Presto
Issue: 1925 2008 - Page 7
PRESTO
anuarv 17. 1025.
ADDITION TO SCHILLER
FACTORY SOON READY
Plan to Increase Production Facilities as New
Grand Room Is Being Built as Addition
to Plant.
every dealer
knew what
successful
SEEBURG
dealers know
about conduct-
ing and oper-
ating auto-
matic piano
businesses,
every dealer
would be en-
gaged in the
business!
That the successful production policies of the
Schiller Piano Co., Oregon, 111., in 1924, will not only
be continued this year but will be broadened to a
large extent is the announcement made by Edgar B.
Jones, president of the company, this week.
To meet the unusual demand for its products, the
Schiller Piano Co. has taken definite steps to increase
production of both grands and players, by erecting"
an additional room for grand construction measuring
200 feet by 175 feet on the north side of the factory.
The grand construction will be centered in this addi-
tion, while in the main building a greater space will
be accorded players and other styles.
The completion of the new wing, with the 275,000
square feet, now occupied by the factory, will be the
realization of a plan long cherished by the company.
During 1924 it was necessary to work at capacity
limit throughout the year in order to meet require-
ments of dealers and, with a bigger and better year
at hand, the company realizes the necessity of an
increased production. Plans have been made for the
production of 1,500 grands and 5,000 players for the
present year.
At the annual meeting and election of officers of
the company, on Tuesday, January 13, all officers re-
tained their positions held last year. Edgar B. Jones,
president; Frank M. Hood, vice-president; Benj. F.
Shelly, secretary, and Cyrus F. Jones, treasurer.
CHICAGO
"Leaders in the
A utomatic Line
General Offices: 1510 Dayton St.
Factory 1508-16 Dayton St.
CHARLES STANLEY ARRIVES
AT THE GAVEAU FACTORY
In Letter Announcing Safe Arrival in Paris He Gives
Enthusiastic First Impressions.
An interesting letter from Charles Stanley dated
from the Imperial Hotel, Paris, contains the news of
his safe arrival there after a very pleasant voyage.
It told of his first visit to the Gaveau piano factories,
the new scene of Mr. Stanley's activities as superin-
tendent.
The Gaveau instruments, the full line of which it
was his pleasure to *tudy in detail, evoked the ad-
miration of the experienced factory head. The in-
struments have a French distinctiveness that appeals
to him. The great aids to the proper showing of the
pianos, the handsome, commodious warerooms and
the large recital halls particularly impressed Mr.
Stanley. Everything had the air of richness, of re-
finement that provided a suitable atmosphere for the
splendid instruments.
Featuring the Gaveau instruments involves a series
of artistic concerts. In fact, the recital halls of the
company are the mediums of convincing demonstra-
tions of Gaveau rone all through the season.
TRADE VISITORS INSPECT PROGRAM FOR MEETING
OF PIANO CLUB OF CHICAGO
BIG CHICAGO INDUSTRY
Members of Old Broadwood House, of Lon-
don, and Prominent New Hampshire
Dealers Take Note of Modern Plant.
Two prominent English piano men were among the
visitors at the Gulbransen Company plant, Chicago,
Monday. They are Stewart H. P. Broadwood, of
John Broadwood & Sons, Ltd., the old piano makers
of London, and Eric Foster, sales manager of the
same company.
These gentlemen went through the Gulbransen
plant and took note of the extensive scale upon which
Registering pianos are manufactured by this com-
pany, and also tested the musical capabilities of Gul-
bransen instruments, particularly the new Registering
Grand.
Messrs. Broadwood and Foster have been on tour
since last November, and have visited in Canada, New
York and other eastern points, and also called on a
large number of music dealers on the western coast.
California-bound, G. R. Magoon, of Lancaster, New
Hampshire, passed through Chicago Tuesday, ac-
companied by Mrs. Magoon. The Magoons will spend
several months in the vicinity of Los Angeles, and
will be back in Lancaster May 1st, to resume active
charge of the Magoon Music Rooms in that city.
