Presto
Issue: 1924 1960 - Page 7
PRESTO
February 16, 1924.
you fail to secure the
agency for the See-
burg O r c h e s t r i o n s
and coin-operated pi-
anos you miss an all-
year-round source of
profit—a maximum of
results for a minimum
of effort.
They appeal to the
very best class of trade
because of their real
musical efficiency and
artistic appearance.
They represent the
acme of durability and
simplicity of construc-
tion. "The sales stick."
Write for catalogs
and full information.
J. P. SEEBURG
PIANO CO.
' F a c t o r y ;/..•.•
1508-16 Dayton St.
v
.
Offices
1510 Dayton St.
make the change, so that it will be effective during
one of the dull Summer months, if they cannot see
the advantages of June 30th, which is the plan the
U. S. Music Co. has followed for four years past.
Revenue Department Questionnaire.
Mr. Friestedt's plan of a new period of annual sum-
ming-up of business has already advanced so far
that the U. S. Revenue Department has issued regu-
lar forms of application for "Change in Accounting
Period." These blanks are to be filled in by business
men and filed with the District Collectors throughout
the country. On the reverse of the government blank
the following "instructions" appear:
An application for a change in accounting period
from calendar year to fiscal year, or fiscal year to
calendar year, or from one fiscal year to another
fiscal year, shall be made on this form and forwarded
to the Collector for the taxpayer's district at least
thirty days before the close of the proposed taxable
year. The taxpayer, when advised that the applica-
tion has been approved by the Commissioner, will
thereafter keep books and make returns upon the
basis of the new accounting period. A calendar year
means an accounting period of twelve months ending
on December 31, and a fiscal year means an account-
ing period of twelve months ending on the last day
of any month other than December.
In case a person has been filing individual returns
on the calendar year basis and makes application to
change to a fiscal year basis, it will be necessary for
the taxpayer to show that books of account are kept
in which the income from all sources is recorded be-
fore such application can be approved.
An application made by an agent in behalf of a
taxpayer must be accompanied by a power of attorney
signed by the taxpayer, specifically authorizing the
change.
It was the purpose to reproduce the application
blank in facsimile, but it reached Presto too late for
this issue. It is addressed to the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue and, following the name and ad-
dress of the business or individual, must answer the
following questions in the order indicated:
Som Inquiries.
3. Is the business conducted as an individual,
partnership, or corporation? 4. Date of incorpora-
tion; date business commenced. 5. If a corpora-
tion, was a consolidated return filed for the taxable
year 1922 or thereafter? If the answer is "Yes," list
on the reverse side the names of the corporations
composing the affiliated group. 6. State specifically
the dates upon which the books of account were
opened and closed each year for the past five years.
7. State specifically the dates upon which the tax-
able year began and ended as shown on returns filed
for the past five years. 8. Give reasons why the
change is desired.
W. E. Hardy has moved his stock of musical in-
struments fro mthe Lucier Block on Canada street
to his new store on the corner of Grand avenue and
first street, Swanton, Vt.
OPENING GROSVENOR &
LAPHAM CO. WAREROOMS
Latest Acquisition to Old Piano House on
Michigan Boulevard, Chicago, an Event
of Interest and Importance.
The formal opening of the new warerooms of the
old Grosvenor & Lapham Company, on the ground
floor of the Fine Arts Building, 414 South Michigan
Boulevard, Chicago, took place on Thursday of this
week. The event was an interesting one, not only
because of the expansion of one of the foremost re-
tail piano houses in the West, but also because of the
acquisition by Grosvenor & Lapham Co. of one of
the most famous lines of American pianos and player-
pianos.
The splendidly located warerooms contain a re-
markably fine display of instruments, including the
Angelus Reproducing pianos, the Hallet & Davis
Grands, and a large assortment of uprights. From
the street, through the great windows of the boule-
vard, the array of beautiful instruments presents a
fine showing, and the crowds of music lovers, drawn
by the formal opening, included an almost countless
number of the personal friends of Messrs. Grosvenor
and Lapham, for those gentlemen are not surpassed
in popularity by any in the trade anywhere.
