Presto
Issue: 1923 1914 - Page 25
PRESTO
March 31, 1923
COINOLAS
FOR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
A M U S E M E N T CENTERS
WEEK'S ODDS AND ENDS
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AT
AMERICAN EXPOSITION FAIR
One of the Great Groups at Atlantic City Will In-
clude Musical Goods.
Style SO
FROM THE BIGGEST
ORCHESTRION
Pianos, playerpianos, reproducing pianos, talking
machines, musical merchandise and sheet music will
be included in the exhibits at the American Exposi-
tion Fair, to rival the greatest of those of European
countries, and will take place on Young's Million
Dollar Pier, Atlantic City, N. J., from June 16 to
September 8, 1923. The affair is given under the
auspices of the American Home and City Beautiful
Association with the twofold object of encouraging
the use of articles of American manufacture and edu-
cation of the people of the United States in home and
city beautification. Management of the exposition is
in the hands of A. Conrad Ekholm, exposition man-
ager, former president of the Avenue Hotel Associa-
tion of Atlantic City, and director of many exposi-
tions in the resort.
The industrial exposition has been arranged partly
in response to the desire of American manufacturers
to focus attention on their products, and partly at
the recommendation of many interested in better
home and city development and who see the possi-
bilities of educating the public to higher standards
through proper exhibitions of methods conducive to
improvements in the home and municipality.
All of the exhibit floor space of the Million Dollar
Pier, America's largest and finest exhibition struc-
ture, in excess of 100,000 square feet, has been en-
gaged for this exhibit, which will be devoted to eight
principal groups, one of which includes musical
instruments.
A GOOD MARKET FOR
REED ORGANS IN INDIA
The Familiar "Parlor" Style Cases and the "Portable"
Types Are in Demand.
The Indian market calls for two types of organs—
the small portable and the medium-sized five-octave
type. The former is in demand in both folding and
nonfolding models. The folding type requires hinged
legs, so that the organ may be folded away in its
own box, while the nonfolding model has rigid legs,
which should, however, be easily detachable.
\
There is a market for the five-octave organ in dark
walnut or mahogany finish, equipped with 3 to 5 sets
of reeds, 6 to 11 stops, lamp brackets, and knee
swell. The retail price is now between 400 and 600
rupees ($129 to $194). The small organs are priced
from 115 to 180 rupees ($37 to $58) for the nonfold-
ing, and from 125 to 200 rupees ($40 to $64) for the
folding types. The conversion has been made at the
normal rate of exchange—one rupee=$0.32443—al-
though the exchange value of the rupee is now about
31 cents, says the Calcutta Commercial Gazette.
MUSIC GOODS IMPORTERS'
INTEREST IN TARIFF LAW
Clause No. 526 Has Bearing on Important Feature
in Phase of Trade.
Tiny Coinola
THE SMALLEST
KEYLESS
Manufactured by
The Operators Piano Co.
16 to 22 South Peoria St.
CHICAGO
The new tariff law may contain surprises for the
importers of musical goods into the United States.
A perusal of the patent and trade-mark clause in the
act, which was inserted in the last hours before the
passing of the law, may prove enlightening to many.
It is identified as No. 526 (a) and as originally in-
troduced into the tariff bill was confined to the chemi-
cal sections such as dyestuffs, etc. It was later in-
serted in the administrative section where it is no
longer limited in application to chemicals only but
covers importations of every kind. The section is
said to be favorable to American manufacturers who
are making goods under trade-marks established here
by German concerns and reads as follows:
"That it shall be unlawful to import into the
United States any merchandise of foreign manufac-
ture if such merchandise or the label, sign, printed
package, wrapper, or receptacle bears a trade-mark
owned by a citizen of or by an association or cor-
poration created or organized within the United
States, and registered in the Patent Office by a per-
son domiciled in the United States under provisions
of the act entitled: 'An Act to Authorize ttie Regis-
tration of Trade-marks Used in Commerce With
Foreign Nations or Among the Several States and to
Protect the Same,' approved Feb. 20, 1905, as
amended, if a copy of the certificate of registration
of such trade-mark is filed with the Secretary of the
Treasury, in the manner provided in section 27 of
such act, and unless written consent of the owner of
such trade-mark is produced at the time of making
the entry."
COMPETITION AT HOME
FOR AMERICAN PIANOS
France and England Sending Considerable Instru-
ments to This Country According to Report.
Pianos to the amount of $20,258 were imported into
the United States during the month of October, 1922,
This is a surprising item in the latest statistics pub-
lished by the Department of Commerce. And the
pianos causing the surprise did not come from Ger-
many but from England and France. It is said, too,
in department circles that the piano import figures
for succeeding months up to and including January
will show graduated increases over the October figr
ures.
'
'
The American piano manufacturer has heretofore
enjoyed freedom from competition by foreign manu-
facturers in the home market, so that the Government
figures provide something of a sensation. It is con-
ceded the opportunity has always been here, provided
the foreign manufacturers would have been alive to
the limitations as well as its possibilities. When Op-
portunity knocks for the foreign piano with orders
amounting to twenty thousand dollars, the reverbera-
tions are certain to be noticed by even the most in-
different members of the industry.
