Presto
Issue: 1924 1968 - Page 14
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PRESTO
April 12, 1924.
Co., Indianapolis, which recently took over the busi-
ness of the E. L. Lennox Piano Co.
William Tatroe, manager of the retail piano de-
partment of Sherman, Clay & Co., San Francisco, has
returned from a short vacation spent in Catalina
Island, near Los Angeles.
J. J. Hammer, formerly with John Wanamaker,
Short Items, Clipped or Communicated, Relate New York, has joined the piano department of the
Hopper-Kelly Co., Seattle, Wash.
the Characteristic Manner in Which Im-
Pleased with New Venture.
portant Ones Effect the Desirable
Hy Kennedy, the popular piano man of Baltimore,
Progress of Business.
is pleased with his successes in the Kennedy Piano
Co., which he recently established at 2245 Druid Hill
Leon M. Huggins, formerly with the Mathushek avenue.
store in New Brunswick, N. J., has joined Lyon &
Veteran travelers visiting Omaha find pleasure in a
Healy's retail department in Chicago.
retrospective chat with A. E. Chiles, now with the
E. Paul Hamilton, well known piano man, has sales force of the A. Hospe Co. His experiences in
been appointed general sales manager of Neal, Clark the piano trade reach back thirty years.
& Neal, Buffalo, N. Y.
Guy W. Deetz, Decatur, 111., has been appointed
manager of the Wiswell Music Store, Aurora, 111.
P. L. Ingalls, a well known piano man in the South-
west, has succeeded A. G. Crane as manager of the
Shroyer Music Co., Bethany, Mo.
New and Old Concerns Secure Charters in Various
Arthur C. Winigar, formerly head of the Winigar
Places.
Piano Corp., Buffalo, N. Y.. has been made manager
Val's
Accessory
House,
Inc., St. Louis, Mo.; $5,000;
of the music store of John G. Shaler, Inc., in that
phonographs and radio; V. Kusnitz, E. L. Reichholdt
city.
and Katherine Shefler.
Surprise to F. H. Kimmel.
Aural Educators, Lakewbod, N. J.; $25,000; to
A surprise party to celebrate the first anniversary make phonograph records.
George Kilgen & Son, Inc., St. Louis; $100,000; to
of Frank H. Kimmel as manager of the Arthur Jor-
dan Piano Co., Washington. D. C , was organized at manufacture and sell musical instruments; Charles C.
Kilgen, Sr., George J. Kilgen, Charles C. Kilgen, Jr.,
the home of F. J. Purcell, of the sales staff, where
he was inveigled to find a gathering of the staff and a Alfred G. Kilgen and Eugene Kilgen.
Marks Phonograph & Radio Corp., St. Louis, Mo.;
lot of friends.
$25,000; phonographs and radio; Morris Marks, Mollie
A. M. Seavey, the head of A. B. Seavey & Son, F. Marks and Louis Marks.
Saco, Me., is receiving the congratulations of the
Music Critic Holding Co., Manhattan; publish
music industry, the press and his neighbors this week. newspapers, magazine, etc.; $50,000. W. G. Beard,
The house is observing the fiftieth anniversary of its L. Chevalier, M. Halperin. (Attorney, S. Selig, 233
founding by A. B. Seavey.
Broadway, New York.)
E. A. Duckworth and Edward Stout are two new
Hobsons Music Stores, Wilmington, Del.; manu-
men on the sales staff of the Christena-Teague Piano facture radio apparatus; $500,000.
SOME PERSONAL
NEWS IS TOLD
NEW INCORPORATIONS
IN MUSIC GOODS TRADfc
SWAN PIANOS
SWAN ORGANS
are of the highest grade
t h a t c a n be obtained
through over 50 years of
p r a c t i c a l experience in
piano and organ building.
Illustrations a n d c a t a -
logues of various styles
will be furnished p i a n o
merchants on application
The tremendous superi-
ority of the SWAN Reed
Organs over all others lies
in the absolute mechanism
and scientific perfection m
the bellows action and stop
action, making it the best
value in modern o r g a n
building.
-\
S. N. SWAN & SONS,
On
/"V
J
FREEPORT, ILL
A QUALITY PRODUCT
FOR OVER
QUARTER OFA CENTURY
s^j Est. 1893 E==piE=L
MORE ENTHUSIASTIC PRAISE
FOR THE RADLE PLAYER
Prominent Retail House Expresses Opinion of the
Instrument of F. Radle, Inc.
