Presto
Issue: 1923 1905 - Page 9
PRESTO
January 27, 1923.
WINFIELD WESER IS
RAPIDLY RECOVERING
New York Piano Manufacturer, Whose Illness
Has Concerned Countless Friends, Will
Soon Be Back as Good as New.
There are few of the piano manufacturers—or
dealers either, for that matter—who have a larger
number, or warmer, friends than Winfield Weser,
of Weser Bros., New York. For some time past Mr.
Weser has been confined to his home by illness, but
his many friends in the trade will be glad to know
that he is making splendid progress along the road
to recovery, and it will not be long before he will be
seen at his accustomed post, and assuming his former
part in the activities of the industry which he has
helped pilot to its enviable position in the piano man-
ufacturing activities.
One of Mr. Weser's close associates reports that
the kind remembrances of his friends have contribut-
ed very^ importantly towards his recovery. There
have been numerous calls upon him, and every day
the mails have brought felicitations from his many
friends. Remember that,
than the one here set forth, about the recovery of
Mr. Weser and the hope is expressed that he may
not again be attacked by any indisposition by which
his place in the activities of his industry may have to
move on without him.
(A New One Every Week.)
By The Presto Poick.
BUSH & GERTS PIANO CO.,
DALLAS, HOLDS MEETING
At Annual Election W. L. Bush Again Made Presi-
dent and Other Officers Chosen.
At the recent annual meeting of the Bush & Gerts
Piano Co., Dallas, Tex., W. L. Bush stressed the
fact that the enormous increase in the business of
the company for the year 1922 was due to the untiring
efforts and co-operation of the members of the Pro-
gressive Club. Leon Thurman was appointed office
manager and also elected secretary of the company
by the Board of Directors. W. L. Bush was re-
elected president of the company, Paul E. Burling,
vice-president; Henry P. Mayer of Paris, Texas,
chairman of the Board of Directors.
The final audit of the business of 1922 was de-
layed owing to the tremendous increase in volume
of business that had to be accounted for and prop-
erly recorded before final statements could be made
but sufficient information was presented to the
When a fellow's knocked out and he can't get about, Board of Directors to justify the immediate payment
And the doctor says "stay there in bed,"
of a past dividend with interest and the declaration
When he's all aches and pains, and the blood in his of an 8 per cent dividend on the preferred stock and
veins
a 6 per cent on the common. In addition to this, the
Seem to flow like a fluid of lead,
You may dose him with pills and with tinctures and company disbursed in bonuses among its 100 em-
ployes between $6,000 and $7,000 at Christmas time.
squills,
But the cure for a man, after all,
Are the roses of love and the glad voices of
L. M. NEWMAN IMPROVING.
The good friends who drop in to call.
L. M. Newman, president of the Newman Bros.
There is no man associated with pianos who more Co., Chicago, is recovering gradually from the sick-
richly deserves the helpful thoughts of friends than ness which seized him immediately after the holidays.
Winfield Weser. Always genial and ready to lend Friends will be glad to learn that he has spent a little
a willing ear to the perplexities of others, he has time at the office recently, and is expected to return
never been caught with other than a cheerful smile to work permanently within a short time.
and the kind of optimist that radiates enthusiasm and
happiness. Without him the big Weser Bros, estab-
DON'T WORRY.
.~l*j!iti:.i
lishment has seemed to miss a great deal, and every
Don't worry about the past,
caller who has known the house long, has commented
It's gone on its endles way;
upon the fact. Presto seldom has a better item
Look forward to things
r--
that last—
Take care of yourself
today.
The
"Little Piano
with the
Big Tone"
Get Ready for a Big Year
With the Miessner
Throughout America, dealers have proved there are
big sales possibilities for the Miessner, "the Little
Piano with the Big Tone." The growing tendency to
build smaller homes and more apartment buildings
makes the compact piano a bigger factor in piano
sales day by day. The Miessner adapts itself har-
moniously to small rooms in which the big, cum-
bersome upright would be an unsightly, misfitting
* piece of furniture.
