Presto
Issue: 1925 2027 - Page 7
May 30, 1925.
PRESTO
BIG FAILURE IN
CLEVELAND TRADE
EEBURG
H. B. Bruck & Son Filed Bankruptcy Petition
Last Week, Showing Liabilities of $217,-
241.17 and Assets of $64,434.68, Secured
and Unsecured About Equal,
FINE NEW STORE OPENS
TYLE "L"
The KEY to
OSITIVE
ROFITS
MANUFACTURED ONLY BY
J. P. Seeburg
Piano Co.
"Leaders in the
Automatic Field"
1510 Dayton St.
Chicago
Address Department "E"
Other News of the Trade in the Ohio City in Which
Manufacturer of Quaint Instruments Takes
Larger Quarters.
The biggest failure in Cleveland for some years is
that of the H. B. Bruck & Sons Co., who filed a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy May 21st listing
their liabilities as $217,241.17 and'assets $64,434 68.
The company has a very large showroom at 1242
Huron road, and has been in business in Cleveland
for a number of years. The secured claims amount
to $115,215.58 and the unsecured claims to $101,465.21.
Reduce Roll Rates.
The Starr Piano Co. has announced that June 1st
all Gennett 75 cent records will sell for 60 cents.
Also that their new 50 cent series of records will be
put on sale at that time.
A shipment of these records has already been re-
ceived, and the many Gennett dealers are getting
ready to take care of the increased business that is
bound to result from these announcements.
The
dollar and dollar-and-a-half records will not be sub-
ject to a change in price.
Makes "Tamburicas."
J M. Dobranich, 3830 St. Clair avenue, maker of
Tamburicas, the distinctive musical instrument of the
Croatian people, is planning to move to larger quar-
ters at East 152nd street and St. Clair avenue.
Mr. Dobranich ships these instruments to all parts
of the world, and an orchestra in Puntas Arenas, the
most southern point in Chile, uses his instruments
exclusively. He has shipped over 500 to Australia
and New Zealand.
New Music House.
The finest store in the Glenville district was opened
by the Euclid Music Co. Saturday, May 24th. It is
located at East 106th street and St. Clair avenue, and
is in charge of D. Todd. The store was formerly
occupied by the Randolph House of Good Music,
which was taken over by the Euclid Music Co., who
have remodelled the store and had : t handsomely dec-
orated. A large electric sign has been installed that
can be seen for blocks.
The opening was well attended and many beautiful
Mowers added to the attractiveness of the store.
Dissolves and Reorganizes.
Announcement has been made by *he Grand Music
Co., of East 105th street and Columbia avenue, that
the firm has dissolved partnership. The business
will be reopened after June 1st at 4421 Woodland
avenue and will be known as the Kallner Music
Shoppe.
The two greatest dance hits in Cleveland are "Don't
Bring Lulu" and "Yearning." Every music store and
other store where sheet music and records are sold
all report that their sales are exceptionally good
on these two numbers.
STRAUBE PIANO CO.
OCCUPIES NEW BUILDING
Visitors to Convention in Chicago Invited to
Make Trip to Hammond and See Added
Grand Facilities.
Within the next ten days occupation of the beauti-
ful new grand piano factory just now being completed
by the Straube Piano Company, Hammond, Tnd., will
begin, and production in the new unit will be pushed
as fast as is compatible with the Straube reputation
for fine craftsmanship.
With four floors and complete basement, the new
Straube unit adds about 70,000 square feet of manu-
facturing space and also provides complete new gen-
eral and executive offices. It is constructed through-
out in keeping with the latest and most effective archi-
tectural methods, and is considered one of the most
modern grand plants in the industry.
The additional space for the manufacturing of
grands was necessitated by the great demand for
Straube instruments of the grand type. .Straube has
never experienced a greater demand than has greeted
its grand models from the first, and it is expected that
the capacity of the new factory will be reached just
as soon as production problems can be solved.
There will be no cessation of Straube's grand activi-
ties while the new unit is being occupied. The pres-
ent grand facilities will all be utilized, even after the
new unit is producing; so the Straube grand schedule
will go right along. It is believed that the new unit
wili eventually provide a capacity of 2,500 grands a
year.
W. G. Betz, general superintendent of the Straube
factory and well and favorably known throughout the
trade, will have complete charge of the new grand
unit. Mr. Betz spent several years perfecting his
ideas in connection with grand piano construction,
and has brought to the Straube grand models fea-
tures as beneficial and exclusive as be contributed to
the famous Straube Artronome player action, which
he invented.
