Presto
Issue: 1924 1973 - Page 5
PRESTO
May 17, 1924.
CHRISTMAN
PREMIER GRAND IN ST. LOUIS
"The First Touch Tells"
Reproducing Grand
The very highest type of piano attainment
is exemplified in this remarkable instru-
ment. It is as perfect in operation, repro-
duction and in volume df tone, and as
reliable in every detail of construction, as
skill and flawless materials can create.
The Premier Baby Grand Piano, made by the
Premier Grand Piano Corporation, New York, is pre-
sented in St. Louis by the Aeolian Company of Mis-
souri and occasionally featured in a striking manner
in the windows of the handsome store at 1004 Olive
street. An accompanying cut shows a recent display
in the windows of the Aeolian Company of Missouri
in which the Premier Baby Grand was strikingly
featured together with a special reference in placard
form, pertaining to this small grand, and an illustra-
tion of the extensive factory buildings of the Premier
Grand Piano Corporation at 510 to 532 West Twenty-
third street, New York City.
As is well known, the Aeolian Company of St.
Louis is a typical Premier Small Grand dealer, and an
institution that has had considerable success with
this nationally popular Small Grand piano.
FORMAL OPENING OF NEW
STORE IN SAN PEDRO, CAL.
recently. The concern was established four years ago.
Charles Faetkenheuer is manager.
The Wiswell Music Co., Inc., is the successor to
M. C. Randolph, at 134 Fox street, Aurora, 111.
Miss Martha Schwartz is the head of the Schwartz
Music Store, which will be opened at Main and Van-
dalia streets, Edwardsville, 111., this week.
T he Hamman-Levin Co., Inc., W. H. Gibbons,
manager, is preparing to open a branch store at Dock
and Camden streets, Salisbury, Md. The headquar-
ters are in Baltimore.
The William II. Avery Piano Co. recently opened a
branch store at 102 Hanover street, Manchester, N. H.
The firm has stores in Concord, Franklin and Laconia.
Neil McNeil is the manager of the Manchester branch.
A music and furniture store will be opened this
week at Four Oaks, N. C, by D. H. Sanders.
Piano warerooms were opened recently at 215 East
Diamond avenue, Hazleton, Pa.
Samuel W. Levis, owner of the Levis Music Stores,
Rochester, N. Y., is making a tou of England, Ger-
many, Austria, Switzerland and France.
The George R. Emery Music Co., Wrightsville, Pa.,
will open a store on South Front street.
R. B. Wall has succeeded the Kay-Vee Co. in the
music and electrical appliance business at 46 South
Wall street, Pittston, Pa.
Larger quarters for his music business have been
obtained by George A. Fellows, at 55 North Main
street, Gloversville, N. Y.
Gregor Melody Shop Admittedly the Center of Things
Musical in California City.
Studio Grand
Some of the Greatest Pianists have pro-
nounced this instrument the peer of any
produced. It is powerful and yet it is but
five feet long. It is a veritable "little giant"
among pianos, and its artistic qualities
command attention in any dealers' ware-
room.
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
"The First Touch Tells"
Reg. U S. Pat. Off.
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St.
New York
Attractive musical features were appropriate accom-
paniments to the formal opening of the Gregor
Melody Shop, 358 Sixth street, San Pedro, Cal., re-
cently. The new store is an attractive center of
music in the picturesque California city owing to the
prominence and activity of Miss Meredith Gregor, the
proprietor, in music there.
The Gregor Melody Four, instrumentalists, and the
Isabelle Block Quartet, vocalists, entertained the visi-
tors to the new store while inspecting the attractive
stock of pianos, sheet music and musical merchandise.
The interior of the shop, done in quiet blues and
grays, creates an atmosphere of restfulness and re-
finement particularly gratifying in a musical establish-
ment and its attractiveness was enhanced at the
formal opening by the many beautiful baskets of
flowers sent by San Pedro organizations and business
firms.
