Presto
Issue: 1924 1965 - Page 5
March 22, 1924.
PRESTO-
CHRISTMAN
"The First Touch
Tells"
Studio Grand
MILWAUKEE CHOSEN FOR
TUNERS' CONVENTION
Big Attendance and Unusual Attractions
Promised for the Fifteenth Annual Gather-
ing August 11 to 13, Inclusive.
producing (lie most desirable acoustic properties
which makes its use for musicales very satisfactory.
The new location of the talking machine is more
suited to the purposes than the old one was. Phono-
graphs are now shown on the second floor where all
facilities for presenting them have been installed and
the records have been moved to the front of the store
where a row of sound-proof booths have been erected.
The piano department of the Andrews Music
House is continued on the second floor where the
suites of warerooms are fitted out with every com-
fort for the pleasure of the piano prospect.
Only 5 Feet Long
The tuners will foregather for their big meeting
this year in Milwaukee, where the fifteenth annual
convention of the National Association of Piano
Tuners, Inc., will be held August 11, 12 and 13 at the
Hotel Wisconsin.
According to W. F. McClellan, national secretary
and treasurer, there are indications that the 1924
meeting will excel in interest and attendance any
previous convention of the national organization. But
the spontaneous desire of members to attend is fur-
ther stimulated by the promise of business and social
attractions of an unusual kind.
Mr. McClellan believes that a successful conven-
tion in point of numbers and attractions is the best
bit of publicity for the organization that could be
devised. So with this thought in view, President
Chas. Deutschmann and his associate officials are en-
thusiastically planning to make the meeting in Mil-
waukee a means to bigger membership and a more
widespread interest in the purposes of the tuners'
national association.
The officers of the National Association of Piano
Tuners, Inc., are: President, Chas. Deutschmann,
Chicago; first vice-president, EmM Koll, Cincinnati;
second vice-president, Chas. L. Merkel, Milwaukee;
and secretary-treasurer, W. F. McClellan, Chicago.
Has No Successful Rival with Dealers
Whose Trade Demands Fine Pianos at
Reasonable Prices.
PROGRESSIVE MAINE FIRM
ADDS SPACIOUS MUSIC HALL
Reproducing Grand
Andrews Music House, Bangor, Adds Other Attrac-
tions for the Various Busy Departments.
H. C. BAY IN CONCERT.
The Andrews Music House, Bangor, Me., has
added a new feature to its handsome store which
further associates the progressive firm with music and
musical events in that city. It has provided the
musical folk and the community generally with a ball
for concerts, recitals and cultural events generally,
and named it the Andrews Music Hall.
The new ha : l is at the rear of the store, in the
space formerly occupied by the talking machine de-
partment. It has been designed with the view of
The new H. C. Bay Company Reproducing Grand
Piano, made by the 11. C. Bay Co., Bluffton, Ind.,
was used in public in Bluffton for the first time last
week when the finest that the company produces was
used to accompany the soloist in the Dinevor (Welsh)
Concert Co. at the First Methodist Episcopal Church.
Madame Christine, through her booking house at Chi-
cago, got in touch with the II. C. Bay Company and
requested that or.e of their best pianos be placed at
her disposal.
PROMINENT MEN NAMED
ON BANQUET COMMITTEE
Names of Those Responsible for the Success of Big
Convention Social Event Named by President.
All divisions of the country are represented on the
banquet reception committee of the annual conven-
tion of the National Association of Music Merchants
to be held in the Waldorf-Astoria, Xew York, June
4. P. K. Conroy, St. Louis, is chairman and the
other members are: E. H. Uhl, Los Angeles, Homer
L. Kitt, Washington; Fred Foster, Troy, Xew York;
Edgar P. Hangen, Reading, Pa.; George J. Winter,
Erie, Pa.; Allan Wclbum, Memphis, Tenn.; A. M.
Krug, Yonkers, N. Y.; C. E. Lucore, Buffalo; Leroy
Jackson, Danbury, Conn.
Robert X. Watkin, president of the National Asso-
ciation of Music Merchants, in announcing the ap-
pointments, added his belief that the convention of
1924 would be the most important in the history of
the organization. He commented on the growing
membership, which shows the increased interest in
the association and the vigor with which the state
commissioners and piano travelers arc soliciting new
members.
GULBRANSENS SENT BY EXPRESS
An Artistic Success in Which There
Are All the Power of Expression and
Accuracy of Interpretation of the
World's Greatest Artists.
THE FULL LINE OF
CHRISTMAN
Uprights and Players
Are favorites with dealers who sell fine
instruments. They are as Perfect in
Operation as can be made, and they
are the True Christman in Tone and
Construction.
We Will be Glad to Send Particulars, Prices
and Terms to Live Piano Merchants
t(
The First Touch Tells"
Reg. U S. Pat. Off.
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St.
New York
The accompanying cut shows a baggage car con-
taining eighteen Gulbransens and benches shipped to
the Pioneer Music House, Inc., of Indiana, Penn-
sylvania. This express shipment went forward in re-
sponse to a telegraphic order from the Pioneer Music
House, Inc., and left Chicago on March 8, in the
Pacific Fruit Express Car No. 604, via the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.
It was an appreciation of the value of the goods
that they were placed in a nice, electric-lighted, heated
car, instead of a cold, uninviting freight car! The
Pioneer Music House, Inc., apparently needed Gul-
bransens in an urgent way to have to go to the ex-
pense of having them shipped by express. This is
certainly a good sign for the Keystone state, particu-
larly in the month of March, which is not ordinarily
credited with being unusually active from a business
standpoint.
