Presto
Issue: 1924 1976 - Page 7
June 7, 1924.
THE SEEBURG
DEALER
Does Not Know
Dull Times
WHY?
fj|]ECAUSE the See-
Sffl burg coin-operated
line of pianos and or-
chestrions is always
working—always bring-
ing in money. No ex-
cuses about the head of
the family being out of
work, mother sick, boys
being laid off, etc., etc.
You know the old story.
Develop the sales that
are in your territory for
the one line that runs
and keeps on running,
brings in the money
and produces a nice
profit.
PRESTO
GRAND PIANOS IN BIG
DEPARTMENT STORE
J. K. Morgan, of Musical Instrument Depart-
tnent of Leiter Stores, Puts in
Stock of Grands.
The big Leiter Stores, in Chicago, successors to
the old Seigel, Cooper & Co., at State and Van Buren
streets, Chicago, will become a piano trade center.
J. K. Morgan, who conducts the piano department
in the big general stores named, is an experienced
piano man and he is putting in a large stock of small
grands exclusively. For the present, at least, Mr.
Morgan will specialize in the popular Columbian
Grands, made by the industry of Alex Nordlund, on
Chicago's North Side.
Mr. Morgan was formerly with the Wurlitzer
house, where he made a record in the business and
acquired a good understanding of what the public
will buy, and how to sell it. He selected the Colum-
bian Grand because he saw in those instruments the
attractive qualities and popular prices which quickly
attract buyers. And he is putting in a large number
of those instruments, beginning with an order for
fifty of them for delivery just as fast as they can be
delivered from the factory.
The Leiter stores is conducted on the co-operative
plan. The piano department is located on the
third floor of the big building, which occupies the
entire block from Van Buren to Congress streets.
It is one of the notable business centers of the city
and Mr. Morgan has every confidence that he will
quickly build up a large business in the pianos with
which he will fill the large space allotted to his
branch of the Leiter Stores activities.
INDUSTRY APPRECIATES
SCHAFF RELIABLE STRINGS
Ambitious Piano Manufacturers Realize the Great
Advantages of This Famous Make.
Every piano factory superintendent knows the re-
lation of bass piano string durability to the initial
cost. They know that durability is in equal ratio
to' the merits that represent money. With the Schaff
Piano String Co., 2009 to 2021 Clybourn avenue,
Chicago, famous in the industry as the maker of bass
strings, the object is plainly to provide a durable line,
the use of which obviates the further expenses that
create disagreeable surprises for the piano manu-
facturers and the dealers.
The Schaff Piano String Co., proud of its character
as the maker of dependable bass strings, argues that
in purchasing bass strings it is wisdom not to solely
consider the initial cost, but the ultimate saving that
can be accomplished; the avoidance of further ex-
penses that necessarily accompany the removal and
replacement of defective strings. The character of
the strings used is a vital factor in the production of
a reliable piano. That is why the strings made by
the Schaff Piano String Co. are considered by am-
bitious manufacturers an essential requirement in the
making of the best pianos.
In producing a high grade specialty the Schaff
Piano String Co. works with the determination to
supply the piano manufacturers with bass strings'
which are the embodiment of the highest quality both
in material and workmanship. They are the kind that
obviate further expenses. The company does not
skimp in the cost of production. It makes the best,
the kind that guarantees a saving in the end. It is a
policy that assures the best tonal, as well as wearing
qualities, a double purpose which makes them highly
advantageous to the manufacturers desiring a quality
pro.duct.
RADIO AIDS PHONOGRAPH
SAYS CHAMBER OFFICIAL
Stimulates Sale of Records, Says Speaker at Music
Trade Convention This Week.
Radio has not hurt the phonograph and musical
industry, according to Beach Barrett, assistant gen-
eral manager of the Music industries Chamber of
Commerce, which is holding its convention this week
at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York.
"The radio is a very good thing for the industry,"
said Mr. Barrett. "It was thought for a while that
the radio would greatly interfere with the sale of
records. But radio has more than made up for any
loss by stimulating the sale of records. Persons hear
tunes broadcast and call at music stores for the
melody in record form."
-
LEASES IN SAN FRANCISCO.
The Heine Piano So., San Francisco, has leased the
entire second floor of the Strand Theater Building
at a total rental of $65,000. The transaction marks
the height of a brick demand for property in that
part of Market street. The company is holding a
sale at its building on Stockton street between Sutter
and Bush, preparatory to moving to its new quarters
in the Strand Theater Building.
THE GOLF PRIZES.
The array of prizes for the Gold Contest to take
place next Monday at the Westchester Biltmore Club,
Rye, N. Y., made a fine showing as spread out for
inspection during the convention. About fifty articles
have been on display, and the total valuation is esti-
mated at about twelve hundred dollars. Presto will
add another prize—a very valuable one—for any
member of the trade who can name the winners in
advance.
EFFECTIVE ROLL FEATURING
Write for our sales
plan. Get the advice of
hundreds of the most
successful dealers who
a r e h a n d l i n g the
SEEBURG.
Ask for booklet: "Don't
take our word for it."
J. P. SEEBURG
PIANO CO.
"Leaders in the Automatic Field"
1508-1516 Dayton Street
CHICAGO, ILL.
This attractive window display of Q R S rolls was
arranged by the Robinson Music Co., Steubenville,
Ohio, in a recent drive to stimulate interest in its
well-organized roll department. The showing will
have a material effect on the playerpiano sales as
well as player roll sales.
