Presto
Issue: 1923 1945 - Page 5
November 3, 1923
PRESTO
CHRISTMAN
"The First Touch Tells"
ART PIANO AT TEXAS STATE FAIR
The Bush & Gerts World's Fair Renaissance model,
herewith shown, represented the only musical fea-
ture of the big Exposition of Fine Arts at this sea-
son's Texas State Fair at Dallas.
Many Presto
readers will no doubt recall the beautiful instrument.
The hand carving alone on this instrument cost be-
tween $4,000 and $5,000, and was the work of two
Italian artists, wood carvers who were in the Bush
& Gerts employ for over eighteen months before the
completion of the World's Columbian models.
The great interest for piano men, musical folk and
appreciative people generally in the Home Beautiful
Shop was in the central object, the Renaissance Mid-
This piano has been exhibited at all the following
expositions: National, International and State, Buf-
falo, N. Y.; St. Louis, Mo.; San Francisco; Seattle;
Portland; Tacoma; Milwaukee State Fair; Fargo,
N. D., State Fair; Rochester, N. Y., International
Exposition; Syracuse, N. Y., State Fair; Chicago
Piano Exposition; New York Exposition; Alabama
State Fair; Memphis Tri-State Fair; and Dallas,
Texas, State Fair, twice; and this piano today is in
perfect condition. The finish as well as the mechan-
ism and its tone are wonderfully well preserved and
attracted great attention wherever exhibited. It is
a feature of the Bush & Gerts central show window
during Music Week in Dallas.
Victorian Model, Bush & Gerts piano, every artistic
detail of which is clearly shown in the picture.
This piano was one of a complete line of pianos
made by the Bush & Gerts Piano Co., Chicago, which
so much added to the interest of visitors in Section
I at the World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago in
1893. The model shown at the recent fair in Dallas
is one of three special models made for the World's
Fair.
The other two were the Colonial and the
Grecian. All were wonderful examples of the de-
signer's and carver's art. It is remembered, too, that
all three models received a medal.
The other two of these art models were sold, one
to the Governor of Alabama, in 1912, and the other
to the Masonic Library at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This
last and only remaining model will be utilized for ex-
hibition purposes until the manufacturers find some
suitable and permanent environment for it. It was
viewed by four or five hundred thousand visitors
during the Dallas State Fair.
The photograph from which the accompanying cut
was made was taken at midnight following Chil-
dren's and Mother's Day at the fair, when over
200,000 passed through the gates.
FRENCH PIANO MEN VISIT
GULBRANSEN=DICKINSON CO.
Among others of last week's visitors at the Gul-
bransen factory was H. Bucheim, who sells the Gul-
bransen player in Sheboygan, Wis. Mr. Bucheim re-
ported his fall business as one of the best he has
experienced.
Piano warerooms where the Christ-
man line of instruments is found, at-
tract the best class of trade. The
Christman line is absolutely complete
and, whether upright, grand, player-
piano or reproducing piano, electrically
operated, there is nothing better.
The Christman
Reproducing
Grands and Uprights
on the floor are, in themselves, suffi-
cient attraction to induce attention
and create sales.
There is no other line that surpasses
this one, and none in which high qual-
ity and popular characteristics blend
in a like degree, to the profit of the
dealer in fine instruments.
CHRISTMAN
Studio Grand
Only 5 Feet Long
H. Bucheim, Gulbransen Dealer of Sheboygan, Wis.,
Also a Caller at the Chicago Factory.
It was the CHRISTMAN GRAND that
first demonstrated the truth that size has
nothing to do with the depth and resonance
of a Grand Piano's tone.
Two visitors, Andre Gaveau and Aug. Richards,
prominent in the French piano industry, were callers
at the Gulbransen-Dickinson Piano Mfg. Co. factory,
Chicago and Kedzie avenues, Chicago, early last
week.
As was told in last week's Presto. Mr. Gaveau and
his assistant and companion, Mr. Richards, stopped
over in Chicago on their western tour with the pur-
pose of visiting the large piano factories, and to obtain
a view of the general system employed by the Ameri-
can industries.
Both gentlemen were impressed with the magnitude
and unique arrangement of the Gulbransen-Dickinson
factor. They also expressed their appreciation of
the courtesy extended them by the officials of the
company, who, in addition to showing the visitors
through the factory, explained many points in regards
to their transportation system' and its extensive
ramifications.
The gentlemen from Paris told of the piano indus-
try in France as being active and growing. The in-
dustry with which Messrs. Gaveau and Richards are
connected has an annual output of three thousand
instruments.
Built with a careful eye to the exacting
requirements of the space at the command
of city dwellers and owners of small houses,
the CHRISTMAN GRAND combines every
essential that wins for the grand piano first
consideration in the mind of the artist.
(€
The First Touch Tells"
Reg. U S. Pat. Off.
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St.
New York
PIANO TRADE IN TEXAS.
The piano trade in Texas and some other southern
states was interferred with by the extremely rainy
weather which prevailed for the first part of last
month. But it was of great benefit to all of the
grain crops, and there was probably little damage to
the unpicked cotton—considerably over two-thirds of
the crop having already been binned, and any dam-
age from now on would simply develop an increased
price and steadily rising market. It looks, from the
general reports as well as the government reports, as
though Texas has raised over one-third of the entire
crop of the United States this year. That means
business for the piano dealers.
COMPLETE MUSIC STORE.
Since its opening this spring the Complete Music
Store, South Bend, Ind., which carries a full line of
pianos, talking machines, records, sheet music and
small goods, has been doing a steadily increasing busi-
ness. Mr. Konold, who is the manager, prides him-
self in having one of the best equipped stores in the
city. Twelve demonstration booths for both records
and player rolls are provided.
