Presto
Issue: 1922 1898 - Page 21
December 9, 1922.
21
PRESTO
liamsport, Pa., has opened showrooms at 339 South
Wabash avenue, Chicago.
The Hawley Music Co., has provided larger quar-
U. S. Supplies the Largest Proportion of Talking ters for its phonograph and small goods departments
in its new stores in Shenandoah, Iowa.
Machines Sold in Mikado's Land.
A noticeable holiday spurt in the small goods de-
In 1920 the United States supplied 95 per cent of partment is reported by the Sharp Music Co., Den-
the phonographs and 70 per cent of the musical in- ver, Colo.
struments imported into Japan, according to advices
Gennett records are well advertised commodities in
received at the Department of Commerce from Con- the stock of L. A. Willard who recently opened "The
sul Dickover, Kobe. Detailed statistics for 1921 and Music Shop" at 354 Yamhill street, Portland, Ore.
1922 are not yet available, but it is thought that while
Ye Music Shoppe, Miami, Fla., which features a
the percentage for 1921 probably was not as high as line of talking machines and records, is now owned
that of 1920, the year 1922 promises to be even by the Gourlie Music Co., which operates it as a
larger.
branch.
The increasing demand for phonographs and musi-
Talking machines and records are carried by Smith
cal instruments is due partly to a genuine interest in & Geary, 118 Kempton street, New Bedford, Mass.
Occidental music, which has been developing in
Japan for years and partly to a more recent dance
REQUEST FOR PHONOGRAPH.
craze, which promises to do much toward increasing
the popular liking for our music.
Thirty-four disabled ex-service men in St. An-
thony's Hospital on Woodhaven avenue, near Jamaica
avenue, Woodhaven, N. Y., have expressed a desire
for a phonograph to help cheer and entertain them.
They are all suffering with tuberculosis as a result of
Growth of the Musical Merchandise Business Shown their war service. There are men who have been
gassed in France with lungs badly affected. The hos-
by New Stores and Extensions.
pital is south of Jamaica avenue, Woodhaven. If the
W. C. Speer, manager of the talking machine de- donation is left at the residence of Mrs. William
partment of the Darrow Music Co., Denver, Colo., Allen, 8110 Ninety-fifth avenue near Rockaway road,
has resigned and is now with the sales department Union Course, Woodhaven, she will forward it.
of the Daniels & Fisher Stores Co. in the same city.
A line of talking machines has been added by Nor-
APPEAL OVER RECORD CONTAINERS.
man Stollberg, jeweler of Two Rivers, Wis.
An appeal of the decision of the Board of the
O. L. Pfannstiel, New Braunfels, Tex, is remodel-
ing his store and will increase his stock of talking United States General Appraisers that certain paper
containers used for holding phonograph disc records,
machines and records.
The Barit Talking Machine Co., Boston, has leased classified as manufactures of paper dutiable at 25 per
cent ad valorem under paragraph 332 of the Tariff
a store at 95 Summer street.
act of 191.3, were properly dutiable as paper envelopes
Bert Aldersley is a new man in the talking machine at the rate of 15 per cent under the act, has been
sales department of Sherman, Clay & Co., San Fran- ordered by the Treasury. The attorney was ordered
cisco.
to bring his appeal before the United States Court of
The second floor at 15 and 17 West Eighteenth Customs Appeals for review.
street, New York, has been leased to the General
Phonograph Company, which also occupies the store.
DEMAND NOT STEADY.
The ninth floor at 19 to 25 East Twenty-fourth
Although the drum business is on the increase, it
street, New York, has been leased to Simson & Frey,
is too unsteady, is the opinion of the Wilson Bros.
Tnc, musical instruments.
George B. Store & Son, drum manufacturers of Mfg. Co., Chicago. This company receives many
Boston, have opened a showroom and sales depart- orders asking immediate shipment of drums, but
they can not all be filled, obviously. "It would be
ment at 61 Hanover street.
Burch & Ponder, wholesale band instrument dis- much better if all dealers would do as some do, ask-
tributors for the Bruno C. Keefer Mfg. Co., Wil- ing shipment as soon as possible. With a steady
demand, our service could be much improved," an
official of the company stated.
