Presto
Issue: 1924 1995 - Page 13
October 18, 1921.
PRESTO
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DEPENDABLE QUALITIES
OF BAUER BABY GRAND
Pleased Owner in Nanking, China, Writes of
Instrument's Ability to Keep Tuneful
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Despite Trying Damp Climate.
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ARUSTIG
IN EVERT
DETAIL
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HADDORFF PIANO CO.
ROCKFOKD.ILL.
WholetaU OfRc**i
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N*a Tstt Ol
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At*.
S*J> Fr.nciMg
I l l CaTOnh JM.
:ssa=a=*)=nr • = • : • ; • ; • ; • : • : • : • : • = • :
Schaff Bros.
Players i nd Pianos have won their stand-
ing with trade and public by 54 years of
steadfast striving to excel. They repre-
sent the
LARGEST COMPETITIVE VALUE
because <«f their beauty, reliability, tone
and moderate price. They are profitable
to sell and satisfactory when sold.
Brighten Your Line with th«
SCHAFF BROS.
The Schaff Bros. Co.
Established 1868
Huntington, Ind.
To make a tine piano, not only pleasing to the
customer at home, hut also of proved dependability
in the most rigorous of foreign climates, is naturally
a matter of pride to the American piano manufac-
turer. There are extremely dry, intensely cold or
excessively moist places on the earth which rigidly
test the construction of the instruments. Climates
continuously moist are common in the Far East, and
when the American musician resident there is fortu-
nate in the possession of an American instrument
which gives reliable, tuneful service all the year
round he is glacl to place credit where it belongs.
It is onJy natural, too, that the professional musi-
cian or enthusiastic amateur so fortunate in owning
such a tried instrument should wish to express his
feelings to the manufacturer. Prof. Clarence H.
Hamilton, of the Department of Philosophy and
Psychology in the University of Nanking, China,
owns a J. Bauer & Co. small grand, made by Julius
Bauer & Co., Chicago. His delight in the depend-
able instrument, which has remained unaffected by
the moist, hot climate of that place for three years,
is expressed in the following letter just received by
the Chicago company:
'"Gentlemen: Three years have now passed since
I brought our Bauer Baby Grand to China, and I
am writing to tell you that it is standing the stress
and strain of this damp climate beautifully. The
keys do not stick, and, while the toiial quality varies
somewhat in wet and dry seasons, it never becomes
unpleasing. I am in the habit of giving informal
recitals in our home every Thursday afternoon and
so bring in a large number of our foreign community
to enjoy it with us.
"You will be interested to know that the represen-
tatives of the English firm, Moutrie & Co., in
Shanghai, have looked with astonishment and ad-
miration at the interior construction of the instru-
ment. They pride themselves on building a piano
'especially constructed for the climate' and generally
intimate to their customers that of course any instru-
ment from abroad cannot stand it. The Bauer, how-
ever, is for them a poser. My own guess is that it
will outdc theirs in wearing quality.
"We do not have a key for our piano and I would
The LEADING LINE
WEAVER PIANOS
Orand«. Uprights and Player*
Finest and most artistic
piano in design, tone and
construction that can b°
made.
YORK PIA.NOb
Uprights and Payer Piano*
A high grade piano of great
vaiue and with charming tone quality.
Livingston Pianos— Uprights and Player Piano*
A popular piano at a popular price.
GRAND PIANOS
EXCLUSIVELY
Over 7O.JOO instruments made by this, company are sing-
in* their own praises in all parts of the civilized world.
Write foi catalogues and *tate on what terms you would
like to deal, aqd we will make you a proposition if yt o are
located in open territory.
WEAVER PIANO CO.. Inc
r.ctorj: YORK, » \ .
be greatly obliged if you would send me one. Some-
times I wish to lock it. I would like to add that I
think it is remarkable that the action stood the long
journey without anything getting at least a little bit
out of gear. In Nanking the piano was hauled three
miles from the railroad station to our home on a
springless, two-wheeled cart by ignorant coolies who
had no device for saving it from jolts.
"Cordially yours,
'CLARENCE H. HAMILTON."
ATLANTA MUSIC STORE
MOVES TO NEW QUARTERS
Four Times the Space in Old Location Secured in
New Building at 61 North Pryor.
Adequate space for the proper showing of its lines
of llardman, C. C. Kurtzmann, Mallet & Davis and
Milton pianos by the Carder Piano Co., Atlanta, Ga.,
has been secured in the new store at 61 North Pryor
street, where the company has about four times the
Moor space that it had at the old quarters at 103
North Pryor street.