While in Chicago Mr. and Mrs. Magoon called at
the Gulbransen Company plant. They left the city
on the same evening for Los Angeles.
LOOKING INTO THE CAUSES
OF SOME HONEST FAILURES
J. P. SEEBURG
PIANO CO.
number of outlets are not known. A lack of knowl-
edge of general sales conditions results in injudicious
buying.
The investigation of this phase of merchandising
or domestic distribution might, it is pointed out by
tlit; Domestic Distribution Department of the National
Chamber, result in material savings by reducing the
amount and number of failures, by reducing the cost
of doing business and the ultimate prices to the con-
sumer and by placing the distributor in a better rela-
tion to his customers.
Chamber of Commerce of U. S. Will Study the
Problem of Credits and Distribution.
An effort to trace the causes of "honest" bank-
ruptcies, which in the aggregate represent an annual
loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in the United
States, will be made at the forthcoming conference on
Domestic Distribution which is to be held in January
under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States.
Failures are costly not only to those who fail.
They are an economic waste which enters into the
problem of merchandising and the effects of which
are probably reflected to some extent in the prices
which the ultimate consumer pays for commodities of
every sort.
The merchant, according to the Department of Do-
mestic Distribution, is less fortunate than the manu-
facturer. He has little information to guide him.
The charge is frequently made, for example, that
there are too many of a certain kind of stores, but
there is no way of answering it because no one knows
how many stores in the particular line there are.
Producers cannot apportion their sales because the
Last Meeting of 1924 Also Reported and Healthy
Condition of Club Set Forth.
At the Piano Club of Chicago's Open House on
December 29 Wallace Kimball won the club checker
championship. Reports of other prize winners are
not available. The event was a great success.
Among the familiar faces who attended this meet-
ing were Will Collins; Fred Firestone, of Rockford;
R. A. Burgess, one of our live wires, who makes his
home in Denver; George Smith, manager of the John
Church Co. in Detroit, and Charles Grundy, one of
the most popular young old-timers now on the road.
Harry Lindeman was the author of 100 good cigars
for the boys and was given a hearty vote of thanks.
"We are going into 1925 with the largest paid up
membership in our history at this time of year. You
are helping yourself and your industry when you re-
cruit a new member for this club," said Harry D.
Schoenwald, president.
John Morgan has signed up the Langdon Brothers
for the luncheon meeting of January 19. The Lang-
don Brothers are artists on the Hawaiian guitar and
maintain a studio in the Auditorium building. Most
of the members have heard them on the radio, but
they arc urged to come down to the club and hear
the real thing.
COMMITTEEMEN CHOSEN
FOR MUSIC INDUSTRIES
Prominent Members of Chicago Trade Selected for
Subdivision of Chamber of Commerce.
The following- men have been selected as commit-
teemen for the Subdivision No. 34, Music Industries,
in the Ways and Means Committee of the Associa-
tion of Commerce of Chicago:
R. J. Cook, chairman. Cable Piano Company;
James T. Bristol, vice-chairman, James T. Bristol
Company; E. B. Bartlett, W. W. Kimball Company;
W. C. Brinkerhoff, W. C. Brinkerhoff Piano Com-
pany; K. W. Curtiss, Kohler and Campbell Indus-
tries; Roy Hibshmann, Motor Players Corporation;
C. J. Mulvey, Lyon and Healy.
WINNER OF "STRAUBE" PRIZE.
Charles Archibald, local manager of the music
store in Du Quoin, 111., takes pride in the fact that
one of his customers was the winner of the award
offered by the Straube Piano Company for a name
for the new model playcrpiano. Many Du Quoin
people suggested names, and the name "Dominion,"
furnished by Mrs. Chas. Link, of Martins Ferry, O.,
was chosen and the winner awarded a piano for the
effort. The name "Dominion" was selected because
it was judged to be an excellent companion to other
Straube models, which arc Argadian, Imperial, Colo-
nial and Puritan.
