Presto
Issue: 1923 1912 - Page 8
PRESTO
M. SCHULZ CO. CHOOSES
OFFICERS FOR ANOTHER YEAR
Prominent Chicago Manufacturers Re-elect Officials
and Hear Yearly Reports.
The M. Schulz Co., Chicago, prosperous manufac-
turer of pianos and playerpianos of more than na-
tional reputation, elected the officials for another
year, at the recent annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers. The officers as re-elected are Otto Schulz, pres-
ident; Emil W. Wolfif and Fred P. Bassett, vice-
presidents; Frederick A. Luhnow, secretary and
treasurer.
The reports given by the officials indicate a good
year for the M. Schulz Co., following the success of
the past year. Although the first few months of the
fiscal year just passed were in a dull season, the last
half was in a period of decided business activity. The
last few months have been filled with liveliness of
orders, and the factory has been unable to keep up
with the orders. There is every indication that the
fiscal year beginning for the Schnlz company will be
one of the most prosperous of the history of the
factorv.
HAMPTON, IA., DEALERS
INVADE FARMERS' CLUB
Representatives of the Hockspeier Music Co., Selling
Piano, Remove Injustice to Youthful Members.
The Equity Community Club of New Hampton,
la., is a farmers' club, but it is distinguished from
other farmers' clubs in that it has a real clubhouse,
situated about eight miles from Hampton. It is large
and comfortable, with facilities for rest and innocent
enjoyment. But up to a few weeks ago the farmers'
clubhouse lacked something that evokes the most
joyful feelings—a piano.
For the older men there was a supply of checker-
boards, agricultural journals and solid books about
crop rotation and cattle and pig ancestry; the older
women visiting the clubhouse were provided with a
clutter of wicker rockers with soft cushions and
March 17, 1023
pockets for holding the knitting; the younger ma-
trons could discreetly exchange views in their own
luxurious reservation but the young men and young
women of the dancing age, which is also the singing
age, were not so well treated by the club manage-
ment. As a musical aid they had nothing but a
phonograph of stuttering habit and metalic sound.
It was then that the Misses Hockspeier of the
Hockspeier Music Co., Hampton, descended upon
the clubhouse one Saturday evening armed with a
Hamilton Manualo to relieve the young folks' situa-
tion even if they had to lose their own profit on a
sale. The impromptu concert and dance that fol-
lowed showed how a piano would remove an injustice
to the younger people. The last act that evening,
just before the singing of the "Star Spangled Ban-
ner," was by the president of the club, when he signed
the Hamilton sale contract on the dotted line.
HENRY F. MILLER ELECTION.
Warren M. King, who was recently elected presi-
dent of the Henry F. Miller & Sons Piano Co., Bos-
ton, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Burton R, Miller, was re-elected last week at the
annual meeting of the company. C. Wilson McDow,
also elected at the previous meeting, was re-elected
treasurer, and Stanwood Miller was also continued
as vice-president and general manager. Several fac-
tory officials and the retail staff were guests of the
officers at a dinner following the meeting at the
City Club.
OVER 100 A DAY.
The average output of the Gulbransen-Dickinson
Co., Chicago, has reached one hundred a day, the
biggest ever handled in the history of the company, it
Was reported at the Gulbransen factory this week.
The orders received so far this year, are three or four
times as heavy as those of last year.
SCHULZ PIANO POPULAR.
The M. Schulz pianos and playerpianos, manufac-
tured by the M. Schulz Co., Chicago, are retaining
and increasing their popularity in the north middle-
western states, according to E. M. Prinz, salesman in
three states. Mr. Prinz has just returned from a suc-
cessful trip through Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota.
GROWTH OF FAVOR FOR
SEEBURG INSTRUMENT
Automatic Pianos and Orchestrions of J. P . Seeburg
Piano Co. Have Suitable Qualities.
Revolutionary inventions no longer surprise us.
It is a blase age in which we expect the phenomenal.
But the figures that show how the world appreciates
the inventions that make for the greater comfort, in-
struction and pleasure of the mass of the people
continue to interest. When it is told that in one city
alone over two thousand Seeburg automatic instru-
ments are giving continuous service with complete sat-
isfaction to the purchasers, an important trade fact
is related. When it is added that the sales of the
instruments have been profitable to the dealers who
sold them the fact is made a highly significant one.
The salable quality in an automatic instrument in-
volves the possession of the essential merits that as-
sure satisfactory service in use by the ultimate con-
sumer. The satisfied automatic piano or orchestrion
owner is the ideal propagandist for the manufacturer
of the instruments. That is why the J. P. Seeburg
Piano Co., Chicago, claims that the people who own
Seeburg automatic instruments provide constant and
valuable advertising for the products.
