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PRESTO
October 25, 1924.
CHRISTMAN
"The First Touch Tells
WHERE DOUBTS ARE DISPELLED
Under This Head Presto Will Answer Any Question Pertaining to Pianos, or
Other Subjects of Direct Interest to the Trade and Musical Public
Inquiries must bear the signature and address of
writer in order to receive attention. Answers thought
to be of general trade interest will be Published. If an
answer is not of general interest it will be mailed pro-
vided stamp is inclosed.
The
CHRISTMAN
Reproducing Grand
has attained to a place preeminent be-
cause of its absolute dependability,
precise reproduction of the playing of
the world's artists and beauty of con-
struction.
(only 5 ft. long)
In All the List of Fine, Small Grands
There Is None That Stands
Higher Than
The Famous
Studio Grand
This dainty little instrument is pre-
ferred by many of the foremost piano
houses and by its remarkable beauty
of design and tone quality it remains
the favorite w i t h discriminating
customers.
GRANDS, UPRIGHTS
PLAYERS
"The First Touch Tells"
Reg. U S. P»t. OS.
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St.
New York
ELECTRIC ORGAN REPAIRS.
Danville, 111., Oct. 11, 1924.
Editor Presto: We are about to repair a pipe
organ furnished with electrical action, parts of which
have to be renewed.
Kindly help us by giving the address, or addresses,
of firms making, or dealers in, all such furnishings,
as we do not know the make of said organ, as it has
no name or make of builder upon it.
C. E. WEST.
The Piano Repair Shop, 339 South Wabash avenue,
Chicago, makes a business of repairing all manner of
mechanical instruments. It is possible, however, that
you might be able to get electrical parts by applying
to any of the following:
Operators' Piano Co., 715 North Kedzie avenue,
Chicago; Nelson-Wiggen Piano Co., 224 North Shel-
don street, Chicago; Motor Player Corporation, 340
West Huron street, Chicago.
All of those concerns are in the electrical player
action industry.
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VIOLIN MAKERS' SUPPLIES.
Ft. Wayne, Ind., Oct. 7, 1924.
Editor Presto: Would you kindly advise where
I can secure material for violins, such as maple,
spruce and purfling; also stain and varnish? I am
making a few violins for my own amusement and
would only require a small supply, say for two or
three instruments.
J O H N NORTON.
We suggest that you can get what you want here
in Chicago by addressing either of the following
concerns:
William Lewis & Son, 225 South Wabash avenue;
Lyon & Healy, Wabash avenue and Jackson boule-
vard; C. H. Taylor & Co., 218 South Wabash avenue;
J. N. Copland & Co., 63 East Adams street, or of
August Gemunder, 141 West Forty-second street,
New York.
While there are a number of others the ones we
have named are reliable and no doubt can furnish
you with whatever you may want.
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WANTS USED PIANOS.
Ardmore, Okla., October 16, 1924.
Editor Presto: Will you kindly give me the
address of those in Chicago who make a business of
wholesaling used pianos?
E. B. LUKE.
E. E. Blake, care P. A. Starck Piano Co., Chicago,
has made a specialty of this line of business. So,
we understand, has Lem Kline, East End Park Hotel,
Chicago.
Of course, as a rule, you can get quantities of
used pianos of all grades by writing such houses
as Lyon & Healy or The Cable Co. Both of those
concerns very frequently have large supplies of sec-
ond-hand pianos in their warehouses. The firm of
Hill & Son, 1365 Myrtle street, Brooklyn, N. Y., also
makes a specialty of wholesaling used instruments.
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A "MASON" GRAND PIANO.
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 10, 1924.
Editor Presto: Have been offered a new "Mason"
Grand Piano. Kindly let me know if it is a standard
make and the manufacturer of same, through your
"Where Doubts Are Dispelled" column in Presto, as
I read same every week.
MRS. FREDERICK B. WILSON.
We have no record of a "Mason" Grand Piano,
though the distinguished Mason & Hamlin instru-
ments are known the world over and stand at the
forefront among artistic instruments. If it is a
Mason & Hamlin Grand to which you refer, as hav-
ing been offered to you, we can assure you that it is
an instrument which you may buy with the utmost
confidence.
