Presto

March 15, 1924.
PRESTO
L. L. DOUD, OF THE
A. B. CHASE CO., DIES
IT IS A FACT
That SEEBURG ELECTRIC
PIANOS can always be
relied upon.
Veteran and Secretary of the Famous Piano
Industry at Norwalk, Ohio, Passed Away
Full of Years and an Honorable
Record.
FORTY YEARS IN THE BUSINESS
IT IS A FACT
that SEEBURG ELECTRIC
PIANOS are dependable.
IT IS A FACT
One of the Original Members of the A. B. Chase
Company, and Consistent Advocate of
Fine Instruments.
Leandcr L. Doud, of Norwalk, Ohio, passed away
at his home Sunday, March 9, at 1:40 a. m., after an
illness of two weeks. He was eighty-six yeans of
age having been born near Greenwich, Ohio, May
20, 1838. Mr. Doud was a resident of Norwalk con-
tinuously for forty-nine years, going to Norwalk in
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 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
Meeting of National Council in New York Last Week
Promised Desired Results.
DEALERS BUY TRUCKS
FOR SPRING BUSINESS
L. L. DOUD.
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.
TRAVELING SALESMEN STILL
EXPECT MILEAGE REDUCTION
The delegates to the National Council of Traveling
Salesmen's Associations, meeting at the Hotel Penn-
sylvania, New York, last week, were gratified to learn
from Washington that the Interstate Commerce
Commission will hold another hearing on the measure
providing for reduction in mileage charges. The
date of the hearing was not announced, but the belief
is that it will be held within the next month.
The executives of the council pointed out that the
Supreme Court had not questioned the constitutional-
ity of the measure and also had sustained the jurisdic-
tion of the Interstate Commerce Commission in the
matter. The delegates met nearly all this week, car-
rying on a campaign for increasing the associate
membership of the council. This group includes
firms and corporations which employ traveling sales-
men. The campaign has met with a large degree of
success, according to executives of the council.
that SEEBURG ELECTRIC
PIANOS are durable.
IT IS A FACT
that stand out prominently from all other works of
art and in the field of things musical Starr-Made
Grand Pianos exemplify the apex of artistic achieve-
ment. In the Starr Minum and in the Starr Princess
models the ideal of the Starr organization has pro-
duced instruments for tone quality, for range in scale
and power, for a response of touch, that stand
supreme.
The heritage of Starr-Made Grand Pianos bespeaks
their intrinsic worth, for from decade to decade they
have been in the hands of craftsmen who have been
inspired with the Starr ideal of building nothing but
the best.
This ideal therefore has singled out one standard of
construction which has been rigidly maintained and
the result is an instrument supreme in musical worth.
From the standpoint of the Starr Grand's marvel-
ous full tone, its beauty of design and finish, its dur-
ability and its staple worth—considering all these—
Starr-Made Grands exemplify that standard of musi-
cal excellence you would have for your home.
1875 as an associate with A. B. Chase and others in
the organization and operation of the A. B. Chase
Piano Co.
Active to the Last.
Up to the last Mr. Doud took an active interest in
the A. B. Chase Piano Co. and was one of the men
responsible for the policy of making the A. B. Chase
the finest piano both from the standpoint of quality
and workmanship that it was possible to produce.
Mr. Doud is survived by his wife, Mrs. Harriet E.
Doud; one daughter, Miss Louie E. Doud, and one
son, Harry L. Doud, a well-known attorney of Co-
lumbus. He was prominent in all the activities of
Norwalk, taking great interest in civic and religious
affairs.
Universally Liked.
The funeral services were held from the Methodist
Church in Norwalk on Tuesday, March 11, at two
o'clock, and were attended by a delegation of men
from the A. B. Chase factory.
A great many readers of Presto were personally ac-
quainted with Mr. Doud and admired him, for he
was a likable character and one of the most upright
men in the annals of the American piano. His last
trip in the trade, though he was never a traveler in
the ordinary commercial sense, was taken about ten
years ago at which time he visited the A. B. Chase
dealers in the Middle West. His death will be sin-
cerely regretted by a great many of the active
younger men of the trade to whom the veteran of
Norwalk had given sound and helpful advice.
NEW LEAFLET FURTHER
STIMULATES STARR SALES
Starr Grand Merits Brought to Mind of Prospect in
Very Effective Way.
A recent leaflet from the Starr Piano Company,
Richmond, Ind., and designed for distribution by
dealers and salesmen is potent for creating interest
in the Starr grand pianos. The Starr Minum Grand
and Starr Princess Grand are pictured in halftone in
the leaflet and the interest of the reader is further
stimulated by the accompanying reading matter. This
is said:
In the Starr-Made Grand Pianos is embodied that
incomparable excellence the name Starr has signified
for half a century. There are productions of genius
Self-Lifting Piano Truck Co. Sees Evidences of Sea-
sonable Liveliness in Increased Orders.
More reliable than the robin's return, heralding
the approach of Spring, is the increase in the number
of orders for piano and phonograph trucks, for the
first two weeks in March, received from dealers by
the Self-Lifting Piano Truck Co., Findlay, O. A
lively Spring business in pianos and phonographs or
the assurances of a lively season by the music dealers
is always marked by increased activities in shipments
by the progressive Findlay firm.
The orders from the music trade are a recognition
of the labor-saving character of the trucks. In fact,
no wideawake dealer considers his equipment com-
plete without trucks from the Findlay industry for
handling pianos and talking machines.
The Self-Lifting Piano Truck Co., makes sill and
end trucks for pianos and the Lea Talking Machine
Truck for the phonograph men. With the latter one
man can handle the largest talking machine from the
wareroom to any apartment floor. The new circular
of the company is now ready.
LEXINGTON, KY., FIRM MOVES.
The Music Shop, for some time located at 149 East
Main street, Lexington, Ky., has leased quarters at
216-218 East Main street. The new location gives
the shop handsome and commodious office and sales
room. The Music Shop is under the management of
U. G. Rowbotham and W. A. Bennett. Mr. Row-
botham was for many years connected with the
Wanamaker store in Philadelphia and during part of
the time was manager of the music department.
KRAKAUER IN THE WEST.
The Sherman, Clay & Co., Portland, Ore., repre-
sentatives of the Krakauer pianos, were visited last
week by W. B. Marshall, vice president of the Kra-
kauer Bros, of New York. Mr. Marshall is making a
tour of the Pacific Northwest and in talking to J.
H. Dundore, manager of the Portland branch of
Sherman, Clay & Co., said he found conditions in
the Northwest excellent.
SERVICE FOR BUYERS.
Chase-Hackley Piano Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.,
has spacious quarters in the Ashton building, 78
Ionia avenue, N. W. The company is remodeling its
store and installing booths where patrons may hear
playerpiano roll music in the pleasantest way. The
booths are erected after the newest sanitary methods
of the sound-proof booths.
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