Today the name Seeburg on an automatic instru-
ment is considered a policy of insurance of satisfac-
tion to the purchaser. It insures high quality in the
music produced, a perfection in tone, an accuracy of
mechanical operation and thorough durability, quali-
ties that guarantee pleasure to the hearers and a
profitable investment to the purchaser.
The continuously profitable results achieved by
-dealers handling the Seeburg line of automatic in-
struments is one of the best proofs that the instru-
ments possess the merits that make for success. The
line of automatic pianos, with the various attach-
ments, Midget Orchestrions, Orchestrions, Solo Or-
chestras and Solo-Orchestrions is one with which the
ambitious dealer may make continuous and profitable
sales. The Seeburg instrument means quality, satis-
faction and profit backed by the Seeburg reputation
and organization. And the market for automatic in-
struments is everywhere.
BAUER PIANOS
The
JULIUS BAUER
TRADE MARK
Factory
•»S3 Altjeld Street, CHICAGO
Office and Wareroom*
Old Number. 244 Wabaah An
New Number. 305 S. Wab&sh A%
in the
A. B. Chase
Established 1875
Emerson
Lindeman & Sons
Established 1849
Established 1836
The Celco Reproducing Medium in these
nationally known pianos offers a complete line,
characterized by distinction and controlled
exclusively by you. Write for open territory.
20 West 45 th Street
New York City
KROEGER
(Established 1552)
The name alone is enough to suggest to dealers the Best
Artistic and Commercial Values.
The New Style Players Are Fr'nest Yet. If you can
get the Agency you ought to / ive it.
KROEGER PIANO CO.
MEW rOKK. N. Y.
Quick Sales and
Satisfied Customers
STANFORD. COW,
BRINKERHOFF
Player-Pianos and Pianos
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 tell you about our interesting
dealer proposition.
STRAUBE PIANO CO., Hammond, Ind.
The Line That Sells Easily and Satisfies Always
BRINKERHOFF PIANO CO. C f f l S S S E r CHICAGO
For QUALITY, SATISFACTION and PROFIT
NEWMAN BROTHERS
PIANOS
NEWMAN BROS. CO.
Established 1870
Kinder & Collins
and
Pianos
520-524 W. 48M1 S
NEW YORK
Try a Presto Want Ad and Get It
Factories, 816 DIX ST., Chicago, 1)
E. Leins Piano Company,
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
NEW FACTORY. 304 W. 42nd St.. NEW YORK
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M. SCHULZ CO. CHOOSES
OFFICERS FOR ANOTHER YEAR
Prominent Chicago Manufacturers Re-elect Officials
and Hear Yearly Reports.
The M. Schulz Co., Chicago, prosperous manufac-
turer of pianos and playerpianos of more than na-
tional reputation, elected the officials for another
year, at the recent annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers. The officers as re-elected are Otto Schulz, pres-
ident; Emil W. Wolfif and Fred P. Bassett, vice-
presidents; Frederick A. Luhnow, secretary and
treasurer.
The reports given by the officials indicate a good
year for the M. Schulz Co., following the success of
the past year. Although the first few months of the
fiscal year just passed were in a dull season, the last
half was in a period of decided business activity. The
last few months have been filled with liveliness of
orders, and the factory has been unable to keep up
with the orders. There is every indication that the
fiscal year beginning for the Schnlz company will be
one of the most prosperous of the history of the
factorv.
HAMPTON, IA., DEALERS
INVADE FARMERS' CLUB
Representatives of the Hockspeier Music Co., Selling
Piano, Remove Injustice to Youthful Members.
The Equity Community Club of New Hampton,
la., is a farmers' club, but it is distinguished from
other farmers' clubs in that it has a real clubhouse,
situated about eight miles from Hampton. It is large
and comfortable, with facilities for rest and innocent
enjoyment. But up to a few weeks ago the farmers'
clubhouse lacked something that evokes the most
joyful feelings—a piano.
For the older men there was a supply of checker-
boards, agricultural journals and solid books about
crop rotation and cattle and pig ancestry; the older
women visiting the clubhouse were provided with a
clutter of wicker rockers with soft cushions and
March 17, 1023
pockets for holding the knitting; the younger ma-
trons could discreetly exchange views in their own
luxurious reservation but the young men and young
women of the dancing age, which is also the singing
age, were not so well treated by the club manage-
ment. As a musical aid they had nothing but a
phonograph of stuttering habit and metalic sound.
It was then that the Misses Hockspeier of the
Hockspeier Music Co., Hampton, descended upon
the clubhouse one Saturday evening armed with a
Hamilton Manualo to relieve the young folks' situa-
tion even if they had to lose their own profit on a
sale. The impromptu concert and dance that fol-
lowed showed how a piano would remove an injustice
to the younger people. The last act that evening,
just before the singing of the "Star Spangled Ban-
ner," was by the president of the club, when he signed
the Hamilton sale contract on the dotted line.