The shop was filled, throughout the evening by
visitors, and the guests were received by Miss Mere-
dith Gregor, proprietor of the business, and Miss
Bessie Delano, teacher of music.
SOME VERY LATE OPENINGS
IN THE RETAIL MUSIC TRADE
A Few of the New Ventures in the Best Business in
the World.
Nace's Music Store, 39 Baltimore street, Hanover,
Pa., was formally opened recently.
R. S. Pribyl is the successor to Padgham's Bruns-
wick Shop, Fifth and Main streets, Santa Ana, Cal.
The Escher Music Shop is now located in attractive
new quarters at 311 North street, Pittsfield, Mass.
The Verbeck Musical Sales Co. recently opened a
store at 42 Central avenue, Lancaster, Pa. T. M.
Matthews is manager.
The Kaemmerer Music Shops, 3199 South Grand
avenue, St. Louis, Mo.; $70,000.
Adlord and Charles Provost have purchased the
music and jewelry business formerly conducted by
Frederick S. Dyke in Northfield, Vt.
The formal opening of the West Allis Music Shop
at 6423 Greenfield avenue, West Allis, Wis., was held
GULBRANSEN WITH SHRINERS.
W. J. Eden, representing the Gulbransen Company,
will be in Kansas City during the big Shrine Conven-
tion the first week in June.
Mr. Eden's headquarters will be at the Knabe
Studios, and regardless of what part of the country
the Gulbransen dealers come from, he will be very
pleased to be of any service that he can be to them.
Gulbransen dealers who expect to attend the con-
vention are urged to get in touch with Mr. Eden, who
is a thorough and enthusiastic Gulbransenite.
F. T. STEINWAY SAILS MAY 27.
Frederick T. Steinway, president of Steinway &
Sons, New York, will be a passenger on the liner
Reliance, sailing from New York for European ports
on May 27. Mr. Steinway will make his headquarters
in London at the Steinway branch and plans to spend
some time at the factory of the company in Ham-
burg, Germany. At the latter place Mr. Steinway
will meet Hermann Irion of Steinway & Sons, who
will sail for Europe in June.
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May 17, 1924.
CHRISTMAN
PREMIER GRAND IN ST. LOUIS
"The First Touch Tells"
Reproducing Grand
The very highest type of piano attainment
is exemplified in this remarkable instru-
ment. It is as perfect in operation, repro-
duction and in volume df tone, and as
reliable in every detail of construction, as
skill and flawless materials can create.
The Premier Baby Grand Piano, made by the
Premier Grand Piano Corporation, New York, is pre-
sented in St. Louis by the Aeolian Company of Mis-
souri and occasionally featured in a striking manner
in the windows of the handsome store at 1004 Olive
street. An accompanying cut shows a recent display
in the windows of the Aeolian Company of Missouri
in which the Premier Baby Grand was strikingly
featured together with a special reference in placard
form, pertaining to this small grand, and an illustra-
tion of the extensive factory buildings of the Premier
Grand Piano Corporation at 510 to 532 West Twenty-
third street, New York City.
As is well known, the Aeolian Company of St.
Louis is a typical Premier Small Grand dealer, and an
institution that has had considerable success with
this nationally popular Small Grand piano.
FORMAL OPENING OF NEW
STORE IN SAN PEDRO, CAL.
recently. The concern was established four years ago.
Charles Faetkenheuer is manager.
The Wiswell Music Co., Inc., is the successor to
M. C. Randolph, at 134 Fox street, Aurora, 111.
Miss Martha Schwartz is the head of the Schwartz
Music Store, which will be opened at Main and Van-
dalia streets, Edwardsville, 111., this week.
T he Hamman-Levin Co., Inc., W. H. Gibbons,
manager, is preparing to open a branch store at Dock
and Camden streets, Salisbury, Md. The headquar-
ters are in Baltimore.
The William II. Avery Piano Co. recently opened a
branch store at 102 Hanover street, Manchester, N. H.
The firm has stores in Concord, Franklin and Laconia.
Neil McNeil is the manager of the Manchester branch.