Some recent additions have been made to the fac-
tory personnel of the Straube Company to care for
the increased production. David Mcllwrath, who has
been connected with the grand piano industry for sev-
eral years, has been engaged to take charge of one
department of the new unit.
A visit through the Straube factory, including tin-
new unit, is being arranged following the national
convention in June. All interested persons are in-
vited to make the trip to Hammond, and it is ex-
pected that many visitors will avail themselves of the
opportunity.
COMMITTEE ON STANDARD
PITCH TO MAKE REPORT
Mass of Evidence Now Being Collected May Result
in Recommendations of Great Importance,
The Technical Committee on Standard of Musical
Pitch of the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce,
which has been working on ibis subject for some
time, will hold its next meeting during convention
week at Chicago.
Many questionnaires have already been received
filled out and they are coming in daily. In addition.
<"H A
t i:e National Association of Piano Technicians is
gathering information which will be made available
to the committee, of which Charles Deutschmaiin,
president of the National Association of Piano
Tuners, is chairman.
The committee does not expect to make the final
report at the conventions, as the mass of evidence is
such that a complete report embodying recommenda-
tions will take much longer to get up than the com-
mittee at first thought probable.
NEW REPRODUCO BOOKLET.
The Operator's Piano Co., Chicago, has just issued
an attractive booklet on its player pipe organ per-
formance, telling in detail what the Reproduco player
pipe organs are accomplishing in theaters. There are
four pages of laudatory letters from theaters in dif-
ferent sections of the country. The list includes:
The Liberty Theater, Mutden, Mo.; Ge:n Theater,
Hobart, lnd.; Majestic Theater, Dublin, Tex ; Queen
Theater, Hearne, Tex.; Nusho Theater, Wetumka,
Okla.; Princess Theater, Galva, 111.; Crystal Theater,
Waco, Tex.; Royal Theater, Hamilton, Tex.; Dixie
Theater, Athens, Tex., and the Tri-State Amusement
Co., operating houses in three states adjoining Okla-
homa. In addition to this list above, there are the
names of 140 theaters equipped with the player pipe
organ.
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PRESTO
BIG FAILURE IN
CLEVELAND TRADE
EEBURG
H. B. Bruck & Son Filed Bankruptcy Petition
Last Week, Showing Liabilities of $217,-
241.17 and Assets of $64,434.68, Secured
and Unsecured About Equal,
FINE NEW STORE OPENS
TYLE "L"
The KEY to
OSITIVE
ROFITS
MANUFACTURED ONLY BY
J. P. Seeburg
Piano Co.
"Leaders in the
Automatic Field"
1510 Dayton St.
Chicago
Address Department "E"
Other News of the Trade in the Ohio City in Which
Manufacturer of Quaint Instruments Takes
Larger Quarters.
The biggest failure in Cleveland for some years is
that of the H. B. Bruck & Sons Co., who filed a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy May 21st listing
their liabilities as $217,241.17 and'assets $64,434 68.
The company has a very large showroom at 1242
Huron road, and has been in business in Cleveland
for a number of years. The secured claims amount
to $115,215.58 and the unsecured claims to $101,465.21.
Reduce Roll Rates.
The Starr Piano Co. has announced that June 1st
all Gennett 75 cent records will sell for 60 cents.
Also that their new 50 cent series of records will be
put on sale at that time.
A shipment of these records has already been re-
ceived, and the many Gennett dealers are getting
ready to take care of the increased business that is
bound to result from these announcements.
The
dollar and dollar-and-a-half records will not be sub-
ject to a change in price.
Makes "Tamburicas."
J M. Dobranich, 3830 St. Clair avenue, maker of
Tamburicas, the distinctive musical instrument of the
Croatian people, is planning to move to larger quar-
ters at East 152nd street and St. Clair avenue.
Mr. Dobranich ships these instruments to all parts
of the world, and an orchestra in Puntas Arenas, the
most southern point in Chile, uses his instruments
exclusively. He has shipped over 500 to Australia
and New Zealand.
New Music House.
The finest store in the Glenville district was opened
by the Euclid Music Co. Saturday, May 24th. It is
located at East 106th street and St. Clair avenue, and
is in charge of D. Todd. The store was formerly
occupied by the Randolph House of Good Music,
which was taken over by the Euclid Music Co., who
have remodelled the store and had : t handsomely dec-
orated. A large electric sign has been installed that
can be seen for blocks.