HENRY F. MILLER ELECTION.
Warren M. King, who was recently elected presi-
dent of the Henry F. Miller & Sons Piano Co., Bos-
ton, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Burton R, Miller, was re-elected last week at the
annual meeting of the company. C. Wilson McDow,
also elected at the previous meeting, was re-elected
treasurer, and Stanwood Miller was also continued
as vice-president and general manager. Several fac-
tory officials and the retail staff were guests of the
officers at a dinner following the meeting at the
City Club.
OVER 100 A DAY.
The average output of the Gulbransen-Dickinson
Co., Chicago, has reached one hundred a day, the
biggest ever handled in the history of the company, it
Was reported at the Gulbransen factory this week.
The orders received so far this year, are three or four
times as heavy as those of last year.
SCHULZ PIANO POPULAR.
The M. Schulz pianos and playerpianos, manufac-
tured by the M. Schulz Co., Chicago, are retaining
and increasing their popularity in the north middle-
western states, according to E. M. Prinz, salesman in
three states. Mr. Prinz has just returned from a suc-
cessful trip through Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota.
GROWTH OF FAVOR FOR
SEEBURG INSTRUMENT
Automatic Pianos and Orchestrions of J. P . Seeburg
Piano Co. Have Suitable Qualities.
Revolutionary inventions no longer surprise us.
It is a blase age in which we expect the phenomenal.
But the figures that show how the world appreciates
the inventions that make for the greater comfort, in-
struction and pleasure of the mass of the people
continue to interest. When it is told that in one city
alone over two thousand Seeburg automatic instru-
ments are giving continuous service with complete sat-
isfaction to the purchasers, an important trade fact
is related. When it is added that the sales of the
instruments have been profitable to the dealers who
sold them the fact is made a highly significant one.
The salable quality in an automatic instrument in-
volves the possession of the essential merits that as-
sure satisfactory service in use by the ultimate con-
sumer. The satisfied automatic piano or orchestrion
owner is the ideal propagandist for the manufacturer
of the instruments. That is why the J. P. Seeburg
Piano Co., Chicago, claims that the people who own
Seeburg automatic instruments provide constant and
valuable advertising for the products.
Today the name Seeburg on an automatic instru-
ment is considered a policy of insurance of satisfac-
tion to the purchaser. It insures high quality in the
music produced, a perfection in tone, an accuracy of
mechanical operation and thorough durability, quali-
ties that guarantee pleasure to the hearers and a
profitable investment to the purchaser.
The continuously profitable results achieved by
-dealers handling the Seeburg line of automatic in-
struments is one of the best proofs that the instru-
ments possess the merits that make for success. The
line of automatic pianos, with the various attach-
ments, Midget Orchestrions, Orchestrions, Solo Or-
chestras and Solo-Orchestrions is one with which the
ambitious dealer may make continuous and profitable
sales. The Seeburg instrument means quality, satis-
faction and profit backed by the Seeburg reputation
and organization. And the market for automatic in-
struments is everywhere.
BAUER PIANOS
The
JULIUS BAUER
TRADE MARK
Factory
•»S3 Altjeld Street, CHICAGO
Office and Wareroom*
Old Number. 244 Wabaah An
New Number. 305 S. Wab&sh A%
in the
A. B. Chase
Established 1875
Emerson
Lindeman & Sons
Established 1849
Established 1836
The Celco Reproducing Medium in these
nationally known pianos offers a complete line,
characterized by distinction and controlled
exclusively by you. Write for open territory.
20 West 45 th Street
New York City
KROEGER
(Established 1552)
The name alone is enough to suggest to dealers the Best
Artistic and Commercial Values.
The New Style Players Are Fr'nest Yet. If you can
get the Agency you ought to / ive it.
KROEGER PIANO CO.
MEW rOKK. N. Y.
Quick Sales and
Satisfied Customers
STANFORD. COW,
BRINKERHOFF
Player-Pianos and Pianos
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 tell you about our interesting
dealer proposition.
STRAUBE PIANO CO., Hammond, Ind.
The Line That Sells Easily and Satisfies Always
BRINKERHOFF PIANO CO. C f f l S S S E r CHICAGO
For QUALITY, SATISFACTION and PROFIT
NEWMAN BROTHERS
PIANOS
NEWMAN BROS. CO.
Established 1870
Kinder & Collins
and
Pianos
520-524 W. 48M1 S
NEW YORK
Try a Presto Want Ad and Get It
Factories, 816 DIX ST., Chicago, 1)
E. Leins Piano Company,
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
NEW FACTORY. 304 W. 42nd St.. NEW YORK
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