Presto

PRESTO
June 30, 1923
The
Dominant
Line
J.P.SEEBURG PIANO CO.
A full and complete
line of better coin
operated pianos and
orchestrions.
14 Styles
from the smallest to the largest
14 Styles
from the largest to the smallest
Sold on a protected
territory system that
will interest you.
Write for Details
J.P.SEEBURGPIANOCO.
1510 Dayton Street
CHICAGO
WHERE DOUBTS ARE DISPELLED
Under This Head Presto Will Answer Any Question Pertaining to Pianos, or
Other Subjects of Direct Interest to the Trade and Musical Public
Inquiries must bear the signature and address of
writer in order to receive attention. Answers thought
to be of general trade interest will be published. If an
answer is not of general interest it will be mailed pro-
vided stamp is inclosed.
A CHICKERING AMPICO.
Manchester, Iowa, June 18, 1923.
Editor Presto: As I am contemplating buying a
Chickering Ampico Action Reproducing Piano, would
you favor me with the advice:
How old is this Chickering piano? The serial
number is 32977.
MRS. C. DUNNUCK.
Of course we need not say that the instrument
about which you ask is one of distinction. Inasmuch
as it is a reproducing instrument it cannot be very
old, though the serial number you give us does not
help us much to determine its age. Undoubtedly, if
you can buy the instrument at the right price it is
one in which you may find perfect satisfaction.
We suggest that PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE
gives full information concerning this, as well as all
others produced in this country.
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PIPE ORGAN GUIDE.
Upper Sandusky, Ohio, June 25, 1923.
Editor Presto: If you do not publish a guide on
pipe organs, I wish you would mail me a list of pipe
organ manufacturers and their addresses.
FOSTER SHUMAKER.
You will find a very complete list of the pipe organ
manufacturers in Part 2 of PRESTO T R A D E
LISTS No. 3, which is a book of musical supplies of
all kinds.
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CROWN ORGANS.
Harrisburg, 111., June 20, 1923.
Editor Presto: Will you please give us full infor-
mation in regards to the Crown organs? We have
an order for a Crown Organ Style 500 with the pic-
ture on a card. Same is sold.for cash and we have
the cash and do not know where to order the organ
from.
LLOYD L. PARKER.
Crown organs have been entirely out of the mar-
ket for a number of years. Geo. P. Bent, originator
and owner of the great Crown industry retired from
business some four or five years back, but the Crown
organ was discontinued many years prior to that
time.
It is our suggestion that you may find a reed
organ, such as you want, by writing to S. N. Swan
& Sons, Freeport, 111. There are very few reed organ
industries remaining in this country, though the old
Estey Organ Co., Brattleboro, Vt., is still in active
operation.
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PIANO INSURANCE.
Munday, Tex., June 16, 1923.
Editor Presto: Will you please write me what
company writes blanket piano insurance and their
address?
J. D. CONLEY.
There is such an enterprise established in New York
City, at the head of which is Mr. Al. Behning. We
believe that you can reach that gentleman by ad-
dressing him in care of Behning Piano Co., East
133rd street and Alexander avenue.
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SHEET MUSIC PUBLISHING.
Indiana Harbor, Ind., June 13, 1923.
Editor Presto: I wish to get out a new fox-trot
with a good color title design. I want to sell it or
put it out on a royalty basis. I am advertising it
and want to get it out. Do you deal in sheet music?
Or do vou know how I can get this on the market?
ELIZABETH TALMADGE.
We do not deal in sheet music. So far as hand-
some colored pictures for titles and music printing
are concerned, we believe that you can have that kind
of work done best by the Rayner-Dalheim & Co.,
Inc., 2054 W. Lake street, Chicago. It is probable
that the only way you can make a success of your
song is to get it printed and sell it yourself or in
company with other "independent" publishers. It is
almost impossible for a composer to interest the "hit"
publishers. The old line publishers which conduct
music stores are a little more likely to consider ama-
teur aspirants.
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PROTECTION AGAINST MOTHS.
