Presto
Issue: 1924 1977 - Page 7
June 14, 1924.
THE SEEBURG
DEALER
Does Not Know
Dull Times
WHY?
[glECAUSE the See-
K S 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.
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.
PRESTO
MEMENTO OF TRIP TO
TRADE CONVENTION
John M. Barnhart of the "Barnhart Way" and
Stil Harcourt of the Winning Way in
Close-Up at Atlantic City.
The accompanying picture is one of the mementoes
of the trip of the Chicago music trade delegation to
the recent convention. During the Sunday stopover
at Atlantic City the conventioners set forth in couples
and groups to sample the alluring though Volsteadic
distractions of the famous resort and two prominent
piano men were snapped in one of the Boardwalk
conveyances.
The handsome gentleman on the left will be rec-
ognized by many of Presto's readers as Stil Harcourt,
of the playerpiano department of the Story & Clark
favor, it is expected it will draw in its wake a r e v o -
lution in piano-making.
Not only will the ear have to become accustomed
to differentiating between intervals of only a quarter
of a tone, but the whole technique of piano playing
will be changed. Women with small hands will be
eliminated as pianists, since the new octave will
require a greater hand span. The entire mechanism
of playing will also become greatly complicated, since
there will be one-third more keys.
Musical critics who have heard Herr Steinweg's
instrument have reserved judgment on it. They
appear to fear being classed as old timers if they do
not fall in with the modern tendency toward the un-
usual, yet at the same time they admit their ears are
not yet educated up to the new invention.
CABLE PIANO CO'S.
CONTEST EXCITES FANS
Six-Tube Portable Zenith Radio Will Be Given for
the Best Suggestion.
Radio fans are displaying interest in The Cable
Company's contest which involves the latest product
of the Zenith Radio Corporation, a portable, long-
range receiving set.
The contest put on by the big house at Jackson and
Wabash, Chicago, is unique and appropriate, as the
summer season comes on and the winner can use the
prize to a good advantage.
The contest will close on the 25th of June, and the
fact that a Zenith will be awarded to the person
making the best suggestion for its use, large crowds
have been attracted and many suggestions have been
submitted.
The radio is complete, and set is in a handsome
leather case. It is the latest innovation in the radio
field, and is designed to give the same service as a
six-tube Zenith radio would in the home.
The judges are Charles Kaufman, Warner E. Sall-
maun ad R. H. G. Mathews, chief engineer of the
Zenith Corporation.
One of the attractive features of the contest, and
one which draws many onlookers to the window
where the radio is exhibited, is the sketching by an
artist of many of the suggestions.
STIL, HARCOURT (ON LEFT) AND
JOHN M. BARNHART.
Piano Co., Chicago. The likeness is considered
good, although the features, in their Sunday placidity,
are more" reposeful than when viewed during the
active weekday period when he is alertly planning
player sales, eloquently opening deals or triumphantly
closing them.
The other equally comely occupant of the chair,
counting two from the left, is John M. Barnhart,
originator of the "Barnhart Way" of piano selling,
whose home also is Chicago. It is seen that Mr.
Barnhart, even amidst the diversions of a trip to the
convention, preserves the keen alertness of the spe-
cial piano sales service promoter planning profits for
dealers.
NEW GERMAN PIANO
WITH JAZZ EFFECTS
CHICAGO STARR COMPANY
HOLD GET=TOGETHER PICNIC
Games and Eats Provide Much Enjoyment to Those
Who Attended Fete Last Saturday.
The entire force of the Chicago Starr Company
turned out for the company's picnic at Edgebrook,
near Chicago, on Saturday, June 7th.
Although the weather was much cooler than antici-
pated, the event was a success from every stand-
point. "Everything turned out as per schedule and
a good time was had by all," said Manager Wiggins
this week.
Ball games, horseshoe pitching contest and other
games provided the sports, and after appetites had
been whetted a good supper was had. Instead of
carrying the customary lunch basket, or buying lunch
in nearby lunch rooms, the picnickers erected a large
brick oven and cooked their own supper.
GOOD INDIANAPOLIS REPORT.
Quarter-Tone Instrument Makes Mixed
Noises Like Ukulele, Banjo and Chinese
Piano, and the Keyboard Is New.
