Presto

PRESTO
NEW QULBRANSEN
June 28, 1924.
GRAND
BECKER BROS. PIANOS FOR
WASHINGTON, D. C, SCHOOLS
Hugo Worch, Energetic Dealer in National Capital,
Speaks Enthusiastically of Their Merits.
Hugo Worch, piano dealer, 1110 G street, N. W.,
Washington, D. C, has been successful in placing a
large number of Becker Bros, pianos in the public
schools of the national capital. Mr. Worch said it
did not need very extraordinary salesmanship to
complete the sale of the pianos when the school board
had listened to the well-made instruments of Becker
Bros., whose factory is at 52nd street and 10th ave-
nue, New York.
'"I know of the ability of Jacob H. Becker, founder
of Becker Bros., to supervise the production of pianos
of worth and dependability," said Mr. Worch this
week. "I presented the Becker Bros, instruments to
the school board as pianos of tonal quality, superior
mechanical features and durability, and I let the in-
struments speak for themselves. I was confident the
pianos would be accepted and I am certain they will
justify the confidence placed in them."
MOVES IN SAVANNAH.
The Luden & Bates Southern Music House, Savan-
nah, Ga., moved last week to its new quarters in the
Dooley Building on Barnard and State streets, where
two floors and basement are occupied. A well
equipped repair department is a feature of the new
location. This progressive company has branches
in Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia, and in Tampa,
Jacksonville and Miami, Florida.
NEW WHEELING STORE.
Ralph Tapp, who toured the country with Ignace
Jan Paderewski on two of his successful tours as a
tuner, has purchased the New Music Shop at 38
Twelfth street, Wheeling, W. Va., and already plans
are made for the opening up of a handsome piano
store at that location. Mr. Tapp, according to his
announcement, will handle the Steinway and the Duo-
Art pianola.
NEW RETAIL MANAGER.
O. B. Morrison has been appointed manager of the
retail department of the Schaff Bros., Huntington,
Ind., firm and has begun his new duties. Mr. Morri-
son has been in Huntington about six months and
was formerly a salesman at the store, and in that
capacity achieved great success in increasing the
sales.
The Best Yet
The accompanying cut shows the new Gulbran-
scn Registering Grand which was given its first pub-
lic exhibition at the recent New York convention of
the music trade.
The Gulbranseu Grand will be made as a straight
Grand, a Registering Grand, and a combination Reg-
istering and Reproducing Grand. It is five feet four
inches long, .and its tone has not been sacrificed to
size.
At the New York convention many favorable com-
ments were heard on the fact that the instrument has
the regular Gulbransen "feel" in the pedalling, re-
sponse to playing is direct and under complete con-
trol at all times.
Although shipments of the Gulbransen Grand will
KREITER
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Factory t Marinette, Wi*.
not begin until fall, many dealers have already placed
orders for shipment when ready. While the factory
at the present time is putting through a big lot of
grands, manufacturing possibilities for this type
of instrument will be considerably increased when the
new six-story building now under construction is
completed and fitted for manufacturing.
The Gulbransen Grands will be nationally priced,
the same as the Registering piano models, and the
straight piano. The straight grands will be $700;
Registering Grand $1,160, and Reproducing Grand
Graceful lines, rugged construc-
tion, moderately priced. It's the
very best commercial piano from
every standpoint.
$1,530.
MUSIC DEALERS BUY GOODS.
Music Merchants who visited the wholesale de-
partment of Lyon & Healy, Chicago, this week were:
Mr. Boley, Boley Music House, Ft. Wayne, Ind.;
Mr. Wells, Wells Music House, Denver, Colo.; Fred
Bernordi, Duluca, 111.; N. E. Williams, Birmingham,
Ala.; Barney Talette, Coal City, 111.; Geo. Allenshahn,
French Lick, Ind.; Mr. Stonaker, Bedford, Ind.;
Leon Eisen, Ft. Smith, Ark.; and A. E. Nye, West
McHenry, 111. These buyers were all placing orders
in the belief that a good season's business is to be
had.
MRS. TONK IN CHICAGO.
Mrs. William Tonk, wife of William Tonk, head
of William Tonk & Bro., Inc., New York, left last
week for Chicago, where she will visit the Tonk and
Bauer families and renew acquaintance with many
old friends in that city. Next week probably Mrs.
Tonk will journey west, and, following a stop in
Denver, will proceed to Glendale, near Los Angeles,
Cal., where she will visit the family of Albert E.
Tonk, the youngest and only remaining brother of
her husband.
Style 32—4 ft. 4 in.
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