Presto
Issue: 1925 2023 - Page 23
May 2, 1925.
23
PRESTO
COINOLAS
FOR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
AMUSEMENT CENTERS
WINNER OF BRUNSWICK CONTEST
Robert Lanyon, of Chicago, Captures First Prize for
Identifying Music and Writing Essay.
Robert Lanyon, 240 W. Sixty-first place, Chicago,
was the winner of the Brunswick music memory con-
test, broadcast on Tuesday evenings over Westing-
house KYW. Mr. Lanyon gets the $1,000 offered
by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company.
In order to win this award Mr. Lanyon was com-
pelled to listen over the radio to five concerts given
by eminent artists. An additional requirement was
the writing of a brief essay on the famed voice of
Mario Chamlee of the Metropolitan Opera Company,
as well as to identify the different great singers
whose performances were given incognito.
J. A. Daniels, of Butler, Ind., was given the second
award of $500. Mrs. Ira Hamilton Butler of Des
Moines, Iowa, was given the third award of $300, and
Elmina Rupert, a 13-year-old Pittsburgh girl, won
the fourth award of $200. There were ten awards of
$100 each and forty of $50 each.
Mr. Lanyon has been an usher at the Auditorium,
which helped him to become well acquainted with
good music.
FEATURE PORTABLE MACHINE
Style C-2
FROM THE BIGGEST
ORCHESTRION
Excellent Advice to Dealer is Given in Practical
Article in Victor Organ.
The portable talking machine is a good seller all
the year round, but now and in the approaching out-
ing season the little phonograph is partitularly desir-
able. The Victor Talking Machine Co. urges the
dealers to feature the portable in an article in The
Voice of the People, published by the company. This
is said in part:
Not every dealer realizes that there is a market for
the portable Victrola all through the year. Both of
these compact little instruments, the No. 50 and No.
35, sell themselves so easily during the summer that
the impression has been received by many dealers
that they are strictly seasonal merchandise. Well,
they are; they are good in every season. At first
thought the market for the portable during the cold
weather might seem somewhat limited; actually, it
has particular uses during winter time which it pos-
sesses at no other time.
Of course the low cost of the portable aids mate-
rially in making it easy to gain the interest of a pros-
pect. Its compactness, its neat appearance, its ability
to withstand abuse, the convenience of being able to
carry it about as easily as a suitcase—all these are
general qualities which interest the buyer at any time.
But there are other reasons, particularly weighty dur-
ing the cold weather, which commend the instruments
to everyone.
Many people have bought recently large, expensive
Victrola instruments, and are extremely careful of
them, especially now while they are new. When
there are children in the house they are frequently
denied the use of the Victrola because of fear that
thy will damage the fine finish. Why not sell these
people one of the portable models, which are ex-
tremely difficult to damage and the finish of which is
practically indestructible? One dealer reports that
he almost invariably sells the portable Victrola with
this argument. He appeals to the parent's solicitude
for the musical taste of the child, pointing out that
young folks should not be dented the music of the
Victrola on the ground that they might possibly dam-
age a large, fine instrument, when the sturdy port-
able can be obtained for such a small sum and will
provide exactly the same music.
College and boarding-school students home for the
mid-year vacation would like to take back to school
a small Victrola that can easily be carried from one
room to another, and that accupies little space.
Hunting and tramping parties can always be appealed
to by music; many a still, cold night can be made
bright by the Victrola. There is plenty of activity in
the parts of the country where mild weather prevails,
and in these places the portable models have exactly
the same appeal in winter and summer.
The modern method of business requires quick
turnover and a market spread over as much of the
year as possible. Get your portable business on this
basis and you will be able to regard the results with
complete satisfaction.
P
e e r 1 e s s
Player Actions
Embody Five Cardinal Features;
DURABILITY
SIMPLICITY
ACCESSIBILITY
SOLIDARITY
GUARANTEE
Write for Prices and Territory
We Have Something of Interest for You
Peerless Pneumatic Piano Action
Co., Inc.
TALBUT F. CHEEK, President
469-485 East 132nd Street
NEW YORK
THE "BILGER" LOADER
Simple
Guaranteed
Satisfactory
$75 15 days' approval to reliable parties
The "BILGER" HOIST—puts it up
with a smile
Light—"BILGER JR." TRUCKS—Strong
Let Our STEEL SILL Move Your Grands
Piano Movers Supply Co.
HARRISONBURG
VIRGINIA
A Pneumatic Action bearing the name
STRAUCH BROS.
is your guide for unfailing quality.
UNITED SPECIALTY®.
Tiny Coinola
THE SMALLEST
KEYLESS
Manufactured by
MONTICELLO, INDIANA
EXPERIENCED FACTORY SERVICE
for RECOVERING, REBUSHING
Piano Keys and Repairing Pneumatics
at lowest prices
52 Heads and Tails
$8.00
(best heavy pyralin)
52 Fronts
2.50
88 Keys Rebushed
4.00
SEND US YOUR REPAIR WORK
We make them look like new
The Operators Piano Co.
FAST SERVICE
715-721 N. Kedzie Ave.
CHICAGO
UNITEPSPECIALTY(Q.
^ ^ ^ >
The high quality which has characterized
the Strauch Bros. Piano Actions and Ham-
mers for almost sixty years, distinguishes
our latest product, the
STRAUCH BROS.
PNEUMATIC ACTIONS
Simple in construction they are
dependiible in every particular.
STRAUCH BROS., INC.
