Presto
Issue: 1924 1956 - Page 3
Presto Buyers' Guide
Analyzes and Classifies
All American P i a n o s
and in Detail Tells of
Their Makers.
PRESTO
E.tabtUhed 1884.
THE AMERICAN MUSIC TRADE WEEKLY
Presto Trade Lists
Three Uniform B o o k -
lets, the Only Complete
Directories of the Music
Industries.
10 C* n f; **-00 a Year
CHICAGO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1924
REORGANIZATION OF
SCHILLER PIANO CO,
in the trade and as vice-president he will add still fur-
ther to the prestige of the instruments from Oregon.
Benj. F. Shelly has been with the Schiller Company
for 22 years in different capacities. He is a son-in-
law of the late F. G. Jones. Mr. Shelly is a very
capable man for his new position, and, as he has
Old Industry at Oregon, 111., Elects New Man-
agement and Is Prepared to Redouble
Output and Move Forward as
Never Before.
SMALL GRAND IS WINNER
With Edgar Jones as President, Frank Hood Be-
comes Vice-President, B. F. Shelly and Cyrus F.
Jones, Respectively Secretary and Treasurer.
A new progress is just ahead for the old Schiller
Piano Company, of Oregon, 111. Always an exten-
sive industry, and so fully equipped materially as to
present almost unlimited possibilities, the recent reor-
FRANK M. HOOD.
Vice-President.
been in the same office with E. B. Jones, he will be a
substantial help to the new president.
The New Treasurer.
Cyrus 1*'. Jones, the youngest son of the founder
of the Schiller Piano Company, has been with the
company for 21 years in different positions. He is a
very capable man in any capacity, especially in the
mechanical department. As treasurer he will prove
equally efficient.
The Schiller Record.
The Schiller Piano Company has held an enviable
position in the trade. Located in Oregon, Illinois,
Invitations Out for Event to Take Place on the 24th,
at Palmer House.
Members of the trade of Chicago and vicinity have
received the following printed in approved style:
"The Chicago Piano and Organ Association invites
you to be present at its twenty-fifth annual dinner
Thursday evening, January the twenty-fourth, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-four, Palmer House, Chi-
cago. Reception at 6 o'clock. Informal."
Naturally there is a good deal of interest in the
approaching dinner, and, as Treasurer Adam
Schneider says, "each member of the association
should avail himself of this privilege. Kindly fill out
the attached card with the names of those whom you
wish to invite with check to cover the necessary
amount."
An extract from the by-laws-of the Chicago Piano
and Organ Association, covering the matter of in-
vited guests, reads as follows:
"Article 6. Any member of the association may
bring to its dinners, as his guests, his friends and em-
ployes, provided he gives one week's notice to the
Executive Committee, and that he do not receive from
said committee an immediate objection to any of his
proposed guests. Such member shall be chargeable
with the cost of plates so engaged."
The event is sure to be a big one, and a fine crowd
will be in attendance at the historic Palmer House.
And it will be the last there, for the famous old hotel
will soon be torn down to give place to a modern one
of great size and elegance.
RICHMOND HARRIS MARRIES.
Richmond Harris, manager of the reproducing piano
department of the Baldwin Piano Co., Chicago, and
his bride, formerly Miss Eugenia Carreno d'Albert.
will return from their honeymoon this week, and
numerous social functions are planned for them by
their many friends in and out of the trade. Since their
marriage in Milwaukee Dec. 29 Mr. and Mrs. Harris
have been visiting in the East. Mrs. Harris, who is
a daughter of the late Teresa Carrena, famous pianist,
is herself a pianist of note.
by William M. Bauer of the Julius Bauer & Company,
and the Bauer patents are used in its construction.
The line of the Schiller Piano Co. is complete, in-
cluding uprights, grands, playerpianos and reproduc-
ing pianos, which are made under the most advan-
KDGAR B. JONES,
President.
ganization insures larger development than ever be-
fore in the history of the company.
