Presto
Issue: 1923 1913 - Page 20
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PRESTO
AMERICAN
PIANO SUPPLY
COMPANY
Felts, Cloths, Hammers,Punchings,
Music Wire, Tuning Pins, Player
Parts, Hinges, Casters
A FULL LINE OF MATERIALS for PIANOS and ORGAN
IVhen in Need of
SUPPLIES
Communicate with Us
March 24,
U. S. Music Co.'s Eastern Branch Finds No Surplus
Floor Space After Recent Move.
The eastern branch of the U. S. Music Co., Chi-
cago, recently moved its quarters, occupying three
times as much space at the present location at 122
Fifth Avenue, New York, as at the former place.
This caused no excess of space, however, since every
foot was needed urgently, according to George H.
"Jack" Bliss, manager of the eastern branch.
The U. S. Music Co. has built up an extensive and
profitable branch in New York, since placing Mr.
Bliss in New York with a small staff. This staff
meanwhile has grown in one year (it was February
IS, 1922, that Mr. Bliss opened the New York office)
from five to thirty persons.
Reports from Mr. Bliss are that prospects are
bright, and that indications foretell a continued in-
crease in sales. Mr. Bliss and the home office in
Chicago are co-operating in some high class trade
paper advertising, which to a large degree accounts
for the activity of the branch.
DRUMS IN PHONOGRAPH SHOPS
110-112 E. 13th St.
Talking Machine Dealers Adding Line of Wilson
Drums and Other Small Goods.
An unusual movement among phonograph dealers
to add small goods departments
to their stores is no-
ticed by the Wilson Bros. 1 Mfg. Co., Chicago, which
has been supplying a number of such retail stores
with drums and drum accessories. The largest part
of these dealers are concerns which have never car-
ried any small goods in connection with the phono-
graph line, so that the ordering of small goods indi-
cates a noteworthy extension of interests in the retail
trade.
Three such orders were received from one city
aionc within the last few weeks, according to Tom
Wilson, president and general manager of the Wilson
Bros. Mfg. Co. In these three cases, as well as in
isolated cases, the phonograph dealers had never be-
fore carried the small goods line, so that the Wilson
Bros, drums, traps, xylophones, cymbals, and fifes
will be entirely new ventures.
The interest of the trade in the Wilson Bros, line
is ascribed to trade paper advertising and to .the great
amount of circularizing which has been done. A
number of new instruments in the "Acme" line have
recently been perfected, and a circular prepared to
advertise their qualities and their reasonable prices.
The drums have taken so well that some of the stores
which took the Wilson goods for the first time have
already sent in increased re-orders.
New York
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
Manufacturers of
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Cor er Lewis Street
CHICAGO
ing investigation the fundamentals of a great dimen-
sion program—dimensions in the piece. The pro-
oosed basic grades for hardwoods and other factory
lumber will define cut-up dimensions within the
board. These determining size factors must be the
ordinary size factors encountered in factory
utilization."
CAN FILL TRIPLED SPACE
American Piano Supply Co.
MAKING OVER TRADE-INS.
Many dealers over a wide territory are finding the
Piano Repair Shop, 425 S. Wabash avenue, Chicago,
a reliable aid to solving their trade-in problems. Sales
of pianos and players are becoming more numerous
and the trade-in instruments are often in equal ratio
to the sales. Collecting them in back rooms to oc-
cupy valuable space and gather dust is not a sensible
or business-like proceeding. Scrapping them is fool-
ish, while there is a means to make over the instru-
ments and give them a new value. The Piano Repair
Shop installs actions, repairs keys, and remodels and
refinishes all makes of pianos or players. Write for
details and terms.
A NEW Q R S ROLL.
Pete Wendling has made a wonderful Q R S player
roll of "Sweet Lovin' Mamma," a Phil Ponce publi-
cation, and a special release on the Q R S list this
month.
Favish's Novelty and Sporting Goods Store, re-
cently established at 167 Main street, New Martins-
ville, W, Va., carries a line of musical instruments.
A QUARTER CENTURY OF
Quality, Service and Value
TUNING PIN MANUFACTURING MEANS
Used in the World's Finest Pianos
AMERICAN MUSICAL SUPPLY CO.
451 Communipaw Ave.
AT
C.F. GOEPEL&CO
137 EAST
I3 T -£ ST.
