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PRESTO
May 24, 1924.
The LPnette Player Grand
will be on display during the National
Music Trades Convention, June 2-9,1924
at Room 368
Hotel McAlpin, New York
U'nette
The Sensible Player
Grand—
Good Looking,
Easy Playing,
Closely Priced.
One Footpower model will be shown,
and probably also our latest product, a
Drawer-type, Tone-shading U'nette.
You are cordially invited to inspect them.
THOMPSON-U'NETTE PIANO CO. . . .
CHICAGO
2652 W. LAKE STREET
MULTI=REPRODUCER
AT WADE-TWICHELL'S
Novelty Which Promises to Play Important
Part in Further Development and Sale
of the Playerpiano.
The warerooms of the Wade Twichell Co., 311
South Wabash avenue, Chicago, have been alive with
interest during the past few days, due to the arrival
of the first sample of the Multi-Reproducer from the
factory of the National Piano Manufacturing Co., at
Grand Rapids, Mich. It is a sort of magazine device
or attachment which contains eight rolls of music.
It is adaptable to the tracker board of any player-
piano, expression player or reproducing action, and
makes it possible to play eight rolls of music, without
changing the mechanism or reloading the magazine.
By means of a small push button device similar to
that ordinarily used on a desk the Multi-Reproducer
automatically is brought into action. This push but-
ton device contains a program of eight rolls, cor-
responding to the eight rolk contained in the maga-
zine. The rolls can be played serially or selectively
as desired; they can be stopped at will or replayed at
the pleasure of the operator. The push button device
is illuminated and indicates the roll that is played.
This device can be placed upon the piano, on a desk
or table, or at any convenient point in the home. It
is connected to the piano by an electric cable.
The cabinet containing the Multi-Reproducer
magazine, together with the electric motor, wind
chest and the compartment for a library of rolls may
be placed at any point in the home, and is connected
with the piano by means of a combination electric
cable and air conduit.
So far as the appearance of the piano is concerned,
it will be only by very close observation that one
would discover the instrument to be a reproducing
piano, due to the absence of the customary drawer,
motor and pump of the ordinary reproducer. There
is no motion or vibration of any kind in the piano
itself.
The Wade-Twichell Co. has installed the Multi-
Reproducer in a grand piano with a Welte-Mignon.
action. The representatives of the trade are being
welcomed to their warerooms, and it is expected many
of the dealers of the Middle West who do not antici-
pate attending the convention in New York will avail
themselves of the opportunity of examining the new
and unique addition to the musical instrument
industry.
The Multi-Reproducer will be exhibited by the Bush
& Lane Piano Company, the distributors, in the
McAlpin Hotel during the music trades convention in
New York city, and it is expected to be one of the
sensations of the convention.
ALL ABOARD!
If you're going, and you are,
Save your change to pay the fare
All aboard!
SCHAFF BROS. TWO=TONE
CASES AT McALPIN
Progressive Piano Manufacturers of Hunting-
ton, Ind., Will Have Full Line of Pianos
and Players on Display.
The Schaff Bros. Co., Huntington, Ind., will have
a display of its line of pianos and players at the
McAlpin Hotel, New York, during the convention.
And to show the instruments and meet and greet the
trade C. S. Miller, vice-president of the company, and
a notable force of assistants will be present. With
Mr. Miller will be Julius M. Martin, secretary and
treasurer; A. B. Hart, eastern representative, and
H. A. Griffin, traveler.
The complete range of instruments of the Schaff
Bros. Co. will be on display, including pianos, player-
piar.os and the Solotone Reproducing piano.
The Schaff Bros. Company was among the first to
introduce the two-tone finish for pianfjs and players,
and that feature of the display at the McAlpin will be
of particular interest to dealers. The two-tone Vene-
tian walnut case, and the two-tone Monticello mahog-
any case, in pianos and players, now so popular, will
be shown.
E. E. BLAKE WITH STARCK.
Here's a prospect worth your while
Beats spot cash for more'n a mile—
Throw off care and wear a smile—
Work and worry's out of style—
All aboard!
REMARKABLE GULBRANSEN DISPLAY
At the Marquette Building, corner Van Buren and
Adams streets, Chicago, there has been a remarkable
display of the process of making the Gulbransen
Registering action. In one of the great windows of the
Electric Company actual work upon the pneumatics
had practical illustration. The "baby at the piano"
was hard at work with the pedals, and the show at-
tracted crowds at all times.
Edward E. Blake, widely known in the trade, both
as a wholesale piano salesman and advertising expert,
has returned to the P. A. Starck Piano Co. and will
probably resume his former work with that industry
as director of publicity. Mr. Blake was with the Chi-
cago industry for many years before entering the job-
bing, branch of the piano business. Few men are
better known and his incisive advertising "copy" has
sold many a carload lot of good pianos.
WINDOW DISPLAYS AT CONVENTION.
Photographs of window displays for Music Week,
with letters from dealers explaining how they tied up
to the event in a business way, will be shown at the
New York convention in June, along with the winners
of the 1924 Retail Advertising Exhibit, National Ad-
vertising Display and other exhibits of the Trade
Service Bureau.
