actually exist
in New York, the export manager of the Jesse
French & Sons Piano Co. made a two weeks' so-
journ there and in other Eastern cities, becoming
acquainted with various methods and procedures in
export shipping and loading.
Miss Boyd was very fortunate in being able to go
aboard the S'.S. Glenetive, where she watched the
MISS BOYD ABOARD THE S; S. GLENETIVE.
huge derricks as they slowly lifted various pieces of
cargo from the lighters and carefully placed each
piece in its respective space.
The cut printed herewith shows the young lady
aboard the vessel. She was also taken on a tour
over the many steamship piers of Weehawken, N.
J., Brooklyn, and other parts of the New York
harbor. She not only got a very good conception
of export shipping and loading, but also got a clear
Advertisements of Dallas Piano Houses Grace insight of export financing in all its phases.
Magazine of Times-Herald.
Miss Boyd says it is very essential that exporters
The Texas State Fair from October 9 to 24 was should go to New York to see just how their ship-
the occasion of considerable advertising for pianos ments are handled, from the time they enter New
and talking machines. One of the evidences of the York until they are placed aboard the vessel. Not
advertising activity was the Music. Supplement of only can they see the routes used, but can under-
the Dallas Times-Herald, Oct. 10. The magazine stand the importance of having the merchandise se-
of fourteen pages contained an interesting array of cuiely packed before it leaves the factory, so as to
articles on musical topics interspersed with hand- reach the destination in perfect condition. She re-
some advertising displays by Dallas music houses. ports shipping conditions as greatly improved since
Among the advertisements were those of the fol- the early summer, and rapidly getting back to nor-
mal. From the improvement made, it seemingly
lowing piano houses:
Bush & Gerts Piano Co. of Texas, Leyhe & Co., will only be a question of a short time until condi-
which carries the Baldwin line; The Whipple Music tions in the export shipping world will be back to
Co., Will A. Watkin Co., Field-Lippman Co., Thos. pre-war times.
The vigilant export manager of the Jesse French
Goggan & Bros., Sanger Bros., and C. H. Jackson.
The talking machine dealers and the music & Sons Piano Co. returned via Niagara Falls, where
schools of Dallas were also well represented in the .she spent a short time sightseeing, thence to Chi-
creditable music feature section of the enterprising cago, and then to New Castle, greatly pleased over
the results of her trip East.
Dallas newspaper.
MUSIC SUPPLEMENT A
COMMENDABLE FEATURE
ONEONTA FIRM ASSIGNS.
The G. B. Shearer Co., which for some time op-
erated a music store in Oneonta, N. Y., has made
an assignment for the benefit of creditors, Julian B.
Jackson being named as assignee. The company
has numerous creditors and the assets are not large.
It is not probable that any effort wi'l be made to en-
force collection from individual stockholders. George
B. Shearer, recently- manager of the concern, has
removed to Pittsburgh, Pa., where he has a position
with a music house. Mr. Shearer is well known in
the trade by having traveled for several industries
and having also for a brief time been engaged in
piano manufacture in the Bronx, New York. His
father at one time owned the famous old McCammon
piano, now the property of William Tonk & Bros.,
Inc., of New York.
REORGANIZES IN SEATTLE.
Wallace & Freed, Inc., Seattle, Wash., the active
distributors of the Q R S music rolls in that city
has been reincorporated under the title of Oliver
G, Wallace, Inc. Oliver G. Wallace is president and
H, J. Caldwell. treasurer of the reorganized com-
pany.
ANNUAL HEPPE MEETINGS.
At the recent meeting of the Heppe Piano Co.
of Philadelphia, held recently in Camden, N. J., a
6 per cent dividend was declared and the following
officers were elected: President and treasurer,
Florence J. Heppe; vice-president, R. F. Lehman;
secretary and assistant treasurer, George W. Wit-
ney. The following directors were appointed in ad-
dition: M. F. McDowell Heppe, Walter C. Harper,
and L. A. H. Shewell. The old officers of C. J.
Heppe & Son held on the same date were re-elected,
as follows: Florence J. Heppe, president and trea-
surer; M. F. McDowell Heppe, vice-president;
Gecrge W. Witney, secretary.
MUSIC WEEK FOR BALTIMORE.
Baltimore, Md., will have a Music Week early in
the spring of 1921 and plans to carry the scheme
to success are already receiving the attention of the
Music Dealers' Association of Baltimore. The mat-
ter was formally introduced to-a meeting of the
association last week by the president, C. J. Rob-,
crts. The co-operation of C. M. Tremaine, director
ofs the National Bureau for the Advancement of
MAISic has been requested. ,
, •
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).