Presto

February 28, 1925.
PRESTO
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Under This Head Presto Will Answer Any Question Pertaining to Pianos, or
Other Subjects of Direct Interest to the Trade and Musical Public
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prices on same as I am just opening a music store
here.
A special friend of mine is donating an organ to a
new church here and wants to give me the business.
Church is now about complete.
Will appreciate it if you will give this your prompt
attention as I am anxious to get cuts and prices im-
mediately.
A. S. PERRY.
We suggest that such an organ as you seem to
have in mind for the new church, is manufactured
by either the Estey Organ Co., Brattleboro, Vt, or
Marr & Colton Co., Ltd., Warsaw, N. Y. The last
named industry is controlled, so far as the sales are
concerned, by Leo. Harrwagen, 437 Fifth avenue,
Room 601, New York City. Of course there are
other large industries which might also supply them
with the utmost satisfaction, and you might also
address the W. W. Kimball Co., Chicago; the Opera-
tors' Piano Co., Chicago; the Schuelke Organ Co.,
Milwaukee, or refer to list in Presto Trade Lists,
No. 3.
COIN PIANO BOXES.
Sparta, Wis., Feb. 17, 1925.
Editor Presto: Will you kindly advise me where
I can buy coin boxes used to operate, or play, a
coin-operated electric piano from a table or wall.
S. E. CREMER.
Several industries made coin-box instruments some
time back and in all probability some are still at it.
Among the larger manufacturers of coin operated
instruments who may be ready to supply parts are:
The Gabel's Entertainer Co., 210 North Ann street,
Chicago; Mills Novelty Co., Jackson boulevard and
Green street, Chicago.
We suggest if you write either of these concerns
you will find what you want. Makers of standard
coin-operated pianos are: J. P. Seeburg Co., Chicago;
Operators Piano Co, Chicago; Nelson-Wiggen Piano
Co.. Chicago; D. H. Baldwin & Co., Cincinnati; Na-
BUY BIG PIANO STOCK.
tional Electric Piano Co., at Johnsonville, N. Y.
And there are others.
The Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co., Sioux City,
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Iowa, house is advertising the purchase of the "big
CHECKED CASES.
piano stock of the Burgess Nash Company of Omaha.
We are very much pleased with the acquisition of
Olive Hill, Tenn., February 14, 1925.
Editor Presto: I should like to have information this stock," said Miss Zechmann, the local manager.
as to how to treat checked piano cases, which are "It is a splendid addition to an already big line on
display here."
practically new, without having them refinished.
W H E E L E R QUALLS.
We regret to say that, so far as our knowledge
goes, there is no way by which that work can be
done satisfactorily except by having the case scraped,
re-varnished and rubbed.
A few years back The Cable Co, Chicago, put
forth a booklet on the subject, and perhaps they may
be able to furnish you with a copy. Of course it is
Another operatic star to endorse the Baldwin piano
easy to have the case oiled, and by that means some is Toti Dal Monte, who made her American debut
of the disfigurement will be obliterated, but in order as Lucia with the forces of the Chicago Civic Opera.
to get rid of checks it is necessary to have the case She is called the perfect coloratura of the generation.
practically done over so far as varnishing is con- Italy has long since so proclaimed her, and there
cerned.
seems, in this instance, no cause for a disagreement.
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For the voice has the luscious warmth of the true
lyric soprano plus the exhilarating and exciting agil-
THREE GOOD PIANOS,
ity of the coloratura.
Belton, Texas, February 17, 1925.
Editor Presto: Will you please give me informa-
Toti Dal Monte, the principal soprano of La Scala,
tion in regard to The Frances Bacon pianos, also was born in Venice and studied pianoforte at the
the Starr piano, and Brinkerhoff piano? I want a
good piano and am informed that these are standard
makes, and that your company is authority on such
matters.
V. C. HUDDLESTON.
We can assure you all of the instruments named
by you are good ones and in every way perfectly
reliable.