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PRESTO
CHRISTMAN
"The First Touch Tells"
ART PIANO AT TEXAS STATE FAIR
The Bush & Gerts World's Fair Renaissance model,
herewith shown, represented the only musical fea-
ture of the big Exposition of Fine Arts at this sea-
son's Texas State Fair at Dallas.
Many Presto
readers will no doubt recall the beautiful instrument.
The hand carving alone on this instrument cost be-
tween $4,000 and $5,000, and was the work of two
Italian artists, wood carvers who were in the Bush
& Gerts employ for over eighteen months before the
completion of the World's Columbian models.
The great interest for piano men, musical folk and
appreciative people generally in the Home Beautiful
Shop was in the central object, the Renaissance Mid-
This piano has been exhibited at all the following
expositions: National, International and State, Buf-
falo, N. Y.; St. Louis, Mo.; San Francisco; Seattle;
Portland; Tacoma; Milwaukee State Fair; Fargo,
N. D., State Fair; Rochester, N. Y., International
Exposition; Syracuse, N. Y., State Fair; Chicago
Piano Exposition; New York Exposition; Alabama
State Fair; Memphis Tri-State Fair; and Dallas,
Texas, State Fair, twice; and this piano today is in
perfect condition. The finish as well as the mechan-
ism and its tone are wonderfully well preserved and
attracted great attention wherever exhibited. It is
a feature of the Bush & Gerts central show window
during Music Week in Dallas.
Victorian Model, Bush & Gerts piano, every artistic
detail of which is clearly shown in the picture.
This piano was one of a complete line of pianos
made by the Bush & Gerts Piano Co., Chicago, which
so much added to the interest of visitors in Section
I at the World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago in
1893. The model shown at the recent fair in Dallas
is one of three special models made for the World's
Fair.
The other two were the Colonial and the
Grecian. All were wonderful examples of the de-
signer's and carver's art. It is remembered, too, that
all three models received a medal.
The other two of these art models were sold, one
to the Governor of Alabama, in 1912, and the other
to the Masonic Library at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This
last and only remaining model will be utilized for ex-
hibition purposes until the manufacturers find some
suitable and permanent environment for it. It was
viewed by four or five hundred thousand visitors
during the Dallas State Fair.
The photograph from which the accompanying cut
was made was taken at midnight following Chil-
dren's and Mother's Day at the fair, when over
200,000 passed through the gates.
FRENCH PIANO MEN VISIT
GULBRANSEN=DICKINSON CO.
Among others of last week's visitors at the Gul-
bransen factory was H. Bucheim, who sells the Gul-
bransen player in Sheboygan, Wis. Mr. Bucheim re-
ported his fall business as one of the best he has
experienced.
Piano warerooms where the Christ-
man line of instruments is found, at-
tract the best class of trade. The
Christman line is absolutely complete
and, whether upright, grand, player-
piano or reproducing piano, electrically
operated, there is nothing better.
The Christman
Reproducing
Grands and Uprights
on the floor are, in themselves, suffi-
cient attraction to induce attention
and create sales.
There is no other line that surpasses
this one, and none in which high qual-
ity and popular characteristics blend
in a like degree, to the profit of the
dealer in fine instruments.
CHRISTMAN
Studio Grand
Only 5 Feet Long
H. Bucheim, Gulbransen Dealer of Sheboygan, Wis.,
Also a Caller at the Chicago Factory.
It was the CHRISTMAN GRAND that
first demonstrated the truth that size has
nothing to do with the depth and resonance
of a Grand Piano's tone.
Two visitors, Andre Gaveau and Aug. Richards,
prominent in the French piano industry, were callers
at the Gulbransen-Dickinson Piano Mfg. Co. factory,
Chicago and Kedzie avenues, Chicago, early last
week.
As was told in last week's Presto. Mr. Gaveau and
his assistant and companion, Mr. Richards, stopped
over in Chicago on their western tour with the pur-
pose of visiting the large piano factories, and to obtain
a view of the general system employed by the Ameri-
can industries.
Both gentlemen were impressed with the magnitude
and unique arrangement of the Gulbransen-Dickinson
factor. They also expressed their appreciation of
the courtesy extended them by the officials of the
company, who, in addition to showing the visitors
through the factory, explained many points in regards
to their transportation system' and its extensive
ramifications.
The gentlemen from Paris told of the piano indus-
try in France as being active and growing. The in-
dustry with which Messrs. Gaveau and Richards are
connected has an annual output of three thousand
instruments.
Built with a careful eye to the exacting
requirements of the space at the command
of city dwellers and owners of small houses,
the CHRISTMAN GRAND combines every
essential that wins for the grand piano first
consideration in the mind of the artist.
(€
The First Touch Tells"
Reg. U S. Pat. Off.
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St.
New York
PIANO TRADE IN TEXAS.
The piano trade in Texas and some other southern
states was interferred with by the extremely rainy
weather which prevailed for the first part of last
month. But it was of great benefit to all of the
grain crops, and there was probably little damage to
the unpicked cotton—considerably over two-thirds of
the crop having already been binned, and any dam-
age from now on would simply develop an increased
price and steadily rising market. It looks, from the
general reports as well as the government reports, as
though Texas has raised over one-third of the entire
crop of the United States this year. That means
business for the piano dealers.
COMPLETE MUSIC STORE.
Since its opening this spring the Complete Music
Store, South Bend, Ind., which carries a full line of
pianos, talking machines, records, sheet music and
small goods, has been doing a steadily increasing busi-
ness. Mr. Konold, who is the manager, prides him-
self in having one of the best equipped stores in the
city. Twelve demonstration booths for both records
and player rolls are provided.
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).