It is not unusual to read commendatory letters from
dealers about the F. Radle instruments, especially of
late the playerpianos of that industry. This time it
is a pleasure to present praise, by a prominent retail
house, of both the Radle "straight" piano and the
famous Style F "Baby" playerpiano. The letter fol-
lows:
April 2, 1924.
F. Radle, Inc.,
609-11 West 36th St.
New York City.
Gentlemen:—In answer to your letter of April 1st,
we are pleased to tell you that the Style F baby
player arrived Saturday afternoon and Saturday
evening we had sold it. We shall be pleased to re-
ceive another one of these instruments in polished
mahogany when it is convenient for you to send one
to us.
We have also sold the straight F baby grand up-
right and you may send us another one of these in-
struments.
Very truly yours,
HUNT PIAXO COMPANY.
CHANGE IN SALT LAKE CITY.
H. E. Dewsnup, who last fall purchased a one^third
interest in O'Loughlin's Music Store, IK) Main street,
Salt Lake City, Utah, has relinquished that interest
to the original owners. O'Loughlin's Music Store
will continue to devote its interests to talking ma-
chines, musical merchandise, sheet music, etc. Bruns-
wick phonographs and records and Martin band in-
struments are among the lines handled.
A music department will be added to his depart-
ment store business by Morris Bloom, Avenue C and
Fifty-third street, Bayonne. IV. J.
GOLDSMITH
Players and Pianos
Have Every Advantage in Quality and ResuJts
to the Dealers
An Investigation
GOLDSMITH
Will Prove It
PIANO
COMPANY
1225-1227 Miller Street, CHICAGO
Place That Want Ad in The Presto
POOLE
-BOSTON
GRAND AND UPRIGHT PIANOS
AND
PLAYER PIANOS
ENERGY, PLUS THE LOADER WILL PRODUCE RESULTS
The piano business will lag just as long as the retail salesman lags. A little pep, a little enthusiasm, a little old fashioned
hard work, with the aid of a BOWEN LOADER will produce results,—right now. Try it and see.
Shipped on approval to responsible dealers.
Price $110.00 for the Loader complete, including springs and cover.
BOWEN PIANO LOADER CO.,
Winston-Salem, N. C.
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PRESTO
April 12, 1924.
Co., Indianapolis, which recently took over the busi-
ness of the E. L. Lennox Piano Co.
William Tatroe, manager of the retail piano de-
partment of Sherman, Clay & Co., San Francisco, has
returned from a short vacation spent in Catalina
Island, near Los Angeles.
J. J. Hammer, formerly with John Wanamaker,
Short Items, Clipped or Communicated, Relate New York, has joined the piano department of the
Hopper-Kelly Co., Seattle, Wash.
the Characteristic Manner in Which Im-
Pleased with New Venture.
portant Ones Effect the Desirable
Hy Kennedy, the popular piano man of Baltimore,
Progress of Business.
is pleased with his successes in the Kennedy Piano
Co., which he recently established at 2245 Druid Hill
Leon M. Huggins, formerly with the Mathushek avenue.
store in New Brunswick, N. J., has joined Lyon &
Veteran travelers visiting Omaha find pleasure in a
Healy's retail department in Chicago.
retrospective chat with A. E. Chiles, now with the
E. Paul Hamilton, well known piano man, has sales force of the A. Hospe Co. His experiences in
been appointed general sales manager of Neal, Clark the piano trade reach back thirty years.
& Neal, Buffalo, N. Y.
Guy W. Deetz, Decatur, 111., has been appointed
manager of the Wiswell Music Store, Aurora, 111.
P. L. Ingalls, a well known piano man in the South-
west, has succeeded A. G. Crane as manager of the
Shroyer Music Co., Bethany, Mo.
New and Old Concerns Secure Charters in Various
Arthur C. Winigar, formerly head of the Winigar
Places.
Piano Corp., Buffalo, N. Y.. has been made manager
Val's
Accessory
House,
Inc., St. Louis, Mo.; $5,000;
of the music store of John G. Shaler, Inc., in that
phonographs and radio; V. Kusnitz, E. L. Reichholdt
city.
and Katherine Shefler.
Surprise to F. H. Kimmel.
Aural Educators, Lakewbod, N. J.; $25,000; to
A surprise party to celebrate the first anniversary make phonograph records.
