Presto
Issue: 1925 2008 - Page 12
January 17, 1925.
PRESTO
12
KINO JAMES ORGAN
ARRIVES IN NEW YORK
Instrument Used by Last Stuart to Ease
Tedium of Soldiering Bought by Art
Dealer.
The elaborately designed organ made for James I I
and used by him to while away the tedium of sol-
diering on Hounslow Heath in 1687 arrived in New
York-a few days ago, consigned to Henry Symons
& Co., Inc, 730 Fifth avenue, it was learned recently.
It was recently purchased in England by the firm's
agents.
As far as can be learned the organ is the earliest
cabinet piece known showing the Oriental decoration
which reached its peak with the Chippendale chinoi-
s.erie.
When James I I , "the last of the Stuarts," with
20,000 men, encamped on Hounslow Heath to over-
awe a London in the throes of anti-Catholic rioting,
he carried the organ with him. After the revolution
it was taken to Lord Wharton's seat at Wincheudon.
It was purchased there by a Mr. Grenville. At the
Stowe sales in 1848 it was bought by an ancestor of
the person who sold it recently in England. The
agents of Symons & Co. in London did not transmit
the name of the recent owner to America.
Art lovers who have seen the latest "immigrant"
since its arrival say it greatly enriches America's
collection of art objects. The organ is seven feet
four inches in height, five feet wide, and thirty-two
inches deep. It is in an excellent state of preserva-
tion. It was played in London before being taken
apart for shipment to America.
The organ is square in shape. The cornice is
carved with flowers and hops in high relief. It has a
false front, pierced and carved with painted dummy
pipes. The keyboard is of four octaves, with forty-
three notes and diapason, cornet, sesqualtra, principal,
twelfth and fifteenth stops.
The lower half of the organ and the ends, with the
exception of two small panels, show East Indian
The LEADING LINE
WEAVER PIANOS
Qrandu, Uprights and Player*
Finest and most artistic
piano in design, tone and
construction that can be
made.
YORK PIANOS
Upright* and Player Pianos
A high grade piano of great
value and with charming tone quality.
Livingston Pianos— Uprights and Player Piano*
A popular piano at a popular price.
Over 70.000 instruments made by this company are sine-
Intf their own praises in all parts of the civilized world.
Write for 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, "V.
Established 1870
The Good Old
SMITH & NIXON
scenes. The small panels are of Cupids and repre-
sent "Music" and "Singing."
The large panels in front apparently represent
scenes in the life of an East Indian princess. In
one she is seated on a camel and is being led by a
guide armed with a spear. She wears a red plumed
headdress. The second front panel shows the prin-
cess alighting from a camel, apparently in an oasis
with sheltering palms. The panels are frames with
blue and red herons, flowers and other East Indian
objects, painted on a background of black and gold.
POTENT AIDS TO WEAVER
PLAYER=PIANO SALES
Piano Manufacturer at York, Pa., Provides Adver-
tising Means to Quick Results.
The Weaver Piano Co., Inc., York, Pa., gives
powerful advertising aid to its dealers in the fine
series of prepared advertisements suitable for one,
two or three columns of newspapers. The displays
are illustrated with pictures that strengthen the
appeal of the text.
"Do your guests enjoy themselves?" is the query
in the ending line of an advertising display just issued
in which this is said:
"How often have you entertained and felt that
there was something lacking? Friends drop in—and
you haven't a piano. Or your old one is so unsatis-
factory that you are ashamed to play it. The evening
drags—and you are embarrassed with the feeling that
your guests are not enjoying themselves.
"With a Weaver piano in your home, the evenings
never drag. You are never at a loss to entertain
friends who call unexpectedly. Anyone can play it.
You have music for every occasion. Lively fox-trots
and dreamy waltzes for the young people to dance
to. Popular songs to gather 'round and sing. And
the famous old enchanting melodies—which you can
play with all the witchery of expression that the
great masters weave into their playing.
"If you have never touched a piano in your life,
you can sit down at a Weaver playerpiano and,
with a very little practice, play well anything that
you desire."
THE
W. P. HAINES & COMPANY
PIANOS
THE PIANOS OF QUALITY
Three Generations of Piano Makers
All Styles—Ready Sellers
Attractive Prices
GRANDS
REPRODUCING GRANDS
UPRIGHTS and PLAYERS
AVAILABLE TERRITORY OPEN
W. P. HAINES & CO., Inc.
138th St. and Walton Ave.