The Francis Bacon piano is the product of the sec-
ond oldest piano industry in this country. The Starr
is one of great renown and the Brinkerhoff is a very
popular instrument in every way and the product of
a large Chicago industry.
If you are a reader of PRESTO BUYERS'
GUIDE, in which all pianos are analyzed, you will
find the instruments to which you refer described, to-
gether with all others. You will be perfectly safe
should you buy any of the three instruments about
which you ask.
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OLYMPIAN PHONOGRAPH.
Jackson, Mich., Feb. 27, 1925.
Editor Presto: Will you please give me the ad-
dress of the Olympian Phonograph Co. and oblige.
JAS. BERRY.
The Olympian Phonograph Co., to the best of our
knowledge, is owned by the Cole & Dunas Music Co ,
430 South Wabash avenue, Chicago. A letter to that
address will no doubt receive attention.
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GEO. P. BENT PIANOS.
BASELESS RUMORS
ABOUT UNITED PIANO CO.
Management of Piano Industry at Norwalk,
Ohio, Steps on False
Reports.
J. H. Shale, treasurer of the United Piano Corpo-
ration, and other members of that industry, are much
annoyed by false reports to the effect that other in-
terests at Norwalk, Ohio, are negotiating for the sale
of the piano plant where the A. B. Chase instruments
are made. Another unfounded rumor is to the effect
that J. H. Williams of the piano industry, manager
of the plant, is in the south to negotiate with the
Fisher brothers concerning the factory building.
"We at first decided to ignore the reports, but
have thought it wise to step on these rumors because
some people unfortunately have taken them seri-
ously,"' said an official of the piano company. "There
is absolutely no foundation in the report."
At the Norwalk plant this company makes the A.
B. Chase, the Emerson and Lindeman pianos. After
about three years of effort, the company has so im-
proved and synchronized its factory that the plant
is at last in a production condition that satisfies the
management.
SYRACUSE COMPANY MEETS.
At the annual meeting of the Clark Music Co.,
Syracuse, N. Y., held recently, Melville Clark was re-
elected president of the company; G. L. Chesbro,
vice-president and treasurer, and E. C. Bajus, secre-
tary. At the meeting the appointment of Morris
Lamb as general sales manager was announced.
STAR AND HER BALDWIN
proved obdurate to the most careful treatment, and
further study became impossible. Her father, un-
derstanding her artistic nature, took her to a cele-
brated teacher of singing, and Toti undertook the
study of voice. She applied herself assiduously with
as much vehemence as she did to the study of the
piano, and in 1916 she made her first appearance at
La Scala in the role of Biancofiore in Francesca de
Rimini.
From 1917 onward she sang with increasing suc-
cess in the principal theaters of Italy and Europe,
.;-!'-'•
Sioux Falls, S. D., February 16, 1925.
Editor Presto: What year did Geo. P. Bent dis-
continue the manufacture of pianos.
R. Y. TAYLOR.
Geo. P. Bent discontinued manufacturing pianos
in the year 1916.
However, Mr. Bent is still interested in the piano
industry inasmuch as he is now a stockholder in the
Price & Teeple Piano Co., of Chicago—one of the
old reliables in the industry.
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WANTS PIPE ORGAN.
Sanford, N. C, February 14, 1925.
Editor Presto: Please notify what you think the
best makers of pipe organs, to mail me cuts and
TOTI DAL MONTE AND HER BALDWIN ENDORSEMENT.
Benedetto Marcello Musical Academy in that city,
where her passion for study and her amiable disposi-
tion made her a favorite with her fellow students
and won for her the affectionate nickname of 'Toti,"
her real name being Antoinette.
She soon showed remarkable ability as a pianist
and bid fair to become a brilliant executant in this
branch of the musical art, but during a particularly
severe course she sprained a wrist and the injury
and in 1921 she went to South America, where sh€
was received with tremendous enthusiasm.
Prior to her visit to America, she scored many
successes in a tour of Australia where people and
critics simply raved over her voice and stage
presence. Her first American debut was with the
Chicago Civic Opera and is history in the musical
world.
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