New fine points for jazz music will be made pos-
sible by the invention by Grotian Steinweg of
Brunswick, Germany, of a quarter-tone piano which
produces sounds described as a cross between the glid-
ing airs of a ukulele and a banjo and the exotic in-
tervals of a Chinese string piano. While considering
the mandolin and banjo attachment pianos of Amer-
ican manufacturers, there doesn't seem to be much
novelty in the German instruments. The keyboard is
new and the description is interesting.
Two pianos, one tuned to standard pitch and the
other a quarter tone higher, are connected with a
keyboard on which red and brown keys are inserted
between the ordinary black and white keys. The
playing of this new composite instrument has a fas-
cinating effect, according to persons who have heard
concerts given by the inventor.
" Alois Haba, composer of quarter-tone music, who
has been at work on scores of this kind for some
time, sees a far-reaching future in quarter-tone mu-
sic, and regards Herr Steinweg's invention as epoch-
making.
At the musical festival in Frankfort-on-Main in
June, which will be attended by Germany's best-
known musicians, as well as by musicians from vari-
ous other countries of Europe, the quarter-tone key-
board will have a place on the program. If it finds
The Pearson Piano Co., Indianapolis, reports a
very cheering improvement in sales of music goods
in its branch stores throughout the state, which have
been very successful in clearing the warerooms of
any used and surplus stocks. The main Pearson
store at Indianapolis has been strongly featuring
Kurtzmann instruments in its newspaper and window
publicity during the few weeks, and this concentra-
tion of effort on a particular line has brought about
some very noticeable results in the sale of a large
number of Kurtzmann pianos, particularly in straight
grands. Sales of reproducing instruments have
formed a good part of the total Pearson business
within the past few weeks.
SELLING HARTFORD PIANOS.
Freeman Piano & Phonograph Co., of 112 East
Forty-seventh street, Chicago, are active music
dealers in the Forty-seventh street district. The fea-
ture line of pianos in their store are made by the Hart-
ford Piano Company, 1229 Miller street, Chicago.
Also a fine line of Victrolas and Brunswick phono-
graphs are carried.
APPEALS TO OHIO.
The importance of the Ohio state organization in
the country is being recognized more each year. New
organizations in many places have been sent consid-
erable data on how conventions and association
activities are conducted in Ohio, so that the promoters
may use this material toward perfecting organizations.
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THE SEEBURG
DEALER
Does Not Know
Dull Times
WHY?
[glECAUSE the See-
K S 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.
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.
PRESTO
MEMENTO OF TRIP TO
TRADE CONVENTION
John M. Barnhart of the "Barnhart Way" and
Stil Harcourt of the Winning Way in
Close-Up at Atlantic City.
The accompanying picture is one of the mementoes
of the trip of the Chicago music trade delegation to
the recent convention. During the Sunday stopover
at Atlantic City the conventioners set forth in couples
and groups to sample the alluring though Volsteadic
distractions of the famous resort and two prominent
piano men were snapped in one of the Boardwalk
conveyances.
The handsome gentleman on the left will be rec-
ognized by many of Presto's readers as Stil Harcourt,
of the playerpiano department of the Story & Clark
favor, it is expected it will draw in its wake a r e v o -
lution in piano-making.
Not only will the ear have to become accustomed
to differentiating between intervals of only a quarter
of a tone, but the whole technique of piano playing
will be changed. Women with small hands will be
eliminated as pianists, since the new octave will
require a greater hand span. The entire mechanism
of playing will also become greatly complicated, since
there will be one-third more keys.
Musical critics who have heard Herr Steinweg's
instrument have reserved judgment on it. They
appear to fear being classed as old timers if they do
not fall in with the modern tendency toward the un-
usual, yet at the same time they admit their ears are
not yet educated up to the new invention.
CABLE PIANO CO'S.
CONTEST EXCITES FANS
Six-Tube Portable Zenith Radio Will Be Given for
the Best Suggestion.
Radio fans are displaying interest in The Cable
Company's contest which involves the latest product
of the Zenith Radio Corporation, a portable, long-
range receiving set.
The contest put on by the big house at Jackson and
Wabash, Chicago, is unique and appropriate, as the
summer season comes on and the winner can use the
prize to a good advantage.
The contest will close on the 25th of June, and the
fact that a Zenith will be awarded to the person
making the best suggestion for its use, large crowds
have been attracted and many suggestions have been
submitted.
The radio is complete, and set is in a handsome
leather case. It is the latest innovation in the radio
field, and is designed to give the same service as a
six-tube Zenith radio would in the home.
