Presto

PRESTO
February 23, 1924.
STEGER RETAIL SALES
SHOW JANUARY GAIN
IT IS A FACT
That SEEBURG ELECTRIC
PIANOS can always be
relied upon.
IT IS A FACT
that SEEBURG ELECTRIC
PIANOS are dependable.
IT IS A FACT
that SEEBURG ELECTRIC
PIANOS are durable.
IT IS A FACT
that SEEBURG ELECTRIC
PIANOS when sold on in-
stallments bring back the
money quicker than any
other piano sale.
IT IS A FACT
that SEEBURG ELECTRIC
PIANOS are real pianos,
built to stand the hard
usage a c o i n - o p e r a t e d
piano gets.
January and February Thus Far Above the Ordinary
in Playerpiano Sales.
The usual dull business conditions of January and
February failed to effect the retail trade of the Steger
& Sons Piano Mfg. Co., S. Wabash avenue, Chicago.
The company reports that sales have exceeded ex-
pectations in all departments, but those on players
and grands are far in the lead.
The biggest surprise and the most pleasant is the
way the trade has taken to the new player recently
put on the market. It embodies all the latest fea-
tures of player construction and promises'to be a
consistent seller throughout the year. It is being
featured in the show windows of the company's ware-
rooms.
SHERMAN CLAY & CO.'S
SPOKANE BRANCH STORE
Is Seeking a New and Better Adapted Location for
Its Inland Empire Trade.
Sherman Clay & Co., piano dealers of San Fran-
cisco, Calif., and pioneers in the Spokane, Wash.,
field, have been looking for a new and desirable loca-
tion in Spokane.
P. T. Clay, president of the company, arrived in
Spokane last week from San Francisco and spent
one day in conference with Spokane representatives
of the firm and real estate agents, discussing desir-
able locations for a new store for the retail branch
of the company.
Their present location at W808 Sprague street, has
been leased by the Western Union Telegraph Com-
pany, who are to take possession of the building be-
fore July 1.
The second floor of the building has been sub-
leased and will be retained temporarily by the Sher-
man Clay company as a wholesale store and ware-
house.
Mr. Clay implied that his firm had no intention of
leaving the Spokane field and stated immediate ar-
rangements would be made for a new location for the
Spokane store.
The Sherman Clay company has occupied the pres-
ent location continually since August of 1906, with
the exception of several months during 1914, when
repairs on the building were being made.
W. E. Austin, manager of the Spokane store, has
been investigating possible sites for the last month.
STEINWAY PIANO LOVED
BY THE GREAT MASTERS
Fact Again Illustrated in Striking Way in National
Advertising of Steinway & Sons.
Friedman at his Steinway interpreting the Liszt
arrangement of the "Tannhauser Overture" is the
subject of the interesting picture which adorns the
Steinway & Sons page advertisement in the Satur-
day evening Post of recent issue. It is a splendid
reproduction of a strong conception of an artistic
event and a valuable addition to a meritorious series
of advertising illustrations. In the accompanying
text this is said:
"'Since I have played your piano,' wrote Ignaz
Friedman, 'I have come to the conclusion that it is
easyi to be a good pianist, if one has a Steinway at
one's disposal.' This is Mr. Friedman's gracious ac-
knowledgment that the development of the Steinway
piano has resulted in mechanical and structural im-
provements which are as valuable to the amateur
musician and the music lover as to the master pianist.
The Steinway loved so many years ago by Liszt and
Wagner was but the herald of greater inspiration for
the musicians of a later day.
"A finer Steinway was ready when Paderewski,
Rachmaninoff and Hofmann came to power. Still
finer is the Steinway of today. . . . Through this
development the original principles of Steinway con-
struction have been so expanded and refined that the
tonal beauty of the concert grand is now perfectly
reproduced in a smaller piano for the home. It is
the matchless tone of the concert grand that prompted
Ignaz Friedman to write as he did about the Stein-
way piano. It is this same tone that is an inspiration
and a delight to those who have a Steinway in their
homes."
AIDS MUSIC CAUSE IN IOWA
IT IS A FACT
that your stock is incom-
plete without SEEBURG
ELECTRICS.
IT IS A FACT
that you ought to write
to-day for catalogue and
particulars.
Do it!
J. P. SEEBURG
PIANO CO.
CHICAGO
ILLINOIS
A Juvenile Symphony Orchestra organized by A.
S. Street, general manager of the Piano and Pho-
nograph Department of Davidson Bros. Department
Store, of Sioux City, Iowa, and Harry T. Johnson,
manager of the band instrument department, will be
featured over the new broadcasting station soon to
be erected on top of the Davidson Bros. Store. J. W.
Shumate, conductor, selected a Cable Grand Piano for
use with the orchestra; 85 per cent of the members
are using Conn instruments.
Davidson Brothers Company has the largest music
department of any department store northwest of
Chicago and is doing constructive work in the inter-
est of better music. Their new broadcasting station
will aid them materially in this work.
Davidson Brothers Juvenile Symphony Orchestra
has proved itself a musical organization of unusual
merit while, at the same time, it is creating a fine
spirit of loyalty and co-operation among their em-
ployes. It is giving splendid training to its young
members and is fostering a real appreciation of good
music among all the Davidson employes and others
interested.
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