Presto
Issue: 1925 2012 - Page 13
February 14, 1925.
13
PRESTO
ROBERT MORTON ORGAN
CO. IS ORGANIZED
New Name Adopted When Photo-Player
Company Is Reorganized and Incorporated
for $500,000 by Well Known Capitalists.
The name of the Photo Player Co., with factories
at Berkeley and Van Nuys, Cal., has been changed
to the Robert Morton Organ Co., which has been
incorporated with $500,000 paid in stock. The new
organization will continue to manufacture the Robert
Morton Pipe Organs and the Fotoplayer.
The officers of the company are: L. H. Brown-
stone, president: J. A. G. Schiller, vice-president;
William M. Lockhart, secretary and treasurer. Mr.
Schiller will continue as general manager.
The board of directors are: Mortimer Fleisch-
backer, president of the Anglo-California Trust Co.,
San Francisco; Marco Hellman of the Hellman Com-
mercial Trust & Savings Bank, Los Angeles; Fred-
erick Sherman, vice president of Sherman, Clay &
Co., San Francisco; Tilden. C. Tilden, a San Fran-
cisco banker; Benjamin Platt, president of the Platt
Music Co., Los Angeles, and Jack Williams, presi-
dent of the Dunn-Williams Co., San Francisco.
The spread of the music picture industry has cre-
ated a big demand in recent years for the products
of the two factories of the company—one in Berkeley
and the other in Van Nuys, where the general offices
are located. There are distributing headquarters in
San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Los An-
geles. Theaters, churches, lodge halls and other pub-
lic places are customers of the Robert Morton Organ
and the Fotoplayer.
The former is a pipe organ of high orchestra type
and finds a place in theaters of the better class. The
Fotoplayer has a complete set of organ reeds, a set
of drummer's traps and can be played as a seven and
one-third octave piano or as a playerpiano using
regular eighty-eight note playerpiano music rolls.
The officers of the company are well acquainted
with the requirements of the trade it purposes to
serve, and experienced in the production of the in-
struments described. Mr. Schiller, the general man-
ager, has exhibited a degree of activity in the market-
ing of the product that promises well for the future
of the company.
PULLMAN SURCHARGES
DECLARED JUSTIFIED
are the last word in
musical perfection.
Lester Piano Co.
1806 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia
Interstate Commerce Commission Holds Fifty Per
Cent Addition to Fee Is Right.
A majority opinion of interstate commerce com-
mission delivered this week in Washington dashed the
hopes of a great host of railroad travelers, including
the travelers for music houses. In the ruling sur-
charges imposed on railroad passengers using Pull-
man facilities were held to be justifiable and rail-
roads were authorized to keep the practice in effect.
"When the time comes for requiring the railroads
to accept less passenger revenue than they now re-
ceive those who experience the relative discomfort
of ordinary travel, many of them because they must
count the pennies, rather than those who select the
most expensive and luxurious form of transportation
which modern railroads afford, are clearly entitled to
prior consideration," the majority opinion said.
"This showing justifies the conclusion that at least
there is less warrant for eliminating the surcharge
than for reducing the basic passenger fare which ap-
plies even to travel in mixed trains of freight and
passenger cars."
Finest and most artistic
piano in design, tone and
construction that can be
made.
YORK 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-
inn their own praises in all parts of the civilised world.
Write (or 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, P \ .
Established 1870
DECKER
JL^
EST. 1856
Grand, Upright
and
(Licensee)
Reproducing
(Electric)
Pianos and Players
of Recognized
Artistic Character
Made by a Decker Since 1856
699-703 East 135th Street
SUCCESS
* Fred Guttenberger has opened a new store at 3'64
Second street, Macon, Ga.
NEWMAN BROTHERS PIANOS
NEWMAN BROS. CO.
Factories, 816 DIX ST., Chicago, 111.
A QUALITY PRODUCT
FOR OVER
QUARTER OF A CENTURY
New York
Cincinnati Factories of The Baldwin Piano Company
NEW PIANO CLUB OFFICERS.