NEW INCORPORATIONS
IN MUSIC GOODS TRADE
Mew and Cld Concerns Secure Charters in Va»»i>us
Places.
Horrocks Piano Co., Brockton, Mass.; musical in-
struments; capital, $15,000; incorporators: Charles
G. Faux of Wollaston, Hardy Horrocks pf Paw-
tucket and Maurice Wolf of Dorchester.
Macer Phonograph Reproducer Co., Inc.; sound
producing machines; $500,000; Wilmington, Del.
The Miller & Hunt Company, Portland, Me., to
deal in musical instruments and supplies; $50,000.
Directors: Charles M. Drummond, R. B. Buzzell,
and Wadleigh B. Drummond, all of Portland.
Horrocks Piano Co., Brockton, Mass.; musical in-
struments; capital, $15,000; incorporators, Charles G.
Faux of Wollaston, Hardy Horrocks of Pawtucket
and Maurice Wolf of Dorchester.
The Easy Method Music Co., Chicago; to publish a
new method of music writing; $30,000; David B.
Clarkson, J. Howard Start and Charles R. Young.
Bronx Music House, New York City; to manufac-
ture musical instruments; $20,000; A. r Cabat, M.
Fischler and A. Zeitlin.
T. Taylor Buckley, Inc., Trenton, N. J.; to retail
musical instruments; T. Taylor Buckley, Marion M.
Buckley and Karl Bernstein.
:
SAY IT WITH
Congratulations are in order for Jay C. Hobson,
Gulbransen-Dickinson Co.'s traveler in Ohio and In-
diana and Mrs. Hobson, at the birth of their baby
girl, Virginia Lucile, on March 20 in Martinsville,
hid. Before her marriage to Mr. Hobson, Mrs. Hob-
son was manager of the Henry Ackerman Piano COJ'S
store in Galion, O.
PIONEER SCHOOL FO PIANO MEN
POLKS
TUNING.
Iti it's 20-*year
with upwards aC
1OOO
SUCCESSFUL
GRADUATES
Piano °layer-Piano and Organ Tuning Repairing. Regula-
tinf
A Voicing. Best equipped school in tkt U. S.
pfpJ"-ni> awirdea and petitions secured. Private and daas
in»»"'*lions. both texe*.
SeM—l mil thm jrmmr. fthiMtrmfd M t u f t i m rmm.
SCHOOL OF TUNING, VALPARAISO, IND
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March 31, 1923
COINOLAS
FOR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
A M U S E M E N T CENTERS
WEEK'S ODDS AND ENDS
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AT
AMERICAN EXPOSITION FAIR
One of the Great Groups at Atlantic City Will In-
clude Musical Goods.
Style SO
FROM THE BIGGEST
ORCHESTRION
Pianos, playerpianos, reproducing pianos, talking
machines, musical merchandise and sheet music will
be included in the exhibits at the American Exposi-
tion Fair, to rival the greatest of those of European
countries, and will take place on Young's Million
Dollar Pier, Atlantic City, N. J., from June 16 to
September 8, 1923. The affair is given under the
auspices of the American Home and City Beautiful
Association with the twofold object of encouraging
the use of articles of American manufacture and edu-
cation of the people of the United States in home and
city beautification. Management of the exposition is
in the hands of A. Conrad Ekholm, exposition man-
ager, former president of the Avenue Hotel Associa-
tion of Atlantic City, and director of many exposi-
tions in the resort.
The industrial exposition has been arranged partly
in response to the desire of American manufacturers
to focus attention on their products, and partly at
the recommendation of many interested in better
home and city development and who see the possi-
bilities of educating the public to higher standards
through proper exhibitions of methods conducive to
improvements in the home and municipality.
All of the exhibit floor space of the Million Dollar
Pier, America's largest and finest exhibition struc-
ture, in excess of 100,000 square feet, has been en-
gaged for this exhibit, which will be devoted to eight
principal groups, one of which includes musical
instruments.
A GOOD MARKET FOR
REED ORGANS IN INDIA
The Familiar "Parlor" Style Cases and the "Portable"
Types Are in Demand.
The Indian market calls for two types of organs—
the small portable and the medium-sized five-octave
type. The former is in demand in both folding and
nonfolding models. The folding type requires hinged
legs, so that the organ may be folded away in its
own box, while the nonfolding model has rigid legs,
which should, however, be easily detachable.
\
There is a market for the five-octave organ in dark
walnut or mahogany finish, equipped with 3 to 5 sets
of reeds, 6 to 11 stops, lamp brackets, and knee
swell. The retail price is now between 400 and 600
rupees ($129 to $194). The small organs are priced
from 115 to 180 rupees ($37 to $58) for the nonfold-
ing, and from 125 to 200 rupees ($40 to $64) for the
folding types. The conversion has been made at the
normal rate of exchange—one rupee=$0.32443—al-
though the exchange value of the rupee is now about
31 cents, says the Calcutta Commercial Gazette.
