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PRESTO
June 6, 1925.
COINOLAS
FOR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
A M U S E M E N T CENTERS
WHERE DEALERSMAY
SEE NEW {MODELS
FREIGHT RATE ACTION DELAYED.
The Interstate Commerce Commission has further
suspended the operation of the increased freight
rates on radio sets and phonographs with radio in-
stallation from June 10th till July 10th, according
to advice received from the commission by the
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce.
(Continued from page 6.)
exhibit, which is to be held at Lyon & Healy's ware-
The Wall Street Journal says that a good thing
rooms, Jackson boulevard and Wabash avenue.
about the installment system is it keeps many work-
Chickering & Sons in Wareroom.
The display of Chickering & Sons will be held in ers from loafing on their jobs.
the warerooms of the Bissell-Weisert Piano Co., 26
South Michigan avenue. The exhibit will be a com-
prehensive one and will include the Ampico in the
Chickering, long a favorite instrument throughout
the United States.
U. S. Music Co. at Drake.
The United States Music Co., Chicago, in its dis-
play at the Drake Hotel, will exhibit a complete line
Player Actions
of their regular music rolls and the Auto-Art repro-
ducing rolls will be especially featured, and R. E.
Lauer will tell visiting dealers the best method of
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merchandising player music rolls in connection with
player-piano sales. In addition to Mr. Lauer's daily
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talks, a large number of the United States Music
SIMPLICITY
Co.'s recording artists will be present to give com-
parison demonstrations.
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The following members of the organization will
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preside over the display room: George L. Ames,
vice-president and sales manager; George H. Bliss,
GUARANTEE
vice-president; P. B. Stinson of the Chicago office;
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M Lindcman of St. Louis, and Henry Engle, travel-
ing representative in Pennsylvanit and western New
We Have Something of Interest for You
York.
Gold Conn Instruments.
C. G. Conn, Ltd., band instrument manufacturer,
Peerless Pneumatic Piano Action
Elkhart, Ind., will have an elaborate display of its
line at the Drake Hotel during the conventions. The
Co., Inc.
feature of the display will be the mammoth Conn
TALBUT F. CHEEK, President
bass and a number of new models which are bound
469-485 East 132nd Street
to prove of keen interest to dealers and musicians.
The regular models will also be shown. In addition,
NEW YORK
the company's line will be sh'own and demonstrated
at the Conn Chicago Co.'s salesrooms at 64 East Van
Buren street.
C. D. Greenleaf, president; James F. Boyer, secre-
tary, and members of the Conn sales force will be
in attendance at the Drake.
The Continental Music Co. of Chicago, distributor
for the Pan-American line of band instruments, will
make an attractive display of that popular line at
the Drake Hotel.
Pratt Read Display.
Pratt Read products will be shown in various
grades and stages at the Drake in Rooms 201 and
202. Ivory keys of different grades and upright
piano actions will be shown installed in pianos and
free from pianos, so that they can be examined in
operation or in combination and separately.
Charles Leiser and Richard W. Stevens will be in
attendance.
A Q R S Welcome.
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The Q R S Music Co., Chicago, will maintain head-
The "BILGER" HOIST—puts it up
quarters at the Drake Hotel, where officials of the
with a smile
company will be on hand to receive visitors. The
Light—"BILGER JR." TRUCKS—Strong
company will also keep open house at its general
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offices in the Kimball Building, Chicago, where vis-
iting dealers will find a welcome any time during the
week. Q R S music rolls will be used in many of
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the player-piano exhibits for demonstration.
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FROM THE BIGGEST
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THE "BILGER" LOADER
Piano Movers Supply Co.
GERMAN PIANO TRADE QUIET.
The Deutsche Instrumentenbau Zeitung quotes
from a general business statement that the national
piano business outlook is discouraging, and shows a
declining tendency in exports, and yet prices must
be raised as a consequence of increased cost in the
manufacture.
A Pneumatic Action bearing the name
STRAUCH BROS.
it your guide for unfailing quality.
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The Operators Piano Co.
715-721 N. Kedzie Ave.
CHICAGO
Recovering and Rebushing Keys
Repairing Pneumatics
We make them the Same as New.
FAST SERVICE
52 Heads and Tails (best heavy pyralin Ivory)
52 Fronts
88 Keys Rebushed
52 Fronts cleaned and polished
$8.00
2.50
4.00
1.00
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The high quality which has characterized
the Strauch Bros. Piano Actions and Ham-
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our latest product, the
STRAUCH BROS.
PNEUMATIC ACTIONS
Simple U construction they are
dependable in every particular.
STRAUCH BROS., INC.
327 Walnut Art.
New York City
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