Presto
Issue: 1923 1913 - Page 8
PRESTO
URGES CO-OPERATION IN
MUSIC MEMORY CONTEST
George P. Elbert:, Vice-President of Smith,
Barnes & Strohber Co., Shows Effective
Way to Help.
The near approach of the Music Memory Contest
to be held under the auspices of the In and About
Chicago Music Supervisors' Club in Orchestra Hall,
Chicago, March 31, causes an increase of interest in
the event among music trade people. Of course
the indirect effect of the music memory contest upon
the music business in a wide radius about Chicago is
plain even to the least observant. In city schools
and those of a score of important suburbs a musical
education campaign has been in progress since last
December. The culmination will be at Orchestra
Hall, March 31. But the contest on that day will not
be the end of benefits for the music trade.
From every phase of the contest the music retailer
is sure to reap benefits. Hundreds of records and
rolls.and thousands of pieces of music have been pur-
chased by the eager and ambitious contestants.
Many sales of pianos, playerpianos «nd talking ma-
chines may be traced to the eagerness of pupils to
prepare for the contest. The ambitions of parents
for their children have been considerably stimulated
by the Music Memory Contest.
But best of all thousands of children are being
taught to appreciate good music, to want it in their
homes, to be real music patrons. The contestants
March 31 will represent a future generation of piano
and playerpiano prospects. In these enthusiastic
boys and girls the seed of desire for good pianos is
being sown.
The Music Memory Contest encourages the asso-
ciation of good music with the public school educa-
tion. It leads to the possession of good pianos and
other musical instruments by the schools. It is an
event in which the co-operation of ail people in the
music trades should be displayed. In the following
letter from George P. Elbert, vice-president of the
Smith, Barnes & Strohber Co., Chicago, an effective
way to help the cause is pointed out:
Gentlemen: We were recently visited by the Chair-
man of the Committee on prizes for the music mem-
ory contest to be given March 31st, at Orchestra
Hall, under the auspices of the In and About Chicago
Music Supervisors Club. We understand that the
Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Stock directing, is going
to play the numbers for this contest.
This is a deserving movement and it is entitled to
much publicity in the earnest endeavors of every
piano man, whether he be a manufacturer or in the
employ of one of the trade papers.
We therefore earnestly solicit your co-operation,
and we wish you would get in tauch with Mrs.
Homer E. Cotton, of 1003 Grove Street, Evanston,
Illinois, and assist her in her endeavors. We thank
you very kindly for your assistance.
Yours very truly,
SMITH BARNES & STROHBER CO.
G. P. Elbert, Vice President.
AUCTION SALE OF OLD
F. G. SMITH FACTORY
Real Estate of Bankrupt Corporation at 744 Fulton
Street, Brooklyn, Brings $47,000.
Charles Schwartz, 217 Center street, New York,
last week bought the old F. G. Smith factory, 774-782
Fulton street, Brooklyn, N. Y., for $47,000 when it
was put up for auction. The sale will not be binding
until it has the confirmation of the creditors. The
taxation valuation is $100,000. The building is of
brick, is comparatively modern and in good condition.
It has a frontage of 100 ft. and has been vacant for
about two years.
In addition to the real estate put up at auction last
Wednesday were thirteen pianos, the property of the
bankrupt corporation. They were pianos recovered
for nonpayment or returned for other reasons. They
were sold separately. The right, title and interest of
the trustee to accounts and notes receivable and piano
leases, together with office furniture, were other as-
sets disposed of.
SWAN ORGANS
axe of the highest grade
t h a t c a n be obtained
through over 50 years of
p r a c t i c a l experience in
piano and organ building.
Illustrations a n d c a t a -
logues of various styles
will be furnished p i a n o
merchants on application.
The tremendous superi-
ority of the SWAM Reed
Organs over all others lies
in the absolute mechanism
and scientific perfection iu>
the bellows action and stop
action, making it the best
value in modern or g a s
building.
alia' /"V tJ
WAREROOM WARBLES
(A New One Every Week.)
By The Presto Poick.
GET OUT AND GET IT.
No other rule is half as good
Or half as well worth knowing
As one that through all time has stood
Howe'er the winds were blowing;
It's homely, commonplace and blunt—
So square you can't upset it;
But 'tis the thing that does the stunt,
It's just "Get out and get it"!
The schools that teach you how to act
To win success unfailing,
Are good enough if you've the tact
To see these things are ailing;
But teaching never yet made brains,
Where nature wouldn't let it,
But with the head-stuff naught remains
Save this, "Get out and get it"!
When bus'ness seems to clog and stick,
And shows all signs of slowing,
There's nothing in the gloomy kick
That starts things up and going;
The only way to waken trade—
You may be sure, and bet it—
Is just to get your speed upgrade
And then "Get out and get it"!