NEWYORK
Strauch Bros,
All Well-posted Piano Dealers, Sales-
men, and the Piano Buying Public
recognize the value of this name on a
Piano Action,
For more than 55 years it has been associ-
ated with the best products of the Piano
industry. It has always represented
Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute Collecting Data
to Form Lists of Preferable Standards.
In its effort to further the standardization policy
of the lumber business the Hardwood Manufacturers'
Institute, with offices in Chicago, is collecting data
about the cut-up requirements of the various indus-
tries. The music goods manufacturers, among others,
have been asked to state their wants in cut lengths of
lumber in order to aid the Institute in forming its
lists of preferable standard requirements. In the an-
nouncement about the collection of data this is said:
"The sort of data upon which to base factory
grades, fundamentally involves dimensions of pre-
vailing cut-up sizes and the quality of lumber required
in those sizes. In this respect the data from a can-
vass of hardwood factory requirements will be radi-
cally different from anything fornd in the yard lum-
ber and structural timbers already made.
"The advocates of dimension stock production at
the sawmill recognize in th'-s hardwood data gather-
Comstock, Cheney & Co.
Quality and Merit
When a Piano Action bears the name of
Strauch Bros, it is an additional guarantee
of the quality of the instrument containing it.
STRAUCH BROS.,Inc.
Piano Actions, Hammers and Repairs
327 to 347 Walnut Ave., at 141?t Street
NEW YORK
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
Ivory Cutters and Manufacturers
Piano Keys, Actions and Hammers
IVORY AND COMPOSITION-COVERED ORGAN KEYS
The only Company Furnishing the Keys, Actions, Hammers and Brackets Complete
Telegraph and R. R. Station: Essex, Conn.
Office and Factories: Ivoryton, Conn.
JERSEY CITY, N. J.
Established 1867
ASKS FOR CUT UP DIMENSIONS
PERFECT PUNCHINGS
1923
Manufacturers of
PIANO ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
ONE GRADE ONLY
The Wesseli, Nickel & Gross action is a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which it is found.
FACTORIES:
MCW
45th St.,
46th
IK. 10th
toth Ave.
A™. &W
&w4fi*h
l^l l-i VV
YORK"
I Vyl\l\.
OFFICE:
457 W. 45th Street
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PRESTO
AMERICAN
PIANO SUPPLY
COMPANY
Felts, Cloths, Hammers,Punchings,
Music Wire, Tuning Pins, Player
Parts, Hinges, Casters
A FULL LINE OF MATERIALS for PIANOS and ORGAN
IVhen in Need of
SUPPLIES
Communicate with Us
March 24,
U. S. Music Co.'s Eastern Branch Finds No Surplus
Floor Space After Recent Move.
The eastern branch of the U. S. Music Co., Chi-
cago, recently moved its quarters, occupying three
times as much space at the present location at 122
Fifth Avenue, New York, as at the former place.
This caused no excess of space, however, since every
foot was needed urgently, according to George H.
"Jack" Bliss, manager of the eastern branch.
The U. S. Music Co. has built up an extensive and
profitable branch in New York, since placing Mr.
Bliss in New York with a small staff. This staff
meanwhile has grown in one year (it was February
IS, 1922, that Mr. Bliss opened the New York office)
from five to thirty persons.
Reports from Mr. Bliss are that prospects are
bright, and that indications foretell a continued in-
crease in sales. Mr. Bliss and the home office in
Chicago are co-operating in some high class trade
paper advertising, which to a large degree accounts
for the activity of the branch.
DRUMS IN PHONOGRAPH SHOPS
110-112 E. 13th St.
Talking Machine Dealers Adding Line of Wilson
Drums and Other Small Goods.
An unusual movement among phonograph dealers
to add small goods departments
to their stores is no-
ticed by the Wilson Bros. 1 Mfg. Co., Chicago, which
has been supplying a number of such retail stores
with drums and drum accessories. The largest part
of these dealers are concerns which have never car-
ried any small goods in connection with the phono-
graph line, so that the ordering of small goods indi-
cates a noteworthy extension of interests in the retail
trade.
Three such orders were received from one city
aionc within the last few weeks, according to Tom
Wilson, president and general manager of the Wilson
Bros. Mfg. Co. In these three cases, as well as in
isolated cases, the phonograph dealers had never be-
fore carried the small goods line, so that the Wilson
Bros, drums, traps, xylophones, cymbals, and fifes
will be entirely new ventures.