Of course a great many of the guests came from
distant places, Boston being well represented by
members of the Hallet & Davis Piano Company.
This issue of Presto goes to press just too early to
give a good account of the opening or to present any
list of the prominent piano men in attendance. One
of the visitors—and one whose experience, especially
with the Angelus instruments and the remarkable
Recording pianos—is P. K. Van Yorx, whose demon-
strations of the famous instruments is always an event
of unusual interest.
E. H. STORY RETURNS
TO HOME IN CALIFORNIA
Other Members of Story & Clark Piano Co., Chicago,
Set Out for Various Points.
E. H. Story, president of the Story & Clark Piano
Co., 315-317 S. Wabash avenue, Chicago, left Febru-
ary 10 for his home at Pasadena, Calif., where he
will spend the remainder of the winter.
FVank Story, vice-president and treasurer of the
same company, also left Chicago Tuesday of this
week, his destination being Florida, with intentions
of playing golf and indulging in other forms of out-
door recreation. Palm Beach will be one of his stops
during the visit.
NEW HAMILTON GRAND STYLE
Latest Production of Baldwin
Piano Co. Is of Queen
Anne Design in Mahog-
any Case of Great
Beauty.
The New Hamilton Grand, "style
295," is the latest product of the
Baldwin Piano Company, Cincin-
nati. This instrument is of Queen
Anne design and is five feet in
length, made in mahogany and pos-
sesses all the merits of construc-
tion which distinguishes the instru-
ments of the Hamilton line. The
accompanying cut shows the ad-
mirable lines of the new style,
which is in the Queen Anne order.
Possibly no period design has taken
such a hold on the fancy of refined
people as the design named for the
British queen who is remembered
in history as a reformer of furni-
ture styles and the originator of
designs characterized by usefulness
and beauty of line.
CHICAGO, ILL.
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February 16, 1924.
you fail to secure the
agency for the See-
burg O r c h e s t r i o n s
and coin-operated pi-
anos you miss an all-
year-round source of
profit—a maximum of
results for a minimum
of effort.
They appeal to the
very best class of trade
because of their real
musical efficiency and
artistic appearance.
They represent the
acme of durability and
simplicity of construc-
tion. "The sales stick."
Write for catalogs
and full information.
J. P. SEEBURG
PIANO CO.
' F a c t o r y ;/..•.•
1508-16 Dayton St.
v
.
Offices
1510 Dayton St.
make the change, so that it will be effective during
one of the dull Summer months, if they cannot see
the advantages of June 30th, which is the plan the
U. S. Music Co. has followed for four years past.
Revenue Department Questionnaire.
Mr. Friestedt's plan of a new period of annual sum-
ming-up of business has already advanced so far
that the U. S. Revenue Department has issued regu-
lar forms of application for "Change in Accounting
Period." These blanks are to be filled in by business
men and filed with the District Collectors throughout
the country. On the reverse of the government blank
the following "instructions" appear:
An application for a change in accounting period
from calendar year to fiscal year, or fiscal year to
calendar year, or from one fiscal year to another
fiscal year, shall be made on this form and forwarded
to the Collector for the taxpayer's district at least
thirty days before the close of the proposed taxable
year. The taxpayer, when advised that the applica-
tion has been approved by the Commissioner, will
thereafter keep books and make returns upon the
basis of the new accounting period. A calendar year
means an accounting period of twelve months ending
on December 31, and a fiscal year means an account-
ing period of twelve months ending on the last day
of any month other than December.
In case a person has been filing individual returns
on the calendar year basis and makes application to
change to a fiscal year basis, it will be necessary for
the taxpayer to show that books of account are kept
in which the income from all sources is recorded be-
fore such application can be approved.