WAREROOMS ENLARGED.
T. Reed List is manager of the music goods de-
partment in Nathan's Department Store, Johnstown,
Pa., in which the space now allotted to Mr. Reed is
A PROMINENT DISPLAY.
about double that in which he built up a fine piano
F. S. Spofford, one of the energetic retailers in the business. The showrooms have been decorated in an
Republic building, Chicago, has a display of musical artistic way and all the aids to pleasant purchasing
goods in an oblong showcase at the entrance to the have been provided.
building, in which his office and sales room is located.
MEXICO'S FREIGHT TAX.
There are several of these small oblongs in the pas-
sageway leading from the door to the elevator, and
A 5 per cent tax on freight rates on all railroads
in all of them there are displays of different firms in in Mexico, effective at once, was announced last week
widely diverse trades, but no display equals in at- in bulletins from Mexico City received at the El
tractiveness the musical array. Which is another Paso, Tex., Chamber of Commerce. The tax is to
point to show that music retailers should profit by make the public help bear the 10 per cent tax im-
example and make advantage of every opportunity to posed on railroads by the federal government of Mex-
get their wares to the attention of the public.
ico, it was said.
SWAN PIANOS
X
March 24, 1923
S. N. SWAN & SONS, M - H « * FREEPORT, ILL
KROEGER
(Established I5S2)
The name alone Is enough to suggest to dealers the Best
Artistic and Commercial Values.
The New Styl« Players Are Finest Yet. If you can
get the Agency you ought to 1 ^ve it.
KROEGER PJANO CO,
MEW YORK. N. Y.
and
r
STAMFORD. CONK.
BRINKERHOFF
Player-Pianos and Pianos
The Line That Sell* Easily and Satisfies Always
Quick Sales and
Satisfied Customers
BRINKERHOfF PIANO CO. " " S n ^ S S J * CHICAGO
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.
Kindfer & Collins
For QUALITY, SATISFACTION and PROFIT
NEWMAN BROTHERS PIANOS
NEWMAN BROS. CO.
Established 1870
Factories, 816 DIX ST., Chicago, I)
• Leins Piano Company
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
Pianos
820-524 W. 48Mi S
NEW YORK
NEW FACTORY. 304 W. 42nd St.. NEW YORK
Try a Presto Want Ad and Get It
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URGES CO-OPERATION IN
MUSIC MEMORY CONTEST
George P. Elbert:, Vice-President of Smith,
Barnes & Strohber Co., Shows Effective
Way to Help.
The near approach of the Music Memory Contest
to be held under the auspices of the In and About
Chicago Music Supervisors' Club in Orchestra Hall,
Chicago, March 31, causes an increase of interest in
the event among music trade people. Of course
the indirect effect of the music memory contest upon
the music business in a wide radius about Chicago is
plain even to the least observant. In city schools
and those of a score of important suburbs a musical
education campaign has been in progress since last
December. The culmination will be at Orchestra
Hall, March 31. But the contest on that day will not
be the end of benefits for the music trade.
From every phase of the contest the music retailer
is sure to reap benefits. Hundreds of records and
rolls.and thousands of pieces of music have been pur-
chased by the eager and ambitious contestants.
Many sales of pianos, playerpianos «nd talking ma-
chines may be traced to the eagerness of pupils to
prepare for the contest. The ambitions of parents
for their children have been considerably stimulated
by the Music Memory Contest.
But best of all thousands of children are being
taught to appreciate good music, to want it in their
homes, to be real music patrons. The contestants
March 31 will represent a future generation of piano
and playerpiano prospects. In these enthusiastic
boys and girls the seed of desire for good pianos is
being sown.
The Music Memory Contest encourages the asso-
ciation of good music with the public school educa-
tion. It leads to the possession of good pianos and
other musical instruments by the schools. It is an
event in which the co-operation of ail people in the
music trades should be displayed. In the following
letter from George P. Elbert, vice-president of the
Smith, Barnes & Strohber Co., Chicago, an effective
way to help the cause is pointed out:
Gentlemen: We were recently visited by the Chair-
man of the Committee on prizes for the music mem-
ory contest to be given March 31st, at Orchestra
Hall, under the auspices of the In and About Chicago
Music Supervisors Club. We understand that the
Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Stock directing, is going
to play the numbers for this contest.
This is a deserving movement and it is entitled to
much publicity in the earnest endeavors of every
piano man, whether he be a manufacturer or in the
employ of one of the trade papers.
We therefore earnestly solicit your co-operation,
and we wish you would get in tauch with Mrs.