The opening was well attended and many beautiful
Mowers added to the attractiveness of the store.
Dissolves and Reorganizes.
Announcement has been made by *he Grand Music
Co., of East 105th street and Columbia avenue, that
the firm has dissolved partnership. The business
will be reopened after June 1st at 4421 Woodland
avenue and will be known as the Kallner Music
Shoppe.
The two greatest dance hits in Cleveland are "Don't
Bring Lulu" and "Yearning." Every music store and
other store where sheet music and records are sold
all report that their sales are exceptionally good
on these two numbers.
STRAUBE PIANO CO.
OCCUPIES NEW BUILDING
Visitors to Convention in Chicago Invited to
Make Trip to Hammond and See Added
Grand Facilities.
Within the next ten days occupation of the beauti-
ful new grand piano factory just now being completed
by the Straube Piano Company, Hammond, Tnd., will
begin, and production in the new unit will be pushed
as fast as is compatible with the Straube reputation
for fine craftsmanship.
With four floors and complete basement, the new
Straube unit adds about 70,000 square feet of manu-
facturing space and also provides complete new gen-
eral and executive offices. It is constructed through-
out in keeping with the latest and most effective archi-
tectural methods, and is considered one of the most
modern grand plants in the industry.
The additional space for the manufacturing of
grands was necessitated by the great demand for
Straube instruments of the grand type. .Straube has
never experienced a greater demand than has greeted
its grand models from the first, and it is expected that
the capacity of the new factory will be reached just
as soon as production problems can be solved.
There will be no cessation of Straube's grand activi-
ties while the new unit is being occupied. The pres-
ent grand facilities will all be utilized, even after the
new unit is producing; so the Straube grand schedule
will go right along. It is believed that the new unit
wili eventually provide a capacity of 2,500 grands a
year.
W. G. Betz, general superintendent of the Straube
factory and well and favorably known throughout the
trade, will have complete charge of the new grand
unit. Mr. Betz spent several years perfecting his
ideas in connection with grand piano construction,
and has brought to the Straube grand models fea-
tures as beneficial and exclusive as be contributed to
the famous Straube Artronome player action, which
he invented.
Some recent additions have been made to the fac-
tory personnel of the Straube Company to care for
the increased production. David Mcllwrath, who has
been connected with the grand piano industry for sev-
eral years, has been engaged to take charge of one
department of the new unit.
A visit through the Straube factory, including tin-
new unit, is being arranged following the national
convention in June. All interested persons are in-
vited to make the trip to Hammond, and it is ex-
pected that many visitors will avail themselves of the
opportunity.
COMMITTEE ON STANDARD
PITCH TO MAKE REPORT
Mass of Evidence Now Being Collected May Result
in Recommendations of Great Importance,
The Technical Committee on Standard of Musical
Pitch of the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce,
which has been working on ibis subject for some
time, will hold its next meeting during convention
week at Chicago.
Many questionnaires have already been received
filled out and they are coming in daily. In addition.
<"H A
t i:e National Association of Piano Technicians is
gathering information which will be made available
to the committee, of which Charles Deutschmaiin,
president of the National Association of Piano
Tuners, is chairman.
The committee does not expect to make the final
report at the conventions, as the mass of evidence is
such that a complete report embodying recommenda-
tions will take much longer to get up than the com-
mittee at first thought probable.
NEW REPRODUCO BOOKLET.
The Operator's Piano Co., Chicago, has just issued
an attractive booklet on its player pipe organ per-
formance, telling in detail what the Reproduco player
pipe organs are accomplishing in theaters. There are
four pages of laudatory letters from theaters in dif-
ferent sections of the country. The list includes:
The Liberty Theater, Mutden, Mo.; Ge:n Theater,
Hobart, lnd.; Majestic Theater, Dublin, Tex ; Queen
Theater, Hearne, Tex.; Nusho Theater, Wetumka,
Okla.; Princess Theater, Galva, 111.; Crystal Theater,
Waco, Tex.; Royal Theater, Hamilton, Tex.; Dixie
Theater, Athens, Tex., and the Tri-State Amusement
Co., operating houses in three states adjoining Okla-
homa. In addition to this list above, there are the
names of 140 theaters equipped with the player pipe
organ.
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).