Presto
Issue: 1923 1920 - Page 8
PRESTO
PROTEST OF CHAMBER
BRINGS QUICK RESULTS
Following Vigorous Action, Pennsylvania
Workmen's Rating Bureau Agrees to Re-
vise Classification of Piano Industry.
Through the efforts of the Music Industries Cham-
ber of Commerce a recent change in the classification
of piano manufacturers by the Pennsylvania Work-
men's Compensation Rating Bureau, whereby their
insurance rate was increased by over SO per cent will
be reconsidered by the Bureau, and it is probable
that a substantial reduction will be brought about.
In accordance with its policy of reducing to a mini-
mum the number of classifications into which the
different industries are divided for rate-making pur-
poses, the Compensation Bureau eliminated piano
manufacturers as a class and included them in the
furniture manufacturers' division, resulting in an in-
crease of 55 per cent in the rate previously paid by
them. When the piano manufacturers protested
apainst this increase, which in their opinion was
wholly unjustified by the circumstances, it was ex-
plained that because of the comparatively small size
of the piano industry in Pennsylvania, it had been'
found inexpedient to place piano manufacturers in a
special classification, and as the greater part of the
work performed in their plants was closely com-
parable to furniture manufacturing, they had been
included in the latter division.
The Music Industries Chamber of Commerce im-
mediately took the matter up and registered a vigor-
ous protest with the Rating Bureau, pointing out that
a survey of the industry in the whole country showed
that the accident risk was much less than in the furni-
ture industry and that the record of several years in
the state of Pennsylvania justified only a very slight
increase in the insurance rate, if any. The attention
of the Bureau was also called to the marked differ-
ences between the assembling and finishing of pianos
and the manufacture of furniture, and to the fact that
Pennsylvania, by reason of its policy of merging
classifications, had less than half the average number
prevailing in other states.
As a result of these efforts the Pennsylvania Com-
pensation Rating Bureau has agreed to make another
analysis of the piano manufacturing industry to the
end that if its accident record shows that it should
enjoy a different rate from the furniture industry, the
piano classification will be revived and the former
rate, or a rate substantially lower than the present
one, will be established. •
DANCE OPENS NEW PIANO
DEPARTMENT IN BANGOR, ME.
Remodeled Warerooms of Andrews Music House
Inaugurated in Delightful Manner.
Frank R. Atwood, manager of Andrews Music
House, Bangor, Me., gave a dance last week to cele-
brate the completion of remodeling plans in the piano
department of the handsome store on Main street. A
playerpiano furnished the music and Mr. Atwood the
cake, sandwiches and coffee for refreshments.
The piano department of the Andrews Music House
has been completely remodeled since the fire which
visited the building last December and is now an ex-
ceptionally attractive room with ample space for
dancing parties and recitals as well as serving its end
to displaying the pianos in stock by this company.
Mr. Atwood states that in the near future the
room will be opened for recitals to the various musi-
cians and teachers and their pupils of the city.-
WAREROOM WARBLES
(A New One Every Week.)
By The Presto Poick.
PRICE MAINTENANCE.
(With Apologies to "Tom" Pletcher.)
If it is wrong to fix the price
Of what we have to sell,
I'd like to have some wise advice,
From someone fit to tell—
Just how we're going to apply
The" good old Golden Rule
That's fair, as no one will deny,
To prophet, sage or fool.
If law is made to mystify.
And hamper purpose fair,
Then any price to those who buy
May seem the seller's share;
Regardless of the honest worth,
And heedless of the wrong.
The law may treat with tragic mirth
The weak robbed by the strong.
RECEIVER FOR MUNCIE STORE.
If honor cannot lift the scales
That cover Justice's eyes,
If truth, by interference, fails
To shield fair enterprise,
What is the refuge of the right,
And what shall serve the need
Of square-toed, honest trade, in spite
Of tricks and grasping greed?
