Presto
Issue: 1923 1905 - Page 12
January 27, 1923
PRESTO
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E BRASKA DEALER ADVISES
OTHERS TO "WATCH OUT"
Professional "Band Leader" and Slick Worker Left
Music Houses Without Giving Notice.
Ax
II
s
ARTISTIC
II
IN EVERY
DETAIL
II
HADDORFF PIANO CO.
ROCKPOIUD,ILL.
Wholesale Offices:
N.w York Cms
130 W. find SI.
CMeat*
410 S. Michigan An.
S«n Fnncbeo
A man going under the name of R. X. C. Carlton,
who has recently been instructing a band at Suther-
land and Brule, Nebraska, has departed that locality
suddenly, leaving considerable indebtedness. He is
wanted by the sheriff of either Lincoln County, Ne-
braska, or Keith County, Nebraska, and a warrant has
been issued for his arrest for selling mortgaged prop-
erty. The scheme he worked was to gain the con-
fidence of the local music stores and sell instruments,
especially saxophones, to the bands he was organizing
for the dealer.
He would sell one instrument and pay for it, and
then another and pay for it, until he gained the con-
fidence of the music trade. He would then take out
three or four instruments, sell them, and take the
money and disappear. He is about 5 feet 8 inches
tall, weight about 150 pounds, very nervous disposi-
tion, ordinary features, and has the tip end of one of
the middle fingers on one of his hands missing.
"If you can assist us in locating this man through
your papers," writes Robert A. Goodall, of Ogalla,
Nebr., "it will be greatly appreciated. He is a good
saxophone player, which seems to be his hobby."
It is believed that Carlton has gone to California,
perhaps to Los Angeles, as he claimed that was for-
merly his home.
THRILL IN MAKING YOUR
OWN PIANO MUSIC
II
•
Si:
Excellent Talking Point for Salesmen Made Clear
in Gulbransen Ad in Magazine.
Cincinnati Factories of The Baldwin Piano Company
SUCCESS
is assured the dealer who takes advantage of
THE BALDWIN CO-OPERATION PLAN
which offers every opportunity to represent
under the most favorable conditions a com-
plete line of high grade pianos, players and
reproducers.
For injorma,{on writ*
Palbtom $iano Company
Incorporated
CINCINNATI
INDIANAPOLIS
LOUISVIU.II
CHICAGO
ST. LOOTS
DALLAS
NEW YORK
DENVEB
SAN FRANCISCO
"There's a thrill in playing music you cannot get
from listening," is the heading to the printed matter
in the page ad of the Gulbransen-Dickinson Co., Chi-
cago, in the Saturday Evening Post of January 13. It
is a most effective talking point for the playerpiano
salesman. This is said in the attractive page display
which is set off with one of the characteristic Gul-
bransen pictures which tells a story:
"One thing is sure—you'd rather play music, per-
sonally, than just listen. With a Gulbransen you can
play good music, yourself, just as you want to play
it! It's easy. Instruction Rolls are provided. All
the family will quickly become expert.
"All the fun without long practice! All the joy
without hard work! All the music that you long for,
played with feeling and effect!
"And here's more! The words are on the rolls.
Play in any key. Pause when you will—then faster,
with perfect shading. Express yourself, musically.
There's nothing like it. Your Gulbransen dealer will
invite you to play it yourself. Do so."
BOOKLET TELLS ABOUT
PIANO ACTION'S IMPORTANCE
How It Was Early Recognized Is Pointed Out by
Wessell, Nickel & Gross.
The Heppe, Marcellus and Edouard Jules PlaOO
manufactured by the
HEPPE PIANO COMPANY
are the only pianos In the world with
Three Sounding Boards.
Patented In the United States, Great Brltalflt
France, Germany and Canada.
Liberal arrangements to responsible agents only*
Main Office, 1117 Chestnut St.
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
When in doubt refer to
PRESTO BUYERS GUIDE
The importance of the action in the piano is para-
mount. That its importance in the manufacture of
pianos was admitted from the beginning is shown in
the significant fact that the making of piano actions
was the first auxiliary industry in the piano trade.
Since 1875 the house of Wessell, Nickel & Gross, New
York, has specialized in the manufacture of the high-
est grade of piano actions.