Homer E. Cotton, of 1003 Grove Street, Evanston,
Illinois, and assist her in her endeavors. We thank
you very kindly for your assistance.
Yours very truly,
SMITH BARNES & STROHBER CO.
G. P. Elbert, Vice President.
AUCTION SALE OF OLD
F. G. SMITH FACTORY
Real Estate of Bankrupt Corporation at 744 Fulton
Street, Brooklyn, Brings $47,000.
Charles Schwartz, 217 Center street, New York,
last week bought the old F. G. Smith factory, 774-782
Fulton street, Brooklyn, N. Y., for $47,000 when it
was put up for auction. The sale will not be binding
until it has the confirmation of the creditors. The
taxation valuation is $100,000. The building is of
brick, is comparatively modern and in good condition.
It has a frontage of 100 ft. and has been vacant for
about two years.
In addition to the real estate put up at auction last
Wednesday were thirteen pianos, the property of the
bankrupt corporation. They were pianos recovered
for nonpayment or returned for other reasons. They
were sold separately. The right, title and interest of
the trustee to accounts and notes receivable and piano
leases, together with office furniture, were other as-
sets disposed of.
SWAN ORGANS
axe of the highest grade
t h a t c a n be obtained
through over 50 years of
p r a c t i c a l experience in
piano and organ building.
Illustrations a n d c a t a -
logues of various styles
will be furnished p i a n o
merchants on application.
The tremendous superi-
ority of the SWAM Reed
Organs over all others lies
in the absolute mechanism
and scientific perfection iu>
the bellows action and stop
action, making it the best
value in modern or g a s
building.
alia' /"V tJ
WAREROOM WARBLES
(A New One Every Week.)
By The Presto Poick.
GET OUT AND GET IT.
No other rule is half as good
Or half as well worth knowing
As one that through all time has stood
Howe'er the winds were blowing;
It's homely, commonplace and blunt—
So square you can't upset it;
But 'tis the thing that does the stunt,
It's just "Get out and get it"!
The schools that teach you how to act
To win success unfailing,
Are good enough if you've the tact
To see these things are ailing;
But teaching never yet made brains,
Where nature wouldn't let it,
But with the head-stuff naught remains
Save this, "Get out and get it"!
When bus'ness seems to clog and stick,
And shows all signs of slowing,
There's nothing in the gloomy kick
That starts things up and going;
The only way to waken trade—
You may be sure, and bet it—
Is just to get your speed upgrade
And then "Get out and get it"!
WAREROOMS ENLARGED.
T. Reed List is manager of the music goods de-
partment in Nathan's Department Store, Johnstown,
Pa., in which the space now allotted to Mr. Reed is
A PROMINENT DISPLAY.
about double that in which he built up a fine piano
F. S. Spofford, one of the energetic retailers in the business. The showrooms have been decorated in an
Republic building, Chicago, has a display of musical artistic way and all the aids to pleasant purchasing
goods in an oblong showcase at the entrance to the have been provided.
building, in which his office and sales room is located.
MEXICO'S FREIGHT TAX.
There are several of these small oblongs in the pas-
sageway leading from the door to the elevator, and
A 5 per cent tax on freight rates on all railroads
in all of them there are displays of different firms in in Mexico, effective at once, was announced last week
widely diverse trades, but no display equals in at- in bulletins from Mexico City received at the El
tractiveness the musical array. Which is another Paso, Tex., Chamber of Commerce. The tax is to
point to show that music retailers should profit by make the public help bear the 10 per cent tax im-
example and make advantage of every opportunity to posed on railroads by the federal government of Mex-
get their wares to the attention of the public.
ico, it was said.
SWAN PIANOS
X
March 24, 1923
S. N. SWAN & SONS, M - H « * FREEPORT, ILL
KROEGER
(Established I5S2)
The name alone Is enough to suggest to dealers the Best
Artistic and Commercial Values.
The New Styl« Players Are Finest Yet. If you can
get the Agency you ought to 1 ^ve it.
KROEGER PJANO CO,
MEW YORK. N. Y.
and
r
STAMFORD. CONK.
BRINKERHOFF
Player-Pianos and Pianos
The Line That Sell* Easily and Satisfies Always
Quick Sales and
Satisfied Customers
BRINKERHOfF PIANO CO. " " S n ^ S S J * CHICAGO
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.
Kindfer & Collins
For QUALITY, SATISFACTION and PROFIT
NEWMAN BROTHERS PIANOS
NEWMAN BROS. CO.
Established 1870
Factories, 816 DIX ST., Chicago, I)
• Leins Piano Company
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
Pianos
820-524 W. 48Mi S
NEW YORK
NEW FACTORY. 304 W. 42nd St.. NEW YORK
Try a Presto Want Ad and Get It
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).