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anuarv 17. 1025.
ADDITION TO SCHILLER
FACTORY SOON READY
Plan to Increase Production Facilities as New
Grand Room Is Being Built as Addition
to Plant.
every dealer
knew what
successful
SEEBURG
dealers know
about conduct-
ing and oper-
ating auto-
matic piano
businesses,
every dealer
would be en-
gaged in the
business!
That the successful production policies of the
Schiller Piano Co., Oregon, 111., in 1924, will not only
be continued this year but will be broadened to a
large extent is the announcement made by Edgar B.
Jones, president of the company, this week.
To meet the unusual demand for its products, the
Schiller Piano Co. has taken definite steps to increase
production of both grands and players, by erecting"
an additional room for grand construction measuring
200 feet by 175 feet on the north side of the factory.
The grand construction will be centered in this addi-
tion, while in the main building a greater space will
be accorded players and other styles.
The completion of the new wing, with the 275,000
square feet, now occupied by the factory, will be the
realization of a plan long cherished by the company.
During 1924 it was necessary to work at capacity
limit throughout the year in order to meet require-
ments of dealers and, with a bigger and better year
at hand, the company realizes the necessity of an
increased production. Plans have been made for the
production of 1,500 grands and 5,000 players for the
present year.
At the annual meeting and election of officers of
the company, on Tuesday, January 13, all officers re-
tained their positions held last year. Edgar B. Jones,
president; Frank M. Hood, vice-president; Benj. F.
Shelly, secretary, and Cyrus F. Jones, treasurer.
CHICAGO
"Leaders in the
A utomatic Line
General Offices: 1510 Dayton St.
Factory 1508-16 Dayton St.
CHARLES STANLEY ARRIVES
AT THE GAVEAU FACTORY
In Letter Announcing Safe Arrival in Paris He Gives
Enthusiastic First Impressions.
An interesting letter from Charles Stanley dated
from the Imperial Hotel, Paris, contains the news of
his safe arrival there after a very pleasant voyage.
It told of his first visit to the Gaveau piano factories,
the new scene of Mr. Stanley's activities as superin-
tendent.
The Gaveau instruments, the full line of which it
was his pleasure to *tudy in detail, evoked the ad-
miration of the experienced factory head. The in-
struments have a French distinctiveness that appeals
to him. The great aids to the proper showing of the
pianos, the handsome, commodious warerooms and
the large recital halls particularly impressed Mr.
Stanley. Everything had the air of richness, of re-
finement that provided a suitable atmosphere for the
splendid instruments.
Featuring the Gaveau instruments involves a series
of artistic concerts. In fact, the recital halls of the
company are the mediums of convincing demonstra-
tions of Gaveau rone all through the season.
TRADE VISITORS INSPECT PROGRAM FOR MEETING
OF PIANO CLUB OF CHICAGO
BIG CHICAGO INDUSTRY
Members of Old Broadwood House, of Lon-
don, and Prominent New Hampshire
Dealers Take Note of Modern Plant.
Two prominent English piano men were among the
visitors at the Gulbransen Company plant, Chicago,
Monday. They are Stewart H. P. Broadwood, of
John Broadwood & Sons, Ltd., the old piano makers
of London, and Eric Foster, sales manager of the
same company.
These gentlemen went through the Gulbransen
plant and took note of the extensive scale upon which
Registering pianos are manufactured by this com-
pany, and also tested the musical capabilities of Gul-
bransen instruments, particularly the new Registering
Grand.
Messrs. Broadwood and Foster have been on tour
since last November, and have visited in Canada, New
York and other eastern points, and also called on a
large number of music dealers on the western coast.
California-bound, G. R. Magoon, of Lancaster, New
Hampshire, passed through Chicago Tuesday, ac-
companied by Mrs. Magoon. The Magoons will spend
several months in the vicinity of Los Angeles, and
will be back in Lancaster May 1st, to resume active
charge of the Magoon Music Rooms in that city.
