Presto
Issue: 1922 1891 - Page 8
PRESTO
VICTOR HERBERT SEES
WEAVER PIANO MADE
Famous Composer and Leader and Profes-
sional Associates See Much to Admire
in York Factory.
The factory of the Weaver Piano Co., Inc., York,
Pa., is a place which arouses the interest of the
musical folk in that section. The plant is one of the
up-to-date ones and representative of a progressive
company. People interested in the modern processes
of production, too, find in the factory of the Weaver
Piano Co., Inc., ample opportunities for observation.
But the place has greatest allurements for those
who appreciate good pianos and desire to observe the
manufacturing methods employed in producing them.
Victor Herbert, the famous composer and orchestra
leader is one who enjoyed a few delightful hours in
the Weaver factory watching the expert employes
go through the interesting operations in the building
of Weaver, York and Ellington pianos.
With Mr. Herbert were his concert master, J. W.
Spargur, and his manager, Robert W. Iverson, who
were equally delighted at the effectiveness of the
processes and the remarkable efficiency of the Weaver
factory employes. According to the York Dispatch
which described the visit, "the visitors were not only
pleased but amazed that instruments of such supe-
rior character should be made in York." Continuing
the York newspaper says:
Mr. Herbert himself, who is an expert pianist as
well as leader of the famous orchestra, played a
Weaver piano, and after thoroughly testing its dif-
ferent qualities said: "Your Weaver pianos are quick
and responsive to the touch. Few pianos are made
that way, and such fine tonal qualities are seldom
found in pianos made today."
Mr. Iverson, who is Mr. Herbert's secretary and
manager, was delighted with the Weaver pianos. He
said: "Their power of tone is wonderful. I have
known the Weaver organ for many years as a reli-
able instrument in every respect, and the Weaver
piano is just as good.
Mr. Spargur, the concert master of the Herbert
Orchestra, said: "I am astonished at the strong yet
sympathetic tone I find in the Weaver pianos, and the
quickness of the action is marvelous.
The expert mechanics as well as the superintend-
ents and proprietors received a new inspiration to
continue their efforts to produce not simply fine in-
struments, but the best instruments that can be made.
Any patriotic York citizen would have had his breast
swell with pride to hear such enthusiastic words of
praise on a York product.
Another visitor to York was Mme. Louise Homer,
the world-famed contralto, who ordered a Weaver
piano sent to her room at the hotel for private re-
hearsals during her professional stay in the city. In Educational Institution in Mississippi Selects Famous
a letter to the company Mme. Homer said: "I thank
Baltimore Instrument for Building Just Erected.
you for the use of the beautiful piano you kindly
placed in my rooms for my personal use during my
. The accompanying illustration shows the handsome
stay in York. The tone and action suited me ex- new high school recently completed at Hattiesburg,
actly."
Miss., which has been equipped with a Knabe grand
piano by the A. Gressett Music House, Meridian,
KNABE GRAND PIANO FOR
HATTIESBURG HIGH SCHOOL
NEW RAUDENBUSH STORE.
The Raudenbush & Sons Piano Co., St. Paul,
Minn., is completing plans for opening a retail music
store in Minneapolis. Spacious warerooms are now
being made ready in the Walker Building, 23 Eighth
street, South. The company has not had a retail
store in Minneapolis since 1916 when its store there
was burned down. The company was founded by
S. W. Raudenbush in 1883 and in 1905 the manufac-
ture of pianos was begun. W. R. and F. H. Rauden-
bush, sons of the founder, are now associated with
him in the business. A, T. Watson and D. Alvin
Davies will be in charge of the new retail store. In
addition to the Raudenbush line, Apollo grands will
be handled.
TAKE OUR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Good crops in most parts of Canada are having a
stimulating effect on trade in all classes of goods, ac-
cording to Vice Consul Sanford at Ottawa, and one
HATTIESBURG HIGH SCHOOL..
of the lines in which a good local demand is being
felt is musical instruments. Brass band instruments,
Miss. It is one of the finest buildings in the city, and
phonograph records, phonographs and their parts, as
well as other musical instruments, are largely im- possesses all the most modern and up to date require-
ported from the United States. The outlook for in- ments.
The Gressett Music House is being congratulated
creased trade in these articles is very good.
upon having equipped this splendid school with the
Knabe piano.
SELLS RETAIL RIGHTS.
The McMillan Music Co., Cleveland, O., has sold
its retail right in that city to the Euclid Music Co.
According to the manager of the McMillan Music
Co., G. N. Papcke, the disposal of its retail interests
was a necessity, owing to the growth of the whole-
sale phases of the business within the last few years.
"Admirable Quality: Acknowledged Reputation"—(Standard Dictionary)
PIANOS and PLAYER-PIANOS
SMITH, BARNES ® STROHBER CO.
Have for 37 years justified their right to be called
PIANOS OF CHARACTER
FACTORIES
.