MUSIC GOODS IMPORTERS'
INTEREST IN TARIFF LAW
Clause No. 526 Has Bearing on Important Feature
in Phase of Trade.
Tiny Coinola
THE SMALLEST
KEYLESS
Manufactured by
The Operators Piano Co.
16 to 22 South Peoria St.
CHICAGO
The new tariff law may contain surprises for the
importers of musical goods into the United States.
A perusal of the patent and trade-mark clause in the
act, which was inserted in the last hours before the
passing of the law, may prove enlightening to many.
It is identified as No. 526 (a) and as originally in-
troduced into the tariff bill was confined to the chemi-
cal sections such as dyestuffs, etc. It was later in-
serted in the administrative section where it is no
longer limited in application to chemicals only but
covers importations of every kind. The section is
said to be favorable to American manufacturers who
are making goods under trade-marks established here
by German concerns and reads as follows:
"That it shall be unlawful to import into the
United States any merchandise of foreign manufac-
ture if such merchandise or the label, sign, printed
package, wrapper, or receptacle bears a trade-mark
owned by a citizen of or by an association or cor-
poration created or organized within the United
States, and registered in the Patent Office by a per-
son domiciled in the United States under provisions
of the act entitled: 'An Act to Authorize ttie Regis-
tration of Trade-marks Used in Commerce With
Foreign Nations or Among the Several States and to
Protect the Same,' approved Feb. 20, 1905, as
amended, if a copy of the certificate of registration
of such trade-mark is filed with the Secretary of the
Treasury, in the manner provided in section 27 of
such act, and unless written consent of the owner of
such trade-mark is produced at the time of making
the entry."
COMPETITION AT HOME
FOR AMERICAN PIANOS
France and England Sending Considerable Instru-
ments to This Country According to Report.
Pianos to the amount of $20,258 were imported into
the United States during the month of October, 1922,
This is a surprising item in the latest statistics pub-
lished by the Department of Commerce. And the
pianos causing the surprise did not come from Ger-
many but from England and France. It is said, too,
in department circles that the piano import figures
for succeeding months up to and including January
will show graduated increases over the October figr
ures.
'
'
The American piano manufacturer has heretofore
enjoyed freedom from competition by foreign manu-
facturers in the home market, so that the Government
figures provide something of a sensation. It is con-
ceded the opportunity has always been here, provided
the foreign manufacturers would have been alive to
the limitations as well as its possibilities. When Op-
portunity knocks for the foreign piano with orders
amounting to twenty thousand dollars, the reverbera-
tions are certain to be noticed by even the most in-
different members of the industry.
NEW INCORPORATIONS
IN MUSIC GOODS TRADE
Mew and Cld Concerns Secure Charters in Va»»i>us
Places.
Horrocks Piano Co., Brockton, Mass.; musical in-
struments; capital, $15,000; incorporators: Charles
G. Faux of Wollaston, Hardy Horrocks pf Paw-
tucket and Maurice Wolf of Dorchester.
Macer Phonograph Reproducer Co., Inc.; sound
producing machines; $500,000; Wilmington, Del.
The Miller & Hunt Company, Portland, Me., to
deal in musical instruments and supplies; $50,000.
Directors: Charles M. Drummond, R. B. Buzzell,
and Wadleigh B. Drummond, all of Portland.
Horrocks Piano Co., Brockton, Mass.; musical in-
struments; capital, $15,000; incorporators, Charles G.
Faux of Wollaston, Hardy Horrocks of Pawtucket
and Maurice Wolf of Dorchester.
The Easy Method Music Co., Chicago; to publish a
new method of music writing; $30,000; David B.
Clarkson, J. Howard Start and Charles R. Young.
Bronx Music House, New York City; to manufac-
ture musical instruments; $20,000; A. r Cabat, M.
Fischler and A. Zeitlin.
T. Taylor Buckley, Inc., Trenton, N. J.; to retail
musical instruments; T. Taylor Buckley, Marion M.
Buckley and Karl Bernstein.
:
SAY IT WITH
Congratulations are in order for Jay C. Hobson,
Gulbransen-Dickinson Co.'s traveler in Ohio and In-
diana and Mrs. Hobson, at the birth of their baby
girl, Virginia Lucile, on March 20 in Martinsville,
hid. Before her marriage to Mr. Hobson, Mrs. Hob-
son was manager of the Henry Ackerman Piano COJ'S
store in Galion, O.
PIONEER SCHOOL FO PIANO MEN
POLKS
TUNING.
Iti it's 20-*year
with upwards aC
1OOO
SUCCESSFUL
GRADUATES
Piano °layer-Piano and Organ Tuning Repairing. Regula-
tinf
A Voicing. Best equipped school in tkt U. S.
pfpJ"-ni> awirdea and petitions secured. Private and daas
in»»"'*lions. both texe*.
SeM—l mil thm jrmmr. fthiMtrmfd M t u f t i m rmm.
SCHOOL OF TUNING, VALPARAISO, IND
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/
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