Presto
Issue: 1923 1921 - Page 17
PRESTO
May 19, .1923
OPERATORS CO. EXHIBIT
TO BE AT OWN FACTORY
Will Allow Dealers to View Entire Process of Making
Automatic Pianos.
The Operators Piano Co. announces that its exhibit
during Convention Week will he held at the factory,
22 South Peoria street, instead of at the Drake Hotel.
Mr. Stadler, manager, feels that the company's prod-
ucts, which arc coin-operated pianos, would be better
exhibited at the factory where the dealers could see
the entire process of manufacture. Automatic pianos,
unlike the ordinary kind, are not manufactured by
any standard process, and so it is important to show
the prospective buyer every step in the building of
the instrument.
The Operators Piano Co. now has enough orders,
says Mr. Stadler, to keep the factory busy for the
next three months. The electric pianos have this year
enjoyed record breaking sales.
OPEN DOORS IN NEW
PIANO SELLING VENTURES
Opportunity Seen and Grasped by Vigorous Ones
in the Piano Selling Field.
H. Boltin, New Brunswick, N. J., has moved his
business to a larger store.
New and larger quarters have been leased by the
Kearney Piano Co., Houston, Tex.
The Baker Music House, Albany, N. Y., recently
opened a branch store at Ballston Spa, N. Y.
Sedler Bros., Worcester, Mass., have added a music
goods department.
Floyd T. Sherwin has opened a music store in
Canton, N. Y.
The A. B. Music Co. has opened a store at 155
Villards avenue, Milwaukee, Wis.
Miller & Co., Salem, Mass., has extended its busi-
ness to Ipswich, Mass., where a store was opened
recently.
A new branch store was recently opened in Morris-
town, N. J., by the Harmony Music Co., Dover,
N. J.
The Innes-Cosgrove Music Co. recently leased the
Barnes & Newcombe building, Wichita, Kans.
Pianos, phonographs, rolls and records are handled
WEBSTER PIANOS
Noted for Their Musical Beauty
of Tone and Artistic Style
ATTRACTIVE
Factory
Leominster,
Mass.
PRICES
Executive Offices
138th St. and Walton Ave.
New York
Division W. P. HA1NES & CO., Inc.
by F. N. Gregory in a new store recently opened by
him at 237 East Broadway, Long Beach, Cal.
The Potts Music Store, Orionville, Mo., recently
moved to the Davidson building.
B. C. Poindexter has opened a music store in
Rocky Mount, Va.
The Snyder & Snyder Music Co. is a new firm
at 2238 East Fourth street, Long Beach, Cal.
Isaac Doner, music dealer, Rye, N. Y., has suc-
ceeded Fred H. Ponty in a music store at 17 North
Main street, Port Chester, N. Y.
The Hardy Music Co. recently moved to a new
store in the Elks' Building, Bay City, Mich.
Pianos, phonographs, musical merchandise and
radio supplies are handled by J. T. Guerette in a
store recently opened in the Reeves Building, Chan-
dler, Okla.
Miss Bessie O'Callaghan is proprietor of a new
music store at 122 W. Main stret, Staunton, Va.
Lord & Co., Lawrence, Mass., are in new quar-
ters at 440 Essex street.
J. A. Abrams, Biloxi, Miss., has opened a branch
store in Gulfport, Miss.
The Steiner Music Co., Dayton, O., has moved
from Fifth and Stone streets to 120 East Fifth street.
The Kesselman-O'Driscoll Co., Milwaukee, has in-
stalled a powerful radio broadcasting station, known
as WCAY.
PRAISES SEEBURG INSTRUMENTS.
To the dealer familiar with the musical and me-
chanical merits of the automotive instruments of the
J. P. Seeburg Piano Co., Chicago, every instrument
is its own policy of insurance of satisfaction to the
purchaser. The Seeburg automatic instrument in-
sures a big quality in the music product, perfection
in tone, accuracy of mechanical operation and thor-
ough durability. A combination of these qualities
means pleasure to the hearers of the instrument and
a lasting and profitable investment to the purchaser.
One of the satisfied customers of the J. P. Seeburg
Piano Co. is the W. L. Pace Piano Co., Beaumont,
Tex., which in a recent letter to the Chicago manu-
facturers said: "Your pianos are all you claim for
them—'Simplicity, Reliability, Endurance'—and you
might add Beauty and Melody. Our relations in the
past have always been very cordial and we would
ask that you remember us as one of your satisfied
customers."
