Presto
Issue: 1922 1901 - Page 21
December 30, 1922.
FAVOR PERFECTION BENCHES
Activity Is Now Assured for Several Months Ahead
in Modern Branch Plant.
Perfection piano benches are proving so popular
that orders are being taken for delivery as soon as
possible in January, according to F. S. Smith, presi-
dent of the Perfection Piano Bench Mfg. Co., Chi-
cago, manufacturers of this splendid bench. The
problem of proper distribution is now the main worry
of the company. There are plenty of orders but not
enough benches to fill them all.
''Really, when you analyze the situation in our fac-
tory you will find that the causes leading to the result
are found in strict adherence to the purpose to make
'Quality, Service, Price' more than a mere phrase
in our policy/' said Mr. Smith this week. The policy
of the Perfection Piano Bench Mfg. Co. is epitomized
in the first word of the firm title. In living up to
it a lot of admirable things happen, such as originality
in designs, scientific construction, distinction in ap-
pearance, reliable service and profit-assuring prices.
OUR PHONOGRAPHS IN INDIA
British Branch Houses Now Selling American
Phonographs and Records in That Section.
American talking machines are being sold in
Karachi, British India, through British ageocies
which have opened branches there and established a
supply organization to furnish records and p?rts,
saj'S Trade Commissioner C. C. Bathelder, reporting
to the Department of Commerce. The long delay as
regards topical, musical and dance records between
their production in America and their appearance in
the Karachi markets tends to reduce the sales.
German products have been entering the market
during the last six months. Motors and sounding
apparatus for German talking machines are exported
to India and are assembled with Indian-made cabinet
cases. In the same way the metal parts of pianos are
manufactured in Germany and exported to India
where they are placed in Indian-made cases and sold
at unusually low prices.
''In view of this competition it behooves American
manufacturers of musical instruments to give careful
consideration to the problem of marketing their prod-
DANCE-OGRAND
21
PRESTO
ucts in Karachi and other Indian cities in the most
economical and efficient manner," is the opinion of
the trade commissioner expressed to the Department
of Commerce, Washington.
SITUATION IN SUPPLIES
Facts in Various Lines of Commodities Which Enter
Into Musical Instrument Manufacture.
Though steel prices are as stable as they are in
normal times, the tendency at the moment is down-
ward.
Industrial consumers of lumber in the East are
relying upon the manufacturers in the northern pro-
ducing sections for their immediate requirements to
a great extent because of the difficulty experienced by
the mills in the South and West in getting a suffi-
cient supply of cars for the long-haul shipments.
There is a division of opinion of wide interest cur-
rent among domestic wool dealers as to the future of
prices. Philadelphia is reported bearish and Boston
bullish, while New York markets reflecting the course
of recent foreign auctions, inclines to the bull side.
A VICTOR DIVIDEND.
Declaration of a dividend of $2 on common stock
of the Victor Talking Machine Company last week
represented the first regular payment on the enlarged
common capital stock, although an extra of $5 was
declared December 1. The $2 dividend is equal to
$14 a share on the old stock. Dividends are not
designated as quarterly, but regular disbursements
have been made each three months in the past. The
company's dividend record includes many extras, but
usual quarterly payments have been $10 on old stock.
SPEED-UP PHONOGRAPH GONE.
The Minneapolis, Minn., mail handlers claim to be
victims of petty persecution at the hands of the new
postmaster recently appointed by the President.
Among the charges made by Gilbert E. Hyatt, presi-
dent, National Federation of Postoffice Clerks, who
was for 14 years an employee in the Minneapolis
office, is the abolishing of the phonograph which used
to cheer a night crew during the dreary hours of early
morning.
BENCH CUSHION LIKED.
The Wiley B. Allen Co., Reed-French Piano Com-
pany, Louis Mack, and other Portland, Oregon,
dealers, who put in trial lots of attractive piano bench
cushions, find that they did not sense the way the
public would take hold and find that the supply
proved too small for the demand.
VICTOR QUARTERLY DIVIDEND.
The Victor Talking Machine Company declared a
quarterly dividend of $2 a share on new common
stock and $1.75 a share on the preferred, both payable
January 15 to stock of record December 30. A stock
dividend of 600 per cent was paid to stock of record
October 31 last.
NEW NAME FOR OLD FIRM.
L. T. Kunde, Inc., is the new name of an old pub-
lishing house in the Cawker Building, Milwaukee,
Wis. The new name evolved when the firm of Albert
& Kunde 1 was recently reorganized and incorporated.
New song releases are promised in a few weeks by
the company.
FILES BANKRUPTCY PETITION.
Garvin & Gless, phonographs, at 52 Fordham
road, New York, has filed a petition in bankruptcy,
listing liabilities of $3,412 and assets of $1,332. The
members of the firm are Charles J. Garvin and Rich-
ard H. Gless.
The market for crude rubber last week established
a record that has not been equaled since 1920.