Longview, Texas, June 26, 1923.
Editor Presto: Will you please give us the name
and address of the company that sells the "Moth
Protector," or some such name? It is an article that
is put in pianos, in a small box, stuck on the tuning
pin.
FORD & SON MUSIC CO.
The protection against moths in pianos is known
as "Camphor Outfits." The articles come two in a
set, for the purpose of placing one at each side, or
end, of the piano. The camphor evaporates and the
containers can be refilled, thus making it a perma-
nent protection.
You can secure the article at any large music store,
and certainly by applying to Lyon & Healy, Chicago.
The Camphor Outfits sell for $1.50 retail, with the
customary discount to dealers. We believe that the
wholesale price is 90 cents per outfit.
REFUSES REHEARING OF
GROSVENOR PATENT SUIT
V. S. Circuit Court of Appeals. This appeal after
an interval of more than a year was dismissed for
lack of action on the part of the defendant.
In 1920 we sued the Cutler Dry Kiln Co. and later,
as co-defendant, the Cutler Wesk Co., which had
since acquired the business of the Cutler Dry Kiln
But Decision Will Not Prevent Karpen Dryer Co. This case was tried before Judge Hazel, of the
U. S. District Court at Buffalo. That court also sus-
Co. from Recovering Infringment
tained the patent and held that the Cutler Dry Kiln
Damages.
Co. had infringed, retaining jurisdiction over the
Cutler Desk Co. as to their infringement, pending the
The U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals of the Second receipt of the Master's report on the accounting
Circuit, comprising the States of Connecticut, New against the Kiln company. The Master's report has
yet been rendered, and perhaps will never be
York and Vermont, has denied the petition for a not
rendered, in view of the decision of the Circuit Court
rehearing of the Grosvenor patent decision in the of Appeals hereinafter mentioned.
Wenborne-Karpen Dryer Company, 7 South Dear-
The Cutler Dry Kiln Co. then appealed to the U. S.
born street, Chicago. "This, however, will not pre- Circuit Court of Appeals of the Second Circuit, at
vent our recovery for infringement, even in said New York. The case was argued on April 20, 1923,
three states, if the validity of our patent should be and on May 14, 1923, the court handed down a de-
ultimately sustained for the entire United States, as cision written by Judge Manton, finding the patent
we confidently expect it will be," said F. A. Lippert, invalid. Before the court issued its mandate we ob-
tained a stay of the mandate and were allowed until
vice-president of the company, this week.
June 15, 1923, to file our petition for a rehearing.
The Wenborne-Karpen Dryer Company is owner The case is therefore still pending.
of the Grosvenor Patent No. 1,186,477, covering the
drying of siccative coatings, such as varnish, enamel
GULBRANSEN SELLS GULBRANSEN.
or paint, by exposure to humidified or moistened
Hans Gulbransen, piano dealer in Ottawa, 111., and
heated air. To protect its interests and those of its
clients the company has, during the past few years, local representative of the Gulbransen Registering
brought suit against several infringers of the Gros- Piano, was in Chicago this week and paid a visit to
venor patent. In a statement mailed by the company the Gulbransen-Dickenson Co.'s factory, where the
well known player piano bearing the same name as
this week this is said:
his own is built.
In 1918 we sued the Rockford Book Case Co., of
Rockford, 111., for infringement. The case was tried
TREASURER SCHULDES RETURNS.
before Judge Carpenter at Chicago in the U. S. Dis-
trict Court in the Seventh Circuit, and defended by
A. T. Schuldes, treasurer of the Straube Piano
Cutler Dry Kiln Co., Buffalo, N. Y. On December
15, 1920, judge Carpenter declared the patent valid Company, Hammond, Ind., was taken ill at Wheel-
and infringed, and ordered an accounting. The de- ing, W. Va., last week while enroute home from the
fendant then petitioned for a rehearing, which was Atlantic coast, whither he had motored with his
denied; whereupon the defendant appealed to the family. His return was delayed for several days.
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