The Miessner is the original small piano. It is a
compact, scientifically built instrument. Only 3 ft. 7
inches high. Easily movable. Full size keyboard.
Used in schools throughout America. Endorsed by
leading musicians. Beautifully proportioned and fin-
ished. Handle the Miessner, sell more pianos in
1923. Write us today.
MIESSNER PIANO COMPANY
111-120 REED STREET
WAREROOM WARBLES
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
PIANO
TRADE COUE
Dealer Who Has Rhymed
Rules for the Winning
of Success.
One of the successful
"small" piano dealers in a
western city has sent to
Presto his formula for
achieving results. It is
cryptic, easily committed
to memory, and it is the
dealers' own experience. Is
an index to results. It is
something worth while
clipping and pasting in
your hat, or keeping on
your desk where it may
be seen when you start the
day every morning. Here
it is:
Start with a Smile;
Let it extend.
All of the while.
Till the day's end;
Keep it in place
Even when doubt
Threats to efface
What your're about;
Let no defeat
Cause you to shirk—
Still keep your feet.
Fight hard—and Work.
Start in each day
Filled with the pluck
That keeps away
All but Good Luck;
Be of the kind
Who never shirk,
Keeping in mind
To Win is Work.
A piano sold today is
better than two you think
you'll sell next week.
THE ORIGINAL STENCIL.
How this old world keeps changing!
It skips around so fast
We've no time for arranging
Affairs ere time is past;
The things we think need righting,
And placed where they belong,
Before we get through fighting
No more at all seem wrong.
For instance, take the "stencil"—
That awful sin of old—
Which once stirred pen and pencil
To drive it from the fold;
How fierce we fought the terror
That threatened art divine,
Whereas today no error
Reflects its gilded shine..
Dame Ethics used to struggle
To stab the terror dead,
While now she seems to snuggle
It closer sill, instead;
No more we see much danger
Of missing Paradise
By selling friend or stranger
A stencil—at a price!
Bill Shakespeare asked the question
Of what is in a name,
And in his mild suggestion
Set up a stencil claim;
So, while the fragrant roses
Bedeck the hills and plains,
To glad our eyes and noses,
The thump box still remains.
GEO. J. DOWLING RE-ELECTED
THE CABLE CO.'S PRESIDENT
Election of Chas. W. Schild Only Change at Annual
Meeting of Big Chicago Industry.
The Cable Company, Chicago, has started another
fiscal year with practically the same executives as
those who guided its policies during the past twelve
months, the single change in the officers of this large
manufacturing concern being the selection of a new
assistant secretary and assistant treasurer, Charles
W. Schild.
The officers as elected are as follows: President,
George J. Dowling; vice-president, W. E. Guylee;
vice-president and treasurer, H. L. Draper; secretary
and • assistant treasurer, Charles W. Schild. The
board of directors remains the same. The annual
election was held at the meeting in the Cable build-
ing at the corner of Wabash avenue and Jackson
boulevard in Chicago, January 18.
Charles W. Schild, the new member of the execu-
tive list, has been with The Cable Company for ap-
proximately fifteen years, having had all his expe-
rience in the piano business with this firm. He is a
thoroughly experienced man, and is fitted for the
executive post by reason of extensive service in many
capacities. He has held a number of different posi-
tions, starting in the accounting department, and
having held the positions of cashier and traveling
auditor. He succeeds George L. Hall, who leaves
the Chicago organization to become vice-president
and general manager of The Cable Piano Co., of De-
troit.
NEW AKRON STORE.
Akron, O., is to have a new music store owned and
managed by C. E. Jones, for the past year manager
of the piano department of the George S. Dales Co.,
in that city. Mr. Jones has had valuable experiences
in managing progressive piano departments. He was
for many years manager ©f the piano department of
William R. Zollinger & Co., the big Canton, O., de-
partment store.