For QUALITY, SATISFACTION and PROFIT
CL S O N
Welte-Mignon
WICHITA MUSIC FIRM
MOVES TO NEW QUARTERS
At the annual meeting for the selection of officers
and board of governors of the Piano Club of New
York, held in the club rooms, 137th street and Third
avenue, on Tuesday of this week, the following ticket
prepared by the .nomination committee was elected:
President, Charles P. Bogart; vice-president, Edward
P. Bogart; treasurer, A. V. W. Setley; and secretary,
Charles E. Reid. For board of governor (term to ex-
pire 1927), JohnM. Haffen, Joseph V. Miller, Charles
D. Mueller, I. E. Bretzfelder and George Derby.
published 1879
WEAVER PIANOS
Qrandi, Uprights and Players
Uprights and Player Pianos
Eberhardt-Hays Music Co. Gets Enlarged Space in
Remodeled Building on Douglas Avenue.
Considerably more floor space is available for the
expansion of the business of the Eberhardt-Hayes
Music Co., Wichita, Kans., since the business was
moved to their new location at 318 West Douglas
avenue. The new building has been remodeled to
suit the requirements of a constantly growing music
house of the progressive type.
The variety of the stock of the company is shown
in the excellent arrangement of the first floor, where
band instruments, radio, sheet music, rolls and rec-
ords are displayed. Pianos and talking machines are
shown on the second floor. The company preserves
its character for attractive and original window dis-
plays in the new .location.
The Eberhardt-Hays Music Co. was established
in 1903 by E. H. Eberhardt and F. D. Hays, and
claims to be the oldest music firm in Wichita. From
the beginning the house was noted for its activity
in stimulating the musical instrument buying desires
of people in a wide territory centering in Wichita.
E. H. Eberhardt is president and W. W. Cunning-
ham, secretary-treasurer.
Grand and
Reproducing
Grand Pianos
The LEADING LINE
is assured the dealer who takes advantage of
THE BALDWIN CO-OPERATION PLAN
which offers every opportunity to represent
under the most favorable conditions a com-
plete line of high grade pianos, players and
reproducers.
For information wrltt
^albtotn $wno Companp
CINCINNATI
INDIANAPOLIS
LOUISVIU.B
/ncorporated
CHICAGO
ST. Lome
DALLAS
Kindler & Collins
New YORK
tnarrmK
BAN FRANCIICO
Pianos
520-524 W. 48th S
NEW YORK
When In Doubt See Presto Buyers' Guide
POOLE
--BOSTON--
GRAND ANOUPRIGHT PIANOS
AND
PLAYER PIANOS
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13
PRESTO
ROBERT MORTON ORGAN
CO. IS ORGANIZED
New Name Adopted When Photo-Player
Company Is Reorganized and Incorporated
for $500,000 by Well Known Capitalists.
The name of the Photo Player Co., with factories
at Berkeley and Van Nuys, Cal., has been changed
to the Robert Morton Organ Co., which has been
incorporated with $500,000 paid in stock. The new
organization will continue to manufacture the Robert
Morton Pipe Organs and the Fotoplayer.
The officers of the company are: L. H. Brown-
stone, president: J. A. G. Schiller, vice-president;
William M. Lockhart, secretary and treasurer. Mr.
Schiller will continue as general manager.
The board of directors are: Mortimer Fleisch-
backer, president of the Anglo-California Trust Co.,
San Francisco; Marco Hellman of the Hellman Com-
mercial Trust & Savings Bank, Los Angeles; Fred-
erick Sherman, vice president of Sherman, Clay &
Co., San Francisco; Tilden. C. Tilden, a San Fran-
cisco banker; Benjamin Platt, president of the Platt
Music Co., Los Angeles, and Jack Williams, presi-
dent of the Dunn-Williams Co., San Francisco.
The spread of the music picture industry has cre-
ated a big demand in recent years for the products
of the two factories of the company—one in Berkeley
and the other in Van Nuys, where the general offices
are located. There are distributing headquarters in
San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Los An-
geles. Theaters, churches, lodge halls and other pub-
lic places are customers of the Robert Morton Organ
and the Fotoplayer.
The former is a pipe organ of high orchestra type
and finds a place in theaters of the better class. The
Fotoplayer has a complete set of organ reeds, a set
of drummer's traps and can be played as a seven and
one-third octave piano or as a playerpiano using
regular eighty-eight note playerpiano music rolls.
The officers of the company are well acquainted
with the requirements of the trade it purposes to
serve, and experienced in the production of the in-
struments described. Mr. Schiller, the general man-
ager, has exhibited a degree of activity in the market-
ing of the product that promises well for the future
of the company.
PULLMAN SURCHARGES
DECLARED JUSTIFIED
are the last word in
musical perfection.