If it is merely a '"Mason" instrument, then we can-
not tell you from what factory it comes, and that is a
bit of information which we would ourselves be very
glad to have. The salesman who offers you a
"Mason" piano should be willing to tell you some-
thing of its manufacture.
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BUSH & GERTS PIANOS.
Appleton, Wis., Oct. 13, 1924.
Editor Presto: Will you kindly give us the full
particulars regarding the Bush & Gerts Piano Co.
as to their going out of business?
F I S H E R BROS.
You will find full particulars of the reorganization
of the Bush & Gerts Piano Co. on another page in
this issue of Presto. There will be.no change in the
character of the Bush & Gerts pianos. They will
continue, under the reorganization, to be the same
artistic instruments, and we understand that the
grands will be made even more of a feature of the
industry than before. The famous little "Midgette"
grand will also have special attention. Mr. Johnson,
who heads the new organization, is so well known
for his adherence to correct principles that nothing
more need be said on the subject than appears in the
article to which reference has been made.
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WRONG STREET ADDRESS.
Cambridge, Md, October 14, 1924.
Editor Presto: In a recent issue of Presto we no-
ticed the address of Hill & Son, 909 Hart street,
Brooklyn, New York, as a dealer of second hand
pianos in a wholesale way. W r e have written these
folks and the letter was returned to us. Will you tell
us by return mail exactly how to reach this firm?
"M. NATHAN ESTATE.
It is evident that the cause of your letters addressed
to Hill & Son being returned was that the concern
has moved and the Brooklyn postoffice has not found
it out.
If you will write to Hill & Son, 1365-1375 Myrtle
avenue, Brooklyn, New York, we believe that you
will have a response. The house is an old one in
the handling of used pianos, and advertises to sell in
carload lots of twelve or more.
SEASONED TRAVELER
SAYS TRADE IS FINE
R. K. Maynard, in Spokane, Reverts to His
Beginning in the Trade Forty-four
Years Ago.
R. K. Maynard, Pacific Coast representative of the
M. Schulz Company, Chicago, who left his home at
South Pasadena, California, two weeks ago for an
extensive trip through the Northwest, was at the
Davenport Hotel, Spokane, Washington, a day or
two last week, where he was met by a Presto cor-
respondent.
Mr. Maynard said he found his own trade, as well
as business in general, in Oregon and Washington
better than he had hoped for or expected, ''and," he
added, "I am told conditions are good in Idaho,
Montana and Wyoming, where I am now headed for.
If all reports are correct," Mr. Maynard said, "busi-
ness generally is booming in Texas, and I intend to
go to that field as soon as I can get this northern
territory properly gone over."
Mr. Maynard expressed regret that he could not
have been present at the Chicago Piano Club's annual
meeting, as that meeting occurred on the day of the
forty-fourth anniversary of his entry into the piano
business, in October, 1880, when he went to work as
city collector for Story & Camp, then located at 188-
190 State street, Chicago, at about in the center of
the present State street frontage of the Fair. Mr.
Maynard said he is in fine trim for business and that
"it's fun selling M. Schulz and Werner pianos."
LOOKING FORWARD IN ST, LOUIS.
Holiday business is being anticipated in the adver-
tising of the St. Louis music merchants and all the
sales managers are confident the sales for the festive
period will be good. For the past two weeks there
lias been a consistent toning up of the situation, with
increased sales of satisfactory volume. Stocks are
being replenished in expectation of a large movement
between now and Christmas.
NAME A MOUTHFUL.
The Musikwissenschaftlicher Kongress is the title
of an assembly which recently met in Leipzig, Ger-
many. It ceased to function during the late war and
had not met in convention since the war. This con-
gress is broad in its scope and embraces the theory
and practice of music as well as displays in the de-
velopment of musical instrument making and displays
of manufactured musical goods in all branches of the
industry.
E. H. STORY RETURNS HOME.
President E. H. Story, of the Story & Clark Piano
Co.. returned to his home in Pasadena, Cal., early
this week; Mr. Story put in six solid weeks visiting
the headquarters in Chicago and the several branch
houses in the East. He returned home perfectly sat-
isfied with the progress which is everywhere evident
in the affairs of the Story & Clark Piano Company.
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