Presto
Issue: 1924 1990 - Page 7
September 13, 1924.
CREATING
A
SENSATION
IN
THE PIANO
WORLD
Never has there been cre-
ated a line of automatic
pianos so e s p e c i a l l y
adapted for handling by
the regular piano trade
as the
SEEBURG
Pianos of genuine musical
merit, a pneumatic mech-
anism of exceptional reli-
ability and durability and
art case designs which
mark a new departure in
this class of instruments.
Style. "K T" with its
many musical combina-
tions is meeting with
remarkable favor.
Let us give you par-
ticulars.
J. P. SEEBURG
PIANO CO.
CHICAGO
General Offices: 1510 Dayton St.
Factory 1508-16 Dayton St.
PRESTO
BUSH & GERTS PLANS
NEAR COMPLETION
Fine Old Chicago Piano Industry Promises to
Move Forward More Substantially and
Energetically Than Ever Before
in Its Long Career.
WILL L BUSH SANGUINE
Plans for Reorganization Have So Far Progressed
as to Suggest on Early Announcement of
Great Trade Interest.
The fine old industry of the Bush & Gerts Piano
Co. is destined to resume its place or, rather, to
continue along the prosperous way for which it has
so long been noted. Things are looking bright for
the instrument which for forty years has held a place
high in the esteem of the music-loving public and
with foremost dealers. The latter have realized that
in the Bush & Gerts they have a source of profits,
with the certainty of satisfaction which renders im-
probable the "come-backs" which often annoy both
manufacturers and retailers.
Promising Outlook.
In short the hard work of William L. Bush is
bearing fruit. That gentleman has been digging into
the affairs of his old industry for several months past.
He abandoned his Texas enterprises for the sole pur-
pose of putting the Bush & Gerts Piano Co. back
again into its place, well at the front of the proces-
sion. And he is succeeding.
The probability today is that the Bush & Gerts
Piano Co. will soon be ready to announce a reorgan-
ized industry, at the head of which will still be Mr.
Bush, with skilled associates—practical piano men of
vision, and the kind of energy that belongs to a busi-
ness of this kind. The trade is waiting for just that
condition—and it will come very soon.
In Near Future.
The future energies of the Bush & Gerts Piano Co.
will be directed to the small grand piano. The Bush
& Gerts small grand has already won a place indis-
putable in the trade. The line will be extended, and
the output will be increased to such a degree that the
factory turnover will permit of every advantage to
the dealers. It will be a case of supplying what the
trade wants, and supplying it in a way which the
name of William L. Bush alone must suggest.
In saying what has here been said Presto takes no
chances. It would be premature to enter into any
specific details of plans already perfected, or to tell
of the extent of the new-old enterprise which has
contributed its full share to place Chicago on the
map as the piano manufacturing center. Bush &
Gerts is a piano name which in itself represents a
fortune in money. It has sustained an organization
o fexperts in every branch of the industry. It is still
intact, and, with the additions and increased facilities,
both material and in applied energy, the future should
be bright enough for even so sanguine and tireless a
worker as Mr. Bush is recognized to be.
Further Details.
Full details of the newly deceloped ambitions of
the Chicago industry and its personnel will be pre-
sented in Presto just as soon as they are ready for
publication, tl is enough just now that the outlook
is bright, and that the trade is not to take any chance
of disappointment in getting Bush & Gerts instru-
ments as they are wanted, however big the demand.
EXPANSION IN HENRY
F. MILLER STORES CO.
Musical Merchandise and Sheet Music to Be
Added to Pianos in Boston
Store.
The Henry F. Miller Stores Co., Boston, Mass., is
going forward with plans to open an up to date
musical instruments department in the Boston store.
A large space on the street floor will be devoted to
the new department, which will be placed just inside
the entrance. A complete line is to be carried, includ-
ing popular, classical, and semi-classical sheet music,
Q R S music rolls, and a large variety of high-
grade instruments.
With the best of modern fixtures and a selected
line of instruments, the department will have an at-
mosphere entirely in keeping with the high quality
Miller store, and Henry F. Miller traditions of qual-
ity and service will be adhered to. Without doubt
this will be the finest and most complete musical
goods department in New England.
The department will be under the management of
C. A. Hewett, a progressive young man who has
been in the music trade for the past ten years and
was formerly manager of the musical department of
the Jordan, Marsh Company in Boston. Mr. Hewett
anticipates that the department will be ready to open
about the last of this month.
E. V. Small of the Henry F. Miller store in
Boston has been promoted to the position of a de-
partment manager in the Sales Promotion Depart-
ment. He is organizing and directing a small force
of outside salespeople and his first week has been
very successful.
In the Henry F. Miller store a distinct spurt in
business has been noted during the past week and
there is every indication that fall sales will break
all previous records.
MOST BEAUTIFUL BETWEEN
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
McMahon P!ano Co., Formally Opened at Youngs-
town, Ohio, So Characterized by John M. Banks.
John M. Banks, for years "on the road" for good
piano factories, is now in the retail part of it at
Youngstown, Ohio. He made a good wholesaler
and, no doubt, will be equally so at selling pianos
one at a time.