327 Walnut Are.
New York City
Monticello, Indiana
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23
PRESTO
COINOLAS
FOR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
AMUSEMENT CENTERS
WINNER OF BRUNSWICK CONTEST
Robert Lanyon, of Chicago, Captures First Prize for
Identifying Music and Writing Essay.
Robert Lanyon, 240 W. Sixty-first place, Chicago,
was the winner of the Brunswick music memory con-
test, broadcast on Tuesday evenings over Westing-
house KYW. Mr. Lanyon gets the $1,000 offered
by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company.
In order to win this award Mr. Lanyon was com-
pelled to listen over the radio to five concerts given
by eminent artists. An additional requirement was
the writing of a brief essay on the famed voice of
Mario Chamlee of the Metropolitan Opera Company,
as well as to identify the different great singers
whose performances were given incognito.
J. A. Daniels, of Butler, Ind., was given the second
award of $500. Mrs. Ira Hamilton Butler of Des
Moines, Iowa, was given the third award of $300, and
Elmina Rupert, a 13-year-old Pittsburgh girl, won
the fourth award of $200. There were ten awards of
$100 each and forty of $50 each.
Mr. Lanyon has been an usher at the Auditorium,
which helped him to become well acquainted with
good music.
FEATURE PORTABLE MACHINE
Style C-2
FROM THE BIGGEST
ORCHESTRION
Excellent Advice to Dealer is Given in Practical
Article in Victor Organ.
The portable talking machine is a good seller all
the year round, but now and in the approaching out-
ing season the little phonograph is partitularly desir-
able. The Victor Talking Machine Co. urges the
dealers to feature the portable in an article in The
Voice of the People, published by the company. This
is said in part:
Not every dealer realizes that there is a market for
the portable Victrola all through the year. Both of
these compact little instruments, the No. 50 and No.
35, sell themselves so easily during the summer that
the impression has been received by many dealers
that they are strictly seasonal merchandise. Well,
they are; they are good in every season. At first
thought the market for the portable during the cold
weather might seem somewhat limited; actually, it
has particular uses during winter time which it pos-
sesses at no other time.
Of course the low cost of the portable aids mate-
rially in making it easy to gain the interest of a pros-
pect. Its compactness, its neat appearance, its ability
to withstand abuse, the convenience of being able to
carry it about as easily as a suitcase—all these are
general qualities which interest the buyer at any time.
But there are other reasons, particularly weighty dur-
ing the cold weather, which commend the instruments
to everyone.
Many people have bought recently large, expensive
Victrola instruments, and are extremely careful of
them, especially now while they are new. When
there are children in the house they are frequently
denied the use of the Victrola because of fear that
thy will damage the fine finish. Why not sell these
people one of the portable models, which are ex-
tremely difficult to damage and the finish of which is
practically indestructible? One dealer reports that
he almost invariably sells the portable Victrola with
this argument. He appeals to the parent's solicitude
for the musical taste of the child, pointing out that
young folks should not be dented the music of the
Victrola on the ground that they might possibly dam-
age a large, fine instrument, when the sturdy port-
able can be obtained for such a small sum and will
provide exactly the same music.
College and boarding-school students home for the
mid-year vacation would like to take back to school
a small Victrola that can easily be carried from one
room to another, and that accupies little space.
Hunting and tramping parties can always be appealed
to by music; many a still, cold night can be made
bright by the Victrola. There is plenty of activity in
the parts of the country where mild weather prevails,
and in these places the portable models have exactly
the same appeal in winter and summer.
The modern method of business requires quick
turnover and a market spread over as much of the
year as possible. Get your portable business on this
basis and you will be able to regard the results with
complete satisfaction.
P
e e r 1 e s s
Player Actions
Embody Five Cardinal Features;
DURABILITY
SIMPLICITY
ACCESSIBILITY
SOLIDARITY
GUARANTEE
Write for Prices and Territory
We Have Something of Interest for You
Peerless Pneumatic Piano Action
Co., Inc.
TALBUT F. CHEEK, President
469-485 East 132nd Street
NEW YORK
THE "BILGER" LOADER
Simple
Guaranteed
Satisfactory
$75 15 days' approval to reliable parties
The "BILGER" HOIST—puts it up
with a smile
Light—"BILGER JR." TRUCKS—Strong
Let Our STEEL SILL Move Your Grands
Piano Movers Supply Co.
HARRISONBURG
VIRGINIA
A Pneumatic Action bearing the name
STRAUCH BROS.
is your guide for unfailing quality.
UNITED SPECIALTY®.
Tiny Coinola
THE SMALLEST
KEYLESS
Manufactured by
MONTICELLO, INDIANA
EXPERIENCED FACTORY SERVICE
for RECOVERING, REBUSHING
Piano Keys and Repairing Pneumatics
at lowest prices
52 Heads and Tails
$8.00
(best heavy pyralin)
52 Fronts
2.50
88 Keys Rebushed
4.00
SEND US YOUR REPAIR WORK
We make them look like new
The Operators Piano Co.
FAST SERVICE
715-721 N. Kedzie Ave.
CHICAGO
UNITEPSPECIALTY(Q.
^ ^ ^ >
The high quality which has characterized
the Strauch Bros. Piano Actions and Ham-
mers for almost sixty years, distinguishes
our latest product, the
STRAUCH BROS.
PNEUMATIC ACTIONS
Simple in construction they are
dependiible in every particular.
STRAUCH BROS., INC.
327 Walnut Are.
New York City
Monticello, Indiana
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).