The interest of the trade in the Wilson Bros, line
is ascribed to trade paper advertising and to .the great
amount of circularizing which has been done. A
number of new instruments in the "Acme" line have
recently been perfected, and a circular prepared to
advertise their qualities and their reasonable prices.
The drums have taken so well that some of the stores
which took the Wilson goods for the first time have
already sent in increased re-orders.
New York
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
Manufacturers of
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Cor er Lewis Street
CHICAGO
ing investigation the fundamentals of a great dimen-
sion program—dimensions in the piece. The pro-
oosed basic grades for hardwoods and other factory
lumber will define cut-up dimensions within the
board. These determining size factors must be the
ordinary size factors encountered in factory
utilization."
CAN FILL TRIPLED SPACE
American Piano Supply Co.
MAKING OVER TRADE-INS.
Many dealers over a wide territory are finding the
Piano Repair Shop, 425 S. Wabash avenue, Chicago,
a reliable aid to solving their trade-in problems. Sales
of pianos and players are becoming more numerous
and the trade-in instruments are often in equal ratio
to the sales. Collecting them in back rooms to oc-
cupy valuable space and gather dust is not a sensible
or business-like proceeding. Scrapping them is fool-
ish, while there is a means to make over the instru-
ments and give them a new value. The Piano Repair
Shop installs actions, repairs keys, and remodels and
refinishes all makes of pianos or players. Write for
details and terms.
A NEW Q R S ROLL.
Pete Wendling has made a wonderful Q R S player
roll of "Sweet Lovin' Mamma," a Phil Ponce publi-
cation, and a special release on the Q R S list this
month.
Favish's Novelty and Sporting Goods Store, re-
cently established at 167 Main street, New Martins-
ville, W, Va., carries a line of musical instruments.
A QUARTER CENTURY OF
Quality, Service and Value
TUNING PIN MANUFACTURING MEANS
Used in the World's Finest Pianos
AMERICAN MUSICAL SUPPLY CO.
451 Communipaw Ave.
AT
C.F. GOEPEL&CO
137 EAST
I3 T -£ ST.
NEWYORK
Strauch Bros,
All Well-posted Piano Dealers, Sales-
men, and the Piano Buying Public
recognize the value of this name on a
Piano Action,
For more than 55 years it has been associ-
ated with the best products of the Piano
industry. It has always represented
Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute Collecting Data
to Form Lists of Preferable Standards.
In its effort to further the standardization policy
of the lumber business the Hardwood Manufacturers'
Institute, with offices in Chicago, is collecting data
about the cut-up requirements of the various indus-
tries. The music goods manufacturers, among others,
have been asked to state their wants in cut lengths of
lumber in order to aid the Institute in forming its
lists of preferable standard requirements. In the an-
nouncement about the collection of data this is said:
"The sort of data upon which to base factory
grades, fundamentally involves dimensions of pre-
vailing cut-up sizes and the quality of lumber required
in those sizes. In this respect the data from a can-
vass of hardwood factory requirements will be radi-
cally different from anything fornd in the yard lum-
ber and structural timbers already made.
"The advocates of dimension stock production at
the sawmill recognize in th'-s hardwood data gather-
Comstock, Cheney & Co.
Quality and Merit
When a Piano Action bears the name of
Strauch Bros, it is an additional guarantee
of the quality of the instrument containing it.
STRAUCH BROS.,Inc.
Piano Actions, Hammers and Repairs
327 to 347 Walnut Ave., at 141?t Street
NEW YORK
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
Ivory Cutters and Manufacturers
Piano Keys, Actions and Hammers
IVORY AND COMPOSITION-COVERED ORGAN KEYS
The only Company Furnishing the Keys, Actions, Hammers and Brackets Complete
Telegraph and R. R. Station: Essex, Conn.
Office and Factories: Ivoryton, Conn.
JERSEY CITY, N. J.
Established 1867
ASKS FOR CUT UP DIMENSIONS
PERFECT PUNCHINGS
1923
Manufacturers of
PIANO ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
ONE GRADE ONLY
The Wesseli, Nickel & Gross action is a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which it is found.
FACTORIES:
MCW
45th St.,
46th
IK. 10th
toth Ave.
A™. &W
&w4fi*h
l^l l-i VV
YORK"
I Vyl\l\.
OFFICE:
457 W. 45th Street
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).