When Mr. Banks was with the late Chute & But-
ler, of Peru, Indiana, he made friends all over the
country. When the Peru factory was destroyed by
fire, Mr. Banks dropped from sight for a while and
then reappeared with the Bush & Lane Piano Com-
pany, whose fine line he had no trouble in selling.
Mr. Banks has been in Youngstown since July
last, and this week the formal opening of the Mc-
Mahon Piano Co. of that city takes place—Friday
and Saturday. And Mr. Banks enthusiastically de-
clares that the house he is now with has the "most
beautiful store between New York and Chicago."
PIANO MANUFACTURERS'
ASSOCIATION TO MEET
Special Business Will Be Transacted and Officers
Named on the Twenty-fifth.
The annual meeting of the Piano Manufacturers'
Association will be held at the Great Northern Hotel,
Chicago, on September 25, at 12:30 p. m.
In addition to the report of the committees and
election of officers, this occasion will afford an oppor-
tunity for exchange of views on matters of general
interest, which will prove interesting and mutually
helpful.
This is the first meeting in many months. At the
time, also, a committee will be appointed to draw
up suitable resolutions on the death of the late
Walter Schaaf of Chicago.
CHRISTMAN REPRESENTATIVE
ON HIS WESTWARD WAY
"Bob"
Burgess, After Three Days in Chicago, Is
Headed for the Pacific Coast.
Popular "Bob" Burgess, representing the Christ-
man Piano Co., of New York, was in Chicago three
days this week, leaving on Tuesday night for the
Northwest. He will visit his customers in the far
West before returning eastward.
The Christman has a great many loyal representa :
tives among the foremost piano houses of the Middle-
west and West. Mr. Burgess has helped along the
popularity of the beautiful little Studio Grand, and
the other Christman instruments, and a more en-
thusiastic promoter of good pianos could not be
named. Dealers in the West will be glad to wel-
come Mr. Burgess whose trips have not been "few
and far between" of late, for he is a hard and per-
sistent worker.
SETTERGREN FACTORY IS ACTIVE.
The B. K. Settergren Co. factory at Bluffton, Ind.,
particularly active at this time. President Settergren
has put two more men on the road, and by the first
of October the production will be increased to
capacity of the plant. Mr. Settergren looks forward
to a good Christmas season.
MOVES IN CHEYENNE, WYO.
The Hoskins Music Store, Cheyenne, Wyo., has
moved to attractive new quarters on Capitol avenue.
The new warerooms have been decorated and
equipped to show off the line of music goods to the
best advantage.
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CREATING
A
SENSATION
IN
THE PIANO
WORLD
Never has there been cre-
ated a line of automatic
pianos so e s p e c i a l l y
adapted for handling by
the regular piano trade
as the
SEEBURG
Pianos of genuine musical
merit, a pneumatic mech-
anism of exceptional reli-
ability and durability and
art case designs which
mark a new departure in
this class of instruments.
Style. "K T" with its
many musical combina-
tions is meeting with
remarkable favor.
Let us give you par-
ticulars.
J. P. SEEBURG
PIANO CO.
CHICAGO
General Offices: 1510 Dayton St.
Factory 1508-16 Dayton St.
PRESTO
BUSH & GERTS PLANS
NEAR COMPLETION
Fine Old Chicago Piano Industry Promises to
Move Forward More Substantially and
Energetically Than Ever Before
in Its Long Career.
WILL L BUSH SANGUINE
Plans for Reorganization Have So Far Progressed
as to Suggest on Early Announcement of
Great Trade Interest.
The fine old industry of the Bush & Gerts Piano
Co. is destined to resume its place or, rather, to
continue along the prosperous way for which it has
so long been noted. Things are looking bright for
the instrument which for forty years has held a place
high in the esteem of the music-loving public and
with foremost dealers. The latter have realized that
in the Bush & Gerts they have a source of profits,
with the certainty of satisfaction which renders im-
probable the "come-backs" which often annoy both
manufacturers and retailers.
Promising Outlook.
In short the hard work of William L. Bush is
bearing fruit. That gentleman has been digging into
the affairs of his old industry for several months past.
He abandoned his Texas enterprises for the sole pur-
pose of putting the Bush & Gerts Piano Co. back
again into its place, well at the front of the proces-
sion. And he is succeeding.
The probability today is that the Bush & Gerts
Piano Co. will soon be ready to announce a reorgan-
ized industry, at the head of which will still be Mr.
Bush, with skilled associates—practical piano men of
vision, and the kind of energy that belongs to a busi-
ness of this kind. The trade is waiting for just that
condition—and it will come very soon.
In Near Future.
The future energies of the Bush & Gerts Piano Co.
will be directed to the small grand piano. The Bush
& Gerts small grand has already won a place indis-
putable in the trade. The line will be extended, and
the output will be increased to such a degree that the
factory turnover will permit of every advantage to
the dealers. It will be a case of supplying what the
trade wants, and supplying it in a way which the
name of William L. Bush alone must suggest.