DEVICE FOR TUNERS.
The Kleernote Pump sold by Hammacher, Schlem-
raer & Co., Inc., 4th avenue and 13th street, New
York, is an absolutely essential tool for tuners and
its usefulness in the piano store is also'apparent to
dealers. This is guaranteed to be "the only thorough
and efficient Tracker Bar Suction Pump, thoroughly
dependable for removing dirt, dust and paper particles
from the tracker bar. It keeps the instrument in
proper playing condition, preventing weak and silent
notes." Knowing the advantages of this tool for
tuners and dealers, Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co.,
Inc., make a special price offer to tuners and dealers
who buy several Kleernote pumps at on time. The
company also has a very inviting proposition to
dealers and tuners who are willing to push the sale
of the tool.
17
JOHN MARTIN VISITOR
TO GULBRANSEN FACTORY
Man Who Points the Way to Sales Extolls Gul-
bransen Instruction Roll Method.
John and M. V. Martin of the Martin Music Co. of
Los Angeles, Cal., are visiting the factory of the
Gulbransen-Dickinson Co., Chicago, this week. On
their way to Chicago they stopped off at Kansas
City. They have interests in the state of Kansas,
being in business in Wichita and other points for
many years.
John Martin is more enthusiastic than ever over
the musical possibilities of the Gulbransen player-
piano, demonstrating which he at one time toured
the country.
Better playing of the Gulbransen and the Gul-
bransen Instruction Roll Method of selling and
teaching are first aids to sales which Mr. Martin can
convincingly talk about.
On Friday evening, May 11, Mr. Martin gave a
demonstration of his system of selling to the Gul-
bransen dealers in the Chicago territory, of which
there are forty-five or more.
Another visitor to the Gulbransen factory this
week is F. D. Witt of Witt's Music Store, Lorain,
Ohio. Mr. W 7 itt states that he will concentrate on
playerpiano business to a greater extent than ever
before.
The piano department of the Shuck Music Co.,
Glendale, Cal., was recently enlarged to accommo-
date an increase in the piano and playerpiano stock.
The Good Old
SMITH A NIXON
CINCINNATI
Pianos and Player Pianos
Better than ever, with the same
"Grand Tone In Upright Case."
Grands and Players that every deal-
er likes to sell, for Satisfaction and
Profit.
Smith & Nixon Piano Co.
1229 Miller St., Chicago
ENTHUSIASM FOR STARR.
Frank Talmadge, proprietor of the Northern Cali-
fornia Music Co., Dunsmuir, Cal., is one of the most
enthusiastic proponents of the Starr Piano Co.'s
line of pianos, players and talking machines. In the
prosperous country up close to the Oregon line, Mr.
Talmadge has developed a big and profitable busi-
ness in the Starr pianos, phonographs and Gennett
records.
STRICH & ZEIDLER, Inc.
GRAND, UPRIGHT and PLAYER
AND
HOMER PIANOS
740-742 East 136th Street
NEW YORK
KREITER
GRAND-PIANO
SI Inches Long
The beat exponent of the present Baby Grand Age.
Its tone — its lines—its restricted space requirement and
Attractive price—
MAKE IT THE PREMIER AGENCY
Get full details of this valuable telling franchise NOW.
Premier Grand Piano Corporation
Largest Institution in the World Building Grand
Pianos Exclusively
WALTER C HEPPBRLA
Pr*«S«il
JUSTUS HATTEMER
Vca-Presifcal
510-532 West £Zrd Street
NEW YORK
Pianos and Players
Have No Competition Where
Beauty of Cases and Tone
Sustain Profit Making Prices.
Everything the Highest but
the Price.
Inspect them Carefully and See.
Kreiter Mfg. Co., Inc.
320-322 W. Water St., Milwaukee, Wis.
Factory: Marinette, Wis.
John McCormack
f a m o u s tenor, says,
"The Miessner Piano certainly fills a ong-feh want, the
want of a small piano with a splendid action and lovely tone"
Write Today for Afieitner catalogue, prices an i fall
information
MIESSNER
the
The Little Piano with the Biff Tone
MIESSNER PIANO CO.
