Presto
Issue: 1922 1891 - Page 6
PRESTO
INTERESTING NEW ITEMS
FROM PORTLAND, ORE.
Spirit of the Pacific Coast Trade Exhibited in
the Incidents Noted by Corre-
spondent.
A Mason & Hamlin concert grand was used by-
Beatrice Dierke, one of Portland's prominent pianists,
who gave a recital October 8 in the recital hall of
Hotel Multnomah before a large audience. The
instrument was furnished by the courtesy of Wiley
B. Allen Co., the Portland representatives of the
Mason & Hamlin.
• James A. Stitt, the Pacific Coast representative of
the Hallet & Davis Piano Company of Boston was
a visitor at the Reed, French Piano Company last
week. Mr. Stitt has his headquarters at Los An-
geles and is making a tour of the Pacific Northwest
in the interest of his firm. He says the Hallet &
Davis dealers are awaiting anxiously their first ship-
ment of the Hallet & Davis Angelus reproducing
piano, which they feel will fill a long felt want.
Kohler & Chase, Portland, Ore., have moved their
warehouse and offices in Portland to 86^ Broadway.
F. W. Gasser, the local manager, says that the pur-
pose of the move was to have the offices and ware-
house under one roof and also to get in closer touch
with the retail trade.
Mme. Margaret Matzenauer, prima donna con-
tralto of the Metropolitan Opera company, appeared
in recital in Portland at the Public auditorium before
a large and appreciative audience and her accompan-
ist, Georges Vance, used a Steinway concert grand,
furnished by the courtesy of Sherman, Clay & Co.,
the Steinway's local representative.
Robert M. Brown after an absence of about six
months has returned to the small goods department
of the Bush & Lane Piano company. Mr. Brown
during his absence was connected with the California
Musical Instrument Company of Oakland, Cal.
AMPICO WEEK SUCCESS
IN MEADVILLE, PA.
Succession of Events Arranged by Edward T. Bates
Music Co., Called Musical Triumph.
Ampico Weeks, the country over, had a good
earnest proof of their popularity and power in Mead-
ville, Pa., from Sept. 25 to the 29, when Phillip Gor-
don, pianist, Ethel Rust-Mellor, soprano, and the
Ampico were chosen by Edward T. Bates Music
Company to give an intensive urge towards music
in general and the Ampico in particular.
The festivities began with a luncheon at the Kepler
Hotel, the Kiwanis Club acting as hosts, and Mr.
Gordon, Miss Rust-Mellor and the Ampico perform-
ing for the diners. The next morning's papers were
high in praise of the artists, reciting at length the
SWAN PIANOS
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 piano
merchants on application.
October 21, 1922.
career of Mr. Gordon abroad and at home.
Mr. Gordon played before the Woman's Literary
Club of the Y. W. C. A., the next evening; on
Wednesday morning, and during the noon recess, he
played before the students of the high school, with
educational explanations. Thursday the energetic
pianist began by playing to the Rotary Club which
was lunching at the Lafayette Hotel. Later in the
afternoon he drew thousands of school children to
the State Armory in a Music Memory Contest and
concert.
The feature recital of this Meadville Ampico Week
took place, however, on Friday evening, when in the
same State Armory, a huge crowd came to hear Mr.
Gordon, Miss Rust-Mellor and the Ampico play and
sing a full and ambitious program, under the aus-
pices of the Edward T. Bates Music Company. The
Ampico repeated several of Mr. Gordon's interpre-
tations, alternating with him in the Tschaikowsky
"Andante Cantabile" with such happy results that
the Meadville Tribune-Republican diagnosed the ap-
plause "that rocked the entire building" as being
"of equal volume for both the artist and the Ampico."
The Ampico itself played Rachmaninoff's C-Sharp
Minor Prelude. Meadville editorials speak of the
whole Ampico Week as one which "will remain in
their minds for some time to come."
WAREROOM WARBLES
(A New One Every Week.)
By The Presto Poick.
PIANO PAID FOR.
A letter to the Chicago Tribune reads thus: "In
1916 I bought a piano on the installment plan, paying
a certain amount down and $5 a month thereafter.
During the war I served in the navy for one year and
a half, when I got behind in my payments. Since
getting out of the service I have paid regularly and
have it all paid for. Now along comes a notice that
I owe $39 interest. Do I have to pay it?" To which
the newspaper profoundly replies: "You are not re-
quired to pay interest unless the contract so pro-
vides."
THE PESSIMIST.
When the world begins to smile,
And the fates new hopes beguile—
All the sky's cerulean blue,
Bending down to beckon you;
When there's little of complaint,
Even joy bell's need restraint,
What is it that still intrudes,
With unhappy jars and moods,—
The Pessimist.
ST. LOUIS AEOLIAN BRANCH SOLD.