In saying what has here been said Presto takes no
chances. It would be premature to enter into any
specific details of plans already perfected, or to tell
of the extent of the new-old enterprise which has
contributed its full share to place Chicago on the
map as the piano manufacturing center. Bush &
Gerts is a piano name which in itself represents a
fortune in money. It has sustained an organization
o fexperts in every branch of the industry. It is still
intact, and, with the additions and increased facilities,
both material and in applied energy, the future should
be bright enough for even so sanguine and tireless a
worker as Mr. Bush is recognized to be.
Further Details.
Full details of the newly deceloped ambitions of
the Chicago industry and its personnel will be pre-
sented in Presto just as soon as they are ready for
publication, tl is enough just now that the outlook
is bright, and that the trade is not to take any chance
of disappointment in getting Bush & Gerts instru-
ments as they are wanted, however big the demand.
EXPANSION IN HENRY
F. MILLER STORES CO.
Musical Merchandise and Sheet Music to Be
Added to Pianos in Boston
Store.
The Henry F. Miller Stores Co., Boston, Mass., is
going forward with plans to open an up to date
musical instruments department in the Boston store.
A large space on the street floor will be devoted to
the new department, which will be placed just inside
the entrance. A complete line is to be carried, includ-
ing popular, classical, and semi-classical sheet music,
Q R S music rolls, and a large variety of high-
grade instruments.
With the best of modern fixtures and a selected
line of instruments, the department will have an at-
mosphere entirely in keeping with the high quality
Miller store, and Henry F. Miller traditions of qual-
ity and service will be adhered to. Without doubt
this will be the finest and most complete musical
goods department in New England.
The department will be under the management of
C. A. Hewett, a progressive young man who has
been in the music trade for the past ten years and
was formerly manager of the musical department of
the Jordan, Marsh Company in Boston. Mr. Hewett
anticipates that the department will be ready to open
about the last of this month.
E. V. Small of the Henry F. Miller store in
Boston has been promoted to the position of a de-
partment manager in the Sales Promotion Depart-
ment. He is organizing and directing a small force
of outside salespeople and his first week has been
very successful.
In the Henry F. Miller store a distinct spurt in
business has been noted during the past week and
there is every indication that fall sales will break
all previous records.
MOST BEAUTIFUL BETWEEN
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
McMahon P!ano Co., Formally Opened at Youngs-
town, Ohio, So Characterized by John M. Banks.
John M. Banks, for years "on the road" for good
piano factories, is now in the retail part of it at
Youngstown, Ohio. He made a good wholesaler
and, no doubt, will be equally so at selling pianos
one at a time.
When Mr. Banks was with the late Chute & But-
ler, of Peru, Indiana, he made friends all over the
country. When the Peru factory was destroyed by
fire, Mr. Banks dropped from sight for a while and
then reappeared with the Bush & Lane Piano Com-
pany, whose fine line he had no trouble in selling.
Mr. Banks has been in Youngstown since July
last, and this week the formal opening of the Mc-
Mahon Piano Co. of that city takes place—Friday
and Saturday. And Mr. Banks enthusiastically de-
clares that the house he is now with has the "most
beautiful store between New York and Chicago."
PIANO MANUFACTURERS'
ASSOCIATION TO MEET
Special Business Will Be Transacted and Officers
Named on the Twenty-fifth.
The annual meeting of the Piano Manufacturers'
Association will be held at the Great Northern Hotel,
Chicago, on September 25, at 12:30 p. m.
In addition to the report of the committees and
election of officers, this occasion will afford an oppor-
tunity for exchange of views on matters of general
interest, which will prove interesting and mutually
helpful.
This is the first meeting in many months. At the
time, also, a committee will be appointed to draw
up suitable resolutions on the death of the late
Walter Schaaf of Chicago.
CHRISTMAN REPRESENTATIVE
ON HIS WESTWARD WAY
"Bob"
Burgess, After Three Days in Chicago, Is
Headed for the Pacific Coast.
Popular "Bob" Burgess, representing the Christ-
man Piano Co., of New York, was in Chicago three
days this week, leaving on Tuesday night for the
Northwest. He will visit his customers in the far
West before returning eastward.
The Christman has a great many loyal representa :
tives among the foremost piano houses of the Middle-
west and West. Mr. Burgess has helped along the
popularity of the beautiful little Studio Grand, and
the other Christman instruments, and a more en-
thusiastic promoter of good pianos could not be
named. Dealers in the West will be glad to wel-
come Mr. Burgess whose trips have not been "few
and far between" of late, for he is a hard and per-
sistent worker.
SETTERGREN FACTORY IS ACTIVE.
The B. K. Settergren Co. factory at Bluffton, Ind.,
particularly active at this time. President Settergren
has put two more men on the road, and by the first
of October the production will be increased to
capacity of the plant. Mr. Settergren looks forward
to a good Christmas season.
MOVES IN CHEYENNE, WYO.
The Hoskins Music Store, Cheyenne, Wyo., has
moved to attractive new quarters on Capitol avenue.
The new warerooms have been decorated and
equipped to show off the line of music goods to the
best advantage.
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).