Presto
Issue: 1923 1946 - Page 22
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PRESTO
November 10, 1923
Abraham Lesser, 114 Boulevard, Rockaway Park,
L. I., N. Y.
Public schools in Evansville, Ind., are being
Exhibit at the Southeastern Fair at Atlanta Proves equipped with talking machines.
Hits in record form are having a big sale with the
Great Stimulation to Sales.
Home Music Shoppe, 980 West Broad street, Colum-
The Conn Atlanta Co., Atlanta, Ga., achieved big bus, O.
The Manor Music Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., has moved
results from its exhibit at the recent Southeastern
Fair held in that city recently. A full line of the in- to new quarters at 7715 New Utrecht avenue.
N. D. Giles is the new manager of the talking
struments made by the C. G. Conn Co., Ltd., Elk-
hart, Ind., was shown in the Liberal Arts Building. machine department of the P. A. Starck Piano Co.,
The special set of jeweled instruments shown was one St. Louis, Mo.
Ludwig, Bauman & Co. has opened a new store at
of the great attractions of the fair.
The merits of the Conn instruments were demon- Broad street and Central avenue, Newark, N. J,
The Infield Music Co., Hamilton, O., has added a
strated by the Conn Rainbow Orchestra whose per-
formances were not only enjoyed by the thousands of talking machine department.
The Fayette, M.o., branch of the Taylor Music Co.,
visitors but also by the radio set owners over a wide
territory. The concerts were broadcasted by the Columbia, Mo., has been closed and the stock moved
to the Boonville branch.
Atlanta Journal station.
A sheet music department has been installed by
A business like system in the Conn exhibit resulted in
acquiring a big list of prospective musical instrument Frelinger's Music House, Lafayette, Ind.
Mr. C. I. Hicks Music Co., Boston, has moved to
buyers. The exhibit was in charge of C. R. Clark,
general manager, who was ably assisted by his active larger quarters at 99 Bedford street. The firm is one
of the leading jobbers in sheet music in New England.
sales force.
The American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers is now preparing a new schedule of roy-
NEWS OF SMALL GOODS FIELD alty payments to be made by various classes of
theaters. The new schedule, which is being worked
Many New Names Appear in Musical Instrument out by E. C. Mills, chairman of the Advisory Board
of the Society, was to have been ready on October 1,
Business and Old Ones Continue in Activities.
but has been held up pending a revision of rates as
T. G. A. Grant Furniture Co., Montgomery, Ala., they apply to small-time vaudeville theaters.
increased tne size of its phonograph department on
moving to its new building.
PATHE CREDITORS APPEAR.
The Alnutt Music Co., Savannah, Ga., has added
Creditors of the Pathe Freres Phonograph Co. were
the Columbia line of phonographs.
The Archer Music Shop was opened recently at ordered to appear in the United States District Court,
Post Office building, Room 312, Brooklyn, N. Y., at
4237 Archer avenue, Chicago, by Sol Biasco.
The M. J. Rose Co., Canton, and Akron, O., has 10:30 o'clock on November 5 to show cause why
purchased the entire stock of the Rockford phono- orders should not be entered confirming the report
of the Special Master and approving the receiver's
graph Co., Rockford, 111.
October was a good month in phonograph sales accounts and providing for his discharge.
by the Knight-Campbell Music Co., Denver, Colo.
The Ormonde Music Shop, Brooklyn, N. Y., re-
CHANGES IN- SAN FRANCISCO.
cently purchased the talking machine store of
H. H. Baines, of the mail-order department of
Sherman, Clay & Co., San Francisco, Cal., has been
transferred to the wholesale small goods department.
Charles Church, also of the mail order department,
has been transferred to the retail small goods depart-
ment at this store.
CONN RESULTS FROM BIG FAIR
NOT ONLY
do we specialize in the very best of
piano and organ supplies, including
hammers, felts, cloths, punchings,
wedges, and straight hardware, such as
hinges, tuning pins, music wire, cast-
ers, piano tools, player stock, etc.
BUT
we are also speed specialists when it
comes to the handling and filling of
your orders. Our large stock and
modern methods enable us to do so.
What do you need?
American Piano Supply Co., Inc.
110-112 E. 13th St.
New York City
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
Manufacturers of
The Piano Repair Shop
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Cor er Lewis Street
CHICAGO
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
refimshed or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
425 South Wabash Are.
Chicago
PERFECT PUNCHINGS
AT
CFGDEPEL^CO
T
137 E A S T I3 -? ST.
NEW
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 has always represented
Quality and Merit
Paragon Foundries
Company
When a Piano Action bears the name of
Strauch Bros* it is an additional guarantee
of the quality of the instrument containing it.
Manufacturers of
STRAUCH BROS.,Inc.
Paragon Piano Plates
Oregon, Illinois
Piano Action*, Hammer* and Repair*
327 to 347 Walnut Ave. t at 141*t Street
NEW YORK
YORK
Comstock, Cheney & Co.
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
Ivory Cutters and Manufacturers
Manufacturers or
Piano Keys, Actions and Hammers
IVORY AND COMPOSITION-COVERED ORGAN KEYS
The only Company Furnishing the Koys, Actions, Hammers and Brackets Complete
Telegraph and R. R. Station: Essex, Conn.
Office and Factories: Ivory ton, Conn.
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/
45th St., 10th Are. & W 46th. 1 1 Hi W
V l O P IC
I \Ji\ I \ .