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January 27, 1923.
WINFIELD WESER IS
RAPIDLY RECOVERING
New York Piano Manufacturer, Whose Illness
Has Concerned Countless Friends, Will
Soon Be Back as Good as New.
There are few of the piano manufacturers—or
dealers either, for that matter—who have a larger
number, or warmer, friends than Winfield Weser,
of Weser Bros., New York. For some time past Mr.
Weser has been confined to his home by illness, but
his many friends in the trade will be glad to know
that he is making splendid progress along the road
to recovery, and it will not be long before he will be
seen at his accustomed post, and assuming his former
part in the activities of the industry which he has
helped pilot to its enviable position in the piano man-
ufacturing activities.
One of Mr. Weser's close associates reports that
the kind remembrances of his friends have contribut-
ed very^ importantly towards his recovery. There
have been numerous calls upon him, and every day
the mails have brought felicitations from his many
friends. Remember that,
than the one here set forth, about the recovery of
Mr. Weser and the hope is expressed that he may
not again be attacked by any indisposition by which
his place in the activities of his industry may have to
move on without him.
(A New One Every Week.)
By The Presto Poick.
BUSH & GERTS PIANO CO.,
DALLAS, HOLDS MEETING
At Annual Election W. L. Bush Again Made Presi-
dent and Other Officers Chosen.
At the recent annual meeting of the Bush & Gerts
Piano Co., Dallas, Tex., W. L. Bush stressed the
fact that the enormous increase in the business of
the company for the year 1922 was due to the untiring
efforts and co-operation of the members of the Pro-
gressive Club. Leon Thurman was appointed office
manager and also elected secretary of the company
by the Board of Directors. W. L. Bush was re-
elected president of the company, Paul E. Burling,
vice-president; Henry P. Mayer of Paris, Texas,
chairman of the Board of Directors.
The final audit of the business of 1922 was de-
layed owing to the tremendous increase in volume
of business that had to be accounted for and prop-
erly recorded before final statements could be made
but sufficient information was presented to the
When a fellow's knocked out and he can't get about, Board of Directors to justify the immediate payment
And the doctor says "stay there in bed,"
of a past dividend with interest and the declaration
When he's all aches and pains, and the blood in his of an 8 per cent dividend on the preferred stock and
veins
a 6 per cent on the common. In addition to this, the
Seem to flow like a fluid of lead,
You may dose him with pills and with tinctures and company disbursed in bonuses among its 100 em-
ployes between $6,000 and $7,000 at Christmas time.
squills,
But the cure for a man, after all,
Are the roses of love and the glad voices of
L. M. NEWMAN IMPROVING.
The good friends who drop in to call.
L. M. Newman, president of the Newman Bros.
There is no man associated with pianos who more Co., Chicago, is recovering gradually from the sick-
richly deserves the helpful thoughts of friends than ness which seized him immediately after the holidays.
Winfield Weser. Always genial and ready to lend Friends will be glad to learn that he has spent a little
a willing ear to the perplexities of others, he has time at the office recently, and is expected to return
never been caught with other than a cheerful smile to work permanently within a short time.
and the kind of optimist that radiates enthusiasm and
happiness. Without him the big Weser Bros, estab-
DON'T WORRY.
.~l*j!iti:.i
lishment has seemed to miss a great deal, and every
Don't worry about the past,
caller who has known the house long, has commented
It's gone on its endles way;
upon the fact. Presto seldom has a better item
Look forward to things
r--
that last—
Take care of yourself
today.
The
"Little Piano
with the
Big Tone"
Get Ready for a Big Year
With the Miessner
Throughout America, dealers have proved there are
big sales possibilities for the Miessner, "the Little
Piano with the Big Tone." The growing tendency to
build smaller homes and more apartment buildings
makes the compact piano a bigger factor in piano
sales day by day. The Miessner adapts itself har-
moniously to small rooms in which the big, cum-
bersome upright would be an unsightly, misfitting
* piece of furniture.