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 sets 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 spurce 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.
The Piano Repair Shop
BIO CALL FOR CLARK ROLLS
Excellence of Product from the DeKalb Manufac-
turers Has a Natural Result.
The joyousness of the holidays, promising an in-
crease of sales in electric player rolls, has naturally
stimulated the business of the Clark Orchestra Roll
Co., De Kalb, 111. Every day marks an increase in
the number of music dealers who handle the depend-
able line of rolls and every day adds to the enthusi-
asm of the users of electric players in cafes and other
public places.
Dealers everywhere declare that Clark Orchestra
rolls produce bigger dividends from electric pianos
than other makes of electric rolls. The rolls are
everywhere looked upon as a safe investment. The
electric player business is a big one and growing big-
ger all the time. Its greatest growth is with the
users of Clark Orchestra rolls because there is never
any dissatisfaction with the rolls on the part of the
patrons of the places where they are used.
The dealers who depend upon the meritorious
Clark rolls for good and profitable results for the
electric players know what constitutes a good roll
and they are certain the Clark roll possesses all the
requirements for success. It is always timely, al-
ways well recorded and in the cutting of the rolls the
best paper and the most approved processes are em-
ployed. It is not by chance the Clark Orchestra
rolls are in favor by the keenly observant dealer who
studies the causes that lead to the best results.
The business of the Clark Orchestra Roll Co. for
the fall has been the greatest in the history of the
house. The greater use of electric pianos every-
where means a still greater increase of the demand for
the Clark Orchestra rolls.
GOVERNMENT DRYING SCHEDULES.
The eleven kiln-drying schedules prepared by the
United States Forest Product Laboratory, Madison,
Wis., practically covers the entire range of hardwood
and softwood lumber drying. The schedules are
based on the moisture content of the stock in the
kiln, the basis which assures the most uniform results.
PERFECTION BENCH CO.
NOT IN
ANY
TRUST
ORIGINATORS, DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS
OP
PERFECTION PLAYER ROLL
CABINETS and PIANO
BENCHES
Quality, Service, Price
Perfection Piano Bench Mfg. Co.
614-618 So. Canal St.
Chicago
LEATHER
FOR
PLAYERS
ORGANS
PIANOS
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
refimshed or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
T. L. LUTKINS, Inc.
425 South Wabash Aye.
40 Spruce Street
Chicago
PNEUMATIC LEATHERS A SPECIALTY
Packing, Valves, All Special Tanned
Bellows Leather
NEW YORK
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FAVOR PERFECTION BENCHES
Activity Is Now Assured for Several Months Ahead
in Modern Branch Plant.
Perfection piano benches are proving so popular
that orders are being taken for delivery as soon as
possible in January, according to F. S. Smith, presi-
dent of the Perfection Piano Bench Mfg. Co., Chi-
cago, manufacturers of this splendid bench. The
problem of proper distribution is now the main worry
of the company. There are plenty of orders but not
enough benches to fill them all.
''Really, when you analyze the situation in our fac-
tory you will find that the causes leading to the result
are found in strict adherence to the purpose to make
'Quality, Service, Price' more than a mere phrase
in our policy/' said Mr. Smith this week. The policy
of the Perfection Piano Bench Mfg. Co. is epitomized
in the first word of the firm title. In living up to
it a lot of admirable things happen, such as originality
in designs, scientific construction, distinction in ap-
pearance, reliable service and profit-assuring prices.
OUR PHONOGRAPHS IN INDIA
British Branch Houses Now Selling American
Phonographs and Records in That Section.
American talking machines are being sold in
Karachi, British India, through British ageocies
which have opened branches there and established a
supply organization to furnish records and p?rts,
saj'S Trade Commissioner C. C. Bathelder, reporting
to the Department of Commerce. The long delay as
regards topical, musical and dance records between
their production in America and their appearance in
the Karachi markets tends to reduce the sales.
German products have been entering the market
during the last six months. Motors and sounding
apparatus for German talking machines are exported
to India and are assembled with Indian-made cabinet
cases. In the same way the metal parts of pianos are
manufactured in Germany and exported to India
where they are placed in Indian-made cases and sold
at unusually low prices.
''In view of this competition it behooves American
manufacturers of musical instruments to give careful
consideration to the problem of marketing their prod-
DANCE-OGRAND
21
PRESTO
ucts in Karachi and other Indian cities in the most
economical and efficient manner," is the opinion of
the trade commissioner expressed to the Department
of Commerce, Washington.
SITUATION IN SUPPLIES
Facts in Various Lines of Commodities Which Enter
Into Musical Instrument Manufacture.
Though steel prices are as stable as they are in
normal times, the tendency at the moment is down-
ward.
Industrial consumers of lumber in the East are
relying upon the manufacturers in the northern pro-
ducing sections for their immediate requirements to
a great extent because of the difficulty experienced by
the mills in the South and West in getting a suffi-
cient supply of cars for the long-haul shipments.