An application made by an agent in behalf of a
taxpayer must be accompanied by a power of attorney
signed by the taxpayer, specifically authorizing the
change.
It was the purpose to reproduce the application
blank in facsimile, but it reached Presto too late for
this issue. It is addressed to the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue and, following the name and ad-
dress of the business or individual, must answer the
following questions in the order indicated:
Som Inquiries.
3. Is the business conducted as an individual,
partnership, or corporation? 4. Date of incorpora-
tion; date business commenced. 5. If a corpora-
tion, was a consolidated return filed for the taxable
year 1922 or thereafter? If the answer is "Yes," list
on the reverse side the names of the corporations
composing the affiliated group. 6. State specifically
the dates upon which the books of account were
opened and closed each year for the past five years.
7. State specifically the dates upon which the tax-
able year began and ended as shown on returns filed
for the past five years. 8. Give reasons why the
change is desired.
W. E. Hardy has moved his stock of musical in-
struments fro mthe Lucier Block on Canada street
to his new store on the corner of Grand avenue and
first street, Swanton, Vt.
OPENING GROSVENOR &
LAPHAM CO. WAREROOMS
Latest Acquisition to Old Piano House on
Michigan Boulevard, Chicago, an Event
of Interest and Importance.
The formal opening of the new warerooms of the
old Grosvenor & Lapham Company, on the ground
floor of the Fine Arts Building, 414 South Michigan
Boulevard, Chicago, took place on Thursday of this
week. The event was an interesting one, not only
because of the expansion of one of the foremost re-
tail piano houses in the West, but also because of the
acquisition by Grosvenor & Lapham Co. of one of
the most famous lines of American pianos and player-
pianos.
The splendidly located warerooms contain a re-
markably fine display of instruments, including the
Angelus Reproducing pianos, the Hallet & Davis
Grands, and a large assortment of uprights. From
the street, through the great windows of the boule-
vard, the array of beautiful instruments presents a
fine showing, and the crowds of music lovers, drawn
by the formal opening, included an almost countless
number of the personal friends of Messrs. Grosvenor
and Lapham, for those gentlemen are not surpassed
in popularity by any in the trade anywhere.
Of course a great many of the guests came from
distant places, Boston being well represented by
members of the Hallet & Davis Piano Company.
This issue of Presto goes to press just too early to
give a good account of the opening or to present any
list of the prominent piano men in attendance. One
of the visitors—and one whose experience, especially
with the Angelus instruments and the remarkable
Recording pianos—is P. K. Van Yorx, whose demon-
strations of the famous instruments is always an event
of unusual interest.
E. H. STORY RETURNS
TO HOME IN CALIFORNIA
Other Members of Story & Clark Piano Co., Chicago,
Set Out for Various Points.
E. H. Story, president of the Story & Clark Piano
Co., 315-317 S. Wabash avenue, Chicago, left Febru-
ary 10 for his home at Pasadena, Calif., where he
will spend the remainder of the winter.
FVank Story, vice-president and treasurer of the
same company, also left Chicago Tuesday of this
week, his destination being Florida, with intentions
of playing golf and indulging in other forms of out-
door recreation. Palm Beach will be one of his stops
during the visit.
NEW HAMILTON GRAND STYLE
Latest Production of Baldwin
Piano Co. Is of Queen
Anne Design in Mahog-
any Case of Great
Beauty.
The New Hamilton Grand, "style
295," is the latest product of the
Baldwin Piano Company, Cincin-
nati. This instrument is of Queen
Anne design and is five feet in
length, made in mahogany and pos-
sesses all the merits of construc-
tion which distinguishes the instru-
ments of the Hamilton line. The
accompanying cut shows the ad-
mirable lines of the new style,
which is in the Queen Anne order.
Possibly no period design has taken
such a hold on the fancy of refined
people as the design named for the
British queen who is remembered
in history as a reformer of furni-
ture styles and the originator of
designs characterized by usefulness
and beauty of line.
CHICAGO, ILL.
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).