A music and furniture store will be opened this
week at Four Oaks, N. C, by D. H. Sanders.
Piano warerooms were opened recently at 215 East
Diamond avenue, Hazleton, Pa.
Samuel W. Levis, owner of the Levis Music Stores,
Rochester, N. Y., is making a tou of England, Ger-
many, Austria, Switzerland and France.
The George R. Emery Music Co., Wrightsville, Pa.,
will open a store on South Front street.
R. B. Wall has succeeded the Kay-Vee Co. in the
music and electrical appliance business at 46 South
Wall street, Pittston, Pa.
Larger quarters for his music business have been
obtained by George A. Fellows, at 55 North Main
street, Gloversville, N. Y.
Gregor Melody Shop Admittedly the Center of Things
Musical in California City.
Studio Grand
Some of the Greatest Pianists have pro-
nounced this instrument the peer of any
produced. It is powerful and yet it is but
five feet long. It is a veritable "little giant"
among pianos, and its artistic qualities
command attention in any dealers' ware-
room.
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
"The First Touch Tells"
Reg. U S. Pat. Off.
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St.
New York
Attractive musical features were appropriate accom-
paniments to the formal opening of the Gregor
Melody Shop, 358 Sixth street, San Pedro, Cal., re-
cently. The new store is an attractive center of
music in the picturesque California city owing to the
prominence and activity of Miss Meredith Gregor, the
proprietor, in music there.
The Gregor Melody Four, instrumentalists, and the
Isabelle Block Quartet, vocalists, entertained the visi-
tors to the new store while inspecting the attractive
stock of pianos, sheet music and musical merchandise.
The interior of the shop, done in quiet blues and
grays, creates an atmosphere of restfulness and re-
finement particularly gratifying in a musical establish-
ment and its attractiveness was enhanced at the
formal opening by the many beautiful baskets of
flowers sent by San Pedro organizations and business
firms.
The shop was filled, throughout the evening by
visitors, and the guests were received by Miss Mere-
dith Gregor, proprietor of the business, and Miss
Bessie Delano, teacher of music.
SOME VERY LATE OPENINGS
IN THE RETAIL MUSIC TRADE
A Few of the New Ventures in the Best Business in
the World.
Nace's Music Store, 39 Baltimore street, Hanover,
Pa., was formally opened recently.
R. S. Pribyl is the successor to Padgham's Bruns-
wick Shop, Fifth and Main streets, Santa Ana, Cal.
The Escher Music Shop is now located in attractive
new quarters at 311 North street, Pittsfield, Mass.
The Verbeck Musical Sales Co. recently opened a
store at 42 Central avenue, Lancaster, Pa. T. M.
Matthews is manager.
The Kaemmerer Music Shops, 3199 South Grand
avenue, St. Louis, Mo.; $70,000.
Adlord and Charles Provost have purchased the
music and jewelry business formerly conducted by
Frederick S. Dyke in Northfield, Vt.
The formal opening of the West Allis Music Shop
at 6423 Greenfield avenue, West Allis, Wis., was held
GULBRANSEN WITH SHRINERS.
W. J. Eden, representing the Gulbransen Company,
will be in Kansas City during the big Shrine Conven-
tion the first week in June.
Mr. Eden's headquarters will be at the Knabe
Studios, and regardless of what part of the country
the Gulbransen dealers come from, he will be very
pleased to be of any service that he can be to them.
Gulbransen dealers who expect to attend the con-
vention are urged to get in touch with Mr. Eden, who
is a thorough and enthusiastic Gulbransenite.
F. T. STEINWAY SAILS MAY 27.
Frederick T. Steinway, president of Steinway &
Sons, New York, will be a passenger on the liner
Reliance, sailing from New York for European ports
on May 27. Mr. Steinway will make his headquarters
in London at the Steinway branch and plans to spend
some time at the factory of the company in Ham-
burg, Germany. At the latter place Mr. Steinway
will meet Hermann Irion of Steinway & Sons, who
will sail for Europe in June.
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