General Offices & Factory, 126 Reed St.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
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May 19, .1923
OPERATORS CO. EXHIBIT
TO BE AT OWN FACTORY
Will Allow Dealers to View Entire Process of Making
Automatic Pianos.
The Operators Piano Co. announces that its exhibit
during Convention Week will he held at the factory,
22 South Peoria street, instead of at the Drake Hotel.
Mr. Stadler, manager, feels that the company's prod-
ucts, which arc coin-operated pianos, would be better
exhibited at the factory where the dealers could see
the entire process of manufacture. Automatic pianos,
unlike the ordinary kind, are not manufactured by
any standard process, and so it is important to show
the prospective buyer every step in the building of
the instrument.
The Operators Piano Co. now has enough orders,
says Mr. Stadler, to keep the factory busy for the
next three months. The electric pianos have this year
enjoyed record breaking sales.
OPEN DOORS IN NEW
PIANO SELLING VENTURES
Opportunity Seen and Grasped by Vigorous Ones
in the Piano Selling Field.
H. Boltin, New Brunswick, N. J., has moved his
business to a larger store.
New and larger quarters have been leased by the
Kearney Piano Co., Houston, Tex.
The Baker Music House, Albany, N. Y., recently
opened a branch store at Ballston Spa, N. Y.
Sedler Bros., Worcester, Mass., have added a music
goods department.
Floyd T. Sherwin has opened a music store in
Canton, N. Y.
The A. B. Music Co. has opened a store at 155
Villards avenue, Milwaukee, Wis.
Miller & Co., Salem, Mass., has extended its busi-
ness to Ipswich, Mass., where a store was opened
recently.
A new branch store was recently opened in Morris-
town, N. J., by the Harmony Music Co., Dover,
N. J.
The Innes-Cosgrove Music Co. recently leased the
Barnes & Newcombe building, Wichita, Kans.
Pianos, phonographs, rolls and records are handled
WEBSTER PIANOS
Noted for Their Musical Beauty
of Tone and Artistic Style
ATTRACTIVE
Factory
Leominster,
Mass.
PRICES
Executive Offices
138th St. and Walton Ave.
New York
Division W. P. HA1NES & CO., Inc.
by F. N. Gregory in a new store recently opened by
him at 237 East Broadway, Long Beach, Cal.
The Potts Music Store, Orionville, Mo., recently
moved to the Davidson building.
B. C. Poindexter has opened a music store in
Rocky Mount, Va.
The Snyder & Snyder Music Co. is a new firm
at 2238 East Fourth street, Long Beach, Cal.
Isaac Doner, music dealer, Rye, N. Y., has suc-
ceeded Fred H. Ponty in a music store at 17 North
Main street, Port Chester, N. Y.
The Hardy Music Co. recently moved to a new
store in the Elks' Building, Bay City, Mich.
Pianos, phonographs, musical merchandise and
radio supplies are handled by J. T. Guerette in a
store recently opened in the Reeves Building, Chan-
dler, Okla.
Miss Bessie O'Callaghan is proprietor of a new
music store at 122 W. Main stret, Staunton, Va.
Lord & Co., Lawrence, Mass., are in new quar-
ters at 440 Essex street.
J. A. Abrams, Biloxi, Miss., has opened a branch
store in Gulfport, Miss.
The Steiner Music Co., Dayton, O., has moved
from Fifth and Stone streets to 120 East Fifth street.
The Kesselman-O'Driscoll Co., Milwaukee, has in-
stalled a powerful radio broadcasting station, known
as WCAY.
PRAISES SEEBURG INSTRUMENTS.
To the dealer familiar with the musical and me-
chanical merits of the automotive instruments of the
J. P. Seeburg Piano Co., Chicago, every instrument
is its own policy of insurance of satisfaction to the
purchaser. The Seeburg automatic instrument in-
sures a big quality in the music product, perfection
in tone, accuracy of mechanical operation and thor-
ough durability. A combination of these qualities
means pleasure to the hearers of the instrument and
a lasting and profitable investment to the purchaser.
One of the satisfied customers of the J. P. Seeburg
Piano Co. is the W. L. Pace Piano Co., Beaumont,
Tex., which in a recent letter to the Chicago manu-
facturers said: "Your pianos are all you claim for
them—'Simplicity, Reliability, Endurance'—and you
might add Beauty and Melody. Our relations in the
past have always been very cordial and we would
ask that you remember us as one of your satisfied
customers."
