Presto
Issue: 1923 1915 - Page 20
PRESTO
20
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
American Piano Supply Co.
110-112 E. 13th St.
New York
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
Manufacturers of
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Correr Lewis Street
CHICAGO
PERFECT PUNCHINQS
AT
April 7, 1923
OLD TIMBER FOR VIOLINS
Aztec Cliff Dwellings in New Mexico Said to Be
Source of Raw Material.
Valuable violins are being manufactured from
wood taken from the ruins of the cliff dwellers near
Aztec, N. M., says the Boston Traveler.
While excavating recently Carl Morris, research
investigator for the Smithsonian Institution, found a
investigator for the Smithsonian Institute, found a
number of perfectly preserved timbers which are be-
lieved to have been used in constructing the homes of
the dwellers.
The timbers were estimated to be over 1,000 years
old, and, due to the dry, hot climate that prevails in
the vicinity of the ruins, the wood has become so
well seasoned that high-class violins are being made
from it which have a tone, it is said, equal to that of
an instrument that has been in use for a number of
years.
TEST FOR EDUCATOR ROLLS
John Martin, Playerpiano Dealer and Expert Opera-
tor, Cites an Instance of Illuminating Value.
John and M. F. Martin, 734 S. Hill street, Los
Angeles, Calif., in a letter to the Q R S Music Co.,
Chicago, recites an experience which should prove of
great suggestive value to every dealer ambitious to
make his playerpiano department a success. The
Los Angeles company named is distributor for the
Gulbransen-Dickinson Co.'s line of playerpianos and
the letter to the Q R S Music Co. was signed by
John Martin, whose name will be recognized as an
authority on playerpiano operation:
Gentlemen: We had an experience recently
wherein your "Educator Rolls" were directly respon-
sible for our making a player sale. The customer, a
business man, refused absolutely to consider a player
on the ground that his little daughter would not take
the necessary interest in learning to play the piano
by hand.
This was one of the very best opportunities we
could ever have to test the real merits of the "Edu-
cator Rolls," for this sale seemed next to impossible.
We immediately presented the "Educator Rolls" as
the highest authority and most valuable assistance
he could employ in starting his little daughter on
correct principles, so as she advanced she would never
have to be told by her finished professors that she
had been taught wrong principles, and would have to
start all over again practically. I'f he never used the
player for any other purpose he could not help seeing
advantages that would warrant the investment.
Of course, all the time he was quite naturally think-
ing of the fun he would have with the player, and
seemed to welcome quite heartily the demonstration
of the "Educator Rolls." When he left our store, he
was completely convinced that he had made a wise
investment. Thanks to the "Educator Rolls" in this
instance, for they turned the trick.
We are sure you would like to know how much
good they are doing, although to us it seems that the
dealers and player manufacturers will reap more
direct profit from them than you will.
We have hung the Number One roll up in our
A QUARTER CENTURY OF
Quality, Service and Value
TUNING PIN MANUFACTURING MEANS
C.FGQEPEL*CO
Used in the World's Finest
137 E A S T I3 T -* ST.
NEWYORK
Pianos
AMERICAN MUSICAL SUPPLY CO.
451 Communipaw Ave.
Comstock, Cheney & Co.
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.
player parlors to invite questions pertaining to them.
We believe firmly in them as a big selling argument.
We are ashamed to admit it, but up to that time
we had had the "Educator Rolls" on our shelves and
only referred to them. In fact, we did not really
know what was in them. No doubt many dealers are
doing the same thing. It is a question of waking up
to our opportunities.
We would like to have a dozen extra rolls of the
Number One put up in strong boxes for our sales-
men to carry with them in their cars. Will you fix
them up for us?
SPECIAL LIST OF Q R S ROLLS.
The following list of special releases of word rolls
for April is announced by the Q R S Music Co.,
Chicago: I Never Missed the Sunshine (I'm So Used
to the Rain), fox-trot; Stories, fox-trot; Down-
hearted Blues, fox-trot; Chinaman Blues, fox-trot;
Where the Old Savannah Flows, fox-trot; Peggy
Dear, fox-trot; Apple Sauce, fox-trot; In a Corner
of the World (All Our Own), waltz; My Mother's
Lullaby, fox-trot; Don't Mess with Me, fox-trot;
Aunt Hagar's Blues, fox-trot; Dreams of Indiana,
fox-trot.
NEW SERVICE MANAGER.
The new head of the service department for the
western division of the Auto Pneumatic Action Co.
is H. U. Van Nostrand. Mr. Van Nostrand was up
to recently attached to the factory of the company
in New York. Last week he reported at the Chicago
offices, 1222 Kimball Building.
ATTRACTIVE GERMAN CATALOG.
The Q. R. S. Music Co., Chicago, has just issued
a most attractive foreign catalog, printed in German
and listing all the German word rolls, handplayed
rolls, and arranged rolls, which are of interest to
German peoples. The catalog is complete in 16 pages,
exclusive of the handsome cover.
STINSON SUCCEEDS HINDLEY.
Mark Stinson succeeds Thomas W. Hindley as
manager of the phonograph department of Mandel
Bros., Chicago. Mr. Hindley left last week for St.
Louis, where he has been appointed manager of the
phonograph department of the Aeolian Co. of
Missouri.
Established 1867
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 ha s always represented
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
Manufacturers of
PIANO ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
ONE GRADE ONLY
The Wessell, Nickel & Gross action is a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which it is found.
FACTORIES:
1\JI7\A/ Y O R K"
45th St., 10th Ave. &W46th. l i d VY
I V-JrVlV
OFFICE:
457 w. 45th Street
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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
American Piano Supply Co.