George Kilgen & Son, Inc., St. Louis; $100,000; to
of Frank H. Kimmel as manager of the Arthur Jor-
dan Piano Co., Washington. D. C , was organized at manufacture and sell musical instruments; Charles C.
Kilgen, Sr., George J. Kilgen, Charles C. Kilgen, Jr.,
the home of F. J. Purcell, of the sales staff, where
he was inveigled to find a gathering of the staff and a Alfred G. Kilgen and Eugene Kilgen.
Marks Phonograph & Radio Corp., St. Louis, Mo.;
lot of friends.
$25,000; phonographs and radio; Morris Marks, Mollie
A. M. Seavey, the head of A. B. Seavey & Son, F. Marks and Louis Marks.
Saco, Me., is receiving the congratulations of the
Music Critic Holding Co., Manhattan; publish
music industry, the press and his neighbors this week. newspapers, magazine, etc.; $50,000. W. G. Beard,
The house is observing the fiftieth anniversary of its L. Chevalier, M. Halperin. (Attorney, S. Selig, 233
founding by A. B. Seavey.
Broadway, New York.)
E. A. Duckworth and Edward Stout are two new
Hobsons Music Stores, Wilmington, Del.; manu-
men on the sales staff of the Christena-Teague Piano facture radio apparatus; $500,000.
SOME PERSONAL
NEWS IS TOLD
NEW INCORPORATIONS
IN MUSIC GOODS TRADfc
SWAN PIANOS
SWAN ORGANS
are of the highest grade
t h a t c a n be obtained
through over 50 years of
p r a c t i c a l experience in
piano and organ building.
Illustrations a n d c a t a -
logues of various styles
will be furnished p i a n o
merchants on application
The tremendous superi-
ority of the SWAN Reed
Organs over all others lies
in the absolute mechanism
and scientific perfection m
the bellows action and stop
action, making it the best
value in modern o r g a n
building.
-\
S. N. SWAN & SONS,
On
/"V
J
FREEPORT, ILL
A QUALITY PRODUCT
FOR OVER
QUARTER OFA CENTURY
s^j Est. 1893 E==piE=L
MORE ENTHUSIASTIC PRAISE
FOR THE RADLE PLAYER
Prominent Retail House Expresses Opinion of the
Instrument of F. Radle, Inc.
It is not unusual to read commendatory letters from
dealers about the F. Radle instruments, especially of
late the playerpianos of that industry. This time it
is a pleasure to present praise, by a prominent retail
house, of both the Radle "straight" piano and the
famous Style F "Baby" playerpiano. The letter fol-
lows:
April 2, 1924.
F. Radle, Inc.,
609-11 West 36th St.
New York City.
Gentlemen:—In answer to your letter of April 1st,
we are pleased to tell you that the Style F baby
player arrived Saturday afternoon and Saturday
evening we had sold it. We shall be pleased to re-
ceive another one of these instruments in polished
mahogany when it is convenient for you to send one
to us.
We have also sold the straight F baby grand up-
right and you may send us another one of these in-
struments.
Very truly yours,
HUNT PIAXO COMPANY.
CHANGE IN SALT LAKE CITY.
H. E. Dewsnup, who last fall purchased a one^third
interest in O'Loughlin's Music Store, IK) Main street,
Salt Lake City, Utah, has relinquished that interest
to the original owners. O'Loughlin's Music Store
will continue to devote its interests to talking ma-
chines, musical merchandise, sheet music, etc. Bruns-
wick phonographs and records and Martin band in-
struments are among the lines handled.
A music department will be added to his depart-
ment store business by Morris Bloom, Avenue C and
Fifty-third street, Bayonne. IV. J.
GOLDSMITH
Players and Pianos
Have Every Advantage in Quality and ResuJts
to the Dealers
An Investigation
GOLDSMITH
Will Prove It
PIANO
COMPANY
1225-1227 Miller Street, CHICAGO
Place That Want Ad in The Presto
POOLE
-BOSTON
GRAND AND UPRIGHT PIANOS
AND
PLAYER PIANOS
ENERGY, PLUS THE LOADER WILL PRODUCE RESULTS
The piano business will lag just as long as the retail salesman lags. A little pep, a little enthusiasm, a little old fashioned
hard work, with the aid of a BOWEN LOADER will produce results,—right now. Try it and see.
Shipped on approval to responsible dealers.
Price $110.00 for the Loader complete, including springs and cover.
BOWEN PIANO LOADER CO.,
Winston-Salem, N. C.
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).