While in Chicago Mr. and Mrs. Magoon called at
the Gulbransen Company plant. They left the city
on the same evening for Los Angeles.
LOOKING INTO THE CAUSES
OF SOME HONEST FAILURES
J. P. SEEBURG
PIANO CO.
number of outlets are not known. A lack of knowl-
edge of general sales conditions results in injudicious
buying.
The investigation of this phase of merchandising
or domestic distribution might, it is pointed out by
tlit; Domestic Distribution Department of the National
Chamber, result in material savings by reducing the
amount and number of failures, by reducing the cost
of doing business and the ultimate prices to the con-
sumer and by placing the distributor in a better rela-
tion to his customers.
Chamber of Commerce of U. S. Will Study the
Problem of Credits and Distribution.
An effort to trace the causes of "honest" bank-
ruptcies, which in the aggregate represent an annual
loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in the United
States, will be made at the forthcoming conference on
Domestic Distribution which is to be held in January
under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States.
Failures are costly not only to those who fail.
They are an economic waste which enters into the
problem of merchandising and the effects of which
are probably reflected to some extent in the prices
which the ultimate consumer pays for commodities of
every sort.
The merchant, according to the Department of Do-
mestic Distribution, is less fortunate than the manu-
facturer. He has little information to guide him.
The charge is frequently made, for example, that
there are too many of a certain kind of stores, but
there is no way of answering it because no one knows
how many stores in the particular line there are.
Producers cannot apportion their sales because the
Last Meeting of 1924 Also Reported and Healthy
Condition of Club Set Forth.
At the Piano Club of Chicago's Open House on
December 29 Wallace Kimball won the club checker
championship. Reports of other prize winners are
not available. The event was a great success.
Among the familiar faces who attended this meet-
ing were Will Collins; Fred Firestone, of Rockford;
R. A. Burgess, one of our live wires, who makes his
home in Denver; George Smith, manager of the John
Church Co. in Detroit, and Charles Grundy, one of
the most popular young old-timers now on the road.
Harry Lindeman was the author of 100 good cigars
for the boys and was given a hearty vote of thanks.
"We are going into 1925 with the largest paid up
membership in our history at this time of year. You
are helping yourself and your industry when you re-
cruit a new member for this club," said Harry D.
Schoenwald, president.
John Morgan has signed up the Langdon Brothers
for the luncheon meeting of January 19. The Lang-
don Brothers are artists on the Hawaiian guitar and
maintain a studio in the Auditorium building. Most
of the members have heard them on the radio, but
they arc urged to come down to the club and hear
the real thing.
COMMITTEEMEN CHOSEN
FOR MUSIC INDUSTRIES
Prominent Members of Chicago Trade Selected for
Subdivision of Chamber of Commerce.
The following- men have been selected as commit-
teemen for the Subdivision No. 34, Music Industries,
in the Ways and Means Committee of the Associa-
tion of Commerce of Chicago:
R. J. Cook, chairman. Cable Piano Company;
James T. Bristol, vice-chairman, James T. Bristol
Company; E. B. Bartlett, W. W. Kimball Company;
W. C. Brinkerhoff, W. C. Brinkerhoff Piano Com-
pany; K. W. Curtiss, Kohler and Campbell Indus-
tries; Roy Hibshmann, Motor Players Corporation;
C. J. Mulvey, Lyon and Healy.
WINNER OF "STRAUBE" PRIZE.
Charles Archibald, local manager of the music
store in Du Quoin, 111., takes pride in the fact that
one of his customers was the winner of the award
offered by the Straube Piano Company for a name
for the new model playcrpiano. Many Du Quoin
people suggested names, and the name "Dominion,"
furnished by Mrs. Chas. Link, of Martins Ferry, O.,
was chosen and the winner awarded a piano for the
effort. The name "Dominion" was selected because
it was judged to be an excellent companion to other
Straube models, which arc Argadian, Imperial, Colo-
nial and Puritan.
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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