At the recent annual meeting of the Schiller Piano
Co. the future of the business was carefully planned
and everything points to a bright outlook beyond any
in the past. The officers elected are: President,
Edgar B. Jones; vice-president, Frank M. Hood;
secretary. Benj. F. Shelly; treasurer, Cyrus F. Jones.
Inasmuch as upon these gentlemen will rest the
future of the Schiller Piano Co., brief sketches of
them must be of interest to the entire trade.
The President.
Edgar B. Jones has been connected with the firm
in the capacity of secretary and treasurer. He has
many of the attributes of his father, the late F. G.
Jones, founder of the Schiller Company, who was one
of the finest characters associated with the piano
trade. The new president is a very efficient and prac-
tical man. After graduating in music in Germany, 23
years ago, his father had him go through the differ-
ent departments of piano building. But his executive
ability predominated, and he was placed in charge of
the sales department. He displayed unusual business
ability, and, under his efficient management the com-
pany is bound to grow larger each year. Mr. Jones
has already laid plans for enlarging and making
changes to facilitate the manufacturing, and, as there
are orders on file for over a thousand pianos, the year
1924 looks like a Schiller year.
Frank M. Hood has been with the Schiller Piano
Company for 22 years in the capacity of wholesale
representative. He is one of the most popular men
ANNUAL DINNER OF THE PIANO
AND ORGAN ASSOCIATION
CYRUS F. JONES.
Treasurer.
one of the garden spots of the Middle-West, it has
one of the largest and best equipped factories. With
power and light absolutely free of charge, they have
an enormous advantage in manufacturing. The prod-
uct has alw r ays been considered, by dealers, a valuable
asset, and an epoch in the history of the Schiller
Company was the production of the Schiller Super-
Grand. This instrument created a sensation by rea-
son of the fact not only that it possessed unusual
tone quality but that the scale and patterns were made
BENJ. F. SHELLY.
Secretary.
tageous conditions in one of the largest and most
thoroughly equipped factories in the country.
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Analyzes and Classifies
All American P i a n o s
and in Detail Tells of
Their Makers.
PRESTO
E.tabtUhed 1884.
THE AMERICAN MUSIC TRADE WEEKLY
Presto Trade Lists
Three Uniform B o o k -
lets, the Only Complete
Directories of the Music
Industries.
10 C* n f; **-00 a Year
CHICAGO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1924
REORGANIZATION OF
SCHILLER PIANO CO,
in the trade and as vice-president he will add still fur-
ther to the prestige of the instruments from Oregon.
Benj. F. Shelly has been with the Schiller Company
for 22 years in different capacities. He is a son-in-
law of the late F. G. Jones. Mr. Shelly is a very
capable man for his new position, and, as he has
Old Industry at Oregon, 111., Elects New Man-
agement and Is Prepared to Redouble
Output and Move Forward as
Never Before.
SMALL GRAND IS WINNER
With Edgar Jones as President, Frank Hood Be-
comes Vice-President, B. F. Shelly and Cyrus F.
Jones, Respectively Secretary and Treasurer.
A new progress is just ahead for the old Schiller
Piano Company, of Oregon, 111. Always an exten-
sive industry, and so fully equipped materially as to
present almost unlimited possibilities, the recent reor-
FRANK M. HOOD.
Vice-President.
been in the same office with E. B. Jones, he will be a
substantial help to the new president.
The New Treasurer.
Cyrus 1*'. Jones, the youngest son of the founder
of the Schiller Piano Company, has been with the
company for 21 years in different positions. He is a
very capable man in any capacity, especially in the
mechanical department. As treasurer he will prove
equally efficient.
The Schiller Record.
The Schiller Piano Company has held an enviable
position in the trade. Located in Oregon, Illinois,
Invitations Out for Event to Take Place on the 24th,
at Palmer House.