The Miessner is the original small piano. It is a
compact, scientifically built instrument. Only 3 ft. 7
inches high. Easily movable. Full size keyboard.
Used in schools throughout America. Endorsed by
leading musicians. Beautifully proportioned and fin-
ished. Handle the Miessner, sell more pianos in
1923. Write us today.
MIESSNER PIANO COMPANY
111-120 REED STREET
WAREROOM WARBLES
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
PIANO
TRADE COUE
Dealer Who Has Rhymed
Rules for the Winning
of Success.
One of the successful
"small" piano dealers in a
western city has sent to
Presto his formula for
achieving results. It is
cryptic, easily committed
to memory, and it is the
dealers' own experience. Is
an index to results. It is
something worth while
clipping and pasting in
your hat, or keeping on
your desk where it may
be seen when you start the
day every morning. Here
it is:
Start with a Smile;
Let it extend.
All of the while.
Till the day's end;
Keep it in place
Even when doubt
Threats to efface
What your're about;
Let no defeat
Cause you to shirk—
Still keep your feet.
Fight hard—and Work.
Start in each day
Filled with the pluck
That keeps away
All but Good Luck;
Be of the kind
Who never shirk,
Keeping in mind
To Win is Work.
A piano sold today is
better than two you think
you'll sell next week.
THE ORIGINAL STENCIL.
How this old world keeps changing!
It skips around so fast
We've no time for arranging
Affairs ere time is past;
The things we think need righting,
And placed where they belong,
Before we get through fighting
No more at all seem wrong.
For instance, take the "stencil"—
That awful sin of old—
Which once stirred pen and pencil
To drive it from the fold;
How fierce we fought the terror
That threatened art divine,
Whereas today no error
Reflects its gilded shine..
Dame Ethics used to struggle
To stab the terror dead,
While now she seems to snuggle
It closer sill, instead;
No more we see much danger
Of missing Paradise
By selling friend or stranger
A stencil—at a price!
Bill Shakespeare asked the question
Of what is in a name,
And in his mild suggestion
Set up a stencil claim;
So, while the fragrant roses
Bedeck the hills and plains,
To glad our eyes and noses,
The thump box still remains.
GEO. J. DOWLING RE-ELECTED
THE CABLE CO.'S PRESIDENT
Election of Chas. W. Schild Only Change at Annual
Meeting of Big Chicago Industry.
The Cable Company, Chicago, has started another
fiscal year with practically the same executives as
those who guided its policies during the past twelve
months, the single change in the officers of this large
manufacturing concern being the selection of a new
assistant secretary and assistant treasurer, Charles
W. Schild.
The officers as elected are as follows: President,
George J. Dowling; vice-president, W. E. Guylee;
vice-president and treasurer, H. L. Draper; secretary
and • assistant treasurer, Charles W. Schild. The
board of directors remains the same. The annual
election was held at the meeting in the Cable build-
ing at the corner of Wabash avenue and Jackson
boulevard in Chicago, January 18.
Charles W. Schild, the new member of the execu-
tive list, has been with The Cable Company for ap-
proximately fifteen years, having had all his expe-
rience in the piano business with this firm. He is a
thoroughly experienced man, and is fitted for the
executive post by reason of extensive service in many
capacities. He has held a number of different posi-
tions, starting in the accounting department, and
having held the positions of cashier and traveling
auditor. He succeeds George L. Hall, who leaves
the Chicago organization to become vice-president
and general manager of The Cable Piano Co., of De-
troit.
NEW AKRON STORE.
Akron, O., is to have a new music store owned and
managed by C. E. Jones, for the past year manager
of the piano department of the George S. Dales Co.,
in that city. Mr. Jones has had valuable experiences
in managing progressive piano departments. He was
for many years manager ©f the piano department of
William R. Zollinger & Co., the big Canton, O., de-
partment store.
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).