When your drooping spirits rise
Till your own heart speaks surprise,
At the change that lights your way,
Turning darkness into day,
Who comes loping down the road,
Bent with gloom, as by a load
That seems threatening to drop,
Causing your glad steps to stop?—
The Pessimist.
The St. Louis branch of the Aeolian Company has
been taken over by a new company which has been
named the Aeolian Company of Missouri and capital-
ized at $250,000. The new company is headed by
W. P. Chrisler. No change in the personnel of the
company is meditated. The lines represented by the
Aeolian Company will continue to include the Stem-
way piano.
What, of all unfavored kind,
Seems most useless and most blind
To the blessings that belong
To the things of joy and song?
What misfortune in the list
Of joy-killers were least missed
Should the scythe of Time descend
And decree that 'tis his end?
The Pessimist.
DOESN'T NEED TO TRAVEL.
Orders for Perfection piano benches and cabinets
are coming in so strong now that F. S. Smith, presi-
dent of the concern, hasn't had time to make any
trips for the past thirty days. "It seems that I don't
need to travel at this time of year, though," he de-
clared, "because we are very rushed the way it is."
CABLE OFFICIALS AWAY.
Both George J. Dowling, president of The Cable
Company, and W. E. Guylee, vice-president, have
been away from Chicago this week. Mr. Dowling
is on the Pacific Coast, and Mr. Guylee made a short
trip to Atlanta on business.
SWAN ORGANS
The tremendous superi-
ority of the 8WAM Reed
Organs over all others lies
in the absolute mechanism
and scientific perfection in
the bellows action and stop
action, making it the best
value in modern organ
building.
S. N. SWAN & SONS, N » U « * FREEPORT, ILL
Conditions in the hardwood branch of the lumber
industry y are about the same as they have been for
some w eeks, which is to say that both production and
shipment are suffering from inadequate transporta-
tion facilities. Demand is still good.
The Greatness of a Piano should be Measured
by its Scale, not by the name on the Fallboard.
The scales from which we build
are designed and originated by C. C. Chickering wh°
commands a fund of piano tradition and experience reach-
ing back into the very beginnings of the piano industry.
CHICKERING BROTHERS
Office and Factory:
South Park Avenue and 23rd Street'
Chicago
WESER BROS., Inc.
WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DETAILS
OF TERRITOR Y A VAIL ABLE
520 to 528 W. 43rd St., New York
Manufacturers Pianos—Player-Pianos
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INTERESTING NEW ITEMS
FROM PORTLAND, ORE.
Spirit of the Pacific Coast Trade Exhibited in
the Incidents Noted by Corre-
spondent.
A Mason & Hamlin concert grand was used by-
Beatrice Dierke, one of Portland's prominent pianists,
who gave a recital October 8 in the recital hall of
Hotel Multnomah before a large audience. The
instrument was furnished by the courtesy of Wiley
B. Allen Co., the Portland representatives of the
Mason & Hamlin.
• James A. Stitt, the Pacific Coast representative of
the Hallet & Davis Piano Company of Boston was
a visitor at the Reed, French Piano Company last
week. Mr. Stitt has his headquarters at Los An-
geles and is making a tour of the Pacific Northwest
in the interest of his firm. He says the Hallet &
Davis dealers are awaiting anxiously their first ship-
ment of the Hallet & Davis Angelus reproducing
piano, which they feel will fill a long felt want.
Kohler & Chase, Portland, Ore., have moved their
warehouse and offices in Portland to 86^ Broadway.
F. W. Gasser, the local manager, says that the pur-
pose of the move was to have the offices and ware-
house under one roof and also to get in closer touch
with the retail trade.
Mme. Margaret Matzenauer, prima donna con-
tralto of the Metropolitan Opera company, appeared
in recital in Portland at the Public auditorium before
a large and appreciative audience and her accompan-
ist, Georges Vance, used a Steinway concert grand,
furnished by the courtesy of Sherman, Clay & Co.,
the Steinway's local representative.
Robert M. Brown after an absence of about six
months has returned to the small goods department
of the Bush & Lane Piano company. Mr. Brown
during his absence was connected with the California
Musical Instrument Company of Oakland, Cal.
AMPICO WEEK SUCCESS
IN MEADVILLE, PA.
Succession of Events Arranged by Edward T. Bates
Music Co., Called Musical Triumph.
Ampico Weeks, the country over, had a good
earnest proof of their popularity and power in Mead-
ville, Pa., from Sept. 25 to the 29, when Phillip Gor-
don, pianist, Ethel Rust-Mellor, soprano, and the
Ampico were chosen by Edward T. Bates Music
Company to give an intensive urge towards music
in general and the Ampico in particular.
The festivities began with a luncheon at the Kepler
Hotel, the Kiwanis Club acting as hosts, and Mr.