The judges are Charles Kaufman, Warner E. Sall-
maun ad R. H. G. Mathews, chief engineer of the
Zenith Corporation.
One of the attractive features of the contest, and
one which draws many onlookers to the window
where the radio is exhibited, is the sketching by an
artist of many of the suggestions.
STIL, HARCOURT (ON LEFT) AND
JOHN M. BARNHART.
Piano Co., Chicago. The likeness is considered
good, although the features, in their Sunday placidity,
are more" reposeful than when viewed during the
active weekday period when he is alertly planning
player sales, eloquently opening deals or triumphantly
closing them.
The other equally comely occupant of the chair,
counting two from the left, is John M. Barnhart,
originator of the "Barnhart Way" of piano selling,
whose home also is Chicago. It is seen that Mr.
Barnhart, even amidst the diversions of a trip to the
convention, preserves the keen alertness of the spe-
cial piano sales service promoter planning profits for
dealers.
NEW GERMAN PIANO
WITH JAZZ EFFECTS
CHICAGO STARR COMPANY
HOLD GET=TOGETHER PICNIC
Games and Eats Provide Much Enjoyment to Those
Who Attended Fete Last Saturday.
The entire force of the Chicago Starr Company
turned out for the company's picnic at Edgebrook,
near Chicago, on Saturday, June 7th.
Although the weather was much cooler than antici-
pated, the event was a success from every stand-
point. "Everything turned out as per schedule and
a good time was had by all," said Manager Wiggins
this week.
Ball games, horseshoe pitching contest and other
games provided the sports, and after appetites had
been whetted a good supper was had. Instead of
carrying the customary lunch basket, or buying lunch
in nearby lunch rooms, the picnickers erected a large
brick oven and cooked their own supper.
GOOD INDIANAPOLIS REPORT.
Quarter-Tone Instrument Makes Mixed
Noises Like Ukulele, Banjo and Chinese
Piano, and the Keyboard Is New.
New fine points for jazz music will be made pos-
sible by the invention by Grotian Steinweg of
Brunswick, Germany, of a quarter-tone piano which
produces sounds described as a cross between the glid-
ing airs of a ukulele and a banjo and the exotic in-
tervals of a Chinese string piano. While considering
the mandolin and banjo attachment pianos of Amer-
ican manufacturers, there doesn't seem to be much
novelty in the German instruments. The keyboard is
new and the description is interesting.
Two pianos, one tuned to standard pitch and the
other a quarter tone higher, are connected with a
keyboard on which red and brown keys are inserted
between the ordinary black and white keys. The
playing of this new composite instrument has a fas-
cinating effect, according to persons who have heard
concerts given by the inventor.
" Alois Haba, composer of quarter-tone music, who
has been at work on scores of this kind for some
time, sees a far-reaching future in quarter-tone mu-
sic, and regards Herr Steinweg's invention as epoch-
making.
At the musical festival in Frankfort-on-Main in
June, which will be attended by Germany's best-
known musicians, as well as by musicians from vari-
ous other countries of Europe, the quarter-tone key-
board will have a place on the program. If it finds
The Pearson Piano Co., Indianapolis, reports a
very cheering improvement in sales of music goods
in its branch stores throughout the state, which have
been very successful in clearing the warerooms of
any used and surplus stocks. The main Pearson
store at Indianapolis has been strongly featuring
Kurtzmann instruments in its newspaper and window
publicity during the few weeks, and this concentra-
tion of effort on a particular line has brought about
some very noticeable results in the sale of a large
number of Kurtzmann pianos, particularly in straight
grands. Sales of reproducing instruments have
formed a good part of the total Pearson business
within the past few weeks.
SELLING HARTFORD PIANOS.
Freeman Piano & Phonograph Co., of 112 East
Forty-seventh street, Chicago, are active music
dealers in the Forty-seventh street district. The fea-
ture line of pianos in their store are made by the Hart-
ford Piano Company, 1229 Miller street, Chicago.
Also a fine line of Victrolas and Brunswick phono-
graphs are carried.
APPEALS TO OHIO.
The importance of the Ohio state organization in
the country is being recognized more each year. New
organizations in many places have been sent consid-
erable data on how conventions and association
activities are conducted in Ohio, so that the promoters
may use this material toward perfecting organizations.
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).