Presto
Issue: 1924 1997 - Page 22
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November 1, 1924^
P RE S TC
NEW STUDIO IN KANSAS CITY
PRIZED VIOLINS ON DISPLAY
In the collection of
rare old violins in Lyon
& Healy's
Chicago,
is at) instrument that at
one time was presented
to the Duke of Edin-
burgh by Queen Vic-
toria. It is named the
"Duke of Edinburgh,"
made by the great An-
tonius Stradivarius in
1722.
It is priced at
$25,000.
Another violin, made
by Jacobus Stainer in
1665, also given to the
Duke of Edinburgh by
Queen Victoria, is in
this famous collection.
It is a three-quarter size
instrument with the
scroll in the form of a
lion's head. This was
the violin on which the
Duke learned to play as
a boy.
Naturally these in-
struments, once pos-
sessed by members of
the royal family of Eng-
land, created much in-
terest during the Prince
of Wales' visit in Chi-
cago recently.
They
were prominently dis-
played with cards ex-
plaining their history in
one of Lyon & Healy's
windows, a cut of which
accompanies this story.
#
Fred Garner, manager of the new radio department
of the Wunderlich Piano Co., Kansas City, Mo., is
ch'eerful over the success of his lines and the favor
that is assured for the new section.
The management of the store has given every en-
couragement to Mr. Garner in launching the new
radio department and proper publicity is an impor-
tant item promised.
The most interesting feature in the special quar-
ters assigned to the radio department is the broad-
casting studio which is being operated through the
station of the Kansas City Star. The studio is an
artistically decorated room with luxurious furnishings
and equipped with two grand pianos, a Mason &
Hamlin and a Chickering, both of which are carried
in the line of the house.
The Wunderlich Concert Company assisted by
local and outside artists will broadcast a program
every week.
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'OJIilli
Concert Company Is Another Feature of New Radio
Department of Wunderlich Piano Co.
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RADIO SHOW NOT UP TO NAME
Advertised "All-British" Wireless Exhibit In Lon-
don, Was Anything But That.
The recent All-British Wireless Exhibit held in
the Royal Albert in London, did not come up to the
specifications of limiting everything to productions of
the "tight little island." Writing about it in the
London Music Trade Review, "Radiopan" says:
"Certainly the National Association of Radio Man-
ufacturers had put up a show worthy of their great
and marvelously efficient organization. Everything
there was British, from the portrait of Senatore Mar-
coni on the cover of the official programme, to the
menu of the official luncheon.
"And yet it was not ALL British, for we could not
help feeling a sense of missing something when we
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m
ii
NEW DITSON BOOK.
The latest addition of the Oliver Ditson Co., Boston,
to the Musicians Library published by the company,
is the second volume of "Early Italian Songs and
Airs," transcribed and edited by Pietro Florida. The
work contains forty songs and completes the collec-
tion of early Italian masterpieces. There are two
editions of the songs, one for high and one for low
voices.
The results of the recent auctions of Colonial wool
in London interested makers of felt and piano ham-
mers. The prices of all raw wools of the high-grade
kind from which piano hammers are made showed a
tendency to remain firm.
STANDARD
(CAMBRIDGE.)
Piano Actions
found that so many of our well-known traders were
not included. We cannot apportion any fault, for we
do not know if fault there was. We only know that
with many others we did not find it a representative
wireless show."
DEALERS IN CHICAGO.
Among the dealers who recently visited the whole-
sale department of Lyon & Healy, Chicago, were
Mr. Brooks, Sterling, 111.; M. E. Parr, Bern, Ind.;
Mr. Burnell, Muscatine, Iowa; Mr. Wright, Wright
Music Company, Wausaw, Wis.; Mr. Lyons, Lyons
Music Company, Crawfordsville, Ind.; F. B. Pearson,
Hemps Piano Store, Aberdeen, S. D.; F. Thurston,
Aberdeen, S. D.; Mr. Belt,' Roseboro, ' Ark.; Otis
Bigelow, Dowagiac,.Mich.; C. W. Cobb, South Bend,
Ind.; Mr. Wieley, Campus Music Company, Campus,
111.; Mr. Konold, South Bend, Ind.; and Mr. Gunner,
Gunner Music Company, Oshkosh, Wis.
FAIRBANKS
PIANO PLATES
THE FAIRBANKS CO., Springfield, Ohio
She Standard Action Company
Cambridge, ^Massachusetts
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
PIANO BASS STRINGS
PIANO REPAIR SUPPLIES
2110 Fairmount Ave.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
PERFECTION
Benches and Cabinets
The line that sells on sight and satisfies always.
The only solid walnut benches built and sold at
regular prices.
Send for catalog and price list.
No. 25
Perfection Benches with Smith's Patented Interlock*
ing mitre joint,
PERFECTION PIANO BENCH MFG. COMPANY
1514-1520 Blue Island Ave.
Chicago, 111.