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THE SEEBURG
DEALER
Does Not Know
Dull Times
WHY?
fj|]ECAUSE the See-
Sffl burg coin-operated
line of pianos and or-
chestrions is always
working—always bring-
ing in money. No ex-
cuses about the head of
the family being out of
work, mother sick, boys
being laid off, etc., etc.
You know the old story.
Develop the sales that
are in your territory for
the one line that runs
and keeps on running,
brings in the money
and produces a nice
profit.
PRESTO
GRAND PIANOS IN BIG
DEPARTMENT STORE
J. K. Morgan, of Musical Instrument Depart-
tnent of Leiter Stores, Puts in
Stock of Grands.
The big Leiter Stores, in Chicago, successors to
the old Seigel, Cooper & Co., at State and Van Buren
streets, Chicago, will become a piano trade center.
J. K. Morgan, who conducts the piano department
in the big general stores named, is an experienced
piano man and he is putting in a large stock of small
grands exclusively. For the present, at least, Mr.
Morgan will specialize in the popular Columbian
Grands, made by the industry of Alex Nordlund, on
Chicago's North Side.
Mr. Morgan was formerly with the Wurlitzer
house, where he made a record in the business and
acquired a good understanding of what the public
will buy, and how to sell it. He selected the Colum-
bian Grand because he saw in those instruments the
attractive qualities and popular prices which quickly
attract buyers. And he is putting in a large number
of those instruments, beginning with an order for
fifty of them for delivery just as fast as they can be
delivered from the factory.
The Leiter stores is conducted on the co-operative
plan. The piano department is located on the
third floor of the big building, which occupies the
entire block from Van Buren to Congress streets.
It is one of the notable business centers of the city
and Mr. Morgan has every confidence that he will
quickly build up a large business in the pianos with
which he will fill the large space allotted to his
branch of the Leiter Stores activities.
INDUSTRY APPRECIATES
SCHAFF RELIABLE STRINGS
Ambitious Piano Manufacturers Realize the Great
Advantages of This Famous Make.
Every piano factory superintendent knows the re-
lation of bass piano string durability to the initial
cost. They know that durability is in equal ratio
to' the merits that represent money. With the Schaff
Piano String Co., 2009 to 2021 Clybourn avenue,
Chicago, famous in the industry as the maker of bass
strings, the object is plainly to provide a durable line,
the use of which obviates the further expenses that
create disagreeable surprises for the piano manu-
facturers and the dealers.
The Schaff Piano String Co., proud of its character
as the maker of dependable bass strings, argues that
in purchasing bass strings it is wisdom not to solely
consider the initial cost, but the ultimate saving that
can be accomplished; the avoidance of further ex-
penses that necessarily accompany the removal and
replacement of defective strings. The character of
the strings used is a vital factor in the production of
a reliable piano. That is why the strings made by
the Schaff Piano String Co. are considered by am-
bitious manufacturers an essential requirement in the
making of the best pianos.
In producing a high grade specialty the Schaff
Piano String Co. works with the determination to
supply the piano manufacturers with bass strings'
which are the embodiment of the highest quality both
in material and workmanship. They are the kind that
obviate further expenses. The company does not
skimp in the cost of production. It makes the best,
the kind that guarantees a saving in the end. It is a
policy that assures the best tonal, as well as wearing
qualities, a double purpose which makes them highly
advantageous to the manufacturers desiring a quality
pro.duct.
RADIO AIDS PHONOGRAPH
SAYS CHAMBER OFFICIAL
Stimulates Sale of Records, Says Speaker at Music
Trade Convention This Week.
Radio has not hurt the phonograph and musical
industry, according to Beach Barrett, assistant gen-
eral manager of the Music industries Chamber of
Commerce, which is holding its convention this week
at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York.
"The radio is a very good thing for the industry,"
said Mr. Barrett. "It was thought for a while that
the radio would greatly interfere with the sale of
records. But radio has more than made up for any
loss by stimulating the sale of records. Persons hear
tunes broadcast and call at music stores for the
melody in record form."
-
LEASES IN SAN FRANCISCO.
The Heine Piano So., San Francisco, has leased the
entire second floor of the Strand Theater Building
at a total rental of $65,000. The transaction marks
the height of a brick demand for property in that
part of Market street. The company is holding a
sale at its building on Stockton street between Sutter
and Bush, preparatory to moving to its new quarters
in the Strand Theater Building.
THE GOLF PRIZES.
The array of prizes for the Gold Contest to take
place next Monday at the Westchester Biltmore Club,
Rye, N. Y., made a fine showing as spread out for
inspection during the convention. About fifty articles
have been on display, and the total valuation is esti-
mated at about twelve hundred dollars. Presto will
add another prize—a very valuable one—for any
member of the trade who can name the winners in
advance.
EFFECTIVE ROLL FEATURING
Write for our sales
plan. Get the advice of
hundreds of the most
successful dealers who
a r e h a n d l i n g the
SEEBURG.
Ask for booklet: "Don't
take our word for it."
J. P. SEEBURG
PIANO CO.
"Leaders in the Automatic Field"
1508-1516 Dayton Street
CHICAGO, ILL.
This attractive window display of Q R S rolls was
arranged by the Robinson Music Co., Steubenville,
Ohio, in a recent drive to stimulate interest in its
well-organized roll department. The showing will
have a material effect on the playerpiano sales as
well as player roll sales.
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).