Presto

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PRESTO
December 20, 1924.
Son, 1000 Blue Island avenue; Detmer Piano Factory
Display Room, 1456 North Claremont; Reichardt
Piano Co., 1311 Milwaukee avenue; Joseph F. Bur-
dick, 3343 South Halsted street; A. N. Hansen, 4032-
34 Milwaukee avenue; E. H. Sigman's Music Shop,
2628 Milwaukee avenue, near Kedzie; People's Furni-
Strong Efforts for Holiday Sales of Instru- ture Co., 1922-32 South Halsted street and 4177-83
Archer avenue; Glick's Music Shops, 2100-02 West
ment Made by Dealers in Co-operation
Division street and 1655 West 63rd street; Roseland
with the Manufacturers.
Music Shops, 11146 South Michigan avenue; Justin
Bros., 5249 West Twenty-fifth street, Cicero;
The H. C. Bay Reproducing Grand, made by the Soukup's Music Shop, 6015 West Roosevelt Road,
H. C. Bay Co., Chicago, with factories in Bluffton, Cicero; Halsted Music Shop, 1242 South Halsted
Ind., is prominently presented as a Christmas pur- street; Victor K. Samuelson, 57 East 43rd street; F.
chase by twenty-eight active representatives in and S. Spofford, 209 South State; Brazen Piano Co., 3541
about Chicago. In effective ways the instrument is Roosevelt road; John Leies & Son, 1956 Larrabee
being featured as a most desirable gift which the street; J. Borkoski, 3961 Elston avenue, near Irving
whole family may enjoy, an asset of undoubted worth Park Blvd.; Patterson Bros., 816-818 Church street,
to increase the happiness of the home.
Evanston; Leo Knack, 7216 West Madison street,
In addition to the individual efforts of the dealers Forest Park; House of Muscat, Fifth and Broadway,
the H. C. Bay Co. uses the newspapers to further
Garv, Ind.
make known the desirability of the H. C. Bay Repro-
ducing Grand for the seasonable purchase. In an
THE MUSICAL CHRISTMAS TREE.
attractive spread in last Sunday's papers in Chicago
this was said:
"There is no finer gift for your home than the H. 'Hany the Tree ivith Music Toys,"—From a Lyon &
Hcaly Adv.
C. Bay Reproducing Grand. It is the gift supreme
—for it is something the whole family will enjoy.
Soon the starry day will break,
It brings to you the music of the great masters—
And its beams will gladden all;
played just as they play it before vast audiences of
Let the sad old world awake
musicians. It develops a keener appreciation of the
To the sound of Music's call;
best music. In itself it is a thing of beauty—an addi-
Let the children hear its voice,
tion to your home of which you will always be proud.
Thrilling with its matchless joys,
"The H. C. Bay Reproducing Grand gives you
And to make them all rejoice,
everything you desire at a price you can afford—
"Hang the Tree with Music Toys."
Tone—Quality—Finish—Beauty. It is electrically
operated—the simplest and finest in mechanism—
Horns and bells and saxophone,
faultless in reproduction. It plays the Q R S Recordo
Banjo, drum and wee bazoo—
rolls and all other standard 88-note rolls. At your
Each a treasure which alone
will you may have the compositions of the great
Brings the beams to old eyes, too,
artists or the modern popular or dance music. Played
Fill the house with melody,
by hand it is equally enjoyable.
Or with just a merry noise—
"The H. C. Bay comes in beautiful satin finish, dark
Let the happiness run free—
brown mahogany case. It is unsurpassed in exquis-
"Hang the Tree with Music Toys."
ite cabinet work. When you consider the high prices
in the exclusive fine piano class you may wonder why
"Christmas comes but once a year"—
the H. C. Bay is alone at such a reasonable price.
Not another day so bright—
The answer is standardized volume production in one
Day of all the days most dear—
of the largest piano plants in the world and the fact
Fill it full of sheer delight;
that the electric motor and reproducing mechanism
Loosen every glad desire,
are also manufactured in our plant. It is sold
Drive away all that annoys,
throughout the country by reliable dealers at a uni-
Heap till joy itself may tire—
form price."