The Carder Piano Co. is widely known in that
section of the state and has continued to grow in
a satisfactory way since it was established eleven
years ago by William Carder, who has had twenty-
seven years experience in the music business in that
city. Fred Scriven, one of the partners in the com-
pany has sold his third interest to Mr. Carder and
A. S. Calley.
The new store has been completely remodeled,
decorated and furnished and every accessory for
making buying pleasant for customers has been pro-
vided. The object of Manager Carder is to make
it the most popular music store in Atlanta.
THE GROTRIAN STEINWWEG PIANO.
Jn describing a new piano invention, a Berlin dis-
patch in the New York Times of June 8 referred to
Cirotrian Steinweg of Brunswick, the linn owning the
invention as simply "Steinweg." That name belongs
to another firm, and the proprietors write to say that
their registered trade mark is Grotrian Steinweg and
the abbreviation should not be used in connection
with the invention in question. The matter was dis-
cussed in Presto several weeks ago.
NEW MANAGER APPOINTED.
George D. Noel has been appointed manager of the
Willimantic, Conn., store of the United Music Co.,
of Boston, and assumed his new duties this week.
Mr. Noel has been assistant manager of the New
London branch for the past four months, where he
was connected with the sales force for several years.
WEBSTER PIANOS
Noted for Their Musical Beauty
of Tone and Artistic Style
ATTRACTIVE
Factory
LeominsUr,
Mass.
PRICES
Executir* Officu
138th St. and Walto* AT*.
Now York
DiTiaion W. P. HAINES * CO., lac.
Eatahlial>* One Style—One Quality
giving you the
Unequaled Grand
at
Unequaled Price
Already being sold by leading dealers
throughout the country
KURTZMANN
Grands—Players
Manufactured by
C. KURTZMANN & CO.
Write today—tell us your next year's re-
quirements and we will meet your demands
with prompt and efficient service.
Factories and General Offices
Columbian Grand Piano Mfg. Co.
526-536 Niagara Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.
400 W. Erie St.
CHICAGO
The Heppe, Marcellua and Edouard Jules Plaoo
manufactured by the
HEPPE PIANO COMPANY
are the only pianos In the world with
Three Sounding Boards.
Patented Jn the United States. Great Britain.
France, Germany and Canada.
L'beral arrangements to responsible agents only.
Main Office, 1117 Chestnut St.
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
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PRESTO
^
I
DEPENDABLE QUALITIES
OF BAUER BABY GRAND
Pleased Owner in Nanking, China, Writes of
Instrument's Ability to Keep Tuneful
•
Despite Trying Damp Climate.
II
II
II
II
II
II
II
8
ARUSTIG
IN EVERT
DETAIL
I
HADDORFF PIANO CO.
ROCKFOKD.ILL.
WholetaU OfRc**i
Cbic.f.
N*a Tstt Ol
MM
At*.
S*J> Fr.nciMg
I l l CaTOnh JM.
:ssa=a=*)=nr • = • : • ; • ; • ; • : • : • : • : • = • :
Schaff Bros.
Players i nd Pianos have won their stand-
ing with trade and public by 54 years of
steadfast striving to excel. They repre-
sent the
LARGEST COMPETITIVE VALUE
because <«f their beauty, reliability, tone
and moderate price. They are profitable
to sell and satisfactory when sold.
Brighten Your Line with th«
SCHAFF BROS.
The Schaff Bros. Co.
Established 1868
Huntington, Ind.
To make a tine piano, not only pleasing to the
customer at home, hut also of proved dependability
in the most rigorous of foreign climates, is naturally
a matter of pride to the American piano manufac-
turer. There are extremely dry, intensely cold or
excessively moist places on the earth which rigidly
test the construction of the instruments. Climates
continuously moist are common in the Far East, and
when the American musician resident there is fortu-
nate in the possession of an American instrument
which gives reliable, tuneful service all the year
round he is glacl to place credit where it belongs.
It is onJy natural, too, that the professional musi-
cian or enthusiastic amateur so fortunate in owning
such a tried instrument should wish to express his
feelings to the manufacturer. Prof. Clarence H.
Hamilton, of the Department of Philosophy and
Psychology in the University of Nanking, China,
owns a J. Bauer & Co. small grand, made by Julius
Bauer & Co., Chicago. His delight in the depend-
able instrument, which has remained unaffected by
the moist, hot climate of that place for three years,
is expressed in the following letter just received by
the Chicago company:
'"Gentlemen: Three years have now passed since
I brought our Bauer Baby Grand to China, and I
am writing to tell you that it is standing the stress
and strain of this damp climate beautifully. The
keys do not stick, and, while the toiial quality varies
somewhat in wet and dry seasons, it never becomes
unpleasing. I am in the habit of giving informal
recitals in our home every Thursday afternoon and
so bring in a large number of our foreign community
to enjoy it with us.