Members of the trade of Chicago and vicinity have
received the following printed in approved style:
"The Chicago Piano and Organ Association invites
you to be present at its twenty-fifth annual dinner
Thursday evening, January the twenty-fourth, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-four, Palmer House, Chi-
cago. Reception at 6 o'clock. Informal."
Naturally there is a good deal of interest in the
approaching dinner, and, as Treasurer Adam
Schneider says, "each member of the association
should avail himself of this privilege. Kindly fill out
the attached card with the names of those whom you
wish to invite with check to cover the necessary
amount."
An extract from the by-laws-of the Chicago Piano
and Organ Association, covering the matter of in-
vited guests, reads as follows:
"Article 6. Any member of the association may
bring to its dinners, as his guests, his friends and em-
ployes, provided he gives one week's notice to the
Executive Committee, and that he do not receive from
said committee an immediate objection to any of his
proposed guests. Such member shall be chargeable
with the cost of plates so engaged."
The event is sure to be a big one, and a fine crowd
will be in attendance at the historic Palmer House.
And it will be the last there, for the famous old hotel
will soon be torn down to give place to a modern one
of great size and elegance.
RICHMOND HARRIS MARRIES.
Richmond Harris, manager of the reproducing piano
department of the Baldwin Piano Co., Chicago, and
his bride, formerly Miss Eugenia Carreno d'Albert.
will return from their honeymoon this week, and
numerous social functions are planned for them by
their many friends in and out of the trade. Since their
marriage in Milwaukee Dec. 29 Mr. and Mrs. Harris
have been visiting in the East. Mrs. Harris, who is
a daughter of the late Teresa Carrena, famous pianist,
is herself a pianist of note.
by William M. Bauer of the Julius Bauer & Company,
and the Bauer patents are used in its construction.
The line of the Schiller Piano Co. is complete, in-
cluding uprights, grands, playerpianos and reproduc-
ing pianos, which are made under the most advan-
KDGAR B. JONES,
President.
ganization insures larger development than ever be-
fore in the history of the company.
At the recent annual meeting of the Schiller Piano
Co. the future of the business was carefully planned
and everything points to a bright outlook beyond any
in the past. The officers elected are: President,
Edgar B. Jones; vice-president, Frank M. Hood;
secretary. Benj. F. Shelly; treasurer, Cyrus F. Jones.
Inasmuch as upon these gentlemen will rest the
future of the Schiller Piano Co., brief sketches of
them must be of interest to the entire trade.
The President.
Edgar B. Jones has been connected with the firm
in the capacity of secretary and treasurer. He has
many of the attributes of his father, the late F. G.
Jones, founder of the Schiller Company, who was one
of the finest characters associated with the piano
trade. The new president is a very efficient and prac-
tical man. After graduating in music in Germany, 23
years ago, his father had him go through the differ-
ent departments of piano building. But his executive
ability predominated, and he was placed in charge of
the sales department. He displayed unusual business
ability, and, under his efficient management the com-
pany is bound to grow larger each year. Mr. Jones
has already laid plans for enlarging and making
changes to facilitate the manufacturing, and, as there
are orders on file for over a thousand pianos, the year
1924 looks like a Schiller year.
Frank M. Hood has been with the Schiller Piano
Company for 22 years in the capacity of wholesale
representative. He is one of the most popular men
ANNUAL DINNER OF THE PIANO
AND ORGAN ASSOCIATION
CYRUS F. JONES.
Treasurer.
one of the garden spots of the Middle-West, it has
one of the largest and best equipped factories. With
power and light absolutely free of charge, they have
an enormous advantage in manufacturing. The prod-
uct has alw r ays been considered, by dealers, a valuable
asset, and an epoch in the history of the Schiller
Company was the production of the Schiller Super-
Grand. This instrument created a sensation by rea-
son of the fact not only that it possessed unusual
tone quality but that the scale and patterns were made
BENJ. F. SHELLY.
Secretary.
tageous conditions in one of the largest and most
thoroughly equipped factories in the country.
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).