Presto
Issue: 1924 1963 - Page 24
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PRESTO
SCHAFF RELIABLE STRINGS
Ambitious Piano Manufacturers Realize the Great
Advantages of This Famous Make.
Every piano factory superintendent knows the re-
lation of bass piano string durability to the initial
cost. They know that durability is in equal ratio
to the merits that represent money. With the Schaff
Piano String Co., 2009 to 2021 Clybourn avenue,
Chicago,.famous in the industry as the maker of bass
strings, the object is plainly to provide a durable line,
the use of which obviates the further expenses that
create disagreeable surprises for the piano manu-
facturers and the dealers.
The Schaff Piano String Co., proud of its character
as the maker of dependable bass strings, argues that
in purchasing bass strings it is wisdom not to solely
consider the initial cost, but the ultimate saving that
can be accomplished; the avoidance of further ex-
penses that necessarily accompany the removal and
replacement of defective strings. The character of
the strings used is a vital factor in the production of
March 8, 1924.
a reliable piano. That is why the strings made by
the Schaff Piano String Co. are considered by am-
bitious manufacturers an essential requirement in the
making of the best pianos.
In producing a high grade specialty the Schaff
Piano String Co. works with the determination to
supply the piano manufacturers with bass strings
which are the embodiment of the highest quality both
in material and workmanship. They are the kind that
obviate further expenses. The company does not
skimp in the cost of production. It makes the best,
the kind that guarantees a saving in the end. It is a
policy that assures the best tonal, as well as wearing
qualities, a double purpose which makes them highly
advantageous to the manufacturers desiring a quality
product.
NO EDISON
RADIO-PHONOGRAPH
In reply to a delegation of Edison dealers operat-
ing in and about New York city who called on
Thomas A. Edison, in Orange, N. J., last week, Mr.
Edison said in a decisive w y ay that Thomas A. Edi-
son, Inc., would not produce, now or later, a com-
bination radio receiving set and phonograph.
SLINGERLAND
May Bell
Slingerland Banjos
are sold the country over because
they are Highest quality and sold
at a reasonable price.
Over 40 Styles of Banjos, Banjo Mandolins, Tenor Banjos
and Banjo Ukuleles, to select from.
Write for Catalogue
SLINGERLAND BANJO CO.
1815 Orchard Street
TUNE UP FOR BUG CONCERT
Such a Request to Radio Fans May Soon Be Heard,
According to Paul Specht's Promises.
Following the reports about radio research by Dr.
Phillips Thomas, an engineer of the Westinghouse
Electric Co., the news that Paul Specht, a jazz band
impresario of 1595 Broadway, New York, and musi-
cal director of the Alamac Hotel Orchestra, is now
in consultation with several prominent radio engineers
with the purpose of organizing for purposes of radio
entertainment an insect orchestra. Specht, who is
also internationally famous as a phonograph artist
and broadcaster, had this to say on the whimsical
subject:
"Of course, an insect band may sound like an
utter impossibility, but the recent perfection by Dr.
Phillips Thomas of his supersensitive microphone
places my idea within the realm of the practical. As
a radio broadcaster and phonograph recorder, I am
naturally interested in the recording of sound and the
thought occurred to me that a band in which, say,
crickets would supply the rhythm, fleas or mosquitos
the melody and beetles the percussion instruments,
might prove an intensely interesting experiment."
Dr. Phillips Thomas, who has made possible the
broadcasting of insects, is interested in Specht's bug
band experiments.
The ultra-audible microphone
invented by Dr. Thomas is a supersensitive de-
vice that would pick up the minute energy of the
musically inclined insect and make possible the broad-
casting of insect sounds. An orchestra consisting of
insects is not an impossibility.
As a result of Paul Specht's experiments we may
now read or hear the announcement over the radio:
"Paul Specht presents his Bug Band. The per-
sonnel consists of: N. J. Mosquito, saxophone; B.
Beetle, drums and traps; H. Fly, clarinet; N. Y.
Cricket, piano; B. Bee, trombone. Broadcasting
Broadway's latest song hit, 'Heartbroken Rose.'"
STIMULATING VOCALION SALES.
Another big phonograph record organization has
seen the excellent possibilities in radio tie-up, and has
arranged for regular broadcasting programs for its
stellar recording orchestra. Beginning March 3, Ben
Selvin's Moulin Rouge Orchestra, Vocalion record
artists, one night each week will broadcast directly
from the Moulin Rouge, at Forty-eighth Street and
Broadway, New York city, by means of special ap-
paratus erected by the WJZ station. The Aeolian
Co. feels that the plan will do much toward stimulat-
ing sales of records made by the popular Selvin com-
bination.
CHICAGO
The Piano Repair Shop
SUPERIOR QUALITY COUNTS
"SPECIALTY BRAND" PRODUCTS
ARE IN DEMAND BY EVERYONE
MAIN SPRINGS—REPAIR PARTS MOTORS
Write for our descriptive catalogue and price list
which will be of great interest and value to you
THE SPECIALTY PHONOGRAPH AND ACCESSORIES COMPANY
Manufacturers of "Specialty Brand" Products
210-212 East 113th Street
New York, N. Y.
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
refinished 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 Soutb Wabash Ave.
Chicago
PERFECTION
Benches and Cabinets
The line that sells on sight and satisfies always.
The only solid walnut benches built and sold at
regular prices.
Send for catalog and price list,
No. 25
Perfection Benches with Smith's Patented Interlock*
i
ing mitre joint,
PERFECTION PIANO BENCH MFG. COMPANY
1514-1520 Blue Island Ave.