OFFICE
EM. 1884
EXHIBITS FOR EXPORTERS.
An unusual number of interesting exhibits will be
displayed at the regular convention of the American
Manufacturers' Export Association which will be held
in the Waldorf Astoria, New York, October 25 and 26.
The exhibits will be shown not only by members who
PIANO CLUB IS COLLECTOR.
manufacture articles used by other members, but by
companies which give service necessary in the ex-
The Piano Club of Chicago has charge of the rais-
ing of the musical industries' quota for the Salvation port business. These include credit agencies, code
Army Drive, which began Monday of this week. book companies, shipping lines, trade publications and
newspapers and bankers and freight handlers. The
Harry B. Bibb, 625 S. Wabash Avenue, is chairman
of this committee and has appointed a number of the public is invited to attend the sessions at which speak-
ers of international note will be heard.
members of the club to assist on his committee.
CHARACTER
North Milwaukee, Wii.
Chicago, 111.
October 21, 1922.
1872 Clybourn Avenue
Chicago, 111.
For QUALITY, SATISFACTION and PROFIT
NEWMAN BROTHERS PIANOS
NEWMAN BROS. CO.
Established 1870
Factories, 816 DIX ST., Chicago, 11
BRINKERHOFF
Player-Pianos and Pianos
1
Ilie Line That Sell* Easily and Satisfies Always
BAUER PIANOS
JULIUS BAUER © COMPANY
Factorv
. . . . «•
,JB
r m r i r A
! » 5 3 Altrfeld Street, C H I C A G O
Office and Warerooma
Old Number. 244 Wab&eh Ava»
New Number, 305 S. Wabaah A*»
Quick Sales and
Satisfied Customers
That's what you want and that's what you get when you sell Straube-
made players and pianos.
The constant and growing demand for Straube-made instruments is
due to their high quality which is indicated by the kind of people
who buy them. You can see that they are being selected by those
who choose most carefully.
As a dealer you know the advantage of selling a line of instruments
with a standing of this sort. Let us tall you about our interesting
dealer proposition.
STRAUBE PIANO CO., Hammond, Ind.
BRINKERHOFF PIANO CO. " " g . S S S y * CHICAGO
When in doubt refer to
PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE
E. Leins Piano Company
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
| NEW FACTORY. 304 W. 42nd St.. NEW YORK
STULTZ & BAUER
Grand—Upright—Player Pianos
A WORLD'S CHOICE PIANO
338-340 E**t 31st Sti»«t
-
-
NEW YORK
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VICTOR HERBERT SEES
WEAVER PIANO MADE
Famous Composer and Leader and Profes-
sional Associates See Much to Admire
in York Factory.
The factory of the Weaver Piano Co., Inc., York,
Pa., is a place which arouses the interest of the
musical folk in that section. The plant is one of the
up-to-date ones and representative of a progressive
company. People interested in the modern processes
of production, too, find in the factory of the Weaver
Piano Co., Inc., ample opportunities for observation.
But the place has greatest allurements for those
who appreciate good pianos and desire to observe the
manufacturing methods employed in producing them.
Victor Herbert, the famous composer and orchestra
leader is one who enjoyed a few delightful hours in
the Weaver factory watching the expert employes
go through the interesting operations in the building
of Weaver, York and Ellington pianos.
With Mr. Herbert were his concert master, J. W.
Spargur, and his manager, Robert W. Iverson, who
were equally delighted at the effectiveness of the
processes and the remarkable efficiency of the Weaver
factory employes. According to the York Dispatch
which described the visit, "the visitors were not only
pleased but amazed that instruments of such supe-
rior character should be made in York." Continuing
the York newspaper says:
Mr. Herbert himself, who is an expert pianist as
well as leader of the famous orchestra, played a
Weaver piano, and after thoroughly testing its dif-
ferent qualities said: "Your Weaver pianos are quick
and responsive to the touch. Few pianos are made
that way, and such fine tonal qualities are seldom
found in pianos made today."
Mr. Iverson, who is Mr. Herbert's secretary and
manager, was delighted with the Weaver pianos. He
said: "Their power of tone is wonderful. I have
known the Weaver organ for many years as a reli-
able instrument in every respect, and the Weaver
piano is just as good.
Mr. Spargur, the concert master of the Herbert
Orchestra, said: "I am astonished at the strong yet
sympathetic tone I find in the Weaver pianos, and the
quickness of the action is marvelous.
The expert mechanics as well as the superintend-
ents and proprietors received a new inspiration to
continue their efforts to produce not simply fine in-
struments, but the best instruments that can be made.
Any patriotic York citizen would have had his breast
swell with pride to hear such enthusiastic words of
praise on a York product.