"You will be interested to know that the represen-
tatives of the English firm, Moutrie & Co., in
Shanghai, have looked with astonishment and ad-
miration at the interior construction of the instru-
ment. They pride themselves on building a piano
'especially constructed for the climate' and generally
intimate to their customers that of course any instru-
ment from abroad cannot stand it. The Bauer, how-
ever, is for them a poser. My own guess is that it
will outdc theirs in wearing quality.
"We do not have a key for our piano and I would
The LEADING LINE
WEAVER PIANOS
Orand«. Uprights and Player*
Finest and most artistic
piano in design, tone and
construction that can b°
made.
YORK PIA.NOb
Uprights and Payer Piano*
A high grade piano of great
vaiue and with charming tone quality.
Livingston Pianos— Uprights and Player Piano*
A popular piano at a popular price.
GRAND PIANOS
EXCLUSIVELY
Over 7O.JOO instruments made by this, company are sing-
in* their own praises in all parts of the civilized world.
Write foi catalogues and *tate on what terms you would
like to deal, aqd we will make you a proposition if yt o are
located in open territory.
WEAVER PIANO CO.. Inc
r.ctorj: YORK, » \ .
be greatly obliged if you would send me one. Some-
times I wish to lock it. I would like to add that I
think it is remarkable that the action stood the long
journey without anything getting at least a little bit
out of gear. In Nanking the piano was hauled three
miles from the railroad station to our home on a
springless, two-wheeled cart by ignorant coolies who
had no device for saving it from jolts.
"Cordially yours,
'CLARENCE H. HAMILTON."
ATLANTA MUSIC STORE
MOVES TO NEW QUARTERS
Four Times the Space in Old Location Secured in
New Building at 61 North Pryor.
Adequate space for the proper showing of its lines
of llardman, C. C. Kurtzmann, Mallet & Davis and
Milton pianos by the Carder Piano Co., Atlanta, Ga.,
has been secured in the new store at 61 North Pryor
street, where the company has about four times the
Moor space that it had at the old quarters at 103
North Pryor street.
The Carder Piano Co. is widely known in that
section of the state and has continued to grow in
a satisfactory way since it was established eleven
years ago by William Carder, who has had twenty-
seven years experience in the music business in that
city. Fred Scriven, one of the partners in the com-
pany has sold his third interest to Mr. Carder and
A. S. Calley.
The new store has been completely remodeled,
decorated and furnished and every accessory for
making buying pleasant for customers has been pro-
vided. The object of Manager Carder is to make
it the most popular music store in Atlanta.
THE GROTRIAN STEINWWEG PIANO.
Jn describing a new piano invention, a Berlin dis-
patch in the New York Times of June 8 referred to
Cirotrian Steinweg of Brunswick, the linn owning the
invention as simply "Steinweg." That name belongs
to another firm, and the proprietors write to say that
their registered trade mark is Grotrian Steinweg and
the abbreviation should not be used in connection
with the invention in question. The matter was dis-
cussed in Presto several weeks ago.
NEW MANAGER APPOINTED.
George D. Noel has been appointed manager of the
Willimantic, Conn., store of the United Music Co.,
of Boston, and assumed his new duties this week.
Mr. Noel has been assistant manager of the New
London branch for the past four months, where he
was connected with the sales force for several years.
WEBSTER PIANOS
Noted for Their Musical Beauty
of Tone and Artistic Style
ATTRACTIVE
Factory
LeominsUr,
Mass.
PRICES
Executir* Officu
138th St. and Walto* AT*.
Now York
DiTiaion W. P. HAINES * CO., lac.
Eatahlial>* One Style—One Quality
giving you the
Unequaled Grand
at
Unequaled Price
Already being sold by leading dealers
throughout the country
KURTZMANN
Grands—Players
Manufactured by
C. KURTZMANN & CO.
Write today—tell us your next year's re-
quirements and we will meet your demands
with prompt and efficient service.
Factories and General Offices
Columbian Grand Piano Mfg. Co.
526-536 Niagara Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.
400 W. Erie St.
CHICAGO
The Heppe, Marcellua and Edouard Jules Plaoo
manufactured by the
HEPPE PIANO COMPANY
are the only pianos In the world with
Three Sounding Boards.
Patented Jn the United States. Great Britain.
France, Germany and Canada.
L'beral arrangements to responsible agents only.
Main Office, 1117 Chestnut St.
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
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/
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