Chicago, 111.
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PRESTO
SCHAFF RELIABLE STRINGS
Ambitious Piano Manufacturers Realize the Great
Advantages of This Famous Make.
Every piano factory superintendent knows the re-
lation of bass piano string durability to the initial
cost. They know that durability is in equal ratio
to the merits that represent money. With the Schaff
Piano String Co., 2009 to 2021 Clybourn avenue,
Chicago,.famous in the industry as the maker of bass
strings, the object is plainly to provide a durable line,
the use of which obviates the further expenses that
create disagreeable surprises for the piano manu-
facturers and the dealers.
The Schaff Piano String Co., proud of its character
as the maker of dependable bass strings, argues that
in purchasing bass strings it is wisdom not to solely
consider the initial cost, but the ultimate saving that
can be accomplished; the avoidance of further ex-
penses that necessarily accompany the removal and
replacement of defective strings. The character of
the strings used is a vital factor in the production of
March 8, 1924.
a reliable piano. That is why the strings made by
the Schaff Piano String Co. are considered by am-
bitious manufacturers an essential requirement in the
making of the best pianos.
In producing a high grade specialty the Schaff
Piano String Co. works with the determination to
supply the piano manufacturers with bass strings
which are the embodiment of the highest quality both
in material and workmanship. They are the kind that
obviate further expenses. The company does not
skimp in the cost of production. It makes the best,
the kind that guarantees a saving in the end. It is a
policy that assures the best tonal, as well as wearing
qualities, a double purpose which makes them highly
advantageous to the manufacturers desiring a quality
product.
NO EDISON
RADIO-PHONOGRAPH
In reply to a delegation of Edison dealers operat-
ing in and about New York city who called on
Thomas A. Edison, in Orange, N. J., last week, Mr.
Edison said in a decisive w y ay that Thomas A. Edi-
son, Inc., would not produce, now or later, a com-
bination radio receiving set and phonograph.
SLINGERLAND
May Bell
Slingerland Banjos
are sold the country over because
they are Highest quality and sold
at a reasonable price.
Over 40 Styles of Banjos, Banjo Mandolins, Tenor Banjos
and Banjo Ukuleles, to select from.
Write for Catalogue
SLINGERLAND BANJO CO.
1815 Orchard Street
TUNE UP FOR BUG CONCERT
Such a Request to Radio Fans May Soon Be Heard,
According to Paul Specht's Promises.
Following the reports about radio research by Dr.
Phillips Thomas, an engineer of the Westinghouse
Electric Co., the news that Paul Specht, a jazz band
impresario of 1595 Broadway, New York, and musi-
cal director of the Alamac Hotel Orchestra, is now
in consultation with several prominent radio engineers
with the purpose of organizing for purposes of radio
entertainment an insect orchestra. Specht, who is
also internationally famous as a phonograph artist
and broadcaster, had this to say on the whimsical
subject:
"Of course, an insect band may sound like an
utter impossibility, but the recent perfection by Dr.
Phillips Thomas of his supersensitive microphone
places my idea within the realm of the practical. As
a radio broadcaster and phonograph recorder, I am
naturally interested in the recording of sound and the
thought occurred to me that a band in which, say,
crickets would supply the rhythm, fleas or mosquitos
the melody and beetles the percussion instruments,
might prove an intensely interesting experiment."
Dr. Phillips Thomas, who has made possible the
broadcasting of insects, is interested in Specht's bug
band experiments.
The ultra-audible microphone
invented by Dr. Thomas is a supersensitive de-
vice that would pick up the minute energy of the
musically inclined insect and make possible the broad-
casting of insect sounds. An orchestra consisting of
insects is not an impossibility.
As a result of Paul Specht's experiments we may
now read or hear the announcement over the radio:
"Paul Specht presents his Bug Band. The per-
sonnel consists of: N. J. Mosquito, saxophone; B.
Beetle, drums and traps; H. Fly, clarinet; N. Y.
Cricket, piano; B. Bee, trombone. Broadcasting
Broadway's latest song hit, 'Heartbroken Rose.'"
STIMULATING VOCALION SALES.
Another big phonograph record organization has
seen the excellent possibilities in radio tie-up, and has
arranged for regular broadcasting programs for its
stellar recording orchestra. Beginning March 3, Ben
Selvin's Moulin Rouge Orchestra, Vocalion record
artists, one night each week will broadcast directly
from the Moulin Rouge, at Forty-eighth Street and
Broadway, New York city, by means of special ap-
paratus erected by the WJZ station. The Aeolian
Co. feels that the plan will do much toward stimulat-
ing sales of records made by the popular Selvin com-
bination.
CHICAGO
The Piano Repair Shop
SUPERIOR QUALITY COUNTS
"SPECIALTY BRAND" PRODUCTS
ARE IN DEMAND BY EVERYONE
MAIN SPRINGS—REPAIR PARTS MOTORS
Write for our descriptive catalogue and price list
which will be of great interest and value to you
THE SPECIALTY PHONOGRAPH AND ACCESSORIES COMPANY
Manufacturers of "Specialty Brand" Products
210-212 East 113th Street
New York, N. Y.
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
refinished 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 Soutb Wabash Ave.
Chicago
PERFECTION
Benches and Cabinets
The line that sells on sight and satisfies always.
The only solid walnut benches built and sold at
regular prices.
Send for catalog and price list,
No. 25
Perfection Benches with Smith's Patented Interlock*
i
ing mitre joint,
PERFECTION PIANO BENCH MFG. COMPANY
1514-1520 Blue Island Ave.
Chicago, 111.
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).