OFFICE:
457 w. 45th Street
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PRESTO
November 10, 1923
Abraham Lesser, 114 Boulevard, Rockaway Park,
L. I., N. Y.
Public schools in Evansville, Ind., are being
Exhibit at the Southeastern Fair at Atlanta Proves equipped with talking machines.
Hits in record form are having a big sale with the
Great Stimulation to Sales.
Home Music Shoppe, 980 West Broad street, Colum-
The Conn Atlanta Co., Atlanta, Ga., achieved big bus, O.
The Manor Music Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., has moved
results from its exhibit at the recent Southeastern
Fair held in that city recently. A full line of the in- to new quarters at 7715 New Utrecht avenue.
N. D. Giles is the new manager of the talking
struments made by the C. G. Conn Co., Ltd., Elk-
hart, Ind., was shown in the Liberal Arts Building. machine department of the P. A. Starck Piano Co.,
The special set of jeweled instruments shown was one St. Louis, Mo.
Ludwig, Bauman & Co. has opened a new store at
of the great attractions of the fair.
The merits of the Conn instruments were demon- Broad street and Central avenue, Newark, N. J,
The Infield Music Co., Hamilton, O., has added a
strated by the Conn Rainbow Orchestra whose per-
formances were not only enjoyed by the thousands of talking machine department.
The Fayette, M.o., branch of the Taylor Music Co.,
visitors but also by the radio set owners over a wide
territory. The concerts were broadcasted by the Columbia, Mo., has been closed and the stock moved
to the Boonville branch.
Atlanta Journal station.
A sheet music department has been installed by
A business like system in the Conn exhibit resulted in
acquiring a big list of prospective musical instrument Frelinger's Music House, Lafayette, Ind.
Mr. C. I. Hicks Music Co., Boston, has moved to
buyers. The exhibit was in charge of C. R. Clark,
general manager, who was ably assisted by his active larger quarters at 99 Bedford street. The firm is one
of the leading jobbers in sheet music in New England.
sales force.
The American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers is now preparing a new schedule of roy-
NEWS OF SMALL GOODS FIELD alty payments to be made by various classes of
theaters. The new schedule, which is being worked
Many New Names Appear in Musical Instrument out by E. C. Mills, chairman of the Advisory Board
of the Society, was to have been ready on October 1,
Business and Old Ones Continue in Activities.
but has been held up pending a revision of rates as
T. G. A. Grant Furniture Co., Montgomery, Ala., they apply to small-time vaudeville theaters.
increased tne size of its phonograph department on
moving to its new building.
PATHE CREDITORS APPEAR.
The Alnutt Music Co., Savannah, Ga., has added
Creditors of the Pathe Freres Phonograph Co. were
the Columbia line of phonographs.
The Archer Music Shop was opened recently at ordered to appear in the United States District Court,
Post Office building, Room 312, Brooklyn, N. Y., at
4237 Archer avenue, Chicago, by Sol Biasco.
The M. J. Rose Co., Canton, and Akron, O., has 10:30 o'clock on November 5 to show cause why
purchased the entire stock of the Rockford phono- orders should not be entered confirming the report
of the Special Master and approving the receiver's
graph Co., Rockford, 111.
October was a good month in phonograph sales accounts and providing for his discharge.
by the Knight-Campbell Music Co., Denver, Colo.
The Ormonde Music Shop, Brooklyn, N. Y., re-
CHANGES IN- SAN FRANCISCO.
cently purchased the talking machine store of
H. H. Baines, of the mail-order department of
Sherman, Clay & Co., San Francisco, Cal., has been
transferred to the wholesale small goods department.
Charles Church, also of the mail order department,
has been transferred to the retail small goods depart-
ment at this store.
CONN RESULTS FROM BIG FAIR
NOT ONLY
do we specialize in the very best of
piano and organ supplies, including
hammers, felts, cloths, punchings,
wedges, and straight hardware, such as
hinges, tuning pins, music wire, cast-
ers, piano tools, player stock, etc.
BUT
we are also speed specialists when it
comes to the handling and filling of
your orders. Our large stock and
modern methods enable us to do so.
What do you need?
American Piano Supply Co., Inc.
110-112 E. 13th St.
New York City
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
Manufacturers of
The Piano Repair Shop
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Cor er Lewis Street
CHICAGO
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
refimshed or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
425 South Wabash Are.
Chicago
PERFECT PUNCHINGS
AT
CFGDEPEL^CO
T
137 E A S T I3 -? ST.
NEW
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 has always represented
Quality and Merit
Paragon Foundries
Company
When a Piano Action bears the name of
Strauch Bros* it is an additional guarantee
of the quality of the instrument containing it.
Manufacturers of
STRAUCH BROS.,Inc.
Paragon Piano Plates
Oregon, Illinois
Piano Action*, Hammer* and Repair*
327 to 347 Walnut Ave. t at 141*t Street
NEW YORK
YORK
Comstock, Cheney & Co.
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
Ivory Cutters and Manufacturers
Manufacturers or
Piano Keys, Actions and Hammers
IVORY AND COMPOSITION-COVERED ORGAN KEYS
The only Company Furnishing the Koys, Actions, Hammers and Brackets Complete
Telegraph and R. R. Station: Essex, Conn.
Office and Factories: Ivory ton, Conn.
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/
45th St., 10th Are. & W 46th. 1 1 Hi W
V l O P IC
I \Ji\ I \ .
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).