L. A Guthrie, of the law firm of McClellan, Hensel
and Guthrie, was named receiver for the Bell Music
Company, Muncie, Ind., last week, in Superior Court,
his bond being fixed in the sum of $10,000. The Bell
Company operates a musical instrument store in
South Walnut street, and the same interests there
have directed the uncertain destinies of the piano in-
dustry in the same Indiana City.
E. O. Koons, of Detroit, has opened a music store
on North Center street, Clinton, 111. Mr. Koons has
taken membership in the Chamber of Commerce and
stands ready to co-operate with the rest of the busi-
ness men of Clinton. He handles the Baldwin line
of pianos.
SWAN PIANOS
SWAN ORGANS
axe of the highest grade
t h a t c a n be obtained
through over 50 years of
practical experience in
piano and organ building.
Illustrations and cata-
logues of various styles
will be furnished piano
merchants on application.
The tremendous superi-
ority of the SWAN 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 o r g a n
buildinp.
- \ *fla /"V ti
May 12, 1923
S. N. SWAN & SONS, «.»»<«<»««. FHEEPORT, I L L
Grand. Upright and Player Pianos
New Haven and New York
Mathushek Piano Manufacturing Co.
132nd St. and Alexander Ave. s NEW YORK CITY
KROEGER
Quick Sales and
Satisfied Customers
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.
# Leins Piano Company
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
(Established ISJ2)
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 / :ive it.
KROEGER PIANO CO.
NEW YORK. N. Y.
and
STAMFORD. CON*.
BRINKERHOFF
Player-Pianos and Pianos
fhe Line That Sells Easily and Satisfies Always
B8INKERH0FF PIANO CO. " " S n E K W * CHICAGO
NEW FACTORY, 304 W. 42nd St.. NEW YORK
Kindler & Collins
NEW CLINTON, ILL., FIRM.
Pianos
For QUALITY, SATISFACTION and PROFIT
NEWMAN BROTHERS PIANOS
520-524 W. 48M S
NEW YORK
NEWMAN BROS. CO.
Established 1870
Factories, 816 DIX ST., Chicago, II
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PROTEST OF CHAMBER
BRINGS QUICK RESULTS
Following Vigorous Action, Pennsylvania
Workmen's Rating Bureau Agrees to Re-
vise Classification of Piano Industry.
Through the efforts of the Music Industries Cham-
ber of Commerce a recent change in the classification
of piano manufacturers by the Pennsylvania Work-
men's Compensation Rating Bureau, whereby their
insurance rate was increased by over SO per cent will
be reconsidered by the Bureau, and it is probable
that a substantial reduction will be brought about.
In accordance with its policy of reducing to a mini-
mum the number of classifications into which the
different industries are divided for rate-making pur-
poses, the Compensation Bureau eliminated piano
manufacturers as a class and included them in the
furniture manufacturers' division, resulting in an in-
crease of 55 per cent in the rate previously paid by
them. When the piano manufacturers protested
apainst this increase, which in their opinion was
wholly unjustified by the circumstances, it was ex-
plained that because of the comparatively small size
of the piano industry in Pennsylvania, it had been'
found inexpedient to place piano manufacturers in a
special classification, and as the greater part of the
work performed in their plants was closely com-
parable to furniture manufacturing, they had been
included in the latter division.
The Music Industries Chamber of Commerce im-
mediately took the matter up and registered a vigor-
ous protest with the Rating Bureau, pointing out that
a survey of the industry in the whole country showed
that the accident risk was much less than in the furni-
ture industry and that the record of several years in
the state of Pennsylvania justified only a very slight
increase in the insurance rate, if any. The attention
of the Bureau was also called to the marked differ-
ences between the assembling and finishing of pianos
and the manufacture of furniture, and to the fact that
Pennsylvania, by reason of its policy of merging
classifications, had less than half the average number
prevailing in other states.