PHONOGRAPHS FOR JAPAN
Conn Leadership
Means Big
Profits For You
IN SMALL GOODS DEPARTMENT
DANCE-OGRAND
NOT IN
ANY
TRUST
Quality, Service, Price
Perfection Piano Bench Mfg. Co.
614-618 So. Canal St.
Chicago
LEATHER
FOR
The Queen of Small-Sized Coin-Operated
Instruments
(57 in. high, 39 in. wide, 24 in. deep)
Dance-O-Grand includes SEVEN different instru-
ments—THREE seta of reeds with pipe effect, snare
drum, cymbal, triangle and tambourine.
The last
four can be shut off—individually or at once—by
convenient shut-off buttons.
Dance-O-Grand has a wonderful organ tone.
Is
equipped with swell box, shutters of which open and
close automatically, their action being controlled by
the roll.
The large organs and orchestrions have always been
costly in upkeep. "We have produced in the Dance-O-
Grand an instrument that will cost very little to
maintain.
The tuning is eliminated
entirely—a
large source of expense in other types.
Built in a period-designed case, walnut veneered
and finished in the popular two-tone effect.
NELSON-WIGGEN PIANO COMPANY
Chicago, U. S. A.
PLAYERS
ORGANS
PIANOS
PNEUMATIC LEATHERS A SPECIALTY
Packing, Valves, All Special Tanned
Bellows Leather
T. L. LUTKINS,Inc.
40 Spruce Street
Leadership in the retail-
ing of musical instru-
ments is coming to de-
pend more and more
upon the completeness
of service. The number
of dealers who are es-
tablishing their leader-
ship and increasing their
profits by means of a
small goods department
is growing rapidly.
If you do not now carry
band and orchestra
instruments you owe
yourself a thorough in-
vestigation of the profits
possible in this field.
And when you decide to add
such a line your first choice
will be CONN. For these
world famous band and
orchestra instruments are
truly the standard of quality.
Their prestige among players
who know, their leadership
in the band and orchestra
field, mean profits for you.
Instruments for every need in
wide range of prices.
Drop us a line today for
details of our attractive prop-
osition to dealers. No
obligations.
%mm
m, -
"Trade Mark Registered"
World's Largest Manufacturers
of High Grade Band and
Orchestra Instruments
NEW YORK
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21
PRESTO
liamsport, Pa., has opened showrooms at 339 South
Wabash avenue, Chicago.
The Hawley Music Co., has provided larger quar-
U. S. Supplies the Largest Proportion of Talking ters for its phonograph and small goods departments
in its new stores in Shenandoah, Iowa.
Machines Sold in Mikado's Land.
A noticeable holiday spurt in the small goods de-
In 1920 the United States supplied 95 per cent of partment is reported by the Sharp Music Co., Den-
the phonographs and 70 per cent of the musical in- ver, Colo.
struments imported into Japan, according to advices
Gennett records are well advertised commodities in
received at the Department of Commerce from Con- the stock of L. A. Willard who recently opened "The
sul Dickover, Kobe. Detailed statistics for 1921 and Music Shop" at 354 Yamhill street, Portland, Ore.
1922 are not yet available, but it is thought that while
Ye Music Shoppe, Miami, Fla., which features a
the percentage for 1921 probably was not as high as line of talking machines and records, is now owned
that of 1920, the year 1922 promises to be even by the Gourlie Music Co., which operates it as a
larger.
branch.
The increasing demand for phonographs and musi-
Talking machines and records are carried by Smith
cal instruments is due partly to a genuine interest in & Geary, 118 Kempton street, New Bedford, Mass.
Occidental music, which has been developing in
Japan for years and partly to a more recent dance
REQUEST FOR PHONOGRAPH.
craze, which promises to do much toward increasing
the popular liking for our music.
Thirty-four disabled ex-service men in St. An-
thony's Hospital on Woodhaven avenue, near Jamaica
avenue, Woodhaven, N. Y., have expressed a desire
for a phonograph to help cheer and entertain them.
They are all suffering with tuberculosis as a result of
Growth of the Musical Merchandise Business Shown their war service. There are men who have been
gassed in France with lungs badly affected. The hos-
by New Stores and Extensions.
pital is south of Jamaica avenue, Woodhaven. If the
W. C. Speer, manager of the talking machine de- donation is left at the residence of Mrs. William
partment of the Darrow Music Co., Denver, Colo., Allen, 8110 Ninety-fifth avenue near Rockaway road,
has resigned and is now with the sales department Union Course, Woodhaven, she will forward it.
of the Daniels & Fisher Stores Co. in the same city.