Another visitor to York was Mme. Louise Homer,
the world-famed contralto, who ordered a Weaver
piano sent to her room at the hotel for private re-
hearsals during her professional stay in the city. In Educational Institution in Mississippi Selects Famous
a letter to the company Mme. Homer said: "I thank
Baltimore Instrument for Building Just Erected.
you for the use of the beautiful piano you kindly
placed in my rooms for my personal use during my
. The accompanying illustration shows the handsome
stay in York. The tone and action suited me ex- new high school recently completed at Hattiesburg,
actly."
Miss., which has been equipped with a Knabe grand
piano by the A. Gressett Music House, Meridian,
KNABE GRAND PIANO FOR
HATTIESBURG HIGH SCHOOL
NEW RAUDENBUSH STORE.
The Raudenbush & Sons Piano Co., St. Paul,
Minn., is completing plans for opening a retail music
store in Minneapolis. Spacious warerooms are now
being made ready in the Walker Building, 23 Eighth
street, South. The company has not had a retail
store in Minneapolis since 1916 when its store there
was burned down. The company was founded by
S. W. Raudenbush in 1883 and in 1905 the manufac-
ture of pianos was begun. W. R. and F. H. Rauden-
bush, sons of the founder, are now associated with
him in the business. A, T. Watson and D. Alvin
Davies will be in charge of the new retail store. In
addition to the Raudenbush line, Apollo grands will
be handled.
TAKE OUR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Good crops in most parts of Canada are having a
stimulating effect on trade in all classes of goods, ac-
cording to Vice Consul Sanford at Ottawa, and one
HATTIESBURG HIGH SCHOOL..
of the lines in which a good local demand is being
felt is musical instruments. Brass band instruments,
Miss. It is one of the finest buildings in the city, and
phonograph records, phonographs and their parts, as
well as other musical instruments, are largely im- possesses all the most modern and up to date require-
ported from the United States. The outlook for in- ments.
The Gressett Music House is being congratulated
creased trade in these articles is very good.
upon having equipped this splendid school with the
Knabe piano.
SELLS RETAIL RIGHTS.
The McMillan Music Co., Cleveland, O., has sold
its retail right in that city to the Euclid Music Co.
According to the manager of the McMillan Music
Co., G. N. Papcke, the disposal of its retail interests
was a necessity, owing to the growth of the whole-
sale phases of the business within the last few years.
"Admirable Quality: Acknowledged Reputation"—(Standard Dictionary)
PIANOS and PLAYER-PIANOS
SMITH, BARNES ® STROHBER CO.
Have for 37 years justified their right to be called
PIANOS OF CHARACTER
FACTORIES
.
OFFICE
EM. 1884
EXHIBITS FOR EXPORTERS.
An unusual number of interesting exhibits will be
displayed at the regular convention of the American
Manufacturers' Export Association which will be held
in the Waldorf Astoria, New York, October 25 and 26.
The exhibits will be shown not only by members who
PIANO CLUB IS COLLECTOR.
manufacture articles used by other members, but by
companies which give service necessary in the ex-
The Piano Club of Chicago has charge of the rais-
ing of the musical industries' quota for the Salvation port business. These include credit agencies, code
Army Drive, which began Monday of this week. book companies, shipping lines, trade publications and
newspapers and bankers and freight handlers. The
Harry B. Bibb, 625 S. Wabash Avenue, is chairman
of this committee and has appointed a number of the public is invited to attend the sessions at which speak-
ers of international note will be heard.
members of the club to assist on his committee.
CHARACTER
North Milwaukee, Wii.
Chicago, 111.
October 21, 1922.
1872 Clybourn Avenue
Chicago, 111.
For QUALITY, SATISFACTION and PROFIT
NEWMAN BROTHERS PIANOS
NEWMAN BROS. CO.
Established 1870
Factories, 816 DIX ST., Chicago, 11
BRINKERHOFF
Player-Pianos and Pianos
1
Ilie Line That Sell* Easily and Satisfies Always
BAUER PIANOS
JULIUS BAUER © COMPANY
Factorv
. . . . «•
,JB
r m r i r A
! » 5 3 Altrfeld Street, C H I C A G O
Office and Warerooma
Old Number. 244 Wab&eh Ava»
New Number, 305 S. Wabaah A*»
Quick Sales and
Satisfied Customers
That's what you want and that's what you get when you sell Straube-
made players and pianos.
The constant and growing demand for Straube-made instruments is
due to their high quality which is indicated by the kind of people
who buy them. You can see that they are being selected by those
who choose most carefully.
As a dealer you know the advantage of selling a line of instruments
with a standing of this sort. Let us tall you about our interesting
dealer proposition.
STRAUBE PIANO CO., Hammond, Ind.
BRINKERHOFF PIANO CO. " " g . S S S y * CHICAGO
When in doubt refer to
PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE
E. Leins Piano Company
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
| NEW FACTORY. 304 W. 42nd St.. NEW YORK
STULTZ & BAUER
Grand—Upright—Player Pianos
A WORLD'S CHOICE PIANO
338-340 E**t 31st Sti»«t
-
-
NEW YORK
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