But laymen and a great many musicians as well,
who simply take the piano as an established fact, do
not always understand the great importance of the
piano action, according to Wessell, Nickel & Gross,
in a treatise on the piano action. "What is the piano
action?" is asked. This is the answer:
"It is the motive power, so to speak, in the piano.
It is to the piano what the nervous system is to the
human organism—delicate, powerful, capable of
lightning-like rapidity or slow, dreamy strokes. It
is the system of lever which transmits the blow struck
on the piano keys and carries it to the strings. No
part of the piano has given the inventor more food
for thought and opportunity for the display of genius
than the action and its development, passing regularly
from stage to stage, from the simple and crude ham-
mer action of Christofori in 1707 to the modern
action, is clearly a perfect demonstration of the laws
of evolution."
H. W. Mahnke and A. B. Croll are in charge of the
Two Rivers Music Co., recently opened" in - Two
Rivers, Wis.
MPOLLO
DeKALB
ILLINOIS
For a
and Better
Business
There is nothing to compare
with the complete line of
M. SCHULZ CO.
The Players are RIGHT in
everything that means
money to the dealers and
satisfaction to the public.
You will never do mnything better
than when you get in touch with
M. SCHULZ CO.
711 Milwaukee Avenuo
CHICAGO
•OUTHBRN BRANCH: 730 Cindler Bldg., ATLANTA. GA.
STEGER
TTieMostVdluablePiaiiouilheVferld'
STEGER & SONS
Piano Manufacturing Company
Manufacturers of
STEGER Pianos and Player Pianos
REED & Sons Pianos and Player Pianos
SINGER Pianos and Player Pianos
THOMPSON Pianos and Player Pianos
ARTEMIS Pianos and Player Pianos
STEGER Stools, Benches, Music Cabinets
STEGER Phonographs
STEGER Polish
General Offices and Salesroom*t Steger Build-
ing, Wabash and Jackson, Chicago.
Factories: Steger, Illinois, where the "Lincoln"
and "Dixie" Highways Meet.
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PRESTO
12
•:•:•:•:•:••-•:•:•:•:•:•=•=•=•=•=•= S
E BRASKA DEALER ADVISES
OTHERS TO "WATCH OUT"
Professional "Band Leader" and Slick Worker Left
Music Houses Without Giving Notice.
Ax
II
s
ARTISTIC
II
IN EVERY
DETAIL
II
HADDORFF PIANO CO.
ROCKPOIUD,ILL.
Wholesale Offices:
N.w York Cms
130 W. find SI.
CMeat*
410 S. Michigan An.
S«n Fnncbeo
A man going under the name of R. X. C. Carlton,
who has recently been instructing a band at Suther-
land and Brule, Nebraska, has departed that locality
suddenly, leaving considerable indebtedness. He is
wanted by the sheriff of either Lincoln County, Ne-
braska, or Keith County, Nebraska, and a warrant has
been issued for his arrest for selling mortgaged prop-
erty. The scheme he worked was to gain the con-
fidence of the local music stores and sell instruments,
especially saxophones, to the bands he was organizing
for the dealer.
He would sell one instrument and pay for it, and
then another and pay for it, until he gained the con-
fidence of the music trade. He would then take out
three or four instruments, sell them, and take the
money and disappear. He is about 5 feet 8 inches
tall, weight about 150 pounds, very nervous disposi-
tion, ordinary features, and has the tip end of one of
the middle fingers on one of his hands missing.
"If you can assist us in locating this man through
your papers," writes Robert A. Goodall, of Ogalla,
Nebr., "it will be greatly appreciated. He is a good
saxophone player, which seems to be his hobby."
It is believed that Carlton has gone to California,
perhaps to Los Angeles, as he claimed that was for-
merly his home.
THRILL IN MAKING YOUR
OWN PIANO MUSIC
II
•
Si:
Excellent Talking Point for Salesmen Made Clear
in Gulbransen Ad in Magazine.
Cincinnati Factories of The Baldwin Piano Company
SUCCESS
is assured the dealer who takes advantage of
THE BALDWIN CO-OPERATION PLAN
which offers every opportunity to represent
under the most favorable conditions a com-
plete line of high grade pianos, players and
reproducers.