There is a division of opinion of wide interest cur-
rent among domestic wool dealers as to the future of
prices. Philadelphia is reported bearish and Boston
bullish, while New York markets reflecting the course
of recent foreign auctions, inclines to the bull side.
A VICTOR DIVIDEND.
Declaration of a dividend of $2 on common stock
of the Victor Talking Machine Company last week
represented the first regular payment on the enlarged
common capital stock, although an extra of $5 was
declared December 1. The $2 dividend is equal to
$14 a share on the old stock. Dividends are not
designated as quarterly, but regular disbursements
have been made each three months in the past. The
company's dividend record includes many extras, but
usual quarterly payments have been $10 on old stock.
SPEED-UP PHONOGRAPH GONE.
The Minneapolis, Minn., mail handlers claim to be
victims of petty persecution at the hands of the new
postmaster recently appointed by the President.
Among the charges made by Gilbert E. Hyatt, presi-
dent, National Federation of Postoffice Clerks, who
was for 14 years an employee in the Minneapolis
office, is the abolishing of the phonograph which used
to cheer a night crew during the dreary hours of early
morning.
BENCH CUSHION LIKED.
The Wiley B. Allen Co., Reed-French Piano Com-
pany, Louis Mack, and other Portland, Oregon,
dealers, who put in trial lots of attractive piano bench
cushions, find that they did not sense the way the
public would take hold and find that the supply
proved too small for the demand.
VICTOR QUARTERLY DIVIDEND.
The Victor Talking Machine Company declared a
quarterly dividend of $2 a share on new common
stock and $1.75 a share on the preferred, both payable
January 15 to stock of record December 30. A stock
dividend of 600 per cent was paid to stock of record
October 31 last.
NEW NAME FOR OLD FIRM.
L. T. Kunde, Inc., is the new name of an old pub-
lishing house in the Cawker Building, Milwaukee,
Wis. The new name evolved when the firm of Albert
& Kunde 1 was recently reorganized and incorporated.
New song releases are promised in a few weeks by
the company.
FILES BANKRUPTCY PETITION.
Garvin & Gless, phonographs, at 52 Fordham
road, New York, has filed a petition in bankruptcy,
listing liabilities of $3,412 and assets of $1,332. The
members of the firm are Charles J. Garvin and Rich-
ard H. Gless.
The market for crude rubber last week established
a record that has not been equaled since 1920.
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 sets 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 spurce 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.
The Piano Repair Shop
BIO CALL FOR CLARK ROLLS
Excellence of Product from the DeKalb Manufac-
turers Has a Natural Result.
The joyousness of the holidays, promising an in-
crease of sales in electric player rolls, has naturally
stimulated the business of the Clark Orchestra Roll
Co., De Kalb, 111. Every day marks an increase in
the number of music dealers who handle the depend-
able line of rolls and every day adds to the enthusi-
asm of the users of electric players in cafes and other
public places.
Dealers everywhere declare that Clark Orchestra
rolls produce bigger dividends from electric pianos
than other makes of electric rolls. The rolls are
everywhere looked upon as a safe investment. The
electric player business is a big one and growing big-
ger all the time. Its greatest growth is with the
users of Clark Orchestra rolls because there is never
any dissatisfaction with the rolls on the part of the
patrons of the places where they are used.
The dealers who depend upon the meritorious
Clark rolls for good and profitable results for the
electric players know what constitutes a good roll
and they are certain the Clark roll possesses all the
requirements for success. It is always timely, al-
ways well recorded and in the cutting of the rolls the
best paper and the most approved processes are em-
ployed. It is not by chance the Clark Orchestra
rolls are in favor by the keenly observant dealer who
studies the causes that lead to the best results.
The business of the Clark Orchestra Roll Co. for
the fall has been the greatest in the history of the
house. The greater use of electric pianos every-
where means a still greater increase of the demand for
the Clark Orchestra rolls.
GOVERNMENT DRYING SCHEDULES.
The eleven kiln-drying schedules prepared by the
United States Forest Product Laboratory, Madison,
Wis., practically covers the entire range of hardwood
and softwood lumber drying. The schedules are
based on the moisture content of the stock in the
kiln, the basis which assures the most uniform results.
PERFECTION BENCH CO.
NOT IN
ANY
TRUST
ORIGINATORS, DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS
OP
PERFECTION PLAYER ROLL
CABINETS and PIANO
BENCHES
Quality, Service, Price
Perfection Piano Bench Mfg. Co.
614-618 So. Canal St.
Chicago
LEATHER
FOR
PLAYERS
ORGANS
PIANOS
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
refimshed or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
T. L. LUTKINS, Inc.
425 South Wabash Aye.
40 Spruce Street
Chicago
PNEUMATIC LEATHERS A SPECIALTY
Packing, Valves, All Special Tanned
Bellows Leather
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).