110-112 E. 13th St.
New York
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
Manufacturers of
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Correr Lewis Street
CHICAGO
PERFECT PUNCHINQS
AT
April 7, 1923
OLD TIMBER FOR VIOLINS
Aztec Cliff Dwellings in New Mexico Said to Be
Source of Raw Material.
Valuable violins are being manufactured from
wood taken from the ruins of the cliff dwellers near
Aztec, N. M., says the Boston Traveler.
While excavating recently Carl Morris, research
investigator for the Smithsonian Institution, found a
investigator for the Smithsonian Institute, found a
number of perfectly preserved timbers which are be-
lieved to have been used in constructing the homes of
the dwellers.
The timbers were estimated to be over 1,000 years
old, and, due to the dry, hot climate that prevails in
the vicinity of the ruins, the wood has become so
well seasoned that high-class violins are being made
from it which have a tone, it is said, equal to that of
an instrument that has been in use for a number of
years.
TEST FOR EDUCATOR ROLLS
John Martin, Playerpiano Dealer and Expert Opera-
tor, Cites an Instance of Illuminating Value.
John and M. F. Martin, 734 S. Hill street, Los
Angeles, Calif., in a letter to the Q R S Music Co.,
Chicago, recites an experience which should prove of
great suggestive value to every dealer ambitious to
make his playerpiano department a success. The
Los Angeles company named is distributor for the
Gulbransen-Dickinson Co.'s line of playerpianos and
the letter to the Q R S Music Co. was signed by
John Martin, whose name will be recognized as an
authority on playerpiano operation:
Gentlemen: We had an experience recently
wherein your "Educator Rolls" were directly respon-
sible for our making a player sale. The customer, a
business man, refused absolutely to consider a player
on the ground that his little daughter would not take
the necessary interest in learning to play the piano
by hand.
This was one of the very best opportunities we
could ever have to test the real merits of the "Edu-
cator Rolls," for this sale seemed next to impossible.
We immediately presented the "Educator Rolls" as
the highest authority and most valuable assistance
he could employ in starting his little daughter on
correct principles, so as she advanced she would never
have to be told by her finished professors that she
had been taught wrong principles, and would have to
start all over again practically. I'f he never used the
player for any other purpose he could not help seeing
advantages that would warrant the investment.
Of course, all the time he was quite naturally think-
ing of the fun he would have with the player, and
seemed to welcome quite heartily the demonstration
of the "Educator Rolls." When he left our store, he
was completely convinced that he had made a wise
investment. Thanks to the "Educator Rolls" in this
instance, for they turned the trick.
We are sure you would like to know how much
good they are doing, although to us it seems that the
dealers and player manufacturers will reap more
direct profit from them than you will.
We have hung the Number One roll up in our
A QUARTER CENTURY OF
Quality, Service and Value
TUNING PIN MANUFACTURING MEANS
C.FGQEPEL*CO
Used in the World's Finest
137 E A S T I3 T -* ST.
NEWYORK
Pianos
AMERICAN MUSICAL SUPPLY CO.
451 Communipaw Ave.
Comstock, Cheney & Co.
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.
player parlors to invite questions pertaining to them.
We believe firmly in them as a big selling argument.
We are ashamed to admit it, but up to that time
we had had the "Educator Rolls" on our shelves and
only referred to them. In fact, we did not really
know what was in them. No doubt many dealers are
doing the same thing. It is a question of waking up
to our opportunities.
We would like to have a dozen extra rolls of the
Number One put up in strong boxes for our sales-
men to carry with them in their cars. Will you fix
them up for us?
SPECIAL LIST OF Q R S ROLLS.
The following list of special releases of word rolls
for April is announced by the Q R S Music Co.,
Chicago: I Never Missed the Sunshine (I'm So Used
to the Rain), fox-trot; Stories, fox-trot; Down-
hearted Blues, fox-trot; Chinaman Blues, fox-trot;
Where the Old Savannah Flows, fox-trot; Peggy
Dear, fox-trot; Apple Sauce, fox-trot; In a Corner
of the World (All Our Own), waltz; My Mother's
Lullaby, fox-trot; Don't Mess with Me, fox-trot;
Aunt Hagar's Blues, fox-trot; Dreams of Indiana,
fox-trot.
NEW SERVICE MANAGER.
The new head of the service department for the
western division of the Auto Pneumatic Action Co.
is H. U. Van Nostrand. Mr. Van Nostrand was up
to recently attached to the factory of the company
in New York. Last week he reported at the Chicago
offices, 1222 Kimball Building.
ATTRACTIVE GERMAN CATALOG.
The Q. R. S. Music Co., Chicago, has just issued
a most attractive foreign catalog, printed in German
and listing all the German word rolls, handplayed
rolls, and arranged rolls, which are of interest to
German peoples. The catalog is complete in 16 pages,
exclusive of the handsome cover.
STINSON SUCCEEDS HINDLEY.
Mark Stinson succeeds Thomas W. Hindley as
manager of the phonograph department of Mandel
Bros., Chicago. Mr. Hindley left last week for St.
Louis, where he has been appointed manager of the
phonograph department of the Aeolian Co. of
Missouri.
Established 1867
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 ha s always represented
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
Manufacturers of
PIANO ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
ONE GRADE ONLY
The Wessell, Nickel & Gross action is a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which it is found.
FACTORIES:
1\JI7\A/ Y O R K"
45th St., 10th Ave. &W46th. l i d VY
I V-JrVlV
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).