A line of talking machines has been added by Nor-
APPEAL OVER RECORD CONTAINERS.
man Stollberg, jeweler of Two Rivers, Wis.
An appeal of the decision of the Board of the
O. L. Pfannstiel, New Braunfels, Tex, is remodel-
ing his store and will increase his stock of talking United States General Appraisers that certain paper
containers used for holding phonograph disc records,
machines and records.
The Barit Talking Machine Co., Boston, has leased classified as manufactures of paper dutiable at 25 per
cent ad valorem under paragraph 332 of the Tariff
a store at 95 Summer street.
act of 191.3, were properly dutiable as paper envelopes
Bert Aldersley is a new man in the talking machine at the rate of 15 per cent under the act, has been
sales department of Sherman, Clay & Co., San Fran- ordered by the Treasury. The attorney was ordered
cisco.
to bring his appeal before the United States Court of
The second floor at 15 and 17 West Eighteenth Customs Appeals for review.
street, New York, has been leased to the General
Phonograph Company, which also occupies the store.
DEMAND NOT STEADY.
The ninth floor at 19 to 25 East Twenty-fourth
Although the drum business is on the increase, it
street, New York, has been leased to Simson & Frey,
is too unsteady, is the opinion of the Wilson Bros.
Tnc, musical instruments.
George B. Store & Son, drum manufacturers of Mfg. Co., Chicago. This company receives many
Boston, have opened a showroom and sales depart- orders asking immediate shipment of drums, but
they can not all be filled, obviously. "It would be
ment at 61 Hanover street.
Burch & Ponder, wholesale band instrument dis- much better if all dealers would do as some do, ask-
tributors for the Bruno C. Keefer Mfg. Co., Wil- ing shipment as soon as possible. With a steady
demand, our service could be much improved," an
official of the company stated.
PHONOGRAPHS FOR JAPAN
Conn Leadership
Means Big
Profits For You
IN SMALL GOODS DEPARTMENT
DANCE-OGRAND
NOT IN
ANY
TRUST
Quality, Service, Price
Perfection Piano Bench Mfg. Co.
614-618 So. Canal St.
Chicago
LEATHER
FOR
The Queen of Small-Sized Coin-Operated
Instruments
(57 in. high, 39 in. wide, 24 in. deep)
Dance-O-Grand includes SEVEN different instru-
ments—THREE seta of reeds with pipe effect, snare
drum, cymbal, triangle and tambourine.
The last
four can be shut off—individually or at once—by
convenient shut-off buttons.
Dance-O-Grand has a wonderful organ tone.
Is
equipped with swell box, shutters of which open and
close automatically, their action being controlled by
the roll.
The large organs and orchestrions have always been
costly in upkeep. "We have produced in the Dance-O-
Grand an instrument that will cost very little to
maintain.
The tuning is eliminated
entirely—a
large source of expense in other types.
Built in a period-designed case, walnut veneered
and finished in the popular two-tone effect.
NELSON-WIGGEN PIANO COMPANY
Chicago, U. S. A.
PLAYERS
ORGANS
PIANOS
PNEUMATIC LEATHERS A SPECIALTY
Packing, Valves, All Special Tanned
Bellows Leather
T. L. LUTKINS,Inc.
40 Spruce Street
Leadership in the retail-
ing of musical instru-
ments is coming to de-
pend more and more
upon the completeness
of service. The number
of dealers who are es-
tablishing their leader-
ship and increasing their
profits by means of a
small goods department
is growing rapidly.
If you do not now carry
band and orchestra
instruments you owe
yourself a thorough in-
vestigation of the profits
possible in this field.
And when you decide to add
such a line your first choice
will be CONN. For these
world famous band and
orchestra instruments are
truly the standard of quality.
Their prestige among players
who know, their leadership
in the band and orchestra
field, mean profits for you.
Instruments for every need in
wide range of prices.
Drop us a line today for
details of our attractive prop-
osition to dealers. No
obligations.
%mm
m, -
"Trade Mark Registered"
World's Largest Manufacturers
of High Grade Band and
Orchestra Instruments
NEW YORK
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).