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November 1, 1924^
P RE S TC
NEW STUDIO IN KANSAS CITY
PRIZED VIOLINS ON DISPLAY
In the collection of
rare old violins in Lyon
& Healy's
Chicago,
is at) instrument that at
one time was presented
to the Duke of Edin-
burgh by Queen Vic-
toria. It is named the
"Duke of Edinburgh,"
made by the great An-
tonius Stradivarius in
1722.
It is priced at
$25,000.
Another violin, made
by Jacobus Stainer in
1665, also given to the
Duke of Edinburgh by
Queen Victoria, is in
this famous collection.
It is a three-quarter size
instrument with the
scroll in the form of a
lion's head. This was
the violin on which the
Duke learned to play as
a boy.
Naturally these in-
struments, once pos-
sessed by members of
the royal family of Eng-
land, created much in-
terest during the Prince
of Wales' visit in Chi-
cago recently.
They
were prominently dis-
played with cards ex-
plaining their history in
one of Lyon & Healy's
windows, a cut of which
accompanies this story.
#
Fred Garner, manager of the new radio department
of the Wunderlich Piano Co., Kansas City, Mo., is
ch'eerful over the success of his lines and the favor
that is assured for the new section.
The management of the store has given every en-
couragement to Mr. Garner in launching the new
radio department and proper publicity is an impor-
tant item promised.
The most interesting feature in the special quar-
ters assigned to the radio department is the broad-
casting studio which is being operated through the
station of the Kansas City Star. The studio is an
artistically decorated room with luxurious furnishings
and equipped with two grand pianos, a Mason &
Hamlin and a Chickering, both of which are carried
in the line of the house.
The Wunderlich Concert Company assisted by
local and outside artists will broadcast a program
every week.
* •
^
*mm
IJtA>
'OJIilli
Concert Company Is Another Feature of New Radio
Department of Wunderlich Piano Co.
m
Jtff III J
**
•• l*i
m.
RADIO SHOW NOT UP TO NAME
Advertised "All-British" Wireless Exhibit In Lon-
don, Was Anything But That.
The recent All-British Wireless Exhibit held in
the Royal Albert in London, did not come up to the
specifications of limiting everything to productions of
the "tight little island." Writing about it in the
London Music Trade Review, "Radiopan" says:
"Certainly the National Association of Radio Man-
ufacturers had put up a show worthy of their great
and marvelously efficient organization. Everything
there was British, from the portrait of Senatore Mar-
coni on the cover of the official programme, to the
menu of the official luncheon.
"And yet it was not ALL British, for we could not
help feeling a sense of missing something when we
m*mmmm
,j L , m
m
ii
NEW DITSON BOOK.
The latest addition of the Oliver Ditson Co., Boston,
to the Musicians Library published by the company,
is the second volume of "Early Italian Songs and
Airs," transcribed and edited by Pietro Florida. The
work contains forty songs and completes the collec-
tion of early Italian masterpieces. There are two
editions of the songs, one for high and one for low
voices.
The results of the recent auctions of Colonial wool
in London interested makers of felt and piano ham-
mers. The prices of all raw wools of the high-grade
kind from which piano hammers are made showed a
tendency to remain firm.
STANDARD
(CAMBRIDGE.)
Piano Actions
found that so many of our well-known traders were
not included. We cannot apportion any fault, for we
do not know if fault there was. We only know that
with many others we did not find it a representative
wireless show."
DEALERS IN CHICAGO.
Among the dealers who recently visited the whole-
sale department of Lyon & Healy, Chicago, were
Mr. Brooks, Sterling, 111.; M. E. Parr, Bern, Ind.;
Mr. Burnell, Muscatine, Iowa; Mr. Wright, Wright
Music Company, Wausaw, Wis.; Mr. Lyons, Lyons
Music Company, Crawfordsville, Ind.; F. B. Pearson,
Hemps Piano Store, Aberdeen, S. D.; F. Thurston,
Aberdeen, S. D.; Mr. Belt,' Roseboro, ' Ark.; Otis
Bigelow, Dowagiac,.Mich.; C. W. Cobb, South Bend,
Ind.; Mr. Wieley, Campus Music Company, Campus,
111.; Mr. Konold, South Bend, Ind.; and Mr. Gunner,
Gunner Music Company, Oshkosh, Wis.
FAIRBANKS
PIANO PLATES
THE FAIRBANKS CO., Springfield, Ohio
She Standard Action Company
Cambridge, ^Massachusetts
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
PIANO BASS STRINGS
PIANO REPAIR SUPPLIES
2110 Fairmount Ave.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
PERFECTION
Benches and Cabinets
The line that sells on sight and satisfies always.
The only solid walnut benches built and sold at
regular prices.
Send for catalog and price list.
No. 25
Perfection Benches with Smith's Patented Interlock*
ing mitre joint,
PERFECTION PIANO BENCH MFG. COMPANY
1514-1520 Blue Island Ave.
Chicago, 111.
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).