Lester Piano Co.
1806 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia
Interstate Commerce Commission Holds Fifty Per
Cent Addition to Fee Is Right.
A majority opinion of interstate commerce com-
mission delivered this week in Washington dashed the
hopes of a great host of railroad travelers, including
the travelers for music houses. In the ruling sur-
charges imposed on railroad passengers using Pull-
man facilities were held to be justifiable and rail-
roads were authorized to keep the practice in effect.
"When the time comes for requiring the railroads
to accept less passenger revenue than they now re-
ceive those who experience the relative discomfort
of ordinary travel, many of them because they must
count the pennies, rather than those who select the
most expensive and luxurious form of transportation
which modern railroads afford, are clearly entitled to
prior consideration," the majority opinion said.
"This showing justifies the conclusion that at least
there is less warrant for eliminating the surcharge
than for reducing the basic passenger fare which ap-
plies even to travel in mixed trains of freight and
passenger cars."
Finest and most artistic
piano in design, tone and
construction that can be
made.
YORK 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-
inn their own praises in all parts of the civilised world.
Write (or 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, P \ .
Established 1870
DECKER
JL^
EST. 1856
Grand, Upright
and
(Licensee)
Reproducing
(Electric)
Pianos and Players
of Recognized
Artistic Character
Made by a Decker Since 1856
699-703 East 135th Street
SUCCESS
* Fred Guttenberger has opened a new store at 3'64
Second street, Macon, Ga.
NEWMAN BROTHERS PIANOS
NEWMAN BROS. CO.
Factories, 816 DIX ST., Chicago, 111.
A QUALITY PRODUCT
FOR OVER
QUARTER OF A CENTURY
New York
Cincinnati Factories of The Baldwin Piano Company
NEW PIANO CLUB OFFICERS.
For QUALITY, SATISFACTION and PROFIT
CL S O N
Welte-Mignon
WICHITA MUSIC FIRM
MOVES TO NEW QUARTERS
At the annual meeting for the selection of officers
and board of governors of the Piano Club of New
York, held in the club rooms, 137th street and Third
avenue, on Tuesday of this week, the following ticket
prepared by the .nomination committee was elected:
President, Charles P. Bogart; vice-president, Edward
P. Bogart; treasurer, A. V. W. Setley; and secretary,
Charles E. Reid. For board of governor (term to ex-
pire 1927), JohnM. Haffen, Joseph V. Miller, Charles
D. Mueller, I. E. Bretzfelder and George Derby.
published 1879
WEAVER PIANOS
Qrandi, Uprights and Players
Uprights and Player Pianos
Eberhardt-Hays Music Co. Gets Enlarged Space in
Remodeled Building on Douglas Avenue.
Considerably more floor space is available for the
expansion of the business of the Eberhardt-Hayes
Music Co., Wichita, Kans., since the business was
moved to their new location at 318 West Douglas
avenue. The new building has been remodeled to
suit the requirements of a constantly growing music
house of the progressive type.
The variety of the stock of the company is shown
in the excellent arrangement of the first floor, where
band instruments, radio, sheet music, rolls and rec-
ords are displayed. Pianos and talking machines are
shown on the second floor. The company preserves
its character for attractive and original window dis-
plays in the new .location.
The Eberhardt-Hays Music Co. was established
in 1903 by E. H. Eberhardt and F. D. Hays, and
claims to be the oldest music firm in Wichita. From
the beginning the house was noted for its activity
in stimulating the musical instrument buying desires
of people in a wide territory centering in Wichita.
E. H. Eberhardt is president and W. W. Cunning-
ham, secretary-treasurer.
Grand and
Reproducing
Grand Pianos
The LEADING LINE
is assured the dealer who takes advantage of
THE BALDWIN CO-OPERATION PLAN
which offers every opportunity to represent
under the most favorable conditions a com-
plete line of high grade pianos, players and
reproducers.
For information wrltt
^albtotn $wno Companp
CINCINNATI
INDIANAPOLIS
LOUISVIU.B
/ncorporated
CHICAGO
ST. Lome
DALLAS
Kindler & Collins
New YORK
tnarrmK
BAN FRANCIICO
Pianos
520-524 W. 48th S
NEW YORK
When In Doubt See Presto Buyers' Guide
POOLE
--BOSTON--
GRAND ANOUPRIGHT PIANOS
AND
PLAYER PIANOS
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).