DEVICE FOR TUNERS.
The Kleernote Pump sold by Hammacher, Schlem-
raer & Co., Inc., 4th avenue and 13th street, New
York, is an absolutely essential tool for tuners and
its usefulness in the piano store is also'apparent to
dealers. This is guaranteed to be "the only thorough
and efficient Tracker Bar Suction Pump, thoroughly
dependable for removing dirt, dust and paper particles
from the tracker bar. It keeps the instrument in
proper playing condition, preventing weak and silent
notes." Knowing the advantages of this tool for
tuners and dealers, Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co.,
Inc., make a special price offer to tuners and dealers
who buy several Kleernote pumps at on time. The
company also has a very inviting proposition to
dealers and tuners who are willing to push the sale
of the tool.
17
JOHN MARTIN VISITOR
TO GULBRANSEN FACTORY
Man Who Points the Way to Sales Extolls Gul-
bransen Instruction Roll Method.
John and M. V. Martin of the Martin Music Co. of
Los Angeles, Cal., are visiting the factory of the
Gulbransen-Dickinson Co., Chicago, this week. On
their way to Chicago they stopped off at Kansas
City. They have interests in the state of Kansas,
being in business in Wichita and other points for
many years.
John Martin is more enthusiastic than ever over
the musical possibilities of the Gulbransen player-
piano, demonstrating which he at one time toured
the country.
Better playing of the Gulbransen and the Gul-
bransen Instruction Roll Method of selling and
teaching are first aids to sales which Mr. Martin can
convincingly talk about.
On Friday evening, May 11, Mr. Martin gave a
demonstration of his system of selling to the Gul-
bransen dealers in the Chicago territory, of which
there are forty-five or more.
Another visitor to the Gulbransen factory this
week is F. D. Witt of Witt's Music Store, Lorain,
Ohio. Mr. W 7 itt states that he will concentrate on
playerpiano business to a greater extent than ever
before.
The piano department of the Shuck Music Co.,
Glendale, Cal., was recently enlarged to accommo-
date an increase in the piano and playerpiano stock.
The Good Old
SMITH A NIXON
CINCINNATI
Pianos and Player Pianos
Better than ever, with the same
"Grand Tone In Upright Case."
Grands and Players that every deal-
er likes to sell, for Satisfaction and
Profit.
Smith & Nixon Piano Co.
1229 Miller St., Chicago
ENTHUSIASM FOR STARR.
Frank Talmadge, proprietor of the Northern Cali-
fornia Music Co., Dunsmuir, Cal., is one of the most
enthusiastic proponents of the Starr Piano Co.'s
line of pianos, players and talking machines. In the
prosperous country up close to the Oregon line, Mr.
Talmadge has developed a big and profitable busi-
ness in the Starr pianos, phonographs and Gennett
records.
STRICH & ZEIDLER, Inc.
GRAND, UPRIGHT and PLAYER
AND
HOMER PIANOS
740-742 East 136th Street
NEW YORK
KREITER
GRAND-PIANO
SI Inches Long
The beat exponent of the present Baby Grand Age.
Its tone — its lines—its restricted space requirement and
Attractive price—
MAKE IT THE PREMIER AGENCY
Get full details of this valuable telling franchise NOW.
Premier Grand Piano Corporation
Largest Institution in the World Building Grand
Pianos Exclusively
WALTER C HEPPBRLA
Pr*«S«il
JUSTUS HATTEMER
Vca-Presifcal
510-532 West £Zrd Street
NEW YORK
Pianos and Players
Have No Competition Where
Beauty of Cases and Tone
Sustain Profit Making Prices.
Everything the Highest but
the Price.
Inspect them Carefully and See.
Kreiter Mfg. Co., Inc.
320-322 W. Water St., Milwaukee, Wis.
Factory: Marinette, Wis.
John McCormack
f a m o u s tenor, says,
"The Miessner Piano certainly fills a ong-feh want, the
want of a small piano with a splendid action and lovely tone"
Write Today for Afieitner catalogue, prices an i fall
information
MIESSNER
the
The Little Piano with the Biff Tone
MIESSNER PIANO CO.
General Offices & Factory, 126 Reed St.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
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).