For injorma,{on writ*
Palbtom $iano Company
Incorporated
CINCINNATI
INDIANAPOLIS
LOUISVIU.II
CHICAGO
ST. LOOTS
DALLAS
NEW YORK
DENVEB
SAN FRANCISCO
"There's a thrill in playing music you cannot get
from listening," is the heading to the printed matter
in the page ad of the Gulbransen-Dickinson Co., Chi-
cago, in the Saturday Evening Post of January 13. It
is a most effective talking point for the playerpiano
salesman. This is said in the attractive page display
which is set off with one of the characteristic Gul-
bransen pictures which tells a story:
"One thing is sure—you'd rather play music, per-
sonally, than just listen. With a Gulbransen you can
play good music, yourself, just as you want to play
it! It's easy. Instruction Rolls are provided. All
the family will quickly become expert.
"All the fun without long practice! All the joy
without hard work! All the music that you long for,
played with feeling and effect!
"And here's more! The words are on the rolls.
Play in any key. Pause when you will—then faster,
with perfect shading. Express yourself, musically.
There's nothing like it. Your Gulbransen dealer will
invite you to play it yourself. Do so."
BOOKLET TELLS ABOUT
PIANO ACTION'S IMPORTANCE
How It Was Early Recognized Is Pointed Out by
Wessell, Nickel & Gross.
The Heppe, Marcellus and Edouard Jules PlaOO
manufactured by the
HEPPE PIANO COMPANY
are the only pianos In the world with
Three Sounding Boards.
Patented In the United States, Great Brltalflt
France, Germany and Canada.
Liberal arrangements to responsible agents only*
Main Office, 1117 Chestnut St.
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
When in doubt refer to
PRESTO BUYERS GUIDE
The importance of the action in the piano is para-
mount. That its importance in the manufacture of
pianos was admitted from the beginning is shown in
the significant fact that the making of piano actions
was the first auxiliary industry in the piano trade.
Since 1875 the house of Wessell, Nickel & Gross, New
York, has specialized in the manufacture of the high-
est grade of piano actions.
But laymen and a great many musicians as well,
who simply take the piano as an established fact, do
not always understand the great importance of the
piano action, according to Wessell, Nickel & Gross,
in a treatise on the piano action. "What is the piano
action?" is asked. This is the answer:
"It is the motive power, so to speak, in the piano.
It is to the piano what the nervous system is to the
human organism—delicate, powerful, capable of
lightning-like rapidity or slow, dreamy strokes. It
is the system of lever which transmits the blow struck
on the piano keys and carries it to the strings. No
part of the piano has given the inventor more food
for thought and opportunity for the display of genius
than the action and its development, passing regularly
from stage to stage, from the simple and crude ham-
mer action of Christofori in 1707 to the modern
action, is clearly a perfect demonstration of the laws
of evolution."
H. W. Mahnke and A. B. Croll are in charge of the
Two Rivers Music Co., recently opened" in - Two
Rivers, Wis.
MPOLLO
DeKALB
ILLINOIS
For a
and Better
Business
There is nothing to compare
with the complete line of
M. SCHULZ CO.
The Players are RIGHT in
everything that means
money to the dealers and
satisfaction to the public.
You will never do mnything better
than when you get in touch with
M. SCHULZ CO.
711 Milwaukee Avenuo
CHICAGO
•OUTHBRN BRANCH: 730 Cindler Bldg., ATLANTA. GA.
STEGER
TTieMostVdluablePiaiiouilheVferld'
STEGER & SONS
Piano Manufacturing Company
Manufacturers of
STEGER Pianos and Player Pianos
REED & Sons Pianos and Player Pianos
SINGER Pianos and Player Pianos
THOMPSON Pianos and Player Pianos
ARTEMIS Pianos and Player Pianos
STEGER Stools, Benches, Music Cabinets
STEGER Phonographs
STEGER Polish
General Offices and Salesroom*t Steger Build-
ing, Wabash and Jackson, Chicago.
Factories: Steger, Illinois, where the "Lincoln"
and "Dixie" Highways Meet.
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).