New York City
E. Leins Piano Co.
Makers of Pianos and
Player Pianos That Are
Established L e a d e r s .
MOVE IN LYNCHBURG, VA.
Correspondence from Reliable
Dealers Invited
The Lee Piano Company, Lynchburg, Virginia, has
recently moved to a new location, where they have
much more space and better facilities for business
than at their old store at 1022 Main street. Their
ne wlocation is 625 Main street, which they are re-
modeling and making into an up-to-date piano store.
Factory and Offices, 304 W. 42nd St.
NEW YORK
W. E. FOX AT OMAK.
W. E. Fox, who was formerly in business at Fond
du Lac, Wisconsin, and who sold out there several
years ago to the owners of the Badger Talking Ma-
chine Shop, of Milwaukee, is still located at Omak,
Washington, where he has an extensive apple farm
and is leading the life of a well-to-do fruit grower in
that great apple country.
There's Money
for the Dealer in
Automatic Pianos
Fine Electric Self-Players of eye-
catching design and perfect perform-
ance. Also
KREITER
Pianos and Players
Have No Competition Where
Beauty of Cases and Tone
Sustain Profit Making Prices.
Everything the Highest but
the Price.
Inspect them Carefully and See.
Kreiter Mfg. Co,, Inc.
320-322 W. Water St., Milwaukee, Wis.
Factory: Marinette, Wis.
COIN OPERATED
Pianos and Player Pianos
for places of entertainment, Theatres,
Movies, Ice Cream Parlors, Etc., Etc.
The best line including the famous
Better than ever, with the same
"Grand Tone In Upright Case."
Grands and Players that every deal-
er likes to sell, for Satisfaction and
Profit.
"PIAN-O-GRAND"
"BANJ-O-GRAND"
and "HARP-O-GRAND"
Wide-awake Piano D e a l e r s find
them easy sellers in every community.
Send for illustrated
descriptive circulars.
Smith & Nixon Piano Co.
Nelson -Wiggen Piano Co.
1229 Miller St., Chicago
1731 BeJmont Ave.,
CHICAGO
The Lyon & Healy
Reproducing Piano
A moderate priced reproducing piano,
beautiful in design and rich in tone.
Write for our new explanatory Chart,
the most complete and simple treat-
ment of the reproducing action.
Wabash at Jackson - - - Chicago
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PRESTO
12
KINO JAMES ORGAN
ARRIVES IN NEW YORK
Instrument Used by Last Stuart to Ease
Tedium of Soldiering Bought by Art
Dealer.
The elaborately designed organ made for James I I
and used by him to while away the tedium of sol-
diering on Hounslow Heath in 1687 arrived in New
York-a few days ago, consigned to Henry Symons
& Co., Inc, 730 Fifth avenue, it was learned recently.
It was recently purchased in England by the firm's
agents.
As far as can be learned the organ is the earliest
cabinet piece known showing the Oriental decoration
which reached its peak with the Chippendale chinoi-
s.erie.
When James I I , "the last of the Stuarts," with
20,000 men, encamped on Hounslow Heath to over-
awe a London in the throes of anti-Catholic rioting,
he carried the organ with him. After the revolution
it was taken to Lord Wharton's seat at Wincheudon.
It was purchased there by a Mr. Grenville. At the
Stowe sales in 1848 it was bought by an ancestor of
the person who sold it recently in England. The
agents of Symons & Co. in London did not transmit
the name of the recent owner to America.
Art lovers who have seen the latest "immigrant"
since its arrival say it greatly enriches America's
collection of art objects. The organ is seven feet
four inches in height, five feet wide, and thirty-two
inches deep. It is in an excellent state of preserva-
tion. It was played in London before being taken
apart for shipment to America.
The organ is square in shape. The cornice is
carved with flowers and hops in high relief. It has a
false front, pierced and carved with painted dummy
pipes. The keyboard is of four octaves, with forty-
three notes and diapason, cornet, sesqualtra, principal,
twelfth and fifteenth stops.
The lower half of the organ and the ends, with the
exception of two small panels, show East Indian
The LEADING LINE
WEAVER PIANOS
Qrandu, Uprights and Player*
Finest and most artistic
piano in design, tone and
construction that can be
made.
YORK PIANOS
Upright* and Player Pianos
A high grade piano of great
value and with charming tone quality.
Livingston Pianos— Uprights and Player Piano*
A popular piano at a popular price.
Over 70.000 instruments made by this company are sine-
Intf their own praises in all parts of the civilized world.
Write for 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, "V.