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PRESTO-
CHRISTMAN
"The First Touch
Tells"
Studio Grand
MILWAUKEE CHOSEN FOR
TUNERS' CONVENTION
Big Attendance and Unusual Attractions
Promised for the Fifteenth Annual Gather-
ing August 11 to 13, Inclusive.
producing (lie most desirable acoustic properties
which makes its use for musicales very satisfactory.
The new location of the talking machine is more
suited to the purposes than the old one was. Phono-
graphs are now shown on the second floor where all
facilities for presenting them have been installed and
the records have been moved to the front of the store
where a row of sound-proof booths have been erected.
The piano department of the Andrews Music
House is continued on the second floor where the
suites of warerooms are fitted out with every com-
fort for the pleasure of the piano prospect.
Only 5 Feet Long
The tuners will foregather for their big meeting
this year in Milwaukee, where the fifteenth annual
convention of the National Association of Piano
Tuners, Inc., will be held August 11, 12 and 13 at the
Hotel Wisconsin.
According to W. F. McClellan, national secretary
and treasurer, there are indications that the 1924
meeting will excel in interest and attendance any
previous convention of the national organization. But
the spontaneous desire of members to attend is fur-
ther stimulated by the promise of business and social
attractions of an unusual kind.
Mr. McClellan believes that a successful conven-
tion in point of numbers and attractions is the best
bit of publicity for the organization that could be
devised. So with this thought in view, President
Chas. Deutschmann and his associate officials are en-
thusiastically planning to make the meeting in Mil-
waukee a means to bigger membership and a more
widespread interest in the purposes of the tuners'
national association.
The officers of the National Association of Piano
Tuners, Inc., are: President, Chas. Deutschmann,
Chicago; first vice-president, EmM Koll, Cincinnati;
second vice-president, Chas. L. Merkel, Milwaukee;
and secretary-treasurer, W. F. McClellan, Chicago.
Has No Successful Rival with Dealers
Whose Trade Demands Fine Pianos at
Reasonable Prices.
PROGRESSIVE MAINE FIRM
ADDS SPACIOUS MUSIC HALL
Reproducing Grand
Andrews Music House, Bangor, Adds Other Attrac-
tions for the Various Busy Departments.
H. C. BAY IN CONCERT.
The Andrews Music House, Bangor, Me., has
added a new feature to its handsome store which
further associates the progressive firm with music and
musical events in that city. It has provided the
musical folk and the community generally with a ball
for concerts, recitals and cultural events generally,
and named it the Andrews Music Hall.
The new ha : l is at the rear of the store, in the
space formerly occupied by the talking machine de-
partment. It has been designed with the view of
The new H. C. Bay Company Reproducing Grand
Piano, made by the 11. C. Bay Co., Bluffton, Ind.,
was used in public in Bluffton for the first time last
week when the finest that the company produces was
used to accompany the soloist in the Dinevor (Welsh)
Concert Co. at the First Methodist Episcopal Church.
Madame Christine, through her booking house at Chi-
cago, got in touch with the II. C. Bay Company and
requested that or.e of their best pianos be placed at
her disposal.
PROMINENT MEN NAMED
ON BANQUET COMMITTEE
Names of Those Responsible for the Success of Big
Convention Social Event Named by President.
All divisions of the country are represented on the
banquet reception committee of the annual conven-
tion of the National Association of Music Merchants
to be held in the Waldorf-Astoria, Xew York, June
4. P. K. Conroy, St. Louis, is chairman and the
other members are: E. H. Uhl, Los Angeles, Homer
L. Kitt, Washington; Fred Foster, Troy, Xew York;
Edgar P. Hangen, Reading, Pa.; George J. Winter,
Erie, Pa.; Allan Wclbum, Memphis, Tenn.; A. M.
Krug, Yonkers, N. Y.; C. E. Lucore, Buffalo; Leroy
Jackson, Danbury, Conn.
Robert X. Watkin, president of the National Asso-
ciation of Music Merchants, in announcing the ap-
pointments, added his belief that the convention of
1924 would be the most important in the history of
the organization. He commented on the growing
membership, which shows the increased interest in
the association and the vigor with which the state
commissioners and piano travelers arc soliciting new
members.
GULBRANSENS SENT BY EXPRESS
An Artistic Success in Which There
Are All the Power of Expression and
Accuracy of Interpretation of the
World's Greatest Artists.
THE FULL LINE OF
CHRISTMAN
Uprights and Players
Are favorites with dealers who sell fine
instruments. They are as Perfect in
Operation as can be made, and they
are the True Christman in Tone and
Construction.
We Will be Glad to Send Particulars, Prices
and Terms to Live Piano Merchants
t(
The First Touch Tells"
Reg. U S. Pat. Off.
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St.
New York
The accompanying cut shows a baggage car con-
taining eighteen Gulbransens and benches shipped to
the Pioneer Music House, Inc., of Indiana, Penn-
sylvania. This express shipment went forward in re-
sponse to a telegraphic order from the Pioneer Music
House, Inc., and left Chicago on March 8, in the
Pacific Fruit Express Car No. 604, via the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.
It was an appreciation of the value of the goods
that they were placed in a nice, electric-lighted, heated
car, instead of a cold, uninviting freight car! The
Pioneer Music House, Inc., apparently needed Gul-
bransens in an urgent way to have to go to the ex-
pense of having them shipped by express. This is
certainly a good sign for the Keystone state, particu-
larly in the month of March, which is not ordinarily
credited with being unusually active from a business
standpoint.
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).