"Hang the Tree with Music Toys."
The following dealers are named as representatives
ELIZABETH KNOX.
of the H. C. Bay Reproducing Grand in Chicago and
vicinity: Wade-Twichell Co., 311 South Wabash
avenue: Moist Piano Co., 309 South Wabash avenue;
-Union Piano Co., 335 South Wabash avenue; Boston
Piano Co., 337 South Wabash avenue; P. A. Starck
Piano Co., 210 South Wabash avenue; City Furniture
Co., Palace of Music. 6156 South Halsted street;
WEAVER PIANOS
Aug. Gross Piano Co., 3933 North Kedzie avenue;
Orand*. Uprights and Players
William J. Fregin, 4737 Lincoln avenue; Vacca &
Finest and most artistic
piano in design, tone and
construction that can be
made.
YORK PIANOS
H. C. BAY CO. REPRODUCING
GRAND FOR CHRISTMAS
The LEADING LINE
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SUPERIOR QUALITY
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WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY
RAPID INCREASE IN
SALE OF INSTRUMENTS
Boom in the Music Trade Draws Forth Edi-
torial in One of the Leading New York
Daily Newspapers.
The great increase of interest in music on the part
of the American public, which has been so noticeable
during the past year or so, has attracted the atten-
tion of the daily press in many parts of the country,
and has recently been the subject of an admirable
editorial in the New York Evening Post which is
quoted below:
"The boom in the sale of musical instruments, so
noticeable this season, is a sign of an era in which
an intelligent participation in music, whether as lis-
tener or performer, is more general than ever before.
The day has gone by when music was supposed to
belong purely to the distaff side of the household,
and a business man felt a little ashamed to profess
enthusiasm for concerts or take a hand in a string
quartet.
Nor are children, as a rule, the only performers in
their households. Learners nowdays have in their
homes and in their social environment a musical
background not known of old. Not every sound-pro-
ducer on the market deserves to be named a musical
instrument, but the various contraptions designed to
produce the spasms and rhythms of jazz may in time
lead to better and more harmonious things."
The striking feature of the public's increased in-
terest in music is the desire which has been aroused
on the part of amateurs to play musical instruments
themselves and not merely to listen to the perform-
ances of professionals. This movement has been
actively promoted in every way possible by the Na-
tional Bureau for the Advancement of Music, and
other departments of the Music Industries Chamber
of Commerce, and has resulted in a greater demand
for musical instruments of all kinds than the country
has known for a long time.
The Strawbridge & Clothier Department Store, 8th
and Market streets, Philadelphia, has added a musi-
cal merchandising section with a complete assortment
of small goods, wind and string instruments with
accessories.
QUALITY
in Name and in Fact
TONE, MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION,
WORKMANSHIP, DESIGN—all in ac-
cord with the broadest experience—are
the elements which give character to
Bush & Lane Products.
Uprights and Player Pianos
A high grade piano of great
vaiue and with charming tone quality.
Livingston Pianos— Uprights and Player Pianos
A popular piano at a popular price.
Over 70,000 instruments made by this company are sing-
ing their own pratees in all parts of the civilised world.
Write lor catalogues and state on what terms you would
like to deal, and we will make you a proposition if yen are
located in open territory.
WEAVER PIANO CO., Inc.
Factory: YORK, PA.
Established 1870
BUSH & LANE PIANOS
BUSH i LANE CECILIAN PLAYER PIANOS
take high place, therefore, in any com-
parison of high grade pianos because of
the individuality of character which dis-
tinguishes them in all essentials of merit
and value.
BUSH & LANE PIANO CO.
Holland, Mich.
KURTZMANN
The True Test
Grands—Players
Compare the new Jesse French & Sons Piano
Manufactured by
C. KURTZMANN & CO.
Factories and General Offices
526-536 Niagara Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.
Jesse French & Sons Style BB
with any other strictly high grade piano in tone,
touch and general construction, and you will be
convinced at once that t h e y offer the most
exceptional v a l u e s to be found anywhere.
Write today fci catalog and prices
"They are the one best buy on the market"
JESSE FRENCH & SONS PIANO CO.
NEW CASTIF,
INDIANA
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