Established 1870
The Good Old
SMITH & NIXON
scenes. The small panels are of Cupids and repre-
sent "Music" and "Singing."
The large panels in front apparently represent
scenes in the life of an East Indian princess. In
one she is seated on a camel and is being led by a
guide armed with a spear. She wears a red plumed
headdress. The second front panel shows the prin-
cess alighting from a camel, apparently in an oasis
with sheltering palms. The panels are frames with
blue and red herons, flowers and other East Indian
objects, painted on a background of black and gold.
POTENT AIDS TO WEAVER
PLAYER=PIANO SALES
Piano Manufacturer at York, Pa., Provides Adver-
tising Means to Quick Results.
The Weaver Piano Co., Inc., York, Pa., gives
powerful advertising aid to its dealers in the fine
series of prepared advertisements suitable for one,
two or three columns of newspapers. The displays
are illustrated with pictures that strengthen the
appeal of the text.
"Do your guests enjoy themselves?" is the query
in the ending line of an advertising display just issued
in which this is said:
"How often have you entertained and felt that
there was something lacking? Friends drop in—and
you haven't a piano. Or your old one is so unsatis-
factory that you are ashamed to play it. The evening
drags—and you are embarrassed with the feeling that
your guests are not enjoying themselves.
"With a Weaver piano in your home, the evenings
never drag. You are never at a loss to entertain
friends who call unexpectedly. Anyone can play it.
You have music for every occasion. Lively fox-trots
and dreamy waltzes for the young people to dance
to. Popular songs to gather 'round and sing. And
the famous old enchanting melodies—which you can
play with all the witchery of expression that the
great masters weave into their playing.
"If you have never touched a piano in your life,
you can sit down at a Weaver playerpiano and,
with a very little practice, play well anything that
you desire."
THE
W. P. HAINES & COMPANY
PIANOS
THE PIANOS OF QUALITY
Three Generations of Piano Makers
All Styles—Ready Sellers
Attractive Prices
GRANDS
REPRODUCING GRANDS
UPRIGHTS and PLAYERS
AVAILABLE TERRITORY OPEN
W. P. HAINES & CO., Inc.
138th St. and Walton Ave.
New York City
E. Leins Piano Co.
Makers of Pianos and
Player Pianos That Are
Established L e a d e r s .
MOVE IN LYNCHBURG, VA.
Correspondence from Reliable
Dealers Invited
The Lee Piano Company, Lynchburg, Virginia, has
recently moved to a new location, where they have
much more space and better facilities for business
than at their old store at 1022 Main street. Their
ne wlocation is 625 Main street, which they are re-
modeling and making into an up-to-date piano store.
Factory and Offices, 304 W. 42nd St.
NEW YORK
W. E. FOX AT OMAK.
W. E. Fox, who was formerly in business at Fond
du Lac, Wisconsin, and who sold out there several
years ago to the owners of the Badger Talking Ma-
chine Shop, of Milwaukee, is still located at Omak,
Washington, where he has an extensive apple farm
and is leading the life of a well-to-do fruit grower in
that great apple country.
There's Money
for the Dealer in
Automatic Pianos
Fine Electric Self-Players of eye-
catching design and perfect perform-
ance. Also
KREITER
Pianos and Players
Have No Competition Where
Beauty of Cases and Tone
Sustain Profit Making Prices.
Everything the Highest but
the Price.
Inspect them Carefully and See.
Kreiter Mfg. Co,, Inc.
320-322 W. Water St., Milwaukee, Wis.
Factory: Marinette, Wis.
COIN OPERATED
Pianos and Player Pianos
for places of entertainment, Theatres,
Movies, Ice Cream Parlors, Etc., Etc.
The best line including the famous
Better than ever, with the same
"Grand Tone In Upright Case."
Grands and Players that every deal-
er likes to sell, for Satisfaction and
Profit.
"PIAN-O-GRAND"
"BANJ-O-GRAND"
and "HARP-O-GRAND"
Wide-awake Piano D e a l e r s find
them easy sellers in every community.
Send for illustrated
descriptive circulars.
Smith & Nixon Piano Co.
Nelson -Wiggen Piano Co.
1229 Miller St., Chicago
1731 BeJmont Ave.,
CHICAGO
The Lyon & Healy
Reproducing Piano
A moderate priced reproducing piano,
beautiful in design and rich in tone.
Write for our new explanatory Chart,
the most complete and simple treat-
ment of the reproducing action.
Wabash at Jackson - - - Chicago
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).