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PRESTO
May 24, 1924.
The LPnette Player Grand
will be on display during the National
Music Trades Convention, June 2-9,1924
at Room 368
Hotel McAlpin, New York
U'nette
The Sensible Player
Grand—
Good Looking,
Easy Playing,
Closely Priced.
One Footpower model will be shown,
and probably also our latest product, a
Drawer-type, Tone-shading U'nette.
You are cordially invited to inspect them.
THOMPSON-U'NETTE PIANO CO. . . .
CHICAGO
2652 W. LAKE STREET
MULTI=REPRODUCER
AT WADE-TWICHELL'S
Novelty Which Promises to Play Important
Part in Further Development and Sale
of the Playerpiano.
The warerooms of the Wade Twichell Co., 311
South Wabash avenue, Chicago, have been alive with
interest during the past few days, due to the arrival
of the first sample of the Multi-Reproducer from the
factory of the National Piano Manufacturing Co., at
Grand Rapids, Mich. It is a sort of magazine device
or attachment which contains eight rolls of music.
It is adaptable to the tracker board of any player-
piano, expression player or reproducing action, and
makes it possible to play eight rolls of music, without
changing the mechanism or reloading the magazine.
By means of a small push button device similar to
that ordinarily used on a desk the Multi-Reproducer
automatically is brought into action. This push but-
ton device contains a program of eight rolls, cor-
responding to the eight rolk contained in the maga-
zine. The rolls can be played serially or selectively
as desired; they can be stopped at will or replayed at
the pleasure of the operator. The push button device
is illuminated and indicates the roll that is played.
This device can be placed upon the piano, on a desk
or table, or at any convenient point in the home. It
is connected to the piano by an electric cable.
The cabinet containing the Multi-Reproducer
magazine, together with the electric motor, wind
chest and the compartment for a library of rolls may
be placed at any point in the home, and is connected
with the piano by means of a combination electric
cable and air conduit.
So far as the appearance of the piano is concerned,
it will be only by very close observation that one
would discover the instrument to be a reproducing
piano, due to the absence of the customary drawer,
motor and pump of the ordinary reproducer. There
is no motion or vibration of any kind in the piano
itself.
The Wade-Twichell Co. has installed the Multi-
Reproducer in a grand piano with a Welte-Mignon.
action. The representatives of the trade are being
welcomed to their warerooms, and it is expected many
of the dealers of the Middle West who do not antici-
pate attending the convention in New York will avail
themselves of the opportunity of examining the new
and unique addition to the musical instrument
industry.
The Multi-Reproducer will be exhibited by the Bush
& Lane Piano Company, the distributors, in the
McAlpin Hotel during the music trades convention in
New York city, and it is expected to be one of the
sensations of the convention.
ALL ABOARD!
If you're going, and you are,
Save your change to pay the fare
All aboard!
SCHAFF BROS. TWO=TONE
CASES AT McALPIN
Progressive Piano Manufacturers of Hunting-
ton, Ind., Will Have Full Line of Pianos
and Players on Display.
The Schaff Bros. Co., Huntington, Ind., will have
a display of its line of pianos and players at the
McAlpin Hotel, New York, during the convention.
And to show the instruments and meet and greet the
trade C. S. Miller, vice-president of the company, and
a notable force of assistants will be present. With
Mr. Miller will be Julius M. Martin, secretary and
treasurer; A. B. Hart, eastern representative, and
H. A. Griffin, traveler.
The complete range of instruments of the Schaff
Bros. Co. will be on display, including pianos, player-
piar.os and the Solotone Reproducing piano.
The Schaff Bros. Company was among the first to
introduce the two-tone finish for pianfjs and players,
and that feature of the display at the McAlpin will be
of particular interest to dealers. The two-tone Vene-
tian walnut case, and the two-tone Monticello mahog-
any case, in pianos and players, now so popular, will
be shown.
E. E. BLAKE WITH STARCK.
Here's a prospect worth your while
Beats spot cash for more'n a mile—
Throw off care and wear a smile—
Work and worry's out of style—
All aboard!
REMARKABLE GULBRANSEN DISPLAY
At the Marquette Building, corner Van Buren and
Adams streets, Chicago, there has been a remarkable
display of the process of making the Gulbransen
Registering action. In one of the great windows of the
Electric Company actual work upon the pneumatics
had practical illustration. The "baby at the piano"
was hard at work with the pedals, and the show at-
tracted crowds at all times.
Edward E. Blake, widely known in the trade, both
as a wholesale piano salesman and advertising expert,
has returned to the P. A. Starck Piano Co. and will
probably resume his former work with that industry
as director of publicity. Mr. Blake was with the Chi-
cago industry for many years before entering the job-
bing, branch of the piano business. Few men are
better known and his incisive advertising "copy" has
sold many a carload lot of good pianos.
WINDOW DISPLAYS AT CONVENTION.
Photographs of window displays for Music Week,
with letters from dealers explaining how they tied up
to the event in a business way, will be shown at the
New York convention in June, along with the winners
of the 1924 Retail Advertising Exhibit, National Ad-
vertising Display and other exhibits of the Trade
Service Bureau.
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).