As a result of these efforts the Pennsylvania Com-
pensation Rating Bureau has agreed to make another
analysis of the piano manufacturing industry to the
end that if its accident record shows that it should
enjoy a different rate from the furniture industry, the
piano classification will be revived and the former
rate, or a rate substantially lower than the present
one, will be established. •
DANCE OPENS NEW PIANO
DEPARTMENT IN BANGOR, ME.
Remodeled Warerooms of Andrews Music House
Inaugurated in Delightful Manner.
Frank R. Atwood, manager of Andrews Music
House, Bangor, Me., gave a dance last week to cele-
brate the completion of remodeling plans in the piano
department of the handsome store on Main street. A
playerpiano furnished the music and Mr. Atwood the
cake, sandwiches and coffee for refreshments.
The piano department of the Andrews Music House
has been completely remodeled since the fire which
visited the building last December and is now an ex-
ceptionally attractive room with ample space for
dancing parties and recitals as well as serving its end
to displaying the pianos in stock by this company.
Mr. Atwood states that in the near future the
room will be opened for recitals to the various musi-
cians and teachers and their pupils of the city.-
WAREROOM WARBLES
(A New One Every Week.)
By The Presto Poick.
PRICE MAINTENANCE.
(With Apologies to "Tom" Pletcher.)
If it is wrong to fix the price
Of what we have to sell,
I'd like to have some wise advice,
From someone fit to tell—
Just how we're going to apply
The" good old Golden Rule
That's fair, as no one will deny,
To prophet, sage or fool.
If law is made to mystify.
And hamper purpose fair,
Then any price to those who buy
May seem the seller's share;
Regardless of the honest worth,
And heedless of the wrong.
The law may treat with tragic mirth
The weak robbed by the strong.
RECEIVER FOR MUNCIE STORE.
If honor cannot lift the scales
That cover Justice's eyes,
If truth, by interference, fails
To shield fair enterprise,
What is the refuge of the right,
And what shall serve the need
Of square-toed, honest trade, in spite
Of tricks and grasping greed?
L. A Guthrie, of the law firm of McClellan, Hensel
and Guthrie, was named receiver for the Bell Music
Company, Muncie, Ind., last week, in Superior Court,
his bond being fixed in the sum of $10,000. The Bell
Company operates a musical instrument store in
South Walnut street, and the same interests there
have directed the uncertain destinies of the piano in-
dustry in the same Indiana City.
E. O. Koons, of Detroit, has opened a music store
on North Center street, Clinton, 111. Mr. Koons has
taken membership in the Chamber of Commerce and
stands ready to co-operate with the rest of the busi-
ness men of Clinton. He handles the Baldwin line
of pianos.
SWAN PIANOS
SWAN ORGANS
axe of the highest grade
t h a t c a n be obtained
through over 50 years of
practical experience in
piano and organ building.
Illustrations and cata-
logues of various styles
will be furnished piano
merchants on application.
The tremendous superi-
ority of the SWAN 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 o r g a n
buildinp.
- \ *fla /"V ti
May 12, 1923
S. N. SWAN & SONS, «.»»<«<»««. FHEEPORT, I L L
Grand. Upright and Player Pianos
New Haven and New York
Mathushek Piano Manufacturing Co.
132nd St. and Alexander Ave. s NEW YORK CITY
KROEGER
Quick Sales and
Satisfied Customers
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.
# Leins Piano Company
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
(Established ISJ2)
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 / :ive it.
KROEGER PIANO CO.
NEW YORK. N. Y.
and
STAMFORD. CON*.
BRINKERHOFF
Player-Pianos and Pianos
fhe Line That Sells Easily and Satisfies Always
B8INKERH0FF PIANO CO. " " S n E K W * CHICAGO
NEW FACTORY, 304 W. 42nd St.. NEW YORK
Kindler & Collins
NEW CLINTON, ILL., FIRM.
Pianos
For QUALITY, SATISFACTION and PROFIT
NEWMAN BROTHERS PIANOS
520-524 W. 48M S
NEW YORK
NEWMAN BROS. CO.
Established 1870
Factories, 816 DIX ST., Chicago, II
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).