Gordon, Miss Rust-Mellor and the Ampico perform-
ing for the diners. The next morning's papers were
high in praise of the artists, reciting at length the
SWAN PIANOS
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 piano
merchants on application.
October 21, 1922.
career of Mr. Gordon abroad and at home.
Mr. Gordon played before the Woman's Literary
Club of the Y. W. C. A., the next evening; on
Wednesday morning, and during the noon recess, he
played before the students of the high school, with
educational explanations. Thursday the energetic
pianist began by playing to the Rotary Club which
was lunching at the Lafayette Hotel. Later in the
afternoon he drew thousands of school children to
the State Armory in a Music Memory Contest and
concert.
The feature recital of this Meadville Ampico Week
took place, however, on Friday evening, when in the
same State Armory, a huge crowd came to hear Mr.
Gordon, Miss Rust-Mellor and the Ampico play and
sing a full and ambitious program, under the aus-
pices of the Edward T. Bates Music Company. The
Ampico repeated several of Mr. Gordon's interpre-
tations, alternating with him in the Tschaikowsky
"Andante Cantabile" with such happy results that
the Meadville Tribune-Republican diagnosed the ap-
plause "that rocked the entire building" as being
"of equal volume for both the artist and the Ampico."
The Ampico itself played Rachmaninoff's C-Sharp
Minor Prelude. Meadville editorials speak of the
whole Ampico Week as one which "will remain in
their minds for some time to come."
WAREROOM WARBLES
(A New One Every Week.)
By The Presto Poick.
PIANO PAID FOR.
A letter to the Chicago Tribune reads thus: "In
1916 I bought a piano on the installment plan, paying
a certain amount down and $5 a month thereafter.
During the war I served in the navy for one year and
a half, when I got behind in my payments. Since
getting out of the service I have paid regularly and
have it all paid for. Now along comes a notice that
I owe $39 interest. Do I have to pay it?" To which
the newspaper profoundly replies: "You are not re-
quired to pay interest unless the contract so pro-
vides."
THE PESSIMIST.
When the world begins to smile,
And the fates new hopes beguile—
All the sky's cerulean blue,
Bending down to beckon you;
When there's little of complaint,
Even joy bell's need restraint,
What is it that still intrudes,
With unhappy jars and moods,—
The Pessimist.
ST. LOUIS AEOLIAN BRANCH SOLD.
When your drooping spirits rise
Till your own heart speaks surprise,
At the change that lights your way,
Turning darkness into day,
Who comes loping down the road,
Bent with gloom, as by a load
That seems threatening to drop,
Causing your glad steps to stop?—
The Pessimist.
The St. Louis branch of the Aeolian Company has
been taken over by a new company which has been
named the Aeolian Company of Missouri and capital-
ized at $250,000. The new company is headed by
W. P. Chrisler. No change in the personnel of the
company is meditated. The lines represented by the
Aeolian Company will continue to include the Stem-
way piano.
What, of all unfavored kind,
Seems most useless and most blind
To the blessings that belong
To the things of joy and song?
What misfortune in the list
Of joy-killers were least missed
Should the scythe of Time descend
And decree that 'tis his end?
The Pessimist.
DOESN'T NEED TO TRAVEL.
Orders for Perfection piano benches and cabinets
are coming in so strong now that F. S. Smith, presi-
dent of the concern, hasn't had time to make any
trips for the past thirty days. "It seems that I don't
need to travel at this time of year, though," he de-
clared, "because we are very rushed the way it is."
CABLE OFFICIALS AWAY.
Both George J. Dowling, president of The Cable
Company, and W. E. Guylee, vice-president, have
been away from Chicago this week. Mr. Dowling
is on the Pacific Coast, and Mr. Guylee made a short
trip to Atlanta on business.
SWAN ORGANS
The tremendous superi-
ority of the 8WAM Reed
Organs over all others lies
in the absolute mechanism
and scientific perfection in
the bellows action and stop
action, making it the best
value in modern organ
building.
S. N. SWAN & SONS, N » U « * FREEPORT, ILL
Conditions in the hardwood branch of the lumber
industry y are about the same as they have been for
some w eeks, which is to say that both production and
shipment are suffering from inadequate transporta-
tion facilities. Demand is still good.
The Greatness of a Piano should be Measured
by its Scale, not by the name on the Fallboard.
The scales from which we build
are designed and originated by C. C. Chickering wh°
commands a fund of piano tradition and experience reach-
ing back into the very beginnings of the piano industry.
CHICKERING BROTHERS
Office and Factory:
South Park Avenue and 23rd Street'
Chicago
WESER BROS., Inc.
WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DETAILS
OF TERRITOR Y A VAIL ABLE
520 to 528 W. 43rd St., New York
Manufacturers Pianos—Player-Pianos
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).